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The state journal., 1883-12-29
COLORED MEN IN COUNCIL
The Columbus Convention to
Discuss the Rights Of the
Race.
COLUMBUS, ONO, Dec. &c.

CoLUMBUs, ONO, Dec. &c.
A State Convention OF col0red men
assembled here to-day, in pursuance
Of cal issued some time since by
number Of leading colored men Of the
St tie. The object of the convention
is to take into consideration the edu-
cational, moral, civil, and political
interests of the colorcd race, and par
ticularly the question of the equal
rights Of the colored people of the
South. The recent decision of the
Supreme Court annalling the Civil
Rights bill, as well as the murder OF
colored men at Danviile, Va, are the |
principal reasons for the assembling
of the convention at this time. There
are about $50 delegates present,
among whom are number of minis
tiers and professional men. The
greater part of the day was taken up
in the formation CT committees and
addresses. DR.. Jackson, of Spring
cid, raised breeze by moving to
instruct the Committee on Resolu-
tons to write to Congressman S. S.
Cox, of New York, who took great
interest in the effort to secure the
rights of O'Donnell as an American
citizen, expressing the desire OF the
sSEsg o. ;s cSt he %fsShae rs y 81 t t5e
ored citizens in the South some atten-
ton. Prof S. S. Mitchell, of Spring
field, moved to amend by providing
a special committee to look after the
above matter, and urged that the
regular business of the committee be
pushed forward. These motions were
discussed very earnestly for some
time, being opposed by one element
which claimed that the convention
was not political assemblage, and
had no business to NEEDLE in political
affairs. The whole matter was finally
laid on the table by a decisive vote.
The convention was in session until
a late hour Following is the full
text OF the letter addressed to "Sun.
set" Cox:
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dee. %.
THE Hon. s. s. Coz:
DEAR SIR: We the oolored men
of the State of Ohio, in convention
assembled, ask your attention to a
question which to us and to all the
colored people Of the United States
is one Of great Importance, viz, the
reported unwarranted and cowardly
shooting down in cold blood of Ameri-
can citizens in the State of Virginia,
in November last. We ask you
because of your positive relations to
civil affairs, to give this question
your serious attention, and to give
your aid to the passage of such law
as will protect citizens in their civil
rights. We feel bold in making this
request ofyou, because Of the humani-
tartan position taken by you with
reference to a citizen of the United
States who has been charged with
and convicted of the violation of the
laws of another nation. We feel
that since you have thus interested
yourself in one who had thus violated
law, you would surely give your at
tention to the murder of citizens here
at home. Hoping that you will give
this matter your serious attention, and
that you will immediately consider
the same, and that whatever you may
find it in your heart 10 do, you will
do it as heartily as you did in the
case referred to above. We are, your
humble servants,
c. L. Maxwell, Chairman.
The state journal., 1883-12-29

WE do not see the policy of the
colored press in urging forward the
name Of Register Bruce for Vice
President. That office is not ripe
enough to be plucked by the colored
vote. 1t would take votes to elect
Mr.. Bruce, and we have not got suffi
cient of them ourselves, and if he was
thrown upon the mercy Of the white
Republican vote you can just figure
now how near an election be would
come.
The state journal., 1883-12-29

WHAT representation has the six
millions Of colored Republican votes
upon the National Republican Com
mittee? Echo answers what.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

Water hauling is an important oc-
cupation.
There are quite number of unoc-
cupied houses in town.
The time of the "sere and yellow
leaf is upon us.
Henry Wilson, of Prescott, is G. L.
Bowman's assistant in the High
School at that place.
John Walters has recently married
Miss Taylor from Eau Claire.
Johnnie is one of She old time Clifton
boys and we rejoice to learn of his
enrolment on the great list of married
men.
Nat. Schofield and John Hardy have
returned from the Jim River. They
will winter in Clifton.
The Bailey and Pierce Valley schools
close next week for two weeks va
cation.
Chas. McIlroy and wife. of La
Moure, Dakota, rejoice in the advent
of an infant daughter. Go west,
young man, go west.
J. II. Henry is prospecting out in
Dakota.
J. I. West was in town last week.
Mrs. \. B. Wilkinson is expected in
town before long
Rev G. \. Foster has been trans
ferred from the charge at Knapp to a
place called Royal, in the vicinity of
Aug lata.
School commences at Clifton Hol-
low on the Goth. win Hickok teach
er.
C. W. Beers and wife are in town.
They start 1ext Monday for California
their future home.
Mr.. Waldo will remove to the woods
soon.
Chas. Miller will remove to Pres
colt soon.
II. Davis, who recently purchased
the old sam Dudley place, has remoy-
ed thereto.
Miss Minnie White is attending the
public school at River Falls.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18
Spring valley.

