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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
Little Benny brewster.

According to the Washington Sunday
Capital the president is not always per-
fectly happy with a travelling party made
up from his cabinet. A gossiper in the
paper saws: "Several members OF the
cabinet and the ladies of their families
were invited with the president to be a,
the Astor bali last Monday, but the pres.
ident did not leave Washington until
Tuesday, and the only cabinet family at
the bali was that of the attorney gener-
al. The president evidently did moi
want to make up cabinet party to visit
New York this time, his experience al
the opening of the Brooklyn bridge hav.
ing taught him to exercise more caution
in such matters. ] may as well go on
and tell what it was that happened
then to make it not quite pleasant for
Mr.. Arthur. / shall have at once to
refer to that infant terrible, the Benny
Brewster; for it is this young person
whose presence and performances have
cast a shadow over the social enioyments
of the execu i've Of this great republic.
Other members Of the cabinet usually
leave their children behind them when
invited by the president to make up q
social party, but Brewster-be left he
hind? No, never! He goes everywhere,
and be went to the opening Of the
Brooklyn bridge in the presidents
special cor with his father and mother.
Benny went. because he always goes
where he wants to, and things then went
on not so very badly until at dinner time,
when to the surprise of everybody, the
youth insisted on accompanying his par
ents to the table, although no provision
had been made for him. He is said to have
Iesorted to the usual infantile weapons
of kicks and screams. aad there was such
dreadful row that the president was
very much annoyed. Mr.. Brewster said
he would go to separate table to APP
pease the child. The president. think
ing this very awkward, said that he
would sit with the two Bennys; and al
though Mr.. Phillips tried to induce him
to exchange places, the dinner went of
in this fashion with the president at a
side table. The recollections of this af-
fair, furnished sufficient reasons for hav-
ing no cabinet party to the Astor ball.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brewster and Benny went
off by themselves, on Sunday in order
to be there, and the rest Of the
cabinet people stayed at home,"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
Tuesday. February ..

SENATE Some dissatisfaction has prevailed
for sometime among senators in both parties
with committee assignments whichinp pursuance
of caucus agreement Of both parties was settled
by the appointment on additional committees
under the new rule and the arrangement of
some OF the old committees.
On Additional Accommodation for the Libra
ry-Bayard, Morrill,, Miller eCaia.) added, and
Dolph retired.
Agricultural and Forestry Sawyer and Glib
son added.
ommerce-Dolph, German and Slater add
ed; Farley relieved
Manufacturers-Pike and Butler added.
Mines and Mining-Bowen advanced 70 the
Craftsmanship and Terry, Cullom, Jones FLA
added.
Woman Suffrage -cockrell added and made
chairman; Jones (Fia) retired
Claims-Fair added and Gibson retired.
The following have been named Of members
of the two new committees created under the
new code of senate rules:
Expenditures of Public Moneys Wilson,
Harrison, Plumb, Plat, Beck, George and
kenna.
Fish and isheries-Lapham, Sewell, Dawes,
Palmer, Morgan, Groome, Farley.
HOUSE senate amendments to the to-
bacco bill was concurred in. A solution au-
thorizing the committee on expenditures of the
interior department to go to Hot Springs creek
and investigate work thereon was rejected.
The bill for the election of territorial govern
ors and senators by popular vote was reported
adversely The bill to exterminate pleuro-
pneumonia and create bureau of animal IN
dustry was debated.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

low, Butler, Hampton. Malone, and
Cockrell were West Point graduates and
regular army men. I'VE had perfect
hegira of Southern officers in the early
DAYS of 1861" be added, "but the people
at Washington did not seem anxious to
keep them, and their resignation were
accepted as fast as they were sent in.
No one had to leave without his dis
charge. / only know one man among
all those who Joined the rebels who
laid himself open to the charge OF de-
sertion. And with him it was only a
technical offense. Bee Robinson
was Captain in the Dragons lie was
yirginian and full of secession. His
station was out in Utah somewhere, and
he sent in his resignation. At the same
time he started east himself. In some
way they heard OF it at headquarters,
and his application was rejected. lie
knew nothing of this, and went south
Not appearing, he was dismissed as de-
serter: when hostilities finished he was
confederate brigadier. Since then he
has bsen an insurance agent; but when
he sent up his application for an amnes-
ty il was returned from the war depart
ment because he had not been dis.
charged from the army. He, Davis and
Toombs are the three who have not
been restored to their civil rights OF all
those who went into the war for slavery
and secession.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
Dakotians in Washington.

