River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-27
PERSONAL.


New Richmond.
S. S. Beebe of Boardman visited his
brother here yesterday.
Rev. Mr. Bewick attended the min
listers meetings in Minneapolis last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs Newell Powell of |
White Rock, S. D., have a-son of re-
cent birth
Mrs. j. S. Wadsworth has gone to
Ettrick, Wis, to attend the wedding
Of her sister.
Bion Eaton came down from Min
neapolis last evening to attend his
mother who is quite sick
Mrs. Mary Gibbs is at Starbuck,
Mimi, on visit to her daughter,
Mrs. Soren A. Rasmussen.
John Porter of Delhi, Iowa, and
Mrs. Sally johnson of Prescott are
guests at G. 1. Ap Roberts.
Erik Heyerdahl and family came
down from Darcy, n. D., Monday
evening to attend his fathers funeral
Mr.. and Mrs. Craig Randall attend
ed the wedding of the latters sister,
Miss Lucy Robbins, at Ameiy yester-
day.
Mrs. John Follansbee who has been
visiting friends in the city for two
weeks returned to her home at New
Centeryille Sunday.
Rev. Joseph NJ. Baur of Durand has
been assigned to the charge of Saint
Bridget's church in this city He
preached to full house last Sunday
Hector Beach of the 14th Minnesota
volunteers has furlough and has
taken up his old position in charge of
one of the wards in the insane asylum
at Fergus Falls.
A. f. Schaub, agent for the Iowa
Life Insurance Company, arrived in
town Tuesday. Mr. Schaub was form
erly principal of the Hudson schools,
and has many acquaint ances among
the school people of this city.
Mrs. d. d. Proctor arrived from
California yesterday. Her grand
daughter, Miss Ethel Coy, who &C
companied her, remained in st. Paul
for few days. They will remain a
couple of months with relatives here.
Joel Barnett and wife have discon-
tinued housekeeping for a time and
are dividing their residence with their
son, De Forest, in st. Paul and their
daughter, Mrs Howard Pratt, of Riv-
er Falls. Mr.. Barnett has recently
| joined with his son De Forest in the
purchase Of house and lot on Sum
nit Avenue in St. Paul.
A good warm duck coat for the
boys. Jensen sells them.
The peoples party of St. Croix Co.
have filed the following nominations:
Sheriff, NJ Halverson. treasurer,
Thos. Riley; register of deeds, Lester
Griffin; clerk of court, Stanley Brown.
The members of the Grand Army
| and of the Women's Relief Corps are
| preparing for a reception to be given
| the returning soldiers Of Company G
upon their arrival home. They are
expected the forepart Of next week.
DR.. Muedeking will make his regu
lar professional visit to River Falls |
Nov. and ,, and take orders for his |
splendid white flint spectacles. Office |
hours from II NJ. to 2 P. NJ. at the |
Gladstone Hotel. Examination free.
A copy of 1.-THE American Soldier"
Vol. No. [, is received from Manila,
the first paper ever published in the
English language in the Philippines,
1t is edited and printed in the Office
of a Spanish paper by American
soldiers.
Subjects to Rev. c. II. McIntosh's
sermons next Sunday at the Congre-
gational church 1920 A. NJ, "Silver
and Gold have l none" 100 P. NJ,
might and no night" the first of
series Of Sunday evening sermons on
"Great Nights of the Bible"
The Prohibs of st. Croix county
nominated the following ticket in
fmass" convention at Hammond the
18th: Assembly, f. G. Partridge;
clerk, w. J. Dunbar; treasurer, j. B.
Fithian; sheriff, G. Goodrich; clerk Of
court. John Everson, dist. attorney,
George Cakes; supt. of schools, Mrs.
Carrie Cakes.
On the 8th of Novem Der. one week
from next Tuesday, a new House of
Representatives is to be elected con-
sisting of 356 members and state leg
islatures that will select one third of
the United States Senate--one third
of 900 senators. There never was
a Congress with greater responsible
ties than will deyOlve upon this one
the 56th-to commence March 4, 1899.
Twenty-Five years ago the 10th of
this month six inches of snow fell in
this locality and remained on the
ground until the first of the next
April. Had the same experience re-
suited this year it would have entailed
great inconvenience and M UGH damage
as many people have not yet finished
digging potatoes; corn is in the shock,
thrashing is not nearly all done and
much clover lies in the gavel waiting
for the huller.
The Democratic County Conven-
tion of st. Croix county did not arouse
much enthusiasm judging from re-
ports. No delegates were present
from one half the towns; the conven-
tion made no nominations for register
of deeds or County Superintendent Of
Schools: there was difficulty in getting
any one TO accept the nomination for
sheriff: two candidates were put on
the ticket from Erin and the nomina-
ton for district attorney fell to 5. y.
Hawkins and he wouldn't accept
The Democrats Of St. Croix county do
not seem to have much hope or pros
pect of the elections going their way