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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27
A scandinavian Sunday.

Sunday came, and it was very pretty
co see, on the evening before and early
in the morning, the boats streaming up
the ford and down from the inland
lakes. One boat passed the yacht.
rowed by 10 stalwart women, who
handled their oars like Saltash fish
wives. With a population so scattered,
a single priest has two or more churches
to attend to at considerable distances,
Pastors being appointed according to
the numbers of the flock. and not the
area which they occupy. Thus at
Elversdale there was a regular service
only on alternate Sundays, and this
Sunday it wss not Elversdale's
turn. But there was a samline
"a gathering for catechising and
prayer-at our bonder's house where
the good man himself or some itinerant
minister officiated. Several hundreds
must have collected, the children in
largest proportion. The Morse people
are old fashioned Lutherans, who never
reap a newspaper, and have never heard
of a doubt about the truth of what then
fathers believed. When the meeting
was over, as many of them as were Curl
Gus to see an English yacht and its oc-
cupants came on board. The ownet
welcomed the Elders at the gangway.
talked to them in their own tongue,
and showed them over the ship. A
had handfuls of sugar plums for the
little ones. They were plain feat
ured, for the most part, with fair
hair and blue eyes the men in strong
homespun broadcloth, the women
in black serge, with bright sash about
the waist, and shawl over the shout
ders with bits of modest embroidery at
the corners. They were perfectly we'll
behaved, rational, simple, unself -con-
sclous, healthy race in soul and body,
whom it was pleasant to see. l could
well understand what Americans mean
when they say that, of all the coionists
who migrate to them, the Morse are the
best many go. Norway is as full
as it can hold, and the young swarms
who in old days coved ont in their pirate
ships over France and England and Ire
land now pass peaceably to the Far
West.-Froude, in Longman's Maya
zine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27
Nugget. of Foreign News.

The house of commons recently rejected
145 to ia motion of Labouchere to reform
the house of lords.
The French government proposes to increase
import duties upon foreign corn, the amount
not exceeding francs per 100 kilogrammes.
A Boston ship-the Alert-bound from New
York for Shanghai, and carrying 700 gal
Ions of Kerosene oil, was struck by lightning
near Pernambuco and burned The officers
and crew were saved.
The semi centennial jubilee of Queen Vic
toria's accession to the throne occurs in 1887,
and the court and Official circles are already
discussing plans for great national and col
onial celebration of the event.
L. A. SENEGAL, the famous Canadian specula-
tor, has suddenly withdrawn his suit for $780,
600 damages against the Toronto Mail. A roy
al commission has been formed to inquire into
his purchase of the North Shore railway.
The Red Star line steamship Pennland Capt
Weyerl, which sailed from New York the Sth
instant for Antwerp was in collision with
Swedish bark off Goodwin Sands, and the bark
sunk. No details of the disaster have as yet
been received
The Dominion government has decided that
the time is too short to take part in the New
Orleans exposition. Gentlemen at Ottawa, on
the part of New Orleans, state the reason
Canada was not asked earlier, was that the
managers invitation to Great Britain included
Canada.
The Belgian consul at Halifax has received
from the consulate general at Quebec five first
class gold medals, to be awarded one each TO
the men who risked their lives, in April last,
to save Capt Schoonhoven and passenger of
the steamer Daniel Steinmann, wrecked on
Sambro island
French agricultural associations demand
that the government shall fix the duty upon
foreign corn at five francs and on -four at nine
francs. The cabinet council discussed the
increase of duty on grain and agreed to it in
principle. The Republique Franchise says the
increase will not exceed three francs per hun
bred pounds.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27
Personal Points.

