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

Mr.. Bonner's investments in horse-
flesh have been pretty large. He paid
$4,000 for Joe Elliot, $4,000 for Ed
win Forrest, SIS, 900 for Lady Stewart,
$4,000 for Edward Everett, and the
same for Startle, $50, 900 for Pocohon-
tas and the same sum for Dexter; $36,
600 for Rarus and now $4,000 for
Maud S.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-27

$50 Capt. Vivian. the faithful and
fascinating Lancer, has returned to the
field of his former conquests, and poor
Charlie $ last chance has gone" said
Lady Waverley, looking up into her
cousins serious face, with mischiev-
Gus twinkle in her eyes.
Capt. Vivian, to Judge from the way
his coat sets, is faithful to his tailor. but
there his fidelity ends. Poor Mary
Armstrong, who sat Just i'll front of him,
nearly dislocate,l her stumpy little neck
in her effort to look at him, and he
didn't know she was there.
''Flattering to you, my dear at any
rate"
II don't see why" drawing up her
own neck, which was anything but
stumpy Il was too much occupied
with the dear old general to notice
him
''Theu perhaps he was not so cruel
to Mary as you fancied?' small smile
lowering round her pretty lips.
He bowed to her once but that was
ALL"
How could you tell if you didn't
look at him ?"
Il couldn't help looking at him to a
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-06
Missouri state Board.

JEFFERSON Cry, Mo-, Feb. 29-The
State Board of Equalization is in session
The board consists of Governor Crit
tenden, who is ex-Officio President, Hon.
John Walker, State Auditor; Hon
Phil f. Chappell State Treasurer:
Hon. NJ. h. McGrath, Secretary OF
State, and Hon. ID. II. Mcintyre, Attorney
General. 1t organized by electing Auditor
Walker Vice President, Mr.. VIM. G. Nc
Carly, of this city, Secretary, and Mr.. j. H.
Davidson, of Hickory County, Clerk. Each
member of the board is required by law to
take an oath that he will, Ito the best of his
knowledge and ability, equalize the valua-
ton of real and personal property
among the several counties of the
State" as prescribed by law. AT the
last session of the Legislature the law
relating to the meeting of the board was
changed by striking out the year "1s73,"
from the clause fixing the date of meeting
and inserting the year 1854, F" so sto make
it read, ION the last Wednesday in Feb
ruary 1884" and every two years thereafter,
thus changing the time of meeting from the
odd to the even years The board will meet
for the assessment aud equalization of rail-
road property on the third Monday of April
next 20
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a Painful Case.

ST. PAUL, MINI, Feb. 27.-Near San
born, Dakota, Mr.. Nelson and his two
daughters, aged ten and twelve years, lef'
home about an hour before the storm burst,
for the purpose of getting some hay, which
they had been burning as fuel, and have
not been heard of since. The hay stack
was about half mile from the house. a
searching party of neighbors went out on
Tuesday and found that Mr.. Nelson had
been at the hay stack and had secured tie
hay. which was tied in bundles for conven-
fence in carrying, and that the two smaller
bundles, designed for the children, were
found about ten rods from the point OF start
ing and still larger bundle was found at q
greater distance, but no trace could be found
of either girls or their father. Search has
moved fI1Iitless. The mother and three
surviving children are destitute, their eroIe
having been destroyed by fire after uit
harvest
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Missouri Murder.

MEXICO, Mo-, Feb 29.-Calloway County
has again been called upon to chronicle a
murder, and one in its nature plan and exc
cution, cruel and dark as death itself.
Robert Craighead, who lived three miles
south of Fulton, and was one of their best
citizens, as well as an intelligent, industrious
ard honest gentleman, as he was enjoy
ing himself in the midst Of his fam
ily, some one halloOed at the front
gate. Mrs. Craighead raised a wind
Ow and inquired who was there; voice
responded giving the name of Collins, and
requesting Mr. Craighead to come and help
get a team ont of the mud, just
down the road. Mr.. Craighead got
his hat and hastened to the mans relief. AS
the man and Mr.. Craighead passed down the
road to the north from the house, Mrs.
Craighead took seat by the window to
listen. Very soon she heard two pistol shots
in rapid succession, and again two more be-
fore she had time TO get out of the house.
On leaving the house she heard Nlr. Craig
head call for help, and running down the
road about one hundred yards she found her
husband in the agony of death. She snatched
him from the ground to her bosom; he
gasped once and was no more. A number
of clues have been discovered which,
no doubt, will lead to the capture OF the
murderers. Mr. Caighead was one of the
best citizens in the county, and held the
Office of county assessor for years.
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OUR FRENCH PORK TRADE.

