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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06
Miscellaneous news Notes.

Miners have struck rich vein of iron ore
near West Chester, Pa, al depth Of 300 feet
Al New Orleans, Judge pardee decides that
United States courts have no jurisdition over
registration rolls
The Peoples bank of Canton, Ill, owned by
C. D. Coblitt, suspended. Liabilities, 500,
600; assets, S5o0O0
S. Selig wholesale milliner of San Francis
co. assigned Liabilities, So, 600; assets $50,
eco The principal creditors are in New York.
George E. Hutchinson, of Cleveland, large
owner Of stock of gold and silver mines in
Western states and territories, assigned Liza
bilities not stated. The failure is attributed to
depreciation Of shares.
A spotted hyena, eloped from show, is the
bugaboo that keeps children at home after
dark in Loyalsoek township, I4ycoming county,
Pa Every well regulated community should
import a spotted hyena at once.
Schedules of tue assignment of Alfred G.
Iudcrs and Oscar b. Luders, composing the
firm of Alfred q. LndeTs 4 Co, Commission
me- chants. New York, show liabilities. Sos
600; nominal assets, slct.00u; and actual assets,
s2,%o0
At composition meeting in the matter OF
r. SHAW - DEuS. III DoStous ulutI MI AZ "a
the last legislature. nearly 100000 claims
were offered for proof, which indicates that
the creditors desire composition as offered by
the firm.
Johns Hopkins university at Baltimore has
opened with 100 graduate students enrolled,
and ll3 undergraduates, or a total of 273.
This is an increase over last year of Is per
cent. and a few more additions may be ex-
peetetl before December The number Of new
students is 1S2
The South Carolina Presbyterian Synod
passed the following resolution: Resolved.
That in the Judgment Of this synod the teach
ing Of evolution at the theological seminary al
Columbia. except in a purely expOsit0ry man
ner with no intention Of intoxicating It's truth,
is hereby disapproved
goods and notions, of ST Louis, have assigned.
Liabilities. sGo.000; assets, $4,000 Mr..
lyon ST., also assigned his individual proper
~, consisting of real estate valued at Sl2,O
to Tenbroeck The debts of the firm are
chiefly in Eastern cities
Gov. Robinson recently issued orders direct
ing the release from costody of Mrs. George
Ann Heustis, in Boston, charged with the lar
ceny of diamonds valued at 50, 900 from Terese
lynch of New York The order OF release was
made for the reason that Gov. Cleveland re
voked his request Tor her extradltion.
There was rwo hundred failures IN thE
United States reported to Bradstreet's durins
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06
The Criminal Calendar.

George Smith, on trial at Lancaster Pa, for
the murder of Henry Struck pleaded guilty of
murder in the second degree.
Fred 'Schilplin, of St Cloud, Minii, = who at
tempted suicide in Dakota last spring, by
shooting himself. finally succeeded in taking
his life with poison.
Henry Weeks of New Milford, Ill, shot him.
self Thursday seriously If not fatally. His
brother ln-law in Dakota also shot himself the
same day and was instantly killed
Rumors have reached Denver, of the lynch
ing by vigilantes of q gang Of seventeen cattle
thieves, captured while in camp on Rock
Creek, in the Gere Range mountains, twenty or
thirty miles west of Georgetown.
Rollin String, clerk in the employ of Jones h
Co. of the New York -four mill, has been arrested
on charge of being defaulter to the amount
of $4,000 Three years ago String was found
appropriating the firms money, but was forgiv
en- and ret. med in their employ
In the case of Bartholes Bullesto, at Duluth,
Mimi, charged with the murder of Peter Franza
at Breitung in a quarrel the jury brought in
a verdict of mot guilty" Willie Bunnell, of
the Evening Herald, Duluth, was convicted
of libel and fined $50 and cost
Dr. Carver's visit with company of cow
boys 10 Hamilton, Ont, set all the small boys
to lassoing, The result is that a lad named
John Carr was lassoed by companions and
dragged along the ground some distance, re-
ceiying such injuries that he died soon after.
Two weeks ago Frederick W. Duvernois an
old and well known insurance agent and pri-
vate banker on Monroe avenue, Detroit, disap-
peared and no trace OF his whereabouts has
since been discovered 1t now leaks out that
Duvernois was short from $4,000 to $4,000
belonging to depositors, in sums ranging from
81, 800 down to So The insurance companies
for whom he was agent lose about $4,000.
Ex-Gov Franklin ]. Moses of South Caro-
lima, who was arrested at Detroit on the double
charge of grand larceny and fraud few days
ago, attempted suicide in Jail When the jail
er entered tho cell Moses was apparently dead
He was cut down at once and physicians sue
ceeded in rescusitating him. Moses was
brought up in the police court charged with
swindling. He pied guilty and was sentenced
to three months in the house of correction.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06
Record OF Casualties.

