River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-22
Holly at both of Taggart's stores.

day last week. A lady came in to
advertise the loss of a handbag con-
tanning money and valuables. While
she was describing the property a
man came in to advertise a lady's
handbag that he had found on the
street. One description exactly
tailed with the other. The gentle
man was relieved of his fnd-and
the lady of her anxiety. BY this
coincidence the JOURNAL lost the
opportunity of printing two notices.
Miss Carrie Henderson resigns
her position in the public school at
the end of this week. She will go
back to the Pratt Institute and finish
the course in Domestic Science,
etc., that she commenced in that in
stitution awhile ago. Miss Gertrude
Comstock of Fayette, Iowa, has
been engaged to take the place in
the school vacated by Miss Hender-
son. Miss Comstock is we'll
equipped for the task before her.
She is graduate of the Upper Iowa
University and of a Normal school.
The public school will close to-mor-
row for a recess, to resume Jan. 9.
The Chicago Record of Dec. II
announces the death of James T.
Lunn, former superintendent of
schools of Sank cornty, who COM
mitted suicide at Sioux Falls, S. D.,
by hanging. During an interruption
of service of regular teachers of
composition in the local Normal
school here in 1885 Professor Lunn
performed acceptable service. He
was of excellent character, force
full administrator, and had peculi-
arities that made him a puzzle even
to his friends at times. He had
been successful in business during
years at Sioux Falls. He was IS
years old and had participated in Is
battles in the civil war.
The Dunbar Quartette- Messrs.
Lincoln Newhall, Ralph and Harry
Dunbar and Ralph Parland-gave a
splendid musical entertainment at
the M. E. church last night, the
third IN the Peoples Lecture Course.
The house was filled with a music
loving audience. A musical enter
tainment always seems to reach a
responsive chord of sympathy in
this community, as it draws a larger
audience than one of any other
character, and gives appreciative
response with more enthusiasm.
The Dunbar Quartette is good
one. Individually the singers are
good and the ensemble expression
excellent. The company responded
cordially and unhesitatingly to re-
peated encores.
We have had very mildm annered
winter weather the past week. The
wind has been from the south or
east several days in the week and
at sometimes the thermometer has
shown the mercury above the freez-
ing point. The sun has shown
brightly also for the most part.
The nights have been uniformly
clear and since it is near the period
of the full moon the evenings make
it not unpleasant to be out of doors.
The days are at the shortest-Dec.
21-22. The sun reses at 1926 and
sets 4:31, for these two days, &C.
cording to the statement of the al
MANAGES, the day being 9 hours and
S minutes in length. From this on
the day will gain continually about
two minutes upon the night when,
three months from this date-s7
days-~three hours will be added to
the day at the expense Of the night
and March 21-22 the days and
nights will be of equal length.
A team of horses attached to a
lumber wagon took a lively spin
through the business portion of
Main street yesterday afternoon and
located themselves against the
Woodburns' drilling machine on
Maple street. The horses ran from
the lumber yard of J. q. Anderson.
There were nearly hundred wag-
ons along the business blocks, the
teams hitched, some on one side Of
the street and some on the other.
The run-a.ways kept we'll in the
middle of the street and missed
most of the wagons, One lumber
wagon, standing at right angles TO
the sidewalk, had some lumber in
1t that stuck out half way across
the street. The runaway team
ohurned this up a little and in turn.
ing from Main street up Maple the
wagon struck buggy and made a
slight crook in the rear axle. When
tie tongue of the wagon to which
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