River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-07-24

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last Saturday and Sunday.
Misses Susie Pierce and Sadie
Johnson entertained small com
PAW at tea in honor of Mrs. C. M.
| Gould.
The Ellsworth depot is being en-
larged to accommodate the business
of the railroad at that place-freight
and passenger.
Judge Charles Smith returns to
Superior to-day, after a month S
respite among the scenes of his ear
lier achievements.
Mrs. ]. B. Thayer and daughter,
Miss Stella, have rented the east
tenement of ]. M. Smiths residence
on Cascade avenue.
The Record estimates that 100
Pierce county teachers attended the
meetings of the National Teachers
Association at Minneapolis.
For SALE.-A two-year-old Aber-
deem Angus bu1l-registered. Sire,
Prestonion; dam, Irene Sd. Address
C. R. Lambert, Langdon, MINI.
Any one in need of the services
of a trained nurse should call upon
Mrs. Marietta Ryther at the home
of r. w. McCabe, North Main street.
WHEN YOU ARE DOWN TOWN drop
in and see the new patent-back,
double-p1acket walking skirts at
Allard, Stewart Co.'S. It's an en-
tirely new idea.
Mrs. Scion Perrin and children
and Miss Mabel Perrin are expected
here to-day for visit with friends.
Miss Mabel graduated from the
State University at Madison at the
last commencement.
The town of Ellsworth has the
credit of being the healthiest place
in the United States. According to
medical statistics for the year 1901
this town, with a population of
1900, had but two deaths in that
year, and one of these resulted
from smallpox.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. r. Doo1itt1e of
Cumberland are guests at the home
of their cousins, DR.. and Mrs. w.
D. Doolittle. The two families
united in an excursion trip by way
of Prescott down the Mississippi as
far as Red Wing Tuesday, return
ing last evening.
Threshing machines are in oper-
alton to some extent, operating on
the rye recently cut. Some farmers
have commenced to cut their barley.
Barley is heavy and badly lodged as
a consequence of heavy growth and
wet weather. 1t is little difficult
to cut also in consequence OF the
softness of the ground.
Miss Nellie F. B. Wilkens left
Monday for her home at Waverly to
visit relatives and to assist in en-
pertaining her cousins, Miss Welt
zien and Miss Tuchel of Milwaukee,
neice, Miss Louise Dresser of
Lake City, Mimi, and other friends
that are spending their vacations at
Miss wilkins home.
We are getting more than our
share of rain, and more than we
need for present purposes. Rains
are so frequent and SO abundant as
to inconvenience farmers in harvest
ing grain fit to cut. They are also
prevented from threshing rye al
ready in shock. But two spears of
grass grow where there was but one
last year.
A bad hail storm with heavy wind
passed over the country near New
Richmond Tuesday afternoon. 1t
affected a strip of territory about
three miles wide, within which the
damage to crops was great. SO Sc
we're was the hail that corn was en-
tirely stripped and small grain beat
en- into the ground, and trees de-
nuded of leaves. The fall of hail
was so great that there were heaps
of it visible yesterday morning al
9 o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. E. Bailey and
party from River Falls, Misses Vera
and Lois Meachman of Prescott and
their friend, Miss Purdy, of Lake
City were camped on the lake shore
a few miles above town several days
last week and the first of this week.
They were visited by Mr.. and Mrs.
J. C. Meacham, Mr.. and Mrs. ].
Harvey, Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Meach-
am, Mrs. Castelloe and Mr.. and Mrs.
E. t. MeaeAam Of this city.-Pres-
colt Tribune,
During the brief storm about
noon of Monday lightning struck