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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

A QUESTION calculated To attract
widespread attention among scientists
has been raised by Prof. Wright. of
ObcTlin College. who after extended re-
searches among the Law; deposits about
Sonora. Cal. announces the discovery Of
traces Of human habitatiCn antecedent
u the period of volcanic disturbance
Exact information a. "a the extent of
these discoveries has not been made
public. but IL Is predicted that the proofs
will be accepted as demonstrating the
occupancy of the western coast by man
many ages earlier than heretofore sup
posed possible. Il may even shed light
upon the origin Of the Indian.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
Achanter Of I,egInning..

Bicycles were first used in France
about 1915.
The first church bells were used in
France about 550.
The wheel barrow was invented by
I1eonar4o da Vinci, the painter
Barrels were first made a century or
so L. C. in the Alpine valleys
The first telescope was used by Hans
Lippersheim, of Holland, in ZOOS.
The first railway locomotive was pat
ented by Trevcthics. Welshman, in
1902
The earliest known coins were issued
By the Greeks in the seventh century
Ii. c.
The grst electric telegraph was cor
structe1 by Lesage, Of Geneva, in 1874
It had wire for each letter of the
alphabet
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

Miss MAUD HOWE. young woman of
Leith, has immOrtalized herself by
swimming $50 yards in minutes and 40
seconds thus breaking the record, which
Is not exactly in a wOman's line. And
Miss Daisy Stanley, Of the lady cricket
ers, after playing cricket all the after
noon, ran go yards in 2s a. seconds in
her cricketing costume
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
HURT AT A FIRE.
Several Ffremen Badly Injured While
Fighting a blaze at AthoI, Mass.

ATHoI.. Mass. Dee. 22.-The most dis
astrous fire ever known in Athol oc-
Cured Sunday. The Masonic and Central
blocks were completely destroyed, five
merchants, the post-ofiice, Masonic
rooms. etc., being burned ont A. c.
Porter. George Burnham, L. c. Perry
and William Common, of Orange, were
seriously injured by falling walls, Perry
probably fatally. Alexander Mcleod,
foreman of Star Hose, fell from ladder.
fracturing his skull. The property loss
was about SIS5. 900: insurance, $4,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

To tell us the fate OF our last summer flowers,
Our love songs, our bird-notes, our poisoning
hours
Full many sweet hopes we've intrusted TO
thee;
Their realization, oh when shall we sect
And will you not tell US in what diadems
The fragments are set OF our lost, shattered
gems?
The path we've walked with thee has been so
uneven,
But did it not slant just a little toward
Heavens
The sheaves we have garnered to scatter
abroad
post know that they're safe in the storehouse
Of God'
Still mutes OH departing year, we care not
whether
Thy heart be as tickle and false as thy weather;
Go; sink with thy storms and thy floods past
recall,
And let the eternal waves cover them all
The Past and the Future clasp hands over
thee,
As DER thy head surges the turbulent sea;
Thine own nerveless fingers must ring out the
knell-
The clock strikes; the bell tolls; Farewell, oh
Farewell
Mary A. Benson in Texas Siftings,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

SOME very strange accidents are
brought 10 light by the accident-insur-
nnce business. For instance. a man at
ZalislSa, Ohio. a stationary engineer,
was kicked very severely by a hog. 1t
disabled him for quite a number of
weeks, and he was paid ninety-seven
dollars. Another ease was that of a
man at Chillicothe. Ohio. As he was
STOPPING 70 pick up some kindling wood
a game rooster gaffed him " the wrist.
cutting an artery, which disabled him
for some time
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE.
Two Men Killed and Ten Others Serious
lY Injured in West Virginia.

WHEELING, w. Va, Dec. 22.-News
has been received here of terrible ac-
cident on the Norfolk & Western rail-
road in Wayne County Saturday. A
gang of men had been at work on the
line blasting and several sticks of dyna-
mite had been placed around the fire
to thaw out In some manner they
were exploded, tearing every thing to
pieces in the immediate vicinity. Two
men were killed. an Italian and ne
gro, names unknown. and ten others
were injured. several of them seriously.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
Adventures of an o.ereoat.

