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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-12-15
YOUR HEALTH.

The citadel Of life must he guarded
at two points. In the first place there
is the danger of taking cold. We take
cold through the skin and this affects
The kidneys and thu lungs. So inti-
nlately are these organs connected,
that cold affects both. In order TO
relieve the system, both should be
treated, or rather the whole system
should be regulated. This is done by
Reds German Cough and Kidney
Cure. 1t acts as a stimulant and re-
stores the organs 10 action. The
other weak spot is the digestion.
When the food does not digest, it ac-
cumulates and causes fever, sickness
and death. The Laxative Gum Drops
viii remove all waste material from
the system and do it without pain or
gripping. Ask your druggist for these
remedies and see that he gives them
10 you.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO.. Peoria, III.
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The number of men out of employ
ment in the iron and steel business in
Pittsburgh, Pa, is estimated at 10. 600.
JAY GoULD's viii disposes of property
valued at 500, 900. 900, all of which goes
| to his six children except SIS. 900 10
each of his two sisters and one brother.
AT Homestead, Pa, the relief com
mittee is caring for seventy-five fami-
lies which are destitute as a result OF
the strike.
A YOUNG woman was fatally injured
and ten other persons were badly
bruised in a railway collision on the
Central road in Jersey City, n. j.
AT the recent election the official
vote of Massachusetts was: Harrison,
202, sl4; Cleveland. 176. s13, republican
plurality of 26.OOL Russelrs plurality
for governor over Halle is 1854 The
article of amendment TO the constitu-
tiOn abolishing property qualification
for the office of governor was adopted
by 14l, S21 yeas to 6s,O4S nays
IN Greencastle, Pa. Jacob b. Crowell
was buncoed out of s., 900 in the usual
way by man who wanted to buy a
farm"
FLAMES swept away the Jefferson
wooden mills at Jacksonville. Mass
the loss being Sl0O, OOO
The death of Prof. John Strong New.
bury. one of the most eminent geolo-
gists in the United States. occurred in
New Haven. Conn, aged 20 years.
HOLLY FRIsCH. who. in 1859. was in
dicted in Genesee county, n. ". for
killing her husband and two children
by poisoning them and sentenced TO
life Imprisonment, has been pardoned
by the governor.
FREIGHT trains collided near South
Ford. Conn, and Engineer Thompson
and Engineer Beebe were killed and
the trains were badly wrecked.
A CONSPIRACY 10 poison non-uniou
wOrkmen at Homestead. Pa, was said
TO have come to light. and that several
prominent labor leaders were impli.
Gated. At least two deaths and per-
haps a number of others had been
traced to the work of Robert Beatty,
the tool selected to carry the murder
Gus plan into execution.
The temperance evangelist Francis
Murphy, Is 10 establish a home for
fallen women in Pittsburgh. Pa
The death of George Harrington,
formerly assistant secretary of the
treasury and minister to Switzerland
under President Lincoln, occurred at
sea while on his way from New York
to Hamburg.
AZ Milford. Conn, the Minersmith
hotel was burned with its contents. II
was over 200 years old and was used as
headquarters by Washington
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-12-15
FROM WASHINGTON.

