River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-08-09
The normal schooI opens Aug. 2.

The Normal school opens Aug. p.
as-----------
The public schools commence Mon
lay, Sept. 8.
Don't miss Baker's- Beldenyille-
buggy sale Saturday.
Frank Grimm and Ray Williams
left Tuesday for Spokane, Wash.
Miss Alice Hemenway Is recovering
from a severe attack of appendicitis.
Ed. Kellogg was Frustrated by the
heat yesterday and is now confined to
his bed.
The smallpox has gone north, max
ing its appearance at Washburn and
Ashland last week.
G. A. Smith is in Ellsworth this
week in charge of the barber shop Of
Mr.. Isaacson who is sick.
A No. / hard coal for month Of
August at $7.75 per ton.
HOWE s. AINswoRTH.
Rev. n. L. Blomholm will conduct
religious services in the Ezekiel
church Sunday evening. Aug. II, at
1880.
1t costs $l0.35 10 hang a l0-cent dog
with malice aforethought and an
awning rope In this city this sum
mer.
Mrs. Chas. Olmstead received the
amount OF her late husbands insur-
ance in the A. o. U. W., $4,000, last
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. McKeen have
the sympathy Of their friends in the
loss Of their baby. The child, which
was months old. died last night
after short Illness.
The Sun, In speaking of tho brutal
ity of the man in Spring Valley who
turned the hOse'on bis little girl be-
cause she accidentally got her stock
ing on wrong side out, uses a good
deal of verbiage to conceal the identi-
ty Of that ''old chestnut"
If the political complexion of the
small boys here is an index Of the
relative vote in November Mr.. Bryan
will get comparatively few votes.
Bagestad & Co. bought "a Mckinley
& Roosevelt caps and 36 Bryan and
Stevenson caps. All the Mckinley
caps were gone before dozen of the
Bryan were taken.
The street commissioner has four
teams at work hauling gravel from
the hill adjoining the G. W. Farms
worth farm onto the roadbed of 4th
street. This street has recently been
graded from Walnut ST. TO the County
Line, When the gravel gets compact
4th street will have the finest track
for vehicles of any thoroughfare in
town.
In view of the relations existing be-
tween China and the civilized powers
it is of interest to know what names
have been used in China to designate
these nations. England is known as
Wing Kwo, meaning the ''flourishing
country" France as Fa Kwo, the
'law-abiding country" Germany as
TIE Kwo, the "virtuous country"
Italy as / Kwo, country of justice, ;"
and the United States as Mel Kwo,
1.-THE beautiful country"
1t doesn't sweeGen a bad smell by
stirring it up with stick. If the
perfume Of pole-cat is unsaYory TO
your olfactory nerves would it not
create an exaggerated "stench in
your nostrils" to catch the skunk by
his caudal appendage and shake the
concentrated extract of denominations
out of his carcas under your offended
nose? Some would bury the var
mint" in the lower end Of his hole
and exterminate the hole, but every
man to his taste"
A rev" Mr.. Wall has been lectur-
ing In the vicinity Of Baldwin on
secret societies pretending to lex
pose" the secrets of the organiza-
housekeeping special attention TO
the l. o. o. F., A, F. and a. M. and
the Woodmen. He spoke from the
standpoint of member Of the orders
and his word must be Of good
deal Of value. He seems to have been
in search of the man who killed Nor
gan and the felloW that struck Billy
Patterson,
Hammond's High School base ball
team is composed Of a nervy and
am bitious lot Of boys and they have
proved themselves skilled players
won every game against local oppo-
nents this season-but they were no
match for the husky components of
the Hastings aggregation. They met
their Waterloo here last Thursday in
a magnificent game-with Hastings
the winner by 10 to s. The Hastings
team also beat Lennon & Gibbons
team of st. Paul at Hastings Sunday
by a score of 8 to l.
Everybody is busy these days
fighting flies by day and mosquitoes
by night. Flies we're late in coming
but when they made their appearance
1t was In immense swarms, and they
seem to be unusually hungry and
savage. Horses and cattle suffer
greatly. If some genius would in
vent cheap preparation that ap-
piled to animals would keep of flies
he would be a benefactor and make
famous and rich. Kerosene
emulsion, applied daily, will give
soma i'm m unity tn amin 9lG from flies