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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-03-22
WISCONSIN.

A. NJ Blsford, of Lane ister. has received
from his father IN Cali ON u a whales rib
over eight feet Icing. which the latter picked
up on The Coronado beach
A gentleman living a few miles ou5 of
Ripon has invented a road wlgon tina a 10
be propel ed by wnJ-a genu ne prairie
schooner" blacksmith tner has Just
made the tires which are twelve feet in
ameter.
Tie Burkhardt -four mill at St Crolx
Fa Is, which WIS burned year ago, has Leen
rebuilt, and the new mill is said 10 be the
finest in the st CrOix Valley.
Owing TO the great depth of snow in the
vicinity of Wausau. wolves have been very
troublesome of lite In several ins ances
the iierce beas > b ,vs followed sleighs for
miles waiting for an opportunity to attack
inmates sheep, swine and poultry
have been preyed upon Poison was being
resort ed TO with good success by the frm-
ers.
Mrs Laura Ann White, widow of the la'e
Asa Whi.e. OF Beaver ID am, died OF paralysis
recently, aged seventy years She was one
OF the first sesIlers in Dodge County.
A st. Paul freight train was thrown from
the rack by a broken rail at Middleton
Station the other morning and some live
sock were killed and fourteen cIrs derailed
but no person was injured
At Berlin the other night the Emmett
block, occupied by c. Iruesdell ami A.
Ford, clothing dealers. was burned the loss
being SD, 600; insurance. $4,000
J. H. Mugrey was burned 10 death in a
lumber can p on Peshtgo brook the other
night George McCar ", h S primer, es-
captd from the shanty. but WIS probably
fatally burned.
J. x Barber, of the Northwestern Lumber
Company at Eau Claire, recently bought
the plant of the Sterling Lumber Company
in Clark County, consideration, $40 600
DR. A P CoryreII. formerly Sargeon-Gen-
eral of the W.scon sin militia, die OF hem
orrhage o. the lungs at Jsnesvllle the Other
afternoon
Sixty thousand brook trout W Il be plant
ed il the streams of the northwest IN nd
southwest stern portions Of Fond du Lac
Coanty
The seventh annual convention of the
officers of the Wisconsin National Guard
W IS he recently in Madison /. was de-
Ct led o ho 4 lhs next annual enc impment
at Menominee, January IL the WIS, ons n
Guard now consists OF thir y-shres INF ntry
compan es. one cav Try and one artillery,
aggregating in all 9. 120 dril ed men,
Lorgers in Northwestern Wisconsin are
having the best OF weai her for tn sir opera
tons an the Chippewa cut VII reach CO.
0JO, 900 feet
Frank lester, ex-cororer of Grant County,
died at Lancaster rec ut Y OF loo poison
ing. resulting iron tie afnputa,ion of a toe
Fl. z CTossstt. Of Tomab. was working
abons a sawiny- machine recen " when
some part OF III gearing broke n I he en-
ne overturned upol M. Crossett, scllding
hun 10 death
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-03-22
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
Happenings in the Northwestern
States and Te- ritories

llLlNOlS.
Robert Caruthers, a celebrated base ball
ri cher. was married in Chic. go a few days
ago
The Cow of salt water at shelbyville,
strncS last snmmer, has been found 10 be
inexhaustibls. and the erection of salt
works Is contemplated
Charles Hermann. proprietor Of the
Sher nan House. a German resort at Spring.
Ii Id, committed su eide few days ago
For some time past he had been drink
ing quite hard
young child OF C E shafer, a poultry
dealer at Tolono. fell mo a vessel filled
W Tn boiling water the other afternoon
and was scalded to death
Jacob and Henry Jackson, who have
lived IN Piatt Coun some thir y-four
years. claim TO have discovered gold and
silver in that and Cumberland counties
The Indianapolis, Decatur & Western
Railway Co hpany executed mortgage re-
Gently at Decatur for So 500, 900 on its
p operty 10 the Farmers Loan & Trust
Company. of New York
James ". Sykes, the well-known Chicago
warehous sman, was found guilty of issuing
fraudulent receipts recently and given
res years ut Joliet
General c. A. Gi'chrlst is surveying a
ronte for ne proposed canal to be built
along the linOis shore az Hamilto for the
purpose of securing water power with
watch TO operate mills and fac cries. IL liz
proposed 10 run he C NIL from pes Moines
rap DIS TO point below III Amilton.
Governor og esby has appointed Repre-
sentative A. X Lowry, of Mount Steri NJ,
to be public admins ,rator of Brown
County.