When ii. u. Hayden, of Eau Claire,
left Washington the other day he bor-
rowed Senator Spooner's handsome new
overcoat A sneak thief stole it from a
clothes line on Hayden's premises, wore
it to a dance, and finally traded the
Senatorial toga to bartender for few
drinks and five dollars. The police re-
covered the coat ami arrested the thief,
and the coat was sent back to Spooner.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

COLLECTOR PHELPs stated before the
Congressional committee on immigra-
tiOn at san Francisco that from July
ISIS To November 1890 there were i'm
ported in round numbers I'D. 900 pounds
Of prepared smoking opium. the duties
on which Appropriated 81, 7G0, goo Dur
ing the same period 157,0OO pounds of
crude opium were imported.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
Grasshoppers Injured Tobacco.

1t is said that at least three-fourths of
the choice samples of the 1890 tobacco
crop have been purchased, the prices
ranging from seven to nine cents. Grass
hoppers are reported to have worked
considerable dam age to the crops in
many sections by eating holes in the
1 'y.er leaves. The extent of this injury
can not be fully estimated until the to-
bacco reaches the sorting table.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

AMERICAN IDEAS continue TO be in
urgent demand abroad The company
organized for The purpose of reclaim
ing The barren scopes Of South Russia
will capitalize n American idea. first adj
vaneed. il is believed. by the enterpris-
ing native who wished to turn the Sahara
desert into a garden patch 10y digging
trenches To the Atlantic ocean. The Sa-
hara still remains a waste. but that Is
not TO he taken as any reflection upon the
idea Irrigation Is destined 10 occupy an
important place II the agriculture of the
future As the population pushes ont il
will become more and more necessary
% put TO practical use all available land
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

NEW YORK and Jersey City are to be
connected by a vast bridge, costing $50
100000, If rccently-published assurances
are To be believed The work IS To be
completed in three years and the bridge
when done will be the largest as w-ll
rs much the most important structure
of its kind in the world. Engineering
is making such rapid strides OF late that
one is kept on the alert to remain up to
the times. Singularly and happily, too,
the pace is set by American ingenuity
and skill
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

OUT Of nine hundred foreign mission
aries at present in India it is said that
the oldest is an American-Rev- John
Newton, Of the Presbyterian church,
the veteran missionary at Lahore, who,
at the age OF seventy-eight years, is
still worker in his chosen field.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
MADAME ROLAND.
Death of One of the Most Remarkable
Women of the French Revolution.

Death of One of the Most Remarkable
Women of the French Revolution.
One of the most pathetic incidents of
the French revolution was the execu-
ton, on the Sth of November, 1898. of
Mime. Roland. She and her husband
we're Girondists, and when the Jacobin
rabble obtained the upper hand she was
thrown into prison. Her husband was
away from Paris at the time, and she
never saw him again. After her death
he committed suicide. While in prison
Nine. Roland preserved a firm and adj
mirable demeanor. She advocated
national and individual freedom, but
at the same time denounced the blood
thirsty dee Is of the ultra-revoiutionis
All her jailers became her friends, but
they could do nothing to save her.
While in prison she devoted most of her
time TO writing her memoirs. At one
time she almost determined to take
poison, like many of her unhappy com
TaniOns, but she regained her courage.
and determined to meet death bravely.
After being succssively impri soned in
the Abbaye, St Pelagie, and the Con-
ciergerie, she was brought TO trial as an
accomplice of the GirOndists She re fused
to allow her advocate to make defense,
as it might endanger his life. At the
trial she appeared dressed in white,
with her beautiful black hair descend
ing to her waist. Though subjected
to insult and ignominy by the brutal
Judges. she maintained her dignity
unru fled. Her fate was sealed, and the
sentence Of death passed upon her
When two or more persons were to 60
TO the guillotine together it was consid-
cred a privilege to be the first TO die
those remaining having to endure the
agony of seeing the others perish a
man was condemned to die on the same
scafFold with Nine. Roland, and before
her. but she entreated the executioner
10 let her die first 1t is said that as
she passed to the scaffold she gazed on
a statue Of Liberty erected near it and
exclaimed: "Oh, Liberty how many
crimes are committed in thy nameT
Thus died one of the most remarkable
women of the French revolution. -
Chicago News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

