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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08
FROM WASHINGTON.

THERE were 3jS embellishments dur
ing the year 1890. the total amount of
money taken being s., 632, $50. Penn
sylvania leads in the greatest amount
of funds embezzled-S2.3 2G. s37. New
York comes second with 81, 929. go. Mis-
souri, is next with 1896. 1884, while Hi
nois ranks fourth with a total of $780,
93S.
THE President signed the commission
of Henry b. Brown. of Michigan, as
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States.
THE wool supply in the United States
was figured at %, sl9, So pounds, against
9S,2S4, $50 pounds on January 1, 1890.
THE deaths were reported during the
year 1890 of IS members and ex-mem-
bers of Congress, rs journalists and SO
centenarians.
Is the United States the total pro-
duction of pig iron during 1890 was TO-,
ls3.Ol6 tons. This is 1906, 937 tons
greater than in 1889, and breaks all
previous records.
The business failures in the United
States during the year 1890 numbered
lO.9O7. against 9.sS3 in 1889. The total
liabilities were $3.50. 600, 900, against
S14S, 600, 900 in 1889.
THERE were 102 legal executions in
the United States during 1890, against
9S in 1889. The number of lynchings
We're ~. against 179 the previous year
The suicides in the United States dur
ing the year 1890 numbered 300,
against 1924 in the year 1889. The num-
be- III murders was 1920, against 3 1861
during the previous year.
THE fire losses in the United States
for the year 1890 were Sos, 4l2, 694
against sl4S. 9O2. $40 in 1889.
The public debt statement issued on
the 2d showed the total debt to be
-. Sal. S71. I9s: cash in the Treasury, SG21,-
SIS. S44; debt less cash in the Treasury,
SS62, $50, 81. Decrease during Decem-
Der, S11. O0j.3 1898. Decrease since June
so. 1890. S35.6 .4O4.
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 2d numbered 34S against $50 the
preceding week and 323 the correspond
ing week last year.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
lighthouses in the United States during
the week ended on the Sd aggregated
1922, 724,366. against Sl.s5s. 59O.273 the
previous week. As compared with the
corresponding week of 1889 the decrease
amounted to 1873.
THE death of Randolph Coyle, As
sistant United States District Attorney,
who framed the Indictment of Guiteau
for the murder of President Garfield,
occurred in Washington on the 4th,
aged A. year,.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08
SAID TO BE FUNNY.

How MANY things there are to laugh
at in this world for the girl who has
pretty teeth and dimples.
IT is easier to manage switch than
a train. This is q fashion note or a rail-
way item, just as you please.
GosLIN-''I just gave him a piece Of
my mad, Goncherlxnow." Dolly tank
iously)-"How could you spare it?"
'1F I'm not n little more careful, :"
said the hen as she discovered a china
egg in her basket, Il shall be laying
bricks next"
ssYoU shouldn't smoke so many cigars;
each one is nail in your coffin. ="
THAT'S all right. III have it so full OF
nails pretty soon that there won't be
any room for me-"
CUSTOMER getting his hair cut
Didn't you nip off piee of the ear
then?" Barber (reassuringly)-''1es,
sab, a small piece; but not 'nough 20
affect de hearin', sah."
DEALER-"Now, here's a show case
that will magnify the goods you put into
it." Customer-''Then l don't want It,
I'm shoe dealer. and | want case for
displaying women's shoes"
"YouR age, madame?" II am over
twenty, sir" "Your precise age?"
Between twenty and thirty" Come,
tell us in what year you viii be thirty.
Tomorrow, NJ lie President"
HlgsHKIND-'.Und vat may be the
price of this vatch?" Jeweler-''Ten
dollars" Hirshlzind (sotto voce)-"He
asks ten: he means eight; he'll dake
six; it's worth four, III offer two"
A MAN took a seat in the BARRIERS
chair. He asked the barber if he had
the same razor he had used two days
before. Being answered in the affirma-
tive, the patient man said: Then give
me chloroform.
Mrs YoUNGHUsBAND-"N Well, Aunt
Jane, how did you like the symphony
concert?" Aunt Jane-.'Oh, pretty
we'll But it kind o. spoilt the effect to
see that fool up in front pretending to
drum on nothin'."
SIS YOUR son still studying art in
Paris?' Eyes. got letter from him
a few days ago, and he told me that he
and several others were engaged IN
painting the town red. guess he
means it to be n cycloraTna-
COLLEGE PROFESSOR Injecting student
after vacation)-"Ah, I'm very glad to
see you'll Have you been keeping up in
your studies during the summer?
Student-"Yes, indeed, professor. I've
pulled five miles in my working boat
every day
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08
CHE FAST


