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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-07-19

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MANUFACTURER or and Dealer in Harnesses
INlOfls Whips and all other articles pertaining
% a first-class establishment. Satisfaction guar
snteed. Shop over Wells Br2df0Fd's livery stable.
River Fails, Wis NJ
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
A sunkens Sepulchre.

United States, District Attorney
George NJ. Duskin, of the southern Dis
trict of Alabama, is in Washington for
the purpose of attempting to prevent
further destruction of the monitor Te-
cumseh, sunk in Mobile harbor in 1864,
when Farragut captured the forts. 1t
is understood that wrecking company
purchased the monitor some months ago
from Secetary Richardson, and, not
withstanding the fact that 200 men
areentombed therein, were preparing to
blow her up for the purpose Of securing
the old iron belonging to the. vessel.
The facts in this case are that attorney
Duskin, after the sale of the Tecumseh,
filed bill in the circuit court of the
United States to prevent the bell-boat
wrecking company from blowing up the
sunken vessel, and the court decided in
faver of the bill filed. 1t is understood
that the company have appealed to the
supreme court of the United States, and
the district attorney will endeavor
defeat their further action in the case.
DR.. Mary Walker, feeling that she
still lacked some manly accomplishments,
took a chew of tobacco one day last week,
and In twenty minutes thereafter she was
so limp she had to swallow ramrod be-
fore she could sit up in the street
Hatckeye.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
: Sioux NFar-Dancc.

A dsv WIS set and the Drummer and
White Shield returned to their camp to
tell their warriors to get ready. At noon
Of one Of the warmest days a horrible
pounding and screeching was heard il
the distance, and going out we saw bed
lam advancing; one hundred Indians,
painted red, yellow, blue and green, or
namented with feathers and strings of
small bells, were advancing, beating a
tom-tom, 6creeching with all their might,
and stopping over, danced from one foot
to the other. Arrived in front of the
house they stopped and walked en- the
parade ranged themselves in a semi
circle, put their blankets under them and
waited for the musicians 10 begin. The
six or eight members of their band,
wrapped in gray blankets, were huddled
around a base drum, each armed with
substantial drum stick, and as they began
their pounding the dancers set uD a
strange chorus of shrill. chipping cries,
and then darting to the middle, began
dancing back and forth, around and
through in confused mass, themselves
still singing, their bells rattling and
feathers moving. The step consisted in
raising ore foot straight up, balancing
up and down on the otLer, and then
changing positions, carrying it on TO the
end.
Two pauses were made to give a chance
for breaking, and they began with re-
doubted yigor A feathered arrow was
stuck in the ground, and around it they
circled and hoped more madly than
ever. At the second interIude White
Shield, a magnificent savage, over six
feet in height, broad shouldered and
muscular as a Hercules, stepped to the
centre and related some of his own glo-
rious deeds. As his speech advanced his
hearers grunted their appreciation, and
when he hal finished relating the De
struction Of his enemy in the open field,
an applausive " How ~ came from the
red cory Yhees.-.Si Louis GloBe Democrat.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
Science and industry.

The brandy production of North
Carolina IS immense. Over three hun,
distillers are registered in the internal
revenue division about Statesville.
The cotton-seed oil trade has increased
greatly OF late years. The article /.
largely shipped 10 Europe, whence it j.
reshipped TO this country in the guise OF
"pure olive OIL"
1t has been proved in Nevada and
other silver producing states of the west
that capital devoted to agriculture paws
better and more regularly than if put
into gold and silver mines.
The lead interests of Galena. III
have been seriously injured by the su-
perabundance OF lead produced in the
reduction of Nevada and Colorado silver
ores.
The building has been completed and
the machinery placed for a new cotton
mill at Savannah, Georgia. 1t will have
1900 spindles, and 123 looms. and will
be exempt from taxation.
Some Massachusetts, capitalists are
about to establish manufactory of cot
ton hosiery at Paducah, Kentucky. 1t
Is stated that this will be the only estab-
hshment OF the kind south of Philadel
phia.
The emigration of carpenters from this
country to England is managed under
the auspices OF an employer9 union at
Manchester, who are endeavoring to
break down strike carried on by the
Nnglish carpenters, and the demand for
workmen from this country is therefore
not natural one.
The poorer the quality of Illuminating
gas, the greater the velocity with which
it rushes through the registering meter.
so that the consumer pays a higher price
IN proportion to the deterioration of the
article supplied to him. Nothing ad-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
Oblivion.

