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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-09-07
Protection and Wages.


AS is well known, one of the favorite
cries of the protectionists to the work
ingman is that protective tariff keeps
the laborer busy and guarantees him
high wages, and is indispensable for
fostering our "infant industries Sta
tistics furnished by the census reports
Of 1880 do not verify the former asser-
ton, however, if iron and steel-about
the most heavily protected articles in
common use-are any criterion. These
statistics, as collated by the Boston
Post, show that in 1880 there were sos
companies engaged in producing iron
ore, and they produced 7,9717O3 tons,
employing to do the work 81 6S8 per
sons, at a daily cost of $31,793, a very
few cents over 81 per day for each per
son, which is less than the average
workers in any unprotected business in
the country. The total number en-
ployed in the production Of pig and
bar iron and steel was 140,975, who re-
ceived 1854, 922 a day, or $1.30 each,
their service coming more under the
head of skilled labor than that of the
miners. Surely 81 30 day for skilled
labor in one Of the most protected of
all our many protected industries, can
not be regarded as very muniticent
compensation, especially when, accord
ing to statistic of Labor in Europe
and America" a special report on that
subject, published by Edward Young,
Pm. D., chief of the United States bu-
reau of statistics in 1875, it is stated
that at that time semi-skilled labor in
English rail and angle mills received
on an average from IS to IS per day.
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The river and haroor congressmen
are having great deal of trouble just
now. Congressman Harris, of New
Jersey, secured his denomination only
by the skin of his teeth, the conven-
ton refusing to make the nomination
unanimous. But his troubles seem
only just to have begun. The Hunter
don Democrat, one of the most infu-
entail democratic jornals in his district,
comes out AAt-footed against him and
refuses 20 support him. This defec-
ton is serious and is likely to be fol
lowed by similar action on the part of
other Journals. 1t also foreshadows a
concerted movement to run an indie
pendent democratic candidate against
Mr.. Harris, which will probably result
in his defeat.
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i,nIeaxa YEars4et.

CHICAGO, September 2 -Flour-Steady and
unchanged. Wheat-Active but lower; regular,
l.Ol% for seller August; 9sh @9S1. for seller
September; 973s for seller October, 9Sk@9S%
for seller November; 97H for seller the year;
No. 2 red winter, 1.0OH for seller cash; l.O2
for sellerAugust; LOOK for seller September; No.
2 Chicago spring, SO for seller cash; l.Ol% for
seller August; No Chicago spring, go.
Corn-Actve but lower: TAX for seller cash; 70
for seller August, 74I for seller September;
73H for seller October; 6S3S fer seller Novem-
Der; GA q for seller the year; 6O4 for seller May;
rejected, 1871. 0ats-Active, but lower; 80 for
seller cash; 3S% for seller August; 36n for sell
Ter September; 351S for seller October; 352l for
seller November; 341a for seller the year; 81 n
for seller May; rejected, "a. Rye-Steady and
unchanged. Barley Steady and higher, 80.
Flax Seed-Lower; 1.T@1.2S. Butter-Active,
firm and higher; fair to best creamery; 1888
dairy, good to choice, 1921. Pork Steady
and in fair demand; 2l.S5 for seller cash; 2l.S5
for seller September; 2I.97h for seller October;
q so for seller November; 20l7h for seller
January; 20.f0 for seller the year Lard
Active and firm; 1890 for seller cash and Sep
TENDER; 12.42h for seller October; IL rs for sell
Ter November; 1227H for seller January and
for seller the year. Balkmeats Steady and
unchanged. Whiskey-Steady and unchanged
at 119. Freights-COrn to Buffalo, 2.
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CORNELL AT SARATOGA.
A Taciturn Governors Ways of Life
Nothing to say About the Blind
Pool.

