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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19
KillIIickiIIiIic.

Fred. Crawford returned home
from the West last Friday.
Miss Louie Burr commenced -four
months term of school in the Weld
schoolhouse on the 10th inst.
Rev. Mr.. Evans will preach a
Thanksgiving sermon at the NJ. E.
church at $50 p. m. next Thursday,
the Goth.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ w. Wilson drove
up TO Clear Lake last Friday to spend
a few days with their daughter, Mrs.
f. NJ. Nye. They returned Tuesday.
The prayer meeting this week will
be held at Mr.. Hicks. AS it will be
about full moon let there be large
attendance.
Mr.. Q. S. Powell now owns the I.
f. Tubbs farm,
Charles Freeman and wife, OF
Grand Forks, Dakota, are the guests
of Mr.. J. 7. Deans.
Miss Vara Cook, who is attending
school at New Richmond, has been
sick aud under the Doctors care. We
understand, however, that she is bet
Ter now.
\ lady teacher holding a second
grade certificate is wanted in district
No. 4. Good wages will be paid.
As Mr.. S. II. Burr was engaged ir
repairing his granary last week he
slipped and fell about ten feet from a
ladder to the ground, brui5ing him
self and spraining his ankle. He was
around again in a day or two, however
Last Friday Messrs. L. Kelley, S.
W. Williams, Clint Williams, VIM.
Smith, and Emf. Musser were subpOen-
ed to appear at Hudson us witnesses
for the defendent in the case of j. X
Ravens VS. c. d. Smith Ii, and Lutte
Dodge and Cotton Whitcomb were
subpoeued for the plaintiff. The cast
was settled without trial, but th boys
got their fee all the same.
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Dr. F. L. Barney and family have
left us to make their future home in
Prairie du Chen.
e. uawn and family have gone into
winter quarters here. Ed. is full of
business and proposes to make things
jingle.
Chas. Ridout is building good
barn on his premises. lie expects to
move here in Il few days.
WIN. Burns has sold his farm to a
gentleman from the eastern part of
Spring Lake.
The Sunday School has beenreorgan-
ICED for the winter: Mrs. f. Coon is
Ierintendent, and Miss Maggie Gill
more Asst. superintendent.
Parties from Lake City are earnest
| ly endeayorlng to supply This commu-
nifty with Ladies CloahS.
Caleb Coon's people are moving
! into their new house. They will be
/ .hle 10 overlook the entire village.
ola Uncle White, Of Maiden Rock
! had the misfortune to be thrown from
his wagon in such a manner as t.
/ Altdh His dl H. NhtiC gums AOA u
with the mail last Friday
DR.. Irwin is having his house i'm
proved by good coat of paint.
Walker Thompson is busily operat
ing d WoodsaW in his fall0w.
1 number Of houses in this commu
nifty are being banked with saw dust
from Hawn mill yard.
The winter term of school in tn,
Welseman District opened on Monday
the 9th inst, with NJ. l.. Maxgood a:
teacher.
v. Mathewson has huilt "a chimney
on his harness shop. and john NECTAR
has plastered his house during the
past week.
Report of 0livet school for the hal
term ending Nov IS. 36 days.
Average No. enrolled, Il
Average daily attendance, 81
No. present every day, i
No not tardy, .
Adine Van, villa Willard. Geo. Van
Wubs Mathewson, Joseph Hurjen
and Willie Towsley were neither alb
sent nor tardy.
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A buyer from Menomonie was here
Friday offering 3 cents live weight for
hogs.
The proprietors of Curtiss' mill on
Cady Greek are now running their mill
by steam power, and have just added
some new machinery.
The school in the Poston District
will close Friday next.
Miss Anna Foil has resigned the
school at DecEerville, which she had
engaged.
A Reading Circle was organized here
last Saturday. The next meeting
will be held this week Saturday.
The G.. A. r. Post at Plum City
which is just organizing, has invited
Hans B. Warner to muster them in,
assisted by the Ellsworth Post.
Mr.. Decker has some splendid
honey for sale.
The village schoolhouse will be re.
paired and put in order for school the
coming week.
Mr.. Cheney is fencing the piece OF
land which he recently purchased OF
Mr.. lawn. The Cemetery fence is
also being repaired. -
= Some people in the eastern part OF
the county have been hunting par
/ tridges in and near Spring Lake, aud
\ | hear that one man cleared $50 il
! two weeks by the sale of his game.
Mrs. John Watson returned Friday
/ from Ellsworth. where she has beer
under the care of DR.. Woodwork.
The infant child of Lester Kendall
is to be buried to-day.
| Mrs E. Merrill will move to Mime
sofa in few days
! An agent of Buck & Seeley, Lake
4 City. was here last week with cloaks
overcoats, etc. for sale. Quite a
number of our citizens invested il
his goods.
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Temperance.
CONDUCTED BY THE.---.W. G. I. U.
For God and Home and Natiue Land
Regular meeting of the Union

