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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01

house of ST. Bridget's parish, and is said
to have called the members unprincipled
vagabonds. The club marched to Finu-
canes hall, followed by this priest, who
was elected. The father then entered
with policeman to cause some arrests,
and both were driven away.
A PARTY of 225 citizens of Tombstone,
Arizona, crossed the Mexican border, in
pursuit Of those who recently killed six
Americans, who are said to be company
of Mexican regulars. Near the line at
Sonora are 300 or 400 Mexican soldiers
and state militia, and bloody battle
among the possibilities. Governor Ere
mont is still somewhere on the Atlantic
coast
THE senior Mrs. Garfield is with her niece
at Hiram, o. In a recent interview she ex-
pressed the belief that her son was receiv-
ing the best of treatment. and she should
not go to Washington unless summoned.
She will visit Scion this week, and soon
90 to Mentor to see her grandsons. She
is in receipt of the official bulletins by
telegraph, and bears up heroically.
Mr.. II. B. CASE. chairman Of the COM
mittee on artillery and buglers, desires to
secure the services of number of buglers
who are able to blow the army calls, dur
ing the reunion of the Army of the Cum
berland, on the 10Th. Dist and 22d of Sep
TENDER. at Chattanooga He requests all
persons who are thus competent in the
use of the bugle and who expect to be
present at the reunion, to write to him at
Chattanooga, Tenn, expressing their will
ingness to be assigned to headquarters OF
various departments. Such persons will
be taken care of while there.
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A Youthful Swimmer.

The bathing ground at the foot OF
East Sixteenth street says a New York
paper, was yesterday afternoon visited
by several thousand people, to witness
the swimming matches that took place
there. The main attraction was the
proposition that little S-year-old girl
would swim from One Hundred and
Sixteenth street to RandalPs island and
back. Only very few of those present
believed that child SO young could &C
complish the task, and many bets were
made in consequence. Little Emma
Rosenheimer came tripping along in
her beautiful suit of red silk, embroid-
cred and trimmed with lace, red and
white being her favorite colors. She
entered the boat in which were her
father and mother. Mr.. Pagan was to
swim beside her and take care of her if
she became tired. A parting word from
her mamma, and she was off with a
dive. Her stroke was strong and regu-
lar, both crossing and returning, and
she scarcely needed the caution from
her watchful father and attendant not
to go too fast. She did not stop to rest
on reaching the island, the time being
eleven minutes, but turned immediate
ly and made the return trip in ten min
utes, amid applause from the spect-
ators in boats and on the shore. She
then performed several pretty and
difficult movements. She beat the
time of the ladies who had gone over
the same course earlier by several
minutes. Her prize was a handsome
chatelaine watch.
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Those who attended the circus last
evening says the Ionia Mich. Sentinel,
were treated to spectacle not down on
the bills. Just before the performance
began great commotion was heard in
or near the small tent back of the en-
trance through which the cavalcade OF
knights, tumblers. and elephants, dogs
and bareback riders are wont to emerge
in all their glitter and splendor. Two
or three elephants were making II big
noise, as if they were mad about some
thing, but people thought perhaps the
baggage-master had got hold of their
trunks and waited for the show to open
needless ofdanger. Soon, however, the
tent on the side the entrance between
that and the row of reserved seats was
seen to rise, and an enraged elephant
came footing and unannounoed into
the amphitheatre. He was closely fol-
lowed by keeper, who very dnneces-
sarily shouted, Let him alone" With
out pausing an instant he made straight
for the opposite side of the tent, tearing
up the stakes and taking the rope with
him as he entered the ring. The seats
on the west side were filled with men,
woman, and children, who were terrif-
ed when they saw that the elephant was
coming through, and they jumped,
rolled, and tumbled in frantic efforts to
get out of the way. Luckily the ele-
plant became entangled in the chain
rope as he emerged from the ring
on that side, and his progress was
checked for moment so that the peo-
pie escaped in time. Reaching the
seats, he nushed along, smashing a tier
at n time as long as lie could step ON
them, and then Selling the others with
his trunk, he viciously whirled them
over his head, making an opening clean
through to the open air on the west
side If the big tent. He then rushed
off on to the open prairie south where
he was with difficulty recaptured and
chained up.
As his first appearance was deemed
all that was necessary, his request to be
excused from further performance was
politely acceded to.
An amusing incident occurred in the
very midst of what was like to be a
tragedy, which turned it into come
dy. An old gentleman, who weighed
00pounds, more or less, and was sit
ting near the top row of the benches,
seeing the animal coming through in
his direction, shouted out Justify: "Get
out of the way down below, | want to
come down"
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Two of Niagara's LOng-ImprisOned
Dogs Rescued from the Rapids

