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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-07-02
Terrible Loss Of Life and Property i'm
Southern France.
[Faris Telegrams of June o.


The loss of life by the food at Toulouse
is appalling. At St. Cyprian quarter 2l5
corpses hove been found. The violence of
the torrent frustrated all efforts to rescue
the unfortunate inmates Of the houses.
Several men were drowned in the attempt.
Twenty thousand persons were deprived
of the means Of subsistence in Toulouse.
Disasters elsewhere are of almost equal
magnitude. The lower part of the city
of Mousac, on the Lorne, is under water.
At Tremsullet, in the department of Ar.
riege, five houses only remain standing
out of four hundred In the district Of
Fax, same department, two villages are
completely submerged and many dead
bodies found. Crops of all kinds through
out the inundated districts have been
destroyed. President Mcmahon and
Minister Buffet have left Paris for the
scene of the destruction.
Gen. De Cisscy, minister of war. ac-
companied the president and minister Of
the interior to the scene of the inunda.
ton. The municipal council of Paris
has devoted $4,000 for the relief of the
sufferers. Eighty persons were drowned
in Verdun. Eight hundred houses have
fallen in Toulouse. At Bordeaux the
Garinne is much swollen, but no serious
catastrophe is reported. 1t is said that
altogether one thousand lives have been
lost
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-07-02

have been all right now. Want to see ii yen
can get me lawyer am here for murder.
May God forgive me.
(Signcdl WILLIAM NEWTON.
u send my love 10 all am in Jail. will
send You picture--that Of "a murderer. Write
soon. Direct 70 William Newton, st. August
inc, Fla, U. S :"
The Aunt Mary Ann is the wife OF
Mr.. keech, left in Fond du Lac. Upon
learning that her husband was living
with another woman she became enraged,
and it does not much surprise those best
acquainted with her that she has been
charged with hiring this young man TO
kill Keech and his mistreas. The matter
causes much excitement in this part of
the State, where all the parties except
the murdered woman we're we'll known.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-07-02
Carpenter smiles az Reecher.
brooklyn Special June 24th) St. Louis Glob.
Democrat

brooklyn Special June 24th) st. Louis Globe
Democrat.l
Many Of the spectators arose as the
jury prepared to retire, and among them
Beecher. The jurors walked close by
him going out. lie looked directly,
scanning into the face Of each, smiled
and slightly inclined his head when his
eyes met their glances. Carpenter, fore
man, was at the rear Of his companions,
they passing out Of their box at the end
furthest from his seat. lie smiled and
bowed TO Beecher, and Beecher smiled
and bowed responsibility. This occur
renee could not escape notice and subse.
quent criticism. IndccSion was the next
exhibited trait Of the assembly. They
looked at twelve empty seats as people
do at the curtain that has just shut out
the stage Of theatre and ended their
sight and hearing Of an absorbing play.
Those present. will Of course under
stand, = said Maleson, the deputy clerk.
that the trial is now concluded, and
there Is no longer any necessity of re.
naming"
The humor Of the proposition was ap.
preciated. Laughter broke the spell of
interest, and hub.bub of conversation
ensued.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-07-02
Fifty Thousand FIians Dead Of
Measles.

According to the latest reports from
FIJI, the measles epidemic continues with
fearful mortality among tho natives.
They are paralyzed, and refuse to assist
each other. All the head chiefs are dead.
Three hundred natives have died in the
island Of Oyalau alone, and in The other
islands a greater number have succumbca.
The disease, which is always followed by
dysentery, has assumed form Of plague.
Several Of the native towns are dcpopu.
lated. AT one town the bodies lay for
days uncovered, and wero mangled BY
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-07-02
The Wisconsin WiTe's Revenge Upon
Her Runaway Husband and Para