The pork this fall will not be i'm
mensely fat.
Horace Preston since the death of
his wife has been in feeble health.
Also his son George has been quite
sick, but through the treatment of
DR.. irwin, of Olivet, they are both re-
covering.
Miss Julia L. Akers, now Mrs. Bid
die, residing at Wildwood, has been
dangerously i'll. but DR.. Irwin has sue
ceeded in checking the disease, and
there are good hopes, with the best OF
care, that health will be restored.
D. German, of Olivet, is finishing
new addition to NJ. TiO's house.
1t is said that a shingle mill will be
put in at this point by G. w. Wells.
Mr.. II. III. Garden, the Spring Val
lev merchant, will erect house this
week, and also move his barn. We
suppose that Mr.. Garden is doing
we'll as he is turning his attention to
the purchase of hogs,
Mr.. Samuel Alton, of this town, has
succeeded in moving the bee house
belonging to Irwin Francisco. The
house stands now on South Water St.
and shows to good advantage.
The stages are now crowded with
passengers daily, and it is thought
chat IA few extras will soon be needed.
Let everyone understand that the
uulbrook line is the cheapest route to
be found this side of the Rocky Noun
tains. Adults Z price and children
thrown in.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

On the lst inst, Miss Dora Sewall
commenced a six months school 10
Dist. No. /, Spring Lake, at $685. per
month.
Miss Nellie Chapman began four
months term of school in tie Warren
town school, at $50 per month, on the
8th inst.
The school in Dist. No. 2, Martel,
opened ON the 8th inst, for Il five
months term, with Miss Nellie Nelson
at teacher. at $35.
Miss Neale Knowles, of River Falls,
will teach the winter school in Dist.
No. 2, River Falls, at $50, school to
begin Nov. 5th.
On account of ill health, Miss Roana
Peel had to close her school in the
Schulthess Dist, 7 um Creek, before
the expiration of the term.
Mr.. B. B. Krammes, who taught in
Dist. No. 2, Spring Lake, last summer,
was recently elected to position as
teacher in the Spring Grove schools,
Ohio. where he has gone for the en-
suing year.
The frequent receipt of words like
the following gives us encouragement
TO persevere in our efforts To do what
we can for the schools of the county:
''My work is much easier and more
interesting, by study of the Course
of Study"
The other day we received the fol-
lowing suggestions from State Supt.
Graham: Il think standing of at
least so should be attained in each
branch, and an average of 60 in all
branches for a third grade: 10 added
in each for second, and 30 in each for
for first grade
The following interesting communi-
cation from the State Teachers Asso-
citation Committee came to hand.
There is good reason hope that Mad
ison Wisconsin, will be designated as
the place, and July 10, 1884, the time,
for holding the National Educational
Association. 1t is important that an
expression of interest in the effort to
SECURE the meeting in Wisconsin be
obtained at once OF course we re-
sponded at once to the call and pledg-
ell the goodwill of the teachers of
Pierce county to do what we could to.
wards attaining a favorable consuma-
ton of the movement.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18
OliVet.


