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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30

Bayfield, sent a car of fresh fish Il
the destitute at Hurley.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30

Please bear in mind that W. s.
Armstrong is the funeral director for
G. A. Rasmussen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30
Fur Coats,

Great sale at low prices at the Ply
mouth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30

Crockery, four different patterns. al
Jenson's.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30

Do you know Taggart gives pretty
present with every 81, 50 or SO pur-
ch2sel
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30
Express 3 Baggage Line.
ALL KINDS OF
,DR:aI- go TEAM WORE

PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
Special attention given TO collecting
Baggage from and delivering to all
parts of the city. Leave orders at
Youells & Avery's drug store, at
Dodge's hardware store or with The
drivers, and they will receive prompt
attention. Charges moderate.
F. a. HOWE, Prop.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30

Smoke Little Shonops" lOc cigar
for 5 cts.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30
PLUM CRY.

Shoes to be closed out cheap at R
n. Jenson's.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30
DIED..

RowLEY.-In Puyallup, Washington, Nov.
18th, 1898, Charles William Rowley,
youngest son of William and Lexe
ROwley, aged years and 10 months.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30

The unemployed miners in the vi.
cinity of Hurley, Wis, have been
reduced to such straits of hunger
that they have killed and eaten
their dogs. Across the line in Michi.
gan the condition is said to be even
worse. Private charity is doing all il
can, but as the sufferers will have to
be fed until next March or April. 1t is
doubtful if it will prove sufficient.
The governors OF Michigan and Wis
eonsin should invite the governors OF
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and North
and South Dakota to meet in con
ference to discuss the calling together
of the legislatures OF. their. respective
states to provide some public aid.'-EE,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30
Advertised Letters.

II ETTERS remaining in the Dost-oftce at River
L. Falls. Wis, for week ending nov. ., 1898
If not called for within thirty days they viii be
sent to the Dead Letter ONCE At Washington.
LADIES.
Miss Susanna L. Baker.
GENrLEMES.
l. NJ Halyorson, Charlie Monery,
W. A Moore, John Paulson,
Tom Rafman, Oscar Paulson,
Fred Waldron.
Persons calling for advertised letters win
please give date when advertised.
@. Z. Reef P. n.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30
To Swine Breeders,

have at my farm in Troy fine
Cheshire boar. l.. SPALDISG
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30

The law as il now stands for ex-
emptiOn from taxation on wide tire
wagons is substantially as follows: Any
wagon with tire three inches and up
wards, owned and used by farmer in
his vocation as such shall be exempt
from taxation from and after the LIST
day of January, 1924. It is the duty of
assessors 70 return the number of such
wagons without placing value on the
same. The reason for this law is that
wide tires do not cut up the roads as
bad as the other kind of wagons. and
hence they can be kept in better con-
dition.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30
The Local Market.

CORRECTED EVERY THURSDAY.
Following are the prices paid by River
Falls dealers and merchants for farm
products, etc., to-day:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-11-30

One bar of good soap given away
with every dollar in cash paid for
goods bought at our store.
Co HESNKsEN.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22
ARE NOT ENDORSING 1T.

The Pittsburg Comna0ner and Glass
so0rker, a paper devoted TO the glass
trade, says:
We believe it would be quite diff
cult matter for the politicians to pro-
duce any trade or industry where the
wOrkingmen have endorsed the Will
son bill or petitioned congress to pass
the same. If they are to be so i'm
mensely benefited by such move, is
it not passing strange that the work
ingmen should be so indifferent to it's
success? On the other hand, there
are but few members of congress who
have not been importuned by their
constituents to oppose the measure,
and, if possible, compass its defeat.
The appeal of the people. as whole,
should be more potent than allegiance
to any dangerous and untried theO-
ries. The first duty of statesmen in
this country, at the present Time,
should be to restore confidence and in
fuse life into the paralyzed and Ian
gushing industries. Legislation look
ing to this end will soon give the hun
CRY and naked both food and clothing,
and arrest the alarming increase of
crime.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22
A PERllOUS RIDE.
An Illinois Central Switchman's Hands
Frozen to a Chain For Two Miles.

