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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-24
An IlneXnecied Answer.

The St. Louis Democrat relates the
following
Z" During the progress of the trial of
the case of Widow Matthews against
the Elevator Company, in the Circuit
Court yesterday, Col Slayback, counsel
for the defendant, conceived the idea
that one Murphy, a witness for the
plaintiff, was a sutton for the hand of
the widow, and ON the eve of leading
her to the altar Getting Murphy ON
the stand, the lawyer endeavored to
bring this fact before the jury, and
this was the upshot of the examination ::
" Mr.. Murphy, are you any relation
OF the plaintiff
" No, sir, | am not"
Don't you expect to be-
Such thing might happen.
=" Now, are you not going to marry
here"
I'm afraid not.
You are afraid You won't, ell
Well, now, don't you expect to marry
her
If my wife should die, and the
widow remain single till then, such a
thing might happen"
The jurors and spectators burst into
roar of laughter, and Murphy chuckled
at the cunning manner in which he had
drawn the lawyer on. The Colonel had
nothing more to say on the matrimonial
question.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-24

BY ROSE TERRY.

have hal all over and in that all,
Like the souls speck Of fire IN a mans eve.
One little mote did crawl
Aud spread and fly, till wide eternity
Strengthened itself 10 measure out a pail
Where / might lie.
Life tempted me. as the great hungry sea
Calls with inevitable voice TO youth
Nor Fear, nor ruth, nor the still voice OF Truth
Kept the red wine or bitter lees from me
lived, forsooth
All things of earth in sequence OF their brit,
Sprang TO my feyered lips and met disdain.
Mad IN its angry mlrth
Loves hOneyed gain was the bees patient
pain,
Wrought for no worth.
have had all. | had it all in vainl
As in the cup where the brown night-moths
sup,
Under the honey, under the perfume,
One little spot looks up,
And through that bloom loreLells the seed.
times gloom,
So my unsated thirst in each drained Gun
Found lurking room.
Yet know God hung over me this rod,
That / should follow where two bleeding feet
Before this track have trod
And, as earths sweet is finite, incomplete,
He satates me whose infinite, complete,
Fills star and sod.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-24
The Yellow Fever in Memnhls in Ise7

From the Memphis Avalanche, Oct. 10.
Reference to the files of the Ava
lanche for the later portion of 1867 ena-
bles us topresent number of interest
ing facts connected with the yellow fever
epidemic of that year The cholera,
which ragged in 1866. reappeared early
the following yeaa, and deaths occurred
as late as the LIST OF November, but
they were few and at long intervals.
There we're cases of yellow fever as
early as the middle of September. 1867.
Mr. James III. Lawler, who died Oct.
!, had been i'll with the fever about two
weeks, though the presence of the dis
ease was not officially announced by
the Board Of Health until Oct IL.
/ Col j. Il. Thornton, father of DIR.
Thornton, was taken few days after
Mr.. Lawlor was seized with the malady,
and died early in October.
/ At that time DR. W. T.. Rogers was
Secretary of the Board of Health, and
his weekly reports show the following
deaths For the week ending Sept. %,
, ending Oct. 3, 10; ending Oct. II,
% ending Oct. -, Al ending Oct.
! 70, - ending Nov. ., 81 from Nov.
. TO Nov. =, inclusive, IL. Total, 1871.
\ oh the 9TH, mt meeting OF the Board
OF Health, DIR. Plttman offered the fol
lowing resolution, which was adopted
hcs0tred That We uow take great pleasur,
~ announcing iu the city and vauutr, at Larry,
lhat the yellow lever has ceased no new
, cases occurring, w, therefore. respectfully
invite abseptcos To return 60 their hom IS.
% For the week ending November !
there were twenty-five deaths from th,
, fever, and there were a few deaths eacl
Il week until the 30th, when only on,
, death was reported, that of Mr.. Clar
/. ence q. Malone, who died after ali alb
4 sentees had returned.
b. The first frost appeared ON themorr
ing of Tuesday, Nov. /; the second oi
d the morning Of Thursday, Oct. 3
/. Neither of them formed ice in the cut
+. tiers neither was heavier than eithe
a OF the irosts Of the present week. but
!. will be seen bA reference to the oflicia
a figures that though flg he week end
lug Oct. 70 there were g6, and for th
4 week ending Nov. Cthc day after th
, hrst iroSt), ~ deaths from the fever
: the mortality thenctorward SO rnpidl
decreased that on the eth its disa
peaance as an epidemic was ollicali
= announced by the Board Of Health
= These are facts and rs such may il
y relied on. They agree with DR.. Roger,
official records, if he has preserve
them. The irosts of 1867 we're exccv
tionally late. In 1871 there was frcs
= as early rs the both of September.
appeared in 1872 Oct. 10. and, as We al
know, on the eth and Sth of October
1873, The indications point 10 earl
: winter weather
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-24
How n Crowd was Raised.

