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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-07-01
PEORIA,S SENSATION.
Lucinda q. Noah. Who Fled from Her
Home Several Weeks Ago. Found
Working In a Tailoring Establish
ment Dressed in Masculine Garb aud
Passing for a Man.
Peoria Transcript.

Quite sensation occurred in this
city, last evening, which created con
siderable comment, and we reporter
visited the lady who was the cause of it
at he Commercial Hotel, and CLEANED
the following facts in an interview with
her Her name is Lucinda C. Noah,
nee Suites, and she was raised in Lew
iston, Fulton county, where she was
married to John Noah, on the 7th of
July, 1854, she then being only l6 years
old. After short honeymoon of
couple of weeks, her husband COM
menced to abuse her, but she bore with
him, hoping that in time he would see
the error of his ways and treat her as a
wife should be treated She lived with
him until the 9th Of May last, and dur
ing that time gave birth to eight child
ran, seven of whom are still living, the
youngest being now about three years
old, when she left him and went to her
county, where she stopped until Sunday
night. Her uncle cut her hair, and she
told him she was going to disguise her
self by assuming masculine attire, the
more easily to elude her husband whom
she did not want to bother her. She
assumed the disguise thinking that it
was easier for man to get along than a
woman. From Marietta she came to
Peoria, and secured situation in
merchant tailoring establishment on
South Adams street, where she was to
work when her husband discovered her,
he having come here on an excursion
train from Canton to look for her, MS he
had traced her to this city. The first
week she was here she boarded at John
Kneer's hotel, ON South Adams street,
but left there and engaged board at the
Commercial Hotel, where she has re-
| manned ever since. At first she would
not recognize her husband, but when
she found it was useless to attempt to
keep up the disguise longer she admit
ted that she was his wife. He wanted
her to go home with him, but she abso-
lutely refused to do so, and he went
home without her, she going with him
to the train. She says she has nothing
to be ashamed of, but will now resume
the garments more befitting her sex
She is rather light built woman and
would pass off for a man of 25 years OF
age easily enough but for her voice,
which is decidedly effeminate, and
which with the correspondingly small
feet and hands which she has, would at
once cause close observer to suspect
that she was woman. Both the tail
ors and the proprietor of the hotel
| claim that their suspicious We're arous-
ed on first sight but they gradually
Wore off, as she deported herself very
we'll and made up well as Il quiet re
| ticent sort of a man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-07-01
A LUCKY GAMBLER.
Russell sage. the Shrewd Wall street
Operator.
Cincinnati Gazette,


Russell Sage has also taken a cottage
at Long Branch for the summer He
and Moses Taylor made their debut at
that famous resort together 1t is q
wonder how they can sleep SO far from
Wall street. Russell Sage is one of the
peculiar characters of the money mar
ket. He was brought mp in poverty,
and his eerlv days were passed in hard
labor. He fought his way through
many obstacles to the dignity Of a job
bling grocer This occurred In Troy,
whence he removed to New York. Sage
has been successful in almost everything
he undertook, and this is a proof of his
we'll balanced judgment.
His present business is one which re-
quires rapid calculation and great nerve
1t is that form of gambling known as
puts" and calls Sages office Is as
complete ''hell" Ito borrow term Of
the craft as ever was occupied by a
faro club, but being on Wall street it is
perfectly legitimate Sage is ready all
through business hours to sell priv
ilege.n You may tender him a given
number of shares. or you may demand
them. That's his trade, and all he asks
is small fee for being the victim of
your appeal TO chance. None know
what Northwestern or Central Hudson
win be worth in a month hence, but
Sage viii tell you in moment the quo
tations at which you may demand It of
him at any time within the above men
toned period. Turning the tables You
may put it to him, or taking q .'strad-
die, z you may either "pnt" or call.
What an accommodating man. All you
are required to do is to plank down
the fee Wen, the maddening crowd
that pursues the smiles Of fortune Is
ready to pay the trifle required, and the
result is that Sage is enriched by their
folly.
sages profits on eputs" and calls"
are estimated at 1000 q week, and his
wealth is estimated at S.. 100000. Such
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-07-01
CARLEts RAMS.

