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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-08-07
The situation in Dakots.

The condition of the wheat crop in Dakota
has not changed since the last report From
the latest reports it is learned thatthe damage
by the storms in the vicinity of Tower City will
reach 10, 600 acres or total of 100 0Q0 bushels.
This will not effect the general crop and is but
as o drop in the bucket. special from st
Vincent saws the farmers of that section of the
Red River valley are now prepared te harvest
their hay, which is very fine crop Wheat
and oats are fine. Crops are far in adance of
anything that has been seen for years, but will
not be ready to cut for three weeks yet Reports
of crops from Rolette and Cavileer colnties in
Dakota are very flattering. A light froit visited
that locality Monday night and the nigh before,
but as yet has done no material injury though
in some cases its effects were quite visible, but
it was not SO severe as to injure wheat or
oats.
G. s. Barnes, president of the Northern
Pacific Elevator company, in an Interview,
takes rather conservative view of tie situa-
ton, and while sanguine as TO- the average yield,
thinks that farmers should be prepared TO ex-
pect low prices for their product Ee draws
his differences from the fact that advEes from
the wheat fields, not only of the Northwest, but
of the country at large, place the average pros
pectiye yield at an even higher aggregate
than the most sanguine have imagined. If
any accident should happen to the fat ripen-
ing grain, an accident that would hive more
IMAM local lhHuehce Oh INC htuddon,
there might be reason to expect fair
prices but Mr. Barnes does not
look for aught else than a generous yield, and
consequently bases his opinion on What is al
ready in sight In the vicinity of Fargo, he
says the crop will be fair, but out toward Bis
marck, where last year there was great def
cheney, this year there will be big crop.
There is considerable trust in the wheat
along the Winona & St Peter road in Southern
Dakota, and smut is doing great deal of dam
age in the vicinity of Big Stone AMI Milbank.
With these exceptions, the crop is doing quite
well Corn is progressing rapidly, and will
soon be out of the way of drouth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-08-07
Kind Words from John Bright.

Providence, Il. T., March 26.--John
Bright was informed of the intention to
place marble bust of him in the
Friends boarding school here. In a
letter of acknowledgment of the COM
pliment, Bright writes
You say was friend to your country
in days of need l did what could to
prevent discord between the two English
nations, and to teach our people the
nature of the great issue which, twenty
years ago, your people were engaged.
/ lamented the conflict, but | wished
England should offer her sympathy on
the side of freedom to the slave, and in
favor of the perpetual union of your
great republic. When / look back on
the past l look with unalloyed satisfac
ton and would withdraw no word / ut
tered in connection with a contest on
which Englnad and the civilized world
looked with profound interest. The
question of peace to which you refer
claims the sympathy of all Christian
nations. On your continent we may
hope your growing millions may hence
forth know nothing of war. None can
assail you, and you are anxious to abb
stain from mingling in the quarrels of
other nations. Europe, unhappily, is
great camp. All its nations are armed
as if each expected an invasion from its
neighbor, unconscious, apparently,
that great armies tempt TO war the mo-
ment any cause of dispute arises, The
potentates and governments of Europe,
[ doubt not dread war. They seek to
guard themselves against it. We. in
England, are net free from blame, but
with us love of peace is increasing, and
no government can engage in war with
out risking and ever losing the support
of our people. We are so involved
with territory and populations over
half the globe, that difficulties are al
most constantly arising, and our danger
of war is greater than that of any other
nation. / am however, confident that
our feeling against war is sensibly in
creasing and trust and believe that the
moral sense of our people will more and
more condemn it. England and your
United States are two nations, but / al
ways like to regard them as one people.
On them the growth of all that is good
in the world greatly depends.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-08-07
A Suicidal Congressman.