A San Francisco paper relates the
following incident which recently oc-
cured there, which shows how easy it
is to collect crowd in large city /:
A man carrying upon his shoulder a
heavy iron bar struck it against large
glass window and cracked the pane
The st rect was one where loaded We
hicles frequently passed, and so to
prevent the Earring from causing the
cracks to extend, ring was drawn
about the spot on the glass with dia-
mond point. Somebody caught sight
of the shivered spot and the circle
about it, and stopped to look. Another
did likewise the crowd increased, and
in a short time four policemen arrived
on the run, it having been reported at
headquarters that a pistol ball had
b cen fired into the office, and that the
place had been robbed. OF course the
coming of the police drew still larger
crowd, and the office was almost be
sieged. The excitement could not be
allayed, and the crowd dispersed until
a placard was hung up giving the ex-
PLANTATION of the affair, aud even then a
number fingered near to spell out the
words
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-24
A Living SkeletOn..-ferrIble Death Re.
suliing from Slight Injury,

From the Rutland NNt.l olope
Some ten weeks ago Sylvester Cutler,
young man of this place, twenty-four
years old, while driving into barn on
a loaded wagon, his head came IN con
tact with a beam over the door, III con
sequence of which he received slight
cut on the top of the head. The injury
was so trihing that for week he paid
no attention TO Ut; hut then his lace
beginning to break out, he consulted
DIR. Z. N. S. Morgan, who pronounced
it erysipelas and prescribed the usual
remedies. From the face 10 spread TO
the side of the Eeck, from there to the
left breast, and then 70 the lett arm,
so that taking hold of the skin II could
be completely turned round, and
an injection put in at the wrist could
be seen running to the shoulder. DIR.
Middleton Goldsmith Of Rutland, was
called, who pronounced 1T case of
cellular gangrene, disease that is very
seldom met with Drs. Swinburne of
Albany and Downing of New York,
also visited him, and everything that
science or skill could do was done to
save his life, but to no effect. The
drain on the system was SO great, and
such an amount of decomposed matter
had worked itself through the whole
body, that nothing could save him,
and Friday of last week he died. This
is the first case OF the kind that has
ever come under the notice of physi.
claus in this section, and it's effects
have been very closely watched by
them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-24
Song
BY SHIRLEY DARE.

Can / wonder much If eyes
That have looked on me with pleasure
Grow indifferent, high and strange,
Yield me not tEeir smiling leisure,
No, i'is the old sad way,
lowers fading IN day.
But they, ere their dying, yield
80 much,beauty, 80 much sweetness,
We are we'll content 10 take
Frau delight Of their completeness,
Buetest pleasure long 1t cheers.
Altar dr, ps perfume Tor ycSEs.
An but some shy bird shall sug
Sadly from the covert sedges,
For The violet OF the spring,
Frightening all the wlldN Usd's edges !
and some heart look backward yet.
And light love bring long regretl
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-24

A useful hint to many young men
may be derived from this little story
which the Springfield Mass Union
prints g Not long ago young man
of this city had most favorable OPP
portunity to enter a business house in
this state, at large increase over his
present salary, with prospect of soon
getting place in the firm. His recon-
mendations were first class, and the
officers of the institution were decided
ly pleased with his appearance. They,
however, made him no proposals, nor
did they state their favorable impress
sions. A gentleman of this city was
requested to ascertain where the young
man spent his evenings, aud what class
of young men were bis associates. IL
was found that he spent several nights
of the week in a billiarI-room on Main
street, and Sunday afternoon drove n
hired span into the country with three
other young men. Heis wondering why
he didn't hear from the house concern
ing that coveted position.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-24