At meeting held on the sth of Dakotians in
terested in the opening up of the great Sioux
Indian reservation a committee consisting of
Judge G. G. Moody, j. II. King, Barney Caul-
field, A. G. Kellum. and Register Luse of Dead
wood were appointed a committee to visit Sen
ator Dawes chairman of the Indian committee
sent out last summer; Mr.. Holman, chairman
Of the subcommittee on Indian appropriations
Secretary of the Interior Teller and Com
missioner of Indian Affairs Price,
with view of securing concert
of action They have already visited Senator
Dawes, who favors opening the reservation,
but, at the instance of certain missionary soci-
cites, wants an extra appropriation for the ben
eft of the Indians in an educational way This
proposition is opposed by Mr. Holman, who ia
vors the original agreement of last year. Sec
rotary Teller and Commissioner Price are al
ready committed in favor of the treaty, and il
is very likely thatif this cannot be concluded
nothing can be done this congress
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
A Horrible Sensation.

A sensation has been created at Dayton, o.,
by the discovery of the fact that Miss Hockwalt,
a young woman of high social connections, who
was supposed died suddenly Jan 20, was bur-
led alive The horrible truth was discovered a
few days ago, and since then 1t has been the
talk Of the city 1t is stated that when the coffin
was opened it was discovered that the supposed
inaninate body had turned upon its right side.
The hair of the head had been torn ont in hand
fuls and the fingers had been bitten from the
bones. The body was reinterred and efforts
made to conceal the case but there are those
who state that they saw the body and know the
truth of the facts narrated.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

Governor Bourne of Rhode Island,
tells the people of this little State some
plain truths about the growth of the
divorce scandal. 1t seems that the
ratio of divorces to marriages is con-
stantIy increasing, and already has
reached the proportion of one divorce
to nine and seven tenths marriages.
This ratio becomes, as the Governor
saws, absolutely startling" when 1T Is
considered that probably a third of the
population are Roman Catholics and
tbereforPcut off from divorce entirely,
since this would make the proportion
among the rest of the people as high as
one to every six or seven marriages.
A large majority of the divorces were
granted without opposition, and by col
fusion between the parties, upQQ ex-
parte dispositions. The case with which
the marriage tie is severed i'll Rhode
Island has become so notorious that
outsiders often go to the State and stay
long enough. to obtain the legal resi-
dence" required, in order to procure
divorces which they could not hope to
get elsewhere.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
Hedncsdag. February O.

SENATE The bill for the suppression and
prevention of disease among domestic ami
mails was reported fayorably. Bills were in
troduced increasing the efficiency of the army
and idelnnifying Iowa under various acts re-
lating TO swamp and overiowed lands.
HousE.-Bills were introduced authorizing
the purchase of snug harbors for disabled
seamen, and for the establishment of branch
soldiers home in western state. After the
presentation of several resolutions of inquiry,
the house passed to the consideration of the
pleuro- pneumonia bill, and strong opposi-
ton to the measure was shown its opponents
arguing frcm the state rights standpoint
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
A Bad Newspaper man.