SECRETARY FOSTER, of the treasury
department. in his annual report shows
that the government revenues from all
sources during the past fiscal year were
S425, Sos. POO. and the total eXpendi-
lures s4l5, 953, SOC, leaving a surplus of
S9,914. 453. For the present fiscal year
the revenues are estimated at 1858. 336,
$50 and the expenditures at S46l. $50, $50,
leaving an estimated surplus for the
year of $1,000, 900 The availa BILE
cash balance in the treasury at the end
of the present fiscal year was $780,
992, 3T7.
The postmaster general has issued an
order TO go into effect January 1. 1898,
reducing the fee for each piece of reg
istered mail matter from ten cents to
eight cents.
IL his annual report to congress At
tOrney General Miller says that during
the fiscal year 1892 the expenses of his
department aggregated So. 74s. 2S9. 0s,
and 2.OO9 civil suits and Is. 724 criminal
prosecutions were terminated. The at
tOrney general says that the increase
in the number of southern war claims
(now aggregating S40O, 600. 00Ol is a SUBJ
ject that demands the immediate at
tentiOn of congress The mum Der of
eOnvicts pardOned by the pr esident dur
ing the year was al out of sos applica-
tiOns. Sentences were committed in 81
eases.
An order was sent by Postmaster
General Wanamaker to New York for
3. 900. 600, 600 Columbian postage stamps,
to be delivered in 1895.
The leading clearing houses in the
United States reported exchanges of
81, $50, 562, S72, during the seven days
ended on the 9th. against 1882. 996. $50,
the previous seven days. AS compared
with the corresponding week of 1851
the increase was Is 3.
HE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 9th numbered 297, against 269 the
responding time last wear.
On the subject of restriction of immi-
grafton poll of both branches of con-
greSS shows that sixty-three senators
and I56 representatives favor restric-
tiOn. while sixteen senators were non
committaL
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TRACY in
his annual report says the new navy
consists of forty-twO irst-class vessels,
and also says that the progress by
which the United States has emerged
from its condition of helplessness al
sea and by the employment of its own
resources has distanced its most ex-
perienced competitors and marks an
epoch in naval development not only
of this country but of the world. The
estimates for the fiscal year ending
June so, 1894, are s24, sal, 49s. being 81,
7l3. 14i less than those for the last
fiscal wear.
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LATER NEWS.

A WILL containing 5000 words and
disposing of s72. 900, 900 worth of prop
erty was filed for probate in Surrogate
Ransom's court, New York city, the
18th, by Judge John f. Dillon. 1t was
that of the late Jay Gould.
GEO. I. BAGLEY. the messenger who
stole 100000 from the United States
Express company, Nov. IS, was SEN
fenced to two and one-half years in tho
penitentiary, the 18th, at Davenport,
la. Bagley pleaded guilty. Judge
Waterman gave as his reason for impos-
ing light sentence the prisoners pre-
vious good character and his prompt
action in restoring the stolen money.
A NBGRo woman of Edgefield county,
$. c., has been arrested for a most
dendish crime. She is accused of muir
iering her 2-year-old babe and then
serving it cooked to her friends at
quilting party. 1t is said she repre-
sented to- those who partool of the
awful repast that it was roast sucking
pig. 1t is probable that she will be
lyIched.
THE Washburn anti-option bill came
up in the senate the 18th, but was laid
over
THE presbytery of Cincinnati. o., has
found Prof. Henry P. Smith, of Lane
seminary. guilty of heresy.
L. ID. ARMOUR, the millionaire packer
.Df Chicago. left for Europe. the 18th.
Tie left behind him as gift over 81, sO0.-
900 to the city of Chicago. Already a
FIVE story building, to be known as the
Armour institute. is ready for occu-
pancy. In addition to it. and for its
support, Mr.. Armour gives 81, 400. 900.
All that money and brains can do will
be done toward making it the greatest
institute for manual training and
science in the country.
MAY wheat in Chicago. the 18th.
closed at 7s4c.
THE agent at the Belknap agency,
Montana. telegraphed Gov. Toole to
send troops. Several Indian soldier
had been wounded and one killed.
As a result of political feeling at
Sparta, Ga, DIR. Gilmore, a newspaper
correspondent was killed and three
men were wounded
IT is said by members of the Worlds
Fair committee that there was a proba-
bility of W. Z. Gladstone of England
being induced to open the exposition.
The comptroller of the currency has
called for a report of the condition of
all national banks at the close of bust
ness. Friday. Dec. Q. 1892.
THE striking operators of the Rock
Island railroad have established free
hotel at Omaha for the benefit of the
members of the o. z. T.
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Esem PRODUCTS.
Avora &c Prices of Corn. Wheat, Oats and
Other Grain.