A ccal breaker at Kaska, William colliery,
near Pottsyille, Pa, was destroyed by fire re-
Gently. Lose, SIS, 900.
While the trainer of Forepaugh's clown ele-
plant, Pickanniny, was rehearsing him in a
somersault on the stage of Philadelphia mu-
greenroom.
At La Crosse in the night, swi tch engln
ran over man on the Milwaukee track. Let
ters in his pockets showed his name 10 be
Lewis Wheeler, and his home Taylor Trempe-
lean county. A letter found IN his pocket,
postmarked Blair, Same county, charges him
with having desecrated church and defiled
graves, and threatened mysterious punish
meBts. His breath showed little if any trace
of liquor, and it is surmised that he took this
method of committing suicide
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06

The scheme of redistribution, or, as
it would be called in the United States,
reapportionment," which Gladstone, is
ready to submit after the passage of the
Franchise Bill, lis designed to reapportion
the vote of the United Kingdom, so that
the 2,000,00 new voters to be added tt
constituencies may not derange the basis
Misrepresentation The new voters will be
mainly county householders. The Eng
lish House of Commons consists of 65l
members, of whom 172 represent Eng
lish counties and 2S2 English Dor
oughs; Is represent Welsh boroughs
and Is Welsh counties; 80 represent
Scotch counties and 26 Scotch
boroughs, and Ga represent Irish
counties and 81 Irish boroughs. The
boroughs in all divisions of the kingdom
are much more literally represented
than the counties, the former having an
average of "a, 900 Al, 900 votes to the
member, and the latter So, 800 to a.
800 The redistribution proposes tc
reduce the English borough represen-
tation to 229 and TO increase the county
representation to 231, putting the basis
of county representation at $4,000, in
stead 74,500. In Wales the boroughs
are to have u members aud the coun-
ties Is, and the Scotch representation
is to be increased from IS to 69 mem
bers, the basis being changed from o.,
800 voters to the member to $500.
Ireland is to have so members instead
of 81 for the counties, and 81 instead OF
81 for the Dor )ughs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06

The General Land Office publishes
comparative statement of the area Of
original and final homestead entries fol
the year 18S3-S4 From this land state.
ment it appears that the area of origina
entries this year was $40 ,404 acres less
than it was last, while the area of fina
homesteads was AL 100 acres greater,
the area of original homesteads for 1894
being 1871 500, and of final homesteads
2,945,57 In original entries Dakota
ranks first, Nebraska second, Kansas
third, Minnesota fourth, and Washing
ton fifth; while in final entries
Kansas ranks first, Dakota sec
ond, Nebraska third, Minnesota
fourth, and California fifth. In Min
nesota there were 12,465 acres more
of original homestead entries than III
1883, and II, 101 more acres of final
homesteads. In Dakota there was de.
crease OF 1, 276, 118 acres of original en,
tries, but an increase of 132, 313 acres OF
final entries. Ia illinois there were nc
homestead entries last year. In Iowa
there was an increase of 80 a.. es or
iginal entries, and decrease of 1 AIS
acres final entries. In Wisconsin the
increase in original entries was 96,93s
acres in final entries 4,036 acres.
Michigan shows decrease in original
entries of z, 516, and an increase to final
entries of 10,019 Forty acres of origi-
nal and 100 acres of final entry We're
made IN Ohio last year, but none il
1884.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06

