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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01
PREsCoTT PARAGRAPHS.

PREsCoTT PARAGRAPHS.
The lake is steadily rising.
School commences Monday.
Mrs. Abbott is now convaleScing.
The German school is discontinued.
Some people have commenced husk-
ing corn.
Mrs. Geo. Hollister is sick with the
neuralgia.
Mrs. Mansergh and family will
move to st. Paul this fall.
Mrs. Chas. Redmon, of Mapleton, is
at C. l.. Barnes on visit.
The Hamline University at st. Paul
opens on the 18th of September.
Miss Carrie Hutchinson has just
returned from visit to st. Paul,
Ed. Babbadge has rented the Man.
sergh House and will soon move into
it.
Miss Nettie Haw is in Minneapolis
visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo. Hamb-
lin.
Rev. Haw has returned from Ono
where he has been attending camp
meeting.
Chas. Smith and wife, of River
Falls, were in town on short visit
last week.
Wheat still pours into Prescott.
The farmers think the price too good
to hold wheat.
Grin Searles and family will soon
move into the house owned by his
father, opposite Dr.. Cottons.
The school house has been white
washed throughout, some plastering
done, some new seats have been put
in, new chimney built, etc.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01
Lands for Sale.
The following lands will be sold cheap, OF
ansv farms and i,, fracts u s,i. ,,nrchasnrs

The following lands will be sold cheap, on
easy terms and in tracts to suit purchasers:
Sections II and II. Town Of Gilman.
Y of the sw ! see. /, Z"
VIZ OF the NV sec. 2. :
sE OF the ne see. ii, !"
Sc I sec. Il. +"
ny, sec. II, Town Of Martel.
NJ OF the Sc 1, see. II. g q
sw Of the sw i see /, Town OF Clifton.
sw OF the Sc see 8, {" g
NV !. OF the sw \ +, sec. 80, Town OF Trimbelle.
Sc sec. l6, Town Of Rock Elm
81 OF the ne i sec. 10, Town OF Union.
nk OF the SEA sec. is, &c
VIZ OF the NV i sec. IS, Town OF Salem.
Lots / and ., sec. Is, Town Of Maiden Rock
Apply to Gibson * HAuGRN,
12-ti River Falls, Wis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01
Real Estate &LOan Office

Ihave for sale about 1900 acres of
land in Pierce and st. Croix Counties.
VIII examine and perfect Titles, OBJ
tain u. S. Patents. Negotiate Loans,
Pay Taxes, sc. Al communications
promptly attended to.
X. ". LEWIS, Register of Deeds,
81 Ellsworth, Wisconsin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01

HTE ESYoursclyes by making money when "a
n ~ golden chance IS offered, thereby always
iaEk.z keeping poverty from your door. Those
who always take advantage Of the good chances
for making money that arc offered, generally be-
come wealthy, While those who do not improve
such chances remain in poverty. We want many
mon, wumen, boys and girls to work for us right III
their own localities The business viii pay more
ten times ordinary wages We furnish an eXpen-
siye outfit aud all that sou need, free NO one who
engages fails to make money very rapidly. You
can devote your whole time to the work, or only
your spare moments. Full information and ali
Portland Name. 2A-iyf
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01
Big RIVER RANKINGS. =

Dit NV Eh lkAhbiAlNuS.
C. B. Ferguson little girl is sick.
j. W. Barrett has rented his farm
to his boys.
Amber cane here will soon be
ready to cut.
John NJ. Barnes is kept busy in the
shop all the week.
Mrs. Aaron Cornelison is very sick
with typhus fever.
1t was determined at the last prayer
meeting to order an organ for the
church.
James Boles is having well put
down near his residence, the old well
having failed.
VIM. Teare sprained his back last
week SO severely that he has been
unable to do anything since.
Mrs. George Booth "Bardon" gave
birth to a pair of twins Aug. 30th.
Mother and babies are doing well.
A new floor, new seats. six months
school-four in winter-two in sum-
mer, is what the last school meeting
resolved.
D. A. Stouffer and Moses Cornell
son. each contracted 500 bushels of
wheat at Sl.I0. W. II. Tear 500
bushels at SLIP per bushel and now
they wish they hadn't.
Mrs. G.. B. Eames, formerly resi-
dent here, now of Illinois, in eompa-
nv with Mrs. d. P. Saunders. made a
few calls here last week. Nineteen
years have past since Mrs. E. left
here.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01
.UE3sCFs.a.S'T T.sEAORS.
Z O. LEVIN,
MERCHANT TAILOR.

