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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25
PEARSON IS DEAD.


The Postmaster of New York Passes Away
at Hishwcod. y. J.-His Life aud Rec
ord.
NEW YORK. April 22.-POstmaster Henry
G. Pearson died at 4:21 o'clock Saturday
morning. lie expired at the home OF his
father-in-law, exp ostmaster-Gener Ibom
as /. James in Highwood, n J. His wife,
Mr. and Mrs James. Mrs. Heiser and other
relatives were in attendance
tAIr. Pearson was bora ia New York City
about forty-sevea years agc. While he vas
yet , hoy he was employed IN the custom
house. Aficrward he was appointed clerk
IN the post-oiIice- He was in the railway rlail
se-vica. Was q good clerk and was highly
recommended ny The super ntendent OF the
service. He was transferred to the main
branch o. The department. where he remained
Until is7l when Mr. James. who had BEEN made
postmaster, made N his assistant When
Mr. James vas made Postmasier-Scaerai by
PRESIDED Garilcsd Mr. Pearson MAS ap-
pointed postmaster. Tie latter married 3
daughter o. Mr. James about ISIS The de-
ceased caves 40 childrsn.
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MISSING MONEY.

A Package of $4,000 in Gold Mysterious
~ Disappears from the ONCE of the
Northern Pacific Express Company at
Brainerd, MINI.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, April 19.-The Jour
nails Brainerd Mimi special says: A
package containing $4,000 in gold has
mysteriously disappeared from the office OF
the Northern Pacific Express Company in
this city. Louis Holman, the night clerk
in charge, received from the train arriving
at l :45 a m four sacks of specie, two OF
which contained $4,000 each in gold and
two $500 each in silver. The money was
consigned to the First National Bank at
this city by the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, to be used
in paying employees of the road Holman
says he carried the specie with other ex-
press packages on his truck to the door Of
the express office. He is positive that he
then carried all the specie into the vault
and turned the combination. Half an hour
later, in checking up, he discovered that
one of the bags of gold was missing. He
at once notified his superior, but close in
vestigation failed to reveal a clew to the
missing money Holman has been in the
employ of the express company for several
years and is regarded as honest and faith
fuI
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25
FRUIT PROSPECTS.
There Will BE n Plentiful Supply of
Peaches and Grapes, but Other Varieties
Do Not Promise 81 Wall


There Will BE Plentiful Supply Of
Peaches and Grapes, but Other Varieties
DO Not Promise so Well.
ST. LOUIS, April lathe Republic prints
report giving the fruit and vegetable pros
poets of the whole country The reports
have all been written during the present
month by the best informed parties in their
respective States, and no unfavorable
weather having interviewed, are considered
IS reliable as though Just written, and
therefore of especial value. Illinois,
Missouri. Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas
and Mississippi furnish very full and
complete reports The peach crop
will be the largest ever grown, the
peach buds being alive at this time in every
State in the Union. and the season being
now so far advanced that a crop is assured
in the West and South, and although too
cary to safely predict full yield in the
East, good crop is expected at most points
there.
Fortunately for apple growers the crop
of apples will be much smaller than that OF
last year, it being the off year for the
crop at many of the big shipping
points, notably Western New York,
a section that can flood every
market in the country when a full crop
is gathered The strawberry crop is hardly
up to the average, yet much larger than
that OF 1855 which was the lightest in many
years The pear crop will average
light through its great enemy, the
"blight The grape crop in the
West and South has been favored with
such a mild winter that but little injury has
been inflicted, and, though late frosts are
not yet all gone, nearly double the yield of
last year is looked for. Ia Ohio
and the great grape growing re-
gions in New York and Pennsylvania
good crop is anticipated The
general crop of other small fruits will not
be large, beng at many points rather neg
lected. The outlook for vege tables is good
in all portions of the country and the yield
promises TO be large.
NORFOLK, Va, April 19-Truckers here
state that owing to the flood the potato
crop was gone and it was too late to replant
now. The pea crop was an entire loss, and
the bean crop viii have to be pulled up and
replanted
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
FROM WASHINGTON.

