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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01
I" The DestrOIer.''

A dispatch from New York of recent
date says: A trisl was had yesterday
in the presence of Gen. Grant, Secreta-
ry Hunt, Chief Engineers Loring and
Henderson of the United States navy,
and dozen other distinguished officers
and public men, OF Ericcson's new tor
pedo boat, "The Destroyer" The nov
ell feature of this boat is a submerged
gun which discharges torpedo with
unerring certainty through the water
400 feet in 8 seconds, with IL pounds of
powder. Yesterdays experiment was
pronounced q success by all who wit
messed it. 1t was the sd time the gun
has fired the projectile, and at no trial
since the boat has been put in working
order has it failed with the same charge
to throw a dummy torpedo 400 feet in
8 sec nds or less. The French officers
were especially interested in the exper-
iment, and though they at first pro-
nounced it an impossibility TO operate
a gun constructed on such principles
and with a submerged muzzle success
fully, they were obliged to acknowledge
that the theory had proved correct.
Astonishment was depicted in every
line Of the countenances when they saw
the projectile rise TO the surface beyond
the target, after having traversed the
distance from the muzzle of the gun
and through the netting without max
ing even the faintest ripple on the sur
face. Said naval officer at the con-
clusion of the experiment: "Give New
York harbor dozen such vessels,
which could be built at the cost of one
Infexible or Duilio, and we could sue
cessfully defy the combined navies Of
the world. 1t seems to me the key to
complete revolution in naval con-
struction methods. A feet of cruisers
with couple of these destroyers on
board, ready to launch at nom ent's
notice, could bid defiance 10 the most
powerfully iron protected fleets"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01
Anficipating the Verdict.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.--A man by
the name of William Jones was to-day
arrested and brought before the police
court for assault with intent to kill
Charles j. Guiteau. He was detained
but few minutes, and in default of
5000 was committed to Jail, and the
case indefinitely postponed.
So confident were the authorities last
night that the right man had been Sc
cured that no further search was made,
and il was not till 5 o'clock this after
noon that any officers on the van at the
time of the shooting were sent out to
the police station house to identify the
prisoner. Police Officer Evelin, who
was sitting on the van with the driver,
and who fired at the horseman as he
wheeled and fled, rode out TO the sta
ton house about 5 o'clock. After d
thorough scrutiny of Jones features
and some conversation with him. Off
Ger Evelin entered the office of the
station house and announced to the
officers and reporters Gentlemen,
THAT IS NOT THE MAN.
| should know the man | fired at yes
terday among million. / fail to iden-
tify this man Jores as the man, but !
could swear that he is not the man."
ON THE CONTRARY
the colored guardsman at the rear OF
the van, tonight positively identified
Jones as the horseman VINO had fol-
lowed the van to East Capitol and First
streets, where the shooting occurred.
The police are impressed, tonight, that
Jones is the man who fired at Guiteau,
Notwithstanding the statement of Off
Ger Evelin and the lack Of positive
identification on the part of Guards
mar Carson.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01
Proof EYerYMhera.

If any invalid or sick person has the least
doub Of the power and efficacy Of Hop Bitters
to cure them they can find cases exactly like their
owp in their own neighborhood, with proof posi-
tive that they can be easily and permanently
cured. at a trifing cost-or ask your druggist or
physician.
GREENWICH, Feb. II, 1880.
Hop Bieers Co.-SIRs 4 was given up BY the
doctors to die OF scrofula consumption. Two
bottles of your Bitters cured me.
LEROY BREWER
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01
CRIME

AT Alta, Wis, Mrs. Verrier induced her
mother and brother to eat poisoned soup,
and both { ed within 3 few hours.
FRANK PEARcE. white outlaw of South
Carolina, was shot dead in Marlboro coun-
ty BY State Constable Chisholm, who at
tempted his arrest.
JosEPH MULLER. turnkey in the jail at
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

