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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-06-30
PREsCoTT PARAGRAPHS. =

| PREsCoTT PARAGRAPHs.-
New hay is coming into market.
John West is stopping in town.
Al. Mattson has gone toDundas, MINI.
Dave Bates is down from Crookston.
Will O'Brien was in town over Sun.
day.
Bob. Wilson has launched two new
barges.
Green peas and new potatoes are in
the market.
Several young ladies from Prescott
attended court.
The mill at PIT. Douglas commences
work this week.
Mr.. Southwick has been entertain
ing friends from abroad.
Mrs. Armstrong has packed her goods
and prepared to move away.
Several persons from here attended
camp meeting at Red Rock.
L. j. Moody is in Sioux Falls work
ing at the carpenter business.
Sand beach excursions are of daily
occurrence during fine weather.
A boat that used to carry cotton
down south passed here recently.
Jay Whipple and family, of Winona,
passed through town the other day.
Frank Knapp and family have de.
parted for their home i'll MapletOn,
Dakota.
John Stirratt is having we'll drill.
ed. When finished it will be over two
hundred feet deep.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mansfield are living in
the house owned by Abijah Miller,
next to c. l.. Barnes.
II. M. Twombly, Of New York, an
old resident of Prescott, was visiting
friends here last week.
Last Friday the fast steamer Gem
City came up the river, but did not
stop here. 1t went to st. Paul and le-
threw its electric 1ie fight aeross 4 tho ,
tiers and made fine appearance. Large
crowds went aboard and viewed the
floating palace. 1t stopped nearly an
hour and then was loOsened flOm its
mornings amidst firing of cannon and
music by splendid band.
Capt. Leavitt seems to have had
great desire to excel in rigging his
steamer Annie Barnes. He has put in
two engines and given her larger Ca
pacity for hauling; new boiler, and
has had her painted throughout. Oak
and walnut grained inside of cabin.
The Annie is now the neatest steamer
that ever piled between here and Hast
ings. She makes four daily trips,
leaving here at and IL a. NJ. and
and 7 O'Clock P. NJ.
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New CENTERvILLE News. =

Mrs. Jay Wadsworth, of River Falls,
is visiting friends in this vicinity.
Miss Millie Randall, of Minneapolis.
wasa guest at Mr.. Lessons part OF
last week.
Mrs. Cowan, of Cumberland, is
spending a few weeks with her moth
er, Mrs. Babcock.
Miss Ella Palmer closed a two
months term of school in the Larson
district last week.
The crops are looking finely here,
although in the northern part or the
town were damaged by the late han
storm.
Miss Viola Hill closed her school last
| Friday. She will not return To hsr
home in River Falls until after the
Fourth"
Mr.. Palmer's barn containing farm
ing tools, harnesses and some wheat
was consumed by fire on the night OF
the % ult.
Miss Myrtle Woods, who had charge
of a department in a high school al
Necedah the past year is spending the
vacation at home.
win Palmer, who returned from
California last spring and has since
been located in other parts, we arr
pleased to notice is again in our midst
Miss Mary Crabtree, who has beer
teaching in Pierce Co., closed he
school last Friday and will spend thu
present week with her sister, Mrs
Newton, of Baldwin.
Miss Josie Letson is spending a par
of her summer vacation at Ellsworth
with Miss Lulu Stafford, who return
ed home with her from school at tn
close of the Normal.
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BIG RIVER RAMBLINGs. -


The wheat hereabouts is now all
sold.
Jake Taylor lost two good cows
lately.
The picket fence in front of the
church is finished.
Haying is progressing finely. A
very heavy crop.
Uncle Frank Otis spends day
occasionally in the Valley with j. III.
Barnes.
Mr.. Peckham Hall spent a week or
more visiting friends and relatives in
the woods
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Barrett have
been to Minnesota to visit their
daughter Fanny.
Datus Jackson has gone to Prescott
to work for John Dudley. Jack is a
good hand and commands high wages.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Bliss have gone
to Herman, Mimi, to visit their chill
dren. Fred, Frank and Miss Ada, who
are improving their land there.
Mrs. L. C. Hall was thrown from a
wagon at tie foot OF Big River hill
and severely hurt. The accident was
caused by a culvert caving in. The
| place has since been fixed.
Miss Ann Filkins, Hester Dunn and
Lizzie Wilson, are busy as bees getting
the beauty of the valley rugged out
for the 4th. They are now at the
residence Of Mr.. John Dunn.
Mrs, Kittleson and Mrs. Christian,
from Dodge county, this State, ara
stopping With VIM. Teare for few
weeks. They are old school mates,
having attended school in Wales.
Chas. Rey's little girl, about four
years old. was kicked on the head by
a vicious horse and nearly the whole
scalp torn off. The wound was dressed
| by Dir. Cotton, and the child is doing
well.
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Rock ELM CENTER REMARKS. =

