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Edwin J. Baldwin, a lawyer of No. 81
BlcomGc ST. Goboken. y j, who has been boarding al
Mrs Margaret L. Smiths at No. l. Waycricy owed
hcr - and paid her yesterday with check for ~
drawn he National STATE Bank oi Sew Brunswick y
J. Mrs smith pad the c,cck 10 Simon silyernail,
bucber ~ No 81 West Thirdst lia took IL the bank
and was rcfused lie then ei'graphed TO tue cashier
OF tho bauk Oh which The check drawn, ana was IN
formed mat Baldwin had account IN that bank. Ser
reaut Murray Of the flitoUth Precinct Police was IN
formed n tho cas-. aud he scu officer 10 arrest Bald
win Upon scarcling aim at ihC station, another bank
chetS We fouul upon him. lie Acknowledged iiat he
b.l given . check 10 Hr5. smith, and was locked ~.
"Its bully band" said n small hoy TO his
mother - they having thr Music Hal 40 the close
OF the Thomas concert Itusla! night but 90 Wisl
thevd play the Mulligan GuardS. - Boston Globe
The IOHaoa Graphic and illustrated Nelrs
have celebrated the beginning OF the Princes Indian
tourney nv extra India numbers" Of remarkable
artistic ncrit. which 81 naA0 3la Inst received
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-HtCRRISoN-At The raid nco Of tis btio's
parents. hsstone !. L. Nov :. M Borden L. Bovine 20
81 b. sto l. JiOrris0n
ths scotch Presbyterian Church.
ford, Conn, and Luna L. Cnapin VI ,h.s city.
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UTICA AND BLACK RIVER ELECTION.

UTICA, \. Y, Nov. 1O.--At the annual meet
ing OF ib stockholders OF tho Utica and Black River
Railroad Company to-day, tho old Board Of Directors
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Morrow OF Easton. Penn aud tho Row Dr. j. H. Lewis
Of Washington. ID. g. At 10 O'Clock tho Congress ad-
journod until tomorrow.
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Bessie Turner's new story-CIRCUMsT,S TIaI.
EVIDENCE OR, Tue VERDICT OF ~OcIHTY-is pub.
lished m The weekly story TfHer. the young ladys
paper, and soils immensely. Price cents. :"
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cAyAI EvGlNEEn ArroNrIp.

ALBANY, y. /, nov. 1O.-Charics +. Ohm
stead was appointed Division Engineer on the Western
Division by the Canal Board today
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u1RRIED.

Sc Won have the maeteyy Art sp, c;aclo Tho
siege Fsrs,' at tnt col a-ft'i, go 30 az
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DOMESTIC MAEKET s.


wILHsSroN Nov. 1872 riiS Turpenune uomnaly go.
Ro5in quiet ~ 81 o. for strained Tar STEADY az 81 20.
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-12-16
PERSONAL MATTERS.

John A. Smith, eX.member of Congress
from Ohio, has been appointed Commissioner
OF Indian affairs, vice Rev. Il p. Smith.
j. w. Truman, editor Of the Pittston,
Pa, Comet, has been sentenced to pay fine
Of $50 and seven molths' imprisonment in the
county Jail for libel upon J. b. Henry.
Gen. Bahcock left Washington for CHI.
cago on the 7th to appear before the court OF
inquiry appointed to investigate the charges
made against him Of connection with the whis-
Ky frauds.
Louis Rindskopf, who had been in jail
a week tor refusing TO answer as to whether he
had paid money to J. Conklin, revenue agent,
in consideration Of his failing TO report whisky
frauds, purged himself Of the contempt on
the 10th by answering the question. His ex.
animation lasted two hours. The nature Oi
his testimony is withheld.
The Rev. James j. Murphy, editor Of
the Montreal True Witness, and the Rev
Father Lynch, were burned to death in no.
tel about six miles from Montreal, which wa.
destroyed by fire the night Of the 4th. Father
Murphy was tie foremost and most promising
divine connected with the Catholic Church il
Montreal, an eloquent speaker and very
successful writer
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Congregational.

