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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18
A Sad History of Grants House

The saddest incident in the history Of
Gen. Grants financial misfortunes has
never appeared in print until now, and,
as | stated above, it comes to me on in.
disputable authority from lawyers.
When the General returned from his
trip around the world and decided to
make New York his place of residence
for the future, q number of leading cit
liens of the metropolis subscribed $780,
600 to buv house for him. After looking
the ground over, the brown stone struct-
ure on East Sixty sixth street, between
Madison and Fifth avenues, was decid-
ed upon as in every respect eligible
The price, too, was within the amount
subscrihed-$ 800, 900; but when the
donors came to purchase the property
they found there was a mortgage for
$50, 900 upon it which the holder was
not willing to yield up He was en-
tirely satisfied with his interest Of
some 6 per cent, and it was deter
mined to pay $40, 900 in cash and as
sumo the mortgage. This was done,
and the remaining 100000 was
turned over to Mrs. Grant, the prop
erty having been purchased in her
name 1t was decided to let the mort
gage expire bv the limitation of its own
terms. and when it fell due to meet it.
Meantime the 100000 was invested by
Mrs. Grant at the current rate of inter
est, and the family moved into their
new home in the city of their adoption.
When the General got into the firm
of Grant & Ward and became dazed by
the vista of financial possibilities which
opened up to his unsophisticated eyes
in Wall street., a family council was
called, and it was deemed advisable to
invest Mrs. Grants $4,000 in Wall
street enterprises, which the head of the
household fondlv believed were paying
magnificent and legitimate interest
Why should $50 900 be allowed to draw
a beggarly rate of five or six per cent
when it might just as we'll be turning
over fifteen or twenty per cent. on the
street? The $50, 600 that was to clear
the mortgage on the Grant home on
Sixty-sixth street was invested with
Grant &; Ward, and it was swept away
with the rest. Thus the Grants are,
in one sense, merely tenants of the
house in which they live, and all be-
cause the original holder of the mort
gage thought he had too good an in
vestment to let go of when Mrs. Grant
had the money to wipe it out.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

white prickly peoples. and the sensi-
tive rose, with its leaves delicate as
maiden-hair fern. and its blossom a
countless mass of crimson stamens
tipped with gold, and family fragrant.
Even familiar flowers are unfamiliar
in size and profusion and color. What
at home would be daisy, is here the
size of small suntlower, with petals
of delicate rose-pink, raYing from
cone-shaped centre OF rich maroon
shot with gold. A-had brought
with her numerous packages of seeds
and slips, nobly bent on having rib
bon flower beds and mosaic rdrterres
about the house; but she sat on the
steps and threw them broadcast, never
knowing, in the protusion OF flowers
that would have been there anyway,
whether hers ever came up or not.
And how beautiful where the grasses
the most useful one the most beauti-
full of all; the delicate little buffalo
grass" for which the prairie is ia
nous, waving its tiny ourled sicle of
feathery daintiness as if its beauty
were its only excuse for being, yet
bravely touring" itself into dry hay
as it stands, when the autumn winds
begin TO blow, that the happy llocks
may 'nible, sharp-toothed, the rich,
thick growing blades all through
the winter, without their being gath
cred into barns. Wellington
Rollins, ia HaJper's Magazine for June.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18
Flowers ON the Kansas Prairies.

Barbaric splendor of the scenes in
AidG and L'1fracatne seemed repeated
as the glorious panorama of blossom
ing prairie unrolled day after day.
Can YOU picture To yourself ten acres
of portulaca? or whole hillsides cur
tn ned with what seems a superb
variety of wistaria, except that it
grows on stalk instead OF hanging
from a vine? DO YOU know how il
icels not to be able to step without
crushing flower. so that the little
prarie-dogs, sitting eonientedly with
their intimate friends the owls on the
little heaps of earth thrown up around
their holes, have every appearance of
having planted their own front yard?
with the choicest floral varieties
Think af driving into great field of
sunilowers. the horses trampling down
Tie tall stalks. that spring up again
behind the carriage. SO that one out
side the field would never know that
carriage load Of people were any
where IN it; or riding through a
grove Of lken. the blossoms tower
mo qua of reaciF rs you lit on horse
back. and 4 tail beige Of them grown
up as barrier between ron and your
eompaDiont Not i daisy. or butter
e4p. or i clover, OF i dandelion, will
vou See All summer. but new flowers
loo exquisite for belief; the great
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18
Bright's Disease.

