River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-11-16

John Lunquist has moved out of
town-to st. Croix county, we believe.
Pierce Valley is to lave sociables.
They're sociable class-that commu-
nifty.
I. j. Atwater's sorghum mill is for
sale, as he wishes to 80 out of the bus
mess.
Regular quarterly meeting at Pres
colt for this circuit, next Saturday and
Sunday.
Hosea Beers still fingers in Clifton.
He will return to Northfeld after the
holidays.
Bran quotations have ranged low in
Clifton recently. An early advance is
anticipated.
Ed Brown has been little "under
the weather" for few days past but
is now better.
Mrs. Stout's house is finished. 1t is
neat, well arranged and tasty. j. D..
Barnes was the builder.
Some of our citizens, four in number
we believe, are building a lime-kiln
near the old stone house.
Several of our young people attend
ed the theatrical entertainment at the
Falls during the past week.
The school at the Hollow is to have
a setof Notwithstanding which
every school should possess.
Rev. Hamilton, Of River Falls, form
erIy a resident here, was renewing old
acquaintance here last week.
Agents. especially sellers of sewing
machines, are common, and they seem
to be doing a thriving 'biz."
j. S. Copley is at Ellsworth this
week, attending the meeting of the
County Board of Supervisors.
This town polls about one hundred
and sixty votes, but only ninety-seven
were registered at the late election.
An agent for an endowment associa-
tion is offering chances to our citizens
to amass wealth from u small invest
ment.
Barring the emission of little SUI
perfluous gas from partisan voters our
election passed of as uneventfully as
usual.
The weather we have been enjoying
for the past few weeks is something of
d contrast to that which we endured
at this time last fall.
A craving for early election returns
caused some OF theanxious ones to dis
patch special messenger from River
Falls to Clifton election evening.
B. III. Corcoran commenced school
in his home district last Monday. If
Bryan pulls through this winter it will
have made nine terms for him in that
district.
Belle Rollin is enjoying vacation
of few weeks before commencing
her school at Utah. Bellies term Of
school just closed seems like all the
previous ones, to have been a complete
success.
R. l.. Reed teaches at Pierce Valley
and boards in Prescott. six miles away.
One of our schoolmasters teaches in
Oak Grove and boards three miles
away, in this town. Guess those ped
agogues will have some cold fingers
before spring.
With George Dill on one side of
Clifton and Carroll on the other, Sands
vote in this town was whitfield down
pretty thin. This effect resulted from
the fact that the Republican nominee
was personally almost entirely un-
known here while his opponents, from
long residence in this vicinity drew
votes irrespective of party.
We understand that VIII Atwater
and Fred Shelton, who have been in
Dakota during the past summer, think
some of remaining there during the
winter. Fred and Will are two of
Clifton's most popular young men and
if the girls don't veto that little ar
rangement we've slipped a cog in the
machinery of our calculations, that's
all.
Charles McIlroy and John Hardy
will haul stave- bolts this winter from
Beldenville to River Falls, with A.
horse team each. They will have
headquarters at Beldenville, but will
make semi occasional visits to Clifton.
The boys have sold out their claims on
the farms which they had rented and
are going west in the Spring, to grow
up with the country.