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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
The News condemned.

The Milwaukee baseball team is en-
barrassed TO the tune of $4,000.
Alex Sires pleaded guilty to bigamy
before the county judge at Neillsville
the other day and was sentenced to one
year in the states prison.
Charles H. Barber, assistant post
master at PewaulSee, was arrested
charged with having embezzled Sl94 81.
He was released on $500 bonds.
A savings bank has opened at Pres
colt with capital of $4,000, by CAPT
talists from Washburn. The bank is
styled the Prescott state savings bank.
The governor has appointed Ex-
Mayor Breeze j. Stevens, of Madison, a
regent of the state university, vice
George Raymer, resigned.
w. w. Cargill, of La Crosse, will
build two large elevators at Kewaunee.
He has leased the Duvall elevator at
that place until next spring.
Samuel Dessinger, of Menomonee,
was drowned the other night while
spearing fish from a boat in the Red
Cedar river. He leaves wife and six
children destitute.
John Hopper, a shoemaker, had his
store entered at Plymouth by burglars,
who secured SIT in money and note
for 500 and check of deposit on the
band for 500.
The Badger State Lumber Company
has closed down its large mills at
Badger Mills, and removed everything
except lumber and machinery to Eau
Claire to be sold out This will prove
a sad blow to the village of Badger
Mills
Moses Guyette, landlord of the Guy
cite house, Sheboygan Falls was killed
by fall from his bus few days ago.
He was one of the pioneers of the coun-
ty, having arrived in 1s4s
The 12-year-old son of Postmaster
Day. of Eldron, was dragged to death
at Norrie, where he had just delivered
the mail, his foot having caught in the
stirrup as he was dismounting.
Recently the barns of DIR. n. p. Val
erius Il Co. were burned. together with
thirty two head of registered stations.
Adjacent buildings were burned, MAX
ing the total loss in the neighborhood
of 500. 900.
Mrs. Charles Gottschalk. wife of a
prominent citizen of Cedarburg, com
mitted suicide by drowning. The cause
was unknown.
Charles Nieman was fatally hurt IN a
runaway accident at Ripon.
Scarlet fever has broken out in the
state school at Sparta About fifty chill
dren were afflicted
About 10000 tons of ircn ore have
already been shipped from the new
Badger mine on the Marquette range,
and this amount will undoubtedly be
doubled by the end of the shipping
season, which will be a great first
years record.
The American Steel Barge Company
at West Superior has bought material
TO the amount of $3.50, 900 to be used in
building whalebacks now under con.
tract.
John +. Cramer, one OF the pro-
prietors of the Milwaukee Evening
Wisconsin, was arrested for alleged
violation of the anti-lottery law in pub
fishing an extract from San Francisco
paper attacking the validity of the act.
The berry shipments from Sparta
this season. to say nothing of what has
been canned and consumed there,
amounted to 1869 cases, or 1879
quarts, which, at 10 cents per quart
would make the neat sum of s17,S79 20.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

the cobra like tiger. and gave it a
bite that drew blood like the cut of a
knife.
For a moment the snake drew
back, and CULVER went all through it,
which showed that it was hard hit; but
it pulled itself together at once, threw
back its head viciously. and struck at
poor Tommy with all its force. But
Tommy lodged the stroke cleverly,
and fastening on the cobra tooth and
nail, gave him a second bite worse
than the first. wounding him so severe
ly that he was evidently weakened,
and began to show signs of giving way.
From the bed where l lay corld
see the whole battle quite plainly; and
you may think how trying it was for
me to have To lie there helplessly while
a duel was being fought out upon whi1h
my life depended
''Rut it didn't take me long to find
out how the Sight was going to end, for
the cobra had the worst of il from the
very beginning. Do what he might,
let him try as hard as he pleased to
strike his enemy or to coil round him,
the snake might as well have tried 10
hurt a shadow. Brave little Tommy
escaped him every time, and repaid
each new attack with a fresh bite,
making old scaly-hack twist and wrig-
gle like speared eel
AT last the cobra, ia its writing
and Hopping about, knocked over a
small table with lot of glasses on it.
which came down with a crash that
might have woke mp a country police
man on duty. The next moment there
was shout and a scurry outside and
my chum. Harry Templeton, came
bursting headlong into the room, just
as The valiant Tommy got hold of the
snake by the throat and fairly bit It's
head off.
"'Hollor cried Harry; what on
earth has been going on here? Why,
my poor old fellow, to think of your
being left to face that horrid brute all
alone, and you not able to 'ir, too! If
I'd only known | would have been in
To- help you like a shot Well, thank
God! it is all right now. But where on
earth did you pick mp that mongoose?'
-. What sort of a goose do you call
him?' asked |. in surprise. Il never
knew before that goose had four fectr
"'Pooh! said Harry; you're not go
ing to pretend that you don't know
what a mongoose is! Why, man, they're
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

