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verdict on the Newhall House
Disaster.

The verdict is in substance as follows:
We find that the fire began at or near
the elevator shaft and rese rapidly to the
upper stories, spreading to the cofri-
doris, etc: that the said NeMhalI house
was set on fire by persons unknown by
the jury and burned to the ground on
the morning of January 10. We further
find that the night clerk and night
Waterman, by obeying the previous in
striiction of the proprietors, lost valua-
BILE time in Useless efforts to extinguish
the fire and neglecting to arouse the in
mates and when the attempt was made
they found the upper corridors filed
with black, hot, sitting smoke, which
obliged them to retreat and seek their
own safety. That the proprietors
were guilty of culpable negligence in
not having employed sufficient num-
her of watchmen to guard the house
against and to waken the inmates in time
to save all the lives possible; that the
Newhall house ras easy OF egress and
devoid Of intricate. passages, with two
outside escapes, ladders, etc. (rhe YER
dict here ennmerates the fire escapes,
bridges,etc Nevertheless that the own
ers ofthe Newhall House, knowing that
many fires had taken place at various
times in the hotel, are guilty of culpable
negligence in-not having more outside
escapes in case of fire. We believe that
many lives sacrificed in said fire conld
have been saved had the chief of the
fire department not been absent at an
other fire two miles away at which he
had nearly half the force, but that he re-
sponded as soon az possible; that the
misfortune was further UNCHANGED
by the absence of the assistant chief
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Marriage of MIR. Blaine's Daugh-


The marriage at Washington of Miss
Blaine to Col. John G. Coppinger of Gen.
Pope's staff, was the event of last Tues
day in social circles. 1t was celebrated
at the residence OF her parents at u
O'Clock Tuesday in the presence of a
large gathering of personal friends of
Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine, and ofarmy friends
of the groom, Rev. DR.. Chappelle of St.
Matthew's church, performing the cere-
mony, The cabinet meeting was de-
ferred till 80 in order that the presi-
dent and his cabinet mightatten Gen.
eral and Mrs. Sherman, with Mr.. Fitch.
Miss Sherman and Miss Rachael Sherman
and the Maine delegation in both houses
of congress, with their wives were prom
inent among the guests. Among others
present were Secretary and Mrs. Chand-
Ter, Mrs. kinsley, Miss Frelinghuysen,
Mr.. and Miss Preston, the Chinese, Ar
gentine, Spanish and Austrian ministers,
Miss West, Mr.. Henry Howard, Speaker
and Mrs. Keifer, Mrs. Col. Moore, Mrs.
Justice and Miss Lydia Miller and Mr.
and Mrs. Beale. The ceremony took
place in the central parlor of the man
sion, the bridal party entering in the
following manner: the clergyman, Mrs.
Blaine, escorted by Mr.. Walker Blaine,
her eldest son, and the bride leaning on
her fathers arm, who was met at the
improvised altar by the groom in full
uniform, attended by two of his brother
officers. From her family the bride re-
ceived handsome presents in solid silver
and many elegant articles. There was
large and valuable list of presents from
outside friends.
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Growing ofthe Gar.

The car of Russia has issued mani
festc giving notice of his coronation at
Moscow on the 9th of May. The mani
festo is addressed to all Russians ubjects,
and orders the attendance OF marshals
of the nobility and projects of the prov
iac!al capitals, except those of Siberia,
whose attendance is excused on account
of the distance, and the presidents of
rural and suburban administrations.
The London Times, in commenting on
the emperor of Russia's coronation man
ifesto, says:
Much too little attention is attracted
by the subsi lehce of the revolutionary
storm, and the reassertion of the ascen-
dency by the permanent forces of Rus
sian society. Events of the last few
weeks indicate break up, at any rate
for the present, of the wicked and ter,
rible conspiracy. st. Petersburg has re
sumed its normal appearance; the palace
is open to guests, and the programme o
the cars movements is announced
for the next three months.
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The Tattooed Man and Bearded
Lady Married.