Miss Amanday Elliott closed her
school to-day.
The Misses Lettie and Alma Ross,
from Durand, have been visiting here
for few days.
Miss Sarah Alexander has returned
from OconomOwoc, where she has
attended school for year past.
A letter has been received from
Clear Lake, stating that Nettle, only
daughter of Lawrence Oconnor, nearly
10 years old, had died of diphtheria
recently.
The children's meeting last Sabbath
was every way a success. The nal
was beautifully decorated, and all the
exercises were remarkably good. A
| recitation by Cassius Hawn was very
fine. and piece played and sung by
Miss Hattie Laurent, assisted by hel
| little brother and sister, and lunla
Bretell, was highly complimented.
we win not particularize, but as the
music of the last hymn filled the air
all seemed to catch the inspiration
and the meeting broke up amid gen
eral rejoicing. A vote of thanks wa;
rendered to Mr.. Fox for the gratui
tious use of his hall and organ.
Tt is decided to have children
celebration on the 4th of July. The
! exercises to consist of speeches, mu
sic. instrumental and vocal, dec!ama
tions, dialogues, character pieces
singing, etc, mostly by the children
A full program is prepared, anC
various committees chosen, All sur
rounding schools and Sabbath school:
cordially invited, A procession vii
be formed at Fox's Hall and march Il
to the grove, where stand beauti
fully decorated and canopied viii b'
found ready for the convenience an'
accommodation of all who participate
in the exercises. 4 good time assured
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OAK GROVE ULEANlNGS. -

Corn is dong unusually we'll and
promises big yield.
| Herman Strive is enlarging his
house and putting cellar under the
same.
A very large amount of clover hay
is being spoiled 10y the continuous wet
| weather.
Charles Virgins has rented his
| farm and will retire from agricult ur.
al pursuits after this season.
Mr.. Frank Manion and Miss Anna
Donovan were married on Monday
| last, the Rev. E. A. Hanses ofliclat-
ing. Both parties are residents of
Oak Grove. In the evening a numer-
Gus party, consisting of relatives and
friends, assembled at the residence of
the brides father to celebrate the
suspicious event. Music was provided
by the Trimbelle String Band, and to
use the old phrase, all went merry as
a marriage bell, and to increase the
ccottt fTto orlnleHt" BaHdr unexpectedly arriv-
ed early in the evening and discoursed
sweet music until late-or rather an
early--hour. At midnight a bountiful
repast of ali that could tempt the pal
ate was spread. The presents were
numerous and varied. The number of
invited guests was variously estlmat-
ed at from one hundred and fifty to
two hundred and twenty-five. Upon
the whole it was the grandest affair OF
the kind ever witnessed in the town
and will long be remembered by those
who participated in it.
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MARrRL MERE MENTION

| MARTEL MERE MENTION
Most all of the schools closed on
Friday last.
Olof Olson is building an addition
to his barn.
The outlook for a good crop was
never better.
Ole Sather has painted his granary
and re-painted his house.
Everybody is going to celebrate the
Fourth at New Centerville.
Anthony Kjilson. of Glenmont, gave
lis a pleasant call on Sunday last.
Soren Sotholt, of Waukesha county,
has been visiting friends i'll town.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Anderson, of
Deer Park, are visiting at his fathers.
Thos. Lauder has improved his farm
by taking down his fences and break
ing up the fence lines.
c. C. Mcintyre closed his seventh
term of school in the Lauder district
on Friday last. Charley is good
teacher.
Hans and Christian Skyberg, two
theological students, from Madison,
have been visiting at Mr.. Sather's for
some time past.
G. G. Mcintyre authorizes us to state
that he is not getting up an excursion
for July 9th, as stated in the educa-
tional column of the JOURNAL.
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KINNIcKINNIC KINDLINGs. -


