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Norfolk. Baltimore q Washington

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JOHNS HOPKINS. VIM. CRANE.
VIM. LAWRENCE. GEORGE APPOLD.
Freru Boston direct every TUESDAY
and SATURDAY.
AND -
WEI. KENNEDY: BLACKSTONE.
and MCCLELLAN.
FrsDf Providence every WEDNESDAY
aud SATURDAY.
Freight forwarded from Norfolk to Washington and
Alexandria by steamer Lady of the Lake and Jane
MOseIy.
Freight forwarded from Norfolk to Petersburg and
Richmond, and Va. and Tenn. r. X. TO all places in
the South, W. M. Clark, Agent $40 Washington St.,
Boston.
To all points ofNorth and South Carolina, by Sea-
board and Roanoke Railroad and Atlantic Coast Line
John s. DAILY, Agent, 222 Washington street, Boston.
And to all points in the West by Baltimore q Ohio
B. R., NJ. W. Dawson, Agent, 219 Washington street,
Boston.
Through bills of lsding given by the above named
Agents.
Passage $3.50 to Baltimore.
For freight passage to Norfolk, Baltimore WASH
irgton or other Information apply to
e. SAMPSON, Agent,
50 Central Wharf Boston,
H. ii. ROCKWELL, Agent,
eo%otf Providence X. /.
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REAL ESTATE.
IOWA LANDS.

l)ICH Farming Lands in Harrison and Hancock
HI counties, Iowa, (near Railroads), fer sale OF
exchange for property in Portland or vicinity.
w. III. STEPHENSON
anil ennom
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UVHE Offices in Third Story Merchants National
L Bank, now occupied by j. & E. M. Rand also
the front Offices These offices heated by steam
have gas, water and fire proof vaults. Possession
given Nov. list. oct27dtf
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gfyHE BRICK HOUSE No. II Danforth Street
l. containing all the modern improvements In
quir at No. 10 Central Wharf.
in diff
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For Lewiston and Auburn.

Passenger Trains leave at 1875 p. M and sos
p. m. The train leaving at 1885 a. m, also has a
passenger attached, connecting at Cumberland
junction with Mixed Train for Lewiston and
Auburn. The 70. 35 a. m. tram is the Night Ex-
press Train with Pullman Sleeping Car at
tached which makes close connection at Bangor
for all stations on the Bangor s. Piscataquis, and
e. e. n, A. Railway, and for H0nlt0n, Wood
stock, ST Andrews, 1T. Stephen, st. John
and Halifax.
Passenger Trains arrive i'm Portland as
foows:-The morning trains from Augusta, Gar
diner Bath, Brunswick and Lewiston at S.45 and
$50 a. m. The day trains from Bangor, Dexter,
Belfast, Skowhegan, Pennington K. & L. R. R.,
and all intermediate stations at IA and $50 p m,
The afternoon train from Augusta, Bath, X. 81 L.
R. r. at 6.25 p. m. The night Pullman Express
t ain at LES a. m.
PAYSON TUCKER, Sup't.
Portland, April 16, 1877. ap1i1dtf
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To Let.
TO LET.
To Let,

TO LeLs
2 RENTS centrally located. gas, Sebago. Price
toto dollars All in good repair. Apply to w. W. Carr
ap19 diff 1877 Newbury street,
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Rains have extinguished the bush fires.--
left $25, 900 to Yale Colege.--The Baltimore
post Of the Grand Army has defeated resolu-
ton for the decoration of the graves of Confed-
crate dead.--The redemption of National
Bank notes last month, was greater than for
any corresponding period since the agency was
established, being nearly 1924, SOC, 000.--Large
quantities of munitions of war are being shipped
from New York for Turkey and Russia.
Henry McIvar has been elected Judge of the
Supreme Court of South Carolina vice Willard
raised to the chief justiceship--Ex-Go
Chamberlain says the negroes of South Carolina
are treated we'll by the Hampton government
Rev. John B. McCarnell (colored) of Mem
phis preached before the Episcopal diocesan
convention at that place, being the first in.
stance in the United States of a colored clergy
man preaching before white congregation in
an Episcopal church.--The President has
dismissed all the complaints against Gov. Potts
af Montana--Ex-Governo Chamberlain has
been sworn as councillor in New York state.
He was offered the solicitorshp of the treasu-
~ but declined.-The New York Times has
been sued for 1000 for libel.---From the
18Th OF April to the 18th of May the lumber ex-
ports from Ottawa to the United States were
three times larger than for the same time last
year.--Tbe new archbishop of Halifax was
consecrated Sunday Goldsmith Maid trot ed
a mile in 2 14l at San Francisco, Saturday.
The Secretary of war, Gen. Sherman and Gen,
Hancock have been inspecting the fortifica-
tions at Newport, Providence and Boston,
this week. - The Attorney General
has decided that the office of General Appraiser
of Merchandise at the South is unwarranted by
the Revised Statutes. Chief Justice Lewis of
Washington Territory is dead.--The Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia has decided
against Admiral Porter in his celebrated prize
suit. An appeal will be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Chandler has returned to Michigan. S.
Richards, formerly of this state, has been re.
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TO LET.
To Let.
For Rent,

