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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

CnloAGo, Dec. IS.-Flour Dull and nomi-
nal. Wheat-Active, firm and higher No. .,
Red Winter, 100, No. Chicago spring I.01 4,
dl.0lla for seller cash; l.0l15 for seller Deem
Der; l.02 = a 90 . for seller January 1885 for
seller February; n. Chicago spring, s734 a
80; rejected, 68469l1 Corn Moderately active
and higher; 80 for seller cash; 39s for seller
January; 39t. for seller February; Az d44t4
for seller May; 49, ass. for seller June.
0ats-Fairly active, and shade higher, 81 q a
31ss for seller cash: 81 for seller January;
IS. d354 for seller May. Rye-Steady and
unchanged. Barley--Easier at III. Dressed
hogs-At 5:l2}a a $50. Pork Steady; 1900 for
seller cash; 13,I24 dl3.Ij for seller january;
1920 - 32ls for seller February. Lard-Ac-
tive, firm and higher; $50 for seller cash. s.525i
for seller January. The "Drovers Journal" re-
ports Hogs-Receipts $1,000; shipments, . $780,
more active "a Toe higher; pack : and shippers
buying freely mixed packing, i.30d 400 light,
4.40a4 6j; choice heavy, 4.s09605. Cattle
Receipts, 4 900; shipments 1000; choice fair and
scarce; Others dull and neglected owing TO the
heavy supply and scarcity Of cars; exports, 5.20G
$50; good to choice shippings, 4.G0d 200;
common to medium, unsaleable; 3.50d4Sj
butchrs, weak and dull common to fair, 2.09G
2.30; good, 2.60G $3.50; stockers, wanted 2.50G
s.35. Sheep Receipts. 500; shipments, $40;
active; eommen to medium, 3.75G4.2j; good to
choice, 4.sOa495,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23
Loadon Telegraph.

I"uNpn Telegraph
Another strange story illustrative or
extraordinary ccccntricity for which
Russian military officers Of late years
have rendered themselves unpleasant
ly notorious, reaches us from st. Pc
tersburg. IT would appear that on the
18th ult, Il lady Of rank, wss travelling
on the Fastoyo line Of railway in a first
class compartment, the only other oc-
cupant Of which was an elderly caval-
~ captain, with whom she casually
entered into conversation Arrived at
the Ustinovka station, she summoned
a gCndarme To the window Of her car
riagc, and informed him that she miss
cd 100 rubles from her hand-bag, and
suspected her travelling com panion Of
having stolen them. 4 few minutes
previously she had requested him TO
take her ticket out Of her bag, which
he had done, and since that time she
had discovered her loss Search was
forthwith instituted upon the captains
persons for the missing money, and n
hundred rubie note was found thrust in
to one Of his boots. No sooner had
this evidence Of his guilt been brought
to light than ne produced a small par
eel Of bank notes from his pocket,
with the remark AS you have got
the 100 rubles, ] may az well give
you the other sixty. Directly after he
had spoken these words he drew re-
volver from tue breast-pocket of his
coat, set It's muzzle against his right
temple. and blew his brains out. In
sensible to the dishonor Of theft, that
of detection seemed to him 50 insup-
portable that, rather han endure it, he
nind hv lis own hand
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23
Mutual Obligations In Families.
Philadelphia Ledger, Nov. %.

HHaV'IIlIIIa I1VlEtT1 4VVF' ~
In Judge Thayer5 Common Pleas
Court case was decided this week
which should remind everybody of n
matter of law which very few people
carry in their memories. 1t is this: The
father and grandfather, the mother and
grandmother, of any person unable to
take care of himself or herself, are
each and all of them bound by law-if
alb e-to contribute to the support Of an
impoverished child or gTandchild And
the law provides for the regerses of
this case by requiring the children aud
grandchildren when they or any one
of them is able to do 80 to contribute
to the support of an impoverished
father, mother, grandfather or grand
mother
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