An Illinois Central Switchman's Hands
Frozen to a Chain For Two Miles.
John H. Morris, an Illinois Central
switchman, rode two miles early yester-
day morning hanging to a chain beneath
the tender of an Illinois Central engine
drawing passenger train. By the mer-
est chance he is now alive to tell the
story.
A few minutes before o'clock, Nor
ris, who lives at Burnside, stood on the
platform of the station at KensingtOn.
A passenger train which had been belat-
ed by the cold and snow stopped at the
station. Morris, as the train was NOV
ing out, attempted to swing himself to
the front platform of the first car. He
slipped on the icy steps and fell between
the car and tender. AS he fell in the
darkness his hand struck chain dan
Cling down beneath the tender. He chung
to the cold iron links and hung there,
expecting death momentarily. The roar
of the train drowned his cries for help.
and as the train gathered Roadway its
swaying set his body in motion, and he
was swung violently against the sides of
the tender until his body was terribly
bruised.
After running two miles the train
stopped. He was just able to attract at
tention by few feeble cries and was
rescued from his perilous position. His
hands were frozen to the iron and his in
juries from the cold and the pounding
against the sides of the tender were so
great that he relapsed into unconscious
ness as soon as rescued. He was taken
to St. Luke's hospital, where at first it
was thought he might die, but he re-
vived later in the day and his recovery
became assured before nightfall. Chi
cago Times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22
A RICE ELEVATOR.
New Orleans Has just Completed the First
One Ever Built.

New Orleans Has Just Completed the First
One Ever Built
The National Rice Manufacturing
company of New Orleans has just COM
pleted the erection of the first rice ele-
vator in the world. The few trials SO
far given it have proved the success Of
the experiment., and other elevators will
be erected both at New Orleans and
other principal rice points in this coun-
try. The effect will be to revolutionize
the rice trade.
Under the old system the cost of ham
ding and selling the cereal was very
great, besides the inconvenience of send
ing out samples of each shipment and
the impossibility of concentrating ship
ments owing to the difference in grades
and contracts for particular grades. In
the new elevator system the rice is
brought in car lots, dumped into the ele-
vator, is cleaned, weighed and automat-
ically assorted into one of six grades by
delicate machinery and is then loaded
into sacks, which are delivered on the
warehouse floor ready for the market.
Outside of the saving in the handling,
the establishment of grades will facili-
tate and systemic the sales, doing away
with delay, cost and inconvenience and
establishing the rice industry on the same
basis as wheat and other cereals. The
opinion of the rice men heretofore has al
ways been that it was impossible to grade
rice.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22
In view of the heavy Democratic

In view of the heavy Democratic
majorities Chicago has given lately
for local, state and national tickets,
yesterdays vote there presages well
for the Republicans. In the fight for
mayor Mr.. Swift, the Republican
candidate, was defeated by only about
1900 votes. At the election in No
vember the Democrats carried the
city by 1900 majority for portion of
their local ticket, and Mayor Harrison
was elected by nearly 10000. While
this election was merely local in it's
aspects. yet everything, both local
and national, indicates sentiment
toward Republicanism everywhere.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22
Fought to a Real Finish.

A scientific boxing contest to the
finish" or in other words what seems to
have been regular prize fight, took
place between two of the male birds on
the ostrich farm at Riverside few days
ago. The birds fought viciously with
their feet till one succeeded in dealing
the other knockout blow. The defeat
ed bird died in a few days, causing a loss
of about 5000 to its owners.
It is said that there is no living crea-
ture that can kick harder than the os-
strich. 1t is almost certain death for a
man or beast to receive the full force Of
one of it's kicks when it is in a fit of
rage. The keepers of the ostriches say
that it is almost impossible to separate
them when they are engaged in fierce
fight. and it is highly dangerous to at
tempt it.-Pomona Progress.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22
the Pile OINTMENT
SAD CASE OF STARVATION.
A Father Steals a Sack of Flour, Which His
Family Devours Raw.

