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

Whether OF not it would be an easy
leap to ''pluck bright hOnOrs from the
pIle-faced moon, we are not prepar-
ed to say but that you can pluck
bright jewels from the stores of o. W.
Peterson and F.. W. Reed. of this viii
lage, is certain-if you only have the
leash To spare 'em.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

| have just received new lot of
goods consisting of Shawl Pins, Cuff
Pins, Sleeve Buttons, Studs, &c.
Prices from 40 cts. up to IS cts.
F. w REFD
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

TuE essential attribute Of specie
basis for currency, is said to be uni
fuimity of value. Are we sure of any
better uniformity with a specie
basis than with paper! If so, where
is the evidence of it,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28
.n.fRREED.

WILLGAMS-VAN METER.-At the resi-
denee of the brides father, on the 25th
inst, by Rev. Keely, Nh. GEeRGE A. WILL
LIAMs, of Kinnickinnic, and MISS HATTIE
VAN METER, OF Hudson.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

sherman Chapman, of Spring Lake,
w.is among our visitors of last Satur-
day. lie says that his corner of the
quadrangle ,the Northwestl is in a
lair state of prosperity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

The CoNCERT.-The attendance was
good. and the singing excellent. TAX
EN- as a whole, it was iirst-class en-
tertainment.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Song, pure and elevated, has some
participation of divinity. Hence it
raises the soul from earth, purifies
the heart, and makes us mortals hap
pier and better.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

The SOciable at Judge Fosters on
Friday evening last, was well attend
!. and a fine time was the result.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

The question as 10 who will succeed
Mr.. Humphrey as Judge of this Cir
cult is now uppermOst in the minds of
few aspirants for the position, if not
of the masses of the people. We un-
derstand that Hudson and Menomonie
each has one or more candidates. and
that j. :. White of Prescott, would
not manifest any great degree of re-
luctance in accepting the position, if
rendered him: A. Morse, of River
Falls, who has become quite a prOmi-
nent and successful member of the
Pierce county bar, has also been men,
toned as possible candidate; Pepin
county also has a candidate in the per-
son of Hon. II. f. Hougton, who is said
to be peculiarly adapted TO ill such a
position. We understand that the
counties of Dunn and Pepin will be
quite likely TO present a Chippewa
Valley candidate, and press his claims
on the score of locality, and all else
being equal, it is but fair to concede
that there will be some foundation for
this claim, the st. Croix Valley having
thus tar in the history of the District
enjoyed the honorable distinction OF
furnishing the candidate.--Pisrce Co.
HERALD.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Seyenty-one quiresOf paper are now
used to supply the Journal list. And
still they come.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Doors, sash, blinds and mouldings
constantly on hand at the lumber yard
of F. j. BuThyte & Co. If
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

j. W. Perley will sell Western Cot
tage Organs at 25 per cent. off List
Prices. All organs warranted for five
years. If
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Cascade Mills are in complete run
ming order. Custom work of all
kinds will be promptly attended to,
and satisfaction guaranteed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

ScRIBNER for January is on our table
fresh and rosy as ever. For sale
10y LevingS Sisters.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

In another column we publish a
well-tempered article from the River
Falls Journal, on the judgeship. We
heartily concur with the Journals
idea that candidates be chosen by the
people in convention, rather than Sc
lected by the bar. The former plan
more effectually prevents bull-dozing.
and renders mhOly combinations and
ubiquitous trades difficult to arrange.
True Republican.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

More tokens of remembrance were
received at this Office last week than
ever before in any one week since we
have been connected with the Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Pure country milk delivered every
morning and evening to all parts of
the village. JNo. b. HEFFERN.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Though a little in advance, we wish
the readers of the JOURNAL, and our
friends every-where.a Harry NEW YEAR.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

II you want to see an everlasting
rush on our streets. come into town
next Saturday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Attend the theatre and ball at The
Academy of Music tomorrow evening.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Schuyler Colfax will lectsre before
Colfax Lodge. /. o. o. F., at Hudson,
Jan. 9th, 1877.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

BYRON said the stars are the poetry
of heaven. OF course Byron meant
the physical heaven.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

