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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-06
FOREIGN.

CHOLERA has broken out among the pill
grims at Mecca.
A PARTY of sixty-three farmers have
sailed from Liverpool for Texas.
Bradlaugh presided over three-day
conference of free-thinkers at London.
ALDERMAN john WHITAKER ELLIS, a
Broad street land agent in London, has
been elected lord mayor
CANON CAMPELLo. who recently abjured
the Catholic church, has been made d.
rector Of the Protestant schools in Rome.
William Walter Phelps, the American
minister at Vienna, has requested to be
relieved at an early date.
THE captain general of cuba has sus-
pressed three distasteful newspapers,
sending the proprietors of two of them to
Spain.
FRENCH troops to the number of $3.50
embarked at Toulouse for Tunis Sept. %.
A battle took place near Susa last Satur-
dry, in which the Arabs admit a loss OF
fifty men.
The railway tunnel under the Severn
river, connecting the English cities OF
Monmouth and Gloucester, on which
work has been in progress for seven years,
is nearly finished.
Gendarmes guard the national bank OF
Luxembourg, which has been forced into
liquidation by the government. It's pub.
lie liabilities are 100000 francs, while
100000 francs of its notes are held BY
working people.
REPORTS have reached Bombay that
Ayoob Khan suffered defeat at the hands
of the ameer on Thursday last, and fled to
Herat, leaving Candahar defenseless. The
desertion of two regiments caused .Ayooh's
flight,
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TELEGRAPHIC.
Condensed for Convenient and
Ready Reading.
WASHINGTON.

Senator Platt, of Connecticut, IL af
ficted with cancer in the breast. and has
paired with Fair, of Nevada.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR attended st. Johns
Episcopal church, directly opposite the
white house, where James Madison was
the first to appear.
Senator Cockrell urges the election of
David Days as presiding officer of the
senate, thereby relieving the democrats
from the charge of taking advantage of
the assassination.
THE war department has ordered com
pany X of the 10th infantry to proceed
from Detroit to Cleveland and guard the
remains of the president for twenty days.
President Arthur has ordered the re-
moval of Postmaster Starr, of Deadwood,
for confessed completely with star route
contractors in defrauding the government.
King Kalakua and suite called on Presi-
dent Arthur September 90. The United
States steamer Despatch has been placed
at their disposal for a visit to Fortress
Monroe.
Mr.. BAYLEY, employed in the army
medical museu On at Washington, has filed
an affidavit that he overheard two men
discussing a plot to assassinate President
Arthur.
A GRAND daughter of Thomas Jefferson,
Mrs-Maria j. Eppstine, was shown over
| the White House last week. She holds
the silver medal voted to her ancestor
| for drafting The Declaration of Inde-
/ pendence.
GEORGE BLISS has the star-route cases
ready Representation to the grand jury
at Washington; the first to be arraigned
will be Brady, Dorsey, and Salisbury the
| latter. is from Deadwood, and married a
niece of Secretary Blaine.
A COMMERCIAL journal of New York
/ claims good reason for stating that the
designations of MacVeagh and James
will not be accepted until the conclusion
| of the star-route cases, the president feel
| ing that they should have an opportunity
| to complete their work in the matter.
DISTRICT ATroRNER CoRKHILL, of Wash
| ington, called upon Guiteau Sept. %, and
gave him notice that the,grand jury would
| take up his case next Monday. The assas-
| sin replied that he was ready, and desired
George Scoville, of Chicago, as his coun-
sci. The wretch betrays more abiect COW
ardice each day.
| SECTION 38S of the Revised Statutes of
! the United States provides that the post
master general shall hold his Office only
for the term of the president by whom he
is appointed, and for thirty days there
after, unless sooner removed. The
republican organ at Washington claims
that if Mr.. James is to continue in the
cabinet he must be appointed October 10.
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The COnkling Conference.

