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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02

MICHIGAN.
The membership of the Knights Of Labor
In Detroit is said to have zen from eight
Thousand to fifteen hundred Constant Sc
cessions from the order we're occurring
Deputy-Sher,f William IL Richards a
wealthy farmer. fell dead at his home near
oshtemo the other night
A falling tree killed W. IL Snashall, a
young married man, near Plainwell a few
nights ago.
Miss Caroline Passett is a regularly or
dained minister a. Millington
A vein of coal seven feet thick was dis
covered at Vassar few days ago from I43
Co 200 feet beneath the surface
The Michigan Gold Company. mining near
Ishpeming. has suspended operations until
spring on account of cold
A loss OF $50. 900. fully insured. was
caused by the destruction OF the Sheffield
Velocipede Company's works at Eaton Rap
ids, by fire recently.
AT st Helena the other night store and
two warehouses; owned by Morton Bros,
were burned Loss. ST.. 600; no insurance.
Cron's furniture store at Manistee was
burned the other night Loss, $4,000; in
surance, $4,000 A fireman was killed and
four Others were seriously injured by fall
ing walls
Fears were recently entertained that the
peach buds in the State were frozen
One of Mitchell Bros. lumber camps at
Jennings was burned at an early hour the
other morning with a loss of 81, 500 and no
Insurance. A man named Dick Hoofneyer
was probably fatally burned
While tobogganing at Charlotte recently
Frank Merritt collided with some other boys
and was instantly killed
Youngs Z Benton and wife celebrated
their sixtieth wedding anniversary at Lin
den n few days ago
1t is estimated that Osceola County farm
ers will realize about 500. 900 from small
logging operations this winter
Stella NJ Barnes, handsome young widow
OF Jackson, recently received notice that
she is one of twenty heirs of the estate of
CharlesG Ravens. who died January 1. The
estate is worth from 50, 900. 600 to 81, 000, :
900. Her share will be $l5O,OO0.
A Mssaukee County lumber-camp cook
house was burned the other night. and
Richard Hoffman, the cook, was fatally
burned
John Reardon and James Morrissey were
killed and five others severely injured by
recent accident on Smith & Foyer's lumber
railroad at Otsego Lake
David Putnam. a wealthy farmer of VIII
JAMESTOWN, was caught in a hay press few
days ago and fatally injured
Indian Agent Mark Stevens, of Flint
went to Washington the other day to pre-
pare his records in connection with the big
timber steals which he claims he has un-
earthed in Isabella and other Northern
counties
The blind prophet and some of his
preaching followers have left the Morley
region, and didn't get out a minute too
soon, as the people had grown very tired of
their Mormon faith and had decided to tar
and feather them
A South Lyon man is so firmly convinced
that the liquor traffic is damage to the
town that he agrees in case tbs City Coun-
ell Will close the saloons to make good the
amount of pecuniary loss the municipality
may suffer thereby.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02
LATER.

Hen License became operative at st.
Paul, February !, and although $50 bonds
had been filed only 2l5 licenses hal been
taFen at $1,000 each. The number Of
licenses that will issue is estimated at
255.
The bodies of re Hutchinson boys were
found near GaN OAK. They WI 1dered
away on the 18th, and becoming exhs Gs, id
aid down to sleep Their bodies had not
been mutilated by wolves, and were
clasped in each Others arms.
The Supreme court Of Wisconsin has re-
versed the finding of the circuit court of
Racine in the woman suffrage cases, the
Supreme Court holding that tie law of
leS5 restricts female voting to school mat
tiers only.
AT Jersey City, n. J., Jsnuary 81, Demp-
sey defeated Dominica MsCaffrey, in a
glove contest, on the 10th round.
WILLIAM HARMS, a prisoner, in the penn
Tertiary at Saltwater. tried to make bis es-
cape sunday by crawling through the bars
of bis cell door, which be had bent to let his
body through. he ives discovered by the
guards, stuck fast in ths opening, and could
neither go forward nor backward.
CONGRESSMAN Rice has introduced a bill
in the House which rewards the Sioux In
dams who were friendly TO the whites dur
Ing the outbreak in Minnesota in lS63.
THREE cases Of small pox are reported at
Mandan, OAK.
Tue ice gorge in the Mississippi river at
St Louis has begun to move out and the
damage 70 steamboat and other property
is great and ay reach as high as 81, 1000.
BURGLARY at the railroad depot at
Brownsburg. Ind.. developed the fact that
goods and stores of the value OF five and
six thousand dollars have been shipped
from the insane asylum at Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, by an employee o. the asylum to his
step-father at Brownsburg.
RICHARD BOURNE was arrested in Vino
ma on a charge of bastsrdy, the plaintiff
being Is years of age. She was working At
farm house near Centerville last July,
and was going through the woods when
defendant met her and committed the Of
Tense. BOURNE denies the charge and
promptly gave bail for his appearance.
AN appropriation Of s6o000 for much
needed public land surveys Is asked of c n
gress by Land Commissioner Stockslager.
THE reports of suffering at Browns Valley
are now said to have been exaggerated.
The chair works at Union City, Pa,
burned on the 5ist; loss $4,000, insurance
$1,000
THE officers Of the Landlords Mutual Pro-
tective association of Aberdeen are prepar-
ing a statement of its financial affairs,
which they state will show the charter has
in no way been violated This is the associa-
ton Gov. Church has asked to show cause
why their charter should not be revoked
Ex-SIkTE Senator Sergeant is undar
arrest at Albert Lea. MINI, for setting IRE
70 his store January Is.
The postmaster at Eastman. Wa, has
ahsconoed leaving bis bo1dsmen % settle
with the government
TnE new treasurer of HYDE county, Oak
schn A Sedgwick has been installed in
ofiics.
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NECESSARY TOOLS.
Mendicant Whose PitiabIe Condition
Aroused CenuIne Sympathy.