Dc Tin the Senate the reading OF the
Presidents Message was commenced 1915 and
concluded at 2:OS. The reading was listened
10 with marked attention by the senators, and
by hrce audience in the galleries. The
British Minister, Sir Edward Thornton, ives
an attentive listener
la the House the drawing for seats COM
mfnced at 1916, the Democrats mostly select
Ing slttngs on the speakers right The read
ing OF the message occupied two hours, at the
conclusion Of which not over forty members
were in their seats. A petition with reference
to representation from 80 South Caloi dis
trict was read, and an adjournment taken to
Friday.
DEC. Sin the Senate, Senator Morton in
PRODUCED his bill providing for the counting Of
votes cast Tor President and Vice President,
also q resolution 20 amen the constitution so
as to elect the president and Vice President
by direct vote, and 10 abolish the electoral
college. The Centennial committee asked Tor
the appropriation OF million and half of
dollars. Bills were introduced to remove the
legal and and political disabilities OF all citi-
Gems for q charter Tor an ocean cable to Asia
by Senator Mcmillan, ior the extension of
time Tor the completion Of the Northern Pac-
ihc railroad also fO' the sale of the Black
Bob Indian land in Kansas. The House was
not in session.
DEC. g.--in the Senate, Senat BAyard pro-
tested against the majority restricting the min
ority 10 but two places on the finance COM
mitee. The usual number OF petitions and
memorials were presented, including one
from the Methodist Church, south, asking
for compensation Tor books destroyed during
the rebellion. A bin was introduced provid-
ing for the taxation by State OF unsurveyed
lands OF the Union Pacific railroad A large
number OF appointments were received from
the President and confirmed, after which the
Senate adjourned until Monday The House
was not ia session.
DEC. 10 The House referred TO a select
committee OF thirteen that part OF the Message
referring TO the Centennial. Two bills were
presented, one by Mr. McDougall and the
other by Mr. Starkweather, repeating such
part of the postal law Of last winter as related
TO printed matter. Pending a discussion as to
which I'LL should take pre- cedeuce, the House
adjourned until the l4th. The Senate was
not In session.
DC l3-The Senate. only, was in session.
Bills were intro iuced to define the true mean
Ing OF the Pacific railroad acts, and to prevent
cruelty to animals in transit. Also for the
protection Of persons Of foreign birth against
involuntary servitude. The committee on
| foreign affairs was instructed TO inquire into
the expcdiency of a general law for the extra.
ditlon Of ugtives from justice. Mr.. Howe, of
Wisconsin, INTRODUCED bill 10 authorize the
building OF pon;oon bridge between Buffalo
county in Wisconsin ard Wnona county i'm
Minnesota. A bill was introduced extending
the time tor fling claims for additional bounty
under the act OF 1866.
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senate Committees.

