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A BICYCL sT searching paftioss Is4 E@ht. With no RAsItHe sstgrgagto
Town This Morning

Sunday party composed .e;f ee;;ff 4essrs Nose May Carl iIlliag F. " spense, Harry Olcotf, and E C Lebeaume started on their 6icTcil.s= for the plantation of Me J M Hatsoe, eleven miles soatheastsol thisplade. When about hal5 w@y to their destination Mr. Lebeadme be came overheated and decided i'd, re- turn h9me The other members .of the party praeeeded to their dqSa nati6ni Before separatink Eph. his ffiGnds. Mr.Lebeaome anuoupped that he intended 10 crqs5 the country to the Vdidy Htifhdad, and return toftown by that rqet@
 Isate in ths' evening ,uthf bicycle DartY.,..feturned ta town. h1d found that.Mrs1lebeaulno had not re turned They bseapa gqqasy and a seqrch16g party was-brganized to go oueand lock for him. This party remainea,put qntil } o'clock Monday morning. bdt could find no trace of tho missing man. The(faet was re. .porfaa and another=Hart io buggies, started Qqt to ind him They remained out hntil 4diB Hel6 and mhde ! fbdronoH seKreb Aof hbe countfy' which they supposed Mr, Lebeaume wbuiq &qEe lAsr9tura home hey.eouletna aIA. so home and until o'clock today great auheasiness was felt by the friends of the gentleman, for they believed that De taq met with some serious accident.
 At 9 o'clock a.GRABHlc regorter wa at fhe postofGee and saw be. grimmed and evidently tired .i1diA yidual ride by oq ! wheel It was Mr Lebeanme, the.lost wbeelaian, when asked whefe he had spent the night he sald;.--
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Tnr Legislature will adjourn Wed ,,n..lr...
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Col. Mef'L. Johes retafrtfcd Sho Ne Saturday evening. Nss ~s.s
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Inc thjrd week Of the n2tmAV Is rapidly -tit.aseieg to a close but the. good t hPs done vi FFFs ff5ier f4 1iEi
 Miss Mary McGhee deserves special notice for her abiiity in kbo'@ssSsS52 plainly the cause and effects of climate ] ia4 different countries. Almost everything. is attributed to Gi}il War.
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NOTES OF TIIE NORMAL

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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-19
Executive Chamber.
Madison, Wis, Jan. IA. 1897.
Sensible women These.

Sioux City, Iowa. Jan. $50 far as
the women of Sioux City are concerned
no legislative action is needed to abate
the high hat nuisance in the theaters.
At a recent meeting of the Political
Equality club resolutions were passed
bidding a long farewell to theater hats
and adopting n rainy day costume, the
skirt of which must be from three to
five inches above the sidewalk. The
members of the club are pledged to
wear the costume or withdraw from
REORGANIZATION.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-19
SCOFIELD'S MESSAGE.
Annual Address to the State
Legislature.
Condition of the States Finances---Reo-
concentrations Made.

70 the Honorable the Legislature: The
constitution directs that the governor shall
communicate to the Legislature at every
session the condition of the state and recom-
mend such matters to them for their eonsid-
Grafton as he may deem expedient.
Before proceeding to perform this duty,
desire TO congratulate you and the people
Of the state upon the fact that notwith-
standing the severe financial and industrial
crisis through which the country has passed
since 1888, Wisconsin has not suffered
greatly.
Our state possesses so great variety Of
resources, and the character of our popula.
ton is such, that nc ordinary disturbance in
the industrial world can seriously affect us
While we have felt therefore. the stringent
times, and while many people within the
state are out of employment and many III
uustrleS idle, we are suffering much less
than some OF our sister states fact for
which we should be profoundly grateful
There Will be submitted to you the reports
of the various state officers and the heads
OF departments, each of which contains rec
concentrations for the improvement of the
publc service. These reports will, l have
no doubt, receive the careful attention
which they deserve.
The trust imposed upon your honorable
body, as one of the branches of the state
government, is highly important one.
Each member of the Legislature Is chosen,
not especially to represent his own section,
but rather as representative of the state
and its varied interests. Upon each MEM
her therefore, rests the responsibility of
furtherlng those interests which affect the
welfare OF the entire state.
Finances.
The financial system Of our state is one of
the simplest that has been conceived for
meeting the wants OF a large and growing
commonwealth 1t is, though simple, ade-
quate to meet all the claims upon it, and
we have the pleasing fact to record that,
in the framing of laws and the planning for
the states welfare, but little attention is
required to be given to financial plans.
append herewith statement of the con-
dition of the state funds on December 81,
1885
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-19
NeM york Cautious.