New YORK, Oct. 3.-The Posts
Utica special says: Senator Jones, OF
Nevada, who has been closeted with
Conkling since Wednesday night at the
residence of the latter in this city, left
for New York. He was accompanied
to the station by Conkling, who board
ed the train and remained in the car
till it was ready to start. A large dele
CATION of leading stalwarts of Utica es-
corted the senator from the carriage to
the train. Some local stalwarts, includ-
ing Conkling's private secretary, left on
the same train with Jones. 1t
was said this morning, on trustworthy
authority, that the conference has been
carried on with great care, and a stem
ographer being present most of the
time to make full and complete re-
ports. 1t is now generally believed
that the present conference will have
an early important bearing on af-
fairs at Washington. Those who
have been permitted to hear
most from the inner walls of Conkling's
residence the last two days, express
themselves with great confidence, re-
speeding the ex-senator's immediate
future. 1t is said that the fight of the
Conkling men for supremacy in the
state convention, will not be continued
with more than show of persistence,
and it is also intimated, to-day, by
those near to the ex-senator, that he
does not care to have n seat in the con-
vention.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-06

The principle of throwing out sprat
to catch a whale is one not altogether
unknown to the business circles Of Chi
cago. 1t does not, however, always
succeed so well as on the recent occa-
sion of the Duke ofSutherland's visit to
the United States. His grace during
his stay here, together with his fellow
directors Of the London and North
western Railway, was made the guest of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Road. which volunteered to take the
party free to the western slopes of the
Sierres. So long as the route lay on its
own track all went well, but arriving at
Deming, and about to make use OF the
Atlantic and Pacific Road, the latter
company did not care to carry Duke
more than any other man gratui-
tously, and required full fare
for the halfdozen Pullman cars
which composed the train. The A., I.
& S. F. railroad, rather than allow any
hitch TO occur IN the traVel OF the Illus
trous voyager, promptly paid the fare
demanded, and conveyed him safely to
San Francisco. SO excellent was the
impression made on the duke by the
journey under such favorable auspi-
ces that he promptly invested 81, OOO,-
OOG IN the stock of the Atlantic and Pa
cifie-the company which had refused
to giGe him pass. The stock of the
Atlantic and Pacific is, moreover, guar
anteed by the Atkinson, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad, so that the latte
are the real winners, and doubtless have
no reason to regret the investment OF
$500 which they made so purely ION
spec"
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train-wreckers now undergoing examina-
tion at Auburn. Cal, has made a full con-
fessioE and disclosed the hiding place of
tools and arms.
A DIFFICULTY between Joseph Fischer
and Charles Deirlein, expert brewers of
Milwaukee, ended by the former fatally
stabbing his fellow-workman twice in the
region of the heart.
BILL RYAN, the Glendale train robber,
was convicted at Independence, Mo-, after
deliberation for twenty minutes by the
Jury, and sentenced to imprisonment for
twenty years. A motion for a new trial
was instantly entered, on the ground of
intimidation by Governor Crittenden' s
presence with armed guards.
THE perpetrators of the Arkansas train
robbery have been lodged in Jail at Hope,
and have been fully identified. One was
captured near Sulphur Bluff, Tex. and
the other two in the Indian nation. Clark
Hull, conductor on the Iron Mountain
road, had the satisfaction OF taking one of
the robbers.
A DESPERATE attempt was made, at Pal
las Green. Ireland, to blow up with dyna-
mite the residence of Captain Thomas
Lloyd, occupied by seventeen emergency
men and police. Captain Boycott was in
Westport recently, and was followed by a
mob and burned in efigy. Mofat, the
leader of an Orange expedition in Count Y
Louth, was fired at and wounded.
JOHN AND FRANK MCDONALD, of Me-
nomonee, Mich. having served two years
In the peHitentiary, retui ned for ven
geance. They killed William Kittson and
fatally stabbed his brother Norman. On
| the following evening a mob of four hun
dred battered down the Jail door with
heavy timber, dragged the prisoners to
death on the road, and strung their bodies
| to trees.
| For the purpose of BUSTING rome of the
| directors meeting of stockholders of the
Nevada and Oregon railroad was called at
| Reno, Nevada. Treasurer Coffin and two
gentlemen from San Francisco were or
dered to retire from the room, but did not
do SO. In second the air was filled with
whistling bullets, fatal wounds being in
| ficted upon ID. w. Balch, of San Fran
cisco, and S. G. Scovill secretary OF the
| company.
THE seizure of the dry goods stock OF
| Edward Malley, at New Haven, by Sheriff
Byxbee, was speedily followed by prepo-
sition from the merchant to compromise
for $500. An agreement to this effect
was signed by Edward j. Carroll. for him
self and the three Malleys who brought
| the suits. The next step was the appear
ance of a deputy sheriff, who arrested
| Michael Malley and Carroll on a charge
| of false and malicious attachment, and they
were taken to Jail In default of s., 600 bail.
William and Edward j. Malley will be
| similarly treated when caught.
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ANICE GORGE IN NEW JERSEY
Natural lee House i'm which IN
Thermometer Stands b all sum