A Mendicant Whose PitiabIe Condition
Aroused Genuine Sympathy.
Il beg your pardon. said nervous
and somewhat seedily-dressed young
man. "but can you do any thing to
assist me little to-day?"
mo, sir, 1 can not" promptly re-
piled the Businessman. Il don't be-
lieve in encouraging beggars. sir.
You are able to work-whaf the
matter; been burned out?"
'.No. sir. J."
Sickness in the family-nine chill
dren to supports"
20, no"
Forest fire sufferer or Charleston
earthquake victim?
Neither. sir.
mo blind parents to support no
property swept away by speculation.
wasn't reduced in circumstances by q
broken bank. eh?''
% no. nothing of the kind" s
What is the trouble, then?'
Il was formerly a leader of society.
and have been thrown. By the death of
my father. onto my own resources. If
could only get money enough togeth-
er to buy me a.
Hold on understand broke in
the business man, with emotion. Il
didn't suppose your case was SO bad!
You are exeusable in applying for
charity if any one ever was. There,
take that" he added, after scratching
with pen a moment; take it, and
God bless you-it's an order for q
spike-tail coat and high collar. I'm
always willing TO assist man in OBJ
tanning tools to carry on his businessr'
r II Carruth. IN Chicago Tribune
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IOWA.

A piece of slate falling on William An
drews, a miner, near Des Moines a few days
ago caused his death
L " McCagg, who has been one of the
most prominent farmers and hOrtcultursIs
of Scott County for number of years. has
abandoned the farm, and will hereafter de-
vote himself chiefly to the canning bust
ness
The Clay County Board of Supervisors
have decided to build Jail
The Farmers Mutual Insurance Com
panies of Iowa at their annual session in
Cedar Rapids recently elected the following
officers: President. NJ Pennington, Denver;
Vice President, d. Il Clark, Council Bluffs;
Secretary and Treasurer, Alexander Tor
rance, Mount Vernon; Assistant Secretary,
James Yuill. Cedar Rapids
One hundred and nine lineal descendants
of Grandma Miller, of Buchanan County,
contributed each piece for q worsted
quilt which was presented to the old lady
as a gift recently. Each piece had the
name of the donor stitched in il in highly
ornamented style.
Fred May, an aged German residing near
Crownville, hanged himself recently while
ipsana His wife had just obtained a
divorce from him.
The Iowa Horticultural Society elected
the following at its recent meeting in Des
Moines: President, C. g. Patten. of Charles
City; Yice-President. Eugene Secor, Fores5
City; Secretary, George Van Houten, Lenox;
Treasurer, II. Strohm, Iowa City; Directors,
F. II. Drumming, n. X Fluke, c. l. WatrOus.
Il p Speer. j. NJ Elder
The recent trial of Mrs Hamme at
Waterloo for the murder of her husband
ended by the discharge of the defendant
At depth of thirty-five to forty-eight
feet, while boring wells at various places in
tha vicinity of Madrid, large timbers in n
fair state of preservation have been found
The opinion is that there is a large forest
under there One well. sunk to the depth
of ky feet contains fifty-ix feet of
w.ter
\ FIRE Mt Abel few DAYS ago destroyed
the Abel House Loss, 81, 800; no insur-
ance
Mrs Maria Fackerell d.ed at Clinton the
Other morn ng, aged ninety years She had
been married sixty-four years, her husband
surviving her
+. C. Stebbins, restaurateur at Mason City,
assigned recently, with liabilities of 500,
600; assets, $4,000.
John Leonard, q brakeman on the illinois
Central. was run over by the cars at Nashua
TINS otheI mig W anu hlico- ms Houle was
In Waterloo, and he leaves a wife and two
children
Three hundred Iowa manufacturers, Job
bers. farmers and general shippers were
represented in the recent shippers conven-
ton ut Des Moines AperT anent organiza-
ton was effected by the election of Samuel
Mahon, of ottumwa, President; Frank c.
Let's, of MarShalltowu, Secretary and j.
Q Stewart. Treasurer
Judge Kline recently imposed fines ag-
gIegating $1,000 on nine Benton County
salOoD-keepers aG Yinton-
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WISCONSIN.

