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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04
BITS FROM ABROAD.

ONE OF DISQUALIFICATION for membership
in the Iopers' Club of Toxic, Japan, IS the
ability to consume seven bottles of sake at
a ltJing.
a "NIAGARA ~ LONDON show is TO have
a photographic reproduction Of the real
tn lnders of the cataract TO supplement the
pictorial attractions.
PARIS women now have wnIm for nat
ur i flowers. They are worn on the shout
DEF, epaulette fashion, where they are IN
40 danger of being crushed.
a FOSSIL tortoise found in the city OF Per-
pignan, IN the Pyrenees, is over four feet
long and thirteen feet in circumference,
and is the largest specimen il existence
THE Oldest musical society in the world,
the AntIizgesellschaft, celebrated its two
hundred and seveatieth anniversary re-
Gently at ST. Gall, in Switzerland, with
great eclat.
THE London & Northwestern railroad has
put a diuing-car upon one of its trains. and
the whole English nation is open-mOuthed
with wonder at the progress railroading IS
making in Great Britain.o
IT has just been discovered that out OF
twenty-five thousand native Kanakas in the
island of Noumea, four thousand are afiIct-
ed with leprosy Of the worst sort. Efforts
TO stop the scourge are under way.
JAPAN apparently leads The world in the
number Of houses destroyed by fire. Quite
frequently twenty-five or thirty buildings
20 up in smoke, while several times within
the past year the number has been thirty
times that amount
a PARIS gentleman engaged a cafe con-
cert company to entertain his guests at
recent reception, and before the evening
was over a handsome baritone Of thirty
won the heart OF the young lady Of the
house, and eIoDed with her while the COM
pany were at dinner.
Assam swarms so with leeches that the
lives Of men are IN danger, any person IAN
ing from fafntness or getting stuck IN q
swamp or mudhole being sure TO De sucked
70 death BIZ hundreds Of them. Animals
frequently fail victims, and recently an ele-
phant and his keeper, after having been
several days missing, were found IN a Dog II
the Jungle. the man dead and the elephant
so covered with Ieeches that 1t died the day
after il was rescued. Every body there
carries salt as protection against the
1 bloodsuckers-
THERE i A little yellow bee in Honduras
/ that's very much ike the little yellow mes
/ found about corn silks The bees are WIN
I ont stings. and the most industrious little
/ insects IMAGINABLE. They build IN hollow
/ trees and wherever they eau ma looE
ment. and they gather double nandIa
/ Of honey of deli t0us flavor IN these nests
| Of rough comb. SO plentiful are tney ina
/ a person can take Ratchet and cut INTO ms
| lznot-hole in the trees and soon collect al
| the honey he wants 70 without the DANGER
Of being stung by the bees.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

AT the beginning Of this year there
we're jS.l1 post-oflices in the United
States. OF these % were Of the first
class, l. 1917 of the second and .9SS of
the third. making an aggregate Of ,
50 Presidential p0st-ofiices styled
by the President and confirmed by the
Senate. Tho salary ranges from $1,000
% $1,000 per annum. except in the fol-
owing eases: New York, 5000;
Washington. 5000; Chicago. $4,000;
Baltimore. 5000; Cincinnati. $1,000;
Philadelphia. $1,000; II. Louis. So. COO;
san Francisco. 5000
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

