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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20
plTH AND POINT.


Carpets are made to cover the
doors and rugs to cover the flaws.
The greatest loss of time that l
inow of is 10 count the hours. -Rabe-
ais.
Men say of women what they
pleases them.
We grow wise as we grow older.
out it is by forgetting what we thought
we Snew.-Life-
As oysters are swallowed wheL
they are opened. so is the frank man
aiken in when lie tells his plans to
rOgues.
Nothing is earned without labor.
Hence. if any one obtains any thing
without labor, he is defrauding some
one else.
We can not be reminded too often
of the fact that brcvity is the soul of
wit. and tediousness the limbs and OUT
ward flourishes.
If you have any faith, give me, for
Heavens sake a share of it! Your
doubts you ma. keep to yourself, for |
have a plenty of my own.-GOethe.
The judges OF the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania are ridiculed for wear
ing silk gowns, which they have
adopted. The innovation is generally
unpopular.
1t takes something else besides
D F,rI
their interest IL the long run. 1t
takes some conscience and belief in
right and wrong.
The good. old gentleman who Is
fifteen or twenty years behind times
usually has son who IS rapid enough
to make the average about right
Merchant Traveller.
"A good average is a poor attain
ment He who is not above the aver
age is below his own fair level; for the
average in this worlds measurements
is by no means a prsliseworthy line
s ). Times
1t contributes greatly towards
mans moral and intellectual health to
be brought into habits of companion
ship with individuals unlike himself.
who care little for his pursuits. and
whose sphere and abilities he must GO
out of himself to appreciate.-Haw-
thoFne.
There is an ''aristocracyn of in
tellect as well as of birth, or of money.
and highly-cultivated people are apt to
be as disdainful of everyday thinkers
as rich people are of the poor. Yet
lives are made noble, and the world is
made happier. very often. by simple
thinkers, to whom the refnements OF
philosophy are unknown quantities. -
Texas Siftings
Happiness depends not on what
one has, but on what one IS He who
is of cheerful spirit will be cheerful
in all his privations. He who is Of
complaining spirit will never lack oc-
casions of complaining. 1t is not ones
possessions or ones surroundings, but
ones way of looking at his possessions
and surroundings, that settles the
/ question of ones cheerfulness, WHEREBY
+ or he is. or whatever he has.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20
Russell Sage at His Desk.

had an interview to-day with Rus
sell Sage, lhe penurious old man who
does such a thriving business in puts
and calls with friends OF speculative
nature. and whose name IS now linked
with tina, Of Jay Gould whenever the
owners Of the Manhattan Railway
Company are mentioned. Russ ell Sage
is over seventy years old, but his mind
is as keen as ever, aud toe amount Of
business Ae transacts in a day would
put tc blush many a lusty. youthful
broker. He does not appear 70 be .
rnethodica! man either His desk, a
fine table, fs-covered with papers. let
ters. etc. At his right hand are tive
long slips containg the latest quota
lions from the Stock Exchange Every
moment a clerk steps in and quitely
adds new figures 70 this list Russell
Sage's face looks very Irish. On his
chin and neck is a short stiff beard.
Wis upper lip and cheeks are smooth.
He wears a twenty-five cent made-up
neel,-tie. and a suit Of clothes OF which
no two garments are Of the same pat
tern. They ere not OF loud figure.
but very plain ard common.-N y.
Letter
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20
STATE FINANCES.
Report by Secretary of State Timme of
the Condition of the Treasury.

Report by Secretary of State Timme of
the Condition of the Treasury.
The following statement made by Score
tary of State Iimme of the condition of the
State Treasury shows that the amouns in
the general fund is 500, 043 80; school fund,
sl9S. SIS 81; school fund income, So, OBS. 40;
university fund, 81 SOB l6; university fund
income, 81, SG3 81; agricultural college fund,
s'l,s6ll1; agricultural college fund in
come, s2.5U6.3S; normal school fund in
come, 81, so It; drainage fund, $2i, 264 IS;
delinquent tax fund, s3,s31l7; deposit
fund, slO, S4659; st Croix & Lake Shore
railroad trespass fund, s2.C61 46; st Croix
q Lake Shore railroad deposit, siOSO2; re-
demption fund. s6405; Wisconsin Railroad
and Farm Mortgage Land Company.
81, 81; ManitOwoc and Calumet swamp
land fund $500; indemnity fund,
sl,-6l47; allotment S9l65i; total amount
In Treasury, 81 512 90 -
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20
CROPS DESTROYED BY FLOODS.
ENteus We Damage reported ia Southern
Indiana nnd Along Mhitn EtNer.

