River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-08

RIVER Falls JOURNAL.
RIVER FALLS. Wis, June s, 1899.
Entered atthe post-o6fee elm siUer Faitsassscond
lass matter.
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
Gollmar Brothers Circus in town
tomorrow. The tents will be pitched
at Clark's Grove.
Grand Inter-City Cycle meet at st.
Paul June 10. One and one third fare
for the round trip.
Ellsworth is making preparations
for a grand celebration on the 4th OF
July, as is also New Richmond.
Henry Jensen is ordered to report
on board the battleship Iowa at Bren-
ington, Wash, on the 10th inst.
The Normal Gymnastic Carnival
will be held Saturday evening, June
10. See extended notice in another
column.
The Mancenilla, 10 cts. and the La
Crema, cts. are two of the best
brands of cigars on the market to-day
Try one.
The Janet Waldorf Theatrical Co
have been meeting with deserved sue
cess in playing to great audiences IL
Hawaii this summer.
A Rebekah Lodge was instituted a.
Roberts last Friday evening with 3
charter members. The degree stat
of Greenwood Lodge, this city, offici
ated.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
Lunger, aged two months, died yes
terday and was buried this afternoon
Rev. G. Fl. Mcintosh conducting tn
services.
G. A. Love performed the part o
Pat Riley, the deluded Irishman, il
True Blue at Ellsworth Friday AM
Saturday evenings, as substitute TO
the local talent" who was disabled.
Persons desiring to board or rem
rooms to students attending the Sum
mer Normal School beginning Jun
20, should send their names and term
to L. II. Clark of the Normal School
Barnard & Clough are agents TO
the American Express Co. for sale o
their money orders. Those desiriou
of using the safe, cheap method o
remitting money can be accommodate
ed by them.
Mrs. c. II. Mcintosh who under
went severe surgical operation tw
weeks ago, while yet unable to sit W
is rapidly recovering. The operation
was performed by DIR. Ashley of thi
city and DR.. Briggs of st. Paul.
The Children's Day exercises at tn
Congregational Church, announce
for next Sunday morning, have beel
postponed one week. Next Sunda
morning Mr.. Mcintosh will preach OF
Christ Before Caiaphas," and in tn
evening on "Christ Before the San
hedrin..
Prof. and Mrs. D. E. Cameron ar
packing up and preparing to move t
Lake City, Mimi, where they will e'
tablish their future residence. Thel
Cum berland friends wish them ever
good thing in their new hometown
berland Advocate.
tits claimed that in localities wher'
there was but little snow the pas
winter potato bugs were destroyed b
reason of the intense and long contir
ued cold Here however where
great volume of snow fell before tn
ground was frozen the beetles wer
never before so numerous.
We note from the Cardinal tina
Miss Laura II. Weld has been electe
a member of the Phi Beta Kapp
Society at the State University, TIL
being an honorary society composed {
a select number from the Junior an
Senior classes of each successive yea
the number from each class bein
limited to seven juniors and fourteen
seniors.
The memorial sermon delivered b
Rev. Bewick at the services prescribe
for the Grand Army of the Republi
on the Sabbath before Memorial Da
is highly commended. His remark
were appropriate to the occasion an
in excellent taste and were listene
to with close attention and interes
by the large audience gathered in tn
NJ. E. church on the occasion.
While a party Of workmen wer
shoveling in Finley's gravel pit Mon
day the banks suddenly caved in upol
them. viii Finley, Jr., Jessie Brown
and Frank Sholto were caught unde
such a volume of sand and gravel tina
it required the united efforts of ST
or eight men an hour to release them
They were all severely cut, bruise'
and sprained but suffered no perman
ent injury.
Abundance of rain and warn
weather the past ten days have for
warded vegetation with exceptiona
rapidity. Grass and small grain eS
pecially have made rapid growth
Glover fields are promising a heav
yield with early poisoning Of tn
plants. Weeds are also taking gen
eral possession of cornfields, potat
and garden patches with vigorous pei
sistence and discouraging prospects,