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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19

The lawn is the chief element Of
beauty in all places, wheter large or
small if cut up by needless paths or
by too many flower beds, its effect is
frittered away, and it looks like mere
appendage to the paths and beds, rath-
er than the groundwork in which
these are made.-The lawn is expected
to last many years, and the work
must be thorough. The ground should
be drained, if need be, leveled, or grad.
ed, and prepared better than for any
field crop: then SOW red-top, Kentucky
Blue grass, or in light soils, Rhode Is
land Bent. with pint of white clover
to the bushel, if desired, using from
three bushels to the are, on rich land,
to five bushels on poorer soil. In small
yards it is better to lay sods, if good
turf can be had f; and in large lawns
lay margin of turf along the walks
and roads, and around any beds made
in the lawn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
RECORD OF THE NEWS.
Political, Personal and Foreign Do
ings and GOSSIP.
The Political TurmoIl in ,he south.


The following are late associated press
kilograms from South Carolina which we
give without comment: squads of federal
soldiers with warrants issued by the United
States commissioner are gOingthrOugh Aiken
and Barnwell counties, South Carolina, ar
resting white citizens The latter submit
quietly to arrest. 1t is reported that General
HagOod, who commanded the posse in the
late riot at Edgefeld, by instructions from
General Higgin, Republican circuit Judge, has
been arrested, and that the officer command
ing the squad at first insisted on Handwriting
him, but finally consented not TO do So"
"Three hundred armed men broke open the
county Jail of Edgefeld and took from it $40
stand of State arms which were stored there.
Nobody, says the governor, but those con-
cerned in the plot knew anything about it,
and he, Of course, believes that white men
Perpetrated this fresh outrage. T. csc arms
were taken from the negro militia at the
time OF the great disorder in Edgefeld county,
in 1874, upon condition that the rifle club
would disland, and have since been stored
herr -
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
Increasing Prospects Of Var.

The prospect of a peaceable solution
n affairs III the East is not brilliant Russia
appears determined not 10 accept the arms
tice Of six months proposed by Turkey, and
Is making every preparation for var. Semi
official announcement Is made from London
ud Vienna that England and Austria are sat
istied with the terms proposed by the porte,
while Prussia as vet gives no sign. Mean
time steady stream Of Russian officers and
soldiers continues 70 flow across the Servian
frontier, and hostilities have been resumed
on the pFina. The tone OF the press at all
the great capitals Is wsrlike, and the impress
sion seems to prevail that general European
war Is inevitable.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
J. Estey & Co, Of Brattleboro, Vt.

The clear, sweet, inspiring tones of
whose parlor and church organs are familiar
to so many thousand lovers of good music in
both hemispheres. Their parlOr organs are
distinguished for their great compass, from
smooth, soft and almost inaudible notes tOthe
loudest sounds, sufficient to ELL church, for
the purity and exquisite sweetness OF their
tones, and also for the instantaneous response
they give to the touch, so that quick music,
a waltz or march, can be played on them as
well as on piano. So great is the popularity
of these organs that their sales are constantly
increasing even in these dull times, being
larger the last month than ever beiore. Their
prices range from $40 to S1050. Unceasing
care that all their goods shall be perfect, in
material and workmanship, has won Tor them
public CONFIDENCE prize worth more than
the medals of thousand ExpositiOns.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
Burning Of the Steamer Southern Belle

The steamer Southern Belle was
burned on the lower Mississippi, on the 10th
inst, and . large number of lives were lost,
together with the entire cargo and all the
hooks and papers. The cargo consisted
mainly Of 900 bales OF cotton and !, 500 sacks
Of seed. It is supposed that nearly all OF
those who we're sleeping in the after part OF
the boat were burned to death, as after the
Gre had once got fairly under way it was al
most impossible to get to the bow Of the boat,
che only way of escape TO the shore. The
boat was entirely new, and cost about s45, 900;
1t was insured tor ssO,oOn. \ Catholic priest
uas among the lost
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19