WASHINGTON, Dec. i2.-The Deem
Der statistical returns to the depart
mept of agriculture relate to fam
prices. The average value of corn is
So 3 cents per bushel, depressed ny
the surplus of the previous
crop and early distribution.
1t is go to 20 cents in the east
ern states. so to 60 cents IN the middle
states, ranging from ~ to 65 in the cot
ton states, AZ in Ohio, 40 in Indiana, 81
in Illinois, 80 in Missouri, 81 in Iowa,
81 in Kansas and IS in Nebraska This
is higher in Nebraska than for any
year since 1852 except in 1887 and 1890.
and in Iowa in the same time the pres
ent average value has been exceeded
only in the two years named.
The average price of wheat is 63
cents. The next lowest price was "a )
cents in 1884 In 1856, 1887 and 1890
the average was a cent or two below 30.
Last year it was So o. Principal state
prices are: New York, IS; Pennsyl-
vania, 81; Virginia, rs; Georgia. 90:
/ Texas, as; Kentucky, ca; Ohio, IS;
Michigan. 60; Indiana, g.; Illinois,
/ 81; Minnesota, 81; Iowa, go; Missouri.
I 5S. Kansas. oZ. NeDraSka, 0Us SOuln
Dakota, 81; North Dakota, %; Califor-
mia, 20.
The average value of oats is SIG
cents. nearly the same as last year.
Rye. 54.s cents Barley, AZ cents.
Buckwheat, 53.4 cents. Potatoes, 67.3
cents per bushel. against 81 cents
last year. Hay, S. 80 per ton, nearly
| the same as in 1891
| The condition of winter wheat the
| first day of December averaged sT4,
against SIS. s last year. In the Ohio val
ley the range is from 20 to 81, and is
low also in Kansas and Pennsylvania
1t is high in New York, in the south
and on the Pacific coast In the
southern states and on the Atlantic
coast termination was delayed by
drought, and the same cause delayed
both planting and growth in the OHIO
valley, and materially reduced cnndl-
ton of the crop. The condition of
winter rye is but little better. aver
| aging 1914
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WEST AND SOUTH.

a FREIGHT train broke in two near
Corona. Col, and the two parts col
lided, wrecking the greater portion Of
the train and killing four carpenters.
THROUGHOUT Kansas a terrific bliz-
zard prevailed. stopping all railway
traffic and freezing to death hundreds
of cattle
AT Jellico, Tenn. a mob lynched an
unknown man for criminally assault
ing and then numbering Miss Mildred
Bryant handsome and most estima-
bic young LADY.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-12-15

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cicanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG syrup co.
SSG FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. N. NEW YORK. NV
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Owens Discharged from Jail.

Henry L. Owens was discharged from
Jail at Chippewa Falls by Judge Bundy.
He was convicted of obtaining $500 un-
der false pretenses from l. NJ. New
man, cashier of the First national
bank. and sentenced to four years al
Waupun. After serving eighteen
months he was turned over to the sher-
iff of Chippewa county by the supreme
court, who found an error in the infor-
nation upon which he was convicted.
Owens went east. He is wanted in
Chicago for the same offense.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


Mrs. Anthony Gregg. of ID ,ve-, re-
Gently left her home Tor a trip to Mil
waukee On the way she was taken
sick and died. After her death it was
discovered that she had secreted large
sums of money about her home. Fiji
teen hundred dollars was found in the
bottom of a crock filed with lard. In
an old rag bag was found $1,000. In r
small box on pantry shelf was found
another thousand. In the woodshed
and other outbuildings were discov-
cred sums ranging from $500 upwards.
In Milwaukee bank she had deposit
ed 5000, and besides owned couple
of farms
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-12-15
Two PERSONS Drowned.

MOBILE, Ala, Dec. 12.-Ihe schoone
Electric, bound from Bonaecio for Mo
bile, was wrecked at the east end
Bonaccio Friday. One of the crew wa
drowned in attempting to land ard
passenger was drowned in his berth
The names are unknown. TIE Elee
trio sank after striking the reefs Tn
captain and the rest of the crew
reached land safely.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-12-15
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

the province of Catanza, Italy,
three vessels in the harbor of Santa
Veners were wrecked during a gale and
ten persons We're drowned.
THE death of DIR. Werner Siemens,
the eminent electrician, occurred in
Berlin. aged IS years.
CHILAsI tribesmen attacked CASH
mere guard near Chitral. India, and
fifty of the former were killed
A GERMAN named Schumann muir
dered Countess Wis Tonte and her
maid in the countess villa at Valeria,
Italy. Robbery was the motive.
IN Lancashire, England, over $1,000
cotton operators were said to be IN a
starvi1 g condition.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-12-15