passage ever made through the straits pre-
viOus TO this was March Il. 1878
At Kansas City thirty-se en- acres OF land
were secured on the 2sth at a cost of 81. 55l,-
OO0, upon which it was proposed to erect
magnificent union depot, 10 be utilized by
FIVE roads.
EIGHTEEN business houses and one dwell
ing at Ashton, H. We're burned TO the
ground on the 18th
An unknown well-dressed man entered
the Office OF President Moffatt. Of the First
National Bank of Denver, Col. on the morn
ing OF the 18th ult., and pulling a revolver
from his pocket told Mr.. Moffatt that he
must have S21 COO or he would kill him and
then blow up the institution with a bottle
OF nitrO-giycerine which he pulled from
HIS pocket Thus menaced Mr. Moffatt filed
out check and had il cashed and the un-
known, taking the money, backed cut 20
the front door, raised his hat to his victim
and disappeared
II the Huron ID. IT, district prairie
fires were raging ON the 18th ult, and
many farmers had lost every thing. The
wind was blowing forty miles an hour.
On the 18th ult. F. f. Baker. a capitalist
was arrested at Spokane Falls W. T.. on
the charge OF having seven living wives
T. W BLATCHFoRD's warehouse, in Chica-
90. was destroyed by fire ON the 18th ult i,
causing a loss OF $4,000.
The death of Prof O. H. Mitchell. of Mari
eta, O., distinguished mathematician and
astronomer, occurred on the 18th ult of
pneumonia.
Al Danville. Va, Jed Pritchett tcoloredl
was hanged on the 10Th ult for an assault
upon a little white girl The prisoner
fought like a tiger and refused TO stand on
the trap. The trap was finally sprung and
Pritchett was pushed of the scaffold to his
doom. The services of four deputies were
required to execute him.
OK the 3lst ult a terrible gale swept
over Ohio and many houses in Cincinnati,
Dayton and other towns were unroofed
No person was hurt
On the 3lst ult a small frame building in
Milwaukee occupied by Margaret Kunslais
and her three children, aged seven, four
and two years respectively, was burned,
and all four Of the inmates persisted N the
/ flames
DANIEr BURKE, aged one hundred and
( fourteen years, died in Chicago on the Both
/ uit
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04
An Old Time Partisan.

II is easy 70 recall 10 mind his faTniilar
figure as he sits, during winter evenings,
IN his fayorlte corner.
In his easy chair. with pipe IN hand and
MS silver-rimmed specs" pushed back IN
I'll they find soft resting place on his be
loved snoyg-white head, with eyes spark
ling and his face beammg with pleasure as
ne calls back old memories Of days long
gone by. he Is likely 10 talk something after
this fashion:
aftrs a long time since was n boy. All
Int that was many years ago. Sixty long
wears have gone and the good Lord knows
they were short enough. L vas then as
spruce and pert as any chap Whereabouts.
s.Oh. but we boys were boysi 1hlheS
have changed a heap since those days
Bows then didn't take mU,sll stock ID sly tlsii
clothes and they didn't carry canes hAe
they do now Clothes and canes didn' cut
much caper then, but il was good hard SEM %
and work.
The bog who could 60 the biggest days
lvork-could cut the most wood Spit the
/ most rails, pillow the most corn, was the most
/ envied for he W S sure 10 have the sweetest
/ and best lookin' gal at the 'sirgin' school
Z or apple peelin'.
7 u tel YOU those were good old timesi
sIdidn't think any thing Of going thirty
( mile or more to see your grandmother, anu
we didn't have very good roads either, but
generally had to follow some Old Indian
! trail.
'sTalkin' about sickness then. there was
/ no sickness like now. Ii we had 2 cold, a
. pain, or any thing. there was the best med
! ieiue in the worlC found in any log cabin
home You came across. Why, i remember
that my old grandmother, God bless her
soul, she's been dead these fifty years or
more, could make the best home made med
icine for miles around. Her 'sarsap2rilly
couldn't be beat. Come to think Just read
IT. the piper about somebedy who Is making
this same old log cabin medicine, under the
name Of Warmers Log Cabin Sarsaparilla-
1t does seem splendid 10 think that you
I can buy those good old home cures at tho
! druggists nowadays.
.'Mebbe you think people were not
healthy in those days, but ten you thai
it was mighty seldom any body was sIcA
long when they had such coed old grand
mother medicine 50 handy.
People used TO be- stronger, healthier
and they lived longer, when was a boy
s-n---
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04
CAMBRIDGE THE WINNER.
Oxford Beaten by Four Lengths i'm the
Annual Boat Race.


Annual Boat-Race.
LONDON, April 1.-The annual boat-race
between crews representing the Cambridge
and Oxford universities was rowed ON the
Thames The course was from Putney to
Mortlake, four miles and two furlongs
in length The Cambridge crew
won by four lengths. Large
crowds witnessed the race. A light
breeze was blowing, but the water was
smooth There was tendency to fog
Cambridge at once took the lead, and at
Hammersmith bridge, one and three
quarter miles from the starting-p point was
a length ahead Both crews were rowing
we'll At this time heavy rain began
falling. The oxford crew shortly afterward
became confused and steered badly, splash
ing little and almost collapsing Near
Barnes bridge, five furlongs from the
finish, Oxford made a final squirt, but failed
to reach the Cambridge boat, the crew Of
which, rowing well. won by four lengths.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

