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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

DUBLIN, Dec. 29.-Miss Cornelia Eliza.
beta Pruttle, second daughter of Lord
Dunally, was killed while hunting al
K Der, near Nenagh, County Tiperary,
Friday While riding at full speed her
horse stumbled and she was thrown from
her saddle Her feet became entangled
in the stirrups and she was dragged a con-
siderable distance head downward. When
her horse was finally stopped she was
daof
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

- There are many little ways
said the curio collector, to CRAFTY
ones tastes in a very inexpensive
manner. Now, here in ny collection.
that piece of brocaded silk | cut from
a chair in the Tuiileries while my
guide was not looking; that gold
enamelled spoon ] picked up on the
table in the Cars apartment in the
palace of st. Petersburg; and that lit
tie Rubens over there / carried away
from a gallery in Florence beneath my
cloak. 1t all depends upon how you
90 at it whether collecting curiOs IL
9ensive or not. "-HaTPer's Bazaar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

AT Francis Murphy's twelfth ami
vcr-ary. held the other night in Pitts
hur-h. letters were read from Canon
WL1crfo-ce, Rev. Mr.. Sturgeon and
other distinguished LondOners. Since
Mr Murphy left England his CORE
spOadc~tS state that his work has
boon faithfully executed by mis- con-
vcrJS. and in the last five years 8. 960.-
OrO signatures 10 pledges were Oh
tNiucJ Mr. Murphy had before per-
soral.y obtained 100000. making the
srm total Of 100000 persons who at
faChcd tuv rlASoiv..S TO his crusade.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

George A. Ford, aged twenty-seven
years. and Mrs. John Finnessy, age six
ty-three years, were married at Altoona,
Eau Claire County, the other day. Ford
is the woman's third husband Mrs. Fin
messy was divorced from her former
spouse less than a year ago. Mr.. Finnessy
was so surprise that he Gale to ascer-
tain the truth, and was bounced from the
house for his nains
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

MICAJAH HENLEY. the man who in
vented rO';cr skates. lives in Rich
nond, Ind He was a poor wood saw
yer. and It took nearly his last dollar
TO pay for his patent but the craze
for skating that So cad over the coun-
try made him rich.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

MRs. NELLIE GRANT SARToRIs says
she wont visit her mother this year,
because whenever she comes here the
papers have so much 10 say about her
unhappy marriage, and it isn't so.
She wholly approves cf Mr.. Algernon
SartOris.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

A PARTY Of United States survey Ors
who have been engaged on the coast
Of Oregon last summer say thai there
are hundreds Of fertile valleys unset
tied and several good harbOrs unused
and only waiting for the advent OF
cOmr.eIce 10 create another world OF
,.sfr a.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03
pown on the Inaugural Bali.

IxDIANAPoIIs, Ind. Dec. 29.-Resolutions
protesting aga nst the proposed inaugura
tion ball at Washington have been pre-
pared fer adoption at the meeting OF
the Methodist ministers next Monday.
Nearly All the ministers in the city
have heen interviewed and the Methodists
speak plainly IN condemnation of the pro
posed ball DR. Jeffrey, Of the First Bap-
list Church. differed with the Methodist
ministers He says he can see no harm in
the inaugural ball if it IS properly con
lucted He would, however. prohib
'ow-Deck dresses.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

Miss JUSTINE INGERsOLL. daughter
OF the cX-GovernOr of Connecticut.
viii appeal in Boston presently as a
public reader. for the benefit OF char
ity. Il is told anent her benevolent
disposition. that she once gave away a
coat which her father was to wear next
day at mis- inauguration.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

MARLBORO Mas. Dec. 25.-The factory
in Hu lson, ow le b. Brigl I'm & Co aud
occupied by Apsley & c Iffil. doing bust
ness as the Go Jdyear Gossamsr Company,
was damaged 3 the extent Of about $40
900 Wednesday by fire. caused by an explO-
sion Of napths, and John Coleman. WORK
man. WIS burned to death, and Daniel
Hawkins seriously injured.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

WAsHISGToS, Dec 27.-During NoveIn-
Der last %, 4l9 immigrants came to this
country, against 81, I9S n November, 1851
During tine eleven months of the year
ended November 80, 49s. 5S3 immigrants
arrived in this country, or about II, 90
more tnan during the eleven months Of
1851 OF the immigr alton last month Ger
many furnished 6.456; England and Wales,
4 634; Ireland, 3, 595: Sweden and Norway,
$50; Russia, 2,0S2; Italy, !, 2a3 and, Scot
land 0s1
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03
Two Gtris Drowned.