No summer sojourner III Saratoga
leads quieter life than. Governor AL
ONO B. Cornell. He lives in cottage
IL, about at the middle of the long row
belonging to the United States Hotel,
and takes his meals in the general din
ing room. Except at meal time guests
of the house rarely see him. He min
giles little with the throngs on the bal
comics, and there are few visitors at the
cottage. He goes to Albany about
twice week, down and back on the
same day. Nearly every other day he
goes out to the races, of which he is
very fond. In the early evening he
often plays q game or two of billiards
with his two young sons in the U nited
States billiard room, and then returns
to MS cottage, in front of which he sits
in solitude for hours at a time. The
other Sunday he sat alone at one end
of the United States balcony for fully
two hours without speaking or hardly
moving a muscle. He usually has the
stub of a halfburnt cigar between his
fingers. He is slow smoker, and not
a great consumer of cigars.
The likeness of the governor to Grant
in manners is frequently spoken of.
Mr.. Cornell's silence and solitude are
not owing to mooGiness. He never has
moods. He is always cool, imperturb-
able and unrutfied. His reticence, even
in intercourse with those who in
measure have his confidence, is ex
IRENE. OF his political hopes and fears
and entanglements he will say nothing.
On general topics that do not touch on
his personality he will talk by the hour
when he has leisure His Information
is varied and his conversation is ami
mated and interesting.
To outward seeming he is the most
unconcerned man at the Springs over
the very serious charges affecting his
integrity in the blind pool transaction.
Visitors eyed him curiously as -he
walked along the balcony when the
charges of his double dealing first ap-
peared, to see if he gave any sign of
disturbance, but mis- immobile countc-
nance gave no token. To visitor who
asked him if he would make any
statement concerning the charges, he
re. lied coldly: ''No, sir. have nothing
say; nothing whatever" Then, with
a more cordial manner, ne invited the
visitor to be seated, and talked freely
with him for an hour on other topics.
He carefully led the subject to distant
fields every time an approach was at
tempted to the subject of the blind
pool.
There are no signs of political strife
about Cornell cottage. Politicians are
rarely seen there, and no sign or move
ment indicates what all shrewd OBJ.
servers declare, that the crisis of his
political career is at hand.
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TELEGRAPH TICKS.
Important and Interesting Items
from the Wires During the Week.
WASHINGTON.

IT is well understood in Washingto that
Secretary Teller will be el ected to his
old seat in the senate, ard he will readily
accept il.
DRs. BLISS and Reyburn have filed
their claims for medical attendance dur
ing President Garfeid's illness. Bliss
values his service at s25 900, and Reyburn
modeslly demands 5000.
LIEUT.. ScHwATKA procured a warrant
at Washington for the arrest of a claim
collected, but failed 70 hand over, - $50,
but the matter was compromised.
THE acting pcs master general has for
hidden the delivery of mail matter to the
managers of the institution for feeble
minded children at Esglewood, H., class
ing the concern among the frauds CT the
period.
THERE were issued from the United
States patent office for the week ending
Aug. 20, the following, viz: Patents,
$40; designs, u; trademarks, IA; labels,
2, and reissue Of patents, 5, making total
OF 403.
A RUMoR is in circulation in Washing
ton thai Secretary Lincoln is soon 10 be
replaced by some eastern man. While
the secretary has incurred the enmitv Of
some influential officers of the army, the
idea of his removal is unworthy of seri-
Gus consideration.
SENATOR CoNGER las hal consult alton
with Ser ator Lincoln aud General Drum
in regard to the soldiers home affair, but
nothing was done nor will there be until
Attorney General Brewster opinion is
received.
In Sergeant Mason's case, Judge Advo-
cate General Swain adheres to the legal
opinion expressed in his original report,
that the proceedings of the court martial
which tried Mason were irregular, and
that his confinement under its sentence is
illegal.
DR.. HICKS publicly states that Quit
eau's skeleton will not be placed on pub
lie exposition, and he denies the sllega-
tions that he has intrusted the assassin's
bones to the care of the United States
Medical Museum. Caterers 10 public
amusement are also informed that the
skeleIonic curiosity is not for sale.
The outbrt ak of yellow fever a, Pensa-
cola caused Secretary Lincoln to order the
transfer of the garrison to Mobile, and
the navy yard will soon be practica ly
closed The Louisiana board OF he aith
ba3 prohibited the Louisville and Nash
Vile read from bringing any passengers
or freight into the sta e from Pensacola
Brown sville reports seventy-two new
cases aud two deaths, aud seven deaths in
Ma amora, There are several cases at
Point Isabel, at the mouth of the Rio
GIande, and two refugees recently died
near Corpus Christi.
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GENERAL NOTES.

