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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

THE value of rare American coins is
rs follows: The half-dollar of 1852,
representing Liberty seated, Is worth
$40. Among silver dollars the 1855
dollar. representing Liberty seated, Is
worth SIS The dollar Of 1928 has a
flying eagle on the reverse side. and Is
worth SIS. So Is the same coin Of
1889 Both are in circulation. The
2O-cent piece Of 1877 Is worth $3.50. and
of 1873. 81 They are rarely seen
The valuable dimes and half-dimes
were all coined before 1916. The sill
yer Scent piece If 1873. with the
large star. brings 50 cents.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

A RESIDENT of FitchbUrg, Mass,
signing As Loyal Citizen. 3" has sent
twenty-five cents to the National
Treasury TO be placed to the credit Of
the Conscience fund The writer al
leEes that thirty years ago he cancelled
the marks upon a Eye-cent stamp
which he had used upon another letter,
and that he now makes restitution to
the Government.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

To THE delight Of the officers Of the
Post-Ofiice Department at Washington
the special delivery system has proved
n success. Returns received from all
free delivery post-ofiices Tor the quar-
ter ended September -. 1857. showed
that 2I7.525 special delivery letters
were delivered. which was large in
crease compared with the previous
quarter For the quarter ended De
cember 81 last the returns received
showed an increase Of 1S6 per cent.
over the September quarter. The best
feature Of the service IS that the Gov-
eminent can not lose q cent
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

THE point where the coolest tempera-
turc on earth has ever been observed
has been digniiied by the name of the
pole of cold. Il is located to the east
Of the River Lena. in Siberia. There.
NJ Verchoiansk. the Russian Govern
ment has established an observatory.
The poor weather man out there re-
ported in December one year s. de-
grees below zero, and January, 1885.
as much as 90 and Is degrees below.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

IL the last twenty-three years. it is
said, there have been only two colder
Januarys than the one this year.
These were January, 1875. and JAN
uary. 1883. and it was only the mild
weather of the last few days that pre-.
vented January. 1888. from being the
coolest on record.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

LOUISVILLE. Ky. Feb - The Legisia-
tive committee which has been Investigate
ing the condition Of Kentucky's famous
Rowan County returned to Frankfort Fri
dsy morning deplorab-e state Of affairs
was found to 8 xst. and it is probable that
the county vii either be abolished or trans
ferred to another judicial district
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

The Grant Monument Association
has issued a circular letter inviting
artists and architects to submit de-
signs for a monument or memorial
building 10 be erected in Riverside
Park. New York. The cost Of the
structure is to not exceed $500, 600.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

NEW YORK. Feb lin the county regis
ter's office at White Plains the Hudson
River Suspension Bridge Company and the
New England Railway Company have filed
trust mortgage to the Atlantic Trust Com
panv. of tn city. 10 secure the sum Of $40
600, 900. for which they have issued bonds
rstvafie in Ia.E3
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

Miss GRACE WEIsER, the Young
Methodist revivalist, IS meeting with
success in New York. She engaged in
evangelical work i've years ago last
September, and since then eleven
thousand persons have been converted
as the result of her labors.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

Cover n or 0glesby,
and presented a petit
ton and a mass of
letters and indoTse-
ments, cons itut.ng
probably the strong
est plea for execu-
tive clemency ever
laid before an ex-
ecutive of Illinois
While the crime
committed by Mack
in, to conceal which
he perjared himself
before the grand
jury, was OF a polit-
zeal nature the nIea
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

EIGHTEEN deserters from the French
army in Tonquin We're recently drawn
up in line for execution, when the Adj
jutanJ. seeing that the line was poor.
said: Cant you fellows dress better
than that2 Right dress. The unfor-
Inmates Strengthened themselves with
military promptness and perfection.
and the Eext moment the whole eight
cen went down before the murderous
yOlIpy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

The San Francisco Grant Monu-
ment Committee has sent out circulars
inviting architects and seulDtors 10
compete for the honor of designing a
monument for General Grant TO cost
S5O0 OOO
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

NEARLY $1,000 has been subscribed
by Nebraska citizens in behalf Of hero
ic schOOl-teachers who protected their
young charges at terrible cost to them
selves during the late blizzard. Sew
eral of the young women are cripples
for life by reason of their hcrOism. 1t
Is thought the fund viii reach $40. 600
In the next few DAYS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16
THO whInninr-Pnst.

