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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-03-01
Wisconsin Conference or Charities.

The third annual meeting Of the Wisconsin con-
ference of charities will be held at Madison on
Tuesday, Wednesday ana Thursday, Feb, ~, %
and March next, when the following programme
wilt be observed
TUESDAY afternoon, . b. M, Presidents address:
2:aO .. m, business: p. ms written reports
Of standing committees and discu ,sion npon them.
Evening. z 80 D. M, paper upon Associated Char
titles, by Mai. w j. Dawes Of Milwaukee,: 8 o. m,
pauer upon Outdoor Relief, by A. o. Wright.
followed by discussion upon the above papers.
Wednesday morning, 8 a. m, business; $3.50 a.
m. verbal reports from institutional l q m, writ
ten reports of standing committees. Afternoon, ..
M paper upon Vagrancy, by III. II. Giles. followed
by discussion: $3.50 r. m, reports from county in
sane asylums followed by discussion. Evening,
1880 D. M, paper by l.. A. Proctor upon Schools for
the Defective Glasses; p. M, paper by President
w d. Parker upon The Need Of School for Fee
ble- Minded Children. Discussion upon the above
papers.
tuesday morning, 8 a. m, election Of officers
and other business 9:20 a. me- additional reports
from institutions; 1880 a. M, free discussion
upon Things Needed in Wisconsin. Opened BY DR..
Vivian: . M, adjournment.
All supeIintendenis OF the poor, all overseers Ct
poorhouses and their wives, all members Of county
boards, all persons officially connected with any
public or private charitable institution the State
all present or past members of the srate board Of
charities and reform, are members OF this confer
ence il they choose to attend State officers, mem-
bers OF the legislature sherifs and county judges
are entitled TO attend and sit honorary members.
Citizens who are interestedn the subjects discussed
are also invited to attend
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-03-01
Cruel state Prison omciaIs.

One prison horror treads upon snother's
heels, so fast they follow. A few weeks ego
investigation of the conduct Of the New
York penitentiaries revealed brutal inhu-
mainly in the treatment of prisoners, which
quickly followed by the history Of the mar
agement of the Massachusetts prison at Con-
cord Mass. Now comes story OF cruelty
and corruption from the Southern Indiana
penitentiary. The charges and specifications
are nearly the same-brutal punishment
and torture at the hands of inhuman prls-
on officials, and in some cases j Is charged
the unfortunate victims died from the ei-
feels OF their treatment. Whiie the evidence
~ conyjcts ia not always first class, and no
doubt they lean rather to the example OF
Ananlas than that OF George Washington,
vet it has come to be believed that there y
good deal of fire in the prison brutality
smoke, which should be extingnished.
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New Northwestern Patents just
Issued.
Witness, Laramie

David Henderson, Butte City, Mont,
machine for concentrating and amalga-
mating ores, Dinsmore Austin, assignor
ef Uhe-third to II. c. Laub, Denison,
Iowa, attachment to wind mill; George
R. Boase, Wis, churn; John Ii. Berk-
shire, Muscatine Iowa, recibrocating saw
mill; Thomas NJ. Biackstock, Sheboy gah,
Wis, fastening device for chairs; Jo-
seph P. Bullock, assignor Of two-thirds
o the Deritt II. NJ. company dimited),
Milwaukee, Wis, grain binder; Charles
w. Case, 10 Pattee and A. M. Long,
Minneapolis, Mimi, machine for forming
and cleaning bitches; w. A. Clarke,
Saltwater, Mimi, reversing gear for
steam engines; E. G. Durant, Racine,
Wis, building veneer boatsl John
II. Edward, saltwater Mimi,
traction englneI i. b. Garretson
assignof to Garretson Ruffler
company, Oskaloosa, Iowa, ruaiing at
tachment for sewing machine; Mary. J..
Gartrell, Ihdianola, Iowa, top extern sion
step ladder; Charles Gratz, assignee to
Garretson Rufiler company, Oskaloosa,
Iowa, ruffling attachment for Sewing ma
chimes; G. D. Drew, Dubuque. Iowa.
turbine water wheel; III. W. Quincy
East Nodaway. Iowa, motor; William
Hopkins and G. oekler, Dubuque, Iowa.
steam heating uoiler; E. B. Meatyard,
Geneva, Wis, car truck (feissue); A. w.
Morgan, ass gnof of two thirds to j. e.
Boyles and w. L Morgan, Crestoa, Iowa,
incubator; Emma A. Paul, Madison, Wis,
desk top; f. Pfinz. Dundas, Mimi, dust
collector for -four mills; F. Prinz
Milwaukee, Wis. dust collector for
-four mills; F. Prinz, as
signor of one-quarter to ]. X. Gehring,
Dundas, Mimi, middlipgs purifier; E.
S. Radcliffe, st. Pall, Mimi, suction ven
tilator; Christopher Reiser, assignor to
Reiser Steam Boiler and Cleaner com
pany, Prairie du Chen, Wis, steam
boiler cleaner; j. Shoemaker. assignor of
one-half to T. Thornley, & Bait, La Crosse,
Wis, evaporating pan; George L. Skunk,
Lincoln township, Iowa cultivator; f. G,
Starke and J. P. Crowley, Milwaukee,
method of and device for the application
for cable power to steam shovels. j. r.
Steitz, Bay View, Wis, hay rack; Will
liam E. Williams, Dodgeyille, Wis, wind
mill; ?. & ]. Young, Monticello. Iowa,
apparatus for Tightening tires.
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AHungry Corpse Story