Regular meeting Of the Union on
Friday at 3 O'Clock, at the Baptist
church.
The temperance Calendar is here at
last. Miss Wizards face gives kind
ly greeting to all who look at it, and
the temperance sentiment of ages is
to be found on its leaves. This calen-
dar is the work of Wisconsin woman
and the proceeds from its sale go to
aid the State aud National Union so
that each one who aids us in any way
may know that they are thereby help.
ing to keep such workers in the field
as Mr. Woodbridge, of Ohio, our own
Miss Willard and many others.
| P. Il. Barnum makes the following
offer which will set many people to
thinking:
II will undertake to give bonds for
the fulfllment of the contract, that if
the city of Philadelphia will stop sell
ing liquor, and give me as much as
| was expended IoI HeI IlquOl ldSI yedl
| will pay all the city expenses; no
person within her borders shall pay
taxes; there shall be no insurance on
property; a good dress suit shall be
given to every poor boy, girl, man and
woman; all the educational expenses
shall be paid; IA barrel of flour shall
be given to every needy and worthy
person, and l will clear half million
or a million dollars by the operation
No comment is necessary.
The National drink bill is at hand
and will soon be for distribution.
Put on your thinking caps.
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c. l.. Barnes received his supply of
winter apples Saturday night, on the
steamer Mary Morton.
W. II. York, of Hillsborough, Da.
kota, was in the city Sunday.
John Neinstadt has opened his sa-
loon in lis new brick block.
A teachers association will be
held in the schoolhouse at this place
next Saturday.
Miss Martina Caldwell was in the
city visiting, the first Of the week,
We understand that for the future
she intends to make the East her
home.
On Tuesday, the 10th inst, Mr.. A.
Becker, OF Minnesota, and Miss Angie
Simons, OF this place, were united
iii marriage.
The old Merchants Hotel on the
levee is to be converted into board
ing house.
iiessrs. Smith & Van Glider have
opened a livery and sale stable in the
stone barn on Front street. Besides
doing 4 regular livery business they
will boaid horses by the day or week.
a new boarding house has been
opened in the Cook building south OF
T. 4. Timers hardware store.
The County Board, at its recent
/ session, dealt pretty roughly with
neatly all the justices in the county
10y refusing to allow their bills fol
criminal cases heard before them
Several parties in this vicinity are
feeling pretty sore about it.
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Spring Patle,y.

Freezing has stopped the blowing,
but most of the tall blowing has been
completed.
A little child of Jas. A. Nelson has
the diphtheria. DR.. Irwin is in at
tendance.
Potatoes buried in different fields
have deem visited by frost.
1t is claimed that no less than 20
bushels of oats have been stolen from
the granary of Peter Akers, and there
is hay missing every few nights from
the barn of our Postmaster. Thieves
are not all dead yet, neither are they
all jailed, but they are being watched.
An old gentleman by the name of
Pap" White, of Maiden Rock, was
the mail-carrier on Friday. When
near this place the horses were fright
ened by the discharge of gun in the
hands of Jed Wells, and ran, throwing
Mr.. White and a passenger out, and
breaking Mr.. Whites arm. He was
taken back to Maiden Rock, while
Mr. George Wells went on with the
mail. Coming back he was met at
Ulivet by the regular mail.carrier, Mr..
HOlbrOOk
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Ice two inches thick on the mill
pond.
Messrs. Foss & Hawley have been up
| In western Minnesota for the past
week. They report times good in
that locality.
Sunday afternoon jim Jeffers was
skating ON the mill pond when the ice
gave way and Jim " ent to the bot
tom. But he says he did not like
swimming in the winter time, 80
waded ashore.
F. II. Crane, of Winona county,
Mimi, is exp .cted to move to this
place soon. Frank is good black
smith, and will be welcome to Esdaile
Our brass band is progressing finely
The boys are now able to play several
pieces quite nicely.
The old hotel formerly occupied by
Mrs Butterfeld is being put in first
class order. and will be opened to the
public soon. Henry Cole will occupy
il.
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Educational.

