River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-09-20

RIVER FALLS, Wis, SFPT. 20. 1900.
Entered att he post-o6f esf n RiUsr faifsossscOnd
class matter.
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
Ellsworth Fair to-day-to-morrow
and Saturday.
Ice-cream cents dish at Barnard
& Clough's.
List your property with the Morgan
Land Agency. They can sell 1T for
you.
Steve Williams is attending the
University of Minnesota, studying in
the Medical College.
The w. C. T. q. will hold its regu-
lar meeting, Friday, Sept. q. 1900, at
2:30 P. ~, in the M. e. church parlors.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie Dorgan of Kinnickinnic, born
on the 18th inst, died on Tuesday
last.
G.. Ritchey from St. Thomas, N.
D., has moved into the Daniels house,
northeast corner of End and Maple
streets.
The Fort Wayne Electric Light
Company are arranging to put up
the poles and wire for the lighting of
the city.
Emory Campbell and Dan and Ed
Linehan went up to st. Croix Falls
yesterday to play ball at the Polk
county fair.
James Dunn, having completed the
repairs on the starch factory here,
went to Colfax Monday to take charge
of the new starch factory at that
place.
Coley Krauth has built an addition
to his ice-storage plant, adding to the
capacity about one-fourth. His
buildings now hold about $500 tons of
''cold storage"
DR.. M. L. Robey has moved into
the building formerly occupied by M.
FL. Wolf, northwest corner of Main
and Maple streets, the front part of
which he will use for an office.
The Bayfield, County Press of last
week printed a half-tone picture of
our former townsman, Lever FL. Lien,
who is candidate for the nomina-
tion of sheriff for Bayfield, county.
Z. Chide5cer has vacated the tele-
phone exchange building where he
has kept a confectionery store for
several months. f. A. Brackett will
fit up the rooms for the sale of tobacco
and cigars.
The Duncan Clark Minstrel Show
that visited this place in June (but of
course nobody patronized IT'D was
wrecked in a railway collision in ILL
nois last week with terrible conse-
quences, nine of the troupe being
killed and six others injured.
The Floyd R. Briggs Company
played here Monday and Tuesday
evenings This is one of the finest
dramatic companies that has come to
this place for years. The mem bers OF
the company are all artists in their
line and the plays presented are of a
high order.
The Mole Concert, TO be given next
Wednesday evening at Opera Hall
under the auspices of the Trinity
Guild, should be patronized by allof
our people. The company is COM
posed OF excellent musicians and the
Guild is deserving Of assistance. The
company gave a concert at Ellsworth
and another at Baldwin, in both
instances with marked success.
Mondovi held special election a
week ago last Friday and voted to
bond the city for water works
system. The Herald calls attention
to the fact that the people pay $4,000
in annual premiums for insurance
and that system of waterworks with
adequate protection against fires
should reduce that amount by $3.50, a
sum sufficient to pay the interest on
the waterworks bonds.
The w. o. W. performed the cere-
monies of unwilling a monument at
Hudson Sunday to the memory of
Albert J. Johnson, deceased, late
corporal of Co. @, 3rd Wis. The cere-
monies were attended by the follow
ng representatives of the order from
here: Mr.. and Mrs. @. R. Taggart;.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Barrett: Mrs. A.
Rice: Messrs. G. A. Barrett, Geo. Th.
Smith, T. Demulling, F. Luberg, j.
Jensen and M. A, Hanson.
Jack Frost was around here Sum
day and Monday nights perambulat-
ing so quietly he must have been
travelling In his stocking feet. He