4 RATHER mixed household i that
Of the Ameer Of Afghanistan He has
Gvc legal wives Number One is a
grand niece Of his grandfather Mum
Der To is notable chiefly for her
weight three or four hundred pounds.
Number Three used to be handmade 10
Number Two. and Is the mother of the
designated heir 10 the throne. Number
Four is a daughter Of the Dos;- She Is
queen OF the harcm. and rules her
husband i'm all domestic affairs.
Number Fivc's biography IS yet uu-
.t-r-tsar,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

REv. T. De WITT TALMAGE has n
simple and easy plan for converting
the world to Christianity. 1t is for
each Christian to secure one convert
and each one Of the converted to do
the same lie calculates that il this is
done every year for decade the l.
400, coo. 900 people OF the earth could
be brought into the Christian fold and
that the close of this century viii wit
ness the dawn Of the millennium.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

The Chicago Times says: .'Many
women in fashionable society smoke
cigarettes and that, too. in no moder-
ate degree Peep through the pOrti-
ercs 81 many pretty houjoir Of a
rainy day ard "a pleasant little eoteric
u young matrons. and perhaps maid
ems. will d. disclosed like so many
Hebes in a London fog They are
chatting and laughing merri.y be-
tween pulls of the perfumcd weed.
They are trying 70 be Jolly at the eN-
peuse Of throat, lungs and liver
Smoking cigarettes is a common Gus
tom among actresses-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04
lie HAYTIAN WAR.

Legitime's Gun-Ioats Said TO Have In
ncted Great Damage by the lombard
ment of Gonaives.
New YORK. March % The brig Solaris
which arrived Yesterday from Haytian
ports reports I'VE ] It Port au Prince on
March 10 On that day the city was excited
over the news that at that mo-
ment Legitime's gun-boats were lombard
ing Gonaives Three Of the gun-bOats. the
Belize. the Dessalines, and the ioussaint
LOverture were said to be doing terrible
damage The bombardment had been
going on for some hours. and il was
thought that the town would be entirely dc
stIoyed Reports of several decisive lat
ties were brought BY the German steam
ship Prins Hans Frederick froIA Port au
Prince
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04
STAMPS worth SIS, ooo. ooo.

They Are In the vaults of the Internal
Revenue Bureau In Good Condition.
WASHINGTON, April The Treasury COM
mi ttee appointed to count the stamps IN the
vaults OF the Internal Revenue Bureau
completedrheir work Saturday The count
was made necessary by the transfer OF the
bureau froIa Commissioner Miller TO Com
missioner Mason. Two hundred million
stamps Of the value of 45,O00, coo, were
counted and every cent was accounted
for and the stamps were found to be in
srood condition
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

IT viii require fifty thousand men to
make up the census rolls next year.
This viii give a chance to many esti-
mablc gentlemen who failed 10 become
foreign Ministers or Consuls. After
al. it will be just as interesting and
profitable to take the number OF cattle
Ipon our hills and hogs in our mum
5erless valleys as TO suffer Punishment
20 some foreign land upon a stipend
only sufficient to pay for board and
washing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

GEORGE DUNN. convicted at New
Orleans OF killing James Weir. has
been granted a new trial, because the
jury. after the ease was given iuto
their hands, drank whisky and played
cards for several hours before agree
inc on a verdict
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

The remains Of John Hodel. a dis
appointed inventor. who disappeared
from his home seven years ago. have
been found in q cave in Bears mount
ain in Maryland. Hodel invented a
clock somewhat similar 10 that of
Stra~burg. but it failed to be a fnan-
cial success, and It Is supposed that
he repaired TO the cave and poisoned
himself
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04
COLLISION AT SEA.
Terrible Accident i'm the English Channel
hY Which Eonrteen Lives arc Lost.

by Which Fourteen Lives Are Lost.
LONDON, April Ia collision occurred
off Dunkirk in the English channel Friday
between the steamer Countess of Flanders
and the Belgian mail-boat Princess Hem
rietta. The captain, first lieutenant, nine
sailors and three passengers of the former
vessel were drowned Prince jerome
Bonaparte was among the rescued
The latest advices state that the Countess
of Flanders was cut in two and that the
forepart at once sank The Princess Hen
rietta took the after part in tow and started
for this port. but had proceeded only ashort
distance when the portion of the wreck
which she had in tow capsized and went
n
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