Fond du Lac, Wis June Gath, Correspond
ence Chicago Tribune.l
The Henry keech who was nearly
killed near ST. Augustine, Fla. short
time since. proves TO be the Kcech who
was formerly lumbcrnan in this city.
and who went TO Florida for his health
seven or eight years ago, leaving his wife
in this city. The woman who was killed
at the time he was wounded was not his
wife. but IL seems they had lived as man
aud wife for some years, The following
letter, received in this city, shows that
the assassin has been captured. and that
lac cuniesscS:
81 AUGUSTINE, Fla, June 10, is55-DEAR
Aunt ELIZA; / am very sorry that | have TO
write you this letter Aunt Mary took me
from work 10 come down here and kill kccch
and that woman he was living with She
came 20 Chicago aud bought me "A ticket and
pisio'. | came down here and done the deed
as she told me %. She offered me $4,000 e.
10 50. ! did 10 Now am in / n 20 lie tried
for my lite, murderer Mars Aun gave me
no money 30 get away with / am feeling
very tad, and want LAWYER
10 try and ssye my lie have no
money, and can't yot lawyer. | avn sorry
the day ! ever saw aunt Mary Ann. That wo.
mm that Henry hee was living with / put
Tour bullet-holes through her head. She e
dead. heech Il not expected % recover.
think Aunt Mary ought 20 suffer with me II
am 20 suffer, Is she put me up 20 the deed
have done. Let her have her share 81 il.
wish l had gone TO work in Neenah would
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-07-02
A SOrrOwGuI Widow Disguised on
Learning She Was But One Ol
Three.

Three.
On Saturday, June 10Th, Louis Walker
died at West Liberty, Iowa. Before his
death, he expressed the earnest d sire
that, if he died, he should be buried on
the farm where he formerly lived, near
Beyington, a station on the Winterset
branch Of the Rock Island road, about Is
miles from Des Moines. The stricken
wife, filed with love for him, and with a
heart broken with sorrow and grief.
sought to fulfill the wishes Of her dead
husband. She procured burial case,
started on her sad errand, and passed
through Des NJ zines on Monday. She
arrived at lexington, stranger t.
everybody. OF the station agent
she inquired as to the location of
the farm where her husband
was to be buried. The agent inquired
who it was that was to be buried, and.
on being told, he quickly loresaw very
unpleasant affair. The widow hal come
to bury her husband on the premises Of
a man whose daughter, then at home
was the wife Of the deceased. The agent,
after some consideration, deemed it hest
to inform the widow of the facts. She
received the story with perfect astonish-
ment, and could scarcely believe her late
husband guilty OF such baseness but, on
being assured that it was so, she became
indignant, and left the body with citi.
zens, to be conveyed to wife No. Whose
first knowledge for years Of the where
abouts os her husband was his arrival in
a burial-casket), to be disposed of as she
saw fit, and, taking the first train, she
returned TO her home. Since her depart.
ure, it has been discovered that Walker
had still third wife in Missouri.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-07-02

pigs. The natives are only burying the
bodies few inches below the surface,
and the late rains have washed the soil
off. The effluyium emitted is sickening,
and the worst results are anticipated.
The natives are too panic-stricken to
obey the directions issued by the govern.
ment for the suppression Of the malady.
Fifty thousand Fjians have already died.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-07-02
A Practical Comment on the KeeIy
Motor.

The Scientific american has no hesita.
ton IN pronouncing the Keely motor a
fraud, aud having once exposed its falla.
cy' proceeds to do so again, and to show
that a guage indicating for few seconds
or minutes a remarkable high pressure, is
no sufficient proof Of the discovery Of
lasting means Of motion. IL SAYS that
the effort Is being made TO sell the stock
to the credulous. and that they are not
only taking Ii freely, but still believe ii
u. The motor" is several years old.
and has been talked over with less
flourish at various times before.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-07-02

Grasshoppers in Western Manitoba are
taking wing and flying northward.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20

place he put the yield at an average of
two bales per acre in this State Gone
to four bales'' but little further on
we discover this to be seed cotton,
which reduces the actual figures to
about 400 to 500 pounds of fibre, or the
same as all the bottom lands of the
Mississippi Valley produce. Irriga-
ton is pronounced absolutely neees-
sary. The costs of picking are stated
| by Mr.. WRIGHT to be one and one-half
cents per pound, and freight to San
Francisco eight to ten cents, the cost
of cultivation being estimated at five
to seven cents. The product of 1875
cost the farmer fifteen to seventeen
cents per pound laid down near the
Golden Gate. On this Mr.. WRIGHT
figured out a good profit, by assuming
price of thirty cents per pound. By
reference to the San Francisco papers
Mr.. WRIGHT would have found that on
the day his address was delivered mid
ding New Orleans cotton was worth
in Liverpool only seven and half
pence, or about fifteen cents per
pound. AS the cost of transportation
to Liverpool, with insurance and COM
missions added, would certainly be
two cents per pound, the California
grower could only sell his cotton on
the day of this address at q price two
to five cents per pound below the ac-
tual cost of production. This is fact
opposed to theory. 1t may he that
California will be able to occasionally
profit by cotton culture when abnor-
maily high prices rule, but there is
certainly no money in 1t at anything
like the present value of the staple,
and it is not probable that there will
be a return to the standard of prices
which ruled just after the war. The
South now produces as much as before
the rebellion, and with her cheap labor
is likely to retain a monopoly of cot
ton culture.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20
Cotton Culture.