\ CAMDEN N. J. man named Helliet,
who had been in Boston selling horses,
was robbed of 81, 400 while asleep on
the night Pullman train.
OFF Barnegat the schooner Lucinda
G. Potter capsized and seven men per-
isfed.
A. Z. BATEMAN & Co, bankers in
New York. failed for 81, OOO.O
AT Richford. Vt. the mercury regis
tered 40 degrees below zero on the 3Oth
ult.
OVER 10000 stamped envelopes were
stolen from the Government stamped
envelope agency in Hartford. Conn, and
sold by one Fay, a former employee of
the agency.
AT Hicks Mills. Pa, Henry Lutz
aged -, was arrested on the charge of
numbering a family in Germany thirty
years ago.
AT Troy. y. V, John j. Reed was
sentenced to seven years Imprisonment
for misplacing a switch on the New
York Central during the late strike on
that road
FIRE destroyed the new portion of the
Clinton N. " prison, causing loss of
100000.
AT the port of New York 81, 1913
steerage passengers were landed dur
ing 1890, against 315.222 during the
year 1850. There were 90, 1s9 cabin pas
sengers landed, against 9O,GS6 in 1889.
AT Fairfield, Ne, the thermometer
registered 60 degrees below zero on the
3lst ult
OK Broadway, New York, a fire de
stroyed a block of buildings including
the Fifth Avenue and Prof. Hermann 5
theaters. Total loss, $500. 600.
\ NEW YORK business agency in their
weekly review of trade reported that
business in many lines last year sur
passed that of any previous year.
FIRE destroyed the main buildings of
the Geneva worsted mill at Providence,
r. l. Loss, 500. 900; insurance, $780,
900.
4 FIRE destroyed ID. ]. Hamburger's
tannery at 0swego Falls, Y. Y, caus-
ing a loss of 500. OOO
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08


COLORADO mines d ring 1890 produced
s29, ss1, 1874, divided as follows: Silver,
$40, 259. 600; gold. s4.5i2, 1856; lead, S4,-
749, $50; copper, 1853. 40.
GENERAL FRANCIS Z. SPINNER died at
his home in Florida of cancer on the
3lst ult. at ike age of 50 years. Gen
eral Spinner was member of Congress
from 1855 to 1861, and was Treasurer Of
the United States from 1861 TO 1878,
when he resigned and retired to private
life.
AT Keachi, La, cyclone destroyed
the Masonic hall, the post-oflice and
several stores.
NEAR Bayboro, n. C.. the house of
Scott Thompson (colored) was burned
during the absence of himself and wife,
and their five children and two grand
children persisted in the flames.
Ok the LIST Edwin r. Winans was
sworn in as Governor of Michigan.
On Z. NJ. Patriclx's farm near Ma
rengo, Ill, a barn was burned, and
ninety-nine head of cows persisted in
the flames.
THE death of Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell
occurred ON the Slst ult. near Month
cello. Wis. at the age of 1O2 years.
DURING 1890 there were 2,219.31a cat
tie and 5,7S3, 0s2 hogs slaughtered in
Chicago, against, respectively, 1,76S, 31O
and 4,21l,T77 in the previous year.
AT Lima, o., John Clark became in
sane and wounded his wife with an axe
and cut his throat. Both would die.
FIRE destroyed the manufacturing
r.
pany at Columbus, 0. Loss, $4,000.
A NUMBER of houses We're unroofed
and others were blown off their founda-
tions at Abilene, Kan, during a wind
storm.
In San Francisco two earthquake
shocks were experienced on the I'd, and
tall buildings rocked and books were
thrown from shelves The shock was
general all over the State.
AT Chiffon, Tex, Charles Beale, a
negro, was lynched for numbering a
woman, and negro and white man
were lynched in Neshoba County, Miss,
for robbery.
By the bursting of a cylinder head on
the towboat Annie Roberts at Ports
mouth, o.. five men were killed.
A WOMAN, boy and two men were
burned to death By a fire in the Avenue
Hotel at Corsicana. Tex.
FLAMES swept away one-half the town
of Columbus Grove, o.
IN the Chickasaw nation Deputy
Marshal Tom Lily had a desperate bat
tie with three whisky peddlers and
killed them all.
Mrs. MILLER and Mrs. Wilson, two
women residing near Wheeling, w. Va,
fought with butcher knives, and Mrs.
Wilson was fatally injured.
IN New Orleans Mrs. Adelaide Marie
died at the age of 102 years.
Prominent residents of Gladesyille,
w. Va, while intoxicated became in
volved in a fight and four were insta Mt
ly killed.
A FALL of slate in the diamond mine
at Coal Bluff, Ind, killed Henry and
Joseph Mcmahon, father and son.
AT Pennington, Kan, the widow of
John Clifton and three of her children
were found starved to death, and two
other children were nearly dead
In twelve counties in Kentucky sleet-
storms ruined many fine orchards, and
large number of sheep, hogs and fowls
neriShed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08
An Historic STRUCTURE.