Mr. II. W. L. COUPERUs, who has
spent ten years in growing the coffee
plant in Java and Japan, is now in
California trying to interest the peopl..
there in eultivating the plant in the
southern part of the state. lie claims
that the soil and climate of southern
California are suitable for the growth
of coffee. and that machinery could be
used to counterfeit the advantage OF
cheap labor in Java and Japan
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Mortgage for Sic, 900. 900.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Dec. 10.-Resolu-
tions have been filed with the secretary
of state authorizing the Metropolitan
West Side Elevated Railroad Company
of Chicago to execute mortgage to
Adrian Iselin, Jr., and George G. Ha-
ven, of New York, for SIS. 900. 900 bonds,
to be issued bearing ) per cent inter-
est and maturing in 1912.
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Seven peopie killed.

COPENHAGEN, Dec. IA fire broke
out in a dwelling house at Frederiks-
burg, suburb of this city, and seven
of its inmates were killed. The house
was completely destroyed. Most of the
persons killed met their death by jump
ING from windows.
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oneratives Starring.

LONDON, Dec. 10 AT the close of the
week there are 80, 600 non-union cotton
operatives out of work in Lancashire.
The deepest distress prevails among
them. Already everything availa-
BILE has gone to the pawnshops,
which are filled with pledges of all
kinds. The majority of the sufferers
are unable to obtain credit, and are
foodless and fireless at period when
the weather is unusually inclement.
They are reluctant to apply for public
relief, nevertheless the poor law Off
Gals are busy doing what is possible
for the destitute
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-12-15

AFTER a separation of twenty-five
years J. d. Hallock. of Chillieothe. Mo,
and Mrs Martha Stafford. of Leadville.
Col, were married in ChillicOthe. They
were married thirty-twO years ago.
lived together nine years and were di-
vorced Since that time both have
been married again. and. their compan-
ions having died, a correspondence was
struck up which eliminated in mar
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A wealthy Canadians suicide

BosroN, Dec. I0.-R. Il Paulsen, So
years old, q wealthy Canadian, who,
with his wife, has been a guest at the
Hotel Thorndike for several days. shot
himself in the head in the bathroom of
his suite and died instantly. Paulsen's
wealth is estimated at $4,000, 600. He
was an intimate friend of T. JEFF
ferson Coolidge. minister 10 France,
and said to be we'll known in Detroit,
Mich. The cause of the act is unknown.
- reef committee at Homestead.
Pa, Is caring for seventy-five families
which are destitute as a result of the
strike
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Homestead Relief Committee Issues al
Appeal for Aid.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. Eth,
Homestead relief committee has at las
organized. A general meeting was
held Friday night and the appea
drawn up by the subcommittee wa.
adopted. 1t states there are Els fami
lies of $50 persons in Homestead on the
verge of restitution. Less than $40 o
the $3.50 strikers have been taken bacl
into the mill. 1t was decided to ash
for the remainder of the $4,000 raised
by homestead for the Johnstown suf
ferers. The balance is in the hands o
the local committee, having never beer
used.
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Matthew r Ashton was arrested at
GAINESVILLE charged with numbering his
aunt, Mrs. Daniel Stone, of Fulton, on
the 5th of June last. Mrs. Some was
killed by being choked or slffocatec.
and her body was .hen thrown into a
cistern. The body was forced through
a hole II by IA inches that opened into
the cistern. The crime has been shroud-
ed in mystery until the grand jury
brought in an indictment against Ash
ton. Mr.. Stone. the husband of the
murdered woman, is one of the rich
farmers of that section.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-12-15

The health officer of New York de-
clares that the present regulations in
regard to immigration will not keep
the cholera out of the country next sum-
mer, that the only effective way is the
absolute prohibition of immigrants
Besides, if this is not done foreign visit
ors to the worlds fair will stay at home
rather than run the risk of quarantine
which will have to be enforced on all
vessels " it'll immigrants on board
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-12-15
FIRE RUINS A TOWN

Sumter 6. CO. Opera House and Princi-
pal Buildings Burned to the Ground.
SUMTER. S. c., Dec. l2-About 9
o'clock Friday night fire started
in the opera house during the per-
Torrance by the Chick Company.
The flames spread rapidly and soon the
opera house was in ruins, with burning
buildings all around. The theater and
eight business blocks were entirely
consumed. The fire department did all
In its power. but the flames ragged five
honrs and leveled the principal bust
ness blocks in the town. Losses and
insurance cannot yet be estimated.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-12-15