The Rochester N. Y. Express, says J.
F. Brown, of Suspension Bridge, on
Thursday afternoon, by a daring feat,
succeeded in rescuing two of the i'm
prisoned CANNES, who have subsisted
for many weeks on the charity of spec
tators on Taylor's Island, in Niagara
River, Just below the railroad suspen-
sion bridge. Mr.. Brown, by means of
a scaling ladder, started on his peerless
decent. He worked his way down
ward from crag TO crag, having to aid
him a small, light step-ladder, while
from the sumit of the gorge large
crowd Of nervous and anxious people
watched him with bated breath and al
most IN silence. When he had reach
ed the waters edge he waded through
the shallow portions and swan across
number of eddies, and at last, tired but
hopeful, reached Taylor's Island. He
found the dogs, but when he attempted
to get near them they fled i'll dismay.
A bag Of meat was lowered from the
top, distance of about 200 feet, by the
watching crowd, by means of which
Mr.. Brown captured one of the dogs, a
little setter owned by Michael Barent,
of Suspension Bridge, and which got
into the rapids back of Winners Mill,
above the falls, two months ago, and
was cast upon the Island. The setter
was put into bag and hauled to the
top of the bank and set at liberty. A
big red and white dog was hard to get,
but was finally bagged and sent up to
his home, friends and liberty. The
third dog was so badly frightened by his
unexpected pursurer that he hid
among the caves in the rocks and no
amount of persuasion, not even good
fresh me t, would induce him to come
out. He was abandoned. The gallant
rescuer was cheered by messages sent
by the crowd Hereports that he found,
besides the dogs, fine breed of potato
bugs on the island.
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AGIANT GRAPEVINE.
1t Bears Five Tons of Fruit and
brushes Down Big Oak.

Many of cur readers says the San
Diego (Cal.) Union, will remember an
item we published about year ago in
regard to monster grapevine of the
Mission variety, growing on the ranch
of William +. Finn, several miles from
the Cajon. AT that time the reporter
took his measurement all by guess,
and that, too, from memory after his
return to town. Not few thought
our description of the big vine stretch
of the reportorial perogative, yet we
have been assured by Mr.. Finn him.
self that we failed to do the vine even
justice; that its branches were longer
and covered a much larger area than
was represented. Since then this mon
ster has continued to grow until its
accumulated weight of branch and
fruit has brought total destruction to
one of the two large oak trees which
supported it, and almost demolished
the domicile of its owner. From Mr..
Films driver, who visited our Office
yesterday, we learn that the vine and
its fruit have completely crushed the
tree, tearing it out by the roots. The
size of the vine and the weight of
grapes growing upon it may be esti-
mated when we say that the oak tree
thus Frustrated, which is perfectly
sound, is fully two feet and half in
diameter and upward of sixty feet in
height, with corresponding spread of
limbs and branches. Mr.. Finn esti-
mates that on that portion of the vine
which destroyed the tree there were
fully five tons of grapes.
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cred, and, owing to the rapidity of the
tides in Shetland, II is probable that
most of the boats will never be ~ecov-
cred. The revenue cutter Eagle pro-
ceeded to sea in search of the boats
and on Friday picked up one about
five miles southeast of the Skerries.
There was not a soul on board, all the
crew having met watery grave. On
being taken to Lerwick this boat was
identified as belonging to INST One
boat had a narrow escape. It was one
of the large full-decked boats, and the
crew having set their nets decided to
stick by them. The boat rode out the
storm, although the craft was often
covered by the heavy seas. When the
storm abated the men found an extra
ordinary heavy take of herring in the
nets. and the boat was unable to take
all on board, even though the ballast
was thrown overheard. After taking
on board about seventy Grams of her
ring, valued at over eco, the crew
handed over the remainder oftheir nets
to an Irish boat belonging to Dublin,
at present fishing in Shetland, that
came to render assistance.
Inc SCGli6S Witnessed at the lauulug-
places and along the sea-coast are
heartrending. In Shetland it is Gus
tomary for father and sons, and, per-
haps, other relatives, to fish in the
same boat, and thus several families
all closely related are deprived of their
bread-winners. As rule the people
are exceedingly poor, and the destitu-
ton caused by the calamity among the
200 to 800 dependent widows and chill
dren will be fearful, as their neighbors
are mostly as poor as themselves. The
people in Lerwick, considering the nee
essity of immediate assistance, held a
public M citing to consider what should
be done to relieve the distress among
the widow, orphans and aged helpless
dependents on the fishing. As full de-
tails were not yet to hand, it was de-
cided IN the meantime to appoint a
large and influential committee, with
full powers 20 take what action they
considered best under the circum-
stances
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Nevada's Stone for Washington.
Virginia New Enterprise.