ITO small family, house NO. q MYRTLE ST.,
Il with gas and Sebago water. Rent $500 per
year. Inquire OF l.. E. WEYMOUTH,
my23dlw* Centennial Block
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-04
Christmas in Norway.

From Seribners for January.
The great festival of the year in Nor
way. as among all Germanic nations,
| is Christmas. Whether it owes all its
sanctity to its association with the
| birth of the Savior is, however, an
open question for many customs still
kept alive in the remoter valleys seem
| to point beyond the beginning of the
| Christian era, to the time when the
! Norsemen ate korse-he5h in honor OF
Oden and Thor and Frey. The festival,
as the retaining of the old name indi-
Gates is as yet strongly tinctured with
"reminiscences of the old pagan Yule.
Tracing the character of Christ and
his apostles as they appear in many
popular marchen and legends, the con-
clnsion lies near that the people have,
consciously or not, transferred much
tuat was dear to them in the old gods
to the new deity, and thus, by a sort
of compromise, between the old faith
and the new, have produced divine
type which is, at all events. sufficient
ly national to appeal strongly to their
Morse hearts. This Matchmaking of
ones divinity is, of course, not peculi-
ar to Norway F; it would have been more
singular ii Norway had shown no trace
of it.
The preparations for the Yule-tide,
in the way of provisioning the house,
would, to American eyes, look perfect
ly enormous. Baking and brewing and
butehering- keep the whole household
busy during the last three weeks pre-
eeding the festival. And the fact that
the process is repeated year after year
proves that ii is necessary. Every
man, = woman, or child who COMES
within a stones throw of the house
during the, holidays which last until
week after New Year, must be invited
in and urged to eat and drink without
regard for comfort. Even the 7oifds
are to have their share of the Christ
mos Joy, AS soon as the churcll-bells
have 'srung in the feast at five O'Clock
in the afternoon of Christmas Eve,
the father of the house takes his rich
est sheaf of oats or barley and attaches
it to the end OF pole, which is nailed
to the gable of the barns or the store
house. The mother and the childred
stand by enjoying the sight OF the
happy birds fluttering around the sheaf,
while the father will perhaps quote
the passage of Gods care even for the
sparrow, wherefore it is right that the
sparrow too should rejoice on the day
when Christ was born.
Among the many evening visitors
which are sure to drop in to taste the
Christman brew, some are apt to be
disguised by grotesque masks, and
otherwise Enthusiastically aecoutered.
These are called Yule-bucks, possibly
because the most common mask may
have been that of a goat or some other
horned creature. At present do not
know that any special kind of disguise
is preferred. The rule seems to be,
the more grotesque the, better.
The German custom of having poor
children wander about on Christmas
Eve, carrying large lighted star of
canvass, representing the star of Beth
lehem, prevails also in Norway. No
one can hear their shrill, tiny voices
in the snow under his window, singing
the dear familiar carols, and refuse
them their well-earncd penny.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-04
Changes In the Senate.