Thermometer Stands 81 ali sum
mer.
Newton n j. correspondence TO the Phiadel-
phia Times.
Within an hours drive from this
town may be witnessed one of the
strangest sights in this country-a per-
petual ice gorge. This gorge exists at
the foot of Blue Mountains, back OF
Swattswood Lake and Middlevilie, and
| is but few miles west of Newton. The
gorge is several hundred yards IN ex-
tent, from ten to thirty feet deep, with
numerous caves and clefts in the roek
where the ice lies. The main gorge is
located but short distance from the
mountain, and the shade at that spot Is
very dense, the sun apparently never
penetrating it. The entire blttom OF
the gorge is covered with thick, clear
ice, and the crevices and caves are tlll-
| ed with it. That it is a natural ice
house there can be no doubt; hundreds
of tons might be taken out without APP
preciably decreasing the quantity.
Much of this great mass has doubtless
lain there for years, the ice gradually
melting on top, and being added to
| each year. The thermometer, which
during the recent drought and shot
spell' registered 103o in Newton,
marked just SO Q at the same time at
the bottom of the gorge-too cold for a
| person to remain there any length of
time. A few feet from one end of the
gorge spring of the most delicious
water bubbles up through the ice. 1t
tastes slightly of iron, and is very salts
| flying to the thirst. This water stands
at. 81 about as cold as one could
| comfortably drink it.
Samuel Thompson who owns the
farm on which this ..atural curiosity
has been found, said when asked about
the gorge by a reporter: ''Why, yes, |
| spose it is rather remarkable, though
we never set no store by it 'cept when
we wanted ice. The neighbors all goes
there when they wants ice, and faint
necessary for t. build any ice houses
round here. Early in tn spring tn
gorge is filled clean to the top with clear
| ice, but long in the summer it gets
melted down, but then they's alters tons
and tons ice thar an they hez been
since l kin remember. Ye see, tn wa
ter runs down often tn mountain inter
that holler during tn fall, and as they
amt much outlet it jest stays thar and
freezes. / s'pose some o. tn ice in that
thar cave has been thar forever. The
water in the spring, though, is mighty
good tastin', an my wife sets great store
by it, cause she says tits powerful good
fer rheumatic. We hev knowed bout
the gorge fer years, but ez / reckoned
they was plenty jest like it round the
| / oh n fAI
thing. Yes, they hez been good
many people round here t. see tn
spring this summer, but mostly city
chaps that was boardin over T. Newton,
an come out Jest t see tn sight" Mr.,
Thompson has been offered large sums
of money by epteiprising capitalists fol-
the gorge, but declines TO sell, as he is
wealthy, and thinks the property is
worth 'jest" as much to him as it would
be to some one else.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-06

THE allopathic surgeons and doctors
who attended the late President, and
conducted the autopsy, have promptly
characterized the charges of malprac-
tice made against them as false and
malicious. and Gen. Swain, who was
alleged to have criticised the autopsy
and to have made the statement that
the bullet was accidentally found, de-
clares that he never made such state
ment. and that he has no criticism to
make upon the case or upon the sur
geons. 1t Is to be taken with consider
alton that there are some parties with
private grievances who will stand ready
to make any hostile criticism from mo-
tives of revenge, and that it is easy, with
the results of the autopsy before them,
for others to declare that this or that
should have been done, and that an
other course of treatment might have
saved the Presidents life. The sur
geons who attended the case are hon
orable gentlemen, and have long been
known as able and skillful practitioners.
They were frank enough, Notifying as
il must have been 20 them, to acknowl-
edge mistakes in judgment, and mis-
takes which others would have been
inst as halle to make. 1t is due TO
them. however, to say that had they at
once sought for the bullet, the search
would have been proftless, and might
have shortened the patients life, and
that, had they known at any time dur
ing the case all they know now, their
best efforts could not have effected
more than was done under mistaken
view of the case; and it is further due
to them to say that they showed a re-
markable degree of skill in preserving
the patients life so long when all the
chances were against them.
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A I'rotting Steer.

