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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-27
ed FebruarY 10, lS19.
Published February 20, 1879.

CHAPTER %.
AN ACT to encourage the artificial propaga-
ton of fish in Wisconsin.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly do enact
as follows:
Section l. Tie fish commissioners of the
State of Wisconsin are hereby authorized to
supply private parties, resident in the state,
with the spawn or fry of fish, as provided in
this act, provided that such action shall not
interfere with the stocking of public waters.
Section 2. The person or persons applying
for such spawn or fry, shall first provide a
proper pond, with suitable water, in which
the same may be placed, such pond to be con
structed under the direction of the superin-
tendent of fisheries, in which the spawn or fry
of the particular fish shall be placed, and
thereafter and until the hatch of the second
and third year shall have respectively occur
red, construct second and third pond in ike
manner, each to be connected by race-way :,
in which the hatch of three years shall be
placed. Such person or persons so construct
ing said series of ponds shall not be supplied
with more than five thousand OF the spawn or
fry of any one year for each Of said three
years, and shall be at the expense oftaklng and
transporting such spawn or fry from the state
ponds to the place Of deposit. The commits
sioners shall have the right to take spawn
from the ponds so stocked with fry or fish, for
the use of the state, in consideration OF such
stocking of said ponds.
Section 3. The said commissioners shall
furnish to parties so supplied with spawn or
fry, printed instructions as to the manner OF
caring for and rearing them, and the person
or persons so receiving such spawn or fry
shall properly care for the same.
Section 4. This act shall not be construed
so as to allow any person or persons to
obstruct the free passage of native fish up or
down any stream in which they naturally
exist, and such pond or ponds shall be con.
structcd only upon private property, and
within this state.
Section ). This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved February 10, 1879.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-27
February 10, 1879.
Published February 20, 1879. |
CHAPTER "a

AN ACT TO authorize the secretary of state TO
audit certain accounts.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section /. The secretary of state is hereby
authorized and directed to audit the accounts
of the textbook commission, for expenses
of clerk hire, printing and postage, to an
amount not exceeding one hundred and TWEEN
ty-five dollars and to draw his warrant upon
the state treasurer therefor, payable to the
order of the president of said commission.
Section 2 There is hereby appropriated,
out of any moneys in the state treasury not
otherwise appropriated, sufficient sum for
the purpose of this act
Section 3. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved February 10, 1879
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-27
1proved FebruarY m, ls79i
Published February 10, 1879.
CHAPTER 10


AN AC + relatingto evidence.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section 1. The copy from any record, book,
report survey, map, field notes, plat or other
paper required bylaw TO be kept in the Office
of the commissioners of public lands, when
certified by the chief clerk of said land de
partment, under the official seal of said COM
missioners, shall be received in evidence with
the same effect as the original
Section 2. Whenever said chief clerk shall
certify that he has made diligent examination
in the office of said commissioners of public
lands for any paper, instrument or document
required by law to be kept in their office, and
that it cannot be found, such certificate shall
be presumptive evidence of the facts so certi-
fed.
Section 8. All acts and parts of acts incon.
sstent with the provisions Of this act are
hereby repealed.
Section 4. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Arnvn,rad Eabr,ar-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-27

A Whitehall youngster had just been
gwen dose of salts and SIENNA, which
be took against his will. wish old Mrs
Lot had never looked back, he exclaim-
ed, making up wry faces. "Whsl" asked
his mother. Because then there'd never
been any such thing as salt and sinner to
bother US little boys with, was his reply.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-27
Approved February II, 1879.
Published February 10, 1879.
CHAPTER IL


