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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
HUNTING WITH OWLS.
A NaturaIist's Story of Two Birds Called
Fluffy and Puffy.

Fluffy and Puffy.
Mr.. Frank Bolles contributes to the
AUX very entertaining story of two
barred owls, fluffy and Puffy, which he
took from the nest and brought up in
captivity. Soon after their capture
Puffy accidentally injured one of his
wings and was never afterward able to
Fly. Contrary to their owners expecta-
tions it soon appeared that they could
not only see well in the strongest sun
light, but could not see at all in the
dark.
While watching any thing which in
terests them they throw their heads far
forward and then swing them about
like signal lanterns, or wave them
back and forth and up and down. as if
seeking the clearest avenue of vision
This trick, Mr.. Bolles thinks. is prob
ably due to their ancestors habit of
peering through thick branches in
search of prey.
Puffy. the injured bird, is quite will
ing to be carried about perched on a
short stick, and Mr.. Bolles has found
him really valuable assistance in his
pathological studies. He has only to
take Puffy out with him, and every
bird in the woods comes near to look
at and jeer at its hereditary enemy.
AT first" he says, lit was not easy to
induce Puffy 70 leave his cage and ac-
company me, but after a few lessons he
consented to step from his perch upon
the short pine stick on which | used TO
carry him. and to remain clinging to it
while walked or ran, scrambled over
lodges, or forced my way through thick
cts and brambles.
I'm the woods if held him too near
a tempting log or projecting branch he
would hop off. Sometimes he would
weary of my walking, AMI, jumping to
the ground, would scurry away to cover
and snap his beak angrily if | poked
his perch in toward him and told him to
get on AS the summer wore on, he
grew more and more obedient and less
inclined to nip my fingers on the sly as
he had a way of doing when | first car
ried him about
'Sometimes would leave the owl in
comparatively open ground on a bowl
der in a pasture. or stump in
meadow. Then his favorite posi- ton,
was Win AiS utdh bipptU NAAfCAtA hdth-
ward and his eyes, half closed, fixed
either on the sun or spot not ten de-
grees from it
II never could fully understand this
attitude, hut / soon found that the owl
was keenly alive to any thing passing
skyward, for il hawk or a crow came
into view far away in the deep blue,
Puffy's gaze was Instantly turned full
upon the growing speck, the eyelids
partly closed and most intent look
coming into his eyes
Again and again Puffy has seen
hawks or gulls overhead which nv eyes,
although unusually farsi GIFTED, have at
first been unable to discern. On one
eventful day he showed me three hun
dred and thirty-four hawks sailing
southwest under the pressure of a stiff
northeast gale. 1t was September 10,
one of the days when fires were raging
among the forests along the ST John
river.
THE hawks were most of them flying
very high. l think Puffy saw every one
of them. 1t mattered not whether they
came singly or in punches of twenty to
forty, his ever-ready eye was upon them
as soon as they came into view"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
Drunken soldiers Mobbed.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, July 29.-Dur-
ing the encampment of the Michigan
state troops, drunken soldiers insulted
many women on the streets. The wife
of member of the Moulders' union was
among the number. Two hundred
moulders. each armed with club, got
.orether and proceeded TO drive all sol
OierS out or tile uv-n. -rl--- l-aIy haa z
a number of the "blue coats" and sent
them all back to the camp in hurry.
The police endeavored to quell the mob
but could not do so. Three companies
of troops. fully armed. were then
marched into town and succeeded in
dispensing the angry moulders.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
WISCONSIN'S WEALTH.
Interesting Statistics from Badger Stat,