There is hardly school-boy in the
land that has not read OF Merchants Garg-
ling Oil. Before the public for the last forty
years, it has become almost ahousehold word
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. As line
ment and exterior application in burns,
scalds, sprains, bruises, frost bites, flesh
wounds, and the numerous ailments of flesh
and limb, in both man and beast, Merchant g
Gargling Oil stands unrivalled in the world.
Merchants Worm Tablets, a certain and sale
remedy for worms, in either children or
adults, have likewise become famous for their
effectual curative properties These remedies
can he obtained at almost any drug store in
the land -Sandusky (0hio) Register.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
New Large japanese Radish.

new variety of radish, the seeds
of which were forwarded from Japan
by DR.. Genou, has bean introduced in
to the French market under the name
of Raphanus acantiformis, and is pro-
noumced an acquisition of value. In
color it is milk-white, with tinge of
yellow, and it is firm, transparent, and
juicy, and of delicate flavor, while the
skin is thin and peels off easily. In
Japan, where it is cultivated under the
name of Daicon, it frequently attains
a length of IS inches, with a cores
ponding thickness and it is used in a
great variety of forms as food, and is
frequently fed to cattle on account of
its great yield. AtLyons it has been
grown As inches long and II inches
thick. 1t is sowed in July and Au-
gust, and requires for its full develop
ment loose, well-manured sell, and
frequent watering in September.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
4 Polar Wave.

-Four inches of snow fell sunday at
Marquette, Michigan. AtRichmond and Nor
folk it showed steadily one hour, with the
temperature at an uncomtOrtsbly low point.
4. Memphis the mercury marked thirty de-
grees. a light snow storm IS reported from
Washington, while scattering snow fakes
gave Chicago gentle reminder that winter
is al hand. Up here in the Northwest we
were enjoying the beautiful Indian Summer,
safe in the assurance that when winter comes
It will be time for it, and there viii lie no use
less ssiOOling around"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
THE AND OHIO STATE ELECTIONS!
Money lest on Them-How to Recover It.

Money lCst on Ineln-hOW 10 heCo'cf IT,
Have you lost money by betting or
otherwise on the Indiana or Ohio State cleo
tionsl Then, we will tell you how you can
get it back: Buy ticket or tickets in the
Kentucky Cash Distribution Company, OF
Frankford Ky, which, being authorized by
the Legislature, and managed by ex-Gov.
Thos. P. Porter, General Manager, and other
leading men of the State, is bound to he fair,
ly and honestly conducted. The first grand
cash gift is 800, 200, with IL lob other gifts
tickets only Sl2 Ii is understood that the
sales of tickets have been unparalleled IN all
parts of the country that they will probably
bring premium before the date OF drawing.
on the 30th OF November next; and that a
ull drawing is already assured. II you have
lost money by the elections, therefore, do not
rush off to the Black Hills to retrieve your
losses, but invest at once in the kentucky
Cash Distribution Company. Ityou have any
scruples, remember that Thomas Jefferson
and Benjamin Franklin both approved OF
lust such "lottery" as the Kentucky Cash
Distribution Company"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
Turkey at Last Comes to Time.

The last note from England had the
effect to bring Turkey to terms. The gov
eminent has decided to grant an armistice
for six months. namely: until the end OF
March, 1877 This decision and its eOndiss
tions will he communicated to the European
powers at once. The porte il now pre-
pared to carry out the promised reforms. 1t
remains to he seen what Servia will say TO
the unexpectedly long armistice, but Minis
ter Ristics said only to-day, according TO a
telegram from Belgrade, that the Servian
government had tor some time desired an ar
mistice tor & month or longer, and would
doubtless accept one.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
shot in Church.

