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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25

Forty-eighth congress the first Monday
in March, 1888, introduced in the house,
ia generally commented tpon and mol
favorably received. 1t is alleged that
that such a movement would be sui .idal
for the party undertaking it. The tariff
and internal revenue may probably fail,
it is true, as will other very important
measures. These will have TO come up
in the Forty-eighth congress de nova
and begin all over again. If congress
should meet on the first Monday in
March, and the subject of revision OF
the tariff and the reduction of taxation
be taken up, 1t is believed by old mem
befs that a wrangle would arise that
would probably last all summer, and
greatly unsettle values. With the adj.
journment of congress, the business now
considerably affected by pending legis-
lation will settle down to its normal con-
dition. In the opinion of the best in
formed members, there is no probability
of the passage eff the proposed bill.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25
WHY He Was Discharged.

"Where is the old steward" inquired
a traveller as he stepped aboard an out
going steamer, just previous to his de-
parture. ooh, he was dis charged some
time ago" replied the captain. "Why,
he seemed to be first-cless fellow" re-
joined The first speaker; "why was he
kicked out?" ''Well, to tell the truth.
he got too big for bis breaches, and we
bounced him." emphatieally calculated
the captain. The conversation occurred
within hearing of a bright-eyed intelli-
gent little girl, the daughter of one of
the tourists on the steamer. Subse
Quently another passenger arrived, and,
after bestowing a causual glance around,
said: 81 don't see the old steward,
what has become of him?" II think be
was discharged, :" volunteered by-staud-
err. 'Do you know what for2" "No
SIR" Il do" piped little girl peeping
out at him. "lNell, my DEAR" said he,
why was the steward discharged
''Oh, / don't like to tell.n she bashfullv
replied. "But want to know" he per-
sisted; come tell me, that's good girl.
What did they discharge him f0r2''
Cause" she slowly answered, cause
his pants were too short"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25

An Illinois paper has been moved by
what it considered the mendacity of a
contemporary, to say that it is time the
legislature Of Illinois bad made unquali-
fed lying IN the editorial columns Of the
newspapers Of Illinois, or of papers
published elsewhere and circulated in
the state, q criminal olfcnse punishable
Ivy fine aud imprisonment in the state
penitentarv. No matter how evasively
these lies may be arranged, iftheir clear
and substantial intent is to deceive the
people, then their authors and publish
ers should be liable to Indictment, and
on conviction to punishment in the pen
itontiary. One would think that The pa
per that utters the above had made a
reputation for itself Of becoming pre-
cmiHentlv truthful; but it has zone no
such thing. In fact. it is quite as apt to
'draW the long bow" as any of its CO.
temporaries. An editor who talks
putting a brother editor in the penitent-
iary for lying, should himself be n
truthful James.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25
Rroti,ar and nlsIer.

The remarkable reunions we now and
then hear of, of frien is and relatives
who reco snize each other after having
been separated for years, are almost
suggestive of tie recognition of anoth-
er life. But there is pathos enough in
such meetings even when altered looks
disappoint the eyes of affection. A
touching scene of this sort was witnessed
on the steamboat dock recently on the
arrival of the City of Hsrford.
A man short in stature, and about for
ty years old, had been waiting on the
dock for a length oftlme to meet his
emigrant sister, who was to arrive by
the boat.
When nearly al Of the passengers had
disappeared from the vessel. he APP
preached the patrolman or duty there;
and told him he guessed his sister did
not come on the steamer. A short in
vestigation, however, discovered little
old German woman carrying her bag
gage ffom the vessels deck 10 the wharf.
Noticing the resemblance between the
man and woman, the patrolnan limited
to him that the German woman must be
his sister.
Strlding up in front of her, he said, in
his own language, 'fBist gu mein sch Ges-
tie r?' to which she in turn asked him,
"NNie heissen sie?a
To this question he gave his name in
response.
TIE look of Joy on the little woman's
face was wonderful Spreading oDen her
arms she took a step towards him, say
ing, sDu Dist mein bruderp and fol-
lowed up the exclamation with a kiss on
each of his cheeks.
Then standing of short distance, she
took a survey of him. noted his good
clothing and general good appearance,
and sank down on her bundles and,
holding his hands in her rugged palms.
mingled her tears with EXPLANATIONS Of
joy.
Brother and sister had not met for
thirty years.-New York Elk.
Yung Wing, who made his fellow
students at Yale stare as far back as IS
q, is Chief Magistrate of Shanghai,
China. He still speaks English and re-
mains deyout Christian.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25
A Heavy Breach Of Promise Case

