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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-01-06
PNI.ITIlAIn

The coored Republicans Of Washing
ton have declared in favor Of the denomination
Of Grant for the third term.
Cassius NJ. Clay, Of kentucky, writes
to a gentleman Of Washington that his State
will present his tame to the Democratic ma.
tionaI convention in 1876 as nominee for
Vice President
Gov. Hendricks Of In diana, las accept
ed an invitation 20 deliver the opening adj
dress Of the Southern States agricultural and
industrial exposition at New Oneaus on the
Goth Of February
The present session Of the kentucky
Legislature promises to be unusually interest
ing and exeiing, from the tact that it has to
choose SUI cessor to U. $. Senator Stevenson.
Besides Senator Stevenson, the candidates are
Hon. James b. Beck, ex-Gov. Leslie, Cerro
Gordo Williams aud Isaac Caldwell. The real
contest is said to be between Stevenson, Beck
and Williams
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rNCIDENTN AND ACCIDENTS.

Ship Thompson, a rope walker, fell
from his rope ia Alexandra, Va, the 3lst,
and was fatally injured
During thunder storm at Memphis
on the Goth, the house Of james Vincent was
struck 10y lightning and both he ami his wife
severely il not fatally injured
Southern Ohio was visited by disas.
tror wind aud rain storms on the Goth. The
str cams were raised q flood height, sweeping
away fences, outbuildingi, trees, hay stack,
anu bridges At CatANla, Clark county. a
new Methodist church was wrecked By the
wind
4 fire at Winnipeg, Manitoba, the
morning Of tie 9th, destroyed the C " engine
house, together with tie steam fire engine.
hose and other contents, the engineer and one
or two other persons sleeping IN the building
barely escaping with their lives Loss t. the
CITY about s25,OO1. The c''y is now without
the slightest protection against Gre
The Chicago Tribune publishes list
Of prisoners pardoued from the Illinois peui.
tentilry from Dec. J., 1874, 20 Dec. 80, 1875
from which il appears that in all l34 criminal,
have been pard ned out, Of whom seventeen
were murlerers, seven ofwhom we're sentenced
Tor life. In addition to these, sixteen "a lty O
manslaughler and tcupt 10 Xiii, and seventy.
two thieves and burglars have been let loos,
upon society again.
Gustake Gulsky, a butcher boy Of New
York city, agei IS, hanged himself in his en-
Ploy ice house the ST., ut Guisky auC
his employer were talking out the negroes
who were hanged about fortnight ago, " 81
the former said that hc would like TO expert
enoe the sensation o b ing huns lie place.
q rope over hoo in tie ice house aud nut
ting his head IN the moose, his ieet slipped
from under him and be was chokct 10 death
He was found ly his employer ten mtnutei
after the conversation.
Further Investigation into the matter
Of the burning ~ Mrs Gorloa and three chill
dren At Enterprise. Ind, saturday. the goth
leads 70 lelei III. the woman and her chill
dren were murdered by me one unknown
and The bodies placed in the house aud al
consumed Tor the purpose Of youccaling th,
grme The object "a tuc murder 8 suppose,
20 have been 20 gain possession ~ o sum @
money Mrs Cor 1n lad III ne house, IN,
price Of the sale Ui q COW aud some iarmiu,
implement. The harm WAS consumed, 81
well AZ tie hou e, and me ia9 buildings wcr
situated 80 iaf spli, thatt le.icyed that ,h,
burning Of one voa'd ny. have iyni,el ID,
other
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-01-06

the drm by re-conveying the property ALSO
u.ely TO ex-Judge Shipm'n, assignee, for the
benefit Of the creditors.
The suspension Of James A. Smith and
q. N. & J. a. Smith, wooden manufacturers Of
Worcester, Mass is announced J. A. Smith
operated three mills in Cherry Valley, Lei es-
ter, and one in that city, and in connection
with g. N. Smith, mill at Millbury, Mass,
and another at Granville, r. l. Liabilities
not known, but varously estimated at from
$500, 900 TO $500, 600 Assets unknown
Dorcnce Atwater the young U. S. Con.
sul at the Society Islands, was married on the
27th OF October last TO the Princess Moetia,
daughter of native woman OF the Roya' fam
lily Of the Islands, who has equal right to rule
with Queen p mare. The brides father was
An English Jew, lawyer by prof sson and
an able man. She Is the handsomest and
weathiest girl sf the South Sea islands, speaks
English and French fluentlY.
In recent divorce suit brought at San
Francisco by A. A. Bergtrom, against his wife
Anna C. Ber(strom, the plaintiff swore that
his wife was, prior TO her marriage, the mis-.
tress Of Charles XIV Of Sweden and bore him a
son who now resides in New York and is about
II years old. 1t appearing that though Berg
strom discovered his wite's former history in
1862, he did not bring his action for divorce
until 1875, his applil alton was refused.
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The Way the Centennial Year was
Welcomed au CINCINNATI.