Near Ramsey few days ago the body of
John Tilton. aged thirty-five years, was
found in the woo Is near his hous :, where,
as circumstances seemed to show, he had
s. OF himself
The dining-car Oriental, belonging to the
Chicago & ton Railro d Company. was
hurn at Delavan the O.her evening. Loss,
$15.
Governor Oglesby has issued rroclama-
ton designating Friday, April -, as Arbor
d.,
The funeral of Daniel Wilkins, widely
known as pa " Williams" took place a
few days ago at Mol ne. Tue dece Use W s
N nety-nine We RS Old February II asst He
had three sons klel in the Union army
during the war He WIS walk ng about the
stress less than week before hs died
The golden Welding OF Mr. and Mrs Uri1h
Hair was celebrated a few days ago in Chi
clgo.
Miss Clara Barton. of the Red Cross Soci
ETY.. Washington. d. c.. called at the may
oI's office in Cdic go the other day on her
return from Mount Vernon, wnere she had
been since the dsas err MSS Bar on, who
has had n tiondl exporter c. IN charity
work, pronounced the ruin wrought bg the
Mount Vernon cy lone as the moss complete
ami disastrous she ha | ever seen
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CHAPTER XVII

as Natalie and Lydia were couversing
after their lunch. Dolores, who had gone 10
the window. called out;
Little mamma there is our steamer come
70 take US away. Come and look at it.
The two women, looking up, saw yacht
anchored OF the shore. Natalie instantly
exclaimed:
1t Is the .Samoyna-' Oh, I hope il has
come for Us. If 1t has, 1 shall go now at
once"
s.But. my dear child. it isn't possible to
start so quickly. Can't you wait until to-
morrow m0rnings"
mo, no OH no. Iprefer TO 60 now-I
mts.
Blanche soon appeared, saying that the
captain was waiting, and the ladies must
be ready 10 start by five o'clock sh1rp.n
s-DO You hca-, Lydiai' said Natalie tri-
Umpnau-Iy. There is no alternative. We
niast GO
livery thing IS ready, too. Madamoiselle, -
remarked Blanche .Medji is being taken
on board, and the sailors are soon coming
for the baggage
''Wel, Natalie" said Lydia with unusual
Eonp.ianec, II we must. we must. Only
shal be obliged Immediately TO 60 TO Desert
Rock and explain matters 70 the G9lnares,
znG send cur baggage down here
Precisely 1T ten minutes TO five o'clock the
entire party Natalie, Lydia, her aunt,
Dolores, Blanche and the servants-was at
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Iirated the tops o. cd Green and Newport
mountains. wa5se vast masses OF stone cut
OF the rays Of Ihc ruby hight from the shores
OF CrcIweIi'5 liarbOr.
Tne Yacht suddenly came into the full
glory OF the dying sun Fairfax had IN
consciously emerged from his shelter, and
now stood upon the rocks in open view, his
hands claspci behind him and his chin
sunk down upon his breast, gazing mourn
fully after the fast-receding vessel, upon
whose stern he could distinguish three fig
ures looking silently toward the vanishing
coast-One that Of a child. The others were
plainly Natalie and Lydia.
One Of them moved toward the cabin, but,
ere entering, turned. as by sudden uncon-
trollable impulse, and waved her handker-
chief toward Fairfax, disappearing quickly
down the paSSage-way.
Who was iti He could not distinguish.
He could only conjecture.
Twilight rapidly descended and darkness
began TO cover the land. The air grew
damp and chill, and the rising wind whistled
dismally through the pines. One by one the
lamps in the lighthouses were lit. The yacht
was speedily becoming a black. shapeless
figure against the horizon, and her lights
twinkled feebly over the rolling waters.
With lightning rapidity, the past was re-
viewing Itself through Fairfax's mind.
What had been donef And what had hap
penedi
Almost at this very hour, scarcely more
than q month ago, he had seen Natalie for
the first time in his life.
What had occurred in that periOdl
Nearly u hfe-time's history.
And what was the end!
His hopes, as a lover. were ruined. His
future still covered with the mists Of I'M
certainty that hung over il more heavily
than ever He was still poor. He owed an
en- 5rmOus sum. This sum he felt it his
sacred duty TO repay. And he must again
return to his lOwly and despised duties.
- And am the man to do it sSid he 10
himself. Il have learned one thing never
again TO take the reins Of fate in hand. II
1t is vet to be, il will be, and nothing l can
do viii change it. If It is not to be, / rest
content TO know that was once loved by
her"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-03-22

The State Board of Regents decided to IS
tqbiish a school of a9r culture in Connec-
ton wi h the State University.