A New York telegram says: In the
Brooklyn circuit court to-day the hear
ing in the Livingstone Fleming breach of
promise case was resumed. After a
long charge from the Judge the jury re-
tired an were ont for three-quarters of
an hour. A prompt verdict was evident
II not expected, as both plaintitfand de-
PENDANT were absent. The jury gave
Judgment for the plaintiff in the full
amount of damages claimed, $4,000. 4
storm of applause and something very
much like cheer Went up from the
spectators. Thus ended the extraordi-
nary litigation of Livingston against
Fleming, common enough in its legal
character and title, but extraord mary
ia the standing of its contestants; extra
ordinary in many of its revelations, and
certainly extraordinary in its verdict,
Damages so heavy as these have seldom
been awarded for breach of promise
the history of America's jurisprudence
The plaintiff is only twenty years of age
She is the daughter Of the late Judge Z.
s. Livingston of Duchess county. Henry
Fleming, the defendant, is also young
hardly thirty. He is presi6en of the
Central Petroleum Refining company and
is reputed to be worth nearly 81 900, 900.
The plaintiff was left over $4,000 by her
father, to be paid over to her when she
became of age. Neither Miss Livingston
nor her mothet was present when the
verdict was rendered.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25
Death from Carelessness.

At Algona, Iowa, on Friday evening
late after school had closed for the week
one of David Paterson's girls, miss
ten years, with some Of the neighbor
children, went to the house Of D. "A
Haggard, present sheriff, to play with
his boys, children of about her own age
After playing awhile and when hunting
their things 10 90 home. Melser Haggard
went into the bed room to find their
things. The be} clothes being thrown
about the room, The boy, still excited
with his play, came across a loaded
shotgun his older brother had borrow
cd. lie drew it up, saying, that he would
shoot,them. Marian Paterson said, "You
had better put down the gun; it might
be loaded" The words had not left her
lips when she fell forward dead, the
charge being entered near the heart.
Both families are highly respectable
and have the deepest sympathy of all
the community.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25

Eastern legislatures are considering
bills to make the attempt to wreck a
railway train a capital crime. The man
who attempts to throw railway train
from the track is worse than common
murderer, and should have q worse pun
5shment than hanging were that posi-
BE without resorting to the tortures of
the barbaric age, but it may be doubted
whether legislators viii take that view
oftbe crime.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25
Wanted for a Murder in Moor
head

