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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-15
Electric Lights.

The New York Tribune says: Fifth
avenue, from Fourteenth street TO
Twenty Second street, and from TWEEN
ty Eight street to Thirty Fourth street
was illuminated last night for the first
time by the electric light. There were
also three lamps in Thirty Fourth
street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
The current was turned on at Z O'Clock
and the nineteen lamps having all been
tested at the station, the result was all
that could be wished. The globes are
of lightly ground glass, and an order
was given last night by the secretary Of
the company to have all the plain glass
globes on Broadway replaced to-day
with ground glass globes. The light is
apparently much more steady than
when shining through plain glass. The
gas in Fifth avenue was left burning
last night, in case any accident should
happen to the electric lights. 1t will
not be lighted tonight, and the effect
of the new light will thus be seen to
better advantage. An electric lamp is
placed at the intersection Of each street
with Fifth aveune.
Many people thought that Broadway
was lighted by the Edison company,
and made comparisons between the
two lights. Several policemen express
ed their satisfaction with the light, and
stated that it aided them to detect
criminals at a greater distance, and
would also keep away the bad women
who have long frequented Fifth avenue
at night. The Brush company now
lights forty-three street lamps, extend
ing over distance of two miles. II will
also have fifty lamps in the Madison
Square garden next week, and seventy
five in the American Institute building
in a short time. As soon as the cor
oner's inquest has decided the cause Of
the accident at Union Square, work will
be renewed there.
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GENERAL NOTES.

ARCHBISHOP JOHN MARTIN HENNI died
in Milwaukee, Sept. 9TH, at IL 40 a. M, af-
ter a long and painful illness.
THE federal grand jury at Deadwood is
engaged in investigating the mail service
over the star route to Sydney.
NOTWITHSTANDING the drouth, the Ten
nessee board of agriculture expect half
crop of cotton, corn and tobacco.
SENATOR BEN HILL has undergone d
second operation upon his tongue for the
removal of a fungoid growth.
GENERAL MERRITT, late collector of
customs at New York, has sailed to enter
upon his duties as consul general at Lon
don.
THE Vanderbilt roads have declared
war on the Pennsylvania system by plac-
| ing on sale in Chicago rebate tickets to
New York for $1025 and TO Boston for
SLIPS.
| The New Orleans chamber of COM
| merce, at the request of the bank and in
surance managers, has appointed COM
mittee to arbitrate the existing trouble
with the cotton laborers.
| A MATCH at lacrosse for the champion
ship of the world was played at Montreal
| between the Shamrock club of that city
and the Torontos. The former won three
| straight games. The betting involved
| over $4,000.
| LADY DE JARNETTE, the most stylish
mare in Kentucky, having taken every
premium which that state offered, is en-
route for the fair at Chicago. She is
| owned by w. II. Wilson, OF Cynthlana.
A CLERGYMAN who has been taking a
census of the Indian tribes, reports having
| met at South Pass, Wyoming. a surveying
party of the Central Pacific, who have
| found feasible route for road from Og-
den to Yankton.
| 4 FEATURE of the soldiers reunion at
| Bloomington, ILL.,, was a sham battle in the
streets, in which one man was wounded by
| blank cartridge and another was run
| over BY cannon. General Grant was es-
eorted to the residence of Hon. Lawrence
Weldon.
GENERAL CARR is believed to have had
with him in the massacre FIVE officers and
| sixty-three men of the 9th cavalry.
There are ten thousand Indians on the
San Carlos reservation, and as many more
in the Navajo tribe, located sixty miles
northward.
THE national convention Of free-think
ers, which has been in session for the past
week at Hornellsyille, \. Y, expressed
admiration for Charles Bradlaugh, in
dorsed the action of the governor of Texas
in refusing to call day of prayer for the
president, and urged the publication of
F! the letters of Ingersoll and Black.
ALL the Indians are reported to have
| left the western portion OF the San Carlos
reservation and gone in the direction of
| the Apaches. Intense alarm prevails
I among the whites at stations on the South
ern Pacific east of Wilcox, and non-resi-
dents intending to leave are prevented
/ from boarding trains. Atstations between
Deming and Wilcox temporary fortifca-
| tions have been thrown up.
/ THE official report of the battle between
| General Carr and the Apaches shows that
| Cap ain o. q. Hentig and six men of Il e
9th cavalry were killed. and Lieutenant
c. q. Gordon and Sergeant Macdonald
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Not So Mucb Emaciated