Suits made to order, and oil work War
rauted tull line ct samples to select from.
Shop in Central Hotel building, River Falls,
Wisconsin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-01
CIRCUIT COURT, PIERCE COUNTY.

Bruno Beaupre, J. IL. Allen
and Frank Keogh, partners
as Beaupre, Allen & Keogh,
against
z. w. Fleming and Ann
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-01

The attention of the people is called to my very
large stock, which includes large assortment OF ev-
cry thing in my line.
In Drugs, my stock embraces all pure Drugs and
Chemicals all the best Patent Medicines including King Discovery
for Coughs and Colds which has equal Ague Cure Eec
BerS Electric OIL Kendas SPAWN Cure Kidney Wort &c
full stock of fine Toilet Soaps, Periumcres, Co.
POmades Cosmetics Hair Os TeOth Nail Hair and Ceh
Brushes, Combs, full line all Toilet Goods
Lamps and Fixtures Of all kinds, including Hand,
Table, Bracket Hanging Extension, Chandeliers arps &c., with
all the and good Burners and Attachments.
CigarS--The best and 1Oc Cigars in Ottawa. al
ways keep the best &c Cigar the county affords.
For Painting Material my stock has no equal in this
county My close attention to this branch with extensive
perience advantage Buying do when prices
lowest in immense quantities. advantage
when prices Se and give all the advantage The
Phoenix Lead has superior sell it. H. NJ COO the best
Oils Putty GLASS; Minerals keep the Pioneer Mixed Paint
sell lower than ether Paint of the quality
have the most complete stock of Pocket Knives ever
retail stock and the prices far below all
others that all surprised.
keep full line Of School Books. Bibles Photograph
Pens, and all stationery.
In regard to prices have no competitors when you
take into consideration the quality of goods for always have
Of everything inferior goods kind
Give cali. Get the best and save your money.
Y. GRIG3S,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-01
THE COURTS.
Tho supreme Court,

ANOTHER Judgment was had In that muchly
contested case, The Wrought Iron Bridge Co. VS..
The Highway Commissioners Of the To'rns Of Utica
snd Deer Park The court say their province In
reviewing decisions Of the Appellate Court Is to
review decisions on questions OF law only, the
decision of that court being dnal on questions oil
fact. The closing paragraph OF the decision tby
Mulkey, J.,) gives the substance OF the opinion
90 far ~ it interests others than the lawyers, to
wit: "The argument OF counsel on both sides
seems to be directed almost exclusively TO the
question whether the facts appearing In evidence
are legally sufficient to warrant recovery
Both lower courts have decided this question in
the negative, and, as we have already seen, the
decision OF the Appellate Court must be accepted
rs Anal and conclusive on that question: Judg-
ment Of the Appellate Court affirmed. Mr. +. r..
Bull, attorney for appellants, has filed notice OF
application for re.hearing Eldredge &Giloert
for Deer Park; Mayo & Widmer, for Utica.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-01
by Universal Accord.

AYERS CATHARTIC Pills are the best Of all pur-
gatives for family use. They are the product OF
long, laborious and successful chemical invest.
CATION, and their extensive use, 10y Physicians in
their practice, and by all civilized nations proves
them the best and most effectual purgatiye Pill
that medical science can devise. Being purely
vegetable, no harm can arise from their use. In
intrinsic value and curative powers no other pills
can be compared with them, and every person,
knowing their virtues, will employ them when
needed. They keep the system in perfect order,
and maintain In healthy action the whole ma
chinery OF life. Mild, searching and eirectual,
they are specially adapted to the needs Of the d.
gestive apparatus, arrangements Of which they
prevent and cure, II timely taken. They are the
best and safest physic to employ for children and
weakened constitutions, where q mild but effec.
tual cathartic Is required.
RoR SALE 1T ALL DEALERs. (a)
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-01