The block of granite which Nevada
contributes to be placed in the Wash
ington Monument, was yesterday re-
ceiving the finishing touches at the
hands of the sculptor, John Barrett.
The last of the silver letters in the
name of the State was just being let in
to the panel. These letters are of solid
silver, are about as thick as a silver
dollar, some six inches in height and
of proportionate width. They are so
neatly fitted into the solid granite that
the joint is almost invisible. Above
the word, Nevada" is deeply cut in
the granite the motto of the State-"Ali
For Our Country"-and below, the date
1881. The figures of the date will be
plated with gold The granite com
posing it is the hardest ever seen. That
part which is polished is almost blue in
color, while the remainder presents a
somewhat gray appearance. Mr.. Bar
rett, who has worked American gran
ties in the Atlantics States, and Euro
pean GRANTEES in the Old World, says
he has never seen a harder bit of stone
of the kind.
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passed resolutions exeoriating Governor
Roberts for permitting the butchery of
innocent negroes by the mob at Orange.
STEPHEN ORSAY. who was arrested in
Boston for the ENLIGHTENMENT of money
from the German government, has been
placed aboard Hamburg steamer at New
York
THE shooting of deputy sheriff at
Benson, Arizona, caused the citizens to
burn the furniture of a gambling den and
order the whole party to leave by first
train or be lynched.
MRs. GEORGE STONE, of Waukegan, ILL.,,
was lodged in Jail for causing the death OF
Mrs. Frank Foster, whom she frightened
into premature confinement by her jealous
rage.
A FEUD of long standing resulted in an
ARRAY at Johnston, S. c., in which j. w.
Zimmerman was killed, and j. w. Buz-
card and his son seriously wounded, with
double-barreled shot-guns.
THE Indiana, Bloomington and Western
Railway company offers reward of $500
for the conviction of the man who tied the
boy Cantwell to the track and caused his
death by mutilation.
THE conspirators among the Cornell
crew are said by the Ithaca Journal to
have been led by Shinkel, his partners
being Michael Casey, saloon-keeper, and
Samuel w Reed, wholesale liquor deal
err. Shinkel wrote to Casey from London
to bet against the crew.
LUCIUs M. WITHAM, who was once po-
lice captain at Lowell, Mass, but who for
sixten wears been a resident of Reedsboro,
VT, was shot dead through window by
some unknown person at night. 1t IS
known that his life had been threatened
by neIghbor named Calvin Fuller.
CHAs. STocKLEY was executed at Ba-
tavia, n. Y. for killing John Wilker, who
refused him the hand of his daughter in
marriage. Stockley feigned insanity in
prison, and it took four strong men to
shackle him. His father has not visited
him since the murder, and his mother left
him with dry eyes after brief interview.
THERE are twenty-five murderers in the
Jail at St. Louis. An addition TO the num-
Der was made when a mulatto named u.
w. Sears cut the throat of Sallie Freeman,
yellow girl, because she started for
church with a rival. The horrible deed
was Derpetrated on the sidewalk on Small
street. and his victim was corpse IN hive
minutes from the time of his assault.
THE attorneys for the Malleys, of New
Haven, charged with the murder of Jen-
ME Cramer, finding that bail will not be
received, announce that a writ of habeas
corpus will be sued out, thus compelling
the prosecution to outline its case. 1t is
reported that a medical examination of
Jennie's stomach revealed the presence of
cantharides.
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A Tramp's Rapid Translation into a
Millionaire