While it is not our desire to under
estimate the advantages of the soil
and climate of California, it is mani
fest that there is too much expert
menting in agriculture, and that fruit
less efforts are being made to intro
duce almost every product grown in
the civilized world. Many of the in
dustries now receiving attention will
have ultimately to be abandoned as
either Improbable or less remunera-
tive than other staples. Many of our
farmers will be deceived by temporary
high prices of certain articles, conse-
quent upon scarcity, and forget the
rate that must ultimately be met
when production equals the demand,
or accessible surplus from other coun-
tries is brought in. The idea that ev-
erything will pay enormously, and
that abnormal profits from simple
farm labor will be permanent, should
not be fostered. 1t is both impolitic
and unjust to raise the hopes of the
new settlers to the realms of romance.
There are two articles which we have
particularly in our mind at the pres
ent time, and to which the foregoing
remarks apply. These are cotton and
tobacco. The latter has been grown
4 a
industry is yet in only an experiment
tai state, and certainly cannot be
classed among the profitable branches
of farming in California. The weed
fiourishes, but is of very inferior
quality; so inferior, in fact, that it
would not class anything but "reject-
ed" in any tobacco market in the
United States. No perfect process for
curing has yet been discovered, and
until this point is settled our people
should avoid tobacco planting except
on an experimenta scale, and should
first test the adaptation of their par
ticular locality to this plant. AS re-
CARDS cotton we also notice vast
deal of nonsense floating around
through the press. Editors and
lecturers get tangled in huge
punches of statistics which they
have not the strength to handle,
Mr.. J. w. A. WRIGHT lectured at the
State University at Oakland a few
days since on "Cotton Culture" and
succeeded in collecting together mass
Of dazzling generalities that are cal
culated to mislead the youths who
listened to his harangue. In the first
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20

IT seems to be generally conceded
that the contest to-day will be almost
no contest at all-that Mr.. FITzGER-
AID will be elected by large major
ity-yet there is too much at stake for
the people to look on with indiffer-
ence. The real struggle is whether or
not the people shall become the vic
Tins of the school book rings. If
through the apathy and indifference
of the voters the book rings should
chance to secure the election of Mr..
CARR, changes in the school text
books will follow, and the parents of
the State will he made to purchase
school books to the amount of two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20
The Modern Turf.

We are pleased to witness the dis.
| position on the part of the millionaires
of California to invest in fine horses
We say this because progress of mod.
ern civilization has been measured by
the speed of the horse; and the num-
ber of fine studs in country is In
proportion to its enlightenment anG
refinement. The growth of the mod
ern turf system, however, is so sug-
gestive of the prominent evils of ouI
civilization that we connot avoid con-
trasting the race course of the Greek
with that of the Anglo Saxon. The
sports of the ancients had an ulterior
object, and were designed to improve
the man rather than the beast. The
proudest men of Athens won their
choicest laurels at the Olympic games,
won them by skill and endurance.
Soldiers that had led vast armies to
victory, and statesmen that hold il
their grasp the destinies of Emporer
handled the rains, as their swift c0ur-
sers plunged past the goal. The poet
and the historian read their works to
the multitude while the heroes were
resting from their tolls. The chief
glory of the modern sport Is the shall
low honor of owning swift footed
nag, or the artful trtckery of the jock
ey who directs the animal. The mul.
itude assemble on the course, and
the preponderating element which
gives tone and feeling to the
whole is one which society re-
CARDS with Indifference. The gam
bier, the trickster, and shyster come
forward with their pools, their race
track jargon, and their jockey tricks
The owner of the fine animal that
comes forth bestrode by trainer or
jockey belonging to the lower classes
of society, views the contest with in
difference or as decisive of sever al
bets. The jingle of coin browns every
other sound. Nothing shows on the
present race track but the power of
money. The only exhibition of skill
or endurance is on the part of the
hireling whom the Intelligent obser-
vers look upon with doubt. The jock
ey honors are worn in the barn yard,
the masters ownership of the win
ming horse is regarded only from Pc
cuniary standpoint, and about the on
ly ge nuine enthusiasm evoked from
the educated people who attend, is a
fieeting admiration for the noble ami
NAL that bore away the purse. OF
course it may be source of pride to
the modern CRGsUs to possess fine
animal, and he may be ranked above
the savage Arabian as he walks out
occasionally to view his stables; but
as an element of progress or means
of improving either the morals, the
taste, or the manhood of the people,
he cannot claim pre-eminence.
Still we do not hope for California to
reform the human race on this point
and will content ourselves with the
introduction of famous horses and the
maintenance of the race course as it
exists in richer and old countries.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20
WEDN ESDAY,.........OCT. 90, 1875
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