BUtttT-CNOICt 10 IuHVy CTtHIHVry, -IVNoO, NIU
to fancy dairy ls@26c; good to choice, l5@l7c;
shipping lots, ll@l3c.
Eggs-Fresh, lS@l9c.
Potatoes-New, choice, S0d00c per bush.
Cattle-Extra graded export steers, s6.5O@
6 So; good to choice natives, s5S5@5.90; COM
mon shipping and killing steers, sS.70@4,s0;
cows and heifers, S3.75@4.25.
Live Hogs-Sales ranged from s600@7.75 to
packers.
WooL.-Walter Brown Il Co.'S BOSTON, last
circular reports the market as active with lighter
sales and a continued firmness OF values Yes
terday's Chicago quotations are as follows:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-01
Mems Business Suits,
Mems Dress Suits,
Mems Pants,
In all styles, grades and colors, and
for any price.

Boys Department.
Always on hand the largest stock
of Boys and Children's Readymade
Suits, in all ages, from two years to
twenty-one.
Prices, from 81 to SIS.
The latest style of cut can always
be depended upon, as the large bust
ness done keeps the stock constantly
Also, have boys extra pants.
Don't fail to examine the stock of
Mems, Youths, Boys and Children's
Suits.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-01

The October term begins on the 10th with one
OF the largest dockets the court has ever had:
500 odd law, 2ll chancery, and 80 criminal cases,
With the grand jury yet to hear from.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-01
Chicago Market.

The grain prices whole range Of market from ware
mousse prcea to prices Dad for odd loads for feed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-01
The Times of yesterday says:


On the board Of trade unusual excitement was
exhibited yesterday, Provisions were compar-
atively steady, but in grain the feeling was ner-
vous, and the movement exceedingly interest.
ing. In wheat, corn, and oats the bulls man.
aged to gain and hold complete control, and on
the former prices during the day were advanced
some Sc, on corn 1CG2lSc, and on oats l@l$4c.
Rye and barley were also higher. The changes
in provisions were limited, though favorable to
the bulls Cash property closed as follows:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-01
Plies & Mosquitoes.

A l5c. box of "Rough on Rats will keep q
house free from flies, mosquitoes, rats and mice,
the entire season. Druggists
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-01

We have repeatedly said we don't care cent
II our exchanges steal our items; but we do pro
test against having clipping from the FREE IRA
DIR credited to snide sheets in this town. We
particularly call the attention Of the Joliet Ne'c'
10 this fact.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-01

Would it not be good idea for some of our
business men to take hold Of the subject of an
Ottawa and Mendoza railroad? The need for
such road is daily becoming more pressing,
and Ottawa men must take the initiative In the
matter if the road shall be built soon.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-01

The Kankakee Gozette says: "The bridge of
the Kankakee IL Seneca railroad at this place Is
completed. The first train crossed on last Satur
day. Track-laying has commenced and is pro-.
crossing at the rate of a mile day. A boarding
train has been placed on the line, and IN day or
two three engines will be engaged in the con-
struction work"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-10-01

Morning train makes close connection Aurora for a
points east and west.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars. B. e. Q. Drawing Room
Cars Horizons Reclining Chair Cars, and the c. B. & Pal
ace Dining Cars by this route All Information about rates
OF fare sleeping car accommodations and time tables viii
be cheerfully given by applying to
PERCIVAL LOWELL.
General Passenger Agent, Chicago
T. j. PARKER,
General Manager, Chicago. THos II. MARVIN
Agent at Ottawa
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-10-14

II Isn't always the flower OF the
family that makes the best bread.
"a prudent man." says witty
Frenchman, ''is like a pin. Ills
head prevents him from going TOO
far"
A Kentucky girl was struck by
lightning and killed while dressing
for her wedding, and the hard-heart-
ed Cincinnati Enquirer says (; frhera
Is such a thing as girl being too
attractive"
An old-fashioned minister passing
q new-fashioned church, on which q
spIre was going up, was asked how
much higher IL was going 10 be.
"Not much,' he answered nrhat
congregation don't own much higher
In that direction"
The young man now rejoiceth, for
the days Of the ice-cream saloons are
numbered, but, alas there IL NO
rest for the weary. The oyster now
appeareth and soon the festive church
social will be rampart.
In the Fall the youas girls flnry.
Lightly turns 10 thoughts Of s,ow,
When she can 20 sleigh riding
with her lightly IN ,stached he III,
who, beIng clerk on six dollars u
week, Is wondering how under the
sun he Is going 10 pay the bills.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-10-14
rae woos EssnAvss's n.aD loGIc,

