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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10
EIGHT LIVES LosT.
Another Disaster ON the Mississippi River
The Steamer Paris c. Brown Strikes a
snag and sinks Near New Orleans
Einhn DrnNrnan

Another Disaster on the Mississippi River
The Steamer Paris c. Brown Strikes n
snag and sinks Near New Orleans
Eight Drowned.
New ORLEANS, Jan. The steamboat
Paris C. Brown, from New Orleans for
Cincinnati, struck a snag at Hermitage
landing, Point Ccupee parish, at o'clock
Saturday night, and eight lives are know n
10 have been lost The dead are:
William Mitchell OF Gallipolis, o., one OF the
cabin crew; William Marshall. OF Cincinnati.
ladies' cabin man; James Harrison. OF Mem
phis, Tenn, second pantry man; William Tay-
Tor, OF Cincinnati night watehman; Samuel
Grsy, OF Cincinnati, fireman; Abraham Mitch
ell, OF New Orleans. fireman. The barber
and porter, whose names are unknown, COM
piete the list
DIR. Grayam and wife, OF Pawtueket r
J., Messrs. Donly ard Shafer, aud another
cabin passenger and wife. whose names
are unknown, Of Boston, and Mary and
Ben Jolly, of Bayou Paul, cabin passen-
gers, are known to be saved. All the
crew except those above named are
accounted for and saved One of the
cabin boys got to the river bank,
but could not climb up tue slippery
mud, fell back into the river and sunk be
fore assistance could be rendered him
The Brown sunk within few minutes
ofothe accident only the top Of the pilot
house and portion Of the texas
being visible. She is complete
TOSS, and so is hs- 2a-go which lies
at the bottom Of the river or is floating
down stream. The Paris c. Brown left
this port Friday night with 800 tons of
freight, to which was added $50 tons on
ths way up Her cargo consisted of
lao tons of car wheels and the re-
mainder in sugar, mOlasses, Old iron and
sundries She was registered at / 400 tons
and owned by Captains A N. Halliday aud
C. g. Young. She was valued at S24, OOC
and insured at Cincinnati for $l4, OO0
Nothing is known here as TO the insurance
on cargo
The Paris c. Brown was built at ncin.
natl IN 1878 by the Marine Railway & Dock
Company for the Cincluatti and New
Orleans trade, in which she had been
running ever since, making over
ninety trips without a mshap Of any
kind She had been for a number
OF years in command of Captain A NJ.
Halliday, but at the me of the disaster
she was commanded by Captain C. G.
Young, native Of Cincinnati. She had
on board ten cabin passengers and few
deck passe myers.
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WILL BE HEARD LIS SENATE.


Three Nominations That Are Equivalents
to Ei-ctious-Re9Db'icans ia Michigan.
Colorado aud Maize Choose Respectively
James Mem lIsn, a.. q. wOlcott and
William A.. Frye for United states SEN
ators.
DETROIT, Jan. 3-The Republicans OF
the Michigan Legislature placed James
Mcmillan, Of Detroit, Que Of the wealthiest
manufacturers Of the State, and long a
leader of Michigan Republicans. in noni-
nation for tie United States Senatorship,
"Wednesday hight, To succeed Thomas w.
Palmer. Tue nomination amounts 10 an
election and has been conceded 70 Mr.. Nc
MILAN
The nomination is, Of course, ECU valent
TO an election, but Mcmillan will not be
formally elected until the 10th inst. The
Democratic minority will cast It's votes
for Melbourne II. Ford, Of Grand Rapids
james Mcmillan Is 20 years 81 age HIS
father was a Scotch Presbyterian, who settled
In Hamilton, Ont, IN 1884 aad d.ed there IN
1874 leaving handsome property. James
Mehillan was educated in Tie Hamilton gram
mar school. After four years spent IN busI-
ness IN Hamilton he settled 80 Detroit
where he began the wouderfu! bush
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts.
FiFTIETH CONGRESS.
second Session.

