River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-18


Every county in Indiana except two.
is represented by democratic Office
seekers IN Washington.
Experiments show that the heating
value of wet coal is p per cent less
than of that which is dry.
1t Is calculated that the Mazatlan,
Mexico, custom house wilt this year
collect IS 010,000 in revenue.
--lS4tun1s~ original Ms. of his poem.
Fare thee well, and Il forever, WIS
lately sold in London for about SIS
Only three hundred copies of the re-
port OF Guitcau's trial were printed by
the government. and most of these are
in the hands OF spectators.
The United States steamer Chicago.
the last and largest OF the new steel
cruisers built at Roach's shipyard.
Chester, will be launched June p
Hon Daniel Agnew, ex-eiffef Just CT
of the supreme court Of Pennsylvania,
has been chosen 10 address the alumni
of Western university. He is one of
The oldest graduates
The Yuma Indians, who numbered
three thousand fifteen Years ago, are
now reduced to fifteen hundred. Theii
chief, PasquaL Is supposed 10 have
long since passed his centennial year
Danish tho devil ot modern arith-
metic from our public SCHOOLS, said
Hon. Henry E. Robinson IN a speech
on public education in Hartford the
other day. 1T assaults the brain and
ifftfffye-fatt ttest iitt-4fft-- develops pre-
coclty, and precocity is Immature, and
Immature Is monster"
The four-story brown stone resi-
denco, No. n44- zllttszstfI fft-= strts,st,
which was presented 70 Cen Grant by
committee of Philadelphia citizens
Immediately after the close of the civil
war, will be sold nj auction on June
II. The committee paid S33, 600 for
the house in 1860. and furnished it,
Parlor.cars are now constructed
with ban windows. Some on the line
between New York and Baltimore are
fitted with series of five such win
d0ws, each about seven feet wide and
a triile higher than usual They com
promise central light about three feet
WiiItr, from wtTtCh Two smaller lights
defect in contrary directions. There
is no projection beyond The outer line
of the ear, the detection of the wings
being inward, and there is no extern
sion beyond the limit of safety.
The late Franz Abt, the song-writer.
was surprising gourmand. A
frgUUSC, he used % say, lis a very
pretty bird, but it has one great fault,
it is a little too much for one and much
Al 4 II,
restaurant the other day, looking .su-
premely happy, Herr Kappelmeis-
ter" said friend to him, you seem
to have dined we'll Yes, | had a
fair dinner; it was turkey" "And
was there good company around the
boardn' Eyes, good but small; just
two, indeed, the turkey and myself. "
An intelligent physician has dis
covered that eeier-blihdness is very
rare among girls, though il is common
among boys From this fact ho draws
the conclusion that in most eases color
blindness is due to a want of early ed
ucation in discriminating betWecp col
ors Girls are taught to become
familiar with every shade of color,
while bows receive no instruction what
ly show an ignorance OF col0rs which
is COMPOUNDED with true color blind
ness, but which girls rarely show.
"A complete collection of the native
woods of -LH+ted-Stf4te-- Is being
prepared for the New York Museum
Of Natural History. 1t will comprise
tAir44-six varieties of oak, thirty four
Of pine, nine Of tir, five of spruce, four
Ut hemt0Ck, twelve of ash, three OF
hickory, eighteen of willow, three Of
cherry, nine of poplar, four of maple,
two of persimmon, and three of cedar.
Each specimen VIII display both longi-
tudinal and transverse grainings OF the
wood, as well us the log in its natural
condition, with the bHrk attached.
The professional amuser" has be-
come an institution of New York so
ciety. At dinners, concerts, club ban
quets, and parties they are in con-
tinual demand, and a popular artist in
this line is perpetually on the GO. The
stupid half hour after the coffee is
served, which usually falls on a party
of dinners, and which was formerly
filled with tedious or tiresome speech
es, is now admirably utilized by the
professional amuser. He goes in as
one of the guests, dimes. is profession
ally Jolly for an hour after the dinner IS
over, pockets fee OF $50. and dis
appears.
The STORY goes that democratic
congressman from Pennsylvania com
planned because a republican postmas-
ter IN his district. whom he accused of
being an offensive partisan" was not
turned out. The postmaster had de-
clared publicly that should Cleveland
be elected no man OF character and no
woman of self-respect could enter the
white house. He was asked how IL
was he could consent To hold Office
under q man whom he despised so
much. 'I'll tell you" said the post
master eff Cleveland hasn't got
spunk enough to turn me out I'm just
mean enough to hold the office. "
A letter from Mexico says the power
ty of the country may be traced direct
LIZ 10 -slaxeHl4- system of farming
which f5ftv;tffS. frc agricultural re-
sources are enormous. Though only
oue-ffth of the best land in the great
plateau is under cultivation, it sup
ports millions of people with style of
farming That would produce starvation
i'm the best sections of New York or
Pennsylvania. The Mexican sole
conception of the utility of blowing is
to scratch up enough loose dirt to COW
er the seed; in great majority OF
cases the ground is never touched after
planting.
The penple of Atlanta. Cav are much
pleased BY the visit of Gen. Hancock
To their city for the purpose Of pur-
chasing land for United States bar
racks there. Congress appropriated
SIS, 900 for the purchase OF a tract OF
land, and 800, 600 for buildings and
improvements. ii is said that tract
of sixty u one hundred acres, well
watered and well wooded and conVcn-
iently located, ought 10 be obtained
for the money, while the remainder Of
the appropriation would provide Iine
buildings aud improvements. 1t IS
understood that regiment of soldiers
will be stationed there permanently,
The following complaint cmauates
from The Boston Joaty74Gi: 1t Is q pc
cular police regulation which fofbidS
forcible entrance upon unoccupied
premises for the purpose Of eXtinguish-
inc IRE. In the case of the fire at No.
L. Water street, day or two ago, the
flames were discovered IN an incipient
stage by JournnL employees who would
have forced an entrance and perhaps
have succeeded in e>tinguishing the
fire with hand grenades had they not
been prevented by u policeman. The
officer would allow no one TO touch the
-4ll4,t7r until tire fireman arrived five