AFather steals Sack of Flour, Which His
Family Devours Raw.
This little story, whose sadness is not
wholly sad, comes from western CITY
which has suffered severely during the
present financial stringency.
A grocer in one of the poorer quarters
of the town was accosted one day by a
man who asked if he would let him have
a sack of flour and trust HIM for pay
ment until he found work again. The
grocer refused. Going out to the front
of his shop few minutes later. he found
the man no longer in sight, and one of
the sacks of flour piled up outside was
missing. Summoning the nearest po-
hceman, he described the man and his
application,
II think | know who he is" said the
officer. III have him for you in a
jiffy."
On arriving at the house of the man
whom from the description he suspected
of the theft, the policeman walked in
without knocking. The telltale sack of
-four was standing on a table in the CEN
ter of the room, and the family was
gathered around it. They had not wait
ed to unite, much less to cook it, but
armed with spoons had fallen ravenous-
ly upon the sack, and making holes in
the sides were eating the dry flour. The
man turned white to his lips at the sight
of the officer
The policeman looked and he@itated.
Suddenly bright idea occurred to him.
''Does John Smith live here?"
The man shook his head.
''Do you know where he does live?'
No one knew.
"That's all right. Perhaps | can find
out next door. It's John Smith want"
and the officer of the law retreated. Re-
turning to the grocery, he asked the price
of the flour, paid it and related the scene.
''And will be ID" he concluded,
lowering his voice reverentially, as might
one who had trodden unawares upon sa-
cred ground, ''if | am going to arrest
that manw-Kate Fields Washington.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22
ELECTRICITY.
The Important Part 1t Is Now TAX
ing i'm the Worlds Affairs.


One of the most pleasant, Informal
and instructive meetings OF the so
cial Science Club was held last eve
ming. The question for consideration
was Electricity and Magnetism: Its
Economic Relations to Society The
paper was read by Mr.. Philip Helmer
He confined himself more particularly
to the history of and the improve
ment which followed the use OF these
forces. The more important inven
tions and use of electricity were noted
and commented upon and their value
to society noted. La speaking of cleo
tricity he said it was "a force which
will follow road prepared for it, a
a wire. and produce magnetism AND
there by power at a distant point.
His description as to how it is used IL
telegraphing and the telephone was
very Interesting and instructive. lie
also described at some length how II
is manipulated in electric lighting, So
as to produce the arc and lncandeS-
cent light. Referring to the incan
descent light. he said: "IncandeScenl
lighting, as the name means, is done
by heating to a white heat or glowing
heat. In England these lights are
called glow lights. At first the sub
stance to be thus heated to produce
the light was platinum wire, but with
this a uniform distribution of the
current could not be effected, and it
was not a success until the carbon
filament now in use was invented.
These are made from bamboo fibre,
cotton thread treated with sulphuric
acid to render it durable, parchment,
grass fibre, etc. They are made into
the desired shape and subjected to in
tense heat to carbonize them. 1t is
necessary that they be placed in vac
uum so there can be no combustion,
otherwise they would burn off almost
instantly. And here is where the
healthful feature of these lights comes
III, DIS Uu0Io 10 uO OOlluuSUlOu UllCl = 10
consequently no yitiation Of the at
mosphere from their use, as is the case
with every other kind of light"
The discussion following the paper
was of very interesting nature, and
was very generally INDUCED in by the
members present, and touched upon
the force of electricity in general and
it's development, and some speculaI
tions were INDUCED in as to it's future.
Many of the most recent inventions
in the electric field were noted and
their possible value to society COM
mented upon
The next meeting of the club will |
be held on Tuesday evening, January
9th, 1894, the subject for discussion |
being the Relation of Education to |
Morality and Orime.' 49,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22