A Herald special from Philadelphia
says: In the suburb of Frankfort, the
winter residence of circus people and
side show curiosities, a wedding of an
unusual character occurred. r.. r. Maffit,
tattooed man, and Miss Leo. Herman
dez, the Spanish bearded lady, were
married. A large number of noted
freaks" as they are named in the rro-
fession, witnessed the ceremony The
bride had black beard three inches
long, and the groom is as handsome a
piece of Mosaic work as there is in
America. Moffitt's first wife was the
Russian giantess, 500-pound Venus,
who died of dyspepsia. He then mar
ried "Circassian beauty" Of Milesian
extraction. She died last summer, and
before the season was over the tatooed
widower was madly in love with the
Spanish bearded lady. he sword swal-
lower is the stepfather Of Miss Leo, and
he gave her away. Miss Leo wanted to
have her beard shaved of in honor OF
the occasion, but Mr.. Motlitt opposed it
on the ground that she might not be
able to raise another crop, in which
event her value as curiosity would be
totally destroyed.
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Small Pox Scarce i'm Iowa.

A telegram from Shell Book, SAYS;
There is terrible epidemic of small pox
in the vicinity of Finchford, little viii
lage near Winslow, station on the Bur
lington, Cedar Rapids & Northern rail-
road, about seven miles southeast ofthis
place, The disease was brought to the
place by a woman named Newell who
had been at Minneapolis taking care of
daughter who died with the same dis
ease. She returned to her home
Finchford while she was sick with the
disease in light form, and went to sew
cal neighbors' houses and asked Young
girl to come home with her and keep
her company over night. It was several
days before any quarantine was put on
this Sewell woman, and the results there
are about ten genuine cases Of small pox
in the village, among them being the
only doctor at Finchford and the little
one who went to remain over night at
the Newell house.
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Mail Roltetst Is iowa.

Cedar Rapids dispatch 9th: One of
tie most daring mail robberies that ever
occurred in this state was committed
here last night about IL o'clock. The
route agent who went to Chicago eh this
Chicago & Northwestern railway receipt
ed to the postcfice here for 175 regis
tered packages in the regular registered
pouch, which included the 81 100 remit
lance of W. w. Smith, the postmaster
here also remittances from thirty-four
other pcstfnasters III this vicinity, the
law requiring them to register their re-
mittances, and not send drafts. Tho
pouch was put on pair of trucks, with
other mail matter, in little room next to
the baggage room, the folding doors being
open. The transfer mail messenger left
the pouch for few minutes. and on re-
turning discovered the loss. The pouch
was found, ripped open, in lumber
pile, and with it several lettersj and this
evening IN a most tnfrequented place
behind some buildings the envelopes
were found, but the money was all gone
except from two. There is no clew to
the robbers. Postmaster Smiths remit
lance consisted OF 81 900 bill, series of
1873, No. "a" 9031 letter A, and 800
bill, series 1873, No. A, 51SlS letter C.
The total amount stolen is probably over
s.. 900.
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The reelection of Senator Mcpherson
by the new Jersey legislature was at.
tended by an incident honorable to him
self and highly creditable to his political
opponents who we're in the minority
There were five democrats in the legis-
lature who held aloof from Mcpherson
not because they had any particular OBJ
lection to him, but because they were
determined to sell their votes to the
highest bidder. They banded together
and entered into written pledge to
stick together and to divide the proceeds
of the sale of their votes. Each was
afraid to trust the other, and so this un-
ique document or pledge was intrusted
to sixth man, I'm outsider, to keep.
McPherson was notified that he could
nave these five votes by paying for them,
but his reply was that he would not pay
centdirectly or indirectly for any mans
vote; that he would be elected without
the use of, money, or he would not be
elected at all. The republican members
of the legislature learned of this pro-
position, and of McPhersons emphatic
refusal to entertain it. Certain prom
lnent republicans quietly went to the
senator and said: 1--WE will give you
two votes from our side for every one
that those traders keep from you on the
democratic side. We are glad to see this
sort of corruption put down and defeated
in New Jersey, and just let us know how
many votes you will need to elect you
The little band of five found out that
Mcpherson could and would be elected
without them. Then three of the FIVE
wilted, and when the ballot was taken
their votes for him.
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A BETRAYED yycn,ahls yengeance