The Moorhead News says of Nandercor,
now in Jail in Waupacca Wis, charged
with the murder Of Banker Mead: In
the summer of '7S, Frances A. Clark
arrived in this place from Brainerd.
She was only sixteen years ofage, hand
somely formed. very pretty, innocent,
condding and unaccustomed to the
ways of the world. Previous TO her
coming here she had been employed as
a domestic in Brainerd, where SHE was
universally loved and respected by all
who knew ler. Sad indeed was the day
when she left the protection Of friends
and went forth among strangers home
less and unprotected. Like the case of
many others she had the coils OF iniamy
and vice drawn silently but surely about
her by those who are always on the
watch for those innocent lambs; she was
drawn from the paths of virtue and,
recttude, forsook all claims to respect
ability and became at last an inmate OF
house of prostitution situated where
the News Office now stands and kept
bv a certain notorious Kate Bailey. In
the town at that time was one Ed. Van
decar, a low, british, besotted, hummer,
| bully, libertine, and everything else
| that's bad, and on him the fallen Frances
| lavished for awhile her affections. TO
| him she gave her iniquitOus earnings,
and accepted his Caresses in return.
| Smitten at length with remorse, and
wishing to forsake the life she was
| leading she accepted an oller OF marrl-
age rendered laer ny more respectable
| man, who tad necome enamored OF her
| beauty and desired to make her his wlie.
The girl, fearing Nandecar, swore out a
peace warrant, and officer BIancharn
went 20 Kitty Bailey's to arrest him.
He found Yandecar in one ofthe rooms,
and approaching him said: You jumped
me to-day but you Can'tnow." Nandecar
said can right, will 20, but | wanU 20
speak to Frankie first; she has ring Of
mine which | wish TO get" The girl
then ensefed the room, and walking up
to her guardian lover, han led him the
ring Vandecar asked her If she
really meant to give him up, to which
she replied: Eyes, but ] hope We shall
part good friends Al this the fiend,
without sayinga word, drew his revolver.
and taking deliberate aim, shot her
through the stomach. Rushing from
the room to the one adjoining, In
which the officer was standing, she
cried 81 am shot" and with n piercing,
blood curdling shrek fell to the floor.
Vandecar fired another shot as she was
leaving the room, bet the ball did not
take effect. After a desperate struggle,
during which the desperate villain at
tempted to take his life, the officers Of
fected his arrest and started with him
for the Jail. On lis way thith r Van
decar said: II have done it now. |
loved her; she was nine, aud ! have
killed herr Vandecar was placed in
the county Jail and Dr. Kurtz was i'm
mediatelv eiunmonedto attend Frances
Clark. lie pronounced her wounasfa-
tai. but made herculean efforts top ro-
long her life Shortly after his incar-
ceration in the Jail the assassin made
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25

The pertinacious manner in which
Englishmen conten for their rights in
small things popularity in which Her
bert Spencer says Americans are def
c ent-is illustrated by an action brought
against the Brighton Railway company
for charging ] IS. 81. more Tor passage
from London to Brighton by their Pull
man trains. than ordinary trains, the
price for winch IS fixed by act OF parlia-
meut. The company did not contest the
matter. but paid the amount, with costs.
Finding. however, that the exacticn was
continued, the same gentleman had a
bandbill printed, stating the facts, and
these he distributed along the line.
Americans viii endure almost any inva-
sion of their personal rights without Sc
rious comr.aint, while they are extreme
" tena Cjous of their political privileges.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25

Rev Robert Collyer has been preach
ing in New York on GLOW to be young
at eighty" He says one ofthe essentials
for an old age is a strong and healthy
constitution, and this in great measure
depends upon a mans carly home and
training plain food, elcnty Of pure air,
exercise and going 90 bed early. Mr..
Collyer, though o.. old man has never
been sick, and he was brought up on
oat meal and milk, bread and potatoes,
and a bit of meat when he could catch it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25
Terrible Drouth in New England

The Boston Journal publishes several
columns OF correspondence from special
agents in Maine, New Hampshire and
Vermont, giving careful statements and
estimates of the losses. Many wells,
springs and streams, which have never
been dry, have for weeks been useless
Maine has suffered much. The mills
along the Kenebec, however, have suf-
fered less than in other places in the
state, but the whole Penobscot region
has for months been suffering mitch in
convenience and loss from lack of water.
The loss in some sections of New Hamp
shire has been very heavy. A resident
of Manchester states that the water at
the present time is much lower than he
has ever known it. The agent of the
Amoskeag company, which employees
about 5000 operatives, says that at the
present time about 900 are unemployed.
The Manchester mills and print works,
the Stark mills, the Langdon mills. and
other corporations have also suffered
much
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25
JOHN HOWARD PAYNE.
The Final Place or the Author OF
.Home. Sweet Home.p