A contemporary asked wood EN-
graver why he did not employ girls.
His reply WAS II have employed wo.
men very often, and | wish could
feel more encouraged. But the truth
Is that when young man comes To
me and begins his work be feels that il
is lies business. He is To cut his
fortune out Of the little blocks before
him. Wife,. family, home. happiness
and ali are To he carved out by bis
own hand, and he settles steadily and
earnestly to his labor, determined to
master il, and with every incident
spnrring him on. He cannot marry
until he knows bis trade. 1t is exactly
the other way with the girl. She may
he as poor as the boy, and as wholly
dependant upon herself for "a living,
bnt she fees that she will probably
marry by and by, aud then she must
give up wood engraving. So she goes
on listlessly ; she has iro am iiion tc
excel she does not feel that IL hel
happiness depends upon it. She viii
marry, and then her husbands wages
will support her. She may not say SO
hut she thinks so and it spoils he,
work.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-10-14
. coon OH VERMONT cr.rou.


Clara Belle has been up ia Vernon,
where the people are all pious, and
while there she Attended "A rual we'd
ding. After describing the scenes and
incidents connected wirh the ceremony,
she says OF the subsequent proceedings:
"a bountiful, if not pretentious,
supper followed, and then came the
games-old fashioned kissing games,
like copenhagen, postofiics aud forfeits.
The city girls held of IA while, but
seeing that their coyness was not well
received, made martyrs of themselves
and gene rally liked il. thirk OBJ
served fact that is not generally
known in kissing that for the most
electoral results, one kiss,r should be
"A blonde aud the etLer brunette. rep
resenting the opposite poles Of a battery.
Certainly, the kisses between persons
Of the same complexion looked and
sounded mechanical and pe,tunctory,
while those by contraste.l couples
were fiery, spirited AMI harmoniously
explosive. However,, after several
hours of diversions largely oscalatory.
there went TO bed q most tholsugly
kissed biide. Her scarlet lips looked
SWOLLEN with tho ordeal Of long and
earnest kissing for she had l,een smack
Ell over and over by every man woman
in the party She had horne the
treatment with good humpr, and no
marriel life was ever hagun with a
merrier frolic. But the cro@ning ex-
plot was mn observance vf she old
Vermont custom Of tuckIng up the hap
nv couple in bed. Half an hour after
they had retired we burglarized their
bedchamber, and turned the light
of half q dozen lamps on them.
We saw sight that proved womans
We saw sight that proved woman's
superior fortitude. The bridegroom
turned red and white by turns, and
was completely labhergasted; hut the
bride, though her face lay rosy enough
on the snowy pillow, was quite self
possessed She had dressed herself
ina dainty new night-dress, with shir
rings over the shoulders and on bishop
sleeves, and may have derived her cour
age from a previous view of herself il
the glass. Very lovely she was, anc
very preltily careful to keep Lerse
covered just enough, but not so mucl
as to hide the yoke of that charming
night gown. The ceremony consisted
of tucking in the bed-clothes all arouns
and SO closely and violently that tb'
new man and wife were well shaker
together. Then we left them
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-10-14
THE UxSATURAL mEx.
4 Carving story.