On the 10th Emancipation Day was cele-
brated by the cOlOred people of the District
OF Columbia by a parade of military and
civic associations
The President on the 10th appointed VIII
lam F. Hepburn, OF Iowa. to be Solicitor OF
the Treasury. and James A Sexton 10 be
postmaster at Chicago.
The President made the following APP
pOintments on the 18th: T. : Lacey, OF
Michigan, Comptroller of the Currency;
Robert Z. Porter. superintendent of the
Census: and William H. Calkins Associate
Justice Of the supreme Court Of the Terri
tory of Washington
WHITELAw REID, the newly appointed
Minister to France, took the oath of office
on the 18th at the State Department.
FROM all parts OF the country reports on
the 18th indicated that the peach crop this
season would be the largest ever known,
that the crop OF fruit generally would be
good, and that the yield of vegetables
would be enormous
THERE were 2ll business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 18th, against 20 the previous seven
DAYS
OK the 18th > new commandery of the
Union Veterans Union at Washington was
named for Philip H. sheridan
THE President decided on the Goth that
applicants for Office must file petitions with
the proper department
AT twentv-six leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the Goth aggregated 81 COS. =
81 Pas against II ,OSsi ~, 40 the previous
week As compared with the corresponding
week OF ISIS the increase amounted to So.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25
A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Four Children Killed by Their Father,
Who Then Suicides.

ADDISON, n Y, April -. Frank Hancock
employed as fireman in saw-mill at Blue
Run. Pa a small town near here was found
dead saturday morning, having hung HIM
self to a rafter during the night In bed in
the same room lay the dead bodies
of four of his children, two with
their throlts cut and two stabbed
through the heart, but the fifth. an infant,
lay sleeping quietly in cradle, unframed
His wife was away spending the night, it is
claimed, with a sick neighbor. Domestic
trouble was the cause. At the in
quest Saturday afternoon the wife
testified that her husband had been unduly
intimate with other women, and ac-
knowledged herself as having been unfaith-
full 20 him, and that they had mutually
agreed to separate on May |. Hancock left
. note saying: II leave my watch for my
baby, take care of him, and when he n
grown up give it to him and say it is from
papa Hancock was known as a steady,
industrious man and had never given any
evidences of Insanity. The five bodies wall
he buried Sunday at his former home in
Sabinville, Pa
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25
LATER.

THE Pres dent the 22d appointed as
commission to negotiate with the Sioux
Indians in Dakota, Gen. George Crook, U.
s. Army; Hon. Chas. Foster, of Ohio and
Hon. William Warner of Kansas City. Mo.
Irving Miller, son of Justice MiIar was
appointed secretary of the commission.
THE Rldeau canal, Canada opened the
22d. the earliest opening for fifty years.
JAMES SwARTz, a Waterman at George
Lannon'S camp, near Mora, Mimi, was
}lot and killed the 21st by August Ander-
son who was staying in camp with him
Il IA claimed that the affair was acc dental
but Anderson has departed for parts
unknown.
one of the early freight trains near
Worcester, Mass, broke in two the morn
ing of the 22d. They then crashed togeth-
er again and the result was wreck TWO
oil cars and two grain cars were burned.
TIE people Of Massachusetts, on tbs I'D
voted upon a proposed amendment to the
state constitution prohib ting The manu-
facture and sale Of iua,Nieating liquors
very large vote was poled and the
amendment was defeated by nearly $500
majority.
THE dwelling Il Patrick Joyce, built on
a marsh on the out skirts of Boston. Mass.
| collapsed the morning of the I'D, took
FIRE and was burned. Mrs. Joyce and
| three children were in the house when il
/ fell and were more or less injured They
I were rescued before the FIRE reached them
The celebrated Oklahoma country open
I ed up for settlement at noon of the I'D
| The rush to the country was unprecedent-
ed. Itwas estimated that fully 20, O00 were
upon the borders awaiting the hour for
entering and making claims.
TuE steamer Missouri with passengers
from the wrecked steamer Danmark ar
rived at Philadelphia the afternoon OF the
22L
l. c. GRAY, a young Englishmen, w c
recently came 10 this country was
drowned in the Sioux River near Akron,
To-, the 23d by the capsizing Of small
sail boat in which he and a friend were
riding.
Mas. BAILRIDGE Of Elk Mound, Dunn
county, Wis. was run over the 2d by
drove Of cattle and received injuries from
which she died in two hours after. Sh
was driving the cattle which were fr ght-
ened by dogs ana stampeded.
THE backbone of the street car strike is
broken. Cars were running at irregular
i,tarvais oll dav Of the I'D accompanied
bv police. Very few passengers patron zeo
the cars. some Of the str kers expressed
a willingness to return to work II allowed
nay for the days lost. The situation u
Minneapolis is the same as IN II Faui
There were no attempts at violence.
TIE usual Easter Monday egg roll NJ
occurred the ssd in the grounds surround
ING the White House at Washington Th'
Measure Of the occasion was enhanced by
Inc music OF the marine band sent tner-
bv or.ier Of Secret ary Tracy
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