THE Christ child was born in a
manger. His birth was linked with
poverty. And the first Christmas
gifts were those which the wise men
from the east laid upon his cradle of
straw. Among all the sentiments
which the day inspires, says the st.
Paul Pioneer Press, there is no finer or
more expressive of it's origin than
that which dedicates it to the sweet
divinity of childhood aud recognizes
it as distinctively a children'S festival.
1t belongs by right Of inheritance to
the children of all households, but by
a more sacred right than to any one
else to the children of the poor. There
can be no better way to make this
particular Christmas, which occurs in
a season of such general distress as
has never been witnessed before in
this land or city, a holiday of happy
hearts in the households of the poor,
and a holiday of still happier hearts
in the households that give their first
remembrance to the poor There is d
star always waiting in the Christmas
wise children to the homes Of poverty
and Wharf.-The celestial beacon of that
love for humankind which is the high
est lesson that Christ came to teach.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22
THE PRESIDE.

Having reached the>.. .ope,
with the defeat of his plans staring
him in the face, President Cleveland
has finally submitted the correspond
.nce and other documents of the Ha-
aaiian matter to congress, together
With message thereon. Failing in
restoring theI monarchy, as he set
out to do. he now turns the matter
over to congress, and attempts to get
clear Of it by placing the responsible
y on that body. Everybody is to
blame but himself. He tries to shuttle
blame off on the Harrison admins
tration, but here be meets with an
obstacle in the shape of the subse-
quent facts which will not bear out
such a ruling. If, as claimed, the
Harrison administration, or its repre-
SentativeS, was in conspiracy to
Overturn the Hawaiian monarchy,
why is it there has not been revolt
sitce Blount pulled down the flag and
withdrew the marines? Queen Lii
will not go back on the throne with
out the guarantee of protection OF the
authorities at Washington, and in
this fact is the best answer to the
claims set up by Cleveland and Gresh-
am that the queen was deposed at the
instigation OF Americans and against
the wishes of her subjects.
The great claims the organs have
made that when the president spoke
he would demolish the opposition have
fallen to the ground; he has confessed
defeat and asked congress to help him
out of the humiliating position he
finds himself in.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22
HITS THE FARMERS AGAIN.

Another point where the Wilson
bill hits the farmers of the northwest
is in removing the duty on eggs. The
present duty on eggs is five cents per
dozen. The increase of the value of
the egg crop to the farmers of Mime
sofa, northern Iowa and the eastern
Dakotas. under the Mckinley law,
has reached at least So, 100000. The
placing of eggs upon the free list by
the Wilson bill, will give to the Cana
dians the supplying of the eastern
market because, being nearer to it,
they can transport them there more
cheaply. And in giving the Canadi-
ans this advantage not a favor is
asked in return. 1t is favor granted
to them wholly withoutireserve, as in
the case of other items which have
been put upon the free list, or the du-
ty reduced TO point where it is not
protective. There is hardly doubt
but that Canada would have been
willing to have made many concessions
for these favors granted, but that
would have been following the policy
of the last administration, which the
present authorities are trying to the
extent of their ability to discredit.
The theory of the Wilson bill seems
to be following the advice of Mr.. Glad
stone, that the American farmer
should raise more and cheaper cereals.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22

THE labor leaders of Pittsburg are
not at all pleased with the endorse
ment which was given Gov. Altgeld
by the Federation of Labor. They
have no time for anarchy nor those
who favor it for political advantage.
and propose to call upon the Pittsburg
delegates to explain their action.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22
Love Will Find a Way.

A. B. Myers of Hanover signed his
marriage license by holding the pen in
his teeth. Mr.. Myers had the misfortune
to lose both hands. He is about to wed
woman in this county. His penman-
ship is among the best seen in the clerk
of the courts Office here.-Lancaster
Pa.) Dispatch.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22
WINS HIS WIFE AT LAST.
Married FOurteen-year- old Girl In 1891
Whose Father Has Held Her Since