Interesting Statistics from Badger State
Farms.
There are sixty-eight counties in
This State" said Superintendent Nor
rison, of the farm institutes, in a
recent interview, land in these coun-
ties there are 141, 675 farms. The value
of the farms and the agricultural
products is S59s, 1877, 2Ss. The farms
contain s,115,033 acres of improved
lands, 4,5s3,715 acres of unimproved
farms, 5000, 1913 acres of wood lands. The
value of farm implements is SIS, 997,-
9s9. The number of swine is 1896
200, valued at SIS, 102.376 There are
|, 1874, 500 head of cattle, worth S2s. 062,-
500. There are l, 429, 1873 sheep, worth
81, 353, OILS. There are 49s, 1872 horses
and mules, worth Sal, 049, 563. The cows
alone number $50, 900, and are worth
SIS, 237, 46S. There were raised in the
past year $4,000, 600 pounds of butter,
worth $500. OG0. Forty-fve million
pounds of cheese have been made in the
State during the past twelve months,
and they are worth 81, 600, 000."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
EXHIBITION DATES.
List of Fairs to lie Held in tho state
This Season.
state Dental sncietY.

The twentieth annual session OF the
Wisconsin State Dental Society was
held recently at Appleton, and the fol-
lowing officers were elected; President.
DIR. c. F. Southwell, Milwaukee; First
Vice President. DIR. c. f. Edwards,
Oshkosh; Second Vice President. DR. w.
L. Conkey, Appleton; Secretary, DR.. c.
A. Southwell. Milwaukee; Treasurer,
DIR. b. Douglass, Appleton. Eau Claire
was decided on as the next place of
meeting.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

YOU could pass civil-serv-ee exam
iRation, but I would get left" said Gen
eraI Sherman 10 the boys at West
Point recently, but they viii not get
ieft II they pursue the advice old Te-
cumseh gave them afJerward; Get ex-
perience. trust in God. believe in the
stars and stripes. and every thing will
come out right"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

The long distance telephone is max
ing It's way rapidly everywhere in Eu-
rope. London ard Paris are shortly to
BE- united By telephone, and Prague and
Buda-Pesth are already united, BrUs-
sells and Paris have long been in tele-
r.Hn-s. .nr-.. rrr,l ar.r.a
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

SIG. AEEIGo, the Italian banker Just
ransemed from Stellar bauditti for the
round sum of SIS, 600 in gold. says that
his captors kept him in the bottom Of a
dry we'll where they furnished him
regularly with food At the end Of q
certain time, unless ransOmed, he was
to be killed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
One Thing he was Able to Recall.

Lawyer latter persistent inquiry
You say you can not recall the matter?
Witness can't, sir.
Lawyer-Your recalling faculty isn't
very good, Ell?
Witness-POssibly not. sir.
lawyers there any thing that you
can recall?
Witness can recall another occasion
on which l was questioned great deal
by lawyer who knew very little.-St
Iouis Life
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

X THERE seems to be no doubt that the
new cruiser Philadelphia viii be Uncle
Sans greyhound Of the sea- She has
been officially certified 10 as making
I9iz knots an hour, which gives her
builders 100000 premium for extra
speed above the requirements Of the
contract The contractors say she can
go still faster than that. but il is not
likely that she viii be often put 10 the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
DeraiIed by a Male.

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 29.-Sunday
night freight train on the Louisville
& Nashville road struck a mule near
sulphur station, derailing the train,
which ran through a bridge. Fireman
George Barker vas killed and Engineer
Nh rDhy badly hurt
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

THERE are disadvantages connected
with having wheat fields Of mammoth
proportions, as when. for example, a
fire Is started in the grain This was
the case recently near MERGED. Cal,
and before tine flames could be stayed
they had burned over strip thirteen
miles in length, inficting a loss Of
EaB Oo0-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

4 CURIOUS calculation Of the amount
OF food consumed in q lifetime of 20
years has recently been made by NJ.
SOyer. French savant Among other
things. NJ SOyer SAYS that the average
epicure Of three-score and ten viii have
consumed SO oxen. 200 sheep. 100 calves,
zoe lambs. 50 pigs. , 200 fowls. 1000 fish
OF different kinds. 10000 oysters. 5,455
pounds Of vegetables, 243 pounds of
butter. 240O1 eggs and four tons OF
bread. besides several hcgsbeads OF
wine. tea. coffee. etc This enormous
amount OF food and drink viii nearly
approximate the immense weight o.
fnrtv TONS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
Heavy Loss at Minneapolis.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, July 29.-The
plant of the Monitor plow-worlls in this
city was destroyed by fire Monday aft
ernoon, entailing loss OF S115,OOO,
of which SIS, 900 is on the buildings and
$40, 600 on the stock. The loss is fully
insured. The fire caught from loco
motive spark The works had been
shut down for several months.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