it is singular fact that the only
house ever built in Washington City by
the Father of His Country is still stand
ing on North Capital street, in that city,
in comparative obseurity. Few Wash
ington people know of its existence,
and 1t IS never pointed out as struct-
ure of historic interest. The reason for
this lies probably in the fact that the
house, as ordinarily built, contained
three stories, but when the street was
graded two more stories were added,
and the building is now used as hotel.
1t is said that some of the rooms in this
old building are in much the same con-
dition as when occupied by Washing
tons family in 1792.-St Paul Pioneer
Press
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08
Tn. crave Of Mrs. Ltvtnpstope.

In lecture delivered the other day
by III. Ii. johnson, in England, on his
recent trip to Africa, he threw on the
screen a photograph of Mrs Living
stones grave. EMPOWERED in a mass OF
beautiful foliage. He made the picture
during his recent trip on the Zambesi.
The remains of this famous woman, one
Of the few white ladies whose bodies now
rest in savage Africa, are in grave
which is most conspicuous from the
Zambesi, because it is shaded by very
large and stately tree. Some natives
who live near the place keep the grave
in good order, for which they are re-
warded now and then By white
travellers who come that way. Mrs. Liv-
ingstone died while accompanying her
great husband on the expedition during
which he discovered Lake Nyassa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08

Syrup"

Here is something from Mr.. Frank
"A. Hale, proprietor of the De Witt
House, Lewiston, and the Tontine
Hotel, Brunswick, Me. Hotel men
meet the world as it comes and goes,
and are not slow in sizing people
and things up for what they are
worth. He says that he has lost a
father and several brothers and sis
tiers from Pulmonary Consumption,
and is himself frequently troubled
with colds, and he
Hereditary often coughs enough
to make him sick at
Consumptionhis stomach. When.
ever he has taken
cold of this kind he uses Boschee's
German Syrup, and it cures him
every time. Here is a man who
knows the full danger of lung trou-
bles, and would therefore be most
particular as to the medicine he used.
What is his opinion? Listen 81
use nothing but Boschee's German
Syrup, and have advised, presume,
more than a hundred different per-
sons to take it. They agree with
me that it is the best cough syrup
in the market. q
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08

Justice-You are charged with COM
hitting an assault on this man and
backing his eye. What have you TO
say. sir?
Gentleman-Your honor, my wife lost
a pet dog. and l caught this fellow
bringing it back.
Justice-You are discharged; but as
for you, you miserable scalawag with a
black eye, the next time you steal a
lady's dog and don't keep it, I'll send
you up for six months. Y. Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08
TOO OLD.

At eieven--how you loved me,
How you Rugged me with delight,
And you asver hesitated
Begging of me pennies bright
And you kept it up till sixteen
Though your kisses lapsed TO few;
And at last you ceased TO hug me
AS you f0ndly used TO do.
Then they put you in long dresses,
And your hugs and kisses dear
Were denied me-you were aged
was aged, too. fear.
How slyiy -ate ned your bushes
As they used 20 come and go;
You were growing TO O woman,
was growing old and slow.
But it seems the heart pulsating
In my bosom turned to youth;
Then II throhbed away its sadness
When found Ia learned the truth
He was younger, he was fairer,
And ! think, moreover, bold,
And he won what fates denied me.
Just because l was too old.
III. 5. Keller, in West Shore.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08
A Pleasant Arrangement.