Col Rockwell in speaking of dispatch
es purporting to give the weight and
degree of emaciation of the Presi-
dent said he could not subscribe to the
opinion that the Presidents weight had
gone down to 125 pounds. He said he
had helped to lift the President many
times and was able, besides, to judge of
the patients general appearance and con-
dition, and he gave it as his deliberate
opinion that President Garfield, to the
best of his belief and judgment, weigh
ed nearer $50 than 125 pounds. On be-
ing questioned farther as to the publish
ed statements concerning the Presi-
dents emacistion and debility, Col.
Rockwell said he was not nearly so en-
aciated or as weak as had been stated.
Thus the talk about his inability to
move his limbs was all nonsence. The
President does not lie still for FIVE min
utes at any time when he is not asleep.
He draws up one leg and then the
other at times, and he moves his arms
about him at will He sometimes
brings his arms together over his head,
while going to sleep, and in other way,
shows his mastery over other member
of his body. He could turn himself
over in bed and, perhaps, would if per-
mittef to do so. But this is not allowed
him, inasmuch as, in order to turn over,
it would be necessary for him, as it
would be for any one else, to indulge in
kind of cork-screw motion beginning
with the upper part of his body This
would likely injure the wound in his
back, and hence the prevention of the
act. What emaciation there is mainly
in the limbs. The trunk and head are
not so much thinner, although the
beard which shields his face may hide
his ema citation there.
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Chicago Market.

CHIcAso, Sept I0.-Flour Scarce aud firm
Wheat-Active and shade higher; very unset
tied; No. red winter, 13l; No. 2 Chicago spring,
l.22A9125 for seller cash; 1.2675 for seller 0cto-
ber 1929 for seller November; l.3094 for seller
December; 1.22 for seller the year; sales at 1924
1881 for seller September; 1.261za1.284 for sell
Ter October; 1.304al 80 for seller December; No
Chicagoi spring, LIZ: rejected, S0aSS. Corn
Unsettled and generally higher; So u for seller the
year; Ia for seller May. Oats-Fairly active
and a shade higher; 3SA for seller cash; 3Sa
3SA for seller September; 3S2s a39for seller Octo-
ber 39I for seller November; 40A for seller De-
cember 3S d for seller the year. Rye-Steady and
changed. Barley-Strong and higher LOG. Flax
Seed-Firmer at 1.34al35. Pork-Unsettled and
and generally higher; closed easy 1910 for seller
cash; 19.404l9.42 for seller October; 19.55al9.60
for seller December; l9.5Oal9.55 for seller year.
Lard-Active; Zip for seller the year; 17.37h
for seller October; 17.47K for seller Novem-
ber. The "Drovers' Journal" reports Hogs
Receipts, $4,000; shipments, 5000; active; firm;
mixed packing, 6.20a6.50; light or bacon, $50
Assoc; choice heavy shipping. 6.65a7.15; culls
and grassers; 4.OOa6.25. Cattle = Receipts,
6,OOO shipments, 5000; unchanged fair demand
exports, slow, 6 20a6. so; choice, scarce wanted:
560a6 90; common to medium, including grassers
aod coarse corn fed Colorado, $50; native butch
ers and 95 stockers and feeders slow, 2.25a2. 26;
dairy calves, per head 65Jz; range CATTLE Texans,
3.25aa4'00; one extra lot, 80 half breeds and
natives 3.60a4.5O. Sheep-Receipts, 6,O00 more
active and firm; porter house, 3.50a4.50; med-
um 6.25; demand almost wholly local.
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Michigan Forests Fires