New York, jan 19.-The Brooklyn
health department, fearing that the
bubonic plague now raging in India
NAV be carried to this country by
steamships has made preparations to
have all vessels arriving from India
subjected to thorough disinfection and
quarantine
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-19
E,nigrants Held Tn.

Guthrie, Okla, Jan. ia party of
emigrants Ell route from Missouri to
Oklahoma by wagon train were held
up and robbed of all money and valu-
ables in the mountainous country on
the western line of the Creek reserya-
ton. The robbers secured about ST.
600.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-01-19

The Legislature of 1895 passed law Gre
ating state board of arbitration and con-
citation, whose duty was defined to be
the reconciliation of differences between
employers and employees, and the prevention
of strikes and other labor troubles
The report of this board will be laid be-
fore lou and from it Eon-Will learn that
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-10
WESTBROOK.

Mrs. II. L. HERMAN of Church street
leaves this morning for week s stay at
Higgins's beach. She will stop at the
Spurwink cottage.
Constable Chute drew the following
jurymen yesterday morning: Mark
Kimbal for grand jury and Joseph a..
Hezelton for traverse juror for September
term of Superior court.
Mrs. A. G. Chute, with her guests, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles A. Chute of Lowell,
Mass, are at the Elwen cottage, Higgins
beach for two weeks.
The Presumpscots will play the Irons
Game called at O'Clock.
Chief Engineer Leighton is moving
the wires of the fire alarm on Main street
from Church street to the East End. He
is having wires carried down Church
street and there put on to the poles Of
the Telephone company on the line of
the railroad. This is made necessary on
account of the trees on Main street inter-
fering with the wires. 1t is believed after
this change is made that there will be
no further trouble with it's getting out
of order.
Minnehaha council, D. of P, and invit-
ed guests, will go on sail up the Pre-
sumpscot river Wednesday evening.
Dancing will be the amusement. Refresh
ments will be served by the ladies.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-10
STRAIGHT WIGS FOR NEGROES.
A Wbim of the Colored People Booms al
Industry in st. Louis.
(From the St. Louis Republic

(From the st. Louis Republic.)
A new fad has struck the colored popu-
lation of the town. 1t is now the swag-
ger thing among the elite of colored
swelldom to have hair without any kinks
in it,; in fact, hair like white people
wear. This can only be accomplished in
one way, and that is by application to
the wigmaker; and many young colored
swell is now wearing a wig. The fad
started here among the lighter skinned
negroes of both sexes, but soon spread to
the darker colored, until now many ne
groes as black as the proverbial ace of
spades have hair as straight as that worn
by any white man.
The negro gets his kinky hair shorn as
short as possible, and then gets wig
made of hair the color he desires. There
are number of young negro women who
can readily pass, and do, for white girls.
Their skins are dark, but of olive tint,
and when they don their wigs of straight
hair no one who passes them on the street
thinks for second that they are not
what they appear to be-white girls. 1t
is the same with some OF the lght-col-
oIou men. one III particular COL po soeu
frequently on Olive street and Broadway
whose skin is so light that he had no
trouble in passing for white man as
long as his hair could not be seen. This
was short, black and kinky. But since
the wig fad has struck the town he is all
right. He had wig made of brown hair,
and as he is a good dresser, he is low a
regular Willie boy, and can stand on the
streets and ogle white women the same
as other Willies. His wig hair is long,
and he parts it in the middle and combs
it down over his forehead, after the Willie
fashion.
A well known wigmaker in speaking
of the fad, said yesterday: Eyes, that
fad has hit the colored people of ST. Louis
hard, and l am glad of it. 1t is getting
to be source of great revenue to us, and
is reviying a trade which was almost
dead. When negro wants anything, he
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-10

