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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05
HISTORY OF A WEEK


At $50 Wednesday evening, the 2Sth,
when a large crowd of people were assem-
bled ON the bridge at East Saginaw, Mich,
to witness the burning of tug in the river
below, part of the bridge gave way and
sixty persons were precipitated into the
water, fall of eighteen ln> Thirteen
persons are missing but onl
been recovered.
The jury in the Ferdinand w.
guilty of larceny in the first degree. Ward
will be sentenced Saturday. The penalty
is ten years, with the discretion of the
court. The jury was out five hours, and
on first ballot stood eight for conviction,
on the second ten, and on the fourth
twelve for conviction.
At Dubuque, Iowa, three theological
students of the German Presbyterian
seminary, hazed fellow stndent of whom
they were jealous, most brutally, beating
him and applying cold water until he was
nearly drowned. The rascals have been
expelled.
At Fort Gaines, Ga, a Judge Lynch
court and jury sentenced fifteen-year old
colored boy to a hundred lashes for steal
/ ing pair of boots The step-father of the
boy was the foreman of the jury and in
hicted the brutal penalty.
/ Ferdinand Ward, of the firm of Grant &
Ward, and the man who swindled the
/ Grant family and the public, was sentenced
/ to State prison in New York on the 3lst OF
/ October He was taken to Sing Sing i'm
mediately
At Chicago, on the 2Sth, A. j. Burns, a
discharged clerk of r. G. Dun q Co, shot
/ two sisters, wounding them fatally. He mar
row1y escaped lynching BURNS was dis
charged for insulting the ladies, and thus
/ took revenge.
/ In the Chicago mayoralty contest, A. c.
Story attorney for Mayor Morrison, has
/ filed an answer setting forth that if the
votes had been honestly counted his client
would have had 10000 majority.
| On the 18th, James Hodges, Democrat,
was elected mayor of Baltimore, by 2,00C
majority in a vote of $1,000. The city coun
/ Gil is Democratic, two to one.
At St Louis, Scott Thomas, moalder
was precipated into a pit fourteen feet deep
containing 10000 pounds of mountain iron
meetii horrible death.
/ At Boston, A. A. McCardy in % hours
591a minutes made 25511s miles upon bicy-
/ Gle beating the u hours record of Ives and
/ Rhodes of 241 9-32 miles.
The colored janitor of the Philadelphia
Press building killed R. J. Cook, treasurer
t of the Press company because he was reproy-
/ ed for wasting gas.
The hog cholera in Champaign Co, ILL.,, is
most destructive. In one township the loss
amounts to $4,000 In another a thousand
4 hogs have died
/ Henry Ward Beecher has been sued for
/ breach of contract in failing to fill two
/ lecture appointments at Suffield, Conn.
Henry F. Weld, of Massachusetts,, an
expert Metallurgist, has been appointed
assayer at Boise City, Idaho.
/ The Hooking Valley coal miners will de
mand an advance of ten cents a ton for
mining, November LIST.
The destruction of property on the Kama
VIVA river, Virginia, by the late rains is es-
4 timated at Sl50,OO0.
The total imports at New York for last
week were valued at 81, 429 4l9, exclusive OF
/ dry goods.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

THE suit of King, contractor for
building the Mahaska county court
house, vs. Mahaska county, for $780, 900
was on trial for three weeks at Sigour-
ney, Iowa. and the jury returned a
verdict of S10O for the plaintiff.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

THE Wisconsin druggists who have
not complied with the pharmacy laws
are in trouble. The State Pharmaceu-
teal Board are determined that inCOm-
petent persons shall not dispense pre-
scriptions, and those who have not OBJ
served the law must take its penalties.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

FOUR HUNDRED THOUsANDpeople Wis
tied the Louisville exposition during its
ten weeks display and 100000 the St,
Louis exposition during the forty days
its doors were open. Both made money
The gross receipts at St. Louis We're
$4,000, an increase of 100000 over
the receipts last year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

THE receipts of Mary Anderson's first
week of her present engagement in New
York were only $1,000, and for the
second week were less. Mr.. Abbey had
anticipated that her first six weeks bus
mess would amount to 100000, but
now he will be happy if it amounts to
two-thirds of that sum.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

