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ri,ertv,s Great Objection.

determined to place the house on record on tn
Irish question, and he viii probably HAYES
chance to do it when the question Of accepting
the steamer ALERT which the British govern
ment has rendered for the Greedy relief expedi
ton. comes up The only question that cal
come before the housed is whether congress shall
return vote of thanks, and this Finerty is de
termined to prevent He takes the position tina
the acceptance of the vessel is an insult to thu
Irish-American citizens of the country, ant
every congressman who xpressedhis approva
will find himself opposed by the Irish American
vote The representatives from Irish districts
are already beginning TO feel little nervous
aboutit, and viii probably vote with Finerty,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28
Awisoonsin wedding soene.

The all-absorbing topic in social circles a
GAINESVILLE, Wis, is a sensational incident at thu
wedding of Hiram .. Murdoch and Allie b
Childs Thursday the 21st During the pro
gross of the festivities the discovery was made
that one of the presents, consisting of 500 II
gold, which had been given by the groom's un-
Gle. was missing Great CONSERVATION pre-
vailed among the guests, eighty in number
each and every one of whom imagined that the
finger of scorn was pointing in his direction.
Finally to relieve the embarrassment twas de
eided to make a search of the guests, which
was accordingly done. The money was not re-
ar,n.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28
pleasant for the lieutenant.

The report of the Proteus court of inquiry
has been printed OF Lieut. Colwell, who was
with Darlington and has been designated to
take part in the Greedy relief expedition now
being fitted out, the report says:
1t is considered by the conrt extremely for
tunate for the expeditiona1y force that the one
officer sent with it and who commanded was SC
ably aided and supported by the services OF
Lieut. ]. q CoIwell, United States navy, who
volunteered for duty so much more severe
and periloue than that to which he had been
regularly assigned on board naval vessel
and who brought to the duty he assumed sc
much capacity, courage and special knowledge
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28
mhe mother Of waanineton.

Another interesting historical movement is to
secure the completion Of the monument to the
memory Of Mary, the mother Of Washington,
which stands unfinished at her former home in
Westmoreand county, Va, where Washington
was born The monument was commenced
fifty years ago, A bill TO appropriate the
money 10 complete the monument was reported
favorablv in the Forty third congress- ten years
ago. but WAS never acted upon. Representa-
tive Wise OF Virginia has introduced similar
bill, and there is a strong sentiment in favor Of
Is passage
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28
How q Faribault Lady Was Robbed in
Chicago

A dispatch from Chicago says: The Palmer
house was the scene last Monday the 22d, o.
a remarkable bold assault and ROBBERY The
hotel manager declines to give the name Of the
lady. at her own request She is said, however,
to Be Mrs Dudley on Mrs Sykes, a miliiner of
Faribault. Mimi. who arrived in the city ear
" and after registering at the hotel, went TO
Gage Bros and purchased a stock Of goods for
her business Returning % the hotel she stop
ped at a drug store Is gel a prescription put up
Noticing that she WAS being watched hy d loaf
ar In the ladies entrance 10 the hotel, she
asked 10 have the medicine sent fo
her rom. preferfIsg not "a
expose the sum 0f money which she had Sae
then went to her reoIu; a few minutes lister,
hearing knock at the door. she opened it to
admit. IS she supposed boy from the drug
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28
= o,a Ranul,1iea,,

Winona Republican The Green
Bay, Winona 81 st. Paul railroad has
rendered its statistical report to the
state railroad commissioner of Wlscon-
sin. The company had IN operation
224 IS miles Dec 131 .SS3 No new
road was built during the year. The
actual cost to the above date was Sl5,-
403 .652 81 total gross receipts from OPP
GRAFTON. $412, 231 81: total net-earnings
from same source, S8q. 599. 5f total in
terest bearing debt, s. dol ,OCO;
amount Of interest accrued during the
year, SIO0, 900 amount Of interest paid
on such indebtedness, 81 ,000i rentals
paid during the year, 81 ,65T II,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28
Revo1tine Crime in Wisconsin.

Lancaster Wis, Herald; Thomas Bllder-
back of potos was arrested and brought before
III. b Coons, Esq, on Tuesday last, charged
with robbing his two daughters of their chas-
tity He plead guilty, and was brought to the
Lancaster jail Wednesday, the 20th inst, by Ben
Eiscamp and Edgar Saton, He has wife and
SIX children His wife claims that three years
ago her husband by force accomplished the
ruin of his two daughters, aged eleven and
seventeen years, and that he had continued his
inhuman practices boldly before the remainder
of the family ever since
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28
vil1ara RanErupt and sick.