Privileges and Elections Morton, chair.
man, Logan, Mitchell, Wadleigh, Cameron
el Wisconsin, Mcmillan, Salisbury, Mcr.
riman and Cooper.
Foreign Relations--Cameron of Penn.
sylvania, chairman; Morton. lIamlin.
Howe, Frelinghuysen, Conkling, McCree.
ry, Bogy and Eaton.
Finance Sherman. chairman Morrill,,
Of Vermont, Ferry, FlelinghuySen, Lo.
gan, Boutwell,, Jones, of Nevada, Bayard
and Herman.
Appropriations Morrill,, Of Maine.
chairman, Window, West, Sargent, Ali.
son, Dorsey, Davis, Withers and Wal.
lace.
Commerce Gonkling. ch lirman. Spen.
Ger, Boutwell,, Cameron of Wis, Burn
side, Mcmillan, Ransom, Dennis and Me.
Donald.
Manufactures Robertson, chairman,
Booth, Bruce. English AMI Wallace.
Agriculture. Frelnghuysen, Chairman:
Robertson, Harvey, Davis ana Jordan.
Military Affairs Logan. chairman ;
Cameron Of Pennsylvania, Spencer, Clay.
tan, Wadleigh. Burnside, Gordon, Ran.
dolph and Cockcrcl.
Naval -Cragin. chairman. An.
thony. Morrill, Of Maine, Sargent. Con.
over. Norwood and Whyto.
Judiciary Eimunds, chairman: Conk.
Ing FrelinghuySeu, Wright, Howe, Thur.
man Stevenson.
Post Offices and post roads IIamlin,
Chairman. Ferry, Dorsey, Jones. of Ne.
vada. Dawc', Haddock, MaXey andKcyes
Public Lauds-oglcsby, chairman;
Window. Harvey, Hamilton, Paddock,
Booth Kelly, Mcdonald and Jones, Of
Florida.
Private Land Claims Thurman, chair.
man, Bayard, Bogy, Edmunds and Chris.
uancr.
Indian Affairs Allison. chairman.
OglcSby, Morrill, Of Ne, Ingalls,, Clayton,
Bogy and McCrccry.
Pensions ingalls,. chairman, Allison,
Hamilton, Booth, Bruce, Mcdonald and
Nithprs.
Revolutionary, Claims Stevenson,
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chairman, Johnston, Goldthwaite, Morrill,
Of Vermont, and Wight.
Claims-Wright chairman, Mitchell,
Wadleigh, Christiancy, Mcmillan, Cam.
eron Of Wisconsin. Caperton, Cockere,
and Jones OF Florida.
District Of Columbia Spencer, chair.
man; Hitchcock, Dorsey, ingalls,, Robert.
son, Merriam and English.
Patents-- Wadleigh, chairman, Win.
dom, Dawes, Johnston and Herman.
Public Buildings and Grounds Nor
rll, of Vermont, chairman; Cameron, Of
Pennsylvania, Paddock, Cooper and
Whyte.
Territories - Hitchcock, chairman,
Cragen, Patterson, Christiancy, Sharon,
Cooper and Maxey.
Railroads West, Chairman, Hitch
cock, Cragn, Home, Hamilton, Mitchell,
Dawes, Ransom, Kelly, Cap erton and
Eaton.
Mines and Mining Sargent, chairman,
IIamlin, Alcorn, Harvey, Sharon, Gold
thwaite and Randolph.
Revision Of Laws Of the United States
Boutwell,, chairman; Alcorn, Christian.
cy, Caperton and Wallace.
Education and Labor-Patterson, chair.
man; Morton, Morrill, Of Vermont, Burn
side, Bruce, Sharon, Gordon, Maxey and
Reyes.
Civil Service and Retrenchment--Clay
ton, chairman, Wright, 0glesby, AlcoTn
Patterson. McCreery and Randolph.
To Audit and Control the Contingent
Expenses Of the Senate Jones Of Neva
da, chairman, Dawes and Dennis.
Printing-Anthony, chairman, Sher
man and Salisbury.
Library--Hows, chairman, Edmund.
and Ransom.
On Rules Perry, chairman, Hamlir
and Merrimln.
Engrossed Bills Bayard, chairman
Withers and Anthony.
Enrolled Bills-Conover, Chairman
Roberts and Kelly.
On the Levees Of the Mississippi River
-Alcorn, chairman, Clayton, Harvey
/ Cooper and Cockrell.
To examine the Several Branches oil
the Civil Service Boutwell,, chairman
Conklin, Allison, Merriam and Eaton.
On Transportation Routes to the Sed'
hoard Window, chairman; Sherman
West, Concord, Mitchell, Burnside, Nor
wood, Davis and Johnston.
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The Diary of a Man Who starved
Himself II Death.