Grant. a policeman. Curtis had been
drinking and was in the custody of the
officer.
IN Indiana the total assessed valua-
ton of corporate, real estate and per-
sonal property aggregates sl,244. OOO,
600. which is an increase of S4Ol, 900. 600
over last year.
Mrs. j. STEWART and her 2-year-old
baby were burned TO death at Denver.
Col. as a result of the woman trying
to start a fire with kerosene.
WESTERN railroads having terminals
in Chicago all-report that they are un-
able &c supply shippers with sufficient
number of grain cars.
The death of John A. Latrobe, a
most distinguished and the oldest MEM
Der of the Baltimore bar. occurred at
his home in that city, aged SO years.
THE percentages OF the base ball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 18th were: Chicago, 1927;
Boston, $50; New York. SOS; Phila-
delphia, .517; Cleveland. AL: Brooklyn,
.4S9: Pittsburgh, .432; Cincinnati, .3s9
The percentages in clubs of the Ameri-
can association were: Boston, sos; St
Louis, .62l; Baltimore, $40; Athletic,
.5S7; Colum bus. .859; Milwaukee, 1872;
Washington, .S42; Louisville, $3.50.
FIVE men, two of them brothers
named jackson, We're drowned while
crossing the st. Louis river near Clio
quet, Mimi.
In Barton county, Kan, William
Klein and wife shut their four little
children in the house while they were
at work about their farm. In some
way the house took fire and the chill
dren persisted in the flames.
AT st. Cloud, Mimi, Charles Dost, of
Dayton, o., found his only daughter
from whom he had been separated
since 1864, when he was drafted into
the army.
THE sawmill of HOLSTER & Jewell
at Garden River, Mich, was burned,
causing loss of $500, 600
On the Union Pacific railway pas
senger train was wrecked near Beaver
Brook, Col, and twenty-six passengers
were injured, five of whom would
probably die.
DOMESTIC trouble caused John Sor-
rick, living near Lyle, Kan, to fatally
shoot his 7-year-old daughter and then
take his own life.
A MOB lynched John Bennett. who
criminally assaulted two 13-year-old
girls-Nola Smith and Jennie Stock
dale-at Sellersburg, Ind.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

Stories of diamonds shining in the
dark have always been familiar. but
few people have ever seen this mysteri
Gus light of the king of gems. Lately
Mr.. George +. Kunz. the New York ex
pert in precious stones, has discovered
not only that diamonds really do shine
in the dark. but that this property may
be used as test OF the commences Of
a diamond In order to make the gem
shine il mist be rubbed on wood. cloth
or metal. Some diamonds exhibit light
a tier having been exposed in the sun
shine, or to a strong electric illumina.
ton and since all are not thus affected.
it was formerly supposed that the
property belonged only to pa -ticular
diamonds Mr. Kimz. however, finds
that all diamonds, of every grade as to
color. possess this phos phorescent pow
er. while other kinds of precious stones
lack it, II IS accordingly possible to
tell whether a gem Is really DIAMOND
or not by observing whether it can be
made to emit light in the dark. The
cause of the phospho rescenee of the
almond remains to be explained
Youth Companion.
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WHY 1 LEFT HE FARM.


