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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27
How Harvard College Lost 100000.

Boston Correspondence Of the Hartford Times
A few days since, | came across a
description of some of the peculiarities
of Thomas Dowse, whose library is
now in the Massachusetts, Historical
rooms. He lived and died in Cam
bridge, and was n leather-dresser, a
bachelor, and peculiar besides. He
used to pull wool in a ruffled shirt, buy
books and speculate upon philosoph
ical truths and great problems of eX-
istence. At 80 he was going to marry,
but learning that the young lady was
engaged to his partner, he invited her
to ride to Boston, where he left her in
the streets to look for herself. She
never married, and finally died i'll the
poor-house. His library contained
5000 volumes, nearly all valuable
English works printed in London, and
bound uniformly in calf. He had u
golden lamb in front of his house IS
sign Harvard students broke off its
head, and this maddened him so much
that he changed his will and left his
property, 100000, to individuals and
public institutions. instead of to Har
ward College, as had been his intention.
His library he gave to the Massachu
sets Historical Society on condition
that it should be kept forever in one
room. He was great admirer of
Franklin, and erected n monument to
his memory in Mount Auburn. Har-
ward College gave him the degree of
Doctor of Laws, which Edward Ever
EFT in his eulogy translated into Lit
erary Leather-DreSSer"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27
FOREIGN

THr damage in London by the overflow
of the Thames is placed at 2,OO0,00O
TnE foreign embassies at Constantine
ple have heard rumors that Greece intends
attacking Turkey at the end of January.
THE militia barracks at Edin burgh,
Scotland. were burned on Sunday. 1t Is
supposed that incendiary lighted the
blaze.
THE Judge Of Toxic, Japan, was assas-
sinated in the street, on December Il, by
a man whose father had been condemned
10 death fifteen years ago.
The opposition of the Berlin journals to
the Semitic agitation has brought out sub
scrip.ions of fifty thousand marks toward
establishing an anti-Jewish newspaper.
ON the Resembling of the French
chambers. Leon Say was re elected presi-
dent of the senate, and Gambetta of the
chamber Of deputies.
THE police of Berlin prohibited meet
ing Of workmen TO protest against the
anti-Je wish agitation, although no inter-
ference on the contrary side had been at
tempted.
Tue steamer Toronto, OF reaching LIv-
crpool from Portland, reported the loss of
IA head OF cattle and POO sheep on her
passage. The Assvrian Monarch, in
crossing the Atlantic, lost 81 beeves.
The syndicate formed last summer for
the purpose Of introducing Indian tea into
the Austrian market has resolved 70 extend
its operations to the United States and
Canada.
OVER three hundred Irish police and a
! squadron of dragons succeeded, on the
18th inst, with the aid of the parish priest.
i'm serving notices of eiectment on the
tenants of Lord Gravard, ut Drumlith.
An investigation of the plot to blow up
the armory at Stafford, England, shows
that the regiment quartered in the bar
racks has many Irish members, among
whom Fenianism had been previously sus-
pected.
TaE pope expresses regret that has let
ter concerning agitation in Ireland has
not been published, and has requested
Archbishop McCabe 10 withhold ii no
longer from the public.
In the trial of the trayersers, at Dublin,
one Of the counsel for the traversers asked
the 4cquittal of Gordon and Boyton, in
order to rejoice the greater Ireland beyond
the seas. The coart room was crowded
with spectators, many of whom wept over
a picture Of famine drawn by counsel.
RUSSIA maintains, in opposition 20 the
opinion Of the French government, that
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27
CRIME.