Married FOurteen-y ear-Old Girl In 1891
Whose Father Has Held Her Since.
After weary months of anxious wait
ing and watching Evan A. Cochran has
gained possession of what he considers
treasure-a bright eyed, rosy checked
wife of II summers Cochran married
Miss Mary Conley, the 14-year-old daugh-
ter of Samuel w. Conley, in 1891. Con-
ley has kept vigil over his daughter ever
since, guarding her at the point of a
shotgun. Conley had Cochran indicted
in the Putnam superior court for kidnap-
ing.
The case was carrie. to the supreme
court and the decision reversed, that
tribunal holding that Cochran could
claim his lawful wife with her consent
and that Conley could not prevent him
from so doing. Nevertheless, Conley
had the girl, and Cochran could not get
her away from the paternal roof. Coch-
ran was granted a writ of habeas cor
pus for the possession of his wife, and
the case was set for trial before his honor
Judge H. w. Baldwin of the county
court Saturday morning. A large
crowd was in the courtroom. The girl
ish looking wife sat beside Sheriff Sears.
Colonel Emerson George appeared for
the plaintiff, and Colonel @. L. Williford
represented the defendant. Messrs.
Williford and Conley and the girl held
consultation. The girl told her father
she would go with her husband.
Conley came back into the courtroom,
his face flushed and showing suppressed
excitement. Judge, said he, dismiss
the case. Twill not detain her further if
she desires to go" Turning to his daugh-
ter, the irate father jerked off her hat
and marched out of the courtroom. "Mr.
Sheriff, call Mr.. Conley back" said
Judge Baldwin. He was brought into
court, and the judge told him he had act
ed very unbecomingly in court, aud that
he could either pay a fine OF SO or apollo
gize to his daughter then and there and
restore to her the hat which he had so
rudely snatched from her head Conley
said he would not apologize, but would
pay the fine. The case was then dis
missed The bride and groom re-
ceived the hearty congratulations OF
number of friends present. The happy
couple walked down 10 millinery store,
where the groom had the pleasure OF
buying his wife a new bridal hat. Thus
lover who has but one eye and one
leg wins a rather pretty wife after 80
long months of weary waiting, watching
and scheming. Madison (Ga.) Letter
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22

THE american Wool and Cotton Re
porter which worked with the Demo-
Gratis to secure free wool, now says the
assault of the Wilson bill upon the
wooden industry is entirely too radical.
It is rather late in the day for the Re
porter to be getting it's eyes open.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22
kSTAG1 SOH1DUE.K
Between Mankato, st. Clair and Minnesota Lake

Leave Mankato daily at TOO a. m.
Arrive at st. Clair daily at 10:45 a. m.
Leave Minnesota Lake ut 900 q. IN. Monday.
Arrive at st. Clair at 2:15 p. m.
leave St. Clair daily at 2: Is p. IN.
Arrive at Manketo daily at 6:15 p. m.
Laave st. Clair Tuesday g.. HOO q. m.
Arrive at Minnesota Lake at 7:15 D 10
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22

THE public library of Minneapolis
contains $4,000 volumes, and the circu-
lation for the past year has reached
100000. During the past four years
the circulation has increased at the
rate of 25 per cent. a year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22

IT is certainly appropriate that the
party which maintains the shotgun
policy in the south, and sanctions
the election frauds in New York,
should favor the repeal of the federal
election laws. 1t is also most fitting
that Senator Hill should lead in the
movement for repeal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22
Chicago q Northwestern

EAST BOUND. Depart Arrive
AChicago night express 45O am SEA am
*New Ulm& Wlnona local
passenger sos am $40 am
"TChlcago day Exp. 1870 pm $50 pm
WEST BOUND.
Chicago night express 1905 am 1876 am,
*Tracy accommodation 1920 am 1855 am.
*Chcago day express 2:3O pm 800 pm,
*NeW Ulm& lnona local Pass 1000 pm 1870 pm
aDaily except Monday.
*Daily except Sunday.
tSleeper between Mankato q Chicago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-12-22

The California lIidwinter exposition is
at last outlined as it will be when the
gates are thrown open on New Years
day. 1t will cover 100 acres of ground
and have Is buildings. excluding such
structures as l:0s!1s and small restau
rants-San Fl cisco Dispatch.