The story is told by physician at
Metamora, m, as fellowe: On Monday
of last week he @as called to see wo-
man named Stappe, living mile north
ofthe place, and who had been i'll for
several days with pneumonia. The
doctor pronounced her condition criti-
cal. and informed the family that they
might be prepared for the worst at any
moment. Tuesday morning member
of the family came and told him that he
need not come out again, as the woman
died about II O'clock the night before.
On "Wednesday morning the doctor was
called again 70 see her, when he learned
that she had lain from about u o'clock
on Monday night until about 3 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon in an apparently tn
conscious condition, perfectly cold and
rigid, with no perceptible sign of life
On coming TO she rose up in bed and
asked for something to eat. She had
been laid out on the bed, and arrange
ments were being made fer her burial.
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WISCONSIN News ofthe State.

Mr.. George l.. Lloyd, a prominent
lumberman of NeiIlsville, has just re-
turned from a trip through the south.
He has purchased large tract of pine
land in Florida, west of Jacksonville.
The pine, of which he has some speci-
mems, will compare very favorably with
that of northern Wisconsin.
The Cheboygar Chair Manufacturing
works burned last week. The total loss
il estimated at $4,000. There was an
insurance of $4,000. The ware rooms
and finishing department were saved.
Two hundred and seventy-five men are
thrown out of employment.
A teamster named William Verbeek
aged twenty-five, was killed in James
Reddon's camp, ten miles north OF
Greenwood, by a log falling oil a shid-
way.
DIR. e. d. Huntly, d. d., LII. ID. presi-
dent of the Lawrence university, has &C
cepted call from the Metropolitan M
Il. church, at Washington, ID. q. DR..
Huntly has made a success as preEiden
of the university. having cancelled a
debt Of over $S12, 600 in less than year.
A call, signed almost unanimously by
members Oh ADt w isJOliSih iNBiD''eUA y
and the bar of the state, was issued at
Madison to Associate Justice w. p. Lyon
of the supreme bench, to become can
didate for reelection at the April cleo
ion, and he has accepted.
Iron and and silver ores have been
discovered in Shawano county, the
former in paying quantities. Work will
be commenced in earnest when spring
opens.
At jefferson, jury brought in yer
diet OF murder in the first degree against
| John Kodish and his wife Barbara. They
stand convicted of numbering Kodish's
| mother, Dec. s.
g. G. Washburn post, = No il, g. A. r.,
of Madison, held grand camp fire last
week in the Lake City Guard armory.
Hard tack, pork and beans and coffee
were served in tin to over 500 soldiers
and families. Speeches were made by
Gov. Rusk, Col. William 4. Villas Madi-
son. Senator r. s. Flint of ssMenominie,
/ Col. r. a. Calkins of Milwaukee, Philip
Greek Baraboo, and others,
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Last weeks Failures.