A VEIN of coal three feet thick has been
struck at Nation, ILL.,, at depth of 9O4
feet. The shaft has cost 100000.
GENERAL r osECRANs SAYS Denis Kear-
ney is a republican drayman at the San
Francisco custom house, and dead fail
ure in politics.
Rev. MOSES BAYLEs, who died recently
in Indian apolis. bought his freedom for
$500 and gave himself clerical luca-
ton.
Mrs. ANNIE BURNS, a Leavenworth
washerwoman, died sixteen years ago,
and the proper proofs of her demise are
wanted in Ireland. as her six children
have fallen heirs to stake of 100000.
RICHARD WEEKS, a veteran Methodist
Of indianapolis who for years has been
bent with rheumatism, walked upright
into revival meeting and announced his
cure by faith and amounting by Evangelist
Barnes
Tn Largest shipment of American Sc
curities to London for the current year
were made by Saturdays steamers. The
federal treasury will. within two months,
disburse $4l 500, 600 for pensions, Interest
on the public debt aud in payment Of
called bonds.
THE republican state convention in
Michigan renominated David H. Jerome
for governor and Moreau S. Crosby for
lieutenant governor. Harry A. Conant,
of Monroe, was placed on the state ticket
for secretery of state. and Edward II
butler, of Detroit, for state treasurer.
JUDGE HILTON. while proposing to con-
vert into an office building that landmark
of Broadway. the Stewart store at the
corner OF Chambers street, really desires
to sell it for 81 $780, 900, and has been of.
fered $2,000.000 Mr. Potter will not re-
build on the old World site. but offers the
property for 100000.
THE gas-well developed on last week at
Bloomington, ILL.,, attracts hundreds OF
visitors. Experts say that 100000 feet of
Illuminating material escape daily, a
two-inch pipe showing pressure OF
eighty five pounds. In the basement of
David Davis block is a gas-well which
in winter is used in heating the furnace.
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DIR. d. w. Bliss has written a letter
to the Board of Audit, appointed to set
tie the expenses of the illness of the
late president, in which ne sets forth
in detail mis- claim to remuneration.
He asserts that his receipts from his
practice at the time he was called upon
10 atte.d the late president We're about
81 800 a month; that this practice was
to a great extent broken up by the en-
crossing nature of his duties at the ex-
ecutive mansion, and that the direct
pecuniary loss resulting therefrom and
from subsequent iil-health, caused by
the long continued nervous strain and
over-exertion, amounted to about
$15, 200. He thinks he should receive
as compensation for his losses and his
services to the late president the sum
of $25, 900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-09-07
CRIME.

GEORGE Hazard, the notorious India
ma banker, who is now in jail at Auburn,
has been arrested twenty-seven times,
aed escaped nearly as Amy.
BEDALL is the name of a Methodist
preacher who fed from Beallsville, Ohio,
with a Young servant girl, leaving his
wife and three children utterly destitute.
TIE supposed assailants of Miss Bond
at Taylorville, H., who so narrowly es-
capped lynching. have been released on
their bonds. The unfortunate girl is
somewhat better.
RICHARD REvKLL. a cOuntertelter, was
arrested at Monroe, Iowa, by Deputy Mar
from a buggy and endeavored to kill the
officer, but received bullet through the
heart.
O'DoNo VAN RossA called together in
New York one hundred contributors to
the Irish skirmishing fund. and stated
that there were $50 900 in the hands of the
trustees, who refused to give an account
OF it. A committee ofseven was appoint
ed 10 force a showing.
THERE are unmistakab,e indications Of
another bull campaign III Wall street.
The decline of the past ten DAYS has
shaken out weak holders and served to
make large short interest
PRATT the assistant cashier of the First
National bank of kewsnee, ILL.,, has been
taken into custody as an accomplice in
the robbery of the institution by Ed
ward \. Welcb. Pinkerton's men cap
tured in S.. Louis dentist ramed James
s. Scott, on charge of completely.
The recent triple murder near Mount
Pulaski, Ill.,, came near being supple
mented by another tragedy. A rich bach
eIor farmer named john Roach, spent the
night away from home. In the morning
he found that the doors OF his house had
been burst in with anax, and his bedding
and trunk had been almost pulled TO
pieces, evidently in the expectation ef
rich find. Some arrests Of people in the
neighborhood are about 10 be made.
An excursion train was run from Tole-
do to Grand Rapids, o., on the narrow
gauge road. On the return trip a half
dozen desperadoes went through the cars
with cooked revolvers and stripped everv-
body of vsluables. 0ae citizen of Toledo
gave up SIS, and another was relieved of
his money on the platform and thrown of
the car, and the conductor was badly in
jured, Only oae of the robbers were cap
tured.
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Electrified Horses.