second Session
WEDSEsDAS. Jan. The Senate recon-
vened. A bill was introduced TO prohibit
Acknowledgement on account OF sex, and
petitions were resented for the suspen-
zion OF the purchase of 81 yer bullion and
tire co mage OF silver dollars, AMI rrovid-
.ug for a complete enumeration in the next
census of surviving veterans of the re-
beiliOn. Tue Tar n bill was considered.
In the House a resolution was intr, ducei
proposing q constitution Il amendment ex-
tending the President al term To six years
and making the President ineligible for
reelection. A Dill was introduced for the
admit sion OF AR IONA and Idaho as States.
THURSDAY, Jan Sin the Senate thir-
ty-one Pages Of the Tariff hill were dis
posed OF. The prime pal discussion was
in regard u the duty on cotton thread. Ia
the House almost the eut re day was spent
in fiiibu-tering over q proposition 10
change the rules
FRIDAY. Jan. "A favorable report
was made in the 81 nate on the Edmunds
bill deprecatinR foreign connection with
the Panama canal Resolutions were
presented urging the importance Of
the speedy completion of the rebellion
records The Tar a bill was further con-
sidered. In the House the Nicaragua
Canal bill was passed Tue bill absolyes
the United States from ali liability on &C.
count Of the company, and requires that
this provisO shall be Printed on all bonds
and other obligations; provides that no
stock shall be issued until ten per cent.
has been paid n 10 cash, and reserves 70
Congress the right to alter or repeal the
act and 10 regulate the tariff rates
SATURDAY, Jan. 5 In the Senate q
bill. WIS introduced TO create a Customs
Com nission in the Urea ury Department
which shall make Investigations respect
ing the working OF the tariff and com
municate the same to Congress when
called upon The Tariff bill was further
considered. In the House q joint resolu-
ton was introduced proposing a constitu-
tional amendment authorizing Congress
10 make a uniform law of marriage and
divorce
MONDAY, Jan z "A resolution was
adopted in the Senate declaring that
the United States Government will
look with disapproval on the attempt OF
any foreign power 10 control the proposed
canal across the lsthmus of Panama In
the House the contest over the proposed
change Of rules abOlishing the cali Of
States on suspension Mondays was re
sumed. and the entire session was spent
in Administering
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A HAWAIIAN convict who vas con-
aemned to death had his life spared on
condition that he should be inoculated
with ieprOsy by way Of experiment..
The incubation took place three years
ago. ana the unfortunate man. who
would surely have done better 10 so 10
the scaffO d. Is now a tubercu.ar leper.
The experiment was perhaps hardly
necesss y The fact that Father Da-
ME. has become leper since he went
% reside IN a settlement Of lepers is
surely proof enough tina: the disease is
contagious. Now. howcv IT. there Is
no longer room for doubt.
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ness career which has made him a m llionaire.
While yet under age he managed railroad
contract or's business. and the Detroit &
Milwaukee roads pier at Grand Haven
was built under his supervision when he
was but 20. In 1854 Mr.. Mem Han and
others founded the Michigan Car Company,
out OF which has grown the Detroit Car
wheel O. mpany, the Baugh Seam Forge Com
pany and The Detro Iron-Furnace Company.
Mr.. Mcmillan organized many other large
business enterprises. He was instrumental
in building the Duluth, South Shore s. At
lnntic railway. He is large stoekholder
in two l. Ike transportat on companies
and two banks. He has given large
sums OF money TO Detroit His latest gift to
Detro was s1O0,n00 for hospital 10 be founded
in the name Of his daughter Grace, now dead.
Fe Is very Iopular. His political sagacty ex-
bted while cha rman OF the Republican State
Committee has won for him the Senatorship TO
which he has been nominated.l
SENATOR FRYE TO GO BACK
AUGUSTA, Me, Jan. 3-1he joint Rerub-
lican caucus Wednesday reuomiuated Hon
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

CIVILIZATION seems TO bs having a
turbulent time. planting its foot here
and there on barbarian shores The
S0udanese are making it unpleasant
for the British at Sual1im on the Red
sea. and some OF the subjects of the
rsisr OF Zanzibar have been marrying
German settlements within his d0min-
ions and n blockade BY the German
and English powers has resulted. while
in Samoa. civil war. chiefly the conse-
queucs offoreigu interference i raging.
The wars Of the period are not great.
bat they assume Importance for diplo-
ustic questions depending upon them.
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The Mechanical Arts.