A fire the other day at Altoona City de
strOyed the skating rink and two business
buildings Loss, $4,000
Governor Rusk has appointed Emil
Raensch county judge for Manitowoc, vice
Carl II Schmidt, deceased.
s A. Hayward n carriage dealer at Ash
land, failed recently for S2S. 600
The gold found thus far in Pierce County
is known as flour gold by old California
m ners, and is said to be very pure Mag
neTic sand is also found in quantities.
wooden factory is to be established at
Eau Claire.
Two of the Washington County post
masters who had their offices in saloons
and refused to separate them have been
removed by the Post-ofiice Department
Tue Wisconsin State Farmers Association
was organized at Madison recently and Off
GERS were elected as follows: President G.
". Harvey. Beaver Dam; Secretary, G..
Seaman, Baraboo; Treasurer, W. G Stone,
Waterlowm
The seven h annual report of Mlwaukee's
FIRE department shows losses by fire during
the last year to have been $3.50. GIG COW
cred By an insurance of 50, 1874 ,O76 The
department now gives employment to l64
men
An Italian laborer on the Illinois Central
Dodceville br nch was nstlntly killed the
other day BY being struck on the head with
piece of rock from blast
Wolves are quite numerous in some parts
of Adams County, and very hungry. Henry
Dick, an Indian, states that the wolves
often, in the night, come close up 10 the
Indian camps.
The new St Joseph's convent at Mil
waakee, erected by the franciscan Sisters at
/ a COS. OF $40. 600 was dedicated a few days
ago.
When the first train on the new road
reached Dodgeville recently the people eel
ebrated the event by roasting an OK and
distributed edibles and beverages free.
The wausau Law and Land Association
recently purchased OF C. L Colman, of La
Crosse recently tract of land in Taylor
County on which it is estimated there is six
million feet of standing pine, paying there
for $50. 900
At recent meeting in Milwaukee of the
State Central Committee of the Prohibi-
tioa party ii was decided TO hold a State
convention for the nomination Of state
officers and delegates TO The National con-
veDtion May p and "a at Madison.
There lives in Shawano Coun ty. near
Shawano an old man. ninesy-three years
Of age He has had four wives and twenty
seven children-all boys His grandfather
i lived to be one hundred and twenty-f i've
years of ege.
Jacob Narlette. of Rock County. living
near GAINESVILLE. lost four children from
diphtheria within two weeks
Thomas Dolan, formerly an engineer of
the Chicago and Northwestern railroad has
sued that corporation for $50. 900 damages
4 for injuries sus aimed in an accident be-
tween Pine Buff and Blue Mounds
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THE POPE AND HIS PRESENTS.
His Holiness Decides Upon the DISPOSE.
ton of His Jubilee Gifts.

ROME, Jan. 2S.-His Holiness the Pope
has made final decision regarding the dis
tribution of ths jubilee gifts, and
the Papal Secretary OF State will at
once comply with the instructions he
hos receiyed All the money receive
goes into the treasury of s. Peter,
and will be expended chiefly in propaganda
ism The gifts of sovereigns. as they have
an artistic value, are to constitute a special
museum at the Vatican The o. ects of wor-
ship viii belong to the vestry of st Peters,
and the linen altar cloth, blent with
gold thread, which was presented
by the Catholics of Antrim, VIII be used at
the communion services in the Roman
Church which is most largely attended by
Irish pilgrims All the rest of the gifts
will 20 to the hospitals An excep-
ton will not be made even for the
old TOkay sent by the Emperor of
Austria. or the gift from the DGchess d'UTze
of 1000 bottles of Yeuve Cliquot The
gifts thus disposed of are preserved
fruits, fish and meats, sage, macaront,
tapioca, dates, plums, figs, oils and
wines and so on through an almost
endless list, not forgetting nearly
5000 pairs of slippers which were
contributed ty female deyotees in different
parts OF the world In the lists of oils and
wines California, Spain, France, Austria
Algeria and Australia contributed most
larpplv
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NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
Interesting Items Gathered from
Various Localities.