Henry Willard late president Of the Northern
Pacific, made his first appearance atthe com
pany's office forseveral weeks at the meeting OF
the directors Of the st Paul & North Pacific
company on the 18th in New York He was
haggard, and said his health was not restored
by any means Mr. Willard resigned tile pres
idency of the st Paul a Northern Pacific, and
Mr. Harris was elected TO that office In private
conversation Mr. Willard spoke of his fortune
having been lost, and said he would have to &c
into Bankruptcy. He was also present as a
matter of courtesy at the meeting of the North
ern Pacific directors to-day Mr.. Gould, in q
communication to harles B. Wright of Phila-
deiphia, who was acre to-day, expressed his
belief that there will be a large emigration to
the Northern Pacific region this spring. He
says he has full confidence in the future Of the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28
Coal Mining Horror.

The little mining village Of West Leisening,
four miles north of Uniontown, Pa, was, We'd
nesdav the Goth, the saene of the most terrific
explosion ever known in the Coke region The
Connelsviile Coal and Iron company, of which
Judge Leisening of Maueh Chunk is president
has 200 coke ovens there, which have been IN
operation about year The works give eIi-
piovment to about 100 mon, and quite a little
Town has sprung up named after the president
of the company Coal is obtained by means OF
a shaft which reaches the mine AGO feet from
the surface This morning part Of the force
who had worked all night left the mines little
after 8 o'clock, and seventy others took their
places making the usual morning SHIFT. ABOUT
ESQ o'clock while the men We're digging sud
denly. without any warning. there occurred an
explosion that CONFUSED the mine IA every
apartment and threw the men into the utmost
CONSERVATION. The awful scene that ensued
among the terrof-strieken miners cannot be
described All their lamps were blown out and
they were left in darkness and coninsl0n
when they found themselves unable 70 breathe
An explosion of fire damp, O term which
miners apply to light earbonated hydrogen o.
coal gas that issues IN the roof Of mines, left
the mine filed with after damp, which contains
no oxygen. and renders it impossible for life 70
b. sustained So dangerous was the after
damn that II was fully two hours before ToIuD-
terrs could enter the mines. The work Of
rescuing men now went on rapidly by wlilEn2
volunteers. and at noon nineteen bodies had
beer. carried out The company books were
then examined and the roll called, and it was
at once ascertained that all the men we're ae-
counted fer
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28

There seems to be general impress
ion that wheat will rule lower this year
han during the last but tho fact can
lot be determined until much later in
he season. Farmers will probably
ind it paying crop, however, but
hould lay an anchor to windward by
planting other crops that are sure to be
n demand. Good farmers have long
go ceased to put all their eggs in one
basket.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28
wife murder in Wisconsin

A horrible murder and attempt at suicide oe-
Cured at Boahe, small village ten miles from
Richard Centre At o'clock on the 10th b. I.
Barnes cut his wife's throat from ear TO ear,
and made desperate attempt to kill himself
by cutting his own throat The woman died IN
a few moments, but the man is alive and likely
to recover the murderer is one Of the lead
ing citizens Of the county. No cause Is assigned
for the terrible deed except dependency over
the continued illness of his wife
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28

store. Instead Of the boy, she was confronted
by the man who had watched her from the
ladies' entrance a few moments before. This
man seized her by the throat put handker-
chief saturated with chloroform to her nose,
which soon rendered her insensible, and took
everything he could lay hands ON and left
After a while Mrs Dudley recovered sufficient
ly 70 ring the bell and make known her situation.
She soon recovered entirely from the assault
and has now left the city Her loss was 500
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28

There are a large number of profita-
DE gold mines in North Carolina, and it
s said the yield of gold is far greater
han in any State east of the Rocky
Mountains ten times greater in fact.
It is affirmed by scientific persons that
here is to-day far more gold in North
carolina than there is in California.
Northern and Western capitalists are
hiding this out, and it is a matter of re-
ord that over $4,000, 900 of New Eng
and capital was during 1888 put in min
no machinery.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28

Arrangements are in progress to run
1 train from Chicago to Portland, Ore
yon, via the Northern Pacific railroad
five days. The present time from St.
Paul to Portland is four days 1t is
expected that the pleasure travel ovel
his route VIII be very large this year
Thousands ofpeople We're deferred from
going over last fall owing to the late
less of the season before the road was
n full working order. Many viii go
10 seek for locations in Oregon and IL
he territory of Washington, and many
others to see for themselves the wonders
hat have been so wildly described by
tourists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28

The center of population in the
United States in 1870 was twenty-three
niles east Of Baltimore; in 1900, eigh-
cen miles west of Baltimore; in 1910,
orty miles northwest by west of Wash
ngton; in 1929, sixteen miles north OF
Woodstock, Va; in 1880, nineteen
niles west by southwest. of Moorfield ;
n 1910, sixteen miles south Of Clarks-
ourg; in 1850, twenty-three miles south,
east Of Parkersburg; in 1860, twenty
niles south Of Chilliclothe; in 1870,
orty-eight miles east by south of Gin
,innati; in 1880, eight miles west by
iouth of Cincinnati
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28
WISCONSIN NEWS NOTES.
Royal Arch Masons.