AN ACT to appropriate to the commissioners
of fisheries certain sum therein named.
The people of the State OF Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
| follows:
Section /. There is hereby appropriated to
| the commissioners of fisheries OF the State OF
Wisconsin the sum of eight thousand dol
lars, out of any money in the treasury not 9TH
in the artificial propagation and in the distri-
button of fish, pursuant to the provisions OF
chapter sixty-two of the revised statutes Of
the State of Wisconsin.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and be
In force from and after its passage and publ
| cation.
Annroved Fnhrnarv II lS1qf
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A barefcoted dsrkey, while hoeing cot
ton one day saw his big toe undo clod
and thinking it moles head, hit il and
hurt himself. After working with it for
8 while, be got tired, set his foot on
stump, ard said, "Well, jes pain away
now; doesn't care; you hurts yeself
wussin yc do met"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-27

a Chicago girl lost her overshoe while
travelling through Virginia last year,
ans now some newspapers are writing up
long articles about the discovery ola
subterrApean cave in that State.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-02-27
Approved February II, 1879.
Published February 10, 1879. !
CHAPTER l6

CHAPTER 10.
AN ACT appropriating twelve hundred dol
lars to the state board of health.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section 1. The secretary of state is hereby
authorized to publish such number of the an
nual reports Of the state board Of health for
the year 1873, and of each of its annual reports
hereafter and OF such reprints OF separate
articles from any of its annual reports, as
may be directed by the state boald of health {:
pr00ided, that the number of its annual reports
thus published be not more than eight thous-
and copies in any year, which shall be in adj
dition to the number provided for IN section
three hundred and thirty-six of the revised
statutes of the State. The secretary Of state
is also authorized to cause to be bound in
cloth not to exceed two hundred copies of any
of such annual reports for the exchanges of
said board.
Section 2. There is hereby appropriated
ANNUALLY sum which shall not in any year
exceed twelve hundred dollars ($l200), for the
printing, binding and distribution of the re-
ports and reprints from reports herein before
provided for, and for the further aid of the
board in making such sanitary Investigations
as it may deem for the interests of the health
and lives of the people of the State.
Section g. This act shall be in force and
take effect from and after its passage and pub
LEGATION.
Approved February II, 1870.
Published February 10, 1879.
CHAPTER II.
AN ACT to appropriate to the governor a sum
of money therein named, for contingent
fund.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section /. There is hereby appropriated to
the governor of Wisconsin the sum of one
Thousand dollars, ont of any money in the
treasury mo- otherwise appropriated, for a
contingent fund
Section 3 This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
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workingmen at present is worse than sla-
very, and that the repub blican party had
prosecuted the working CLASSES, and were
responsible for tranps. Resolutions
were adopted, endorsing Dennis Kearney
for his mastery leadership of the work
ingmen's party in California, and his
action in advocating the ballot and not
the bullet also declaring that none but
workingmen shall be elected to office, as
they understand the requirements of
workingmen thoroughly.
Shot and killed.
LAKEPoRT, Aug. 31.-William Thomp-
son shot and killed Edward Bynum last
night in quarrel. Thompson ordered
Bynum out of his saloon or he would
kill him, at the same time presenting o
pistol, Bynum made a movement to
draw, when Thompson fired, striking By
mum over the eye, the ball lodging in the
brain. Bynum lived 40 minutes but was
unconscious. Both were 81 years of age.
Gold for American Wheat.
LONDON, Aug. 31.-A Paris correspon-
dent writes that gold continues to be sent
to the United States for the purchase of
wheat. The steamer st, Laurent sail
ing to-day for New York takes one hun
dred thousand pounds, part of which is
on English account. Gold in lesser
quantities, amounting in all to two hun
dred thousand pounds, has been sent to
Hungary, Roumania and other parts of
Europe for the same purpose.
The wheat Yield OF Europe.
BERLIN, Aug. 31.-The Boston Zei-
tung has published statistics of the wheat
harvest throughout Europe. Taking
one hundred as representing an average
harvest, that of Austro-H Hungary may be
represented by IS I; Germany, 85; France,
78; Switzerland, so Italy, 80 /; Eng
land, rs /; Russia, 70 Roumania. 80.
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AT PORTLAND PRICES.

