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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24
The West.

WM. hCGlNNEs wac found dead near West
Point IA Hardin county Ky. last FRIDAY. with
hl- horse standing guard over his body. He
bad suddenly fallen from ms horse probably
with heart disease
IHE body of a man. named C. f. Curtis.
was found by two farmers near Council Bluffs.
Iowa, supposed TO have been murdered.
hnN GAS. z. HAGArE. late collector Of in
terna revenue in Indianapolis district. il dead
IHk Central Pacific railroad has suffered
considerably from SNOW bloekades the past
winter, ,aurmg much trouble with rhipment
ot ireigh and passengers,
AcoLoBED man named Mattock. has been
found guilty at Little Rock. Ark. of the
murder Of family Of Missouri miners last
November.
iuE opera house at Lafayette. ind is TO be-
disposed Of ma gitl enterprise
Tug next fair Of the Kausaz Agricultural
Society will he held AZ Ira,cnuorth
IHE nil TO repeal tho ST. Loms social evil
law was defeated IN the Missouri Senate. dur.
ing slim attendance rs ~ ayos 10 A nays
the constitutional majority required being A.
SouX Cui special Gays a party OF Indians
from the Wnuohago agency nidod tho Sec
iion house az Whiting, on the Sioux city and
Pacific Railway about thirty miles south Of
S''nA City and demanded provisions When
tod they could have none they frightened
the 'oction men away hy threats " phoot,na.
and conn-catcl what they could lay hands ON
Iut Iowa Senate has adopted the non-,
lalni resolution for a constitutional amend
merit giving women the right to vote
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24

The hall was deliberately draped. On
the platform We're Vice President Will
son and large number of distinguish
ed men. Opposite the platform were
portraits of the late Senator, with the
date of his birth and death on each.
Mayor Cobb presided. Among the
Vice Presidents were Wendell Philips,
Robert C. Winthrop, r. II, Dana, b.
Curtis, Sidney Bartlett and VIM. Lloyd
Garrison.
Services were commenced by the
reading Of an extract from the original
manuscript of Summers eulogy on Pres
ident Lincoln, which was followed 10y
prayer by Rev. DIR. Lathrop.
Richard II. Dana then addressed the
meeting, and offered series of resolu-
tons, which were adopted.
Addresses were also made by j. b.
Smith, A.. IL. Rice, Rev. Il. Hale, ex-
Mayor CASTOR, J.. p Banks, and others.
The remains lay in state until mon
day March 10th, when at 3 o'clock the
funeral proper took place, attended
with all due military and civil honors.
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Education Among the Cherokees.

The Cherokee Indian Nationnumbers
go, 600 Its Superintendent of Schools
reports that about 1890 children attend
schools that the schools are in session
nine months annually, and that all the
English branches are taught, including
geometry, rhetoric, etc. that there are
forty-four native teachers and twenty
two pale-faces; that they have one
orphans school, with nine inmates ;
one female high school, presided over
10y teacher from Mt. Holyoke, Mass.
aud one Moravim missionary school.
These schools have been supported by
the United States for thirty-live years
past, or since their formation, and
about $50, 900 is now appropriated by
Congress annually 20 sustain them.
The Superintendent thinks that the
nation viii in time support the schools
without aid from the government.
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Agriculture in Bermuda.