Turn whithersOeyer you will on the
face of the earth, and you will find OBJ
livion painted On every page of natures
great volume.
The unnumbered ages and generations
of men that have lived, died, and been
forgotten, the oceans that have passed
away. and the mountains that have risen
from their beds, remind us that nature is
continually reproducing herself in some
new and varied form.
That which is prominent to day may a
century hence have passed away. The
rose that unfolds its petals, and burdens
the air with its fragrance, will droop,
die and return to dust, to be reproduced,
perhaps, III the lilly and the rose.
Man, too, must 90 down and return to
dust and although he may do that
which will for ages embalm his name,
vet that is all which remains to US.
In world where the tenure Of life is
so uncertain, in the face ofa fixed law OF
our being, whose provisions are never
violated, is it not strange that we can
enjoy this uncertainty.
Yet we de enjoy it. Although we
daily walk within the shadow of the
tomb, we are merry, we are joyous, Civ
ing little heed for the morrow.
1t is right that this should be the case;
for what dreary, desolate world this
would be, were every human bewailing a
fate that is Notwithstanding because
he must 20 back from whence he came
In youth we view death as through a
glass; it seems so far in the distance in
old age we hail it as a storm-tossed mar
insr sighs for haven of rest.
death has a terror for those who know
,he evils it may possess in its hidden
teries. The Christian looks forward
q aeath with ardent joy, his pious life
having disa-med the grim monster of it'
most dreadful sting. Instead of count
ing the few years that his name will sur
vive, be peersinto future now illuminec
by the brightest rays of hope.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
A Lost Son Among Indians.

Mr.. G.. Fisher, of Fredericksburg,
Texas, arrived here on Wednesday in
search of son, stolen by Indians thirteen
years ago, when only twelve years old
The boy was found among the Comanche
band, and recognized by his father in
stantly. His embraces were received by
the son with stole indifference and imbe-
Gle smiles, and nothing would induce him
to recognize his father or consent to 60
home with him, until General Mackenzie
interfered and authoritatively told him
he had to go. Profuse promises of horses
guns, ETC., dear to the Indians here, made
no impression on him. He seems to feel
the parting from the Indians very keenly.
A dusky maiden, whom the chief prom
ised to give him for his wife. if he would
remain, seems 10 be at the bottom of it.
The old mother is said TO be almest
frantic with JOY at the recovery of son
whom she believed dead. Father and
son will leave for Fredericksburg on Sun
day, the 10Th.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
WEST.

The women voters of Cheyenne, Wy
Afing, have given up trying to purify
Se polls" The rush and Jam OF men
around the boxes have prevented many
from voting, and now they have the
exclusive use of the hotel reading room
for that purpose. Two female Judges of
election are appointed to superintend the
boxes.
Two alleged counterfeiters, w. w.
Hutchison, of Baltimore, and w. p
Funk, of Altoora, have been arrested st
Tyrone. Hutchison was shot dead while
ehdeavoring to escape.
1t is announced from San Francisco
that the United States grand jury has
found four indictments against Geo. NJ
Pinney and Rufus G. Spalding, late pay
inspector, on charges OF conspiracy and
fraud in issuing forged certificates for
money against the government.
1t is telegraphed from Hazleton (Pa. }
} that the demand of the miners who struck
for the restoration of the wages paid last
May and percentage on any advance OF
coal above 1925 at side, has been al
lowed. The strike IS ended.
, The Warm Spring Indians reported of
their reservation and massacreing the
whites, are not the noted scouts who
have served the government so long, and
who figured in the Modoc war. The
former are New Mexico and Arizona
Indians, while the latter have a reserva-
ton in Oregon.
Special dispatches from Tucson, Ari-
zenia, to the San Diego, Cal, Union, re-
port that the Warm Spring Indians, who
recently left San Carlos, have killed at
lesst fourteen men and wounded eight.
Three detachments of Arizona troops,
and all those available in New Mexicos
are after the Indians. Major Upper
and command struck the Indians at
Knights rancho and killed forty. Stur-
gis, assisted by Heward's cavalry un1er
Sanford, had a fight in Canon Creek on
the morning of the 14th. A number oil
Indians were killed and many horses
oxen. The Crows got away with all the
Eez Perces' pack animals. They report
that the River Crows from Muscle Shell
have headed off the Nez Perces, and are
driving them toward Gen. Sturgis. in
two fights the Crows and soldiers have
captured nearly ] 900 horses.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05