EAST BRADY, Pa, Dec. 27-Two young
ladies named Smith were drowned Tuesday
at Hillsville. four miles from here They, in
company with another girl and two young
men, were crossing the Alleg env river in
a SIX # when it sank with them. The bodies
have not yet been recovered. The rest OF
the party were rescued in an exhausted
cond tiOn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

Miss SHAW. the whistling lady, has
much 10 answer for. She has set all
the girls to whistling. or trying to. and
In nearly every instance the under
taking proves a Notifying tailure-a
mere pucker, with no music in its soul.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

PRINCETON, Ind, Dec. %. Miles Jobson,
a wealthy widower of this place, who was
marie on Christmas Day, hanged him
self Thursday night. He left note saying
that he had broken his promise not to
marry again, given t. his first W fe on her
death bed. and that he could not endure
the renroaches Of b . CONSCIENCE.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03
runInliins KiIIeh-

CHICAGO, Dec. 29-Mrs. Henry Martin
and NJ SIS Kate Powers, two ladies' liviGg
in ono of the suburbs Of this city while
DIR wing across the Rock Island railroad
track at Forty-seventh street Friday
afternoon were struck by locomotive
and instantly killed. their bodies being
horribly mutilated before the train could
be stopped. The gates Of the crossing had
been removed for repair.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03
Traffic on New York Surface aud Elevated
Roads.

New YORK, Dec 2T.-There was an in
crease of II. 400 900 in the number of pas
sengers carr ed on the various lines Of sur.
face and elevated roads this year. The in
crease on tie elevated roads alone was
nearly 100000 more than than mum.
her, but there was a falling of in the mum.
her Of pa sengers on the surface lines Of
,yer 10000
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Dec. 27.-The roads
out into POttawattomie County. Ia, from
this city are infested with highwaymeD,
who are reaping small harvest of farm
ers Two arrests have been made.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

BosToS, Dec % The Bo ton CONNER.
ci0l Bulletins exhaustive annual report OF
the wool market OF the United States
shows that the present supply Of wool is
g.. 600 coo ounds, against 10, GOO 900 pounds
at the same date last year, or shortage Of
Is co. 900 pounds as compared with lssl.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

An ordinance has been passed at
Sacramento, Cal, making il unlawful
Tor any person under seventeen years
q age TO smoke cigarettes within the
city limits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

JOHN STITCH. a Nebraska merchant.
has failed for 10000 This does not
bear out the old adage that "a stitch
In time saves nine"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

THERE are fourteen different towns
and cities in the United States named
Augusta, and there is never a day
that freight and mail matter is not GO
inc wrong
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

The birch rod used by the first teach
e. in a Vermont schoOl-hOuse over one
hundred years ago is said to be nailed
over the present teachers desk.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

NEW YORK, Dec 29.-Busness failures
during the last seven days number for the
United States 276. Canada % total 300, as
against 81 last week, and 263 for the cor.
responding week of last year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03
TwentY-TMD kiIlch.

ROME, Dec. 29-The bursting of shell
in one of the fortresses Of Messina eX
ploded powder magazine, killing twenty
two soldiers and inluring many others.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

OMAHA, Neb.. Lee. "a "A b.. special
from Clarks, Neb., says the banking house
o: W K. Morse closed its doors Saturday.
The liabilities are placed at $4,000, with
no assets,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

wISoNA, 2iun., Dec. 3l.-The rive
closed Friday night at this point. This i
the latest closing known except in ISL
when Il closed December ~. and in fsiS
when boats ran until January :.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

