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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-10
THE EAST.


JOHN ID. ROCKEFEII.ER on the 30th ult.
gave $780, 600 to the Baptist Educational
Society, which has its headquarters in
New York. and was formed for the pur-
pose of aiding needy institutions of
learning under Baptist control. Mr..
Rockefeller two years ago gave 500, 900
to the society.
BY the capsizing of skif Mrs Eslep
and Miss Mary Helmut were drowned
on the 1st in the Allegheny river at Ia
runtum, Pa
II the Twenty-fOurth Pennsylvania
district Andrew Stewart was nominated
BY the Republicans for Congress on
the ist
On the lst it was ascertained beyond
a doubt that the thirty-one imprisoned
miners in the Hill Farm mine near
Dunbar, Pa. were dead. and the search
for their hodies was abandoned.
AT Pitts burgh. Pa, over 1000 boiler
makers and helpers struck on the 1st
for a nine-hOur day with ten hours
pay.
MAINE Democrats in convention on
the ID at Augusta nominated William
p. Thompson. Of Belfast for Governor.
FIRE destroyed the Peabody Institu-
ton at Danvers, Mass, on the I'd. Loss,
$40. 600.
Il convention at Scranton Robert f.
Pattison was nominated for Governor of
Pennsylvania on the ID by Democrats
HAvERHIII- Mass. celebrated the
250th anniversary Of its settlement on
the ID, poem by Whittier being the
feature.
a LAMP expelled on the I'd in the
house ~ Adam Steinler at Bradcnville,
Pa. and his little son and daughter
were uined to death and Mr.. Steinler
was fatally burned.
Tar firm of 4. 4 4. Lee. dealers in
woOls in West Manayunk, Pa. failed
on the "a for Sl01 cor
II New York on the 2d a starch trust
was organized under the name Of the
National Starch Manufacturing Com
pany with a capital of sI0.50o. OO0
Forg dressed beef houses in I:oston
owned by swift. Armour. Hammond and
Morris. Of Chicago. suffered an aggre-
gat. loss % $4,000 on the u By fire.
KENNIEE was sentenced at Buffalo.
y ". on the ID tn die by Electricity
during the week bcginn.rg August s.
VETERANS Of the Army Of the Poto-
mac met in annual session at Portland
Ne. ON the I'll With over 1000 member,
0f the association IN attendance
TINS death 81 General Gilman Narston
occurred at his home at Exeter y. H..
on the 81, aged - years. lie was a
member Of Congress for several terms.
THE Democrats in the Twcnty-iifth
Pennsylvania district on the I'd a, mi
mated Alex VI. Med for Congress.
FiFTY pounds Of powder eXF ,o3el in
a zrOc 'ry store at Industry, + -. on the
5th. Nr,ci,iI- the bull ling an I injurinr
seven children. five oil whom died in .
short time.
~ON was born on the 9Th to Mrs.
Charles Wclke, Of Trenton. y. J with
TWO perfect heads. the left about i've
inches in diam ter ana the right three
inches. Il only lived a short time.
Mas Eva HAEr. aged rs wears. was
buried al Cicero Center, y. y, on
3 the ith.
\ cI.oUD-EUE>T on the 5th at Milford.
I y. J.. caused damage - the amount Of
500 OnU
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-10
Hor SYnlDtons.

"What are your symptoms, MADAME
asked DIR. Pillbox of an elderly female
patient who came to see him the other
day.
"Well, can hardly tell you," was the
reply; but I'm just mizzable all over.
I've pain in my hack and side and hip
and chist. I'm fev'rish one minnit and
freezing the next. I've kind of a Como
ness in my stomach nearly all the time
and a nasty taste in my mouth with a
sight of headache and pain up and down
my spine with sort o. numbness in my
left side and dizziness when | stoop
over. | cough a good deal and my
throat's sore ANA my right ear aches
some. My appetite is pretty fair but
not what it ought to be. | don't feel
like doing nothing and there's kind of
arumbling in my head all the time and a
pain in my kidneys. Them's few o.
ny symptoms, sir."-Dral1e's Magazine.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