timidly denied her fierce accusation that
he was a pickpocket. OF course the
incident created immense excitement in
the car, and the young lady's tears were
accepted by everybody as conclusive
evidence of the truth of her charge.
One old gentleman, who had been unable
TO read his newspaper in consequence OF
the prolonged tee-heeing" already
mentioned, remarked that a m&n who
would force himself upon an innocent
girl, as the undergraduate had done
would unquestionably pick pockets or
perpetratA any other detestabe crime.
1t was the unanimous opiEsOn OF the
passengers that he should DE made to
disgorge, and should then be either
thrown from the train while in motion,
or should be tied hand aud foot in the
baggage car and delivered to the police
at the next stopping place. One large
man, with short hair and q partially
1eveled nose, took the ground that wsyI
Z. the fellsw really wanted Was.
stance, charge of head, and thatW5a
felt it his duty to provide him with
new head without the least delay.
Meanwhile the young man begged for
mercy, and implored the young lady te
look in her pocket and see if she could
not find the missing watch. The con-
ductor, who was married man, and
knew that the female pocket il never
used for watch-carrying purposes, was so
indignant at what he called the 3" cheek"
of this suggestion that he called a brake
man to hold the miserable young man.
80 that he could go through him." rs
he metaphorically expressed it. The
young man was accordingly searched
with great thoroughness, but with no
notable result save the discovery Of
small comb, which he proVidently carried
in bis pocket IN order TO be prepared in
Gaze Of a sudden and profuse growth OF
mustache. When it became evident
that the watch was not concealed upon
his person, it was decided that he had
either swallowed it or secretly dropped it
partly in order to prevent the edusion Of
blood on the velvet cushions of the car,
stopped the train and deposited the
young man in nice swampy spot.
Precisely fifteen minutes aiterwsrd Miss
Sarah Jane gave joyful shrek and ex,
tricated the watch from some mysterious
locality Immediately behind the front OF
her dress, in which it had accidentally
slipped Thus was the innocence Of the
undergraduate established, and be there
upon sank in public estimation from a
skillful pickpocket to the more degrad-
ing position Of an unlimited idiot.
That particular Young man has had a
lesson which will probably keep him from
nomadic Irritation for some time to come.
Let us hope that the rest of his kind
will Also heed the warning conveyed by
his experience, and that young ladies
viii shun the conversation and peanuts
OF strangers, lest they should find them
selves entertaining pickpockets Unaware=.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
The Pastors Reverie.

