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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
Big RIVER RANKINGS. -

Big RIVER RANKINGS. -
Our school commenced last Monday,
Miss Winnie Finley, teacher
Datus Jackson wants to sell good
span of horses,
Fred. Bushman has bought the Geo.
Teachout farm.
Mrs. J. W. Barrett has returned
home improved in health.
George Nesbit and family are visit
ing in the Valley. They Will move to
Alton, Minnesota, next week.
F. G. Bliss wants to rent his farm
to some good man for the next year.
There are three hundred acres.
Mrs. Ricket and Miss Helen Pomeroy
are giving lessons in instrumental
music here.
w. II. Teare will rent his farm and
spend his time in Minnesota for two
years.
Robt. Dawson and Elem. McMillen
started for Grand Forks, D. T., last
Monday.
There will be more amber cane
planted here this season than there
was last.
Mrs. Chas. Teare, Miss Lima Hamil-
ton and Miss Anna Gray, went to
Minnesota last week.
Fred. Bliss lost a good horse just
before starting for Minnesota. He
and his brother Frank started last
week. Miss Ada will go soon.
William Hamilton has sold some of
his land in Minnesota and bought the
Graham 40 here. Now, Bill, you want
a wife.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
Rock Elm CENTER REMARKS. =

Rock Elm CENTER RENARKs.--
Rain is daily going around us.
Frank Guest is failing rapidly.
Some are done seeding; others just
begun.
Mrs. Whip has an attack of
erysipelas.
Sabbath School has been commenced
at the Center.
Several young men have left here
for the drive.
Simon Groot has gone to try his
luck ut railroading.
Mrs. Lowater and family arrived
here on Tuesday, the Goth ult.
School commenced at the Center on
the 25th ult., with an unusually large
attendance. ii. Lowater, teacher.
Farley Burgess has commenced
housekeeping in part of L. Tornow' S
house.
Conference.-The donation of so
dollars, presented to Rev. Mr.. Arndt
and accredited TO the people of Wood.
vile, should have been credited to
Brookville. Brookville was not on
the circuit and had ne preaching until
Mr.. Arndt preached there few times,
when the people made him the pres
ent referred to, and asked him TO
continue the appointment. He has
since organized class there and
added il to his regular work.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
ASSESSING OF PROPERTY.

The fragrant and almost, If not
quite, universal disobedience of the
laws of this State designed to govern
the valuation of property for the pur-
pose of taxation, should be matter
of regret to every, honorable man.
The law explicitly and unequivocally
requires that all property shall be
valued by assessors at its actual cash
value, and assessors are required to
make affidavit that each and every
valuation of the property made by
them is the just and equitable valua-
ton thereof, as they verify believe,
which affidavit is to be annexed to the
assessment roll. When we reflect that
nothing is gained by a disregard OF
law in this particular and that by
such disregard injustice is more likely
to be done, we confess that we are
unable to appreciate the motives of
assessors who do not pretend to adj
here to the provisions of law and then
make an affidavit to the effect that
they have made lawful assessment.
The Supreme Court has repeatedly
decided that a tax based upon an
assessment made contrary to the plain
provisions of the statutes was not a
valid one, and there has probably
never been an assessment made in an
entire county in this State that the
Supreme Court would sustain. One
county, because assessed low, has no
advantage over another one that is
assessed high, in the apportionment of
the State tax. and if the County Board
of Supervisors of any county will avail
itself of the information with which
the legislature has wisely provided it,
one town in a given county would Sc.
cure no advantage over another town
in the same county, because of a
relatively lower assessment by the
assessor. While lawful assessment
would wrong nobody, an unlawful one
would prove exceedingly annoying
should considerable number of tax
PAYERS of town for any reason re-
fuse to pay their taxes and then fall
back upon the convenient ond tenable
pretext of an illegal assessment.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