WILMINGTON. Del, Feb. ID - Seven
negroes and six whites, convicted of petty
larcenies, were whipped with from five to
ten iashes each at New Castle Saturday
morning About 200 spectators we're
present Some OF the vict ms took their
punishment without finching. but two OF
them squirmed constantly. Samuel Long
(whits), convicted If check forgery, stood
one hour In The pilIorv
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

a WEALTHY Montana man has of.
fered 10 give the College of Montana.
at Deer Lodge, SO 900 on the condition
that the college will raise SIS. 600 and
maintain a perp stual scholarship for
deserving girls without means.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16
INTIMIDATION BY STRIKERS.
Miners willing to Work Driven Back t.
Tdeir Homes.

READING, Pa, Feb. 10. The terrorizing of
employees of collieriss who went to WORK
continues throughout the anthracite ccal
regions Many of the men have
been obliged to 60 to work or starve,
and in consequence several OF the
smaller collieries are working Every one
of the miners so working goes to his toll
with a shotgun slung across his shoulders
to protect him against the bar # TX
ers who infest the mount. anu
with clubs and slung-shOts dI- the work
ers back to their homes A party of
strikers, on account of some fancied wrong,
Sc zed Superintendent Mcguire of Middle
Creek collery and threw him into the
creek, where they compelled him to wade
in the cold water for an hour, refusing to
allow him TO get out These Outrages in
this district are quite common. The men
are very much dissatisfied with the distribu-
ton of funds for the strikers Miners
with large families have received from 81
to s. a week
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16
Loss Of Lie in the Rlllzard.

YASyToN, D. T., Feb 1I-Conc eming the
loss of life in the xecent storm, Railroad
Commissioner y. T. Smith says: As far as
learned Toe following is an authentic sum
mary Of tse loss OF life in the recent storm:
Beadle County, 8; Bonhomme, 10; Cod
ington, 3; Jerauld, 8; Clark, 2; Edmunds,
g; Brown. >, Hand, 7; Kingsbury. 3; Lin
coin, %; sphinx, 1; Turner, Is; YanktOn, 3;
total III"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

The Omaha Republican, speaking OF
trusts. says: There are altogether
too many trusts. The only trust that
ought to be encouraged is, Trust in
God and keep : our powder dry"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

ST CLOUD, MINI. Feb. I2-WoIves hive
become dangerously numerous in this
vicinity. Friday night several made a raid
On pig-pen almost within the city limits
1ad destroyed zearly 2. 900 pounds Of logs
a party Of men started out this morning To
xii the WolYeE
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16
Trnge.lx in Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Feb II-At Ne
chaaicsburg, Ind, Thrush night john
Battery shot his step-sister, Eta McMuilen
wita whom he was in love; killed Frank
II ore to whom sha was engaged, and
killed himself Miss MeMullen's wounds
.re rnnr fafaI
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16
WI Pav Presl,Ient Means, pebt.

CINCINNATI, Feb ID -General Samuel r.
Hunt. at orney Of President Means. Of The
late Metropolitan National Bank. and Judge
Jordan, attorney Of Yce-Prssi ient DeCamp.
left Saturday n'g1t for Washington 70 lay
the case before the Government ami try to
have all prosecutions nolled David Sinton,
the millionaire. has agreed 10 pay all OF
President Means Indebtedness to the bank
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

MAINE claims to have sixteen men
and women who have lived more than
one hundred years, and any number of
inhabitants who are over ninety.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

macon. Ga Feb IA supersedeas has
been granted in the case OF W0olfock, who
was to have been hung here yesterday for
the murder OF his father, mother snG five
trothers and sisters
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

ST. LOUIS, Feb 13-After many months
! of experimenting the Lindeil Railroad
] Company using Washington avenue and
! other streets in this city, mas adopted cleo
/ Iricity as the motive power for their road
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

OVER three hundred and fifty thou
sand headstOres have been used by the
Government in marking the graves of
the Union dead.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

NORTH CAROLISA Is a State without
cities Wilmington. its largest town.
has only 1900 people. Raleigh Is. 600.
Charlotte 1900 and Asheville 5000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

Mrs JOHN JACOB Aston left her
large collection Of fine laees, valued al
$4,000. to the Metropolitan Art Muse
um, of New York.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16
c. r MORSE. PuhlIshsr

IN Morocco women who talk scan
oais are punished by having cayenne
pepper rubbed into their lips.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-The Comptroller
of the Currency has appointed James Nc
Conville. of Steubenvilie, o. % be the re-
ceiver OF the Metropolitan National Bank Of
Cincinnati. o. de viii take charge early
nexg week.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

MACKlN SEEKS MERCY.