Milwaukee, Special Telegram, Feb
20. AT to-day's session Of the Grand
Chapter Royal Arch Masons the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
year
Grand high priest, T.. j. Farr, Ear
Claire; deputy grand high priest, Steph
EN- H. Alban, Wausau: grand king. n
G. Daniels, Watertown; grand scribe
George S. Anthony, Darlington; Crane
treasurer, David Fl. Wright, Madison
grand secretary, John w. Latin, trus
tee for three years; r. Delos Pulfofd
Mineral Point.
Appointive officers were announced
at late hour this afternoon, as follows
Grand treasurer, NJ l.. Young, Mil
waukee; grand chaplain, William Il.
Wright, Wausau. captain of the host,
M. r. Tugardon, Racine; grand prinei-
pal soiourner, r. j. Bulge, Beloit
grand royal arch captain, Edwin Ellis,
Ashland grand master of the first vail
r. Burgess, Oshkosh; grand master Of
The second vail, A. S. Lee, GAINESVILLE
grand master of the third vail, George
E. Budd, Lancaster; grand guard,
Leonard Barrett, Milwaukee; chairman
committee on foreign correspondence
William G. Swain. Milwaukee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28

Four hundred dollars worth OF liq-
nor owned by Mike Norris, at McGreg-
or. was seized, and he has commenced
proceedings against the other saloon
keepers in North McGregor, when they
quietly shipped their soft hard care into
Wisconsin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28

A resident Of Dubuque. Charles Luz
ther, who for many years has run a Ell
gar store in Dubuque, has instituted a
suit in the Chicago. courts for the own
erslfip of sixteen lots lying near the
mills on the Calumet river, IN South
Chicago. The lots are at present oecll-
MED IN lumber yards. Mr. Luther
claims Il have bought the lots IN 1895,
AMI lost the deed there He was III
Chicago last week 70 investigate ms
clam.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28

The New York Tribune discourses al
length on the question whether sun
spots or anything else have cansed q
change Of climate in this country, and
concludes that taking long periods Of
lime it seems doubtful whether any APP
preciable changes Of climate have oc-
cured in any part of the earth over
large areas, and the occasional apparent
mutations which are noted, as for in
stance specially mild winters like the
present. cannot, perhaps, be regarded
Is iustifying a belief that any perma-
nent or important notifications of eli
matte conditions are in progress.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28

and hoped to put it off long enough to
let gen. Lee see the thing Alright. II
was folly to move the last reserve right
on Meade's solid center, and Gen. Long.
street knew it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28

Much has been written about the sup
posed danger Of petroleum giving out
and the effect Of such misfortune. But
the evil day is evidently affair off. The
wells in this country give no signs of be
coming exhausted, and abroad it is said
that the fluid was never 50 plenty. Rus
sian petroleum, whose production has
risen from $4,000 600 gallons in 1876 tc
200 00011 gallons in 1882 The sup
ply is practically inexhaustible. Spout
ing wells are found over a vast area, and
water communication exists from the
Caspian to the Mediterranean. These
are facts often forgotten, bat they are
facts all the same, working their will
on theories of oil prices,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28

The following is the official call of the Ma
tional Greenback Labor party to nominate can
didates for president and vice president
of the United States, to be voted
for at the coming presidential election, will be
held in the city of Indianapolis, Ind, on We'd
nesday May %, 1884. Each state ID entitled to
four delegates and four alternates at large,
each congressional district two delegates and
two alternates, each territory two delegates and
two altefnates, and the District of Columbia
two delegates and two alternates Therefore,
all who are in accord with the views set forth
in the platform of said party in 1880 are re-
spectfully requested to meet IN convention IN
their several states territories and districts on
or before May and select delegates and alter
mates to said convention
[Signedl JESSE HARPER, Chairman,
LEE CRANDAfL, Secretary.
The following are the names Of committee
appointed to assist the chairman and secretary
in arranging details;
H. u Leonard, chairman, Logansport, Ind !;
John NJ Potter, secretary, Lansing, Mich. B.
w Terlinde, treasurer, Elizabeth, N. j. /;
Charles Jenkins, Beloit, Iowa, and W. s. Ken
worthy Oskaloosa Iowa
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28

Gen. Grant win laare for Norfolk, Va
toward the end of the week If the weather tloe
not became more CHEEKY He has been sHf-
fering With rheumatism, and isannch depressed
in shirts. He still uses his clutches, although
Be has recovered from the injury 70 his leg
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-03
womb he n1v ,nlltlcal nenrn.