Bradstreet's Journal furnishes the fol-
lowing: There were 204 failures in the
United States reported to Bradstreets
during the past week. II less than the
preceding week, 90 more than the cor
responding week OF 1882, and GA more
than the eaYne week of 1881: Although
there has been a gradual reduction in
the number of failures during the past
ew weeks, yet the past week has been
much more important. They include
John V. Ayers Sons, iron manufactures
aud William T. Allen & Co.,. wholesale
groceries, Chicago: Brown, Bonnell &
Co., iron manufactures, Youngstown,
Ohio: the Fox River Iron company, De-
pere, Wis, and Hatch, 4 Peters, bank
ers and brokers', New York city.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-03-01

linton Scollard.
wonder-just tiny bit
As see Mabel thoughtful sit
Beside the table,
What she would do, the merry miss,
II should steal from her a kiss;
To me it would be perfect bliss
But what to Mabel
Her ear is pink as mother pearl.
And from her net one golden curl
is straying yagrant;
Her 81 ken lashes curve a-dcwn
And veil her eyes of bonnie brown
The perfume from her dainty gown
Is family fragrant.
How easy round her chair to slip
And kiss her tempting ruby lipl
IL Yet--would | rue ii?
What is that saying apt, though old?
A winning knight must needs be bold
And maiden Mabel could not scold.
| think I'll do it.
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Rsdnesdau. Eesr..a,.u 81

SENATE-Resolntion were offered for the
appointment of committee of seven TO ex-
anime improvement works now in progress
on the Mississippi below Cairo, and calling
on the president for information regarding
the alleged agreement among this and Ea-
ropean countries regarding the settlement Of
the war between Chill and Peru.
The army bill was considered, and Mr..
Logan criticised the administration of the
signal service The provisions abolishing
the pay corps and limiting the pay for trans
portation on subsidized railroads to so per
cent. of the usual charges were stricken out.
The bill then passed; also the Notifications
bill.
The joint resolution providing for the
termination of the fishery articles in the
treaty of Washington was adopted. The
Utah bill came up and Mr.. Hoar moved to
strike out the section prohibiting the women
of that Territory from voting on any ques-
ton.
This bill is supplementary to Edmund's
original measure under which the commits
sion was appointed. II embodies the rec
concentrations made by Hon. Alexander
Ramsey, president of the commission, in re-
sponse to request fer suggestions from
President Arthur. In brief, il provides that
in prosecution for bigamy or polygamy, the
first husband or wire - maue competent
witness against the de enlant, for d system
OF public record for all marriages and TOR the
abolition of female suffrage in the territory.
The following were the proceedings in ex-
eclstive session: Combinations:
Lot Wright, United States marshal south
ern district OF Ohio; James III. Teller of
Ohio, secretary of Dakota Territory; Arthur
L. Thomas of Pennsylvania, secretary OF
Utah Territory. Postmasters: Gus.ave A
Drewizer, S uTgeon Bay, Wis.,, George Phil
lips, BROOKLYN, Iowa; N. r, Cheshire, Mon
tezama, Iowa; ". Il. Richards, Clarksbury,
Nominations: Aigerenor 8. Badger, col
lector. of customs, New Orleans, John b.
Raulston, collector of the internal revenue
Fourth district of Virginia. Postmasters:
H. A. Patterson, GAINESVILLE, Wis, J. Doug
las, Moorhead MIMI, E. G. Butts, SILVIA
ter, Mimi, Christian Anderson, Valley City
OAK
HGusE:--A further conference was ordered
on the postoffice bill, the conference com
mittee having reported failure to agree. The
sundry civil bill being taken up, an amend
ment was adopted for the sale of military
reservations no longer required by the war
department. Mr.. Beltzhooser made fierce
attack upon the administration OF the.signal
service bureau under both Howgate and
HaZon
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-03-01
A Bad Chicago Record.

In regard to some desperate rascals
now confined at Red Wing on charge
of robbery, the Chicago News saws: De-
vine, Schnell, and Allen are all we'll
known to the Chicago police as frst-class
three card monte and confidence men.
Davis, alias Allen, was arrested here a
short time since, in company with ''Bou-
quet Johnny" charged with having
robbed acountryman near Detroit. They
were both sent back to that place, but
for some reason they were not convict
ed. Lieut.. Shea, of the central police
station, knows Devine swell, and some
years ago had desperate fight with him
upon State street, while Devine was try
ing TO resist arrest. He is said to be a
dangerous man. Addison Schnell, the
second one of the crowd, is not unknown
in police circles. He formerly kept the
Pavilion" upon Wabash avenue, near
Harmon court. His place was a we'll
known rendezvous for such cases as
Hennesy, Hays, Bouquet Johnny, .
Kelly, Trip and Bird. Tom Devine is
also known to the police as an accom-
plished crook.
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CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Huesda,g. Febr,sary 20. =