The Strongest Plea for Clemency Ever
Presented to Governor OgIesby-A Very
Peuitential Letter from the Fine Worker
HimseIf-A Pardon Very Probable.
SPRINGFIELD, IL, Feb. 11-Mrs. Joseph
C Mackin Yesterday hid an interview with
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

LOUISVILLE KY, Feb 13.-William Kelly.
the inventor OF the p ssemer process Of
making steel, and the first importer OF Chi
ness labor into America, died here Saturday
night, aged II years
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16
IOWA.


At the annual meeting in Mason City re-
Gently of the State Agricultural and Indus
trial Association H D. Sherman. State Dairy
Commissioner, said Iowa was capable of
producing more cheese than any other
S ate in the Union, and yet three-fourths of
the cheese consumed in Iowa was produced
outside of the State. II e also said cheese fac
tories paid an average dividend of twenty
eight per cent. above butter factories; said
there were /. 243, 900 cows IN Iowa, and there
were produced last year Sc, 000, 600 pounds
o. butter, which sold at an average price of
twenty cents, which brought TO the State
Sl7. 200. coo The value of stock in Iowa.
h said, is more than the caiitnl stock of all
the National banks in the United States
A young man named Scion Simpson, re-
sizing in Melrose township, committed sui
eide the other day because of unrequited
love.
The women have taken the public
schools of Iowa There are 1878 pub
lie school teachers in the State, of whom
1S,74S are women. The army of them has
increased more than four thousand in six
years In the same time male teachers
have decreased from 2, 253 to 1927.
The Illinois Central road will erect a six
story building at Dubuque for the general
office of the Iowa division
Jack King, who was under indictment for
conspiracy to whip Rev. DR. Haddeck, At
torney Walker and Witness Walker, dur
ing the first days of the temperance cru
sde that was the direct cause of Haddock's
death, was few days ago sentenced to six
years in the pententiary for an assault
with intent TO kill Robert Mckenzie on New
Years day.
DIR. Henry Cox, one of the oldest and
best known physicians in Des hIoines died
recently.
The public schools at Washington were
closed recently on account of the prev
alence of scarlet fever, and all public meet
ings had been suspended.
The Central Iowa has record of not a
single passenger being killed in the past
ten years
The Boston Tea Co IS store at Council
Bluffs was recently closed by the sheriff
Liabilities, $40, 0U0; assets, $4,000
An excavation for frozen water pipe at
Council Bluffs the other day showed that
the ground was frozen to a dep II of twelve
feet
A convict named Parke, who was sent to
the Anamosa pen Tertiary from Sioux City,
committed suicide the other night by hang
ing himself with pair of suspenders in his
ce He had two years to serve
TIE State Board of Health was recently
notified that six cases of smallpox existed
In a small town in Southern Iowa.
Judge Given, having decided that permits
to sell liquor for legal purposes can be used
only ty persons to whom they are issued.
tie stock of every Wholesale liquor firm in
Des Moines was seized a few days ago.
Each firm has been doing business under a
company title. end the Judges rulings for
bids such latitude.
Mrs George Lees. aged sixty years
dropped dead at Council Bluffs the other
afternoon on hearing of the news of the
death of her SON Sue had suffered for some
time with heart disease.
At recent distribution by an Atlantic
merchant a poor wash-woman drew the
capital prize, a 800 piano.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

VIENNA. Feb - Enormous avalanches
along the line OF the Arloerg railway have
resulted in serious loss Of life, and traffic on
the road has been stopped.
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49, = - - y
night Seven thou
sand persons were
IN attendance The
winner is known as
Albert but his real
name is James Albert
CathcarE an d he
halls from Atlantic
City, n. ]. Mr. Bailey,
of Barnum & Bailey,
the lessees of the
building, say that the
track is short When
Buff 8lO Bill had his
Wild Vest Show in
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16

A sixty year-old farmer named Pine Nv
ing near Madison. died of heart disease ia
the street at Madison few days ago
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16
WISCONSIN.