Forrest Barnett and wife have re-
TUNED to Chippewa Falls.
Mrs. Thomas spent few days in st.
Paul last week, with her sister.
Mrs. Rictor. OF Sioux Falls, is visit
ing at her home, T.. p. Whitcomb's.
The rain and hail did considerable
damage in the northeastern part of
town.
Scion Perrin, who has been attend.
ing the law school at Madison. gradu-
ated with high honors June 2Ist. lie
returned home last Friday.
The Sunday school picnic held at
Supt. Cotton Whitcomb's, passed off
very pleasantly. There were about
seventy-fve present, and all seemed to
have good time, especially the little
folks.
Miss Helen Whedon, who is teach
ing in G. d. Smiths district, attended
the teachers examination in st. Paul
last Monday. Only sixteen of the
thirty.six applicants succeeded. Miss
WhedOn stood high in the list of sue
cessful candidates, there being only
four above her, but not counting her
standing in geogranig somewhat local
10 the west, slniI not likely to be ans
wered by anyone recently from the
East, she would have stood equal to
the first in the class. Certainly, not n
small indicator of her education, and
fitness for the position she now holds
or for one OF greater responsibility.
The examinations were such that both
city and country teachers of consider
able experience failed.
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Plum Cry CHRONICLES. -

| PLUM Cry CHRONICLES
j. ii. Persons has again Travelled
| over Union as assessor.
B. Moser will soon have the walls of
his brick house completed.
T. Tomlinson is again at work saw
ing up the logs in his mill yard.
The district school, of Plum City,
opened Monday, the 18th ult., with
Miss Peel, of Dead Lake Prairie. as
teacher.
Plum City has placards out for a
high old time July Fourth. Various
entertainments during the day. Fire
works" and dance for the evening.
A young man by the name of Phil
ip Zepp has taken II goodly number of
orders III this vicinity for fruit trees,
etc., for the "Jewell Nurs n.y. of
Lake City to be delivered nexJ Oct.
A sad accident occurred in the south
west part of this town on Wednesday,
the 18th. The team of Charles Carson
in use moving some rails became fright
ened, ian away and caused the instant
death of his little boy, about five years
OF age.
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Ono ORIGINALS.


Frank Sandford's father and moth.
er are visiting him.
Two daughters came to stay at il.
Seeley's last week. Twins.
The ladies of the NJ. E. Church have
cleaned and fitted up the Grange Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dickerson and daugh-
ter from Dunn County. have been
visiting at R. W. uarvey's the past
week.
Salem Sunday School elected the
following officers for the ensuing
year:--George White, Supt.; Fannie
Thomas, Assisting Supt.; A. W. Ogil.
vie, Sec; G. A. Guitteau, Treas; A..
w. Ogilvie. Helen Van Schoonhovan
and Wood 0gilive, Teachers.
Mrs. Florence Pottle is expected to
give a reading in Good Templar's
Hall sometime in July. She comes
well recommended by the principal
of the Winona Normal School, the
Pioneer Press and the students and
faculty of Hamline University. Adj
mission Is cts.
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SPRING LAKE SKETCHES.


The writer recently made journey
from Wilson Station, st. CroiX Co., to
Olivet, Pierce Co., a distance of fifteen
miles. Leaving Wilson Station, south.
ward, our road trayersed what we call
Hull's Ridge. Along the road, through
the town of Cady, st. Croix Co., and
Spring Lake, Pierce Co., were many
new farms opening by thrifty Ger
mans and Norwegians. The older
farms were well advanced in fine
dwellings, barns, orchards and waving
| fields of wheat and grass. Beautiful
roads, crossing at right-angles, were
of frequent occurrence. The country
| is clothed with heavy forests of tim
Der. Cattle run over the forests in
rich wild grasses. Birds from the
sunny south make the forests vocal
with Inscriptions of praise to the Most
High. ''The light of Sabbath eve. was
fading fast away" the sun slowly
retiring to the west, casting It's
Iengthing shadows through the dark
forests. We thought of the centuries
past, when naught reigned here bnt
primeval forests, the songs OF birds,
| the tread of wild beasts, and the
scream of their scarce less wild pur-
suers, the North American Indians.
But the march of civilization had
changed the scene. We could hear in
the distance the whistle of the rail
road engine and the rumbling cars.
Reaching the Eau Gale river, we
paused at cemetery. Here the dead
re;gned alone. Marble shafts were
pointing from the city of the dead tc
a ''city that hath foundations, whose
maker and builder is God" Here the
dead await the voice of God-wher
that (which was sown in weakness
shall be raised in power" when deatl
shall be swallowed up in victory
when mortality shall live the life Of
everlasting ages, beyond the flight OF
time.
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CLIFTON CHIT CHAT

