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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-02-05

Ford, whom Ford was blutally beating,
was stabbed by Ford in the back, in a
dangerous manner, and is in a critical
condition.
GEORGE SToEFFER, on trial for rob
berry and attempted murder of Sol Bar
ney and wife in Spencerville, this coun-
ty, on the night of Dec. l, has been sen.
fenced to ten years Imprisonment in the
Northern Penitentiary, says an Auburn,
Ind, telegram of Jan. %.
WILLIAM HARRIS, colored, living near
Mitchell, Ind, says special of Jan. 30,
last night killed his wife with an ak.
She gave birth to child about week
ago, which was followed by puerperal
fever, and she became delirious and at
tempted to get out of bed, to which Har-
ris demonstrated, under threats, and on
the next attempt Harris got his ak and
plunged it into her head and body three
times, causing death almost instantly.
HANLoN, a detective of the Union Pa
cific railroad, returned from San Fran
cisco, says an Omaha telegram of Jan
%, bringing as a prisoner John A.
Moore, formerly agent of the Vandalia
line at San Francisco. A few weeks ago
Moore went west to San Francisco ON a
pass issued to w. p. Mitchell by Sydney
Dillon on application of Congressman
Ellis, of Louisiana. It was suspected
at the time that the holder of the pass
was not Mitchell, but Moore protested
he was the right person and signed
Mitchell's name. Moore is an unmar-
ried man, about 40 years old, and lived
in style in San Francisco, with his aged
mother, whose heart was nearly broken
by the arrest of her son.
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A New Article of Commerce.

From time to time the people of
Great Britain inform the people of the
! United States in regard TO their wants in
e:matter of food. First they asked
for wheat, then for corn, oatmeal, salt
meet, and dried fruit. Then came the
delGand for butter, cheese, fresh meat,
poultry, and green fruit. Quite Fortunate
! ly iUr American farmers, as soon as one
waEt is supplied another appears. Tney
now ask for rich, sweet cream to use in
tea and coffee and with fresh and
canned fruit. They want it put up in
tin or glass cans of the capacity of pints
and quarts. 1t represented that sever
al millions of gallons may be sold every
yeas at very remunerative prices. The
home supply Of milk is limited, and
condensed milk does not furnish very
good substitute for cream.
There is also demand for cream
neafer home than the cities of g. eat
Britain. 1t could be sold in enormous
quantities in all the large cities in this
country if a means can be devised for
keeping it sweet without subjecting il
to the action of heat or the operations of
chemicals that would impair its taste
and injure its nutritive qualities. Sweet
cream is luxury in which . large pro-
portion of city people would indulge if
they could procure genuine article at
reasonable price. At present there
is little cream to be obtained in cities
except that which is poured from the
top Of milk-cans by venders before they
make their daily rounds among their
customers. 1t is, at best, Every thin"
10, 30 cold ,,s fha ta y,f
dollaE per gallon.
The cream-separator, theinvention Of
a STede, is now an assured success.
Quite recently The foreign scientific pa
pers announced that Swiss chemist
had discovered method of preserving
milk by cheap and simple process so
that 1t could he kept for months in snit-
able vessels in any ordinary tempera-
ture.E 1t was stated that milk would be
sent ,he present season from Swiizer-
land 40 Paris and other French cities.
A method Of canning cream so that 1t
would keep sweet for several months
would be boon alike to farmers and
people living in cities. At present the
farmers get too little for what they sell,
and t.le latter pay too much for the in
ferior, article they buy. A cheap and
successful method of canning cream,
so this! it could be kept by grocers as
canned fruits and vegetables now are,
would add millions to the wealth of
larme:s, and at the same time supply
want long felt by people living in towns
and cilies. Sometimes the attention of
mapy-persons is directed to matter by
showing the value Of a discovery or in
ventilh. The fame and fortune that
result from the discovery Of method
of preServing cream so that it could be
IA regular article of commerce should
stimulate practical chemists to exertion.
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now not more than FIVE or six PAGES d.
vided us, and he appeared as if to make
his final desperate rush. Delay now
would be death-and summonlng all
my will, pulled both triggers in sue
cession.
Only one barrel was discharged by
the act, the other missing fire; but one
ball went straight to its mark, and
lodged i'll the breast of the gorilla. 1t
did not bring him to the earth, how
ever, but made him wildly furious;
and gnashing his teeth, and utler-
ing most unearthly shrieks and
yells he bounded forward for his re-
venge. Quick as lightning the gallant
Mocha threw himself before me and
struck with his spear-but 1t might as
well have been q reed. One blow Of
the ponderous arm of the brute turned
it aside all shivered, while the hand of
the other stretched the poor fellow
bleeding and senseless on the earth. In
his fall he came lack against me with
such force that / went down also. At
that moment / had not single hope
of life, and knowing myself utterly de-
fenceless, despair took complete posses.
sion of me, and | made no effort to
rise.
This. and | believe this alone was
my salvation-for seeing us both still
and probably thinking us both dead,
the furious brute seized nay gun, and
fairly denting the barrel with his teeth,
he struck it against tree with force
that shivered the stock and bent the
iron nearly double; then throwing it
down put his hands over his breast, and
uttering the most terrible howIings and
shriekings of rage and pain, he hastily
disappeared in the dense jungle, leav-
ing me to thank heaven ! had so mir
aculously escaped unframed.
Mocha had been stunned, and his
breast badly lacerated, but he was
neither killed nor MORALLY wounded;
and dressing his wounds as well rs l
could, | got the poor fellow upon his
feet, and assisted him back to the YES
sci, where our surgeons attended to his
case, and soon restored him 10 health.
| did not forget that he had saved my
life, and | assure you l made him
proud and happy of the heroism he
had displayed in my behalf.
Whether the gorilla died of his
wounds or not, never knew, and new
er felt the least curiosity to go and see.
Certain it is, he took the skin along
with him, and was only too glad to
see the last of MIN. He was the first
of his kind | ever saw alive, and, with
heavens permission he will be the last
/ shall ever look upon in his ms i've
jungle.
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FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