Although three crops of vegetables
can be raised annually, still agriculture
is in a very backward state, and most
of the fruits enumerated are specially
rather than generally cultivated. In
the early colonial days it was the chief
occupation of the people, but was after
ward abandoned for other pursuits, and
after the introduction of slavery the
land was mostly tiled by slaves, and a
certain disgrace attached to this kind of
labor. Ignorance reigned i'll the fields,
and it is only recently that an attempt
has been made to wrest them from its
sway. The most progressive men are
now deeply interested in the subject,
and strong efforts are being made to in
duce the people to cultivate something
besides the stereotyped onion, potato,
and arrowroot, the last said TO be the
best in the world, though the quantity
raised is constantly diminishing, as it
exhausts the soil, and does not prove
as remunerativU as some other crops.
Small patches of land are selected
here and there, are carefully spaded-
the pillow not being i'll common use-and
from them surprisingly large crops are
realized. The land is quite generally
inclosed by the oleander, and to pre-
vent inroads upon it, all creatures that
feed out of doors, from hen to a COW,
are usually tied.
One great drawback to the colony has
been the lack of regular steam commu-
nication with New York. The govern
ment now pays subsidy to induce
steamers to run to Bermuda, and in the
crop season, during the months of
April, May and June, weekly trips are
made. At other seasons they run once
in 20 days. The value of exports last
year, 1878, has been about $350,000, or
an increase of $4,000 over that for the
year 1872. The ready market which is
secured by steam communication, and
the increased demand which will be
made for products which the country
can SO easily supply, will make of Ber-
muda ere long that for which she is SO
well fiitted-the garden of New York.
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At Large.

NJ Rrpoirm offers to play ans man tn
America "a match game ~ billiard. French
carom-, 400. son or ton points. fur an, -nm
from St,OoO 10 s5,0po.
IuE Pacific Mail steamer Rising Star. which
saiied from New lork on the 1th Of Fcbtuar,.
tnr ATinwdl. has not bocn hcani of since.
'HHisrnN suAGrr, the inventor Of the "a
NOUS Sharpe nac, died suddenly NJ his resi-
denco ~ Vernon, Conn, on Marh 18th. of
hemorhago oi the lungs. al the axe of sixty
three years. lie wac q native " New Jersey.
NnEN the German mails ~ the steamship
Vessel were opened az the rottonice m New
York. Il was found that at least forty packages.
each containing from 9oo to 500 letters. werc
broken open in q ruuous state Nearly an tho
damaged letters worc enclosed IN their himsy
envelopes, aud the packages we're tied up in
weak brown paper
RESOLUTIONS were introduced Ia the Board
Of Trade at Louisville saturday recommend
ing Congress 70 extend 90 the Texas Pacific
Railway the credit Of the Government sufficient
10 ensure the sucecrs Of the ruad.
Az autopsy Of the body Of CharlesSumner
vas held at Boston, for the purpose Of deter
mining whether the assault committed by
Brooks on Sumner was productive Of injuries
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EggCharnls.

The belief in the charms of serpents
eggs existed. until very recently, in
Cornwall and Wales. This idea is traced
back To the ancient Romans, who held
in high estimation the eggs of serpents.
elected when kissing, and when the
snakes had been entwined together. II
was believed Of them that they ensur-
ed success. and the test Of their GEM
iueness was in their floating against the
current of stream. The old Druids
impressed it upon the minds of their
followers that they must he ready 10
catch them in q cloak, 50 rs not 10 let
them touch the grouud, and then in
stantly flee from the place on horseback.
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THE NEWS.
crimes and Accldents.

