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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-19
Isabella Shaken Up.

From Mr. Iabouchere's Truth (l4ondon).
Queen Isabella was rudely shaken by the re-
peated shocks of earthquake at Seville, but not
seriously hurt. She had a narrow escape of
being in the sauve qui peut in the theatre,
where she was to have witnessed an Italian
opera But the unexpected arrival of well
come visitor kept her at home. She was taking
a cup OF tea, and laughing at the solemn talk
of her parrot, when the first oscillation took
place The bird fell down fainting- from It's
perch. Just as might young lady. lsabellas
chair toppled over, and the cup was
flung from her hand. member of her house,
hold writes that she was not alarmed until
some time after the shock, when there was a
nervous reaction. When she felt the earth
q uake she cried out: why, if | were not In
my own house, | should fancy we were IN a
sinking ship" A second shock at midnight
and a third at dawn, rather upset her. Her
cars were assailed by the cries of the people
in the streets. She telegTaphed 10 the King TO
send money at once for distribution among the
greatest sufferers, and has placed the Palals
de Castillo at the disposal of Spanish com
mittee which will give a fete there for the
benefit of the victims Of the earthquakes IN
Southern Spain. It is also proposed to get up
ia the ex-Queen's Paris residence an exhibition
of lace Jewels fans, art prayer-nooks ana
obiets de piete belonging to the Spanish Royal
family show of this kind would be all
profit
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-19

MADISON, Wis, Special Telegram Feb. II. -
In the senate this morning many bills were IN
Produced, including one by Senator Miner whose
object is to make the laws relating TO fish IN
lakes Michigan and Superior and in Green bay
much more rigid. Gov. Rush sent in the name
of Frank A. Flower as labor statistician and the
nomination was confirmed. The assembly Joint
resolution of respect to the memory OF Sher-
burne S. Merrill was unanimously adopted, ana
as a further mark Of respect the senste ad-
journed. In the assembly among the bIlls m
troduced were the following: By Byers, for the
consolidation of the laws relating to organiza-
tion of the state militia giving the governor
power to regulate the sire and character OF the
force as the needs of the service demandl.
BY Chaloner, obliging telephone companies to
nav license Of 2l2 per cent of gross earnings IN
the state; also, making the license OF telegraph
COMPANIES per cent of the gross earrings. BY
Sharp, requiring telegraph companies to de-
liver messages within an hour after their re-
ceipt; also, levying on them an annual tax OF
81 for the first wire, 70 cents for the second,
and so cents for all additional By Parish,
to create Stephenson county out of parts of Ash
land Price and Sawyer; also, to create the
county of Rusk out Of Marathon and CLARK. BY
Hubbard, making an annual appropriation OF
81 900 to the State Agricultural society and
paving the expenses of delegates from county
societies to the annual meeting OF the state So
ciety. D. X. Tenny, Madison lawyer, sent IN a
memorial urging that the license fee system oe
abolished and railways taxed on their actual
market valuation, or go per cent thereof the
game as other property. By this means he call
culates that within few years the state would
derive SO. 900. 600 annually from the roads.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-19

SENATE. The bill for permanent roserva-
lion for Northern Montana Indians passed.
The bill I'd repeal the presumption and timber
culture acts was debated After returning to
the senate chamber upon the conclusion of the
presidential count in the house, long debate
snsued regarding the conclusion of Mr.. Ed
mund's declaration of the presidential vote,
viz: Not as possessing any authority in law to
declare any legal conclusion whatever.
Mr.. Ingalls, offered the following resolution:
Resolved That the senate dees not assent
to the concluding declaration of the president
of the senate in the announcement of the vote
for president and vice president of the United
States, made in the presence of the two houses
of congress this day.
Mr. Hoar offered the following Resolved,
That the senate is of the opinion that the cen
stitution and laws have been duly executed and
that no further declaration of those facts is
necessary. Both were laid over.
HoUsE.-The past Office bill was debated and
1T the conclusion of the Presidential count, q
long debate ensued in regard to the announc-
ment thereof
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-19