ETY. of whose pl,mage and fur, and the
strangeness and wildness of whose
screeches and howls settler will al
ways and everywhere have with him,
and which will only gradually make
room for the fiocks and herds, the
barking and believing, the growing
and cackling of his domestic surround
ings.
Life in the prairies is life in the sad
die; for the very beggar here is mount
ed; and away from rail or tramways,
neither for sex nor age is there any
other practicable, or, at least, endura-
BILE means of locomotion than on
horseback; and the horses are fleet and
sure-footed, brave as lions, and gentle
and docile as cows, and their purchase
and keeping cost little, and their
stabling and shoeing nothing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

fessor having risen again, he was or
dered to resume his seat" The Presi-
dent of the Congress then vcntuIed Incl
dentally to point out how absurd it was
that the Bishop of the church of Eng
land should be able to go in the fore
noon to his club and have his glass of
sherry and enjoy himself over his
paper" when he sought TO shut the
poor man out of the public house.
Does the Bishop Of the Church of
England do that on the Lords Day?"
demanded an astonished philosopher,
Yes, said the philosophical President,
II have seen him myself" As the
philosophers rose to go, the President
said 4" they might congratulate them
selves that they had not come to blows. ,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23
CRIME.

CHARLES A. BURT, brewer and malt,
ster of Albany. shot his mistress and then
committed suicide.
A ST.. LOUIS confidence man pursued by
a policeman, attempted to cross the big
bridge on the railroad track, but fell
through and was drowned.
ERHARr ENGLER, of Cassville Wis,
who was Recently discharged from the in
sane asylum at Madison, has hanged him
self
A LYNCHING party of thirty men is out
near La lara, New Mexico, searching for
Charles Bonssill, who killed two Mexieans
and wounded two more in an atfiay about
lady.
JOE PARRISH. who IS suspected OF grab
bling 5000 from the hands of Fred Off
ford, Detroit bank teller, some months
ago, has been jailed at Cincinnati.
AGENTS of the secret service have ar
rested. in New York and Brooklyn, nine
men who have been manufacturing and
circulating counterfeit silver coin. They
were held in 900 each.
Mrs. SNYDER, who recently eloped with
j. L. Card from Woodbridge, Ont, has
returned home, stating that her paramour
deserted her at Chicago, taking 81 900 Of
her money.
FREDERICK A. Amy. ook-keeper for
h. L. Smith & Co, wholesale grocers Of
Worcester, Mass, has been arrested for
embezzling $500 which has been lost in
gambling hells.
JouN {. ARMSTRONG, q farmer of Carroll
town, ILL.,, quarreled with his brother
Clinton about buggy trade. The latter
struck the former with wagon yoke kill
ing him instantly.
CADET WHITAKER kas applied to Persi-
dent Hayes for trial by cosrt-martial
Whitaker asserts that he is innocent of
every charge made against him. The
president has taken the matter uuder adj
visement.
ADvICEs from the Indian Territory, say
that two full blood Indians went to the
house of Elias MeNeigh, in Eufaula, on
Tuesday, and after accepting the hospital
tiles OF McVeigh, shot and killed him
and chopped hired man named Barrett
with an ak, inficting mortal wounds
FoUR negro convicts escaped from their
guards at plantation upon which they
were al work, fifteen miles east of Little
Rock, Ark, on the 10th inst. One of
them was killed. The remaining three
plunged into the depths of the Cypress
Swamp. Bloodhounds were put on their
trail, bat by waiding into the water up to
their waists, they succeeded in throwing
the dogs off their scent. Later in the
evening they went to planters, demand
ing something to eat. This request was
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23
Incidents Of the British Socialist
ence Congress

L scotch Professor. Mr.. Macgregor,
observed at the recent Social Science
Congress in Edindurg that There were
10000 Englishmen who had been in
graves at Bannockburn for the last 800
years because they could not stay at
home and mind their own affairs. The
Scottish nation would not allow the
English to dictate to them, and be
hoped the English would not try ii. y
The remark created some excitement,
but things went ON web until, the Pro-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

1HE directors of the Glasgow bank
who partially expiated their offences by
undergoing an entirely inadequate sen
tence of imprisonment, do not appear
to he utterly broken earted by that
humirating experience. One Of them
who seems to have saved something
from the wreck, has sufficient sense OF
the beautiful remaining, like Peter b
Sweeny, to have made his exile pleas
ant, and has purchased an estate pie
tmesquely situated near Lake Luceme,
where lie intends to end his days in
contentment and peace
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

