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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-06-22

the war. The gambler may offer to
the player with whom he is acquaint-
ed social glass of very good liquor or
very fine cigar, but he no longer
thinks CT tempting custom by bird sup
pers and expensive wines. 1t is said
by gamblers in this line of play that the
percentage in the banks favor with the
way the game is now played does not
allow a sufficient margin of profit for
them to indulge in any such extrava-
gance. In one very old gaming house
in Barclay streets two meals are set
each day for the employees and partners
ofthe house and if any patrons are pres
ent at the time of the meal they are wei
come to partake; but there is no mark
ed endeavor to get up a particularly
attractive spread. Three of the best
uptown games still have midnight sup
pers for their employees, at which
players are invited to share, but the
suppers are not feasts. The, limit of
the game has been much reduced since
the war. Then in two or three of the
larger games it WAS $3.50 to cases and
$500 to doubles. Now it is down SO
that the highest, apart from some rare,
exceptional case, is only 800 to cases
and 800 to doubl s.
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GENERAL NOTES.


ROBERT BONNER has added to his string
of trotters a sister of Maud S., named
Russella, which cost him $4,000.
LIUTENANT FLIPPER, the only negro
officer in the army. has been dismissed
from the service for misaYpropriation of
funds.
FREDERICK Voss. eight years of age. was
run over by Third avenue car in New
York, for which the company has been
mulcted in 800 900.
REv. CORNELIUS Brett, who bears the
GARFIELD memorial volume prepared for
Queen Victoria, has sailed for Europe.
Mr.. BocHMAN, brewer, has presented
TO the Italian colony of New York the
house and grounds on Staten Island occu-
pied by Garibaldi as candle factory.
IT has been ascertained that the July
wheat corner in Chicago is being engi-
neered by p d. Armour, John Plankinton,
and Alexander Mitchell.
THE graduating class at West Point
was given its diplomas by General How
ard, and addresses were delivered by Sem
ator Harrison, General Sherman, and Col
E. S. Otis
TIE postoffice at o sborn, Mo-, took fire
early on Sunday morning, and the flames
spread until a loss Of $40 900 was inflicted
upon the town
Hon. WILLIAM DENNRoN, who died at
Columbus June Is, was the war governor
of Ohio, and held the Office of postmaster
general under Presidents Lincoln and
Johnson. He was 81 years of age, and
has been i'll for several months.
Hon. JAMES WILSON, at present rail-
road commissioner, has been nominated
for congress by the republicans OF the
Fifth district OF Iowa, after they had bal
loted l45 times on FIVE other candidates.
A TRACT of 81 acres on the Hudson
river, near Peekskill, has been leased for
a camp-ground for the militia of New
York. The 23i regiment, of Brooklyn,
viii embark July l, for week under
canvass.
THE republicans state convention OF
North Carolina Endorsed the nominees of
the liberal movement, and passed reso-
luton requesting members of the legisla-
ture to vote against prohibitory liquor
laws. One of the leading spirits in the
convention was Col. William Johnson, a
malignant secessionist during the war ;
another was District Attorney Boyd, the
leader of Kuklux band in 1870.
Col. FkED Robe was nominated for
governor by the republican convention Of
the state of Maine. For congress the fol-
lowing gentlemen were placed in nominal
ton: Thos. B. Reid, Nelson Dinghy.
Chas. A. Boutille and Seth ID. Millenken.
the convention Endorsed President Ar
thurs administration.
TIE Battery park in New York contains
hundreds of Russian Jews. The agent of
the relief committee admits that several
who were placed on good lands in 0 hio
have found their way back to the metrop-
oils. The number forwarded from Brody
is in excess of the arrangement made.
Thew seem to feel that they are doing I he
relief committee great favor by com ing
TO the United States.
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The Turkish Railway System