Bride-Now, my dear, how shall We
manage about church? We belong to
different religious denominations, you
know Shall 90 with you, or will you
go with me?
Groom-I'll tell you how we'll FIX it.
You tell your minister that you are
going TO my church and III tell my
minister that / am going to yours.
Then we won't be missed and needn't
go anywhere.-N. Y. Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
FIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.


TUESDAY, Dec. 80. In the Senate
the time was occupied in discussing the
elections bill In the House the journal
of the last days session was read and
approved and then an adjournment was
taken until January ?.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 81. "A resolution
was adopted in the Senate direct
ing the superintendent of the cen
sus to report at the earliest possible
moment the population of the United
States according to the census of 1890
by Congressional districts and counties.
The elections bill was further consid-
cred Adjourned to the ID. The House
was not in session
FRIDAY, Jan. Al the Senate no
business was transacted, and an adj
journment was taken to the 5th. In
the House bills were introduced to re-
duee by one-half the charge of registra-
ton Of domestic mail matter and direct
ing the Secretary of the Treasury TO
print fractional currency of the United
States TO the amount of $50, 900, 900. Ad-
iourned to the 5th.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08
You've tried DR.. Pierce,

You've tried DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription have
you and you're disappointed.
The results are not znsneas-
ate.
And did you expect the dis.
ease of years to disappear in
a aoeek !? Put a pinch of time
in every dose. You would
not call the milk poor because
the cream doesn't rise in an
hour3 If there's no water in
it the cream is sure to rise.
If there's a possible cure, DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription
is sure to effect it, if given a
fair trial.
You get your one dollar it
costs back again if it don't
benefit or cure you.
We wish we could give you
tie uakerS' confidence. They
show it by giving the money
back again, in all cases not
benefited, and it'd surprise you
to know how few dollars are
needed to keep up the refund.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08

THE most dangerous counterfeit ever
known in the history of the coinage of
this Government has been found by the
authorities of the mint in Philadelphia
II is a five-dollar gold piece designed
and executed with such skill that few of
the experts can distinguish the spurious
coins from the genuine. In general APP
pearance the counterfeit Is perfect 1t
Is an exact fac smile Of the true coin
except in size. 1t Is slightly larger in
diameter but the discrepancy is 50 small
that only careful measurement with a
special instrument in the hands of "a
skillful man will reveal the differ
ence
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08
Refused Medical Aid.

Diphtheria is epidemic at Eagle, Rich
land County. 1t was said that a man re-
fused to provide medical treatment for
his young daughter who was sick with
the dreaded disease, being believer in
Christian science, and saying: THE
Lord will take care of her" The girl
died and son was taken sick; then
some neighbors stepped in and gave the
man the alternative of providing med
zeal assistance or being arrested for
neglect
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08

The preliminary work upon the Mic
aragua canal Is now all completed. A
belt ten miles long and five hundred feet
wide has been hewn through the forests
at cost OF $4,000. 900. and the actual
work of excavation will at once be be-
gun There Is every reason TO believe
that this will be accomplished with pro-
portiOnate speed and satisfaction. The
Nicaragua canal is an American enter
prise, controlled by Am, rican money
and brains and in its success al Amer
leans will have a right To- feel proud.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08
Durable stun

Little Girl-My shoes is always get
tin worn out dess the leather isn't
dood leather.
Mamma-Pm afraid it is not as good
as it might be-
Little Girl-Nex' time we'll ask the
man to give me shoes of the same stuff
as those teeny weeny ones you got for
my dcllie. Dollie has worn hers year.
Good News
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08

II the war of the revolution the col
onies had 1914 men. In the war of
1912 the United States had $40, 622 men.
In the war with Mexico the United
States had 1880 men In the war of
the rebellion the United States had
2,213, SOS men. The war of the revolu-
tion cost the United States S1S5, 1913. TO3.
The war Of 1872 cost the United States
s1O7, 159, OOS. The war with Mexico cost
the United States $1,000 goo. The war
of the rebellion cost the United States
81. $50 900 900
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08

4 PARROT in Connecticut is one hun
ired and eighteen years old. II has
Deen for one hundred years in one fam
Ily, having descended from father to
son through two or three generations.
Think of the marvellous tonghness of
the bird Probably 1t has been asked
shirty-six million five hundred thousand
times in its life if it didn't want a
.r-r.I-...-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08

