River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-06-29
MAIDEN Rock MINUTES.


The lake is again on the rise.
Mrs. Hiram Benson is reported sick.
Supt. A. Rosenberger now looks at
ter the paregoric bottle and spoon.
A young boy makes home joy.
The following successful teachers
closed their schools on Friday last:
Misses Cora .Caverly, Lizzie Kaye, Lulu
Sands, and Sarah Darlington.
The strawberry crop is good in this
vicinity.
Mr.. Caverly's family, of Red Wing,
are over at their farm putting up
fruit this week.
Miss Mary Brewer is spending the
berry season with parents.
Rev. Smith, of Clear Lake, filled FL
der Hollis appointment here last Sab
bath. Rev. S. was formerly of this
charge and his many friends were
pleased to listen to him once again.
He preached very able sermon. Mrs.
Smith and family were present also.
School closes ON Friday of this week
for three months vacation.
Our post office and church look
much better after undergoing a thor
ough scrubbiDg.
Installation of officers at Odd Fell
lows lodge at this place. on Friday
evening next.
Hettie Benson, we are glad to say,
is again able to be out.
Since "The mists have cleared
away" the Plum City school is pro-
crossing finely.
ST. PAUL SCREEDs.-
William d. Kent, formerly militia airy
instructor in the st. Croix Military
Academy at River Falls and Hudson,
known as Major Kent, is now chief of
party of transfers in Montana.
Fuller Musser, a nephew of Cyrus
d. Musser, of Kinnickinnic, was killed
last Saturday morning by an accident
upon the railroad near Blooming Prai.
RE, MINI. lie was engineer and the
engine fell into a washout killing him
instantly. He WAS buried by the Odd
Fellows and Locomotive Engineer
Brotherhood, in the Oakland Gene
terry, near Austin.
Red Rock camp meeting is in full
blast and thoroughly successful.
We met Mr.. Gray, now student Of
Bcloit College, who was just starting
upon trip through Ohio and vicinity,
as travelling expert of the Minneapolis
Harvester company, as a vacation trip
for lucre and pleasure. He is a son of
Mr.. Gray, of Kinnickinnic.
Among the names of teachers re-
Gently reelected to positions in Min.
neapolis, we find Miss L. P. Chaplin,
formerly principal of the River Falls
public school, as principal of the Sum-
ner school, and Miss Lila Hays pri-
mary principal of the Franklin.
The MINI. Journal of Education
speaks of the exhibition closing the
Alexandria public schools, under the
principalship of prof. Joel N. Childs,
as successful, the proceeds of which
are to go towards buying apparatus.
d. w. Tandy took the second Hadg
son prize for excellence in oratory at
the late commencement of Hamline
University. Mr.. Tandy's home is in
Isabelle, Pierce county. He was a
teacher.
L. w. Curtis, formerly of River
Falls, is now express messenger be-
tween st. Paul and Wilmar, having
been promoted some time ago from
his position first taken of messenger
upon the Browns Valley Branch. His
present place is one of much respon-
sibility.
The calendar of the University gives
the name of w. Ii. Wood as one of
the attendants upon the course of
lectures upon agriculture lately de-
| livered at the school. Now watch
Bro. w. for some fancy ''book farm
ing"
Strawberries have fallen to 20 cents
per quart.
A beyy of beauties trimming with
brains anG bank accounts have been
borne to Dakota, booked homesteads,
and are breaking the boundless pral-
ries. Sensible and profitable business
| for st. Paul bellies.
Rev. L. G. Richards, of Bozeman,
Montana, has lengthy historical ad-
dress in the BozeRldn paper. for which
we are indebted to Frank Bush, C. E.
Rev. r. is the husband of Jennie
Blakeslee, that was.
Frank Bush has charge of a diyis-
ion of engineers on the n. p. r. r. in
Montana, and is doing well, and wrest-
ling with estimates and 'sPrismoidal
Formulate and signing in vain for a
look at clean, pure and well dressed
daughter of Eve.