The Knowlton Manufacturing Company
of Rockford, organized IN 1872 for the
making of farm machinery. has decided TO
close up its affairA
At the tenth annual meeting of the I'LL
nois Tile Makers Association in Springfield
recently the following officers were elected:
President, Z NJ Pike, of Shenoa; Vice
President, Alexander Mclean; Secretary, J.
q stoil of lexington; Treasurer. John Nc
Cabe, of Nashville.
1he Farmers Mercantile Association,
which conducted large general store at
Marshall on the cooperative plan. has
failed, with liabilities of So, 900 and as
sets of 81, 600. The company was COM
posed OF seventy three farmers and was
organized in 1878
The Oderkirk Seminary, at Richview was
burned the other morning, the occupants
barely escaping with their lives
Joseph Benda, Of CHI cago, committed
suicide recently becInse his sweetheart,
Josephine Wenal, would not marry him I'M
til a year had elapsed
Just before school began at Cen .ralia the
other morning a dog savsgely bit two boys
named Baltzell and East and also attacked
girl before he could be driven of
A statement recently sent to the United
States Senate gives the amount of land
granted to Illinois under swamp-land acts
at 4, 900, 600 acres; amount patented to the
State. l, 453. 900 acres; indemnity paid 10
the State. S443, 2s6.
Lawrence Copeland's general store, at
Joppa. was burned early the other morning
Loss, $40, 900; partially insured.
William G. Porter one of the oldest citi-
zens in the State, died at his home in Litch-
field the other morning, aged one hundred
and five years Ho had lived there the
greater part of his life
A half-dozen business firms were burned
out at Monticello few mornings ago Loss
IS, 1000; insurance, 81, 600
In the circuit court at Rock Island the
other day the jury convicted DIR. yinton a
leading homeopathic physician, of NAL
practice, granting 81, 900 damages to a
lady whose dislocated arm he treated in
such a way as 10 make it useless
Rev James Robson, the oldest minister
of the Christian church in Illinois was
buried at Secor recently, aged ninety-one
years He had been a minister for over
tifty-fve years
The records of the Office of the Secretary
of State show that there are more than
eight thousand notaries public in the State
of Illinois
Mrs Simon Gallagher wife of n promi-
nent miller of Shelbyville. committed
suicide the other evening by hanging Do
nestle trouble was the cause
The principal business block of Delavan
was burned a few mornings ago Loss,
st, 900; partially insured
The Illinois Miners Protective Associa-
ton met at Springfield recently. Tho adj
dress of President Mclaughlin showed that
the condition of the miners has been much
improved during the last year He recon-
mended a continuance of joint meetings
and the settlement of all difficulties by
arbitration.
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EVANGELIST MOODY had to give the
two hundred and fifty boys in his Mt.
Herman school talking to recently
because some of them endcavored TO
haze one II their fellows They got
him in room and were about to put
him through a course Of sprouts when
be pulled BIZ jack knife and threat
ened to carve iE,O little pieces the first
boy that touched him. Nobody
touched him. Mr.. Moody got the
knife and talked like kind father to
the boys They seemed impressed and
undoubtedly left his presence with the
determination tn be good
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a fHLADELPIIA grocer has con-
cluded that thirteen Is an unluckv num-
Der. He adve. ..sed to give every thir-
teenth customer the amount OF us mr.
chase free. The plan worked hhelv
and he did a thriving business. but one
day the BOYS trieked hirh- Twelve of
them en- ID macs triIing purchase;
the whole bill for tae dozen was less
than one Dollar Then the thirteenth
man walked in and ordered a barrel Of
sugar. ten pounds Of Tea. ter pounds
Of coffee and box Of cigars The
grocer faced the music Ike man. but
at once took down his sign.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02

Los ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 2S.-G Z Hitch
cock and his wife were found murdered
yesterday on the n firm in Los Angeles
County. They had been TO Santa Anna Mon
day, when they had given deed Of their
farm to a German, Fritz Anschlag. He is
supposed to have murdered them in order
to get the purchase money he had paid
them fol the farm Mr. Hitchcock and his
wife We're formerly residents Of Elgin, H.,
having come 20 this STATE in 1915 Ans
chlag and biz partner, Antone Dyker, have
been arrested
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02

THE distinction of being the oldest
man in indianapolis is claimed for
Michael She. who was born St.
Michacls Day, November. 1881. max
ing him one hundred and seven years
Of age. Mr. Shea is still in good
health. He prepares the stOvewood
which is used in the household, looks
after the cows and attends church
services every Sunday. walking eight
squares and more in doing so.
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wESr ANn souTH.

