River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30
PERSONAL.

julius Curtiss spent Sunday at Me-
nOmonie.
Mrs. j. Z. Weeks is visiting in St.
Paul this week.
Mrs. j. f. Rhoads is visiting friends
in Hudson this week.
Rob't Johnson is home from his
trip TO Fond du Lac.
A. p. Forsyth returned from
California last Thursday.
Frank Pomeroy came up from La
Cross last week on visit.
Miss Ella Gregory of La Crosse
visited friends here last week.
Misses Kate and Bess Spalding .are
spending few days in st. Paul.
Chas. Stone of Menomonie spent
Friday and Saturday in the city.
Alex Larson and Earnest Lager
stadt ST mt Sunday in Saltwater.
Seyert Johnson and Howard Bailey
visited friends at Hudson last Sunday.
Mrs. Grace Ross of Hammond has
been visiting her aunt Mrs. VIM.
Wolf.
Mrs. George Pratt has been spending
a few days with friends in st. Paul
and Minneapolis.
Mrs. Rebecca Tubbs and daughter
returned yesterday from their visit to
relatives in Clarenceyille, p. @.
Mrs. Wallace Shepard of Minneapolis
ana Mrs. Kramer of Philadelphia are
visiting their sister Mrs. Eva Shepard.
George Cornwall, formerly of the
White Front Restaurant of this city,
has removed from Florida to Murphy,
n. C.
Harry Currier came over from
Minneapolis last Friday evening in
response Uoan invitation to the leap
year ball.
Mrs. III. B. Wentz and her sister
Miss Jessie Vinegar are spending a
couple of weeks with friends in New
Richmond.
George Davidson of Grand Forks,
n. D., who has been a guest at James
Dunn's for a week past, returned
home on Tuesday.
c. G. Knowles and j. Z. Flint at
tended the funeral of their army
cOmrade Maj. James Keef at Still
water last Sunday.
Mrs. Beers, who has been spending a
few months with her children here,
left last Monday for her home in Ia
coma, Washington.
VIM. Peckham of Duluth is among
the new students at the Normal this
term. He is brother of Miss Peck
ham of the faculty.
Miss Grace Eaton returned Thurs
day from a months visit i'm Mime
apolis. Mrs. p. A. Mcclure and little
daughter came with her TO spend a
couple of weeks.
John Stephens of Bellingham,
Mimi, has been visiting relatives and
friends here the past week. He is
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Stephens,
formerly of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spfiesters ana Miss Eva
Warner OF Webster, S. D., have been
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Brier and
Mrs. Thatcher this week. Mrs.
Spriestcrs and Miss Warner are nieces
of Mr.. Brier.
Rev. G. L. Barnes of the Episcopal
church of this city has accepted a call
to go to Baraboo to take charge Of a
church at that city. We regret that
River Falls is to lose one who has
proved himself so faithful worker
and so generally acceptable TO his peo-
pie. Under his direction the Episco-
pal church has increased in mum bers
and attendance and in his relation to
the people at large he has been genial,
kindly hearted and agreeable. Yet
the move is most probably for the ad-
vantage of Mr.. Barnes, as he will
have larger field of usefulness whe re
his talents can find broader sway. We
congratulate the people of that city
upon their acquisition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Stephens of
Glendale, n. d., arrived in the city
last Saturday and are receiving che
hearty greetings of their old-time
neighbors and friends. Mr.. Stephens
was among the pioneers of this
locality, settling here in the SOS. He
engaged in the business of general
blacksmithing. In breaking up the
raw prairie to prepare the land for
suitable cultivation it was found
necessary to furnish pillow Of special
construction. The land was full of
white oak ''grubs," having a low
bushy top but a formidable root, from
two to eight inches thick. To turn
over the prairie sod it was necessary
that a pillow should be strong enough
to cut the roots at the same time
Mr.. Stephens constructed such pillow
as this condition demanded, pillow
with long Landslide, mouldboard and
point, with ponderous beam, operat-
ed by six yoke of oxen or ten horses.
1t would turn furrow two feet wide,
and team could pillow from two and
half to four acres a day. He also
manufactured stubble plows and did
a rushing business in this line until
his removal to the West eleven or
twelve year ago. Mr.. Stephens had
quite an extensive manufactury here
which was burned soon after he re-
moved from here.
5. G.. Gilman of Mondovi, District
Attorney of Buffalo County, spent
last night in the city. He is looking
for the nomination for Circuit Judge
and is well recommended by his
friends and neighbors.
The leap year ball at Carroll's hall
last Friday evening was a highly en-
joyable occasion and a recherche affair.
The ladies performed the act gallant
in first-class style and the weaker
vessels" who were favored on this
occasion feel highly elated. There
were no wall flowers" and it is hoped
that the hint thus thrown out will.
not be without effect. Dodge's
Orchestra furnished excellent music.
We understand that the male faction
will return compliment on st.
Valentines Day.