Congressman Tucker has been appointed
guardian of the Garfield children.
Hon Stephen T. Arnott, ex-mayor of Eimira,
y Y, died on Wednesday, leaving an estate
valued at several millions.
Young, blaek-eyed, pretty Mrs. Livingstone,
the Cuban wife of New York real estate deal
er, leaves her husbands home in Plainfield
and is heard from no more
The renowned physician and surgeon White
Beaver Or. Frank Powell,l has two younger
brothers practleing medicine. Both are quite
well known in La Crosse, where they reside.
DR. W H Ruddoch of Philadelphia, who
was married on Thursday died on Saturday.
In q codicil to his will be gave his large fort
tune to his wife, and his relatives viii contest
The Montreal carnival committee has resolv-
ID to invite president-elect Cleveland as the
committees guest during the carnival A dep
utation has been appointed to wait upon Cleve-
land and tender the invitation.
Hon. James Speed, attorney general under
Lincoln, is quite i'll IN Louisville from a sudden
attack of vertigo, brought on by indigestion.
He was stricken while arguing q law cas- e,
His advanced age makes his friends very IN
easy about his recovery
Dan Rice, of Rielland Center, Wis, who
made vow on the first election Of Abraham
Lincoln, in 1860. not TO shave until Demo
cratic president was elected, kept his word
til last Saturday, when the news was received
Of CIevelsnd's election He then went to .
barber and had bis beard shaved and trimmed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27
Manufacture of Peppermint Oil.

A correspondent writing from Wayne
county, New York, to the department
Of agriculture at Washington, gives an
account of the production of pepper
mint oil in that region. There are
about 5000 acres of land annually de-
voted to the production of this useful
and essential oil in Wayne and adioin-
ing counties, which is considered the
finest quality grown IN the United
States. The annual production is co.
900 pounds of oil 1t is planted very
early in the spring; and the harvest be-
gins in August After cutting the mint
is allowed to wither for eight or ten
hours, and it is then raked and placed
in cocks, where ii can be left but short
time before being taken to the still.
The still consists of wooden tubs, and
the wilted mint is packed in the tubs by
treading with the feet when full cover
is fitted tightly over the top OF the
tub. and the mint is then steamed by
means of pipe which connects the
lower part of the tub with steam
boiler. Peppermint is sometimes care
lessly cultivated, and various weeds al
lowed to grow among it, which If stllled
with it will give impure oil. The strict
ly pure oil produced in Wayne and
adjoining counties is refined at Lyons,
\. Y. and sent out IN bottles made for
the purpose, duly branded and labeled.
The actual cost of producing and re-
finino it is from g to 50 per pound. =
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27
A Boston Romance.

Nineteen years ago female infant
was left with an Irishwoman in Boston.
The name of the child was not given,
and the only clew was a handkerchief
bearing a name, which was with the
childs effects. All trace of the babes
family connections were lost, and the
little one grew up in ignorance OF Its
father or mother, cared for by the old
woman and her family. After lapse
ofvears peculiar growth appeared on
the lid of one of the child's eyes. She
was taken to an oculist, who remarked
upon the singularity of the case, and
said that he had operated only upon one
other similar case IN the course OF his
practice, and that was upon the eye OF
a wealthy lady in city near Boston.
Here was the long hidden clew to the
cbild's identity. The person who took
the little girl to the oculist reported
what the doctor had said. An attor-
new was called in, and it was in the
process of a long investigation devel-
oped that the name upon the handker-
chief was the name Of the manufacture
er's wife and the girls mother. The
GIRL was several months ago con-
fronted with her father and mother. a
settlement by the payment OF several
thousand dollars for back board and
damages, so the story goes, and an an
nuitv of 81, 500 for the daughter, now
a Young lady. was effected, it is said
When the child was abandoned the
husband Of the lady was poor book
keeper. 1t was feared, it is said, that the
birth ofthe baby would angera relative
of the mother, who was possessed o.
means. and so the child was given up. TO
day the book keeper is wealthy mauil
facturer. He has family who hay
gown up in entire ignorance of the exis-
fence of their eldest sister. Boston
Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27
The MOSQUITOES MACHINERY.