A great crowd gathered to see the
astonishing conduct of the horses at a
certain point in the road. One horse
no sooner reached the mysterious spot
than it reared, paved the air for mo-
ment, and then started of at a speed
that fairly took away the drivers
breath. Other animals acted in SINH
larly inexplicable manner, to the as
constituent OF the spectators. 1t was
at length discovered that a discharge
OF electricity underground was the
cause of the trouble, the electricity
communicating with the horses
through their iron shoes. A
policeman gave notification of the dis
turbance to the Edison company and
the current was cut off. "You sec"
said Edison, excavations are made
from time to time for the laying Of
steam-heating pipes, and this causes us
no end of trouble. Our conductors
become undermined and get pressed
down upon the pipes, SO that when a
heavy truck passes along there is jar,
and an electric shock is the result"
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ence, though they will be IN danger of
encountering the performance. II is
understood thst the dinners will not be
prepared on the premises, but will be
sent IN from a restaurant. The box
opens also on passage leading to the
stage, back of which is the largest
green room in the country. In the
yestive days of Jim Fisk this apart
ment was gayly peopled by the women
of opera bouffe, who assembled there
when not actually employed in the
performances, and made a brave show
with their beauty and costumes. The
hall, big enough to hold 200 persons, has
since been devoted chiefly to the stor-
age of scenery and properties, until it
was cleared and painted by order Of
Mr.. Gould, who will have it carpeted,
decorated, and furnished dazzlingly.
He evidently believes in revival of
the green room, whatever may be his
idea aboutthe rest Of the drama.
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erhin. Moss, by the burning of three fac

erhili, Mass, by the burning Of three fac
tories and three dwellings.
A BROTHER of the late Blue Jeans Will
Jams, of Indiana, for many years justice
of the peace at jack boro, Texas, has been
adiudged insane and removed from office
Two shocks of earthquake were plainly
felt at Chester, ILL.,. on Monday, the only
damage done being to the willow mat
tresses Of the river improvement. ~
THE bodies of nearly one hundred per-
sons drowned during the recent floods in
the vicinity of Fort Concho, Texas, have
been recovered.
Hon H. NJ MARTIN, lea ling lawyer
and democratic politician of Davenport,
was killed by bowlder rolling down the
mountain at Crested Butte, Col.
SEVEN cows are reported 10 have died
of Texas fever at Niagara Falls, and a
rigid quarantine will be established by the
veterinary inspector of the Dominion
GEN. CHARLES A. Powers, of Rochester,
y. Y. died in the street, of apoplexy.
He led the 10sth New York through all
the battles from Fredericksburg to the
Wilderness, and has since ranked high as
a lawyer.
YELLOW fever is spreading to the
ranches above Matamoras, on the Rio
Grande. Four new cases have developed
at Pensacola, and citizens who sought TO
escape found that they could not penetrate
the quarantine established.
AN incendiarv FIRE destroyed the Hotel
Brunswick, Pleasant house, and Central
hall at Old Orchard Beach, Me, the loss
being estimated at $4,000. the guests be-
ng obliged to leap from the windows
The former guuboat Algernon, built dur
the war to capture blockade-runners, was
burned at New York, and the steam barge
Albert Miller, was destroyed by fire at
Point au Sable, Mich.
a TEMPERANCE worker at Augusta, Me-,
secured a warrant awainst the officers of
an express company for bringing liquors
to the city. The deputy sheriff broke the
locks of the store-house and seized sixty
two cases of beer. As it was being loaded
upon the wagons the crowd drove away
the driver and carried off about half the
cases, several persons being seriously in
iused.
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He ScOrned Dishonesty.