The star route frauds that are being
unearthed in the postal department of
the government are creating big
stir in official circles, and some of the
big guns are implicated in the steals.
Garfield's Post Master General is a
thorough business man and believes
in conducting governmental affairs
upon business basis. He has Gar
fields instructions to follow the lead
he has struck without regard to who
is hurt, and will make it sultry for
the star route thieves. 1t is to be
hoped that deserved punishment will
be administered as warning to future
officials.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05


G. &. Williams. the gallant school
teacher, has hired to l.. ID. Newell, of
Prescott. b.
III. Lowater's select school, at Rock
Elm Center, has closed; thus diSap-
pointing many of his pupils. 4.
School IN the IIarshman district
commenced May I'd, with T. ], Me-
Andrews as teacher. A.
Miss Minnie Poole will teach the
Pap White school, Rush river, the
coming term.
| s'Get but the truth once uttered: and 'tis'
like
A star, new born, that drops intoits place,
And which once circling in its placid round,
Not all the tumu!t OF the earth can shake
Mrs. j. S. Briggs has moved into
Rock Elm and will teach the summer
school in the Bell district. Her pat
rons made wise choice of teacher.
+.
District No. ., Ellsworth, has en-
gagged Miss Florence Olive to teach the
coming term of three months, at S35
per month. Miss Olive is good
teacher. aud we doubt not will sue
coed well. A.
T. J. McAndrews will teach in the
Lost Creek district, near Harshman's
mill, this summer. lie has taught
there before, and his return is COM
plimentary, not being of his own
seeking.
G. L. Bowman has outlined course
of study for the Prescott school. The
board should adopt it officially. and
then have every teacher work to it,
leaving the power in the hands of the
principal to promote pupils who de-
serve it at any time.
T. j. McAndrews, of Ellsworth, and
B. J. Thompson, of Waverly, were in
st. Paul, recently, and were the
guests of Prof. ii. S. Baker. While
there, they visited the Franklin
school, of which he is principal, and
'took in" the leading features of the
system of schools in st. Paul.
Any school district that contem-
plates reseating its school-room, or is
going to build school-house and thus
require school-seats, will do we'll to
correspond with Mr.. John F. Davis,
dealer in scool supplies, Maiden Rock,
Wis. The s'Victor Folding and Lock
Desk" specially.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
CLIFTON CHIT CHAR

CLIFTON Chit CHAR
n. F. Hardy has bought a pony for
his daughter Alice.
Rev. and Mrs. Foster are in town
this week.
Our farmers are getting the ground
ready for corn.
A george" at Glenwild next Satur-
day night,
Jim Ashbaugh has moved back to
lis farm.
Buckwheat and amber will be raised
in large quantities this summer.
John Hardy grasps the gavel at
Glenwild.
Oscar Schofield has purchased land
in town, we understand.
Jack johnson has purchased the old
Durgin farm of John Barrett.
A prospective law suit in which one
of our citizens will figure as defend
ant, is exciting some comment.
Jim Dale states that he has sold his
farm to his father-in-aw, Mr.. Gran
don.
Sam. Brown will sell his ponies. A
chance for some man to buy an excel
lent road team.
The summer term of school CON-
menced at the Hollow last Monday.
Nellie Bancroft, teacher.
Open air concerts in the vicinity of
the church will be common this sum-
mer.
Peddlers are thicker in this vicinity
than flies in July, and equally wei.
come.
Miss Ella West, late OF this town,
was recently married in Illinois to a
Mr.. Stepp,
The creek is on the rampage. Back
water from the lake threatens to
inundate the Hollow
S. A. Brown and John Copley re
Gently received choice lot of pure
| maple sugar, direct from the northern
part of n. Y.
Two of our manly pedagogues
started for Trimbelle last Sunday t
commence the educational campaign
for the summer.
Another wedding. John johnson
and Miss McMillin. We offer congrat
ulations and good wishes, and request
4 wedge of the cake
The Dale brothers, Oh. Grandon ana
\ Tommy Lew, started for the Rec
River country last week. They carried
with them the necessary Implement
for organizing Sunday schools AMOS
the frontier heather.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
any required amour

