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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28
The Presidential Controversy.

The contest relative to the Presiden-
tial election is raging with undated
vigor. The Senate has investigating
committees, 1.-THE majority of each
committee being Republican, in South
Carolina, Louisiana and Florida. The
Senate Committee on Elections and
Privileges, is also at work Investigate
ing the ineligibility of certain electors,
and the Oregon middle has been re-
ferred to the same committee. The
House has investigating committees,
1.-THE majority of each committee being
Democratic) also at work in the three
disputed Southern States and until
these committees report, nothing def
mite can be expected.
Both branches of Congress have
appointed joint committees to
confer with each other
and if possible agree upon some man.
Eer ofI canvassing sthe2 electoral vote.
The Senate committee is composed of
Senator Edmunds, Morton, Frelinghuy-
sen, Logan, Herman, Bayard and RAN
dali. The House committee is COM
posed of Representative Payne, Hun
ton, Hewitt, Springer, McCreary, HoaT
and Willard. The House has also ap'
pointed as a committee to ascertain
and report whatare the privileges,
powers and dutiesof the House of Rep.
resentatiyes in counting the votes for
President and Messrs.
Knott, Scales, Tucker, Marsh, Burch.
ard, of H.; Seelage and Monroe.
Meantime the Democrats are active.
ly at work in arranging for conven.
tions, passing resolutions, &C., upon
the subject. Conferences have been
held by prominent Democrats in Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, and conventions
have been called in those States for
the Sth of January, to express the
sentiments of the Democracy. In
Oregon the Democratic State Central
Committee have issued an address
and called for conventions in every
county in the State on the 8th of Jan.
uary. In Minnesota resolutions have
been passed by a meeting of Demo-
Gratis declaring their belief in Tilden' S
election, and in Pennsylvania eX-Gov.
Bigler and others have issued an adj,
dress to the people.
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RECORD OF THE NEWS.
Political, PelsO1 Il and Foreign Do
irgs anl Gossip

A Mormon Sequel an EnOeh Arden Case.
UndOubtedl, the papers are report
ing too many Fl III Arden eases and the mel
anChOly reflectiC that there are many more TO
come makes it Il worse. Recently, hoEev-
er, a case has come to light which is too rich
to be ignored: man named Morrison,
well-tO-dO mechanic started FOR California
upon the steamship Japan, via the straits OF
Magellan several years ago, and on arrival at
Rio JaneirO, en- route, changed his mind and
left the ship From the time he went ashore
all trace OF him was lost Subsequentlyit was
reported that he left 81 rail for Lisbon, in a
bark, which was shortly after wrecked, and
his death was considered a certainty. His
widow in the mean time was discOnsOlate, and
mOurned her husband as al affectiOnte Wild
Ows are bound to. Time passed, and the wO-
man emlgrated to the interior Of the State.
month ago the husband returned. having,
il seems, been in BuenOs Ayers tOrseyen years,
and the first thing he did was to enquire for
his wife, but she was as completely lost as he
had been so long before. lie advertised for
her and received a letter that she was dead,
and sure enough, in a cemetery he found a
record that Mary Morrison had been buried
lpttA ANopAftNA " nav - AC
anyway, the man in two weeks welded an
other, and set W housekeeping in East Eigh
teenth street, New York. one week ago be
was startled by his former wife walking int
his apartments and rushing eagerly into his
arms. \ brief explanation suficed. The
dead woman was another Mary Morrison, and
she had come back in response to the news
paper notice another evidence OF the power
,fadveItising. The situation was serious, hut
Morrison seems to have been equal TO it. He
called his second wife to him, and frankly
told her the position Of things. Then he pro-
posed that they should all live together, Nor
men fashion, aud he would take care OF
both, and divide his lavors equally. Strange
enough, the weak women consented, and
here we have a Mormon arrangement in full
torce. Their gossiping neighbors under
sand it and probably there will vet he anoth-
or chapter To the sequel
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28
How an Actor Saved His wateh.