VINcENNEs, Ind. June H. The juno
floods have worked disaster TO the farmers
OF Southern Indiana Who have crops IN the
bottom lands Thousands upon thousands
OF acres of fine corn and hundreds OF
acres OF wheat are covered by the
water which now spreads over the fertile
fields along White river. The farmers liv-
ing IN the White river bottoms have been
driven from their homes to the hills. Serious
tro - has been expeTienccdin getting the
stock and feed to-piaees of safety. In
places the grain is entirely submerged
and in others the head of the ripening
grain is lust seen above the surface OF a
vast sea of water The corn prospects have
never been better. From EdWardsport and
other points along White river the
same report is sent The Wabash is
high and is rising steadily; SO far the
Wabash is confined to its banks yet
farmers along this river are in dan
ger if the rise continues The Embarrass is
flooding its bottoms The mill dam a Law
renceyile is likely to be swept away at any
moment The crops are being destroyed
aud thousands of dollars WI be lost.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20
AInsons EIect Officers.

The Masonic Grand Lodge in session re-
Gently at Milwaukee elected the following
officers: Master, MyrOn Reed; Deputy, y n
Littleiohn; Senior Warden. S H. Cheney;
Junior Warden, 4. j. Wallace: Treasurer.
+. H. Starkweather; Secretary, John W.
Latin; Lecturer, NJ l. Young; Chaplain,
William E. Wright; Marshal, A. A Cross;
Sword Bearer, 6. G. Brooker; Junior Dea-
con, James Smith; Stewards, W. H. Lewis
and W. b. Andrews; Pursuivant, T. f. Cook
Tiler Leonard Barrett
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20
A Smart Milkman.

The milk that / got Of you this
morning soured.
You didn't get it of me, ma am"
We'll. Bridget did. It's all the
same
No. it isn't ma'am. She's so ugly
that she'd make any milk sour. Now,
as you are very handsome. why, when
you get the milk, ma'am-"
i didn't think Of that I'll get the
milk my elf after this. "s-Epoch.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20
BRAVE FATHER DAMIEN.

A Memorial to I:e Erected to the Self
Sacrificing Priest VINO spent His Life
among :hc Lepers of tiie Island of Mo-
lakL
LoNDoN. June is The Prince Of Wales
presided 81 a meeting " hich was held Mon
dav at Marlborough House by the symp2
thizsrs 8. the Iatc Father Da2lien the ieper
priest OF the sandwich Islands lscsgln-
lions were adopted 10 erect memorial To
the brave priest on tas island OF Aoiaid, tile
scene of Faeber Dam,cns labo1s, cad 20
construct q lcpe- ward ia connection with
aIoadon 40 pi-ai to encourage the study OF
the dread disease
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

PHILADELPHIA June 70 Returns from
sixty-four Of the sixty seven counties of
the state give majority Of l64. 40 against
the prob bition amendment The coun-
ties not yet heard from show a majority Of
s.S25 in favor Of the abolition Of the poll
tax. The rural districts have voted stead
ily against the amendment, and unless he
remaining count Is show marked change
the roll tax will remain in force.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

NOT to this country alone were the
recent rain-iOOds confined. England
too has suffered severely, thcs-h not
on such a tragic and sense-hewilder-
ing scale as Pennsylvania. Fully three
hundred lives were lost by aood-agen-
Cies in various parts 81 the land be-
yOnd the sea.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

TUE first annual convention of the Farm
sr's Alliance met in Baraboo the other day.
The attendance was large, Notwithstanding
the fact that the organization was only
started one year ago. The following officers
we're elected: President, Colonel Butts, of
Viroqua; Vice President, William ToOle, OF
Baraboo; Secretary. V F. Moody, of ylro-
qua; Treasurer. s r. Merrill, of Neenah;
state Lecturer, Colonel r. May, of Viroiua.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

