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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

TIT C0ugr. Ssioadl Record for the
last session reached the 23Sd number
and fills over ten Thousand pages Each
page, closely printed. contains 1.SO0
words. Ten thousand times this num-
Der make 100000 words. which. il
read at the rate of POO words minute.
would take $4,000 minutes Of time.
equal 10 Leo hours. or nearly 200
working days at eight hours each.
This is the unfinished record of a
single session. The short session has
vet to come. and the average long seS-
sion makes record easily reaching
II. Coz. ono words.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

PHEBE WINSLow. Of WestpOrt. Me,
rowed small dory fifteen miles to
Bath, collared a mild. hammered wild
over. marched him to the clerks Of
flee. and had their Intention uf mar
riage published ia the clerks book
This done, the gentle Phebc-who Of
course is a widow entered her dory
and rowed back home. quite well sat
isi.cd with her days work
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01
A FIGHTING MUSKRAT.
How the Little Brute Attacked "a Hunter
who Pursued 1t.

who Pursued 1t.
A number of years ago. while | was
hunting muskrats in a marsh on Long
Island Sound, there being several feet
Of snow on the ground, | CHANGED to
get myself in between one OF these an
imals and his burrow, which hap
pened to be the only means. beyond his
running away from me. that presented
itself for his escape. He took in the
situation at glance, aud | was curious
to see what he would do about il.
Imagine my surprise when ne started
TO come down for me as fast as his legs
could carry him, and in few moments
he was too close for rue to shoot
without tearing his beautiful pelt all
to shreds, for | at once saw that he
was an unusually handsome specimen.
and to thus spoil him would be "a greet
shame. When within about a yard of me,
and his eyes actually flashing out their
meaning at his thus being cornered.
be, without moments hesitation,
made a spring at me and landed on the
top of one OF my leather shooting boots.
PAIR that came aAoVe my knees; IN
an instant he commenced tearing away
with his teeth at a great rate. but be-
tore he had bitten any thing but my
boot | grabbed him at the back Of his
neck, and between throttling him and
humping his head against the heel of
my gun, he was rendered lifeless. This
formed the only case OF muskrat at
lacking man that has ever come to
me. and in this particular instance !
admired the little brute's bravery all
the more after found that he pos
sessed but three legs. one of them hav-
ing long since been amputated high
up. probably in a steel trap, but the
stump was perfect, and he had the
blacklist hair Of any muskrat l ever
saw. Forest aud Stream.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

SENATOR STANFORD. just returned
from Europe. says he thinks that he has
picked up abroad art treasures that viii
make his new university museum the
finest in the country. e Il was my in
tentiOn. says The Senator, to have
the-uniyersity opened next May on the
twenty-tirst anniversary 81 my son :
birth. A. this seems impossible, ! can
not say when il viii be opened. The
more I see 81 life abroad. the more
am cOnviuce3 that such seat of learn
ing a l hone 70 establish in Cali
fornia will prove a great blessing 70
this free country.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

Cleveland challenges the protected in
dustries of the country ito fight OF
determination. 1t is not Mr.. Cleye-
lands fight 1t is only the battle OF
the Southern nullifiers, begun more
than fifty years ago, a contest which
the bloody rebellion only punctuated
with truce.
Let the fight go on; in Gods name
let it be fought to finish no0!-AL
bdaV IN. " Journal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

II is said a Boston barber. after
sixty years Of steady work at his trade.
has retired from business In his long
and useful career he has shaved about
.O0,OuO men. cut the hair of over poo
40. and has probably made 327, OOO.-
0o0. 900. 90. 900. 0O0 statements per
tanning To the weather. prize fights and
b:tsss-bsrll
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

Is the United States Supreme Court
the other day Chief-Justice Fuller
rendered his first decision. maintain
ing that the State Of Pennsylvania has
no right to collect tax upon Western
Union telegraphic messages when not
confined wholly 10 the Sfnfe-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