Huleland, who records a case of sui.
eide by starvation, says that ''after an
abstinence Of eighteen days the man still
breathed, but expired Immediately after
little soup had been forced down his
throat" On his person they found a
diary. written in pencil, from which The
following are extracts:
Sept. l6th.-The generous philan.
thropist who may find my corpse is re.
quested to bury it, and to repay himself
for the trouble by my clothes, my purse,
my pocket book and knife. | have not
committed suicide, but die of starya-
tion because bad men have deprived me
Of my fortune, and do not choose to be
a burden on my friends. 1t is unneces.
sary to open my body, since | have said
| die Of starvation.
Sept. l7Ih.-What a night | have
passed! 1t has raned. | am wet
through. have been so cold.
sept. 18th. The cold rain forced me
20 get up and walk. Ny walk was very
feeble. Thirst made me lick up the wa.
ter which still rested on the mushrooms.
How nasty that water was
sept. 10th. The cold, the length Of
the nights, the slightness Of my clothing,
which makes me feel the cold more keen.
ly, have given me great suffering.
sept 10th. In my stomach there is
a terrible commotion hunger and, above
all, thirst become more and more fright.
ful. For three days there has been no
rain, Would that | could lick up the
water from the mushrooms now
Sept. 2lSt.--Unable to endure the tor
lures Of thirst ] crawled with great labor
tn an inn, where | bought a bottle of beer
which did not quench my thirst. In the
evening ! drank some water from the
pump near the inn where | bought the
beer
"Sept. 23d. Yesterday | could scarcely
move, much less write. To-day thirst
made me 90 to the pump. The water was
icy cold, and made me sick. | had con.
wilson's until evening; nevertheless / re.
turned to the pump.
sept. GOTH Nv legs seem dead. For
three days have been unable 20 20 10 the
pump. Thirst increases. My weakness
Is such that ! could scarcely trace these
lines to-day.
"Scpt. 29th.--I have been unable 10
move. Ii has rained. My clothes arc
not dry. No one would believe how much
suffer. During the rain some
drops icli into my mouth. which did not
queheh my thirst Yesterday ! saw a
peasant ten yard from me. bowed to
him. lie returned my salutation. tits
with great regret that | die. Weakness
ana commissions prevent my writing more.
feel this is the last time
This pathetic case illustrates. as indeed
All other cases DO. the truth that thirst Is
TAR more terrible than hunger. The mans
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ority, the suits against parties for recovery Of
money received by them on account Of subsidy,
and on his motion the court reinstated the
cases.
A New York despatch says the cor
responding secretary OF the Sunday School
Union and the Tract Society Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, Published card to-day
in relation TO the remarks made in the Boston
preachers meeting, Monday morning by Bish-
op Gilbert Haven. The Secretary says
the representatives OF the Sunday
School Union and Of the Trlct So3iety present
at the preachers meeting had nothing whatev.
er to do with the invitation to the Bishop
or the sentiments he advanced, and only voted
to welcome him. The societies are devoted
entirely to the christian work for
which they were organized and have not as
such the slightest interest in the platform or
candidates Of political parties
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THE NEWS RECORD.
A REVIEW OF THE WEEK
At HOME AND ABROAD.
CRIMEs ann CRIm1NALs.