A MINISTERIAL crisis is imminent in Aus
tria.
THE Jesuits expelled from France have
purchased a house at Prague.
TURKEY is busy making official repre-
sensations in Berlin.
A FRIEND of Challemel-La chal-
lenged O'Donnell to a duel, but O'Donnell
declined.
IL the district of Lauban, near Breslau,
Prussia, torrential rains killed 56 persons
and destroyed l05 houses last week.
THE chamber of deputies passed the re-
ligious estimate by a vote of 800 to g. the
extreme left joining the minority.
THE dupties of the republican left Of the
French chamber have decided by vote of
49 to - to favor amnesty.
A DAILY Meas Cabul dispatch says: The
rising against the Russians in Central Asia
is said to be rapidly increasing.
The imperial ukase fixes the number Of
men to be in 1880 for completion of the
Russian army at 235,000
A PARIS dispatch says: Swiss papers
state that the St. Gothard tunnel is in
great danger of falling in. Land-slides
continue to threaten the masonry, and en-
gineers think the only way to avert the
danger is to modify the line traced out for
the tunnel.
MAJ. JORDAN, the captain of the Cana
dian cricket team, wa court martialed and
sentenced to thirty-six days imprisonment
but having made an unsuccessful attempt
| to escape from the guard-room he was I'M
mediately returned and sentenced to three
hundred and thirty-six days imprison-
ment.
A CABLEGRAM SAYS: News has been re-
ceived that the attempted uprising by the
troops in Cabanas fortress, Havana, has
been suppressed. Six of the mutineers
have been shot An attempt to capture
arms at Maestranza was unsuccessful. The
cause of the uprising was the non-payment
of the troops for the past SIX months.
THE view prevails iplomatic circles
in Berlin that, owl the unanimity of
the conference, porte will be driven
to look for su, to addresses and
demonstrations Ireece by the dis
tricts to be ceded thought probable
the porte will ! ~ that in view of
these manifestat it will be unable to
give effect to the decisions of the confer
ence, and must leave their execution to
others better able to deal with the Albanian
instruction.
IT is reported that the conference at
Berlin is at loggerheads; that Austria and
Russia are unwilling to go as far as France
and England desire, for fear of reopenlng
the whole eastern question. 1t is reported
that Italy energetically protests against
the extension of Austrias right of control
IN the Adristic, and that the projected
settlement ofthe Montenegrin difficulty by
the cession of Dulcigne is, therefore, likely
to fall through.
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The Chinese Army.
Pall Man Gazette.

Numerically of considerable strength,
the Chinese army has at present but
little fighting value. The Chinese sol
der is naturally brave, and the men re-
cruited in the northern districts of the
empire are full of vigor and energy;
but the troops are practically totally I'M
instructed in military duties. That this
should be the case is probably mainly
owing to the inferiority of the Chinese
officers. They are" says French
writer below all criticism" and that
they are and so mysst be as
cribed to the low esteem in which the
profession of arms is held in China,
"You must not take good iron to make
into nails, and you would not take d
man worth anything at all 10 make q
soldier" A man need not be in any way
educated to obtain q commission; but
ON the other hand. he must be an athlete.
Carrying and throwing heavy weights,
the use of the sword and shooting with
the bow, both on foot and on horseback
are the subjects in which a man desir-
Gus of obtaining commission is exam
ined. Under these Circumstances, it is
no wonder that the Chinese officer is as
a rule utterly ignorant Of military art,
while his men knowing that he is as ig-
norant as themselves, have but little
respect for him.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-07-01
CRIMINAL