The Best Brew ny Company, of Milwau-
kee, has pure ased n 500. 900 piece OF
groun in Bridge square. st. Paul, on VIII oh
it will build in the spring $500, 900 build
ing
IL the town OF Grass Lake rec emily a
farmer named Johnson, aged seventy
years. committed 81 eide hy blowing his
brains out with a mnsket. 10 leaves no
rel lives. Paul Pau sen, farmer III the
s me neighborhood, eighty-ive yeGrs Old,
living with his son, Ole Pdulsen, WIS found
hanging by a rope from beam in a shed
man named Emil Riehenberger. resi-
dent OF Wabasha died very suddenly while
at WORK in the woods a short distance south
OF here the other afternoon
Thomas d. Skiles, one of the known
business men of NJ nnsapois. died at his
home in that city few days ago
FIR nix Carrolton, an escaped convict
from Minnesota, was found working in
Chicago b r er-shop recently and turned
over 20 the Minnesot authori les
Retail merchants in St Paul are said to
be considerably agitated over the proposed
movement of the Clerks Association 10
bring suit against those who open their
places of bus ness on Sunday. The revised
statutes OF 1873 expressly provide that all
persons who rams set business on the first
Il of the wees snail be fined no. less taan
two dollars for esch fense-
Fifty pounds of dynamite explo led at the
great rock cu5 in Du nth the other after
noon, shaking buildings as much as a dozen
blocks distant, Tut causing no fatalities.
One lady was cut by broken glass
A fast mail is to be established over the
Chicago. Milwaukee ST. Paul road from
St Paul to Chicago
A fire in Gustava Heineman's dry-goods
and notion store I'm s. Paul the other night
did damage to the amount OF $50, 900;
fully insured.
Citizens League. having for its oil ect
the suppress on of the liquor traffic. has
been organized at Winnebago City with
fit Y m embers, all prominent tizenS
II omas Ketch c5, n young man, was
found dead G 9th day near Spruce Hill.
Douglas County He W s out hunt NJ, and
it was suppose that his gun was &C aident-
ally discharge d.
The associao on at Crookston for the SET
Element of the up T NJ ssissppi LEY
started the first 10. OF SO tiers u few days
ago
Willie We,ch. Willie Brennan and Jos 'ph
Tichm n, NJ me Ipol $ lads. were convicted
OF grand larc nv the other day AMI sent 20
the form scaool for three years.
Tie ocxade of the Northwestern rail-
rold L Ike Benton was raised the other
day, and thro Igh p ssenger traffic was re-
sulneI for the frst tine for nine DAYS
Parti IS hiving occas on to d g into the
gronnI found it froz> fully eight feet
deep
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the landing place Of Eld-Field. awaiting the
arrival u the boat from the ''Nsmovna-''
Some discussion had arisen as 70 the dis
posal Of Max But line from Fairfax 70
LYDIA sad.
do me the favor Of taking Max with YOU
Ihlvc once and for all given him to Dol
ores"
Fairfax had not appeared, and both girls
knew they would not see him No reference
was made 20 him IN the least
The boat came for its last load In silence
they stepped into Il, even little Dolores
making no remark Max seemed 70 feel
that he was leaving his mas.sr and hone.
In a f0rl0rn manner he took his stand in the
bow
As the boat left the shore a detected
looking figure quilted Glen Gore cottage
and slcyv.y walked 70 the shore From the
shelter OF the low growth OF trees near the
rock 4 stern, sad pair Of eyes observed the
boats progress toward the Yacht; watched
its party 60 on board: saw the water boil
when the ocrcw beean 70 revolve, and
viewed the yacht swing slowly around
and, with increasing speed, move toward
the open sea.
The sunset was magnificent and the sky,
toward the west, one mass Of flashing rcd
sHd gold-gorgeous beyond description. It
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TTo BE Continued
CASTLES IN The AIR.
Airy Fairy Structures I'm Whose Erection.
We Have All Taken Part.


We Have All Taken Part.
Who among US has not builded themi
Who, as the long, dull years have melted
into decades, and the silver threads among
his hair lit up the march of time has not
erected these dream-like, unsubstantial
palaces of fancy upon the dim, shadowy
corner lots of the imaginationl
And who ever resided in one of theml
Who would not, for the smallest of small
considerations, give a quit-claim deed for
all the reality and clean bill Of sale for the
weird and ghOstly structure, furniture and
all
And vet we all build castles in the air.
