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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-12-25
THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS BEATEN.
Spiritual Manifestations at GaiIipo.
lis, Ohio.
lGallipolis Correspondence Of the Cincinnati
Commercial

lis, Ohio.
tGallipolis Correspondence OF the Cincinnati
Commercially
In John Montgomery's saloon, under
the Duiour House, some pranks have
been performed that put to shame the
Dayenports and Hume. Right here
will remark that John Montgomery was
greatly afflicted last winter with mall
ady affecting his pecuninay constitution
and known generally at the crusade.
One morning John opened his saloon,
and about the time the first red.nosed
topper appeared TO take his
natutinal dram, divers and sundry
of the mothers and daughters
OF Galliopolis appeared and began to
sing Come to Jesus which melody,
with sundry Others Of the same nature,
had wonderful effect in keeping
Johns bottles on the shelf full. and his
pocket-book empty. After about one
months siege John showed signs Of
capitulation, in that he kneeled regu.
larly at all the prayers and sung with
lusty yigor, without one plea, except
that Jesus died for me-" &C., which
signs were accepted as repentance, and
John was allowed a breathing spell.
Being disciple Of Horace Greeley,
John thought that the easiest way to
resume was 10 resume, and 50 the red
nosed fraternity returned, and John )
pocket.bo waved fat As | said some
time since, John saloon has now been
visited by veritable ghosts, spooks, or
spirits, and this has been about the
programme they played:
The medium, lively chap Of this
place, came into the saloon and calling
John aside, said put one Of your hands
upon my shoulder and with the other
take hold Of both Of my wrists, which
being done, Johns coat calmly and
geRtly as child slumbers, slid Off his
shoulders upon the floor. OF course
John was astonisned, and when he was
handed thirty feet Of trout" line, and
told to tie the medium to chair in a
sitting posture, and having done so, saw
the medium arise without rope about
him, he was more aStonished, and this
was not allayed when the aforesaid cord
was found in the hall, all Of the win.
dows and doors being fastened But the
most astounding feat of all is this, tina,
the medium allows man (aUy one) tC
tie him, sew him up in bag, seal the
bag with sealing wax, put the bag in d
box and lock the box securely, ther
thr 1wing cloth over the box, in les,
than sixty seconds the medium IS found
sitting on the cover, the bag, seal, anc
cord being found inside intact. This
has been accomplished, and that, too
by young man Of good character, never
a Spirltualist, at least not until thirty
days since, and entirely above and in
| dependent Of marcenary motives.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-12-25
Out,vitting a Congregation.

Old DR.. Strong Of Hartford, was not
often outwitted by his people. On one
occasion he had Invited young minis.
ter 10 preach for him who proved rath.
err dull speaker and whose sermon
was unusually lon1 The people be.
came oaIied, and as DR.. Strong lived
near the bridge, about the time for ;he
commencement Of the afternoon service
no saw his people hocking across tie
river to the other church. lilo readily
understood that they feared they
should hear the same young man IN the
afternoon. Gathering up his wits he
said TO the young minister: MY broth.
or across the river is very feeble aud /
know he will take il kindly 10 have
you preach TO his people, and il you will
do so J will give YOU note to him, and
will be as much obliged to you as I
would 20 have YOU preach for me, aud |
want you 20 preach the same sermon
you preached 20 my people this
morning" The young minister, sup
posing this 10 be a commentator Of his
sermon, started of in good spirits, de.
liyered his note and wa invited 70
preach most cordially. lie saw before
him one.half Of DR.. Strong's people, and
they had to listen one hour and hall
To the same dull, humdrum sermon that
they heard IN the morning. They un.
derstood the joke, however. aud said
they would never undertake 20 run
away from DR.. Strong again.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-12-25
They Rescued the Dog.