DIR. Willard Parker thus speaks con.
corning this malady: "This disease is
SO called after the English physician
DIR. Bright, who first investigated its
character. It consists essentially of a
degeneration of cpithelum of the kid
noys. This impairs the excreting pow
ers of the organ, so that tho urea is
not properly removed from the blood.
This disease is characterized by album
maria when we apply heat and nitric
acid to the urine from the kidney so af-
fected, albumen is coagulated; under
the microscope we observe moulds oil
the tubules of the diseased organ.
Headache and sickness of stomach are
common symptoms. and dropsy usually
attends the disease. The retina is
usually attacked by a degenerative in.
fiammatory disease. which impairs the
sight, and is detected by the opthaimo.
scope. The causes are indulgence in
strong drinks, exposure to wet and cold.
govt. and syphilis. The indications for
treatment are, to remove any Of those
causes which may be present, relieve
congestion Of the kidneys, at the same
time endeavoring to increase strength
bv iron and other tones. When con-
siderable dTopsy occurs, cathaTtics may
be called for. Brignt's disease may be
either acute or chronic The prospect
of recovery is small. but patients some
times attain comfortable, but gener.
ally a precarious degree of heath.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18
Is IT WORTH wKILE2


Is it worth while to jostle brother,
Bearing hrs load on the rough road of life?
Is it worth while that we icer at each other,
In blackness of heart, that we war to the
knife,
God pity us all in our pItiful plight
GcI pity us all as we iostle each other
Cod pardon us all for the trumphs VIC feel
When fellow goes down meath his load on
the heather,
Pierced to the heart; words are keener
than steel,
AMI mighter far for Voc than veal
Wee it not well in this brief LIES Journey
eu over the isthmus, down into the tide
" give hnt a fish instead @ ser pent,
Re folding the hands to b. ANA abide
sdfeyer and aye to dust at his side
l. + n the roses aaluting each other
inok AZ tire herds all ia peace on the plain,
NJ s, and man only makes war Oh his brother
ord laughs in his heart at his peril and
pam
al.d rs the beasts that go down on the
am.
i t worth while that we battle to humble
som poo follow down 10 the dust
Gel pity " an Time too soon VIII tumble
I'll of l. -.,-ti-r. like leaves ia n gust
iuIntlau indeed, down INTO tine dust
Joaquin MILLER
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

If wealth is measured by net in,
come, there never was much wealth
in the South. The very nature of the
property forbade it-consuming its
own production But if the number
of slaves is taken as the standard OF
wealth, then where there was one man
owning 800 there were $4,000 who did
not own 100, and in that ratio, clear
on through the negro population, still
leaving thousands owning none.
Be that as it may, wealth was not
the standard OF the best society. II
there was any undertaking rule it was
family lineage. even while the best old
families possessed the large proportion
of the aggregate wealth though to nc
large extent individually. In other
words. family lineage, when supple
mented BY dignity and good conduct,
was always passport into the best
society. whether with or without pro.
perty, while those without this lin
eage were never excluded who pos
sessed other qualifications. There
were butfew formalities of any sort,
and social intercourse was 1t all
times natural ami easy THIS is a
simple and true sfaiment of facts, yet
they have been loaded down with
every possible caricature. airs. Fal
coler ~ the Current
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

On the Both ofIast January, the Sisters Of
the most noted Catholic ladies seminary in
the United States, the famous Notre Dame,
at Goyanstown, near Baltimore, Md, made
public card, certifying to the beneficial re-
suits attending the use Of Red Star Cough
Cure in that institution. They state that
they found it etlicacious alike for relieving
coughs, expressions on the chest and irrita-
tion Of the throat. Officials of the boards
OF health of Brooklyn, Baltimore and other
cities have likewise publicly proclaimed the
virtues of this new discovery, which is en-
tirely free from opiates, poisons and other
objections.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18
TAKING THE CENSUS.
Fun on Jefferson Avenue and Remunerative
i'm the Seventh Ward.