Opinion of VI. Leon Chotteau as to the Com
tempiated Action of the French Govern
ment.
CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-After the regular ses-
sion of the Board of Trade Mr.. Geo. Gard
ner introduced NJ. Leon Chotteau, the rep
resentative of the silk and wine-growers OF
France He made an address. in which
he gave the history of the prohibi-
ton of American hog products by
the French Government up to the present
time, and concluded as follows: A
bill is now pending before the Chamber Of
Deputies at Paris that proposes to establish
an Inspection in French ports, to determine
whether or not your meats are well salted
and fully cured. This is all right. l call, how
ever, your attention to the third paragraph
of the second article. Here it is: THE
Inspectors will be appointed by the Minis
ter of Commerce, who will have the
right to order the method of eXamlna-
ton which seems to him the most
proper" The last words indicate con-
concealed purpose which you do not suspect,
and which l must reveal to YOU If the law
is voted as it is proposed, they will tell you
that the American meats can enter freely in
10 anu lOu nave 4O iOASNA
cause of complaint. Really, all will go
well for a time at least But if Min
lister of Commerce appears in France
disposed as the one of the 18th of February.
1881, to trifle with you, then that Minister
yielding to the pressure of the Protectionists
will choose his kind of examination,
and will not fail to make the in
spection of your meats one by the
microscope. Then, by some calculated slow
ness, France, which will seem to admit
your meats, will prohibit them under
some other form. The port of Havre alone
| in normal time received already from the
United States $4,000 boxes of sailed meats
for month. Ten inspectors with the mi
croscope can examine forty boxes daily.
These ten inspectors land their number viii
not be increaSed) would then pass the 25,-
coo boxes to the consumers only after 62I
days. In that condition your commerce Is
impossible You must to-day protest
against the organization in France of any
system of inspection other than by ordinary
process If you do that hope, and an
sure that You can, obtain soon in France an
honest and practicable law.
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THREE OF A KIND.
Three Men In Christian County, Mo-
Charged With Murder.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Feb. 27.-The Chris
tian County Circuit Court has opened at
Ozark. Nearly one thousand people were
in attendance, including witnesses, jurors
and others, the chief interest being in the
three murder cases that are on the present
docket, one of which is that Of William
MagiIl, who brutally murdered his
Milum Dunlap, on James River on
the 25th of last May. At that
time the two young men were working
for Joseph w. Carton, five miles south OF
this city, and while loading sand on their
wagons. Magill struck and killed Dunlap
with an AK, and then threw the body into
a hole and covered it up. At the cOrOners
inquest the murderer confessed the crime,
which is believed TO have been prompted by
jealousy about a young woman named
Wallace, since which he has been confined
in Jail at this place. The second case is
that of G. w. Whiteside, James G. White,
James Armstrong and negro named Tay-
lor, all Of whom were indicted for murder
in the first degree for killing A. Ridge on
the 18th of last June, whom they went to
arrest The third case is that Of Thomas
Butler, who is charged with numbering
his wife at their home near Sparta
last Monday night. Butler Is thirty
six years old and has six children
He claims that he is innocent
but the evidence, although circumstantial,
points to him as the the guilty party, and
his daughter, at the coroner's inquest, testi-
fed that she had heard her father threaten
to take her mothers life. The brutal crime
has created more indignation among the
good people of Christian County than has
been manifested there for many years. One
". d. Craighead, charged with raising a
cheek from S170 to $1,000 and getting ii
cashed at She Greene County National Bank,
was examined before Justice Savage in this
city the other day ana in default of bond
of $500 was sent to Jail 10 await trial at the
May Term of the Circuit Court.
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A MOTHERS GRIEF.