Ex Senator Chandler, of Michigan, has ac-
cepted the appointment OF Secretary of the
Interior.
The draft OF cavalry horses for the use OF
the.army in Havana has been abolished, and
have been drafted has been instituted in
stead.
The iron works mills at Pottsville. Pa,
have resumed work, employing some 800
men at q reduction OF % per cent. from for
mer wages.
Trouble about copyright closed the ST.
Charles theater. at New Orleans, night before
last.
George Sankey, a boy OF II, was drowned off
Long bridge, San Francisco, yesterday.
The New York Herald says there Is gloomy
prospect for the miners in a number of local.
tiles In Pennsylvania this Winter. Some 20
900 people have been out Of employment for
some time.
Ohio, give the Republicans all the State Sem
ators and all Of the ten Representatives.
A negro nomed Edmondson who had COM
mitted an outrage ON white woman, was
taken from the Jail by mob at Atlanta, Ca,
yesterday and hanged.
In Rio Janeiro q serious collision has oc-
CURED between the police and populace. A
number OF persons were seriously injured and
many arrests made.
The New York custom house officials have
seized large amount of goods shipped un-
der false invoice.
railroad war Is expected soon to be inau-
gurated by the Western railroads. Low
freights and fares may be anticipated.
The first appearance in Boston of Dr. Hans
Won Bulon, the great musician, was signal
success.
The defeat of 600 Dalmatians who attacked
Turkish force Is reported.
J. and w. Dudgeon, engineers, OF London,
have failed for half million dollars.
The Emperor William has reached Milan,
where he is expected to remain for several
days.
At Salinas yesterday Matthew Williams
was shot and killed by VIM Johnson Cause
"a dance-house row. johnson was justifl-
able.
The P. NJ. 8. s. Co.'s new steamer City of
New York is completed and goes at once into
the service Of the company.
On Sunday, near Sacramento, Stewart Nc.
Millen drove into the rive. and both himself
and horse were drowned.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20
EASTERN N IL WS.
More RunpOrs.

NEW YORK, Oct. 19th.-Chandler
yesterday called OH the President, and
remained with him until late in the
afternoon. Two reports are in circu-
lation-one that he had declined, the
other that he had accepted. The true
one will probably be proclaimed to-
day. The remaining possible candi-
dates are ex-senator Pratt, of Indiana
former Democrat. He had been ten
dered the Office and is in doubt wheth-
er he will accept. Cowan has moth
ing to say on the subject.
elimination and discrimination.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 9th, h,-Developments
sustaining Hunters charges against
Col. Penoender, the Republican cam
didate for State Treasurer, are Great
ing great excitement all over the
State, and his defeat is considered a
foregOne conclusion, as there is addi-
tional proof that Munich did advance
State funds, for the purpose charged
in 1870. The fact has leaked ont that
Munch's bondsmen, who made good
| the amount of the defalcation, secured
from Penoender his note for money
so received, which note is now held by
| the Merchants National Bank for
payment.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20
Very American.