A FoRr WORTH. Texas, farmer has
contracted with an English company to
deliver on the wharf at Galveston,
5000 frozen beef carcasses per month
Tor the next five years, the delivery to
be made of 5000 each two weeks. The
contract price is six cents per pound
for the beef and nine cents per pound
for the hides.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

AN eccentric Marseilles merchant died
a millionaire, and by viii directe d
that s., 900 should be buried in his cot
fin with him, that being the sum with
which he commenced business. The
executor deplored this loss and waste
Of money, so he placed in the coffin a
check for $1,000. with the comment,
lit will be duly honored when he pre-
Snnts Il -
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05
GOV. PIERCE's ANNUAL REPORT

The annual report of Gov Pierce of Da-
kota, is an admirable state paper, discuss
ing the topics in which Dakotians are
most interested. According to it the popu-
lar vote last November was sc, 503 and the
June census, 1885, shows a population of
10000. The farm statistics for 1885 show
the following;
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

AT the meeting of the order of Rail-
way Conductors at Louisville, Fidelity,
Justice, Charity and Perpetual Friend
ship, was adopted as the Motto of the
organization.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

Mr.. GLADSTONE defines the principals
of liberalism to be trust in the people,
qualified by prudence, and the princi-
pal of tory ism to be mistrust of the
people, qualified by fear,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

The funeral Of Gen. Mcclellan took place
Monday morning, Nov. End, from the Madi-
son Square Presbyterian church, New
York City, the services being performed by
the pastor, Rev. DR.. Chas. a. Parkhurst.
Upon the casket rested sheaf of wheat
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

New YORK city has in use 5000 tele-
phones ard Chicago 1000, while it is
stated that St. Louis has only 800
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

Russell SAGE, of New York, who is
an authority. says, las to the West. its
tremendous vitality is TO be the saliva
ton Of the country" And so say we
all of us.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

SEATS in the New York Stock Ex-
change come high. but some people
have to have them. The last sale Of a
seat was for So. 800.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

and few immortelles. The pallbearers
were Gen. w. S Hancock, Gen. Fitz John
Porter, Gen. w. B. Franklin, Gen. ]. e.
tombstone, Gen. H. G. McCook, Gen Mar
tin I. Mcmahon, $. l.. Nj. Barlow, Hon.
w. c. Wolsey, Col. Edward A. Wright, B.
w. Adams, VIM. c. Prime, Hon.
A. S. Hewitt, John r. Agnew, w.
c. Alsop. The Commandery of the Loyal
siessi9n of the United States and
aaes Of Meagher's Irish Brigade
l1edFt of honor, and Geo.
Washington Post q. A. r., of which Gen.
Mcclellan was member, was also present.
The church was without decora tions or
emblems, save few flowers at the altar.
but was filed in every part with dis
tinguished citizens of New York and New
Jersey. The services were of the simplest
character, not occupying over half an
hour The hymns which Gen. Mcclellan
best liked were sung-"Jesus Lover of
my Soul" and 20 Mother dear, Jerusalem"
and the 10Th chapter of lst Corinthians
read by Rev. DR.. Whitaker. There were
no soldiers, nor bands of music, but the
simplicity Of all the proceedings was
noticeable and notable. At noon the
funeral train left the Pennsylvania depot
for Trenton, where the burial took place.
At the cemetery there was large con-
course: Rev. w. MARYLAND, of Baltimore
read the burial service of the Presbyterian
church and Rev. John Hall of Trenton
offered prayer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05
NOTES OF THE TIMES.

THE prohibition vote at the late Ohio
election was more than $4,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

TwO-IHIRDs of the Swiss nation have
voted in favor of cantonal local option
There were many citizens, however,
who did not vote upon the question.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

WISCONSIN levies no tax this year for
current state expenses, the receipts
from railway and other license fees
being ample for this purpose.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

MASSEY" says of Josh Billings: ''He
never did a mean thing, and never had
an enemy among good men,"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

A remarkable Weld of honey was re-
Gently garnered bv Fl. c. Parks from
his apiary, near Riverside, Cal. The
yield for the season from thirty-three
hives was seven and half tons, an
average of Ala pounds 10 the hive.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

