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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-03-15
Published March s, 1877.
CHAPTER 90.
Approved March /, 1871.

AN ACT relating to public printing, ana
amendatory OF section %, oil chapter AZ OIL
the general laws OF 1874.
The people of the State OF Wise repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly do enact as
follows:
Section /. Section twenty-eight, OF chapter
two hundred and forty-three G243l OF the gen.
eral laws of 1874, is hereby amended by ad-
ding the following alter the word newspapers,
in the first line OF said section: shaving a bona
fde circulation and subscription list OF not
less than two hundred t200l James, AID which
shall have been regularly published for at
least three months prior 10 the opening OF each
annual session OF the Legislature ;" and by
adding the following at the end OF said Sec
ton "providing, however, that the provls-
ions of this section, relating to circulation and
length of publication, shall not apply in cases
where but one paper is published and printed
IN any county, so that said section twenty
eight when amended shall read as follows :
Gan publishers OF weekly newspapers having
: iona ide circulation and subscription list Of
not less than two hundred 1000 names, and
which shall have been regularly published Tor
at least three months prior TO the opening OF
each annual session of the Legislature who
shall publish in their respective newspapers
an of the public acts OF general int rest passed
al each session OF the legislature which shall
he designated by the secretary Of state IL the
sficial State paper as ''copy' laws shall be al
lowed sixty dollars tor such publication upon
filing satisfactory evidence by affidavit with
the secretary Of state, that the same have
been published as provided in this lection,
for which amount the secretary OF state shall
draw a warrant upon the general flind OF the
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Published March 8 1877. |

AN ACT to amend sections and Of cha ter
SO OF the general laws OF 1870 entitled ian
act for the improvement and raising OF
stock"
The people OF the state of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section l.. Section of chapter 90 Of the
general laws OF 1870 be and the same is here
by amended so as 70 read as follows: II the
owner or person entitled to the possession o
such animal shall appear at any time within
ninety days after che notice is filed with the
town clerk as aforesaid, and make out his
right thereto, he shall have such animal re-
stored to him upon paying all lawful charges
which have been incurred in relation to the
same.
Section 2. Section OF chapter sc Of the
general laws of 1870 lie and the same i here
by amended so as TO read as follows: Ii the
owner or person entitled to the possession Of
any animal shall not appear to make out his
title thereto, and pay the charges thereon,
within ninety days from the time the notice
is filed with the town clerk as aforesaid, and
il said animal shall not have been appraised
at greater value than ten dollars, the finder
shall have perfect title to the same: but i
the appraisement value of such shall have
been adjudged to be more than ten dollars. as
provided in the fourth section OF this chapter
such animal shall be sold at the request OF the
finder, by any constable of the town, at pub
lie auction, upon first giving public notice
thereof in writing, by posting up the same in
three OF the most public places in such town,
at least ten days before such sale, and this
finder may bid therefor at such sale, and alter
deducting all lawful charges OF the finder as
aforesaid, and the fees Ofthe constable, which
shall be the same as upon sale on any exc
cutiOn, one half OF the remaining proceeds oil
such sale shall be deposited in the treasury
OF the town, to lie disposed OF in such manner
as the town may direct, and the other hal
shall belong to the finder.
Section 3. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved March ], 1877.
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RECORD OF THE NEWS.
Verdict Ia the Ash,abula Bridge Matter.

Verdict In the AshiabuIa Bridge Matter.
The coroner's jury have just rem
dered the following verdict in the case OF the
Ashtabula bridge: "That the fall Of the
bridge was the result OF defects and errors
made in designing, construction and erecting
it; that great defect, and one which appears
in many parts Of the structure, was the de-
pendence Of every member for its efficient ac-
ton upon the probability that all or nearly all
the others would retain their position and do
the duty for which they were designed, in
stead of giving to each memker positive con-
neetiOn with the rest, which nothing but di-
rect rupture could sever. The members of
each truss were, instead Of being fastened to-
gether, rested one upon the other. The rail-
way company used and continued to use this
bridge for about eleven years, during al
which time careful inspection by compe-
tent bridge engineer could not have iailed to
discover all the defects. For the neglect Of
such careful inspection the railroad company
alone is responsible. That the responsibility
Of this fearful disaster and its consequent loss
OF lie rests upon the railroad company, which
by its chief executive officer planned and
erected this bridge; that the cars in which
the deceased passengers were carried into the
chasm were not heated by heating apparatus
so constructed that the fire in them will be
Immediately extinguished whenever the cars
are thrown from the track and overturned /;
that their failure to comply with the plain
requirements Of the law places the response
bility of the origin of the fire upon the railroad
company see act May Il, 1851; that respon-
sibility tor not putting out the fire at the time
it first made its appearance in the wreck rests
upon those who were first TO arrive upon the
scene Of the disaster, and who seemed TO have
been so overwhelmed by the fearful calamity
that they lost all presence Of mind, and tailed
TO use the means at hand, consisting OF the
steam pump in the pumping house, OF the fire
engine Lake Erie, and its hose, which might
have been attached to the steam pumI in time
TO save life"
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Published March 6, 1877. I
rHADTEQ 70