1uesddDs HeorN0Ty SVs
SEsATE.--The house bill extending the
time of filing Alabama claims passed. Mr..
Sherman offered amendments to the tariff
bin increasing the duty on wool and wool
en- articles. Lost The tariff portion of the
bill to redu internal revenue tax was
agreed to-ayes 81, noes %. After several
amendments had been voted upon. some
being adopted and Others rejected, the bill
passed. to 10 the DEM
ocratIvoted with therepuslicans for it. Tie
nays were Senator'S Beck, Call, Crockrell,
Coke, Farley. Garland. George, Hampton,
Harris, Maxey, Pendieton, Pugh, Ransom,
Vance, Vest Voorhees,, Walker and Viii
Hame.
House.. The house took up the sundry
civil bill, Mr.. Kelley giving notice that as
soon as the measure was disposed of he would
press the tariff bill. ATTEMPT to strike out
the provisions for additional vaults for the
storage of silver dollars were defeated.
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The English reviewers are telling
some wholesome truths about some re-
cent American novels. No doubt they
were provoked thereto by extremes to
which the mutual admiration society"
about Boston has gone in writing up
each other. Three-fourths of Boston
literature is simply writing about Boston
authors, in which there is no originality
or thought whatever. Hawthorne is
dead and Holmes very III.
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The fatality among familiar names dur
ing the first six weeks of thisIyear has ar
rested attention. Upon the threshold of
thelnew year Gambetta met his myster-
ious end. and before that days noon Mr..
Allen, Hawaiian Minister to the United
States, was fatally attacked by heart-dis-
ease at President Arthur's reception.
On Jan. died Gen. Chanzy, the military
man whom, it was said, France could
worst spare and Germany most feared.
On the 18th Senator Lot IL Morrill,, died,
and next day Clark Mills the sculptor
Gustave Dore, DIR. Beard. and the au
thor of" Knights Mechanical Dictionary
all died on the 23d. On the 26th was
announced the death of Flotow, whose
name is so much less familiar than that
of his /. most successful opera, "Mar-
tha." Sir Salar lungs name is strange
ON the Western Hemisphere, but his
personality is historical, and his spirit
controlled nearly 10, 600, coo men during
some OF the most frightful times the
world has ever knwn. He died on Feb
S. William L. Dodge and Marshall Jew
ell died on the 9th; Charles r. Thorne,
the actor, on the 10th; Wagner on the
18th: and Z. d. Morgan, the War-Gov-
erncr. France and ourselves have suf-
fered most. England and Germany
have escaped more lightly The death
of the Emperor's brother, announced on
Jan. % is indeed noteworthy from the
accident of his being born into a high
place. Thar is not the foremost thought
regarding the foregoing list. Whatever
their birth, the aggregate of attributes
which make up the individual overshad-
owed it. 1t is such men that the world
most misses.
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saturday., February ~.

SESATE.--The senate finished the consid-
eratioa of the legislative appropriation bill.
As the bill passed the house it appropriated
$40, $40, 1856. To this the senate has added
S2l6, 100, mostly for pay of additional elerks
in the several departments.
The provision which contemplated con-
selidgtion of internal revenue districts, and
reduction of forty four offices, was strick-
en- out, as was also the provision requiring
eight hours labor in the departments.
An amendment 10 the internal revenue
portion of the bill, providing for The trav-
cling expenses of oil eers and clerks detailed
on special service, and for averaging the fees
of gaugefs, was ruled out on point OF o.
der as new legislation.
The committee had reported in favor of
striking out the provision repeating the law
of last year authorizing the appointment of
an assistant secretary of war and an assist
ant secretary of the navy. but on motion of
Mr.. German, the repeating paragraph was
retained.
The salary of the public printer was
placed at 81, 600 per year.
While this was being discussed, the influ-
ence of the printers union upon the man.
agenaent OF the government printing office
received consideration.
A number of senators defended the union
Mr.. Hale believed that the office ought to
be open to every man aud woman in the
country. Mr. Plumb thought it was time to
set down on the union and IS dominating
influence.
No action was taken upon the question.
The following nominations were sent to
the senate; A. s. Graves, Red Wing, Mimi;
Theodore r. Beers, Lyons, Iowa; John
Beckwith, Des Moines, Iowa; Thomas NJ,
Atherton, Usage, Iowa; w. Grant, Fargo.
Das.
The senate confirmed Gen. f. O. NJ Lam
berton, United States attorney for the dis
trict of Nebraska. Postmasters: James
Douglass, Moorhead, MINI Christian An
derson, Valley City. OAK.
Emory Speers' nomination for United
States attorney for Georgia has been with
drawn at his request, there bel ques-
ton whether he was eligible to appointment
while member of the house. He will be ap-
pointed immediately after the adjournment
of this congress.
HousH.-The bill preventing the impor-
:ation of adulterated or spurious tea passed.
Amendments to the sundry civil bill appro-
priating money to the families of the late
Messrs. Heron of Louisiana and Updegraff
of Ohio members Get 70 the Forty-eighth
congress. were defeated. The bill passed
The majority report of the special COM
mites on the Mississippi river improves
ment was presented.
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The report of.tne auciciary committee in
the case of Thomas ]. Majors claim to
was adopted Il declares Majors and Others,
including Secretary Of State Alexander OF
Nebraska, responsible for the nisrepresen-
tation on which the committee reported fa-
vorably in 1882, and refers the case to the
district attorney of the District OF
Columbia, the attorney general ofthe United
States and the governor of Nebraska for
such action as they think proper.
The COMMITTEES on rules reported q new
rule to enable the hous4 to take up the SEN
ate tariff bill and obtain conference there
on, which was laid over until Monday Mr..
Flower introduced bill to abolish all i'm
ternaI revenue taxes except on distilled spir-
its
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Death ola Young Poetess