Rockford, III, Special: The papers in the
divorce suit of Laurie Porter VS. Robert P.
Porter are now ON file. The order of the court
gives Mrs. Porter $4,000 and the custody of
her two children. The entire sum has been
paid over to Mrs. Porter and she is free once
more and handsomely provided for. The
public think the sum paid was none too large.
The bill only alleges desertion, this being done,
it is said, to save the children modification
when they grow up. An evening paper says:
cit is generally believed that another woman
was at the bottom of the trouble, and that
while Porter lived in Chicago and wrote for the
Inter-Ocean he left his broken-hearted wife for
many long hours and spent the time with a
brilliant literary woman. Mrs. Porter finally
took her two children and came back to her
fathers home 1t is reported that the literary
woman followed him to Washington, and some
say to Europe
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
A startling Mining Episode.

wilkesbarre, Pa. Special: The borough OF
Hazelton, in the lover part of this county, a
city of 5000 inhabitants, was thrown into a
fearful state of excitement by the caving in of
an entire square il the central part of the Dor
ough The drop vas about three feet, caused
by the giving way Of the timbers in the Sugar
Loaf icolliery underneath Three of four
houses including ahotel, were entirely wrecked,
while numbers of others were more or less in
jured. The residence of Master Mechanic
Clark, of the Leigh Valley railroad shops,
was utterly demolished. Fortunately, no lives
were sacrificed nor anybody injured. 1t is re-
ported that graveapprehensions exist in Hazel
ton concerning further settling of the
surface This is the first time the town is
known to have suffered from cavein directly
in its business center
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

A physician writes: "Water, to pro-
duce It's medicinal effects, should be
taken hot, not simply warm. 1t should
be from 10 to $50 degrees Fahrenheit,
or as lot as tea or coffee when first
poured ont 1t should then be slipped
slowly. so as not to distend the stomach.
1t should be taken an hour or so before
each meal, and half an hour before
retiring. About one-half pint should
be taken at each time, making one
quart during the twenty-four hours.
It may be taken clear, or little lemon
juice or aromatic spirits or ginger or
sage NAV be added"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
Length of Mans Life.

To ascertain how long man should
live, the learned reason from analogy.
The duration of life with the horse, and
with other animals of the higher species
is proportionate TO the time expended
In their growth. NJ. Flourens has I'M
proved on the working out OF this idea
suggested by Button. All the larger an
imals, be observes. live five times as
long as the time expended by them in
reaching maturity. Thus tn camel
grows eight wears and lives forty, the
horse grows FIVE years and lives twenty
five, the OK four and lives from fifteen
to twenty, the dog two, and lives ten to
twelve, the man twenty years and lives
to 100 or more. By a physical analogy,
therefore, the ordinary life OF man
should be 100 years at least DR.. Fare,
of London, in his address to the parlia-
mentary committee on drunkenness, gave
it as his opinion that Shy the last great
of Providence to man (Gen. 6. iii, his
life is l20 years, and that, where disease
arising from other causes does not short
en- it, the reason why SO few attain to
that age is to be found in the excessive
stimulation to which the mass OF the
community is continually subject"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
A Large Defalcation.

Troy, n Y, Special-Henry Church, for
nearly six years chamberlain of this city, dis
appeared on the sth, leaving ostensibly for
Springfield, Mass, on business. It was ascer-
tanned he was defaulter, and an examination
of his books shows defaculation of 81, COO
and it will poobably be much larger war
rant has been issued, and reward Of 5000
offered for his arrest It is thought that
Church lost much of the money in stocks, hop
ing to retrieve losses sustained in business.
He took $500 of the eity's money with him,
and is supposed TO have left the country. Mr.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
A desperate Minnesota Iunatio.

Brainerd, Special Telegram--A messenger,
Just arrived from Nicholson for surgeon,
reports a fatal shooting affair at Ami Gould's
ranch the Sth inst. lumberman in Gould's
employ loaded a shot gun after dinner and
meeting Miss Minnie Loche the sister of
Gould's wife deliberately shot her in the left
side, breaking her left arm. He then started
down the road and meeting Gould and hired
man with load of hay, fired two shots at
them without effect, they having covered them
loaded the gun and shot himself in the head,
blowing his brains out and of course produc-
ing instant death. No cause is assigned by the
messenger, who is unable TO give the suicides
name but says he was insane
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

Ferdinand Wachtel, now singing ten
or at Leipzig, is said 10 have provoked
the bitter jealousy of his father. The
latter, Theodore Wachtel, was a mar
ried man, driving droschke, in Ham
burg, when he discovered his voice.
After his operate successes he left his
wife, or perhaps she left him, their two
children going with the mother. One
of those children is the tenor of Leip-
zig. The great singer, now the head
of a second family lives in Berlin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
THE GAY HEAD INDIANS.
Brough: Into Notice by the Wreck of
the Columbus.