The Governor of the Bank of France
has found that his lady clerks are the
best detectives Of forged banknotes and of
debentures with altered numbers. He
has now entirely intrusted the work of
detection to feminine corps. He be-
lieves the delicate tact of their fingers
helps them, and he fancies that many of
them really scent bad note. They feel,
in lingering the forged notes, the differ
ence, however slight, between them and
the real. He never knew note that had
been laid aside as doubtful, after being
thus felt, to be anything but forged
one.
The means for bringing to light falsi-
fled numbers on debentures are worth
being brought under the notice OF stock
brokers and bankers. The fair detective
first spreads the suspected aebenture on
a well lighted table with number of
others, and sets them one by one beside
it. The genuine numbers are always
written with clerkly regularity. The
man or woman who wrote them did SO
mechanically; but forger's hand is al
ways influenced by hope or fear. 1t is
not, probably, his business to do nothing
but write figures and fill up forms. 1t
nearly always happens that his state of
feellng is betrayed in the more symmetri-
cal figures of his forgery. The next thing
to notice is the difference in the color of
the ink. 1t is never of the same shade as
that in the original. Should it be darker
or hghter, the suspected debenture is ta-
ken to dark room and placed under q
strong reflector. Differences that did not
appear are now seen. The unaltered
figures are shiny, because the ink is oxy-
died; the new ones are Of duller black.
In some angles of the light, one does not
see the original figures at all, but the
added ones plainly. They are then
damped with alcohol to..make the paper
transparent. The difference of character
between what was first written and
what was added is thus brought out
more distinctly.
mors of the hand. skillful scratchings
and alterations.of figures are made mani
fest. On the wrong side of the mum bers
being lightly brushed with plombagine
the new figures stand out in stronger re-
lief than the old. The fin al operation is
"the wash" of the debenture. 1t is first
washed with camel s-hair brush dipped
IN q ml46ure U! one part OF castor Oh W
six parts of alcohol at a heat of 95 de-
grees. The primitive figures now appear
more distinctly than the added ones. The
second wash is of soda and water in the
proportion OF two to 100 The added lnk
if at all fresh, disappears, and the orlgl-
nal number stands out clearly. 1t notice
has been given of the loss of bond with
the original number, it will go hard with
the person who has presented the
cooked one, unless he can show that II
was thus when his broker conveyed 1t to
him-Paris Correspondence London
Truth.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-10

wants it bad, and will have it no matter
what it costs. Why, I had a negro custo-
mer in here the other day who was almost
ban efooted, but he ordered an expensive
wig, and paid for it, too, in advance.
Some very funny things happen some
times, in connection with this fad and
the negroes who want straight hair. I
sold young negro wig short time
ago, and the next day a young colored
woman entered and said she wanted a
wig exactly like the one she was wear
ing. I examined that one, and 1t was
the one that had sold the day before.
The young man was her sweetheart, and
wore that wig when he called on her.
She concluded that she wanted one like
it, and out of the kindness of his heart he
pulled off his wig and gave it to her. In
order to be nice to him and reciprocate,
she had come to get one for him.
Another funny thing in connection
with wigs is that great many colored
people want wigs made of red hair, and,
II you will notice, there are quite num-
Der OF red -haired negroes in st. Louis
Wigs do it, Why, had a customer the
other day who was about as black as it is
possible for anyone to be, and she picked
out bright golden-red wig, and is wear
ing 1t now. l suppose as long as there
are black people and white people the
,rmer will initiate the latter, and try to
x as much like them as possible. y
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-10

FISHING NOTES.
Sword Fish Brought in Monday-Mackerel
Stories.

