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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24
NAY SOON BE FREE.
Mrs. Maybrick VIII Be Given Her
Liberty.
light, 1896, Associated Press

Copyright, 1896, Associated Press
London. Nov. 24-FrOm high OIL
fetal connected with her maJestyS
prison at NORWOOD Scrubs the AS
sociated Press is furnished with the
following account of the prisoners,
Mrs. MAVERICK and Oscar Wilde:
..For any one who knew Mrs. May
brick. as | did, before her lncarcera-
ton. she would not now be recognlzeu:
She is a complete mental end physlcal
wreck. | wish to say right here that
tbis condition is not due to prison
treatment. but is the direct result or
confinement and mental Worry. WhlIc
she is not insane he1 condition borders
closely upon it, She has twice en-
deavored to commit suicide, Cnce near
ly successfully, despite the strict anu
searching watch to which she is con-
stantly subjected. One OF THESE at
tempts was evidently made III an en-
deayor to convince the doctors lhat
she was suffering from internal neln-
orrhage and went too t&r Inc otier
attempt was by means of strangula-
ton. In talking with her she oGce SAID
TO ne: Il deserve all lave got. ms
was significant. but her mental condi-
ton at the tilne was such that l dld
not attach much Importance to her re-
marks. However that may be, she was
not, in my opinion, ever proven guilty:
/ am firmly of the belief that she VIII
not survive another year of prison life,
but | believe that she will be set at
liberty within year"
The official was also asked regarding
Oscar Wilde. Said he: wilde is
now at Reading. His health is also
wretched, and he seems aged ana
broken He has, like Mrs. Maybrick,
spent much time in the hospital. While
at NORWOOD Scrubs he was a model
prisoner so far as complying with the
regulations was concerned, but his
work was done in a perfunctory man
ner. l must decline to say at what
labor he was employed. | do not think
he could survive another year OF prison
life, but, fortunately for him, his SEN
tence expires the last of March. Per-
sonally, | do not believe that any pc
titions for his release will be granted
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24
ASHORE IN A STORM.
A steamer wrecked on the COast
of California.

Point Arena, Cal, Nov. "a. - The
steamer San Benito, bound from Ia
coma to San Francisco, went ashore
seven miles north of here this morn
ing The steamer struck on sand
bar and broke in two. The San BenltO
carried fOrty-four men, and during the
severe storm last night must have
lost her bearings. The wind blew ter
rificaIly and heavy sea was running.
The vessel struck about l o'clock In
the morning, and an hour later broke
Just aft of the Smokestack. Boats
were lowered but ont capSiZed Imlne-
diately with five men in it, four or
whom were drowned. Another boat
with four of the crew capsized nine
times, losing two men. Three men by
heroic efforts reached the shore. Day
light found the rest Of the SreW cling
ing 10 the rigging. Such a heavy sea
is running that it is impossible to rem
der assistance.
The drowned are John Sherman,
messenger boy; w. e. Condor, second
assistant engineer; o. s. Scott, first as
sistant engineer; Michael Pendergast,
coal pusher; other two unknown.
The steamer Point Arena reached the
scent at IL o'clock and sent cut boat
and by great bravery and skilled sea-
man ship rescued seven nrn. In maxi
ing q second trip the boat was almost
swamped and was compelled to aban-
don all efforts on account of the great
breakers washing over the wreck. A
sailor was washed overheard and
reached shore almost dead He was
revived by a physician on the beach.
A sailor jumped overheard and at
tempted to swim ashore with a line.
The shonlderstraps of his life preserF-
ef broke and the man went down.
Lighthouse Keeper Brown and an In
dian named Lazarus, William Conn
prey and Al Cunningham manned q
boat and made two heroic attempts to
connect the wreck with the shore with
line, but were unsuccessful The
steamers Point Arena and Alcazar are
off the wreck but can render no as
sistance until the sea Gains. A pass
ing steamer landed gun at Bort
Arena and the line will be shot to the
wreck tonight. Both parts of the
ship are fast in the sand fifty feet
apart The sailors claim the accident
was on account of the fog horn not
blowing. The night was clear and the
light could be seen many miles.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