In the course of an impressive eIllo-
81 ON Senator Caperton, OF West Virginia,
who died last summer, Senator Rdmunds re-
ferred Thursday to the fact although the Sem
ate is the most enduring branch Of the gov
eminent in its personality, except the judic-
larry, it has now only three members who held
their seats during the administration of Pres
ident Lincoln, and only eleven who partici-
pated in the Impeachment trial of Andrew
Johnson in 1868. The three Senators whose
terms of service date back to the time OF Pres
ident Lincoln are Mr. Anthony, who took his
seat in 1859; Mr. Sherman, whose first term
began in 1861 and Mr.. Cameron was in the
Senate as long ago as 1916, but he resigned in
1861 10 take the Office of Secretary of Wal, and
did not return to his seat till 1867 Mr. Ham
lin, although not Senator during AR. Lin
coins administration, presided over the body
in virtJe of his Office as Vice President OF the
United States
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-04
Progress OF the Investigations.

The investigating committee of the
Senate and House have been constantly at
work in the several contested States since our
last report. The amount OF testimony taken
by them is so vOluminOus, and much OF it is
so unimpOrtant that no attempt is made to
give it to the public. In Louisiana the House
committee has accumulated volumes of testi-
mOny from Democratic negroes about being
inundated 10y the Republican negroes, and
the Senate committee has unlimited evidence
to sustain the canvassing board, so that Con-
gress is not likely to be greatly enlightened
regarding the facts in the case by the reports
OF the investigations. In Florida. the Supreme
Court has ordered the returns to be counted,
for State officers, according to their face. The
Senate committee has completed its investi-
cations in Columbia, and reports the frauds
even greater than declared by the returning
board
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-04
Mater BANNING IN MASSACHUSETTS,.

A dispatch from Springfield Mass
SAYS: "The mantle of winter which has set
led down in such bountiful abundance in the
Connecticut, Housatonic, and Hoosac valleys
has brought a degree OF inconvenience and
suffering which none but the afflicted commu-
mites can fully realize. The entire summer,
as well as the last months Of autumn, were IA
vored with but very few rains, and when win
ter came il found nearly all the streams and
wells in the western pant OF Massachusetts,
either very low, or dried up altogether, and
hence the dilemma which the people now
find themselves in is very serious one.
Manufacturing is retarded or wholly suspend
ed in many sections, and it is only with great
difficulty that some neighborhoods can obtain
the aqueous fluid IN sufficient abundance tor
ordinary domestic purposes. The manuiae-
turing interests are also suffering terribly
from the unprecedented water famine, and
thousands of operatives are threatened with
idleness and 'destitutiOn. The Dwight man
uiacturing company OF Chicopee, has Just been
compelled to shut down two of its largest
mills, and over 800 persons have been thrown
out Of employment in consequence. As fully
one half of these operatives have been living
frsm hand to mouth, such will be compelled
to ask for aid from the city if the mills remain
closed for more than a month. The matter
has already been made the subject OF a special
town meeting, at which $4,000 was appropri-
ated for pauper proposes, $1,000 of which is
to be used for immediate relief. From Berk-
shire county there comes the same dOleful re-
ports, and the towns of Hinesdale, Pittsfed,
Adams and Great Darlington are filled with
idle operatives, praying for either a rain or
thaw. ----fsF
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-04
Affairs in Turkey.

Although Lord Salisbury has visited
the Sultan to press the proposals OF the con-
ference upon him, the prevalent opinion in
COnstantinople seems to be that the Porte
will not accept the proposals. The Times, in
leader discussing the proposals, says the
agreement between Russia and England de-
MES that even should there be change of de-
tail, the main lines viii remain fixed. Intel
ligence has been received there that the Rus
sian army is in very bad condition. The
troops are decimated by marsh fever and ty-
plus. The Times Berlin dispatch confirms
the report that good deal of epidemic dis
ease exists in camp and barracks. The cold
has reached 80 degrees in southern Russia.
1t is almost impossible to move troops in such
a temperature. A heavy shipment has been
made from New Haven, Ct, of munitions OF
war for the Turkish government. The value
of the cargo is nearly a million and a halt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-04
MY BABY BOYS.

