River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-10-07
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

1iOW-lnen sign lot ram.
The weather is cool and pleasant.
In 1879 there were LISP, $40 sheep
in Wisconsin.
Don't forget the Dime Concert to-
morrow evening.
:. d. Dodge is now comfortably
lomiciled in his new house.
Miss Emily Pratt is eonvalescing
from an attack of typhoid fever.
The Republicans of Hudson had
rousing rally last Monday evening.
Wolves are becoming unpleasantly
s0ciable in many parts of the State.
The epizootic is prevailing among
the horses in the cities of New York
and Boston.
Nearly two millions of dollars have
been invested in new buildings at st.
Paul this season.
There will be no preaching at the
Congregational church until one week
from next Sunday.
1T the late term Of the Circuit
Court for Chippewa county thirty-fVe
divorces were granted.
Mrs. Maria Fields is now in charge
ot the dressmaking department at
Mrs. Scales millinery store.
Lawrence Selyert, of Oak Grove, has
invented a sulky harrow upon which
! ne has recently obtained Il patent.
| d. B. Hyatt has changed his place
| Of abode to the house just south of
| Evans & Thelander' lumber yard.
The pension payments made by
agent Ferguson. of Milwaukee, during
september aggregated 1896, 8l1.84.
Past Grand Worthy Chief, Phil Al
len. is announced to lecture in River
Falls on the evening of the 10Th inst.
Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Dodge have set
| led down to housekeeping III the
dwelling just vacated by 5. D. Dodge.
John Clough has moved into his new
| house east of Joseph Nichols. VIM.
Cheever occupies the house just vaca-
| "a ~ NJ, CInuuh
Thos. Cleary has gone to Angus,
Mimi, with his well digging apparatus
- seek for water in the bowels OF
shat vast prairie.
Harry Sawyer has returned from
Minnesota. having spent the summer
working ut his trade in the town OF
Angus and vicinity.
The grist mill near Maiden Rock be
longing to Mrs. Margaret Lyle, was
| totally destroyed by fire last Sunday
night. Insurance 5000.
"Ye Olden Time" by the band al
! the dime concert tomorrow evening
i. itself worth more than the admis
sion price.
| Miss Eunice Pratt, of Dover, Ill.
| arrived in town last Saturday. She
lil,tpnds to spend few weeks visiting
her numerous relatives and friends il
this vicinity.
Rev. n. I. Blakeslee was in attend
| anro at the Annual Convention O
! Ministers of the Congregations
! Church. which convened at Milwau
| lac on Thursday last.
/ 4 man near Houston, Texas, made
| $500 per acre this year from the cul
/ uvpton of blackberries. The yield was
3.oeJ quarts per acre. which sold al
! twenty cents per quart.
~ overloaded wheat bin in the
! h;H Of J. Glendening, in Oak Grove,
gave way last Monday night crushing
to lrath valuable two-yearold colt
that was stabbed beneath.
lnc Convention of prOhibitionists OF
st Croix county is called to meet at
Hammond Oct. 18th, to put in nomin-
alton u ticket for the various county
officers to be elected this fall.
Ncssrs. Wood, VIM and Hoffman
VITA their Pitts separator and Monitor
ENGINE threshed last week for J. Glen
denjng. of Oak Grove, S5415 bushels
OF wheat in nine hours, occupying one
hour and six minutes of the time in
setting the machine twice.
/
VIM Mussey, of this place, is the
proud possessor Of u hen of extraordin-
AIRY capabilities. Her latest pro-
fess'onal feat was the production of
m &c weighing five ounces, measur,
ing 'ongitudinally 81 inches, its ex-
treae latitude being Ga inches.
W. invite attention to the card of
| the Central House in another column
of tai paper. This house is now
under the management of MI. f. p.
Hammond. who possesses the qualifi-
cations peculiar to a successful land
lord and hotel patrons viii find the Cen
trail j. very agreeable place to abide.
4 5arge party Of both old and young
gathered at the NJ. Z. Parsonage last
saturday evening, unexpected to Mr..
and Mrs. Collins, taking possession of
the premises and making themselves
at home generally They brought
,,-ith ILn,o ~, nl,1in.lannn Of nnnd thinrs