AN ACT TO amend section %. chapter IA. of
the general laws OF 1872, relating to the or
ganization OF corporations for manufacturing
and other purposes.
The people OF the State OF Wisconsin, repre-
sented In Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section l.. Section twenty-five OF chapter
one hundred and iorty-iour OF the general
laws OF 1879, is hereby amended so as TO read
as follows. to wit: Section -. Any corpora
ton heretofore organized under any special
charter or general law OF this State for any OF
the purposes Tor which corporations may be
formed under this act, may amend its char
ter or articles OF association according TO the
provisions OF section twenty-one and OF section
nineteen OF this act, in like manner and with
like effect as corporations formed pursuant to
this act.
Section2. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and alter its passage.
Approved February 2S, 1877.
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Cunning Of the Polar Bear.

According TO the Esquimaux, the
seal constructs it's habitation beneath
| the surface of the ice in such manner
that it can enter it from below here
the young seal passes its infancy, and
when the returning heat of summer
has destroyed its ingloo or dwelling,
the young seal is old enough to take
care of itself; but this mode of lodging
its young beneath the ice is well known
to the bear, who, with its keen scent,
soon detects the whereabouts of the
seals nursery, and in order to gain
entrance, makes spring and comes
| down heavily with all its weight OH
the top of the ingloo, brushes it in
and seizeS the young seal with its
paw.
Here, it might be supposed, the hun
CRY bear at once devours his prey; but
| no. it is far too wary to do so; it knows
| full well that where there is a baby
| there must of necessity be a mother,
and that she will soon be in search
of her darling therefore the bear
scrapes away the snow from tho seal
hole, and holding the young seal
by the flippers allows it TO founder
about, and when the mother APP
proaches, the bear slyly draws the
young seal toward him until the old
one is within reach, when he seizes
her with the other paw and thus cap
lures both.
The mode in which the bear cap
lures the seal on the ice is equally in
genious. When at distance, the
bear throws itself down and stealthily
crawls toward the seal, and if the seal
looks up it lies perfectly quiet, and
makes at the same time noise which
lulls the seal. The bear repeats the
operation until it approaches its vic
tim, when it falls prey to Bruin' ap-
petite.
When attempting to catch seal in
the water the bear sinks its body be-
meath the surface of the water, leav-
ing only the head above which resem-
bles piece of ice and when the seal
raises its head above the surface, Bruin
quickly sinks and swimming under the
seal SeiZeS it.
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At military hospital: A Sergeant,
one of the old rnustaches, is dying, and
the Chaplain has been called in to adj
minister the last consolation OF re-
ligion. He arrived somewhat too late,
for the dying man has swooned and
cannot be revived. ssGive me my
drum - exelaims a drummer whom a
broken leg has confined to the adjacent
bed "give me my drum and I'll fetch
him back lie beats lusty charge,
the dying man Pushes. opens his eyes,
raises himself. .'Pitch in now, lively, +"
exclaims the drummer, and, laying
down his sticks, watches the good
Chaplain critically. The good Chaplain
is unhappily trifie long-winded, and
before he is half through the dying
man begins TO fail. "Look out, now, :"
cries the drummer F; she's going just
YOU give him your benediction and go
where the worm dieth not and the fire
is not quenched. Lively, there F.
Paris Paper.
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The New Cabinet.