The course of kidney disease may thus be
traced. First, inactivity then Inflammation, then
degeneration. finally destruction OF the organs. A
gentle stimulus sush as afforded by Hostetter $
Stomach BItters is oftentimes the unquestioned
means Of preventing one of those numerous maia-
dies to which the kidneys and bladder are subject
and which are 81 prone TO terminate Suddenly and
fatally. Nsphtis, Brght's disease, diabetes, ca
tarrh and stone 81 the bladder, are all maiadies,
which, even in their inception, wei calculated
te arouse the gravest aprrehenslons, but which
may be checked at the outset with this benign
preventive, which is also fine restorative Of gen
eral vigor, an anti-malarial specific, and remedy
for dyspepsia liver complaint, constipation, rhsu-
matism and nervousness. 1t Is thoroughly relia-
bic and safe and fine tonic for the enfee6ed and
dSsponding at all times.
Rev. DIR. George HI. Hepworth, the
we'll known pulpit orator and author,
has been called 10 the pastorate OF the
Belleville Avenue Congregational
Church, Newark, n. ].
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

MILWAUKEE. Nov Is. - Flour Quiet and
unchanged Wheat - Strong and advancing;
No. ? hard, nominal; No. 2, 1.2SA; L284
or seller November; 1.29 for seller Decem-
February; 1.2SA for seller March; l.291z for
seller April; No 8, LOG; No. a. nominal;
rejected nominal. Corn-Firmer; No. 2 wanted
at 80. oats-Quiet; No. 2, nominal and I'M
changed; 42h. Rye--In fair demand at 81.
Barley-Lower; No. 9S1z for seller cash.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

Mile. Elise, the famous circus-rider
of Paris, is credited with being a daugh-
ter of the Emperor of Austria. Her
circus dress is spangled with diamonds,
and diamonds CLEAN from her hair
as, standing with one foot upon her
flying steed, she directs with the other
the the attention Of her audience to
the zenith.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

On Saturday afternoon the settlers
around Durand, Wis, suddenly gath
cred into the town, and taking Ed
Maxwell, the recently captured robber
and murderer, out of Jail, hanged him
without benefit of clergy. The other
Of the two outlaw brothers is still at
la roc
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

Judge Pierepont, of Vermont, is now
in his 10Th year, and has been on the
bench twenty-four years, sixteen as
chief justice. He is suffering from no
disease, but gradually sinking from ex-
haustion Of his vital powers. His men
tai faculties are still undimmed, but
his death is looked for at any moment,
though he may live for several weeks.
10 hoop or not to hoop? is now the
alestion among women.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

DIR. HAMILTON, a well-known author
ity on insanity in the East, expresses
the opinion that Guiteau is just about
sane enough to be hanged, and thereby
discourage other subjects of insane
ueurosis" from gratifying their egotism
by numbering men in nigh places. DIR.
Hamilton is of the class of experts the
government should subpoena.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

THE newspapers of Georgia are call
ing upon the authorities to drive the
Mormon missionaries out of the state.
1t appears that 500 converts to Nor
monism have been made in Georgia
within two years, and some of them
have returned to their old homes wiser
and pOOrer men.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

Adelina Patti has been sued by Max
Maretzek, the operate manager, for
breach of contract, which he alleges
occurred away back in the year 1861,
when he engaged Patti to sing in Mex
leo. lie claims that he made contracts
for the theatres and bought the ward
robes, but that owing to troubles in
Mexico Patti broke the contract.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

THE New York Sun says that Blaine
means to give his whole time to secur-
ing the republican nomination in 1884.
To accomplish tits he has determined
to remove to New York, secure control
of the machine in that state, and ex-
clude Conkling, Grant and all their
friends from confidential relations with
the new managers. James has identi-
fed himself with Blaine, and will be
made Cornell's successor. All this
looks nice on paper, but Mr.. Blaine has
not yet captured New York.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

Miss Hattie Schell, Of La Crosse, went
to Europe to pursue her musical stud
les, and while abroad experienced a
wonderful change Of name. She comes
back as Signorina Terrina Brambilla.
She must have had her name mashed
by an earthquake or something, and in
rescuing it from the debris, fragments
of other cognomens stuck to it.-Nor-
r.istn1La HernId
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

CAPITALS HowGATE, of the army, and
late of the government signal service,
has been indicted by the grand jury at
Washington. There are seven indict-
ments, one for forgery and the others
for enlightenment.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

