River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-06-14

Indebtedness.
The Hon. Moses NJ. Strong, of Min
eral Point, is engaged in writing his
tory of Wisconsin.
Several of the members of River
Falls Chapter visited the Hudson lodge
last Monday evening.
The GAINESVILLE pickle factory will
use up the product of 600 acres of GU
cumbers this season.
ON account of Mr.. Colfax's lecture
there will be no meeting of the Good
Templars this evening.
Episcopal Service at the stone
schOOl-house, Mann Valley, next Sun
day afternoon at 2is o'clock.
We were pleased to receive call
from DR.. VI. c. WoOdworth and wife,
of Ellsworth, last Saturday.
Frost appeared in several places in
this vicinity last Friday and Saturday
nights but no damage WAS done.
p. ). Dumont at Bankers mill is
turning out some of the whitest flour
ever made in the Northwest.
The next meeting of the Grand
Lodge of Good Templars of the United
States is to be held at Minneapolis.
Mr.. Justin Winchester and wife, of
Pembina. Minnesota, are visiting their
relatives and friends in tins village.
Soda water at the new drug store
last Saturday was free, and large
number can testify to its excellence.
:. Hirsch has rented the store recent
IN occupied by c. E. Davis, and will
move his stock into it about the 10th
inst.
A large delegation of young folks
from Ellsworth visited this place last
Sunday and took dinner at the Pierce
House.
Jim Coggswell, of the Hudson Star
and Times, gave this office a call last
Tuesday. jim is one of the star print
ers of the valley.
In the trial OF Kate Noonan for the
murder Of VIM. Sldle at Minneapolis
the Jury disagreed, being eleven for
acquittal and one FOR conviction.
In consequence of Mr.. HOrner's alb
senee there will be no service at the
NJ. f. Church next Sunday. Sunday
School rs usual at I2M.
4 meeting will be held at Green's
Hall next Sunday at O'Clock, P. NJ,
with view to organize a Free Think
ers Society III this village.
The next fair of the Southern Wis
consim and Northern Illinois Industri-
al Association will he held ut BelOit
during the first week in September.
The large saw-mill at Hudson, owned
bv NJ. Herrick & Co. was destroyed by
fire on sunday night, the Sd instant.
This leaves Hudson without saw
mill.
Michael MunsOn has built skitf for
viii Putnam and Chris Nobel which
they launched in the pond at Prairie
Mills last evening. Itis a gay little
craft.
Rev. ;. W. Horner is absent this
week in attendance at the session of
the Grand Lodge, \. f. Il \. NJ, at
Milwaukee. lie will also attend the
Lake Bluff Sunday-School Convention.
lie will return next Tuesday.
Mr.. W. II. Ferry. Of Chicago, has
been appointed receiver for the West
Wisconsin Railroad Company, upon
application OF the Baldwin Locomotive
Works. heavy creditors of the COM
pany.
The Longmont Colorado Post re-
cords the birth of daughter on the
3Oth ult.' To Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. Green.
VIM. has many friends here who would
be perfectly willing to smoke a cigar at
his expense in honor of the event.
The Commercial Hotel at Hudson was
formally opened on Monday of last
week. 1t contains forty good rooms,
has an elegant parlOr, and eommOdiOus
Office. dining and billiard rooms, and
is a tirs.-class hotel in every particu-
lar.
Four prisoners escaped from the
Hudson jail last Thursday morning.
Three have since been captured. one
of whom was Robert COMBS. men
toned in the JOURNAL last week. Tie
committed the outrage mentioned by
our Prescott correspondent.
Mr.. VIM. Jones became temperate
" insane from the effects OF an over
dose of medicine taken last Monday,
and left his room 1T the River Side
House about midnight and started on
a pedestrian excursion in the diree'
ton of Prescott. lie was pursued by
his friends and esntured short dls
tance from the village. lie has now
nearly recovered.