J. A. MURPHY. -..--E EDITOR
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Mr.. Amos Rosenberger' child has
been very sick. but has begun to re.
cover.
Mr.. Mcknight, formerly of ELS
worth, is now living in this city on
Sherman street.
Miss Mary Whedon, once teacher
in Hartland and also in Rock Elm Cen
ter, is stenographer for ID. Bradley i
Co., Minneapolis.
The schools close next Wednesday
until the following Monday for the
Thanksgiving vacation.
The Democratic party in Dakota is
being run away into the ground with
the other fossils by the policy of the
administration in flooding the Terri
tory with special agents who place so
many obstacles in the path of the hon
est settler who desires to prove up
and get full title to his claim. Of
course this is done under the guise of
preventing land frauds, and of course
the settlers are largely Republican,
and those who are not are likely to
become so. Hence the persecution.
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The Gulf Coast of Florida,

the Worlds Sanitarium, with its Oceal
Highlands, Salt and Fresh Water Lakes
Tide Water Rivers, Sponge, Oyster and 9th
er Fisheries, Mineral Springs and
llNFO.IBLIED CLIMATE.
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is well located, nine mics north of Tarpan
Springs, on the Gull OF Mexico, having wa
ter front on the Ocean. The land adjoining
and in rear is high and rolling, having All
elevation OF about hity feet above the ocean
within one and one-hali miles. 4 vessel is
owned and used exclusively for the trade Of
this settlement Arrangements are being
made for the erection OF hotel in Ocean
Park, wharves and various other improve
ments in Seville. The new steamer, finished
in Pittsburgh, Pa, September Is, 1885, by
| the Gulf Steamship Co., expressly for the
| line few miles South and North from Tar
pom Springs, viii connect with boats at Tar
pom Springs tor all points
The soil varies from sandy loan to humus,
muck and mari, and is OF durable fertility, as
will be seen from the large size OF the trees
| and the rank growth OF grass in the timber.
| Water, soft, pure and abundant
| Gov. Bloxham says that Florida has DoUB-
LED its resources III FOUR YEARS.
$4,000 settlers have located permanently
/ in Florida the past TWO YEARS.
| 1854, 900 tourists and winter boarders regis
| tered at the Florida hotels the past 7virSer.
| and invested in the State over s. 600 600 dol
| lars in four months.
Great inducements in desirable town lots
and and 10 acre plats; also, any size tract
| up to 900 acres, adapted to colonization
| Is MILES NEARLY SOLID OCEAN FRONT.
Several charming town sites, and thou
| sands OF acres desirable land adjoining,
Especial inducements to men OF mear !,
and tact, to organize colonies.
100000 Acres well-wateTed stock Iands
| low.
$4,000 Acres best sugar lands in America.
10 acres in Florida rfoductions Weld more
net cash .aan 100 acres in the North, sown III
! Grain.
Free transportation by our rebate land
| tickets.
Offices, Tsrpon Springs and Jacksonville,
| Florida; Phils telphia, New York, aud other
| points.
We are the exclusive agents aud managers,
not only IN Florida, but everywhere, OF the
Gulf Coast Reserve, The Lake Butler Villa
| Co, The Cootie Land and Improvement Co !;
also agents for the Florida Laud and Improve
ment CO., and Atlantic and Gull Coast Canal
and OkeechohRe Land Co. The stock of the
| latter Co. is one of the best and Iaost secure
Investments in America-secured by broad
| acres. Information regarding this stock fur
nished on application.
Send fer map and new prospectus algs
state exactly what you want, and whether
you can influence capital or emigration.
Address:
GULF COAST LAND COMPANY,
81 Washington st., CHICAGO. ILL.
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FALLS, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 49, 1885,
eitts,.ssn.