We find the following personal no.
tice in the Cheyenne Daily Sun. 1t
appears that real merit is rewarded
out there in Wyoming:
Wereceived pleasant visit from f.
W. Nye last evening. The Judge is
taking a couple of days rest from his
arduOus duties on the Laramie Senti-
mel, which daily bears the imprint of
his genius. On the first of January he
will powder his hair and preside over
a Laramie temple of justice. To the
good people of his town we take pleas
ure i'm stating that he's behaving him.
self over here. Last night he went to
prayer meeting and to day he's booked
for an address on that truly original
subject, Education, which will be
delivered at the Public School exam
nation now in progress.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Geo. Pratt has vegetables, such as
onions, cabbages, turnips, ETC., for
sale at his market.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Doors, Sash and Blinds for sale at
the Lumber Yard of ID. C. Davis g
Sons. 4Stf
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

f. o. johnson has returned to New
Richmond to spend the holidays.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Uncle Washington Nichols is eighty
three years old; and-yes- there's
music in him yet-music in his very
snul.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

The doctors are busy-a little too
busy. Many children are sick with
diptheria, and others with scarlet
fever.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Rev. Q. L. Dowd, of Warren, will
preach next Sabbath at the Congrega-
tional Church.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

THE NEw YORK OBSERVER is out with
its prospectus for the .JiftyJifth gear.
IL is large paper of the tirst-class,
and should be in every family in the
land. Those who do not take it
should send for a specimen copy at
once. or, better yet, should send the
price for year. Amy person desir-
ing a comprehensive weekly newspa-
per. filled with just the news that
every family wants, and free from clap
trap or ObjectiOnal matter of any kind,
will hardly do better than to send
So. Is To 5. |. Prime & Co., 81 Park
Row, New York, and receive the OR-
SKRyER poSt-paid.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28
STRAY GOLF.

Strayed from the undersigned about the LIST
of last June one Bay Colt three years old last
spring, with some white ON three of his feet
at the edge of the hoof; and an old brand or
left shoulder, with letter "R." Any one hav-
ing taken up said colt will please notify Geo.
Rogers, Diamond Bluff, and all charges will
be paid.
GEO. ROGERS.
Diamond Blmf, Dec. IL, 1876 33w3
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Come try our teas, the best for the
money in the West.
PETER i. BRADSHAW & Co.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

In this village, three houses to rent.
Inquire of A. MORSE.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Fine salt at Peter Z. Bradshaw &
Co. s.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28
FARM FOR SALE.
NOTICE.
NOTICE.

I win give better discount on
Watches Clocks & Jewelry, plated
ware, musical intrumentS, spectacles,
&c. &c. than any other House in River
Falls. As am principally selling for
Cash and do not have TO add from 10
to 20 per cent. by giving from 2 TO 6
months time. O. w. PETERSON.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28
MID WIFE.

Free Bus from Prescott to Hastings-Ont
way-tO all guests at the Merchants Hotel 4
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

The closing hours of this departing
year bring many sad reflections. But
the light of a brighter day in the near,
or OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES upon our path
WAY, and beckons us forward and on
ward. May the life that now is prove
t. All of oar readers fruitful of much
that is good in the harvest of the
wears to be.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

We understand that the Good Tenn
plars Lodge of this town has been re-
organized.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Andnext We welcome Seventy-seven
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28
THE MEASLES.


What fires the blood with fever heat,
And makes the pulses wildly beat,
And banishes the thought OF sleepi
The Measles.
What fills you with burning thirst
Until your threat seems fit to burst,
While you are hourly growing worsel-
The Measles
What is it swells and puffs your face,
And twists your eyelids out OF place,
Till every look is a grimacel
The Measles,
What is it covers you with spots,
Like great, unseemly, purple blots,
From tip of toe to cranium's topl
The Measles
What fills with iancies wild the brain,
And makes You. for the time, insane,
And quite oblivious of pain
The Measles
And what destroys the sense OF smell,
And taste, and hearing too, as well,
And makes life seem perfect sell
The Measles
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.
Circuit Court-Pierce county.

circuit Court-PieTce county.
Ole G. Peterson, Plaintiff, against Steiner
Kiendseth and Penula Kiendseth, defend
ants.
BY virtue of judgment of foreclosure and
sale made in the above entitled action, on
the twenty-seventh day of November, 1876,
| WILL on the twenty day Of January
1877, at one o'clock, in the afternoon, at the
front door o. the Post Office, in the village OF
River Falls, in said county, sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, the
mortgaged premises directed by said judg
ment TO be sold, and therein described as fol-
lows Lot number one m, in block number
fourteen (l4l, OF o. s. P0Eells third addition
to the village ofRiver Falls, in the county Of
Pierce, and state of Wisconsin
w. 7. KNOWLES.
33w7 Sheriff OF Pierce county.
Dated this 8th day OF December, 1876.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

0rville Wood entertained a few
yonng couples at his home Christmas
evening.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28
For Sale.

