River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-03-23
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS, |
Winter is still hanging around here
making itself perfectly at home.
The St. Croix county editors met in
Hudson Friday and were entertained
by editor Price and wife.
The Trinity church ladies gave a
ten cent tea at the home of Mrs. w.
II. Putnam yesterday afternoon.
The Normal Freshmen go to Me-
nomonie to play basket ball with the
High school boys of that place Saturday,.
Thomas Wears was nominated for
mayor of New Richmond at the Re
publican caucus held in that place last
night.
Mrs. Mary Morse has been quite Ill
for the past two weeks, but we are
pleased to say that she is recovering
her health.
A grand concert is to be given at
Opera Hall Monday evening, April 8,
in which TIE best singers of the city
Will take part.
The business places of the city were
closed Friday during the funeral SER
vices attending the burial Of the re-
mains of ]. E. Loucks.
Alvin Musser has sold his farm in
Kinnickinnic and moved into the
house recently occupied by Mrs. Berg
man which he lately bought.
Miss Laura w. Peckham, who is in
Florida, has sent a number of alliga-
tors to the normal here and a cocoa
nul with the musk attached.
Herbert Putnam of the Boston
free public libary has been appointed
by the president to the charge of the
Congressional library at Washington.
A. p. Forsyth was in town Monday
and sold the first bicycle of the season
"a chainleSs Crescent. He will boom
the bicycle business this next sum-
mer.
Samuel Adams, who attempted sui
eide several weeks ago by cutting a
cash ia his throat, has been judged
insane. Sheriff Nugent. took him to
Mendoza Friday.
Hereafter the terms of the Circuit
Court of Pierce county will be held,
commencing on the second Monday of
May and third Monday Of Novem Der.
So says the legislature.
The state secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association was here
lately and organized branch associa-
tion among the normal students with
John E. Hale as president.
R. McGregor has been appointed
special administrator of the estate Of
the late j. E. Loucks and guardian of
the orphan children, whose mother
was Mrs. McGregor's sister.
The poster party given by Mrs. r.
n. Bevans on the evening OF St. Pat
rick's day for the pleasure OF her lady
boarders was very happy event.
About fifty invitations were sent out,
confined mostly to student friends.
Professor Henry, Dean of the Col
lege of Agriculture says that the road
to successful farming lies through
the COW yard, the hog pen and the
sheep pasture and that it is not a
lazy mans route nor an easy road to
travel.
G. G. Glass resigned the Office Of
city treasurer Saturday having settled
with the treasurers of Pierce and st.
Croix counties and returned his books.
On Monday he assumed the active
duties Of postmaster with Wellesly
Vannatta as deputy.
w M. Leonard was delegate from
the River Falls Normal to the orator
zeal contest at Stevens Point on the
18th. The normal of this place did
not send a contestant for the reason
that tie president did not receive
notice of the.contest in time to do so.
The high school literary society will
give program me at the high school
March 81, to which an admission fee
of 10 cents will be charged. The pro-
ceeds are to be applied toward paying
the expenses Of the trip to New Rich
mond at the time of the joint debate
in April.
The loaded wagon will still have
preference and precedence over the
fippant bicycle on country highways.
1t is considered more reasonable for
the agile bicycIienne to jump off and
get out of the way rather than that
the farmer s1ould be compelled to I'M
load 100 bushels of wheat in mud
puddle Of dirty water.
The water pipe running from the
main into the school house froze up
during the cold spell and it has just
been tina wed out this week. 1t was
necessary to dig down to the pipe in
order to get steam into the pipe to
thaw it out. And as the frost still re-
mains around the pipe it is necessary