"All that is left of nv darling
Is hid in this little space"
And the mother drew with trembling hands
The drawer from its resting place,
And saw q baby's garments,
Fashioned with dainty grace
Out of the finest fabric,
Edged with the richest lace.
And tiny, bright-hued stockings.
And little shoes, half-wOrn,
And broken toys, and picture books
That baby hands had torn,
She touched them with trembling fingers,
Her eyes were filled with tears,
These are all, she said, that is left TO me
Through all lifes weary years
These and little mound of earth,
o, God. how can II be!
That of all the treasures my BABY nao
Only these are left to me.
For hushed is the merry laughter,
Folded her dimpled arms.
And hidden beneath the eoffin-lid
Are all her countless charms.
I could not comfort; my lips were dumO;
could only her sorrow share
Why should | whisper of Heaven above,
She knew that her child was there.
She knew it was well with her little one"
But she longed to see its face,
And 10 fold once more its precious form
In mothers fond embrace.
And her heart will never be satisfied
TIL tho River of Death is crossed,
And she finds again in the other world
The child that'in this she lost.
Mrs. E. V. wilson, in Chicago Inter OCEAN,
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Cash's Crime.

ST.. LOUIS, March ga special from
Columbia, s. c., says: Town Marshal w.
II. II. Richards, who was shot down on the
streets of Cheraw on February %, by w. b.
Cash, after lingering in great agony for
nearly week, died from his wounds. Rich
ards was formerly a member OF Company
G., Thirteenth Massachusetts, Veteran Vol
unteers and was promoted to a first
lieutenancy for gallantry. He was also
member of the American Legion OF Honor.
Mr. Crawford, the unfortunate bystander
who was wounded by one of the bullets in
tended by Cash for the Town Marshal, lies
in a very precariOus condition, his lower
limbs being paralyzed. An inquest over the
remains of Richards elected the sim
pie verdict that the deceased came to
his death from a pistol shot in the
hands of w. B. Cash. The murdered man
leaves a wife and three children. During
the funeral hour every place of business was
closed. Cash, who had through his father
announced his intention of eyading arrest
during the popular indignation, is supposed
to have fed to North Carolina. X. C. Watts,
brother-in-law of W. b. Cash, is the editor
of a paper In LaurenS, S. c.
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INDIANAPOLIS, March 3.-A Lafayette
special says: Some time since young man
named Geary accidentally shot himself. 1t
was thought to be a case of suicide, and the
authorities of the Catholic church, of
which deceased was member, re-
fused under direction of Bishop Devenger,
70 allow the body to be buried in the
church cemetery. The father Of young
Gearv sought redress in the courts and
defeated the church authorities. The body
of the young man was inferred in the Gene
terry and the elder Geary was excOmmni-
Gated and the ground declared deSecrated so
long as the body Of young Geary remained
in the cemetery. \ strong guard is patrol
ing the cemetery and threas have been made
to remove the remains by violence.
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IN A COLORADO SHAFT.
A Well Known Engineer While Walk
ing on the snow Suddenly Goes
Town to Isis Death.

ing on the snow suddenly UoeS
Bown TO isis Death.
DENVER, Col, Feb. 29.-Another ap-
Railing accident occaSiOned by an open
Shaft, the mouth of which was covered with
snow, has happened. The victim was James
r. MAburn well-knOwn surveyor OF this
city. Mr. Milburn and Mr.. George holland
were surveying a lease on Fryer Hill. and the
former left his companion for moment to
procure stake. The snow was perfectly
smooth, with no sign of danger apparent
and nothing to indicate that there was an
open shaft in his path, when all at once he
sank down through the snow and went out
of sight. His assistant George Holland,
who was some fifty feet away, saw him go
down and ran to the spot, thinking. at first
that he had only fallen into a snow bank, but
the delusion was soon dispelled when he saw
the yawning mouth of a shaft more than
two hundred feet deep before him. Mr.. Mil
burn not knowing of Its presence, or else
forgetting that it was there, had walked in
to the fearful pit without moments warn
ing. Where he W mt through he made a
hole through the snow just large enough to
admit his body. 1t Is said by
those who live in the neighborhOod that the
shaft had been covered up but the boys had
stolen the lumber and left 1t entirely uii-
covered Mr.. Milburn was one of
the oldest surveyors in the city,
having come here some six years ago.
He was native of Mary's County,
Md, and was unmarried. Re had
many friends who will deeply mourn his
terrible and untimely death. The remains
were recovered and taken to the Morgue.
There were two or three scalp wounds, but
no other outward marks of injury. 1t is
supposed death was caused either by drown
ing or conclusion of the brain.
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CARRY TIE MOOSE.
The "DuIl, sicken,ng Thud- Heard AEsis
and Two or Three Murderers Pass Over