AcCoRDISa q careful calculations mfde
~ British clergyman Of note and Just
published, PrOtestaHts have increased dur
ing the last hundred years from g. ,0O0, 600
70 154, 000.OO0, or nearly fOur-fold. Roman
Catholics. during the same period, have in.
,reased from 100000 10 1es,Oo0. 600. or
.yxo-foid The Greek Church, during sha
,artury, has increased from 10000 e
10000, also two-foid.
ACCORDING 20 statistics furnished re
War Department at Washington. the fea.
owing IS the latest horse census Russia.
2 $1,000 horses; America. eysoo. 90. she
Argentine Republic. 100000, Australia. 4.
10000; Germany. S,S5a.ooo. France. q.
O0,000 and 10000 mules: England. Ito.
90 hcrses: Canada. 2.62z. 900. Spaip. GO 600
hSrses and 2,s00.oo0 mules. Itaiy. a0o. zoo
aorses; Belgium, 81. o09. Denmark. ale..
100; Austria. 30i,0oo; Holland, l2s.0oo. ana
Portugal, $500 hOrses and $4,000 males.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

AMOS ROBBINS. Of Brooklyn. v Y,
i dead. HIS claim 10 fame rests on the
fact that he made an immense fortune
in the poultry business. and that dur
ing the war he sent the Union soldiers
5000 in money and $4,000 turkeys to
celebrate one Thanksgiving Dav with
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

WHILE republics are uugrateful. it
can be truthfully said that there are
American doctors who are not The
refusal of d.. William Pepper TO re-
ceiye any fee for his attendance upon
General Sheridan during the latter's
fatal illness is a delicate and graceful
tribute To the memory Of an American
hero. As il Is a fact that the widow If
General Sheridan i in Strengthened
circumstances
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

EDWARD ATKINSON. the Boston econ
Umist, says that y New England
genius has discovered a cheap method
81 dissolviug zinc, and that the fluid.
when applied to certain kinds Of woods,
will make them iireproof
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


A peculiar phenomenon took place at the
lumber yards of Sawyer & Austin in La
Crosse recently. A shower of partly
pulverized corn and husks fell all about
the office and over part of the yard. The
men said the fine particles were very thick
in the air, and could be seen upward as
far as the eye could reach through the
cloud. The reporter saw the ground
strewn with fragments, some of them be-
ing of considerable size. No theory could
be given TO account for the strange occur
renee by any one who saw il.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

ALrrTLE sheet Of note paper. con
tanning less than half a square foot of
surface. has marvellous capacity
BY means Of such sheet young men
have succeeded frequently in sending
len thousand or more kisses safely
through the mails. sometimes con-
siderable distance, TO persons who were
waiting for them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01
A Museum of Freaks.

Walter Williams, of Dodgeville, has col
lected quite a museum OF animal freaks
He is still in possession Of his six-legged
calf, and in addition he now has fine
hog which has but three legs aud one
shoulder; a nice shepherd dog with but
two legs, and a lively full-grown chicken
with four legs, and he is now in search of
a cat with three tails, aud bull frog with
two main spr ,ngs in its back
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01
A Tramp Killed.

John o Brien, tramp, who was re-
ceived al the Wisconsin Insane Hospital a
few days ago, attacked the head attendant,
John Castle, but was secured by other at
PENDANTS before doing any other injury.
He died shortly after, when il was discov-
AIRED that during the struggle, in which he
had been thrown against an iron seat, sew
eral ribs had been broken and driven into
a lung.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

AT the congress of the advocates of
cremation, recently held in Vienna, the
statement was brought out that there
exist at present throughout the world
fifty crematOries, most OF which are in
the United States. twenty in Italy, and
one each in Germany, England, France
and Switzerland
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