A writer in the London Sportsman
thus describes amosquito as seen under
a microscope: It appears that IN the
''bilT' of the little beast alone there are
no fewer than five distinct surgical IN
struments. These are described as a
lance. two neat saws, q suction pump,
and a small Corliss e. CINE. 1t appears
that when a ''skeeter' settles down to
his work upon nice tender portion OF
the human frame the lance is first
pushed into the flesh. then the two saws,
placed back to back begin to work up
and down to enlarge the hole. then the
pump is inserted, and the victims blood
Is siphoned up to the reservoirs carried
behind, and finally to complete the cru
city of the performance the wretch
drops a quantity of poison into the
wound to keep it irritated. Then the
diminut1ve fiend takes fly around just
to digest your gore, and makes tracks for
a fresh victim, or ii the first has been
Of unusual good quality he returns to
the same happy hunting ground. The
mosquitoes marvellous energy, combined
with his portable operating chest makes
him at once terror and pest.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27
Report of the Commissioner of Agricul.


The commissioner of agriculture in his an
nual report pays a compliment to Prof Dodge
statistician of the department for diligence
and ability His work and valuable monthly
reports, he says, attracted great attention not
only IN this country but in Europe The re-
port of Prof Dodge shows that between 1860
and 1880 the value of meats increased from
$500, 000, 000 to $500, 0000 900; corn from $780,
545 to 1886. 90s, 463; hay, from 49,, 61l, l6e
to s409. sos, 7S3; dairy products from
sl52, $50, coo TO s352, 500 900; cotton from
S211, 5l6 625 to S271 1856 l2, and other products
in proportion-more than doubling the ag-
gregate value, and increasing it from 81 co.,
600, 600 to $500. 600, 900 in round numbers.
With good prices current the production of
agriculture of the United States can be little
short of $4,000, 100000, and the values are
those of home markets and not Eastern COM
mercial cities or ports of expectation. The
commissioner says:
The wheat area is so much beyond the re-
quirements of consumption in this and other
countries as to depress the price to point I'M
precedented in recent years, favoring at GER
tain points the use of wheat feeding or pork
production. The cause of this superabundance
is two-fold: first the extension of settlement in
the northwestern prairies and dry plains of
the Pacific coast; second, the extraordinary
period of comparative failure of European
wheat for several consecutive years. The
progress of settlement must be less rapid
hereafter, and already lean years in Europe
have been followed by comparative plenty.
These facts, products, and prices point 10 a
sumption, to supply food products now i'm
ported, to give remunerative employment TO
agricultural labor, and food in variety and
cheapness 10 consumers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27

One of the most interesting questions
before the Grand Plenary Council of
the Catholic Church now In session al
Baltimore, is that of introducing the
canon law into the government of the
church in the United States. At pres
emit the bishop of diocese has the pow
er of removing priest at pleasure, but
for some time there has been a dispo
sition among the clergy to bring the
church in this country under the canon
law, when a parish priest would hold
his position during life, or good behay-
Tor. The parish priests would then
have a right to nominate their own
bishop. 1t is also thought that some
action will be taken In the matter of
mixed marriages between Catholics and
Protestants, matter that has been for
some time pressing question, the i'm
portance Of which is fully appreciated
by the p1slacy. Educational questions
will also doubtless be considered, but
the conclusion arrived at by the Coun-
ell viii probably remain unknown for
some time, as IT is understood they
must await the action Of authorities at
Rome before being promulgated.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27

Germany has universal suffrage and
triennial elections for members of the
Reichstag of Imperial Parliament. The
total registered vote in the empire is
about 100000, or somewhat smaller
than that of the United States. The
members of one of the numerous Ger
man parties are called "Secessionists"
not. however, because they are in favor OF
the secession of any part of the German
Empire, but because they are seceders
from the old National Liberal party,
which was not sufficiently radical for
them in its party platform. There are
ten recognized parties IN Germany, all
of which will be represented by mem
bers of the Reichstag.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27
The Criminal Calendar.