Washington Special: -Represenatiye Viii.
liam H. Culbertson of Kentucky shot himself
at his room at the National hotel Wednesday,
and is lying III a critical condition. Officer
Farrar was standing at the corner of Sixth
street and Pennsylvania avenue, when five
pistol shots in quick succession rang out, ap-
parently from the window over his head, and
he rushed into the hotel, telling Officer Lamb,
who he met on the way, TO come along,
as some one had probably shot himself.
The clerks had not heard the firing
and the officers passed through tbs lobby I'M
noticed and ran upstairs to where they had
heard the firing As they were looking for
the room, the key turned in the door of No.
%, and Representative Culbertsonstood before
them with pistol in his hand ard dripping
with blood. The first thing he said on seeing
the officers was ''Tm afraid | haven't done
it, bows, want to though and / will
Two shots were found to have taken effect
in the back of the head just below the base
of the brain, both balls going through both
walls of the skull.
The member from Kentucky is supplying
campaign ammunition to the st John party
by furnishing the lawful example" His wife
was here with him during the session, but went
home immediately after the adjournment Then
Mr.. Culbertson went down to Cape May, and
there he has been having protracted spree
He returned to Washington few days ago,
and has been staying very quietly at the Ma
tional hotel, trying to sober up Mr. Culbert-
son is republican, aad the fact that he was
elected in Kentucky district is good evidence
of his popularity. He is about forty five years
old
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-08-07

yard young man disappeared suddenly a
few DAYS before, and it was believed that Lucy
was seduced and in their shame both killed
themselves.
In Spencer township, Harrison county, Ind
a gang of twenty masked men, who belong to
regularly organized band known as the
''Kniglts Of the Hickory Switch, went to the
house of Mrs Sallie Upton, q widow at mid
night and taking her from her bed tied her to
a tree near her residence and gave her most
cruel beating with hickory switches. The
woman's shrieks for mercy were heard a
quarter of a mile away. The occasion for
the outrage was the fact that the woman was
suspected of being unchaste.
During the past three months number of
horses have been poisoned near Taylorville,
Warrick county, Ind, and areward was offered
for the detection of the criminals John l.
Bethel obtained evidence showing that the
guilty parties were John Ingram and Jacob
Spradley, who were arrested, with two daugh-
ters of the latter. Ingram gave bond and left
the country, and Spradley was given ten days
in which to leave. Wednesday morning Beth
ell was found dead in the streets of Taylors-
vile, evidently murdered and it is thought the
crime was committed by either Ingram or
Spradley.
A young man about twenty-five years old en-
tered the foot-rule factory in Chicago Tuesday
afternoon and asked permission to use one of
the fires. He was told to go ahead, and second
later the young man tore open package and
exhibited an assortment of silver ware of yari-
GUS designs. He heaped big ladle full of sill
yer cups, napkin-rin etc, and proceeded to
melt them down The factory hands became
suspicious, and called an officer, and the young
man was made a prisoner. Between twenty
and thirty pounds Of silver was found on nun
rolled up in a ball. He was recognized as
Dave Winter, noted housebreaker Some of
the articIed we're recognized as having come
from the residence of H. II. Shufeldt of Geneva
Lake, and Charles Northrup of Racine, Wis,
whose houses were robbed few weeks since
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-08-07
A CATTLE QUEEN OF TEXAS.
Mrs. Rogers, Who is Worth Million, and
who Can Ride Like Cowboy.

Who Can Eide Like a cowboy.
Galveston Letter in the Inter-Ocean.
There is genuine cattle queen in
the person of Mrs. Rogers. who lives
between the King rancho and Corpus
Christi, about fifteen miles from the lat
ter place, Her first husband was a
cow-man named Rabbi. Right here l
should explain that decided distinction
and difference exists between Cow
boy" and "cow man" The former lisa
hired man who rides after the herd; the
latter is his employer who owns the cat
tie Well. after Rabbi, from small be-
ginning and by good management and
thrift, had accumulated herd of 40,
900 cattle, he died and left all to his
better half, who had been a helpmeet in
every sense of the word, and not only
understood the cattle business, but had
managed it successfully during her
husbands long illness.
Widow Rable was not only thrifty,
but she was pious and belonged to the
Methodist persuasion. A young preach
er by the name of Rogers came along,
under whose ministration she grew in
grace, and the result was matrimonial
OlIS, bibuotlSl oilC pNtNto III dSoS NclC ii
favor of the parson by something like
twenty three years. She had no chill
dren and he had seven, but she took the
motherless babes under her wings and
the alliance turned out in every way
successfully. Rogers had not long been
married to the widow and her cattle
when he acquired a bad case of bron-
chitis and was compelled to give up
preaching. Such cases are frequent.
But the widow gave him notice that she
was competent to run the rancho and
has kept the cattle in her owe name,
Rogers knowing no more about them
than any of the neighbors. He took to
politics when he found his services
were not needed at the ranch and is now
the Democratic member of the legisla
ture from Nueces county.
Mrs Rogers, although worth round
million, lives in quite an humble home
and appears to have no ambition fur
Their than to carry on the business her
husband left her and accumulate money
and cattle. She goes to Corpus Christi
every week or so to sell stock or pur-
chase supplies, but has no taste for dress
or society. She is fifty three years old,
but rides horse like cowboy and does
not even own carriage. She never
entertains any one except the few peo
pie who visit her place on business
and lives in the plainest possible man
ner.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-08-07
solomon,s Stables.

