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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03
THE EAST.

OK the 25th the grand jury at New
York reported that the sheriff's Office
was disgrace to the city and a shame
to civilization.
SHERIFF FLACK, of New York. sent
his resignation to Governor Hill at AL
ban- on the Goth. as a result OF Elack' 5
conviction for nspiracy.
THE force at the Philadelphia mint
was on the 18th working night and day
TO meet the demand for silver dollars, of
which it was expected to turn out 800,
OCO during March.
Four engineers and four firemen of
the Reading road at ShamOkin, Pa,
were discharged on the Goth for drink
ing intoxicants.
A VERDICT of so. 600 was recovered by
Rev. DIR. Joseph II. Rylance, of New
York. on the Goth against Nicholas
Quackenboss for malicious libel.
On the 9th John A. Davis, city treas
$50. OO0, pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to five years in Auburn prison.
AT Red Rock, Pa, three broth ers-
Deidrick. John and Henry Bakeslee-
all Of New York City, were killed by
the cars on the 2Tth-
EDWARD SPAULDING and William
Slattery and his wife were arrested on
the 9th at Buffalo, \. Y. for counter
feiting. They had been flooding the city
with bogus ten-cent pieces.
The Governor on the 2Sth appointed
Major General Daniel +. Sickles sheriff
Of the city and county of New York, in
place of James Flack, resigned.
Ar ContoOcOok, y. H., an earthquake
shock was felt on the Goth ult.
The death of David Bows, of New
York, the millionaire grain merchant,
occurred on the 30th ult-, aged 60 years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03
OLD ENGLISH MARRIAGES.
Peculiar Unions of May and December
Reported to the Registrar.

Peculiar Unions OF May and December
Reported to the Registrar.
Or the many interesting matters that
come under the notice of the registrar
general there is nothing more surpris-
ing than the frequency with which
youth and age try the paths of matri-
mony together. of 1896 brides over
fifty years of age who were married last
year secured a youth of twenty, were
accommodated by men of twenty-one,
and IA others kept their choice of strip
lings below twenty-five. In one of the
/ last-named cases the good lady was
forty years older than her partner.
Turning to the veterans among the
husbands there is even greater dis
parity. There were no less than 500
bridegrooms above seventy years of age,
and of these one took girl of seven
teen, another one of nineteen and four
others kept under twenty-one. Between
sixty and seventy years of age 2,Os4
men married. Three of them took girls
under eighteen and twenty-seven others
were content with partners who had not
reached their majority. AS man. as
4,576 males whose ages ranged between
fifty and sixty were also brought to the
altar, and here again score Of the
wives were in their teens A hundred
were not more than twenty-one and PAS
were under twenty-five.
Among other strange matches was
one between couple of octogenari-
ans, while three ladies of ''eighty-five
and upward" got husbands whose ages
were seventy FIVE, sixty-ive and fifty
FIVE respectively. Taking the gentle
men Of ''eighty-fve and upward" we
find that one of them secured bride of
forty-five. But even greater contrasts
are to be seen in the venerable Adonis
of seventy who got a maid of twenty
one, and in the seventy-five-year old
buck who secured blushing damsel OF
nineteen.
At the other end of the scale we have
a marriage between a girl of thirteen
AMI boy Of eighteen, another where
the contracting parties were sixteen
each and third where men of twenty
sue saddled themselves with wives of
fourteen. Two husbands of thirty took
partners whose ages were under fifteen,
/ while no fewer than seventy husbands
of forty found wives of from sixteen to
twenty years of age.-Manchester Cou-
{ rier
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

CAPTAIN WILLIAM REED, who has
been on the police force Of Pittsburgh.
Pa, for fOrty-four years. claims to be
ihe oldest police officer in the United
States in point of service He recently
celebrated his SEVENTEEN birthday. OF
The twenty-four policemen who consti-
Futed Pittsburgh's force fOrty-four years
ago Captain Reed is now the sole 5 :
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

wear the bonnet
By the mirror she viii don Il,
And TIL see her smile Of triumph
As she, blushing, turns to show
Me that lovely Easter treasure.
How her eyes will dance with pleasure
At my gaze OF admiration
And the praise shall bestow.
Then TN walk beside that bonnet,
CHANGING, o, so proudly on it.
Up the aisle on Easter morning
With the dearest one on earth,
And I'll notice the attention
(Which I afterwards will mention)
That the other women pay IL
For it's beauty and it's worth.
o, all worthy Of a sonnet
Is the dainty little bonnet
That till Easter must be hiding
All it's glory on shelf;
But tho sweetest thing about Il
Is-though other husbands doubt it
That my wife, 10 save my pocket,
Planned and made il all herself.
H. c. Dodge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