A DISPATCH from Berlin announces several
failures in that city.
THE lntransigcnt fee has been defeated by
the National Squadron, ofI CartaScua The
fight took place, Saturday ?. NJ, and lasted
We're compelled to return 90 Cartagena har-
Dor. The government squadron consisted Of
the Alniango, Vtt1ria, Cormon and two small
er vessels. Admiral Lobos was in command.
The .utransigent llect numbered four vessels.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-24
Another Snake Yarn.
rrcm lhe Colnmhns a. sentineI

From the Columbus (Gal Sentinel.
The housekeeper of citizen in this
city has "A hooking bird in her room,
which is in the third story of the hand
some mansion. On going TO her room,
Tuesday night, the lady threw an apron
over the cage, that the light might not
disturb the songster. The cage is hung
low, near a window. The lady suddenly
heard huttering noise in the direction
CT the cage. Throwing off the covering
placed there little while before, she
found that black looking snake,
three feet long, had partly swallowed
the bird. The reptile could not get
any further between the bars. Taking
the situation in at glance, the lady
made for the snake with broomstick.
The result of the fight was, the bird
ierked loose unframed, and the snake
escaped 10y the window The lady was
badly frightened. There were two
BIRDS in a cage, 50 II was case of two
to one all around. How the varmint "
got to the third story is a mystery /;
there are no trees high enough on that
side.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-24

TELEGRAM from New York says Papers
were served on Monday in the suit OF VIM.
Scott, OF Ere, Pa, against Kenyon, Cox *
Co. The suit is intended to restrain Daniel
Drew, special partner 10 the firm, from dis
posing of his property, which 4 is alleged he
is doing in order TO escape his liabilities IN
connection with the Southern Railroad bonds,
which were said TO cause the failure Of Ken
yon, Cox d Co."
THE Cincinnati banks, on Monday, resumed
/ currency payments, with decidedly satisfac-
tory results and general rejoicing among bust
ness u en-.
pHE directors of the Des Moines aud Minnie
sofa Narrow Gauge road have ordered the i'm
mediate purchase of ,ron and material tor the
first ten miles OF that road.
Ar Palne's Depot Scott county, Ky, two
boys quarreled, about game Of ball, and one
OF them, Samuel Payne, stabbed the other,
Ben Hail, in the heart, killing him almost in
stantly Hall, rs he fell, said, "Sam Payne,
Won VIII be sorry for this.7 After the deed,
Payi.o wept bitterly.
Nh. MICHAEL McCooLE, who has been Lead
ing retired life since his recent interview
with su Euglshman named Allen, Is again on
the street lie looks as if he had been fed into
a grlst mill.
CooLBAUGH's Union National Bank of Chi
c'go has resumed business, the Comptroller
OF the Currency having notified the directors
! that they were free tolesume, as the vote Of
/ liquidation adopted by the bank was illegal
| some Of the stock having been vo ed by
! proxy, whereas the law required that in-such
cases the voting shall be by stockholders IN
person.
Two THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED omigralts
arrived in New York on Monday.
PEBr IlYAcINTHE has been elected one Of
the three cures in Geneva, by the Old Catho-
lies
IL the naval battle off Carthegena, thirteen
men were killed and forty-scven wounded on
the rebel fleet. Senior Maynor, member OF the
Junta, was illcd on board the Numancia.
A DIsrAlcH from PARIS states that the couu-
I'll Of war, before winch NJ. Ranc was sum
moned to appear, has declared him guilty,
and passed sentence of death.
DuCnE, the VIGOROUSLY bad Apache, has
lett his reservation in Arizona with Loco fol-
lowers. Gen. Crook has gone to the rcserva-
ton, but needs more troops A the Apachcs
may got back on the war path.
TIE Rev. Ezekiel g, Gear, who came to
Minnesota in 1886, aud was the first white
preacher III the Territory then, died in Mime
apolis on Monday, aged so years. He had
been placed on the army retired list a. a chap.
lain by Gen Grant.
Tue Republicans Of Wauk,sha county, Wis,
on Saturday, renominated Senator William
Blair and Assemblyman Francis G. Parks tor
their respective positions. Railroad issues
we're ignored, and the convention merely re-
affirmed the Republican state platform.
GEORGE Law was shot dead, Friday night,
while robbing the garden OF Frank Espy, near
WilkesbaTe, Pa.
JOINS Howard YouNd, q money order clerk
n the Brooklyn rostoftice has been missing
some days There is deficiency in his do-
partment.
Thirty THRIVE yellow foyer intermcnts IN
Memphis. and twelve IN Shreveport, on
Wednesday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-24

BY rigorous enforcement Of the
liquor law Boston has managed 70 re-.
duce the number of It's barrooms 10 q
little over 1900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-24
Hon raner.