IT is rnmored that Senator Sawyer
has already commenced scheming to
defeat the nomination of Congressman
Pound, of the Eighth District, in
1882, and that Hon. NJ. II. McCard, of
Lincoln county, is to be the Sawyer
candidate. An attempt to. carry out
this programme will provoke lively
and bitter contest if Pound refuses to
abdicate, but the chances will favor
the Sawyer deal, if the Senator ad-
heres to his usual mode of carrying
his political points.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
TRIMBELLE TRIPLES. -
front OuarjliaS abroad


Trout guerillas abroad.
John Emerson is rigging up the old
saw mill.
Geo. Butler has removed to Barron
county.
Hay is scarce. 1t sells in this vicin.
lty for Sl2 per ton, we understand.
j. X. Beardsly is to give a dance at
the hall next Tuesday evening.
Miss Flora Stirratt is teaching in
the Ward district.
Bill Richter and Herman Gunder
have formed co-partnership in stump
and tree dentistry.
W. II. Hickok, of Clifton, COM
menced two months term of school
at the village on Monday.
Rev. Perry filed Rev. Fosters desk
last Sabbath; he having gone to Hud-
son to preach for Elder Benson.
The pungent odor arising from
bonfires composed of dead leaves and
old boots is waited to our Olfactories,
proclaiming that the season for clean
ing door-yards is at hand.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
SPRING Valley scRlBBLINes.-
A new hand at the bellows.

A new hand at the bellows.
Our town is very quiet; every one
attending to his own business.
Mrs. F. NJ. Dawson has just returned
from six weeks visit to friends in
Indiana.
A. poston has been quite sick the
past week with some cutaneous dis
ease.
Geo. Meyer has just returned from
four weeks sojourn in Crawford Co.,
His, his old home. Mr.. Markem
coming with him. They report con-
siderable sickness, and the spring very
back ward.
We hear, we think automatically,
that Sherman Chapman has made the
necessary arrangements with the
proper parties for mill, to be here
in due time, which he intends to set
up at the spring north of the Thomas
Turner place.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
New CENTERvILLE NEWS
Seeding nearly finished.

Seeding nearly finished.
Miss Dena Larson who has been
teaching in Kinnickinnic, spent last
Saturday and Sunday at home.
We regret to part with our Post
Master, Mr.. Rasmussen. Mr.. Watson
will now take charge of the Post Office.
The funeral of Mrs. j. Swarts took
place on Sunday at the methodist
church, Rev. John Watson officiating
Misses Ella Palmer and Mary Crab
tree took up the labors of school teach.
ing on Monday last. We wish them
success.
Miss Viola Hill, of River Falls, ar
rived in town last week for the pur
pose of taking charge of the village
school. We are all glad to see her
for we know her to be a first-class
teacher.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

WILLIAM E. CRANER, the veteran
editor of the Evening Wisconsin,, was
last week arrested on a charge of libel
and put in Jail. He was imprisoned
but short time, however, and doubt
less went to jail for the novelty of the
thing. or else to get the benefit of free
advertising for the Wisconsin, as he
is wealthy and highly respected
citizen and could have given bail in
any reouired amount.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
OLIvHT OCCAsIoNALs.-
Seadino ia nearly dopa