We have seen how the literary edu-
cation which Nc now consider 30 es-
sontial was regarded in England-as
ungentlemanly Il Is not so long since
the physician or leech was, as Hallam
saws, 'an inexhaustible theme OF pop.
ular ridicule" The BARRIERS pole, SO
common IL our streets, recalls times
not so long past, ,ehen the barber prac-
ticed blood-letting and other medical
arts. i Il within our own memory tha.
the dentist STOOD on a level With the
barber; indeed. the two were often the
same person. How is i that all this Is
changed. that literature, medicine and
dentistry have become gcntlenanly oc-
cupations? Simply, I think, because
they are now thought scientifically and
institutions have been established for
that purpose Il may be laid town az
q general rule that whatever is taught
in school will soon become respectable
and gentlemauy, while that which is
picked up il the house Or tie work.
shop will always be regarded as meniai
PROT. TtoB1as DqUicsot. "a Forum.
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LATEp

AT streatOr. Ill, on the Sth., caboose
continuing section men was crashed into at
the crossing of the Illinois Central and III
nos. Indiana & Iowa "a lroads William
Joy, section boss, was killed and five others
bad Y wounded
SNOW fell at Winon,, MINI, on the night
OF the h to the depth of five inctes
II YVES learned on The Sth that Norman
Carter OF Clayton, H., was murdered on
the 4th by Andrew and Frank Jackson.
There had been a fued between Carter nj
the Jackson's and Carer was enticed into
the woods on the plea TO settle pleasantly
past differences and while talking was
felled with On ak
The oil house Of the Canadian Pref
railroad shops at VIM p took fire on the
Sth an was destroyed with all its contents
The Indiana Democratic State Senators
In caucus on the night of the Sth decided
not TO allow Lieut. Gov. Robinson TO pre-
side the organ zrtion of the Senate.
The agents and owners OF FIVE ships with
caTgOes valued at 81, OOO 900 tn at have
been missing since November reported TO
the marine exchangs OF New York on the
9th that they were given up as lost
The House Committee at Washington
has finished it's consideration OF the NJ
preparations The results OF its labors is a
re uction from SlS7, s56. O9j TO S13l, 229,
$50
TEL1GRANs from Nspics say that the
eIupt.on OF Nj Yersuvius is increasing and
the new cone that had formed has been
rent OF en-
st tie NEE ing Of tn a Agricultural socie-
ty Of MINI. sUt4 at - Paul on the Sth Nm.
II. Bushnell OF s. Paul was 81, ct.d Presl-
Gent for the ensn ng year,
Shook OF esrthqu Ike vas fe,s az Mat
,ocu, IL. lste On the night az the 9TH
IL tue organization OF the u ,kota Iegis-
lature whic convened 3; Bismarck. on the
sth. Mr. : lmms. was elected President Of
the Connect T. Il j q. Il Keith Speaker of the
Hoase. tn are farmers
An attempt vss male to blow up the
royal pai &c at Madrid on the stu. with a
ldyuami;s bonh Great excitement pre-
vailed a. he time but no one was hurt
THE American base hall players left Mel
Dor me-, .ralia. on the steamer salia for
home on the s-h.
Two bOotblacks in New York auarreiei
on the night OF the Sth ols killed the
other BY ca ting his throat with a razor
De c c. 2. SILVA OF Chic 90. on the sth
brought suit sg-Ius. he Chicago 7 mes for
hoel With damages 20 tue auonn. OF $50
GOO
Two HungarlSn laborers were turie5
al We under IN avalanche OF sand az the
fooE Ct biuf near Elevator '.B'' In -
Paul on the sth. Both v-ers dead when
dag out
IEzsteau1s- G. y vnuEatoa vss sunk IN
the Red rivsr on the N
ALBEKT show while cbopping nezr Rcs6's
Landing. MINI, On h 81 yTss i1s.znTiy
srL.led y falling tr-s
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FROM WASHINGTON.

The public debt statement issued on the
I'd showed the total debt to be 81 6S5. 363
27l; cash in Treasury. s61 6S6 e64; debt
less cash in Treasury $l.1S4 or 25S. De
crease during December, Sl4. +27. 595. DE
crease since June 81, lSSS, S3l 81. 3sS
OS the Sd Colonel Daniel Mcclure, As
sIstant Paymsster-General, was placed on
the retired list of the army.
DURING the seven days ended on the 18th,
there were 2S6 business failures in the
United States, against SSi the previous
seven days
ATtwenty-six leading clearinghouse in
the United States the exchanges during
the week ended on uthe 5th aggreg ited
81, O95 GA, ga, against S92i. 25l, ga the pre-
v.ous week As compared with the cor
responding week Of 1883 the increase
amounted 10 243
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BLOWN INTO ETERNITY.