A little too fresh: Jones was sitting
on the front steps the other night, wait
ing for his sweetheart to come out.
She knew what tinae to come, and
Jones didn't wish to ring the bell for
fear of alarming the old folks. Pres
entity he heard the door open, and the
old man muttered something about
somebody's being too fresh" Do you
address yourself to me?' said Jones,
springing up with a flashing eye.
NO." said the old gentleman, mildly;
81 was thinking of the paint on the steps.
1t was nut there this afternoon. Jones
clasped his hands to the spot, and, re-
alizing the force of the old mans re-
marks, reached his room in five min
utes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

BISMARCK is said to be very much
Disguised because his son was beaten as
a member of the German Parliament,
and the case was still further aggra-
waited by the fact that the young mans
successful opponent was the son of the
counts bitterest personal enemy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01
Did Not Know II Was in the Bible.

A well-to-do deacon in Connecticut
was one day aecosted by his pastor
who said "Poor Widow Green's wood
is all out. Can you not take her a
cord 2" "Well,p answered the deacon,
~ have wood and have the team; but
VINO is to pay me for t?' The pastor,
somewhat vexed, replied, 81 will pay
you for it, on condition that you read
the first three verses Of Psalms xii be-
fore you 90 to bed tonight" The dea-
con consented, delivered the wood, and
at night opened the Word of God and
read the passage; Blessed is he that
considereth the poor; the Lord will de-
liver him in time of trouble. The Lord
will preserve him and keep him alive,
and Thou will not deliver him unto the
will of his enemies. The Lord will
strengthen him on the bed of languish-
ing; Thou wilt make all his bed in his
sickness few days afterward the
pastor met him again. Glow much
do / owe you, deacon, for that cord Of
wood p "Oh r said the now enlight-
ened man, "do not speak of payment;
did not know those promises were in
the Bible. / would not take money for
supplying the old widows wants"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

SECRETARY BLAINE is reported to
have said that if he were to remain in
the cabinet he would seek to annex
Cuba by diplomacy. He thinks the
island would be cheap at $500 600. 600.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

Mr.. EDWARD NJ. MARBLE. the United
States Commissioner of Patents at
Washington, has resigned, in order to
accept the Land Com missionership of
the Northern Pacific Railroad. There
Is no intimation as to his successor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

BETHARD, the Wisconsin crank who
threatened to shoot Guiteau, has been
sent to the workhouse in Washington.
He is used to snch nlaces.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01
MORSE @ WILKINSON. Py0bHetors.

IN his forthcoming report, Secretary
of War Lincoln will point out the ne
cessity of an appropriation for coast
and harbor defense.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

The Babylon IL. T. South SIDE Signal
quotes from Mississippi paper: Dir.
VIM. f. Quinlan, Crystal City, Mo-, suf-
fered occasionally from rheumatic
pains in his knees, for which he success
fully tried st. Jacobs Oil.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

The hypothetical question of the de
Tense in the Guiteau case is as long and
about as lucid as the speech of a
sand-lot statesman. In it the mental
integrity of the whole family for three
generations is assaulted in the interest
of the egotistical wretch whose miser-
able life it is to be used to proloDg. I'm
less the prosecution shall admit the
truth of the hypothesis, the defense
will be required to prove all this stuff
and nonsense before they can submit
their abominable question to the ex-
perts. The prosecution ,.ll hardly aid
nit the verify Of the twaddle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

DIR. Charles T. Wilbur, Superintend-
ent Of the Illinois State Asylum for
Idiotic and Feeble Minded Children is
visiting in Boston.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

The divorced wife of Guiteau, on her
way from Leadville to Washington as
a witness for the government, says the
reports of the trial remind her m ost
foreibly of the devilish quality of his
mental composition. This lady, whose
first venture in the matrimonial mill
was worse than coming in contact with
a buzz saw, is now happily married,
and it would be according to the eter-
nal fitness of things if her husband
were to appear in the assassin act, as
Guiteau has most scandalously used his
wife's name since the trial began.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