would be my polltcaI oeapn.
"One Ohio editor is said to have written
every member of congress from his state
that every vote for this proposed copyright
law would be a political death warrant.
Great is the power of the country editor,
and this most just of propositions will foil
before it"
The Sun, in its editorial columns, declaims
bitterly against the "news thieves" 1t is a
matter of some comment that The Sun has
fiared up so suddenly, when its editor is well
aware that the morning newspapers of New
York have always stolen news from the even
ing papers, and tho evening papers not from
the morning papers only, but from the
earlier editions of other evening papers.
There never has been time in the metropo-
lis when news was not public property, and
there is no daily paper here that does not
steal the news. The proposed copyright
law, whatever may be the pretences of
its supporters, is aimed solely at the country
press, and intended to cripple its news facili-
ties. The provincial newspapers have been
improved greatly of late in the quantity and
quality Of their news, mainly through the
services of the American Press Association,
which now furnishes a much larger number
Of dailies with news than the Asso-
ciated Press, and this Improvement has
largely reduced the circulation of the metro
politan newspapers outside of the cities in
which they are published. This is the reason
why number of the great" newspapers are
clamorng for a copyright law. But the As
ISOLATED Press newspapers are by no means
all agreed upon this question, some of them,
notably The Cincinnati Enquirer are taking
strong ground against the proposed measure.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-03
Death of John Browns Widow.

SAN FRANCISCO, March Mrs. Mary a
Brown. the widow OF John Brown, the herr
Of the Harpel's Ferry uprising, died here,
aged IS years She had lived for some wears
with her two daughters in Humboldt county,
and was here on visit at the time of her
death.
Mrs Mary A. Brown was john Browns
second wife. She married him fifty-two
years ago at Neadville Pa. ard shared the
more exciting experiences of his career. She
was bora in Whitehall, n Y, b1t was bred
in Crawford county, Pennsylvania where she
was married. John Brown was at that time
postnaste r a Randolph Pa. A letter is still
in existence written in 1854 from him to his
brother Frederick and franled by him
as postmaster in which he pro-
poses 4 plan for the education of
young slaves for the sake of hasten
ing the downfall Of slavery. This YVES soon
after his marriage. His wife then and
always Joined heartily with him in all his
schemes forthe overthrow of slavery, though
they brought sorrow, and poverty, and be-
reaveulent to her. Mrs. Brown had lived of
late years with her two daughters on a
mountain farm near Rhonersville in Hum
bold county, California. Several years ago
G gentleman found the family were having a
hard time on the farm, being considerably in
debt, and started Il movement for their
relief, and $500 was raised in San Fran
cisco, which placed them out of debt Mrs
Brown yi,ite! Chicago in August, ISS2 to be
present at meeting to raise money for
monument to her husband. The Ogden grove
meeting proved failure, but Mrs Brown
found good friends. who gave her public re
ception and u testimonial. In personal APP
pearance Mrs Brown was tall and spare
She last saw her husband alive the night be-
fore the execution, when she spent three
hours in prison with him.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-03
THE NEWS IN GRIEF.


The olde, editor in Pennsylvania is
". P. Eiii".' ". Lewiston, aged o..
The ltalia9 cabinet officers have ten,
derec' IT," slsnatons ~ Csc kiaa
The Rho3o Island Republican coo,
ventiol wi beg hid 81 ieov.4,aao ,i,r,a -
A one-pound b by recently born al
Long Branch .as e5ai a.. ',ys3 from exposure
60 visitors
The porte has appointed a Tark
govcrnoE a. Crete, aaa tHe Christians are
much d. j.. =a,-i
Tie inquest on the death of Salmi
Morse a, Nv YORK. closed tj.e vri<;ict being
accidcnla. draHaja--
Secretary iuco!n still holds $40, 900
Of the Congressional aGfopriat on for The
relief Of III foot Sufferers.
The business section OF Chesterfield,
MacoUpln county. !!a, was a!m ott.>.rayal
by fire, resulting 10 heavy loss.
Every communion Sunday Mgs. Annie
Gordon, OF BtuiT.or s. t.. walks ioIr ra.lsv,
to church. She is lll wears Old.
Mrs. George Hodges, OF Muncie,
Ind, fearing starvation. as acr husband was
out Of work, commit. uicide by pois,a
The Hon James russeu Lowell, our
minister to England, was Che first of tie Tor
eign ministers to receive copy of the
queen DOCK from Inc hind OF her score
tary.
1t is claimed shat Virgins predicted
the recent blizzard in the eastern section and
Throughout Canada, and he foretelIs II greater
STORM on N&Scd -.
The Republican Editorial association
of Indiana. at ats meeting ut IndiananoIjs
deprecated making prohibition an Issue IN
the coming campaign.
Martin Trrnor & GO merchants of
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