A BILE has been introduced in the
senate by Senator Williams, of Ken
lucky, with view to keeping cattle
disease in check The bill makes it
unlawful to introduce into the United
states from any foreign country, or in
to any state Or territory, amy animal
afflicted with any infectious, commu-
NEGATIVE o. contagious disease. 1t pro-
vides for an appropriation of 81, 100000,
and the national board of health is to
assume the carving out Of It's meas
tIrnS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

Ar this critical period in politics
more than fifty members OF the house
of lords are wintering abroad. \ tax
was imposed, some centuries ago, on
EngHshmcn living in France, as it be-
came custom with many wealthy men
10 do 50. This was alluded to by
O'Connell in a speech advocating the
taxation of Irish absentees, a measure
which Lord North had at one time I'M
dor consideration.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23
Regularity Ensures Health

Jf the physical structure. To restore it person.
whose bowels cre out Of order, or whose digestion
Is imperfect, should use Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. corrective Of disordcred conditions Of Sc
cretiye, eyacuative and digestive organs without
a peer. The most serious consequences result
from neglect Of reformstory measures, where
constipation is allowed to gain Roadway. For
this as for many other disorders usually found in
conjunction with costiveness, such as dyspepsia
biniousness, nervous arrangement headaches
vertigo, morning nausea and the like, the Bitters
has long been recognized by the public and the
medical profession q genuinely slzcaeiou-
remedy. It's action is never sudden and gripping
ike that Of violent purgatiye. nor does ike tie
average cathsrtie, tend to deplete tie system and
~eaken the bowels. On the contrary, il inYigor.
.tes and soothes while il regulates
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

Two men fired simultal eously at
each other in Salt Lake balroom, and
the bullets came into collision There
could be no doubt of this, for one bull
let dropped 70 the floor midway be
tween the antagonists, who were ten
feet apart, and the other was turned
upward to the ceiling, while both were
d1ttannd
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

THOSE persons who more than any
others benefit by Queen Nictoria's
bounty are the royal servants, who al
ways receive comfortable pensions, and
are in every respect kindly cared for.
When the clerk-comrtroller of her
kitchen lately died, an equery, gen
eral officer, attended his funeral on be
hnlf Of the nueeu.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

General Malone. the new Virginia
state senator whose political attitude
bothcrs the strong party men on both
sides, made fortune and fresh reputa-
ton after the war in rebuilding and re-
organizing the dilapidated railroads Of
his state and consolidating the lines
running across it from Norfolk to Bris-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

RrNSING for congress in Florida is
no child's play A candidate in the
first district Is obliged to canvass the
state from Pensacola to Key West,
while in the second the stretch is from
the Georgia line 10 Dade county, in the
over end Of the state
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

The south Carolina superintendent
Of public instruction reports that the
number of schools mas increased from
:, 4s3 in 1877 to 2,973 in 1850 During
that same period the numbered teach
crs has increased from 2,674 to Bill;
the school attendance from TO-, 1906 to
1902; the schoo, fund from $685.
Ia S25I Az
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23
milwaukee Market.

MILWAUKEE,, Dec. Flour Nominal
Wheat-opeued weak. =. lower; closed weak
No. ! hard, nominal No. /, nominal; No. 2
1906 1.0o94 for seller December; LOIS fol
seller January; l.O224 Tor seller February; No
3, Sc No 4, 76; rejected nominal. Corn
Higher; No. 2, 40. oats-stronger; No. 2
31a4. Rye-Steady and in fair demaud No. l.
Sc. Barley Unsettled and lower; No. ?, 81.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23
Lady's Wish.