The Gay Head Indians inhabited the
recently incorporated Town ofGay Head
On the westerly end of the County of
Dukes, which embraces the whole ofthe
island of Martha's Vineyard. This In
iian town has an area of about 2, 400
acres, which is divided into three PENN
sulas, Nashaquitsa, Squipnocketa and Gay
Head. This town is nearly severed
from the rest of the island by Menem-
sha pond. at the present time there
are about 200 Indians at Gay Head
and unlike many other remnants
Of Indian tribes in the Commonwealth,
they have for few years been gra dual
Iy increasing in numbers. There are
about fifty families, and the pee pie here
have been marked through a series OF
years for seeing more profitable sources
of income tn IN their isolated situation
naturally afforded, and some OF them
have achieved some distinction as eff
Gent masters of vessels. The morals.
education and marked indications OF
civilized advancement among them are
20 striking that they attract attention
among those who chance to visit their
seuuestered island home.
If there is spot in all New England
where recluse might wish to find per-
petual repose, free from the troubles
and anxieties of life, Gay Head is the
place, and yet the Gay Headers are quite
Jealous of the influence and approaches
of foreigners, having had good deal OF
trouble with those who have married
some of their daughters and settled
among them.
Formerly any member of this tribe at
Gay Head could take up, fence in and
improve as much of the land as he
pleased, and when inclosed it became
his own. 1t might very naturally be in
ferred that such a state of things would
engender many disputes and quarrels,
but such was not the case. Such a
state of things was kind OF Emporium
in imperio," not conducted by any code
of laws except bone and muscle of those
taking up the land. The Gay Head In
dams are a mixture of the red, white
and black races, and there is too, some
Southern blood among them, and also
Portuguese and Dutch; for listen, here
are some of the names among them, to-
wit: John Randolph, Madison, Corsa
Sylvia and Vanderhoop. Through the
intermarrying and the coming in OF for
eigners it has almost pushed out the
purely Indian names. They are, on the
Whole, moral, frugal, industrious and
temperate people, and are quite equal
in these respects to white people, with
similar neutrality-suspicious.
Boston Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

In former years many Northwestern.
ers have fed to Florida for winter
recreation, but this season the tenden-
cy is towards New Orleans, where there
are better accommodations and vast
deal more to engage the attention of
tourists. New Orleans in winter is as
gay as Paris, and invalids find abundant
sources of amusements not to be found
at other snnthern resnrts.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

Ex-Judge Bleckley, of Georgia, lives
alone in little cabin on Screamer
Mountain, in Rabun county, Georgia.
Now and then shepherd looking for
lost sheep calls on him, and occasionally
the Judge runs down to Atlanta. Il
have the best of companions" he said
the other day. II have thirteen vol
umes of Herbert Spencer, three vol
umes of Gibbons Rome and nine vol
umes of Thoreau / read Spencer
when / want work, Gibbon when want
rest and Thoreau when | want recre-
alton" Ill-health prompts the Judge
to seek mountain air.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
After st. Louis had experimental un

Alter 81. LOUIS had experimental un-
satisfactorily with wood, granite, and
other material for pavements, a hun
bred public-spirited men contributed
$50 each toward fund to test fire.
brick for paving purposes. The test
was made in the busiest streets. A
committee of engineers and others have
Just reported that friedrich show all
the endurance of granite, and that they
make a smoother, cleaner, and less
noisy street, and are more easily re-
paired and give better foothold to
horses; that neither frost nor fire affects
them, and that they can be used at less
than half the cost Of granite.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