The season for skating has not yet
opened, and here come the base ball
managers with the announcements of
their ball games for next year. And
there is as much gossip in its way as
TO where the elusive pitcher or the
comprehensive catcher will play next
season as over the formation of pres
idential cabinet If the national epic
ever be written it will surely include
some lines of bases and fly leaf. -
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

If Turkey chooses to fight there will
be war. The Turks are preparing to
equip more than a million men if ne
cesSary The Moslem'S fanaticism
makes him a desperate fighter. But
international wars. with the tremen-
dous ornaments and wonderful facili-
ties for combination now in vogue, are
like national elections-a matter of
majorities and day.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

Two women near Liberty, Mo-, were
murdered by robbers.
Franz Mayer. who one year ago was
a sergeant in the Austrian army, hung
himself to the bed post in his room in
st. Louis, and was found dead.
Mrs. Bourlier, wife Of Henry Bo1r
lier, agent for the Allan Steamship
company, shot himself at Toronto and
died soon afterward. Mrs. Bourlier
was we'll known in society.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

The Transvaal republic does we'll to
put in claim of $5,OO0,0OO against the
British Chartered South African COM
pany, as indemnity for JameSonS raid.
A private corporation that INDUCES in
war needs disciplining. This claim,
well fortified in law and Justice, will
take the ginger out cf this ambitious
company aud make it walk more hum
bly, before the South African people.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

1t is stated that Rosebery, when
prime minister of England, declined,
on behalf of Great Britain, China's
offer Of the island of FOrmosa. That
is probably the first instance of Eng
lands declining anything in the shape
of additional territory, and in this
case she would doubtless have taken
the island if she had thought it worth
fighting over.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

young woman who sues to recover
damages for a sprained ankle need not
show it to the jury. Thus the enamel
patton of the sex goes on in spite of all
nindering influences.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

Richard Watson Glider declares that
worst in the world Twenty years of
hard work on the part of philanthro-
pists have done little to lessen the evil
of overcrowding in these human hives.
That is one of the problems that Great
er New York will have before it.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

Now that the novelists have taken
seriously to orr early history as q
source fro n which to draw inspira ton
and material, we may look for a con-
sequent nlystifying of the facts of his
tory.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

The wire nail trust will greatly fe-
duce the price in order to drive coma
petitors out Of business.
Seventeen Of the twenty one district
superintendents OF the American Bible
Society met In executive session Ia 81.
Louis.
T. p. Morgan and associates for the
Erie railway have arranged for eXtep-
siye shipments of coal to Chicago and
other Western points from Marion,
Ohio.
Charles Leisner, president OF the
Coopeps' Cooperative Association OF
Cincinnati, has just been appointed or
ganizer of the International Coopefs
union.
A. C. Carpenter, medical professor
of note in New York city, has been
granted divorce at Perry, Okla.
from his wife. He charged that his
wife maltreated him, refused to get his
meals and finally deserted him.
A striks or lockout of all the union
pf1nters, feeders, pressmen, helpers
and boojkslinders in Kansas City en-
ployed by firms who are members OF
the employing printaTs' organization,
the typothetae, is threatened.
Chief officers of the railroad brother
hoods will meet in Chicago to consider
what steps to take TO secure passage
of legislation desired Of congress at
the next session, including the arbitra4
ton bill, contempt Of court bill ana
Phillips commission bill.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

1t took SAL, 807 to pay the expenses
of the armed cruiser New York last
year, but some millionaires who have
dropped more than that annually on Il
yacht or newspaper might be willing
to try battleship for economy's sake.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

1t is given as curious fact that
the car and cZarina speak English
and German in their private converse
ton, but a more curious fact would be
the revelation which of them reported
If
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

The British three volume novel is
said to be on the wane. Has the bicy-
Gle craze anything to do with it? That
allows less time for reading than for
merly, and it is easier to strap one
volume than three on the handle of
wheel.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24
From, Foreign shores.

