River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-10-05

III v Elk ALLS. WIS, OCT. D, 1872.
Entered atths post-o6fcei Riuey FaiisassseOnd
class matter.
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
A fine large porch has been built on
the east end of Judge Yields dwell
ing
The w. @. It. U. will meet in the
parlors of the NJ. E. church Friday at
2:30 P. NJ.
The Trans-Siberian railway will
open up to commerce an immense
wheat region.
True Glidden and Otis tombstone
have arranged to run restaurant in
the fremont Block.
Chas. A. Price, the plumber, has
moved into Geo. Fortunes building
on the west side of Main st.
Rev. RIM. Pease of Minneapolis will
preach in the Baptist church here
Sunday morning and evening.
The football game played at Hud-
son Friday between River Falls and
Hudson, resulted in tie-0 to o.
Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio,
Massachusetts and Mississippi hold
elections in November for governor.
Your attention is invited to the
Fall and Winter styles in Millinery at
the River Falls Millinery Emporium.
The Ladies' Society of the Method
ist church are to have their annual
sale Of mfortables and other useful
articles in the near future.
There is a business man around
with proposition to ''sell" patent
rights in a concern to make cheese
out of second growth Eastwood.
Rev. George Derby Of Ellsworth oc-
cupied the pulpit in the M. e. church
Sunday. Rev. Snodgrass, the pastor,
is expected to preach next Sunday.
All members of |. N. Nichols w.
r. c., No. 81. are requested to be
present at the next regular meeting,
Saturday, Oct. 18th, for inspection.
In forty-eight counties of Kansas
there is not an occupant in the poor
house and in nearly the same mum Der
there is not criminal suit on the
court docket. Kansas is all right.
Miss Constance Haugen served five
o'clock lunch yesterday to number
of her lady friends in honor of Miss
Emma Jensen, who leaves tomorrow
for Arborvit9, Trempealeau county,
to teach school.
A vigorous cold wave enveloped the
northwest Friday, reducing the tenn
perature to freezing. Snow fell in
North Dakota, in the northern parts
of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michi-
gan. Ice formed here half an inch
thick.
The government has an expert en-
tomologist-bug hunter-out in the
Turtle Mountain region of North
Dakota hunting for the habitat of
the Rocky Mountain locust. If found
the R. NJ. L will be exterminated
''root and branch with eggs and nest.
The German cavalry use a Mauser
pistol, which is formidable weapon.
1t shoots ten bullets of 30-caliber-
without reloading. 1t will kill up to
distance of 500 yards. The bullets
have a lead core, surrounded by
nickel-plated copper jacket and weigh
So grains each.
The st. Croix County Fair held at
Hudson last week was the best exhi-
bition the county has ever displayed.
The weather, the first two days, was
rather discouraging for a good at
tendance but a fair sized audience
greeted Gov. Scofield, who gave an
address Thursday afternoon.
For the benefit of Trinity church
Mrs. Van Voorhis will entertain all
who are able to be present next Friday
from 2:30 to 4:30 P. NJ, at which time
tea will he served and the benefit in
the way of dime will be thankfully
received. Come early, all who can at
tend, bring your needle-work and en-
10y the afternoon.
The starch factory started up Tues
day with Rod McGregor as buyer,
Coly Krauth as superintendent, J.