You've been a good boy, Jim. good as kin De:
There's that speckled calf-do you see himG
Well, he's a Christmas gift for you, jim
He's not been doin' well this fall;
He's got so he won't come when call
But you may have him for a Christm as gift;
Go fetch him in fore he goes on the lift y
Well. ! took that calf and brought him in;
Though 90 was little but bones and skin,
I shelled him corn, and warmed him milk,
And by spring had him as fine as silk.
turned him out in the spring 10 grass.
And he'd always come when he'd see me
pass.
rubbed him and loved him. and he loved me:
Why the way he showed II any body could see.
He'd do anything I'd tell him TO;
He'd gee aud haw-anything calf could do
And he grew-well you never saw the beat;
Why ne got too fat 70 stand on his feet;
Of course he was mine-they all knew that;
Mother said that was why he got so fat
The neighbOrs knew it, and asked me: Jim
WHAT are you going to do with himi'
[ didn't know, 1 loved him so:
| thought d xii me 70 see him go
To be killed Cor beef But didn't say
a word aboU H. Al last one day
When / had bcru workin' a sawin' logs
And shuellin' corn for the fatnin' hogs,
When l came nome and went 70 see
Ny b z fat ste'r, where could he beg
ais stall was empty. dear. oh dear,
What has become 81 my big fat stesrf
Says father a smilin--I can see him yet
That smile o his'n can never forget;
Wei, Jimmie. il il will be any relief,
An put stop 70 your foolish grief.
solo him to-day for a Christmas beef;
Ha. ma! You know he was Christmas gift
And tell YOU he save me a right smart lift
On that piece o land just over the way
That you know bought last Christmas day.
Y.f,a e,,or4 fba rrost.ss- I not for him
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
The Intelligent Agent.

An insurance agent was trying to in
duce a hard man TO deal with to take
out policy on his house. After listen
ing to him for an hour, while he
painted in vivid colors the extreme
danger of fire consuming the house,
the hard man to deal with said;
do You really think it likely that
my house viii burn down inside the
time that the policy will run?'
Certainly" replied the insurance
agent. 'have | not been trying all this
time to convince You that | do?''
Then, said the hard man to deal
with, why IS your company 50 anxious
to bet me money that it will not?''
The agent was silent and thoughtfu'
for moment; then he drew the other
apart into an unfrequented place and
whispered in his ear:
My friend, | will impart to you g
dark secret Years ago the company
betrayed my sweetheart by promise OF
marriage. Under an assumed name
have wormed myself into its service
for revenge, and as there is a heaven
above us. | viii have its hearts blood
Chicago News
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
URGED TO WAIT.
Northwestern Farmers Again Advised to
Hall hit. rx-.. -. L.. IIi.rhur ILL.,.

NorthWestern Farmers AGAIN ADVISED TO
Hold Their wheat for Higher Prices.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 14.-Alliance
men of Minnesota, North Dakota and
South Dakota have been comforting
here for several days on the wheat sit
uation and have issued 1,000,O 900 circular
letters of advice and warning urging
farmers to put their wheat in bins and
wait for the price to go to Sl.50 or 81. A
comparison of notes showed that wheat
was being poured into the elevators of
Duluth and Minneapolis at the rate of
from 600 to 1000 cars day, and that
the price at Minneapolis had dropped
in fortnight from 81 to 904 cents.
The conclusion Yas reached that if the
mad rush to realize didn't stop the
price was liable to drop away to so
cents.
The letter states the new Wheat
Growers association and the alliance
secretaries all over the country
are unanimous that wheat is
bound to sell as high as 81. so, and pos
sibly So per bushel, and they are unan-
imous in t,lis warning to the farmers
not to sacrifice their wheat and give the
spectators all the profit there is in it.
The letter says that the crop is being
greatly overestimated by the newspa-
pers and grain dealers, and continues:
1--WE do not believe a majority OF the farm
ers are foolish enough 10 cooperate with the
spectators TO depress prices further. There
Is no question but prices will take a turn up
ward in a few days. The shortage in Europe
can now be figured with accuracy. About a
week ago congress of grain dealers from all
parts of Europe met at Vienna, Austria, and
computed figures about the crops in Europe.
These figures are the highest which we'll
informed reputable men could furnish, for
II in famine year like this they should
give for the crop of any country
lower figures than circumstances iusti-
fed the government OF that country would
certainly demonstrate. II is surely the policy
of Europeans not TO exaggerate their disaster.
1t is entirely certain that Europeans will have
TO economic IN bread 10 the extent of 67SOlO,-
Coz bushels, and when the situation is aggra-
waited by the partial failure of the potato
crop. IL is TO be considered what
prices they would pay rfor American wheat.
The shortage in Europe being four times as
large as the American surplus, there is no
doubt that the price of wheat will reach the
highest figure ever known before this year is
up and will exceed it by far before the new
crops come in.
Wheat will soon be over $3.50, no matter
how much farmers and spectators work to-
gether TO keep prices down, and we would adj
wise those who comprehend the situation
TO hold their wheat for 81 50 and add for every
month they keep il say five cents TO the price.
Hold your wheat You cannot get left"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
BURNED TO DEATH.
A Woman Loses Her Life and SIEVE
Barsnna LII


