River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-01-30
CLIFTON.


Mr.. Taylor, of Clifton Mills, is on
the sick list.
Home favorites-The JOURNAL and
the Bow of Blue.
Mrs. Bailey, of Prescott, is visiting
friends in Clifton.
J. H. Wilkinson, Sem, who has been
quite i'll of late, is improving slowly.
Mrs. Barber, an old resident of our
town, died in st. Paul a few days ago
at the residence of her daughter.
Frank Blake, formerly of Clifton, is
preparing himself to act as an attor-
ney at law in the office of G. w. Roll
lins,a lat Ida. Iowa.
Quite a number of our neighbors
from Eastwood Grove, Mimi, attend
ed the temperance meetings at River
Falls and have donned the bow of blue.
Charles Burnett, who has lately re-
turned from Alabama, does not speak
favorably of that country, but says
there are worse places than Pierce
county.
Office seekers are taking time by the
forelock. They have started out early,
and seeing that whiskey and cigars
are not the order of the day, they are
mum, but are extremely anxious to
know if you are in healthy condition.
Time not permitting Mr.. Schofield
did not get through with his address
to the boys in blue at Brackets Hall
in River Falls on Thursday evening
last, but he has promised to finish 1T
at any time they may appoint, ana
then look out for a rich treat.
Hay is selling for eight and nine
dollars per ton.
W. B. Judd has lately sold some of
his best horses.
There was a social dance at j. Hen
rvs last Friday night.
Installation of officers at Glenwild
Lodge next Saturday night.
The ice in the st. Croix is over TWEEN.
ty inches thick in many places.
Mary Camel, of Point Douglas, Min
nesota, is visiting friends here.
D. Rissue is cutting and selling
large quantity Of wood from the land
he bought last winter.
William Glendening, of Oak Grove,
spent last Saturday and Sunday visit
ing friends in this town.
The friends of Nina Hardy are pleas
ed to learn that she has improved IN
health very much of late.
Mr.. Dibble, of Minnesota, is getting
the major part of his wheat Toured
at Swingler & Taylor's mill.
&. W. Mcintyre is giving universal
satisfaction in the Angel district. As
a teacher he is not excelled.
Miss Alice Wilkinson, who has been
sick during the last two months, is
now able to be about again.
A number from here talk of attend
ing the entertainment to be given at
River Falls by the Hesperian Society
of Ellsworth, next Friday night.
Some of our farmers are taking adj
vantage of the nice weather and good
roads, by hauling their winter supply
of wood from the Trimbelle woods.
Quite number of our citizens at
tended the supper given to the "boys
in blue" at River Falls last Saturday
night. They report good time.
Some of our farmers are hauling
their wheat to the mills and getting
1t smutted, thereby making it test
from two to four pounds better on the
bushel.
Some of the pleasure seekers from
this town attended party in Minneso-
ia last Friday night. They enjoyed
themselves like fish out of water, land
after there had been two hats and one
pair of over shoes stolen, they return
ed to Wisconsin fully resolved to stay
on this side of the lake in the future.
The tire has come when our town
should be represented by temperance
men as off ers, and at the coming
election let there be temperance
ticket nominated and elected, so that
our town can boast of having officers
whom tt ey can trust, and who can not
be bought by a glass of whiskey. Let
as rally round the dag boJs and give
the temperance men rousing MAORI
ty.