The Final Place OF the Author Of
''Home, Sweet Home"
To the Editor Of the New York Herald:
In connection with the project which
Mr.. w w. Corcoran has on band for the
removal of John Howard Payne's re-
mains to this country and their renter
ment in lakewood Cemetery, there is an
incident which deserves to be recorded,
for il shows not alone the exquisite SEN
timent distinguishing Mr.. Corcoran's act,
but illustrates the fact that a great dee
may be instigated by an ordinary and
apparently. trifling cause. Andrew
Fletcher, "of Saltown," as he was com
monty called, was wont to say, "Let me
make the sor rs OF a Nation, and care
not who may make the laws"
sentiment which has found an
echo in many hearts. But did
any recall it mong the multitude which
gathered in the avenues of Washington
that bright day in last October 10 greet
the return ofthe Arctic explorers? There
was one who did As Mr.. Corcoran drove
down the avenue watch - the advance
of Lieut.. Melville and his companions,
his ears caught the music Of the bands
playing Home Sweet Homep Tears
FHAeAi1E AAiAo Aifa % a. ilF i4HltIit -ilD-
tened and vchected how these brave
men. after their perilous voyage 10 the
northern seas and their desperate jour
ney across the trackess fields Of snow
were come back to their native land, re-
iOiclng the heart of the Nation at their
delivery. And as the bands PLAYED
"Home Sweet Homer" each note Of the
perfect music brought recollection Of
him whose sigh for home had been
denied, even in death. Mr.. Corcoran
may have thought many times before of
the poet and his grave in a fair country,
bat in this hour thoughts shaned them
selves into purposes and the
resolve was made that the author of
our dearest song should find his home
in his native land. The papers have
given an account of the proceedings in
the matter-the correspondence between
Mr.. Corcoran and the secretary of state
relative to it, and the courteous note Of
Earl Granville to the American Minister
in London. The removal of the re-
mains is now Just feat accomplished, ana
occurring FIRST at this time itseems doubiy
significant, for while England is discuss
ing the question of raising a monument
in Westminster Abbey 10 the memory
Of Lougiellow, an American private cltl-
zen asks the assistance of the British
government in obtaining the permission
Of the ruling powers in Tunis to exhume
and remove the mortal remains Of John
Howard Payne. The 'home" he sighed
for was denied in life, but in death he
shall find his resting place in the land he
loved 50 well. There, where every day
on thousands Of lips his song finds ut
teranee, shall he sleep till the last
writer shall write no more"
The wife Of Senator Logan has bril-
liantly fair complexion, black eyes, and
show-white hair. She is more beautiful
now than ia her youth.
Cornell vetoed 4Ol bills during his term
as governor Of New York, and his action
vrae iDvapia hly unbeld
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25

The divorce statistics Of Maine far the
past five years give an unpleasant pic
IRE of home life in that state. There
have been about 8, 400 divorces decreed
during the period in question, and thus
nearly 5000 persons have been released
from the bonds which were assumed
with at least nominal solemnity. The
ratio IS probably one divorce to ten mar
riages in Maine. The ratio in Mas
sachusetts IL 1879 was one in twenty
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25

A Washington Dispatch says: Tn
president has decided to call an extra
session of congress Immediately after
the 4th of March 1t is understood that
the occasion for this Is not to provide for
the presidential Succession. but to dis
pose efthe revenue questions that are
pending. No one has any expectation
that the internal revenue and tariff bills
now in congress will pc passed by the
4th Of March, and it is represented to
the president that the agitation Of the
tax question has so unsettled the manu-
featuring business that it would be dis
astrous to leave everything in suspense
tin next winter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25
The Burning OF the T.;issian Cir
ems.