Not great many years ago, 1t was
the popular idea that paper could only
be manufactured from rags; now il is
difficult 10 name all the materials from
which it can be made. In addition to the
various materials now in use, a new
one has Just beeu discovered which
combines cheapness with elegance.
and which, from its abundance and
ease of production, will have the ef~
feet of largely reducing the price OF
good poper. II ~ the outer skin or
husk of the hop stalk. BY subiecting
this 10 chemical process there can be
produced textile fabric possessing
strength, suppleness, and delicacy of
texture-thc qualities shove all desir.
able in paper making. The invention.
which has been patented, and which
must interest hop growers as well as
paper.makcrs. was exhibited in ali its
details aud results 40 the recent Gener-
al Assembly of French paper-makers,
and pronounced by the judges all that
the discovcror claimed Tor il.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-24

AMoNa the teathered creation the
eagle, the raven, the swan and the par
rot are SAID to be centenarians An
eagle in Vienna died after confne-
ment of III years, and pair of ravens
IN Shelborne have fixed their residence
in an ancient oak for more than ninety
years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-24
An,siu Zanzibar.

A traveller in Zanzibar describes the
red and black ants as one OF the great
est scourges with which Eastern Africa
is afflicted These insects, lac SAYS,
move along the road, in masses 50
dense that beasts OF ~ .cu ~etuse 10
step among them. Il ID traveller
should fail TO see them coming IN time
to make his escape, he soon finds them
swarming about his person. Some
times, too, they ascend the trees and
drop upon the wayiarcr The natives
call them mddiHodo, that is, boiling
water, TO signify the scalding sensation
produced by their bite. These ants
are of great size, and hurrow so deer
in the flesh that IL is not easy TO pick
them out Ia certain forests they are
said 10 exist in such numbers as 70 be
able TO destroy rats and lizards.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-24

FoR "shutin' at his nabor, citizen
OF Gwiuett county, Ga, was recently
sentenced by Justice of the Peace 10
f" eycrlastin' Punishment forever from
the honorable county ct Gwinett
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-06

Crude rs quoted at 81 Zoe, and refined at %
a 5212c y gallon. 49,.
city cake is scarce. and is selling at 90 q 70
ana country is nominal, and IS selling a. ~
02l delivered. IT.
CoFFEE-The market is steady Ihe
cargo of the Hundreth, comprising i9U9
haas. was sold yesterday or private termss
NOT previously reported. We quote: Prime
cold 1893 a20c; good IeIs l9lscs fair ISL
a l9c p is.
ToBACCo-The only sale report"d today
was 10 hhds new crop at . 1heT" Is some
demand for shipment The supply on sale
is estimated at $50 bids. Quotations are
nominal. but we give our recent hgnres tor
reference. as follows: 9 so FOX .Igs. 9@
o3.c FOR low leaf, ga l0t4e for medium
liz al1a.c for good ANA l2ls l3l9c TO:
fine and selections. Recei pts to-day none;
.Zported none; stock on hand W ouG rum
ming statement 2Il0 hhdso
ERgIGHTs-A ship was Sahen rp foe
Antwerp at IL led for cotton. and one tor
Boston at &c. Yesterday We reported one
for Havrr ct ; i6co We near within a daV'
or two OF about 1000 bales taken for iiyeUe
pool. to ill up. az 9-!6d but the ruling rate
10 1891. We quote BY steanl..-Cotton to-
Liverpool asde to Bremen dsdS tn New
York 81 a Sac: m0lasseR to- New York
&c p gallon; sugar s. S0c tobacco 20 Bro"
men SOS y hid. BY sail-Cotton 10 LlYero
poo! 1924: TO Havre IA a 5-lhrS to Bre'
men lAc:t o Antwerp lI-l6do Oh Ss&e 30
London I0S a i2s cd.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-06