COOPERATIVE societies began to
exist in Great Britain in 1874, when
twenty-eight men of Rochdale estab-
lished one, with 4 capital Of $40. At
this time there are 1,0H societies with
a membership of ca, go and capital
of about So, 100000. The sales during
the last year.amounted some 500, 600,
GOO and the net revenues were y per
cent. of that sum. The credit societies
have loaned to their members $4,000
900
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

THE Pullman Palace Car Company
has total of milage contracts for
Il ,439 miles of railway.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

A WILL contest in New York has re-
yealed the curious fact that man who
had a wife and six children, and died
ten wears ago at the age Of seventy
five. leaving million of dollars, was
known in his business relations as
William Hutchinson. and in his domes-
tic affinities as Austin. His business
acouaintances supposed him bache-
lor. and his grown up sons knew
nothing of William Hutchinson until
they undertook to break the win of
Winifred Austin, their lawful mother
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

DRUGGISTS clerk in the little town
of Peninsula, in northern Ohio, gave a
customer morphine for quinine, the
recipient taking five grains OF the
poison. The fatal mistake was dis
covered. aud though life was despaired
of. fully hundred men engaged all
day Thursday in walking the victim up
and down the streets, followed by
women and children, al in the widest
.,.-n;tnr,nn1nt
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

THE population OF the manufactur-
ing town of Pullman, near Chicago.
shown by the July census. Is S.603
omen 1892, women 1916, children >
9O6.) The death rate Is per thou
sand. believed to be the lowest death
rate in the world. The birth rate Is
46I per thousand. per annum. The
wages paid to employees during the
wear ending July 31st was 81
100. PAL 20. The Car company have
1929 operatives and an annual pay
roll of 81. S2S. 46160
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05
THE MARKETS.

WuEAT-No / hard, soc bid; November,
soc bid; December 90c bid; year, CSC bid
No. Northern, S5c bid; No. regular, 55c
ta7Sc bid.
Flonr-Patent, &5.o5a5.5O; straights
S41505.0O; bakers, $4.25(@450 asked; rye
S5.2503.5O.
Corn No. ?, SOC bid; Ale asked.
Oats No. . mixed, nc. bid, 2Sc asked.
No. ? white, 29c. asked.
Barley No ,. 5Sc. bid.
Rye No p Ace. bid,
Flax Seed-$l.0S.
Baled hay, $500 asked; timothy $3.50.
Dressed beef, choice steers nc. @ ~;
veal, % $ c.
Butter. extra 22c bid, % c. asked.
Cheese, Z 10 Zoe.
Eggs, extra lSc. asked
Potatoes. new, 40c per oushel asked
Live Stock Sales of steers ranged S2.S5.
a. So. 1919 per loo lbs. Sheep sold at
50 90 per 100. Hogs SO 25 asked.
MINNEAPOLIS.
WHEAT-No. l hard cash, 'S916c; De-
cember 904c; No. Northern, November,
sac bid. ~
fIorR-Patents in sacks held at 5000
Is, In barrels, So 25Qo5 50 for large lots,
So S5(o5.0b New England points, IS SO(05. %
New York and Pennsylvania, bakers S4O
@4.25.
CHICAGO.
Wheat, Oct. $40; Nov. S535
Corn, Oct. Al
Oats, cash %; Nov 25}s.
Flax seed No. |, Sligo
Pork, cash, SS.0S q Is; Nov. $50.
Live Stock Cattle $350(G5.90 Hogs
s3V004.2O; Sheep, s200@86o.
MILWAUKEE.
Wheat--Cash, S515c; Nov. $50.
Duluth
WnEAr-No. hard, cash 80: Dec. 90;
No. | Northern S11%.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

When everything else fails, DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

At $50 Wednesday evening, the 28th,
when large crowd of people were assem-
bled on the bridge at East Saginaw, Mich,
to witness the burning of tug in the river
below, part of the bridge gave way and
sixty persons were precipitated into the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

William Larabee, Republican, was elect
ted governor by from $1,000 to 10000 aud
the legislature is in doubt. The great issue
in the state was the continuance of the
present prohibition law or its repeal and
the adoption of licence law. That made
the contest for the legislature the leading
issue of the campaign. 1t may be some
days before the legis alive result is known.
MASS ACHJ-SETTS,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

The Democrats elect Fitzhugh Lee, Gov
ernor; John E. Massey, Lieut.. Governor,
and Rufus A. Ayres, Attorney General by
from 5000 to 10000 majority. They also
elect the legislature.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-05

The election was for the legislature only
The Republicans secured 10 senators to 1
Democrats and 1919 members of the Hous
to l12 Democrats.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-02-28
Depression Abroad.
City Item.

