River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-15
Dime Concert tomorrow evening.


Dime Concert tomorrow evening.
Foot ball has again made its appear
ance.
Crcquet is but little INDUCED in this
season.
Potatoes are selling from IS to 40cts.
per hushel.
Circuit Court couvenes at Hudson
next Monday.
d. NJ. Woodbury. is reading law In
the office Of Vannatta & Smith.
Judge Foster has built neat pick
1T fence in front Of his dwelling.
The caves spout peddler has been |
peram bulating about town the present |
week.
Call at Bracket & Sons and exam
inc Dalton's Patent Neck Yoke Equal
izers.
Mrs. V. A. Potter, of the Normal |
faculty, has been quite sick for the
past few days.
Mrs. Downs, of Minneapolis, SIS
ter Of G. w. McKahan. has been visit
ing the latter at this place.
Smith Kerns, u nephew of o. c.
Hicks, who was here two or three years
ago, is again stopping in town.
Red Wing voted $4,000 bonds in
aid of the Cannon Valley Railroad by
i large majority last Monday.
Tie freight business on the Missis-
sippi and lake St. Croix is good this
season, notwithstanding the low stage
Of water.
Bracket & Son are still selling Har
nesses, Trunks, Whips. Collars, and all
belonging to their business as cheap
as any body. Trunks speciality.
Toby Lord attracted considerable
attention the first of the week by NOV
ing X. L. LENS buildings through
Main street with his large horses.
Pomeroy's Democrat has been re-
moved from Chicago to Lacrosse, its
birthplace \ daily edition will be
issued in connection with the weekly.
G. G. Carleton has purchased the in
tercst OF W. ". Newell in the Star
Candy Factory at this place and will
continue the business at the old stand.
Misses Hattie Dodge, Emily Pratt
and Martha Bolckom, and Prof. ID. NJ.
Woodbury. will assist the Cornet Band
at their concert next Friday evening.
We notice a large number of McCor-
mick self binding harvesters on the
lot south of Ensign's wagon shop.
Freeman & Jones, of Hudson, are
agents.
Martin Wolf is fitting up the stone
| building on the corner of Main and
Maple streets which he purchased
some time ago, and will soon occupy
it with his stock of liquors.
One Frank Richards, having all the
attributes of first-class tramp, has
been victimizing some of our citizens
| by getting the loan of a dollar until
the train comes in. Hereafter all such
applicants should be referred to H. l..
| Wadsworth or Clint Winchester.
| A terrific rain. hail, and wind storm
visited Menomonie last Monday after
noon, breaking the stained glass win
lows in the churches and smashing
windows in nearly every house in
town. 1t is reported that hail stones
| fell rs large as mans fist. Damage
1bout $500.
J. w. Davis is delivering pure, rich
milk to our citizens twice day in any
quantity desired. His milk is the
genuine tactical fluid of boyines fed
upon the succuleRt plants growing in
abundance upon his dairy farm north
| of this village and is of a color that
does not give one the impression that
nc is gazing upon the waters of the
| Atlantic Ocean.
We are under obligations to d. W.
Curtis for copy of the Seventh An
nuaI Report Of the Wisconsin Dairy
J mems Association. The book con-
iains many valuable papers on the va
fiou5 subjects relating to dairy inter-
ests by practical men and will be read
with interest by every farmer or dali
rymm who has any desire to make
good butter or cheese.
Tile lightning has been on ram
page in this vicinity during the past
few days. On Saturday it struck the
county poor house, doing about $25
damage: Monday forenoon it descend
| ed upon the house of Mr.. VIM. Brown,
Of Troy, slightly injuring one of the
inmates and damaging his house to
She amount of several hundred dollars;
Monday night it passed through Geo.
Brackets barn, but without doing
mucAdamage.
Matt Yost, of Troy, yesterday be-
came noisy on our streets from the alb
5orpeion of too much ''benZine' and
| was brought before Justice Knowles
ny Constable Tozer and fined ST and
costs. Not being satisfied with one
dose of justice, he again became disor-
lerlF and in company with a friend
verG 4 second time lodged in the cal
.tboose, where they remained until
morning when being perfectly satisfied
;hey gladly paid their fines and left
| ;owr
A Surveying party of the Hudson q
/ River Falls Railway Company are To-
eating the line of the proposed extern
sion to our railroad upon the prelimi-
nary survey made some weeks ago,
running a few miles north of Els