River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-06-20
CLIFTON.

LYMAN Blake and family departed last Sat-
urday for Iowa.
Mr. Davis, of the Hollow, has purchased
the Blake house.
Since the warm weather our corn crop be-
gins to look better.
Arthur Shelton has been on the sick list
during the past week.
Charley Boughton will peddle meat in our
town during the busy season.
N. L. Schofeld recently purchased eight
acres of land OF Lyman Blake for $3.50.
Mrs. N. B. Wilkinson, OF River Falls, is
visiting relatives and friends in Clifton.
EN-. Redmon has sold his farm adjoining
J. III. Wilkinson's to German in Oak Grove
for $4,000.
Mary West closed two-months term of
school in the Randall district, River Falls,
last Friday, and is now at home.
small party, of young folks oil visited the
River Falls G. T. Lodge last Thursday even
ing. good time reported.
at the last meeting OF Glenwild Lodge, |.
o. G.. T., the following persons were elected
to attend the District Convention at Maiden
Rock the Dist and 22d OF June: Fred Shell
ton. Willie Atwater, Rece and Robert Wilkin-
son, Arzelia West, and 5. Mcllroy,
party OF Germans from Hastings had
picnic excursion on the Lulu last SUNDAY
and spent the aIleEuOUu w W tal ID NV" A 80
the "Devil's DEM about half rsile up the
Kinnickinnic from Lake St. Croix. This is
getting to be quite resort for tourists
The Clifton base ballists have found a club
they could not conquer. 1t is the scrubs
OF River Falls. Instead of playing the Nor
said club at River Falls. The score stood 10
in favor OF the River Falls club.
We attended meeting of the River Falls
Band recently while in River Falls and were
treated to some excellent music. We can
easily distinguish decided Improvement IN
the music SINCE Prot. Bert has been teaching
the boys. Ii is now undoubtedly the best
band in the st. Croix V alley
Our town seems to be well supplied with
fast horses, there being three runaways in
the last two weeks. VIM. Hendricks team
ran away recently, hat was checked before
any damage was done. On Friday night OF
last week w. b. Judd went to the Hollow to
get some pigs and cutter. On arriving
home with them and while in the act OF I'M
loading. the horses became frightened and
started off at a lively pace. Result: One
dead pig, one smashed cutter, one smashed
wagon. and three board fences run over; the
team not being seriously hurt. On Saturday,
while Greene, Arzelia and Mary West were
returning from Prescott, they were startled
by loud screams; upon looking back they be-
held horse mad with fright dashlpg towards
them drawing buggy containing Mrs. Ar
getsinger and three children; she guided the
horse out of the road TO keep from running
into Greene's wagon, dropping her parasol
lust as she passed, which frightened his
horses into q run, and at the same tiiae James
Calupbell's team, which was ahead, became
frightened and started TO run. Now there
were three unmanageable teams together.
Greene broke one OF his reins and then his
horses ran in circle, but were finally stop
ped Campbell stopped his team after they
had run short distance. But Mrs. Arget-
singers horse moved on like the wind. She
! threw her babe off to one side as far as she
could, seriously injnring it; one OF the child
rem Tell from the buggy and was quite badly
hurt She and the other child managed IN
some way to leap from the buggy uninjured,
| and the horse dashed madly on towards home,
smashing the buggy and injnring itself