The wool-Growers' Association OF Indiana
met al Indianapolis on the gath and con-
sietnned the proposition to place wool on
rhe tree list
Lou.=tASA Republicans met in State con-
Eentlon o. the 25sh az Baton Rouge and
nominated Ex-Governor IL C Warmouth
Tor Governor ana fuil State ticket. A
strong projection Platform was adopted
and the Blair EducatioA hsn was spproved
OK a lumber railway on sbe % near
9.s - SC N $50 used the
Terely woundsd
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02
WEALTHY CoIoREO MEN.
A Few of Those Who Are Worth Owe
Fifty Thousand Dollars.

A Few of Those Who Are Worth Over
Pity Thousand Dollars.
Frederick Douglass is said TO DO
worth $3.50 900. although lie is only
assessed for $1S s95 worth of property.
Samuel Harris, a negro Of Williams
burg. Va. is worth $50 900 In Rich
mOnd there is an Africo-American
barber named William Lyons who is
worth $50. 600
The veal hest person of the African
race north OF Mason and Dixon's line
is DIR. James \. Gloucester, Of Brook
Iyn. The Gloucester estate is valued
at 5000 600
A. Nickens owns AMI manages a
pottery at Hadlo afield. from which he
iurned out work that outrivaled every
thing of its Lind at the New Orleans
Exposition.
IL Augusta. Ga. w G. Johnson,
general merchant. is said 20 be worth
s35. 90. Mrs. Nora Foster. a hand
some quadroon, recently inherited a
fortune of nearly 800. 900 from her
husband.
Nineteen coiored men of Baltimore
are said to be worth $780, 900. The
wealthiest IS Joseph Thomas. who is a
boss stevcd0re. He is worth $50. 600.
James i. Bradford, a green grocer, is
worth $50. COO
Row. James Ramsey. Of Hancock
County. o.. is worth $3.50. 900. and is
the largest Individual Rolder in The
Bank of Findlav There are quite
number Of negroes with property in
Ohio amounting To S75 O01
Stewart L lis. OF z ileigh y. C., has
filed a Government coniract for car
pentering on bui ling worth $500
600. w. C. Coleman. wholesale and
retail merchant Of Concord. n c.
owns several Of The finest breed Of
horses in the State. = Minneapolis
Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02

TIE most remarkable old man in
New Hampshire il Thomas Murphy,
of Enfield. who. mt the age of ninety
years. lives entirely by himself. does
his own cooking and washing and knits
his own socks. He is a welI-to-dO
farmer. still hale and hearty. and
boasts that he never took 4 dose of
medicine in his life.
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THE Secretary Of the Treasury re-
Gently submitted TO Congress the draft
of bill prohibiting the importation of
opium containing less than nine per
cent Of morphine. and authorizing the
Treasury To seize and destroy ali
opium prepared for smoking. The Sec
Rotary says that under existing laws
the department is unable TO sup
press the smuggling Of opium by sys-
tematiC organizations on the Pacific
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SPANS BIG SHOW.

The Work of Erecting the Buildings for
the International Exhibition at Barce-
Iona Progressing Rapidly.
BARCELONA, Jan. 26 Work on the build
fngs fo1 tue International Exhibition is adj
vancing rapidly and some are now COM
plete. Goods for exhibition are arriving
fast and application for space are made
from all parts of the word. English ex-
hibitors require about 5000 square yards
in the main building alone, and Austria's ex-
hibits will cover about 8, 600 square meters
Japan is building a pavilion TO represent a
model residence Work has begun on the
iron tower $50 feet high. built by French
engineer mammoth hotel with accom-
modations for /, 500 guests is being built
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Mrs. HENRY WARD BEECHER has no
indications Of widowhood or bereave-
ment in her dress. for she shares her
dead husbands disbelief in the propri-
ETY. Of mourning garments She looks
exceedingly venerable. however, and a
little less austere than Of wore.