1t would seem that the question of
the completion of the Turkish railway
system in Europe is coming to the
front. By slow but persistent steps
Austria is working herself down into
the heart of what remains of the
Turkish empire in Europe, and one of
the surest means she has of doing SO
is junction between the Turkish and
Austro-Hungarian railways. Probably
Austria would have preferred making
lines of her own right down to Saloni-
CD at once; but the attitude of the slaves
in an out of Russia, as well as the en-
barrassing instruction in Herzegovina,
may have checked her game in that
direction, and what we hear is a juno
ton between the railways of M. Hirsh'
and those of Austria Hungary. This
may mean an extention of the Aus
srian transcontinental lines across Ser
via on the one side and of the Turkish
line from Adrianople on the other, or
the Varna and Rustchuck railway may
have hand in the plan, or both. That
a junction" of some kind is spoken of
and will be tried, we have no doubt;
and the readiness of the Compton d.
Escompte de Paris to risk money in
the Servian railways projected by Nj.
Bontoux arose probably as much from
a knowledge that this was the drift of
things, as from the belief that the spec
ulation would be directly profitable.
Pail MGH Gazette.
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guests on board the steamer from
Washington to Yorktown at the time
of the Yorktown centennial last Octo-
Der. The immense amount of liquor
having been swallowed and the cigars
smoked, it became necessary for some
body to foot the bills and the figures
were spread before congress and have
thus become public property. An in
terested mathematician has discovered
that the above schedule represents ], 100
gallons of liquor, IL, 800 cigars and 1000
cigarettes, and as all was consumed by
about 200 people in FIVE days each per
son slowed away trifie more than one
gallon of liquid refreshment per day
and smoked 10 cigars between the ris
ing and the setting of the sun. The ma
tons guests numbered 80, and although
they unquestionably contributed their
full share of swallowing talent, it re-
mains that Americas glorious self at
tended to the major part. The matter
shows such fragrant d sregard of what is
proper, that it becomes too serious 10
Joke about.
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Skipped with a Scamp.
A RUSTIC ELoPEMENT SENSATION.

hlSllC ELOEEMEN1 SENNA1AON-
WABASH, Ind, June 16.-Quite So
ciai sensation is row agitating the peO-
Pile in Wabash and vicinity. Annie,
the young and pretty daughter of Cal
vim King, a leading farmer, eloped
with married man named Daily, who
halls from Newcastle, Ind. Miss King
has been teaching school near her
home, and fell in With Daily, who was
travelling under the assumed name of
Carlisle. Last night he called upon
her, and after the girls parents had re-
tired she packed her trunk and skip
ped with the scamp, leaving a note on
the table, informing her mother,
knowing she could never secure her
fathers consent. Miss King hal saved
$50 in money, and this she took with
her. Her parents did not know of her
departure until this morning, and an
officer was sent after the pair in no:
haste. They were last heard of at In
dianapolis, and will likely be over
taken. Miss King has always been
considered ole of the most refined
and elegant young ladies in the coun-
try.
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able to hear her words, bat would talk
with her at the castle. Miss Parnell
wrote to the papers that the erection of
huts fer eyicted tenants in Limerick has
been stopped, and urges all concerned in
the work to 20 on with the buildings.
THE Exposition buildings at Moscow
were injured by violent storm; and 100
houses were destroyed by fire during the
prevalence of the storm.
THE German parliament, after lively
discussion, in which Bismarck spoke for
two hours, rejected the tobacco monopoly
bill.
TIE italian chamber of deputies has
facility agreed to vote funds to purchase
proper apparatus for the cremation of
Garibaldis body.
A GERMAN liberal journal maintains
that in the retirement of Ignatieff an in
triguer against European harmony has
stepped down and out.
THE bursting of gun on the British
ironclad, Swiftsure, when of Madeira,
last week, killed one man and MORALLY
injured four others.
The object of the Alexandria riots on
Sunday appears to have been simply for
plunder. The dispatches are conflicting,
and one telegram places the number of
Europeans killed at sixty-seven. The
London Times correspondent holds Arab
Pasha responsible for the outrages. 1t Is
estimated the Kbedive is in great dan
ger. The shops are all closed at Alexan-
dria. and the excitement continues.
There we're serious riots June 18th be-
tween the natives and Europeans. Sew
eral persons were killed and wounded,
and a number of houses destroyed. The
police at first remained inactive. Riot
Gus demonstrations later took place be-
fore the French consulate, to which sew
eral of those MORALLY wounded at the
outbreak of the riots were conveyed. The
disturbances continued some time before
the authorities took steps to suppress
them. The English consul was severely
hurt, receiving gun-shot wound. The
engineer of the English man-of-war Su-
gerb was killed. The disturbances con-
tinued five hours, when the military APP
peared and dispersed the rioters. So far
as ascertained, the rioting commence d on
the street near the Great square. The i'm
mediate cause was the stabbing Of an Arab
by Maltese. A mob of natives collect
ed, cleared the street with sticks, and
made their way into the Great square.
where they demolished the music pavil-
ions and the furniture in the adjoining
cafes. The Europeans precipitately LETT
the square. and took refuge for some time
at the French consulate. The soldiers
were called out, but they looked on dur
ing the work of demolition and bloodshed
without interfering.
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For Removing Grease Spots.