An old man named Andrew 1iernan war
murdered for his money near Fort Wayne, on
March 18th.
WALLACE FouLKE has been sentenced to tive
years imprisonment, at Morris, H., for the
crime of incest with a fourteen year old
daughter.
The dwelling Of John Hornbeck wealthy
farmer residing near Exeter, Scott county,
ILL.,, was forcibly entered by burglars a few
days since, and robbed OF $4,000 the family
tieing from home at the time. There II no
clue as yet to the robbers.
GILMAN JoNEs colored was murdered on
March IA. north of Cairo. A negro named
I.ashoe ia under arrest charged with the crime,
one witness having testified that Jones ac-
cused Lashoe of theft, quarrel ensued, and
that Laehoo fractured Jones skull with club
A FREIGHT train was ditched, ON the G. N
n W. Railroad, at BlaIrstOwn, Ia, on March
II. Brakeman James Secord was instantly
killed Fireman Rosenburg dangerously in
iured, and Engineer James Jones slightly |
hurt.
An engine standing IN the Pennsylvania |
Company Yard at Altoona, got started some
house, across the open space, and into large
machine shop in which over 500 men we're AZ
work. Que Of them was killed aud another
wounded. The engine smashed everything in
t. course
THE mail which left ST. Louis ON the after
noon Of March 10, on the Jacksonville Division
Of the Chicago n st. Louis Railway, was rob
bed between Ierseyyille and Bloodhouse, I'LL
A number Of valuable letters were robbed Of
Miss JACOBS. a hall-witted young woman.
I.,- been tried, At Decatur, Ind, for incest with
Ter brother, found guilty, and sentenced to
wenty-four hours Imprisonment The brother
sill be more severely punished.
CHARGES have been preferred against the
lty clerk Of Omaha for mutiation of records.
destruction of important reports, and appro-
1dating license money to his own use
Two despepdoes at Iudiauola, Texas on
Thursday, walked aboard the steamer Clinton
1t the wharf deliberately shot and killed two
l,Sn. named Sutton and Slaughter, and made
heir escape
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which might lead to his early death, and re-
suited in establishing the belief that the as-
sault had no effect ON the general health q
Sumner.
Iy the Virginia House Of Representatives
series Of eulogistic resolutions regarding sum
ner. we're introduced BY syphax, coloreu. inc
passage of the resolutions was adNoc"'0' ~
syphax and also by Paige another coioreu
member They were tabled
The Ohio Grand Lodge Of knights OF fylh-
las met Cincinnati on March H. process
nion of l. 200 knights paraded the streets
s. P. CUMMINGS of Danyers, who has Tor
long time been identified with the labor re-
form movement in tMassachusetts, died on
March Il. Mr. Cummings was cmef OF the
orler Of Crispins, and was once candidate
for Lieutenant Governor
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A Ouinine Spectre.

10 produce spirit-photograph of
wierd effect, let the ordinary suspended
background screen, which il behind the
sitter. be painted with the desired
ghostly additional figure in solution
of sulphatc Of quinine The chemical
solution in question becomes invisible
as il dries upon the screen. but still
sends ont subtle rays that are capable
If impressing the spectral designs upon
the same photo-plate with the likeness
Of the sitter
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What the snow Water MAY Hold.

The Montreal Star says that Dr.
Edwards has addressed communica-
ton to the Mayor of that city ON the
subject of the refuse covered up 10y the
snow on the streets, which evidently he
thinks will be desiccated by March
winds, distributed as fine dust in the
houses, and inhaled on the streets. He
says that he finds that within an hour
or two of melting, the snow water con
tains a swarm of living organisms, in
cludingmost of the infusory animalcul@
and variety of worms and yibriUnes,
a teaspoonful becoming, in fact, a nina
ture aquarium, and few grains of the
dust mentioned containing more filth,
animal life, aud germs of disease than
ahlock of ice 600 pounds in weight Dr
Edwards urged the Board of Health Of
the city 10 remove this unwholesome
nuisance from the streets. more prompt
ly and efficiently than in former years.
and represents the danger to health
FROM deposits in hose cisterns which he
found IN every case tccmiug with active
animal life He also addresses an ar
gument 90 the Chairman of the Watcr
Committee, maintaining that tine ultra
ton of the economic value. may be
effected AZ moderate outlay. He
mentions the deposits from the Ottawa
and ST. Lawrence waters, and states
that the water is filtered at Liverpool
ut the rate of about 1918 per anum for
each 1,OOO,000 gallons per day. He
believes that the adoption Of the Liver
pool district plan in Montreal. Of which
alteration is the iirst element would.
first. double the available supply: see
ondly. afford also spare head Of water
for flushing and cleansing streets
thirdly. improve the sanitary condition
Of tho city by the supply Of filtered
water. and thusguard against prevailing
endemic and threatened epidemic dis
nascs. reduce the rate Of infant NOR
tahty. ami promote the general health
end sobriety of the citizens at large.
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PROM The Boston Glolp