A. Starks, residing eight miles south
east of Erie, has noted trotting Agar
old steer, known as Stsrkie, which he
has been training to trot in harness for
three years past, and has finally sue
ceeded in accomplishing the difficult
task, and by so doing has gained con-
siderable notoriety. Starkie is twelve
hands, and of dark-red color, very in
telligent, and as gentle as lamb. On
being harnessed he viii open his mouth
to receive the bit, and when hitched to
a sulkv he strides off like an old-time
.trotter. - Bradford Star.
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CRIME

Ike Stockton, desperate from New
Mexico, was fatally shot at Durango, Col,
while resisting arrest.
George w. Hunt, paying teller of the
Importers bank of New York. is charged
with the embezzlement of $4,000.
w. L. BRANCH, disbursing agent of the
American Transfer company at Bradford,
Pa, has been arrested in Toronto for the
em5ezzlement of $4,000.
BURKE 4 MRYER, wholesale cloth deal
ers at New York, have caused the arrest
of their bookkeeper for the embezzlement
of s., 900.
Mason, one of the four Central Pacific
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SIXTY BUILDINGS.

BRADFORD, p, Oct. ga fire broke
out in Roberts Opera House block, Ell
dredtown, II miles northeast of Brad
ford. Before the fire was gotten under
control, sixty buildings were burned
in the business centre of the town.
Loss estimated at 100000; insurance
$4,000.
BRADFORD, Pa, Oct. 3.-At two
O'Clock this morning fire broke out in
Jackson's opera house Eldred, located
in the business centre of the village.
The fire was already well under way
when discovered, and was enlivened by
stiff breeze. The town being without
any fire organization the village was at
the mercy of the flames, which quickly
spread to the opposite side of the
street. There was no water supply of
any kind and the fire swept undisturbed
on both sides of the street. About
fifty buildings were destroyed, many
with their contents. The list of the
principle losses and assurances are as
follows: A. B. Rawley & Co., dry
goods, loss $4,000, insurance 81 400;
w. A. Young, hardware, loss $1,000, in
surance, 5000; G. Y. White, grocer, loss
IS 900; insurance. $500; w. w. Fair
man, liquors, loss; 1880; insurance.
unknown; E. w. Doane, dry goods and
drugs, loss, S14 1000; insurance, $4,000;
Joseph Domberry, clothing, building
and stock worth $4,000, about one
third saved, insured; Miss L. A. Var
mum, millinery, $1,000; insurance, l.,
200; w. B. Archibald & Co, groeers.
loss, $1,000; insurance, $500; E. S.
Hitler, confectioner, loss, s, 200; insur-
ance, 500; ]. G. Lesner, grocer, loss
s, 900; insurance, $500; F. A.
Roberts. dry goods and crockery,
loss, $1,000; insurance, 81 600; NJ.
Spear, dry goods and carpets, loss,
s.. 600, insurance 81 500; A. J. Hicks,
dining room, loss $4,000, insurance
81. 500; L. B. Hartwell & Co, drugs,
loss, $4,000, insurance 3, 500; Kelly's
opera house, loss $1,000, insurance
81 500: Bennett house building. loss
s., 900, insurance unknown; Faber's
jewelry store, loss $1,000, insurance I'M
known; P. Welch, hardware, loss 81 800;
United Brethren church, loss $500,
insurance 81 900; C. G. Moore's books
and furniture, loss $4,000, no insurance.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 3.--A Fire at Bonds
station tonight, burned w L. Riddell's
store. Loss, s. 900; insurance, s., 900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-06

On September 28th, District Attorney
Cerkhill called at the jail and being
admitted to Guiteau's cell informed
him that the grand jury would be in
session next week and that his case
would then be called up and that in
dictment would probably be found.
Col. Corkhill offered to telegraph to
any counsel Guiteau might desire, init
mating it was the intention to give him
an early trial The offer was accepted,
and later in the day Corkhill sent a
telegram for the prisoner to Guiteau's
brother-in-law, g. NJ. Scoville, of Chi
cago, in which he requested that the
gentleman defend his case.
Guiteau also requested Scoville
to obtain the assistance of some able
lawyer and suggested Emory A. Storrs,
of Chicago. as such person.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-06