Two little baby boys | own:
The elder scarcely walks alone;
His sunny hair and large brown eyes,
His earnest look OF sweet surprise.
His funny ways and Joyous shout,
Icould not tell you all about
III should try year.
He creeps so fast to catch his toys,
And then he sets up such o noise;
His horse and dog and book and bell,
he throws them all about pell-mell.
Oh, Mother Goose, If you could see
This little boy so full OF glee,.
Your sides would ache, fear.
He watches with rueful face
The baby who usurps his place.
My darling boy, your little "nose
Had to be broken," | suppose,
IT'S very odd sometimes the way
You love your "bubber" in your play,
And bring a smile or tear.
in hammock low, among the trees,
Rocked back and forth by passing breeze,
The baby swings, and coos to see
The gentle rustic of the tree,
The lights AID shades, the leaves that tall,
Ills Indian summer here. FA .Ha
Way overhead, in the blue sky,
The downy clouds float softly by,
A lullaby fair Nature sings,
And through the air its music rings;
Ny little one falls fast asleep,
AS sun and shadow DER him creep,
His mother watching near.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-04
The Recount in Florida.

THE Supreme Court of Florida hav-
ing ordered a recount of the vote in
that State cast in November the Secre-
tary of State summoned the canvassing
board to assemble on the 18th. Sub
sequently the call was withdrawn and
an Associated Press telegram of the
9th says:
Attorney General Cooke made can
vass of the vote this morning, after
the other members of the board re-
fused to canvass. This gives Drew
407 and Tilden "a majority. This can
vass he filed in the clerks office, in
obedience to the order of the court.
Subsequently the other members of the
board agreed to recanyass, and the full
board met at o'clock the afternoon.
They have just concluded their can
uass, and have given Drew a majority
of I95. and the Hayes electors 206.
Cooke filed a protest. The court reas-
sembleS to morrow.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-04
FORTY-F0URTH CONGRESS-.
Proceedings Of the second sessio

On the Goth, the Senate met at noon,
10 Senators being present. Senator Mitchell
was added to the committee on privileges and
elections, after which an executive session
was held and the Senate adjourned.
In the House on the 9th the speaker
presented message from the President in
regard to obtaining certain concessions from
the Sioux Indians. A lengthy discussion was
had on proposition TO read a petition from
citizens OF Cincinnati relating to counting the
electoral vote. The reading was objected to
by Mr.. Garfield who claimed il was out OF
order Mr.. Banning said the people would
have an honest ballOt-box tn spite OF the
army, the navy or the $1,000 Office-hOlders.
Mr. Garfield characterized his colleague
language as the the essence of violence and
calculated TO do much harm. Mr.. Frye said
the told OF war is bOmbast; the people take no
stock in it, as is proven by the price Of gold
which has not been so low at any otlieI psriod
since the rebellion. Adjourned without
action.
The House convened on the Goth, but
transacted no business. The Senate was rot
in session.
Rome Sentinel: When a man has
II AIDE a slip at the top of fight OF
stairs, and is carefully marking every
bump with an exclamation, as he
slides down TO the hall below, il is no
time to ask his opinion about the Lou
isiana returning board. He cares
nothing what the end of national af.
fairs may be, so long as his soul is
filled web anxiety lest his own end
shall be marked by contusions.
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kilograms to be DESTROYED.

The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has ordered that hereafter all copies OF
private kilograms sent over their lines shall
he destroyed. This order is given in eonse-
auence OF the order of the courts and the
House that copies of the dispatches relating to
the Louisiana election and canvlssing board
he produced before the Congressional COM
mittee. This result OF the investigation viii
lie a great inconvenience to the public, but it
is not likely that the company will recede
from its decision.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-04
The Celebrated La Crosse Bank cns,

The celebrated La Crosse bank case
which has been in the United States court at
Madison for some time, has reached final de-
cisiOn. The jury rendered verdict of guilty
n all the counts. This case has excited a
great deal OF interest in the State. Mr.
Wheeler who has been there during the trial.
and who was IormereIy auditor of the old
Galena road, was very much depressed at the
rendering of the verdict. His bail is held by
Chicago parties. II is understood to be fifteen
thousand dollars.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-04

The Boston Daily Advertiser men
lions San organ specially constructed
by the Mason & Hamlin Organ Coinpa-
ny for the celebrated DR.. Franz List
is now on exhibition at their ware.
rooms. The instrument is to be used
i'm the List concerts in Europe. 1t is
constructed in many respects on an ell
tirely new principle, and is in all res
poets truly wonderful instrument.
It's quality Of tone and power are sim.
ply surprising" 1t is certainly a great
compliment to these American makers
that the great European musicians
send for their ORGANS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-04
FrishtfuI Railway Accident on the Lake
shore.