The launch of the torpedo boat nj the
Boston Navy Yard makes a new era in
the history of naval warfare. No gov
eminent except our own has vet she
sessfully attempted the construction of
boats devoted especially 10 torpedo
service and, consequently. the boat
recently launched at BROOKLYN and that
Just placed in the water here are the
only vessels of the kind in the world.
The Boston boat will carry Twenty-Five
or thirty torpedoes If the most approx
ed plan, each weighing about two or
three hundred pounds, and each calcu.
lated 20 be capable of destroying an
ordinary man-of-war. The torpedoes
are 60 be attached, one az a time, to an
iron shaft, running ont forward and
can Toe exploded nj any moment. The
difficulty m arranging q torpedo boat
so as to insure the destruction az an
enemys vessel, without iniurinp the
boat, has been overcome IL being dis.
covered that the radius uf the circle of
immediate effect of torpedo with a
,ne hundred pound charge il ahout
fourteen feet. Il only requires that the
shaft 10 which the torpedo tx affixed
snail extend that distance beyond the
/ PROV oi the boat 81 insure tho desired
result. All other difficulties HAVING
been already met. the success of tins
new method ot naval warfare ia rsgarl
| Ell as assured
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Madame Mcmahon.

According 10 the Paris correspond
once of the Philadelphia Press,
Madame Mcmahon is not the brilliant
success rs a hostess that some gossips
would have us believe. She is no long
or young, not at all handsome, and
worse still, is not in the least stylish.
She is short and stout, and her strong
Royalist proclivities have not tended 10
lend her manners that suave grace in
her new position which would have been
advisable She headed a quote at one
Of the fashionable churches lately
that is, was the leading lady in hand
ing round the purse for collections
and the papers thereafter wickedly re-
marked that the honor was great. hut
that the collection would have been
larger had young and beautiful girl
oiliciated in her place.
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House.

The session was devoted exclusively
to debate on the bill to regulate Interstate railroad
commerce. on which subject several written speeches
were delivered. The evening session was given to
the bin 10 revise aud con sodste the statutes The
attendance at both sessions was very small and the
proceedings devoid OF any general interest.
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BANCROFT recently appeared on skates
1T the Thiergartcn Pond in Berlin He
is said 70 have done the eagle" very
nicely.
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A HorsEKEErER' writes ms. ..kips
: How 60 dress lobster" W. jnnf
know. We never dressed lobster II
the lobster ls about IL wears old. may.
ue ~ would look well in a plain waist
win deml-tralncd skirt of blue silk and
medium sized pannicr. and nm a. .an
~ .poionnisc with pinkish mauye
challic. SIX huttoncd gloves and a white
clip hat. We say maybe il would. hut
perhaps . HouSekeeper. before dress.
ING her lobster, had better subscribe
Tor fashion magazine. which will ten
her all about such things.
A SoRosls CLUB, with husbands hall
attached, is the latest London dodge
The advantage Of this is that the ladiDs
know exactly where their lords are.
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4 ROCHESTER, firm has found sale f'r
fifty thousand pounds Of 5ried ara
sliced potatoes.
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senate
WEDNESDAY, March 18.-A memorial


of Mrs. d. r. Lawrence read asking that band
Of praying temperance be received at the bar
Of the Senate, aud that the present occupant of the
chair and Senators Chandler and Sprague be ap-
pointed a committee TO receive them.-Bills were
introduced, for the relief Of certain set
tiers on ihdidua lands, and providing
for opening and improving water routes. The
senate then considered private bills until the expi-
ration OF the morning hour when the discussion OF
the bill to equaze the distribution Of currency was
resumed. After listening TO remarks from senator
Davis, the hill was laid aaide and the army appro-
pratiOh bill taken Up Mr. West explained the pro-
visions Of the bill, saying the total amount appr-
prated for the support Of the army for the present
fiscal year was s3l 10000. The arsenal estimates
for the next scal year were S34, 600 but under
the revised estimates they reduced to So 2lS-
90. The House had voted for SOS 30l ,gl6 The
senate committe, ON appropriations had reduced
this amount TO S21,i335OO, S40G2 500 less than the
amount appropriated for the present fiscal year
The reduction was mainly due to the curtailmen of
the army from $1,000 20 ~ 900 men, The bill was
then read, and nearly an OF the hrst section agreed
To as rel orted by the committee the amendments
all being concurred n. without final action the
senate ADJOURNED.
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House.

