River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-09-21

Wheat took quite squirt ON Saturday, sell
/ ing At 80 cents.
Charlie Ball has moved into the front rooms
in Gray's Block.
DR.. Akers has moved his Office into the old
| Post-ofhce building
NJ. ]. Dill is the heaviest wheat shipper
here this season so far.
"Hayes X Wheeler, Humphrey & l.eayitt, +"
is the slogan in these parts.
&. A. Meacham has moved into his new
house. 1t is a handsome one.
The Prescott Band discourses sweet music
| by tOrch-light ON our streets.
The city schools give great satisfaction so
far; the corps educational il good
A large number of horses have been brought
up here for sale, and most all sold.
Charles Smith, Esq, rusticated here ON
Sunday. Nothing las been missed yet
| &. Y. Wilson is recovering somewhat. So
is the family, whereat his friends rejoice.
| The man with the damaged nasal organ is
j. trying to repair the breach with q suit at
law.
| &. w. Brown and lady passed through here
ON Sunday last are looking well and feeling
better.
Our wheat merchants GIT up ION their ear"
occasionally, and make things lively for q
while.
George u. Squires will move into Town for
the WINTER lie will occupy the house Of X.
ID. Childs
We are sorry to learn that Uncle Anders
will probably lose his sight from Chronic
| Opthalmia.
| A Franco-tierman has been selling news
| paper brackets OF his own make, rustic pat
tern, nice and cheap.
| The little steamer Nettie has put in a new
| wheel which much improves her speed
fare, 20 cts. round trip.
| ID. MeGill has commenced singing class
in u. A. DIPS Hall. A course OF six lessons
free. He is good teacher.
The vineyards of G.. II. Nishols never
turned out better than this season. lie is
dispOsing of grapes by the bushel. Welch
keeps them, but not long.
al told you so,"is the cry OF those who
were on the fence with regard to the Con-
| gressional nomination. Everybody is happy
over the nomination II II. l..
The grand ball OF the season will I've held
at Grays Hall ON the 23d, instead OF Friday,
| the 22d. ID. Cameron is the getter-up and
manager, which is equivalent to saying that
it will be most enjoyable affair.
On the l4th Mrs. J. r. Rice held Centen'
NAL Baby Show at her residence The prize
IA rattle box-which was awarded 10 her
great-grand child, who owns Mrs Adde Ila
yens as its mother. There were present
twenty ladies and ten babies. Tile company
took supper ON a table seventy years old
Who comes nextf
A real nice little impromptu affair came OF
few days since, viz: The ladies of Pt
Douglass presented flag TO the Plough Boy
| 81 al
sentati0n speech Hon. X. H. Ives, OF Pres
colt, responded on behalf OF thcI}odt. Abont
100 sat down to picnic provided by the Ia
dies, and all took q ride, alter toasting, "Thc
Ladies, tod bless them"
Between ! and ., A. NJ, OF the Goth, the cry
OF fire was heard ringing through our city
Repairing quickly to the scene it wac disco
cred that the new min Of Redmon, Cross &
Co., was Burning somewhere in the thirC
story but so dense was the smoke that i
was impossible To find where, or what wa
burning. A number attempted to get at /
but all failed. Mr. q. TruaX got within few
feet bnt WAS 80 blinded and stified that he Ia,
to retreat, which feat he accomplished witt
some difficulty, being in fainting condition
when he reached the head of the stairs. Mr.
s. &. Williams was very near to him, AM
they reported the fire to be in the elevator
|
being steam, il was turned into the building
the pipes first being cut that were used 10 hea
II in cold weather. The doors: and window
were all closed, and all that could be done wa,
towait with patience, and watch the flame,
as seen through the windows. Now the,
would flicker and enkindle hopes OF its en-
tire subiugation and then they would burs
into wild, fierce, red glare. The rain mean
time poured down in torrents, and the NOV
> ing forms with cleaning lamps fitting here
aid there amidst the inIsy blaekness Of tn,
night, and the hOarse eallings of almost fran
tic men, brought wildly before the mine
Dante's poetic "Inierno." At length abou
the dawn ofday, the fire having got beneatl
the steam, all hope gayeway.
II was then with fierce, mad plunge, an
laughter wild that C. b. Fox, one OF the own
ers, sought to rush into the cleaning hell
but friendly arms outstretched did hold hiI
back, and from the fearful scene bore hin
away.
The Engineers were called out OF the build
7 ing, the furnace doors were closed, and N
pumps put on. The goodly structure wa
surrendered To the fiamcs, and about A. N
the glass of the windows burst out, and in
, few minutes more the flames streamed fort
| like fiery banners from every window OF til
mill The heat was terrible, so that huildin
eight rods away had 10 be dashed with pail
!, ofwater, the paint shriyeling and erackin
! from the heat Of the flames.
Alta. NJ, the roof fell IN and soon there
after nothing remained OF the building bt
backened walls.
The loss is about $50 900, Insurance, si9
900. About twenty five or thirty men re SUI
denly thrown out Unemployment. The wOr
ofclearing away the debris will begin as 500
as sufficiently cool But little can he dor
= towards restoring the mill before the wint'
will set in.
| rlis "a All. ,t,ro,ya A doa,a oya, n
4 our city. AZ every one iet Justly proud OF III
imposing structure, and regarded il as n
beginning of a series Of thriving enterpris'
( for the place.