Seeding is nearly done.
There is talk of new store at this
place soon.
The weather is extremely cold for
the sunny month of May.
Chas. Gardener has given his black
smith shop new coat Of paint.
Winter wheat is looking nice now,
and bids fair for good crop.
We understand that work on the NJ.
E. church will soon begin and the
building finished up ready for use.
Our school is fiourishing finely under
the supervision of Miss Welch, of
Diamond Bluff.
The roads through the FL Paso dis
tricts are nearly impossible towards
Maiden Rock. Ed. Fitzgerald should
look to them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
KrNNICKINNIC KINDLINGs. -

kINNICKINNIC kINDLINGS.-
Seeding is finished, and now comes
planting of corn and potatoes.
Sol. Haycock lost valuable horse
last Saturday.
Lyman Loring was down on few
days visit last week.
Mr.. o. p. Whitcomb lost valuable
three year old colt last Tuesday.
C. A. Mckee is clearing his mound
land preparatory for breaking.
Mrs. Henry Day who has been sick
the past year is still very low.
School in districts Nos. and 5
have commenced with Miss Mabel
Strahl in No. 2 and Miss Celinda Gray
in No. 5,
Mr.. John Romberg has some friends
visiting him from Sweden. They
pi obably will remain here for the
present.
There will be lodge this Saturday
evening, let there be a full attendance
as officers are to be elected and in
stalled.
Alfred Mapes left for the Loring &
Stickney farm III MINI. last Friday
where he expects to remain until
next fall.
Mrs. FL. S. Baker, of st. Panl i:
visiting her parents and friends IL
this vicinity, she expects to return Il
st. Paul next week.
Miss Whedon has returned from
her vacation task, and is now install
Ell in the Stone School House teaching
the summer term.
Prairie fires are quite numerous
there could be seen at once the othel
night. but so far, there has been M
damage done that we know of.
Our citizens are doing as the.
would be done by in helping Mr.. Hen
~ Day in his seeding as he has beer
very unfortunate the past year ant
this spring.
| 4 stranger passing through GU
town, would not have to look verl
long to find the beautiful Kinnicbin
mic, filed with the speckled trout, a
the creek is continually lined will
fishermen.
Our sick are improving. Mr.. G. b
Musser being able TO walk around tn
house with the assistance of cane
and Miss Malissa Thomas so as to rid
out, which she has done two or thre
times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
Ell PAso ErcH1SGs.-

Ell PAso ErcHNGs.-
John Donely, nephew of James and
Thos. Donely, is sick with lung fever.
Chas. Dopkins has rented the Prin'
die farm.
Grass is starting very slowly, owing
to the dry weather.
Farmers are getting along well with
their seeding.
The steam saw mill is shut dowr
for two weeks, to give the people Z
chance to get in their crops.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

Coz. CHARLEs A. HAMILTON in the
Second Circuit, and Hon. A. Scott
Sloan in the Thirteenth Circuit, were
the only Circuit Judges elected in
April, the latter receiving every vote
cast In his circuit. Judge Sloan was
Attorney General under the Reform
administration Of Governor Taylor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

INDICATIONS point to the construction
of 4 large amount of railroad through.
out the northwest during the coming
summer, over five hundred miles of
which will be built in this State.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
SPRING LAKE SKETCHES
Ezekiel Andrus is at home.

Ezekiel Andrus is at home.
Mrs. Sam. Sanders is gaining slowly.
Ella Lynch, of this place. has gone
to Glenmont to spend the summer.
Miss Nellie Tovey, who has been
home on visit for some time, has
left for Minneapolis.
Charley Tovey, Michael McCardle
and several other boys of this place,
expect to go on the drive this spring.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

SENATOR PENDLEraN, of Ohio, has put
IN the first bid fol the Democratic
Presidential nomination in 1884, and
Blaine is standing candidate for the
Republican nomination.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
SiYa Safety Lamps.
Safety.


These two pictures illustrate the
danger of using common Kerosene
lamps, and the absolute safety secured
with the celebrated Self Erking ulsk-
ing, Non Explosive Lamps. Persons
should not risk the lives Of their chill
dren by nsine any other. It saves life
and prevents accident 70 person and
Aprorerty. x5-eo
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

THE fact that Judges Cole and
Cassoday practically had no opposition
at the recent judicial election divest-
ed, the contest of much of the public
interest that would otherwise have
attached thereto. The official vote
was as follows:
l r.rIIEI ITrsrTrR-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
Educational.
A. RosENBEReER,. Editor.