THIS is the age Of invention. and the
United States Is the Nation par excel
Hence Of inventors. The total number
Of patents Issued at Washington last
year was -, 500 against 10, SIS the prev
ious year Last year beat all proceed
inc Years
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

John Warpoose, an Indian from the
Keshena reservation, who was found
guilty in the United States Court of re-
peated assaults upon his daughter, was
recently sentenced to be hanged Sept
80 on the reservation. This was the
first death sentence ever passed in the
State.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
Not Hnnnilr Expressed.

Opulent Pater-You viii excuse my
saying it. but understand you are abb
solutely without means of your own.
Sutton Observation-Disclosures is true.
sir, otherwise ! would not think of ask
ing you for your daughter, Life
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

The recent death Of Dr. C. H. f Pc
tiers. the astronomer at Litchfield Oh
servato-y. Hamilton College. New York.
removes one Of the most promira-t " the
old school Of scientific workers He held
his position AZ Hamilton for thirty-twO
years and was fOrty-seven years old when
ne acceptediL Hence he died at ripe old
age. bat was active = the last His work
included the discovery Of fOrty-eight
planetoids, the largest number credited
10 any one man. but closely approximate
ed BY the late Prot Watson. who ran
neok-and-neck race with him for years in
hunting for these objects which move
between the orbits o. Mars and Jupiter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

A c0LoEED dentist in Macon. Ca. is
said to use his fingers only in extract
ing cseth- They are strong as forceps,
and he claims he can pull teeth faster
and with less pain than any dentist US
iug Instruments
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

THEoDoRE TILroN energies from his
Partisan seclasiOn long enough 70 re-
marx: No, / shall never go back TO
America Society there has committed
crime against me. defended myself
and VAS beaten
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
Lived Thirty Years on One Meal Gay.

PoTTsTowN, Pa. July 29.-Thirty
years ago Row. John Eberly conceived
the idea o: living upon one meal day
as remedy for dyspepsia. lie did SO and
at once regained his health. He has fol-
lowed the plan ever since, and Sunday
he celebrated his 9th birthday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
different views.

Romantic Wife-How delightful il is
to sit here on the piazza these mooniit
summer evenings and think OF beauty,
and art. and poetry, and -
Practical Husband bills.--Mun-
seY's Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

TwENrY-TIII.Er years ago Joseph Ham,
ilton and Miss Virginia Hickman. both
of Bath County. Ne. were engaged TO be
married. but they had a lovers quarrel
and Mr.. Hamilton left for California.
where he settiediu san Diego County. by
hard work he became a prosperous man.
About month ago he returned 10 his
In forty-eight hours after his arrival
NAMED f'iFhluP ie5man. who had re
love The bride j. first cousin OF ThG
celebrated Bishop William Taylor. a ma
tive Of R0ckbridge. ana for many years
past Bishop az Africa
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

I A RAILROAD Is 70 be Quilt from Arch
angel 20 VOlogda to unite the extreme
habitab.e north Of the Russian Empire
with the interior The contractors are
merchants Of Vologda, who carry on 2
large business with the natives Of
ArehannnI
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

ACCORDING 10 a recent Ukase of the
Gar no one who IS not Of the Christian
faith Will be allow TO serve on a jury
unless by the special approval of the
Minister OF the Interior and the Minis
ter Of Justice
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
FrcursIonIsts Killed.