At Red Cloud, Neb., Joseph Cook, murderer,
Who was cut down when half lynched, has be-
come curlously insane.
dispatch from Winnipeg says that C. A. G.
Smith, the colored pugilist, knocked McKeown
out in the second round.
Miss Loriss c. Lorrick, teacher in the En-
ooria, Kans, public schools, committed sui
,lde by an overdose of morphine, caused by
mental depression
Polly McQuade of Boston and George Nor
lis of Birmingham, England, fought to a finish
With hard gloves in New York Thursday
McQuade won, after fierce and sanguinary
fight, knocking Morris senseless.
Louis and Edward Guild, French men, aged
thirty-two and thirty six respectively, arrived
at New York, and went to an emigrant board
ing house on Greenwich street, where they en-
gagged rooms. Wednesday afternoon Louis
shot his brother in the head, inficting NOR
tai wound, and then killed himself.
The Omaha white lead works are informed
that f. II. Reid, discharged employee of their
company, has been travelling among its Gus
toners in Minnesota and Wisconsin claiming
to represent that concern and obtaining COR
siderable advances of money on the strength
of his claims. The company denounce him as
O swindler and warn the public against him.
New York detectives have obtained indisput-
able evidence of the existence Of q regular
transatlantic traffic in little children. 1t is
now said that almost every steamer that ar
riyes here has on board one or two children
who are accompanied by a woman who repre-
sents herself as their mother, but who IN re-
atty simply takes charge of them during the
voyage and looses them as soon as possible af-
ter landing.
A convict named Fanteux escaped from the
s. Vincent De Paul penitentiary Montreal, af-
ter plucky conflict with guards, one of whom
he shot through the leg He was traced and
located in house of ill-fame. Detectives
GIadue and Lapointe proceeded to arrest HIM.
The latter officer had just entered the room,
when Fanteux drew a revolver and shot him
in a cheek. second shot, aimed at Gladue,
missed him, whereupon Gladue shot Fanteux
through the heart
In sequestered portion of Marshall county,
Ala, a triple tragedy was enacted recently.
John Howard, a young man, armed himself
with double barreled shotgun and proceeded
TO the home of a neighbor named Henry Peak,
to settle an old feud. When Howard entered
the house, unsnnounced, Peak seized rifle
and shot him through the abdomen He man
aged 10 stand up and fired at Peak killing him
instantly Peaks wife attacked her husbands
SLAYER with a billet of wood, and Howard fired
the remaining barrel at the woman, killing her
instantly. The double murderer lived two
hours
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27
THE PITH OF THE NEWS
Washington views.

The president has appointed E s Foster
postmaster at Audubon, Iowa
Gen. Terry called on President Arthur Thurs
day. Gen Terry will spend next week in New
York, while waiting for the Swain case to be
concluded and the Morrow case taken mp.
Dispatches received at the state department
from Paris announce that the French govern
nlent is in earnest in its proposed legislation
against breadatuffs and hog products imported
from the United States.
By direction of the president, in accordance
with the decisions of the United States court
of claims that they were not legally restored to
the arms after having been separated there
from, the following have been dropped: Ma
lor Benjamin 2. Runkle, Fist Lieut. John II.
McBlair and First Lieut. Charles p. Miller.
The postofiice department reports a quite
general tendency among postmasters to keep
back their receipts, as has heretofore been the
case on changes of administration The hint
ls sent ont that they should not arouse preju-
dice on the part of a Democratic postmaster
general
The Garfield statue committee, consisting of
Secretary Lincoln, Senator Thurman and Gen.
Barnett of Cleveland have decided upon site
for the statue to be erected by the Army of the
Cumberland The place fixed upon is the cir
Gle at the point where Maryland avenue reaches
the capitol grounds, westward from the build
ing
Friends OF Gov Cleveland have secured for
his use for the week preceding the 4th of March
next, at the Arlington hotel, a suite of rooms
consisting of parlor and three bed rooms 10
Gated on the second floor, overlooking Yer
mont avenue and the statute Of Gen McPher-
son. The rooms selected have been occupied
at various times by a number of distinguished
men from abroad, among the number bemg
the prince CT Wales, the Grand Duke Alexis of
Russia, King kalakaua of Hawaii, the Emperor
Don Pedro of Brazil and Gen. Grant upon re-
turning from hls trip around the world Being
in an annex of the hotel, the rooms combine
the privacy of private house with the con-
venlence of a hotel.
Admiral Porter submits what he thinks the
government ought TO do in the next two years:
First-Complete unfinished monitors and
arm them with heavy rihed guns, making
them rams as far as the models will permit
Second-Appropriate money for all the yes
sells that were proposed to congress last win
Ter
Third-Build as q commencement, four of
the heaviest monitors of great endurance and
speed, each to carry four six-inch rifles in tur
rets.
Fourth-Build twenty torpedo boats of not
less than 100 tons each, with speed of twenty
knots
Fifth-One cruising ironclad of not less than
1000 tons.
slxth-Have all our ships of over f,25O tons
supplied with torpedo boats, lifted with noise
less condensing engines 70 they cannot be
heard when approaching tho enemy
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27
Great Mortality IN Virginia and Other
Places,