CHARLES NJ. PHELPS, the defaulting
state treasurer of New York, who was
serving term of Eve years at the Auburn
penitentiary. died of consumption Jan.
18th.
Four men and one woman in stage
coach were captured, killed mutilated and
burned bv indians near Fort Cummings,
d. T., on SATURDAY. Troops are pursuing
the bloody savages.
FRANK WALSH, a Brooklyn burglar, who
was serving term OF twenty years at
Sing Sing, attempted on the 18th inst. to
run across the Hudson on the ice, and was
shot dead by guard.
DURING an affray in New Orleans, ten
days ago, Deputy Sheriff Roper gouged
out with an umbrella the eve of Michael
Malloy. The latter is now dead, and his
assailant has given bail to await trial for
murder.
FF ERAL troops are in pursuit of the
robbers who recently captured stage
near Fort Cummings, it having been as
certained that they were whites disguised
as Indians
NEAR Plain city, o., on the Goth inst,
Mrs. Ophelia Clark, her niece, and an
adopted son were killed with club.
Robert Garnes, a colored man, who for
merly lived with them, has been arsested.
THE Pennsylvania board of pardons has
voted in favor of releasing from prison
John s. Morton, formerly president of n
Philadelphia street railway, who was sem
fenced to ten years imprisonment for the
fraudulent issue of bonds.
A FELLOW of some assurance went into
bank at Columbus, O., and sold par
value $lS worth of alleged gold quarter
and half dollars. When captured by the
police he was just closing a dicker for a
like amount at another bank.
SITTING BULL, having grown tired of
negotiating with the military authorities,
has started for the British possessions, ac-
companied by forty lodges. Fifty lodges
which refused to follow him will surten-
der at Fort Buford in a few days. 1t is
not known what action the troops will
take in regard to the fugitives, but it is
deemed possible that the latter may be
pursued even across the boundary line, and
compelled te surrender.
4 FIENDIsH crime. which seems the
product Of a diseased mind, was perpe-
trated at Lapeer, Mich, on the 18th inst.
Mrs +. z. Barnard has for some months
followed the movements of Rev. +. 5.
Curtis and wife During tho absence of
the pastor at church. Mrs. Barnard went
to residence, charged his wife with having
wronged her, threw gasoline over the ven
cradle lady, and set it on fire, returning to
church and joining in the hymns of
praise. The dying lady gave the details
as her life ebbed out. The murderess was
placed in Jail.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

banking association depositing shall have the
right TO substitute other issues of bonds Of the
United States in lieu thereof; provided that no
bond upon which interest has ceased shall be
cepted or shall be continued on deposit as secur-
" for circulation for safe keeping Of public
money, and in case bonds so deposited shall not
be withdrawn as provided by law, within thirty
days after interest has ceased thereon, the bank
ing associations depositing same shall be subject
to the liabilities and proceedings on the part of
the comptroller provided for IN section 1894 Of the
revised statutes of the United States; and proyid
ed further. that section Of the act Of June 20,
1874, entitled, An act fixing the amount of Unit
ed States notes providing for redistribution OF
national bank currency, and for other purposes,
be, and the same is hereby repealed; and sections
5l59 and 5l60 of the revised statutes of the United
States be and the same hereby are repealed
See. 8. That this act shall be known as the
Funding act of 1851 and all acts and parts of
acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

TUE United States supreme court Is
engaged in hearing the case of the
children of Edwin Hoyt, Of New York,
against ChafFee, the assignee Of the \.
4 w. Sprague Manufacturing Com,
pany. The plaintiffs claim that the in
vestment of their interests As minors
in the copartnership manufacturing
property of 4. 4 w Sprague, made
bv their guardian, Mary Sprague, while
they we've miners, under the authority
of a general resolution of the general
assembly Of the state of Rhode Island,
was wholly void and illegal, and the
resolution unconstitutional, and that
the appraiSement of the then interest
made prior to the conversion of two
large manufacturing establishments in
to corporations was fraudulent, and
part Of a scheme controlled by A. q W.
Sprague to keep the control of the
whole property in their hands. The
courts decision is looked for with great
interest.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27
4 Touching Story.