The T@eniy-second New York regi-
r..ent has again become notorious by an
attempt of a young woman named Dsllie
Rama to kill Lieut.. George 3. Hart. The
shooting occurred near the arm6r9 y
Fourteenth street, where she Hnet Hart
by appointment. When they met she
drew a revolver and fired. He turned
and ran and she followed, dischargine
the four remaining cartridges as fast as
possible. She was arrested and gave her
age as nineteen. Last summer when the
regiment returned from encatt pfnent
the woman fell in love With a member,
whose name che refused to give. He ac-
con,Siished her ruin and deserted her
Hart, whom she had known from child
hood, besought her to live with him
She did SO till about two weeks ago
when he too, deserted her. She had no
money, and was maddened at the thought
oflosing hun, so she determined to kill
hin,
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Terrible Fight i'll the suItan's
Patace.

The London Spectator of Jan 20 gives
the particulars of on ominous scene in
Constantinople, described by eye-wit-
nesses at "Varna," Athens" and such
places. The sultan's Albanian guards
being white are jealous of the negro
guards, who are black, but who are kept
one floor nearer to the sultan's person.
A quarrel arose about girl, or some
drink, or a cigar lght--accounts differ
land a negro sentry bayoneted an
Albanian Each set of soldiers sided
with its color, the battle become general,
and from 80 to 100 men were killed I'M
der the harem windows The shrieks
OF the ladies warned the sultan, and
Osman Pasha hastily summoned with
some Ottoman troops, sup
pressed the affray and arrested the
ringleaders. The sultan, who has quar-
relied with the Circassians, now distrusts
both Albanians and negroes, and, as he
cannot well employ Greek sailors, the
only isolated force re naming, lives in a
misery which threatens his reason. The
incident involves breach of personal
respect always shown to the palace. and
shows that discipline is dying away. even
in the pampered guards. The garris IN
the sultan has ceased to trust, not I'M
reasonably, if, as alleged in these ac-
counts, they neither are paid, nor can
be. Turkish soldiers get along for time
without pay very easily, but if the situa-
ton continues too long the military mind
decides that the sultan is not competent
to rule. We never remember to have
seen the materials for confagration so
Il as they are in Constantinople.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

The common idea Of the peculiar I'M
healthiness of cities has been disprove d
in England and 'also in this country.
The rate of mortality in crowded city is
less than in its thinly populated environ
The townsmen may be comparative Y
free from class of diseases which beset
the inhabitants of a neighboring re ZION
which contains scarcely more people to
the square mile than city district does
to the square acre. The British statistics
are conclusive upon this point. The re-
verse was true years age, but the change
IS owing to welt-known causes, among
which may he mentioned, purer water,
better drainage, more healthful air from
parks, and more scientific attention to
sanitary matters.
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Tuesday,, February 6.

Eenate.--The senate devoted the day to
general discussion of the wooden schedule.
Ferry made significant remark to the eff
feet that the senate might as well consider
the post route bill, since no tariff bill could
be passed ct this session. He thought this
was the opinion Of the country. as well as of
himaelf. Other republican members of the
finance committee dissented from this view,
Later in the afternoon eulogies were. deliv-
cred on the late Represent tiyes Hawk and
updegraff, The only change in the WOODEN
schedule were some changes in classification,
which made moderate reduction in the
rate of duty.
HoUsE.--Another day hes been FILTERED
away in the .house, with no substantial re-
suit beyond clearing the docket ola duty to
two dead congressman, the late representa-
tiyes Updegraff of Ohio and Hawk of Illi-
nois. 1t was perhaps just as well as devo-
ting the same time to anything else. 1t is
the live congressman who is more in the
way of necessary legislation.
An effort was made by Mr.. Haskell to
bring the latter down to business by reso-
luton providing for night sessions but the
mater went over to the committee on rules
The tariff came TN IN the regulsr ofdet, end
the four paragraphs remaining of schedule
B were disposed Of These referred to glass,
looking glasses and glass wares, and were
adopted without amendment; not, however,
without many efforts IN that direction.
Every line was con ested.
Over an hour was wasted upon the ques-
ton as to whether five minutes or twenty
minutes should he allowed for debate Oh d
certain paragraph. The democrats asked
for twenty minutes. Judge Kelley was will
ing to grant but FIVE, and gained his point.
At present but two schedules have been
agreed upon. These comprise but sixteen
pages of the bill.
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Knowing Too Many People.