Actors like other mOrtals will Occa-
sionally find themselves in straiteued circum-
stances financially. One OF them who was the
victim Of Centennial joke on the part Of a
manager who failed to pay salaries when due,
some time ago found himself minus every
cent, and was compelled t. make an arrange
ment with his landlord TO take his effects as
security for board. More time passed on and
the actor was still unable to liquidate, and
one morning the landlord knocked st his
door The actor rose and admitted him, but
was unable to comply with lis demand The
landlord was Obdurate, and told him to va
cate. Hastily donning his attire in the land
lords presence, the latter proceeded 20 pack
up the young mans effects in his trunk.
Among other things lac reached Tor was an
old blue pincushion, which he carelessly
tossed into the trunk as ii It We're q block of
wood. Otsr hero rushe,J forward, and, with
tears in his eyes, and high tragic attitude,
leseeched his landlord to spare him that PIN
cushion, lit was his dying mothers gilt, and
the only thing he had on earth - remember
her 10y. At first his creditor laughed, but an
ther dose OF elOluence about the value OF u
mothers gilt, and . vivid description q. a
death-bet scene when he received the pin
cushion from the hand OF his DYING parent
was too much for him, and the landlord gave
lack the coveted gilt, and the actor departed
happy. When once secure outside OF the
house, he was not long in ripping open the
cushion, running ont the bran, and recover
ing a valuable gold watch and chain therein
concealed. lie pawued his watch, went to
Philadelphia, and is now playing an engage
ment az one OF the theatres in that city
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Wisconsin News.

Il servant girl employed at the
AIassasOit House, at Alma, slipped from
the rear platform while hanging out
clothes. fell down an embankment ten
feet high, and broke her collar bone.
1t is proposed to establish ferry
between La Noble, Mimi. and point
on the Wisconsin shore. SO rs to bene-
fit farmers who wish TO trade in Wi
mona.
cold Abe" the Wisconsin war
eagle, is safely back at his old quarters
in the capitol at Madison. lie will look
after the legislature this winter.
The Medford. TAYLOR county, News
says that last Friday was good day
for the Wisconsin Central, on that end
of the road. Conductor Rhodes took
up over $500 worth Of tickets between
Stevens Point and MedfOrd on his run
up. The amount of travel over this
road is really surprising.
The Eau Claire Lumber Company
have got the foundation of their new
chute laid. They will soon commence
getting ont stone for the piers at the
old quarry near the upper boom. A
layer of unusually durable sandstone,
amongst the best TO be found in the
neighbOThOOd, has recently been open
ed at this spot.
BY the storm on Friday night the
State Normal School at Whitewater
was partly unToOfed. 4 large force of
hands are repairing the damage as far
"a they are able. and no interruption
to the school will result. The Their
momet0r stood at Is degrees below
zero on Saturday morning.
An insane man from Victory, in
aTnOn county, who had been confined
by the La Crosse police, attempted to
leap through one of the barred win
dows from the railing of the platform
around the upper tier of cells, last
Friday. The distance is nearly fifteen
feet, and the man covered it fairly,
but striking the iron bars of the win
dow was thrown to the pavement, four
teen feet below, sustaining only slight
injuries. Ills leap and escape from
death were both remarkable in the eX-
tTeme.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

The most significant testimony to
the rapid progress that has been made in
building up American manufactures is found
in a lecture which VI. Fayre-P erret, Of the In
,crnational Jury at the Centennial Exposition,
has since his return to Switzerland delivered
to the watchmakers there Therein he plain
IL tells the Swiss watchmakers that American
watches are turned out ~ machinery with a
marvellous precision and al cost which he
SAYS tCrriies him, because % the danger 10
which it exposes the Swiss Industry. NJ.
Favre- Perret is a watch manufacturer and an
expert in tle business, which gives the more
significance 70 his statement, which lie
clinChes hy saying that st the Philadelphia
Exhibition had been deferred tor five years,
the matchmaking industry Of the Swiss would
have been annihiIatsd before they knew who
OF how" And, as it is, he fears the Amer
lean viii supply the Swiss watches in Euro
sean markets.
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The Weekly
PIONEER PRESS