GprrespOnde nee, discussions etc. are desired
frukl the ] EAcHERs and the FRIESDs of EDCcA-
rIoS in this county. Address ali comm nicatiohs
to the Editor, at Maiden Rock, Wis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

The law requiring assessors to list
dogs is yet in force, though an unpop-
ular one.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
Real Estate Sloan Office

Ihaye for sale about 1900 acres of
land in Pierce and st. Croix Counties.
Will examine and perfect Titles. OBJ
tain U. S. Patents. Negotiate Loans,
Pay Taxes, sc. All communications
promptly attended to.
X. W. LEWIS, Register Of Deeds,
81 Ellsworth, Wisconsin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

Nearly all the votes given for
Messrs. jenkins and Cate were cast in
Fond du Lac county under the direc-
ton Of Democratic local politicians
for reasons best known to the Fond
du Lac wire-pullers, and it is but
Justice to the gentlemen named, for
us to state that they supported Judges
Cole and Cassoday. Though the total
vote lacked thousands OF being the
entire vote of the State, it was never
theless a handsome testimonial on the
part Of the people of the esteem in
which the Judges elected, as well as
the Supreme Court, are held.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-06-18
Massachusetts, Disgrace.

In debate in the Senate, Dawes
stated as a fact within his knowledge
that venerable man from Massachu-
sets who had resided for twelve years
in Mississippi had been driven from his
home by violence. his factory burned
and his servants slaughtered. This
statement was made for the purpose of
supporting theory that Northern peo-
pie settling in the South are habiJually
treated with inhospitality and exposed
to the dangers of arson and murder, or,
in other words, that the Union has not
been restored.
When Senator from Mississippi, in
language perfectly respectful and in a
tone of studied moderation, asked for
the name of the sufferer and the seat of
swer upon the pretext that vengeance
would follow him from the Mississippi
from which he had fed to the Massa-
chusetts to which he had returned. AL
though Dawes admitted that he had
taken refuge under the protecting egis
of that commonwealth where murder
and arson are unknown and impossible.
he persisted in declining to answer the
inquiry and denounced It as unwarrant-
able, impertinent and violation of the
rules of debate He refused to exoner-
ate any part of the wide State of Missi-
sippi from the disgrace of this great
crime by assigning it to any city, town,
county or other subdivision, but adj
hered to his original purpose of citing it
as an example by which the whole peo-
pie of that State were to be branded as
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-06-18
THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE.


Over among the red-ropped chestnut trees,
Stands the old schooihouse, Bent
And murmurs Ill the air like buzz of bees,
And YOU and Iarc men.
Ali docs it seem so long since we, too, bore
The sachcl and the slate?
And carclessly our school-boy honors wore,
And laughed at time and fater
just nifty steps trod by a boys rough feet,
I've counted DER and Ger
From the old pike-'tis now the village street.
To the gray, battered door.
1t seems an age ago since first dragged
May Robin on my sled,
And you behind, with pretty Nelllagged;
Alasi these both are dead.
And Ellersly, the grandest boy in SCHOOL,
think see him now,
Ready with pen, or exercise or rule,
With God-likc eye and brow.
Can 1t be possible that yesterday
saw him as he moved
In zigzag circles on the public way,
No longer feared or loved?
o time, what patches do thy fingers set
On garments free from stain!
0 rust, and sloth, and greed, what prizes get,
That Heaven would gladly gainl
Ben, you and !, thank Godi have hitherto
Our race with honor rum
And we may thank the little school-house, too,
Its study and its fun.
For there we learned, not musty books alone,
And feared no culprit-rod-
For one fair saint, now singing near the
throne,
Taught us TO honor God
M. A. Dsnison, in Youths Companion.