MEN often wonder how women get
along without pockets. Il Is not gen.
orally known that women utilize va
rious articles Of attire FOR this purpose.
One Is the hat. Young ladies out shop
ping may be seen fitting back their
hats and putting small articles inside
A girl has been known 70 put pair Of
collars and cuts. pair Of stockings
and several handkarchiefs ii the crown
Of herh hat. Husbands nay have noticed
that their wives put their gloves IN the
folds Of their parasol when not using
shem. and the glove itself j. made the
receptacle for ca fare AID even letters.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

Nix. AND MRs. ACTON. six children.
the oldest twelve and the youngest one
year old IN a perambulator. and two
maids. recently finished a pleasure
walk from London TO Glasgow five
hundred miiesl, where they go regu-
iarly every year. 1hey carried no
umbrellas, only mackintoshes- The
daily distance covered vas from twelve
10 twenty miles. with no journey on
sundays. the whU.e trip oeing done
in five weeks and two days. The party
enjoyed the best Of health through il
all, one nurse having wheeled the
preambulator the entire distance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01
ChoIcs Articles of Rood.

Dennis Douahue, of Oregon, amused
himself and friends recently by swallow
ing several cigars, taking for dessert a
small bottle containing a stick of fused
caustic potass a. Emetics were promptly
given and his life saved His stomach now
contains several iack-knives, lead pencils
and other choices articles of food swallowed
last snrifNy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01
- . -

Fifty years ago seven shoemakers
in the city OF Hamburg said: By
the grace OF Goa we will help to send
the Gospel to our destitute fellow
men. In twenty-five years they had
established fifty self supporting
churches, had gathered out 10. 900 con-
verts. had distributed 10000 Bibles
and 5000. 600 tracts, and had carried
he Gospel to 10000. 600 Of the race.
Il would only take $50 such men to
carry the Gospel TO the whole world in
twenty-five years,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01
Extraordinary Rich Quartz

Men at work in Silver King mine at
Wakefield the other day blew out guam
tity of rock which experts said would as
say the extraordinary sum of Is, 00O to the
ton. and indications were favorable for an
abundance Of more of the same kind The
mine was recently opened on the section
adjoining the famous washburne, Detect.
i've, Dunlap and other mines that have
shown such richness this fall.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

4 BACHELORS club at BentOnville,
Ark, imposes a very heavy financial
penalty upon all members unmarried
At the end Of 1919. excepting those who
can present satisfactory evidence that
they have proposed and been rejected
three times during the wear.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

Rt. Rev. L. r. Welles. Bishop OF the
Episcopal diocese Of Milwaukee, died at
Waterloo, n. Y, the other night. He re-
turned to New York October from a four
months visit to England for his health
and went to Waterloo, where brother re-
sides. Fatigue of the journey, coupled
with cold, fastened his DEATH He was
nearly fifty eight years old. Two sons and
a daughter survive him.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

BE The Cleveland Administration
has used up about all the surplus of
the Government aud j now trying 10
juggle the tariff through the Mills i'll
so as TO use up all the surplus Of the
working men and farmers. The work.
ing-meu and farmers can stop this by
voting Tor Harrison and protection. =
South Bend (lsd, } Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01
A Rich Zinc M.ne niscnvereh.

One of the most valuable mines of zinc
ore ever struck in that ction wa recent
~ discovered near Dodgeville by three
brothers-Dsvid T.. Jesse and Henry
Williams-who had been prospecting for
several years past with little success. The
ore is of a superior quality and bids fair
TO be inexhaustible.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

To this list might be added bitumin-
Gus coal on which the Mills bill retains
the duty. not because it Is mined in
some parts of Pennsylvania, but be-
cause it is common throughout several
Southern States: pig iron, on which
the duty is retained. not because it is a
Northern product, but because it IS
beginning to he made in half dozen
Southern States: wood screws, not be-
cause the making of wood screws Is
iourishing industry in Connecticut.
but because Mr.. Vance fatty told Mr..
Mills he wouldn't help the solid South
into the saddle by his vote unless the
product Of his town were protected in
the future as in the past, etc. etc
N0rtCtch BWiictiH.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

