River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-03-19
PERSONAL.

Isaac Thomas of Geneva, this state,
is visiting here.
Clint Winchester spent Sunday with
his parents here.
Jay Whipple was up from winona
the first of the week.
W. w. Thayer made a trip to Mil.
waukee the first of the week.
DIR. c. NJ. Gould returned on Tues
day from his trip to the South.
Hon. II. B. Warner spent a few
hours in town yesterday afternoon.
Misses Nellie and Lizzie Sweeney of
Wahpeton, n. d., are visiting their
sister, Mrs. John Finn.
Miss Althea Cook has gone to st.
Anthony Park to reside for a time
with her sister, Mrs. Paris Price.
Hon. j. b. Thayer, member of the
third house of the state legislature
from ''Old Superior" spent Sunday
with his family here. Mrs. Thayer
accompanied him to Madison on Mon
day.
Mr.. Isaac Robey of Mankato, Mimi,
spent few days in the city, the guest
of j. III. Patterson. Mr.. Robey has
not been here for nineteen years, and
thinks the place in fiOurishing con-
dition.
The third of the course of free en-
tertainments at the High School took
place last Friday evening, and consist
ed of an address by T. Z. McAndrew
of Ellsworth, his subject being 1.-The
Railway Mail Service" Having him
self ranked at one time among the
foremost educators of Pierce county
the objects of the course commanded
the full appreciation and entire sympa-
thy of the speaker who brought to
tie preparation of his address an
earnestness of purpose to instruct as
well as agreeably entertain his hear
ers. There is probably no branch of
our governmental functions in which
the masses of the people are so di.
rectly interested as in the railway
mail service of the country and yet
comparatively nothing is known of its
workings outside of the service itself.
AS a railway postal clerk Mr.. Mean
drew has pretty thoroughly mastered
thas branch of our great postal sys-
TEN and his lecture furnished large
and intelligently appreciative audi
ence with the details of the almost
perfect system of transmitting mail
matter SO characteristic of the United
States. The great personal danger as
well as responsibility to which the
railway postal clerk is constantly sub
jected while on duty was touched
upon, and touching description of
the memorable Rio wreck in which
many lives were lost in 1886 was also
given, the speaker having been clerk
on that Inflated train. In opening his
remarks Mr.. McAndrew evidently
lacked little confidence in his ability
| to please an audience so critical as the
one before him, but as he warmed
up to the subject his nervousness
| disappeared and he commanded the
close attention of all present for a
period of two hours. We hear many
compliments for the speaker and the
instructive and entertaining manner
in which he presented his subject.
The JOURNAL takes occasion to say in
this connection that Prof. Hazard is
entitled to great commentator for his
labors in securing for our community
so valuable course of free lectures,
and we congratulate the Professor
upon the success which has character
| lied the series thus far. DR.. G. NJ.
Gould of this city will tomorrow
evening deliver the third lecture of
the course, his subject being 1.-The
Therapeutic Application of Alcohol. "
With the utmost Difference to the
cause for which church sOciables were
instituted we suggest that it would be
in exceedingly good taste for such
entertainments to be appointed upon
some other evening than Friday dur.
ing the lecture course, more especially
as these lectures have been provided
with a view to cultivating the minds
and knowledge of our young people
while at the same time entertaining
them in very agreeable manner.