Some Of our cotemporaries evince
disposition to ridicule the SHERIDAN
banquet which took place in San Fran
cisco few evenings since. We do
not concur. There was nothing un-
American in the assemblage, its
speeches, toasts or songs. Indeed as
we read the speeches and sentiments
uttered on that occasion we are i'm
pressed with the idea that the whole
affair from inception to farewell was
very American like. No people in
the world bow loweror reverence more
reverentially titled greatness than we
Republican Americans. We vener-
ate title, civil or military, native or
foreign. All we want is to see the
man on whom fortune has showered
her favors and our hats are off and
there Is dust on the knees of our pants
SHERIDAN is somebody; he wore epu-
lets; he is one of the godsw worship.
We are prone to this sort of alteration.
We 90 into it with zeal and zest only
equalled by our admiration Of the
man who possesses millions of dollars.
Title and wealth are two things which
the average American will allow NO
one to bow more obseqiously before
than himself. We have no fault to
URIAH HEAPS who attended the
SHERIDAN banquet. They were fol-
lowing out the American instinct,
glorifying themselves and doing hon
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20
Sued for Libel.

The San Francisco Chronicle has
been most unscrupulous in the busi-
ness of maligning and traducing DIR.
FITZGERALD. 1t has hesitated at
nothing that it thought would assist
in the task of blackening the charac-
ter of one of the purest and best men
in the State. Its ISLANDERS have reach
ed o eliminating point as will be seen
by the following dispatch re received at
the HERALD office late last evening:
SAN FRANCISCO Oct. 10th, 1875.
EDITOR HERALD:-Dr. Fitzgerald has prose
cuted the Chronicle criminally y for libel to-day
J. C., MAYSARD,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20

or to a distinguished General-a Lieu
tenant General of the United States
army. Let us have no more hyper
critical carping and harping. SHER-
IDAN likes fawning and he lives in a
country whose people like to fawn on
him or any one who wears title.
The SHERIDAN banquet was all right
Just the thing to those who had the
honor of being present and those who
were not need not hatter themselves
that they can ridicule or sneer this
sort of thing out of fashion.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20

could not be recognized. Two arrests
were made to-day, and it is thought
the examination tomorrow will
throw more light on the matter. Dun
ston is well known In San Francisco.
4 miner named Fred. Balotte was
run over by locomotive yesterday
evening, and died of his injuries this
morning.
General Sheridan visited the Con-
solidated Virginia and California
mines to-day. He holds a reception
tonight at the Washoe Club.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20
MORNING DISPATCHES
S:3O "A. M.
ESPECIAL TO THE HERALD.1
PACIFIC COAST.
Virginia City Items.

VIRGINIA City, New, October 10th.
AS VIM. Dnnston, Of the firm of
Sullivan & Dunston, was returning
home after the reception of General
Sheridan last evening, he accidentally
ran against woman, to whom he was
about to apologize, when her escort
drew q knife and stabbed him In the
abdomen. The wound is considered
fatal, although he is easier tonight.
The man who did the cutting ran
down the street, and as it was dark he
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20

ARTICLE 1850 OF the Political Code
of California provides that the Board
of Supervisors Of each county shall
encourage the planting and cultiva-
tion Of trees along the public highways
and on public grounds. Persons plant
inc and cultivating the same are al
lowed for each tree, four years of age,
the sum of one dollar.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20
Or. Abosn will Remain Until November Sd.

DR.. Aborn will remain at the Back
man House until Wednesday, Novem-
Der Sd. Patients can consult DR..
Aborn by letter and receive medicines
by express after he leaves Los A angeles,
by addressing him at San Francisco.
All who wish to consult him person.
ally should call without delay.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20

THEPall Mall Gazette states that
several cases of poisoning of the skin,
have resulted from wearing colored
stockings. 1t seems that arsenic and
other poisonous compounds are used
in dying the Balbreggan hose.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20
Dissolution of Copartnership.

THE firm of Perpich & Co., has by mutual
! consent, been dissolved, and the business
will be continued by Antonio Perpich, who
will pay all debts and collect all moneys due
the firm. ANTONIO PERPICH.
octl2 lw q. JOSEPH
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20
Latest kilograms.
BY ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC LINE
ESPECIAL TO THE HERALD
PACIFIC COAST.
For Los Angeles.

CALIENTE, Oct. l9.-The following
passengers for Los Angeles left ON
lhe Telegraph Stage Line to-day:
w Wolf, e Schroeder, C Il French,
III TitcOmb and G. Ii hatfield.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20
gos Aassles 3lerala

THE DAILY and WEEKLY HER
AID has more than double the cir
culation Of any other paper published
In Southern California. Business men
recognize it accordingly as the best
advertising medium South of San
Francisco.