The little boy on his painful way to school,
with paper of tacks in one pocket and
q moath harmonica in the other, builds cas-
ties in the air.
The little girl, the wee toddlekins Of the
family. as she smoothes out the folds Of her
dolls pink calico dress, builds castles in the
air And the youth with the mustache-
three hairs on one side and seven on the
other vet to him heavier than a whitewash
brush erects these gaudy structures in the
Oriental style of architecture, with towers
and domes and spires and minarets; and
the maiden fair, first in war, first in peace
and first in the heart Of the aforesaid leav-
ily-bearded chevalier, she, 100, rears the
fairest Of beautiful fairies homes-al in the
AIR.
And the patient wife, humming the old
tunes e her childhood, and sewing the q5oth
button on the 'Stal shirt, builds large and
imposing castles &c DE air. And the young
husband who isis 20 be-or, for some time
back. has been, erects these glittering frag-
mentary edifices on the foundations Of love
or on the shifting sands Of defeated anbi-
ton
Castles IN the air, which of all edifces are
the easies. built and the hardest 20 pull
down magic cities Of the realms OF Gay
dreams, Illuminated by the dazzling light Ct
HOPE. Call not their architects the de-
voices OF visionary schemes. Hope shines
through all the corridors Of these castles in
the air, and sheds its beams far out on the
rugged pathway Of life. But for these airy
fairy castles in the air Ambitions hand
might palsied fall, and all the fires Of
st-png impeiuous youth die out 10 smolder.
ing embers Of dead, forgotten past = szas
SJisHgG
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INTANGIBLE


Patiently over tho road we fare.
Intent O. the end wee win;
There's . h.nt OF frost IN the misty ar,
And the isht Is closing IN
but vague ana f4r from the nlufl1d past
Cones q tender haunting tone.
And We Gasp the SKIRTS OF . memory fast
From the land Of our morning blown
It's faint sweet sound Of q linking bell
Over the pastures borne;
T S the Lanai low bIcat on the lonesome fell;
rs rustic amid the CO n:
The scud and rush Of the squirrels tread
Parting the wlthered leaves.
Or the JwltIer OF swallows overhead
In the dusk Of TIE cottage caves.
And once agaln We are boys sud girls
In round OF school and play.
With a mothers hand on our tangled curis,
When we kneel "a her lap 70 pray.
No hing We recll Of the ring % gold,
Nor the fl-l ~ the dice On Change,
For the beautiful story IS ell untold.
And the world Jet new and strange
And To- instead OF the masks We wear
In the throngs We meet to-day.
Instead Of the shoulders bowed 10 bear.
and the eyes no longer gay,
Our Cheeks o e gu els " Ia the sudden flush.
We are eager for wOrz and strife,
And never 9 sorrow has come 70 hush
Our Jubi4aat pulse OF life.
We sometimes catch in the crowded street
A dc-rTet name we knew.
Ere the dance had gone from the childish feet
Or we'd gathered spr-g OF rue.
7 5 somebody else who claims u now.
Bat the spell OF the O.G-tiue tone
Br-ngs Unawares unto p sui brow
Tue light OF another zone.
Farius apace 10 the end-'tis true,
Yet ever behind US les
The shIumering pearl and the fathOmless blue
o. the lucent morning skies.
Ard the wealth We prize IS nrst and best
Is wealth no SCI les can weigh,
FOL IT'S not u The East, and not in the West,
And not on the earth to-day.
II e Srnrater
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IOWA.

plain marble slaD has been placed in
the Flst Methodist Episcopal Church Of
Sioux City, lie r.ng the following inscrip-
ton, sun ounded by d wreath: A martyrs
crown was given r v George C. Haddoek,
pastor of this church. who was assess mated
on the street of this ely by par of brew
ers and saloon keepers on The nigat of the
81 of August, 1856. t. ey having conspired
TO murder him because he was eng ged
vi other law abiding citizens in enforc-
ing the prohibhory quor laws of the State.
Born J nuary %. 1881; murdered August
3. 1886 "
Clerk of the Court Leech, of Davis Coun-
ty, was recently susp nded by the judge
fer chronic intox cation
J. d. Pringle, citizen OF Rchland, fell
&c "a in field the o.her day from heart
di eise.
Great activity was recently reported in
the repair shops of the Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railroad Comp ny in Dubuque All
the men procurable were being hired to re-
pair cars, and Dubuque is hereafter to lie
made an important station for this class or
work
Tbs new Pottawattamie County court
house was dedicated at Council Bluffs re-
Gently. The building is of stone, four
stories high and cost $ls5. 900
In the Carroll County 4 - circuit court
oil Mount CtrgoI recently Judge r chard $.