NEAR Dublin on the 1st the wife and
four young children of James O'Connor,
a memberof the editorial staff of United
ireland, were fatally poisoned by eat
ing picked mussels.
LAW which went into effect on the
I'd makes life n1prisonment the penalty
of reporting Canadian Notifications or
armament to other powers.
SEVERAL gambling house proprietors
where on the 2d sentenced in St.
Petersburg to exile in Siberia for five
years.
DISPATCHES of the 5th stated that the
famine in the Soudan was increasing
rapidly. Thousands of natives were
without food of anv kind. and the deaths
from starvation were many. 1t was said
that large numbers of men, women and
children were deliberately put to death
that they might serve as food for their
frenzied companions
NEAR Tampa, Mez.. 10000 cattle had
died on the 9Th on account of a drought
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SOME OLD STORIES.


earns That Were Current in France
Nearly Two Centuries Ago.
Net so long ago there was a new rood
made for the loft of a certain country
church, and the old rood was stored
away in the loft of the parsonage. The
parson, feeling desire toward goose,
had fine one fattened, killed, stuffed
and spitted, and finally put down to
roast. He was frugal man, and to
save fire-wood logged out the old cruci-
fix and put it on the fire as it was, his
conscience forbidding him to break it
up. This done, he went off to church,
leaving his little nephew TO roast the
goose-id est, to turn the spit In course
of time the crossbeam of the roof was
burned through, and the figure fell
down, face foremost. on the goose. The
little boy fled away in terror, and ran
into the church, calling out: Uncle,
uncle, that man you put on the fire is
eating our goose -
A poor old countryman was lying on
his death bed, and the priest was tell
ing him of the life to come that he
might not sorrow after the life he was
leaving. after the Judgment day."
guoth the good priest, every mountain
and bill shall be brought low, and every
valley shall be exalted" "Well, well,"
said the countryman, that will be a
famous land for US poor wagoners."
A certain learned doctor had been
preaching in a country church, and was
on his way back again. As he rode
along he fell into theological medita-
ton, tackling several stiff dogmatical
questions, and consequently ne lost his
way. At last he met countryman, of
whom he asked the way to Savonnieres.
But the countryman knew him, and
said: Why, master, you're an honest
man, indeed; ] heard you preach in our
church, and never heard better SER
mon in my life. | should like to hear
dozen such sermons" ''Well, well, my
good friend, | hope to say few more
words in season some other time; but
tell me tho way to Savonnieres. p" NAY,
nay" said the countryman, may God
keep me from such presum ptuousness!
to teach man who knows every thing;
you are laughing at me, master. Why,
the little children know the way to Sa-
vonnieres, and are you, who know all
things, ignorant of such little matter?
Nay, tbs not likely, master God keep
YOU" And so he left him.-Beroalde de
VerVilla
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Lesson in Politeness.

A newspaper correspondent recently
entered the Office of the chief clerk Of
the War Department, and, the chief
clerk being absent, messenger, with
out giving him even a courteous glance,
grufily said: Chief clerks out. Sit
down, sit down and wait"
The manner of the man was so i'm
proper. so discourteous that the corre-
spondent Strengthened himself up,
threw back his shoulders and stiffiy
said:
docs an officer of the regular army
receive orders from a messenger here in
the office Of the chief clerk?"
The startled messenger bowed low,
begged a thousand pardons and started
at once to find the chief clerk. He was,
as most subordinate officials are.
toady. Army officers are princes Of the
blood, in the War Department, and
when the messenger supposed that he
had been rude to one of them, he was
almost paralyzed with fear. He learned
a lesson which he will not speedily for.
get; a lesson of courtesy and politeness.
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The News Condensed,
important Intelligence From All Parts.
FIFTY.FIRsT CONGRESS