To criminal neglect Of preventive medica-
ton may be ascribed majority Of the ailments
which affect humanity. IL is a wel-aseertained
fact, resting on the experience of over twenty
FIVE years that course Of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters will put even naturally feeble system
in such state of defence that it will be
competent to resist the most prevalent causes OF
disease such as the mahgn influence OF
miasma unwholesome water. excessive heat,
damp, cold, sudden changes OF temperature,
etc. Yet there are Thousands of persons living
in perpetual peril from one or more Of these
causes who recklessly omit to avail themselves
of the absolute protection which this famous
vegetable antidote affords Intermittent and
bilious remittent fever, rheumatism, general
debility nervous weakness and Irregularities
CT the stomach bowels, and liver, would be
comparatively unknown, II this palatable specific
were in universal use in the districts where they
principally prevail.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-06

THE correspondents are taking great
pains to provide foreign missions for
the gentlemen of the cabinet whose
services are to be dispensed with. This
is somewhat gratuitous. The legisla-
lures and people of the several states
will provide for all Of them 1t IS
necessary to provide for. Postmaster
General James is to De president of a
New York bank.
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THOMAS GARFIELD, the grandfather Of
the President, died suddenly, when
young. One of his sons was Abram
Garfield, the father &C the President
who also died suddenly while still a
young man, leaving a widow and four
young children. Thomas Garfield,
another brother, lost his life suddenly
a few months ago, and now comes the
death of the President, for whom the
Nation mourns. There seems to be
line of fatality in the family.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-06

TRAIN robbing seems to be in fai
way to decline. The three boys who
robbed the Iron Mountain train, few
days since, are safely housed in jail,
and will soon te given twenty years
lease in the penitentiary. 1t is certainly
to be hoped that the authorities will
convince these fellows they cannot all
be " the lanes brothers"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-06

THE fraternizingof "the boys in blue
and GRAY" can be seen to have been
hearty and complete. If the politicians
of the South continue to cultivate the
old spirit, the soldiers of the Confeder-
aey do not. Under the spell of the ma
toms great sorrow there is a DISPOSE
ton to bury the past and take a step
forward into a purer atmosphere.
"With malice toward none and charity
for all, " let the nation join in fervent
aOnap
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IT is thought probable that President
Arthur will name a successor to Judge
Clifford at the extra session of the SEN
ate. Several Indian agents, postmas-
tiers, commissioner of railroads, di-
rector of the New Orleans mint will also
be appointed, in all probability.
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DUST TO DUST.
From Washington to Cleye-
land, and Final
Rest.

A Glittering Pageant scenes Recall
lng Inauguration Day-NOtabie Men
Two ex-PresIdents Arm i'm A rm =
The Diplomatic COrps-vice Presi-
dent Arthur--The Bereaved Family
"A Rapid Kun to Cleveland-Mag-
nIficent Preparations There-The
Thousands Advantageous Partic-
ulars in Detail.
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Redeeming Bonds.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 3.-Sec-
rotary Window denies the rumor that
the treasury department will modify the
recent call for $20,000,000 of bonds; SC
that they would be paid daily upon
presentation, instead of December oath.
The effect ofsuch modification would
be to at once ease the present strin-
gency on Wall street, as it would be
possibly for nearly the whole amount
to be presented within week. Thus
putting afoat large amount of cur
rency. Mr.. Window said that the
treasury had not operated to effect the
market. and would not in the future.
Mr.. Window left at 2 p. M, for Massa-
chusetts, and will be gone ten days or
two weeks.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-06

IT is reported that Aycob Khan was
defeated by the Ameer on the 22d, and
that he fled to Herat, abandoning guns
and baggage. The cause of his defeat
was the desertion of two of his regi-
fneDtS
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Mr.. J. STANLEY Brown, President
Garfeld's private secretary, will be sue
ceeded by Mr.. j. c. Reed Mr. Brown
will be attached to the clerical force of
the White House.
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An Eikton. Md, paper mentions
the case of Mr.. T. Deenen, of that
place, who suffered severely with rheu-
matte pains until he tried bottle Of
ST. Jacobs Oil, which completely cured
him. Indianapolis lind. Journal
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The French are gaining ground rap
idly in Tupis. One regiment has buried
three hundred men.