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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-08-21
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All PATS.
HFTYFIRsT CONGRESS.


WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13.-In the Senate
a resolution was passed directing the
Secretary of the Navy to investigate
the alleged counterfeit stamping of
steel plate at the Linden steel works.
The conference report on the Indian
bill was agreed TO. The tariff bill was
further discussed. In the House bill
was passed authorizing the Secretary of
the Interior to sell certain lands and to
grant the proceeds of the sale 10 the
town of Pelican Oneida County, Wis
A bin was passed authorizing the con-
strUctiOn of bridge across the Missouri
river at 81 Charles, Mo. The confer
enee report on the fertilization appro-
priatiOn bill was agreed 10.
THURSDAY. Aug. lin the Senate
the joint resolution appropriating for
the relief of restitution in Oklahoma
the unexpended balance of the appro-
prlatiOn made last April for the re-
lief of the district overlooked by the
Mississippi river, was passed. The tar
if bill was further discussed. In the
House no business of Importance was
transacted aside from the discussion of
the Nat Mckay bill, no quorum being
present
FRIDAY, Aug IS. - In the Senate,
after disposing of routine business
the river and harbOr bill was taken up
and discussed IN the House the con-
ference report on the Indian appropria-
ton bill was agreed to. vote was
theI taken on the passage of the Nc
Kay bill, which showed no quorum
present At the evening session l6s
private pension bills were passed.
SATURDAY. Aug. l6.-The river and
harbor bill was passed by the Senate.
The conference report on the House bill
to establish National military park at
the battlefield of Chickamauga was
agreed TO. After an executive session
the Senate adjourned. In the House
the conference report on the bin to es-
tablish National park at the battle
field Of Chickamauga was agreed TO.
The Nat Mckay relief bin was taken
up and passed, as was also the anti-lot-
terry bill.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-08-21
PICKED UP HERE. AND THERE.

IL Bradford County, Florida, is bot
low stump from which comes noise
similar to that Of boiling kettle.
IL Cowlitz County, Washington.
which has been settled for forty years
and has 1000 inhabitants. is a section
covering several townships that has
never been trodden by the foot Of a
white man. 1t is a dense, unpenetrated
wilderness.
4 LADY of Bremen, Ne, has parrot
and also a cat named Shag. She has
taught the parrot to spell cat, cat,
dog, dog, and few such words, and
the other day Polly electrified the
household by spelling very loudly and
plainly cat and then pronouncing IL
''Shag" Perhaps Polly can't think.
TIE tower of the Philadelphia city
hall is now 335 feet high, yet on the
top of that 5000 tons Of iron and bronze
are to be placed. There is to be
clock tower. the dials of which are to
be twentv-seven feet in diameter, sur
mounted by a statue of William Penn
thirty-seyen feet high, and there viii
be numerous statues.
The little English sparrows have
learned new dodge since electric lights
replaced gas in the New York city
parks. When the current is turned of
at dawn the bottoms of the globes are
filed with hundreds Of insects which
have been attracted by the light and
killed. The sparrows come around
after the globe has cooled of, slide
down the carbons and deyour the in
sects-
& LITTLE two-year-old girl % Brook
lvn. while playing on the second floor,
managed in some way to fall out Of the
window, and would no doubt have been
severely injured but for the fact that
she pulled two pillows with her that
were on the sill. She turned over in the
fall and struck with both pillows under
meath her. After short cry she got up
and resumed her game, this time, how
ever, in the street.
II may be news TO some men VINO
smoke perfectos and Manuel Garcias at
20 cents apiece TO learn that the list
price Of the better brands OF Cuban
stock runs up to $500 1000. This means
that they are 80 cents apiece at whole
sale. Now. with the duties paid and the
nro Its expected on an article of this
kind. they could not be sold for s2
straight. or about 81, 900 box. These
cigars arc bought BY the royal fam!-
lies OF Europe. There's not much mar
ket in America for cigars costing 81
each,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-08-21
OF INTEREST TO SHIPPERS.