BALTIMORE, Md. July 90. The stear =
err Virginia collided Monday evening
with the steamer Louise between Steel
ton and Fort Carroll, and, though re-
ports are conflicting, it is known that at
least eight OF the Louise's passengers
are killed and missing, while a mum der
of others are seriously injured The
Virginia is blamed by the passengers on
the Louise. The latter is an excursion
boat, and was on her way from Colches-
ter with about $50 people.
A freight train on the Southern Pa
cific was wrecked at Willsburg, Ore,
Saturday, and woman and two children
were killed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

FIVE children returning from black
berry picking on the 29th, were caught
on a railway bridge over the Passaic
river at Patterson, y. J., by two trains.
They stepped from one track to avoid
one train only to be caught by a train
from the opposite direction. Three Of
the children were killed and the other
two injured.
ARoUT IS farmers met in secret ses-
sion on the Goth. near Hastings. Neb.,
and organized 10 protect themselves
from horse thieves. Between thirty
and forty horses have been stolen dur
ing the past two weeks.
THREE mad dogs were shot on the
streets Of Fort Dodge, Ia, on the 2eth,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

FEW weeks before the census takers
began the regular census the citizens OF
Elm Grove. W. Va, thought TO enumer-
ste their population, preparatory to in
cooperating the town The following
Is the remarkable result: Number OF
I-ales over twenty-one years Of age. 14S;
number Of males under twenty-oHe
yea OF age. las; number Of females
Over sixteen years Of age. las: number
of females under sixteen years Of age.
las: grand total, 5g2
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

Isaac PEEAT- a Spanish naval lieu
tenant, has constructed a submarine
boat moved by electricity. which, &C
cOrding TO the Spanish press. is the
greatest invention of the age.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

GENERAL FBEWoNT's last words before
the angel Of death touched him were:
Il am going home" the old Pathfinder
has now gone upon a journey on which
he viii no, have 10 blaze the way.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

Mrs WINDOW, wife Of the Secretary
Of the Treasury, is the possessor OF a
sofa which came from Washington
headquarters at Valley Forge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

MILLIONAIRE Chinaman Of San
Francisco, named Wag Yin Wan, has
bought 5000, 600 acres Of land in Te-
hauntepec, where ne viii establish a
Chinees city
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

The sweetest girl graduate" essay
Joke this year doesn't differ from last
years crop, judging from the specimens
already printed. 1t is composed Of
white stuff trimmed with lace and rib
bons-NOrristown Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

The tallest schoolgirl in the world,
It Is said. lives at Riednaun. Germany.
She IS eleven years old and six feet tall.
the highest branches OF learning ought
not % be out OF her reach.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

THE Vignette Of William Henry Har-
rison. the Presidents grandfather, will
BE- placed on the twenty-dOllar silver
certificate authorized BY the silver bill.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

The new Boston city directory con
tains some interesting names. Among
them may De mentioned George Wash
ingt0n, John Adams. Thomas jefferson.
James Madison. James Monroe, john
Quincy Adams. Andrew jackson. Mar
tin Van buren,. William II. Harrison.
John Tyler. Franklin Pierce. James
Buchanan. Abraham Lincoln and Ben
jamtn Harrison. Literature is repre-
scented by William Shakespeare. Walter
Scot. sydney Smith. Robert Barns.
Thomas Moore. George Eliot. John
Milton. Joseph Addison and Henry W.
Longfeliow Henry Clay and Benjamin
FRANKLIN are also alive and we'll
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

THERE are i've thousand insane peo-
pie in tho city Of New York. and ex-
perts on insanity say that the ratio of
iUnatics Is increasing much faster than
that u the population.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

The lectures Of Explorer Stanley in
this country viii consist Of fifty, six
nights in a week, beginning Nov. IL,
With a recess during the Christmas
nnls.1.r-.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

LoSDoN, July 29.-The village of
Brac, in Switzerland, has been visited
by disastrous fire. Many buildings
were destroyed and four women were
killed and many persons injured.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
Passed ITS second Reading.

LONDON, July 26.-In the House OF
Commons Friday night the Heligoland
bill passed its second reading by vote
of zoe 70 81.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
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A ProDeller Burned.

SANDUsKY, O., July 29.-The propel-
Ter Norma, owned by the Ohlemacher
Line Company of this city, caught Are
in the boiler-room at an early hour
Monday morning while lying at its dock
here and was almost totally destroyed.
The crew was asleep on the boat and
had narrow escape from burning to
death. The loss is sl2, 600; insurance,
G. OO0
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

Two farmers named Duncanson and
Patterson were overcome by gas while
repairing an old we'll at ROssburn, Man
itoba, and both were brought to the sur
fana daad
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
Burned in an IncendIary Fire.