A Woman Loses Her Life and Several
Persons Are Injured.
One person was burned to death and
several others seriously burned at Ash
land. Mrs. Zoilkowski was sewing on
a machine by lamplight, .when her s.
year-old baby crawled up to where she
was working and overturned the lamp.
IL exploded and the flames instantly
spread to everything in the room, MAX
ing perfect furnace of it. The frantic
mother caught up her child and in her
frenzy started to go upstairs. her dress
being in flames. Her husband came to
her assistance, but could do nothing
with her. Several other men endeav-
ored to catch the mother in order to
rescue her, but she rushed into the
street and fell with her child in her
arms. The house was saved from de-
struetion. The husbands arms are
burned to a crisp George La Shaliclx
has both hands and face badly burned,
Joe Jingle the same, and others were
slightly burned
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
AN INNOCENT MAN.
Cleared by a Confession of a Crime fo
Which He Served Four Years.

Cleared by Confession of Crime for
Which He Served Four Years.
William Puetz, who, T. the story that
Patrick Toohey tells is true, served
four years in the penitentiary for
crime of which he was wholly inno-
cent, arrived at Milwaukee from Cleve-
land the other night, having heard but
few days before of Toohey's confess
sion. He has been in the employ of
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany as lineman. He had found
better job and would have gone to
work at it had he not met former
Milwaukee man who gave him infOr-
nation regarding the developments in
the case. Puetz at once decided to go to
Milwaukee and see what could be done
toward effectually clearing his reputa-
finra
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

Two women were out driving on a
country road in the interior of Illinois
when they were met by an excited
tramp who gesticulated wildly and tried
to stop them by indicating danger
ahead. They were more afraid of the
tramp than they were of the unseen
danger, and they whipped up their
horses and round the turn Of the road
ran into a swarm of bees. 1t took the
tramp an hour to get them out Of the
clutches of the enemy.-Detroit Free
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GIVEN TO The STATE.
A Valuable Addition to the Library OF
the State Historical society.

A Valuable Addition to the Library of
the State Historical Society.
The will of the late historian, Or
Lyman G. Draper, has been placed on
file in the probate court of Dane coun-
ty. The executors are the widow,
Mrs. Draper. f. A. Hayes. of Hillsdale,
Cal, and A. p. Morris. of Madison. Mr..
Draper bequeathed the use of his
beautiful homestead in Madison to his
widow, together with an annuity of
$1,000 annually during her life. His
magnificent private library and histor-
ical manuscripts are bequeathed TO the
State Historical society. The royalty
from DIR. Diapers published works is
TO go to his widow during her life and
to the State Historical society after
wards. The homestead as well as
family portraits are to go to the State
Historical society after the death of the
widow
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

the greatest serpent-killers alive; and
if it hadn't been for that one, you'd
have been as dead rs "a door nail by this
time. only v ish we had dozen more
Of 'em here IN the cantonment, to clear
off these con- ounded snakes"
THUS it was that | found out that
my little friend Tommy was a specimen
of the snake-killing mongoose of
india, and that my friendship with him
had actually saved my life. You may
be sure that made a greater pet of
him than ever after that David Ker,
ia Harpers Young People.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
CHILDREN CREMATED.
Locked an by Their Mother. They set the
House on Fire.