The wife of Mr.. II. T. E. White, one O.
the editors of the Chicago Tribune, died Al
the home of her parents in Milwaukee
Mrs White was the gifted and well known
poetess Fanny Driscoll, and was married
three or four weeks ago, and it resulted in
death from quick consumption, sll medical
treatment failing. Fanny Driscoll had
gained more than local reputation as a
poetess, and her writings received wide cir
culation through the Chicago Tribune and
several Nav York papers, besides doing lit
erary work for the Milwaukee Pre- $. She
was bright and graceful correspondent,
and her work was r, adily accepted. Mrs.
White wss native oil Milwaukee. She was
twenty-five Yeas of age.
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Another Steamer Burned

The steamship Moors Castle, of the
Clyde line, running between New York
and Charleston, was totally destroyed
by fire ON the 2lst. The officers and
crew had barely time to escape with
what clothing they happened to have
on. The Moors Castle was to have sailed
for New York to-day and had received
half her cargo, consisting of cotton, ma
val stores. etc. The total loss on the
vessel is estimated at $4,000 and on
cargo so, 600; insurance unknown.
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No Extra Session.

Washington dispatch: Numerous ap-
plications for the minor positions to be
given at the Reorganization Of the SEN
ate have been received by numbers of
senators. These aspirants have been as
sured that,in all probability, no appoint
nents VIII be made before December
next, there is feeling among senators
that no extra session of the senate will
be necessary. Senators Edmunds and
Anthony are most prominently spoken
Of as the coming presiding officer. The
latter, while entitled to the honor out oil
respect Of his long connection with the
senate, is Thought by some members 10
be too cid to elect.
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from the First National bank of Helen,
$40, 900, and departed for the East last
Sunday with the money. A friend OF
the banker noticed young Storey was
lavish with money on his travels, and
teiegraphed his suspicious from Living
saon. The result was the discovery OF
the peculation and the arrest of young
Storey at Miles City with nearly all the
money on his person. He has been liy-
inc fast
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koou0 SoV'
Col. John Anderson, aged eighty-four,
wealthy retired business man of Kill
bourne City, died suddenly. Col. An
,Iereon was one of the oldest settlers in
Wisconsin, having arrived in the state
in 1887
Dir. C. H. Orion OF Milwaukee has been
held on a charge of causing the death O.
Kitty O'Toole. According to mis- story,
he was to- have married the girl IN few
days, vet he has not once exhibited any
symptoms Of grief at her death.
BY the death of her mother in Eng
land Mrs. T W. Fresher, Of Stonghton
has inherited snug fortune.
Col. John Anderson, of Kilbourn City,
died very suddenly at the residence OF
James I. Elliot, in Racine, in his 81 year
The people of Wisconsin have up to
to the present year paid Ss,ll7,593 for
the building and support of their penal
institutions.
Lieutenant lockwood, Oscar Klein
teuber, sergt. Keller, Otto Reimer,
William Mcsdanus, Henry Miles, John
Matthews, John O'Brien and Dennis
Sullivan of the Milwaukee police force
have each been presented with so
gold piece by committee OF milwaukee,
ladies for their bravery in saving lives
at the Newhall House fire.