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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-23
FROM WASHINGTON.

TIE Secretary Of STATE was on the 18th
officially advised OF the appointment By the
German Government OF Count Arco Valley
as Minist 70 the United atez
ADvIcEs Of tie 18th say hat the tariff
bill prepared by the majority OF the WAYS
and Means Committee reduces the Re venue
by about $50. OO0. 0OO-n-arly one half of
il by the repeal OF the tobacco tax
TIE Fisheries Commissioners finished
their laJors on the 18Th and gned o
treaty in which all concurred Its conten ?
were no. made public
THEEE were 236 business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 18th, against 237 the previous seven
DAYS
AT twenty-six leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during Inc
week endal on the Isl aggregated
$50. 3D.. 273. against 1919, 459. 773 the
previous week As compared with tn CORE
spOnding week OF 1857 The decrease
amounted TO 10 : per cent
IT W. estimas Ell on the 18th that the
Government had e-n defrauGe on of -, :
OO0, 600 by the Illicit traffic in op UNI
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TIMES ARE CHANGED.
"PernIcious Activity New and n Fel
Short Months Ago.

"PernIcious Activity" New and = Few
Short Months Ago.
The Mail notices with regret that
Federal office-holders took an active
part in the work of setting up delega-
tons TO the Pennsylvania Democratic
cOmmittee-cOnveniiO which tcm-
porarily laid out Mr.. Randall. Indeed.
il seemed TO be an office-holder's cam
paign. In tile days of Republican
supremacy. when. according to Demo-
Gratis. politics were ''corrupt." it was
deemed in bad form for oflice-holders
to have any voice in the choice of del
egations or to do any thing toward
shaping the policy of the party. Per-
nicious activity in politics on the part
of the servants of the Government was
considered almost criminal and the
failure of the class mentioned - keep
away from primaries, committees and
conventions offended the nice sense of
propriety Of a great many good peo-
pie. Ii was one of the rocks upon
which the grand old party split
Now. to have Democratic ofiice-hold-
EAS pa Ntt1iiiS AiA1 " JcttAOilapAt AiNth-
DDS of their predecessors, and finding
favor by so doing in the eyes of the
mugwumps. IS very disheartening.
Times have changed. Formerly indie
pendence of party dictation was COM
mendable. and for Federal oflice-hOld-
ers TO exercise an influence, however
gentle, for the maintainane CT party
discipline. was dangerous tyranny.
Now criticism of Democratic adminis-
tratiye methods by Democrats is base
treason. and President Cleveland is re-
ceiving only praise from the party
organs AID mugwump writers for his
courage and great good sense in crush
ing Instruction by the employment Of
identically the same agencies that
were exceedingly reprehensible only a
few short months ago. Chicago Mail.
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NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
Happenings In the Northwestern
States and Territories