The recent spell of hot weather is
regarded as a phenomenal occurrence
at the east, and the extreme heat was
uniform throughout the entire Atlantic
slope. East of the Alleghanies, extend
ing to the entire West and Northwest
the last two Of three days of the term.
Day after day, in New York Phila-
delphia and Boston, the Their
mometer indicated nearly 50 de-
grees of heat in the forenoon, in
creasing to 80 degrees and over later IN
the dav, and in localities net feeling q
breeze, or unprotected by foliage and
the shade of buildings, rising to near
" 100 degrees, or over. The nights
were correspondingly hot and sultry,
so that sleep brought no reffeshment
to man or beast. Business and travel
were to great extent suspended
throughout the sweltering cities and
even in country places. In New York
there were sixteen deaths from heat IN
one dav. The scientists are flooding
the papers with speculations IN regard
10 file cause. One of them discovered
an unusual number of spots on the sun
and evidences of great connection on
the surface of that planet. But all this
if true, does not account tor the phe-
nomenal weather 1t is simply a guess
that spots had something to do with u.
Had the weather been phenomenally
cold. for the season. it might have
been attributed to the same cause.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06

The bill pendingin the French Cham
bers in regard to the importation of
wheat fixes the duty at q cents per
bushel. This is the highest tax Of the
kind ever proposed on articles of food.
The British corn laws fixed sliding
scale Of duties, proportionate to the
market price Of grain, the average be-
ing about 16 cents bushel, Germany
has also increased recently the tariff on
importations of rye. It looks as though
European nations were generally con
templating the increased taxation OF
American food products.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06
Railrosa ana River News.

A dastardly attempt to wreck Unien paess-
ic west-bound passenger train was made recent
ly two miles east of Schuyler, Nebraska The
engineer saw an obstruction On bridge, and
slackened speed but not suffi jiently to prevent
acollision, throwing the forward trucks of the
engine off the track. The passengers received
quite severe shaking Up, but nobody was
hurt and no damage done
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06

Al Cedar Rapids, Iowa, very destructive flre
occurred Friday afternoon, resulting IN the al
most complete ruin Of j R Merin 4 Co 3 cold
storage warehouse, filed with butter and eggs,
chiefly the latter, Of which there were ~, Os1
dozen. The origin Of the fire il mystery
The building was worth about sle.uy0, and the
stock $4,000 The building i burned 70 ne
ground. and the stock nearly destroyed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06
France finds it no holiday task to in

France finds it no holiday task to in
wade territory as large as that of the
United States, peopled by four hundred
million inhabitants and with practically
limitless resources of both men and
money. Her little army is fighting
brayely, but is producing but slight eff
feet on that vast inert mass of mankind
known as China. Already the volatile
ParisIans are firing Of the war and talk.
ing Of disaster, failure and treaehery
The futile effort to establish French
empire in Mexico, where the conditions
of success were more favorable that in
Tonqnin, is recalled, and with good
reason. to warn the government against
getting so far involved as to be unab1s
either to advance or retreat without dis
ester.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06

In 1S47 Twenty-Five per cent. of the
teachers employed in the Canadian pub
tic schools in the Province of Ontario
we're women ;in 1884 more than half the
teachers are women. This may be TAX.
en- for progress in the right direction.
For few can doubt the superior qualif-
cations of women for teaching young
children and immature minds, gener-
ally.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06

Losses by prairie fires are beginning
10 assume large dimensions, almost
equal to the aggregate of destruction
caused by hail and tornadoes EARL.
er In the season. The causes are
varied and in many cases un.
known, but lack of precautions for the
safety of stacks aud buildings are
obvious in almost every direction. 1t
is needless to specify what precautions
are necessary, for every denizen of the
prairie is well informed on the sub.
iect In many localities, however, moth
ing but sad experience will teach the
requisite lesson for the future.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06

Burglars are operating in the town of New
Market, six miles west Of Lakeville Since the
18th five houses have been broken into The
thieves are not particular as to the class OF the
plumber At one place they were satisfied with
a barrel of pork and two sacks of flour. Among
the victims is Mike Young, who was relieved OF
$50 in cash and about $500 in notes and wheat
tickets.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06

