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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-06

A clever TnscaroraD was tried at Elko
Nevada, for cattle stealing. Tie jury
acquitted him without leaving the box,
and upon his return home friend in
auired as TO the result of the trial: No
cause of actioa," said the party, IL mere
ly killed the OK in self-defense, and ate
him for spite, and, of course, was &C.
quilted by the intelligent jury.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-06

This orator bii Off more than be could
''chaw' During servicts in one OF the
colorei churches in a southern town re
Gently, the minister announced. my
breddren, propose to continue dis meet
in entjl de Town Marshal shall be no
more seen on dc streets wild his club,
de police ledge and attorney will have to
60 at somihin else for llbbin, and dc
police count bell hangs dormant IN ITS
secket.H tie has huge undertaking be-
fore him.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-06

English newspapers do not bear out
the stories of the Jews focking to Pales-
tine. A new synagogue, said to be one
of the finest of its kind in Europe, has
Just been thrown open at Warsaw. 1t cost
$4,000 exclusive of the cost of the
ground on which it is built. Hundreds
ofJews are leaving Palestine for Russia
and other countries, and the streets of
Odessa are full of them
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-06
MTSCEILANEtUN.

There is 3 serious famine in Upper
Egypt.
There vas a $4,000 FIRE IN New York
city, Jan. Sata,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-06

A clock made entirely of bread has
lately been received at Milan, Italy, from
Peru. 1t was constructed by an Indian,
who, having no means of purchasing ma
terial, saved a portion of the soft part OF
his daily bread for the purpose. lie sol
idifed it with certain salt which render
ed it very hard and insoluble in water.
The clock keeps good time, aud the case,
alse of hardened bread, displays artistic
Talent
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-06

Up in enlightened and cultured New
England we are startled to learn that
prizes are awarded not to the person who
can repeat the most of Emerson, hut TO
him who can identify and put on, in the
shortest time, his own shoes, which have
been placed in a barrel containing ten
other pairs. Turkeys are also given as
rewards to those who, with their hands
tied behind their backs, most rapidly con-
sumo blackberry pies.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-06

Edwin Forrest was at one time round
ing the Horn on voyage to San Faancis-
co. He was dreadfully seasick, and was
storming up and down the deck, bera.-
ing "life on the ocean wave" in his most
sulphurious style. The captain Of the
boat thinking to mollify the tragedian,
approached him, and began extolling a
sailors condition. why, Mr.. Forrest.
said he, Il love the sea. l find every
thing congenial about it. Indeed, as a
youngster, l took to it as matter of
choice" Il don't believe you, sir,
calculated Forrest in reply, There never
was but one man who went to sea as a
matter of choice, and that was Noah, for
if he had remained on shore he would
have been drowned
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-06

Poor fellow He died sworn out By too
severe menta! effort in the study OF bow
20 live without work"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-06

The Michigan agricultural college. ac-
cording to the report for 1873, has 81
seniors, "a juniors, "a sophomores, u
freshmen and 81 in special classes. The
sophomores class contains only one lady,
the freshmen class one lady, and the
special II. The attendance is said to be
the largest since the institution was
opened IN 1851. This college has Away 5
been distinctively agricultural, and has
done much good work in this direction.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-06
coRBIS-BUrI .ER.


WASHINGTON, Feb. ga meeting of the Sen
ate committee on privileges and elections has
been called for tomorrow morning. when a
formal vote will be taken on the Corbin-Butler
case. The Republican members, it Is under
stood, will unite in majority report as pre-
pared by Senator Cameron, of Wisconsin, as
serting that COrbin is entitled to the seat in the
Senate now occupied by Gen. Butler, and the
Democratic members will sign Senator Hills
minority report, taking the ground that But
Ter was legally elected. and that he, having
been admitted TO bis seat, the matter is now re
adjudicats.
NEW YORK CIPHER COMMITTEE
Mr.. MacMshon says he cannot act as chair
man of the Potter subcommittee to go to New
York. and Mr.. Reed has been substituted for
Mr.. Cox.
DEFICIEScIEs-
Officers of the interior and treasury depart
ments were before the House appropriation
committee to-day, urging appropriations to
meet the deficiencies. The commissioner of
internal revenue advocated an appropriation of
Sl00, 600 to meet the expenses of collecting in
tsrnal revenue, and also urged thar $4,000 be
embodied in the deficiency appropriation bill
to the credit of his department,
Isn'ta LAWYERS personal attendant 8
leval.tenderf
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-06
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN.
Experiences of a Man Locked ia PdmH
oCith Half q Dozen COrpses.
Toledo Blade.