of the same year, he was united at
Coburg TO Mary Louise Victoria,
widow of the Prince of Leiningen.
On the 29th Of May, 1919, his royal
daughter was born, and in the fol-
lowing January the Prince ended his
troubled career.
Meantime what had become of
Mime. de st. Laurent? After 1917
her name unacconntabiy drops ont
Of sight, and the only intimation of
her Whereabouts at the time Of the
the Cobourg marriage is that she had
retired to convent. She appears
further to have survived until 1870
or 1892.
While we oil know that by the
Royal Marriage Act no Prince or
Princess of the blood may marry
without the consent OF the sovereign
it will never do to cast q slur on NOR.
ganatic alliances, as in this instance
OF the Duke of Kent. It is much
handsomer to permit this marriage
as the facts adduced prove it, than
70 stamp his memory with public
libertinism for nearly thirty years of
his life. On the other hand. tha
case of the Duke should effectuaIlv
preclude British writers from moral
izing about the Bonaparte- Patterson
and other similar entanglements.
l have no doubt that his relations
with Nine. de st. Laurent were the
cause of all the Dukes troubles with
Parliament and his family. He was
persistently snubbed by the Prince
Regent and his royal brothers, and
Parliament always refused to help
him out of bis debts. Writing about
the West Indies. where he served in
1894, hc said: aThe wish enter
tanned for me in certain quarters.
when serving there, was that / might
fall" Writing in 1920, about his in
fant daughter, he says: aMy little
daughter thrives under the influence
of q Devonshire climate and is. 1 am
delighted to say, strong and healthy,
too healthy, | fear, in the opinion Of
some members of my family by
whom she is regarded as an in-
truder.n
This neglect of the Prince has con-
tlnued, more or less, to our own day.
He was perfect gentleman, brave
soldier, faithful public officer,
generous friend, and it is for this
reason that stranger and alien has
written these lines to rescue his
memory from suspicion that has
been too long allowed to cover it,
Montreal Corr. New York World.
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FOREIGN.


AaAOt At SNhtA&AOf Chhtis
RIO JANERIo, Aug. 28.-A dispatch
from Santiago, the capital of Chilli, da-
ted July 31st, says that serious riots oc-
Cured in that city in consequence of pop
ular discomfort of the conduct of the war.
The populace erected barricade and
shouted ''death to the traitor ministry" !"
Two persons were killed in a conflict
with troops and several wounded It is
reported that the Chilian president fed
to Vina de Mar.
Irish Cricketers in America
LONDON, Aug. 29.-Hone, prominent
Irish amateur, has taken team of gem
tlemen cricketers to America. Hone
has written draft proposing that the
Irish meet English players in the states.
The Liverpool Grain Market.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 29.-The leading
grain circular says that to-day's market
was thinly attended. There were a few
transactions in red American wheat at a
shade under Tuesdays prices but trade
closed with more steadiness at Tuesday 8
rates. Wheat has been in fair retail re-
quest, and realized Tuesdays extreme
rates. Flour was steady, but little busi-
ness was done. Corn is in fair consumpt-
i've demand. and prices tended rather in
favor of sellers:
Sixty Persons Burned.
The official report of the fire at Irk-
utsk, which destroyed about 200 houses.
shows that go lives were lost. The great
er number were children.
Spain Advised to Free ali slaves I'm her
Dependencies.
MADRID, Aug. 29.-Los Dedats, news
paper, recommends that Spain free all
slaves in her dependencies, and substi.
tute seven years period of service fol-
slavery.
Another Interview with Bismarck.
ROME, Aug 29.-Mngr Roucetti, pa.
pal nuncio, reports that he had favor.
able interview with Bismarck, but as
Germany lays down o certain limit te
her concessions, Roucetti asks for larger
powers in the conduct of negotiations
Perhaps a Prctext
SOPHIA, Aug. 29.-Two hundred and
forty influential Roumelian Turks have
been taken prisoners in the Rhodopt
mountains charged with forming con
piracy to attack Phillippopolis. The af
fair caused great alarm at that city, as il
| was feared that it might serve as pretex
for the entry of Turkish troops now con
| oentrated at Adrianople into East Rou
mella.
Election-.RepubIican Impertinent
PARIS, Aug. 29.-An election will b.
held on Sunday at Bordeaux. The re-
publicans of Bordeaux have resented th,
presence of King Alfonso at Areachol
by plaearding the town with insulting
references to the king. The police tori
them down Immediately, and an inquir.
has been instituted.
Insurrection Ina Cuba
HAVANA, Aug. 29.-Two bands of in
surgents have made their appearance
one in the Holquin district and the othe
in the Santiago de Cuba. The band a
the former place is about 100 strong, an,
the strength of that at the latter place j
not known. They are not headed b
chiefs Of any importance. Captain Gen
eral Blanco has taken energetic meas
ures to put down the insurrection, an,
all available troops are pursuing the in
surgents.
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PACIFIC COAST.