Our OF FIVE hundred toilets and seven
hundred and fifty hats surveyed OF =
recent afternoon ca Broadway, New
York, no two were alike. and all were
fashionable.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

Julia BECK. a Kansas City girl,
killed herself becat Sc some one had
told her "shc was too homely to live ="
Most girls would have fought it out on
the same line Of retaliation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01
HARRISON AND LABOR.
a knights of Labor Assembly Denounces
Edwin 4. Gould.

knights of Labor Assembly DenOunces
Edwin \. Gould.
Some time ago Edwin +. Gould. the
father of the lie that General Harrison
said a dollar a day was enough for a
wOrking-man, sent out the story under
the seal of District Assembly No. l06.
X. of l.. The statement so furnished
by him under said seal has been cir
culated by the Democratic National
Committee. Armstrong Assembly,
No. 2212. of this city, has just issued
the following circular letter under the
seal of the assembly:
10 ~ Kaiyh.s Of LtBor-Gceetsag:
SANCTUARY A MSTRONG As
SEMBLY, No. S5ia.
lSDIASAPOLiS IND. Oct II. lSSS. J
In the interest OF our order we believe it to
be our duty 10 call the attention OF all knights
Of Labor To circular issued by Local Assem-
bly, 26i, *. OF l., al CanistO, y. Y, which con-
taius a letter dated at Ind annapolis, Ind, Sep
TENDER 10. 1855, sealed With the seal Of ID. \.
100. K. OF l.. ana signed by Edwin f. Gould
recording secretary OF the same We do this
for the following reasons:
F'irst-Edwin T. Gould was not authorized 10
write such a letter He used the seal Of ID. \
l0i aud signed recording secretary not only
without authority, but without the knowledge
Of the master workman or the members OF ID.
A IG6 or The sanction OF the leg Stat We com
mittee.
Seeond-The knights OF Labor connected
with ID. a. l06, and IS tn the local assemblies
represented by D. A. l0G, not know OF the
existence OF such letter tin its publication IN
The Indianapolis newspapers more than three
weeks after the date 1t was alleged TO have
been written.
Third-We den0unce aud condemn the action
Of f Twin +. Gould as wicked and malicious,
and do ng great wrong 10 our order, IL being
vel understood AMI a part OF the law govern
ing our order that polit cal action shall not be
taken by assembly.
Fourtn-It is fully understood by the mem
BEES Of the *. OF l.. IN this city that Edwin F.
Could Is an INSCRIPTIONS political worker, and
that he has sought 10 use our order for further
ing MS POLITICAL schemes on other occasions rs
well = tais We understand and fully believe
that he has bee and now is in the employ o.
the Democrats party. and that he has oeen
sent i1to the State Of New York bg the MIN
azcrs o. sa party 70 advance the int rests Of
Grover Cleveland and d sstrOy as far as possible
the usefulaess OF oar ord sr Therefore ne
warn all Katghts OF Labor everywhsrs 70 BE-
ware OF Edwin +. GJuld as unreliable aad
wholly untrust worthy.
Fffth-We de lounce as maiic ously false the
statements mad by sad Gould that General
Harr son sa that "a dollar day was enough
for any workng-man," or that he would force
them back 10 worS IL he had % wade IA bloc
up = the tips OF his hlgers. or that 10
would shoot them down as dogs" and otfSr
sim lar statements.
JuHS MEDERT. Master Workman
EDWARD 5 POPE, Recording Secretary Arm
strong Assembly. No. 2si2, X OF l.
None OF the officers OF tbs assembly are Re
publicans. T1ey are not supporters OF Gen
eral la risoa, but thsy are honest men -h,-
tfsQaaB0fis Tsffsr
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

GENERAL GREEDY. Of the Signal Serv-
ice, says that January - will be the
coolest day this winter. Make a note
II this prediction.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

