River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-09-04

Ice-Cream Soda SC at Barnard &
Coughs.
The attendance at the Minnesota
State Fair Tuesday was $4,000, yes
terday $4,000.
Mrs. Hosch of Little Falls, Mimi,
is expected here to-day for few
days visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. F. Rogers.
At the Congregational church
Sunday morning there will be a
sacramento service with a short
address on "Staying Power" In
the evening the usual preaching
service. The subject of discourse
will be, "O1d Roots.
Miss Frances Bewick and Miss
Nellie Taylor, of this city, teach in
the public schools at Prescott this
year. The former has charge of the
second primary room and the latter
of the intermediate. There are
seven teachers in the school.
DR.. E. C. Roberts, Refractionist,
of Red Wing, will be in River Falls
September 9, at the New City Hotel.
Eyes examined by the latest i'm
proved scientific methods. Glasses
ground to order to correct weak
eyes, etc. Consultation free.
Nels Nelson brought to this office
some specimens of apples which
prove that this fruit can be success
fully grown in Pierce county. The
three specimens are large, solid,
smooth apples of good flavor. He
had forgotten the name of the vari-
ETY.. He also brings quantity of
p1ums as examples of his horti-
culture. These are fine specimens
of this kind of fruit.
DR.. E. A. Toby caught the record
breaking speck1ed trout Aug. %.
The speckled beauty was over 20
inches in length and weighed AZ
pounds. He caught this trout with
a No. fly hook. This is the larg-
est speckled trout that has been
caught in the Kinnickinnic for
years. Mountain trout of three
times the weight of this speckled
trout have been caught here.
Marked Improvements are brought
abruptly TO notice on Main street
in the first ward this season. A
load of jagged, broken rock has
been dumped into the mudholes
along the center of the street.
These rock piles answer as a sort of
beacon, indicating where the holes
are located and warning people to
keep to one side. The result is
that now there are two tracks, one
on each side of the center of the
road.
"Silver Gu1ch Ranch" was played
by local cast of amateurs at Opera
Hall last Thursday night. The
audience were in full sympathy
with the players and gave the pre-
sentation cordial commendation.
The play is an excellent one but
pretty heavy for amateurs. 1t needs
much study for it's proper apprehen-
sion and a great deal of practice.
Considering the time which the per-
formers had to devote to the study
of the play they did we'll in their
rendition.
E1lsworth's fourth market day
was a great success, more especially
considering the fact that farmers
were almost without exception in
the midst of a bounteous and busy
harvest. A large amount of stock
and miscellaneous articles was
auctioned off and the merchants re-
port exceptionally heavy sales.
The Ellsworth band was in fine
form, and sprung lot of new ones
on the crowd but the vaudeville
entertainment was pretty tame, due
to the performers inability to resist
filling up with booze. Anyway
everyone had a good time, and Ellis
worth kept up her reputation as a
good town to come to and buy
goods Ellsworth Herald.