4 FIRE in Louisville, KY, Jan. Goth,
caused a damage of $4,000 to Kits q
Warne's jewelry store.
DrHTuERIA. says a Galena, ILL.,, dis
patch of an. 30, is raging with great
severity in the thickly settled portion OF
that county south of Apple River.
A FIRE at Plattsmouth, Neb., Jan. 80,
destroyed the Saunders House, together
with several other buildings. Loss near
ly $4,000.
DISPATCH from Harrisburg, IA,
Jan. Goth says, DIR. w. Trimmer, of Lis
burn, Cumberland county, yesterday ad-
ministered several doses of chlorOform
to Sarah Fetrow, young lady residing
q few miles from this city, while extract
ing a number of teeth. The result was
the death Of the patient after the third
application and several teeth had been
drawn
COZ. NELSON TRUsLER, United States
district attorney for the district OF
Indiana. dropped dead in the Grand
Opera House, at Indianapolis, Jan. 29th.
He had Just taken q seat at the side OF
his wife, and was in the act of reaching
for a programme. when his head sud
denly dropped upon his shoulders, and
measuring his length upon the floor.
His wife shrieked and fell fainting at his
side, and, for a moment, it was thought
both were dead. Being borne to the
fresh air of the Office, however, Mrs.
Trusler regained consciousness, but the
Colonel, without gasp or so much as
muscular rigidity, passed peacefully
away. The cause of the sudden death
was apoplexy.
I CALEDONIA, Mimi, special of Jan.
Goth saws: This place is in ferment of
excitement over the suicide by shooting
Of T. Wyatt Cook, probate judge, man
of many friends and popular with all
who knew him. He had he'd the office
for fourteen wears, and al the last cleo
ton was defeated, on the ground that he
had been IN office long enough. About
tie same time he lost nearly all his
property in indiscreet speculation, and
these two things preyed so upon him
that he became insane, his friends
believing that he was in that
couditi9n for some time previous to his
death. Tea days ago he left home. say
ing that he was going to La Crosse, ans
was not again seen until Thursday, when
he arrived at La Crosse from Chicago
He had evidently been drinking, and
was unable TO tell where he had been.
His friends wers notified by telegraph,
and took him home. He fsncied he had
done something horrible, for which he
was to be mobbed, but as he appeared
perfectly harmless he was allowed to
stay at home. Friday afternoon, while
sitting with his wife, he said: lam in
a hsd way" and drawing revolver shot
himself IN the right temple, from the
effects OF which he died at 10 O'Clock
thas night. He was buried Sunday by
the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
He Ieaves 8 wife but no children.
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A correspondent of the Ne,U England
Farmer, writes: Having had long ex-
perience in making this article, both for
my own use and for market, l will VEN
ture few suggestions on some points of
inquiry which are sometimes made in
relation to its production.
AS to cider being injured for vinegar
by being frozen, my own experience
teaches me that it is not. Care must
be taken, however, that none shall be
drawn from the casks while partially
frozen; otherwise the remainder will be
spoiled for any use.
If a iorty-gallon cask containing thir-
ty gallons OF sweet CT unfermented CT
| der, is allowed to freeze pretty hard,
| few gallons can be drawn from it when
in that condition which will be equal in
strength to boiled cider; but the part so
drawn will never ferment, any more
than boiled cider will turn to vinegar.
But the remainder will be entirely
worthless for any purpose. On the 9th
er hand, if cask of sour cider or weak
vinegar is allowed TO freeze and Is then
drawn off in the same way, YOU will
have very strong cider to make vine
gar of in the first case, and strong vim
| egar in the second case. This last meth
cd is a good one for reducing cider or
weak vinegar to articles OF the requisite
strength in q brief space of time.
| As to putting mother, as it Is called,
into cider, with view of making vine-
gar, should never think Of it. Vinegar
is not the product Of mother, but mo-
Their is the result Of vinegar, and ii |
could always have my choice, shoald
invariably prefer to keep my vinegar
free from mother, or concrete of vine
gar Putting cider into clearly rinsed
casks which have previously contained
strong vinegar, or adding a small guam
| tity OF good, clear, strong vinegar to 81
quantity of cider, designed for that use,
is very good method Of starting the
acetic process of fermentation. When
this is fairly started, or considerably ad-
vanced, the freezing down process is
the best / know of. All good, pure CT
der vinegar requires the reduction OF
the cider of which it is made, from one
third to one-half in volume, according
to the original strength of the cider
from which it is made, and the required
strength OF the vinegar when made,
however the reduction may be effected,
whether by slow evaporation or other
wise; hence the freezing down process
is as good as any, when the liquid is in
the right state to be so reduced or drawn
off. A concoction of various ingredi-
ents, made pungent by the addition OF
poisonous acids, is. sometimes quickly
made and sold for vinegar, and perhaps
sometimes for pure cider vinegar"
but with such compounds l have never
had anything to do, and don't wish to
have.
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while in the peddlers' possession. The
facts, as related by the Chicago Journal,
are as follows: Last fall the father gave
to his wife, Mrs. Goldberg, the sum OF
$500 to hide away for him. Mrs. COLO
berg could think of no better place than
an old stove in one of the rooms which
was not in use In this she placed the
roll of bills without telling her husband.
Nothing more was thought of the mat
ter until yesterday morning, when Gold
berg, ST., decided to build fire
in that stove and thus get rid of
the rubbish it contained The flames
were hardly under way before Mrs.
Goldberg apprised her husband of his
fatal mistake. Water was applied, but
too late. Nothing but the charred re-
mains of the bills were to be found.
These were carefully collected and
placed in box. Commissioner Hoyne
drew out an affidavit, setting forth the
above facts, and asking the department
to redeem the money Mr.. Fred Blount,
teller in the sub-treasury, forwarded the
box and the affidavit TO Washington, and
the Goldbergs may be happy yet.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-02-05
CABLEGRAMS.