Abyssinian independence was grant
ed by the treaty with Italy.
The Pacific cable conference was re
sumed at the colonial Office in London,
but all the testimony was taken in So
cret.
August Belmont's American horse,
Hagus ran third in the race for the
Thunderstorm nursery handicap at
Leicester, England.
The German bundesrath ratified the
treaty of trade and navigation and the
consular convention recently arranged
between Germ any and Nicaragua.
According to the Echo de Paris, the
regent and the queen of Holland will
spend the winter in Italy, where Queen
Wilhelmina will be betrothed to an
Italian captain of royal blood, who has
won the queens affections.
An official dispatch received at Mad
rid from Manila says that the insur-
gents have been defeated in engage
ments with the Spanish troops, the ell
envy having lost 400 men killed and
the government loss being slight.
The charges against James Z. White,
the retiring member of parliament for
Farfarshire, who left England sudden
", grew out Of the fact that he is be-
ing pursued by the daughter of Scot
fish divine for breach of promise of
marriage.
Barney Barnato says that the state
ment cabled to the London Times
from Toronto, the substance OF which
is that his firm is obtaining options on
mining properties in the Lake OF the
Woods and Rainy River districts OF
Canada, is totally devoid Of founda-
ton.
No very explicit news has been re-
ceived from Capt. Gen. Weyler, but 1T
is known that after the engagement at
the Rubi hills he continued his march
into the interior Of the mountains to-
wards SOroa, and succeeded i'll pene~
trating to points which no other Span
ish columns have ever reached.
A socialist killed a rich merchant
named Franco Poulo in the open street
at Patpas. Greece, and was afterwards
arrested. The incident has caused a
sensation, as it is the first outrage or
the kind that has ever occurred ~
Greece. The murderer boasts OF Delng
an anarchist. Many others have been
arrested in connection with the crime.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

A scientific authority on physical de-
elopment has recently given his ideal
of theory for perfect physical ccndi-
ton, as follows: Exercise moderate
ly and temporarily for short time at
the same relative hour every day of
your life
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

Arizona leads in railway construc-
ton for the year with 27441 miles.
Other states with increases of more
than TOO miles are: Illinois, 1850;
Pennsylvania, 157; Maine, 1886; Tex
as, 110.41; Montana, 1O5.79.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

Sultan Abdul Hamid is said to be
good family man. ii SO, it is evident
that his goodness, like some peoples
charity, begins and ends at home.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

Emperor Williams crown weighs
three pounds. In addition to this the
unfortunate young man is compelled
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

Gen. Miles calls for one enlisted
man for every 2,0o0 Of population. The
enlisted man could never handle them
in the world.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

The battleship Texas does most of
battling to keep afioat, and it generally
finds itself on the losing side
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 24JThe Lee
line steamer City of Osceola, Capt
Henry Cooper, on her way from Ash
port to Memphis, sank at Craigshead
Point, sixty miles above here to-day.
All the passengers and crew were
saved.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24
PITH OF THE NEWS.
EVENTS Of THE PAST WEEK IN A
CONDENSED FORM.

A General Resume of the Most Inn
portant News of the Week, From
all Parts of the Globe, Boiled
Down and Arranged in Con
venient Form for Rapid Per
usal by Busy People.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-11-24
go Lives Lost.

Pensacola, Fla, Nov "a. The
schooner Red Wing of Philadelphia
was lost sixty miles south of here last
night. She sprang aleak and sank in
an hour. The crew and one passenger
arrived here this morning.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31
(TO BE CONTINUED.