Gustave 6angstadt, a mill employee at
Eau Claire awoke the other morning TO
find that his wife had fled during the night,
taking with her all his earnings and leay-
ing to his care his two babies These he
searched after for a long time, finally find
ing them under a washtub in the cellar
where the mother had left them With a
baby on each arm he went to the authori-
ties to secure "A warrant for his wife's ar
rest, but she could not be found
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

The story that many Of the sur
vivors Of The Johnstown flood have
lost all faith in God and thrown away
their Bibles may be- true. says the
Chicago Tribune. but sounds improb-
able In times of dire disaster the
believer usually clings all the closer to
his faith for consolation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

The most eastern point Of the United
States Is Quoddy Head, Me; the most
northern point is Point Barrows.
Alaska; the most western is Alton ISL
and, and the most southern Key West
Working from these four points many
will be surprised when they locate the
geographical center of the United
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

THE San Francisco Bulletin says the
Makahs are the only Indian tribe on
that coast that have saved their land
and accumulated money. Neah Bay
the second harbor on the coast, is on
their reservation They own three
sealing schOoners and run the only
store in the whole country During
the sealing season most Of the bucks
go as hunters, getting from three To
i've dnILars for cach skin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20
PERIsHEp IN A FLOOD.

An Indiana Mother and Two Children
Drowned-A Horo saves Three Lives.
WABASH, Ind, June lS-John Maple,
farmer living near this city. attempted to
ford a small stream Sunday night which
was greatly swollen by hard rains He was
accompanied by his wife and three chill
drcn and servant girl in the middle OF
the stream the wagon upset and Mrs Maple
and two Of the children were drowned.
Mr Naples his niece and one child were
faved through the heroic efforts OF William
Faegler. who rushed into the water at the
peril Of his life. Mrs Naples, with her
children in her arms, was swept quickly out
OF sight.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

ALETTER was recently discovered
among the Massachusetts State a.
chives written by William Cullen
Bryant in November. 1871 and solicit
irg I'm the present struggle with a
powerful enemy a licutenancy in the
armyabOut to be raised for the pro
lection and defense of Massachu-
-.s+-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20
GONE TO HIS REWARD.

Death of Rev. william HOsmer, oEo Of
the Most Prominent Figures in the Anti
slavery agitation, ana Hotel Fem
per1nce Advocate.
AUBURN, n y. June i&-Eev. William
HosmeF, nsidclous fg;re in tho anti
slavery agitation end one of the first TEN.
pcrance advocates. died Monday morning
aged a.
He was ordained q Methodist clergyman IN
is:B3. ana wss clifar Of the Northern Christian
Advocate until 1855 when the general confer
eace removed hlm for his abolition sentiments.
He then started the Northera lHdcf cudcut m
this city, and coat nued il 9nt STRICKEN by
paralysis wh4e deliver ne Temperance ad-
dress Ia Caopee Institute Ncr York. m ISL ]
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

DAVE FLETCHER. ~ sumter County.
Ca. was passing through his field re-
Gently when the strange noise made BY
a hooking bird attracted his attention
He walked 10 where IL was and found
that It was being attacked by hawk.
He stopped down and picked uT piece
Of fence rail and started 10 slip up on
the hawk for the purpose OF killing 1t.
He cautiously approached the bird
when To his surprise the hawk showed
6rht. Mr. Fletcher walked up 10 him.
aud a tight ensaed. but the hawk was
soon overu0weyed and killed. ltmeas-
ured four feet and a half from tip to tip.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

The superintendent of New York
prisons received letter recently.
postmarked Philadelphia. in which
the writer offered Ito act as a victim
10 science" in Test OF the new cleo
trical apparatu. for killing criminals.
conditioned upon the payment to his
family OF =. n'i0.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20
a Narrow Escape.

General Manager MelIen, Of the WiscoiI
sin Central railroad, and his daughter both
had a more narrow escape than has been
imagined from being numbered among the
victims OF the JohnstOwn Pa disaster.
The first telegram from Mr.. Melien himself
was received by Oscar Missing, his pri-
vate secretary, in Milwaukee, in which he
said they were saved by leaving the train
and taking to the hills
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

EDWARD HANLoN, eX-champion oars
man, arrived in New York the other
day from Australia on the steamship
Zcalandia, after an absence Of nearly
three years. He said his rowing days
were over and he was going back to
Toronto to live.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

FIGURES compiled by medical socie-
ties and life-insurance companies afford
ground for encouragement that the
American race will not die out COM
pletely for some time 10 come. The
average length Of life in Russia Is .
years. N France 45l. in England 80
and in the United States -.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20
crowdinr Them out.

DETROIT. Mich. June I5.-W. l. Burt as
cribed the drop in salt from 90 to - cents
TO the competition Of salt men outside tho
state Association. who are placing salt at
points which have been heretofore the best
markets for the association. leaving the
latter to nil the poor territory. Those who
are informed. however. say thai Il Is .
movement on the part of the salt Associa-
tion to compel the small manufacturers to
come into the gigantic salt trust now being
formed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

Isaac PITNAN. the inventor Of the
system of shorthand writing that bears
his name. is a good example OF vicOr-
Gus aud industrious old age lie l.
past seventy-siN years of age, and
works daily from six o'clock in the
Horning until six o'clock in the even
hg. lie used To work from six O'Clock
81 the morning until ten o'clock a
night, but now says that he is getting
too old to work all dav.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

kansas Csry no. J1ne lA-Two chill
dren aged 3 aad II years 81 Farmer td
wcr3 i;achss Hyirg at Roster wont its''ih@
last Tau,sdfy They faiied - ret"rn ~
nj, Ill and search.ae parfi s were organize,
10 .ook for them lneir roses we've soi.'4"
Friday evening near isdS' o foeSs '-i''t
had Iaaa been known as wolfs' den \
band Il tii1l e- wolves haze us1d 5his sec
ton eer wears ;ad !. 3; t1og@ht The bows
were giiled and eaten bT tao animals
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20
TOOK HER OWN LIFE.
a Woman Casts Herself Over the Falls as
Nlnrarn.

NIAGARA FALLS, \. Y, June l5.-An un
known woman " ent over the falls Friday
and it is supposed she committed suicide.
A policeman who saw the body in the rap
ids found on the river bank in Prospect
park a black silk parasol, a handkerchief, a
wrap of black material and an empty
half-pint flask, which had contained
whisky, and a glass. William Glassbrook,
mate of the steamer Maid OF the Mist,
towed the body to the shore below the new
suspension bridge The clothing from tho
waist down was gone with the exception
OF the shoes and stockings The woman
was about 40 years old. 1t is rumorcd that
she came from Buffalo by an afternoon
train
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

WAsHINGToN, June -. Preparations for
the taking Of the census of 1899 arc assum-
ing shape. The appropriations provide for
l75 supervisors, which is an excess OF TWEEN
ty-fivo over the number employed in 1850
This excess of supervisors viii go to the
South and West, one each going To Okla
homa and Alaska. The bureau estimate OF
the population is Is, eco, 000 for this census.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

JoHSsroWS. Pa, June Is-The guards
81 Camp Hastings. near the Prospect Hill
burial grounds, rep5rt to-day that tAey
are having great trouble with dogs thai
are constantly disturbing ire dead IN
TERED al taat burial place. Over one hun
drei dogs we're driven from the place last
night and several Of them allied.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

The faculty of the state University at
Madison recently suspended the 70. owing
students implicated in the pepper throwing
at the convention OF the ladies' college fra
ternity, Delta Gamma: W. Ii Peterson, of
Appleton, a senior, indefinitely; G. NJ
Shoutz, of Bear Valley, junior fer one
year, and \. Mccoy, of Dayton, a sopho-
more; ID. L. Kiser, of Oregon junior, and
C. i. Joyce, of Depere, junior, for the re
mainder of the term All were able stu
dents with perfect records heretofore.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

WoEcEsrEE. Mass, Jane l~- ScnTio'
Hear rs1caed ha-a undar after hs 'est-
arn trip v5tn Jha Sea1ts Coauittce On
Trade HeMai0a5 wirh canada iic SAYS
that the Impressions taat The iorti"cai Ions
al Esauimals Faac0uvcr. were ineniss; 20
the United S-a.3s were unt0unded az i1c
island has not the natural advantages nee
ezsary to make II q formidable forinsation-
He was satisfied that the ties OF affection
between Canada and the United States are .
guarantees OF peace.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

LOUISVILLE. Ky, jane l5.-Edward G.
Cohen. aged Is, and Miss Ice Rosenberg,
aged Is, elOped Saturday night and were
married sunday it developed that feud
of twenty years standing existed between
the families and the lovers were forced to
give each Other up Efforts are now being
made to secure a divorce The origin OF
the feud is withheld by both families
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

Az American traveller in Trinidad.
the island that Columbus reached
and christened after his long and anx-
ious journey Of ligS. says the asphalt
tum lake there that supplies the world
90 rs ninety-nine acres and contains
millions Of tons Of pitch. which Is re-
newed a. fast a. taken out. Trinidad
is the place where oysters grow on
trees The bivalves are raked of like
fruit from the roots of the mangrove
runnin- through the ellis into the
wafer
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

Nine boys, ranging in age from twelve to
sixteen years, were before the municipal
court ut Madison the other day, charged
with maliciously tearing down barn. The
police have broken up another organized
gang of youthful desperadoes, who have
been reading dime novels and systematica'-
Iy stealing small bits of lead and iron and
similar truck, which they sold to junk
dealers
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

BISMARCK, in the course Of a speech
in the Reich~tag the other day. said.
There have been times whom !
thought it possible TO hold foreign
stock. But afterwards I found that
the possession OF such stock was cal
culated to some extent 10 mislead me
in my judgment Of the policy of the
Government whose securities / held.
and so l think il j. now about
fourteen years since ! cot rid ON
principle 81 al such bonds I now
only wish TO interest myself in my
own country and not in foreign Sc
ctIrities.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts.
FROM wAsHINoToN


Is the United States there we're 2a6 bust
ness failures during Z seven DAYS ended
on the 18th, against , . the previous seven
DAYS
The state Department received word on
the 18th that the Samoan treaty had been
officially ratified at Berlin
fREsIDEN HARRISON appointed the fol-
lowing COnsGl Generals on the 18th: Wake
ted g. Frye, of Maine. at Halifax: Jo-
seph A. Leonard OF Minnesota. at shang-
hal; Zachary I. Sweeney, of Indiana, at
Constantinople; Oliver II Dockery, Of
North Carolina, at Rio de Janeiro: Oliver
H. SimOns. Of Colorado, at st Petersburg;
George NJ Roosevelt. OF PENNSYLVANIA, at
Brussels; Levi ". Brown, OF Ohio, at Glas-
gov
Al twenty-six leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated 81 .t9l.
l+4. li9 against ;illS.G4S,6A the previous
week As tompared with the correspond
ing week Of 1885 the increase amounted 10
IGg
FIRE losses in the United States and Can
ada for the first i've months ct the year
were s-G.5l3 00t, against So. Isl, $50 during
the corresponding months Of last year
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

The Couemaugh disaster has stimu-
lated the people living near large ar
tificial bodies Of water 70 begin thor
ouch inspection 81 the dams holding
this water in check The Boston res
ervoirs have been inspected. and the
.reople are treasured that the dams are
Of solid masonry. The same Is true
of the dams in the Housatonic valley.
where many smaller cities have their
water supply; but the dam above Clean.
Ny. which was built TO form a reser-
voir for the old Genesee canal. Is SINH
lar 10 that in the ConemaUgh valley.
and has been condemned
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

William Atkinson, well-knOwn citizen
Of Ironwood, committed suicide the other
morning by jumping into one of the Ash
land mine shafts His body was found fosr
hundred feet from the surface horribly mu-
tilated Mr. AtkinsCn's friends were at
loss to account for the unfortunate affair.
He leaves a widow
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20
DAKOTA CROPS.
Late Adsicos report small Grain a Com
pIote Failure.

MI,;NEAPoLIs, Mimi, June la.-Ihe Jour
nails Mason Citr, Ia, special says Notwith-
standing the tiatteiing crop reports sent
out from Dakota relative to the anticipated
abundant yield Of small grain, late adj
vices received from good portion
Of Western and South Dakota state that
small grain IS an entire failure, more 50
than in any asher year The grain is all
burned up Fully hall OF the acreage was
sown to wheat ana oats Corn does not yet
show the effects Of the drouth- Among the
farming community this failure viii be
nr..nlr.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-20

A PORTLAND (Ore.) man examined
an electric motor recently and said it
worked all right, but that the cleo
tricity smelled dreadfully. The motor
had just been vanished.