\ dispatch from Louisville, ny, of
the IItn saYs This evenings News has a
special irom Mount Washington, Kentucky,
which gives the following account OF q muir
der III 4 church: During Sunday evening
last. sam. Burkett, colored, entered an Afri-
can south church under the influence TO
liquor VIM. Barnes, an elder, asked him to
leave, hen Burkeft answered, 'Iou aud
your church can so t. hell Barnes asked
Tor a repetition OF the remark, received It and
shot Burkett through the heart, then escap-
rvvrr
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
A Mysterious Murder

Mrs. Cora Chessman, of New York
city, who was mysteriously shot enc night
last week, has made a statement, claiming
that she committed the deed herself, because
her husband threatened to desert her, and
that after the shooting Chessnan lett, on her
advice, for fear that he would be arrested.
The probability is that the shooting was done
by the husband, and that his victim, faithful
to the end, gives the last moments OF her life
to shield him from the penalty of his crime.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
Fate Of the Egyptian Armies in Abyssinia.

A Paris correspondent kilograms an
account Of an interview with an officer in the
Egyptian army, who gives circmstantial de-
tails Of the horrible events which have taken
place in Abbyssinia during the attempts o.;
the Egyptians to chastise the Abyssinians
There have been two expeditions. The first,
which was dispatched on October is, 1872,
consisted of 1900 men. It was surprised in
detile Of GouIdel and massacred to the last
man. The second expedition, Of 5000 men,
started in January last. 1t met the Abyssin-
ians In a defile OF GOura and was over
whelmed, tour thousand men being killed.
The AbysSinien king then went into the in
terror ard, according to the latest reports, has
repeated what he did in the deiiles OF Gourdel
ana GOura by again crushing an army OF
Egyptians. TIE details OF this, as well as OF
other expeditions, are guarded with great Sc
'resy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19

Chapped hands, face, pimples, ring
worm, saltrheum, and other cutaneOus affec-
tions cured, and rough skin made soft and
smooth, by using Juniper Tar Soap. Be care
full to get only that made by Caswell, Hazard
& Co., New York, as there are many imita-
tions made with common tar, all Of which
are worthless.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
anotbcr NorthfleId Robber Arrested.

The authorities of Missouri have
finally plucked up the necessary courage to
arrest a man whom they suppose TO be one
Of the Mortified robbers. The man arrested
was at the house OF q physician near indie
dendence, h0ving his wound dressel. His
wounds IN location and condition would
clearly indicate him TO he one Of the North
field bandits. lie claims he was hurt while
squirrel hunting. Whether he be Frank
James or Cal Carter Is the question in doubt,
and WITNESSES have been sent tor 70 identity
hiul
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
An interesting item:

An Interesting item: A parlOr set,
seven pieces, veneered frames, only $50. The
best wOven-wire mattress $50, aud genuine
40-pound curled hair mattresses Sill, now OF
fered by Colby & Wirts, 2l7 and 2l9 Safest,
Chicago. Their stock OF furniture excels any
establishment in the Northwest, and these
quotations indicate the low prices of all then
goods. No charge for packing. Arrange
ments are made tor shipping with every rail-
road ut half rates
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
How Milan was Proclaimed King of Seryia.


The following is the address of the
army proclaiming Prince Milan King,
and the reply of General Tcherneyeff
"IIIusrRIoUs SIRE-Since the day on
which thou didst raise the standard OF
Takovo the nation has followed thee in
the firm belief that it would carry 1t
on the field of battle in a contest for
liberty and glory. Such is the wish OF
the nation. for the Servian can no
longer live except as free man in his
liberated country. We will not lower
this flag until we have conqered this
liberty and glory. In the name of the
country we, thy faithful warriors,
proclaim thee king of Servia. Long
live our king We desire that the
crown of the independent kings of
Servia may shine resplendant upon
thy head. Ii is under the auspices OF
this title that we wish to fight 1t to
the end. We tender thee our blood,
our lives, our property. Long live our
illustrious king, Milan 0brenowich |.
May the Lord aid us
Tcheranyeff gives the following as
his reply:
.sThe voice of the people is the voice
of God, and it remains for me but to
exclaim with you-Long live the Ser
Wan king, Milan Obrenowich ! Long
live the queen! Long live the Servian
throne - One grand unanimous hur'
rah was given in response to my
words, and Milan 0brenowich was
solemnly proclaimed king of Servia
under the name of Milan 0brenowich
+. The archbishop pronounced
warm eulogy. After the information OF
the ''Te Deum Laudamus" and divine
service ended, the entire Servian army
took the oath to the new king, to lh'
queen, and the Kraljewich. 1t swor'
to defend them even to the last drol
of blood against enemies at home an'
abroad. Such enthusiasm has neve
reigned in the Servian camp as whel
the tremendous cry went up, "LonI
| live Milan 0brenowich l., king of Sci
via"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
Another Indian Campaign.