II. Noble hurt one of his horses in
an old bridge.
Ed J.. Hawn has large force at
work on his mill.
Eddie Tousley bought a splendid
looking organ this week.
Geo. Stevers has bought laud and
will erect dwelling this fall.
DR.. Irwin and his horse wear worn
look. Most of the patients are at a
considerable distance from the village.
Mr. Willard, of Sheboygan Co. is
here looking up farm.
Will. Rose is doing the carpenter
work ON Buchanan house.
Chas. Gardiner, who left the town
of Spring Lake last spring for Dakota,
returned last Saturday.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Couch,
daughter. Weight lbs.
r. j. McCollum moved his house
hold goods to Esdaile last Monday.
Uncle Joe Coon has moved into his
new house.
Ii. F. Tousley moved into his new
house last Monday.
A couple of ladies were hurt last
Sunday. We are not in possession of
particulars, but feel safe to say that
Temperance was not the cause.
NICTATE.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

7. A. BritOn took a drove of cattle
from Rock Elm last Monday.
Mrs. NJ. L. Churchill has been on
the invalid list for the last two weeks.
Moses Laurent and family started
for Tennessee the first of the week.
Rev. Mr.. Greer was detained at Mr..
Whips by a severe sick attack, but
started for his work Monday morning.
Mr.. James Churchill, of Minneapo-
lis. who has been here since Friday
last, returned to Minneapolis Tuesday.
Mrs. Lizzie Pomeroy and babe are
visiting in Lake City for a'couple
weeks.
Frank Wild has bought james
Churchill's farm of 80 acres. Consid-
GRAFTON 81 400.
A new boy baby has come to live
with Edmund Holt and family.
The river is so low at Durand that
the ferry cannot run, consequently
Mr. Chidester's people are detained in
moving their goods across to town.
Fall blowing is pretty well along.
and as there is no corn to husk there
does not seem to be the usual amount
of fall work. The unSolved problem
is: what is to be done with the hogs.
They are about half fatted, and there
is no corn, and no market for them as
they are.
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Early sown winter wheat is looking
fine


Early sown winter wheat is looking
fine.
At a meeting of the school building
committee held Sept. l4th, it was de.
cided to purchase 80 school desks.
known as the "Chief.'
A steam thresher from Durand op-
Grated by Taylor Bros of Arkansaw.
is threshing on the bluff east of this
place.
Married, on the 18th, by j. Oppli-
ger, Esq, Mr.. Johanas johnson. of
Union. to Miss Hllda Larson, of Min
neapolis.
For new red brick inquire of Joseph
Oberding, Plum City.
Mrs. Zeigler is visiting friends at
Lancaster,
A change of school lots for district
No. 3, Plum City, is contemplated.
Miss Roana Peele. we understand, is
to have the winter term of school 5
months.
The new Catholic church is weather
boarded and shingled. With its bel.
fry and spire it presents rather a
Gothic appearance.
Friday night, Sept. 2Sth, Mr.. Chas.
Wheeler had two hogs killed, and the
following night he was the captor of a
large bear, weighing 800 lbs.
W. W. Sears, relative of Mr.. Ter
nv, made a two days call recently.
He was on his way from Glendale, ID.
T., to his home in New York State.
We observe that notices are posted
for letting the contract for building a
brick school house at PLUM City. For
inspection of plans and specifications
call at the drug store.
The foundation of the saw-mill is
ready for the frame.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18
Teachers Examinations.
PIERCE COUNTY.
DIRECTIONS.