The Centennial uproar broke out early
in the evening. As soon as the shades OF
night disclosed the pale young moon the
boys in all the suburbs organized an i'm
prOmptu procession, and with every drum
and life and all the bones to be found.
were on the streets, doing their best TO
usher in the Centennial. By nine o clock
the business portion OF the city had be.
come a great beehive. Thousands upon
thousands of people, among whom were
many women and children, were on the
streets, walking back and forth, looking
for the procession, which moved out at
eleven o'clock. Many houses we're illumi.
mated, and in various styles. Chinese
lanterns were most in favor. One house
had all its windows curtaned with red.
white and blue paper, and all the
gas lighted. The gas company had a
magnificent Centennial design in gas
jets, covering large part of the front.
The hotels had red, white and blue lights.
The newspaper offices were also decked
in gas jets and Chinese lanterns, not.
withstanding they frowned on the pro.
ject of midnight parade. The hills
overlooking the city were illuminated
with huge bonfireS. Explosions of fire.
crackers were frequent, and at an early
hour the city was in a state Of high ex-
element. Nearly all the suburban pop.
ulatiOn came in 20 see the great show.
The railroads, street cars and olnnibuse
are going to run nearly all night to &C.
commodate the people. At this hour
there are apprehensions of trouble from
thieves and drunken men.
Midnight Never was such a demoni-
acal noise heard as that now in progress.
Every steamboat at the landing is blow
ing with its loudest scream; on the hill.
tops % or 80 cannon are belehing forth
fire and thunder; in the streets, which
are brilliantly ligh ed, are tens OF thou
sands of people. Every boy and man
seems tO-hayn a di,cordant horn. Now
and then drum is heard. Everybody
yells. Dozens of firecrackers are exploded
at once on every ten feet of side
walk. All the bells Of the city are ring.
ing, and in the midst of it all the most
unique and utterly meaningless process
sion ever seen is moving. It'll the Wild
est delirium of celebration ever seen in
this city. The jamboree gives not the
faintest suggestion of the effect of the
conglOmerate uproar. Ii peace ever
comes, it will 5e most thor ughly en-
joyed. The casualty list is not Y I re.
ported
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what special agents had done towards break
ing up the ring there, together with the namea
Of firms who we're implicated in the transac-
tons
The anniversary Of the battle Of Tren.
ton, N. j., the 9th, was attended with good
deal Of enthusiasm notwithstanding il was
confined to citizens Of the place. About one
thousand persons engaged in it, in companies,
made up from citizens without uniforms, but
supplied with arms from the State arsenal.
Gen. Washington, Gems. Sullivan, Greene and
Meyer were all personated also Col. Rail- and
others OF the Hessans or British army. The
movement ofthe troops hegan at so'clock, and
the fighting through the streets between the
contending armies reached its height about 10
o'clock. The surrender took place at Assun-
pink Creek, and was received with cheers In
the afternoon there were addresses and a ban
Quet.
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Murder and Lynch Law--A Missis-
AiPpi Tragedy.

The Memphis Ledger of December
3lst says that last Wednesday evening
W. Carroll Button was shot dead at Ran.
dolph Landing, at the head Of Island For
ty, by some unknown person. A rifle
ball passed through his heart, and he fell
dead near the dwelling Of Jack Stinson, a
fisherman, and a suspicious character, who
lived with a woman said not to be his
wife. Stinson circulated a report that
Button had been shot by the Hollis boys,
who resided in the neighborhood, and
with whom Button had quarreled the day
before, aud that. after he was shot, be
reached Stlnson's cabin and fell dead.
That night Stinson got up crowd and
made a raid on the Hollis boys, firing a
number Of balls in the dwelling Of one
Of them, but without killing or wounding
any one. Yesterday Stnson and young
Tom Button came to Memphis aud OBJ
tanned burial-case, which they took TO
Randolph Landing on the City Of Chester.
On the way up Button began % suspect
that StnSon had killed his uncle, but,
both being armed no hostilities took
place until the boat reached the Landing,
where crowd had assembled, as il had
been proven at an inquest held during
Tom Buttons absence that the Hollis
boys were innocent, and that Jack Stin.
son had shot Button from the window Of
his cabin. Some one in the crowd cried
out 10 Tom Button that Stinson had
killed his uncle, whereupou Tom Button
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The Pigs Stnrtin Life.