4 new Indian expedition is fitting
out, TO be commanded by Gen. Sturgis. The
general has had so much to say and so much
advice to give as TO how campaign should
he managed, that the country will expect
much OF him in connection with this new
movement II will be seen whether by STRAIT
egg he can outgeneral Sitting Bull and cope
with him more effectively than did the brave
Custer hy his dash
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
cider Making Extraordinary.

The Boomer d Boschert Press Co., of
Syracuse, n. Y, will exhibit their Power Gil
der Press in Agricultural Hall, Philadelphia,
Thursday, Oct. 26th, 1876, when they propose
to perform the unprecedented feat of press
ing 100 barrels of cider from $40 bushels OF
apples, in ten hours.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19

Heavy oats are good for horses; none
will deny that but oats can't make horses
coat look smooth and glossy when he is out
of condition. Sheridan's Cavalry Condition
Powders will do this when all else fails.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
The Mountain Meadow Murderer t. be Shot.

The Mountain Meadow Murderer t. be Shot.
John u. Lee, the leader in the Noun
tain Meadow Massacre has at last been con-
frOnted 10y justice. In the court at Beaver, on
the 10th, Judge BOzeman passed sentence up
on him. In doing so he called attention to
the atrocity OF the crime, the inability here
tOiore Of the authorities to procure evidence
that the conspiracy 20 murder was wide
spread; that Lee was finally offered up as a
acriice 20 popular Indignation, but others
equally guilty might expect punishment. The
prisoner having the right, under the laws OF
the territory, to choose death by hanging,
shooting OF beheading, and having chosen to
Ie shot, was sentenced TO I-e shot TO death
January 26th, 1871
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19

Cramps and pains in the stomach are
the result of imperfect indigestion, and may
be Immediately relieved by dose of John
sons Anodyne Liniment. A teaspooniul in
a little sweetened water is dose.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
James Lick.

From the san Francisco Chronicle.
When the fine picture that now adorns
the hall of the California Pioneers was
being painted by Hamm, the artist,
true TO his instincts, the painter i'll.
cOrporated in his likeness all defects
in Mr.. Lick's complexion and counter
ance. When the portrait was half
completed, and after the millionaire
had successfully gone through several
sittingS, he noticed that in the face
Hamm had reproduced some of the
wrinkles that furrOwed his cOunten-
ance. II don't want them in, said
Mr.. Lick. But, Mr.. Lick. replied the
artist, ''they are true 10 lifc-the
wrinkles are in your face Il don't
care whether they are or not, re-
turned the millionaire; paint them
out" and they were painted out upon
this peremptory demand. So the pic
ture looks like young man. Mr.. Liek's
immediate friends say that, until the
day of his death. the old gentleman
would not believe any more strongly
! than he could help that was an old
man. A few days before his demise he
had his whiskers dyed a jet black,
and although his head was as bald as
the PAIN Oh his MANU-, Hc AWAY MplC
a thick, Tedish- brown wig, and had it
on the night he died. This vanity and
desire for 4 young personal appearance
was always, in his later years of life,
a leading characteristics, and no matter
under what circumstances, he would
never permit any person TO tell him
that he was an old man. lie believed
that he could read with spectacles, that
his face was fresh and young, and that
he had many years yet To live. The
picture painted by Ilamm was his par
ticular admiration. and one reason was
was that his youth was unquestiOnably
REPRESENTED by il.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
Particulars of the Last River Disaster.