PIERCE COUNTY.
DIRECTIONS.
Keep during Examination; but re.
turn Nth last paper
/. Use pen, ink, and legal cap pa
per.
9. Write legibly.
8. At the head of each paper write
your number and the name Of the sub
jsct. Write on both sides of the pa
per.
4. Number answers to correspond
with the questions. between numbers
teaUe tao lines, and place the printed
slip on the top of each paper when 1t
is handed in.
5. Fold no papers.
6. If YOU are not resident of this
county. you Will be expected to fur
nish testimonials of good moral char
acter.
I. If you do not receive monthly or
term report blanks as soon as your
school opens, write to the County Su-
perintendent, and they will be for
warded.
8. No communication will be al
lowed Assisting others, or receiving
aid from others, or consulting any
book, map or or chart during eXami-
nation, will be sufficient reason for re-
fusing certificate.
PERSONALS.
l. What is your No. in this Exami-
nation!
2. Write your name and P. o. ad-
dress.
3. What is your age!
4. Did you attend the last State
Teachers Institute that was held in
Pierce county, If so what was your
Nol
5. What is your favorlte study!
6, How many terms have you
taught in graded schools! In ungrad-
ed!
7. How many days have you at
tended Institutes! Wherel
8. IA How many Teachers Associ-
ations have you attended, (b) How
many last winter!
8. (a) What schools other than
common, have you attended, (b)
Where and how many terms!
10. (a) What monthly educational
papers do you take! (b) What weekly
educational papers do you take!
IL. Whenever you engage a school,
will you inform the County Superin-
tendent of its location, length of term,
and time of openingl
II Upon what branches or topics
would you prefer to speak, read an rs
say, or in what ones would you choose
to conduct class. at meeting of the
Teachers Association
IS. Name the books of the COURSE
OF READING FOB PIERCE Co. TEACHERS that
you have read:-
First Yedr.-swett' Methods. Plu-
tarch Lives, Fairy Land of Science.
Uncle Toms Cabin, American Classics.
Second Year,-Page's Theory and
Practice, Christian Centuries, Politics
for Young Americans, Ivanhoe, Brit
ish Classics.
Third Yedr,-School and Family,
History of England, Pope's Illlad, Tom
Brown at Rugby, Self Help.
Fourth Ysdr,-Speneer's Education,
Hi story of France, Milton, Modern
Classics, Henry VIII.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

Glass Bros. have purchased Frank
Wilde's farm.
Mike McQuerney is plastering his
house.
Green West, of Clifton, has been
buying beef cattle here.
Roder & Snider are threshing here
now.
DR.. Crazy, dentist, of Red Wing,
made a professional call here recently.
Glass Bros. have purchased team
of horses from 5. j. Fox.
The new school district has consid-
cradle trouble in locating their school
house.
The Town Board of Ell Paso met
here last Monday to annex additional
territory to this school district.
John Harrington, of this town. died
suddenly last Thursday Of hemorrhago
of the lungs. He had resided in this
town about four years. His remains
were inferred in the Catholic ceme-
terry at Ell Paso.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

W. II. Wisner has moved into his
new house.
The Rev. Mr. Blood has moved his
family to Tiffney, Dunn county.
A. Spooner is plastering his new
house, preparing for the winter.
Our merchant, Mr.. Sam. Abbott, is
filling up his store with full line of
general merchandise.
Messrs. Sweet & Allan are putting
pump works into the factory of Sweet
and Rice.
The good Templars are in flourish
ing condition.
Our Sunday School is prospecting
finely with Il large attendance of
scholars.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

SORGHUM from this country, from the
State of Minnesota, has been imported
with singular success into the Russian
provinces of Kieff and Poltana. In
these places it yielded as much as IA
to 1917 per cent. OF its weight of crys-
talline sugar. If this is true, the at
tention of our agricuIturists cannot be
too soon or too forcibly directed to a
source of wealth which is every day
growing in increased demand in this
country for various purposes, and
there is no reason why it should not,
with our sources, become an article OF
immense exportatiOn.-Er.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

Husking bees.
Business is booming.
Way & Boustead have made an ava
lanche in prices on goods.
j. c. Reeve has returned from the
west.
II. Pumpkin and family have return
ed from their southern trip.
Potatoes are bringing rs cents at
our market.
S. d. Palmer has come back from
the east.
Mrs. Lily Boardman is i'll with lung
fever.
There are number of tramps in
this locality begging for bite to eat.
They are vagabonds and ought to be
sent to the work house.
The wood market is now open in
Trenton.
Our Town Board arrested parties
for selling liquor, but at their trial at
Prescott they were beaten.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