In reply to request for information
as to the risks taken by shippers in
consigning grain to Minneapolis and
Duluth, Woodward & Co., reliable com
mission firm, of the former city, under
recent date wrote as follows:
The laws of Minnesota are very fav-
orable to consignors. Summed up,
your commission man is your employee
for the transaction of certain business.
He must account to you for your grain
or money the same as any other clerk
OF agent. 1t is felony for him not TO do
so. Will say, in this connection that
nineteen-twentieths of the losses made
through commission men in the last
five years here or at Duluth, have been
on grain or merchandise purchased, not
consigned. When house becomes
weak or unsafe, its first thought is for
consignment liabilities, and its first
effort, to change its responsibility as
agent to the ordinary one of vendec TO
vendor
The Chamber of Commerce here and
the Board of Trade, Duluth, are also
very strict with their members. Proof
of intentional false return of price or
weight. the duu1LAQu VI d Cnd1Rt IOt
paid, however small, would surely sus-
pend, and possibly expel the offender as
well as ruin his business forever after.
The Inspection and weighing here
and at Duluth is done by sworn State
/ Officers, under heavy bonds. Any ship
per can get certificate of weight or
grade of any or all the cars he has
shipped, even years after, through his
commission man, or by sending to the
State Weighmaster, or State Inspector
where the grain was sent. In Mime
apolis almost all grain is sent by sam
I pie as well as grade. In Duluth sales
are usually made by grade only.
Shippers should remember their COM
mission man represents them and that
he always tries to make sa3es on such
terms as will net them the most. The
cost of delivering is fully considered in
negotiating sales and larger price is
obtained when sold otherwise than ION
track sufficient to cover the additional
expense. Sellers, in order to avail
themselves of the fullest competition
between buyers of all classes, have to
meet the various requirements of the
latter in the matter of delivering, the
expense being fully covered by the ex-
ira price agreed upon for the property
according to the terms of delivery.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-08-21
A CoNNueIAL QUARREL.
Two English Birds That Acted in
SinguIarIy Human WAY.

Two English Birds That Acted in q
SinguIarIy Human Way.
In the yard OF a Scranton bird student
a pail of English sparrows began a few
weeks ago to get-ready to go to house,
keeping. They took up their abode in
little box that was fastened to the top
of a pole. Other sparrows undertook to
occupy the box. but the pugnacious first
corners soon drove them away, and from
that time on the plucky pair fixed up
their household and got, every thing in
readiness to raise a family without be-
ing disturbed by their apparently envt-
Gus neighbors.
When the industrious birds were near
" ready to settle down to a quiet mar
ried life, an accident happened that
caused a row between the pair. One day
before the female had begun TO sit, her
husband fitted away and was gone a
good deal longer than usual During
his absence the female busted herself
by flying from the nest to the yard and
back, adding finishing touches to her
household and sprucing things up inside
Of the box. BY and by Mr.. Sparrow re-
turned, but he didn't look as neat and
In some way he lad lost all of his tail
feathers while he was gone, and his wife
wouldn't have any thing to do with him
or let him enter the house. He seemed
to try to explain matters to her, but she
wouldn't listen to him at all, chirped at
him spitefully, and fought him when
ever he attempted to approach her.
The student knew that the bobtailed
bird was the rightful husband by pecu-
liar mark on his head. and he watched
the result of the family trouble with
deep interest For two days the I'M
happy husband coaxed and begged his
wife to treat him as she had formerly
done, but his pleadings made her all the
more determined to get rid of him for
good. All at once the bobtailed spar
row disappeared, and has never been
seen around there since. The female
continued to occupy the box. and inside
Of three days she got another husband.
set up housekeeping anew, and in due
time Matched out nest full of littlc
pnes-N. Y. Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-08-21
LATER.
Again the Cyclone.

WLKEsBARRE. Pa, Aug. 10.-One OF
the worst cyclones ever experienced in
this vicinity came upon this city about
Is o'clock this afternoon. 1t came up
the river The sky was black as night
and the wind blew with great velocity.
Trees we're blown down and hundreds
of houses unroofed and many houses
completely demolished. In different
parts of the city the havoc made by the
cyclone is fearful. many districts being
laid in ruins. and there are a number Of
people homeless. The loss will reach
hundreds OF thousands of dollars.
Every wire in the city telegraph, cleo
trio light and telephone were blown
down. Trains and engines which were
at the depot were blown over and
wrecked. The streets were blocked
with fallen trees and buildings. :
ports thus far indicate the death of
about 80. Fully 200 buildings are
wholly or partially destroyed. The
Murray shaft fan house was blown
down and the fan stopped. There are
ltwenty-seven men in the mine. but il is
hoped they can be got out safely.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-08-21
A SHOPPING INCIDENT.
Experiences of a Busy Woman Whose
Time Was Precious.