Monday was quite day for the arrival
OF sword fish. Over thirty were landed
In all. The schooner My Fancy, which
brought six fish in all, had one very large
one that weighed six hundred and thirty
pounds. In all the My Fancy's catch
weighed 2,729 pounds. Captain Noonan,
in the Sylvia Noonan, brought In twenty
sword fish. Captain Jaggins, in South
Portland, brought five, and several small
er boats brought a few. The first
brought in 1.-THE neighborhood.o seven
and one-half cents
A considerable number OF mackerel are
being caught down the bay. Three men
hired boat of Mr.. Carter, on Portland
pier, and asked him where, they should go
to get maokerel. He directed them to
Clapboard Island. They returned in a
few hours with fifty fish. There have
been dozen OF more boats about Clap
board Island lately, fishing for mackerel.
Two young boys C. o. Jordan aged
FIFTEEN years, and Harry Jordan aged six
teen years, have in four days peddled out
sfxtene hundred pounds of fresh mackerel
in Portland. They cleared little over
forty dollars by their enterprise.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-10
M arvelous Results.

From letter written by Rev. J. Gun
derman, of Himondale, Mich, we are
permitted to make this extract: al have
no hesitation in recommending DR.
Kings New Discovery, as the results
were almost marvellous in the case of nv
wife. While was pastor of the Baptist
church at Rives junction she was
brought down with Pneumonia succeed
ing La Grippe. Terrible paroxysms of
coughing would last hours with little
interruption, and it seemed as if she
could not survive them. A friend recon-
mended DR.. Kings New Discover; it
was quick in its work and highly salts
factory in results Trial bottles free
at II. P. S. Goold's Drug Store. Rsgu.
lar size 50c. and $1.0Q 6H Congress
street, under Congress Square Hotel.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-10

The Great Adam Forepaugh and Sells
Brothers Consolidated Menageries, Cir.
cuses and Hippodromes, which are to
exhibit here on Monday next are fully as
strong in their funny and frolicsome az
in their wild beast and brilliant arenic
features. An array of animal comics and
pantomimic Gle WINS that can thaw the
staid citizens of Quakerdom into uproar-
ious hilarity in laughable marvel, is
alone worth going miles to see. The great
coming show has it, as the following
editorial smiles from Philadelphia paper
bear conclusive witness:
The clowns mark, in their own i'm
provement, the general change that has
come over the circus. They are too little
appreciated. All thesother more dignified
performers have had publicity BY the
square rod for weeks, but the clown, very
unjustly, is taken as a matter of curse.
The very 'tambo'' of minstrel troupe
has more credit for his stale old note book
gags and stories than the clown for all
use any jokes. His work Is all pantomime
or nearly all, for he must clown all the
time, whether the band is still or bang
ing AWAY for all it is worth. And the
slap-board and stuffed brick, the red
paint grin and the baggy white suit have
been improved out of his business, too
There is still a remnant Of knockabout
in his work, for not q man of them but
can throw double somersault or substi-
tute in trapeze act, and they like to
keep in practice; but the new clown is
very much of comedian, and very little
of the fool. His work is quiet, but
people who know can see that It has cost
thought and rehearsal. There is one
little act III which six or eight clowns
burlesque. a baseball game. A baseball
enthusiast would call it mastery "a short
sighted man would be sure there was a
ball in play. There isn't any ball-that' s
the burlesque. But the silent catcher
expressive gestures, the clap as the "ball''
drops into mans hand or the pain with
which he drops one, the catcher's back
ward run for q foul tip, and the look on
the batsman's face when he catches it,
might be ball playing in earnest if it
weren't at the circus.-Ledger.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-10
DIT Is TO LAUGH"

The Great Shows Concourse of Clever
Clowns.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-10
A Wave of Prosperity Felt All over
Nebraska.

Farmers Have Big Crops, BauKs
Plenty of Money to Lend, and Import
ant Industries Are Starting Up-LaDor
in Demand-Large Building Enter
prises in Hand.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-10
H-4eER-HI
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WATERFORD ROAD BEGUN.