Chicago judge recently received let
ter from citizen of Virginia, aged eighty
three yeas, in which he asked decree OF
divorce 10 be sent TO him, C. q. D., Offering
70 pay twenty dollars for it
The CsrIni Oil-wel story. il is said, was
I got up by three sharpers who invented the
story. had ii sent 20 Pittsburgh. and cleared
SIS. 900 by buying oil on the break the
fable caused
In a dispute at Centerville the other
night james Mounce shot and killed Adam
Spear. The murderer was arrested
Henry Case. young farmer living near
Fairmount, was killed few dsys ago while
driv NJ across the railroad track
The Chicago, Hinsdale & Southern Rail
way Company. with a cpital stock OF
$500, 900, for the purpose of constructing
q railroad from Chicago TO Shawneetown,
has been Incorporated
Philip and Catherine Petrie, two OF Chi
cago's early settlers celebrated their golden
wedding few days ago
The four year-old daughter of Richard
G5ddls. OF Wapella. was burned TO death
the other night, her clothes catching fire
from burning paper
Strawberries were in the Chicago market
q few days ago, but of rather poor quality.
They were sold at from one dollar TO two
dollars per quart
DR. Van r Clark fell from a stable-loft
the other morn ng at Shelbyville and sus-
tanned fatal injuries
A keg OF blasting powder exploded in
camp of laborers near Mackinaw the other
night, and Robert McCornish WIS fatally in
lured and Joseph Knight and Thurston
Smith were dreadiully burned
Mr.. snd Mrs Jacob Beck celebrated their
gol d, we, ding at their residence in Hills
boro few evenings ago, a large number OF
guests be ng present
Mrs. Zsrwikh, of Lines one, was poi
soned recently by drinking cup OF lye by
mistake for wine.
John Trunmel, of Saybrook, was robbed
Of S400 by foot-pads few nights ago.
Mr. and Mrs Robert McCulah died at
Greenville the other night within an hour
aud q half Of each other, of pneumonia
g. W. Guthrie. a wealthy farmer living
near Msrisl, s.. Clair County, was shot TO
death be other morning while attempting
to resist the reid Of a desperate burglar
Harriet Thompson. a colored woman 1O2
years old, died at the county hospital in
Chic go recently Every body knew her as
Aun.ie Thompson She was a slave for
seyenty-fiye years.
Mr. hllsdale, OF Chicago. yardmqster of
the Chicago & Northwestern railway, re
Gently found his eleven-year-o son who
ron away seventeen months ago, in
Sturgeon Bay. Wis, where he had been
adopted by Mr. Dem Wilton
Mrs Shelley, the wife of a farmer living
at St Marie, took aim with what she sup
posed was an empty musket recently at
Edward Dugy and pulled the trigger The
u-aa 1r-i aH n hrt.. ofan 4
upper portion of the victims head was
blown of
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The circular charged tie colored
people with murier-a young white
man having been killed in an affray
by black man few days before
and contained the following:
Driven by no sudden passion or blind i'm
pulse, but aetuated by a firm and deliberate
sense Of the duty We owe 10 ourselves and TO
our race, we hereby warn the negroes that IL
any one OF the race attempts 10 run Tor office
IN the approaching nun cipal election he does
SO At h 5 supremest peril; and we further warn
any and all negroes Of this city against at
tempt ng at their utmost hazard by vote or
influence. 10 foist on US again this black aud
damnabIe machine misealled government OF
cur city.
This was in red ink and meant
murder.
There was a good deal of this litera-
ture. and the colored people submitted
in resolutions as follows:
WHEREAS. The oolored people have been re-
lisbly Informed that the Democrat Club or
Committee OF jackson have invited Democrats
from various other places and adjoining coun-
ties 10 be here election day FOR a purpose OF
preventing the colored voters from voting or
participating in the CITY election next Monday,
January >, 1873; therefore be II
P>s0irsd, That in the interest Of peace and
harmony and the protection OF life and prop
tTty, tl'' eolored people refrain from voting OF
in any W. participating in said election
Resoic q TuTfhsr. That thc colored candidates
for Aldermen are here by thdrawn
ELIJAH ROBINsOS. Chairman
III. T. FISHER. Secretary"
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LATER

Gen. BRAGG, Mi lister to Mexico, departed
TO- mis- post ON tie 2lst.
FARGO, d. l., on the 21st sent a carload
flour t. the Mt. ernon cyclone sufferers.
a fire at Minneapols on the 2lst caused q
loss Of $4,000.
o, the 2lst, advices Z ON Berlin announc-
ed that t German Grown Prin was in
such a crit cal condition that his death
might be xpected.any hour
On the 2lst President Clevelaui left
Washington for florida, accompanied by
Ms. CT veland, Sec etary and Mrs. Whit
ney nd Col. and Mrs. u. 5. Lamont.
On tn 2lst ]. f Marden, an employment
a ent abscondse from Ashland, Wis.
The special onnmittee appointed to In
vestigate the Government printing Office
be d it first session on the 2ls'.
Oh the 2lst, an entire business block was
burned at Hollani, n. Y. Loss about
g. COO
A SUDDEN rise in the Kansas river at
Lawrence, Kan, on the 2ist, caused dam
age TO the exten: of 2a,oO0.
THs Fishery Treaty and the Pr $ dents
letter to the Senate were given to the public
On the 2lst and it was announced that a
majority of the Senass favor the discuss on
of the treaty with open doors before being
ra,.aed by that body.
NlcuAyL KINGSLEY. Jr., age eighteen,
shot and fatally wounded his fasaer on the
2ist in Chi ago, curing family quarrel
1HE DAKOTA supreme Court on tie > st
deci led the local opti.n test cases sgsinst
the liquor dealers aid pronouncei the law
valid sni eonst,tut onsl
Ok the 2ist several att Ichnrnts Tor debt
were issued aga nst the Manka.o, MIMI,
z works.
internal revenue rscsipts for tbs FIRST
S ven mont OF tn fiscal year increased
$4,000 over the sans time last year.
A DISPATCH from Pittsbury, Pa. o. the
slst. states that the firm OF Graf, Bennett
& Co. iron manufacturers. have failcd for
from si,0e COO 10 sl,sD0.o0o. The sec red
liabilities are over sGo0,oo0 and the uuse-
cured over $4,000, while the assets are
supposed 10 be less than sSoo,0oo r. II.
Miller is the assignee.
The dry goods section Of tie Toronto
Board Of Ira he passed resolutions declaring
thst pros isious OF the extradition trsary
b: ween the United States ard Canada
should he extended to incln . the cases Of
absorbing fraudulent debtors
GsoEoE II. caRiIss. the eminent mechan-
ical engineer sna manufacturer. and inven-
Tor Of the Corliss engine. died q Preyi-
6ence r l.. on the slss.
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wESr ANn souTH.

