River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-07-09
A. A. Johnson was up from Chica.
go yesterday and to-day.

is the guest of Miss Margerie Ew-
ing.
Rev. w. L. Bloomho1m will hold
services in Ezekiel Luthern church
next Sunday.
Matt. Elertson and family spent
the Fourth with Sheriff H. o. Har-
ris in Hudson.
DR.. E. A. Toby and family went
to Cable the first of the week for a
months outing.
P. E. DeMille, D. D. S., makes
his next visit here the week of July
Is to Is inclusive.
Frank Barnes and wife of Hanna
ford, N. D., arrived here yesterday
on visit to relatives.
Mrs. F. NJ. Ulrich and daughter,
Miss Rose Cheney, left this after
noon for Denver and other points
in Colorado.
Miss Phena Bergman left yester-
day for a two weeks visit with her
sisters, Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Clark
at Menagha, Mimi.
The bicycle offered as a prize in
the shoe sale by the A1lard, Stew
art Co. was won by ticket No. 655,
drawn by Thomas Peters.
Hans Peterson of Minneapolis
spent the Fourth here with his
brothers, Matt. and Ed. Elertson,
returning home Wednesday.
]. w. Rawson has nearly fms he'd
his work in this part of Wisconsin
and expects soon to make an ex-
tended trip through northern Mich
igan.
Wiley Rogers was badly hurt by
the bursting of gas-pipe cannon
Tuesday. His face was terribly
burned and his eyes SO badly injur-
ed that he will surely lose one with
the probability of losing both.
C. A. Smith came home from
Saltwater Friday night sick with
appendicitis and has since been
confined to his bed. 1t is feared he
will be under the necessity of sub
hitting to an operation for the re-
moval of the vermiform appendix.
The Hudson Observer has been
sold to Nagler and Louden Of the
Luck Ledger. Messrs. Nagler and
Louden will still continue in part
nership, Mr.. Nagler will take charge
of the Observer at Hudson while
Mr.. Louden will run the Ledger at
Luck.
]. S. Hemenway has gone to Bos-
ton to associate with the teachers
at the National Educational Con-
vention. He will present the claims
of his gravity machine to the as
semb1ed educators. He has also
invented an air pump which he will
show.
Putnam S new dam was subjected
to about as severe test last Thurs
day as it may ever be expected to
get, as the water was as high in the
South Fork as it was ever known
to be. The dam stood the pressure
and the fall of water without a
tremor.
Mrs. J. Knight has bought a strip
of land a rod wide and 100 rods in
length from Henry Stark for road
from the land she owns, now occu-
pied by August Stark, to the main
road. This land is south of the
Kinnickinnic on section II, in the
town of Clifton.
At the Congregational church
next Sunday morning the subject of
discourse will be: 1.-THE Congrega-
tional Church and What She Aims
to Accomplish" At the vesper
service at p. m. the subject will
be, 1.-THE Ministry of the Holy
Spirit to Man.
The city council, at its last regu-
lar meeting, voted saloon licenses
to O. E. Beastrom, Frank Herman,
]. B. Mayer, Fred Relander, Knute
Wigen and F. w. Valentine & Louis
Henry, and drug store licenses to
sell spirits to C. R. Taggart and
Barnard & C1ough.
F. A. Haling and son Chas. went
to Cannon Falls, Mimi, Sunday
with two teams and returned Mon
day with the household goods OF
Walter Johnson. Mr.. Johnson
moves into the Rev. Johnson house
on Second street. He is employed
in the A1lard, Stewart Co. store.
A scary looking cloud swooped
down over this place this morning
and enve1oped us in drrkness and a
heavy rain. 1t came tearing along
close to the ground swiftly with