River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-14

Spring ValI0y IL was VOLeQ to heat
the new school house with steam.
Good . leather dress-suit cases,
$500. Good canvas telescopes, rs
inches, 45c, with 10c raise IN sizes;
a iob-lot of them just received at
prices never heard of before. A. w.
Lund.
Mrs. Hersey Lord, who had been
here for several weeks on a visit to
her aunt, Mrs. Freeman Lord, left
Tuesday on her return to her home
at San Jose, California, accompa-
MED by her aunt-Mrs. Freeman
Lord-who goes west for visit.
Prof. H. L. Wilson and ]. P. Car
roll made a business trip to Bone
steel, S. D., last week, on the oc-
casion of the opening of the Rose
bud Indian reservation to home
stead entry. Each registered for a
chance to file for quarter section.
The improvement League had a
fence put along the north side of
the street from the upper bridge to
the right of way of the Railway Co.
a few years ago and set vines along
the fence. These vines have grown
so that they now cover the fence
and make very pretty appearance.
w. S. Davis, the station agent,
takes vacation Of three weeks, he
and his family going to Mcmillan to
spend while with the relatives of
Mrs. Davis and thence to Board
man to visit with the relatives of
Mr.. Davis. Frank Askew takes Mr..
Davis place as station agent in the
meantime and Henry Garden of
Spring Valley acts as telegraph
operator.
While MISS Maude Daniels and
her friend, Miss Grace Bailey of
Janesville, were out riding Tues
day evening the horse which they
were driving became frightened at
an automobile and becoming un-
manageable ran against tree and
overturned the buggy. The girls
were considerably hurt, Miss Bailey
having an arm broken while Miss
Daniels was painfully bruised.
The Masons of Ellsworth extend
ed an invitation to the brethren of
this city to be their guests on the
occasion of Sd degree work Tues
day evening. Fifteen members of
the River Falls lodge responded
and enjoyed an evening of fraternal
association with the proverbial
hospitality the good people of Ellis
worth extend to guests. The work
incident to the raising of a brother
TO the sublime degree was done
with the smoothness and grace of
experts, followed by banquet and
informal .sociability.
Robert McCabe has sold his resi-
dence property in the First ward to
John Sweitzer of Warren. Mr.. Nc
Cabe will go to Mobile, Alabama,
to which place he has shipped his
household goods. The family go
from here to Minnesota for time
TO visit relatives Sat Anoka, Roch-
ester and Austin. They expect to
visit a month or six weeks before
leaving for Mobile. The people of
this community are sorry to lose
Mr.. McCabe and family from their
social circles, but wish them health,
happiness and prosperity wherever
they may go.
Miss Lucy Peckham writes to a
friend in the city particulars con-
corning the accident which befel1
her father, w. P. Peckham, by
which he suffered the loss of his
right arm and sustained other in
juries. She says her fathers injur-
les were so serious that the sur
geons had little hope of his ability
to pull through but his nerve and
will have brought him to point
where there is little doubt of his
ultimate recovery. He is cheerful
and confident while in the hospital
at Marinette, his daughters keeping
him company.
We are frequently brought up
with sudden abruptness in reading
exchanges against such abomina-
tions as "thot' and "brot" and
thru" and tho" and 'picniced.
From studying the context we con-
clude the writer's meant to write
the words thought, brought,
through" though" and pic
nicked." Contemplating the phi
losophy of this invention a question
arose as to whether the writer's
were over or under-educated. Con-