TUESDAY, July 1. - The Senate
passed the bill for the admission of
Idaho to the Union. A report was
made that the Tyne hsss. had approved
the nsysl, penss or speeaIa-office APP
preparation billMalnut timber We the
Blair educational bill was favorably re-
ported. as was also bin providing that
all women employed as army nurses
during the war for a period Of six
months or more and who were honora-
bly, discharged and who are unable to
earn their own support shall receive a
pension of sl2 per month. The Federal
elections bill was taken up and was the
subject Of protraeted debate.
WEDNESDAY. July Elm the Senate
the legislative appropriation bill was
passed and the bills 10 place the Ameri-
can merchant marine engaged in the
foreign trade upon an equality with that
of other nations. and to provide for
ocean mail service between the United
States and foreign ports and TO promote
commerce were discussed. A resolution
was agreed 10 calling for information as
70 the number of pensioners borne on
the list at each pension agency on June
!. 1890. In the House the Federal cleo
tons bill was discussed and finally
passed by vote OF l55 to 149.
THURSDAY, July 8. - bill was re-
ported in the Senate to discontinue the
coinage of the So and 81 gold pieces
and the scent nickel piece and to pro-
vide for new designs for authorized de-
vices OF United States coins. A resolu-
ton was adopted asking for a statement
of the amount already appropriated and
proposed TO be Appropriated in the sew
eral appropriation bills of the session
\ bill was introduced prohibiting any
bigamist or pOlygamist making entries
of public lands. Adjourned to the 7th
In the House Mr.. Lodge asked for a
reprint of the Federal election bill. with
marginal notes The request was de-
MED. Ad iourned to the 9TH
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jury, suddenly sobered at the apparition
of the maddened beast, took refuge on
the broad stills of the windows, where
they remained while the heifer tore
around and demolished every thing
loose within her reach, after which she
rushed out and down the prairie, which
ended the proceedings of that trial for
all time.
The foregoing are but few incidents
in the career of this Dogberry of early
Western Kansas as they come to my
memory. The flowers of many recurring
seasons have bloomed on his grave since
f. then, but there are hundreds living who
will recognize the character. In conse-
quence of his erratic course the Legis-
latnre passed a measure whose title read:
"A bill legalizing the acts of one VI. T..
Joyce, a justice Of the peace of Hays
City, Ellis County. Henry Inman. in
Kansas City Star.
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Facilities of Travel.

GLOW did you get here from Chicago?"
asked an actor of shabby brother ac-
tor, whom he had not seen in some
time.
II came to New York on a limited
ticket" replied the shabby one, with a
knowing wink over the left shoulder in
the direction of sour mash bazaar
what is a limited ticket?' inquired
the other party, accepting the hint and
moving in the direction of the saloon
indicated.
"WeIl, it's ticket limited to an out
side passage"
''Outside passage! fail to compre-
bend. | still grope. Perhaps | am OBJ
tuse."
'Why, an outside passage is the right
to perambulate the cross-ties and count
the exact number of them in a mile.
Texas Siftings.
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He Peppersd Them.

George l.. Hicks, groceryman at
West Superior, became aware the other
night of an attempt to turn the key of
his. front door. The door softly opened
and two men entered. Hicks opened fire,
shooting one Patrick Mahoney through
the right lung and his partner, Frank
Hopkins, in the right leg. Both men
went some distance before falling. They
were removed TO St Francis Hospital
1t was said that Hopkins could not live
Both men were professional crooks.
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qulres that all nnes shall be turned into
the general school fund. Exception to
the latter provision was, however, in
variably the rule in many localities in
those early times. The magistrate,
who generally ''sized up the paying
capacity of his victim, imposed the
amount at his discretion, usually out of
all proportion to the enormity of the
crime, and it always found permanent
Judgment in the courts" capacious
pocket, the State never becoming any
richer by the transaction.
The power assumed by those town
ship justices of the peace, too, was some
thing astonishing. They arrogated to
themselves functions properly belong
ing only TO the regularly instituted dis
trict courts. They granted divorces,
tried every crime known to the calen-
dar and absolutely discharged murderers
whose hands were drenehed with the
gore of their victims-but always for a
money consideration. Horse stealing,
however, ever the objectionable sin on
the frontier, was never condoned; public
sentiment had not been educated up to
that point. This curious state of mo-
rality was passively submitted to in the
majority Of instances only because of
"the let-looseness"-t borrow an ex-
pressive term from Mr.. Howells-of the
society in the towns as then consti-
tuted.
When Fort Hays was established in
1867 on Big creek. in what is now Ellis
County, Hays City, wild, ''wooly,"
mushroom hamlet sprung up almost in a
night, like that edible fungus, because
of the proximity Of the United States
military post only mile distant. This
was Immediately after the war and there
congregated, of course, the renegades
from both armies; men, who, stepped in
crime, and fugitiyes from justice, lived
under assumed names. but safe in their
remoteness from the operations of law.
Society there was such as frequently
characterizes extreme pioneer civiliza-
ton when first aggregating in towns.
There, too, settled some of the truest
people, comparable TO the best who
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
a. MOONSHINlNG {"
A Full Distiliery Plant Captured by Gov
eminent Onicers.