WILLIAM BURKE killed Pat Harris, at
Richmond, Va, and then Drained his wife
All are eolored. Burke has been arrested
JOHN and Henry Friedman, Of Corn
wall, Conn, were fatally shot Saturday
night, by unknown persons, while return
ing home.
THE senate failed to act on the nominal
ton of ex-Gov. Hartranft and it conse-
quently lapses The president will prob
ably reappoint him.
SAMUEL S. HOWARD was hanged at Bas-
trop, Texas, on the 2lst inst, for the muir
der of Alexander Farmer, on May Is, 1873.
A large coneourse of people witnessed the
execution.
l. NJ. kALLoCH having been released
from arrest on the charge of killing Charles
De Young, on account of a defect in the
proceedings, has Immediately been re-
arrested on new complaint, held to an
swer without bail
GEORGE THOMPSON, the seaman who
murdered Capt. Milton b. Frank and cook
William Gage. of the schooner Mignonet-
tie, in James river last fall, has been ar
rested on railroad train, disguised in
women's dress.
THE two Harrison boys, arrested on sus-
picion of completely in stealing a span Of
horses and wagon on Hart Prairie, Wis,
have had their preliminary examination
and are held to bail for the sum of 81 200
| each for their appearance at the next term
of court.
AT Gafiroy CITY, S. C., a ruffian named
Pearson entered the residence of gentle
man, whose wife detected him riding a
trunk He made off with the booty, and,
being pursued by the citizens and refusing
| tn surrender was shot To death
| Two boys, of Lancaster, KY. L. Gala
CHER, aged IA, and S. Mullins, aged 10,
quarreled, when the former ran into the
| family residence and procured revolver,
and began shooting; the second shot passed
| through Mullins body intiieting fatal
wound. Gallagher was arrested
| AT recent meeting of the cabinet the
recent outrages by Spanish cruisers on
American vessels in Cuban waters were
considered at some length. 1t was finally
| decided that an explanation should be de-
manded from the government at Madrid,
and Secretary Evarts will open correspond
enee Immediately.
| A BOY named Ferguson, IA years old,
with one foot off, got on to George kareh-
ner's wagon to ride, as karchner left Cham
paign, Ill. After the boy left Karchner
missed his pocketbook, containing $40 in
| cash and notes, out OF ms coat. lie chased
the boy but he escaped on a western freight
train BY the aid Of the telegraph the
boy was arrested at Bement and the money
and goods recovered.
WHILE BERTHE Sherman, aged II years
was returning from school, in Milwaukee,
he was induced to get into a buggy in
which were two men, who tied his hands,
blindfolded him and drove rapidly away.
! About thirteen miles from the city, he
jumped from the buggy, Notwithstanding
| threats to kill him. A farmer came to his
assistance, when the men escaped. De-
| tectives are on track The boys parents
are wealthy, and it is supposed kidnapping
was the purpose to secure a reward for the
return of the child.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-07-01
=" A Tramp Abroad.

Beyond doubt the new book from
the pen of Mark Twain is his master
piece. 1t is lively in tone, and instruct
i've from beginning to end. This ex-
tract from his experience in his trip to
the Swiss mountains, after being out in
soaking rain is so pleasantly told that
we make an extract
1--WE stripped and went to bed, and
sent our clothes to be baked. All
the horde of soaked tourists did the
same. That chaos of clothing got mix
ed in the kitchen, and there was conse-
quences. | did not get the same draw
crs | sent down, when our things came
up at 6:15. / got a pair on a new plan.
They were merely pair of long white
ruffied-cuffed sleeves, hitched together
at the top with narrow band, and they
did not quite come down to my knees.
They were pretty enough, hut they
made me feel like two people, and dis
connected at that The man must
have been an idiot who got himself up
that way to rough it in the Swiss noun
tains.
The shirt they brought me was short
er than the drawers, and hadn't any
more than what Mr.. Darwin would call
"rudimentary" sleeves. These had edg-
ing around them, but the bosom was
ridiculously plain The knit silk under
shirt they brought me was on a new
plan, and was really sensible thing; ii
opened behind and had pockets in it to
put the shoulder blades in, they did not
fit mine. They gave my bob-tailed
coat to somebody else, and sent me an
ulster suitable for a giraffe. | had to
tie my collar ON, because there was no
button behind on the foolish little shirt
When / went to dinner long stranger
recognized his ulster as soon as he saw
the tail of it following me in, but no
body claimed my shirt and drawers,
though | described them as well as pos
sible. | gave them to the chamber
maid that night when | went to bed,
and she probably found the owner, for
my things were on chair beside my
door in the morning.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-07-01
WHEAT.


III the international Millers' exhibit
ton at Cincinnati, the committee APP
pointed to investigate the important
question OF what are the best varieties
Of wheat for fou-making, submitted
an elaborate report, which is of 50
much importance TO wheat-growers that
we quote its material points in full as
follows:
In the first place we have met with
much difficulty in determining which is
the best wheat for milling in the United
States, on account of the vast extent of
wheat-growing districts, extending
through % degrees Of latitude and 81
degrees of longitude, having length
Of z, 500 miles and d breadth Of zoo
covering an area of $4,000 square
miles, embracing all the states in the
Union but three, and the entire terri
tories, with every variety of soil and
climate.
We find the same varieties Of wheat
grown in different states, while possess
ing the same general properties, differ
ing materially in value for milling.
The Fife wheat Of Northern Mime
sofa and Dakota being far superior to
the same variety grown in Iowa, Wis
consin, or Illinois.
The Boughton or Tappahannock
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A One Pound California Infant.
San Francisco Chronicle.