THE Medical Journal SAYS that a well.
healthy man viii suffer more from the
prick of pin than he viii from the
pain of dissolution in case he dies nat
ural death IL assures the timid that
there IS really no pain connected with
the act Of diving
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

An amusing incident happened TO 5
Bangor lady who advertised for house
maid. The girl seeking employment
instead of waiting for the mistress OF
The house to question her, commenced
asking questions that would have done
Justice to lawyer eross-questioning
witness. After this had been carried or
for about Fifteen minutes the girl asked
the following question: MADAM. whai
church do you attend?" The desired
information was given, but whether the
ouerist thought the mistress would
answer the Commercial does not state.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
Lost at Sea.

J. f. Scott of Ashland has received
the intelligence that two of his broth
ers, Captain Frank and Captain Tom
Scott, were both lost at sea November
20. The two brothers left Boston with
n new schooner for the Bay of Fundy
with cargo of lumber which was to
be taken to South America.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

To STANLEY. lecturing in Scranton.
Pa. a gentleman said: MIR. stanley
one Of the things in your book. In
Darkest Africa. that interested me
most was you- account Of the sufferings
Of your party IN starvation Camp.
but one thing l ncTer could understand.
When your men were dying for want Of
food. why didn't they fish, since
they were 50 near the river" Mr..
Stanley's face was study. He looked
at his questiOuer as If dazed by a blow
why" he exclaimed. and then
hesitated in evident surprise for
several moments. why. I don't believe
any one ever thorght Of it,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

Is his long life of eighty years p. T.
Barnum has had a most versatile ca
reer. Before becoming a travelling
Snowman he had been successfully the
proprietor Of an oyster saloon. an ed.
itor. bartender. a negro minstrel, a
boarding-hOuse keeper, dramatic critic
preacher, bank president, author and
partner in a clock factory. lie finally
found his true vocation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
UPON THE WATERS.
Bread That Returned on New
Years Morning

HEN the Hunt
ers came into
Hiuport, fro m
n O b 0 d Y knows
where, the gene
raj sentiment of
the town was one
of disapproba-
tion. They had
no end of bolster
GUS, half-clad,
uncared for chill
dren, who ran
wild over even
~Ia 1907 CanWnI
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

II Switzerland. It is said. they will
pay higher wages - a milkmaid who
can sing - the cows than to one who
can not. This is done on the principle
that bad treatment Of cow injuriously
affects its milk.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

THE daughter of a naval officer in
Baltimore bestowed her affections on a
man whom her father did not approve.
He offered her pleasure trip to China
If she would discard her lover. She re-
fused. as any other American girl
would have done, and eloped with the
man Of her choice. Love laughs at
other things than locksmiths
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

A COLLECTION Of the effects of Gener-
al George Washington, the property of
enc late Lorenzo Lewis. grand nephew
of Washington. was sold at Philadel-
phia. and the highest price paid was
500 for the last memorandum book of
Washington, the last entry therein
being dated December 3. 1893. One
hundred and fifty articles brought
s. s4I
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

IL answer to correspondent we
would say that there is scarcely an in
stance OF failure among the regular and
large advertisers There are necessari-
~ exceptions to all rules. but the man
who advertises, and then sells honestly
a. he promises. generally succeeds
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
Recovered His stolen Wealth.