President Hayes sent to the Senate
on the It'll the following list of APP
pointments of Cabinet officers:
Secretary of State. -Wm. NJ. Evarts
of New York.
Secretary of the Treasury
Sherman of Ohio.
Secretary of War.--Geo. W. McCrary
of Iowa.
Secretary of the Navy.--Richard NJ.
Thompson of Indiana.
Attorney General.-Chas. Devs q
Massachusetts.
Postmaster General.-David NJ. Key
of Tennessee.
Secretary of the Interior.-Carl
SchurZ of Missouri
CHARLES DEvENs.
Gen. Devens is one of the best known
men in Massachusetts, who has rot
been in active politics. Before the
War he was one of the ablest and most
promising young lawyers of Worcester
and had already distinguished himself
as an orator. lie entered the military
service early, and made very brill
liant record in the Army of the Poto.
mac. He lost limb in the service.
Since the war ne has been most of the
the time on the Bench, and is now a
member of the Supreme Court of the
State.
RICHARD W. THOMPSON,
the new Secretary of the Navy, was a
Wing politician of the old school, and
is little known to the present genera
tion outside of his own State. lie was
born in Culpepper County, Va, and is
about 7S years of age. Before he was
81 he emigrated into the wilds of Ken
lucky, and in 1881 settled in Louis
vile. where he was a clerk in mer-
camille house. lie subsequently re-
moved to Indiana, and taught school in
Lawrence county. He studied law and
was admitted to the Bar in 1884. His
first political service was as a repre-
sentative in the Indiana Legislature,
to which he was elected in 1884 and
reelected in 1885. In 1886 he became
State Senator, and served two years
acting a portion of the time as Presi-
| dent of the Senate and Lieutenant
Governor. In 1910 he was Presiden-
tial Elector on the Harrison ticket, and
labored zealously for the success of
Ills DdIlI, DOll Oll lilo Obbiii
and by articles in the newspapers. The
next year he was sent to Congress,
serving at that time one term, and
was subsequently reelected to serve
during the term from 1S47 to l849, at
the close of which he voluntarily with
drew from the candidacy. In 1914 he
was again Presidential Elector.
Since 1850 he has held no public office,
but has devoted his time to the prac
tice of his profession at Terre Haute.
DAVID NJ. KEY.
Well informed friends of President
Hayes assert that the nomination of
Mr. Key to the cabinet was the initial
step in the development of his policy
of seeking to disarm Southern distrust
and promote peace in that section on
the basis of justice and protection to
ALL Mr.. Key led Confederate regi-
ment during the late war, and was a
Democratic Senator appointed to Gil
Andrew JOhnson's vacancy, but at the
late session of Congress he was the
first to make a speech from the Demo
cratic side looking 10 Southern paci-
fcation through Cancellation ana CO.
operation with the incoming Repub-
/ lican administration.
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the vandal, History, the idols of our
youth ! And there is no telling when
the work of disenchantment will stop.
William Tell, with his arrow aimed at
the apple on his boys head, has eis-
solved into myth. Tho lovely Joan of
Arc, half hero and half saint, is going
like one of the Eddy Inaterializations
Robin Hood is the 10 Miller of high
way adventures, to whom all sorts of
impossible deeds are attributed.
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A Church Panic and Seven Lives Lost.

A panic in the church of st. Francis
Xavier, in Sixteenth street near Sixth aven-
ne, New York city, on the night oil the Sth,
caused a rush OF women from the galleries,
and in the tumult which ensued six women
and one boy were trampled under foot and
killed. The audience was composed entirely
OF women and children, it being "women's
week" in Lent. The number of persons in
jured could not be ascertained. The bodies
Otthe unfOrtunates were taken to the Twenty
18th street station house, were they remained
awaiting Identification The church was ter
ribly crowded, principally women and chill
dren. The galleries were also filed to over
flowing. Father Langcake was preaching
sermon, and had been speaking about ten
minutes, when a woman went into hysteri-
cal fit in the gallery, on the side OF the church
towards Sixth avenue. This created quite
commotiOn which was increased in the
endeavors OF the crowd to find out what was
the matter. At this juncture the cry OF fire
was heard, and the rush was made for the
exit from the gallery. The doorway was
blocked for amoment, by very large woman,
and this check caused the panic to increase
tenfOld. The crowd hurled the woman down
the STEPS, and in the rush that followed
seven persons were crushed TO death and
many Others injured and had their clothing
torn frOR them. The wounded were taken
home before their names could be learned.
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A Great Fire in View York.

The Waltham Watch Company build
ing on Bond street, in New York, was burned
on the night OF the 9th and morning OF the
9TH. Il was chiefly occupied by large whole
sale jewelry, watch and silver-plate establish
ments and it is impossible 10 determine the
loss until the ruins are explored and it is as
certained What portion Of the precious metals
an be recovered. The loss is estimated to
range from one to two million dollars The
GOrham Silver Plate Company, Robbins <
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Approved February %, 1877.
Published March Z, 1877
CHAPTER 80.

CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT relating to town Insurance compa-
MES.
The people Of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section |. Any town insurance company,
now, or hereafter to be organized under the
laws of this State in any town or number OF
adjoining townsy contiguous to any incorpor-
ated city, may, If the board of directors OF
such company so choose, keep its general Office
and hold any or all OF its business meetings
in such city.
Section2 All acts and proceedings of such
insurance companies heretofore had or done
at meetings held in such city, or in or
through its business Office in such city are
hereby legalized and declared valid tor all
purposes.
Section g. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved March /, 1877.
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Washington Notes.