An excellent mixture to remove
grease spots from boys and mems
clothing, particularly. is made OF four
parts of alcohol to one part of ammo
MIA, and about half as much ether as
ammonia. Apply the liquid to the
grease spot, and then rub diligently
with a sponge and clear water. The
chemistry of the operation seems TO be
that the alcohol and ether dissolve the
grease, and the ammonia forms a soap
with It which is washed out with the
water. The result is much more Salts
factory than when something liz used
which only seems to spread the spot
and make it fainter, but does not act
uaily remove it. IF oil is spilled on a
carpet and you Immediately scatter
corn meal over it, the oil will be alb
sorbed by it. Oil may also be removed
from carpets upon which you do not
dare put ether or ammonia by laying
thick blotting- paper over it and press
ing hot fiat-iron on it. Repeat the
process several times, using a clean
paper each time.
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News of New York.
THE GoyERNoRsHIP.

A good politician here, who processes
to have inside information, claims,
apropos of the next republican nomi-
nation for governor, that exComptrol-
Ter Wadsworth is the man. All talk
about Folger, they say, is but "side-
show" Wadsworth is ''halfDreed,"
and is strongly backed by such men as
Collector Robertson, but has personal
qualities that will not indispose the
stalwarts to support him if the popular
feeling runs that way. He has the
good will of the president, and that,
Just now, means a great deal. AS for
Gov. Cornell, the opposition to him Is
much more serious than would appear
on the surface, and in thirty days from
date, unless all the signs deceive, this
will be demonstrated beyond doubt.
As long as he has the custody of the
supply BILL" which contains many
items of interest to almost every promi-
nent politician of both parties in the
state, this opposition will be held in
prudent reserve. 1t is the governors
constitutional privilege 10 object to any
particular appropriation in the bill
within period of thirty days from the
time it is presented to him, but after
that period it must become law. Until
the thirty days have expired and the
fate of the various little jobs is be-
yond doubt, it would be the height of
imprudence to say anything against the
governors aspirations for a second
term, but after that he had better look
out for storm signals along the horizon.
ASSESSMENTS UPON OFFICE HOLDERS.
Custom-house officials and clerks of
all grades have been deluged during
the past few days with circulars from
ID. p. Henderson, secretary of the
congressional republican committee"
requesting contributions to the cam
paign fund to the extent of two per
cent. of their incomes. The officials
state that there have been fewer re-
sponses to these missives than ever be-
fore, and some of the clerks have even
been SO bold as to treat the circulars
with disdain. The circulars had the
following note at the bottom: "a
prompt remittance is requested" The
audaucity of the proceeding, right on
the heels of the Curtis conviction, is
new proof OF the brassy character Of
the average campaign committeeman
when on hunt for funds.
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Gambling in N. Y. City.