A correspondent thus describes one of
the most famous of the ruined monu-
ments of the greatness of Jerusalem:
Descending flight of stone steps, we
found ourselves IN most wonderful
series of underground vaults. These
vaults evidently boosted of antiquity of
centuries anterior to the Christian era,
and yet were marvelously well pre-
served. In some places the rubbish was
so deep that we were within ten feet of
the arehed roofs, and again it was at
least forty feet to the roof, showing the
real altitude of the supporting piers.
We wandered hither and thither by the
aid of candles, sometimes in stygian
darkness on the brows OF greedy chasms,
and then again in broad daylight. l
suppose these magnificent vaults reach
over acres of ground, and perhaps
honeycomb the whole mountain.
Doubtless, further investigation would
bring to light discoveries of great inter
est. i measured one of the stones, and
found it to be just sixty feet long and
perhaps four feet square.
Without much thought, Incline to the
belief that these really were Solomon's
stables, and therefore among the Won
ders which this queen of Sheba inspect
ed. I reason this out on very simple
grounds. Solomon certainly had some
magnificent establishment of this sort,
for we read in the twenty sixth verse of
the fourth chapter of First Kings that
he chad 10000 stalls of horses for his
chariots and $4,000 horsemen. The
Jewish bevels ON the stones throw these
vaults back to very remote past.
These two facts dovetail together well.
Besides that, Josephus speaks of vast
subterranean vaults of the temple, in
which people hid themselves at the time
of theinvestment of the city by Titus.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-08-07
Crimes and Criminals.

Three masked men entered the house of
Rhody Boyle, well known farmer near St
Joseph. Pa, and, with revolvers cooked, COM
peIled him to open the safe and give them
$4,000 cash. after which they took to the
woods, and have not been captured
Two weeks ago well dressed woman left
two children with Mrs. Swift of Cleveland and
disappeared Tuesday Mrs. Swift and her
husband ran away, and deserted the children,
one child. a bow of five, went five days with
out food The other, baby, died
Two men stole skiff Tuesday night from a
Ia Crosse boatman named Davis He started
in pursuit in another sktf, taking with hun a
donble- barreled shotgun. He overlook the
thieves near Bad Ak held them as prisoners
,,I,Cier the muzzle of his gun until the steamer
Rubv came along and took them back to the
city
Lucy and Tennie Jones, two girls of good
narentage aged nineteen and seventeen years,
living near Godsden, Ala, committed suicide.
THE Younger was found hanging in the ate of
the house, and the elder from tree II the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-08-07
General News Items.