ONE OF he industries Of New York is
he insurance of babies. The sum
aid is Usually fl se cents week on
zach child The system is productive
# good in so far that it assures very
IOOr people against being put to ex-
remes IL the event Of a death in the
amily. On the other hand, the pos
IDLE and even probable abuses are OBJ
'ious, for it gives heartless parents a
irect personal interest in the death of
me who is entirely at their mercy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

CHARLES f Cross, formerly president
4 a bank at Raleigh. y. C., has been
Onyi,ted Of forgery and embezzlement
md sentenced to seven years penal
ervitude. An old slave, who belonged
o the young mans father. made a per
istcnt appeal 20 serve out the sentence
n his young massy's' place. Instances
4 the fidelity and devotion of the negro
re not rare. but seldom has there been
more affecting case than this. The
Id slaves request could not be granted.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

Anton Amenson and Anton 0leson, of
Ephraim, while fishing on Green Bay
recently were carried away on an ice
foe and drifted to the Whaiesback reef,
about seven miles west of Washing ton
Island. Here they remained for three
days, when the wind changed. They
then cut loose on large cake of ice and
drifted to the east shore of the bay
again. Their only food during their
perilOus ride was raw trout.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

was uncovered the other day. No smoke
escaped, but when light was lowered
it was instantly extinguished two or
three feet from the surface. An attempt
was made, without success, to explore
and locate the remaining fire and If
possible extinguish it and introduce a
current of air to drive out the fatal gas
The mine was filling with water, which
would increase the loss sustained by the
mine-owners to nearly $3.50, 200.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

THERE are to-day royal and imperial
orders in the world, with a prodigious
assortment OF collars, crosses, stars and
other fancy insignia, laid up for the
tickling Of human ambition. The old
est is St Andrews Order. first insti-
tuted in England in 7s7. disused after
ward and re-esta blished in 1910.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

IT appears that the past winte.- was a
Ort Of a centennial celebration of the
anne season in 1870. A Connecticut
nan has been consulting the weather
'ecOrds kept by his grandfather. and
lnds that in February one hundred
fears ago hut one and half inches of
now fell. while in March the fall was
81 inches. with good sleighing for
eyeral DAYS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

WHEN Samuel Feinberg eloped from
hicagO recently TO Toronto with his
iretty servant-girl he took with him
$4,000 and left his wife five children
md fifty cents. II he hoped to prevent
Ter from following him he would have
lone much better TO have left her a
.OOd share Of the S26, 900. He IS now in
Toronto cell A woman with an out
aged heart and only fifty cents TO
OOthe il IS a winged Nemesis and the
nds Of the earth are not too far away
or her to seek her vengeance there.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

For years and years it was the prac-
ice Of the flippant paragrapher to have
he most acute fun over some reference
o the fact that our ex-Minister to En-
Hand. the late General Schenck, was an
authority on poker. alleging that, while
lischarging his august ministerial
luties. he had issued book on that
eductive game. All this annoyed Gen
rial Schenck greatly. What he really
lid was this: In response TO the reques,
# lady, whose guest he was, he ex-
Stained the game and wrote out the
ules for playing which she privately
printed for the use Of herself and her
rieudS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

Nearly every man in the streets OF
Lisbon has a cigarette in his mouth.
Two gentlemen, strangers, each with a
lady on his arm, will meet each other
on the sidewalk. One has an unlighted
cigarette and the other lighted cigar
cite. The former withdraws his arm
from the lady's, removes his hat and
bows to the gentleman with the lighted
cigarette, takes the lighted cigarette
from between its owners lips, light his
own, replaces the other, bows again,
gives his companion his arm, and passes
on without word being spoken on either
side.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

ONO and one or two other States
ave tried the parole OF ticket-of-leave
slan u some extent with results that
tre in the main very encouraging. New
Jersey is about 10 experiment in that
direction. The prisons in that State
are OyerfOwing and this plan will fur
aish relief II is claimed that under its
operation much larger per cent OF the
:Ouvicts become good citizens and a
much better opportunity Is afforded
them - get out Of the bad ruts
and become useful members Of so
.iety Besides, the State is relieved
81 a good deal OF expense by this
nlafhni
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03
For His Brothers sake.