From the Pottsville pa Journal
The other day young man named
Benjamin Machamer, one of the best
hunters in Northumberland county,
made remarkable escape from well
into which he fell. This well is in the
lower part Of the town Of Trevorton,
near the old round.house. So long a
.ime has elapsed since it has been in use
that its existence was almost forgotten.
1t is about eight feet wide and eighteen
feet deep, and at the present time con-
tains ten feet Of water. 1t was covered
with plank the day in question. Maeha-
mer started out in pursuit of game, ac-
companitd by his dog, valuable setter.
His path lay near the old well, into
which his dog had the misfortune to fall,
through hole caused by the decaying
planks. The dog was highly priced by
Mr.. Machamer, who, in attempting to
rescue it, fell in himself. In an ordi-
nary sized well the situation would
have been dangerous, and in this case
it was extremely so, as the unusual
width of the we'll prevented him from
bracing himself against the side. The
only possible way for him to get out
was to elm b up one side, and, as the
wall was very closely built, this was
difficult feat. But it was a struggle for
lite, and Mir. Machaner, being young
man of powerful strength and great en-.
ergy, resolved to try. He succeeded in
almost reaching the top, only to
lose mis- mold and fall back. Again and
again he climbed up the side Of the wall,
and each time fell back into the cold
water beneath. Every time he fell
back the half-strangled dog would
spring upon his shoulders, thus bearing
him down and keeping him under wa
ter. In spite of this difficulty, how
ever, he would succeed in regaining tho
wall. At one time he became faint
from the effect of the impure air. lie
had found a small stick floating on the
water, which he inserted in the wall,
and placed one foot upon it,
then put both hands in
another aperture, thinking if he did
swoon he might possibly hang there
until he returned to consciousness. The
faintness, however, passed away, and
ne again attempted TO reach the top.
Finding that his clothes greatly i'm
peded his progress, he succeeded in
divesting himsclfof his coat and boots,
one of which he threw out, leaving the
other with the coat to sink to the bot
tom. Thirteen times he climbed up
the side Of the well, and thirteen times
he fell back into the well His perse-
verance surpassed that Of the trad.
tonsl spider, for no had great odds to
contend with. At last, almost worn
out, he made a final effort and reached
the top. lie didn't wait for the dog,
but started for home Immediately and
told his story. His father and another
gentleman returned at once and res
cued the dog. Mr.. Machamer states
that he was IN the we'll an hour. The
escape was wonderful.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-12-25

man, Frank and fired. Frank gave
him the contents Of his shot gun in
his stomach. Douglas fell at the right
Of the house, near the fence. he was
not dead. The neighbors were soon out
IN force, and while the firing was going
on Mrs. Van Brunt was at the window
OF her house. She saw the quick flash
es ofthe fire arms and heai the re-
ports. She says the whole thing didn I
last more than minute. She did not
know who had been shot, and il was
only when she heard her husband
shout, We're all right" that she
lagain breathed freely.
Theodore V. Bergen, who lives close
by, a brother of Alderman Bergen.
heard the shooting, opened his window,
and shouted, do you want airy help
over there" The answer was, in Mr.,
Van Brunt's voice, "Yes."
THE DYING BURGLARS CONFESSION.
Then Mr.. Bergen and younger
brother put on their clothes, took up
their shot guns, and hurried out to find
one burglar dead and another dying.
The dying burglar looked up at MIR.
Bergen, and gasped, whisky
Mr.. Bergen went for some, and re.
turning with it, the burglar touched it
to his lips, and said, "Thank you"
Then he asked for water. Ills stomach
had been rddled with shot. A blanket
was brought and thrown over him, and
the drizzling rain Tell on his face. Scott
held the lantern, while Mr.. Bergen,
young Van Brunt, and others spoke to
him. The elder Van Brunt was forced
to 60 into his house.
1--WE got $40 in my pocket" said
Douglas. use that to bury me with.
My name is Joseph Douglas. I've got
no relatives but brother and sister,
and | haven't seen them in twelve
years. The other mans name is
Mosher-William Mosher. He's got a
wife and six children"
Here the burglar breathed heavily
and looked piteously about.
Its no use lying now" he con-
tinued, I've got to die. / helped TO
steal Charlie Ross. Me and Mosher did
it,"
Then he paused, and Mr.. Bergen tried
to urge him sn, but Douglas said, mo,
go to Mosher. He'll tell you all about
il"
He's dead" said Bergen.
He's dead--no, is he e. and Douglas
groaned, well, he could tell it all if he
was alive. | can't now Alter sew.
eral minutes Douglas said, 81 was in
the buggy with Mosher when they stole
him. Mosher can tell all about it."
But, Mosher is dead, . repeated Mr..
Bergen.
well, then ask Inspector Walling
(the present superintendent. Walling
knows. He's been wanting us for .
long time. Now he can have US.
Douglas was asked where the Ross
boy was. lie answered that Moshel
knew, and that the child was soon to bt
given up to his parents. AT about hy'
O'Clock Douglas died.
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Mrs. Mosher at the sKorgue.

