River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-08-13


tally on Sundays.
1t is announced that Venezuela
| has paid the last of its indebtedness:
to the powers. 1t should have done
it without the fuss.
Miss Nealie Knowles returned
Saturday from couple of weeks
visit with friends in Superior, Du
luth and Shell Lake.
Rev. M. E. Cady, D. D., of Chica
go, writes that he has strong in.
clination to revisit this city and may
come at an early day.
w. P. Marshall and wife and L.
o. Marshall went on an excursion
to Isle Royale, Lake Superior, last
week, returning Friday.
The Pierce county jury commits
sioners, Dill, Thorson and Brasing-
ton, met at Ellsworth Tuesday and
revised the list of jurors.
Mrs. w. Shepard and Mrs. P. w.
Ramer, who had been here on a
visit to Mrs. Eva Shepard, returned
to Minneapolis Saturday.
Mrs. N. D. Northrop returned
home Monday from a two-weeks'
visit at the home of her brother,
George Barrett, in Big River.
Summer resorters are enjoying
the cool breezes from Lake ST. Croix,
wrapped in an overcoat or Sitting
in the smoke of the camp fire.
The weather is very agreeable for
the pursuit of ordinary business
but little too cool for corn, pic
MICS and camping on the lake shore.
Miss Jessie Stronks returned to
her home at Baldwin Tuesday after
a visit of a couple of weeks at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Ebert
son.
S. G. Hyatt of Hager City on his
way to Shell Lake on a visit to rela-
tives, stopped over here Monday
night with his sister, Mrs. John
Barrett.
Mrs. ]. M. Curtis left Tuesday for
Seattle, Washington, on a visit to
relatives. Mrs. Bull, who had been
visiting her, accompanied her to
st. Paul.
G. w. Chinook will be out of the
city until October L. Notes and
accounts pertaining to his business
have been left with C. N. Wiger at
the bank.
Good crops with good prices
mean good times for the farmer.
And it is noticeable that when the
farmer prospers the merchants are
certain to.
Service as usual in the M. E.
church Sunday. The pastor, Rev.
T. j. Snodgrass, will preach in. the
morning and Rev. A. B. Morey in
the evening.
Mrs. E. o. Bonsness of Martell,
accompanied by her son Nick and a
grandson, returned Monday from a
weeks visit with relatives at Little
Falls, MINI.
Thomas Foster and wife left Mon
day for a trip to San Francisco,
Cal. The national encampment of
the G.. A. R. is on there next week,
Aug II to %.
Minnesota has a permanent school
fund of SIS, 100000, the largest of
any state except Texas. The aver
age rate of interest received on the
fund is per cent.
Mrs. H. w. Thomson has sent out
invitations for this afternoon. The
guests are requested to present
themselves in picnic dress and are
given a password.
Mrs. Mile Weisse and two chill
dren of Chicago are guests of her
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. G. /.
ApRoberts. Mrs. Weisse is daugh-
ter of Giles Bennett.
A child of A. w. Fletcher of
Spring Valley swallowed quantity
of carbolic acid last Sunday. 1t
was badly burned but there is some
hope of it's recovery.
Duncan McGregor is substituting
for Peter Lundberg at the freight
depot this week while Peter whites
the while away at the summer re-
sorts of Lake ST. Croix.
Do not be put off by your grocer
with something he claims is just
as good" as Maple City Self-Wash-
ing Soap. 1t has no competitor.
There is nothing just as good.
Joseph Stephens is entertaining
as guests his brother, John Steph-
ems, of Menomonie and his brother
in-law, Edward Norris, of Rock
Falls. They came up last week.