MADISON, Wis, Special Telegram, Feb.
13-In the senate to-day tifty-one bills were
introduced, most of them deadheads. Jonas
introduced a Joint resolution for constltu
tiOnal amendment providing that verdict
by tive-sixths of jury shall be sufficient
Numerous bills seek to change the game
laws, some TO lessen their severity and others
to increase it, The principal genuine bills
were as follows:
BY Mr. Parry providing for greater economy
in purchasing supplies for state institutions.
BY Mr.. Jones, TO create an additional agrlcul-
ttral experimental station In Iowa county, with
sorghum growing aud sugar making speciality
By Mr.. Comstock. Obliging railway corporations
succeeding to property Of other corporations 70
become responsible for wages que employees Dy
the latter during six months prior to the pur-
chase. By Mr.. Ware. to protect children IN
factories BY Mr.. Hudd, increasing the penal
ties for the adulteration Of food and drinks
A memorial to congress was concurred in
for an appropriation to the national agrl-
cultural bureau for sorghum experiments
The senate held an evening session, at which
numerous deadhead bills We're introduced
The most important genuine bills were as fol
lows:
Bv Mr.. Hurlburt, turning over to the school
fund account all swamp and ovefhowed lands
not yet sold. By Mr.. Ginty, putting the ques-
tion of woman suffrage 70 popular vote al q
general election in J So7
Adjourned till Monday evening In the
assembly this morning, Friend introduced a
resolution instructing the insurance com
mit5ee to report bill for uniform style Of
fire insurance policies Both Walsh and
RYAN introduced O joint resolution for o
constitutional amendment 50 as to exempt
Milwaukee county from the section of the
constitution which obliges all county sys-
TENS OF government to be uniform Seventy
two bills We're introduced, principally dead
heads and locals The principal genuine
bills were as follows:
By Perkins. for licensing steamboat captains
on inland waters Of the state. BY Phelps, leav-
ing to the courts the compensation OF physicians
and surgeons for testimony before lnquests By
Tavlor, creating u second municipal court foi
Barron county. by Oddie defining the manner
Of assessing DAMAGES from overhows occasloned
hy dams By Lewis, compelling the Black River
Improvement company to either keep ferries
open and free from logs or else bridge the BlacB
river BY Schulz creating the county or Mail
Carpenter. BY Ryan, providing for the punish
uent of nlanufa turers of adulterated cahuY DIV
a fine Of $50 or Imprisonment and c0uilacauon
OF goods.
The bill passed appropriating 5000 K
David Common Of Wood county, severely IN
iured in October 1875, while assisting Sheriff
Baker in serving a writ of ciectment on thu
infamous Courtright brothers, desperadoes
near Stevens Point. Adjourned TIL Monday
evening.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-19

SENATE-The senate, in spite of strong efforts
by Mr.. Van Wyck to have the Texas Pacific land
grant forfeiture bill considered, voted TO take
up the bill prohibiting the importation of for
aign contract labor. This measure was debated
1t great length without action.
HoUsE-A bill passed amending the Pacific
railroad act so as to authorize the construction
IF road from Sioux City, Iowa. to Granger,
Wyo. The senate bill regarding jurisdiction over
The Yellowstone National Park passed. The post
office appropriation bill was considered. The
shair overruled point Of order against para
graph allowing additional compensation to
American steamships carrying ocean mails. and
On an appeal the decision sustained After
ward, by a vote Of los to 81, the house struck
cut the paragraph in question. An evening SEES
sion was held for the consideration of private
pension bills.
There was an animated discussion,
| during which the scandal over
bhe Pacific mail subsidy in the
Forty third congress was referred to by Hol-
man. Mills and Blount as warning against
Affirmative action. Bayne Of Pennsylvania
made the decisive attack on the clause,
charging the Democrats with utter incomDe-
tency and with being led by the agents of
lay Gould When the vote was taken on the
motion 10 strike out the subsidy advocates
were paralyzed by the discovery that they
were defeated and that their pet scheme was
/ punched out of the bill
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-11-18

Natural gas Is doing great IN
jury to the coal business in Pitts
burg and other cities of that sec
ton. Several prominent New
York gentlemen recently examined
into the benefits Of the new dis
covery. They noted the effect OF
the iron, as compared with the re-
suits obtained by using coal. In
the manufacture Of tubes it IS SAID
that when coal was used, one day
each week was set apart for reweld-
ing pipes which had, because OF
the inequality Of the heat, become
imperfectly welded. Since natural
gas has been introduced defective
YIELDS occur rarely, and only a part
of day in each month is required
to work up the defective pipes into
smaller sizes. This results from
the uniform heat created by nat
ural gas.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-11-18
On the first Of October la