The older we grow the more fastidious
as a rule we become socially. We liku
the friends we can count upon-who arc
''as easy as an old shoe" With us; but
we shrink from the new ones, especially,
/ need not say, from any that give the
least suggestion of patent leather. There
are those for whom the companionship
of persons Of title makes amends for
anything; but am speaking of class
who have over-lived such illusions and
made up their minds, during the span
left them in this world, to be comfort-
able. Old friends, or, il new ones, nice
ones; intelligent society with humoE-
ous bent in it; the most perfect freedom
of thought and speech; these alone to
mature persons make social life worth
living; all the rest is strained, pretenti-
GUS and uncomfortable.
AS very young man / once sought
an introduction to well-known woman
Of letters in London. She is not now Of
much importance, being dead and for
gotten, but all literary persons had then
an attraction for me Gas indeed they
have now, and / expressed a wish
through common friend TO know her.
my dear fellow" he wrote. after MAX
ing his application, ''she will have Moth
ing to do with you She says she knows
great deal too many people already
At the time thought this rather rude,
but have long learned to envy that
lady's moral courage How delightful it
would be if one dared, to have that no.
BILE truth printed on ones card, and
when new folks call upon US whom one
does not want to know to return them
this by post: "Mr. So and Sos coppli-
ments, but he knows great deal too
many people alreadyi-Longman's
Magazine.
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cally placed on the Iree list WIN the under
standing that there should be another vote
on the proposition to put all salt on the free
list
Then the senate came out of the commit
tee OF the whole, wherein all the ariff debate
yet had occurred, and proceeded TO vote on
the several amendments adopted in the
committee of the whole.
To the senate bank tax amendment Plat
OF Connecticut proposed an amendment in
the interest of the country banks repeating
the tax on circulation. This was defeated.
Then an amendment fixing the tax on
certain varieties of vinegar was taken up.
The discussion promised to be prolonged,
so Van Wyck carried an adjournment.
HOUSE. After routine business the tariff
bill was taken up.
Mr.. Dunnell, who appeared OH the floor
for the first time since the holidays, moved
to reduce the duty on cut nails and spik es
and spoke in support of his motion, but it
xua loot.
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Mystery of Missing Men.

From the Philadelphia Record.
One of the best men ever knew here
Ia man Of sixty-fve years who loved
his home and fan..T dearly, and who
had no reason for excentricity--slipped
away one afternoon, went to Boston and
then to Washington, and for two years
drove car there, remaining away because
he thought his wife would manage his
affairs better without him. He never
intended to return but was seen by
chance, arrested as lunstic, and given
his choice to be confined in an asylum
or do his duty asa man. He came back
and, after two happy years at home,
died in his wife's arms. In another case
that / remember, gentleman was sup
posed to have committed suicide by Jump
ing from a steamboat. HIS wife made no
fuss but kept the matter quiet, because she
alone never gave up the idea that his sui
eide was sham, and for three years she
hunted down, and finally restored him
to his home and business. A third case
of which had personal knowledge was
that of dry goods merchant who was
absent twenty years, and who returned
wealthy made himself known to his wife,
who had been married in the meantime,
sought out his son and gave him $4,000,
and then went his way as he had come.
He said he had left home because he
wanted to-; had not married or cared for
another home, and liked the life Of q
wanderer much better than any domes-
tic ties These instances 90 to show that
the cases of alleged mysterious disap-
pearances may sometimes be accounted
for without any necessity of presuppos-
ing ROBBERY and murder.
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CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Monday. February s.

