River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-01-26
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

will end on Sunday.
r. Wilkinson. of Prescott, was in
the village last Saturday.
Live geese feathers, steam cured
best quality, at Haven's.
Wisconsin pays out about $4,000
per year for killing wild cats.
III. G. Haven has large stock of
mirrors OF all styles and prices.
J. L. Moody and wife, of Ellsworth,
were in town the last of last week.
Meeting of the River Falls Chap
ter, r. a. NJ, next Saturday evening.
Regular"
Miss Ella J. Glover, the elocution-
list, has returned TO Boston to finish
her studies.
Rev. N. t. Blakeslee exchanged
pulpits with Rev. Hicks, of Prescott,
last Sunday.
Henry Eaton, of the Star & Times
Office, came out and spent last Sunday
with the boys.
Mrs. M. NJ. b. Pomeroy, starts for
Troy, \. Y, in about two weeks to
Join her husband.
The JOURNAL Office is now prepar-
ed to furnish marriage certificates of
all styles and prices.
Mrs. Fowler, mother of Frank and
Walter, has been very sick of late,
but is now improving.
The Congregational sociable will be
held at the residence of A. P. Weld,
Esq, tomorrow evening.
- moose, weighing 900 pounds, was
killed near Smiths logging camp,
near Philips, Wis, recently.
Prof. Kings balloon has been res
cued from the wilderness of Chlppe-
wa county in good condition.
The ladies of the w. C. T. U. net
ted trifie over $27.O0 at their supper
in Brackets Hall last week.
F. J. Burhyte and wife left last
Monday for a two weeks trip to Oma
ha and other points in Nebraska.
Several of our leading citizens of
the male persuasion have become
''honary members" of the w. G. L. u,
The ladies' of the w. C. T. U. would
thank all those who so cordially as
sisted them at their supper last week.
Louis Olson, now of st. Paul. spent
last Sabbath in town. lie intends
moving back to River Falls next
week.
The mother and niece of Rev. a. S,
Collins, who have been tarrying in
town several weeks, have returned tC
Hammond.
o. S. Powell took trip up the
North Wisconsin last week where he
has a force engaged in getting ou
railroad ties.
The fourteenth annual encampment
of the Wisconsin Grand Army of the
Republic will convene in Milwaukee,
January 80.
Charley Stillwell preached at the
Methodist church last Thursda.
night. Those who heard him speal
kindly Of his effort.
After July 1st. the Odd Fellows
Lodges will do their work in the 81
degree, instead of in the initiator.
degree as heretofore.
The teachers association held il
this village last Saturday, was largel
attended and the meeting proved yer,
interesting and profitable.
The next meeting of the teachers
association of this district will b
held at the Pierce Valley schoC
house on Saturday, Feb. 18th.
Rev. T. w. Cole, formerly of th
NJ. E. Church, is now an ordaine
minister of the Congregations
Church, and stationed at Hammond
Our correspondent from Utah, VIII
desired the p. o. address of Harve
Law, Jr., will find his man, if h
writes to Colorado Springs, Colorado
Otto Anderson, the new barbe
has rented j. M. Smiths house 0
Cascade Avenue, and with his Bird
is becoming fully initiated into til
myteries of housekeeping.
Deputy sheriff mason. of Ellsworth
gave us a brief call last Monday. II
departed for Madison on Tuesday i
charge of a couple of insane person
to be delivered at the asylum.
The w. C. I. U. have raised So
for circulating library. They hay
made arrangements with Rev. A.
Collins to purchase the books fl
them, and he leaves for Chicago in
few days for that purpose.
The Swedes of Mann Valley hay
secured funds for the building of
church, which is to be located jul
east of S. Younggren's. N. A. THETA
der has the contract and will col
mence operations early in the sprini
Mr.. Massey. the man who canyass'
our town for brushes last summe
was found dead in his bed in st. Pa
a few weeks ago. Rev. Mr.. Atwat
has taken his place, and is now
work in the sanity city.
The Bank of River Falls in unis'
with other banks throughout Il
country makes a ''liberal discount" (
mutilated coins of every descriptio
A ST silver coin with hole in 1T
only worth 65 cents, so cent coin
% cent coin II, and 10 cent coin I.
+. Lyman and Ezra Healey have pl
t chased the Lyman Powell farm,
the South Fork. This is one of t
best farms in this section, and add
J to their former extensive landed p'
sessions ranks the boys among t
bonanza farmers of the st. Gre
Valley.