Regular meeting of the Union Fri
day.
We are indebted to the kindness of
the JOURNAL for the excellent article
in the temperance corner last week.
Many thanks. w. c. t. L.
Miss Fergerson will be found in
charge of the Reading Room for the
present. She will use the Room dur
ing the day for dress making purposes,
The father of temperance law in
ILL.,, Hon. VIM. Reddick, of La Sale,
long Democratic Senator of the Legis-
lature of Illinois, has came out from
his party and announces himself now
and hereafter a free and independent
prohibitionist. For forty years he
has been a leader in the Democratic
party of the State. He is worth prob
ably half a million of dollars, and
what is more, is willing to spend it in
the cause of Prohibition. Local pa1
pers say, This will make the TEN.
perancepeople sassier than ever So
be it, Union Signal.
The watchword is moral suasion for
the drinker, constitutional prohibition
for the traffic.
The contest may out last the reign
of pot-house politicians. Probably it
will, but the result is not doubtful.
A Christian Civilization is to lie
weighed and whatsoever is in the OPP
posite scale will be as chaff before the
wind. Home Guard.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

"Too many times lessons are recit-
ed that do nothing except to pass for
a recitation. There is no thought
connected with them; they are gone
over only to be forgotten in few days:
because there is no idea brought out
to connect them with what the child
already knows
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

PETITIONS signed by 5000 persons in
all parts of the country have been re-
ceived at Washington. asking that
Sergeant Mason be pardoned, and it is
reported that the President will grant
the request at an early date.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18
Fall Examination Schemes.

At the request of many of the
teachers of the county, who desire the
questions for review. also for use in
their schools, we publish the general
outline of the questions used in this
falls examinations. In issuing certif-
icates, we modified our regulations 50
that a limited certificate has been is
sued to all who were so per cent. or
over, but under an average of 65 per
cent,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18
LIVE AGENTS WANTED

every body. i'll every county in the United states
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pages II contains over -,u5 household recipes
AMI i sTit, 10 An classes and conditions Of So
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sits Il sells AZ sight. Greatest Inducements
ever offered 10 book as' lts- Sample copies sent
nv mail paStuaid for ~Ena Exclusive territory
given Agents more than double tbelr money
Address Or. Chase's steam Printing House, Ann
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Ths Eolenm Rheumatic Oil.

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there is pain OF distress of any kind.
Price so cents.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

THE King of Spain was insulted in
the streets of Paris recently, and Ger
many seeks to pick quarrel with
France on that account. The afore-
said king Is known as disolute, cor
rupt and immoral man and we do not
wonder the common people Kissed
him. Still that little act, SO trifing it
seems to US, may set all Europe into
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

THE Wisconsin State Agricultural
Society at their Fair. permitted the
proprietor of a ''wheel of fortune to
operate on their grounds on payment
of fee of 81 900, and the man reali-
zed a profit of s.. 500 at that.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

Corresponds nee, discussions, etc. are desired
from the TEACHERS and the FRIENDS of EDUcA-
TIoSin this county. Address all communica-
lions to the Editor at Ellsworth. Wis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

AN experiment is mentioned by the
South Bend Tribune showing the
shrinkage of shelled corn. In five
months-December to May-one hun
bred bushels stored in a rat-and-
mouse-p proof bin decreased Just one
tenth
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

-Four congressmen.elec have al
ready died since their election, and
congress VIII not assemble for over
two months yet. They are Updegraff,
of Ohio, Republican; Herndon, of Ala
bama, Democrat; Poole, Of North Caro-
lima, and Cults, of Iowa, Republicans.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

\ PHILADELPHIA judge the other day
refused certificate of naturalization
to Chinaman, basing his refusal up
on the law of May 9th, 1882, restrict
ing Chinese immigration, which pro-
vides that thereafter no state court,
or court of the United States, shall adj
nit Chinese to citizenship, We are
not likely. therefore, to be ruined by
Chinese cheap voting.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

A CALL has been issued for a state
convention of Irishmen representing
the different organizations in Minneso-
ia, to be held in Minneapolis in No
vember. The object is to form a
state organization to aid the irish
pauCa
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

THE center of population in the Uni
ted States. according to the census of
1880 was located miles west by south
from the city of Cincinnati; it is in
Kentucky one mile south of the Ohio
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18
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Price so cents.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-18

Tue Minnesota Baptist conference
adopted aresolution condemning Pres
ident Arthur's drinking habits.