Jacob Winters, of Pennsylvania, and
Catherine b. BERNSTEIN, of Wheeling,
have become heirs to fabulous tor
tune by the death of their brother in
New Mexico. The name of the de-
ceased was John Valentine Winters,
who at the time of his death owned
half interest in the Homestake mine of
New Mexico. Ex-Gov. Jacob, of West
Virginia, is interested in behalf of Mrs.
BERNSTEIN. The story of the finding of
the bonanza is thus told by the Wheel
ing Register: Mr.. John V. Winters and
his partner, James Dolan, were out on
a prospecting tour in southern New
Mexico late in the summer of 1879,
and were meeting with Indifferent sue
cess when their attention was turned
toward Lincoln county by the reports
they heard of a Mexican who had
found a nugget of gold in the neigh
borhood of where White Oaks now
stands. They went to the locality and
commenced work upon a placer.
Shortly after going into their "diggings"
strapped" miner named Wilson
came along from Arizona. Wilson was
hard pressed for a grub stake, so Win
tiers took him in and gave him work in
the placers. They could not afford to
employ him on salary, and after re-
manning in camp three days Wilson
took grub stake and started up Bax-
ter canon. Sitting on boulder to rest
he Clipped off a corner of the rock and
found color" He concluded that
there must be a good lode somewhere
in the vicinity, and commenced to
search for an outcrop up the mountain
side. He had travelled but twenty
yards when he found the enchanted
spot, and located the famous Home
stake claim. He went back to camp
and reported his find, offering it for
sale. All the wealth that Winters had
was $40 worth of washings and three
silver dollars. With this and pistol
the Homestake was secured, and the
interest divided with Dolan and mer-
chant of Lincoln, named LIE Rue, who
had grub-staked the placer miners be-
fore Wilson appeared on the scene.
The purchaser of the HomeStake COM
menced the work eff development i'm
mediately, and at depth of four feet
from the surface found gold standing
out to the naked eye. At depth of
eight feet five assays have been made,
giving the astonishing average of 49,,
600 per ton. The mine is now down
some twelve feet, and ore is being
placed on the dump awaiting treat
ment when the stamp mills arrive.
Still the wealth of the Homestake is
not wholly known, and it is thought
that millions will be taken out before
the shaft reaches the depth where most
gold mines first show "signs." Wilson
owns the south half of the mine still,
and has become a millionaire, where
but few months ago he was tramp
prospector Pittsburgh Telegraph.
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CRIME.

Two negro murderers were taken from
Jail at Monroe, La, and lynched.
A JEwELRY store at Atlantic City, \. j.,
was robbed of goods valued at $4,000
while the proprietor was absent for din
uer.
AT Lexington, Mo, the other night, the
omnibus running to the depot was stopped
by four masked men and the passengers
robbed of all their valuables.
ALDERIAN PITTS, a wealthy farmer near
Murfreesboro, Tenu.. was assassinated in
his melon-patch evidently because he had
commenced divorce suit.
JAMES WHALING, a burglar, and George
Roach, horse-thief, escaped from the
Milwaukee house of correction through
the negligence of guard.
In tie case Of the Molly Maguires ar
laigned for the murder OF Healy at
Uniontown, Pa, one was discharged and
six held in bail of S, 600 to $500.
MARTIN F. CONWAY, an ex-eongressman
from Kansas, who once shot Senator Pom
eroy, has been released from long con-
6nement in the insane asylum.
The colored people of Galveston have
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How Sixty-Three Lives We're Lost
and Many Homes Wade DesOla'e.