From the Popular Science Monthly.l
The pig is an animal that has its wits
about it quite as soon after birth as the
chicken. | therefore selected il as a
subject Of observation. The following are
some Of my observations: That vigor.
Gus young pigs get up and search for the
teat at once, or within one minute after
their enterance into the world; that if
removed several feet from their mother,
when aged only few mng IS, they soon
find their way back 80 h guided APP.
partntly by the gruntlns The makes in
answer to their squeakiug. In the case
| observed the old sow rose in less than
an hour and half after plugging, and
went out TO eat, the pigs ran about,
tried to eat various matters, followed
their mother out, aud sucked
while she stood eating. One pig | put in
bag the moment 1t was bern, and kept
1t i'll the dark until It was seven hours old
when placed it outside the sly a dis
lance Of ten feet from where the SOW lay
concealed inside the house. The pig
soon recognized the low grunting Of its
mother, went along outside the sty strug.
Cling to get over the under or the lower
bar. At the end Of five minutes it sue.
ceeded in forcing itself throug under the
bar at one Of the few places where that
was possible. No sooner in than 1t went
without pause into the playhouse to its
mother, and was at once like the others
in its behaviour. Two little pigs blind.
folded at their birth. One of them
placed with its mother at once; it soon
found the test and began to suck. Six
Eours later placed the other little dis
lance from the SOW; it reached her in
half minute. after going about rather
vaguely; in half o minute more it found
the teat. Next day found that one Of
he two left with the mother, blindfoided,
had got the b inders off; the other was
quite blind, walked about freely, knock
ing against things. In the afternoon |
uncovered its eyes, and it went round
and round as if it had had sight, and
had suddenly lost it. In ten minutes it
was scarcely distingushable from one
that had had sight all along. When
placed on a chair il knew the height to
require considering, went down on its
knees and leaped down. When its eyes
had been unveiled twenty minutes !
placed il and another twenty feet from
the sty. The two reached the mother
in five minutes and at the same mo-
mont
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what Rcmains os n Once Prominent
Leader In the History of Kansns


Washington Correspondence Of the Chicago
lnter-Ocean,l
Among the throng Of spectators at the
opening on Monday was slight, poorly.
dressed man, with long yellow hair,
combed out into a great cloud like Frou
Frou's. He is an object Of interest in
Washington, and more than that, an OBJ.
jact Of infinite pity His form il thin
and quaint; his step nervous and elastic ;
his manner abstractcd his hands witch
convulsively when e should he at
rest, and his face, in repose, is like the
picture Of Adam in the Passion Play at
Oberammergau.' His days are spent in
the galleries OF the House VIII Congress
l. in session; and during recess, at the
Congressional library and in the various
newspaper offices. Frequently he is
seen hurriedlv pacing the street with an
abStra ted, absent air; and saw him
the other day marking queer hierogyph.
les on the letter boxes that hang from
the lamp posts. followed him from the
Capitol TO the Treasury, and Oh every
letter box he wrote different characters,
crossing the street whenever he saw
DVA OH the olhtI sue. On inc Ilu OF one
were characters like these
5-62 X ., 80.
This man has had a strange, sad his
tory. Fifteen years ago he was a mem.
Der OF Congress from one of the new
Western States, the first Representative
the State sent to Congress. lie had
risen to that position from the printers
case, having been a compositor and an
editor, and was one Of tho founders of the
Typographical Union. He was mem.
Der Of the first Territorial Legislature in
his State assisted in framing the State
Constitution, and was elected TO a posi-
ton on the Supreme Bench, which he de.
interest on its Indebtedness. Mr.. j. p.
llsley, the President of the road, sees no
other way out of the difficulty except to
reorganize the company on some plan
which will bring tho liabilities of the
company nearer to the par value Of the
road, and place it in such financial con.
dition that it will be able to do what is
absolutely required to make the property
capable Of yielding future revenues.
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plItsmNAr- mAlIL-lIs.