Toledo Blade.
Not long ago the widow of gentleman
who had recently died desired the vault
wherein the remains had been temporarily
placed to be watched SO that body-snatchers
could have no opportunity to ply their ne
farious calling. Thinking that the vault
would be watched better by the sexton than
any one else, Mr.. Ladbone was hired to keep
a sharp lookout. At dark he took lantern
and blanket and made up a bed in front of
the vault, SO that any one approaching it
would have to step over his body. But after
lying there sometime it grew quite cold, and
he thought he could watch the corpse just as
well if he were inside the vault, out of the
cold. So he unlocked the vault and went in,
but found that he could not lock the vault
from the inside That would never do, and
vet he was determined not to stay outside.
Finally he went back to the house and
reused his hired man anu the two
went back to the vault. Mr.. II. then took
his lantern and blanket and went inside,
made bed ON the floor, and laid down for
the night, having for companions TO while
away the tedious hours six corpses. The at
tendant locked the door from the outside
and went back to the house and his warm
bed, leaving the sexton alone in the vault
with his silent companions.
There was nothing to disturb his tram
guilty during the early part of the night.
Everything was quiet and still until about
o'clock. and then there was gentle noise,
as though some one were tampering with
the vault lock. Mr. Il. took up his lantern,
and the noise stopped for few moments,
only to begin again when he laid down on
his blanket This time it appeared to be
in an opposite corner of the vault.
He could see nothing and could
only hear that steady scratch, scratch, which
became more and more distinct every in
slant. Mr.. II. is brave man, but he con-
fesses that when locked in vault with six
dead men, with no living soul within half
mile, and st that early hour to have such an
unexplainable noise as that, it was more
than men with ordinary nerves can stand.
At any rate, his hair began to raise, and Just
as he was thinking of the best way to de-
fend himself against his spiritual foes, lit
tie chip-munk dashed from dark corner.
ran past him and darted out between the
bars in the vault door. From that time ON
nothing occurred to mar his quiet watch. but
in the morning be was rather glad to be re-
leased from his dull quarters.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-06

A fellow Boosting in company Of his
family, declared even his own father died
in an exalted situation. Some OF the
company looking in.refrious, another
observed, II can bear testimony to the
gentlemans veracity. IS my fsther vas
sheriff for the eounty when bis was harg.
ed Cor DEMONSTRATING
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-06

The price OF wife among tine Sioux
Indians is twenty ponies. And when the
Young brave has won the girl, and got
her fathers consent at ruling rates, ano
the only thing that remains is to plank
down the ponies, h. sirs down and some
times occupies whole night thinking
whether he had better steal the ponies
fro-a his own father or the girls. he
steals from his prospective father-iD law.
- H1ze4e7fe
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-06

Isn't lawyers personal attendant .
legal.tenderi
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SHOOTING.

New YORK, Feb. 3.-The trial of Mrs. Jenaie
r. Smith and Cove Bennett for the murder, of
the husband of Mrs Smith in Jersey City has
been postponed, they objectiug to the manner
Of selecting the Jury.
, 1879-05-19

lantic and Pacific is nothing new. 1t has,
been agitated for two centuries. Numerous
Congresses have been held. Immense sums
Of money have been spent in surveys. Ii no
agreement is reached now, it is difficult to
see how any agreement can ever be reached
as every available route from the Atlantic to
the.Pacifo has now been thoroughly inVestl-
gated, and the experts are familiar with
every mile Of the distance. Should an
agreement be reached; even then the ques-
ton will remain whether the canal is really
needed in these ~dnys of railroading, and
whether the commercial demands OF the
world call for it. If completed, however, it
will be one of the great feats Of human en-
terprise and genius. As compared with it,
the Suez Canal would sink into insigni6cance,
for its construction involved scarcely more
difficulty than would be encountered IN
canaling the prairies Of Illinois.
, 1879-05-19