On the first Of October last a
system of cheap kilograms went In
to operation in Great Britain,
Twelve words can now be sent to
any part of great Britain for six
pence, or twelve cents OF our cur
rency. All words added beyond
twelve are charged at the rate OF a
half-penny a word, or about cent
in our money. This is the cheap
est system of telegraphing which,
up to this date, has been intro
duced anywhere. The English
have the advantage in this respect
of small territory and dense pop
ulation. They have reduced their
postoffice system to greater per-
lection than it has been carried on
in any part of the world. Penny
postage was the elimination OF a
series of Improvements.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-11-18

This proposition of sending Man
ton Marble to Europe looks very
silly at this distance. lie has
never shown any particular amount
of favor to the silver producers OF
the country and it strikes US that
they should have had a voice in the
selection of man to represent them
in the metal marts of the world.
OF course, if Marble wanted soft
thing of it travelling around the
world under salary, Cleveland Was
bound to hatch up some excuse or
other to give it to him.-True Fis-
sure.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-11-18
HOW THEY PROSPER.

Although it was some months
ago that hackman eloped with
Miss Victoria Moroslni, the wires
occasionally tells US how they are
getting on The latest from New
York Is as follows:
Ernest Schilling Hullskamp, who
eloped with Miss Victoria Morosini
from her fathers house in Ionkers
on September 8, 1884, applied Mon
day at the Office Of the Sixth Ave-
nue. Surface Railroad Company for
a situation as car conductor. He
was accepted and started on his
first trip. He quit work at 10
o'clock this morning. He had six
teen hours of fresh air. Hulls-
kamp was not paid for his work,
but he was accepted as substitute.
After a time he will get regular
car and earn 81 % per day. Mean
while Mrs. Hullskamp is rehearsing
at the Casino, where she is to ap-
pear each night in Amorita. .
Miss Morosini, as the bills call her,
will not have prominent part, and
but one chance is given her during
the entire opera to show the quail
itv of her voice. This is solo IN
the second act. Alongside OF her
will be the celebrated $4,000 beau
ty. Louise Montague.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-11-18

Ferdinand Ward is said to be in
a bad way, the excitement of his
new surroundings at Sing Sing
have worn off and the reaction set
in. He loathes prison fare and:
the Warden says, will pretty soon
break up and tell all he knows
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-11-18
THE HANGING OF REL.


mpolitic thing in executing Rell,
and the opinion is almost universal
that they also did an inhuman
thing. The French Canadians suf-
fered many grievances at the hands
CT the Government, and were the
victims of an oppression that might
have been easily done away with
by the English. The British Gov
ernment is run upon two great
principles. First, they seize upon
all the territory possible, and then
trample upon the people they have
subiugated.
Although existing in an era of
civilization and enlightenment,
Great Britain manages it's affairs
upon a system akin to the Feudal
regime of nations, and mas adj
vanced very little from the tyr
rany and barbarism of the middle
ages.
1t has possessions in every quar-
ter of the globe, and all are groan-
ing beneath British oppression.
Whenever a cry has gone up
from any of the. people which the
Crown has enslaved, instead OF
needing their cries they have in
creased the burdens Of high tax
alton, and a grinding military des-
potism, In Canada there was a
large class of people who were the
victims Of senseless wrongs. Their
grievances finally drove them to re.
bellion, and they had as good reason
to rebel, as did the thirteen colo
MES under George Washington.
Reil led the rebellion, was cap
tured, and has been hung like a
felon.
If we mistake not the nature Of
the dispatches from Canada, his
death has excited such feeling Of
revenge that another rebellion
more formidable than the first, i;
liable to break forth at any time
Men who would not, under any cir
cumstances, take a hand in the
original rebellion are now ready tt
take the field to ayenge the judicla
murder Of Riel.
It would seem that the only way
to check Englands arrogance ant
tyrrany is to have the different por
tons Of the world over which Eng
land sways her iron scepter, ris
simultaneously in rebellion an
give her such a fight as she neve
had before.
She is now in anything but fight
ing trim, as her back-doyn fror
Russia shows, and if the nation
she is now expressing IN varlou
portions of the globe, could arrang
TO enter the fight at the same tim
they could depend upon Russia a
an ally, and cause her to witbdra'
the standard of St. George frol
every foot of soil previously occr
pied except that portion Of tn
earth acknowledging London as tn
Capital.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-11-18