"A well-kuown Chinaman has start
ed an evening school in New York to
leach the English language to his own
sountrymen. a good-sized class began
recently, and it was great fun. All Of
The pupils could speak little pigeon"
English. and they made Il a rule TO
speak no Chinese while in the school;
3ut the teachers greatest difficulty was
% get them 20 pronounce the English
words properly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April AT Manatee,
Fla, Wednesday night Isaac Jones (col-
ored) without provocation assaulted his
4-year-old child with heavy iron bar,
breaking nearly every bone in its body and
killing il instantly. Jones wife, who at
tempted to interfere, received injuries
which viii prove fatal The murderer was
arrested He does not seem concerned
about his crime He says the murders
were committed while he was in 1T
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

Is Norwalk, Conn. the other day. a
woman nearly eighty years old capt
ured a burglar and sat on his head un-
I'll help came; and even then she didn' I
get up until he was securely tied.
After this. that old Islander about
woman being tho weaker vessel ought
TO be relegated to the widowed and
IbelOus past where all exploded am
munition belongs.
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DEATH ON a COUNTRY ROAD.
A Farmer and His Wife Fatally Burned
While Riding i'm a Lumber Wagon.


While Riding in Lumber Wagon.
WATERLOO, Ia, April l9-Robert Shidler,
of Manson, was buried Thursday. His death
was caused by burns which he received
while trying to save his wife from be-
ing burned to death April ). They
were riding to town in a lumber
wagon during high wind, and
the hay in the wagon was set on fire by o
spark from his pipe. Before they noticed
it Mrs Shidler's clothing was ON fire
Mr. Shidler got her out of the wagon and
tried to smother the flames. In doing
so the dry grass beside the road
caught fire from her clothes and the
heat was so intense that she sutfo.
Gated, dying in her husbands arms. His
hands and arms were fearfully burned, the
flesh coming from them in shreds He suf-
fered intense pain, but fingered until Tues
day last when he too died Mr.. ShidleT
was 6S years old and his wife O.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25
EoRE,eN tNTElIIGENcE.

PARIS authorities on the 10th searched the
residences of General Boulanger, Count
Dillon and Henri Rochefort, and a number
of more or less compromising papers were
seized
MR PARNELL instituted a suit against the
London Times for libel on the 10th, claim
ing elON 600 damages
By an explosion five persons were killed
on the 18th in the Rothschild eolliery at
Tiefblau, Austria, and six other workmeR
were missing
CHOLERA was raging on the 18th in the
Philippine Islands, where. out of fifteen
hundred persons attacked one thousand
died
IL Paris on the 18th warrants We're issued
for the arrest of sixty more members OF the
Boulangist party
ADvICEs of the 18th brought details OF the
slow starvation of thousands in the north
| Chinese provinces. In one town on the
banks of the Yellow river women walked
the streets and publicly offered their chill
dren for sale to save them from furnishing.
Missionaries were feeding eighty Thousand
persons but this was not more than 4 tf-
tieth part of the number that were starry
ing.
OK the 18th six thousand emigrants sailed
from Liverpool a few of whom We're bound
for the Argentine Republic and the rest for
/ the United tateS
AT Bicze, Waag and Bistritz, in Hungary,
a famine was raging ON the 18th, and hUr-
dTeds of persons We're starving and dying.
FRENcH-C ANADIAN papers stated on the
/ 10Th that the volume of emigration from
Quebec TO the United States this wear
I promised to exceed that of any previous
/ year in the history of the province. One
| paper said it would reach one hundred
! thousand
| A NHHIsTIc plot TO assassinate the Czar
was discovered on the 18th at St Peters
\ burg.
EMIGRATION from the southwest Of I've
/ land was on the 18th causing alarm, as the
/ country was being rapidly depopulated
FIRE on the 10Th nearly destroyed she
! Indian village Of Iroquois, in Canada, hay
\ ing population of eleven hundred, all In
dians
OK the goth BOulanger was ordered by The
/ authorities OF Belgium to leave that country.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