Judge Davis resigned his seat on the
bench on the 9th and took his seat in the
Senate.
The old Cabinet met with the new
President on the 9th and after consultation on
the condition of their respective departments
they rendered their designations and the
President an official farewell.
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March /, 1877.
Published March Z, 1877.
CHAPTER %

AN ACT relating to witness lees in courts OF
record, and amendatory of chapter lac of
general laws OF 1869.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section /. Chapter l[6 OF the general laws
of 1860. is hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows: That part OF section 10, OF chapter 1873
OF the revised statutes OF the State OF Wiscon-
sin. relating to the fees of witnesses in courts
OF record, is hereby amended so as to read as
follows: For attending in any one action or
proceeding in a court OF record, one dollar and
nifty cents for each day and seventy-hye cents
for each half day.
Section Q. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after Its passage and publ
cation.
A,orroxad March 1877
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Published March I, 1877.
CHAPTER 81.

AN ACT in relation to judgments.
The people OF the State of Wisconsin, repre-
serted in Senate and Assembly, DC enact as
follows:
Section /. No judgment heretofore rem
dered and docketed in any court OF record In
this State shall be opened, vacated OF SET ASIDE
mon the ground that the attorney OF record in
.he action in which such judgment was rem
dered was, at the time OF the commencement
OF such action and the rendition OF such judg-
ment. a citizen OF another State.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be In
force from and after its passage and publica-
ton.
Approved February %, 1877.
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state treasury in favor Of each of such pub
fishers; provided, however, that the provis-
Ions OF this section relating to circulation and
length OF publication, hall not apply in cases
where bnt one paper is published and printed
In county.
Section 2. This act shall be in force from
and after its passage and publication.
Approved, March l. 1871
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peddler was around the other day
with a continuance which included
fifteen things in one. Twas stove
holder, and rolling-pin, a cake-lifter
and a grate-shaker, and nut.cracker,
and a half dozen others, and the fell
low recommended it to women be-
canse II was heavier on one end than
the other, and hence could be thrown
with unerTing precision.
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INSURANCE
DEPARTMENT OF THE
RIVER FALLS BANK.


Reliable companies represented, such as
Insurance Co. " America, Assets, 8, 400, 00g
Penn. Insurance Company, g 2, To-, O00
n British x Mercantile, l,oOO,OOO
The Insurance Co. Of North America is the
Oldest company in America, commenced busl-
ness in 1894, has been through the Portland
Chicago, Boston and Oshkosh fires, lost mil
lions, yet today is one Of the strongest COM
panies doing business.
Policies promptly writer up and all bust
ness promptly attended TO.
JOSEPH NJ. SMITH, Agent.
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Laws Of Wisconsin.
OFFICIAL.
Published March, z 1877
CHAPTER rs

AN ACT relating to assaults with intent to do
great bodily harm, and to prescribe the pun
ishment therefor.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section /. Ifany person being armed with
dangerous weapon, assaults another, with
intent to do great bodily harm, he shall be
punished by imprisonment in the State prison
not more than five years, or by fine lot more
than five hundred dollars nor less than one
hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and alter its passage and publ
cation.
Approved February %, 1877.
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approved March /, 1877.
Published March 7, 1877. !
CHAPTER 81.

AN ACT for the limitation of tax certificates
owned by counties or municipal corpora
tons.
The people of the State ct Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section l. After fifteen years from the day
OF the sale of any lands or lots, whether here
tofore sold or hereafter to be sold, tor the
non-paynent of taxes, no deed shall be issued
on any certificate OF such sale, owned by
county or municipal corporation, or by an
assignee OF county or municipal corpora
ton.
Section 2. This act shall not be held or
construed TO extend in any way the period OF
limitation Tor the issue OF tax deeds now fixed
by law.
Section 3. This act shall take effect and be
in force ON and after January LIST, 1878.
Approved March l, 1917.
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just previous to the adjournment of
Congress the Democratic members OF that
bOdy unanimously adopted an address to the
people OF the country setting forth that in the
Lection in November ls6 Tilden electors were
actually chosen and that the Republicans by
raising their sectional envy had wrongfully
obtained a declaratiOn that Hayes had received
1S5 electoral votes and Tilden but 1874 electoral
votes The address is lengthy and goes into
the arguments tosustain the position, such
as were generally used in Congress and be.
tore the electoral commission.