New York Special dec. 10y Chicago Times.
| The visit Of Mrs. Mosher, wife Of the
( burglar who was shot at Bay Ridge, to
the morgue, where the body lay, to-day,
is graphically described by a reporter
| who witnessed the scene. The woman
entered the morgue. She was accom-
spaniel by her sister and 9 gentleman.
She walk falteringly until she reached
the room where the dead outlaw lay.
She knelt down on the cold, cherries
looking tiles, ard to K the head Of her
husband IN her hands. "Oh, God, she
cried, and she sobbed as if her heart
would break. She kissed the cordless
lips, that appeared so sinister,
and caressed the face. The culpritt
wicked face was to her an angels, and
tears bathed the body. 1t was sad,
heart-rending scene, and might have
been lingering m the agony Of its tor
ture to those witnessing it if the cling.
ing wife had not been torn away. ''0h,
tell me, she cried, piteously, "When
can | sec him again r. ANY time you
like" said the keeper, 1.-THE doors are
always open to you" She was taken
to the keepers office, and there she
moaned 81 must have his body
must have his body" She was com.
forted by the keeper, who as ured her
that all would be well and, with tears
streaming down her cheeks, she left the
scene.
Mrs. Mosher is woman Of IS. She
has not by any means a vicious appear
Rnce.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-12-25
A MINNESOTA SP00K.
appearance of IA Great Fiery Image
With NumberIeEs Heads and
Tails.

According to the lie Sueur Sentinel
some of the residents Of that section
have, or at least claim to have, been
visited by a ghost or fiery dragon. A.
the etory goes THE "rra ritinn made its
appearance on two nights in succession,
opposite lie Sueur, in Sibley county,
and abont four miles distant Parties
from lie Sueur visited the place for two
nights in succession after its reported
appearance, but for some reason are
singularly retlcent as TO what they saw
The statements as given TO the Sen
tiHet are in effect, that on the nights
mentioned several residents Of the vi.
cinlty, at about eight o'clock at night,
saw q tiery~ substance. about the size Of
a tiat-iron, rise from the ground on the
prairie, and as il ascendod it spread out
into a great fiery image of a dragon,
with numberless heads and tails, and
after ascending and descending several
times, and magnifying and contracting
Is dimensions at times, IL disappeared
promptly ut nine o'clock each night.
lts performances covered a space of
about forty acres. and its terrified spec.
tators dared not approach near enough
TO make critical examination. Fortu-
nateiy for the dragon or imp Of Satan,
the several parties of mounted rillemen
who visited the haunted grounds on
Monday and Tuesday nights, it did not
appear unto them as unto a vision or
otherwise.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-12-25
An Iowa Man Claims To Have Shak-
en- Hands ma Conversed with "a
Neritable FIeshy Ghost.

February LIST, 1873. Eli T. Coffin was
murdered, and his body hung under a
bridge, five miles from Atlantic City,
Iowa. His wife had previously died
as was supposed, from exposure and
starvation. Coffin was worth several
thousand dollars, brt miSerly in dispo.
sitiOn. The circumstances Of his death
led people to believe that brothcr.in.
law, who came from Chicago to assist
in prosecuting Coffin, assisted by in.
censed citizens of that locality, were the
perpetrators Of the murder. On the
evening Of Dee. Is. at 10 o'clock, Mr.
Wright, Of Lewis, was alone in his store
and was about to close his store whe n
man entered and sat down by the stove
When approached by MI. Wright, he
rose and said GLOW are you. Mr..
Wright - at the same time offering
his hand, which Mr.. Wright took, and
recogniI I'd his visitor a. Eli H. Coffin,
The mysterious visitor then took q
chair. and held a conversation with
Mr.. Wright, during which he stated
that he was murdered by stranger,
and gave the names Of ID. X. Carter,
the peBusk boys, and Jessie Smith. as
having been present at the time of the
murder. After some conversation con.
corning Collins financial matters and
his wishes concerning them, Mr.. Wright
heard some one outside. and, wishing
some one else TO hesr the apparition.
went % the door to call them in, wheG
tbs ghost suddenly disappeared. Mr.
Wright is well known in this county,
and Is not a believer in Spiritualism. or
anything Of the kind.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-12-25
MIXED SCHOOLS IN LOUISIANA.
New Orleans Telegram, Dec III