The Emperor oi Brazil who will visit
the United States BOO Alrn nest, will travel al.
private gentleman over most = he country,
and attend the Csn'e uial ia she summer.
His daughter, the Princess l.atel, will act "a.
Regent during his absence.
Alexander Duncan, 20 whom was con.
veyed suniry pieces 81 real estate valued at
$4,000 az the time Of the failure oi Duncan,
sherman 4 Co, has determined 90 place him
sels on a footing with the general creditors OF
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drew his pistol and commenced firing at
Stinson, who by this time was in charge
OF Constable Dick Gay and a man named
Prewell. Twenty or more shots were
fired in rapid succession by different par.
ties. Jack Stinson was riddled with balls.
and fell dead over the guards Of the boat.
Constable Gay was shot in the arm, and
Pre@ell severely wounded in the thigh.
Stlnson had been seen to assassinate Car
roll Button, and this was proven at the
inquest. No further particulars concern.
ing the tragedies could be learned.
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why He stole an Umbrella.
[New York Snn1

George Smith, a young man of good
address, was arraigned in the General
Sessions, yesterday, upon an indictment
for larceny from the person. He pleaded
guilty Of petty larceny, and when asked
what he had to say about his sentence,
he answered:
SHAY it please your Honor, have
something to say. Can be permitted to
make statementl Judge Sutherland
told him to go on. Well your honor
the prisoner continued. | have been
out Of employment long time, and am
utterly destitute. Capt. Lowery for
several nights allowed me to sleep in his
station house, and | begged him to let me
sweep out or do odd jobs about there to
earn something to eat; but he couldn' t
do that for me. When had been with
out food for three days, / asked him to
send me on the island, and no told me
that he couldn't do that unless | COM
mitted some crime or misdemeanor. I
went desperately into the street, and
snatched cotton umbrella from lady.
and then waited till she had me arrested.
when gave ner back the umbrella.
htfNi was uiSsNeu DeloIe III my ilc. 4
did this wrong thing because I didn't
want to starve in the streets, and
thought it would end my getting where
would be furnished food and shelter
without begging for it.
Several gentlemen in the court room
told Judge Sutherland that they had
good reason &c believe that the prisoner 5
story was literally true. lie was re.
manded to the Tombs, to give the Court
opportunity fer further examination as tc
| the facts.
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The Latest "ZcphYr" in kentucky
aud Tennessee.
INashville Telegram, Dec. Coz

AA''A'itf AtAN AfAN AlAAAtt Nv ~
The track Of the tornado which did so
much damage in the western portions Of
Kentucky and Tennessee was 300 yards
vide. Chuck's residence was blown to
fragments, all the inmates being sey crely
injured The roof Of the house was
blown several hundred yards. A trunk
the second story was blown 100 yards.
AT Winfrey, Mr.. Cornclls residence Is
wreck, and the family were terribly
bruised Levi Mattox's orchard, one Of
the largest in Western Kentucky, was
completely demolished. The cabins Of
four 'groes were blown 20 pieces and the
negroes killed. One, caught between two
heavy logs, made struggle to relieve
himself, when another log fell and
crushed him to death. and the other three
were also killed hy the falling timbers Of
the house. The bodies were horribly
mangled. One man was lifted up in the
air and blown forty yards. falling in a
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-01-06
Montgomery Queen busted Again.