st. Petersburg dispatch fire
broke ont toward the end of the per-
Torrance and was caused by the careless
handling of fireworks on the stage. The
curtain became ignited and the flames
quickly spread TO the walls and l,tscofs.
The members of the ochestHa were the
first victims, Tgne audience, numbering
500 Aessons, rushed to the front door,
but the door opened inward and as the
crowd pressed forward it could not be
opened. A rush was then made to two
81 lie doors, both OF which were nailed
up. thus compelling the people to take
to the windows, from which many
sprang into the street with their clothes
a sheet of flame The fire brigade ar
rived within half an hour, but it was inh-
possible to extinguish the flames, as the
water in the tanks wa5 frozen. The fire
lasted twiA hours. Eye witnesses state
that when the door was finally opened a
mass of burning persons was visible
within. The horses and properties OF
the circus were all destroyed. The ice
broke while the fire brigade was Gro IS
ing the river, thus preventing them
reaching there more promptly. 1t is es-
timated that ninety men, 120 women,
and sixty children lost their lives. The
victims include Col. Polio and Vice Pres
ident Berditscheff of the bourse. The
audience consisted mainly of Jews.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25

Life sentences in Maine, provided as
a substitute for cap tai punishment, have
increased in It's prisons from per cent
IN 1882, + 10 per cent. in 1876, and % per
cent III 1892. A single prison now holds
forty murderers underlif sentence, and
prison officials say that the danger oftheir
own lives is greatly increased by the
knowledge Of these men that another
murder can bring no heavier punishment
In some states murtlerers who feel sure
Of conviction plead guilty, for by So do
ing they escape the gallows,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25

United States reported TO Bradstreet's
during the past week, % less than the
preceding week, l07 more than the cor
responding week in 1882, and 147 more
than the same week in 1881. The bulk
of the failures continue to be those Of
mill traders. The principal failures
were c. Conrad & Co, wholesale wines
and liauofs, st. Louis; Hall & Baldwin,
bat manufacturers, Yonkers, n. Y, and
Darlington & Baskerville, commission
tobacco and grain. Richmond. Va.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25
Gold Ts,scoyeries in Alaska.

Some months ago mention was made
81 a prospecting ex petition that started
for the upper waters of tho Yukon river,
Alaska, under the lead of Edward schue
film, veteran miner Information Is
now received that 800 miles up the
Yukon, at the confluence of the Tarrana
river, rich and extensive gravel deposits
have been discovered, averaging $3.50 to
the pan. The country Is difficult Of at-
cess, the Yukon being closed by ice until
about Jrne, while the trip overland from
Sitka is as bad as Siberian journey.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25
Tne WORST Meather of the Season.

The worst blizzard ofthe winter struck
St. Paul Friday morning, shortly after
midnight, and ragged all day, the fierce
borcal blasts raising the snow in sheets
and drifting it badly. The storm was
general throughout the northwest. and
much more severe at other northwestern
points than at st. Paul. In area it ex-
tended from Nebraska on the south 10
Manitoba on the north, far into Wiscon-
sin on the east. and west to the Missouri.
The movement OF trains on the leading
lines was rendered impossible and many
OF them were abandoned. As rapidly rs
the cuts could be cleared of the drifting
snow they wonld fill up again, and buck
ing the beautiful with the snow pillow was
futile, a mere waste Of motive power.
The wind in q measure having subsidized,
the movements of the train was resumed
on something ike schedule time. The
temperature ranged about % deg. below
zero in Minnesota; so to s. deg. below
in Dakota and Montana, and 40 te IS
deg, below in Manitoba.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25
How Jefferson Davis Eloped.

From the st Louis Democrat.
When jefferson Davis ran away with
General Taylor's lovely daughter he came
in rickety conveyance as far as Burts
sill, in Grant county, Wis, owned by
the father of Hon Chas. S. Burt, of Du-
buque, Iowa, and who is now living in
the town of Dunleith, that county. Mr..
Burt knowing the young lieutenant we'll
and strongly sympathizing with him in
the love affair, loaned him fleet horse
and buggy. with which Davis drove to Ga
lena with his lady-love and was married in
the office ofthe late Just &c Cormick, who
was a Methodist exhorter as well as a
magistrate. General Taylor was an en-
envy of Davis for depriving him of his
daughter until the eallsnt charge of his
son-in-law at Monterey, when he rode
up to him in the field and grasping him
by the hand, forgave him and enth usi-
astically complimented him for his
bravery.