River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-03-30

RIVER FAILS Journal.
RIVER FALLS, Wis, MARCH 80, 1899.
Entered attbe Oost-ofFoein Rfvey faIlsasssoona
class matter.
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
The public school has a vacation
next week.
John Eaton writes from Washing
ton they are having warm, spring
weather out there.
Ernest Whitehead will move to
Baldwin and engage in the bakery
and restaurant business.
Charlie Lunger suffered a fracture
Of the collar bone Tuesday by being
thrown from load of hay.
Harry Hurlburt and Ever Smith
have bought the job printing Office of
W Z. Tubbs and entered upon the
active duties Of the partnership bust
ness.
The Normal boys went to Menom
onie Saturday and played a game OF
BASKET bali with the High School o.
that place The normals won the
game-6 to ).
Dr.. G. A. Hull has sold his house OIL
Cascade Avenue to j. Curtis. DR.
HUI will go to Cedar Rapids, Iowa
and pursue his proprietary medicine
business from that place
Work in the r. A. NJ. Chapter
Monday night called number of tht
craft to the city from ne ghborhooC
towns. After tire eIaltatiOn a ban
quet was served in exultaL.on.
The public entertainment by the
II Sh school society announced TO
this week Friday has been post
poned until after vacation. Full an
nouncement regarding it later.
License or no license is an issue thi
year and the question is likely t
call out fair vote. There being prac
tically but one ticket in the field TIN
election of that ticket is foregon,
conclusion.
The Hon. James johnson of New
Richmond was in the city the first o
the week the guest of Rev. Snodgrass
Prof. Ames and other friends. Fl,
delivered a lecture to crowded houst
at the NJ. E. church Sunday night.
Winter clings TO US with persisten'
attachment. There has been enough
Of cold comfort. Snow fell in suffi
Gent quantity for slei hing on To,
DIST of November and there has beer
sleighing continuously TO this date
1870 days.
The announcement that Slatir
Pasha has been created a Chevalie
by the Emperor Of Austria is revers
al Of definitions. The dictionar!
definition of create is, to make some
thing out of nothing. In this in
stance it seems to be, making moth
ing out of something.
The Calendar Social and supper al
the Congregational church Friday
night was literally patron zed, about
300 visiting the rooms during the eve
ming The church benefited to gen
erOus amount financially, the people
received abundant pensatiou in {
novel display Of artistic calendars, ar
excellent supper and an evening o.
social enjoyment.
NJ. G. Pierce went to st. Paul last
week to drum up a market for hay
He is now buying hay and straw
most Of VIII CHI has been baled by thu
farmers. He WI buy loose bay anC
press the same, buying all that ma.
be offe ed. Tee long winter has com
PEELED the ia me 5 to feed moe ha.
than usual and as a consequence,
there will be less to sell than if Thu
winter had been a mild one.
Albert Z. Quinn, who whi!om rar
the Ellsworth Cleaner in the inter
ests Of pure Democracy at the rate 0
10 to l, is now publishing a Republic
an paper in Cioquet, Mimi, on a gol(
basis. Having a rational policy to ad
yocate it is practicable for him t.
conduct a fair, reasonable ald inter
estiIg paper. In the last issue he an
nounces himself candidate for The
office Of village recorder "for what
there is in 1.-THE same reason
others have for seeking office.
Subject matter pertaining to the
election encumbers the columns o.
the JOURNAL this week to the exclus.
ion of a nun Der Of articles of genera,
and local ilte est. These VIII keep
however without being embalmeC
whereas the election couldn't go of
successfully next Tuesday without
this preliminary process as recorded
in the paper. The mach ne-y fol
electing a constable is IMPLICATED
and if it sbou.d miss a cog the office
would be vacant, and anarchy would
be the result.
The amount of taxes assessed
against the city of River Falls exclu
sive of that part lying in St. CroiN
county for 1898 was $l2967 OF thi;
amount $4,000 was school tax voted by
the district. The county school tax
one mill tax for common schools, the
$40 mill tax for normal schools, the
17-40ths mill tax Cor the University
and the city's proportionate part OF
the $4,000 tax for high schools added
makes much the largest part of the
tax to go for educational purposes.
The state tax was S1536 aud the