The school census gives Chicago 629,9S5
population.
The Bartholdi statue pedestal will be corner
stoned August s.
TWENTY-FIVE Indiana jails are condemned by
the health board
Cyrus II Mccormick left an estate, as inven-
tory shows, worth SlO,OOO,OW
Indiana has 3 $50 inmates of asylums Of
these 610 are insane and 81 idiots.
Robert S. Bergh of Grand Forks asks a Chi
eago court to save his child from a prostitute
mother.
Coinage at the Philadelphia mint in July,
l .OOOO 600 silver dollars. No other silver coins
were turned out
John Kimpel, st Louis carriage manufac-
tnrer. made an assignment Assets, s45, 555.
Liabilities not stated
Allen Q Goss, president and manager of the
Driscou Button Machine company, Boston, has
failed The company is not affected by the
failure.
There were al failures in the United States
reported to Bradstreet's during the past week,
"a compared with 225 the preceding week, and
with 155, 105 and - respectively, III the CORES
poDdine weeks of 1855, 81 and 81. Canada had
%, an increase OF IL.
Suit in attachment has been filed in the
limited States court at st. Louis, against Azel
r Howard, by the Wheeler Wilson Manufac-
fnring company for $1,000, alleged to be due
fine company by Howard. The latter was for
merly manager of the company at st Louis.
William Zimmerman, an American from
San Francisco has arranged with the Mexican
Government for the establishment of extensive
ostrich farms in the northern part of Mexico,
The government grants him concession OF
7OOt0 acres of land well watered and adapted
to ostrich farming, together with other special
privileges
Agent McGillicuddy has ordered certain
,ocrsons to leave the Indian reservation at Pine
RIDGE agency for various causes. Among the
number are H. C. Clifford squaw man; .er. L.
4 BLAND the self-styled philanthropist hailing
from Washington; Todd Randall, squaw man;
Residents of the reservation other than lndl-
ans Of full blood barboring these parties will
aI.o suhioct themselves to removal
Thomas Bell, a wealthy capitalist, will bring
a $4,000 libel suit against the San Francisco
Argus and Alta. These papers published a
story that Bell, who is seventy years old, de-
sired children and set apart SJo,0Uu for each
child lie has been married seventeen years,
and has now seven children The Alta alleges
that all the children were procured from a
founding hospital and states that another
woman claims one of the twins born last
wear.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-08-07
A Wild Young Arab.

The following is an extract from a
letter from General Graham's camp to
the London Daily News:
Next morning at daylight rebel spy
was caught just outside the lines.
There are different versions of his story,
but that which he has communicated to
an Arab friend of mine, who has helped
me in investigating the matter, is as fol-
lows: One of the two shells thrown by
the Sphinx killed his father. He vowed
to avenge his death, and with the per-
mission of the shiek of his tribe, he
went forth armed with shield and spear,
across the shadows at midnight. He
was told to take lie for life if he could,
but in any case to return with some ac-
count of the number and composition
Of the Egyptian force. He was discov-
cred by small party of Egyp-
tians, some of whom fled,
while their comrades, looking
at the intruder, fired upon him and re-
tired. Charging with his spear the boy
Che is only sixteen years old wounded
one of his assailants in the hand; but
they were too many for him. Receiving
a bayonet wound in the side, another in
the thigh and third on the head, he
was overpowered, and with his hands
tied behind him he was taken into camp.
| saw him shortly after his capture.
He threw himself on the sand. He
wept, not in fright, but in sheer savage
rage. He cursed Baker Pasha, cursed
his own captors, cursed the Egyptian
army, spat at the sentries and others
within reach of him, and abused in the
foulest language all their relatives
particularly their sisters, wives, mothers
and grandmothers- to the re-
hottest generation. How many have
Won in your encampment?' was asked,
but Omar that was the boys name
replied that he would rather have his
tongue cut out than give the information.
The reader well appreciate Omars
courage if he will bear in mind that the
prisoner, naturally judging from the
practice of the savage life, which IS the
only life he knows, must have expected
not merely death, but torture, as the
sequel, to his obstinacy. He believes
his wounds are mortal, but this alone
does not trouble him much, for he tells
us that Osman Digna promised him
comfortable quarters in paradise.
What does trouble him is the prospect
ofentering paradise without the prestige
of man killer; and the savage young
beast has had the audacity to request,
as personal favor, that before breath
ing his last he should be permitted to
wash his spear in the blood OF
some Egyptian pig" "Then, !"
said Omar, after pause, II shall
die happy" His prayer has not been
granted, and Omar still lives. He
frankly declares that if he survives and
is released he will kill somebody. [
think General Baker rather wastes his
sympathy on this blood-thirsty invalid.
Poor boy" said the general, in his
kindly way, II am sorry he has been cut
aboutsso. / shall be glad if he gets
round; he must he nursed properly. !"
And | am glad to say no ferocious young
cub has ever been so soothingly cod
died and cotton-wo as our tiger-cat
of captive. In the hospital tent Omar
has made his first acquaintance with
pure water, cooked food, soft pillow
and white sheets.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-08-07
Market Reports.