The "Dun sieken.ny Thud- Heard Assim
and Two mr. Three Murderers Pass Over
the River.
JACKSON. o.. March 3.-Luke and William
Jones. who, with Leban Stephens, were,
found guilty of the murder Of Anderson
Lackey, have been hanged. They retired at
ten O'Clock after a long season OF prayer
with Rev. HollingShead, Methodist min
ister. who remained all night with the NEIL
They slept soundly and ate a hearty,
breakfast, singing hymns meanwhile. They
kept ON singing and PRAYING While pre-
pairing for the gallOws with the guard, and
when reporter entered the cell they
greeted him cheerfully, saving. they
were doing their best TO dle bravery.
The procession formed In the JAIL Inc
prisoners were amply guarueu' no Ie'u Oh
VIOLENCE They paSsed out of the front
door of the sheriff's Office in full view OF the
crowd in the street and into the door OF the
enclosure where the execution took place
The prisoners in Jail looked through the.
grated windows upon the scene Ihey Step7
ped firmly up to the place, and the ropes
were adjusted 10 their neckS atter arms ana
legs were tied. Then the minister, using
notes, made a prayer lasting Inll nan
hour. The drop fell ut liz. William
Jones struggled, but Luke was SIN MS meek
undoubtedly being broken The body OF VII
liam swung around, his legs being drawn up
till they thOuched his brothers body ,causlnga
shudder of horrer among the spectators. Inc
bodies were cut down for the usual medi-
| cal examination and placed in the hands OF
| friends There was some talk IN the crowd
of lynching Johnson in jail for recent
murder a
TIE ROPE TOO LONG.
NEW ORLEANS. March S.-A special from
| Franklin saws: VIM. Moore, cOlored, WAS
hanged for the murder of Lee Amman,
a Chinaman, last spring. After Moore had
been hanging about half minute 1t was
discovered that the rope was too long and
the feet of the culprit reached on the floor
He was raised To the platform, the rope short
ened and the trap again sprung. tie died
| of StrangulatiOn.
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The Mormon specter.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Idaho Territory
has, it is claimed, became perfect hOt-bed
for the propagation of MOrmOnism, and the
safety of the Territory has been put in jeop-
ardy by the pernicious doctrines of the apos-
ties of Joe Smith and Brigham Young. Del
egate Singiser, of Idaho, with view to
bill prescribing severe penal
ties for the practice Of polygamy
within the confines of the Ter
ritoty. and DISTINGUISHING the Mormon ele-
ment. Under no circumstances will a man
be permitted to vote at any election in the
Territory who has not sgned a cetifcate that
he is not living in polygamy, and does not
believe in plural marriages.. Mr.. Smglser
saws that the most stringent laws should be
enacted by Congress on this subject, in or
der to break up immigration by Mormons
into Idaho. for its proximity to Utah offers
fertile field for the advocates Of polygamy,
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.ttempted Suicide.