The question Of Sunday observance is dis
cussed in an indirect way in the sermon Of
Prof. SWING, which We print this morning,
and in direc. way by the Rev. DR.. RIDER,
of St. Pau1's Universa1iEt Church. Prof.
SWING finds SO wide divergence among the
religious denominations as to the manner in
which Sunday observance should be regu-
lated by law as to forbid the adoption Of any
one particular plan, and compel the so-cal]ed
orthodox churches to modify their
views and inyite the cooperation Of
those with whom they have not:
until recently consented to affiliate. Dr.
RIDER can sea the feasibility Of establish
ing a civil Sabbath, the observance of which
shall be matter for the State and not for
the churches to look after-a Sabbath that
shall not be q day of noise, copfusion,. and
dissipation, Of temptation and crime, but 3
Sabbath Of rest and recreation within the
bounds Of deceney and morality. Precisely
what these bounds shall be is the question
likely to give the Sunday-lsw agitators some
trouble in determining and far more in en-
forcing. IL,
, 1879-05-19

work, were in the main Of moderate type,
tho Kearneyism being reserved for the pre-
ambles and resolutions. The worEngmen
have resolved to- continue the effort
to bring about q reform in the
hours Of labor, and, to, the end that
a portion Of those now in idleness
may share in the work to be done, they are
willing to reduce the day Of labor to eight
hours, the difference to be made up in the
increased number Of 1aborers employed to
produce the same results. Just how they
are going to manage this, none Of the
speakers seemed to know, except" one
lunatic, who advocated universal strike for
eight hours on and after July I, 1874
suggestion that Was not received favorably.
IN the absence Of any Law making it a crime
to work more than eight hours, it is not easy
TO see how such limitation of labor could
be enforced, and, Us one of the speakers re-
marked, unless it could be enforced all over
the world it would operate unjusly and
unequa11y in certain localities. -.
, 1879-05-19

that We shudder to contemplate what the sesult
. Referring to his celebrated soothing sir n
Mr. Davis directs, I'm time OF vetoes double tha
dose" 49,. T..
+; Mr.. Dwyer, the hard3 hitter md successfo,
prize fighter, denies that he was trained BY De Witt
Taluage.
j Now that q paper called the Eye 0ptner
has been started, We may expect anotherealled tho
y1oht-Cap. 80; 49, :. j., 80. -,
What will become Of Carl schar4; ;enq ss7.
eral thousand 1pdisn Agents il Judge Duddy . do.
cision is not vetoede., .-.:.. -,
Somebody says Catewayo's spride is broken.
Has some disgusting coachman been running :awav
with his dAuehter,. :; ''>. -.
An exchange says: ttDavid Davit is
man with great breadth Of btstn.', A mtspr1ut for
breadth Of beam, we think.
"A rolling stone gathers no moss says
Fred Douglass to the emSrat1ng negroes, for .ha;
reason. we suppose, that it *'don't have to-
Tile Chinese are an initiative race Hsre
is Noy Jin-Kee, of New York, who becomes con-
verted to Christianity, and then takes to stealing.
e Cornell" Vanderbilt has started for:
Europe. "corneel. F." who.is trying to pay hi,
debts is we suppose, in search OF the rest Of bus
creditors.
! We fear, Mr.. Riddle, that some spring
poet killed sometime by IN enrsged editor, is im->
posing on you and passing himself, of Us Shak-
,speare anu Byron.
Minister White has sailed, and it is to BE-
hoped that the country will not be kept in painful
suspense with reference to Life Of Goethe =
great while longer. =
The Afghanistan war is over, and the
Viceroy of India may resume his nirtations with
the pretty female circus rider, the interruption Of
which was the saddest feature Of the entire war; =
The present game Of billiards must be
changed so as to ob1ige Mr.. Schaefer to PLAY With
both hands tied behind hun. This will giye Slos.
son. Garnler, Sexton, and the other Eastern blll
iardists chnnce. = =
, 1879-05-19
OUR INDIAN RELATIONS,