For week past the rumor has beer
current in Oakland and on the ferry.
boats that the Athens ofthe Pacific had
produced q phenomenon, second only
IN importance to the giant powder ex-
plosion, in the shape of a ''one-pounder.
A reporter was yesterday dispatched tc
investigate, and was admitted to view
of the smallest sample of the genus
homo he ever beheld. 1t was lost at the
time in set of ordinary baby clothes,
the mother, delicate looking young
woman of Is, finally finding it. 1t was
l. days of age and named Albert
Though perfectly formed, as babies 60
it was all head, like a prairie dog, and
the head was the tiniest and prettiest
little head that ever mother smiled
over. The ewes We're large enough to
be decidedly blue, the nose was as diff.
ferent from the usual plebeian wart
which babies affect as could be imagin,
ed. being we'll defined, and the little
mouth resembled closely a properly
planted bullet hole from a 22-revoNer
A fine head of hair crowned the little
grape-shot Uranium, and plentitude OF
wrinkles all over the forehead gave an
appearance of gravity and knowledge
Of the world to the new citizen far be-
yond its days The proud little mother
raised several acres of drapery and ex-
hibited two tiny feet. They were SO
small that both occupied with ease an
ordinary baby shoe, and each demand
ed dolls pedal garment for neat fit.
The hands, though completely furnish
ed with finger nails, looked precisely
like those of a baby monkey in size.
When born on the Goth of May, it
weighed about twelve ounces avoirdu-
pois. Three days later, after it had
much increased in size, it weighed one
pound The father and mother are Mr..
and Mrs. William Sangey Mr.. Sangey
is painter by trade, and young man,
and thinks just as highly, if not more
SO, of his son as if he weighed fifteen
pounds. Albert at present is lively
when awake. and very hungry and very
sleepy in general, these being the only
prominent qualities of his temperament
as yet.
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- 9 .
A BROKEN.BACKED WHALE.
singular Accident 10 a Leviathan of
the Deep. Leading TO its Capture.

The Duke ofSoutherland has present
ed TO the Museum of the Royal College
of Surgeons the skull of a white whale,
taken alive near Dunrobin, which pre-
, Sents a most remarkable evidence of am
5l1 extensive injury and subsequent re-
covery This cetacean has been but
very rarely seen in the British seas, and
there would seem to be but one other
recorded instance of one having been
caught alive, The specimen in ques-
ton was, writes the Rev DIR. Joass, of
Golspie, was found close to the salmon
acts near the Little Ferry, about three
Nnles to the westward of Dunrohin, ON
Che 9th of June, 1879. 1t was caught
by the tail between two short posts to
which stay rope ola net was fastened,
and a salmon of eighteen pound weight
w5ich was supposed to have been the
! object of pursuit, was found in front of
| tts In its efforts to escape II bad broken
| It: back between the third and forth
| Htmbar vertebrate, and ii had a recent
wound on the front of the head, nearly
! I've inches long and three broad 1t
EAs seen two days before its capture,
snd the fishermen seeing il approaching
Sgainst the cbb, took it for ghost
Fyof Flower in exhibiting the prepared
3sull to the Geological society Of London
stated that the skeleton showed that the
Ahale had been perfectly adult animal
Fiat the atlas had been dislocated off the
tpcipital condyles, and this completely
~, and the bones had afterwards he
come firmly fixed by deposits Of new
lSony matter in such way rs enormous
Ii narrow the Aperture for the passage
If the spinal cord. There was no APP
pcarance whatever of any disease of the
bones, and there could be no reasonable
doubt but this dislocation was the result
If accident 1t is certainly difficult to
imagine how such an accident could
have happened; such dislocation is
eften brought about by fall on ones
head, but acquatic animals are not liable
70 such a catastrophe-even, thinks
Professor Flower, a violent collision of
the head against a rock or ship could
have brought ii about. 1t seems marvel
olls that after such an accident the UNI
fortunate whale could have cOntrived to
pursue and capture living prey, For a
time it would almost seem certain its
general powers mnst have been interior
tl with After recovery its head was
fixed avry ON It's body. and this may ac-
count in some measure for its wander
ine so flr from its natural home and for
tla facility of its cnpture.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-07-01
ROMANTIC EPISODE.
4 Rival EiOpes Whit a Bride The
Betrothed Oyertakes the Couple.
Shreveport q.a.) Standard.