WISCONSIN.
There We're formerly six hundred Knights
of Labor in Appleton Now there are about
fifty in the English assembly and twenty in
the German, and their object is purely be-
nevolsnt Each member gets three dollars
q week when he is sick
At Chippewa Falls the other day DR. Ju-
den made a savage attack on j. n. Philips,
editor of the IRdepeHdeld, hitting him on
the head with club to revenge bitter al
lusions in the paper Juden was placed I'm
der s.. 600 bonds
The Iron Mound Cranberry Company,
which sued the Chicago, St Paul, Mime
apolis 4 Omaha Railroad Company, at
Back River Falls, for SIS, 900 for damages
done to its cranberry marsh by fire, got a
verdict of 1886. 600 60 a few days ago.
William Hughes, who is charged with kill
ing a fellow workman named Howard in
Milwaukee October %. was handed over to
Detective Pringle in New York few days
ago. TO be taken to Milwaukee.
Jackson Wright, an old colored man,
long a res dent of Racine. recently discov-
cred that his wife and son. from whom he
was parted in slavery days, are living in
st Louis
Carrie f whiteside, of California, claims
to be the owner of thirty valuable lots in
the city of Madison upon which many resi-
dences stand
At Ashland sixty million feet of timber
lies buried under snow-drifts
Three men wear ing belts and revolvers
caused considerable excitement in Trem-
pealeau a few days ago by raiding the
saloons aud driving out citizens They
finally left without doing injury TO any
one
The Chippewa Lumber & Boom Com
pany and Frederick Weyhauser have pur-
chased 4 large tract Of pine lumber in Ash
Ian Coua Y for S6O4, 500
Louis Eickstein, OF Milwaukee, has been
appointed assistant general passenger and
ticket agent Of the Wisconsin Central and
associated lines
twas decided by the State Agricultural
Society, in session at Madison recently, that
the next State fair should be held IN Mil
yankee. The mos important act on taken
was the opening of the cattle department
to the world, the competition having here
tofore been confined to the State alone
A prisoner en- route for Waupun the other
day in charge OF Charles Revoire, sheriff Of
Oh ppewa County. jumped from the limited
train running At the rate Of thirty miles an
hour between Marshfeld and Hewitt and es-
capped
Ar and Mrs Ahram Phelps, OF GAINESVILLE.
celebrated their fftieth anniversary we'd
ding few evenings ago
An examination OF winter wheat in West
ern Wisconsin shows a small but healthy
growth, well protected by the snow. and as
the acreage sown was unusually large farm
sEs are hopeful for heavy yield
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16
END OF THE BIG TRAMP.

Albert Makes Over GEL Miles in the Six
Day Pedestrian Contest at New York,
Breaking the Words Record-Heriy
Second Rest.
New York, Feb Is The six-day- go-as-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-16
Revile him not--the tempter hath
A snare for All;
And plying tears, not scorn and wrath
Beft his fall.


Mr.. Sherman reviewed the policy OF protee-
ton in various lights, and concluded as fol-
lows:
Now gentlemen, you may ask me wat
have 20 say about tarin reform answer thal
am decidedly in favor Of tariff reform, always
have been. and always VIII be. have parties
mated in tarin reform since 1881; but my idea
OF tariff reform 5 not especially 70 make cur
duties acceptable to foreign nations but rather
to promote the interests Of our own people; not
70 take lessons from the Golden Club or the
English aristocraey, but from Washington, Jef-
ferson. Jackson and Lincoln, and 70 folloW the
teach ngs OF Webster and Clay. am not IN
favor OF that kind OF tariff reform which brings
senator Morgan and Mr.. Lowell together do
not know what they mean by tariff reform sup
pose Il is 81 per cent. on sugar and p per cent.
on woolens; the highest rate possible on what
they produce, and the lowest rate, or none at
all on what other people produce. ] am afraid
that Z these two eminent representatives OF
tariff reform would exchange ideas on other
TOPICS they would not be 50 harmonious II
Mr. Lowell should discuss vil-seryice re-
form. Mr.. Morgan would pronounce it hum
bug. and yet they agree on the tariff reform rec
oumeudcd by Mr.. Cievela~ which is general
creduction OF the duties on foreign in porta-
tons. and especially on raw materials
Nov, 10 this l am opposed: first, beear Sc i Is
an injustice TO American citizens in every part
OF our eountry who have been invited 70 engage
a. the process o. manufacture aad stu
Bridgeton pioneer., 1888-07-05
Fish Commission Report.