Henry Kittelson, a farmer residing
near Wonewoc, was recently robbed of
$50 which he had secreted in a bin of
barley. lie recovered his cash the
other day. Martin Oleson and Andrew
Daley, two farm hands, were arrested
for theft and confessed the crime
They told where the money could be
found. 1t was recovered with an addi-
tional $50. Where the $50 came from
was not known.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

John Reyes went to the house of
George Hill. in Durand. whose daughter
he had recently married, but who had
left him to return to her fathers house,
and in an alteration that ensued Mr..
Hill, who was armed with a shotgun,
shot his son-in-law in the head. Keyes
was not expected to live.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

THE fact that tie Indians do not ap-
preciate the blessings Of civilization and
probably / ever viii is seen in the fact
that a 81 nav has committed suicide be
cause her husband was made police
man on the reservation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

WHEN people at the recent eelebra-
ton dedicatory to the New York World
building asked where the proprietor
was they were told that Mr.. Pulitzer
sailed for Europe that morning, broken
in health and totally blind.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

PHYSICIANS deprecate the wearing OF
waterproof coats as a substitute for or
binary top clothing. They say the body
should be dressed as warmly under
the waterproof as it would ordinarily
be without Il.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
MANY Lives Lost.

BuExos AYREs, Dee. GA disaster
has occurred at Cordova- where the
canal has burst its embankments and
destroyed hundreds of houses. One
hundred lives are reported lost. Gen
eral Roca, the Minister of the Interior,
has gone to the scene to superintend
measures of relief
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
A MURDERER PRAISED.
A Tennessee Grand Jury Exonerates an At
torney who Had Killed "A Fellow-Lawyer.

n tennessee Granu Jury EA"i'Fi''e7 81 -
torney who Had Killed "A Feliow-Lawyer'
NASHVILLE. Tenn, Dec. s2.- Some
time ago ii. K. C. Foster. an attorney OF
fernando, Miss. shot and killed another
attorney. c. Il. Brice, owing to domes-
tic trouble, in which the name OF Fos-
tiers wife was implicated. After thor
oughly investigating the ease the jury
declined to return an indictment against
Foster on the ground that the act was
that of sensible and sane man, who
indicated the law, and in accordance
with the sentiments of every sensible,
brave, true, noble and virtuous man"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
Governor Peck's stam.

Governor-elect Peck has made public
the following appointments: Adjutant
General, Joseph Il. Doe, of GAINESVILLE;
Quartermaster General, Otto Falk, Mil
waukee; Private Secretary to Governor
Peck Clarence l.. Clark.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

GENERAL BOOTH. it is reported. should
his scheme for the betterment of the
wretehedly poor of Great Britain be
successful, will endeavOr 70 repeat its
operation in this country.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
a Bread upon the waters cast
Shall be gathered at the last.

''Yes, the promise is true" she muir
INJURED. ''Itshall be gathered at the last
Mine has returned to me to-day. Ger
trude Garrison. in Texas Siftings.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
Dirt That Abounds in Nickel.

Specimens taken from near Mellen
have been assayed, and have been
found TO be rich in nickel. There have
been several transfers of land made re-
Gently. which looked as if further ex-
plorations were to be carried on. IF.
forts had been made to keep the matter
uuiet
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

PARIS. Dec. 22.-Amelie Rives is re-
porte i'll with consumption The tai
enisd lady has decided TO visit Prof.
Koch in Berlin with the idea OF re-
Giving an incubation of the lfe-sav-
ing lymph.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Charged with IncendIarIsm.

George Sherer, II years of age, is
under arrest at Waulesha on the charge
of burning J. III. Phillips barn in the
town of New Berlin. During the last
six years there have been no less than
twenty-six incendiary fires in that
town. Sherer, it was thought, would
confess to the whole series of crimes,
although there was strong suspicion
that he was ut tool in the hands Of
the real criminal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25

Mas is the universal animal II IS
estimated that there is 1,25O. 600. 900 of
HIM on the globe. The sheep rank
next with 500. OO0, 600.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
CASTLES IN HE ALB.
fraudulent Bait Which Americans Arr
Troue to Swallow