THIRTY years ago in PunNsutawney.
Pa. John K Reed and Miss ~ E
Thompson We're engaged 10 be mar
ried. but for some reason parted.
Reed went West. travelled through
California. finally settled in Raveh
W. T., and married. Miss Th0mp-
son married a Mr.. Brewer. They
heard nothing Of zach other for more
than twenty-five years. Both have
grown mp children Brewer died last
year. and Mrs Reed also. Acct
dentalIy Reed and Mrs. Brewer learned
these facts. opened correspondence.
ard they we're married recently.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

CALIFOBNIA' : agricultural resources
are being developed at a tremendous
rate Six hundred thousand fruit
trees have been planted in San Diego
County this season. and similar activ-
ity prevails in other sections of the
STATE
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

FRANK NJ. PERRY and Kate Bur
rOughs, Of Bridgeport, Conn, have
Just been married after a cOurtship Of
thirty years There was provision
in Miss Burroughs fathers will disin-
hcriting her in case she married
Perry She has concluded 10 take the
rf-1r
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

II you wish to see the elephant and
lead him To water you can join the
g0ld-scekers now making for Southern
California. If gold should turn out
plentiful, about one man in ten will
make enough to pay his way back
home year or two hence. always with
the chance. however. OF being laid
away in some lonely grave before that
ssrua
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

GENERAL HoEACE PORTER says that
President Lincoln wasn't much 81 n
champagne drinker. Once. after a
Journey Ia city Point MIR Lincoln
Vas suffering from the gastronomic
disturbances incident 10 sailing on
rough water. \ young staff officer
very previous he was-grabbed "a
bottle u champagne and thrust it
toward Mr.. Lincoln. saying that that
was the very thing he needed. q" No.
young man. Slr Lincoln said. Il
have seen too many fellows sca-sick
ashore from drinking that very ar
ticle-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

THIRTEEN miles from Cheyenne, Wy.
T., IS what Is said to be the largest
horse farm in the world. There are
one hundred and twenty thousand
acres of land, where roam five thou
sand horses, which require the con-
slant attention Of sixty-tive men One
hundred miles Of wire fence keeps
the animals in bounds
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

Mrs. HINCKNIAN, of M0rristown. y.
J.. is eighty-six years old, and the
OF en- day she witnessed a theatrical
performance for the first time in her
life The play was The Old Home
stead, and she vas amazed that every
thing appeared so real.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

DEs MoINEs. Ia, April State Treasurer
Twombley on Saturday paid sl25oo0 out
standing state warrants Another call Is
issued to pay s225. eco April p. This wiz
reduce the floating state debt TO about
$500 OF outstanding interest-bearing
warrants. every dollar Of which viii be
cancelled by October 81 Within six weeks
the debt has been reduced $4,000. This Is
a record of which the State is proud
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

OSE DR.. Terc in England claims to
cure rheumatism by the sting Of bees.
a still more potent remedy, perhaps,
would be the bite Of rattlesnakes,
which Is n sure cure Tor any I'll that
flesh is heir to if the patient lets
whisky alone.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

THERE are Il, IO7 newspapers in the
United States and Canada. and there
are perhaps I.OI7, lO7 gifted men who
could take right hold Of those papers
and show the misguided editors there
Of how newspaper ought really to be
..Dnr.N....a...
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04
death Of Dwarf Cardenas,

DKxTER, Mich, April l.-General Carde-
mas, the well-known dwarf, for seventeen
years has made his home in this place. and
died here Saturday Of consumption he
was born in Mexico 81 years ago, ana nad
been exhibited as a freak n an me prin-
cipal cities in the United states he was
thirty-one inches in height and weighed
hut forfv-Six Mounds
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

At Highbridge the other afternoon Joseph
Memoir, a French teamster, entered the
,OoS of Ellen Long. young girl whose
mother keeps a boarding house, and after
;utting her severely about the head with a
,azOr cut his own throat. The girl, who :
)nly sixteen years old would recover.
Memoir had fallen in love with her,
md having been repeatedly repElsed, had
deliberately planned to kill her and then
himself
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

WASHINGTON, April Major Marcus A
Reno, who commanded portion 81 custer :
regiment and was severely critlciseo ior LIS
failure to come to Clusters relief and pre-
vent the massacre By the Indians. died az
a hospital here from the effects Of . surgical
operation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04
SHOT DOWN.