Eyes, sir-yes, sir-we are being taxed
70 death in this countryl" he shouted,
as he stood on the rear platform Of a
street car
SHOW much taxes do you pay, for in
stance?" quietly asked one Of the group.
How much? How much do payP l
-I-well, I'm not talking for myself,
bu. for my brother. His taxes would
have been at least twelve dollars this
year IL he hadn't sold ept"-Detroit
Free Press
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

ONCE waterspouts were regarded oy
seamen with terror, but IL appears that
now they are looked upon as COMPARE
lively harmless freaks. which vessels OF
the larger kind need not fear. On its
last voyage from Hamburg TO New York
the steamship Slayon4a encountered one
of these rowing monsters near the grand
banks. but nothing disagreeable hap
pened beyond 4 harmless shock 20 the
hull. In fact the collision seemed TO
demoralize the waterspout. for il trav-
sled away with its cone parted in the
middle; in other words, its backbone
was broken. WaterspOuts are OF fire.
ausn. occurrence on the China sea.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

THE ex-soldier, John McKeough.
WhO was accustomed 70 stand guard
over the Burnside monument in Provi-
hence. T. l., with drawn saber. saying
Bvery now and then: Il followed you
at Newberne and will not desert You
1ow," was killed by 4 railroad train the
Dther night lie was perfectly sane,
with the exception Of this eccentricity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03
One Hundred Dollar Drop.

While the agent of an Uncle Toms
Cabin show was displaying $1,000 re-
Gently at Black River Falls as guaran-
tee of their performance filling the adj
vertisement, he accidentally dropped
his revolver, which was discharged,
sending a ball over the heads of the
crowd and through a French plate win
dow. He promptly paid the owner 500
for the damage.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

NATURE IS very good. Eighty thou
sand years ago. ia anticipation OF the
past mild winter, she deposited thick
layers Of ice in the Stevens mine on
Mount Mcclellan in California They
have lust been found.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03
WEST AND SOUTH.


OK the 25th a skiff containing John
Rickett, Louis Williams and Harriet
Lee AID her four children, ranging from
6 TO Is years of age, all colored, was
capsized at Arkansas City, Ark, and all
were drowned except Rickett and one
child.
On the Goth the Lima (0.) Oil Com
panv was sold to the Standard concern,
the reported consideration being 81, 1885,
600.
L. Il. RooT's house at Medicine Lodge,
Kan. was burned on the 25th, and his
three children persisted in the flames
GOVERNOR JACKSON, of Maryland, was
informed on the 26th that State Treas
urer Archer had misappropriated the Sc
curities in his possession.
A LARGE part of Pioneer, town of
about 1000 inhabitants in Williams
County. O., was burned on the Goth.
The Maryland Legislature on the Goth
passed the bill suppressing pOOl-rOoms,
and il was signed by the Governor.
IN Arkansas the low lands seemed to
be doomed on the Goth. Levees were
continually breaking and the floods
we're practically beyond control. Work
on the crevasse at Arkansas City had
been suspended. which meant devasta-
tion for that section.
"JACk,r the old chestnut horse that
carried Brigadier-General Geddes
through several campaigns during the
war. died at Des Moines, Ia, on the Goth.
at the advanced age of So years.
IL Indiana on the 26th the young wife
of John Werlich, of Shipshewana, COM
mitted suicide on account of dOmes-
tic troubles, and Mrs Hattie Norris
committed suicide at La Grange be-
cause she had been deserted by her hus-
band.
IL front Of Skipwith. Miss, the levee
broke on the Goth and the crevasse was
more than 400 feet wide, the water
reaching to the caves of houses in Skip
with. a large section of country was
flooded
OK the Goth Justice James w. Camp
bell. of the Michigan supreme Court
died suddenly at his home in Detroit
aged O. years
on Lake Superior navigation opened
on the 26th.
WILLIAM SHARP, aged 90 years, the
oldest veteran IN Indiana. vas found
dead in his bed on the 27th at Ia Porte
Ina milldust explosion at the Chi
cszo sugar refinery eleven men were
killed and seventeen wounded on the
27th.
THEoUeHoUr the entire Northwest
the worst blizzard of the season pre-
vailed on the 27th.
on the a7th counterfeit ten-doliai
bills on the Germania Bank OF New
Orleans were in circulation in Cincin'
natl. Louisville and St Louis
A TORNADO swept over the western
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03
DAWES EASTER PRAYER.
How It Was Answered in a Very
Unexpected Way.