A late dispatch from East Saginaw
Mich says: Forest fires are still raging
in the country all about this vicinity,
and from every hand come tales of
suffering and disaster The drouth
still continues. add rain would be a
boon indeed. On the Deer6eld road
the fires are within two miles of the city,
and farmers are fighting valiantly for
their property. The same condition of
affairs is reported along the Watrous-
vile road Men, women, and children
have been fighting the fires since Sun
day. The loss cannot be estimated.
Between this and Vassar three miles of
fire is reported, and late this evening it
was impossible to get a telegram
through, the wires being down along
the s., V. and st. l.. Railroad The
damage is great, and the loss TO farm
ers and others is constantly increasing.
From about mile and half west of
the Iittabawa ssee Crossing to Breckib-
ridge there is fire all along the track
from Sand Ridge west for two miles.
West of there there is not a living thing
left so far as the eye can reach. For
some distance this side of Graham Sta
ton the telegraph poles are all down.
The company have lost twelve to fifteen
miles of fencing. AT Porter the tavern,
barns, and outbuildings were all de-
stroyed. 1t is anticipated that the fires
viii interfere materially with the run
ming of the road. A sufficient force of
watchmen have been placed On the
line. In Rockville and vicinity three
houses and five barns were destroyed
Monday night. The woods and fields
are ablaze and people were out all
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A Pair Of historical prum.sticks.

Col. Morrow, says the Niles Mich
Mirror, has a great curiosity in the
shape of couple of drum-sticks which
have a unique and wonderful history.
These were found by the side of dead
British drummer, at tie battle of Sara
togo, i777. They were handed over to
drummer in the Continental army.
by whom they were used during the
remainder OF the Revolutionary war.
A son of the American owner was a
drummer in the war of 1912. and was
with Gen. Jackson on the memorable
Sth day of January, 1915, when the
British under Packenham sustained
their terrible defeat at New Orleans.
These drum-sticks heat "The Ameri-
cans to Arms" and were used to ex-
press the JOY of the victors after the
battle was over. A grandson was n
drummer in SCOTS army in the bat
ties before the City of Mexico, and
these sticks were used at the head of
the column which made its triumphal
entry into the city. A great-grandson
was a drummer in the Twenty-fourth
Michigan infantry, of which Col. Nor
row was the colonel, and these drum
sticks were used in the great war Oft
rebellion until 1864, VIXEN they came
into the possession of their present
owner. They were in the hands of a
Michigan drummer at the head of the
famous Iron Brigade, composed of
Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin
troops, in the grand review in Washing
ton at the close of the war. They had
played a wonderful part in the history
of the United States. They have
sounded the reveille and retreat for
four generations of American soldiers.
They are older than the present gov
eminent. What was their history in
the British army we have no means of
knowing. They may have been with
Marlborough at Blenheim, or is it pos
sible they sounded the death knell of
the pretensions of Prince Charles Ed
ward to the throne of England on the
fatal field of Culloden. One OF these
sticks is made of camwood, the other is
of mahogany. These old drum-sticks
will be placed in the hands of brave
William Billiard, one of the heroes of
the rebellion, and be used at the re-
union of soldiers and sailors of South
western Michigan, at Buchanan on the
10Th inst. 1t ought not TO be difficult
for the old soldiers to keep step when
the music OF the union is beaten by n
pair of drum-sticks which have come
down to us from Burgovne's defeat,
more than 100 years ago.
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TEIEGRAPHIC.
Condensed for Convenient and
Ready Reading.
WASHINGTON