II fifty years ago man had been told
hat destructive shell, capable of de-
trOying a small craft, could lie project
sd fifteen miles at sea he would have
secuted the idea as an absolute impOssi-
0ility. Yet this feat was accomplished
u once but many times recently at
candy Hook by Government engineers
experimenting with an new thirty-foOt
Tiled p1nn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08

The largest sale of pine land in the
Black River district in year has just
been made. The c. Fl. Nichols Lumber
Company convey ed to n. c. Foster, Of
Fairchild, 12,O00,000 feet of stumpage IN
Clark County for $4,000 The land lies
within three or four miles of Fosters
logging railway, and the pine will be
manufactured at Fairchild.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08

THE number OF males and females in
the world is about equal. and their
average life is about thirty-three years:
One-fOurth of the inhabitants die before
they reach their fifteenth year. To
one thousand persons only one reaches
the age of one hundred years; to every
one hundred only six reach the age of
sixty-five, and not more than one in
I've hundred live to see their eightieth
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08

THE most valuable printed document
in existence in relation To Columbus is
that in the possession of b. Quaritch, Of
London 1t is the first printed copy of
the first letter Of Columbus written
from Lisbon to Ferdinand and Isabella
when the court was in Barcelona, and
printed there. This is held for Il, 500.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08

Az effort Is To be made in German,
To bore for oil and natural gas. The
fact that Russia i one OF the greatest
Oil-producing countries in the worl "A has
stimulated the hope that similar de-
posits may undcrlie the fatherland. Ii
is very agreeable to Americans to learn
that The tools and supplies necessary in
these tests have been ordered from the
United States With no desire 10 boast
1t can be truthfully said that the con-
quests which American brains are max
ing abroad afford every reason for Amer
lean eomplaeency. The acquisition of
territory is idle pastime compared with
this growing intellectual supremacy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08

ISLAND No. "A on the Mississippi has
an owner, but belongs to no State,
county or township. 1t is appears that,
according to enactrnents whereby the
States Of Arkansas and Mississippi were
created, the river boundary of the for
ner extended to midstream. that of
the latter 10 midchanneL Herein is the
iifficultv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08
FIVE LIVES LOST.
Fatal Explosion Ohio River Tow
Boat Near Portsmouth, q.

PORTSMOUTH, O., Jan. 3.-Friday morn
ing the towboat Anna Roberts, of
Pittsburgh, blew off cylinder head,
instantly killing five men and terribly
wounding many more. The boat
was bound for Pittsburgh and was
moving slowly up the river, but with a
full pressure of steam, when the
cylinder exploded, tearing open the
boiler deck and hurting the mangled
bodies of the killed and about ten or
rs Give wounded into the river. Most
OF the men killed and injured were
sleeping in their hunks at the time.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08

THE ehinch bug is the latest pest to
attract the warfare OF science. Chan
>ellor Snow, of the Kansas State Uni
'ersity, Is declared To have discovered
way to rid the fields of this arrant little
.ereal destroyer He inoculates sam
pie bugs with cholera and turns them
loose. COntaCion does the rest. The
chinch bug IS as deadly parasite to the
farmer as the tuberculosis bacillus is to
the consumptive. II viii afford happi-
ness to mankind to see both destroyed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08
Horses stricken with Disease.

A disease similar in its action to dis
temper was prevailing among horses
at Augusta and some cases were prov
ing fatal. The animals limbs. neck and
head become badly swollen and break
out in several places in running sores.
Some stock had been afflicted three
times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08

VIENNA is now the third largest city
in Europe the Austrian Emperor hav-
ing given his sanction To the law adding
tOrty-five cOmmunes to the city's ter
ritory. The population Is 1,2l5,626. a
formidable lead over Berlin, its chief
rival
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08

Mrs RICHARD a. PROCTOR proposes
10 perpetuate the memory of her famous
husband by building a $4,000 Observa-
tory on Mission Heights. San Diego.
Cal She means to raise the money by
occurring.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-08
The Author of a Great Hoax Dead.

George Hull, who left Superior few
weeks ago to spend the winter East,
died at Binghamton, n. Y. Mr.. Hull
was the originator of the Cardiff giant
hoax. The Cardiff giant was " dug up
On Mr.. Hull's farm about twenty years
ago, and Mr.. Hull made considerable
money out of it before the fraud was
discovered