indispensab TO the farmers Of the North
west. The Agricultural Department, greatly
enlarged and improved, has been placed I'M
der the sup rvisi0n of W. J. Abernethy, an
agricultural sditor of large experier &c, assist
ed by c5r.s Of correspondents trained in
agricultural pursuits. And to this win be
added Household Department, which viii
be especially attractive TO tbs ladies'
TIE WEEKLY edition will contain TIE gen.
erai news Of the week, political, literary, Ma
tional and State news up tn hour Of going to
press.
1t should be specially remembered that
Eastern publications are several days OLD be-
fore reaching subscribers in this vicinity
and that much OF the matter, esp cially that
part Of il of most interest 10 the public here,
is already fully given in TEE PIoNEER Press;
and that by reason of the Geographic fGcili-
ties for obtaining important news, The Pro
vEER PREss is fully on a level with the best
Eastern publications, and fully twenty four
hours fresher than that furnished BY the best
Chicsgo newspapers.
Desiring to place this vlluable paper in the
hands of every farmer in the Northwest, tie
publishers have had prepared, especially for
their subscribers,
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Why Certain Young Dry Goods Clerk is
Looking for Situation.

From the san Francisco Post
One of the fascinating young men in
ND town dry-goOds stores is in trouble.
It is the custom in the establishment
from which he has just been dismissed
to discharge q man who fails to sell to
one of three successive customers.
Swapping is the expressive techni-
cal term by which this failure is known
i'm the dry goods business. The rule is
not universal, but it is by no means
exceptional in dry goods stores. How
ever unjust it may be, it has wonder
fully stimulating effect on the elegant
young men amendable to it, and when
they cannot sell goods it is a safe in
ference that the customer is either
systematically Obdurate, impecunious,
or misery. The young man referred
to had ''frst call" last Friday morning;
that is. the first customer who entered
the store was by the rules OF rotation
his exclusive victim. Next morning
this privilege would fall to the lot
of some other clerk, and so on TO the
end of the list. The first customer
snapped him, and left without invest
Ing a cent. The next was in an equally
unpropitious state of mind, and retired
without effecting a purchase. On the
decision of the third hung his fate.
His ample cheek blanched as she dark
ened the doorway, for more unlikely
purchaser could with difficulty have
been found. An old striped shawl was
thrown careleSsly over her shoulders
and partially concealed a roll of calico
which the palpitatOry heart of the
clerk instinctively felt that she came
to have matched. Now if there is
anything in the dry goods business
more soul-harrowing than another it
is to match goods. The exact shade
and texture have TO be found, and last
but not least, the price must CORES
pond. A feeling of sickening despair
permeated the heaving breast Of the
unfortunate clerk as he asked, tWell,
mum -
She laid down five yards and half
of calico of an eccentric pattern, and
intimated that the success of a great
dressmaking enterprise hinged on her
fortune in finding another yard and a
half of the same material.
The eyes of six eXpectant clerks
were upon the doomed man. He felt
that the crisis of his peril had come.
With an appea: ance of calmness that
belie6 the tn MOL Of his feelings, he
dived under the counter, and handed
out endless rolls of calico, varying
from the radiant strawberry and moss
rose-marked, - the sOberest gray.
But he came net within thirteen sup
Elementary colors of the required pat
tern. He burrowed in the eaveraous
depths of lower shelves.and ransaeked
upper ones from the top round CT a
giddy step-ladder, but he found it not.
An hour and a half had gone by, and
his stock was nearly exhausted. The
proprietor Of the store and the book
keeper and porter had come out to
witness his IL ath struggle. Six times
the wearied lady started for the door
and six times re called her back and
resumed his frenzied search. The last
calico was unf0lled, and he was about
to drop his hat and gracefully step
down and out, when happy thought
struck him.
Excuse me, madame, said he
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[ Months For a Dollar.

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CHEEKY greeting on the cover, its eXquisitely
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FUN FOR THE NEW YEAR,
Will charm everybody both old and young.
Among the more notable papers will be
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William Hewitt, the poet, and "The Stars for
January, by Prof Proctor, the astronomer.
ST. YIcHoLAJ FOR JANUARY
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4 Portland dispatch says Gov Grover
has lett tor Washington via Victoria. lie has
prepared an elaborate argument sustaining
his action in the Cronin case, with a multi
tude OF authorities. Il Is printed in pamphlet
fer circulation at tie East, hut the printers
have strict orders not to allow il 70 be made
public in Oregon, nor let anycopy getahrOad.
Owing to tie preparation Of this document
Grover was not able To leave saturday with
the ether witnesses
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How often we hear the above re-
mark during these extreme changes Of
weather Colds, Coughs and Sore Threats
were never more prevalent among children
than now. Now we are going TO urge you TO
try a remedy which has excited comments
hy physicians all over the country, who ac-
Knowledge their surprise at the wonderful
and happy results frem its use. That rem
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The Times says that the United
states Congress is perfectly within its compe-
tence is considering how the surplus money
81 the Geneva Award shall be appropriated.
The indemnify was paid for losses which the
United States as Whole was held TO have
sustained, not what individuals proved to
have sustained. Il would lie too much, per-
hays, TO expect any conscience in Congress
sensitive enough to inquire whether the Gen
eva award was too high, and consequently,
that portion OF unaqpropriated balance might
he returned We would he sorry 10 see such
a delicate question raised, interesting rs it
might he
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Nr.terlon. pisarnearance.

