River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-07-31
ELLSWORTH.

Boys, how about the military compa
ny!
4. l.. Davis has returned from Madi'
son.
Nj. S. S. Eaton is landlord pro tempore
at the Winn house.
J. w. VIM has been confined to his
bed for several days.
+, S, Ooolttlo is about to take trip
to Sioux City and Lake Superior.
Flora, infant daughter of Mr.. Isaac
Wickard, was buried on Sunday last.
So far we find that the yield of bar
ley will be about So bushels per acre.
The teacher has received some new
music for use in the upper department.
of the Ellsworth schools.
Blooded stock. II. Lowater las a
heifer calf six weeks old, that some
farmer should purchase and raise.
From 38 sWarms in the spring G. w,
Cairns, Of this place has now dne hun
bred and ten large healthy sWarms OF
bees.
WIN. Dale has been clerking for
Nels Munson during the past week.
Nels has been trying the virtue OF a
sweat bath in the wheat field.
Mr.. J. Keith, landlord of the Keith
House, has been upon the sick list for
some time past. We understand lie is
getting better now.
We receive occasional visits from
Mr.. O. Rice, of Ilartland. He is study
ing medicine and reciting to Dr.. Nj. Z.
Woodwork.
Rev. G. Z. Crosset, pastor of the NJ.
4. Church, is hunting a little sunshine
while pushing round The wheat stalks
in Trimbelle.
J, B. Jensen tells us he has return
ed from his period Of rest IN the town
of Gilman and shall now settle down
to the work of his office.
Died. On or about, July lst, 1879,
from want of proper nourishment, the
Proposition" Of the Railway Compa-
ny to the county of Pierce.
Matters in business are rather bind
ing just now. Money is tight, wire
bands are tighter and ,occasionally,har-
vest hands are the highest.
Dr.. Hart has returned from his trip
to Madison. The Doctor went to assist
in taking the lady, who had cut her
throat, to the Insane Hospital.
Any person having an organ to let
where extra good care will be taken OF
it, should address one of the teachers
in the Ellsworth public school.
All the old staye boxes at the stave-
mill have been torn down, and the
men are at work building new ones.
MI. Fletcher says they will be ready
to start the mill in about three weeks.
Now we have it hard: its the road,
the same old road that the town has
been pulling hair over all summer.
We have received cardS-speclal invl-
tations-from E. B. Holmes TO attend
a social gathering at his place on the
9th proX. Eannatta q Smith, MOOR
managers.
Why is it thuslyl Every Tuesday
and Saturday evening a few hangers
on can be found at the Dost-ofiice at IL
O'Clock p. NJ, or whereabouts waiting
for the Red Wing mail. When the
road WAS mud without dry underlying
hard pan the Red Wing stage was al
ways on time and the first TO arrive.
One lawsuit this week. f. NJ. Will
son of Red Wing and Judge Pierce of
Ellsworth attempted to turn the crank
to our legal grindstone at the same
time. but in different directions. Re-
suit: Frank won. AS one of the attor-
news expresses it, ut was the holy
city of Red Wing VS.. the uhgodly viii
lage of Ellsworth. OF course we are
all mad-md as a wet hen-and pro-
pose to fight it out on our line il 1t
takes the last cent our friends can
raise Ungodlyl Humpbl
Billy Teare of Oak Grove left his
horses to DO a little reaping on their
own account. last Tuesday. The ma
chine being self binder the horses
thought they might as well be at work
while Billy was at dinner as to stand
and fight flies. The real draw back to
the success of the venture WAS the IN
ordinate ambition of the horses to ex-
eel each other. Billy made the same
mistake We have done before this, =
that is. thinking that when the tongue
was loosened ali was safe. False idea.
Let dow: The tongue and a CHATTER is
the result.