According to the Brooklyn Eagle, the
first water-works in the United States
were constructed at Bethlehem, Pa, IN
1862. The force-pumps were driven by
an undershot water-wheel The works
were calculated to raise the water seven
ty feet perpendicular height; subse-
quently increased to one hundred and
fourteen feet. These works We're in
operation as late as 1882. The first
rising main was made of gum wood as
far as it was subject to great pressure,
the rest Of pitch pine. In 1856 leaden
pipes were substituted. In 1918 these
were changed for iron.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

Henry Willard has written touching
letter to the Chamber of Commerce of
st. Paul in response to an official ex-
preston of high personal application
and of sympathy in his misfortunes.
The grateful act of the Chamber was
fully appreciated. 1t was an instance,
somewhat rare, of bending sympatheti-
cally over a PROSTATE man, instead of
kicking him. 1t pays to do such things
in the long run-both in this world and
in the world to come
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
Record of Casualties.

Richard Campbell, millionaire paper man
ufacturer of New York City, committed suicide
on board of the steamer Brittanic, which ar
rived in New York from Queensland on the 4th-
At Allentown, Pa, while firemen were work
ing on fire in the factory of Krossmer &
Kinehper the walls fell outward, killing five
and seriously injuring eight fremen. The
names of the dead were: Charles Miller, VIII
liam Lehr, David Clauss, Mahlon Biting, John
Handsche,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

Beecher was charged in newspaper
with visiting Mrs. Langtrys's perform
ance, but he pleads an alibi, that he
was in Boston at the time stated, and
suggests that he has a double who
makes him trouble, and wants some
one to F'catch him, examine him in the
ology and make him preach, and so de-
tect the rascal" Beecher does not go
so far as to intimate that his double"
got him into ''his great sorrow, as he
calls 1.-THE Tilton scandal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

The details of the January fires in
the United States show an aggregate of
So 100000 destroyed during the
month. OF this amount, SIC. 200,0 900
was burned up by 2S4 fires, where the
reported loss was from SO, 900 upwards.
No such fire waste in single month
has occurred since 1872, so far as the
records show, except in January, 1879,
and July 1877. There were twenty
fires in January where the reported
loss was 800, 600 or more, the totals Of
the twenty fires being S3,200,000, or
more than one-fourth of this months
total fire waste. A very large proper
ton, Of course, came from carelessness,
and not few from that species of incen-
diarism which prevails to some extent
In dull times, when. insurance money
on hand is deemed more valuable than
the property insured.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
Rewarding a Brave Man.

The Boston Post Publishing company has
transmitted to Lieut. Rhodes, of the United
States revenue cutter Dexter, check for 81, o53,
the amount raised as testimonial to his BRAY
cry in rescuing passengers from the wrecked
CITY of Columbus In accepting the gift Lieut.,
Rhodes suggests that he be allowed to distrib-
ute the fund among his brother officers aud
crew The request was acceded to by the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

In France rearly all the booking
clerks at railway and signal clerks are
women, not for the sake OF economy,
for they are paid usually the same as
men. and some times higher. nut be-
cause they do not ~ on sprees and see
q double track where there is only one.
There lie little moral in this.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

Prof. Thompson, of Glasgow, says
the magnetic pole is now more than a
thousand miles west of the geographic
al pole. In 1867 the position of the
needle showed the position of the mag
netic pole to be due north. 1t had
been eastward before that; it then be-
gan to point westward, and this vest
ward variation continued to increase
until 1916, when the maximum was at
tanned; it has since steadily diminished,
and in 1876 it will again point to the
true north. The present whereabouts
of the giddv thing is Boothia Felix.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

Church gave bond for 5000 when appoint
ed but did renew it when nominated for sec
ond term. 1t is claimed, therefore, that the
sureties are only liable for the amount of de-
faculation during his first term. Mr. Church
was also a water commissioner The common
council confirmed H. Hall to succeed Mr..
Church