A few evenings ago Captain John Mas,
formerly United States gauger, tried TO
shoot his divorced wife in NJ lwaukee.
Her life was saved by her daughter, who
knocked the pistol aside and escaped up
stairs with her mother After firing a
shot through the ceiling to a room where
he knew the women were. Mas fed.
Shortly afterward he appeared at a drug
store several blocks away and fred at his
son, who was behind the counter. The
boy escaped by falling to the floor, and
the father ran away, thinking him dead.
Officers caught the fugitive afterward
while he was drinking in saloon. Mas
was dis ,ipated and his wife secured di-
vorce on that ground.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

ALTHOUGH Italy has the highest
murder rate of any country in Europe
i has abolished capital punishment.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

Christian Neubauer. prominent young
man of Owensb0ro KY, celebrated Christ
mas by firing cannon, which burst kill
in m
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

PARIS. Dec 27-The death Of General
Loris Melik n. the we l-kn0wn Russian
officer IS reported from Nice. General
Islikoff was born in 1874.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

CHICAGO. Dee 3l.-The whole interior OF
he Illinois Leather Company's plant az
700 North Halsted street was burne sun
lay afternoon. causing loss OF s2o,Vol
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03
WISCONSIN STATE REV 5
INTERESTING STATISTICS.
Biennial Report of Secretary of stat
Timmr-A Variety nf EIrureS.

Biennial Report of Secretary of state
Timms-A Variety of Figures.
! Secretary of State Timme recently rem
iered his bienn al report, which gives a
resume of all transactions involving the
state. The report is very comprehensive.
I Il shows that the compiling OF the war
records in two years, 1857 and 1883, cost
so 407. 20: farmers Institutes cost IA, 900:
state pr nting, STA 273, an increase OF
I 25,734; charitable and penal institutions,
| $50, ia an increase of - per cent. over
lSS5-6; C ire Of insane IN county hospitals,
/ s27i 662, an increase Of 50 per cent over
I he preceding two years. The report
shows that the total sum of 1892, 202 had
been spent on education in the
State. The Secretary recommends that
40 State tax be levied by the
.oming Legislature unless extraordi-
lary appropriations are made Many
interesting facts are CLEANED from the rec
Drds OF assessors for 1857 These show
that there were in the State IN that year
4O4 O36 ho rses l. 236, 1872 cattle, 6, 2O5 mules,
523,6s9 sheep, $40, 23l swine, 2S1, 55a car
riages and sic CHS. 30 40 watches, 30, 205
0 amos. etc, ALTO shares bank stock, %
}a3 642 acres Of land owned by parties 9th
sr than the State; total tax levied by
counties, exclusive of charges payable TO
the State, $l0,647, lbs Farm pro iucts for
1887 included 9,943. 49, bushels of wheat;
corn, 22,04l oil; oats, 81 662 sol; potatoes,
1,005,O0l; t bacco, ll,4s6, $40 pounds but
ter, %, 657, 253 pounds; cheese, "a, 199, 0o7
pounds. During two years there were re-
corded in tn State Is 26O marriages, "A, 0lS
bi rths, and IL, 3S5 deaths.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

Webb Brandon, wife murderer was
hanged Friday morning at Winnipeg, Man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

The entire lire losses n the Uniiet states,
adding those under $4,000 ia eaeh case, IL
reach less than 500. 00a0u0 a. compared VITA
about siSoeoo,oo0 in 1855 and sil@"1oJo N
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03
WORK o. ruE FT


The losses By fire IN the Ualtes states Tor the
year have not been as large as they were last
year Fires where the loss was sieHs0o and
upwards summarized by months we're as fol-
lows:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-03

The total number OF murders com omitted In
the country as reported by te ezraph during
1855 is 21S4. as compared with 2,3iJ IN 1877,
1888 in IsSi aud s. SOS in 1855. The causes Of
these murders may be classified as follows:
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-18
EATING FROM NECESSITY.
Uninviting Rounds of Life of the Ordinary Man of Business.