One rarely meets a bit of more touch
ing romance than is contained in the
following story that comes from Wales:
Years ago, some Welsh miners, in
exploring II pit that had long been
closed, found the body of Il young man
dressed in fashion long out of date.
The peculiar action of the air of the
mine had been such as to preserve the
body so perfectly that it appeared
asleep rather than dead. The miners
were puzzled at their remembrance,
and at last it was resolved to bring the
oldest inhabitant-an old lady long past
her eightieth year; who had lived sin
gle in the village the whole of her life.
On being brought into the presence of
the body, strange scene occurred;
the old lady fell on the corpse, kissed
it, and addressed it by every term of
loving endearment, couched in the Ian
guage of a bygone generation. He
was her only love; she waited for him
during her whole life; she knew that
he had not forsaken her. The old wo-
man and the young man had been be
trothed sixty wears before. The lover
had disappeared mysteriously, and
she had kept faithful during that long
interval. Time had stood still with the
dead man, but had left its mark on the
living woman. The miners who were
present We're rough set, but very
gently and with fearful eyes they re.
moved the old lady to her house, and
the same night her spirit rejoined that
other long lost lover.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

ASadioumed meeting OF the conven-
ton Of wool-growers and manufac-
turers Of the United States was held in
Washington Saturday. Woolgrowers
present represented fiocks aggregating
33,76S sheep valued at S1Sl,G10. \
number Of interesting papers were read
upon sheep culture. The following
resolutions were adopted That it Is
advisable that the department Of agri-
culture institute register Of different
breeds Of sheep and cattle in the Uni
ted States; that this convention earnest
IL urge upon congress the Importance
of establishing in the district of Column
bia an experimental farm. to be main
tanned at the expense Of the govern
ment. for the purpose Of acquiring and
maintaining the best species Of domes-
ticated animals, and especially of sheep
and cattle, for distribution among the
states"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

GEzERAL GRANT does not lack for
employment. He has accepted the
presidency Of the commission Of the
Worlds Fair, for 1888; he is a large
gtockhoIder and director in the Next
can Central railway company, and
probably will be president of the organ
ization, and he IS one Of those who
are pushing the Nicaragua route for
~. intnr-oceanic canal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27
ssi.yyauKee Market.

MILWAUKEE,. Jan. 22-Flour. Dull ;,nd un-
changed. Wheat-Opened steady; closed firm;
No. hard, NOMINAL No. l. nominal; No. 2,
97l4 81 d for seller January; 97ss for seller Feb
ruary; 9Sss for seller March; No. 3, 81; No.
4, "A; rejected nominal. Con-Scaree No.
2, 3G}s. Oats-Quiet; No. 2. 81. Rye Tn
changed; No. l. 81. Barley-In Inactive: No. 2,
so. Provisions Higher. Mess Pork-l3.25 for
seller cash. 1880 for seller February. Lard
Prime steam, $50 for seller cash; SOS for eel
Ter January. Live Hogs-Firm at 4.75Q $50.
Receipts-Flour, 1920; wheat, 1900; barley,
$500. Shipments Flour, 1911; wheat 2,24O;
barley 10, 2S6.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27
The Difference.

4 good story Is told Of we'll known
divine, now dead. One day he picked
out cheap hat in store, and the
clerk when he named the price
said
Dat that isn't good enough for you
To wear, doctor. Here il what you
want, and I'll make you a present Of it
if ypn'll wear it, and tell your friends
whose store it came from"
Thank YOU" said the doctor, his
eyes cleaning with pleasure al raising
castor so cheap. How much may
this beaver be WORTH"
"We sell this kind Of n hat for eight
dollars"
And the other"
Three"
The man of sermons put on the
tea,ee looked into the glass, then at
She 1hrce dollar hat.
II tnuk sir, said he, taking off the
beaver md holding it in one hand, a.
he dUnDed the cheap title" II think sir
thai this hat will answer my purpose
full ~ well as the best
Bot you had better take the best
one. sir, it costs you no more
"B.n-t-b-u-t," replied the parson
hesitAtingly, II don't know-but-per-
haps-<-you would as lief would take
thc cheap one, and leave the other
and perhaps you would not mind giving
me the difference in five-dollar bill.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

\ PROPOSITION has been introduced
in each branch Of the Illinois legislature
looking to the submission to vote OF
the people of constitutional amend
ment, similar to that recently adopted
N Kansas, for the absolute prohibition
IF the manufacture and sale of intoxi-
eating liquors and beverages in the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