City Item.
Mr.. John G.. Moore, of New York,
ex-President of the Mutual Union
Telegraph Company, has recently re-
turned to this country after q year or
SO spent in Europe, and finds business
and speculation terribly dull though
this did not surprise him. Indeed,
said he, I would have been astonlshed
to see it otherwise, in the light OF my
observations abroad. Stagnation is the
rule in everything over there, and IN
the great centres there is much more
suffering than / have been told exists
here. 1t is difficult to account for this
condition of affairs, and in the course
of wide range OF inquiry was IN
able to find any one who could furnish
a logical cause for such widespread
trouble. Over production was the main
reason assigned by persons in such
manufacturing districts as Manchester
Sheffield, Leeds, and Glasgow. This
class Of manufacturers seemed to feel
much concern about the future tariff
policy of the Cleveland Administration.
| found the opinion quite generally ex-
pressed that after that policy is out
lined, things, at least as far as they are
affected by the tariff, will take on a
more hopeful aspect. The great shrink
age OF American railroad and other Sc
curities seemed to have its influence
there on everything of speculative
character, and met DO one who pre-
tended to forecast the future on any in
telligent basis Of the value of this
class of property. AS for myself |
think we have seen the worst of the
hard times, and from the bottom of my
heart I hope So"
The manufacturers manufacture for
goods than the country or the world
can consume, and then stop and throw
their employees out of work. If there
was not too much population, and if
the land was not monopolized by a
few, all could till the soil, and so many
would not be compelled to be DEEPEN
dent upon the uncertain employment
offered by the manufacturers. The
distress is mainly in the manufacturing
districts of the world; in the agricul-
tural districts there is little or no dis
tress. The Western farmer who burns
his corn for fuel, because of overpro-
duction, does not complain Of hunger.
Louisiana is an agricultural State, and
we hope she will always be so the
more large cities and manufactures,
the more distress. In fact manufac-
lures can not flourish to suit the man
ufacturers, until the population is so
crowded as to force laborers to work at
any price.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-02-28
An Affecting Scene.
TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF A
FALSE STEP.

CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-There was scene
in Justice Ingersoll's court room this
morning, when the case of Hubbard
Verhyden, charged with illegitimate
parentage, was called. The complain
ant was Miss Caroline Sybers, the or
ganist in a French Catholic church on
the west side. She was elegantly at
tired, and is said to be highly educated.
She is evidently about thirty years Of
age. The defendant is a handsome,
Swapping fellow of about twenty eight
wears. He is employed in ArmOur's
packing house. When Miss Sybers
was called to state her case she drew
herself up to her full height, struck
a dramatic attitude, and, throwing in
tense feeling into every word, said
There is an insurmountahle dis
lance between this mans social posi-
ton and mine. He belongs to almost
the lowest stratum of society, | to the
highest. / have wealth enough to per-
NIT him to live in elegance, and am
willing to hire coacLnman to drive
h1m about. do not want him to work
1T his menial employment. Your honor,
am not enamored of this man, know
ing that he occupies a position in life
Tar below mine, and is not worthy Of
me. In an unguarded moment, how
ever, he accomplished my ruin, and
now my sole desire is to have father
for my child. Let him be manly
enough to acknowledge it's paternity
by marrying me, and there is nothing
would not do for him.
During this passionate appeal the
defendant listened in stolid indiffer-
ence, and when the court asked if he
was willing to compromise the difficult
ty by marriage, he simply replied ::
+" Nah, not much.n He was accordingly
held for the grand jury in $500 bonds.
This woman should have thought of
that insurmountable distance" that
she did surmount. when she degraded
herself to his level. To insult him
when suppliant for his mercy, was
not the way to obtain it. His answer
was what she deserved /; and a law to
compel him to marry her, is not just.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-02-28
HAAsv1LLE LA. Feb. s3d, 1885.