to swallow
Il would seem, after all the publicity
given to the scheme in the papers
throughout the country, that few per-
sons would indulge in the chimera of
obtaining part whole of the
tates said TO be held unclaimed in the
courts of England. Circulars to the eff
feet that than half a billion of I
dollars in unclaimed estates are await
ing the rightful heirs in England, Scot
land Wales and Ireland continue TO be
scattered broadcast through this coun-
try, and there is an agency in New York
employing men to promote just such
schemes
There is something alluring in this
little paragraph: Thousands of heirs
have never seen these aivertisementA,
IL your ancestors your father'sI
your mothers side came from any of
aboye-named countries do not fail
send the ancestral name and ascertai
il you heir. Your deceased
cestors' rights yours by British
We have information of everv
and deceased persons whose he
been advertised for in i25 w
postal nos for twenty-fy
sure information. If Va
we viii recover the esta.
recovery, no fee"
1t must have been thi
| caused Miss c. II. Ciopt
I Tom. 20 address the
city for information con-
posed Drake estate in Eng
she told that Mrs
Of Edwards, Miss,
Miss, had filed G -
then the ingenid o.
.ested TO her tia
ted to enter tie =
consent Continual
terms the SAND
one per cont of tho a
we gain nothing gey
IL we have to assume tn
lars of fee in advJ
guarantee Of good faith.
The meat of the nut,
sentence The circul!
states: mo recovery, no
Miss Clopton replied to-
effect that her Uncle Eli
ing about Mrs. Redfeld q
son. In n letter of the a
20 she received this bri
ton. I'm replying to your
tOber IA we beg to say TIL
field has accepted term
now pending in her behalf
For the benefit OF Miss On
others who fancy that they aN
one step of wealth. the letter of tFH
rotary of the United States Legation4
London bearing the date of April 19
1887, and addressed to person inqg
ing about the Sands estate. may be
some benefit: II peg to inform you tina
there is such estate as the one you
mention Vast numbers of people in
country deceived and defrauded
by designin" persons, who represent
that great estates awaiting Azneri-
can claimants here. whereas there
such"
Again, September is, 1887. a deludod
person in Massachusetts who thought
he heir TO the Lawrence-Town-
lev estate, received letter of caution,
this time the advice coming from Min
lister Phelps, in which he said: "A
fraud attempted There is
not a pretense of foundation for it, in
fact 1t is simply device for obtain
ing money by false pretenses from the
credulous N Y. Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-25
LATER.
Gathered In.

RAPID CITY, S. D., Dec. 29.-Dis-
patches to Gen. Miles from Col. Sumner
To-day show that nearly all of Sitting
Bulls followers, together with Big
lFoot's band, have surrendered to him.
col. Sumner, in a dispatch, says this
liisposes of all the Indians along the
cheyenne river. and if there are any
more of Sitting Bulls people out he
lioes not know where they can be. Gen.
brooke reports the arrival of friendly
Indians at the Bad Lands camp, and
says the capture of Sitting Bulls peo-
| pie and Big Foot's forces will aid the
efforts of the friendlies to bring in the
hostiles.
A HORRIBLE explosion occurred at the
New Jersey Steel and Iron works, Tren-
ton. y. j., on the 22d, and five men
we're probably fatally injured. The
men were injured by the explosion of a
Is'cinder," or a mass of molten iron,
which had just been taken from the
furnace at white heat. When the iron
is taken from the furnace there are men
standing ready with buckets full Of
water to throw over it for the purpose
Of cooling it. The water was thrown
too quick which coused the disastrous
lexplosiOn.
The steamer Magnet left Portsmouth,
England, on the ed. for the coast of
Galway. ireland. The Magnet is loaded
with meat and potatoes, together with
quantity of government stores of all
descriptions. This cargo is one of a
series sent and to be sent by the gov
..rnment to relieve the distress of the
furnishing inhabitants of certain sec
tions of Ireland.
THE house 81 Victor Rogers at Iron
wood. Wis. was burned on the 22d. The
parents were away and two small chill
dren were consumed.
! The Fair" on the corner of Adams
and State SITS, Chicago, was damaged
by fire to the extent of $4,000 on the
morning Of the 22d.
on the ED Congressman Blanchard.
Of Louisiana introduced resolution
icalling for committee to investigate
the recent killing Of Sitting Bull.
A HEAVY wind storm prevailed at
| Ashland. Wis, on the ped. A skating
rink was blown down and loose lumber
and signs were carried away.
A DISPATCH from Madrid. Spain. says
that the American Minister and depu-
tatien from Cuba have arrived there
and will have conference on the COM
mercial relations between Cuba and
America.