Time was Precious.
She was a busy woman, gettin g
ready to go away for the summer, and
time was precious, but she must buy,
before she went, pair of new corsets
up d., size 22.'' She stepped into a
large dry goods establishment on Wash
ington street, and went to the corset
counter. The ladies who were there to
sell corsets were all busy, but finally
one concluded to stop gossipping long
enough to ask what was wanted.
"A pair of corsets, please. p. D., size
%, humbly answered the little woman,
glad that at last her presence had be-
come known.
The saleslady languidly turned over
the stock in intervals of her continued
gossip, AMI at last produced p. ID.
pair.
Eyes, but that's size 23."
"Well, we haven't got any % down
here. Here, boy, go upstairs and get
some P. ID. corsets, sizes 81, % and %,
several of each"
The busy woman, after waiting for the
boy until she nearly fell off the stool
through WEAKNESS. went over to the
hustle counter, the shirt counter and
the sacoue counter to while the time
away, and by and by returned to the
corset counter.
HAS the boy come back yet?"
mo, he has not"
"When is he likely to returnY'
(meekly)
when he is ready" (toploftically.l
The afternoon wore away. The boy
at last returns with four pairs of corsets
which he deposited on the counter. re-
marking that there was not any size %
upstairs, and the saleslady looked at
the busy woman with glance in which
triumph was strangely ming ed with in
difference.
oh" gasped the would-be customer,
show ! wish | had known that half an
hour ago ] need not then have wasted
all this time"
Slowly, oh. so slowly. the dignified
saleslady turned to the counter, opened
a box and disclosed Up. d., size -"
"Why, did the boy bring that?"
mo"
did you have it here all the timer
YES"
''But why did you not give it to me
when you knew l was in su"h hurry?'
1--WE don't serve our customers with
electricity" remarked the saleslady as,
with crushing manner and aspect and
tone she turned away. She condo
seconded, however, after awhile, to
come back and deliver the package
and the change, after which she re-
sumed her sadly interrupted gossip,
while the busy woman made rapid
transit out Of the store. - Boston Her
ali
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-08-21

Charlie Dickson, a professional hunter
and fisher. living in Monroe County,
north of Sparta, Wis, carried ont an
oft-repeated threat recently by shoot
ing the top of his head off with rifle.
Mrs Michael Fahey, 40 years of age,
of Germantown, was found murdered
the other day in her house. 1t is sup
posed the murderers regarded her as
being in possession of considerable
money. She was shot and stabbed.
West Superior has two doodle alder
man" cases.
Whitney Moore, laborer, was
knocked down and robbed of S225 at
Superior the other morning. There was
no clew to the perpe traitors.
George Saunder Smith was arrested
on charge of forgery at Superior the
other evening. He forged to the
amount of 81
Mrs Frances Larned Chittenden,
wife of Dr. G. G. Chittenden, died at
her home in GAINESVILLE recently of con-
sumption.
James T. McCloud, formerly of ST.
Paul. was drowned in st. Louis bay,
West Superior, the other day while
sailing. His boat was run down by a
tug.
Maggie burst rho left her home some
time ago, was captured near Sextonyille
recently. She was insane, and had
been roaming in the woods within few
miles of her home for seven weeks, hav-
ing subsisted on wild berries and what
she could pick up at farm-houses at
night.
A scaffold at Eau Claire gave way the
other day, precipitating A. II. Hughes
and James Black twenty feet upon
pile of stones. Blacks skull was tract
ured and Hughes was unhurt
The Omaha road has offered the Sault
Ste. Marie & Southwestern, of which n.
c. Foster, the Eau Claire lumberman. is
president, 5000, 900 for its road from
Fairchild to Mondovi.
George b. Shaw. Supreme Chancellor
Knights OF Pythias, has appointed as
his secretary W. b. Radcliffe. Of st.
Louis, who will be in charge o. the
Pythias' civic headquarters of the world,
in Eau Claire.
Old Mrs. Small. aged about 20 who
resided with her son in Trempealeau
County, wandered away from home
some time ago and all efforts TO trace
her had been fruitless.
General Manager Ainslee. of Mil
waukee, OF the Wisconsin Central, has
officially announced that the traffic de-
partment of tina. road would be removed
to Chicago.
The Grand Opera. Superior's first
opera-house. and beautiful creation Of
the artists and builders skill, was
opened the other night by the Hess
Opera Company in Martha" Standing
room was at premium.
The blneberry shipments from Black
River Falls have exceeded 5000 bush
els.
Assessor Walter J. Fitch. of Superior,
has concluded the assessment rolls for
the city as follows: Personal property.
IS, roe. $50; real estate, SIS 5O4, AL To-
tai. s47, 2O7, 1911.
Considerable excitement has been
created in West Superior by charges of
bribery preferred against Aldermen
Hard and Anderson by James Gum and
his wife. They have made an affidavit
that Caroline Hoefier. the keeper Of a sa-
loon, has pail each Of tie accused suns
of money TO e their influence in keep
ing other saloons out Of her locality.
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opiun, smoking in London.