It must do the people of San
Francisco good to be able to hear
Nevada sing without knowing that
90 per cent of the money goes to
the wretch Mapleson.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-11-18

Otter of roses now sells for $50
AN ounce. Since the closing of the
Mint we have been obliged to in
dulge in this particular perfume on
very rare occasions.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-16
TELEGRAPHIC.
GENERAL NOTES.

| EASTERN mills report an active de
mand for steel rails at $50 to $31 PEI
| ton.
| A LICENCE fee of $500 per Jear has
been imposed upon roller3kating rinks
at Free ort, Illinois.
THE New York prodnce exchange es.
Inmates the visible supply of wheat al
43 632, 813 bushels, and of corn at 6, 1S2, )
493 bushelz.
A DESTRUCTIVE hailstorm occurred in
Dinwiddie County, Virginia, involving
heavy less in the cotton, tobacco, and
peanut crop.
THE wage differences Between the
window glass manufactures of Pitts
burg and the workmen have been salts
factorily settled.
THE Dominion commissioners appoiLt-
ed to settle the half-breed claims in the
northwest have concluded their labors,
after making allowances of over 5000, :
COO.
COUNTERFEIT per cent. 81 900 bonds
of the District of Columbia are in cir
culation and some have been sold in
Kansas City.
AN association il now being formed
in New Orleans for the purpose of
having winter racing on the exposition
course.
THE explosisn at He'll Gate is claimed
to have been success, as the projecting
portion of tho northern reef Is 30 honey
combed that it will fall to pieces very
readily
The majority of the Muskegon boom
men went to work Saturday, and the
strike il virtually ended. Monday
morning a fnll force is expented to be
1T work at the cOmpany's terms.
A DECISION just rendered by the Mich
igan supreme court, will have the effect
of firmly establishing local option in all
villages in that st3te organized under
the general corporation law.
A MAN who was found hanged in a
freight car al Kansas City proves to be
LOUIS Knoll, formerly a we'll known
and wealthy livery stable owned of
Milwaukee. He was forty-five years
old
In 1881 Paul Broder, a wealthy col
lege professor of Beloit, Wis died from
what was supposed to be the effects of
falling down stairs. Recently friends
took the matter up and corOner's in
quest was held ut GAINESVILLE, the jury
Thursday returning verdict that Pro-
fessor Broder had been murdered.
AT the meeting of the trustees of the
Peabody Educational Fund Wednes-
day, at New York, it was shown that
$57,705 rad been paid the southern
states during the year. President Cleve-
land and j. Pierrepont Morgan were
elected members of the board, succeed
ing General Grant and Samuel Whet-
more.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-16
TWO NOTED MINSTRELS.
who Have Won Fortunes and What
They Say About Stage Life.
Frop, Stage H-hiSpers


BILLY" Emerson has recently made .
phenomenal success in Australia. and is
rich.
Emerson was born at Belfast in 1876.
he began his career with Joe Sweeney 5
uinstrels in Washington in 1857. Later
on he jumped into prominence in cor.
Tectioa with Newcomb's nlinstrels with
whom ne visited Germany. He visited
Australia in 1874 and on his return to
America joined Haverley's minstrels in
San Francisco at $500 week and ex-
panses. With this troop, he played be-
tore her majesty, the queen, the Prince
Of Wales, and royalty generally. After
>his trip, he leased the Standard thea
tire. San Francisco, where for three
years he did the largest business ever
known to misstrelsy. In April last he
went to Australia again, where he has
"5eaten the record"
Billy" is very handsome fellow, an
excellent singer. dances gracefully, and
IS q true humorist.
YES, sir, have travelled all over the
wUtld, have met all sorts of people,
come in contast with all sorts of Gus
toms, and had all sorts of eNperiexcas
One must have q constitution like 10.
cOmotiye to stand il"
Yes, know l seem to bear it like a
major and l do, but l tell you candidly
that with the perpetual change of diet,
watsr and clinate, if l had not main
tanned my vigor with regular use of
Warmers safe cure l should have gone
under long ago"
George II. Primrose, whose name IS
known in every amusement circle III
America, is even more emphatic, is pos
si5Ie, than Billy" Emerson, in com
mendation of the same article to sport
ing and travelling men generally, among
whom it is great favorite.
Emerson has grown rich on the
boards and go has Primrose, bee. e
tney have not squandsred the pu5hc's
'favors."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-16