NJ J. Shonhour, brakeman on the Hinck-
lev accommodation train for Mr. Buckley, con-
ductor, attempted to jump onto the engine at
Hinckley and fell down between the engine and
a lumber pile, and was apparently drawn
along by the engine and scraped against the
lumber pile. His scalp was almost entirely re-
nlovefl--iifted of the Ekuli-beside cutting his
leg to the bone from the knee 70 the thigh
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06

the past week, a. compared with 234 in the
preceding week and with Ie5, 154 and 135 re-
spectively in he corresponding weeks of 1888,
1852 and 1881. About 81 per cent were those
traders whose capital was less than 5000
Canada had thirty. one, an increase of tive.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06

The civil service commission report de-
hciency in the list Of males IN Illinois
and Wisconsin. for appointment TO department
work An examination will be held IN those
states prior 70 the middle Of October Of csndi.
dates for positions in various departments
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06

DIR. H. G. Mccoy Of Algons was nom
mated for congress by the democrats OF
the Tenth Iowa district.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06
The Chicago Markets.

Wheat, Chicago spring, 74C97s1Gc; No. 3
Chicago spring, Gee; No. 2 red, 7sc; No red,
61c
Corn, cash. 5515@e54e
Oats, cash, BE.
Rye, 59Ac.
Barley, 62c.
Pork, cash, si675.
Lard, cash, s725(1SL90
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06
Gsi..g, al! s..?aal ! M.an,as!is

Milwaukee, La Crosse, Sparta, Madison,
Fort Howard Green Bay, Wis, Win0na,
Owatonna, Mankato, Mimi, Cedar Rapids,
Des Moines, Webster City, Algona. linz
ton. MarshaIltown, Iowa, Freep0rt Elgin,
Rockford. H., are amongst its 500 local
stations on is lines
Among few of the numerous points
Of superiority enjoyed by the patrons vi
this road. are its DAY COACHES which
are the finest that human art and lnge-
nuty can create; its PALATIAL SLEEP
ING OARS, which are models Of comfort
and elegance; its PALACE DRAWING
ROOM CARS. which are unsurpassed by
any; and its widely celebrated
NORTH WESTERN DINING CAS5
the like Of which are not run by any
other road anywhere. IN short, II rs as
serted that 1T Is THE BEST EQUIF
PED ROAD IN THE WORLD.
All points Of interest North, Northwest
and Nest Of Chicago, business centres,
summer resorts and noted hunting and
fishing grounds are accessible by the
various branches Of this road.
II owns and controls over 5000 miles Of
road and has over four hundred passen-
ger conductors constantly caring for its
millions Of patrons.
Ask your ticket agent for tickets via
this route, AND TAKE NO OTHER.
All leading ticket agents sell them. IL
costs no more to travel on this route, that
gives fiTst-class accommodations, than il
does 10 20 by the poorly equipped roads.
For maps, descriptive circulars and
summer resort papers, or other infOfma-
ton not obtainable al your local ticket
Office. write to the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06
MIlwaukee Markets.

Wheat, No. 2, 1890
Corn, No. 2, SEE.
Oats, No white, 30j5c.
Rye No. /, 55c; No 2 sc.
Barley, No 2, 55sic: extra, No, 8, 47c
Mess Pork, SIC cash.
Iard-Prime steam, 81. 40.
Butter. choice creamery, 260129c; fair to good
l3T25c: best dairy i9(d2lc.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06

II Orders by mail promptly attend
cd to, and satisfactionguaranteed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06
THE ROYAL ROUTE"
Try THIS RAITE WHEY YnI TRAVEL.

Gro. b. MERRIcK, Agent, River FAILS
F.B. CLARKE II. w. TEAsDALE,
Gent Traffic Manager. Gen'l Passenger Agt
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-08
Agricultural A prOeress.