SENATE.-The usual rOutine business was
attended to and then the senate resumed work
on the tariff BILL Senators on both sides
pounded away on various items for hours.
The net result of the afternoons work was
the reduction of the duties on cotton thread,
wooden hose, shirts and drawers, machine OF
hand knit, Gotten laces, embroideries, velvet
and the like per cent. Attempts made by
Mr.. Beck and others 10 secure greater reduc-
tions failed
In executive session the following nomi-
nations were confirmed:
United States eonsuls-Charles p. Will
liams, at Calais; 0rson ". Tousely, at Leip-
sic. Albert Rhodes, New York, at EberfeId,
Germany; James f. Montgomery, New
York, at Trieste.
Reg sters of Land 0ffice-Albert K Os.
burn, Bayfield,, Wis; George w. Fay, Mem
asha, Wis., Edward 4. Salisbury, 1eadvills,
Colo.
Postmasters--S L. Miller. Alexandria,
Mimi; NJ. w. NOR, Eldora Iowa; G. 4.
Isle, Fort Madison, Iowa; James w, Emery,
LeATars, Iowa; Alfred II. Lewis. Milbsnk,,
Oak.
HousE.-Mr. Cobb introduced bill to
proven the secretary of the interior from
issuing patents to land grant railroads which
have not been completed within the speci-
fled time.
Mr. Grout moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill establishing tie territory
OF North Dakota and providing temporary
government therefor. After d brief Discus
sion in which Randall and Burrows Of
Michigan engaged in controversy, the mo-
ton OF Grout was lost--yeas 151, nays ITO,
(not the necessary two-thirds in the affirma-
tive.
On motion of Mr.. Carpenter, the, rules
were suspended and the bill to quiet the IT,
tie of Des Moines river lands passed,
A motion to suspend the rules and con-
slider the legislative. executive and judicial
appropriation bill was lost
A motion to suspend the rules and make it
ia order next Monday to report the tariff
bill to the house for action was lost.
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completely mashed to pieces, as II
with some instrument. An AK was found
near the body in the ruins, and tie
theory of the prosecution is that death
was inflicted by this instrument and that
FIRE was set to hide the evidence of the
crime. The jury returned the following
verdict: THAT the said Amadee Beau
dry came &c his death at the township of
Mffdle River, in the country of Mar
shall, on the 2lst day of January, 1883,
and that his death was caused by GRIM
inal violence ut the hands of Camille
Roy and Azellda fseandry, but that the
jury are unable to say whether
he was killed by deadly
weapon or with fire. The the
DRY of the crime is this, ''that the young
and pretty wife ofthe owner of the house
had been, before the death of her hus-
band criminally intimate witha man who
was employed by her husband as farm
iabcref, and that the wife and her para
mour had first murdered the husband,
and then burned the house to conceal
their crimen Both are under arrest to
answer the charge.
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The report of the Bureau OF Statistics
recently issued shows That while there
has been marked falling off in the num-
Der of immigrants arriving during the
past few mouths, the total for the ealen-
der year 1882 exceed those of 1881 bv A
few thousand. The reports of ten Of the
chief ports where immigrants arrive
show that ZIP, 542 persons arr ived during
the calender yea. As these ports in
1881 received 81 per cent. of the entire
number in that year, the total number
of Immigrants on the same basis In 1882
would be about 734, 900 against 720. O45 in
1881. The fact that the total for the fis-
cal year which ended June 80, 1882. was
7SS,992 saOws that there must have
been decided falling off, During the
first months of 1882 the arrivals of inn
migrants were larger than the cores
ponding months of 1881. On the other
hand, during the last half of 1881 the
aggregate of arrivals was 5S 900 below
that for the same time in 1881. The
falling off is what might naturally have
been expected, because the aggregate
immigra ton of the past three years
has been large beyond parallel in the
history ofany other modern country
over two millions. A decline was sure
to come. and it is not to be deplored
since 1T is possible that people of other
countries can come to us faster than is
for their or our good.