For Sale.
The n 4 OF the N. f. I of Sec % town of
Gilman, Pierce county, and the 5. Z. I of
the n. +. \ OF Sec. 80 town of Kinnickinnie.
For terms enquire Of the subscriber, or OF A.
Morse, River Falls.
n2S-3m. JAS. A. MAPEs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

1t is a poor thing that is not worth
asking for.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

HAePER's MONTHLY for January was
received in due season. It;abOunds in
Illustrations, among which are 1.-The
First Whisper, .'HOlman Hunt ;"
Thomas Faed,' Elizabeth Thomp-
son. = y. f. MiIlais. "F. Leighton, -
THE Old Church Pulpit, and many
Others. personal and descriptive.
For sale 10y l.evings Sisters.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

MRS. s. NEWELL-Prhfessiona Midwife
and Nurse. Residence on Sycamore street,
first door East of the Academy of Music, Riv-
er Falls, Wis. 20-34
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

This Paper has n Larger Circu-
latiOn thar any other Paper Publish-
ed i'm the ~. CrOix VaIley.-A
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Now is the time to subscribe for the
JOURNAL.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Coarse Salt at Peter F.. Bradshaw &
Co. S.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Weather superb
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Rock Salt at Peter f. Bradshaw &
Co.'S
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Old Year-Good bye!
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Business lively.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

Sleighing good.
The New York herald., 1876-03-24
Coroner,s LnNY.

If we had poet like Hood, whose tragical
touch could bring the horrors that writhe
and tester under the surface Of everyday life
home to our hearts, what theme to stir
humanity with indignation could he find in
the night vigil of James Young over the
corpse of his wife, as it stirred with horrid
semblance of life to the pulsing, heaving and
tapping of the dark waters of the East River
But ii does not need the aid of verse to tell
this story in tones as sad and heart-wringing
ms hers who plunged into London's lamp
rejecting river, glad 10 be anywhere
out Of the world" He had missed
his wife from home on Monday night. On
Tuesday morning he left his little ones to
seek her. Gruff official routine at Police
Headquarters scarcely turned its head to
help him. He had heard of a woman found
drowned, but hope deafened his ear until
he saw q crowd of idle wonderers standing
by the rivers brink gazing at dark object
in the water. Something smote him at the
heart, and he rushed among the crowd to
find that the dark object was all that was
mortal of his wife. 1t was fastened by a
rope to the pier it had floated face upward
or face downward, as the tide willed, for
hours, and he piteously begged the law that
stood deany by, in the person Of an officer
The New York herald., 1876-03-24
House Hunting.

That most terrible of all seasons in New
York, the season of house hunting, is again
upon us. Bills with ''To Let" printed on
them stare boldly from the fronts of nearly
one-half the houses in the uptown streets,
and gangs of house hunters go up and down
the thoroughfares of the metropolis like so
many chifonniers seeking for treasures where
there are none. This annual migration of
our people, the weary hours spent in find
ing q new home which at best is not better
or cheaper than the old one, the irruptions
of hordes of house hunters into what ought
to be quiet and peaceful households, the la
Dor and discomfort and wear and tear of
moving day, is simply nuisance. We are
nomadic race, going about from place to
place for no other reason than the desire for
change. In many cities the annual Directory
is useful for five years at the least. Trows
and Goulding's undergo complete transfor-
nation every year. Change with us is dis
ease and discomfort with our abiding places q
chronic ailment Valued friends exchange
addresses nearly every time they meet, and
if Broadway was not q universal thorough
fare would lose sight of each other alto
gether. This spirit of constant change is
a sign of an unsettled state of society,
and is to be deprecated as an evil. We
want more home stability for the culti-
vation of homely virtues and the growth of
social culture. No people can be thoroughly
happy until their affections centre upon
some spot made dear by many associations.
Old people die when transplanted from the
hearthstone around which the period of their
youth and manhood was spent, but that old
age must be cheerless indeed which has
never known the same hearthstone for more
than year at o time. Such is the lot of too
many denizens Of this migratory city. When
the spring comes the house hunting fever
breaks out, and it burns with increasing heat
until the inevitable moving day is past. Let
us all discourage this ;; landlords by an hon
est effort to secure and retain good tenants,
and householders by determination to re-
main in good home when they find one
We must learn to consecrate home by the
tenderness of its associations and discour-
age the nomadic tendencies of our people. If
one spot is better than another it is where
children were born or dear ones have de-
parted; and until we learn to value these
things we must continue to be what we have
been too long already, cheerless and un-
happy race, seeking relief in change and
constantly recurring rounds of house hunt
ing.
The New York herald., 1876-03-24