Mr.. Henrick Johnson is thinking of
starting Il saw mill in Gilman.
The Ed brothers are repairing their
house
Mr.. Ben Phillips has been building.
Miss Hannah Jensen has returned
home.
A new organ at Bardon Jenson's.
Fred. and Chris. Hanson have re-
turned home.
MIR Louie Mattison was visiting
friends and relatives Sunday.
Ole Olson has came home again.
school has commenced in District
No. / with Miss Ida E. Shaw as
teacher.
Mr.. Nelson has been digging well
on his farm.
Mr. Tosno is repairing his house (;
f. kjelmo il the carpenter.
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Nearly everyone has finished plow
Ing.
The Maholm brothers have gone tc
the plnelies.
VIM Richard has been set into
this school district.
An effort has been made here to
divide the school district, but it has
proved il failure.
Jennie Moran and Ida Isaaeson are
wen again.
We notice that j. N. Johnson has
put up some splendid new gates.
The ground was frozen here on the
18th for the first time this season.
Halvor Isaac5on is making consider
able improvement to the interior of
his house.
j. NJ. Johnson has purchased nice
sh0rt-horn calf.
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Quarterly meeting next Saturday
and Sunday.
Prof. w. l.. Beeman, OF Zumbrota
is endeayoring to organize a writing
class here.
Geo. Chamberlain was in town the
first of the week.
Elmer Davis and Charley Shoemaker
returned from Dakota recently.
Mr.. Fletcher intends to move to
Beldenville soon.
We understand that the Blue
Goose has been sold to a Hastings
party.
Mr.. J. L. Moody and Miss Josie A.
Favour were recently married at Iron
Ridge, Wis. They returned to Els
worth Saturday night, when they
received cordial welcome by the
Cornet Band.
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1886.
I
HARPER'S BAZAAR.
ILLUSTRATED.

HARPER's Bazaar is the only paper in the world
that combines the choicest literature and the
finest art illustrations with the latest fashions
and methods of household adornment. Its
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General Grants
Opinion Of Florida. after {.
ETSSE Ore. the state.

Extract from the Philadelphia Ledgerl
at is capable of supplying ali the oranges,
lemons, plneapples, and other semi-tropical
fruits used in the United States; 100 600, 900
dollars OF sugar now imported material tor
rope, bagging, coarse mating, etc The de-
posts OF fertilizer under it and above it are
sufficient for many generations. 1t only
wants people and enterprise, both OF which
1t is rapidly obtaining. Florida to-day at
fords the best opening in the world for young
men OF small means and great industry.
shall probably have more TO say on this sub
ect when get home.
Very truly yours,
u. 5. GRANT,
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Mr.. Andrew Cole is rapidly recover
ing from the surgical operation.
Nrs. Finders has had a severe attack
OF quiusy, but IS now out OF danger.
Sir. Josie Taylor, son of Henry
Taylor, wlkJ has been hunting in Chip
pewd county, had the good fortune to
shoot deer which weighed III lbs.
Mr.. Walter O'llara, son of William
O'iara, has been very sick with
qulnsy.
sir Terry commenced his school on
Monday last. the 9th inst.
MIR. We Clifford and SON. from Lake
City. have been visiting at Mr.. Hum S.
There viii be party at the Linden
House, Thanksgiving.
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Program for Teachers Associatio
to be held at Prescott, Nov. q, 1885:
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HaeeFfy.
Jan,aS ATaraar sf,ld a nair of IN

James Mercer sold pair of two
year-old colts for $3.50.
A party was given by Miss Fannie
Forte at A. K. Levers on the evening
of the 18th in honor of Miss Rosy
Fowler, and brigade of her young
friends joined her and enjoyed splen.
did time.
The Mcmahon brothers sold 1895
worth of stock last week.
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fuiRe5t RocK