III the seventh Ndfus
'Sav, old fellow, the next time a
census of births and deaths is to be
taken, don't you fail TO get job in
one of the big-bug wards!" exclaimed
Jolly Nick Tisler to a reporter few
days ago.
Don't believe I'd like it. Always
makes me sick to go around mixing
beer"
There's lots of fun in it
"What in drinking fifteen or twenty
kinds of beerP"
''No in taking the census. You'll
never know how cussed lazy some
people are until YOU take big book
under your your arm and go around
asking questions. I've been around
Where did you find the LATEST
one?"
Upon Jefferson avenue. Oh, |
don't know as she is real lazy, but up
there they're so stuck up they woIldn't
come to the door if you rung the bell
all day, for fear you'd think they was
the servant At one house | rang the
bell seven times-the girl was out to
the shed, | s'pose, and the woman
was a-settin' in the bay window about
| four feet from me, and looking at me
all the time.
"At another house | seen the women
up stairs at the window as | went up
the front steps. A fat, good-looking
| girl came to the door and | commenced
hring questions at her.
"'Any children been born here
| during the last yearp says |.
Don't know, says she, | hahn
been here but three weeks. I'll 90
and ask missis, and away she toddled
up stairs Pretty soon she came
toddling back and says:
"'Missis wants to know what you
want to know foIP
"'Tell her | am taking the city cen
sus, as required by law each year,
says /, and away scooted the girl
again, When she got back she said:
YES
"How many?' says |.
"'Only ono,' says she.
"'Boy or grip says |.
"Girl, says she.
What's her name?' says L.
"'Dimple,' says she.
" That's her baby name, says |.
What's her real, full name?'
"I'll ask missis, says she, and up
she went.
Beatrice Branscombe Brown,
says she.
"'When was she born?' says l.
.'Ill ask missis, says she, and
whistled The Watch on the Rhine
clear through before she came back.
ebay before Christmas, says she.
"'What is her fathers nameP says
"'Mr. Brown, of course, says she.
I" What's his first namea says /.
"'I'll ask missIs. The girl was fat
and she'd begun to puff by that time,
and she waddled as she went up the
stairs.
=" Benjamin Bruce Brown, says she.
"'What does he do for a. living?'
says |.
"'Keeps a store says she.
"'What's her mothers name?' says
"'rll ask her, says she.
'Betholinda Berthelet Brown,
says she.
''Just then the woman came to the
head of the stairs, and says:
"'Seems to me you're asking 0
great many impertinent questions.
Z" Law requires it, says |. Where
were you born?'
Buffalo
elbow old are you?'
:" None of your business! Matilda
| shut the doorn
"Oh, It's fun! Say, we get ten cents
apiece for births and deaths and that
day | made just fifty cents, Up in
Dutchtown you can make Sc or 81 Q
day. "-DetrOt Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18
Story of Sir Edward Thornton

Here is a good story anent Sir Ed
ward Thornton formerly British min
lister to Washington for which the Pail
Mall Gazette vouches: At a Washing
ton reception n young gentleman said
to u rather imposing looking man,
Good evening" glad 70 see you; we
have not met since We parted in Mex
ico." The person tEds spoken to cold
ly replied, 81 fear you have the advan-
tage ofme." "Why, surely" exclaimed
the mortified young fellow; you don t
seem to remember me. F" ITO tell the
truth, have never been to Mexico
care you not Sir Edward Tholnton2'
"No, | am Judge Poland ofVermont .
A few nights after this rebuff the young
man happened to be Mt another party,
and, seeing the Judge, made up to him.
After q little desultory conversation
he ventured to say, ''That was an
awful bunder of mine the other eve
ming to take you for old Thornton.
"And whom do you take me for now,
may ask" ''Why, you told me you
were Judge Poland OF Vermont" The
reply was crushing-"O the contrary,
sir, my name is Thorntonl"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