1u hill, OF Oh cago, sentenced Albert A.
Spalding, of Fort NJ dison, this State, ar
rested Mt Sav innah, Ill, for big amy. to pay
a fine of fifty dollars and TO serve three
years in the p Tertiary
The State Supreme Count hos decided
that il is not a crime und the law to give
a drink OF intoxicating liquor to man if
he is not minor or in the habit of getting
in OK Gated
In the case of Chase Fgalnst the Burling-
ton. Cedar r ,pids 4 Nor ohern Railway Com
pany. tried at Moniezuma. $40. 500 dam
;g Were aw rdei Chase a few days ago.
He was injured while swi ching.
The Eight-Hour law with ten hours pay)
in loo Il labor circles at Sioux City, such as
onemasons, brick-layers, carpenters, etc.
by the decision OF the Trades Union went
into effect few Us ago.
A two-year- old son of John S. Black, cash
Ter of the States Savings b nix az Creston,
died the other afternoon from the effect of
drinking a solution of concen' rated I've.
In the case of Wells and Champla!n,
charged with assaulting Miles Sweeney of
Dui uQue, knocking hun off a moving p s.
senger train and robbing m of ST, 900,
the jury at Manchester, where the case WIS
tried, returned a verI.ct the other day of
ncquittaL
The trial at Davenport Of Toby Alexan-
der tcoloredD for murder was closed the
OF er day. the jury returning veri ct of
mans aughter
The last wholesale liquor store in Sioux
City moved lis stock few d Us ago to
Covington. Neb.. which is on the opposite
shore of the Missouri YER
After fl days of diff work the Gals
son OF the third pier OF he raiiro I'd bridge
rea be It's foundation the other Dig. Tue
caisson weighs X thousand tons AMI the
foundation is one hun Ire1 feet Le.ow the
DO tom of the river
The Julien House one of the leading
no els N Dubuque, was recently sold 10 +.
D. Scout for about $4,000
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That's Louvaitr' calculated Leroi, and
thereupOn wrote q message that ran as fol
lows
sChief Of Police, Bar HarbOr. Ne.
ARREST escaped Iunatic arriving SapphO,
Vestlbulc express Here followed a de-
scription Of his person, mIch as given BY the
engineer Of 30
Leroi or. cd AZ the Ferry Just half hour
after the pho lad eft The little steamer
Electra la % waiting for HIM
Now as q Louvait- That willy individual
certainly G.dn propose being caught in any
such trap Is he hid set so successfully for
Leroi As the Sappho approached the wharf
he cautiously reconnoitred the LAY Of the
land
The tide was low. Passengers all landed
from the upper deck. At the end Of the
GAM plank stood the usual band OF porters
and hdclzmen. reinforced he had no doubt,
by several policemen IN readiness TO pOunce
upon HIM
Inc boat lay snugly against the wharf
From her lower deck he could easily touch
the cross beams that supported the flooring
Of the wharf above Already the passen-
gers were preparing 10 land, and. with the
deck hands and officials. were congregated
on the forward deck, but unfortunately for
I.oUvait. Just where they could see him
should he attempt to land by way Of the
wharf. He went 10 the other side Nothing
could be achieved there. Already the pas
sengers were fling OF II those policemen
and Louvait was right, they Cerc watch
ing for HIM on tine wharf should not dis
cover him among the passengers they would
search the steamer.
s.NOgy. or ucverr' quOth LO1vait
Taking a small phial out Of his valise, he
went to the side Of the boat opposite the
wharf Calling to the engineer, he asked
him for q match. and, while lighting a
cigarette, pretended accidentally to drop
the phial watch was thus shivered 10 atoms
and the contents spilled all over the deck
Stimulating great perturbation, LOuvait
also dropped h.s lighted match and cigar
cite. In an instant a tremendous sheet Of
flame arose and envciOped that side Of the
boat. Both he and the engineer yelled:
Fire! fire.. and every body came rushing
around TO discover the cause of the cutlery.
LOuvait In the general excitement es-
capped, pulled of his false beard and other
di- guIses, and observing that the universal
attention was directed toward the fire.
lightly swung himself up by the nearest
cross beam. Then, hand over hand, he drew
himself the entire length Of the long wharf,
occasionally resting, until he gained the
rocks, upon which be dropped gasp.ng. but
triumphant, for no one had seen him
The policemen were now anx.ousIy search
ing the wharf and steamer. But he was
safe He had beaten Leroi again. The
coast was clear; the field his own. Now TO
business.