kAfNN A0AN SNAAB ~ u
Mr.. Edward Murray and his wife,
under the stage name of Miss Alice Ross,
have been singing HiberniaH duets in the
new Park Theatre, Brooklyn, with con.
siderable success. Mr.. Montgomery
Queen, who used to be a Brooklyn livery
stable keeper, afterward was the first
proprietor of the Fulton street stages,
then the Superintendent Of The City Rail.
way Company, and afterward superinten-
dent Of the Second Avenue, New York,
Horse Car company, and proprietor of a
circus, sat in a front seat with q friend
on Wednesday night, and was smitten by
Mrs. Murray. lie wrote an epiStle to
her, asking ner TO meet him after the
performance, and Mrs. Murray promptly
handed il to her husband. Mr. Murray
and his brother sought Queen and his
friend after the entertainment was over,
and asked them to drink in an adjoining
saloon. In the saloon Murray handed
Queen the note, and asked what he
meant by insulting Mrs. Murray. Queen
tried to explain that he did not under.
stand that Alice Ross was Murray'J wife,
but Murray would take no apologies, and
he pitched into Queen, and Murray's
BROTHER pitched into Queens friend.
Both Of the visitors were badly pound.
ed, and they hastily ran from tire saloon
10 their carriage, and were driven 70 New
York in hurry.
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"What can you say Of the second law
Of thought p Student at cannot both
be and not be. For example, the door
ever there must be either shut or open;
Il can't be both shut and open. Tutor
-"Giye another illustration" Student
well take the case Of another door,"
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The Erring Judge of Now york.
Correspondence Chicago Journal.l


Judge Van Burnt returned from
Europe last week, and presided in the
Court Of Common Please on Monday. It
was surprise to his friends, and will
probably provoke action in some form for
his removal from Office. lie is the Judge
referred to by the papers few weeks ago
who admitted himself guilty Of a violation
Of the Seventh Commandment, in order to
allow his former wife to obtain a decree
Of divorce. The decree was entered
coupled with prohibition against
another marriage upon his part. In the
teeth of this decree he went abroad. and
shortly after married, in Paris, a pretty
choir singer. An ordinary individual
might have done this without exciting
any especial surprise; but for Judge,
who has the power to make DEGREES of
this kind himself, to violate the order Of
Court, is regarded, even in this free-and-
easy city, as an outrage. The Judge has
thus far fought off the interviewers by a
very simple process. He refuses to see
them, and thus far has not volunteered a
single statement in his own defence Sub
rosa, it is understood that he has no
valid defense; and that, if all the facts
were made known, it would really appear
worse for the erring Judge than the par
ticulars made public will warrant. What
is eyerybody's business is nohody's bust
ness, and this is the real reason why no
steps have been taken to call the Judge
to an account. After time ID will oc-
cur to somebody that, if Judge Van Burnt
can be ousted from office, vacancy can
be made which somebody else can fill,
and then the motive of action will APP
near
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Following is the letter Of Cassius NJ.
Clay, in which he announces that his
State will present his name to the Ma.
tional Democratic convention as a candi-
date for the Vice Presidency:
WHITEHALL, Ky,
Dec. Goth, 1875.
My Dear Sir: Ny State will present
my name to the National Dem, cratic con
vention in 1875 as the nomince for Vice
President. For my antecedents | refer
you 70 my friends, the Hon NJ. G.. Dur.
ham and Ell. Y. Parsons of Kcntaeky. /
ask your favorable consideration.
Truly, c. NJ. CtAy.
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WHITEHALL, KY,
Doc. oGfh. 1879.

any boy" said stern parent to q
seven. year.old hopeful, IL must discipline
you; your teacher says that you are the
worst boy in school" "We', papa,
only Yesterday she said was just like
my father." was the reply.
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Prof. BaIdwin's Explanation of SpIr
itual and Hope-rytng Mysteries.
tLeavenworth Times. J

Professor Baldwin has told all about all
the spiritual mysteries, including that Of
Katie King. AZ an exhibition he turned
water into wine by simply turning il
from pitcher into q glass. This was
done with chemicals. Then the pillory
was brought forward, and Mrs. BALDWIN
was firmly secured therein. The lock
was sealed aud the doors Of the cabinet
we're closed. In few seconds the doors
were opened, and the lady walked forth
free. The explanation il simple. The
lady has small wire with which She
picks the lock, after first removing the
wax, and then liberates herself. There
Is enough room allowed her arms 10
reach the lock, though IL is seemingly
impossible 10 do So. The seal is easily
put over the key hole Of the lock again
without being broken. The spirit tie"
was then exposed. Mediums profess that
the spirits tie and unto them. but the
profess " explained how Us clever ma.
nipulation OF the ropes these apostles tied
ard united themselves. The professor
also said that the spirit tie was much
more secure than any committee tie he
ever knew.
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cornIieId. A train Of cars on the Mobile
q Ohio railroad were blown over. Bed
clothing was strewn along the course Of
the tornado for fifteen miles.
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While Philadelphia is preparing 10
lodge all the world, New Jersey IS get.
ting ready to supply the vegetables.