UninvitinC Rounds of Life of the Ordinary
 Man of Business.
 How many of us really and truly sit down at the table, and, as we should, enjoy our eatingl asks a writer in the St. Louis Globe Democrat. Eat to enjoy life. We have no doubt but that the following narrative will be recognized as that of personal ex- perieuce by many: Arse in the morn early or late, as the case may be, under protest a sufficient testimony that balmy sleep, his sweet restorer, has failed to make proper connections, so 10 speak; move about, strange to say, stretchy, achey, even tired yet, eyes hard to get open properly, maybe fall oyer a char or two, or stoop over to get some article of apparel and be compelled to make an effort In fact he must go through a bracing-up process, After performing his morning toilet he has llmbered up some, got his eyes open and riOundered down stars to the breakfast table. Looked at the watch and mentally concluded or realized that he must be at business right of. Braces up agaIn and mechanically, may be vigorously, proceeds to ingest what he can; matter of necessity, never hungry for breakfast, you know.
 Rusn out of house tor street cars, stand up maybe all the way down town. If hs is fortunate enough to get seat he expe- rienccs a sort of rehef, and recognizes that he IS stIll ured. Get to work dull and list less. Necessities ot exclrcTnent of work for five hours or 50 Cccupes hls attention. Whistle blows, bell rags, clock strikes or friends come ill. Dinner is sought; feels somewhat empty, hardly hun- gry; eats a fair meal, and feels full; empty feeling gone. A desire to rest IS experenced-cyen sleep. Braces up and again gets to work for five hours or more; has to struggle for awhile; eyes are very heavy; sense of discomfort about stomach. Finally time to stop work comes: closes up active effort, but mind and attention still fingers, He starts home with heavy legs and feet, headache; maybe somewhat dizzy. No seat on cars this way either; recognizes that he is very tired.
 Gets home, crawls up the front stops and exclalms: Supper ready!" "Yes, come right along" He sits down, has no appe- tite, but eats again, ''from necessity" Not much; easily satisfied. Feels sort of weak about his stomach, as well as otherwise. Putters around in or out of the house for awhile, or reads the paper; feels little better; seeks, maybe, entertainment, the excitement of which fixes his attention from self, At last he seeks repose ex- hausted, and maybe sleeps heavy, or not at all. The next morn and day bring the same experlence, and so On day after day
 Eternal effort; eternal desire for rest; eternal lack of enjoyment of life; eternal eating from necessity. Can we wonder that this man cats from necessity! Yet this is an American of today. His distenl- per is of his own making. He is a robber of nature and has failed to put in practice the full meaning of the Divine command ment: ''Thou shalt not kill.n
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-18
Onion Juice ns a Pnste.

Paper pasted, gummed, or glued on to metal, especially if it has bright surface, usually com oiT on the slightest provoca- ton, leaving the adhesive material on the back of the paper, with surface bright and slippery as ice. The cheaper descrip- tion of clock dials arc printed on paper and then stuck on zinc, but for years the diff culty was 10 get the paper and metal to ad- here. It is, however, said to be now over come by dipping tho metal into strong and hot solution ofwashing-soda, afterward scrubbing perfectly dry with a clean rag. Onion juice is then applied to the surface of the metal and the label pasted and fixed in the ordinary way It is said to be almost impossible to separate paper and metal thus joined Probably show-tablets might be successfully treated m the same manner.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-18
EXTERNAL GOVERNMENT.
How the Early Settlers of Connection 7r-s--1 Managed Their Affairs.

How the Early Settlers of Connecticut T'----7 Managed Their Affairs.
 The early settlers of Connecticut lived under paternal Government. The General Court of each colony, says the Youth'S Con- paniOn, granted land to a company of per sons who wished to ''plant" new town, and authorized them to establish ''planta- tion' and church The court looked after all matters that pertained to the welfare ot the colony. One year it ordered that every householder whO kept team should plant one spoonful of English hemp-secd. The next year one rood of hemp or flax was to be sown.
 On complaint being made that some per sons could not procure hemp-seed, the court ordered that any family having more than spoonful of seed, and refusing to sell 1t, must plant It The object of the court was to sec are material for the making of ''linen cloth"
 The court ordered the constables to keep a watchful eye upon individuals whose ap- parcl exceeded their rank, and to arrest any person who demanded an eXorhitant price for the article he offered for sale.
 When labor troubles arose the court made out a schedule of wages, and an nounced the number of hours winch should constitute q working day. From March 10 to October II twenty pence, and no more, might be asksd for days work by car penters, plow-wrights, Wheelwrights, ma sons, joiners, smiths and coopers. During the rest of the year they could not ask above eighteen pence. Eleven hours in summer and nine in winter constituted working day.
 The penalty for giving or taking larger wages than those mentioned Tn the schedule was the "censure of the court" which had the power of making its censure felt on the person of the offenders. It could order them ito be whipt at a carts tail'' upon some public day, or ''to stand upon the pil, lory."
 The necessities of a new colony compelled the solouists to adopt principles and measures which. two hundred years later, are advo- cated by those known as German Socialists The New Haven colony anticipated the mod ern idea favored by certain thinkers. It sought to restrict the eagerness of the col onists for acquisition of land by taxing up land and meadow at fouu pence an acre, and inferior land at two pence It allowed no sales to outsiders without the approval of the General Court, and it reserved to her con- monwealth all common lands and ''clay- Oitc ii
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-18
The Proner Way to Drink.

