River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09


English Lutheran church Good Fri
day evening at 7:30, to which all are
invited. Easter Sunday, divine
service at 1880 with confirmation
and communion. Sunday school
festival at II m.
The Wisconsin Land Company
has lately made the following sales
of city property: The Nye house on
Fifth street to C. w. Ensign; the
Luberg house on Spring street TO
Wenzel Gregor; one of G. l. APP
Roberts lots on Second street to
John Allard; three lots opposite the
JOURNAL Office to John Barrett.
Mrs. Baker, who was arrested on
the charge of securing money under
false pretenses from people of New
| Richmond and Hudson last fall,
was tried and convicted of the
charge in the circuit court at Hud-
son the first of this week. She pre-
tended she was collecting money
for an orphan asylum.
The town of River Falls cast 80
votes at the election Tuesday.
There was but one ticket up and
the caucus nominees were elected.
Supervisors: VIM. Foley, chairman,
S. Halvorson, John Finn; Clerk, w.
H. Lowell; treasurer, L. ]. Kinney;
assessor, Fred Smith; justices of
the peace, Charles Dopkins, T. c.
Lauder.
There were three names on the
judicial ticket V William Ruger,
Robt. G. Siebecker and j. G. Moritz
Wittig-in the order named above.
Ruger had withdrawn and SO was
not a candidate and yet it will be
found that he received many votes
and simply because his name was
first on the ticket. Not one man in
ten thousand knew any one of the
three men, even by reputation, and
so not having any choice they voted
the name that came handiest on the
ticket.
Mrs. George Elliott died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. C. E.
Flint, at Blaine, Washington, the
Oath of last month, after a long i'll
ness. Her age was 70 years. She
leaves a husband and the following
children: Mrs. C. E. Flint and Mrs.
o. L. Foss of Blaine, Washington;
and w. N. Elliott and Mrs. w. H.
Lowell of River Falls, Wis. The
deceased was resident of the town
of River Falls from 1854 to 1884. In
1884 she went to Washington where
she had since made her residence.
Voters in the first ward have in
augurated curious rule with
reference to a candidate for alder
man. They nominate man for
the place at the caucus then vote
against him at the polls. Two
years ago the caucus nominated M.
B. Simon and elected Louis Plat;
last spring Plat was nominated at
the caucus and beaten at the polls
by E. Van Voorhis; this. spring E.
Van Voorhis was nominated at the
caucus by vote of IS to II for F.
V. Williams and at the polls Tues
day Williams was elected by vote
of 81 to 9 for Van Voorhis.
A. Combacker, president of the
Pierce County Telephone Co., was
looking up matters in the city in the
interest of the company yesterday.
He says considerable work will be
done this summer in improving the
line. Heavier poles will be put up
on a part of the line to carry an adj
ditiona1 weight of wires. A new
switch board with 200 drops and
a capacity for ESQ will soon be put
in here to accommodate the service.
This will be the third switch board
put in. The first was one of So
drop capacity and the one now in
use is of 100-drop.
Freeman & Son have added ma
terially to the appearance Of the
interior of their drug store recently
by certain modern improvements
Steel ceiling has been put in and
painted white. The design is ar
tistic and the quality substantial.
New show cases have been sub
stituted for the old ones through
out. There are six of these new
glass cases, the glass extending to
within six inches of the floor. These
do not take up so much room as
the old counters with glass show
cases on top and there is much
more surface for the display of
goods. The new arrangements
make the store look more ''roomy"
and convenient.