"Gath" in the Cincin roti Enquirer
describes the tiger dens of the Metrop-
oils: Gambling is booming in N. Y.
In the belt across bounded by Park
Place on the north and Liberty street
on the south, there are now no less
than seventeen games in full blast
every week day, from early in the
afternoon until ten o'clock, and some
times until midnight. There are only
two or three of these that run on a
bank as small as $1,000. Their gen.
eral capital is $4,000, and there are
three or four of them with double that
amount constantly in the drawer to
tempt all corners; but there is not one
now in the city that finds it necessary
to have bank of $4,000, as one
big-uptown Morrissey combination
game did during the war. That game has
now reduced its capital in hand to $751;
co., In Broadway and Twenty-sixtb
streets are two, at least, of the heaviest
games in New York at this time The
proprietors of one of these also runs a
big day game in Fulton street, and dur
ing the summer season carry on the
establishment formerly run by John
Morrissey at Saratoga. The season at
Saratoga is very short, but very lively
while it lasts, from $4,000 to $50, 900
changing hands every night.
Midnight suppers are no longer the
features they were in the flush days of
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A CURIOUS MARINE EXPERIENCE.
A Brig surrounded by a Large school
of Dead Ffsh-struek by Whale.
New York Mail and Express.

New l 0rk MAI ana kApr
Capt. A. G. Simmons, of the coast
ing brig Edward Hatton, met with a
curious species of dead sea fruit upon
the voyage from Point-a-Pitre to this
city. The vessel arrived at the Baltic
Stores, South Brooklyn, this forenoon,
where she was boarded by mail and
express reporter. Capt. Simmons who
is navigator of forty years expert
ence in the West India trade, said:
"While we were sailing across the Gull
Stream, in latitude 379 to 80, we fell
in with an immense school of floating
fish. AT first there were SO few that l
thought the fish had been thrown over
board by some ship, as the weather
was pretty warm, and we were directly
in the wake of the New Orleans aud
Mexican steamers, but soon the fish
surrounded us for miles. The dead
fish lay upon their backs, and were
bloated in appearance. The fins were
kept moving by the waves, which gave
the fish the appearance OF being alive.
They weighed from two to four pounds
each, should judge, and closely re-
semble Goldfish. | tried to catch some
of them in net, but the sea was too
rough. The fish were lying inside the
outer edge of the Cult Stream, and in
very deep soundings."
"Have you ever met such a singular
spectacle at sea before?' "No, and /
have been sailing the ocean for more
than forty years, boy and man. How
did the fish come there? Not by any
submarine explosion, l am sure. That
is matter for the scientists TO de-
termine.
Capt. Simmons added that the
Edward Hatton's bow was crushed by
whale while off Cape Hatteras. The
lookout who saw the whale said the
monster was about fifty feet in length.
The shock was felt by the Captain, who
was in the stateroom. He thought at
first that the vessel had run aground.
Whales are frequently encountered by
Atlantic vessels. A Norwegian bark
was recently sunk in consequence of
leak occassioned by blow from the
fiukes of one of these monsters of the
Deep A Cunard steamship lost her
propeller fans from the same cause.
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Grew Six Feet in Eight DAYS.
San Francisco Chronicle.


Quite number of century plants in
various portions of the State are throw
ing up stalks preparatory to blooming.
One on a ranch in SOnOma Valley,
on the west side near the foothills, grew
six feet in sight days, or three-eights of
an inch per hour, which is a
fairsa mple ofthe rapidity of flOwer-stem
development in these interesting
plants. At Petaluma two plants are
about to bloom, and will be in their
prime next week. A mammoth century
plant, which has been for years on
farm in the San Gabriel Valley, will
blossom soon. The plant spreads over
forty eight feetin circumference. The
fower-stem is expected to grow forty
or more feet high before it completes
its growth. Eight or ten other cases
are reported in other parts of the State.
The century plant will, in California,
bloom in eight or ten years after being
planted. The Mexicans make an in
toxicating drink, pulque, from the sap,
and its manufacture Is said TO be very
profitable. From the leaves a hemp
ike fibre is obtained.
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MtiWauk<.s yEarKpt

