River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-11-15

River Falls JOURNAL.
RIVER FALLS, Wis. Nov. 10, 1900.
Entered atthsDOst-O1Fc lei n River faiisas sscOnd
class matter.
LOCAL And MISCELLANEOUS.
The weather is decidedly wintry
this week.
Prof. Adrian delivers a lecture at
ST. Croix Falls Saturday night.
Trinity Guild will meet with Mrs.
Burhyte next Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30.
The w. C. T. o. will meet with Mrs.
j. Crowns, Friday, Nov. 10, at 2:3O p.
NJ.
County Boards are in session this
week, in Pierce and all other counties
of the state.
The "Old Academy Girls" have a
meeting at Mrs. NJ. T. Fields Thurs
day, P. NJ, Nov. 22nd.
Prescott has a new organization
the function of which is indicated by
its name-"The Study Club"
They shut up shop at the starch
factory Saturday after having ground
about $4,000 bushels of potatoes.
The St. Croix county court house is
finished, the building is fine one and
the builders have done a good job.
There will be dance at Opera Hall
Thanksgiving night, Nov 20. Tick
cts one dollar. Everybody invited.
The weather for the last month was
three degrees warmer than any pre-
vious October since the weather
bureau has been in vogue.
/ Professor Cozens lectured on
phrenology several nights last week
in Good Templars Hall and his as
sistant has kept up the meetings this
week.
The Rt. Rev. l. L. Nicholson, of
Milwaukee, will visit Trinity Church
on the 4th of Deem Der. Notice Of
the hour of service will be given later
| on.
A mum Der of Prescott people were
out 10 hear Gunsaulus Friday night.
They had come out Tuesday night
expecting to hear the lecture not
having learned of its p0stponement.
w. S. Lauder, formerly of this place,
and who has served two terms as cir
cult Judge in North Dakota, was de-
feated for a denomination at the
Republican convention this fall but
ran as an independent candidate and
was elected over the Republican nom
inee.
VIM. Bierstedt lost his left hand
last Saturday by getting it into corn
shreddlng machine. The hand was so
badly crushed that it was impossible
to save it and Drs. Ashley, Gendron
and Downer amputated it at the
wrist.
Editor Cline of that staunch old
Democratic paper, The True Repub-
lican. advises Democrats to study as
trnnomy: they will find more consola-
tion in the contemplation of the
starry armament than of the election
returns.
Sixteen ministers were present at
the Methodist ministerial conference.
besides a number of laymen, and the
meetings we're interesting and profit
able to all who were in attendance.
Rev. E. w. Straw Of Eau Claire
preached Friday night.
Otto and Oscar Thelander have
bought the grocery business of Lang
don Ansley in Hudson and will take
immediate possession. The boys are
"all right" and deserving of success
Oscar has had considerable experience
in the grocery business with G. F.
Heinrich and later with Harry Chin
mock.
The Methodist Church Society will
endeavor to secure Bishop G. FL Fow-
Ter of Buffalo, N. Y, to deliver his
famous lecture on Abraham Lincoln,
here in the church sometime in Feb
ruary. Bishop Fowler is one of the
strongest men in the Church and one
of the greatest lecturers on the
American platform.
The people of Prescott have estao-
lished and support a free public
library. This city would profit by the
example of Prescott in this direction.
A free library ought to be in demand
by the reading portion of this COM
munity, and if few of the literature
loving people would take concerted
action they could undoubtedly secure
general support in establishing pop
ular library.
The Normal football team went to
Superior Friday night and played
with the Normal team at that place
Saturday. The game was won by
Superior, "a to O.. The Superior team
averages about ten pounds heavier
than the River Falls Normal team
and weight is an i'm portant factor in
football game, carrying the victory
whenever the teams are equal in the
science of the play.
Our High School students rendered
areception and prepared banquet in