THE German reichstag will meet Feb
IL, says Berlin dispatch of Jan. goth.
GERMANY has recognized the indepen.
dence OF Roumania, says Berlin cable
gram of Jan. 30.
Two Americans were arrested at Ma
Piles, Jan. 9th, charged with stealing
$4,000 francs from an officer in the Rus
sian navy at Brussels.
The physicians appointed to examine
Gonzales, who recently attempted to
shoot the king of Spain, have reported
that he is insane, says a Madrid cable
gram of Jan. 81.
TELEGRAAs of Jan. 27th, from Capre
ra announce that the civil marriage cere'
mony between Gen. Garibaldi and Don
ma Francesca was performed Jan. Goth
The general at the same time recognized
his two children, Manlio and Clelia.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch of Jan
eth says a convention has been signed
by Sawas Pasha, Turkish minister of for
eign affairs, and Sir Austen Layard for
the suppression of the slave trade in Tur.
key.
A CORRESPONDENT at Paris reports
under date of Jan. 80, that clerk in a
New York bank, who absconded with
| $4,000, has been arrested in Paris with
$4,000 ON his person. The clerk states
that he left $4,000 in New Haven and
| $4,000 at Southampton.
THE correspondent of the Herald al
Naples telegraphs under date of Jan. 30
as follows: The two Americans who
were arrested here last Tuesday en- a
charge of swindling a Russian out Of
$4,000 francs atBrussels, are brothers, and
their rsal name is supposed to be Collins
They have at various times passed under
the aliases of Cleveland, Furgu-
son, Everett, and Clinton. They
came from Brooklyn. The Belgian gov.
eminent which has offered reward OF
10000 francs for their arrest now de
mands their extradition, and it is be
lieved that the American consul will
raise no objection. He has made several
efforts to learn their story, but they have
steadily declined to give it. There is n1
doubt of their identity. They were pre-
pairing TO carry out similar swindles in
this city. The elder is % years old, the
younger Is.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-02-05
Whisky Per Barrel and In Skin

