River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-08-14

Boys, the game law is not out until
the 25th inst.
E. II. Ives paid us flying visit on
the 18th inst.
Thomas Edwards is still suffering
with his hand.
Sunday last our village was visited
by large number of ex-haryest
hands.
Mrs. Holbrook and Mrs. Wixon, of
of Maiden Rock, have been visiting at
Mr.. Whites.
Now don't forget the meeting at
John Winn's on Friday evening of this
week. 1t is important.
A. w. Parker, of the town of Isa-
belle, was in town last week, the
guest of D. w. Woodwork.
Mrs. Frank Fletcher nee Miss Belle
McEwen, is in town visiting her par
ents. Her father is quite low.
Quite a delegation from Prescott on
Tuesday. Among others we noted J.
E. Gardner, Dunbar and G. Clark.
notice that w. Moore, Joe Moore,
Ris. Wilkinson and several others not
before mentioned, have returned.
BERTHE tried to strike bee-flat
at neighbor Cairns the other day and
succeeded III emitting IA sharp cry.
Our village presents a more lively
appearance. The farmers are coming
in in squads, and business seems to be
''picking up
| There is a blacksmith shop in our
village that is d model for neatness-
yes, neatness. even in blacksmith
shop--and arrangement.
Adam Huber states that he has sold
| SO sewing machines since January lst,
| 1879, besides canyassing Il large por-
ton of the time for reapers and seed
ers.
l.. l.. Lewis, father of our present
Register of Deeds, was visiting here
last week. Mr.. L. came to attend the
funeral of his old time friend, Henry
| Truitt.
John Maynard, Jr., has been wheel
ing dirt from beneath his neat
furniture shop for the last two days.
John proposes to store his own pota-
toes this winter.
Steps are being taken to change the
| Of ha N
Falls and Ellsworth route. To have it
leIve River Falls in the morning ear
ly, and leave here at o'clock P. NJ.
Our Clerk of the Circuit Court and
| County Judge have each supplied his
| ohice with a very large volume in
which to make record of cases.
Heretofore the cases have only been
filed.
The hogs have commenced their an
nual flank movement on the gardens.
10 us it seems as if there must be a
point where patience ceases to be a
virtue, and that those doses of boiling
water were justified.
Ed. Myers, of Hartland, was brought
to town on Tuesday to have his foot
dressed. He had been chopping it
with an AK. His foot was cut across
! the ball to the bone. From under the
inside of the ball to near the center of
foot on top, a large open cash that
will lay him up for some time.
While at Plum City last week with
7. l.. Nelson we had view of the eff
fects of the July storm. That you
may understand the condition of the
| dc will ctaf a fhof 1ItQrolly
put our shoulders to the wheel,
unhitched eight times and was about
three hours going up the Davis gorge.
Charley Smith, of River Falls, was
here on Thursday as District Attorney
pro tenn. to prosecute one of our saloon
men for selling liquor to forbidden
persons; for selling on the LIST day of
| the week; for selling to minors; for
selling on election day. The COM
planning witness withdrew the COM
plant.
Johnnie Keith, Oldest son of j. G.
Keith, having complained on Sunday
evening of pain in his shoulder, the
doctor was sent for who upon eXamin-
alton found the collar bone broken.
the little sufferer does not seem to
know how he caused the fracture, but
SAYS he had been jumping. 1t evident
| ly had been broken three or four days.
We noticed Benton Elliott unpacking
a large crate of earthen ware this
morning. Mr.: B. says that he does
not get his goods as promptly now as
he did when he allowed them to come
to the Bluff. In doubt as to the time
of arrival at the Falls, he does not
know when to send for them, and runs
| the risk of sending on a 'falSe alarm,
as he is never notified by the station
agent.
School district No. has been form
ed by dividing district No. into
equal parts and also annexing e Sec
| ton from district No. 4. The clerk of
district No. | has been notified that it
will take 100 odd dollars to pay the
| new district for their interest in our
school property, while district No. 4
must pay IS and some odd cents for
the interest that = section claimed in
its school property.
Report of Town Clerk of Ellsworth
| to County Clerk for 1879: 800 horses,
$15, 072; 1852 neat cattle, $40, 359; Z
mules. 1920; 814 sheep, 1914; 678
swine $642; Isl wagons, carriages and
sleighs, $3.50; 20 watches, $207; rs
organs, $500: merchants and manu-
facturers stock, value, $4,000; value
of, all other personal property, 81, $50;
No. of acres of land, 22,676.98, value,
| $3.50, $50; value of city and village lots,
| $27, 1851; "a dogs in town.
James I. Mason, now in charge Of
| the county poor farm, received on the
Doth ult. $3l6.40 back pension money.
Mr.. NJ. is one of that class of pension
ers who deserve the aid of the govern
ment. The FIRST shot entered the
right side of the neck just below the
ear, passed through and came out I'M
der the shoulder blade. Twenty-four
pieces of bone have been taken out.
| One piece worked its way out on the
| Goth ult. lie was also shot twice III
the head and once through the chest.
On Tuesday afternoon, we paid
visit to the stave factory. Ten new
steam boxes have been built of pine
brought from Red Wing, using little
over 1000 feet New floors have been
laid and the machinery is being put
in good order. There is about l,o00
cords of bolts yet to cut. The slaves
cut before harvest are being rapidly
jointed. Several teams are employed