Troy, MY, Feb. 29.-William BOnnell.
q weH-known young man, was found with
a bullet in his head. A young woman re
siding near by, to whom Bonnell has been
paying marked attention, states that she an
nounced her intention of attending mas
auerade ball and Bonnell objected She
persisted, and went so far as 70 aver thai
She would appear in gypsy costume, wear
ing short dress. This enraged Bonneil,
who left her in anger. Bonnell, on regain
ing consciousness declared that he had at
tempted suicide by firing five bullets al ms
head, only one of which had any effect Ht
stated that he was tired of living but refused
to given reason; The wound is dangerous
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gret the impossiDility of sending them
10 either party. Letters between par
ents and children, brothers and sisters,
husbands andwives, often appeal to our
sympathies. We are really sorry to see
them DESTROYED, and the words of af-
lection, maternal love, 9admonition,
sympathy or gentle reprooflost forever.
we see many things also thai are very
droll and amusing.
..Not long ago l had a letter, the
only address upon which was this: To
the Wilder of Patrick Murphy, who
Died sometime In The War
-"This was another: On my son in
the West, he drives pair of red oxen
and the railroad runs through his land ;
And the poor woman, suppose, will
always wonder why her boy did not
receive her letter.
Another Supplemented old mother
mailed letter directed simply to Mis-
ter Dave O'Donnell.' Inside, at the
foot of the letter, l found this: If
Dave don't call for this, will the post
master of New York City hand it to
him at the first opportunity and oblige
his old mother.
similar to this was one written to a
man in London, England. On the en-
velope was nothing but the name, and
at the head OF the letter was: a prayer
to the postmaster of the city of London.
Will YOU be kind enough to look in the
directory and find where MIR. George
Wilson lives, and send this letter to
him?' 1t is by no means rare to find
request of some kind to the post
master within the envelope. 1t seems
as though some people must have an
idea that the poStmasters open and
read all the letters. --
Yesterday | had one addressed to
Miss Martha Patten, Steamer Bothnia,
Ocean and, as unique specimens OF
photography, one to 'Josey Prime duff
few and one to 'Sharloot White
Gould you suppose a man could
write letter and address the letter to
himself? l have seen three or four
cases of that kind. A day or two age
unfolded one containing large dose
of fine red pepper. 1t filled the air
and set several of us to sneezing. The
letter was a mean, spiteful one. the
writer saying that he put in the pepper
as an expression of his feelings toward
the person addressed. = Washington
Cor. CleUeland Herald.
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HOT AT HOT SPRINGS.
A State OF Anarchy Prevails Mt the
Celebrated Health Resort Growing
Out Of the Late Murders-A Bad
Condition of Affairs.


Hot. STRINGS, ARK, Feb. 2S-;The con-
ditiOn OF affairs in this city Is most deplor-
able. Doran, Pruitt, Landing and Allison,
the four assaSsins committed without bail
for the murder on the street on the 9th, were
taken to the Penitemtiary at Little Rock, and
We're rendered an ovation by num-
Der of citizens before departure. The feel
ing of bitterness and its intensity cannot be
described. The committee of fourteen,
some of whom are and some are not citizens,
virtually control the city. The law is
practically suspended, and the committee
have things in their own hands. They
are controlled in a great measure by
man known here as Chas. Watson, but
whose real name is ChaS. Foulk, ami who is
under Indictment at Carlisle, Pa, for muir
der, arson and burglary. Foulk furnishes
the names to the committee of objection
able persons, who invariably consist OF men
who are witnesses against DOran and his
accompliceS. 1t was rTImored this alter
noon that NJ. e. Harris, editor of the Horse
Shoe who has denounced the murders, and
he action of the committee, would be nOtl-
fed to leave the city in the morning. Har-
ris expresses contempt for the whole
party and continues to publish the
true facts in regard to the assassin
alton. About twenty additional men were
made to leave the city by order of the
committee at the point of the bayOnet.
Every one forced to leave was mater
ial witness against Doran and his
aecomplices in the bloody work of the 9Th
The assertion is openly made here
and it is not denied, that members
of the committee themselves will be I'M
plicated in the butchery, and are thus en-
deavoring to hide all evidence by driving
off all the witnesses. Drunken rowdieS pa
rade the street and fill the saloons armed to
the teeth, and openly make threats that they
will run the town.
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Lookiny into the Contracts.

RICHMOND, VA, March 3.-A report was
presented in the Senate declaring without
a shadow of Justification the transfer to the
American Bank Note Company OF the colt
tract previously made with the Kendall
Bank Note Company, for printing bonds
under the Riddleberger act, and authorizing
the Kendall Company to institute suits in
the name of the Commonwealth against the
late State Treasurer and Auditor to recover
$50, 900, the amount of the judgment OBJ
tanned against the State.
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Genuine Boston Society.

What a peculiar crowd is a Boston
audience of the eighteen-carst type
The women all look alike, dress alike.
act alike. speak alike. The same tailor
made accuracy pervades their clothes,
aud the identical ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
fed on Matthew Arnold RusAin- Hen
schel-concert- been to-Europe EXPIRES
sion gambols over their countenance IN
style that distrains the Onlooker from
spheres less cultured and more cosmo-
politan. The genuine Bostonese IS the
italics OF social equality. She IS ored
in virtue, and lives in the stImuiaIlng
atmosphere of mental superiority e'e1
after. Saturday 0nzette..