a Boiler Explosion in West vIrgInia
Kills Five Men and Wounds Several
Others.
CHARLESTON, ". Va, Jau. News has
been received here of terrible accident
which occurred Saturday at New Hope,
Mercer County. Seven farmers Of
the neighborhood had consregated
at William Carter's steam grist-
mil to obtain their usual supplies
Of flour. About ! o'clock William
jerome Thomas Carter Joseph f. French.
Wade Shuflebarger, John WINNER. Levi
Shields aud Eli Shields were sitting in the
mill talking when terrible explosion &C.
Cured. The boiler had burst The mill
was totally wrecked and the follow
lug-named men killed: Joseph E
French. Thomas Carter, Lev Shields
and John WINNER. Eli Shields
was horribly scalded and died Sunday.
Wade Shufflebarger was badly burned
about the face and body. Gerome Carter
was in jured on the head and face and had
his collar bone broken. William Carter
was seriously burned and injured inter
nally. The explosion was of terrific force
The beams were broken into splinters
and pieces Of the boiler weighing 200
pounds were blown over 800 yards. Il is
thought that Engineer Snuf1iebarger al
lowed the water in the boiler to get too
low
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

Miss FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE is said
90 be a confirmed invalid from a spinal
disease incurred through Over-devOtion
10 the cause of nursing She went
home sick from the Crimea. and her
health was never thereafter re-estab-
lished. She is now approaching her
SEVENTEEN year. aud IS destined &c
pass the evening Of her days as a most
favored inmate OF s. Thomas HOspit-
Al. London. In that institution. in
1858. was established the Nightingale
Fund OF AJO.uOO. in commemOration OF
the heroic labor Of that lady in the
Cr1mU0n hospitals.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

HADJ SULLIVAN SABA. who died re-
sentlJ at ConstantinopIe. was said to
have reached the age of one hundred
and thirty-twO years He had seven
wives. sixty sons aud nine daughters.
all of whom passed on before him. He
sas only niuety-eight when he married
his last wife, and after her death
would have married again. but found
himself too Door.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

ELECTRICITY used in an odd way now
works some Of the big COmstOck ore
mills in Nevada. Water is run down
one OF the mine shafts and out by the
Su1ro tunnel At the SutrO tsnnel lev
=. 1850 feet down, it has pressure of
$50 pounds to the square inch. Elec-
trio motors convey the power back TO
the surface again with the loss of only
10 per cent. and when It reaches the
mill it is equivalent TO lSj horse-pOw-
er. which would run any staE3P mill in
the world II the experiment proves
successful low grade ores viii b0cOme
Nnlnahla
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THERE IS only one woman in the
United States who Is entitled on all oc-
c,lsions to the privilege of the floor Of
the Senate This is the wife of Sena-
tor John H Reagan. of Texas. who
has been appointed private secretary
by her husband. with all the hO1ors
and emoluments of that position,
amounting to some $1,000 a year.
This Is said 10 be the first case Of the
sind in the records OF the senate.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

The French mint will soon replace
the copper sous with nicl1els. Singularly
enough the five and ten-centime pieces
viii be perforated in the center after
The manner of Chinese coins. This
enables them TO be strung and counted
DR. handled with great ease.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

THOMAS a. Edison, the great cleo
trician, passed the holidays with his
tather-in-law. Lewis Miller. of Akron.
o. In an interview with a reporter he
said he was now working on an inven-
ton whereby electricity would DO pro-
iuced direct from coal, dispensing en-
tirely with the boilers, engines. dyna-
mos. etc. now required. Besides. he
said. he would use nearly the entire
heat units of the coal instead of only
shout FIVE per cent. as is done by the
present system of burning.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

"A Clairville (Ga- )druggist recent
" captured young snake. TO which he
has been giving a certain amount d
whisky every day. At first his snake
ship did not take kindly to the bever
age. but OF late has shown decided
hankering after it When given all It
can drink It rolls around on the floor
and performs a number Of odd antics.
clearly proving that the glorious priv
ilsge Of getting drunk Is not denied 70
even snakes
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

The State Board OF Supervisors made
it's biennial re 'ort to the Governor re
Gently, in which six charitable reforms
tories and penal institutions of the State
were declared TO be In prime condition
The board argues earnestly, logically and
forcibly in favor Of keeping convicts EN-
ployed at pro ductive labor, despite the
hue and cry against it by outside work
men, and makes q strong plea for the en-
actment of law providing for interme
diate sentences for pri soaers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

The old oak in WOOdbridgetOwn,
Conn. remarkable for its huge d.
mensions. was felled to the ground the
other day. aftSr FIVE hours OF chopping
by four men. The trunk was twenty
seven feet six inches in diameter. and
contained over eleven hundred layers
or rings. showing that it was above a
thousand years old. The tree was said
70 have been the largest in New En-
rIand
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