Who DeY0ung's Messenger Was.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 28.-It will be
remembered that in the published state
ment of young Nathan, The American
district telegraph boy, who accompanied
DeYoung in the coupe at the time of the
shooting, he stated that he did not know
DeYoung and had no suspicion of his
purpose. It now transpires that the
youngster is brother of Rosa Nathan,
who figured in the case of Isaac Allen,
formerly secretary of the San Francisco
Benevolent Association, in which also
the Chronicle and its proprietors bore
prominent part in working up the case j;
that previous to that time he had fre-
quently carried messages between De-
Young and his sister and must have been
we'll acquainted with him.
KalIoch Improving.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 28.-The latest
report concerning Kalloch is, that he
passed comfortable night and is feeling
improved this morning. The chances
are greatly in his favor.
A Remarkable Case
SAN Francisco, Aug 28.-An old
Frenchman living on Pacific street, made
desperate attempt to commit suicide on
Mond@ near Fort Point, He cut his
arm in two places, stabbed himself sew
eral times in the region of the heart, and
threw himself into the bay, but finding
the water too cold. finally jumped off a
cliff 30 feet high. He was placed in
| charge of surgeon at Fort Point, and
| will recover.
Suicide.
Anna NJ. johnson, native of Ger
many, aged %, the wife of the proprietor
| of the Mechanics Hotel on Berry street,
between Third and Fourth, committed
| suicide to-day by taking chloroform
cause, ill-treatment on the part of her
husband
| A Remarkable Attempt at Robbery.
The schooner Rosario arrived yester-
day from Tahiti, having on board, be.
sides the vessels cargo, several thousand
dollars in coin. Last night three efforts
were made to board the vessel and carry
off the coin. At about half-past nint
| a boat with five men on board came
alongside. The second mate, who ap
pears to have been the only man OF
board, made vigorous resistance. a
number of shots were fred on both sides
and the pirates finally retired, one 1t il
thonght having been shot. At abou
half-past eleven they made another at
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this team, first, because of the rifles they
used, which the council very properly
held to be in accordance with the condi-
tions, and secondly, on the ground that
three men had dismounted to fire at one
time, instead of only two. Both obiec-
tions were overrnled, and the Devon
men were officially declared the winners.
when the sections assem- bled to learn the
result from Major Thompson.-Loadoa
Daily Neirs, July 26fh.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT
N may concern that the unders gned has been
awarded the contract for keeping the Douglas
County paupers for period Of two years. All
persons in need Of assistance from said county
must frst procure certificate to that effect from
any member Of the County Board and present it
TO one OF the following named persons, who are
authorized 10 and will care for those presenting
such certificates: Butten 4 Perkins, Roseburg; L.
Z. Kellogg, Oakland; Mn. Brown, Looking
Glass. DR.. Woodruff is authorized TO furnish
medical aid to all persons in need of the same and
who have been declared peupers Of Douglas
County. M.B. CLARK.
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Husband" Maria, my dear" you
seem to be very lonesome in my COM
pany. Do you not love me now as you
did before our marriage?" Wife
Why, Of course, Gerald, but you
know since our marriage we have become
one, and I feel lonesome without Sec
ond party"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30
IN ITALY.
The Terrible Punishment of One
Who had Murdered a Wo-