Some startling facts are brought 10
light by writer in a recent issue OF the
Medical Press concerning the increase
in the habit of smoking opium in Lon
don. A gentleman who had been told
that this habit was growing determined
to make some Inquiries himself After
some time he learned that application
for information should he made to a
certain well-known medical practitioner
living in the West End. The gentle
mans wife wrote 70 this practitioner
asking information and received in re-
ply copy of pamphlet entitled
''Opium Smoking as a Therapeutic
Power, According to the Latest Medical
Authorities" The pamphlet describes
in detail the method of preparing and
smoking the opium and recites the con-
ditions which are said to be specially
benefit d by taking the drug in this
form. The physician who is supposed
10 be the author of the pamphlet is
a confirmed opium smoker and he seems
TO be actuated with desire 20 drag
others down to the level of his own
degradation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-08-21

The site of the famous old settlement
and the ruins of the old church at
jamestown, Va, is rendered interesting
from the fact that it was held through
all the years of struggle and warfare,
famine, death and dissensions which
filled the first struggling years Of the
colony. The first trial by jury was at
jamestown, the first church was erected
there, the first American book written
from jamestown, the first legislative
body that ever sat in America assembled
in 1919 at jamestown, and last, not least
by any means, the first repulse tho
British Government ever received at tho
hands of Americans occurred at James,
town. when Nathaniel Bacon drove tho
bloody tyrant Berkeiy out of the city, ani
burnt the palace and nest Of empire"
as old writers called it.-BostOn Budget
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-08-21
OUT a SITE.
Worlds Fair Directors Are i'm a ouaudry
They VIII Probably Abandon the Lake
Front.

Worlds Fair Directors Are i'm ouaudry
They VIII Probably Abandon the Lake
Front.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1S.-The Herald de-
clares that the directors of the Worlds
Columbian Exposition have given up all
hope of securing the Lake Front as a
portion of the site for the fair The
action of the Illinois Central Railway
Company in refusing TO pay for the
made ground in case pending litigation
terminated in its favor, together
with the opinion rendered re-
Gently by Captain Marshall, the Gov
eminent marine engineer to the eff
feet that the cost of filling the basin
will be three times the amount antici-
pated, and that the time intervening
between now and 1913 is wholly made
quate, have forced the conclusion that
is briefly expressed in the following
significant remark of President Gage:
The Lake Front will not again come
up for consideration as a site for the
worlds fair by the directors of the CO.
lumbar Exposition"
The Lake Front being apparently
abandoned, and the fact that Jackson
Park does not afford as much land as it
was thought it would, only 112 acres,
according to the report of Engineer
Olmsted, being available, a stubborn
situation confronts the directors. When
the National commission convenes here
again on September 10 they must have
another site to offer. and it must be one
about which there is no question. And
the task is not an easy one.
The advocates of the West Side site
are pleased at the turn affairs have
taken, and believe that the directors
will yet be forced to accept their terms.
Vice President Bryan says that the
West Side site is being held in reserve.
formal tender of 425 acres on the
West side, free of charge, has been
made by Mr.. A. J. Stone and others to
the worlds fair directors as site for
the exposition. The offer is Endorsed
by the west park commissioners.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-08-21

THE new bridge to be built over the
Hudson rive. between New York and
Jersey City will eclipse the monster
Brooklyn structure. The great central
span viii be 1850 feet long, nearly
twice the length 81 the span over East
river. There are 10 be five towers rising
70 height Of 500 feet above the water
II is one Of the most daring feats of en-
cheering undertaken in this or any
nfhar country
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Dlssase communicated by Fish.