A fearful storm swept over the Shet-
land Islands late on Wednesday night,
and continued to blow with great fury
till Thursday morning resulting in the
destruction of property and loss of
life unprecedented in the North since
1882 On Wednesday the weather was
favorable for prosecuting fishing, and
boats from every station throughout
the islands put to sea, when the storm
burst with a suddenness that gave no
preliminary warning. The boats were
far at sea; those prosecuting herring
fishing had their nets set, and those at
cod fishing had lines set. The storm
prevented the fishermen from hauling
their lines or nets, and a great loss of
fishing material was sustained. On
Thursday all the large-decked boats
fishing from Lerwiel had arrived in
safety, but as day advanced and reports
came in from the inland stations it was
apparent that terrible calamity had
overtaken a large proportion Of the
inhabitants of the islands. At Dun
rossness five boats were missing but
arrived late on Thursday night, to the
inexpressible JOY of the wives and fam
I itA vi NA1t iIttIs
The fleet at Scaloway and Walls,
which are all decked boats, weathered
the gale in safety, but suffered the loss
of their material 1t is in the north
Isles cfShetland that the most disas-
trous loss has occurred. Owing to the
difficulty of communication. and the
want of telegraph facilities to some
places, it is impossible as yet to get
full details, but the grave fears enter
tanned at first have been sadly confirm
ed. 1t is now ascertained beyond doubt
that ten boats have been lost in the
isles. These are native boats, locally
known as ''sixerns," that is, pulling six
oars, but also psing lug sail; and gener-
ally having a crew of six men each
One of the boats belonging to INST, the
most northern of the Shetland Islands,
six belonging to the Island of Yell, two
% Feedaland, and one to Mossbank,
were missing from Fetlar News from
another district states that boat be-
longing to Hagera, a small island close
to Scalloway, has also been wrecked,
thus making, so far as is yet ascertain
ed, eleven boats and sixty-three lives
lost.
Wreckage has been driven ashore at
many places in the island. Part of one
of the Yell boats has been driven ashore
at INST, and also the body of the Cap
tain. This is the only body yet recov-
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GENERAL NOTES.

THE city of Winnipeg has voted $780,
coo bonus to the Canada Pacific road for
its Pembina branch.
LITTLE Brown JUG astonished the crowd
on the Hartford track by pacing three con-
secutive miles in Pill, 2:1l4. and 2:129.
WoRKMEN boring well at Homer, n
ty feet of solid rock.
TIE national board of health has been
advised of the development of case of
yellow fever at Key West.
RUMoRs are ahoat il New York that the
Russian government has decided to re-
quest the extradition of Hartman.
AT the Minneapolis fair there will be
twenty-mile race between Miss Cook, of
California, and Miss Jewett, of Minnesota,
and another between the winner and Miss
Williams, of England, for $50, 900 and the
championship of the world.
HANLAN is giving exhibitions on Creve
C9ur lake, near ST Louis. and is likely TO
select that course for his match with Ross.
A MOCK fight between the British and
the Americans with their French allies
took place at the soldiers reunion at Port
land. Me, and was witnessed by 10000
persons.
A SEARCH for the remains of A I. Stew
art has been commenced in Cypress Hills
cemetery, Brooklyn, the supposed clue be-
ing an oil sketch of the ground handed to
a detective by newsboy.
The drouth in the vicinity of Indian
apolis arouses the liveliest apprehension
in regard to fire. There have been sew
eral instances where farmers have seen
their harms and crops burned by sparks
from locomotives.
ALBERT CoZINE, who served through the
war in the 5th Ohio infantry. and of late
was connected with penny paper in Gin
cinnati, died in Chicago boarding house
under circumstances which led to the be-
lief that he was murdered by woman.
A RICH find of silver about ten miles
from Deadwood was followed in forty-eight
hours by the creation of West Virginia
CITY, the election of recorder, the settle
ment Of 1000 persons, and the opening Of
nine saloons and two faro banks. On the
fourth day a daily newspaper appeared.
The Apaches made raid on the miners
near Mutt Station, New Mexico, and killed
George Daily, the general manager. The
deceased was known in all the mining
camps of the west, having had charge of
the Little Chief and Chrysolite at Lead
vile. and of the Robinson consolidated
properties.
FArHER GRoGAN, of Chicago, prevented
the Michael Davitt Land-league club Of
the Fifth ward from meeting in the school,
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THE rule which excludes all but the
recognized physicians and nurses from
the presidents sick-chamber, is cast
iron one. The only persons permitted
to enter are the physicians, Mrs. Gar
field, Swain, Rockwell, Corbin, Edison,
Crump, and Dr. Boynton. Mr.. Blaine
was allowed entrance once. General
Sheldon. whom the president appoint
ed governor of New Mexico, came all
the way from that territory to assist at
his bedside, but was denied admission,
and President Hinsdale, of Hiram col
lege, passed fortnight at the capital
in the hope of seeing his old friend,
out the doctors would not permit 1t.
The president is represented as having
been displeased at this, saying that he
wanted to see Hinsdale very much, and
thought it would have done him good
to shake hands with him.