\ New Orleans correspondent named
LEBLANC, writes as follows about the
burning of the steamer Southern Belle,
on The lower Mississippi: "When the
boat landed at Mrs. Marrineaux' to
take that lady on board | went and es-
corted her into the ladies' cabin. AT
this time the boat was backing out
from the landing. | went to the Office
to get key of the state room for Mrs.
Marrineaux, and on my return to give
it to her, she met me half in the cabin
and said the boat was on fire, and to
take her off. then saw that smoke
was coming up through the carpets
ana through the staterOOm amidships,
and told Mrs. Marrineaux that the
boat was landing and to go ashore, as
I was then busily engaged in breaking
in state room doors to awake the pas
sengers. After doing this, | ran to
my own room TO awake young Willie
Greenhouse, who slept in the same
room. When thought had awaken
ed him ran to the office, where my
books and papers were, with view to
save them if possible. After mo-
ment looked around, and did not see
Greathouse, and Immediately running
back again succeeded in bringing him
out of the room, and told him to go
ashore, after which | returned to the
Office a second time, and was in the
act of trying to recover small amount
of money in the drawers, when The
flames had nearly surrounded me, and
I was forced to leave my books, pa
pers, and other valuables to the flames.
| then rushed out of the office with my
face and hands scorched. i found the
stairs were in full blaze, and jumped
from the boiler deck on tier of cot
ton on the guard, and from there on
the stage to shore, when, in turning
round to look at the boat, | saw that
it was burning pass from stem to
stern. The boats books and papers
are all burned-in fact, everything ex-
cept what was in the safe. The Belle
had 900 bales of cotton on board, and
1900 sacks of seed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19

Prices on clothing was never lower
than this season at the Boston One Price
Clothing Store, Minneapolis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
Sweet Oil.

A physician says that sweet oil is
not only an antidote to the bite of the
rattlesnake, but twill cure poison of
any kind, both on man or beast. The
patient must take a spoonful of it in
ternaliy, and battle the wound, for a
cure. To cure horse it takes eight
lines as much as for man. One of
the most extreme cases of snake bites
occurred eleven years ago. 1t had
been of thirty days standing, and the
patient had been given up by his ply
sicians. gave him a spoonful of the
oil, which effected a cure. 1t will
cure bloat in cattle caused by fresh
clover. 1t will cure the stings of bees,
spiders, or other insects, and persons
who have been poisoned by low, run
ming vine called ivy"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19

Lord am Lord Thcrnton's son."
Brakeman-"A what do you want a
car all to yourself forl' Young Lord
"Why, you know. don't want to as
sociate with those people; want a
car by myself" Brakeman-"Well, If
Lord Thornton himself was here, be
jabers. he coulde't have car all by
himself to-day.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
WIubTEyeTy HOuSehOId Sn9uld Keen al

ssssr Hand is remedy 70 cure without calling
the doctor Colds Coughs aud Consumption prevails IN
almost every family. ALIENS LCSG BALsAN vii
cure TIE colds and coughs and prevent consumption.
AS An ExPECTORANT IT HAS No EQUAL. IT IS HARM
LEss To THE MOST DELICATE CHILD. IT CONTAINS
OPIUM IN Any FORM
druggists and IN lCiue dealers
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19
Parsons Purgative Pellets vii

Il III oOIIS pdIINb VIII
greatly relieve, il not entirely cure, dyspep-
STA when everything else lails. They have
been tried in some desperate cases, and have
given more relief than any other medicine
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19

FORTUNES FER ALL.-Agents wanted. Adj
dress Bullion Mining Co., l76 Broadway, \. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-19

There is story of a traveller. who,
wishing to reach Boston. had somehow
got turned around, and was trotting
along very composedly in the opposite
direction from the right one to that
town. Meeting farmer in the road,
he drew up and asked, slew far is it
TO Boston, if l keep straight on!'
s'Well," said the farmer, with twinkle
in his intelligent eye, ''if We keep
straight on the way We are going now,
it about twenty. five thousand miles:
but if We turn right around, and go
t'other way, it's about half mile.