Mate James A. Smith, in command
OF the United States Fishery Commits
sion's steamer Fish Hawk has COM
pleted his report of the seasons work
of the steamer on the Delaware. The
report contains some statistics oi
Interest to all takers and consumers of
the Delaware shad During the season
a. total of 47,345, 900 shad eggs were
received from the following fisheries
Gloucester Point Fishery, 4,639, 0O0
Eagle Point Fishery, 1,S47, 900; Howell's
Cove Fishery, 1851, ,OO0 Bennett
Brothers Fishery 9,s15, 900. and Faun.
ces Brothers, Fishery, $685., 900. The
gillers also furnished / 1863, 00O making
a grand total OF 4S,607, 900.
From this enormous number Of eggs
80, 769, 900 shad fry were hatched and
deposited in the Delaware river, and
S,197,000 impregnated shad eggs were
sent to Wilmington and other places
to be Matched. Nearly 10000, 900 eggs
were lost The lost is accounted for
by electrical disturbances, the most
severe loss being occasioned by the
great storm of May 80, badly impreg-
mated eggs and death of the fry imme-
diately after Matching.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1888-07-05

said that it would be a good thing to
take him to an asylum and put him
under proper treatment.
The papers were made out by Judge
Hampton in legal form, and the ply
sician swore to them, and the Judge
appointed Squire D. E. Woodruff and
Charles S. Mires to take Randolph on
this mornings train, and he was ae-
cordingly taken away at eight o'clock.
1t is very evident that after Ran
dolph had taken the plunge in the
water, and had come out, and changed
bis clothes, he went up and took pos
session on the Lodge rooms in the
third story of the building. He must
also have had key to the rooms, for
those investigating Saturday found
the door locked when they went up
there. Why he changed his clothes
in SO many different places, can only
be-accounted for by the cunning of an
insane mind, and there is no doubt
but that he was ignorant all the while
of what he was doing. While in the
lookup Randolph complained one mo,
ment that his head hurt him terribly
in the back, while the next minute he
would declare that he had never had
trouble with his head.
A large crowd gathered at the
Mayors Office Sunday TO see the
man, and also Monday morning when
he was taken up to the train
Bridgeton pioneer., 1888-07-05

Miss Madge Dawson, of England,
who has for some time had charge of
the musical department of South Jer-
sey Institute, Bridgeton, viii spend
the summer al Cape May 1t is fortu-
nate indeed that Miss Dawson has CON
sented to take class of music pupils
in this village, as her ability in this
line is of rare character. The writer
was privileged one evening last week
to make one OF a company entertained
by Miss Helen Leaning, while Miss
Dawson was her guest, and long will
memory dwell upon the musical treat
enjoyed on that occasion = Cape Nay
Co. Gazette.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1888-07-05

Those persons who supposed there
was no regular Republican organiza-
ton in this city four years ago are mis-
taken. There was such an organiza-
ton full three hundred strong, with
an excellent marching club, and head
quarters in Grosscup's Hall. We have
no doubt that those who labored then
will join hands with any who desire to
organize for the present campaign.
Let there be harmony.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1888-07-05

Down in Cape May county remark
able crop of clover was grown on
ground where sugar cane had been
raised for two or three years previously.
The clover seed was sowed year ago
this Spring. The only fertilizer ap-
piled was the refuse from the MILL the
crushed cane. The farmers in that
locality are amazed at the growth of
the clover, which they attribute to
some s:nriching quality in the sugar
cane the mill process brought to the
surface. The land where the clover
grew is fair although rather light.