ST. PAUL-Wheat- No. l hard, 9StG95c.
No, |, Sac; No. hard. Soc: No ., 76c.
Corn, No ., sic: No, s. 46(14Sc.
Oats, No. mixed, 80; No. 3 mixed, 26ci
No ? white. pc No. 5 white. sc.
Barley, No ., soc; No. extra 4Sc No. 8,
4Oc
Rye, No. ., 55c.
BsIed Hay, Wild, s9Oo; timothy, s120o
Eggs, 16al61Sc.
MILWAUKEE Wheat, No 2, Sic
Corn, No =, Soc
Oats. No. >, white, s}4c.
Rye, No. l, 6SISc
Barley, No. ?, soc
Mess Pork, s16O0
Lard, sra
Butter, choice creamery, l7aISc; fair to
good, l6(6l1c; best dairy, I4(9l5c
Eggs, I5015lSc.
CmcAeo.-wheat No Chicago spring,
40S5sse.
Corn. 55(156c
Oats, 30(GS0JSc,
Rye, 621sc
Barley, 64{d66c.
Flax Seed, s1.S26sLSS
Pork, s16.00Gsl1oo
Lard, s7.15tGsI20
Butter, creamery, 17tf1s11!lc; dairy, 1885
Eggs, l5(9I555c
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Personal News Notes.

f. NJ Kncx, the famous halter, is lying
quite III at the Grand hotel in Paris.
Bishop Mclean of Saskatchewan was pas
senger arriving in New York Tuesday on the
Gallia.
Gen John S. Kuntz was given an enthusiast
tic public reception in Toleda in honor of his
election as commandments of the G. A r
Thomas P. Cheney, superintendent of the
New England division of the railway mail
service, has resigned to take the pension
agency.st Concord, N H.
The richest woman at Newport is the aged
maiden Miss Catharine Wolfe, who has IS, 000,-
100 in New York real estate. She is paying
Tor the new spire on Grace church, New York.
Judge Pomeroy Jones, six feet tall, weight
$50 pounds, age ninety-five, oldest resident of
Oneida county, New York, voted for Madison,
and soldier Of 1872, is dead at Westmoreland
Mrs Nellie Grant Sartoris is at present at her
fathers Long Branch cottage, but will sail
next week for England for an indefinite period
She is described as more charming and viva
ciOus than ever.
John ]. LalOr, known as prominent writer
on political economy, translator of ''Roscher's
Political Economy" and editor of an encyclo-
pedia on the same subject, has become editor
of the Northwestern Chronicle.
JuuSS treat, WHO WAS dppOlutou W bhS 4Ou-
eral bench in Missouri by President Pierce, is
visiting New York. He is the great-great-
grandson of ''The Pale Preacher described in
Hawthone's ''Twice Told Tales"
Allen Arthur was at Newport last summer,
and one morning saw a girl carrying some
flowers Mistaking her for a fower-g girl, he
called out: Il say, you pretty girl come here
and fix a flower in my button-hOlO." The
young lady complied, and is now engaged
to him She is Miss Katie Beach Of New York
Judge James NJ McKelvy died at his resi-
dence in st. Cloud last Thursday night, after a
sickness of but a few days. He was born at
Pittsburg, April 10, 1885 He studied law in
the Office of I. NJ Marshall, in Pittsburg, and
was admitted to the bar in 1856. The fol
lowing fall, 1857, he moved to St Cloud
and established himself in his chosen
profession, the bar. He was married
on the 14th day of April, 1861, to Miss Mar
garet Darlington, of ST. Cloud, by whom he has
had six children. lie was an officer of COM
pany /, Seventh Regiment and was wounded at
the battle of Nashville. In May, 1866, he was
appointed judge of the then newly created
Seventeenth district, for a period of seven
months Before the seven months had ex-
pired he was elected to the position for seven
years, and was reelected in 1878 and 1880 In
May 1885, he resigned and Gov Hubbard ap-
pointed judge L. w. Collins to fill the vacancy