The modern farmer is not content to
use the Anticipated tools and methods
of his fathers. In this age of keen
competition, the farmer who wishes TO
prosper, needs and gets the most i'm
proved farming implements; and by
reading the best agricultural litcra
ture, he keeps in touch with the spirit
Of progress that pcrvRdes our farming
communities. He il particular also,
in regard 10 the kind of seed he plants
and the manner of planting it. The
seeds must he of highest fertility and
grown from The highest cultivated and
most profitable varieties of stock The
great seed firm Of D. NJ. Ferry & Co.
Detroit, Mich, fully appreciate this
fact, as is attested by their progressive
business methods and the quality of
the seed which they supply farmers
and gardeners through the dealers a
lover the country. The reliability and
fertility of their seeds are proverbial
and the largest seed business in the
world has been created by ther sale.
In evidence of this firms KIN Wedge
of the wants and requirements of
planters, large and small, is Ferry
Seed Annual for 1896. This book is
of the greatest value to farmers and
gardeners-a veritable encyclopaedia
of planting and farming knowledge. 1t
contains more useful and practical in
formation than many text books that
are sold for dollar or more, yet it will
be mailed free to any one sending his
name aud address on a postal card to
the firm.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

Tho tories were so completely taken
by surprise by these manoeuvres and
the unexpected feat of leaping the
barricade, that Bart and his fleet pony
were nearly quarter of milo off.
before they sufficiently rallied from
their establishment and confusion to
realize what had passed; and when
they did. hearing his piteous cries for
help, and expecting every moment to
see him hurled headlong from his
horse. they stood doubtfully looking at
him and each other, several seconds
longer, before they thought of follow.
ing him. Sturges however. now took
the alarm, and, ordering the barricade
to be thrown down, started off, with
those who, like himself, happened to
be mounted, in pursuit. By this
time, the fugitive had passed over an
intervening swell, which hid him from
the view of the road till it entered
the woods, almost half mile hey ond,
he was nowhere to be seen. But be-
lieving no must have gained the woods,
they pushed on, in the vain pursuit,
about mile farther; when, meeting
some townsmen, they ascertained that
he had not passed in that direction.
Ivy NilCh StCpB, CdIc-
fully examining every by-path and
open spot by the road side, where any
ordinary horse could be made to go;
but making no discoveries, they con-
cluded to return to tho tavern for con
for they grew more and
more puzzled to know what to make OF |
the prisoner, or how to account for his
mysterious escape, some affirming ''he |
must have been in league with the |
devil, as no horse, in natural state,
could have leaped that barricade, or
have gone off so like streak Of |
after he was over it; and his
strange doings with the pony. when he
first met her, and the blush appear
ance that attended him along the road
as he went off, with such unnatural
swiftness, "were cited In confirmation.
But when they reached the tavern, the
prisoner, and every thing attending
his escape, we're for the time forgotten
in the excitement occasioned by the
more startling tidings Just received.
The constable had just arrived in great !
haste, announcing that Peters had been
waylaid, and found murdered in the
road, and calling on all to turn out to
arrest the unknown but suspected per
petrators of tho horrid deed
ITO RE CONTINUED
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31
HERE AND HEREAFTER.

God desires and God loves to make
grand men and grand women OF us. -
Michael Burnham, d. d.
The man who can pay his debts and
won't do t.would steal if he could do
it without being locked up.
As the flowing Spring and the
swift moving steamer both attest in
terror supply and interior power, so
the outHowing words and deeds. and
the spiritual progress of the believer,
prove that his life is laid with Jesus.
The moving hands of the hands # my
watch are the eivdnece of main
spring Happy art thou, my brother,
if thy neighbors can detect in thy
outward, everyday conduct the proof
that thy inward life is fed from
heaven Theodore L. Cuyler, d. d.
\ crystal is sometimes formed III the
embrace of bowlder of granite. To
clear il of its rough enclosure, and to
bring its beautiful facets TO the light,
nature submerges it in deep waters,
shutters it by tempests, and abrades it
by contact with stones and mud and
he rubbish of the sea. Thus a redeem
ed soul is, by the plan of God, immersed
in the cares. trials, and usefulness of a
world OF sin, so that by sheer resist
ance to evil, and abrasion with deprav
ity. it may be polished of the trans
parent image of Him who made it
(Austin Phelps.
How feeble seem these fallen fakes !.
sout of the bosom of the air,
out of the cloud folds of his garments shaken,
Over the woodlands, brown and bare,
over the harvest. fields forsaken,
Silent and soft and slow
Descends the snow
Yet here is Gods dynamite. In this
apparent weakness is the hiding of His
strength. The flake that fails into the
cleft of the rock, with a few more of
its feeble klnsfolk, shall take hold of
the roots of tho everlasting mountain
and tear them asunder. This is Gods
way of working. He builds his temple
without the sound of hammer or of axe.
The Sunshine, the atmosphere, the
falling rain--these are His calm
potencics. You trample the snowfiakes
under foot, the children play with
them; yet thy have within them the
possibility of great convulsion. Here
are magazines of power. Men work
amid demonstration. the shouting of
ten thousand voices, the booming of
heavy artillery. Gods power is quiet,
constant, persistent, infinite, every
where. = David }. Burrell, D. D., in
1.-The Spirit of the Age"
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31
CHAPTER XII.
"---blessing and hlest,
In death she went smiling away
To the heavenly bosom of rest"
"Whene'er your case can be no worse,
The desperate is the wiser coui sc"