The students Of the Cecsral boys
high school to-day appeared at the girls
high school 10 compel the removal
therefrom Of number Of colored gu.
pills. A committee Of FIVE entered the
school and stated the purpose Of their
visit, threatening the use Of force il
necessary. All the colored girls pres.
ent promptly and quietly left the
building, and the boys returned to their
own school. II is believed the school
board will establish an additional high
school for colored children, thus obyi.
ating further trouble
A row between the white and colored
school boys AZ H.ier market this after
noon terminated in general melee be.
tween the whites and blacks in the
neighborhoOd The result was q color.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-12-25

"A very young writer tells US:
They Is two kinds Of elephants ones
fcets has five toSe, but the others has
only three toSe. The five toSc one is
best, cause more like men. They an
has ears like table covers. but not fig.
ured. There skins is made too big for
EN- and has to have tucks in il and
there teeth is called tucks too one on
both side oc their trunks. Billy saws
man in tho circus put his head in tho
elephants mouth. which I think was
enough. seem its teeth is outside. I
bet nobody but that man ever sec an
elephant tung. oxes lungs is nice
boiled" D'NS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-12-25

Indian Agent Brigham ofthe Chcy.
enne Agency, with military force from
Forts Rice and Sully, hiss gone 60 the
Black Hills TO dispossrss tho white men
who are said 20 have gone there 20
prospect for gold.
--"l'll put head on you" said a
little tCn.ycar old gamin 20 his com.
panion, as the two were perambuating
School street the other day. "You try
IT, was the ready response, "and
your mothers monkey viii BE- chcrub
In less than ten minutes :" The rising
generation is very FOR ard. Boston
Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-12-25

John Murphy, Utah man, being
tried for assault and battery with in.
tent to kill, the jury brought him in
guilty Of assault with intent 20 brighten.
which verdict the court would net &C.
eept but sent the jury out seain and
then il returned q verdict Of moi
guilty.
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ed policeman was badly hurt ny being
struck in the breast with a Delaying
pin. aud a number Of persons bruised.
During the excitement negro IN dead
with heart disease.
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tufultu pcfAums uess sisttssss. .. 81. :
plans that haye been suggested 80 muthu
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AuAND-ro.uAND nom.

The answer was pistol shot that
grazcd the young mans coat Albert
fired and missed the foremost burglar.
who drew nearer 20 him. The Young
man had no time TO lose. The desper.
ado was fast closing on him. and was
pointing his pistol az his heart. Albert
thought Of the revolver in his pocket,
but could not use IL. Ile grasped his
gun by the barrel and brought the
stock down on MoSkcr's arm. The
stock was broken from the rest ~ the
gun. MoShcr groancd and erasped his
pistol IN his left hand. By this time
he had reached the front II the house.
and Albert had time 70 draw his revol.
yer. MoSher faced him 70 fire again
and Albert shot hm through the lrCt
shoulder. MoSher turned and STAG
gered, and Albert fred two shots AZ
his back. The balls took effect. The
burglar uttered an oath. and, once
more facing his antagonist. fen back.
ward on tho grass, fccbly SAYING, III
surrender. In sn instant he was
dead.
In the mean time Douglas found
himself hemmcd in on all sides. lie
made q desperate attempt to gain the
road, and lsvelsd - pistol Al tho Cor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-12-25

Inc uumurr ut nfewprs efesgri u rnp IiFe-
laeum IL Fermeated iiluar during the h-ea.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-28
GENERAL ITEMS.

"A new order in Springfield, Mass, is
called Sovereigns of Industry. We believe
there is room for just one more order in
the United States, but it is merely
corner lot.
=" Would that could call her mine -
exclaimed the hopeless suitors for the
hand of the Lady Caroline Guest, of
England, who has an annual income of
$l 1000, 600 from her coal mine in Wales
The leaven is working in Connecticut.
Some forty unmarried or widowed women
of Saybrook holding taxable-and taxed
property in their own right, have decided
to petition the next Legislature for the
right to vote on all town questions.
AN octogenarian named Bachelor,
who was q graduate of Harvard College
and an unmarried man, died at Boston the
other day. He was bachelor by diploma,
a bachelor by celbacy, and Bachelor by
name, and "death," grimly remarks an
Eastern paper, with one fell swoop swept
off the whole batch"
The Secretary of the Navy has issued
an order complimenting Midshipman
Lucien Scott for his gallant act in jumping
from his vessel, going at the rate of six
or seven knots an hour, to save seaman
who had been accidentally thrown over
board, and so severely injured that he
would have drowned without aid.
When Mr.. Wilberforce, the great anti
slavery candidate, was once a candidate
for. parliamentary honors, his sister, an
amiable and witty young lady, offered the
compliment of a new gown to each of the
wives of. those freemcn who voted for her
brother, on which she was saluted with
the cry of "Miss Wilberforce forever"
when she pleasantly observed, II thank
you, gentlemen, but | can not agree with
you, for l really do not wish to be Miss
Wilberforce forever"
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-28