CHINA is feeling the spur Of progress.
Should She get into a fight with Russia
ii is her intention to lay torpedoes in
All the treaty ports and blow up every
thing that comes along Russian or 9TH
erwise. This comprehensive, not to
say exhaustive use ola western inven-
ton shows that China is not set in her
as much as some people suppose.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

TIE astronomers are ridiculing a
sensational prophecy that the earth is
about to be destroyed 10y comet The
earth has been destroyed 50 often dur
ing the past 100 years by fanatical
alarmists and sensational prophets that
it will be quite safe for sensible people
hereafter to possess their souls in pa
tience as regards the dreaded calamity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

A DECISION has just been rendered in
the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which
nolds that money lent on Sunday can
not be recovered. 1t regards the act
in the light of a business transaction,
and even goes to the extent Of holding
that if a promise is made subsequently
to pay the money borrowed on Il sun
dav. il cannot be recovered.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

TAEY have shabby set Of undertake
ers in Albany. New York. \ recent
investigation by committee OF the
county board Of supervisors has disclos-
ed the fact that they have been max
ing many fraudulent charges for car
ing for bodies and for burying dead,
when the work had been paid for by
friends Of the deceased. Several cases
where undertakes have tried to sup
press evidence 10y bribery have come
tn IiUht
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

THE audacity Of recent operations in
Wall street has made some converts in
congress to the interstate commerce
bill-among them Representative Nc
Lane, Of Baltimore. Mr.. Reagan ex-
poets a prolonged debate on his meas
IRE, but IS confident that it will reach
a vote this week.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

OSCAR Howard, of Waterford, y. -,
was one of the party made up from
that vicinity to go to Brazil to assist in
building railroad there. He has
lust returned to his home and con
firms the report Of the ill-starred trip
from beginning to end The over
seers he said greatly Imaltreated the
men. Howard is wreck of his form
er self and returns penniless and dis
hnnrtnnnl
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27
Father Is Getting Wei.

NY daughters say, How much bet
ter father is since he used Hop bltters."
He is getting well after his long suffer
ing from disease declared lncurable,
and we are so glad that he used your
Bitters-A lady of Rochester, N. y
Utica Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

Stow has fallen almost continuously
in the Wahsatch range of mountains
since Christmas. \ slide on the 18th
INST. at the little mining hamlet Of
Alta. swept away house, killing four
persons, and another avalanche buried
two unfortunates. On Friday night
a slide half mile in width, which
would have demolished the town but
for flat area intervening, caused four
deaths, and swept away the.buildings Of
the Joab Lawrence company. People
are fleeing from the Big Cottonwood
recion. a. several other avalanches are
impending.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

The favorite wife of the Sultan OF
Morocco died at Fcz in November.
She was 81 years of age, and had been
the Queen Of the Harem for twenty
wears. She was removed from her
apartments to kiosk in the Palace
Garden, but the change did not benefit
her, and the Sultan ordered that she be
buried in the kiosk where she died.
Eight court officers dug her grave. The
Sultana was wrapped in costly
shawl, and all her clothing was laid in
her grave, so that no living person
might wear any Of it, Her jewels were
broken at the grave and the fragments
given to the poor. And after the inter
ment the furniture in her apartments
was demolished and the rooms were all
locked.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

Hos. II. \. W. TABOR, of Denver,the
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado for
the past two years, has announced to
the state senate his intention to hold
the office until his successor has been
qualified. The late George b. Robin
son was elected lieutenant governor at
the last election, but died before quail
flying. 1t appears that there IS no pro
vision in the constitution or laws of the
state for such an emergency, and the
ease. if the issue should be raised IN
the state senate, would have to go to
the supreme court for settlement.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

Is fresh note to the powers, the
porte cites the warike preparations of
Greece, and invites movement for a
European conference. The Greeks are
negotiating for four swift cruisers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27
CURRENT EVENTS.