The desperate is the wiser course"
Late in the afternoon. several days
subsequent to the melancholy event
described in the preceding chapter, q
mingled company, of some dozens oil
persons, including several town
saicials, were seen assembling at the
Tory Tavern, in Guilford the object
OF which appearances seemed to lndl-
cate to be the holding OF that magis-
trates' court, to try an offender VINO
had that morning been arrested, ana
who now, in custody of Constable
Fitch, was demurely sitting on rude
bench under an open window OF the
room in which the trial was to be held,
and in which the two justices com,
posing the court had already seated
themselves at table, in readiness on
their part, to commence proceedings.
Phat offender was no other than our
humble friend, Barty Burt, who had
lueklessly fallen into one of the snares
which had been set for him and MS
suspected companions, round the
country, in consequence of the part
they had acted In spiriting away, IN
so strange mann or, Woodburn's cattle,
when about to be sold on town meeting
day. He and Piper. during the night
following that affair, after meeting
Cunning at an appointed place, and
giving him charge of the cattle, which
had been successfully pursued and
there collected, to be driven out OF
that part of the country by the hunter
left town in different directions, 10
avoid the arrest they anticipated, in
case they remained; Piper going down
the river in quest of some temporary
employment till the storm blew over,
and Bart setting off on a fishing excur-
sion to Marlboro Pond, situated in
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31
SMITHS
RHEUMATIC
CURE.

By its wonderful action on the
kidneys, liver and stomach, and
its purifying and counteractlng
influence on the blood, it makes
Rheumatism and kindred ills
impossible.
DON'T wait too long, take it at
the first twinge, and save your
self nights of misery, days of
pain, or even the life of
miserable cripple or the worst,
an untimely and painful death.
Sold by all druggists and general dealers at
81 per bottle, or sent prepaid from the home
office. Treatise and book oftestimnnias free.
Geo. q. Smith, druggist, So londonderry
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31

Don't worry. Don't run in debt.
Don't trifle with your health. Don't
try experiments with medicines. Don't
waste time and money on worthless
compounds. Don't be persuaded to
take substitute for Ayers Sarsapa-
rilia. 1t is the best of blood purifiers.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31
A Budding Diplomat.

Ethel tagged six)--'I don't love you
any more, grandpa.
Grandpa-"Why not, Ethel:"
Ethel Cause | love You SO much
already that couldn't love you any
more if | tried. Please give me five
centa Judge.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31


departs as quickly---a gasp, a
struggle the end. But the
cause, any doctor will tell you,
is nine times out of ten that
fatal uric acid in the blood,
which, when it once reaches that
great centre of life, the heart,
seems to corrode, to wither, to
cxterminate that delicate organ
and cxtinguish the bright light
of life, as gust of wind does
the flame of a wax taper.
This same acid, before it
reaches this point settles in
various parts of the body and is
apparent by swollen and twisted
Joints, and is called according
to its location, Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago
and other disorders most pre-
valent in winter, or collecting
in the kidneys is the cause of
the many diseases of these
organs. Don't suffer these ills,
instant relief and speedy and
permanent cure may be yours
if you will take