River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-07-16

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attention to the new signs of the
River Falls Building & Manufacture
ing Co. on their factory. The signs
speak for themselves and are so
conspicuous and artistic that "he
who runs may read" and commend
the workmanship.
A comet is now visible southwest
OF the bright star, Alpha Cagni.
This comet is distant from the earth
about 81 ,000, 900 miles. 1t has two
tails. The need of these dual APP
pendages is not apparent. 1t is
the custom to assert the needless
ness of a cats having two caudal
examinations. Professor Dunn of
Brown University frequently made
the assertion in class: mo cat has
three tails" This was known as
"Dunn's favorite syllogism," and
from this premise the students in
logic were accustomed TO show
that a cat has four tails. 1t was
demonstrated by the rules of logic:
Nc cat has three tails;
A cat has one more tail than no
cat;
Therefore a cat has four tails. O.
E. D.
River Falls and Prescott furnish
free text books to pupils but ELS
worth persists in a refusal to do so.
We think Ellsworth, which is to the
front in most things useful, is
wrong in this. 1t has many advan-
tages over the old method of COM
polling each child that comes to
school to buy the books he must
use in class work. Some Of these
advantages are: the readiness of
changing a series when it would
advance efficiency; the possibility
of getting books at low rates by
buying in wholesale lots; the facility
of keeping a uniformity of texts in
the hands of the pupils; the assur-
ance that books of the kind and of
all kinds needed are procured; the
certainty of supplying every pupil
on the first day of school enabling
classes to proceed Immediately
with work.
Saturday night as Steve Starin
was driving home from his brother
in-law, Charlie Ellingson's, and
when about a half mile this side of
William Foley's house-about nine
o'clock-a fellow stepped out of the
brush and stopping him, asked for
some tobacco. Starin gave him the
tobacco and then he wanted fifty
cents in money. Starin told him
he didn't bring any money with him.
manded the watch, at the same time
reaching for it. Starin reached
over for his horse whip and whacked
the fellow over the head. At this
the tramp drew a knife and struck
at Starin who lodged the blow so
far as to escape injury but the knife
cut a slit in his coat. He drew off
and hit the fellow twice over the
head, the second blow telling him
to the ground. Aman was arrested
at Martell the first of the week an
swering to the description of the
one that made the assault but as no
one appeared against him he was
discharged yesterday.
There have been several law suits
before Justice Carroll this week.
Monday a suit was tried upon the
complaint of George Maier against
Alfred Younggren. Maier had sold
a horse to Younggren for $3.50.
Younggren took the horse away but
before he got it home it was taken
sick. He returned it to Maier's
barns where it died, Younggren re-
fusing to pay the price. The result
of the suit was a verdict to the
effect that ~Yourggren should pay
the sum Of SIS. A suit Tuesday
was upon a complaint made by T..
Driscoll against B. Carolan for
assault. Carolan plead guilty and
paid a fine of $500 and costs of 3d.
So. Yesterday a suit "a on that
grew out of the one tried the day
before, or bore some relation to it.
The suit was between the same par
ties, carolan and DriSooll, but with
the attitude reversed. Carolan had
complained that Driscoll had used
abusive language with reference 10
him which provoked the assault.
Driscoll was fined $500 and costs,
$500.