The Terrible Punishment Of One
Who had Murdered a Wo-
man.
Two Englishmen. wandering in a
boat in the suburbs of Venice. saw an
object IN n water surrounded by
birds They found it to be a man
yet alive. His arms and legs were
broken and tied. and in order that he
IN ght not sink, a large demijohn Of
glass was attached 10 each shoulder.
which sustained the head and neck
above water. He could lot speak :
hi, tongue hung from ms mouth His
eyes had been pecked ont by birds.
The muid errrS were Lugi Parmas-
chetti, 4 farmer. and his we brothers.
Parmaschetti had q handsome and
irieproachable wife and a daughter Of
) wears Tetaldo, the murdered man,
was employed by him and Well treat
ed. but becoming enamored of Nine.
ParmascheUti, he annoyed her t. such
a degree that her husband beat him
and ,rove him from his house. Several
days after ParmaSchetti started at
midnight. with a boat load Of garden
produce. for Venice. His wife was
Don awakened 10y step, in her room.
Her door vas locked, but Tetaldo had
entered by the window, and he stood
before her, knife IN hand. lie threat
ened death if sac called for help, but
Sic defended herself bravely. La the
meantime her daughter, uuperceived
by Teta'do, had crept under the bel,
and was a witness OF the scene. Nine.
Parmaschetti ran round a table, and
several times escaped from Tetaldp's
grasp. Bat he StaDbed be-, and she
iell in a dying condition. Day began
To dawn, and Tetaldo fled. The child
theu alarmed the n%eighb0rs, who on
reaching the house found the woman
dead, with thiity-two wounds upon
her body. On the return Of ParmaS-
chetti, himself and brothers sought
Tetaldo, and found him. Pa~rmaschetti
plunged a pitchfork three times into
his breast, and held him pinned, while
his brothers broke his arms and legs
with an non bar. Parmaschetti in
tended TO burn him. but a brother
proposed that he should be tioated
upon the Adriatic, that the birds aud
fishes might a him alive. This was
done. The three brothers were con-
denned TO ten years of imprisonment,
With hard labor, but a petition to the
king was extensively signed in Venice,
ASKING for their compete pardon.
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schools and 932 for colOred schools, a
total of 3 ,342. only half enough. In
II counties the superintendent 5 re-
port shows hat the a,erage number
of weeks Taught was nine. Think of
1t in ~fOur-tifthS of North Carolina
the public schools were open for Only
two months In the year. This violates
the law. which says that the school
shall be taught for three mouths.
More than that, it VIC ates the great
law of public sel:-respect to which
every community should hold Itself
strictly ~atnenable.
We are not vet done scolding. The
Sun doesn't often scold WHAT, Is 1T
supposed, is the average salary Of a
North Carolina pubic sunooi teacher:
One hundred or one hundred and ii "
dollars, You thIuk: Only the rldicu-
ious sum OF $23 II per month. This
Is the average OF salaries given IN
sevcnty-fOur, four h1ths of the coun-
tie Il the STATE.
Nor IS this all. The children are
not sci to school. Perhap> II Is part
~ due to the short terms. remoteness
vi the school houses, lnrfflclency of in
structl)n Iii many instances but max
ing allowance for all these and other
cauoeS OF deIe4tlon. the glarjPg act
remains tAa5 only One-tnlrd of The
children classified in the ms re-
port attended The schools. OF course
Jnele Is TO be deducted from this cen
suS list the numbee of those who at,
lend private schools. This number,
we know Is not considerable. We
wish 1T were Our people do no. edu-
cate they do no. consider the imprra
tive needs OF posterity. A people
without education Is a people without
head What ayails our private aims ii
we do not employ them Alright for
noble purposes? We cannot SO IN
plOy them, we will not wish so to TN
pioy them, If our tastes not refined
by culture and our intellects exalted
by tue dlsclp me of thought. The un-
educated mans thinking bath no
greater eXt tnt tina tn3 qualification
of peySlcdi desires, and the uhIn.S of
TIE moment ihat appeal 10 his lowest
nature are ~ually ali nat he cares
Tor. Every ana can bring refinement
ana pleasure and high aims into lis
household by giving his children OPP
p titunItleS Tor Improvement. Let
Them 60 To good schools, encourage
them to read good books. If You have
no literary taSue yourself, 1ell>w clti
cen, get your neIghbOr, IN whom you
have confidence, 10 show your son or
your daughter the d'dden measures .!
knowiedge.- Wtlmjngton SIN.