IL is no. alone the fact that the
amateur carver misses the joints and
tries to cut through the largest bones,
that Ellis him with regret aud bis lap
full Of sage and onions IL is the hor-
nble thought that the entire company
is looking at him. No matter how the
perspiration may trickIe down between
bis shoulder blades, or how the hot
flashes may chase the cbilIs mp aud
down his spinal column, or how much
his eyes may be dimmed by uDsI,ed
tears, the rest Of the company ne.er
allows the rest Of the com pany never
allows its interest 70 flag moment.
We remember one time We were called
TO assume the management Of free
for-all carving tournament at the home
Of a dove.eyei dumping ~hose kind
regard we desired TO catch on to as far
as possible. How clearly come back TO
'ls now the smiling faces Of the guests.
the ripping laugh, the bald headed
joke, the Thanksgiving connndrum. and
all as merry as marriage bell. We
call to mind the girlish laughter Of
tnat one wilo.e very existence, as she
sat on onr left that day. seerDei ce-
mented and glued 10 our own. As We
sharPened the glittering blade on the
ringing steel,We felt proud proud TO
think how VIC would slice the white
calm bosom of that deceased hen; proud
To think how, Ia our mind, as had
laid ont the different pregnabIs points
about that old cackler, and in the an
ticipation Of applause glad and free,
when we had accomplished the warfare
and victory aud stnf,ng had I,.rcI.ed
upon our banner. We softly jabbed
the sbiInmering fork A-straddIe Of the
breastbone, tore of few goose pimples
from under tbs wings OF the late Ia
mented, gougei out a few shattered
fragments from the neck, and tried 70
cut sirloin steak off the back. An
oppressive gloom seemed 10 pervade
the air. The old hen didn't have her
joints where we had them laid ont in
our mind. She was deforIned.
She seemed 10 lie freak 0f nature. 1t
ratified us and unneryed as.
We gouged wildly at the remains,
squirting the gravy right and left, and
filing the air with fragments of bread
crumbs and sage. By some kind OF
omission or miscalculstieD, We made a
wild stab at the back of the late Ia
mented ben, and with frenzy born oI
repeated defeats and depressing failures
the knife struck the platter with loud
crash, and ceasing not in It's untamed
fury, glanced aside, and in an instant
buried itself with a sickening thud in
the corsetcf the hired girl. With
difficulty We drew out ths glitterins
blade, now ensanguined With the gore
of fcAlow creaturs, wiped it on the
tablecloth, aud fed out into the cold
unsympathetie world, out INTO the crash
and confusion Of struggling humanity
TO battle on through life under an as
sumed name That is why we trembl.
and tnrn pale when our past life Is In
quired into by biograpbers. That i
why a baked fowl makes us quail
Bill Nye.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-10-14
HisroRIcAL

Penny.post is first mentioned in
English sta tutes In l7ll.
The first sun dial was erected in
Rome in-the year of the city, Al.
Mills for draining water from lands
were first used in Holland in nos.
Quarantine originated in the Board
OF Health Of Venice in the fourteenth
century.
Sir-names began in France in the
year 1000, and in England in the time
of the Conquest.
The first introduction of plating on
copper was in l742 by u cutler of
Sheffield, England.
Among the Aaglo-Saxion the science
Of medicine and of the law was monop-
elized by the clergy.
Tanners bark for hot-beds was first
used hy the Dutch, from whom Eng
land borrlwed the idea in 1858.
In early times shad anil salmon were
caught in large quantities in the Viii
limantic River as far mp as Tol!and.
Copernicas, the most celebrated
mathematician and astronomer of the
age IN which he lived. vas born at
Thorn, PrasSis, IN l4I3 and died in
1913.
la the fourteenth century the term
,isneti- was alrlieI TO ornaments
upon silver, etc., in the manner Of
vines hence the term. The artist
who introduced such ornaments lived
in 1916.
The cent was first proposed in 1882,
bv Rlbert Morris, the great financier
of the Revolution, and named by
Jefferson, two years later. 1t made
its appearance from the mint in 1892.
Excavations In Yorkshire have
brought to light skeletons, proved to
be those of Britons OF a time previous
to the landing of Caesar. 0ns of The
skeletons presents signs that the man
was a martyr to rheumatism.
The passion for feasting increased SO
much in Eagland in the fourteenth
century. that when lionel, son of Ed
ward Ill, was married, there were
thirty courses, and fragments of the
table fed 1000 poor people.
In 1881 two priests and a lawyer
suffered death by fire at Smith6eld, or
account of some disturbance between
the superior and inferior clergy. Al
the same time cook was boiled te
death for poisoning seventeen persons
1 The earliest law enacted in any
country for the promotion of surgiea
knowledge was passed in l540, in Eng
land. 1t allowed the united companiel
of BARRIERS and surgeons to have, yearly
the bodies of four criminals to dissect.
In 1851 the blind husband of Eliza
beth How, accompanied by his two
young daughters, journeyed on horse
back. twice week, along difficult an
dangerous bride paths, from Topsiell
to Boston, to visit the vile and mothe
lcon6ned there as convicted witch.