IT is rather late for the courts to be
considering the provisions OF the lac
Artemus Wards win. The principal
.sgacy left By him was his exhsustless
fund OF humor. and the whole English
speaking race were his heirs. No
Judge or Jury can set that aside
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

Harbor Master James F. Trowel in his
annual report shows that there are In
winter quarters in Milwaukee total Of
l2l vessels, with an aggregate steam ton
mage of 90 $40; sail tonnage Of Is 35S; or a
total Of 1881 tons. This list includes ne
teen grain steamers, twelve grain schoon-
ers, fifteen lumber steamers, sixty-two
lumber schooners, two excursion steam
ers, one Government steamer and ten har-
Dor tugs. The total vessel arrivals for
1883 at that port were s. cal, and departures
5,29I The total tonnage OF arrivals was
:, 40 753. and of departures 2,4S9 429 tons.
The grand total of coal receipts was 500. l72
net tons. Total lumber receipts. Ill, ~,
90 feet; wood, l0l, ll6 cords; bark, - l5i
cords; iron ore. 1909 net tons. The re-
ceipts of salt were 4l0, 236 bArre's, 1850
sacks, 40 tons in bulk and ABS cases.
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SENATOR FRYE. ecOnu fuu term.
Mr. Frye is 81 gears old, a graduate Of
Bowdoin. and has been in politics since
1861 holding many offices. from mayor of
Lewiston, Ne TO Congressman ard United
States Senator
woLcoTr CHOSEN IN COLORADO.
DENVER, Col, Jan. 3-The Republican
caucus has nominated f. q. Wolcott for
United States Senator on the first ballot,
the vote being Wolcott As, Bowen ID,
Tabor /. The nomination was made unan-
imous The election occurs January 10
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XNIsconsIn Nnwsnnners.

The American Newspaper Annual for
1888, recently issued in Philadelphia,
shows that each Of the sixty eight counties
In Wisconsin has one or more messengers
Of intelligence. the product Of the print
ing press. Pape s are published 10 POS
cities. towns and villages, including ety.
seven county seats. OF the 4S7 papers in
the State thirty-nine are daily, one tri-
weekly two semi-weekly, 4l2 weekly, two
bi-weekly. six semi-monthly and twenty
five monthly. In Dane County twenty-six
papers are pub ished. OF these sixteen
cone from Madison alone. This number
includes three dailies one tri-weekly,
eight weeklies, one semi-monthly and three
montnlies
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
STATE TEACHERS.
Resolutions Adopted az the seyni-Annui
Sessions of Teachere

Resolutions Adopted az the seini-Annual
Sessions of Teachers.
The Wisconsin State Teachers Associa-
ton held its semi annual session recently.
Resolutions asking for the enactment by
The Legislature Of some important laws re-
ating TO educational matters were adopt
I'd Among the resolutions Is one asking
for State institution for the instruction
OF feebie-minded children; also law to
secure the prah;bit.3a Of the exposure In
public places Of pictorial and other repre-
sensations Of murderous or other villain
BUS crimes; to provide by constitutional
amendment for the election Of State Super
lntendents County Super ntendents and
other school offic ais at the spring instead
Of the fall election; 70 provide for an ad :
iitiona assistant TO the State Superin-
tendent An appropriation OF $500 for
the support Of the Summer School Of Sci
en- ce will be asked. DR.. b. s Hinsdale, Of
Ann Arbor. Mich, was elected an honor
airy member. George Albee. Of Oshkosh,
was chosen delegate to the National Asso-
citation at Nashville.
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One OF the latest wrinkles in photog-
Apply Is the ghost picture. in which
tpersOn's likeness is taken by an in
Simultaneous exposure, with result so
lhadowy that the background. sub
iected to a longer exposure, can be
seen through the ghost
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LONDON has carried the drop a
nickel in the slot > nonsense to a prac-
dcal business, and by dropping a pen
~ in the slot poor people may secure
4 gas-lighs for six hours. Each burner
5 arranged 50 as to give thirty-six
ieet of gas for q penny, which. by the
way. is only fity-six cents per thou
"a nj faas
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IT may be we'll for Miss Canada to
remember before she turns up her lit
lie blue. cold nose at the idea Of &C
septing Uncle Sam as a sutton that he
L as young and good looking a fellow
ss viii ever be likely to present MIN
elf. and that she herself is no chicken.
Moreover. her farm lines his'n.