CLIFTON CHIT CHAT
The days are shortning.
N. B. Wilkinson was in town last
week.
School closes at Pierce Valley next
week.
Robert Ashbaugh is building a
granary.
John T. West has returned from
Illinois.
Charles LeaYitt is living on Monroe
Bailey's farm.
Taylor's Touring mill is doing a
good business.
The old boarding house at the Hol-
| low is tenantless.
Charley Wright will harvest with a
Marsh Irvine binder.
Mr.. Brannon will move to j. ID.
Barnes farm this fall.
II. Dickson has rented j. IIutchin's
farm for the next year.
Abe Gray and Rev. Haw visited
Glenwlld Lodge recently.
Silas Snow is breaking up and 9TH
erwise improving his farm.
The recent cool weather is excel
lent for the growing wheat.
Clifton class-leaders restrain Sab
bath breakers by moral suasion.
Clara Hammond will finish hel
school at Glass Valley next week.
John McIlroy is improving his
premises by adding new buildings.
p. Thorn is doing large amount OF
building ON the Peter johnson farm.
The young people of Pierce Valley
will celebrate as usual--with picnic
The DEVILS Den is favorite place
of resort for lovers--Of the romantic
r, B. Caldwell is engaged in thu
machinery business at Ivanhoe, ID. L
Charley Blitsoe, formerly residen
of this town, is running the ferry a
Alton.
Fisherman's luck. is what the boy
had who went spearing the othe'
night.
The frequent rains have badly in
iured the clover, and the average
farmer earnestly requests little
more sun.
A guileless vendor of jewelry ant
notions perambulated through tow
last week.
Oak Groves successful school-mas
ter. b. II. Corcoran. ended his labor
= for the summer in the Endorf distric
last week.
Pierce Valley I. O. G. L. Lodg
numbers eight school teachers in
= membership.
j John Hammond will return =
j farm in the fall. He has
weary of Minnesota.
81 Rev. Fassett preached at tn lie
q last Sunday morning, and at ~4usi
y lem in the afternoon.
81 Winnie Finely and Will Hicko
q have closed their schools ut Big Rive
4 and Trimhelle, respectively.
We hear that little son of Charlie
Ray was badly injured. but the caus
of the mishap We did not learn.
e Some of our young people attende
e the strawberry festival at JerusaleI
u Corners last Friday night. a hrs
4 class entertainment is reported.
y Regular biennial election of a ca
= Supt. this fall. Wonder if the con
= ing campaign will be as exciting
the last one vast
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EsDAILE ECHOES
A boy at Peter Miller's.

ESDAILE ECHOES
A boy at Peter Miller's.
A daughter at John 0lson's.
Born.--June %, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Brown, Il daughter.
Mrs. P. SadGler has returned from
visiting friends at Arkansaw.
o. Z. Rice has a very good single
harness which he offers for 81.
The circus will call away quite a
number of our young folks on Tuesday
next.
Two base ball clubs have been or
ganiZed in our town and stand ready
for challenges.
So far as we have seen, A. Sorensen
has the best piece of garden corn for
this season. 1t was tassled out June
%.
Examination of the graduating class
here on Saturday, July 2. Entertain
ment in the evening to which all are
invited. Admission free,
Mrs. J. o. Lusk has returned from
Southern Mimi, where she has been
visiting friends and relatives for The
past six or eight weeks.
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CIRCUIT COURT. PIERCE COUNTY.