Mr. James Mill formerly resident Of st.
Paul has retired from the managing editor
ship Of the Pittsburg Post, which he has
filed forscven years. The Pittsburg Chron-
icle-Telcgraph says: 'Mr. james Mills car
ries with him the best wishes OF hejournal-
istic profession, as well as OF the public.
Mr.. Mills is one ofthe oldest newspaper men
in the city, and won his way to the position
and reputation he has enjoyed by honest,
hard work and positive merit. A pungenti
forceiul writer, he has always been fair to
his adversaries, and all viii regret his reti
racY.n
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

has been a laborious and costly work, but
the end justifes the effort. Obstruction in
any important channel means disaster.
DISTINCTIONS in the organs OF the human
body bring inevitable disease They must
be cleared away, or physical wreck viii fol-
low. Keep the liver in order, and the pure
blood courses through the body, conveying
health, strength and life; letit become disor-
dercd and the channels are clogged with inn
purities, which result in disease and death.
No other medicine equals DR.. Pierces Col
den Medical Discovery" for acting upon the
liver and purifying the blood.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

'The Proper Study of Mankind is Man.
says the illustrious Pope. Ifhe had included
women in thelist, he would have been nearer
the truth, ifnot so poetical. DR.. r. Y. Pierce
has made them both life study, especially
women, and the peculiar arrangements to
which her delicate system isreliable. Many
women in the land who are acquainted with
Dir. Pierce only through his "Fayorite Pre-
scription," bless him with all their hearts,
for he has brought them thepanacea for all
those chronic ailments peculiar to their sex;
such as leucorrhpa, prolapsus and other
displacements, liberation, internal fever,
bloating, tendency to internal cancer, and
other ailments Price reduced to one dol
lar BY druggists
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18
Nor. Camel has been a close obserr

Mgr. CapeI has been a close observer
of spiritualistic teachings. he says, foi
twenty years past and has assisted Al
many private seances. He says Catbot
icism forbids the evoking Of spirits, be
they good or evil. but Catholics believe
in the guardianship Of angels and the
antagonism Of personal evil spirits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

Col. r. n. Batchelder, who-was sent from
Washington by the war department to re-
eeive the swords and tokens OF honor be-
longing to Gen. Grant, called at the general s
house, in New York accompanied by two
expert packers of are furniture and brie-a-
brac. The properly which has been turned
over TO the g yerhment by Mrs. Grant, who
received it in trust from William il. Van
derbilt, was produced, and as each article
was packed its designation was checked off.
The property was sent to Washington.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

PURE Con LIVER OIL made from selected vers,
on the sea-shore, by CAswELL, HAZARD & Co,
New York 1t is absolutely pure and sweet.
Patients who have once taken it prefer 1t to all
others. Physicians have decided it superior to
any of the other oils in market.
CHAPPED HANDS, FACE PIMPLEs, and rough
Skin cured by using JUMPER TAR SOAP, made by
CAswELL, HAZARD .G CO.. New York
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

The New Hampshire legislature met in
Joint convention and elected the following
state officers. Secretary of state, A. b.
Thompson state printer, John b. Clark;
state treasurer Scion A. Carter; commits
sary general, Frank l.. Brown.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

We guarantee the speedy painless and
permanent cure without knife, caustic or
salve, OF the largest pile tumors. Pamphlet
and reference sent for two letter stamps,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main Street, Buffalo, n. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

People who desire topreserve their health
should be careful about their diet at this
season, and at no time should they be with
out supply ofPERRY DAVIS PAIN KILLER,
the safest, surest and speediest remedy for
all troubles of the stomach or bowels. All
drIlgoists sell Ii.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

ALLEN Iron ToNIc BITTERs strengthen
the system. All genuine bear the signature
OF j. j. Allen Druggist, st. Paul, Mimi
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

Grand Union Hotel, opp Grand Cent Depot n.
Y. city, Gu0 elegant rooms, 81 a day & upwards
Travellers arriving at this depot save IS car
riage hire and baggage transfer, European plan.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

Sick headache? Piles, constipation, bill
ious headache and dyspepsia, are all speed
lily cured by Hunts kidney and Liverl
Remedy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

At a little family party in Kentucky the
members began TO shoot, and Wilkinson
Lauson was killed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

Throat Diseases commence with Cough,
Cold. or Sore Throat Browns Bronchial
Troches" give immediate relief Sold only in
boxes. Price p cts
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

