River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-09-19
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| TRENTON.
| The Good Templars here are reviv-
| ing.
The Red Wing fair was a complete
| success.
A first-class teacher wanted for our
winter school.
Jack Frost has commenced battle
with the vegetable kingdom.
Potatoes are being dug and the
yield is above the average crop.
Mr.. Henry Smithson, of Belle Greek,
Mimi, was visiting friends here last
week.
| Miss Lily Boustead took the first
premium as lady equestr ian at the
Red Wing fair.
We learn that Olin Arnold will at.
tend Carleton College at Mortified,
MIMI, this winter.
We believe that in few years Red
Wing will be one of the noted resorts
for pleasure seekers.
| This locality was we'll represented
at Forepaugh's show last Friday at
Red Wing, and all were delighted
with it.
Seth Lyons has made good thing
on his melon patch this season, and
some of the boys think they have
done better.
The river still remains at low stage.
AT the rate it has gone down for the
past ten years, there will be no need
of bridging it in the next decade.
Many of our citizens who attended
the Presidents reception at Red Wing
last Monday, had the pleasure of
shaking hands with his excellency.
OAK GROVE.
Samuel Mullen is not improving.
Peter Boetzel is very low with con-
sumption.
VIM. Grey has gone to Minnesota to
look at the country.
Mrs. w. II. Teare, who has been very
sick, is now able to be around.
Julius Brandt has rented Julius III.
Andree's farm and moved thereon.
John Murphy, chairman of the town
board, has taken to himself wife.
Almon Matson has quit raising grain
and will hereafter devote his attention
to tobacco.
John NJ. Barnes burned his right
foot badly with hot borax which fell
in his boot while he was welding
plough lay.
The political pot begins to bubble
slightly.
Chris Youngman made our town a
call one day last week.
| VIM. Teare has purchased gang
plough and now rides while he ploughs.
J. E. Hetherington talks of selling
his farm here and moving to Minneso-
| ia.
B. III. Corcoran has been engaged to
teach the school in district No. the
coming winter term.
Mrs. Aseph Graham has rented her
farm to John Ryley for a term of years.
She will return to Minnesota.
John Striker and Eugene Ulm will
soon move to Kansas, which State they
intend making their future home.
William and John Graham and Will
Hamilton start for Minnesota with
their threshing machine this week
with view to threshing out Traverse
county.
j. A. Stirratt has returned from an
extended trip through the Red River
country. He reports favorably of the
country through which he travelled
and will probably purchase land there.
| ESDAIlsR.
Mr.. J. LETTERS has applied for pat
tent ON an improvement on his stump
puller.
Jesse NJ. Keith and Miss Alice But
terrified were recently married by Rev.
G. III. Akers.
We have had three very heavy
frosts. All vines and tender garden
fruit was killed.
The ubiquitous Everybody" went
to Red Wing with his wife yesterday
| to attend the fair and circus.
Esdaile is increasing in population.
Among the late arrivals is son at
Sam McDonald's.
So many new granaries and other
improvements are being made that we
will not attempt to enumerate them.
A very pleasant weekly visitor to
many of the families in our town is
the well conducted ''RIvER FALLS JOUR
NAL
Corn is being put in the shock as
fast as possible; a good crop. Pota-
tatoes unusually good in defiance of
the bugs.
Mr.. Robey is reported to have So
cured the school at the Forest Home
school and Miss Alta Ridgman
at Knowlton's mill.
Threshing is advancing speedily.
Wheat ranges from two to twenty
eight bushels to the acre, and grades
| from No. to the bottom. Have not
heard yet of any No. /. Oats and bar.
ley are satisfactory.
A very sad bereavement has befallen
| the family of Il. Fl. Mewhorter in the
death from brain fever of their son Ja-
cob on Monday. the 9th inst, in the
oath year of his age. He was young
man of good principles and always re-
spected for his excellent department.