A Full Distiiiery Plant Captured by Gov
eminent Officers.
For third time within five years Ii.
Kaufman, farmer residing near Two
Rivers, is in custody of the United
States officers, charged with ''moon-
shining" The first arrest was made in
1856. Kaufman furnished evidence that
the Objectionable apparatus on his
premises was used for other than dis
tilling purposes and was acquitted. In
1887 like charge was made against
him and he was convicted, fined 500
and sentenced to thirty days imprison-
ment Deputy Collector Bibbinger, of
the Manitowoc district, had been watch
ing the premises closely, and the other
day captured full distillery outfit and
considerable whisky.
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Louis Weller, for many years in
charge of the pumping station at West
Bend and helper in the freight-house,
while'assisting in making up train
the other forenoon slipped from a car
he was boarding and the wheels cut off
both legs near the trunk. He lived
unconscious fifteen minutes. He leaves
a wife and two grown children, the lat
ter in MilMa nlkee
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A DISPATCH from Ohio tells Of one Of
the shortest cOurtships on record. The
groom was a guest at Canton hotel.
lie became infatuated with the cook on
the day Of his arrival, proposed, AID,
being accepted, marrieI her Al once.
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stab.

Penelope-Y Your brother is an awfulIy
strange fellog.
Chloris-HoW is that?
Penelope-WhT. he never left my side
I'll yesterday afternoon
Chloris-Oh, to lie sure! He told me
ne thought somebody ought to pay YOU
little attention. He is awfally
thoughtful, isn't he?-Munsey's Weekly.
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An ola Empioye.

Captain Isaac Basse+t, who has been
in the employ of the Senate for fifty
seven years, having entered that body
as a little boy and grown up to be chief
of all the pages. does not intend to let
his line become extinct. He now has
his grandson on the floor Of the Senate
as page The little fellow is very
bright indeed. His name IS Isaac Bas-
sett, and his ambition is 20 become as
great man az his grandfather.
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Erwin Loberg, a bachelor aged 60
years, died in Milwaukee the other day
from the heat He came from a noted
Scandinavian family and has brother,
a member Of the Norwegian storthing,
who is one of the foremost liberals of
Norway. Erwin was highly educated,
.aristocratic, poor and dissipated, too
lazy to work and too proud to beg.
Scandinavian friends both supported
and buried him
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A Road Files Articles.

The Menominee River. Oconto &
Southern Railway Company filed
articles of association at Madison the
other day. The object is to build a
road from Marinette via Oconto to
Seymour, 0ntagamie County, distance
of go miles. Capital $3.50, 600. Articles
were also filed for the North Wisconsin
& Lake Superior Railway Company,
which will build from Oshkosh TO a
point on Keweenwaw bay, Mich, about
the counties ontagamie, oconto, Marin
cite and Florence. Capital, 81, 500, 600.
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Tn Photographic Society of Geneva
has heen testing the theory that the
long cOUpanionship Of man and wife
tends 10 make them look more and more
like each other. Photographs of seven
ty eight old couples, and Of an equal
number OF adult brothers and sisters
showed that the married couples were
more like each other than the brothers
and sisters OF the same blood.
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QUEEN VICTORIA. having completed
the fifty-third year Of her reign. has
now reigned longer than any English
monarch. excepting Henry Ill; George
Ills sixty years on the throne being
left uncOnsidered, as it was so inter
rupted with rerencips
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-10

THE other day gentleman went to
Philadelphia dentist suffering from
front tooth Although IL shovel no do
cay il had De pulled Around the
root was found firmly coilei little rub
Der band. such a. are used 10 tasten pa
Ders- Then the gentleman remembered
the explanation of his sleepless nights
and long period OF agony \ month ago
his little daughter Vas playing on his
lap anil had a rubber band, which she
playful'y fastened in his teeth. II
had been allowed to remain. without
his knowing IL. and worked down
10 the root csusing the loss OF the
tooth
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wEsT AND SOUTH.