The pastor sits in his easy-chair,
With the Bible upon his knee.
From gold TO purple be clouds in the west
are changing momently;
The shadows lie in the valleys below,
ana hide in the curtain IS fold;
And the PAGE grows dim whereon he reads
" remember the days Oi old.
Not clear nor dark % as the Scripture saith,
The pastors memories are-
NO day that il gone was sh1dow!es-r
No night was without its star;
Bur minsled bitterand sweet hath been
The hand that in Io+e hath Sun tteu, hs saith
I'm love hath .ouui u5 up
Fleet flies his thought over many GeIi
of stUbhie and snow and bloom,
A1i now 30 trip- tEr0u Festival,
ard nos. it Rats ia q toa.i-
Young iloes smile 10 MS rev-rie
OF those that are young TO more
And voices are heard that euly come
Hlfh he winds from lar-ot shore.
lie thinks of the day when first with fear
Aui i3itering iip p, he stood.
To speak Ia the sacred place the Word
To the waiting multitude
lie walks again 10 the house of God
with the voice ci joy and praise
With many whose feet long time have pressed
Heavens safe and bl asstd ways
IIe enters again She homes Of toll,
And joins iu the homely chat;
He stands in TIE shop OF the ARTISAN
lie sits u her.- tse Master sat,
At the poor mans a g and the rich mans ietst-
But who to-day are the poor
And who are the rich 2 Ask Him who keeps
The treasures that ever endure
once more the green and the grove resouud
With the merry children. din;
H- hetr- their shout az the Christmas tide.
W Wneu Santa Claus stalks iu.
Once more ht lists while the campfire rJars
bU the distant mountain aside,
Or, proving apostleship, plies the brook
Where the fierce young trOutinss hide
And now he Jeholds tho wedding train
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
A Bit of Domestic History.

In the east Of this city there lives
a very ancient darkey, whose idea ef
utility spurns nothing as being too mean
to use, and whose constitutional gen
eroaity is quickened Jy ne b u religious
predictions that form leading feature
in his character. This old man while
vending his way homevarl one evening
last week saw piece Of meat lying near
the sidewalk, which his kind heart sug-
gested had been dropped there by an all
wise Provider !et the benefit of MS faith
full cur, which answered to the name of
"Bulger." The meat was picked up and
placed very carefully in the old mans
bag, and as he walked on he thought over
and over again Of the JOY Bulger would
experience in dGvouring the feast he
had found for HIM. When he had
reached his home ne seated himself on
his steps and whistled for Bulger, who
came wagging his tail and manifesting
other symptoms OF pleasure at seeing his
ancient friend. Taking the meat from
the bag, the old man said: ODE ole man
fotch yer bone, yer nasty, lazy thing,
and here it is-rale good meat; take it
and recollect dat your master fotch it
for yer" The meat was thrown to
Bulger, who went for it voraciously,
and IS he lay down and took his supper
between his paws the old man chuckled
with the pleasant idea that the dog was
not only satisfied, but grateful for the
small favor conferred Having finished
his meal, Bulger got up and went back
to his cosy bed under the house; but it
was not long before he came 5ut again.
He whined and looked as pale as he
could, and the old man told him that
the meat was all gone but it did not
seem TO satisfy him. He soon began to
show signs OF unhappiness, and in about
FIVE minutes was bowling and jumping
with the worst kind of collie. His ago
MES were brief, aud in short timet
Bulger fell, rolled up his eyes and
bresthed his last The old man looked
upon his Iifeiess form, and said: =, Dat
was policemau's meat, shore yer born;
and just TO think, dat l was about to
cheat da, dog out of it, aud have it
cooked for my supper. Well, de Lord am
still on the side OBJ righteous ess; an it's
better dat it's Bulger dan me" Taking
last look at his dog, the old man said,
in solemn tone; 8" If dar had been any
coons on dis island. would hate to glib
yer up old fellow; but, being as there
are no coons, good bye. He wiped a
tear-drop from his eye and went into the
house Gdireston NeUs.
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Religious.