AVE was sleeping
SO soundly t h a {
Tom hated TO wake
him-he looked so
pretty, too, with
his flushed face and
yellow, curtin g
h air-but Mrs.
Brady's words of
the night before
still rang in Toms
ears.
Il will speak to
Officer Williams to-
morrow. Those boys
must be taken care
of - she had said.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

The total output of manufactured
lumber for 1890 from the Ashland dis
trict, which embraces about a thousand
square miles of the choicest pine land
in the Lake Superior region, will be be-
tween Is5, 900, 600 and 300, 900, 900 or from
Is, 900, 900 to 3O,OOO,OOO more than last
wear.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03
Death of a Veteran of 1868.

Darwin G. Whipple, an old pioneer Of
Northwestern Wisconsin, died recently
at his farm at Eliva, Trempeleau Coun-
ty, aged 60 years. lie was Captain of
Company ii, Sixteenth Wisconsin In
fantry. He raised the company, which
was one of the five mustered to fill the
depleted re yiment. in 1858. He held
offices in Eau Claire County several
years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

1t has been computed that between
Sc. 600. 0OO and 81, OUO. 900 babies are born
n the world each year The rate OF
production Is. therefore, about 20 min
ute, Or rather more than one for every
beat OF the clock. With the One-a-min-
ate calculation every reader Of this
Journal Is familiar. but it is not every
me who stops 20 calculate what this
means when it comes to a years supply;
it will, therefore, probably startle good
many persons 70 find on the authority Of
= well-knOwn hospital writer that could
the infants of a year be ranged in line
In cradles. the cradles would extend
around the globe
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03
Rev. Porter Returns to China.

Rev. ii. ID. Porter, his wife and three
children left Beloit the other day for
Pang Chuang, China, to resume their
missionary work under the direction Of
the American board, after vacation at
Beloit of two years. Mrs. Porter is a
daughter of DIR. Chaplin, of Reloit.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

HERE is the name OF a Western Ten
nessee colOred girl 1t is pronounced
in sing-sOng way: Cary-Ann Happy
Ann Ann-Eliza-Scales BlOw-the- Bellows
POtterfeld ROsa-Ann-ThOmas There
is much in such a name as that
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

ACCORDING 10 a recent official return
he length OF the telegraph lines on the
;lobe is at present about 100000 miles.
II twenty-six times its circumference at
he equator The length OF wire is
.,6SS.SSO miles. or eighty times the
ength Of the equator. Europe has
telegraph lines measuring 2S2. 27O miles;
America, 1862 Asia, 50. $40; Australia.
6.O53, and Africa 12.9IS. These are the
and lines There are. besides. $50 sub
marine cables Of total length of 49,
OI nautical miles
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

GEORGE MURRAY. colored man of
Baltimore. IS one hundred and fifteen
years OF age. lie walks about and IS in
possession Of all his faculties The
most remarkable thing about him is
that be never saw George Washington.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03
How They DO 1t in Russia.