TIRES boys while saa.sng on the ID $
peres river. in South - Iouis. on the
Is troke through the ice ami were
drowned
ArDeil Rapids. d T.. IRE on the 18Th
destroyed eleven buildings including seven
stores and two holes
TIE nrm Of John A. Dushane 4 Co,
wholesale paper dealers at Baltimore, Md
failed on tie 18Th Tor sod. 0,t0
DISPUTE having arisen ovea. the birth
place Of General PHI sheridan. his mother
stated on fhe l6sh tsst he WIS born il
Somerset. O. March 8. 1881
At Wheeling. ". "a. state Lesgue OF
Republican clats was organized on tie
18Th.
AT ths session Of the Wisconsin @ A R &C
aawankes en- the I6th 4 Q. Yeisse-t q
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-23

AMONG the deaths reported recently
at the BlOckley almshOuse, in Phila-
delphia. was that of Henry c. Spsld-
ing, whose name Is familiar as the in
ventor of "Spaldins's glue" Mr..
Spalding was born in Vermont in 1925.
He went to Philadelphia and invented
q special kind Of coach varnish. a
waterproof fluid for lining SKIS and
barrels. and several Othet Things OF
considerable commercial value. He
was ut one time worth $50 900. but be
could not stand prosperity, and he
went down. owing to his incorporate
h IIis
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-23

The time of thinking has been esti-
mated with some interesting results:
1t takes about One-tenth Of a second to
see color. OHe-seventh second 10 see
a word. Ii takes longer TO see some
letters and words than others. A word
can be named in One-tenth second.
whereas One-third second Is needed TO
name a color II takes about two
u in which well-knOwn town Is sit
uated; one-haif second 10 say which of
two eminent men IS thought TO be the
greater
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-23
BRITISH OEsTITuTIoN.
Seven Hundred Thousand Farm Labor
crs U4able to Find Work.

LONDON, Feb. 2I-In The House of Com
mons yesterday Chaplin, Minister of Agri-
culture. said that the loss to the
turner's by deficient agricultural values
WIS $40, 600, 900 in 1855 and $50. O00,-
900 now. Many thousand acres OF land
had been permitted 10 go out of cultiva-
ton, and there had been a great decrease
in the number OF cattle and sheep in the
country Reliable estimates showed that
th,re were 1000 agricul ural laborers
unemp'oy d. and that those working were
receiving greatly reduced wages Govern
ment asked a bill founding department OF
agriculture.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-23

IL Florida aud Georgia are vast shell
mounds. which are the. refuse of the
feasts Of the prehistoric races. In
them are found implements. bones
and skulls. A micruscopical examina-
ton Of the teeth in the skulls has been
made and Mr.. White has reported to
the English chronological society the
finding IF traces of vegetables. fruit
feathers. scrlps Of wool and bits Of
e.lrtilage Evidently food was largely
pa-iaken Of ia the raw state aud torn
in pieces with finSers and teeth. DR.
Brintan says No have no right 70 cali
those .sl,ows me1. but animals.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-23
HE DEMOCRATIC WAY.


why the COiared People Of Jackson, Miss.
Withdrew Their Ticket.
The true inwardaess of the trouble
between the Democrats ana the colored
voters Of Jackson. Miss, which has
caused so much excitement throughout
the country. has just come to light
When the regular Democratic ticket
was nominated in Jack on a commit
tee Of cue hundred was appointed
to see that it was elected. and this
committee adopted the following reso-
lutions:
WHEREAS. This convention having received
the assurance that hereafter no negro alder
men or negro policemen viii be a part OF the
city government AID that in the election 70 be
held Monday next none but white men viii
vote. the negroes having voluntarily agreed TO
say away nom the polls. therefore. oe IL
Rsso'red That the Democracy OF the city OF
JACKSON pledges itself that so far as il can
govern the election it shall be fairly and peace
obly conducted
That was 10 say that if black Repub-
licans kept away from the polls they
would not be killed.
A circular was printed in blood-red
ink and scattered December p, bear
ing this device:
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IOWA.