Dispatches from Parkersbury, Lynchburg,
and Charleston, West Va, give accounts OF
serious mortality from the use OF poisonous
water A Lynehburg dispatch says: The
counties complaining of an unknown and fatal
disease, heretofore reported, are Lee, Dicxin-
son and Scoll, in Virginia, and Harland, Les
and adjoining counties in Kentucky. Owing
to the isolated position, particulars are hard &c
obtain. Hundreds have died. and, allowing
for exaggeration the mortality il large. a
postal clerk named Wells, who just arrived
from that section, after having had the disease,
gives sad account of the epidemic. He
attributes il to mineral poison in the water,
and says strong and disagreesble mineral
taste like copperss exists At the time he left
8 few springs were flowing freely, and the
people were compelled to drink this water. Al
though the disease is unknown, the people call
it cholera; and, were ii so, it could not be more
dreaded or disastrous. The symptoms describ-
Ell IS being like the Asiatic cholera are followed
by terrible hemorrhsges of the bowels Per.
sons attacked die or recover in about week,
is frequently fatal in twenty -four hours, and
sometimes IN few hours. In most instances
it visits an entire family, and is so contagious
that IN some cases parties die alone. their
friends being sfrsid 10 come near them Figures
of the mortality are not known, but it is gen
erslly estimated over three hundred have died
10 virginia
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27

The total tonnage of American and
foreign vessels employed in the foreign
commerce of the United States was in
1881, 10 ,63O,5 tons-more than three
and half times as great as in 1858.
Since 1881 there has been a decrease
each year, and last year it was only 49,
OS5, 613 tons-a falling off of nearly 20
per cent. in three years. The largest
percentage of American vessels in the
foreign trade was 71.9 per cent. in 1857,
and the smallest was 1868 per cent in
1881. Since 1881 there has been an in
crease in the American percentage each
year, and it reached 1924 per cent.
in 1884.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27

1t Is now stated positively by good
authorities that good deal of corn will
be used for fuel in Nebraska the coming
winter. With corn at 18c. per bushel
1t Is IN many cases as economical tc
burn it as to carry it to the railroad
station and bring back coal, and corn
has sold in that state this fall as low as
lac. Much, of course, depends on the
nearness of the farmer to market and
his distance from the coal supply.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27

OF the $4,000 federal Offices in the
United States about $4,000 are in the
Post Office Department, $4,000 being
Postmasters. Less than 500 post Off
ces pay 81 900 or more yearly, and
most OF the rest average below 800
annual compensation. AMI of the So
OOO places of one kind and another,
only about 10000 pay an average of
$1,000 in yearly salary.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27

Crop statistics published by the
Boston Advertiser show that the average
yield of corn in the New England States
is nearly 80 bushels to the acre. In the
South it is % bushels; in Wisconsin,
"a; Michigan, u; Oregon, %; Indiana,
30; New York and California, SO; Penn
svlvania, 81; Missouri, "a; Iowa, 30;
Nebraska, and Kansas, 80. The large
average in New England, as compared
with other Northern States out of the
corn belt, is probably due to smaller
acreage aad better farming The poor
yield in the South results from poor
farming.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27

Last spring, Mr.. T. NJ. Ownbey, OF
Bakersfield, Kern county, California,
came east to Tennessee and hired three
hundred colore1 ment to cote California.
That the farmers of the Pacific coast,
it is well known, have long been depend
ent upon Chinese labor. John has moi
proved desirable farm hand. That Mr..
Ownbey's expectations of the colored
men were abundantly met is best shown
by the fact that he just made arrange
ments for the transportation of 1,1OC
more coIored people from Tennessee tc
California.