HANNIBAL HAMLIS remarked the
other day that only four persons were
now living who were in Congress
when he entered It. These are Mr..
Bradbury, OF Maine; Mr.. Fitch. OF
Michigan; jefferson Davis and him
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

MINERS have a superstition that rich
gold diggings are always found every
ten years, and the record, thus far. fairly
sustains the notion. rs the historic
..big find in California was in 1919;
PIES Peak, 1888; Nevada, 1869, and
Leadvillc. 1879. This belief more than
any thing else. Is said - constitute the
reason why the recent Southern Cali
fornia imposition was 50 successful;
and it was also likely the inspiration
moving its perpetrators to spring their
scheme al this time.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

The Official az the White House who
does the Presidents newspaper read
ing and clipping is Benjamin Mont
gomery. the telegcaphic secretary
He is one OF the most valuable officers
OF the force. as. in addition TO his
knowledge Of telegraphy. he possesses
a wonderful acquaintance with men
and measures. and i singularly active
I'm clerical work He now attends to n
duty that was formerly performed by
Colonel Lamont. namely, perusing the
newspapers and transferring to scrap
book all articles regarded as worthy
of the Presidents consideration.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

PEOPLE living in comfortable homes
and reasonably contented and happy.
should think several times before emf
grating TO Oklahoma, says the Chicago
Inter Ocean Il will be some time be
fore it will become a pleasant locality
to raise a family.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

Mr.. CLARK. the well-knOwn tele-
scOpe-maker Of Cambridge. proposes
to construct a forty-inch telescope for
the observatory OF the University OF
Southern California. This will sur
pass in size and power any telescope
ever made. II will cost 500 900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

A MARRIED lady in New York City
named Analia krzywoszynski, nee
Czysnersxy. elOped recently with John
Jwiniinjynsky. nineteen-year-Old
youth Her husband. John krzywos-
zynski, has sued her fOr divorce. His
suspicious were first aroused by find
ing letters from her lover in her dress
pocket 1t would seem aS if the fami-
Is had right TO have carried some of
the letters OF their names in their peck
cts, if their pockets had been big
enough
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

JAMES GILBERT. OF SmithvilIe, Ark,
puts IN claim for the fifty dol
lars offered by the Little Rock Ca
zette for the largest family in Arkan-
sas. lie is the father Of seventeen
children. The mother Of the whole
sey entecn Is still alive. and if Mr.. Gil
bert wins that prize and doesn't turn
every cent OF it over to her he viii be
one Of the meauest men that ever lived
in Arkansas
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

Miss ANNE WATERs. Of san Fran
cisco, has made a bad beginning in her
attempt TO strike out a new line Of in
dustry for women. She started out as
a highway robber, but was captured
and locked UP before she had fair Op-
portunitv 10 demonstrate what an en-
tcrprising woman could do if let alone.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

IT looks as though the steamer
Bothuia. which has been chartered 70
take the American delegates to the
Worlds Sunday School convention in
London. would be unable 20 accOmmO-
date all who desire to 90. and an ad-
ditional steamer will probably have to
be procured II Is certain that the
convention will b. the largest of the
kind ever held. The London commit
tee has adviCes concerning the dele
gates who are to Be present from
Asia. Africa. North America and other
parts. The object Of the convention i
to promote Suuday-school work.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

Mr.. WANASIAKER wants 10 know
why woman always puts a postscript
TO letter. We are glad to see the
POstmaster-General getting down 10
work in an endeavOr to unraveI the
problems of his department.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

NORFOLK, Va, April 19.-Captain Heze-
kiah Williams, one of the oldest members OF
the Virginian Pilots Association, died
Wednesday night, aged y years He was a
native of Middlesex County. He was one
of the pilots of the iron-clad Merrimac, and
was at the wheel in the encounter between
that war-ship and Ericcson's Monitor in
Hampton Roads during the late war.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25
All Were Drowned.