liberal, and rates were a shade Wedhel,
The sales covered $360,000 embracing
$4,000 private bankers sight on New York
at 50 = cent discount; $4,000 bank at
1872: $500, 600 $50. 900, $4,000 and $50, 900
commercial, $4,000, $4,000, $4,000,
S25 900. $4,000 and $4,000 private bankers
and $50. 900 bank at .-l6. and $50 OOO COM
mercial at y. 4,
The banks continued 20 check on New
York at !. T. cent discount and commercial
sight was quoted at 1-16 u.
In stocks we noticed sales OF ~ shares
Ammonia Propclling Company at - -; 81
Union National Bank al so. and 10 MUTUAL
National Bank at $40.
The sales of bonds included $1,000 city
cold bearing T. cents at Ola, $1,000 do
at Sc, and $4,000 do at 661s. They were
Quoted at the close at O6 a.
Sales were reported of $1,000 Legislative
warrants. embracing $1,000 at 30. and s!o0J
at b.
City appropriation certificates opened at
II. and under the influence OF the active
demand some sales were reported as mgh
as S0l2c. but at the close they were quoted
ar,sG7y, The sales aud resales comprised
$4,000, embracing $1,000 a. -; S50 pNJd at
77l2: 5000 at 7742 a -; $4,000 lS2O0o,
| $1,000. $4,000, $4,000, $1,000, $1,000, $4,000 and
5000, at 81 $4,000 $4,000. 5000. S3O0o,
| $4,000, $4,000 and $4,000 At ssh; $1,000 at
! 1888; $4,000 $1,000, $1,000, $4,000, $4,000,
| 5000. $4,000 and Sll,000) at 70: Sl5OOo
$1,000. 5000 and 10000; at 50. and $1,000 at
| SDlA
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-06
: -ho +oun of Villa Franco, province of

DOT in the town oil liza fl"HN"'
GuiperoZcoa, yesterday $500, 49,,
CsnIz February 5.-A dispatch from
Lisbon announcing that the steamship
WnrilIo had beer sighted OF that port, was
incorrect, as she is yet at Cadlz, Where 81 Sne
hos remained since her first arrival. ne
Rri+ish consul here has demanded the is
s,e of writ of attachment against her.
The cantain of the MurillO and the officer
Who was on watch at the time the disaster
20 the Northfeet happened. are hello as
prisoners on a Spanish man ot-War, pepc-
Ing the investigation.
The crew are under guard, and are not
allowed to 90 ashore. The Spanish author
tiles. who have made an examination OF the
Murillo, declare that she shows no Signs Of
having been in collision, and IL is their be
lief that she is guiltless OF running down
and sinking the North Fleet.
PARIS. February S-Gambeeta has en-
tirelv recovered from his illness.
The proprietor of the EOrsdue neWspa-
ner has been fined and sentenced to four
months Imprisonment for publishing an IN
teInational circular
= LONDON, February 5.-RObcrt Bo"let, ol
Bowles Brothers & Co, Paris, was to-day
acouitfed of the charge OF miSdem amor
He had no foreknowledge of the doubtful
practice of the firm. Other members OF the
firm are responsible.
Ybe British court will 60 into mourning
FOR a short term for the Dowagef Empress
of Brazil.
The cholera has broken ont in a violent
form in several places in Russia anu Hun
gary. IT, ra,;
net of the new King of the Sandwich Is
lands is composed mostly of Americans.
In his speech the King said A: "Our rela-
tiops with foreign governments are OF the
most friendly character, and am satisfied
thew will continue so, if we faithfully DIS
charge our duty in conformity with the
principles of Justice and comfy recognized
among nations At home there Is peace
and reasonable prosperity, which 1t Will be
INV earnest endeavOr to promote Inc
Islands are capable of far higher improve
ment than they have ever enjoyed; they have
capacity enough to make kingdom which
shall command respect of other nations as
we'll as the greatest comfort and happiness
to a far larger number of people. We are
fortunately placed by nature on great
ocean highway of nations. The commerce
Of all the flags should be attracted hlthel
bv the safety of our harbOr, our abundant
products and the liberal laws and regala
tons of our ports, and all legislation IN
future, having in view the proper protection
and promotion of our commercial RELATIONS
shall meet my hearty concurrence.