River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-05-05

premises. uc lSUplS " hiACI ans
need no such reminder Of their duty.
Since the removal Of the most of
the troops from the Indian agencies
the Sioux and Apache Indians are
reported to show signs of restlessness
and some fears have been expressed of
these sayages again going on the war
path.
If every body will set out good bed
of last years onions he will have a
good foundation for an intimation of
prosperity. Take care Of the scents"
and the dollars will accumu late." The
onion is a thing that never loses a
scent"
A new organization with ponderous
name of polysyllabic aspect and
formidable import appears on the
horizon of war, The st. Croix Inter
Scholastic Athletic League! The
members will be armed with a club
and-play ball.
Christ died 1900 years ago, and
Spain is a Christian nation. She has
set up more crosses in more lands,
beneath more skies and under them
has butchered more people than all
the other nations of the earth COM
bined.-Senator ThurstOn.
AS a result Of news of the victory at
Manila bunting was everywhere in
evidence Monday, and joy was on
every countenance. In the evening
the band boys put on their new clothes,
got into the new band stand with
alacrity and hilarity and played a
rollicking lot of jolly tunes, They
were so full of enthusiasm they would
stop in the middle of a tune to holler,
And they "got there just the same"
Grain is making a fine, vigorous APP
pearanceva as it shoots its dark green
leaves out of the mud. Grass is also
making a good show, but foliage is late
in making its appearance, the ground
is cold and corn planting is deferred
in consequence. The first part of
March limited at an early and ex-
ceptionally warm spring. The nor tn
erly winds have caused a very back
ward spring all over the country.
A reunion of the surviving members
of the 30th Wisconsin Infantry is
called to meet at Madison June 7,
and 8, 1898, on the occasion Of the
Semi-Centennial Celebration. One
fare for the round trip, fine music,
eloquent speakers thousands OF
verterans and the sights and scenes
on and about Camp Randall are
among the attractions. For further
information address Geo. b. Merrick
Madison, Wis.
A. L. Lien is laying the basement
walls for an addition to the house be
recently purchased of the Reynold:
estate on Union st. 1.-THE County Line
Mr.. Lien will have convenient resi-
dence when completed. The addition
| is 18X26 with basement Of same dt
mansions. People are coming to
appreciate tue economy Of building
more extensive easements Every
residence should have a basement
equal in area to the building. 1t,
convenience in a city is readily seen.
Every one who has supplied his
dwelling witmthe city water service
is so we'll pleased with it that he
would consider it almost a domestic
calamity to go without it. Its purity
is beyond a question. 1t has no dis
agreeable taste Of mineral substances.
In the winter it lis not too COLOR
summer either. Few localities are so
fayorably blessed with good well water
as River Falls. To the purity Of the
water supply of this city is due the
significant fact that a case Of typhoid
fever or diphtheria never had its
origin in this town.
The Eau Claire Convention of
Congregational churches and min
listers met in Prescott this week
Tuesday and Wednesday. The River
Falls church was represented by Rev.
G. H Mcintosh, T. w. Nichols, John
Elliott, Mines. A. p. Weld, w. S.
Armstrong, Frank Thayer, Rev. VIM.
Gill and wife, Mrs. Nettie Glendening.
The delegates from Kinnickinnic
were Cotton Whitcomb and wife and
Thomas e. Morrow and wife. The
next meeting of the convention will
be held in Spring Valley where they
are building new church.
Rev, +. G. Carr, District Superin-
tendent of the Children's Home
Society, was here the first of the week.
The reverend gentleman visited
several of the churches Sunday and
presented the merits Of the Society
for charitable consideration. The
object Of the Society is to find suitable
homes for deserving and destitute
children. The object is worthy one
and the Society is doing all it can to
further it. Orphans, abandoned
children, and those to whom parents
through stress Of poverty are unable
to give proper attention, are taken
under the care of this society and
placed in desirable homes where
people adopt them. The society is a
charitable institution and depends
upon the literally disposed for it's
existence and successful work
Coley Krauth has letter from VIII
Morrow from the Alaska gold region.
The letter was dated at Dawson City
Nov. 25 postmarked at Dawson Nov.
90 Dyea April 4, and received in
River Falls April %. The letter does
not give a very roseate description Of
the country in winter. The days at
the date Of the letter were very short,
the sun rising at II and disappearing
from view at 2 The thermometer
registered 10 below zero, but the
absence of the wind made the tempera-
ture tolerable. The people were ar
irving in the country by thousands
and provisions were becoming scarce
and the price was exorbitant-flour
selling at a dollar and half pound
and most kinds Of food one dollar a