It is very much to be hoped that the decis-
ion Of Judge DusDY, directing the release
Of the Ponca Indians from the custody Of
the military at Omaha, may lead to a revision
of the 1aws by which our intercourse with
and management Of Indian tribes is gov
erned Although SO much is said Of the ne
cessity for civiizing the Indians, practically
our laws under the adminjsr alton Of the In
dian Bureau t1eat all alike. It makes no
difference what degree Of civilization an In
dian may possess, he is controlled by the
same laws as are those who are most savage.
There can be no question that many Indians,
and indeed some entire tribes, are now in q
condition to permit Of their receiving the
rights Of citizenship. Many OF them are rs
capable Of taking care Of themselves and of
performing the ordinary civil duties as the,
, 1879-05-19

The Cincinnati Star suggests that THURMAN
rhymes with SHERMAN, 'twhereas II the name
Of BISHOP, EWING, or RICE were presented, the
canvass would have necessarily to be conducted
in blank verse;" Aere the Star, as the rhyme
says, gives itself away. There would be this ad-
vantage, certainly, about SuERMAN-THURMAN
campaign,-the campaign songs, ETC., would be
inter-couYertible, and half the usuai amount OF
corduroy versidcatfon and contortcd rhymes
would do. But with B1suor, EWING, or RICE
tue campaign need not necessarily be conducted
in blank verse. Frlpstance,.a good Republican
can sing:
Hurrah hurrah for SHERMAN,
Let us be up anu doing,
And extirpate like vermin
The partisaps Of EWING.
Or stanch Democratic assembly can loudly
carol the inspiriting chorus:
We couldn't beat SHERMAN
With THURMAN,
Wewil in trlce
With RICE.
Or more stately and less agitated singer may
arise and sing:
Next October will determine
Whom Ohio means to 0ah up
As her Governor. JOHN SHERMAN -:
Or you1 Uncle RICHARD BISHOP. D.
We will accept the Stars apologies-with
sugar.
, 1879-05-19

The Democrats Of this county nave taken
the responsibility of challenging public op'n-
ion and defying public sentiment BY noml-
mating List Of persons for the olrco1e
Judgeships selected because they are DEM
ocrats. It will not do to claim that
the persons nominated are not chosen
because Of their politics, because it
was avowedly for the purpose Of ha7-
ing Democratio Judges that these per-
sons were selected. Neither Judge ROGERS
nor Judge McA1L1s1ER would have been
recognized as ft persons for reelection were
it not that they were Democrats. The sole
reason for discriminating between these two
and the other three Judges now on the Bench
was that these were Democrats and the
others Republicans. Had WILLIAMS, BOOTH,
and FARwE11 been Democrats, there would
have bean no effort to displace them they
would have been nominated just as unani.
mouAlya as McA1L1sFER, ROGERS, and D1uKEY;
had D1cKEr, ROGERS, and McA111sTER been
Republicans, they would have been discarded
Just as unanimously as FABwE11, WILLIAMS,
and Booru.
+: Under these circumstances, the essential
I and governing recommendation inducing the
nomination Of a11 these candidates is their
Democracy, their partisan tealty, their ad-
sherence to the resolutions of '9S, and their
endorsement of joe B1AcBuRS's policy of
starving out the Government and abolishing
the army. Any ono Of these persons nom
mated on Saturday ought, in order to claim
the votes Of the. people for the Office OF
Judge, to have an established character for
legal learning, ability, experience and per
sonal and professional integrity, to JUS
tify his election. Having these quali6ca-
.tions for non-political Office, his private
opinions On party questions would be mat
ter of total Indifference. But the Democrats
of Chicago choose to place their candidates
for judicial Office in the humiliating position
Of being selected solely because they are
Democrats, to be elected to uphold the Dem
ocratic platform on the Bench, to represent
the Democratic party in the courtroom, and
to maintain the interests of the Democratic
party which elected them. Having chosen
to be the candidates Of a party in preference
to being candidates for G non political office,
they ask the people Of this city and county
to vote for them as Democrats, to be Demo-
cratic Judges in the trial OF causes between
citizens of all parties.
The Republican party has no course left
but to nominate opposing candidates, and to
select them from its own ranks The Con-
vention which is called for next Saturday,
, therefore, will have the duty Of proposing q
candidate for the Supreme Court and also
five candidates for the Circuit Court. In
making these selections the Convention must
take care to present men Of such established
reputations as to be acceptable to citizens Of
all parties it should select men who will be
worthy to. be elected. and thus give the gen.
eral public an opportunity of rebuking ut
the polls partisan nominations for judicial
1GG
, 1879-05-19