Yesterday morning an clipping couple
arrived in this city by the 1870 train.
On the same train was a pursuer, who
had followed the fugitives for four days
and nights, but without their knowl-
edge. The brief history of the affair is
as follows:
The high contracting parties, by
name John w. Brack and Miss Eliza
beth Morgan, both of Jaspar County,
Missouri, were betrothed, and the time
set for their marriage on last Friday
night On the same day rival, by the
name of Thomas Frenlon induced the
expectant bride to elope with him, and
they took the train south. But the
rightful claimant of her hand and heart
was not content to be thus outwltted
and took the train in hot pursuit. He
followed them for four days and nights
without sleeping and 1T Marshall took
the same train with the clipping couple
for this city. On arriving here they
engaged rooms at the Pacific House,
but they had hardly been shown to
their rooms when the pusuer, attended
by policeman, put IN an appearance.
Seeing that their game was Intercepted,
and that there must be speedy He ltlt-
ment of the matter, the eloper, Thomas
Fremont, proposed to leave the decision
to the lady. After some hesitation,
and with show Of great regret at tax
ing leave of the man who had given
her such delightful excursion, she
made her decision in favor of the gen.
tleman to whom she was first engaged,
and decided to cast her destiny and fc1.
tune with Mr.. Brack.
Mr. Fremont, the disappointed
eloper having no other alternative ac-
q,nesced in her decision relinquiahod
all claims to the lady, and took his
leave of them and departed, perhaps
to find a more congcnial cline.
Accordingly, and as a happy finale
to the episode, Mr.. John w Brack and
Miss Elizabeth Morgan were united ia
the legal bonds of n.atrimony, at the
Pacific House, Yesterday evening, at Is
o'clock, by l.. Z. Chester, Justice Of
the Peace The affair gave rise to
considerable pleasantly, and It's con
summation is believed To be harbinger
Of good FOR the happy couple.
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TIE BONES OF A SAINT.
How They Came to the Seizure Room
of the Custom House.

In the seizure-room of the custom
house is large packing case, which ar
riEed on the steamship Calendonia
from Gibraltar few days ago. Yester-
day ii was opened by the official exam
ineIs. and was found to contain hand
some box Of stained wood, curiously
wrought, and with gilded claws for sup
port. 4 lid securely locked inclose the
front. When this was let down, it was
seen that the box was a reliquary, or
shrine containing the efiiy of Saint Dis
c,3lius, martyr. The bones of the saint
were discovered in 1902 They have
been articulated and covered with wax,
50 rs to reproduce the form ofthe orig
inal, who appears to have been very
young man with long fair hair and al
most feminine features II initiated
flesh is semi-transparent, showing the
outlines of the bones beneath. On the
forhead is a cut or scar, designed to
show the manner of death. The figure
lies partly ON the back, and face being
half turned toward the glass panel dis
closed by opening the lid The head
rests OH two cushions of crimson silk,
r5chly gold-embroidered Ii is encircled
NV n crown of flowers and Il COLDER
halo. The body is richly clothed in siil-
If various colors, magniticently en-
hroidcrod with gold. One arm lies
lfCrDss the chest, the hand grasping
branch ofpalm. The other is stretched
~ the side along the glass panel One
log is extended at full length and the
other slightly drawn up. Portions of
the legs and arms are bare. Near the
head is n glass bottle set in brass and
supposed to contain some of the blood
If the martyr. The contents give il n
purphsh appearance. The interior
If the shrine is beautifully
ornamcnted. As an adjunct
To the crypt, there is n slab of
White marble framed and sealed, ON
Wlsich is rudely scratched the represen-
tason of hand and that of q bird.
With the words "Discolius, in pace"
1l0s is supposed to have inclosed the
tomb of the martyr. The case was
shipped from Rome and is consigned
III a nunnery at Cincinnati. 1t was
sent to the seizure-room foI special eX-
animation 10y request, and it was well
that this was done. for the intelligent
examiners, unable otherwise 10 find
dutiable value, We're actually about 60
BREAK open the shrine in order to ascer-
tam the quality of wax contained in the
figure, when Gov Noble, the Superin-
tgndent of the SeiZure-r room, interposed,
aud sent for Collector Merritt, who or
d"red them to let it alone