bill was passed exempting Kansas and Missouri
from the operations Of the act of May rs, 1872
which forhids the pfe-einptiGn OF iron and coal
miues.--After conflict for the precedence between
the cheap transportation bin the legislative appro-
priation hill and the contested election case, the
House went into Committee of the Whole Mr.
Woodruff IN the chair, ON the Legislative executive
and judicial appropriation bills.--Upon rising the
House took a recess until 730 p II. for debate on
the transportation bill.
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TUESDAY. March Petitions an,

memorials were presented relating TO the financial
question, and in favor of a survey for a canal from
the Falls Of st. Croix TO Lake Superior.--A bill
passed to authorize the President to accept for
the citizens Of the United States jurisdiction of GER
tain tribunals in the Ottoman Dominion and in
Egypt, established 20 he established under the
authority of the Sublime Porte, and government of
Egypt also bills compensating the Louisville and
destroyed during the war aud for the relief of VIII
lard Dawes, late internal revenue collector of Ken
Mr.. Frelinghuyseu gave notice that the
civil rights bill introduced by the late Senator Sum
neT has been completed, and that as soon as Mr.
Edmunds, the chairman Of the Judiciary COM
mittee is able to take part in the debate,
be will call il up for action.-The Senate
then resumed consideration of the bin to cqualize
the distribution Of national bank currency and Mr.
Logan being entitled 10 the floor, addressed the
Senate.-A the conclusion Of his remarks the SEN
ate al ourned.
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At BOSTON

Tho funeral cortogc arrived at Boss
ton 20 noon, and the scene ut Fncuil
hall. whcre the ceremonies were held.
Is described as q peculiar outburst of
love.and respect seldom, if ever. wit
messed An hour and half before the
exercises commenced the ladies were
admitted g. the balconies, which we're
immediately filled. and soon after the
doors were thrown open 20 the public
tho hall was filled to It's utmost rapac-
ity.
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No business transacted in the House
House.

MONDAY, March 16-Bills we're in
troduced prohibiting the Of public horses and
vehicles for private purposes in Washington, and
iorbdding government officials TO require their
servants 10 wear livery for a commission in rela-
ton 10 the preservation Of forests TO give land
warrants to soldiers and sailors in the late war /;
and for appropriatng $4,000 to he expended in the
course Of the current year IN improving the mouth
of the Mississippi river. The latter assed.-An
evening session held for the discussion of the
lrAnannrIA ION hill
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When it arrived at IL p. NJ. and the
remains we're Immediately taken to the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, where rest wa,
made until Saturday morning, March
18th, when the funeral cortege proceed
ed on its way to Boston.
The departure WIS characterized by
almost as little demonstration as the
reception. Only a few people gathered
m front of the Fifth Avenue Hotclwhcn
the coffin was borne Ia the hearse, and
tho only organized delegation to ac-
company the remains. other than those
from Washington. was committee of
the Union League. The city furnished
police escort As the funeral pro-
ccsslon moved through Fifth Avenue 10
the depot many citizens removed their
hats, but many moro seemed uncon-
sclouS that the honrsc contained the re-
mains of Charles Sumner.
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AT PHILADELPHIA.

When the train bearing the remains
arrived at Philadelphia, a large number
Of persons we're gathered about the de-
pot, but no demonstration of any kind
was made. II was expected that the
remains would lie in state ut Indepcnd-
ence Hall. but this was not previously
arranged and the train conveying the
remains, after waiting a few moments,
proceeded on It's way 10
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Congressional Summary.
senate.

senate.
THURSDAY, March Ex-senator An
thony announced the death Of Senator Sumner, and
the Senate adjourned.
House.
The House also adjourned after the announce
ment of the death of Senator sumner, without
transactiug any business.
senate.
FRIDAY, MARCH 13.-The Senate met
for the purpose Of taking part in the funeral cere-
monies OF the late Senator Sumner, aud al journed
until Tuesday, without transacting any business.
House.
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