THE day that the president left Wash
ington for Long Branch was sci down as
the dullest day of the season. All depart
ments were closed by order of the district
commissioners, who issued proclamation
making it day Of prayer. Scarcely any
business was done, nearly all the stores be-
ing closed.
THE president has suffered another
slight relapse. Attacks of vomiting re-
Cured, but it is given out that phlegm in
| the throat, rather than weakness of the
| stomach, caused the disturbance. The
| plan of removal to Long Branch is still
| kept in view. The patients condition is
| still very critical.
THE withdrawal of so many of the COM
| Eanions of the president in his long sick
ness gives rise, naturally, to much specu-
| lation and gossip. 1t will not be just to
| the surgeons to say that the breakup is
| due to any professional differences or bad
| feeling. The group that remains is suf-
| ficient to give the president the attendance
that he needs, and it is desirable that no
superfuous associates be retained.
| THE secretary of state has report from
/ Consul Duncan at Smyrna, showing that
| Mr.. Blaine has not yet entirely rescued
! the American hog from foreign disfavor.
| Mr.. Duncan says Turkey also catches
the contagion of porkophobia from France
and other European countries that have
/ followed her lead. and forbids the impor-
tation of American sailed pork into the
Ottoman empire"
| THE commissioner of Indian affairs at
| Washington has received dispatch from
/ Tiffany, of the San Carlos agency. Arizona
Territory, that the Apache massacre was
not nearly as bad as at first reported. Cap
tain Hentig and ten men were killed.
General Carr. he says. is not killed. Gen
eral Mcdowell has telegraphed the adj
| jutant general that Captain Hentig and
seven men were killed, and that Lieuten-
ant Gordon was wounded in the attack on
! the fort.
AGENT TIFFANY of the San Carlos
agency, Arizona Territory, telegraphs the
Indian bureau that everything is quiet at
his agency. He says he has Lieut., Glass
and one company of regular troops there
and that he is fully prepared to defend
the agency in case of attack and to main
tain order Lieut.. Glass adds to the tele-
gram few words saying that he feels
able, with the assistance of the agent, to
| defend the agency.
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FOREIGN.

The total number of lives lost in the
wreck of the African steamer Teuton was
| forty-four.
ARCHIBALD BILLING. the eminent medi-
cal writer of London, is dead.
JOHN WINTER JONES. principal libra
rian Of the Aritish museum. is dead.
A NIHILIsT newspaper has made its APP
pearance lately on the streets fist. Peters
burg.
The loss of life bv the laundering of the
Teuton off the Cape of Good Hope is now
stated at 236.
THE merchants and manufacturers OF
Sheffield, England, have resolved to estab-
lish branch of the National Fair-Trade
league.
FROM Morocco to Tunis the whole Mo-
hammedan race is in state of ferment.
The Arabs are concentrating to defend
Kairouan. the holy city.
TRAINS from Marseilles and Montargis
came in collision at Charenton, France.
Nineteen persons were instantly killed and
twenty five injured.
A CANISTER of gunpowder was thrown
over the wall of the infantry barracks at
Catlebar, ireland, but the lighted fuse
uFOppeu out
ONE hundred Jews who escaped from
Russia are on their way to the United
States. Over five hundred Hebrew work
men at the Kieff tobacco factory have
been ordered to quit town within fort
night.
THK French government announces that
the military occupation of the city OF
Tunis has become necessary. Minister
Roustan recommends that the French
force in the regency be raised TO 10000
men.
A HERDsMAN in the employ of Captain
0'Callaghan, of County Clare, Ireland,
was shot two weeks ago. and has died of his
wounds. Notices have been posted in the
vicinity esutioning people against attend
ing the funeral,
FRANCE will be fenced to conquer Tunis
inch by inch. She already has in that
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How They Par ted.