EDITOR DEMOCRAT:
Reliable reports have it, that the two
negroes who murdered Ransom West,
near Chicot, have been caught and
lynched. report" says they confessed
the crime of killing West, and good
authority" said they were shot.
Pirch, and Shaw, I am told are the
names Of the negroes who did the muir
dering, and to them Judge Lynch
melted out justice. The above is true
as given to me, and all that I am able
to learn of the affair to-day.
Weather bad, cold, sleet, and ice.
Pretty much everyone housed up, roads
bad to travel, late planting of corn'this
year. Two sleets and SHOWS in this
month, what is to come next flood 7
Peach buds are no doubt badly injured
by the late cold spell Of frosty weather,
Yours, JOHN O'SHANE.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-02-28

When England sends forth her house
hold troops, the Grenadier and the
Coldstream Guards, to the scene of ac-
tive war, she means mischief and a
resolution that never fails to subdue
and conquer any enemy opposing her.
These troops, though long enjoy .ng the
life of idleness and luxury of their
garrison and city life and mere parade
md show service, never fail, as at
Waterloo and in the Crimea, to vindi-
cate the pluck, steadiness and invinci-
bility of British soldiers. There will
be a severe trial of their ply steal ener-
gies in the terrible natural and climatic
Obstacles which will confront them in
their operations in the Soudan, for
which they have departed, amid the
mingled Borrowings and publications of
the London populace,-[States.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-02-28

L. L.
PARISH OF 81. LANDRY.
By virtue of an order Of the Hon. the District
Court in and for the parish of st. Landry
there will be sold at public auction to the last
and highest bidder at the last residence of the
deceased, in prairie Faqueta1Que, parish OF
st. Landry, on WEDNESDAY, March 18th,
1885, by the undersigned, administrator.
or any duly qualified auctiOneer, the follow
ing described property belonging to the estate
| of Pierre Courville, fills deceased, to-wit:
SEPARATE PROPERTY.
A certain tract OF wood and prairie land, sit
uated In the parish OF st. Landry, State OF
Louisiana, in Prairie FaCquetaiuue and Bayou
Dozas wood, bounded norEh by lands of Adj
| raste FOnten0t, south by lands of TheOphile P.
! 5 FontenOt and OF DOPsin L. A. FOntenot, east
| by lands OF Laurenza B. Young and west by
lands OF Laurenza A. Young, measuring about
| one hundred and (120l twenty superficial ar
points, more or less, together with the buildings
and improvements thereon.
| One pair of work oxen, seven head of gentle
horned cattle, one bay creole horse, one half
American colt. one dun creole mare, three
| head of gentle hogs, one dOuble-barrell shot
gun, one lot Of household furniture and kit
chen utensils, one lot of farming implements,
| one old saddle One-branding iron, one lot
| crOckeryWare.
COMMUNITY PROPERTY.
A dwelling house and about fifty panels of
oak lath fencing, one clock, one lot of pots and
ovens and lids, two empty cans, one pillow and
pillow harness, one lot of crOCllery and tinWare.
about three barrels of seed potatoes, one lot of
pounds of seed cotton, about forty pounds OF
lint cotton, one lot OF yarn, some salt in a bar
rel, about fifty barrels of corn in the shuck one
bucket and a tin cup, one seive and a cane
tanner, two cotton baskets, one chOpping axe,
two old chopping axes and a grind stone.
Terms and ConditiOns.-The purchase price
| of the land payable as follows: One-third on
January LIST. 1886, One-third on January list,
1887, and One-third on January 1st, 1888, pur-
ehasers to furnish their notes with two good
and solvent sureties to the satisfaction of the
administrator, and payable as above mention
ed to tie order of the administrator, said notes
to bear eight per cent per annum interest from
their respective maturities until paid, the lands
to remain specially mOrtgaged with vendors
privilege retained thereon until full and entire
payment of the purchase price and interest
which may accrue Oh said notes.
The oxen and one COW to be selected on the
day of sale, for cash. the balance OF the nova
bles to be sold as follows: all adjudicatiOns of
ten dollars and under to be cash on day of sale,
all adjudications above ten dollars, One-haf
payable on January 1st, 1886, and the other
half payable on January 1st, 1887, purchasers
to furnish their notes with two solvent securi-
ties to the satisfaction of the administrator,
said notes to bear eight per cent per annum in
terest from their respective maturities till
paid,
feb 7-5t Administrator.