"Oh, how 1 do wish my skin was
clear and soft as yours" said a lady to
her friend. "You can easily make il
So" answered the friend. How ?" in
auired the first lady. "By using Hop
B;tters, that makes pure rich blood and
blooming health. 1t did for me as you
observe Read Of it.-Caro Bulletin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

Az ingenious machine has been de
vised for separating the sound cranber-
ries in barrel from the unsound.
They are poured into it at the rate of
SIX barrels an hour, and the sound
ones, having elasticity, bound over a
harrier. while those Aecaved remain.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

Sixty laborers were buried in snow
slide last week near Chalk Creek, Col
orado, on the Kokoma extension of the
Denver and Rio Grande road. The
slide tore up track for distance Of a
quarter Of mile One man was
killed, nineteen men were badly in
injured, and eleven others slightly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

DURING the present month there
viii be two new moons; the first APP
peared on the 1st inst, and the second
will annnar on the 31st.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

ATELErHoSE company has been IN
eorporated in New York, to establish
communication between the different
cities Of that state.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23
FoREIGN

The sultan has evaded trouble with the
ambassadors of The powers BY having the
keepers OF the assassin Of Colonel Com
meraef declare him insane.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

DURING the fiscal year ending June,
1880, 70, 439 Canadians crossed the bor
der and settled into the United States
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

Two men were killed and several
others injured by the premature explo-
sion Of a blast in the Forman shaft Mt
Virginia City, Nevada.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

Nor less than SIX monuments have
been erected in Italy this year to the
memory Of the late king. Victor Eman-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23
YEAS.

Adjourned till Monday.
FRIDAY, Dec, I7.-Hottse. The house held n
short session on the private calendar. Several
private bills passed, and the house adjourned I'M
til Monday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23
ASNOTATIGNS.

A BUILDING for 100 more boys is
soon to be added to Girard college.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

complied with by the frightened wife of
the owner, who happened to be alone in
the house. They then took to the woods,
and are still at large.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23
A furnishing Fanatic.

Pho mN q. " Register
The death of Joseph Smiths 10
year old daughter, which occurred
Sunday morning, develops a remarka-
bic condition in that family, not real
lied BIZ their most intimate neighbors.
Mr.. Smith owns a small farm about
mile north of the village, and is an hon
est hard-working man of scarcely
al children. The deceased was the
eldest Three years ago Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith came to notice by their exhorta-
lions in revival in progress in the
Methodist Episcopal church in
this place, and in the opinion
of many their minds were unsettled
on the subject of religion. They
have driftod toward the Free Meth
odists, and the eccentricities
of Mrs. Smith have been of more
marked character, Latterly the belief
gained with her that sho and the de-
ceased daughter were iileD with sin,
which nothing but protracted fasting
and PRAYER could remove, and the girl
is said to have been of the same opin-
ion. 1t is reported that a minister of
that persuatiOn called, and learning of
the contemplated course, gave it his
sanction. Accordingly on the 4th in st.
at noon, they each partOok Of a lit tie
milk, about a pint, and for five days
neither of them took any nourishment,
each taking turns in praying, which was
almost continuous during their waking
hours. At the end of this time the
food for the infant, which Mrs. Smith
was nursing all this time, failed and
under divine instructions she says she
resumed material sustinance.
The girl continued failing until the
evening of the 18th inst.--ten days
She became so reduced rs to faint with
every effort, ADD little nourishment
was given her, but there seems to have
been little effort made to restore her
until Satu1 day evening, when DIR. j. +.
Hamill was called. The patient was
found in dying condition and soon eX-
pred. Some time previous She was in
delicate health, but at the commence
ment of this fanatical experience was
fully restored and was the persOniiica-
ton Of health Once each day she care
fully wiped out her mouth with damp
cloth, and twice during her long fast
she washed her mouth with water
On one Of these occasions she accident
ally swallowed single drop, and for
this sin she atoned by praying eighteen
consecutive hours. When she became
so weak that she could not get on her
knees, her mother instructed her that
prayer was Just as efiectual while sit
ting in a chair or lying in bed, and in
these conditions ii was continued until
her physical strength could hold out no
longer. The community is much ex-
ercised over the magnitude of the out
rage. The case calls for prompt legal
investigation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

q length the long history OF the
United States by George Bancroft, is
drawing toward completion. The
author set TO work upon this opos mag
nun, so far back Us 1925, and has, with
little intermission, been laboring on it
ever since, Mr.. Bancroft has selected
Sampson, Low & Son as his London
publishers. The last volume of the
book viii, according to literary jour
mails, be out at the end Of the year
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

