River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-08-16

Miss Constance Haugen gives a
lunch tomorrow in honor of Miss |
Nina Fortune, who leaves for her
home in Canada Monday.
Mrs. Mary D. Morse fell down
stairs last Friday evening fracturing
her right arm near the shoulder and
sustaining severe bruises.
AuoTIoN.-Monday afternoon,
Aug. 20,--Jacob Frey, Jr., on the
HOLSTER Farm, near Sam Browns in
Clifton, will sell farm machinery and
horses.
Entrance examination at the Nor
NAL will begin Monday, Aug. 27. The
Normal department and the Model
grades will commence Tuesday, Aug
%.
Judge E. B. Bundy of Menomonie
and Court Reporter @. a. Cross OF
Hudson were in the city on legal bus
mess before Judge Weld the first of
the week.
The bi-monthly meeting Of the Con-
gregational church will occur Satur-
day afternoon, Aug. Is, at 2:30. The
trustees are DESTROYS of full attend
ance as business of Importance de-
mands it. TRUSTEES.
The Omaha R. r. win probably run
a special excursion train to Duluth
and Superior from here sometime In
the near future. Its understood the
fare will be 50 for two days round
trip.
Labor Day is legal holiday in 80 OF
the As states. In most of the states
it occurs on the 1st Monday in Sep
tenn Der. This years Labor Day VIII
be a big one in Chicago where both
Bryan and Roosevelt will speak but
are to ignore politics.
Miss Lima Campbell, who had been
sick with appendicitis, recently under
went successful operation for tne
disease, at st. Lukes hospital in st.
Paul. Her brother Harry visited with
her last Sunday and reports her re-
covering rapidly
About eighty persons attended the
English Lutheran Sunday School PIC
mic at Sugar Camp, half way to ELS
worth, Friday. All the participants
report a good time. The River talls
Kid Nine beat the Ellsworth team al
a game of ball to l..
George Doolittle was out from ELS
worth yesterday in the interest of the
Pierce County Agricultural Society.
The next exhibit will be Sept. 10, 20
and 81. The managers propose bar
bec4e as feature of the entertain
ments, roasting an OK, sheep and a
hog.
The Republican-Voi says there
was not much change in the political
situation in ST. Croix county last
week. The weather was so hot that
but few candidates had the temerity
to come out of the shade and an
nounce themselves as willing to serve
the county for a consideration.
For last weeks JOURNAL it was
written, 1.-THE exterior woodwork
of the public school building is
to be repainted" but the types said
extension" through misapprehen-
sion and the proof reader wasn't on
to his Job in missing the mistake.
However, the painters contract is
specific.
The electric power plant on Apple
Riverin St. Croix Co. is about finished.
The big dam is completed, the power
house up, the right of way to st. Paul
for wire transmission lines secured
and the wires are now being strung at
the rate of mile day. The COM
pany expect to be ready for operations
In the Twin Cities in the early part
of September.
"The question before the house" on
the streets is: "Of two men blowing
around field which plows the most
one or the other or either or neither
or both?" ut is just as plain as the
nose on your face that the man on the
outside plows the most" "But he
don't and / can prove itw If W. j.
Bryan will take up this question as
the paramount issue" and drop all
this nonsense about bugaboo "16 to /"
and the scarecrow of imperialism he
might get 10 votes where otherwise he |
won't get 1--if he can prove 1t.
Hon. o. W. Mosher OF New Rich
mond has decided to enter the field as |
a candidate for the nomination for |
state senator Of this district. Mr..
Mosher was elected member OF the |
Assembly for St. Croix Co. two years |
ago and his record in the lower house |
has demonstrated his eminent fitness |
for state senator. Mr.. Mosher is q |
gentleman Of liberal education In the
schools and of large and succe ssful
business experience. The Hudson
Star-Times speaks Of him as follows
"Hon. Orville w. Mosher is one Of |
the ablest business men Of the west
He was brought up on farm near /
Waupun, graduated from Ripon
college, and went Immediately to
New Richmond as principal of
the public schools,a position which he
held with great acceptability. Later,
he EN- barked in the grain business,
and uufolded his fine talent for COM
mereial affairs. He has made an en-,
viable reputation as trustee of the
county asylum and as Assem- blyman
in the last legislature"
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Old Settlers Picnic.
Yesterday, Aug. Is, number OF
the old settlers OF Mann Valley had a
reunion and picnic in Glen Park
There were present with their chill
dren, Mrs. Dennis Gibbs, Mrs. Will
moth, and Mrs. Rupert; Mrs. Holmes
and Mrs. Oakley with their children
end grandchildren: Mrs. Goodsell and
Mrs. Campbell--fornerly the SAILS
bury girls--of Cushing, Wis., Mrs.
Clara Butler--nee Clara Gibos:--Mrs.
Lewis, Mrs. vannatta, Mrs. Strshl.
Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Isaac Beers and Mrs.
Cobb; a few personal friends we're also
present.