The mysterious disappearance Of
W Hunley, young man resident OF Ia
Crescent. Mimi, opposite Ia CrOSae, has ere
ated considerable excitement. Hunley and
a companion went TO In Crosse saturday,
Dee. 10th. returning 70 Il Crescent in the
evening On the ice. ON reaching Bloody
Island Hunley lett his companion and went
into house OF nl-iame 70 get warm. Since
that time nothing has leen seen of him. Dill
igeut search Las been made. Many thisf
Hunley met his death by drowning, while
others fear fOul play.
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FUN FOR THE NEW YEAR,

There can be no mistake about it,
''Matchless" plug tobacco takes the lead,
Old fine cut ehewers say it gives better salts
faction and is cheaper than fine cut. You
cannot be imposed upon, as each plug has the
words, ''Matchless p. T. Co, on wooden
tag. Try it once and You will always chew it.
Manufactured 10y the Pioneer Tobacco Com
danY New York
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The editor takes pleasure in calling
the attention of sufferers from rheumatism,
govt, neuralgia, and lumbago to Durangs
Rheumatic Remedy. 1t has been before the
public for three years, and, it is said, has
never failed in a single case. 1t IS taken in
ternally, and cures at once. Sold by whole
sale and retail druggists everywhere. Price,
81 90 bottle
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The Supreme Count met at noon GA
the a3d ms Tie counsel ior tie l.ard with
drew the motion made yesterday that he ie
allowed tn answer. Tie cont made the writ
persmptoIy, and ordered the heard 10 re-
caavsss tie vote l,y the eth inst, and Tile the
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CIRCULAR FOR 1877.
THE CHICAGO TIMES.
Cheapnegs and Excellence.
The Publisher OF THE TiuEE has made a uniform
price for
TIE WEEKLY EDITION.
Of tIat paper 10 ali subscribers. viz:
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To- tie publisher, % get TnE TINS one year.
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formation superior TO any strictly agricultural Journal
Ia ike manner a the ether departments Of the paper
are specially edited; they aot being compilations from
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bat thc contents throughout especially prepared.
Ne7gs Commercial and Literary features are asopari-
quarry prominent.
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"HEALTH Corsets. and why not !
Hasn't there been evil enough yet from the
old style OF corset ?'' DIR. Warmers Health Cor
set l. approved by all physicians. Price by
mail sl.15. Warner Bros, 763 Broadway, n. Y.
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Two United States Senator'S viii be
elected by the Tennessee Legislature
which assemblies on New Years Day.
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Senate in such settlement, and we propose, in
common with patriotic citizens Of all parties,
to support it in the exercise OF its e0nstitu-
tiOllal rights
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report of their action on that day, and then
took recess unt:l "0ur o'clock TO make up its
record.
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''Whai did the Puritans come TO this
country for Z" asked a Massachusetts
teacher of his class. ITO worship in
their own way, and make other people
do the same, was the reply.
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AUnlyersal Remedy.

"BRowN's BRONCHIAL TROCnEs "
tor Coughs, Colds and Bronchial Affections
stand first in public favor and confidence
this result has b,en acquired by atest ofmany
wears
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A TERRIBLE COUGH!

See advertisement in another col
ann headed "DOwn with High prices"
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Have the readers of this paper ever
used any Of Parsons Purgative Pillsf II not,
why not they are the best family physic, be-
sides being the greatest anti bilious remedy
there is in this country.
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Pa what does it mean to be tried
IS a jury of ones peers Z ut means,
my son. that 4 man is 70 be tried by a
Jury composed Of men who arc his
equals-0n an equality with hiE. SO
they viii have noprcjudice." "Then,
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