An easy going, honest-minded old
country merchant in Iowa had been
in trade for dozen years when he took
in his son as a partner. The boy had
lived in Chicago for three or four years
and was up to snuff. One day after
the partnership had lasted about six
months, the old man came down one
morning amt found the doors OF the
store closed and sign up to the effect
that the firm had failed. He walked
over to his sons house and asked 4:
"James did you lock the store?" 81
did" What is the matter "Wny,
We have failed, and can only pay Is
cents on the dollar" James. contin-
ued the old man as he pulled down his
hat, "Im going down and open the
door with a crow-bar, and resume bus
mess at 100 cents on the dollar! For
thirteen long years l have given fifteen
ounces to the pound and measured
both fingers with every yard of cloth,
and the idea of taking any further ad-
vantage of the Lord goes agin my con-
science. Just consider that we have
resumed, and come along and scrape
out them sugar barrels Wal Street
NelCs.
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A FORTUNE IN HER HAIR.
why a Certain Girl at Long Branch
is Likely TO Win a Rich Husband.

is Likely TO Win Rich Husband
Long Branch Letter in Cincinnati Enquirer.
l don't believe it, though the fellows
tell it for a fact, that when certain
coarse haired girl dives her head into
the surf the water is sgitated all along
the shore. 1t is true, however, that
her hair is wonderfully abundant and
floats around her when she swims. 1t
is as coarse and stiff as horses name,
and these qualities are of unique ad-
vantage when she battles, because they
prevent it from collapsing into a mere
pigtail when wet. Sometimes we see
radiant creature trip airily down to the
surf, with her hair all free aud fluffy
and imparting to her a positive agony
of style. With that same pretty aspect
she goes under the water and never
krises again. That is to say, nothing
THAT looks like her reappears. Some
thing does emerge with semblance to
her body, but the head has a dripping
little switch of hair, totally different
from the hirsute glory that was on 1t
before. No sinner ever lost more OF
vanity and pride by the rite of INNER
SIGN. Well, this rse-haired girl is
exempt from such deterioration. Her
hair is so wiry that drenching doesn't
mat it. This gives her a tremendous
advantage. She battles without a hat
on, nor any confinement to her hair,
which gives ner picturesqueness inn
possible to the rest of us.
The actual value of her phenomenal
hair, aside from the satisfaction it gives
her, should estimate at half million
dollars. The young man whom it is
entapgling is the heir prospective to
that amount, and feel sure he won't
get away without an espousal. She is
one Of the incest girls here and deserves
a golden husband.
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Wants to be the Hangman.

A vel. known resident of the Fiji
teenth ward, says the Philadelphia Rec.
ord, sauntcred into the Office OF Will
lam B. Smith, pres, of the select coun
Gil, few days ago. Approaching the
gavel-wielder of the upper branch, he
said: 81 want TO ask a favor of you"
"Well. what can | do for you, inquired
Mr.. Smith. "The people in our ward, ,"
said the favor-seeker, care talking of
making you the republican candidate
for sheriff / fatter myself in the be-
lief that l can secure you at least twen-
ty democratic votes in my division"
President Smith was about to express
appreciation of his visitors influence
when that individual raised his hand
deprecatingly, and, with apparent sin
cerity and earnestness, said
II want you to promise me- in the
event of your election, that you will
deputize me to perform your first exc
cution."
"What" gasped Mr.. Smith, taken
aback by the singular request.
al am in earnest" said the would-be-
hangman. And he was. President
Smith will probably get those twenty
democratic votes.
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THERE is trouble in Kansas. Sena-
tor Plumb and Governor St. john are
at swords point Both of them want
to be reelected, and some time ago
they formed an alliance, defensive and
offensive. The senator was to help the
governor to a denomination and the
governor was to aid the senator in his
fight in the Legislature for reelection.
Things went along pretty well for a
time. until the governor became some
what of a drag upon the senator, and
then the senator quietly unloaded.
This angered the governor end he
struck up an alliance with Senator
Ingalls, to defeat Plumb. And now
hostilities have begun in earnest.
There is very pretty fight in progress
for the control of the legislature and
things are getting pretty well mixed.
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Although no Positive Disease

Inactivity Of the kidneys is a symptom of the APP
those indica, therefore, which it is very unsafe
to disregard. A good stimulus is given by but
few medicines to those delicate organs when they
become torpid but prominent among those which
renew activity without producing irritation is
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters 1t invigorates as
well as gives an impulse to the action of the kid
neys aud bladder. In diseases involving liver
disorder, in which the kidneys take up an unnat-
ural quantity of bile from the blood, the Bitters
exercises purifying influence, and tends TO re-
store botE secretions to a healthful condition.
Malarisl fevers, for which the Bitters are one of
the finest known specifics, are also prevented by
it. are also chronic constipation and dyspepsia