River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-01-01

be studied at the Institute.
o. II. Bang has just returned from
4 visit to friends in st. Peter, linn. |
Doc. Eldred was the recipient of a
Christmas present of striking signifi-
canoe.
F. B. Smith, general musical agent |
for Storey & Camp, of Chicago, is in |
town.
Myron Packard, of Snohomish, W.
r., an old time resident of this place,
is i'll town.
Next February will contain five
Sundays, something which happens
but three times in a century.
The st. Croix Convention of Con-
gregational Churches will be held at
Clear Lake Jan. Il, % and %.
The Bayfield, Press says that S26
per month are the lowest wages paid
in the woods of that region this VIM
ter.
Those Carpet Sweepers at Ravens
do cleaner work than can be done with
a broom and do not raise any dust.
Price 1918
The winter term of the Institute
will open next tuesday. Prof. Wood
bury viii teach reading. The prinei-
pal will conducs a teachers class.
Irishnan, Afgans, Utes and Ne
groes are absorbing more of the worlds
attention just now than all other SUBJ
jects combined.
A Chicago man has made the re-
markable discovery that he can make
water burn. and utilize it for lighting
and heating purposes.
IL PEOPLE WHO SUFFER- from the dull stupid
ity that meets us everywhere in spring, and
too often in all seasons OF the year, knew how
quick if could he cared by taking Ayers
SarsapariIia TO purge the bile from their
systems, we should have better neighbors as
well as clearer heads to deal with
The Educational News Cleaner, of
which III. S. Baker is editor from Wis.,
conSin, is for sale at Levings Sisters
Book Store, River Falls. They will
also receive subscriptions for it.
We are in receipt of copies of DIR.
J. c. yer's Almanac for 1880, print
ed in eight different languages, name
ly: English, German, French, Span
ish, Holland Dutch. Norwegian, Por-
tuguese and Swedish.
w. II. Pearsons, of Pierce county,
delivered a hog to the K. S. & Co.
Company last Monday, that tipped the
scales at 625 pounds. Any man with
Il more hoggish story than that can
have the floor Dunn Co. NeUs.
The st. Croix Teachers Association
meets at Hammond Jan. 10th. All
teachers are cordially invited to at
tend and all members are requested to
attend as there will be an election of
officers. l.. c. WHITCodB, Pres.
WoOD FOR sALE.-The subscriber
is cutting cordwood on the Ellsworth
road, about five and one half miles
from this village, which he offers for
sale at Sl.00 and $l.25 per cord.
26-2t L. l.. RICHARDSON.
] A. IL. Morrison a resident of this
place in the days of the Collegiate
Institute" made us a brief visit last
Monday morning while returning. from
"a semi periodical visit at Ellsworth to
his home at Green Lake, in the east
ern part of the state.
A Minister relates his experience thus:
| take pleasure in adding to your many
testimonials, that last Thursday lFhanksgiv-
ing Day !, not being able to preach on &C
count OF Rheumatic pains in the shoulder, |
bought bottle OF ST.. JACOBS On, which,
after using several times, relieved me Won
derfully.
DIR. B. PICK, Rochester, New York,
A dispatch to the Evening Wiscon-
sin states that Secretary of State
Warner has prepared and has ready
for the printer the laws in regard to
the powers and duties of town officers
with forms, instructions, ETC., which
will be distributed to the various
towns in the State as soon as printed.
st. Nicholas for January contains
lively installments of the two serials.
Jack and Jill, by Miss Alcott, and
''Among the Lakes" by W. O. Stod-
dard. and opens with brief history
of'.The Proud Little Grain of Wheat"
by Miss Fran2ls Hodgson Burnett,
author of 1.-The Lass o Lowries." The
number is replete with good things.
The Educational News Cleaner for
Wisconsin is only fifty cents per
year. 1t is especially devoted to the
interests of country schools. 1t will
also contain the chief educational
news of Wisconsin. Send for spec,
linen copy. Clubbing rates with 9TH
er educational papers are very low.
Address the editor, II. S. Baker, Riv-
er Falls, Wis.
The following are the officers elect
of River Falls Lodge, |. o. o. F., for
the ensuing year.
n. CT. S. Rounsevell.
V. Crank Scribner.
Sec C. Ct Knowles.
p. S.-W. S. Ensign.
Treas II. Martin.
Installation Saturday evening, Jan.
Sd.
The following is a statement of the
taxes Of the town of Troy, st. Croix
Co., for 1879:
State Tax, S440-22
County Tax 136O.41
County School Tax, 1l.00
County Supts. Tax. 62.So
Total, sl977.43
Due State from IT. School Dist. No. on
aces. of Loan, S90.03
Amt refunded on Erroneous Descriptions, s.3s
Town Taxes, $l445.00
School Dist, 2e93-32
Return Road Tax. 1906
Total, S5,94s 10
We hope no land attorney or real es-
tate broker will he so careless of his
own or his neighbor's interests as to
neglect to send his name for insertion
in this forthcoming book. Addresses
should be forwarded at once, as the
first part of the book is now in press.
Mr.. Copp is the editor of Copp's
Public Land Laws, Copp's Hand. Book
of Mining Law, and other works on
our public land system. He refers to
a.. Ss...x-..,-,D,.. - T.