Glass in history-Professor: What
important parsonage was confined on
the island of st. Helena2" Mr.. III. :
sR obinson Crusoe
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23
sULLVAx'sLArRsr COMPOSITION.
The Plot of"Fhe Martyr of Antioch
Recently Produced in leeds. Eng.
land.


london Figaro
Mr.. Sullivan expressly disclams thu
idea that The Martyr of Antioch" *
a mere cantata. 1t is Sacred mn
steal drama, whose plot is founded on
the story of tho sacred virgin priestess.
Margaretta," as told by Dean Milan.
with very considerable alterations Of
both text and story by Mr. w. 5. Gil
bert. 1t consists of series of four
scenes III the life of the martyr, bound
together by no special tie, but each sep
arate and distinct in itself. The scene
is laid in the interior of the temple of
Apollo at Antioch, in Syria, and the
chorus of worshipers of the sun god is,
probably owing to Its length, divided
into several sections. The hymn ceaS-
ing, the Roman project Olybius enter
and sings really beautiful song, with
harp accompaniment, Come, Marga-
rita, Come" The project, after inquir-
ing why Margarita is absent from the
rite, and after having thus proclaimed
his love in song, is chided by the
priest 0lybius, and agrees to use great
er harshness towards the Christians for
the future. An organ solo now intro
duces to n secret hurying place of the
Christians, in the midst of the funeral
ceremonies OF a saint. The funeral
hymn, Brother, thou art gone before
us" with which the vocal portion Of
the scene opens, ia set to Dean Mill
mans words, which Mr.. Sullivan has
already used rs Il song. The pursuing
pagans are heard without, and the peo-
Pile disperse, leaving Margarita alone to
sing the address to her Tyre. The
Christian hymn, For Thou didst die
for me, O, Son of God" follows. The
priest, her father, now enters, and
learns to his horror that the virgin
priestess is Christian The scene
again changes to the palace of the
project, with chorus Of female voices,
the evening song of the maidens,
Come away with willing feet. Next,
in a recitative and aria, "See what
Olybius love prepares for thee" comes
the proposal Of the project, replied TO
in duet, in which the priestess avows
to her lover her conversion to the
Christian faith. Believe in Jesus
Christ and l .;lm thine" says the
maiden, and the incenseG project is
about to curse the Lord whe.. Manga
rita stops him, and, bidding him far
well, DEPARTS 20 join her fellow Christ
ians in their prison. In the last scene
of all We are introduced to the prison
of the Christians, while the maidens
of Apollo surg choral song in honor
of their god. The Christians from
their dungeons reply in solemn tones.
In contralto air Julia, a woman of
the people, demands u.at the Christians
shall recant or die, and Margarita
stands forward for Judgment. In a
"scene" for the four principal vocalists
the girl elects the funeral pyre," and,
after quartet, comes the finale,
what means yon blazes on high?' in
which the martyr joyfully suffers her
fate. With chorus in which the
Christians give glory to God the work
ends "Fhe MARTYR of Antioch" is not
altogether innocent Of melodies of III.
NJ. S. Pinafore" type, and it must, rs
Il whole, be considered finer as a lyric
than rs dramatic composition.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

The astronomer Of the Providence
journal is a lkdy from Massachusetts,,
and, ofcourse. a heavenly body her
self
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-23

How old Is Sara Bernhardts'
Ihirty-six
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-01-28

AHUGE DETEcTIvE.-EVery no"
and then one reads new story oil sagac-
itv ofelements. At celebrated cr-
Gus recently performing at Pesth' Inc
attendant was startled from sleep BY
the elephants raising to their feet ana
trumpeting in shrill tone, significant
Of great mental agitation. Looking
about in the dark to see if some stray
dog or cat had got admittance, he dis
covered stranger with dark lantern
attempting to enter the property-room
adjoining. Without a moments hesi'
tation he loosed the biggest of the three
elephants, who marched solemnly out
upon the would-be burglar, seized hin
by one arm with bis potent trunk, anC
held him fast until the police. whom The
attendant had promptly summoned
from a neighboring station, came VI
and took the elephants prisoner wn'
had in the meantime swooned VIII
right. into custody: Having consigned
him 10 the authorities, 'Kwaly,' like
virtuous citizen, returned to sleep, con
sclous of having done his duty.