Shortly after the collapse Of the cor
federacy, an ex-soldier who had spen,
all bis pay in rioting and whisky-drinkr
ing, found himself in Shreveport strap
ped and busted, yet full of expedient,
DESTROYS OF reaching his home lie in
quired the fare. and to his dismay found
it TO be $l5. Now that amount was a.
big az a million in Billy's sight After
casting about he bethought himself Of a
scheme. The steamer National waq
nearly ready to leave her dock, When
Billy made his appearance on the whar'
and sang out:
81 say, captain, how much do you
charge to carry barrel OF whisky t.
New Orleans?"
1.-TWO dollars, replied the captain.
"All right" replied Billy. Send out
a couple of your deck hands and rot
me aboard"
Captain Hamilton saw the joke, and
sent out the mud clerk 20 take the
marks, weight, etc, of the freight.
Billy was invited to seat at the cab
in table by the captain, and travelled tc
New Orleans in style as "barrel Of
whisky" by which name he was after.
v IDS known.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-02-05

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE once wrote
to a lady, who was one of his most val
ned English friends, a letter from which
a reviewer in the Athersum makes
characteristic quotation. She asked
him to a fancy ball. and he answered:
"Mr. Hawthorne IS quite sensible Of
his own folly and absurdity in declin-
ing an invitation which any other man
would go down on his knees to get. He
finds himself, indeed, in the position of
an owl or bat when invited to take a
Measure trip in the sunshine; he can
not deny that it would be a most delight
FIJI affair. but still feels it better for him
to stav in his dusky hole than 60 blink
ing about among other peoples enjoy
ments. The truth is, Mr.. II. has all has
life been under spell, from which II Is
now too late to free himseli-'or, rather,
he was born solitary brute, and he
cannot otherwise account for his now
being able to resist Mrs. lis invita-
ton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-02-05
A Brilliant Diamond RObber.
London Telegraph Jan. 9.

One of the cleverest diamond robber-
les of modern times is reported in a
tone of od0 complacency by the lead
Jig journals of St. Petersburg. About a
fortnight ago handsome equipage
drew up at the door Of the first jeweler
in the Russian capital. Alighting from
the carriage, an elegantly dressed and
remarkably pretty young lady entered
the shop and requested that some pa
rures of brilliants might be shown her.
Several costly sets were forthwith sub
mitted for inspection, and after come
hesitation she selected RIVERS and
pendants valued at 10000 rubles, and,
stating that she was the wife of an emil
nent mad-doctor, whose name is a
household word at St. Petersburg, re-
quested the proprietor of the establish
ment to accompany her home with the
Jewels, in order to settle finally with her
husband about their price. The jewel
er packed up his diamonds and got into
the carriage with his fair customer.
Presently they arrived at large hotel,
and were received at the porte cochere by
Suisse in splendid livery, who con-
Quoted them up brilliantly-lighted
staircase into richly furnished drawing
room, in which the lady begged her
companion to take a seat, and, jewel
case IN hand, proceeded to summon
"her husband" Entering the doctors
consultation-room in an apparent state
of uncomfortable agitation, she inform
ed the latter that she had brought her
unfortunate spouse to visit him, in the
hope that he would undertake to cure
him of the strange monomania under
which he had labored for some time
past "My afflicted husband" she said,
Els wealthy landed proprietor from
A., in the government of Ninsk; he
is quiet and harmless, but has diamonds
on the brain. He will talk of nothing
else, poor fellow Will you see him :?
l have left him in your drawing-room,
and am much too nervous to be present
while you diagnose his case. Might
therefore ask you to accompany me to
my carriage before you go to him? 1t
will be such relief to me to leave him
in your care" Her ingenious device
was crowned with complete success.
She drove off with her diamonds; an in
terview between the doctor and the jew
eer fully confirmed her statement with
respect to the iatter's alleged monoma-
MIA, and resulted in his being placed
under bodily resttaint, from which he
was only rescued three days later by
one of his partners, who succeeded,
with the assistance of the police, in
tracking him to DR.. V-f's renowned
private lunatic asylum. No trace has
yet oeen discovered of the gifted lady
who accomplished this, in every sense
of the word, brilliant" coup.
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History Records No Greater Hero.
indianapolis Herald