THE LAWYERS DAY.-The police
court to-day was truly lawyers day,
Thirty.odd of them were before his honor
Justice White, charged with violation OF
the city ordinance in not paying their
license class tax for 1872. The tax as
sessed against them varied in amount from
So to 500; of course the smaller amount
was charged against the major portion Of
them. The names of said lawyers were
as follows: L. II. Chandler, Chasta;n
White, r. G. Scott, Alfred Morton, John
H. Gilmer, A. Q. Holiday, A. R. Holli-
day, John r. Popham, j. S. Morson, j..
Amber Smith, j. f.. Taylor, f. P. Turner,
Jas. M. Matthews, VIM. b. Matthews,
G. Jennings Woodson, S. Il. Cady, W. O.
Evans, J. A. Powell, James @. Taylor,
@. j. Woodson, r. d. Ward, A. f.
Worthington, VIM. Norwood, jr., Cosby &
Turner, Darlington & Martin, John How
ard, George w. Richardson, John B.
Young, Turner Atkinson, Ohas. Cook, r.
T. Daniel, jr. Mr.. Alexander Q. Holiday
and Mr.. Chastain White opposed the pay
ment of the tax on the ground that they
were non-residents and paid all the taxes
against them in the county in which they
reside, therefore, under the law they were
entitled to practice anywhere in the state
without the payment of any additional
license. His honor reserved his decision
in these two cases of non-residents. The
larger portion of the gentlemen named who
were present ponied up, and judgment was
entered against those who failed to do so.
The reason of this onslaught upon
the legal fraternity is that these
are the parties who paid no attention
to this tax in 1872 in consequence of the
fact that the matter was being tested in a
case before the supreme court. This court
having decided adversely to them, Col
lector Regnault put in his'little claims, with
the sutc ,ss as above stated. The following
parties were also reported for having failed
to pay their class tax: W. s. Royster, j.
A.. Peasants, A. Lybrock, Drs. II. V.
Gray, William Eubank, A. s. McRae and
John E. Friend also Metropolitan Hall,
and Judgment entered against those who
failed to do so. s. ar .as, . rGsgE
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-28
Currency COnundrums.

10 Inc Eutt0r OF me itue journal. 3
We would like to ask farmers and have
them answer to themselves, did they ever
borrow money, and did they ever give
security-sucha as mortgages-on their lands
Or horses If yea, did they get interest
back on the security they gave tor
the said loans? If not, why not ?
The National Banks get good round in
terest back on the very securities which
they give for their bills to circulate. And
why should they be thu, favored above
the Woodworking farmers ? That's the
conundrum. .--..---.- A..
Those banks get notes Of the govern
ment by giving government bonds as So.
curity, and at the same time draw inter-
est from the government on those very
bonds which they deposit az security for
notes, upon which they draw another in
terest from the people. This is the same
as if the boy eats his cake and has 1t, too,
all the same though it was said aforetime
you can't have your cake and eat it, too.
But they do things differently now, 1t
seems. If a merchant or q mechanic Sc
cures loan of the bank or broker by a
piece of property he don't get draw
back of in terest equal to the interest on
the loan. 1t is these National Banks
government pets and favorites-who enjoy
such privileges, and the people pay for it.
Among the simple it is understood that
"they who dance must pay the fiddler"
but in this case these favored money
noaopolists do the dancing and enjoy all
the sport, while the working
classes pay the bill-that's it. 5
If YOU farmers and mechanics like the
picture-if this is the entertainment which
pleases you--,just instruct yourmembers Of
Congress to continue, yea, increase The
National Bank swindle asl1r ay g i
Why not insist on the more just and true
plan Of having the government itself issut
all the money to such as want and can give
security, without Intervention of the banks
to speculate on this hateful monopoly q
money. which they hold in the present
scheme of shaving? PLoW.