Wellington Vannatta, plaintiff, VS.. 4. p
Tubbs and Lydia Tubbs, his wife, defend
ants.
The State OF Wisconsin, to the said defend.
ants and each of them:
You are hereby summoned to appear with.
in twenty days after service OF this summons
exclusive of the day of service, and defend
the above entitled action in the court afore-
said; and in case of your failure so to do
Judgment will be rendered against You ac
cording to the demand of the complaint; o
which a copy is herewith served upon you.
CHARLES SMITH, Plaintiffs Attorney
p. O. Address, River Falls, Pierce Co., Wis
7-6t
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First publication June 8, 1881. J
PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF WISCONSIN,
County Court for Pierce County-ln Probate.
In the matter OF the last will and tesla
ment OF Abner Morse, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that at general
term of the County Court to be held at the
Probate Office in the village of Ellsworth,
within and for said county Of Pierce. on the
d. 1881, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, the following
matter will be heard and considered; The
application of Mrs. Mary D. Morse to admit
to probate the last will and testament OF
Abner Morse, late OF the village Of River
Falls, in said county, deceased, and for
letters testamentary therein to be granted
according to law.
Dated My 2ist, 1881.
By order of the Court: II. P. AMEs,
nj County Judge.
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GILMAN GATHERINGS.
Weeds are unusually thrifty.


Weeds are unusually thrifty.
The weather does not promise good
luck to hay makers.
The wheat crop is improving and
now promises fair crops.
Nils Nilsson has Just purchased a
handsome platform buggy.
There is to be Fourth of July eel
bration in the north eastern part of
this town.
Highways have received their usu-
al spring treatment with the usual
amount of success and bungling.
Elias Jensen is putting up neat
log house. We suppose some fine
bird is expecting to grace the snug
little woods-nest.
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IN .J1STICE COVRT.

PIERCE COUNTY, WIS, }
Town of Trenton,
To August Clifford:
You are hereby notified that ? WayE;al8t. n
OF Charles Erickson, John Newstrom and e
L. Weber, co-partners as Erickson, News
from 4 Co, amounting to fifty dollars 1850
with interest thereon at the rate of ten pei
cent. per annum since January 26th, 1880
Now unless you shall appear before J. II
Boustead, Justice Of the Peace i'll and tol
said county, at his Office III said town, on the
eleventh day OF July, A. d. 1881, at tel
O'Clock in the forenoon, judgement will be
rendered against you and your property sold
to pay the debt.
Dated this 18th day of June, A. ID. 1881.
CHARLES Erickson,
q. l.. WEBER,
JOHN NEwsTRoM,
sat Plaintiffs.
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ESTRAY NOTICE.

Found, and taken up by me, the under
signed, on land owned by me, and on which
l live, in section No. "a, township No. %,
range No. Is, being the town Of Trenton, on
or about the 18th day of June, 1881, one dark
brindle heifer, about one year old; portion
of her left ear cut or torn off.
Trenton, June l3, 1881.
nS-4t J. G. ARNOLD.
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SiYe Safety Lamps.
Safety.
DANGER.

These two pictures illustrate the
danger of using common kerosene
lamps. md the absolute safety secured
with the celebrated Ssit-ErtihgU iSh-
ing, Nom Explosive lamps. Persons
should not risk the lives OF their chll-
dren by using any other. 1t saves lie
and prevents accident 20 person and
property. $500
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CIRCUIT COURT. PIERCE COUNTY.

Bruno Beaupre, J. IL. Allen
and Frank Keogh, Partners
as Beauple, Allen & keogh,
against
R w Fleming and Ann
FL ming, his wife.
Ia pursuance and by virtue OF a judgment
of foreclosure and sale made in the above en-
titled action on the 10Th day OF June, 1880
the undersigned sheriff OF Pierce county, will
sell at public Tendue to the highest bidder
at the front door of the post Office in the vii.
lage of River Falls, in the town OF River Fal :,
in SAID county, on the 20th day OF August,
1881, at two O'clock in the afternoon of said
day, the real estate and nortgaged premises
directed by SAID judgment to be sold, and
therein described as follows, to wit: lots five
(5) and six 6) in block seventy-fve (75) in
NJ N. Il o. S. Powell's addition to the village
of Kimickinnic, now River Falls, as survey
ed by Miller and situate in Pierce county,
State OF Wisconsin.
Dated June 30th, 1881.
A. II. LORD,
Sheriff of Pierce County
BAKER, SPooSER & CATLN,
loot Plaintiffs Attorneys.
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For sale.

One double wagon and rack; two second
hand Marsh Haryesters; one five ioGt cut
Adams IS French Harvezter, news VIII be
sold very cheap. Apply TO
7-2t Taos. Z. TUBES.