Mr. j. Il. Dodge. the statistie;a, Of III.
department of Agriculture. in 3 nubIi.
Satlon just completed by him on the In.
oustrlal economy of the United States
makes a very striking exhibit of the
resources, the production and the con,
sumption OF the country. The data pre-
seneed from all countries show that IN
crease Of wealth is prepoftionate, not to
numbers, but to productive forces in
action, degree IN skill and persistence in
labor. The progress Of the past twenty
years Is given in detail, from which it
appears that agriculture has more than
doueied Its production, with smaller
proportion OF farm labor, and now
threatens glut in farm products.
1he question of outlet to foreign mar
kets Is discussed, and the fact is shown
that the surplus of food products merely
pay Tor imported food and beverages
ana that the export trade cannot be ex-
Tended without a ruinous reduction in
prices. In reference to the distribution
OF labor in occupations, in this and Other
countries, it is shown that inequality of
distribution of industries retards de-
Veiopment-that exclusively agricul-
t9raI nations are always poor. The
phenomenal progress of the Central
West Is presented, in deductions drawn
from statistics, showing that one-half of
the cultivated area of the United States
lies IN one-fourth of its territory, pro-
duclng more than three-fourths of some
OF the principal crops. The fact is also
exhibited that the Ohio Valley is the
most fully occupied body of land, Ohio
having 81 per cent. of her surface in
iarms, Indiana $50, Illinois SS.4, Ken
lucky 81 and no other State having as
much. 1t is shown, too, that already
three-tenths of the manufactures are
produced within the Central West, in
less than three-tenths of the area of the
country, and within half century of
its settlement.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-08
The White Ant in Indian Houses.

Among the household pests especial
ly dreaded none entail more vigilant
precautions than the destructive white
ants, creatures no bigger than grains
of living rice, whose armies work so
swiftly and so silently that, if left un-
disturbed for day or two, they will
completely destroy any wood work to
which they take a fancy; and although,
from their love of working in tho dark
ness, they will not touch the outer sur
face, but leave most respectable ex-
terror, touch will soon betray hol-
low sham, and prove that nothing re-
mains beneath so fair a show but crum-
bling dust. So strong is their aversion
to light that as a general rule it is
sufficient safeguard merely to raise
each box or article on such stand as
shall allow free current of air beneath
it. A couple of bricks, or empty wine
bottles laid like rollers, are all that is
necessary; also to avoid close contact
with the wall. Wherever these busy
workers make their way they form So
cure tunnels for their own safety of
hard mortar as solid as stone, some
times so completely filed up with the
woodwork which they have followed
that it becomes more solid structure
than before, though of different mate
rial. Pictures have been sometimes
thus dealt with, and mirrors when fas-
tened to the wall. their wooden frame
work and back being entirely eaten
away all but the thinnest external
crust, while the glasses remain strong
" cemented to the wall itself. Count
less are the annoyances consequent on
books and papers being thus destroyed
indeed. goods of all sorts. One
$radesman told me he had received a
layge assortment of English goods one
day and unpacked them in the evening.
One single night they lay on the
ground, and the next morning were lit
orally reduced to powder. He showed
me his door. apparently of strong TIM
Der, which, however, crumbled at the
touch, utterly destroyed, and the worst
of it Is that once they attack a house
there is no limit to their devastation,
uor any means of knowing which rafter
or door post will give way next We
fortunately escaped any damage from
these tinY hidden foes, though some
times q little ridge of hard earthly ce-
ment running along q door or wall
would mark where they were begin
ming to tunnel & dark, covered way for
future operations, thus giving timely
warning to experienced eyes. Mss O
+. Gordon Citnanai1g ~ tse Gentleman :
Magazine.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-08
English Table Manners.

Mr.. Richard Grant White gives the
following three examples of English
manners at the table:
The late Mr.. Abraham Hayward, OF
London, confirmed ''diner out, !" be-
ing on a visit at Lady Waldegrave's, be
at dinner one day exclaimed: s.H'ml
The same soup for three daysl Filthy
stuff. too.
At the table of a lady of distinction
in England, Lord A. was a guest. His
wife, Lady A., observed that her lord
rather ostentatiously did not touch his
soup. This struck her as lacking in
courtesy to their hostess. so she called
across the table with bland and elegant
condescension: do take some, A, it is
not at all nasty
Another English hostess, entertain
ing at dinner one day gentleman who
had recently come into q title and an
estate, thought proper to showshis dis
satisfaction with the dinner to which
he had been hidden, and to call in an
aggressive manner for this. that and
the other thing, which he got by his
hostess orders. When he came Ia
take his leave, she said. with sufficient
distinctnes to be heard by those around
her: Good night. sir. We are happy
to have had the honor Of seeing you
for the first and last time.