Miss Kitty Fox. of Dunkirk, n Y,
has accepted the position of teacher of
vocal music in Cornell college, Mt.
Vernon, iowa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

1t is noted that Christine Nilsson has
has given her name to some matches,
George Sand to a toilet water. and "a
rah Bernhardt to face powder.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27
INTERESTING "REMINISCENCES OF
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
The Old Distillery, and the Fatetul
Results Attendant on Hard CT
der Campaigns.
The Old Mans Home. His Character.
His Caiibre. His Death, His
Neglected Home.
Correspondence Chicago Time

NORTH BEND, O., Jan. "a few
mornings since the writer was riding on
a Chicago train in company with Rev.
DIR. Curry,-a welcome friend at the
White House during the entiES. admin
istration of President Grant, &Armerly
the editor of the NeU York 1duocdte and
the National Repository, the man who is
called the Nestor Of Methodist journal
ism. As the train moved past the little
hillock at this place, on the apex of
which Gen. Harrison lies buried, it was
casually remarked: "You recognize
that spot up there as the tomb of one
of our presidents?' "Yes," responded
the doctor, and that was the beginning
of small things, and we ran small all
the way down to Lincoln. Then we
had Lincoln and Grant, and now" with
curl of the lip, concluded the doctor,
1--WE have begun small again"
The place which now marks the
grave of the general and his consort
consists of shallow hole in the ground
walled up with crumbling bricks, the
wall rising possibly three feet above the
surface of the ground, and then cover
ed over with layer of turf, out of
which here and there springs a scraggy
sumac stalk or mullen weed. The en-
trance 10 this dug out is covered over
with a couple of iron trap-doors, and
reminds one very much of the outside
entrance to farmers cellar. No in
scription marks the spot; no letter or
symbol to Indicate that the abode is
one of the dead
Norman ever charged William Henry
Harrison with organizing victory out
of defeat In local politics his distil-
lery gave him a grip.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

The social circles of Boston we've
very largely represented at Trinity
church, in that city, at noon recently,
10 witness the wedding of Francis Pea
body. Jr., and Miss Rosamond Law
renee, daughter Of Hon. Abbott Law
renee The costumes were especially
alegant. Rev. Philips Brooks per
FORMED the ceremony.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

Professor Huxley has been appoint
ed Inspector General of the English
fisheries, to succeed Mr.. F. T. Buck
land.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

Miss Calhoun, member of the
famous South Carolina family of that
name. has just made her first appear
anCe a. an actress at Ford's Opera
House in Washington.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

Congressman Pacheco, of California,
was born in that State. He is a native,
a descendant of one of the old Spanish
Mexican families. As leader in the
southern part of his State he is very
popular
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27
The Rapidity OF Progress toward
Health.

Even when a good remedy for disease is select
ed depends in some measure upon the manner in
which it is taken. Irregular, interrupted doses
icine, however salutary. Taken in proper doses
at prescribed intervals, a reliable curative will
effect the object of its use. Among remedies
which, systematically and persistently used, ae-
complish thorough and lasting cures, az prevents
the recurrence ofSSuerodic disease, IIostetter's
Stomach Bitters ranks specially high. In cases
of dyspepsia debility, rheumatism, fever and ague
liver complaint, inactivity of the kidneys and
bladder, constipation and other organic maladies,
it is tried remedy to which the medical brother
hood have lent their professional sanction, and
which as a tonic, Alternative and household
specific for disorders Of the stomach liver and
bowels has an unbounded popularity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

A new ornament for watch chains in
New York is a gold pencil in the shape
of miniature obelisk.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

Senator Joseph Z. Mcdonald, OF
Indiana. will be married at Washing
ton. to Mrs. Barnard. formerly a clerk
in the Treasury Department. Mrs.
Barnard is a woman quite noted for
her beauty, which is of the Martha
Washington order. Mrs. Barnard for
many years has been a resident of In
dianapolis. Senator McDonalds home,
and was divorced from her husband
several years ago. Senator Mcdonald
has been NAMED twice before,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-01-27

Representative Geddes, of Ohio, who
was married to Mrs. Amelia b. Gass at
Mansfield, in that State, last week on
Tuesday, was married there in lS4S to
his first wife on the same evening of
the year, and at the same place that
his present bride was married to her
former husband. The two survivors
of the double wedding, after an inter
val of thirty-two years, were married
by the clergy man who officiated At
tbair former ceremonies