A Negro Who Was Working to Convict
Clayton's Assassin Killed.
LITTLE Rock. Ark, April l.-Newsreached
here of the murder Saturday night near
Plummersvile of Joe Smith negro, by a
white man named Dan Anderson. The muir
derer overlook the negro in the road as he
was going home and shot him down. An
derson has been arrested and is in Jail I'm
portance is attached to the murder from
the fact that Smith has been very actively
engaged in working up the evidence in the
Clayton assassination for the Pinkerton de-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

I Are numerous. but of the latter none is
-uOre ridiculous than the promIsCuOus and
udom use Of laxative pills and otherdras-
"a 'atbarllcs. These wrench. convulse and
W au both the stomach and the bowels. IL
49, Mcah 'er's Stomach Bitters be used in
AaosuSt. >hese nO-remcdlcs, thercsult Is ac-
st - without pam aud with great
IN IN i,..9ac. 9 bowels, the stomach and tho
i oeHeH0 20 I. Is remedy when constipation
>" ~ ~ Z. AID thereby prevent 1t
from bacOruiua e. Noiia'.-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04
VICTIMS OF THE FLAMES.
A Mother and Three children Burned to
Death nj Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE. April l-ht o'clock this
morning fire broke out at No. l5l4 Walnut
street, a small frame building occupied by
Margaret Kunslais and her three children,
aged :. 4 and respectively
The building burned so rapidly that be-
fore the department could reach the burn
ing structure and render any aid the en-
tire family. including the mother and three
children. were burned TO death.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

The rush into Washington Territory
is 30 great that it has been found nee
essary to erect temporary houses for
Immigrants.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04


Admiral Kimberley
confirming the report
of the disaster at
Apia The Trenton
and Nandalia are q
total loss. The Nipsic
is on the beach and
may be saved Two
of the German YES
sells are a total loss.
Admiral Kimberley $
dispatch is rs fol
lows:
AUCKLAND March 80.
Secretary Of ne Mary,
Washing on; Hurricane
at Ap.a, March IS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

MAIL Is now carried between New
York City and San Francisco in one
hundred and thirteen hours.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

FOX strengthening and clearing the voic>
use Browns Bronchial Trochcs-' Il haye
commended them 10 friends who were pub
lie speakers. and they have proved extreme
ty servlceable ''-EcU. Henry Ward Beccher-
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T Is TOO TRUE.

Confirmation of the Reported Wreeking
in Samoan Waters During a Hurricane
OF American and German War Vessels
Lives to the Number of TAG E.ost-Afeager
Details of the Terrible storm - queen
victoria's sympathy.
WASHINGTON, April THE Navy De-
nartmenf has received q dlsnafch from
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04

The heather. too. are liberal. 4 new
Buddhist temple TO be erected al KiOto
will cost $. 900. 900
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-04
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
TOTAL ABSTINENCE.
The Wisconsin Society Denounee License
for liquor in ANY Form.

The Wisconsin Society Denounee License
for liquor in Amy Form.
At the recent session in Eau Claire Of the
Wisconsin Total Abstinence Society Secre-
AIRY Engelstad, Of Eau Claire, reported sew
nteen local branches formed during the
Iear and total membership OF seven hum
ired Officers as follows were eleCtee
PRESIDENT, o. j. Olson. of Eau Claire; Vice
President, Nels Hanson, of La Crosse; Secre-
airy, Mrs. Alfred Engelstad, of Eau Claire;
Treasurer, o. Mattson, of La Crosse; Di.
rectors. o. 4. Larson of Esdaile, Nilsson
Of BlOomer, Simon Peterson of Spring
nook- Resolutions were adopted denounc-
ny license in any form. A banquet was
.iven TO visiting members, at which there
Vas several hours speech-making.
Died Under Mysterious Circumstances.
Mrs. Susan A. Wedge. aseA seventy five
Tears a widow residing in Brandon, was
'ound dead the other afternoon. She bad
lived alone for a number of years and was
IN old resident OF this county. having come
here about forty years ago. The coroner
.endered a verdict OF death from natural
causes When found she was lying on the
ioor in the room in a position that would
Indicate that there had been foul play, and
Is she was possessed Of some money and
supposed 70 have some in the house at the
line. the first impression was that she hae
net with violence Is was supposed that
she had been dead twenty four hours WheT
,ound