The worlds fair local Hoard OF direct
ors voted on the Ist 70 recommend 10
the National commissioners the lake
front and jackson Park as site fcr the
exposition
FLAMES on the Ist at Seattle. Wash.
caused a loss Of 10000
The Republicans Of the Tenth Hi
nois district on the ist vcnominatcd
Phillip Sidney Post for Congress-
OK the lst the bill extending the
charter OF the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany was passed by the Senate Of that
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Very unceremonIons.

Don't you think Mr.. Anthracite a
very unceremonious person."
Far as know I should say he was"
"Never knew him to stand on cere-
mony, did You?"
Certainly not. Hes so busy stand
ing on III. scales while he's weighing
his coal that he hasn't time TO stand on
any thing else. The Jury.
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Social Distinction.

Erastus Feverbone, Jr.-Say, pa, Ise
'yited ter tend er picnic long wiz
Mistuh MufTy's chilluns. Is yuh gwine
ter femme go?
Z. Feverbone. Sr.-Yo' Rastus, what
done tole yuh? done tole yuh heap er
times befo' ter keep cl'ar way fun dem
Arrish chillun. Efyo' 'sociates wild EN-,
foxes II gin ter tink 20 5 Arrish yo'
own se-ft-T fpnt
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GEORGE WESTINGHoUsE does not put
on the air-brakes in the matter Of ex-
pcuditures on his new cottage at LenOx,
Mass The cottage is being built en-
tirely Of marble. and alrea iy over
$500, 600 have been expended on the
property \ large marble building Is
now being erected iE which the electric
light plant will - housed. Eighty men
are kent constantly empIoved.
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ARTIFICIAL lee costs less in Southern
cities than natural ice in the North.
At Savannah 10 i sold at from s. TO
$3.50 per ton in large quantities, and at
retail from two-fifths 10 three-fourths Of
cent pound. u is sold al all the
little grocery stores and IS plentifullv
consumed by all classes, To depend
upon the weather f. an ice supply is
coming 20 be a primitive and unscien-
title custom. and a warm winter will
not Re accepted as an excuse for ice
trusts and high-priced ice very much
lon .rpr
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without strong Competition.

Miss BeacOnhill wonder what the
philosophical reason is that men who
mind their own business generally sue
coed
Jack Matthews Perhaps because
there is so little competition in that
line. Harvard LampOon.
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JoHN IT, LESTER, Of the Henry County
ga poOr-house, claims to be one hun
DIR and twenty-three years of age;
also. that he was three times wounded
N the revolutionary war and fought
under jackson in 1872. OF course he
knes- Washington, and was personally
acqu. inted with LAFAYETTE
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Remarkable E,c.p. from Death

Antol Griel, employed at Hansen's malt
house, in Milwaukee, had miraculous
escape from death the other night
Shortly before midnight Griel, while
sitting in a fifth story window, lost
his balance and fell to the alley be-
low, distance of nearly 100 feet. His
right hip was dislceated, but otherwise
he escaped uninjured.
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The Western Mode.

At NaSSaf.
Teacher in Deportment-Now, Miss
Breezy, suppose you wanted some butter
at the table and nobody noticed your
want of it, what would you say?
Miss Breezy (of St. Louis)- Say? l
wouldn't say any thing. I'd jus get up
and get what oleomargarine ] wanted
and tra-la-la back to my seat. guess
you're not up in St Louis Manners
Judge
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GENERAL MIDDLETON, the command
or Of the Canadian militia Who was
censured by Parliament for a question
able transaction involving the transfer
% valuable fairs belonging to a citizen
Of Manitoba during the RieI rebellion.
has resigned his post.
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sncceedeh at Last,

Henderson Had awfully hard luck
this evening Tried with al my might
to say something agreeable, but couldn't
do it somehow; so bid theta goodnight
and went home.
Fogg-And so you did succeed in say
ing something agreeable at last? con-
graduate you, my boy.-Loston Trar
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Houses Blown Down.

A cyclone passed over the eastern end
of Waushara County the other afternoon,
and much damage was done to houses,
barns and trees, while growing crops
were leveled for miles. The little viii
lage of Aurorahville lay directly in the
path of the storm, and several houses
were blown down and a number of per-
SONS N iurad