Railroad Commissioner Coffin saws tn al
6fty-four brakemen were killed and twelve
manned for life in the State during Decem-
Der
W. Z. Jones' dry-goods' store at Storm
Lake was burned the other night Loss.
81 900; insurance. $4,000
TIE fret shipment of dressed beef from
Sioux City wss made a few days ago. The
Slberhorn Packing Company sent a car
load TO Birmingham, Ala
The Grddy House, a large fiame struetur
at Iowa City. was burned the other alter
noon Loss, So. 600; fully insured
The Minnesota 4 Northwestern railroad
announces sixty five per cen. reduction
in rates from Dubuque 20 Des Moines and
! other Western points
Tie residence OF Henry Price ut Des
Moines was burned the other morning
Loss. $4,000; insurance, $4,000
Frank Walyer, a carriage maker at Des
MONIES hung himself recently. He was SUI
/ iecr to tits He leaves 4 family.
| At Dubuque few days ego Barney Ken
needy, twice convicted OF wife-murder, was
| sentenced TO be hanged March l, 1889.
| Seneca Morgan, a well-Anown citizen liv-
/ ing near Hamburg. was found dead in his
yard recently with the back of his head
! beaten in He was bachelor and live !;
acne The cause Of his death was a mys-
/ terry
! The Mueller & Ascherman Manufacturing
| Company Of Davenport, max rs OF washing
machines. failed recently for S33, 600
! James Gilmore. young farmer who
( lived near Ham burg, was tramp. ed to death
| by team Of mules a few days ago
/ John A Berg, a farmer of Winnebago
/ ha Nd
I frozen to death
Edward Latham, one OF theponcers OF
Boone County, died few days ago He
ssttled there before Iowa WIS a State.
/ John Schar. who kept a saloon near Du-
/ buque committed suicide the other even
/ ing by swallowing arsenc in gi IS Of
/ beer. No caus WAS ass gned for The act
/ Chris Reiner, a well-known farmer aged
| thirty-seven years, living in Blue Grass
/ township, Scott County, hung himself in
his barn the other morning. Unrequited
| love was the cause.
| Smallpox was raging a few days ago near
MiEchelyille. The health authorities pro-
nounced it of mid form
Governor Larrabee has appointed County
Attorney Henry Howat of Clinton, to be
Judge OF the Seventh Jud cial district, to
/ fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Judge A. J. LeffingwelL
Brewery drivers were arrested at Sioux
1 City the other d Y. TO hinder Illicit traffic.
the law against common carriers beng in
/ yoked
The Business Mems Association of Musca-
tine is looking into the matter of beet
sugar. The so is regarded as par icularly
| good for beet raising, and company is said
| 10 be ready to invest 800 600 in the en-
terprise. Il is also proposed to ask Con-
gress for an experimental station similar to
that in Kansas.
The state Assembly, K OF l., in session
recently at Des Moines, elected w. T.
Wright, OF 0sIaloosa. Master Workman
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-23

Mn AND MRs. JAMES o. ROBINSON
are solid citizens of Charlestown. Mass.
They have been married fifty years;
NJ. Robinson weighs 278 pounds. Mrs.
Robinson weighs 22j, and of their sew
en- living children none weighs less
than 200 pounds.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-23

ALBUQUERQUE. n. NJ, Feh. 20 The loss
of stock in tie Navajo country alone dur
ing the severe storms of this winter IS
placed at $4,000 head by reliable authori-
ties This section lies partly in Central
New Mexico and Arizona, and the snow
storms have been of an Unprecedented Sc
verify The snow is now mostly melted,
and stock is improving.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-23

HERE is n most remarkable ALTER
alive coincidence: An Englishman
named John Haight, who lives at
Haight. Carroll County. Md. will be
lightweight years old the eighth day
Of the eight month (Augnstl. 1888
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WISCONSIN.