Fish are subject to the same diseases
which prevail among other animals and
are thus in the same degree liable 20
communicate disease to those who par
take of them unless so thoroughly
cooked that all parasitic germs viii be
killed. A gentleman who has been
making a scientific study of the fish in
New York harbor finds that among these
alone there exists over thirty different
kinds of parasites Epidemics have
sometimes prevailed among fish TO the
extent Of killing them in vast numbers
30 that they were washed upon the
shores in great heaps, as off the coast Of
the CarolYnas few years ago.--FTom a
Lecture by DIR. j. Fl. Kellogg.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
VALUE OF MADISON.
Interesting Statistics About the state
Capital.

capital.
According to the assessment roll
made by Assessor Mayors the real
estate OF Madison is valued at SIS, 1884,
Oo3 and the personal property at 81. 465,-
$50, making total valuation OF So. 617, :
500.
The number of horses in the city is
counted at 7s4. with the value fixed at
$40, 755. There are 800 cattle. valued
at S6,642: seventy-eight mules, val
ued at S2,025; nine pigs valued at $50;
793 wagons. carriages and sleighs, val
ued at 0,59S; 335 watches, valued at
$500; 629 pianos and organs, valued at
S54, $50; 1851 shares of bank stock, val
ued at s2G5, 100; value of merchants and
manufacturers stock, S474, 240; value Of
notes, bonds, mortgages and other Sc
curities, $780, 95; value of other per-
sonal property, $3.50, 00s
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-08-21
cRAzED BYAFAITALess WOMAN
Charles Hora Driven Insane on Dlscov-
erlng That His Wife Had EIoped.

Charles Hora has been taken to the
insane asylum from Milwaukee a
maniac. Hora was the proprietor of a
grocery store at No. 431 Third street,
and was doing prosperous business
when his wife left home, month or
more ago, ostensibly to visit for few
weeks at Muskego Recently Hora
discovered that his wife, instead of
going to Muskego. had eloped with
a man named Reuter-, taking with her
$1,000 which was deposited under her
name in the bank. His wifes unfaith-
fulness and the loss of the money de-
throned Hora's mind, and the doctors
have little confidence of his recovery.
Where his wife went with Reuter- was
unknown
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Tha I,ast OF Her Tribe.

MESoMISEE. Mich, Aug. 1s.-Mrs.
Elizabeth Mcleod. daughter of the
once famous Marinette, Queen and
ruler of remnant Of the Chippewa
tribe of Indisns. and after whom the
neighboring city of Marinette. Wis,
was named, died here Saturday, aged
IS years The death of Mrs Mcleod
removes the last vestige Of her tribe.
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MRS. GRANT CONSENTS.

The Widow of the Great Soldier Willing
That His Remains Shall Be Transferred
to Arlington Cemetery, Provided She
NAV BE Laid by His side when She Dies.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-Cong-
Quinn IN. Y. has received letter from
u. : Grant, Jr., dated August 10, in
which the writer says:
III the people, by act of Congress, choose to
remove General Grants remains to or near
Washington, Mrs. Grant will refuse her con
sent only in case no provision be made for her
10 finally rest by his side. This she wishes 10
emphasize She will be glad to see a monu.
ment begun at last which viii mark the last
resting Dlace OF her husband
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-08-21

CHAUNCEy NJ DEPEw says that in some
respects the Prince Of Wales is the
best public speaker in Great Britain.
''He is, said Mr.. Depew. in his manner
OF speaking and in his habit Of thought
moro like the American speakers than
are the majority OF English orators He
speaks without hesitation. somewhat
rapidly and yet with an ease and alb
sence Of the hemming and having
which characterize the public utter
ances Of some Of Great Britain's clea--
pzt tbfulrars
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Ui.corsin Panef-,ttu hi Ashes.

APPLETON, Wis, Aug. 1s-The Pat
ten paper-mill, one of the most com
plete and best equipped print and book
paper mills in the valley, was de-
stroyed by fire Saturday. The fire
started in the rag-cutting room. Loss,
$50. 900: insurance, $40, 900. The mill
will be rebuilt Immediately.