BALTIMoRE, Md, April 10. r. The Suns
special from Norfolk, Va, says: vessel
went ashore Wednesday night near life
saving station No 81 but as all ON board
were drowned before any assistance could
reach them. and the vessel went to pieces
shortly after she struck the beach, it has
been impossible to ascertain her name, des-
tination or cargo.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

RICHMOND, Va, April p Ex-senator A
NJ. Lybrook. of PatrieF County, says there
has never been parallel to the destruc-
ton OF property resulting from the hres
that occurred in that county last week
Hundreds of people ere left utterly desti-
tube. They can not live without ala from
abroad until the harvesting OF the next
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

GALLATIS, Mo, April D The express
office at Patterson, Daviess County, was
robbed of between 5000 and $4,000 by 9
masked man who entered the building,
catching the agent unawares. He presented
a revolver at the latters head and forced
him To give up the keys to the safe He
escaped, and the search for him has been
,,,,errrcosSful
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

Boston, April 1a.-At West Farms, near
westheld, Mass, Thursday morning, Edgar
King stole into his aged fathers bedroom,
shot him dead, and then tried to murder
mis- two aunts. Failing in this, he set the
premises on fire and then killed himself
Insanity. growing out Of dissolute habits, is
said to have been the cause of the tragedy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25
SIX PERSONS MURDERED.
Horrible Crimes Committed by Robbers
in North CarCIina

CHARLOTTE, n. c., April pa horrible
story comes from Mason County. W. p
Wood is an industrious and steady farmer
He was last Monlay called away for a
few DAYS. and when he returned Fri
day he was Mortified to find his
dwelling completely in ashes. Soon quite
a number of sympathizing friends joined
with him in the search for his family, but
all inquiries proved fruitless. They then as
a last resort turned toward the spot where
the dwelling had stood, and were Mortified
to find the charre1 remains of Mrs. Wood
and her five children. They had been
murdered by robbers, who had then set
fro 70 the houSe
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

DEs MoISEs. r.. April p. II. r. Heath,
OF this city. proprietor Of the Des MONIES
oatmeal mill has received dispatch rom
Chicago, signed by the Consolidated oat-
meal Company. saying: Have concluded
~ LET the combination go TO pieces" This
means that the oatmeal trust is broken
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

THE twenty-eighth international con-
vention of the Young Mems Christian
associations Of North America will be
held in Philadelphia May S-I2, 1889
The biennial report which the commit
tee will submit to the convention viii
show the marked progress which
association work has made on this
continent since the last convention.
The cost Of the work iutrusted TO the
committee was. for 1857, SIS, POO. q;
and tor 1883. SfS,24S.S3
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BURNED TO DEATH.
Three Men Lose Their Lives at a Fire in
Detroit LodgingHOuse.

Detroit Lodging House.
DETROIT, Mich, April ga fire at Dennis
Hotel a cheap lodging house, IS and -
Cadillac square, at o'clock Sunday after
noon, caused the death of three men and
serious injury to a fourth. Malaki Powell
orter, let lighted lamp fall from
lis hands in the rear of the bar-room
and in an almost incredible space of
time the entire building was full of smoke
f. J. Gibson, a bartender, and T. L. Bollfo
were asleep on the third floor and both
were saffocated William Whitaker, a
sailor, was seen at his window on the fourth
floor, but before the firemen could reach
him he fell back and was smothered
Powell was badly burned, but will probably
rppOvpr
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25

EDIsoN has. it IS stated. devised a
doll with a small phonOgraph inside.
which talks when the handle is turned.
The photograph IS placed in a recep-
tacle within the chest Of tho doll and
the handle protrudes. When it is
sIrned the words appear TO issue from
the doll 5 mouth. Edison has also de-
vised a clock which announces the
time 10y speaking; the talking appa-
ratus being. OF course. "A photograph.