My WIRE USED DIR. GRAVES HEART
REGULATOR with great relief, it is thc-on
~ relief from Heart Disease. | cheerfully
recommend it'd i. Miller J.. NJ, Mulber
ry Grove, III. Sl,00 per bottle Free
pamphlet If f. Il. Ingalls, Cambridge, Mass
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

MRS. Il. MCCARTHY, Richland Center, Wis,
M after suffering six years with an aggravated
case of salt rheum, cured by the use of Cole s
Carbohsalve. 20 and so cents. Sold by Drug
giStS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

A worm pest is said to be attacking flax
in some quarters of Minnesota.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

Back Ache? Hunts Remedy win cure pains
in the back or loins, female diseases, nervous
prostration and kidney diseases.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

Every farmer living at any distanccfrpm
a physician should at all times be pIEpared
to treat such common but by no means
simple complaints as diarrh@a, dysefftery,
cholera morbus, and cramps. The safest
surest, and quickest remedy for such dis
orders is PERRY DAVIS PAIN KILLER. whjph
has never failed to afford relief in easeS oi
the kind mentioned when properly tried
A teaspoonful is dose for adults, bat
twenty drops will cure n child ofZaAy
ordinary trouble Of this kind. The medicine
can be found III every respectable drug
store.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

The net amount Of the public debt Can.
adais $191, SS6,199
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

Mr.. Bonner puts the probable limit Of tr0t.
ting speed at pos He thinks Maud s. may
trol between 2:0T and los.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18
..rhe proper studx of Manlind is MAN,

Frost destroyed green things in some 10
calities recently.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

At Detroit the house OF Judge Henry b.
Brown, Of the United States court, was
burglarzed of over IS, 900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18

RATIONAL. HOTEL, 81 n day house for I'M
II New house. new funiture. Only 81 a day "
n house in Northwest with Elevator. J. d. Ames UI
Prop. pos Wash. Av., s.. Minneapolis MINI.
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100000.

3 1'aid 10 members by the Single Mems Endowment
ASoclai inn=Lae only endowment association in the
l55-c states actually paying IL sleIabers enuwmenu
a(uaTlaeo. In nth Year. Rcservcs IN first mortgage
bonds. Every thoughtful Young man should write fo'
cirouars. John ID. Meister secy MInnehpolis Mimi
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YOU DISCOURAGED
The Great Blood Purifier,

Compounded from the weIl-known curativss
HopA Malt, Buohu, Mandrake. Dandelion.
earsaparilla, Cascara SagrRda, etc. They are
never known TO fail in all cases of
The Washington critic., 1885-10-23
HELD EOR THE GRAND JURY.
Result of the Hearing In the Jordun-
Beam Case.


Joseph NJ. Beam was put on trial in the
Police Court this morning for shooting at
j, Parker Jordan, the aged lawyer, last Fri
day night The parties both live in the old
tencmcnt-house No. 1873 New Jersey ave
nue. northwest.
Mr.. Jordan stated that he was sitting in
his room when the accused broke open his
door and rushed In with pistol I'm his
hand lie fired a shot at witness, and he
started at Beam, when he discharged the
pistol mt him again. Witness then rot to
The door and the defendant kicked him
down the stairs.
In the fall down stairs he spraincd his ankle
and was bruised. On crOss.eXaminutiOn he de-
nicd that he made an indecent proposition
to The wife of Mr.. Beam, the defendant.
Frederick l.. Smith, who also lives in the
house, said he saw Mr.. Beam run up the
stairs and Kick the door open aud fire two
shots at Mr.. Jordan. The latter ran down
stairs and went for the police. As Jordan
passed him he said, "tliat man tried To kill
me- Mrs. Beam told Jordan to fly for his
life.
The accused said Jordan was making
great deal Of noise on the night in question
and his wife had told him that Jordan had
iusultCd her. "knowng the brute had TO
deal with. Judge said the witness, III
took my pistol with me- lie denied that
he tried to shoot the complainant and said
he fired in the corner of the room.
The Court held the defendant for the
action OF the grand jury in $1,000 bonds.