Says the Sanitary Inspector regarding ex- ercising care in drinking. An exchange notices as a wise precaution the act of a Philadelphia physician, who, while riding in a railroad car, gave one of his children drink of water by spreading clean hand kerchief over the top of the glass to pre- vent the contact of the child's lips with the tumbler. A still better expedient, with the same object in view, has often been resort ed to by the writer, and his children have been instructed to prachce the same pre- caution when obliged to drink from a mug or tumbler on the cars, steamboats CT at public drinking fountains. It consists in bringing the lower edge of the drinking cup beneath the lower lip, instead of letting it come in contact with the mucuous mem- brane of the mouth. Teach the children to stick their whole bill into the cup when they take a drink under such circum- stances, for it avoids real and consider able danger of infection from certain con- tagious diseases.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-04-18
STATESMEN AT HOME.
Some of tke Country's Famous Characters
 in Domestic Life.

HI 1|Ol1leSSic LuSs
 Most of our statesmen, says Hdrpcr's DGzdr, have pure domestic records, and most of them have been ardent lovers, and have made good husbands Thomas Benton was devoted to his wife, and he says in his thirty years memoirs that he never attend cd anyplace of fcslivity or amusement after her death. The wife of Senator Allen, of Ohio, better known as " Fog Horn" Allen, died at Washington during the winter of 1S47. 1t was before the days of railroad to the West, and the old Senator carried her corpse home to Ohio over the mountains, riding beside it on horseback during the day and watching it at night throughout the cold, dreary journey, until at last he laid it beside her father, Governor Arthur, in the beautiful cemetery at Chillicothe. Stephen A. Douglas, the little giant of Illinois, was twice married, and it is said that he courted Mary Todd at the same time that her hand was sought by Abraham Lincoln. Miss Todd, on being asked which of the two she intended to marry, replied the one she thought had the best chance of being Presi- dent of the United States.
 When Lincoln was elected this remark became prophetic. Douglas afterward mar ried Miss Martha Martin, the daughter of Colonel Robert Martin, a rich planter and slave-Owner from one of the Caroliras. She brought fortune, including number of slaves, into the family, and died in 1850, about seven years after her marriage A few years later Senator Douglas married again, and this time he chose a beautiful girl who was employed in the departments at Washington. Her name was Adele Cutts, and she survived him, marrying again after his decease. George Bancroft was married twice. His second wife, who died several years ago, was very popular in Washing ton and was a noted society figure. Henry A. Wise, the noted Virginia statesman of Tyler'S day, was married three times. Ills first love was the daughter of one of his professors at college, Miss Jennings, whom he married in Tennessee, and with whom he went or wedding tour to pay visit to Andrew Jackson at the Hermitage. His second wife was the daughter of John Sergeant, the Whig candidate for the Presi- dency in 1882. Wise proposed to Miss Ser geant. it is said, on the dome of the capitol at Washington, and one of the results of the marriage was John Sergeant Wise, the Vir- ginia statesman of the present day. John $. Wise was born at Rio Janeiro, where his father was officiating as Minister at the time. At the moment of his birth his father determined to have him born under the American flag, and ran up dozen on diff ferent parts of the consular mansion.