\ bo1kwith the cur.oustitl Of Jesus
Of Nazareth neither Baptized not slain
by jews or Gentle, BY the Rev. George
Barte, D. ID. j.. c. /, has just been
publbhed at Liverpool.
Th,re are forty three Protestant
churcles in san Francisco, and of the
about Is. 600 attend church. The Cen
tral Iresbyterian church has been dis
banded for want of support.
The beautiful Methodist church in
SaratogS \. Y, which cost over $1,000
G6e-re - held in the grasp of the
sheriff "a debt Of $50 coo, and viii be
actually IN his grip ere long unless this
sum or part of it is paid.
The Jewish Messenger contains a lead
ing article headed " Our Anomalous
Condition. The Jews. st present, it
says, are without rule or order; their
cOugrega tions legislate for their own
small communities, while the collective
body Is permitted to run wild.
Mr. Moody has decided to devote him
self next winter of the salvation of New
England. He says. Ii has been laid
on my heart that in this district was tine
place for labor the coming winter, but
not until within a day or two. after
prayer have / telt that ! could decide
upon this field.
The Churchman formulates au opinion
ON church union az follows '' Sects
thai approximate in everything but
name, and keep up distinction merely
for the sake of being distinct. are Dui-
sances. But when a distinction repre-
sents g principal, we say, stick to it till
the principle is shown to be false
Tle Church Union prophesies after
this fashion The church of the future
viii not be sectarian or denominati0nal
it viii be one body in Christ. and all
lis members Will be Christians. They
viii not call Themselves by the names OF
men, or OF ordinances but all viii be
satisfied with that good old-tashiCued
name, Christian.
One of the queerest Sundav-schools vet
opened is that which il connected with
the Free Congregational society in Flor
euCe, Mass. Instead Of reading the bible
at the opening services, the writings Of
various religious m5ra,iSts are used,
Pagan, Buddhist. or otherwise. according
to preference. One class studies book
keeping, another drawing, and another
the works Of Shakespeare. French. Ger
man, MOhamms sdanism, and philosophy
engage the attention OF some of the
scholars. TIE bible Is placed on the
same level as the Koran or the works OF
Confucius, and prayer is not regular
part Of the services. The number OF
pupils in this remarkable school Is about
one hundred.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
DEATH OF CRAZY HORSE.
How the Once Dreaded Chieftain Re
ce!xed Hin Fatal wound.

ce!ved His Fatal wound
tt a coincidence worthy of note that
the unconquered and atrocious chief
received his death wound--a terrible
bowie knife cut in the side-at the hands
of one of his former followers, a soldier
Indian, who had stood side by aide with
the chief in the battle OF the Rosebud,
in the Custer massacre and in other
engagements Of the Sioux war. When
Crazy Horse essayed his escape, a few
days beforo his death, the Indian soldiers
who had been foremost in acts of bru-
tality one year ago hunted him down
like blood hounds. Relationship, tribal
ties and savage pride have all lost their
hold before the keen manipulation of Gen.
Crook and his junior officers, and the
words Of the general yesr ago regarding
hese hostiles, that he could make
brother hunt brother are striiugly
YefJiaed ri tnis insEaEce. The acene
inside and around the adjutant's Office
as the chief died, was in perfect keeping
with his long years Of thrilling adventure
and unstinted revenge. His father, with
one or two faithful followers, watched
by his side, while crowds Of savages hung
around the building, giving vent to their
feelings in the curling whoOp and lending
utter drear TO the murky darkness with
the omiuous death chant Indian soldiers
and disarmed hostiles were there alike,
the first glorying in their delegated
peace-keeping power, and the Others only
harmless because helpless When the
chief was dead he-w quickly borne
down by the side Of White Earth river,
where four months ago he first knelt 70
the sway of the military, and there cared
for with the customary savage ceremony
10y his few remaining iriends. Crazy
Horse was about thirty-fye years old, q
relative Of Red Cloud, and an aborigine
from head 10 foot. lie Was of medium
height, slender and wiry build, and as
mean o looking Indian as ever knocked
for admission to the happy hunting
ground However, a bullet wound
through ms lace, received IN batte,
added much TO his brutal and treaeherous
look. He has known nothing but fight
and marauding since hoyhood, and was
last seen at the agencies about twelve
years ago. Among the hostiles be has
been considered the peer Of Sitting Bull
in iufuf nee, and vastly that old clAef-
tain's superior in out and out bravery,
devilishness and unrest. He has done
more to Ietard the settlement of this
frontier, by his deeds Of blood and
pillage, than all other war chiefs com
bined The taking off of such savage
viii result in more real good than a
decisive battle, for it is he who has Gown
continued dissension and inspired
atrocity in others, even on the heels OF
defeat. ''-C Cacyenne San.