The first cold weather Of the season
this week.
Some ice is forming in the lake, but
| the boats are still making trips. The
Mary Morton went up tbls afternoon.
We had no mail yesterday on ac-
count of the roughness Of the lake.
Most of the farmers are we'll along
with their fall work.
Work on the railroad is being
| pushed. 1t is reported that 600 men
are working between here and Stock
| holm.
Both of our hotels have been very
much improved and enlarged this fall,
and the travelling public will find
| them first class in every respect.
Mrs. NJ. Y. Freeman and Mrs. j. L.
Seely gave d select party to large
number Of their friends last Wednes-
day evening at their pleasant and
commodious rooms. The company
was most pleasantly entertained, and
every body had good time.
Captain G. c. Loucks has moved
| his residence outside the railroad
| limits, and much improved it by re-
/ shingling.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis ana their son
| Willie are away on visit.
Died, at his home in Maiden Rock,
on the morning OF Nov. 8, 1885, OF
sciatica and Blight's disease, Edward
A. Seaman. The deceased leaves a
wife and two daughters to mourn his
loss. He had been sick for eight
weeks previous to his death, and grad
ually grew worse. lie was born il
Steuben county, y. y, May "a, 1912
He enlisted in Company M. 9th Regi
ment OF infantry, Minnesota Folun
teers. and was discharged from service
May 18th, 1855. For the past eight
years he has lived in Maiden Rock
where he was highly respected as al
honest and industrious citizen, and {
kind, good man. The G. A. Il. Pos
here, of which he was a member
took charge of the services at The
grave.
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F Id R IDA.
The food tide Of emigration
Is Farming tOlCaTd FEOfjdG.

"N0 stormy winter enters here,
It's joyous spring through all the year.
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Program for Teachers Association
to be held at Prescott, Nov. q, 1885:
FORENOON.
Opening - Song. Quotations from
Shakespeare.
General Exercise in Numbers Mrs.
Postlethwaite.
How to Teach History - John
0'Brien.
Defamation Charlie Cotton.
AFTERNOON.
Election of Officers.
A Paper-R. B. Hazard.
Report of Reading Circle.--Tn the
discussion of this topic each one will
be prepared to give the substance of
what he has learned from the Circle
during the month.
General Exercise in Singing and
Drawing--Minnie Finley.
Glass Exercise in Primary Reading
Abby Med. Smith.
School Disciplinary. Caldwell.
Glass Exercise in Spelling = Clara
McElroy.
Geography. A. Murphy.
All those interested in educational
work are cordially invited.
Z. j. McANDREw,
Pres. S. w. Division.
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ny MAI. pos~ ge paid, or by express, free Of cx-
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Address HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.
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TarpOn SprinQs ana Seville,

Just opened to travel by Railway and steam
Doat. PICTURESQUE portion OF Florida
highland Crystal Lakes, teemiDg with fish;
Grand Natural Wooded Parks, where deer,
wild turkey and other game abound. Wing
ed game III great variety on land and water.
The Tarpou Springs Hotel is one Of the
best furnished and appointed houses south
Of Jacksonville, and III all respects viii be
kept in tirst-class style. The price per day
will be $40 to 81. 50. Special rates will be
made by the month or season. The Tropical
Hotel and the kernald House are well and
comfortably kept at a price per day OF Sl.j0
TO q. %, with special rates by the month OF
season Camp lie at Tarpon Springs and
Seville costs about 81 90 per week
These lands being below the killing frost
lines on the Gull Coast OF fernando and
HillsborO Counties, with direct steam trans
portation to all points OF the u, s., make
them especially valuable for the production
OF vegetables for shipment, from December
until May, to Northern markets, when the
highest prices are obtained. Tomatoes rang
ed the paat winter from S. to IS per crate Of
three pecks, and other vegetables equally
profitable. Tobacco, rice, sugar cane, all
vegetables, the cereals and grass produces
largely.
1t requires but six to eight weeks from
planting to market tomatoes and other veg
etables. We have cheaper lands back from
the Gulf Coast, and still cheaper lands IN the
various counties north OF the goth parallel,
where winter vegetables cannot be grown
successfully, and where the orange and 9TH
er fruits occasionally are pinched by the
lrost, but the people who haye examined our
GULF COAST HIGHLANDS consider them
preferable from every pOiut of view