A BERLIN dispatch announces that
the European powers have reached an
agreement in regard to Turkish affairs.
The union OF Bulgaria aud R)umeha
under Prince Alexander, is to be rati
fled, but Alexander is to acknowledge
the sovereignty Of the Sultan. The
demands of Servia and Greece for ex,
tension of territory are nCgaiyed, and
Turkey is To be sustained IN suppress
ing by military force the armed de
mouslrations 0f these puguaciouS Int
tie nailonalitl"S. S>rvia, meaRtime,
continues 10 prepare for hostiliiitS,
and Greece is following suit. II does
not appear that Scrvls and Greece are
acting in concert, though both are
making similar de eAands on Turkey.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-16
Removal of Flood Rock.
RESULTS OF YEARS OF LABOR,

hOUL1o W bAhc Of lLABOh,
The removal of Flood Rock in He'll
Gate Channel is the crowning act in
the work of 35 years. The reef OBJ
structed the navigation of ships wish~
ing to enter New York Harbor from
the east. The initial step toward re-
moving the rocks was begun in 1S4S.
In 1880 the steamer Hussar, bearing
British gold, struck Flood Rock and
sunk. By removal of Flood Rock and
the reduction of Halleck's Point reef.
to a depth of 26 feet at mean low wa>
ter. the channel is now estimated to
be from 1 200 to 1 500 feet wide, and
is navlgable for ships and ocean YES
sells of the larger class, many of which
will vail themselves of the saving of
forty miles which the Sound route
offers over that by New York Bay.
With the aid of the immense electric
light on Hallett's Point, which throws
lis powerful rays over the whole of
He'll Gate channel the passage through
this once dangerous waterway will
be practically safe day end
night. The cost of the work on Flood
Rock closely approximates 81, 900, ,0O0
From 1869 to 1879, tie amount expend-
ed was $3.50, 900, and since the latter
date Congress appropriated over $3.50, =
600. This sum has not all been ex-
pended on Flood Rock, the appropria-
ton being for improvements in the
East River generally. The work was
delayed on several occasions by the
exhaustion of the appropriations,
other wise the explosion would have
occurred year ago. The engineers
who were in charge of the work at
the time OF its completion were,
JOHN NEWTON,
Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers and
""eyet Major General, and G. McG.
l. rby, Lieutenant of Engineers. In
addition to the ''rack>a- rock" cartrid
ges there were several hundred ordiu
airy dynamite cartridges to which the
wires connecting with the decorating
batteries were attached It was through
these latter that the Simultaneous
shocks causing the explosion of all
cartridges we're produced. 1t is estimat-
ed that 2S5, 600 pounds of explosives
wer2 used; over 100000 feet of wire
were used in connecting the blasts
and the batteries. Owing to the diff
Guilty of laying wire or cable from the
rocks to the mainland for the purpose
of causing the explosions in a man
Her similar to that used when Hal
let's Point was blown up an automat-
ic exploding battery was designed by
General Newton, which was set by
Lieutenant G. McG. Derby fifteen
minutes before the grand finale. In
addition, however, connection by
electric wire with an exploding bat
terry in Astoria was made to use in
case of any miss on the rock, and
make success doubly sure.
General Newton's next work will
be the leve1ing off by surface blasting
of Fryingpan Reef. which now has a
depth of only eigeteen feet of water
above it at low tide, and in working
little off Negro Point at the south
eastern extremity of Wards island.
When this is done there will be a
straight channel through. The re-
moval of Flood Rock will do away
with the boiling eddies south of it,
where the waters of the Harlem river
join those of the East river at almost
right angles, and will change the ap-
pearance of the river very material