AN attempt was made to kill Gut
teau at about half-past four o'clock
last Saturday afternoon, when the
prisoner was being conveyed in the
close prison van from the court house
TO the Jail. The assailant was on horse
back. He fired two shots, one of which
barely grazed Guiteau's arm, and then
rode rapidly away. A man named
Jones is under arrest as the would-be
killer, but there appears to be serious
doubt of his being the man who fired
the shots, but he has been held to
answer. The effect of the attack on
Guiteau was to frighten him almost to
death.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

terrible death is greatly mourned. 1t
is not known what part of the east he is
from
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

The vote of the people of Colorado
unon the site of the state capital con-
Times it a Denver by over 10000
The other leading places voted Tor
were Pueblo and Colorado Springs, but
the vote for Denver was nearly three
10 one over the combined vote for all
the rest. The Denver Ne'es tells an
amusing story about this election, 1t
seems that Colorado Springs and Pue-
bio sent maps of the state to Rico Ter
the purpose of advertising their plans
for the capital as against Denver. but
the artist accidentally left Rico OFT the
map entirely. This agitated the Rico
men. and they voted solidly against
Pueblo.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

George P. Marsh has been Minister
Resident Of the United States in Italy
since 1861 continuously-nearly TWEEN
ty-one years. A war has been fought,
slavery has been abolished, and FIVE
have passed away in
the meantime.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

A fashion-writer says the fashion of
discarding gloves at evening entertain
ments, which has prevailed among
gentlemen for the last two seasons, has
had its run, and henceforth kids, it is
declared, shall be worn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

SEVERAL correspondents wish to
know why Guiteau is tolerated in court;
why he is not kept in Jail while his trial
proceeds, and the court saved the an
noyancc of his presence. When Law
renee was on trial for the attempted
murder of President Andrew jackson.
he behaved very much in the same
way as Guiteau does, speaking at all
times and disturbing the court. The
Judges, Justice Cranch and Two others,
took under consideration Their right to
nut Lawrence out of court, but, after a
full discussion of the matter, decided
that the trial could not continue unless
the defendant were present.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

ACCORDING 10 a statement submitted
to the secretary Of the interior by Cen
eral Flancis A. Walker, late superin-
tenden. the census bureau, the fcl-
lowing changes in congressional
representation, with the number of
representatives still fixed at 20S, will
occur in the forty-eighth congress:
Arkansas, California, Michigan, Missis-
yppi. South Carolina and West Vir-
cinia would gain two each; Alabama,
Illinois. Maine, Maryland, New Hamp-
shire. Ohio, Tennessee and Vermont
would lose one each, Pennsylvania two,
and New York three. The other states
show no change.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-01

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-The only fea-
ture of the proceedings of the court to-
day was Scoville's speech. He attempt
ed to prove insanity for Guiteau, He
related an incident in Guiteau's life,
which his friends thought indicated in
sanity. Guiteau with much warmth
said 'I've heard that story before, and
it is absolutely false. Don't tell any
such stuff as that again"
Scoville related Guiteau's varied ex-
periences during Moody and Sankey's
revivals, and his efforts and failures as
a lecturer on religious subjects and the
lack of appreciation showed by his au-
diences.
1t was Guiteau's belief that he was
serving the Lord, and that it was the
Lords business to pay debts incurred
in his service When this was men,
toned Gniteau laughingly said: II
dead headed from Toledo to Chicago
on the impression that my appearance
made with the conductors. | got put
off twice though"
Scoville, while describing Guiteaus
religious experiences, was frequently
interrupted by the prisoner, with :
left $4,000 in the law business to do
that work, and you all know how |
made out with it, "And in the same
kind of business the Apostle Paul was
engaged in and he got his pay, and |
expect to get mine some time out Of
that book | wrote.
A moment after, with show of en-
thusiasm, and raising his voice, Guiteau
exclaimed:
II used to go round the streets selling
my lectures to people, though | was
book agent, ana | was happier when |
was doing that work than ever before.
was working for the Lord, not for
money"
ScorilIe then alluded to Gaiteau's
susceptibility to the influence of
women, and said that such was his dis
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