An engine-driver on the Central Asian
railway who sustained conclusion OF
the brain in a serious accident on Gen.
eral Annenkof's line some time ago has
lust sued the railway officials for
damages in court at Samar-
cand, and obtained very satisfactory
and somewhat original compensation.
The court decreed that he should
be paid 1000 rubles down at once, and
in addition should receive 80 rubles, or
IS. a month, with an extra 10 rubles for
every child which might be born to him.
London Times st. Petersburg Core
ar.audanca
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

A cHEWINs gum manufacturer
smassed a fortune OF 81. 200, 0OO Say
six sticks for five cents; five into 1907
coo, 900 goes 10000, 900 times. Twenty
million times six equals leo. O00 600
sticks Of gum. Great heavens. girlsi
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

AMOS F. PARKER, who was graduated
from the University Of Vermont in 1878
and is now ninety-eight years of age, is
said to be the oldest living college grad
Uate in the United States.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

A FRENCH student who has been en-
gagged in translating a German novel
into French has received warning from
the police that he is looked upon as .
suspicious character, and must leave the
country or get two well-known citizens
70 vouoh for his future good behavior.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

THE United States has expended So
900. 600, 900 for railroads, and the aver
age cost price has been $50. 600 per mile.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

EIGHT varieties of leprOsy are recog-
nized in China, and the disease Is re-
garded as contagious, infectious and
hereditary, but is said to disappear in
four generations.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

1T Is stated that two million orange
trees have been planted in San Ber-
nardino County, Cal, since January l,
IsqO
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03
AN EASTER BONNET.

WELL worthy Of q son
net
Is the dainty little
bonnet
That my wife will wear
on Easter
When she goes 20
church with me;
Flowers, ribbon, lace
and feather
Blending prettily to-
gether
Make a poem most ex-
quisite
And a work OF art 70
see.
When IT'S time q
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

The body of Jerome Baker, promi-
nent citizen of Homer, y. Y, was dis
covered the 3lst, on the floor OF his resi-
depce half dressed with the throat cut
from ear to ear, the head nearly sew
cred from the body. His son Charles
has been arrested.
OK the 3lst it was known that all OF
the dead bodies had been recovered
from the ruins of the cyclone at Louis
vile. and the total number of dead is
placed at %.
The L. :. senate passed the depen-
dant pension bill on the 3lst.
WILLIAM KENMLER, at Buffalo, n. y,
was sentenced on the 3lst 10 be execut-
ed on April 2sth for wife marder. He
will be killed by electricity.
THE new tariff bill was submitted to
the full ways and means committee at
Washington on the slst.
AT Washington, ID. c.. Vice Admiral
STEPHEN C. Rowan, U. 5. A, died on the
sist of Bright's disease, aged S. years.
A DOUBLE murder was committed at
Herman's hat factory, Newark, n. j.,
on the 3lst. Frederick Smith, tough,
fatally stabbed George Hastings and
Frederick Butler.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03
Another Break in the Levee.

GREENvILLE, Miss. March 3l.-The
protection levee north of the city gave
way at noon despite the most heroic
efforts on the part of the people, and
waters poured in upon a city which
since it's existence has been aboye the
level of the Mississippi at its greatest
height. The flood is tremendous one,
and the volume of water that is pouring
in from three breaks above is spreading
on in all directions, inundating planta-
ton after plantation which in the Hood
of 1852 were above water.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03

when it's time C
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-02

ministration board provided for by the act
of June 10, 1880, was selected with great
care and is composed in part of men whose
previous experience in the administration
OF the old customs regulations had made
them familiar with the evils to be remedied,
and in part of men whose legal and judicial
requirements and experience seemed to fit
them for the work of Interpreting and ap-
plying the new statute. The chief
aim of the law is to secure hon
est valuation of all dutiable merchan-
disc and to make these valuations
uniform at all our ports of entry.
1t hatl been made manifest by a congress
slonai investigation that system of Under
valuation had been long in use by certain
classes of importers. resulting not only in
great loss of revenue, but in most intol-.
cradle discrimination against honesty. 1t is
not seen how this legislation, when it is un-
derstood. can be regarded by the citizens of
any country having commercial dealing
with us as unfriendly. Any duty is sup
posed TO be excessive. Let tho complaint
be lodged there. 1t will surely DO claimed
by any weli-disposed people that remedy
may be sought and allowed on system Of
QuaSl-Smuppl!np.