The most terrible railway accident
that has occurred for years took place ON the
lake shore road at Ashtabula Ohio, on the
Goth ult. The scene of the accident is a few
rods east of the depot, at the iron bridge that
,suaus the AshtabuIa creek 70 feet above the
water. The Pacific express train going west
with seven coaches and I75 passengers went
through the bridge and broke the ice on the
creek, resulting in the death of nearly one
hall the people on board. After the tall the
ears Immediately took FIRE, and many who
were neither killed 10y the tall nor drowned in
the water, were burned TO death. The snow
had been falling alI Cay and the telegraph
lines worked SO badly that relief trains were
slow in starting tOthe help OF the death-strick-
IN travellers. and slow 20 reach them. Il was
carly in the evening when the accident occur
red. hut late in the morning before the re-
movaI Of the dead bodies commenced.
The train was moving slowly towards the
station. and the only facts known regarding
the cause ct the accident are that the engine
in front passed safely over when the bridge
gave way and the train with its load OF pas
sencers plunged 20 the bottom Of the abyss.
followed by the engine in the rear Almost
instantly the lamps and the stove set fire to
the wreck, and doubtless many who were on
" stunned and who might otherwise have ss-
capped any serious injury, tell victims TO the
flames. The bridge was Howe Truss, eleven
wears old, and was considered perfectly safe.
When one StaEds az the foot Of the ravine
and looks up, it seems almost an utter impOs-
sjbility that any man should take a leap from
So great height aud live, yet 4 number es-
capcd comparatively unframed, and had il
not been for the fire, probably not one-third
would have been lost.
Twas nearly twenty-four hours before any
list of the dead could lie obtained, and It Is
doubtful whether a complete list viii ever he
known, as many bodies were total yconsumed
Among those known 70 I've lost are p p Bliss
the evangelist who has teen labOrinC with
Major white, and his wife and two child
rem Mr.. Bliss was on his way 20 Chicago
with his family and expected TO Join Major
Whittle in conducting the revival meet.
ings in that city after Moody and Sankey
go to Chicago. Mayor White and John V
Farwell lett Chicago Immediately on. receip
of the news to recover the remains Mr.
Bliss was IS years Of age and has been engag
ed in evangelical work between turee ans
our wears His children were aged four ant
two years respectively. DR.. o. H. WaShbuIn
rector OF Grace Episcopal Church, Cleveland
o., II. :. Hall and bride, Of EnglewoOi, Mrs
and Miss Mary Burchard, Of Fayetteville, V
cousin OF Gov. Hayes, are among the dead
Miss Burchard was on her way TO Ohio to re-
eeive ss0.0OO willed her by Gov. Hayes uncle
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-04
Tne Vengeance of a Fly.

a poor man died a few years ago in
the hospital at Paris, from a carbuncle
produced by the poisonous puncture
of a fly, Deceased informed some
friends one night large green fly
kept him awake with its buzzing to
punish it he pIucked off three of its
legs and set it free. Four days after
wards he fell asleep after his break
fast, and was awakened by sting on
his cheek he raised his hand to the
spot and picked off the insect that had
been sucking his flesh, and found it to
be the very fly that had been mutt
lated. This time he crushed it past
surgery, but forgot his wound till
modification set in and resulted in
death.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-04
A Years Reading Free /!

The following offer made by the
publishers OF the Western Family Magazine,
and the farmers Monthly, two large, hand
some, first-class, illustrated magazines, price
of each 81. 80 year, is worth reading:
We will give to any one who will send us
his own subscription to either of our maya
zines, and one other subscription to either
magazine, with the money for both (s3 OOl the
of which is worth less than $3.50 in cash.
These premiums include standard books, gar
den seeds, and other articles of actual value,
and worth in cash the sum we value them at.
A sample copy OF either magazine. and full
particulars sent postpaid on receipt OF 10
cents, or a sample of both for 20 cents. None
free. Address I. H. Edwards & Co., Spring
field, Ohio.