CINCINNATI July 29.-Incendiaries
set fire 70 the residence of Rev. David
Plumb in Gale, Ind. early this morn
ing and destroyed it. Mr.. Plumb was
fatally burned. and his wife and three
children persisted in the flames. Mr..
Plumb is prominent Methodist minis
ter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
weddipr Einrs for Uusbands.

Among other pretty ceremonies and
customs originating in romantic old
Germany is the fashion for the husband
to don wedding ring as well as the
wife, and tits becoming quite the proper
thing for the wife to present her hus-
band with a souvenir of the wedding
day in the shape of ring. The broad,
o ain band. with its date and inscription
of tender words, is still sacred to the
wife. and the husbands ring is a simple
cord of gold. more or less heavy. twisted
into a true lovers knot and worn upon
the finger which women have long con-
sidered the wedding finger. As time
progresses husbands may become of
some account in the wedding ceremony
besides a necessary adjunct TO the
brides splendOr and Importance and
due bill for the priests reward Already
bridegrooms' presents are occasionally
found among the teaspoons and neck
laces, and now he is to be honOred with
a token of the nuptial pledge.-N. Y.
Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31

Stories about the pigmies of Africa
have been common in classical as well
as modern literature, and yet always
read as fiction, a pretty fable to enter
tain children or embellish a poem.
Three or four centuries before Christ
the Greeks were really aware of the ex-
istence of a people of stunted growth
inhabitiug a district somewhere about
the source of the Nile. 1t was reserved
for Schweinfurth, in 1869, to discover a
race of African pigmies in the Akkas,
since which time Krapf found the Do
ko or Berikeemo dwarfs, Du Chaillu the
Obongos, and Stanley captured one of
the dwarfs said to live north of the
Yakima country: so that abundant evil
dence now exists in proof of the claim
so long ago made, that Africa was the
land of the piS mics.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-12-04

The people are expecting the pres
ent Legislature to do great things in
the way of rctrenchmcnt and reform.
One Solon has already proposed tc
reduce the salary Of senators and
representative from five to three dol
lars per diem. No doubt the other
salaried officers Of the State will have
their wages cut down and have n
chance to know how it is to work for
the love of their country, and pay
for their board and apparel by doing
odd jobs and working in off hours.
let the good work 90 on. If they
GHn make times better VIC Will stand
by them
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-12-04
# . 3 s. 81 Is xs;(2yI E. e 8; @
H'IEArHN
LEWIS & MORRIS

Are No. Going TO be Undcrsold by Anybody.
we snail not argue that point here, but ask
70" 10 come ana see for yourselves. We know
very little about blowing orr horn. hut ,v,,,t
10 look you i'm the eye and get better acuuaiDt.
ca win you. We are pleasetl will, the verv
liberal patronage you have given us 50 far,
%;2d Will do cur level best to deserve it still.
II you can be pleased by honest goods mud
10" prices, we can certainly fix Won I'M, VIZ
axe netter prepared than ever before to sell
you ths thousand and ono articles you need
every day. Good Coffee always on hind.
ours, for fair dealing and polite trest-
snHN}, 1 ''"'~
LEWIS &; lIORRTS.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-12-04

Alabama has reelected her true
tried and faithful son, Senator Punh
to succeed himself in tie Senate
Well donc for the State CT boom:
and coal fields.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-12-04
= 90 =

The Allia"cc has gene into the
newspaper business in almost every
county in the State All Of th,ir WI.
pers are owned by IT, ,c< ry1n;nnic.:
and conducted |'y tm editor elected
by the Order.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-12-04

The division Of the General As
scmbIy by introducing the caucus
system into the Democratic family, is
radically wrong. RY this mcthod
forty six mon en- contr"} the Lu.i-
ness, and thus widen thc brcoch in
the party.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-12-04
THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1890.
1sS =

Tll!man's majority over Haskell for
Governor is If, ,331.