River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-09-07

A good secondhand horsepower
threshing rig for sale by a. T. Car
roll.
Full line in Buttons, Notions, Rib
bons, Gloves. &C., all new goods. very
cheap, at Burhyte's.
Our stock of Cloaks and Dolmans is
simply immense. and at prices to suit
every one, at Burhyte's.
Hon. W. T. Price was nominated
for Congress by the temperance con-
vention held at Eau Claire last Tues
day.
/ Nathan Coy and wife left to-day for
Omro, this State, on visit to rela
tives. They will be absent two or
three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. George DooIittle, of
Detroit, Mich, who were visiting Mr..
and Mrs. f. j. Burhyte last week.
I left for home on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward and two daugh-
tiers, of Eau Claire, the former being
the parents of Mrs. Geo. Burt, of this
place, are visiting in town.
Mrs. Beach is fully established in
the dressmaking department at Mrs.
/ w. II. Winchester The ladies will
find it TO their interest to give her a
call.
! II. Holman, near Ellsworth, has a
cabbage garden which for extent and
quality would delight an honest Dutch
man. His transcendant apples, too, are
seldom equaled.
A truthful exchange says, 1.-THE
idea of teaching every girl to thump
a piano. and make every boy to be a
bOokkeeper will make potatoes SO a
bushel in 20 years.
The fall teachers examination for
River Falls and vicinity commenced
! last Monday morning. There were
twenty-five applicants present three
of whom wrote for first grade certiti-
Gates.
Big THREsHING.--Geo and John
Chinook threshed last Friday from
LOO to $40 834 bushels of wheat. A
pretty good afternoon work, and one
which speaks well for the skill of the
machine. Next.
Rev. n. I. Blakeslee is called away
to preach next Sunday at Shell Lake,
consequently there will be no service
in the Congregational church morn
ing and evening, but Sunday School
and young peoples meeting as usual.
Gen. I.ucius Fairchild will deliver
the annual address at the Wisconsin
State fair at Fond du Lac. Among the
distinguished men who will be present
at the fair are Gen. John Gibbon, OF
the old Iron Brigade, Hon. Roscoe
Conkling. Bob. IDgersoll, Gov. Rusk,
and others.
Experiments have been made by
Prof. Forbes. of Illinois, upon the
chinch- bug. and he believes he has
found a perfect remedy. He uses a
mixture of water, kerosene and milk,
costing half cent per gallon, which
is applied with a simple machine
Western Farmer.
DR.. j. @. Adams offers his profes-
sional services to the people Of this
village and vicinity. For Diarrhea,
Cholera Infantum and FluX. The Doc
tor prescribes remedies he has SO fully
tested as to warrant cure in every
case not too long neglected. Chronic
diseases especially. Office in Pingrey
Block. River Falls, Wis.
Henry J. kevill died at the Ecker
dwelling on Second street last Sunday
of paralysis of the heart following a
severe attack of diphtheria. He was
twenty-three years of age. His par
ents live in Winnebago county, this
State, but he has been working in this
vicinity the greater part of the time
for the last three years. He was Il
general favorite with those who knew
him.
Auction!
The subscriber will offer for sale at
his farm in Section sc, town of Mar.
tel, on Saturday, Sept. 23d, 1889, at Q
O'Clock a. m, the following personal
property, to-wit: so head of cattle,
consisting of cows, heifers, and steers;
100 head of sheep and lambs, 3 work
horses, a number of swine, and a lot
Of farming implements,
NJ. T.. Syness
Ed. Ho!comb, who is well known
around here, the father of Miss Libby
Holcomb has been forced into row
up at Chandler and had to kill man
to protect his own life. The man 5
name was Randall and he owned a
homestead where Superior division
crosses. He got drunk and pitched
into Holcomb and gave him a terrible
beating. Not content he tried to do
the same the next day, when Holcomb
told him to let him alone or he