Judge Burnett. at Green Bay. decided a
I few days ago that the directors of Strong's
Bank, or those who acted as such. are liable
for the amount of dividends they voted
Helm Meyers stave mill. with contents.
was burned at NeilsviIle early the other
| morning Loss, $40, 600; insurance, So. 600
George Hernunan, pioneer farmer, living
near New Lisbon, aged Sky years, died
recently from the effects of a kick in the
abdomen by horse.
Ten business buildings in the village of
Deerheld were destroyed by fire the other
night Loss, go. 600; insurance. 81, GOO
AL the village records were Destroyed
Two wildcats were recently killed in
N rat5on County. Both were nearly
starved to death One had attacked por
cupine and its body was full Of quills
Milwaukee County recently had nine
hundred families on the poor list, which
WIS larger than was ever before known in
the history of the county From eight hun
bred to eleven hundred pounds of meat
were given out daily.
Erhardt Kick fell into a vat OF hot water
at a brewery in Chiffon the other day and
was scalded to death
TIE farmers convention at its recent
session in Madison, Endorsed the practice Of
Gekorning cattle
Janes H. ylrdlsy, who disappeared from
hlw@u three years tgo with 80. 900 OF
his wife's oney was found and arrested
recently in louisville. Ky., where he was
about 70 marry again
Charles Oierholz aged twenty-one years,
fell into of boiling hot wa.er in his
fathers Lrewery at Black r yer Falls a
few DAYS ago and was ia ally sclided
The winter wheat around Eau Claire
shows healthy growth, Ow ng to its pro
lection by heavy covering of snow. The
acreage is somewhat larger than usual
Peter LabasSi. of Medford. committed
suicide recently three hours before the
time announced for ais wedding
Judgments aEgreg ting S2o3, 449 were
entered rp a few days ago in the circuit
court "a Ashland sgiinst the defunct lum-
Der finn OF Reid & Maxwell
Al Beloit few evenings ago the fountain
Mrs John r. Adams. OF Chicago. gave TO
that city IS a memorial of her father. he
lat Hon John Hsckstt. was formally pre-
sented with appropriate exercises
Prof Blaisiell of Beloia. has sent 10 the
Mount Vernon librsry book which once
belon ed to George Washington Il is a
copy Of Erskine's -ylew Of the War and
has on the fiy-leaf an autograph note from
the author to General Washington The
book was found by Beloit boy in q de-
serted Virginia cabin in 1881
The merchants of New Richmond are
subscribing 10 erect , Young Mems Chris
tian Association building
Captain Burage b Downs, pioneer. who
built one Of the first saw-milis in ths Chip
pewa valley in Is47. died suddenly at En-
Claire few days ago, aged seventy-tye
years
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-23

MRs- MATHSER. Of Texarkana. Ark.
hid $500 in the stove 10 prevent the
burglars getting it, and next morning
built ire without taking out the
money. Her husband is excused BY
all the neighbors for his swearing.
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Stories of Terrible Suffering in the Far
North of Canada.

ST PAUL m. Feb II "A dispatch
from VIM peg gives reports of the terrible
distress among the Indians in the Far
North. Rev. " s Pendiove, missionary.
has reached Winnipeg from north OF Mao
kenze river, where he has been for
nine years lis journey down took nearly
three months Prom Peace river he heard
OF cas- 3 where Indians had died OF starva-
ton and had then been eaten by their CON-
rades Deer have been sc rec for the last
two years There is much feeling because
tue Government in Ottawa has taken no no.
tice Of the destitutton of these Indiana
which has been repeatedly brought TO it,
attention
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NEW YORK, Feb ga s Barnes. the
well-known Look publisher of the firm OF
A : B4rnes & Co. of this city, died al bis
residence, No SO St Marks avenue. Brook
lyn. Frid.y night Mr. Barnes was the
founder and nior member of the book
publishing firm OF A S. Barnes & Co, OF
New York and Chicago He was born al
New Haven, Conn. nuary -, 1917
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EngIa as Blizzard.

LONDON, Feb. 21-An unusually large
amount OF snow hi 5 fallen in the North OF
England Railroad affis is seriously de-
Iayel A nu siber OF trains are showed up
and much discomfort has been experienced
by pas eng rs Farinsteads and thous ands
OF sheen are buried In The snow. 4 few per
sons have died from exposure. The storm
Is general throughout the country.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-23

A SIOUx squaw at Colonel Cody's
Wild West camp il London gave birth
10 daughter a few days AGO. This Is
the first Indian child ever born III En-
gland. The infant has been named
Frances Victoria Alexandria. in honor
of Mrs. Cleveland. Queen Victoria and
the Princess Of Wales.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-23

MANY persons use the phrase "in a
trice'' who have no conception Of its
meaning A trice Is the sixtieth part
of second of time. The hour is
divided into sixty minutes. the min
utes into sixty seconds and the seconds
into sixty trices or thirds.
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AMI SaInnn R.ral. I,lirsans-

NEW YORK. Feb. 2O.-The Ant 5 loon Re
puolc Ms National COMMITTEES have issued
q call for National conference 20 be held
in this city April Is and 10 next Its Pur-
pose is st ted 70 be: : To assure nd signal
lie the complete withdrawal OF the Nation
al Republican party from all completely
with the saloon infamy and 10 emphasize
its positive antagonism thereof