The recent death Of Mrs. Patten, OF
Washington, makes four girls orphans
with a fortune Of one million dollars
sarn
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

GLADSTONE says that Great Britain
will have a federal constitution before
many years have passed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

s9Slayor Hewitt says he will mol
vote for Cleveland. The difference
between Hewitt and thousands Of
other New York Democrats Is that
most 81 the others viii repudiats
Clevelana without saying any thin 2
about t.. 81 Lsais GLIDE Democrat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

PUSDITI RAMABAI. the HindOO wom-
an. has raised fifty thousand dollars in
the United States 70 build a school for
widows in India.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01
Stern and Commercially Respecte,

Stern and Commercially Respected
and Successful Parent to His Young
Son" My son, you are about to enter
life. Remember what say to you
now. Let it be buried deep in your
heart. BE honest. Cheating may pay
for awhile, h4t IL the end honesty is
the best policy" ''Father, | think as
you think" (Solemnly) Think, my
boyl kaoW for | have lied both"
- Truth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

GEORGE ". CHmDs has at his coun-
Try seat near Bryn Mawr. Pa. a grove
81 trees each Of which was planted by
some famous person.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01
a Blow at the North.

Collatc the provisions of the Mills
bill regarding certain special North
ern and Southern products in tabular
form, and the result Is suggestive, to
saH the Least. Like this for instance:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01
An OPINION ON TUE LETTERS.

The Improperly and indecency of tho
British Minister'S Intervention in polit-
ical canvass in the United States do not
require demonstration. He represents his
own Government and has official relations
with the country at large. He ought to
have no dealings with parties or factions.
Diplomatic usage is most eXacting in this
respect The accredited representative of
aforeign court is debarred from taking part
in political struggles and election contro-
versies. The British Minister has so far
forgotten the unwritten law of diplo-
macy as to advise natural &c ct zens of
English and Canadian birth TO support
the President as candidate for re cleo
ton. The correspondent who ventured to
address him on behalf of English Ameri-
can admirers of the Administration could
not nave been left in doubt respecting
Lord Sackville's sympatnies and good
" shes The letter was an official GER
tificate that the President Is the English
Canadian candidate and worthy of receiv-
ing the suffrages and unbroken support of
naturalized citizens of English or Cana
dian birth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01
CHARLES F. MURcHIsoN.
VESTS REPLY.
LDrirnln

BEVERLY, Mass, Sept b. 1sss.-.Sir: / am
in receipt of your letter OF the Attn inst, and
beg to say that / fully appreciate the difti-
Guilty in which you find yourself in casting
your vote. You are probably aware that any
political party which openly favored the
mother country at the present moment would
lose popularity, aud that the party in power S
fully aware OF this fact. The party, however,
is. l believe, still DESTROYS of maintain
ing friendly relations with Great Britain,
and is still as des rous of settling all ques-
tons with Canada, which have been I'M
fortunately reopened since the retraction of
the treaty by the Republican majority in the
senate and by the Pies dents message, to
which you allude. All allowances must, there
fore, be made for the political situation as re-
CARDS the Presidential election thus created.
1t is, however, impossible TO predict the course
which President Cleveland may pursue in the
matter Of retail at on, should he be elected;
but there Is every reason to believe that, while
unfolding the position he has taken, he will
manifest a spirit of conc liation in dealing
with the question involved in his message. [
inclose an article from the New York Times OF
August 81 and rema n, yours faithfully
J.. : SACKVIIE WEST
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

New York Times (Mugwumpl, August %:
There is this further consideration IN favor OF
supporting the Administrator on this issue
II will leave the question still open for friendly
means OF settlement of some kind, while a sup
port OF the Senates position would close all
avenues of future negotiations and bring upon
the country the disastrous consequences OF re-
taliation hostility and possible war. IL would
put an end to all prospect of improving the
commerc a1.relations OF the United States and
Canada. Tn is one OF the questions which
the people should keep in M nd IN casting their
votes next November
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-01

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