LasGspring some quilts were missing
from Ctimore's livery stable, ard
Jimm$ Connolly, a little boy, whose
father resides on California street, was
accused Of the theft. lie was arrested,
bat stoutly declared his innocence. He
acknowledged that he knew who took
the quilts, though he did not take them.
Nothing could induce him to name the
culprj,s. His father, fearing that he
was not innocent Of the accusation,
sent him to the reform school at Plain
Vile. BE wrote to his father whenever
he ha! 81 opportunity, reiterating his
innocence and begging to be brought
back ;hQme. The father, believing
that ha was doing what was best for the
boy, lst him remain. a few days ago
the cbSld was sent home corpse, hav-
ing died Of homesickness. When he
knew se was going TO die he made a
statement Of what lie knew about the
theft, and again asserted his innocence.
He based to give the boys away, lie
said; they had been bis friends, but he
did not want to die with such charge
against him. he named the boys who
had committed the theft, but affirmed
that he was not with them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-02-05

ACCORDING to the New York Comnler-
ci0l advertiser, which ought TO know,
and il Is presumed keeps hatehet, the
big Wall street Spectators made pile
of money last year. /: estimates that
ten or twelve estates gained wealth to
the enormous total of $4,000, 1000. This
was divided as follows: Vanderbilt, $780,
100000; Gould $50, 900 900; Dillon, $10,-
100000; Sage, SIC, 100000; Keene. S.
coo, 1000; First Rational Bank and Drex-
Ell, Morgan e. Co., $4,000, 900 each; and
three or four other operators, s. 600, 900.
1t would be intereeting to know what
proportion of this wealth was acquired
by honest and legitimate trade, and how
much by extortionate freight rates, and
alternate bulling and bearing OF certain
stocks in the market; in other words,
by gambling.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-02-05
The Indian and the Telephone.
San Diego (Cal.) Union.

An amusing application of the won
ders of the telephone as an assistant de-
tec.ive Of crime, comes to MS from
Julian. Several horses were recently
stolen in that neighborhood, and suspi-
cion fell upon a certain Indian as the
thief. Some one having introduced a
telephone up there, the same was being
exhibited, when ii occurred to the own
er OF the stolen horses to get the Indian
to come in and hear the Great Spirit
talk. The Indian took one of the cups,
and was thrilled with establishment at
being apparently Sc near the Great
Keeper Of the happy hunting grounds
After some little time spent in wonder
ment, me Indian was solemniy COM
manded by the "Great Spirit" to give
up those stolen horses I" Dropping the
cup as if be had been shot, the Indian
Immediately confess I'd to having stolen
the horses, and tremblingly promised
if his life was spared, he would restore
the 'scaballos" at once, and he did so.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-02-05

The St. Louis Globe Democrat says that
if the government can prevent the sale
of intoxicating liquors on the reserva-
tons it can prevent the sale of weapons
of war. That paper thinks that the
government might 90 well arm the in
mates Of penitentiaries and insane
asyIums as to permit Indians to have
rifles
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-02-05

GovERNoR ST. JoHN, OF Kansas, puts
the number of colored refugees who
have gone to Kansas since April last at
$4,000 or 10000. They continue to ar
rive at the rate Of $50 week. Homes
and employment have been found for
about II 900, and the colony establish
Ell in Wabausee county is doing well,
and next season will be self-supporting.