WATERFORD ROAD BEGUN.
Monday morning work begun on the
new electric road from Norway to Water
ford, large crew of Italians beginni an
work at the Norway end. The road will
be over twenty miles long, and will be
laid with rails heavy enough for freight
as well as passengers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-06

Lyons. the FIRST Judge Of the Hastings
Court Of this city, and Mary Morrlsoh'
his wife. only daughter OF John c. HoD-
son. esq. -,..,.
He was educated IN the classical schools
OF l.. $. squire and az the Cni'sts,y
school OF Richmond. then conducted py
the late John NJ 5trother, Thomas II.
Norwood. and Charles h. PoindeAter' ana
at Richmond College. where. he graduated
with the degrees OF Bachelor or Af's III
1875 and Bachelor OF Law In ls,s
He was married October .. 1879, 70 Hiss
Elizabath W. Henry. eldest daughter OF
Hon. william writ Henry and Lucy Gray
Marshall. his wife. and great-granddaugh-
ter OF Patrick Henry.
In 1S79-'sO and 1Ssl-'s2 he was memier
OF the House OF Delegates from the city
OF Richmond, and was Assistant United
states Attorney for the Eastern District
OF Virginia during President Cleveland
first administration. from 1855 10 1880. lie
Is a member also OF the Session OF Ruling
elders OF she Second PRESBYTERIAN church,
OF this city, OF which Rev Or. NJ ID. Hoge
IS pastor.
About year ago he was appointed chief
If .tafy bv Governor O'Ferrall. Shortly
after that time he espoused the Republic
can cause and resigned from that position,
He has since that time been identihed
with the Republican party.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-06
STUCK IN TINE MUD.
The Roanoke Has a Slight Accident In
Dutch Gap.

The Roanoke Has a Slight Accident In
Dutch Gap.
The Old Dominions steamer Roanoke
which left Richmond Monday night about
s o'clock on her regular trip for New
York had a slight accident in Dutch Gap
shortly after 10 O'Clock that night.
The steamer had on about fifty
or sixty passengers. and good deal OF
miscellaneous freight. When going through
Dutch Gap Captain Hitler was exercising
his usual care, but the boat in some way
ran aground and stuck fast in the mud.
There was only a jar. and no damage was
done. The passengers remained aboard,
but there was no occasion for uneasiness.
The Roanoke remained aground all
night. The water was rather low, and
there was no use In trying to get her off
until yesterday At O'Clock in the morn
ing Capt Jno. +. Mayer the Richmond
agent of the Old Dominion Steamship
Company here, went down with two tugs
20 Dutch Gap. and after about an hour
and half got the Roanoke off the mud
about II o'clock. and she went on to Nor
folk, and thence 20 New York
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-06

postmaster. The only appointment that
Mr.. Wcisiger can make Is his assistant
who viii probably be Mr. John W. tlsh-
err The civil service examination held re-
Gently places this office in the CLASSIFIED
list. and the clerks in this Office all come
under the civil service rules.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
At n meeting Of the Ladies' Aid Society
OF tho Presbyterian church held Mon
dav afternoon, the following Officers were
President. Mrs. J. c. williamson.
Vice President. Mrs. VIM NJ. Lipscomb.
Secretary. Miss Rachel Lyons.
Treasurer. Miss r. May Bronaugh.
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.
Mary Yancey. the eight-year-old
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. j. II. ageu'
who has been very i'll since last FridSy'
was thought TO be little better yester-
day. -.
Mr.. ]. T.. Pool went to Powhatan Court
house Monday on his bicycle and re-
turned after the political meeting, a 9iS-
lance Of sixty-siX miles on his wheel.
CAPTAIN A. g. AttkissOn has been elect
cd TO represent Joseph +. Johnston Camp
OF Confederate Veterans In the Grana
Camp The Camp will not select its spon-
sOr until some future date. inspector
General Morton was present Win inc
Camp AT their meeting Monday evening.
Miss Myrtle Wade left Monday fcr
Ettricks. where she Will reside In future
w d her grandfather. Mr. W. Nj. Wade.
Mr. S. G. Temple is having serious
trouble with his sheep and sheep|Sllling
dogs on mis- farm "A few miles below the
city. lie reports that he has lost eighteen
sheep i'm the past few weeks.
The city seems 20 be infested with beg
CARS during the past few days. They are
professionals and only stay in the town
one day when they make for pastures
new.
The whole city was short on electric
lights for awhile Monday evening.