County Treasurer Mann of Saratoga,
N. ", who had, as charged, ISSUED fraudulent
ly n large amount OF county bonds, has disap.
peared and, it is thought, fed the country.
The latest swinde praciiced in the vicin.
ity Of New York is the purchase Of SIN Il arti-
cles in the name Of some responsible firm,
which are paid Tor in forged checks, the buyer
receieing good money or checks in exchange
for the balance above his purchase
Near Dixon, ILL.,, man named Wath i'll
having barganed WITH his sons that they
should clear a piece Of timber land, quarreled
with them on the 9th, as to whether the
agreement required removal Of the stumps and
roots, and in fit of rage pulled out his pocket
knife and stabbed his Oldest son to the heart
He was arrested aud Is held for trial for muir
der
Frank Ulrech, merchant in good
standing at Pottsville Pa, has been arrested
on suspicion of being connected with the
Molly Mcguire murders OF Chas ODonnell,
and McAllister and sister, at that place on the
night Of the 9th. II Is said the murders
grew out OF 8 previous shooting affair, OF
which the 0'Donnells were in possession Of
damaging evidence.
On the 7th inst. an old feud between
J. +. Harden and William II. Phelps OF Car
thage, Mo, was ended by Harden going into
the District Court room, the court being in
session, and opening fire on Phelps, who was
unarmed aud begged for his lie Before the
sheriff and bystanders could sieze and dlsarn
Harden, he had fired three balls into Phelps
body, each Of which inflicted a mortal wound.
In the crooked whisky trial Of Burbach
and Reynolds at Milwaukee on the sth, ex-
gauger w. II. Roddis, who had turned States
evidence, testified he did so on the promise Of
Z. 5. District Attorney McKenny that the
criminal prosecutions pending against him
should be discontinued. He also testified that
he had wiliully made false afidayits, tor which
parties had paid him 5000, but did not im.
nish the names Of the parties paying the
money.
The latest tcegraphic dispatches from
Mahoney CITY and Gilbert state that there
Is much excitement in those places in conse-
quenoe Of three murders committed at .
o'clock this morning by masked men. They
entered the house Of Chas. O'Donuell, ard
seizing and binding him, carried him
back of the house, where he was
shot dead. A man named McAllister
was also taken from his house and shot, and a
sister Of hcAllisters was also murdered The
murderers are supposed to I've Molly Maguires,
but no reason is given by the people in the
neighborhood for the bloody deeds
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resolution was not strong enough TO resist
the desire for drink, yet he never seems
to have fatered in his determination TO
refrain rom food. 1t will be further
noticed that he ceased to complain of cold
when thirst set in iieiGely, because then
fever had also 81, ervened.
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INV York, Dec. H.. The annual meet.
ing Of Plymouth Church took place last
evening. The annual report showed the
number OF church members in December.
1874, 1920; the number admitted since.
li6, the number removed, 70 Of whom
six were dropped from the roll the total
membership az present being
3,4pO, an increase Of one
hundred. of this total number 1875 are
females and ylj are males. There are
2S4l pupils In the schools and 2js
teachers. Slll,4l4 were raised the past
year exclusive Of personal contributions.
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OF this sum $1,000 was from pew rent.
The pew rents Of the last five years have
amounted to 100000, more than $780,.
600 Of which has been devoted to charity.
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y
attention to the necessity Of an increase
in the annual appropriation FOR
AIMING AND EoUIPPING THE MILITIA.
The annual appropriation Of 100000
was made in 1908, when the population
was about 100000. at the present
time, with population of over 10000.
600, the amount appropriated is still the
same; and it is impossible for this de.
partment to meet all the demands made
upon it by the States and Territories. II
it be the intention and desire of Congress,
as expressed in the act of 1903, to pro.
vide farms and military equipments for
the whole body of the militia of the
United States then the necessary means
ought to be supplied by largely increas-
ing the annual appropriation. The last
official report gives the aggregate strength
Of the militia of the United States: Or.
ganized, S4,724; unorganized, 3,70l,977
and there is little doubt that, were ''arms
and military equipments" more freely
supplied, the organized force would be
largely augmented. The hope is enter.
tanned that this NAV receive the atten.
ton of the proper committee OF Congress,
and that further legislation may be had
at its next session.
Information has been received from
different sources that many private indi.
viduals have in their possession important
official records, principally Of the late
Confederate government, which they are
willing to dispose Of for n consideration,
but for the purchase Of which there are
no funds available at the disposal Of this
Department. OF course these records
are properly the property Of the govern.
ment; but 1t seems impossible % obtain
the information necessary to their recoy
cry through the courts, or otherwise than
by purchase No doubt Is entertained
but that many Of these papers contain
data that would enable the government
to detect many fraudulent claims. which
could only he proven to be such by the
agency Of these papers; and il is recon-.
mended that Congress, by appropriate
legislation, place this Department in a
position 20 recover such as properly be.
long 20 its liles. As it now is, these Con.
fedcratc records are SO incomplete that
the result Of the compilation will neccs.
sarily be very unsatisfactory to al con.
cerncd.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL Park.
On the 9Th Of February, 1871, the
Secretary Of War communicated 10 the
Senate Of the United States report made
by Lieut.. Gustayus G. Doane, Second
Regiment OF Cavalry, upon the so.cailcd
Yellowstone expedition cf 1870. | call
attention to this expedition and report Of
Lieut.. poane at this time, for the reason
that, during the past summer. in com
pany with him and several other officers
Of the army. Travelled over large por.
ton Of the region which he has described
N this report, which region is embraced
IN what is now known as the yellow.
stone National Park"
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Below we present some Of the most i'm
portant features in the report Of the
Secretary of War, on the operations of
the department for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1875: