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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-11
The News Condensed
important intelligence From All Pats.
HEYFIRsT CONGRESS.

THURSDAY. Sept 4. The general
debate on the tariff bill in the Senate
came 10 an end. Amendments placing
binding twine on the free list and re-
ducing the duty on fax or hemp from
s25 TO $40 ton were agreed TO. In the
House bill was introduced to retire
the circulation of National banks and
to issue legal-tender notes in lieu there
of. The Senate bill was passed to es-
tablish port Of delivery at Sioux City,
Ia The Clayton Breckinridge electio on
case was further discussed.
FRIDAY. Sept ). - In the Senate
most of the time was spent in discussing
the free list in the tariff bill, and bind
ing-twine was placed on the list Fa-
vOrzble reports were made on the eight
hour and other labor bills which passed
the House. In the House the Clayton
Breckenridge election case was again
taken up. and Mr.. Breckenridge spoke
in his own behalf. Mr.. Dalzell pa
denounced the murder of Clayton, after
" hich the seat of Breckinridge was de-
clared vacant by a vote of los TO 81. At
the evening session thirty pension bills
were passed.
SATURDAY, Sept 6. = The Senate
Practically completed consideration of
the tariff bill. only a few reserved
paragraphs remaining 10 be acted on.
One OF the amendments adopted pro-
vides for the admission of tin-plate free
OF duty after 1896. In the House bill
was passed granting a pension of 500
month 10 General Henry A. Barnum.
The conference report on the river and
harbOr bill as agreed TO.
MONDAY, Sept Sin the Senate
the bill 20 set apart a certain tract
Of land on which the big trees stand in
California as public park was passed
The conference report on the river and
harbOr appropriation bill was taken up
and agreed to without discussion. The
tariff bill was further discussed. At
the evening session the reciprocity
proposition was discussed. In the
House no business OF importance was
Transacted no quorum being nreSent
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LATER.
Minnesota Democracy.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 9--The DEM
ocrats of Minnesota met in convention
here to-day. 1t was IL o'clock when
Chairman Lawrence called the conven-
tion to order and named III. Il. Wells of
Fillmore, as temporary chairman. Hen
nv Shields of Rice and Lundberg of
Iiennepin were nominated as temporary
secretaries. After the committee on
credentials had reported the temporary
was made permanent. Thomas Wilson
of Winona was nominated on the first
ballot The complete ticket as nomi-
mated is as follows:
Governor, THOMAS WILSON, Of Wi
mona.
Lieutenant Governor, L. G.. PAIL, Of
Brown.
Secretary of State, A. LISDHoLM, Of
Washington.
Treasurer, CHARLES NJ. FooTE, OF
Hennepin.
Auditor, A. HERMAN, of Olmsted.
Attorney General, DAVID L. CALHOUN
Of Stearns.
Clerk of the Supreme Court, I. f.
0'HBR, of Traverse.
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THE EAST

THE Republicans of the First New
Jersey district on the 4th renominated
c. A. Berger for Congress.
OS the 4th Sawyer, Wallace s. Co, of
New York, Louisville and London, the
largest general commission merchants
and brokers in their line in this coun-
try. failed for 81, 900, 600. Speculation
was the cause.
NEAR Albany, y. Y, an express train
was wrecked on the 4th by distractions
placed on the track, and four men and
a woman were killed and several others
we re injured.
POTTER, LOWELL & Co, of Boston,
bankers, who Jailed recently, were on
the 4th said to owe s.. 900, OO0.
MOTION MCMICHAEI~ of Philadel-
phia, was elected president for the en-
suing year at the meeting of the Amer
lean Bankers Association in Saratoga
Springs, y. Y. on the 4th.
JOSEPH +. YOUNG, of Philadelphia,
shot his wife and himself in hotel at
Atlanta City, n. j., on the 4th- He sus-
pected her of lufidelity.
The returns on the 5th from the re-
cent Vermont election gave Paige (Repl
for Governor a majority of II, SIS. The
Legislature will stand: Senate. 90 Re-
publicans, l Democrat House. III
Republicans, IS Democrats. Farmers
League.
A NUMBER of the richest corporations
in the country formed an alliance
against strikes on the 5th at Pittsburgh.
IL was agreed that in case a strike oc-
CURED to enforce unreasonable de-
mands, whether the strike be against
one or all the associated factories, all
work was to cease. The alliance en-
plOys so. 900 workers.
Or the 5th S. 600 stolen from the
murdered Crouch family last May was
found in an Old coal mine near Bent
leysville, Pa
NOMINATIONS for Congress were made
on the 9th as follows: New York, Twen-
ty-secOnd district. Leslie w. Russell
Rep. New Jersey, First district,
William ). Nicholson (Pro.). Pennsyl-
vania, Thirteenth district, William
Stone (Rep).
THE population of the State of YER
mont, as announced by the census bu-
reau or the 9th, was 3S2 $50, decrease
of eighty-one in ten years.
memorial meeting in memory of
John Boyle O'Reilly was held in New
York City on the evening of the sth.
many prominent personages being in
attendance.
Two strikers were arrested at Albany,
y. Y, on the 18th. charged with wreck
ing the Montreal express on the New
York Central railroad recently, in which
several persons were injured. The men
are prominent knights of Labor.
An attempt was made to wreck the
Chicago & 81 Louis express on the
New York Central road near Pough-
keepsie, y. Y. on the sth by placing
ties on the track and tearing up the
rails
Two NORTH SHORE limited trains col
liied near LocSport, \. Y, on the sth,
and W. A. Finder, OF New York, was
killed, and the engineer and fireman
were seriously injured.
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PASSED. AWAY.
Death of Ex-Judge Christisncy at Lam
sing, Mich.

LANSING, Mich, Sept 9.-Judge
Christiancy died Monday evening at
$50 after an illness of many months
from cancer. Saturday he realized that
the end was near and summoned up suf-
fcient strength TO bid the members of
his family farewell. He remained in a
semi-comatose condition during the
last two days and was conscious at no
time Monday. His death was peace
full.
Isaac p. Christiancy was born in Johnstown,
n. " and at the time of his death was over "a
years of age. He moved TO Monroe, Mich, in
1855. and acquired State reputation as bril-
liant attorney and as the editor OF the old
Monroe Commercial In 1913 he was a dele
gate and leader at the National Free Soil
convention in Buffalo; was State Sen
ator in 1850 and the Free-Soil candi-
date for Governor in 1852. He was the prime
mover in the combination Of the Free-Soil and
Wing parties in 1884, from which combination
arose the Republican parties, and he was a del
egate TO the first National Republican conven.
tiOn at Philadelphia in 1856 In 1887 he was
elected Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
and was reelected in 1855 and 1873, serving al
ternately according to the custom Of the court.
As "A jurist he was the rival of Thomas M
Cooley and up TO the closing hours Of his
life possessed legal mind of marvellous
brilliancy. IN 1879 he was elected to the
United States Senate and after serving two
years resigned u become United States Minis
ter to Perd. His last days We're passed almost
in poverty, but he resolutely kept up the pay
ments on a large amount OF life Insurance.
which viii be sufficient to pay all indebted
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The Saws Con,Iensed

The result of the census shows that
Wisconsin has population of 1852, S32,
a gain of 367 33S since 1850.
The sheriff of Iowa County has made
only sixteen arrests during the past
eighteen months. The sheriff of Craw-
ford County has jailed over 700 during
the same time.
The Baptists of the Janesville dis
trict held their twenty fifth anniver-
sary session at Clinton the other day.
The tanners won the banner offered
at Milwaukee for the best display in
the Labor day procession.
A trunk containing sample shawls,
valued at $3.50. belonging to Oscar
Friend, travelling salesman for Carson,
Prize, Scott & Co., Chicago, was stolen
from the depot at Reedsburg the other
night.
A chapter Of the Owl Club is to be es-
tablished in Evansville. The peculiari-
ty of the organization is that at each
annual election man is elected by
secret ballot who is obliged to marry
during the year.
Rock County tobacco-raisers are so
anxious to get their crop cut before the
frost that farmers can not get hands for
their work.
Judge Stevens, of Ironwood, and a
company of Marquette mining capital
lists, have organized 500, 600 company
to sink 3,O00-foot shaft just horth of
the famous Colby iron mine az Bes-
semer. Mich.
At Phillips recently George w. Grin
die, ex-clerk of the school board. was
jailed by order of the county Judge for
refusing to give up the books and pa
pers of the office, from which ho was re-
Gently removed by the board for alleged
misconduct.
John McElroy, wealthy stock raiser
of Benton, was gored by vicious bull
the other day and died from the effects
of his injuries
Miss Kate Passmore, aged 81 years,
daughter of Rev. DIR. Passmore, of Mill
waukee, drowned herself in the lake
recently. Sickness was the cause.
Covert has a little district school with
thirteen pupils, eight OF whom are
twins.
Official statements show that the ele.
vators in Superior received 12,9l4,O6t
bushels of grain of the crop Of 1889 and
shipped 1861, 253 bushels, leaving 242,
sls still on hand.
Laborurs are scarce in Northern Wis.
consin. and il is estimated that 1,OOC
men can find work in and near Ash
land.
E. V Mundy, of West Superior, &
hn IN.
ceutly by w. H. Dwyer, of ST. Paul
The blow fractured his skull and rup-
tured blood vessel, and he was not ex-
pected TO live.
Mrs. Barney Moliter. sister and
daughter, OF Medford. went into the
woods recently after berries and were
lost. They were not found for three
days. when they were five miles from
home and completely bewildered-
Dennis Turk, one of the performers
in Barnum * Bailey's circus, while
doing a trapeze act in Milwaukee the
other afternoon, fell sixty feet and was
severely injured.
Mrs George C. Mclean. wife of 6
wooden manufacturer. and resident OF
GAINESVILLE FOR twenty years, died the
other day from stroke of paralysis.
Besides her husband she leaves six
sons.
The other day Wilbe!m schmidt o.
Bloomer, was killed by train; Walter
Birmingham. of Bay field, was drowned
and Conductor 2. }. Conway. d az Nil
waukee road. hit MS head on bridge
and was seriously hurt
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CROWS AT A PICNI
Realistic Representations of Hideous
Battle Scenes

Realistic Representations of Hideous
Battle Scenes
II saw one of the grandest sights /
ever saw in my life on the Fourth" said
General Brisbin to Helena Journal re-
porter as he was seated upon veranda
of the Broadwater Hotel. THE Crow
Indians celebrated the Fourth, and it is
impossible to describe the scenes enact
ed They went wild with delight and
entered into the sport in earnest.
There were $50 of the Crows to-
gether. In the first place they made
false faces of blue clay and pieces of
canvas. rendering their appearance per-
fectly frightful 1t is truly wonderful
the way they got up the faces. Some
had long noses; others long chins; some
had horns upon their heads, and,
in fact, they were made up in every
conceivable shape. They also deco
rated their persons in every Imaginable
style The ponies were covered with
canvas gorgeously decorated with
every thing they could get hold of.
The agent had arranged for their
amusement upon that occasion, but the
details were left for them to fill up. /
and a coz tinual roar was kept up all
dav.
They performed in large circle,
and their chief delight was in sham
battles. The scenes were so realistic
that it was difficult to realize that they
were not in earnest. They dashed
about the ring upon their ponies fight
ing with wooden la noes. Some of the
Indians would pretend that they were
killed or wounded, when they would be
carried from the battlefield and at
tended by those selected for that pur-
pose. The scalping scene was the great
feature OF the occasion. They bad
taken pieces of flannel and fastened
them on the heads of those who were
to be pretended victims, and when this
was removed with the scalping knives
the face was besmea AIRED with red ink to
give the appearance of bleeding wounds.
1t was most hideous spectacle, and
the ladies who had gone down to wit
ness the event were compelled to leave,
it was so shockingly terrible. The In
dams, however, enjoyed the sport huge
ly, and at night had big war dance.
"It was impossible to get them To re-
turn home to their farms for three days.
The agent says this will be the last
one, as it excites the young bucks too
much and recalls old times to the wor-
riors, attracting them from their civil
lied pursuits L. seems remarkable
that none Of the redskins were injured.
Their horsemanship Is superb, and it
is worth going thousands of miles to
see the exhibitions of horsemanship
gwen by that tribe Altogether it was
one of the grandest sights l ever was
andI, never expect to see its equal
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a REMARKABLE TREE.
branches shoot on from side Trunks an
Join the Parent stem

branches shoot on from side Trunks and
Join the Parent stem
Growing near the baths of Alliaz, n
the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, almost
within a stones throw of the most pop
ular hotel. 4, 800 feet above the level OF
the sea, stands the most remarkable
tree in the world. The trunk Of the
tree is ten meters, or little over thir-
ty feet at the base. At about two
wards above the ground il puts out ON
the south side seven oft-shOots. Bent
and gnarled at the bottom, these side
trunks soon straighteR themselves up
and rise perpendicular and parallel to
the main stem. This feature is not,
perhaps. wholly unparalleled, but
another most curious fact is that the
two largest of the side trunks are con-
nected with the principal stem by sub
ouadrangular braces resembling grid
ers. These beams have probably been
formed by an anastomOsing Of branches,
which, although common enough among
fngosperms. has never been reported
before in a confer tthe remarkable tree
in question being a fir. The places
where the side girders enter the main
trunk Of the tree are 50 smoothly
barked over as TO make it impossible to
ascertain the manner in which nature
formed the remarkable union.
The adaptation by which limb,
originally destined to grow FREQ and
bear foliage, has been converted into a
living stick of timber is strange one,
affording new illustrator Of ire I0wer
ri nature to tit itself to any and all CIR
eumstances.-
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WEST AND SOUTH.


IL Kansas City, Mo. on the Sd many
counterfeit two-dollar silver certificates
were in circulation. Counterfeit ten
dollar bills were also floating about
Is Cincinnati on the 4th Edward f.
Moves. OF Ohio. who served with dis
tincjion during the war. was Governor
of Ohio in ISL, and was Minister to
France under President Hayes. dropped
dead of apOpleXy. He was IS years of
age.
Iowa Prohibitionists made the fol-
lowing nominations on the 4th at Des
Moines: Secretary of State, c. r. Nc
Farland: Auditor. Ira DOrcas; Treas
urer. !. {. Reed; Supreme Judge, G. r.
Turney; Reporter supreme Court o. b.
Crawford; Clerk Supreme Court, ID. +.
Spurrier. The platform declares pro-
hibition is the paramount political issue
of the party, and declares for tariff for
revenue.
The nominations for Congress were
as follows on the 4th: Iowa, First dis
trict. John II. Gear (Rep.l renominated;
Seventh. j. Il. Weaver Labor. Mary
land, First district G.. VI. Russum
(Rep.l; Third. r. II. Pullman tRer. j;
Fourth, H. II. GoldborOugh sRepl.
Michigan. Sixth district, William Ball
Rep. Minnesota, Fifth district, 5.
q. Comstock Rep renominated.
Mississippi, Fourth district, Nicholas
Ford tRepl; Thirteenth. W. II. Wade
rep renOminated. Ohio. Third dis
trict, George W HOuk (Dem.l. Wis
cousin, Third district Allen Bushnell
lDem.l. Tennessee. Second district. J.
c. Williams DEM. New Mexico,
Anthony Joseph (Dem.l renominated.
kentucky. Third district. l. IL Good
night DEM renOminated.
The Federation of Labor in Balti-
more on the Attn declined a request TO
aid the New York Central strikers.
On the 5th Charles Stewart was re-
nominated for Congress by the Demo-
Gratis Of the first Texas district, E NJ.
Harrison was nominated by the Repub-
licans in the Fourth district OF Arkan-
sas, and II. f. Bartine Rep was re-
nominated in Nevada
AT Virginia City K X. Colcord was
nominated for Governor of Nevada on
the 5th BY the Republicans.
The Union Labor party of Wisconsin
met in Milwaukee on the 5th and placed
the following ticket in the field: For
Governor, Reuben May. Lieutenant
Governor. Nelson Z. Alien; Secretary
0f State. William NJ. Lockwood; Treas
urer Alfred Mannheimer. Attorney
General, kerelliO Sbawyani State
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EET!MG YELLOW MUD.
Tremendous Growth of the AdulteratIo
of Food Dy the Use of Barytes.

Tremendous Growth of the Adulteration
of Food Dy the Use of Barytes.
A St Louis gentleman was met at
one of the hotels yesterday who states
that in several counties of Missouri a
wholesale business in an adulterant
known as barytes is carried on to az ex-
tent which has become almost alarm
ing. The name of the informant is in
possession of the News. but for reasons
given by himself is not given at pres
emit In speaking of the unlawful traf-
fic he said; ''Barytes is cheap, white
mineral substance, which is found prin-
cipally in the counties of Jeffer-
son, Washington, Franklin, Cooper
and Usage, and is mined and shipped
broadcast all over the country at the
rate of thousands of tons a year Al
though there are hundreds of mines in
operation the supply is always less
than the demand. Several large firms
in st. Louis handle nothing else, and
have become immensely wealthy with
in the past few years A strange feat
ure about the nefarious business is that
very few of the miners know the real
use to which the mineral is put. 1t
passes through several hands before il
reaches the consumer, which is the peo-
pie themselves. After being taken out
Of the earth IL is broken up and pull
verified into fine powder so as to re-
semble -four or white lead. 1t is nike
with many articles of food. such -
graduated sugar powdered sugar,
and is also extensively used in
ID Il . s.f.
basis of mineral paints. That is the
principal reason the paints turn yellow
much sooner nowadays than in former
years. II is shipped in barrels, and the
people where it is mined are told that
it is gypsum or is intended for use in
packing-houses for painting the canvas
with which cured meats are covered in
summer.
THE miners receive only 80 or 90
cents day, and many women are en-
ployed who receive % and 80 cents a
day. The owners of the land are paid
a royalty of 20 cents a ton. 1t is found
within three or four feet of the surface,
and is sold in the market at S. ton
The retailers receive about cents
pound. do not exaggerate when say
that hundreds of thousands of tons of
this mineral have been shipped out
of Missouri. and the industry is grow
ing every day. It's no secret that many
of the leading men of the State are in
terested in the work, and have made
investments in lands and crushing ma
chiDery. For many years Germany has
been sending barytes to this country as
ballast in the holds of ocean steamers,
and these Missouri men have become so
bold in their operations as to ask that
duty of four dollars ton be placed on
the imported article. The mineral is
tasteless and actually dissolves on the
tongue, but the extent to which it is
used demands that the public should be
informed concerning its presence in the
market"
The gentleman stated that he had
visited the mines and knew from per-
sonal observation whereof he spoke
Denver Coli News
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Almost Dined with Tennyso..

Horace f. Scudder, the new editor OF
the Atlantic. used 10 describe with glee
the nearest he came while in London to
dining with Tennyson. Il had been in
vited by one of the young English
writer's" Scudder would explain, ito
meet few persons at dinner. As
was chatting with him a few minutes
before we went TO table he turned to his
brother and said-as l understood h n
i wonder if we are not going to have
Tennysong OF course ] was gratifed
at the prospect of meeting the great
poet. But we dined without him. And
as sat at the table it occurred TO me
that what my host really said TO his
brother was: II wonder if we are not
going to have dinner soon@ That's the
nearest ! came to dining with Tennv-
son. Boston journal.
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KNEW YOU AS A BOY.

True, tits said no mans hero
To his valet: but-thO' big
The coutract-some folks Gun 50
Fen in dishabille cum dig;
Yet your virtues may be legion
Every one you may dcplny
But they'll never fetch" the fellow
Who has known you rs boy
You may Win the warriors iaurels,
You may wear the poets bays;
You may set with deeds Of daring
An admiring world as-aze;
But while all the rest are raising
Hearty shouts Of 'Vivc lie royr'
Some one says: What's ali the fuss fort
Why, knew him as a boy"
Were you canonized and settled
With halo on your head,
When the news Of your promotion
Came 10 Tom, or Dick. or TED.
He would Tip the wink TO t'othe-s
And their faith he would alloy
With: What, he o saint in gloryI
Why, knew him as boy"
Boston Globe.
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Pledged to KIN his wife.

saw girlish looking woman hold
ing her husband's arm as both stood en-
joYing the gorgeous spectacle on the
platform in the Madison Square Garden
the other night i could not help conject-
uring what flood of memories would
have risen TO her mind had some one
rushed into the amphitheater and
shouted the single word, 'Injuns." The
couple were an army officer and his
wife, though you may not all know it
that means that more than once he has
been pledged TO shoot her atan instants
notice. II is the rule-the human law
ON our plains that when the savages
are on the warpath and husband and
wife are travelling in their country the
husband shall kill the wife the moment
it becomes evident that she must fall
into the hands of the redskins. Ter
rible as it is to think of Staying your
wife land only fancy what noble women
those wives out there must be-, no man
would hesitate if he knew that by do
ing so he could save her from indlgni-
ties that make death at once trifie and
a iOv-Cha ter
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SELLING SWIFT" GOODS.
The Reason Why Dry Goods Clerks Work
OF q q Patterns.


Many unsuspecting folks have no.
ticed tie eagcrness with which the
clerks in the big dry-goods shops try 10
work of last seasons goods aud pat
terms. which are no longer the rage,
and have wondered thereat AS m; =
ter OF fact. there is no occasion for ~On-
der at this attitude on the par of tic
clerks. OF course. il is for tn interest
of their employers that these ID goods
be disposed Of as soon as posi- bic, an,
what's more, it is also for the interest
of the clerks In order to make these
interests identical the proprietors OF
many big shops offer certain commits
sion on all old goods sold.
They allow the salesman or sales
woman selling these goods cent or 50
a ward on the goods sold, or. in the Ian
guage Of the trade. put swift on lie
goods. Nobody seems to know how tbs
term originated or how exactly - de-
fine il. but as far as can be ascertaincd
il is derived from the adjective ''sw!ti."
and signifies that the placing Of this
commission on the goods sec--es
s'swiftcr' or moro speedy sale
However that may be, some clerks
pocket quite a neat commission every
week. IL goes without saving that taef
are going topocket all the commissions
they can. AMI with this commission n
view many o! Them grow really clog "orf
in exrs tiatiig or the desirabllity OF pur-
chasing '.old and tried patterns. N.
Y. Mail and Express-