A new song is entitled Glow They
Parted" We have not read it, but no
doubt they parted in the usual way,
about A. NJ, after kissing each other
good night" at least thirty-seven times.
"Well, / guess I must 60" he says with
a sigh about two hours before he does
go. Then, after another half hours
conversation about one thing and an
other, he presses her hand with much
pressiveness, says he really must go,
and-lovingly fingers another half
hour. Then he says he didn't know it
was so late, picks up his hat and moves
toward the door, where he puts his
arm around her to prevent her falling
in swoon, and kisses her five minutes
in one inning and-still fingers. Then
he gives her one more kiss just for luck
and reluctantly steps down and out into
the back, lonesome night, and calls
around the next night. That is how
they parted years ago-if we have not
been misinformed.- Norristoae HeroM.
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Archbishop Henni Dead.

At the good old age of 76 years
months and % days, John Martin
Henri, Archbishop of Milwaukee,
passed from this earth at that place on
the 9TH inst. Archbishop Henni was
born at Grisons Switzerland in 1905.
The son of pious parents, be early
showed an inclination to enter the
church, and was accordingly placed,
first at st. Gall and afterwards at Luz
cerne, under such eminent instructors
as Bishops Mires, Vickar and Stubach,
that he might acquire the learning nee
essary to fit him for the qualification of
his desire On the fourth Sunday after
Easter, in 1843, a provincial council OF
bishops, held in Cincinnati, nominated
him for the episcopate of the newly
formed diocese of Milwaukee; in De-
cember following, the nomination was
confirmed by papal bull, and on the
9th of March, 1874, in the old St.
Xavier's Cathedral, Cincinnati. Bishop
Purcell, assisted by Bishops Miles and
O'Connor, conducted the ceremony OF
his conservation. He reached his new
field of labor on the 3D. of May, and
entered at once upon the performance
of his duties. On the Is of February
1875 he was named archbishop of Mil
waukee, his investiture in the pallium
taking place on the Sd of the following
June. His taking away is a sad blow to
the church of which he has been such
an efficient worker. His life was a
holy one, full of good works, and his
death which was welcome to his weary
frame, will touch the hearts of all who
knew him.
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nIE value of electrical inventions
has received fresh illustration in the
case of the schooner Vermillion, which
was wrecked in Lake Erie in 1913.
The vessel was loaded with copper in
COTS of the value of 100000, but her
precise location far down in deep water
was for thirtv-four years a mystery. 1t
remained for electricity to solve the
mystery. With new-invented cleo
tric Indicator on board a cruising
schooner evidences of the proximity OF
submerged metal were at last obtained,
and last Saturday divers were sent
down to search. They landed plump
on the deck of the sunken vessel, and
reappeared at the surface bearing one
of the copper ingots. The entire re
cCvery of the valuable cargo II UNI
damaged condition is now question
of few days only.
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THE new capitol of Minnesota, at St.
Paul, to supply the place of the one
destroyed by fire last winter, is to be
built entirely of Minnesota brick and
stone. The interior viii be finished in
natural woods throughout. The base
ment walls are of broken limestone;
the first belt OF the superstructure OF
brown stone from Fond du Lac; the
walls of red pressed brick from the
Red Wing kilns, with trimmings of the
handsome Frontenac sandstone, and
the cornice, which will have no pro
iections but be flush with the walls, Of
sandstone.
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were wounded. The fight lasted nearly
three hours. and at IL o'clock at night the
command started on its retreat to Fort
Apache. BY forced march General Carr
reached the fort in safety. The Indians
cut the telegraph wires every few miles.
THE people Of the mining camps in Ari-
IONA are gathering in large bodies for
safety. Citizens OF Tombstone, Bisbee
and Charleston have ordered several cases
of firearms from Tucson. The stampede
of section-men along the Southern Pacific
railroad makes it difficult to keep the line
in running order. II is thought that The
Apaches will separate into small bands and
depredate exposed settlements
THE acting governor of Arizona has
sent a tell gram to the secretary of war,
asking for FIVE hundred stand of arms to
supply citizens in exposed settlements.
The superintendent fthe Southern Pacific
road has applied to Gen. Wilcox for train
guards between Tucson and Deming. Gen.
Wilcox telegraphs that hostiles are all
north of the ella river, and mostly on the
White mountains.