House on Fire.
WICHITA, Kan, Sept. 14.-Word has
been received here of the burning TO
death of four children on a farm in the
southern part of Barton county. Mrs.
William Klein. the mother of the chill
dren, locked them in the house while
she went on an errand, and presently
tie attention of the father, who was
some distance off, was attracted by
smoke issuing from the house. lie
fastened home and found the building
ablaze. BY the time he had effected
an entrance The interior was mass of
flames. lie found one of the children,
who died shortly after being rescued.
The charred remains of the others
were found in the debris. The eldest
child was only years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
Fowler Held for Murder.

The conclusion of the preliminary
examination of Irvine J. Fowler,
charged with completely with Andrew
Grondstaff in the murder of the Drake
family, brought a large crowd to Viro-
qua the other day. and especially of
people in the Kickapoo region, where
the murder was committed. After
lengthy trial, lasting all day, Fowler
was held to the circuit court by Justice
Roberts without bail.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

RACERS such as the TeUtonic charge
from so TO $40 more for a first-class
passage TO New York than other swift
ships of the same line. but a good deal
IF the additional profit IS absorbed by
GOAL alone The so-called five-day
ships consume per day from sixty to
eighty tons OF coal more than 9th n
great steamships. and this item alone
means an extra cost Of from $50 to
$40 per day.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
Stabbed His Son.

John Row, of Beloit, while in a
drunken debauch, stabbed his son
William, a young man of about 20
years. The blade pierced the young
mans right side and penetrated the
cavity between the lungs and liver.
His physicians said he could not live.
Young Row interposed in behalf of
his mother, whom his father was at
tempting to drive out of the house.
Row was in Jail.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
West superior,s Foundation.

The official tabulation of census on
West Superior has been completed, and
the population of the city, as shown by
it, is 21,2l6. BY wards the population
is as follows: First, 2,120; second, l, 337;
third, 1,Ss5; fourth, 4,646; fifth, 1888:
sixth, 1,436; seventh, 6,409. Total, 81
ZIG. Great care was exercised in the
enumeration, as it was a question of
population whether the rental for hy-
irants should be lowered or not.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

THIS is a season of dreadful tragedies
There are disasters Of various sorts
buildings crumble, and death Is in their
ruins; ships sink, and railroad trains
carry their passengers Ia destruction.
Of course, these are but condolences.
vet sometimes these unfortunate occur
reEces come in groups as If there were
some unknown law which regulates
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

WHAT an immense sum Queen Vic
tOria might realize by the sale of her
watches. The oldest watches in the
world are in her possession She has
two beautiful little gold ones by
Breguet that are supposed TO be a hun
lred years old. They have silver dials
aud are of about the SIZE IF twO-shil-
ling piece. One j. blind mans watch;
the other i a repeater. Both g per
fectly and are in constant use Her
maiesty's favorite watch Is a large
plain gold one 10y Nudge.
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LATER,
Gathering War Clouds.

CoNsTANTINOPLE, Sept. IA detach-
ment of blue jackets and marines from
British ironclad, accompanied by a
battery of light field pieces and several
Calling guns, was landed yesterday at
Sigri, on the island of Mitylene, for
merly occupying that place in the name
of the queen of England.
There is good harbor at Sigri, and
it is supposed that the British naval
officer at Mitylene intends to fortify
the island and to make it coaling sta
ton and rendezvous for the British
Mediterranean fleets. Sigri is on the
coast of Mitylene and is about sixty
miles from the mouth of the Dardanel-
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THE great seal Of the United States
is affixed to nothing but treaties. proc
lamatiOns, commissions. pardons and
passports. The government has had
but two seals il the one hundred years
since its foundation