MILWAUKEE,, June l6.-Flour - Quiet and I'M
changed; moderate demand. Wheat-Quiet but
steady; No. hard, nominal; No. 2. 1.3146;
1919 for seller June; 1872 for seller July
116X for seller August; LOG for seller Septem-
Der; year, nominal; Ne. 3, 1.l0i No. 4 and re-
jected, nominal Cora shade lower; No. 2,
6914; rejected, 6sh. 0lts-S Steady No. 2, 499l;
white, so. Rye-Quiet; No. l, SO; No. 2, &C..
Barley Quiet and nominaly unchanged; No. 2,
70 for seller cash; so bid tor seller July; extra
No. 3, 70. Provisions Stoadier Mess Pork
2O75 for seller cash and July; 2O.95 for seller
August Lard-Prime steam, Il.5O for seller
cash and July; 1l.621l for seller August. Live
hsgs-Improving; 7:5Ods.1O for fair to choice.
Receipts-Flour, $3.50; wheat, 2,lOO; barley,
1,54O, Shpments-FlO 1O,431; wheat, OOOf
barley. l 055.
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MAN AND HIS BUTTONS.
His Method of Sewing Them on and
the Difficulties Encountered.
New York Graphs


Did you ever see man in the soli-
tude and privacy of his study attempt
to sew on button by himself? 1t is, in
all its details, one of the most interest
ing performances in the world. First
he hunts for button. Generally, to
secure it he robs Peter to pay Paul,
and cut one from another garment.
This button may be much larger or
much smaller than the size he is wear
ing. Next he hunts a needle. Proba-
bly, he goes out and buys paper of
needles. He always chooses the larg-
est needles, having an impression that
large needles will sew stronger than
small needles. As to thread, he gets
the c0arsest he can find, and this he
doubles. He would thread his needle.
He takes his big needle in one hand
and his coarse black thread in the 9TH
er. He bites off the thread to desira-
BILE length. Then he tries to twist it to
a fine point. Generally in this he sue
ceeds, making two and sometimes three
fine points out of one end. OF
course he can't get all these
points through the needles eye
at once. He tries hard TO make
that needle and thread get on friendly
terms with each other, but they won't.
They don't want to get acquainted.
They do not wish to have anything to
do with each other. Sometimes it Is
the needle that kicks sometimes the
thread. Sometimes he imagines he
has really thready his needle. 1t is an
ocular delusion. The thread has miss
ed the needles eye by half an inch. 1t
is harder twork than saving wood.
At last the needle is threaded. Now
he tries to sew the button on without
taking his trousers off. This proves a
failure. He twists himself into an I'M
comfortable position, and so would
sew. But he can't sew so. He runs
the needle into himself, and the con-
trary thread always insisting in fouling
or in doubling around the next
button. Then one part of the doubled
thread won't work harm onious-
iy with the other part One part
draws through the buttons eye
first and leaves the other part
behind. Then it gets hitched up, and
the ambassador swears. Or the needle
breaks. And then he swears. He may
not swear audibly. But the recording
angel knows what is going on inside OF
him, and debts him with every item.
He sews hard, he has forgotten all
about the necessity of thimble. He
jams his thumb down on the needles
head and it punctures his thumb or
runs under the nail. By and by he
sews the buttons eye full of thread.
His big needle wont pass through any
more. He must stop. He ends by
winding the thread as many times as it
will go under the button. And perhaps
he leaves off with two or three inches
of thread sticking outside. A woman
can, through many outward indications
tell when man has been trying to sew
on button. He doesn't know the
shibboleth of needle and thread, and it
catches somewhere every time. At
last the button is sewed on and he is
proud of his work.