swinging his club, to place the body on the
shore. He begged that, until the law deigned
TO move, the form Of her who had borne his
children and nestled in his breast might not
sway and rise and fall with the coming and
going of the tide. But no. not even that poor
boon. So, mad with his grief, he hurried
away to beg the law to move. At sta
ton house and Coroners' Office he sought
the aid of the law in vain Think
OF 1T The womans body had lain
eight hours in the water, as James
Young returned at nightfall. helpless
and heartbroken, TO take up his long vigil at
the rivers edge, with the grutf policeman
still there. James Young is poor man, of
rough occupation but what pen can tint
the horrors of the hours of that watch of his
by the floating dead that was to him so dear
IN life2 The poor man mourned in the
night by the lamp-refecting river with the
corpse swaying at his feet the law, like an
immovable, ferocious brute, by his side, and
the thought of the little ones beyond the
river, waiting in vain for their mother,
knocking at his heart He waited till mid
night, when the cry of the little ones grew
louder in his ears, and from the black de-
spair around him he fed to comfort them.
AT early morning he came back to beg his
dead but not even now. He went to the
Coroner's again he returned once more to
the river. At last the dead wagon came, but
the brutes who tended it would not even
tell him where they would take the corpse
that had lain in the water twenty-four hours.
Again to the Coroners' Office. The Coroner
was away. He hurried after him, and there
Coroner Croker before he would listen to
James Young, made him serve on coroner's
jury over the body of burned child This
is horrible almost incredible. Habit may
bring man to look on the greatest suffering
with an Indifferent eye, but there is grim
brutality about this shocking to human
nature. Yesterday morning James Young
got the body, but it is doubtful if any in
quest was held over the remains.
What, then, have the officers of the law
police and Coroners-to say to this outrage
on decency-this gross wrong? They shrug
their shoulders. The body could not be
body to give one. The coroners had gone
home. Red tape ceuld not weave harder
knot than this case presents. They have
police, telegraphs coroners, dead wagons,
attendants, Morgue-all that the pity of
great community could provide to meet
such cases. but because the man was poor
and coroners lazy and brutal and police
men heartlessly Indifferent James Young
could beg the law to move his wifes body
from the water in vain. When Coroner
Croker was lodged in Jail charged with
murder another Coroner could hurry at o
politicians beck to violate the law and let
the accused murderer go but none of them
could turn step to have Rose Young's body
removed from the river. James Young must
be a patient, law-abiding man, for not few
men in his place would have taken the law
into their hands, cost what it might. Is not
reform needed?
The New York herald., 1876-03-24

LET Us HAVE AN INVESTIGATION of the
Railroad Committee of the Assembly. Mr..
Killian said that he would like to have it.
Whether he does or not let us have it Let
Mr.. West be called to testify as to the re-
markable announcements he made in the
Assembly on Tuesday. He then stated that
he had been repeatedly approached by
lobbyists, whom he encouraged until they
offered him bribes in sums as high rs FIVE
hundred dollars. Let him give the names
ofthese lobbyists that honest people may be
warned and knaves punished. Let him tell
the specific jobs they wanted to bribe him to
support Lawmakers should not shield or
encourage lawbreakers. At the same time
let Mr.. John Kelly and Mr.. Chauncey
Depew be called to tell what they know of
why Mr.. Killian ceased to take interest in
the 'No Seat No Fare" bill. Let Mr.. mick"
Muller and Mr.. Whitson be investigated.
The New York herald., 1876-03-24

THE EMIGRATION CoANIss1oS.-w cam
not look forward with any complacency to
seeing the care of the thousands of immi-
grants arriving at this port turned over to the
steamship and railroad lines. Emigration
from Europe has fallen off considerably,
and we do not care to have the rate still
lowered by allowing the report to go abroad
that the peasant who comes here will be
handed over to the harpies of our cities
as soon as the steamship lines
have done with him. Congress should
take hold Of this matter at once and provide
for a continuance in some shape of system
which, in spite of some faults, has worked
well, giving the poor immigrants breathing
time and fair chance to. get started IN the
New World without first paying heavy roy
atty to the predatory classes that fourished
long ago in the First ward.