The only woman who carried the
United States flag in battle during the
late war died at the Garfield hospital
in Washington recently. Mrs Eliza
Cutler was at Fort DOnelson. and. as
her husbands regiment was fighting
desperately against terrible odds, she
appeared in the field. sword in hand.
bearing the regimental colors alOft,
and remained on the field until ordered
aboard a steamboat by the colonel
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-12-15
IOWA'S FIGURES.
Pluralities of the Successful Candidates
for State Officers aud for Congress

Pluralities of the Successful Candidates
for State Officers and for Congress men.
DIS MONIES, Ia, Dec. 10.--The ex-
ecutive council has completed the can.
vass of the vote at the recent election
for state officers and congressman. Me
Farland (rep.) for secretary of
state has a plurality of 92,77s
Mccarthy (rep.) for auditor, 22,22li
Beeson (rep.) for treasurer, %, 1864
Stone (rep.) for attorney general, %.
632; Perkins (rep.) for railroad com
missioner. %, 394. The pluralities OF
the congressman are as follows:
First district, Gear, 729; Sec.
ond, Hayes, IRE; Third. Hender.
son, l,s6O; Fourth, Updegraff, 500
Fifth, Cousins, l,09S: Sixth, Lacey,
1,175; Seventh, Hull. 6.0s0; Eigth, Hep
burn, 4,3S7; n nth, Hager. 2,47s; Tenth,
Deliver, 4,944; Eleventh, Perkins ,277.
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CATTLE DYING BY THOUSANDS.
Terrible Suffering from Drought In New
Mexlco-Loss. Forty Per Cent.

DENVER, Col, Dec. 1O.--A prominent
cattleman inst arrived from northwest
ern New Mexico says that for more
than two years the heavens there have
refused to yield rain and as result the
water courses are dried up and the ir-
rigating bitches are useless. Said he:
"At low estimate 5000 TO 10000 head OF
cattle have died from starvation and lack Of
water. The railroads are shipping cattle out
Of the region by train loads but thousands of
these cattle viii die as they are too weak to
Withstand the winters. Some cattle companies
estimate their loss as high as 90 per cent and
the average will run IS to &C per cent The
sheep are in almost as bad condition as the cat
tie. The heaviest losses are in Colfax and ad-
Joining Counties
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Az inmate of an Armenian convent
has recently died after being there
ninety-eight years without once going
outside the convent walls. Her re-
corded age was rs years Think of a
woman who never asked if her bonnet
was on straight
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THROW bits Of nails or small pieces of
unrusted iron into the inkstand. The
corrosive action of any acid contained
in the ink will expend itself on the iron
and not on the pen After a steel pen
has been used for time in plain ink
rusty substance is formed. This Is
prevented by the presence of iron ia
the iulr
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Saws His SON was Murdered.

The statement was made by Charles
E. Jones, of Beloit, father of Bert
Jones, the boy killed at Elgin, Ill, the
other night, that he had been murdered
and was not the burglar whom the
storekeeper supposed he saw. lie says
he thinks his son was shot down on
the street while returning peacefully
home from the theater and intimates
that he will begin criminal prosecu-
ton against Mr.. Curtis, who killed his
son
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THE woman of America will be very
much shocked TO hear of little sign
which occupies a place ON the banks of
the Yuen-Fule river in FoochOw: DO
Not Drown Female Infants Here .
The sign i read by 10000 Foochow-
ans, causing no blush and no comment.
says the Kingston Freeman. The kill
ing of girl baby in China is crime
never punished. The birth of a fe-
male throws the whole family into
deepest grief, and the mother often
finds that the only way IN which she
can retrieve herself is 10 dispose of the
infant quietly and effectively. Why
not try baby farming?
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NINE MoDJEsKA plays Chopin. speaks
half dozen different languages and
reads the best literature in them all
Albani cultivates the domestic arts and
writes most entertaining letters Patti
is proud of her needIeworl1. especially
of her darning Harriet Prescott
Spofford is fond of the womanly en-
ployment of knitting. and says of it:
You sit and think your own thoughts
and nothing binders; you are infinitely
lazy. and yet you are accomplishing a
good deal -