IF President HAYES and his good wife were
to visit Utah tomorrow, and the decent
people Of Salt Lake City should undertake
to show their respect for their distinguished
guests by public demonstration, it is not
likely that it would be one-tenth as imposing
and consequential as the Mormon meeting
azd procession in homer Of one Of their
number who recently defed Federal author
ity- L member of the Mormon Church. was
asked some questions while he was giving
his testimony under oath in the United
States District Court q few days sgo in re-
gard 10 what took place in the Endowment
HOUSES sort Of s077ctuns sanctoruma where
spiritual marriages are performed, and be-
cnuse he refused to answer and reveal the
secrets Of the Mormon priesthood he was
sent to Jail for two days as punishment
for contempt. After suffering this mild
martyrdom he was released from prison, and
his co-religionists- rnther his co-fanahcs,
for religion is too sacred an idea to be men,
toned in the same breath with the
Mormon system-got up a monster mass
meeting and pro ocession for two Objects q
To properly recognize the fidelity of the re-
calcitrant witness to the Mormon faith and
to glo1ify him for the same, and (2) to man.
ifest their contempt for the Federal author
ity in the most un1nistakable and insulting
manner. These two objects were fittingly
celebrated by the largest assemblage ever
seen in Salt Lake City on any occasion,-no
less than ten thousand persons jpinlng in the
procession, which was furnished with nll the
banners, devices, notices, music, and para
phernalia incid~nt to the success of IN e1hi-
bition Of that kind.
It Was only last winter that the Mormon
women Of Suit Like City held an immense
mass-meeting in the theatre of the Saints
the largest building in the town except the
great Tabernacle, which was packed to its
utmost capacity by the advocates Of
polygamy, and they then and there boldly
proclaimed their firm faith in and adherence
to the pernicious theories Of the Latter-Day
Saints. The occasion Of this meeting was
the appeal Of the Christian women of Utah
to Mrs. President HAYES to use her
influence for the elimination of polygamous
marriages from the social system Of that
Territory. It was little curious, too, that
this immense meeting was presided over by
an unmarried woman,-a Miss SSow,-who
had never tasted the sweets of married life
the fair presumption is,-at least she is en-
titled to the benefit Of the doubt, and
whose very name is suggestive Of the purity
Of those icicles that are said to have been
suspended from the temple Of Diana. Miss
Snow not only presided with grace and dig
nifty over the vast assemblage, but delivered
the principal address on the occasion, in
which she stated with considerable en-
'phasis and perspicuity, interlarded with the
inevitable adiuncts Of religious. zeal and
, 1879-05-19
PERSON AIS.

The address Of Congress to the President
You're fraud. -.~ :: '..:.' H.
Standing Bear has sat down-on the United
States Government. : .''
Senator Edmunds will take, his family to
Europe after the adjournment Of Congress.
Congress must not adjourn. We feel that
it will certainly talk itself to death II it keeps ou
John Sherman believes that Ohio is the
mother Of Presidents, and TINT he is her fayorite
son.
Suppose that David Davis should get sick
at the stomach right in the midst Of The Presi-
Dental race, as Mr. OLeary did in his contest with
Roweill He has 80 much stomach to get sick at