River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01

Chas. Bourn and wife were out
from Hudson Tuesday.
Get a brick of Vanderbie's Ice
| Cream at Freeman's drug store.
The Improvement League meets
next Monday, June S, in the Luther
an church at $50 o'clock p. m.
]. L. Porter of Dresser Junction,
Polk county, a former resident of
this vicinity, is visitor in the city.
No. 81, held by w. p Knowles,
won the first set of dishes given
away last Saturday at Stewart &
| Grimm's.
Mrs. w. E. Webster returned from
st. Luke's hospital last Saturday
night. Her many friends are re-
| joicing at her great improvement in
health. Hudson True Republican.
Complaint has been frequently
made lately that song-birds' nests
are being persistently robbed by
boys in the city. A little applica-
ton of the statute, or strap, might
stop it.
The Pierce family had picnic at
Glenmont Friday in honor of their
guests, DIR. and Mrs. Norman Wild
of Minneapolis. Nineteen people
constituted the party that partici-
pated in the elegant and sumptuous
repast.
The new barn of Wenzel Gregor,
about four miles east of town, is
soon to be completed, and will be
dedicated with dance on Friday
night, June 9. Everybody is invit-
ed to attend. A good time is as
sured.
Whitelaw Reid, the new ambassa-
dor TO England, has rented a house
in London at $45, 900 a year. His
salary is ST., $500. A business man
would have bought house for less
than the years salary and saved
some money.
DR.. and Mrs. Dwight Silliman of
Hudson announce the marriage OF
their daughter, Caroline Elizabeth,
to the Rev. Archibald T. Erickson,
the ceremony to take place in the
Baptist church at Hudson on June
IA at $3.50 o'clock p. m.
A new Lutheran church is being
built at South Rush River, the cor
ner stone of which was laid last
Sunday with imposing ceremonies.
The building is being constructed
of concrete blocks. When finished
it will have a seating capacity of
400 and with furnace, seats and
other furnishings will cost about
$l1, 900.
A party of seven River Falls ma
sons went to Spring Valley Satur-
day night upon the invitation of the
masonic lodge of that place, upon
the occasion of work in the Sd de-
gree. Delegations were also present
from the Menomonie and other
lodges to the number of over fifty.
AL. C. Anderson-formerly of this
place - master of the Menomonie
lodge had charge of the sublime de-
gree work. A banquet followed the
ceremonies.
John Coughlin says he cannot
quite understand why this city per-
mits so much quack grass to flourish
unmolested in streets and alleys
and on public grounds. N-Main-st.,
from the bridge along the causeway,
is a fine example of the way in
which the pest is doing business
here. Mr.. Coughlin says that quack
grass is going to be the ruination
of this country if energetic steps
are not taken at once to head it off :.
There is a great fortune, he says,
in any scheme for any man who can
successfully combat the pest; it
seems to be spreading everywhere.
New Richmond Voice.
Miss L. E. Stearns of the Wiscon-
sin Free Library Commission has
been at work the past few weeks in
this section of the state establish
ing free travelling libraries in the
smaller towns. Within the past few
weeks she secured the establish
ment of such Libraries in ST. Croix
county at Hammond, Baldwin,
Woodvi1le, Roberts, Burkhardt,
Boardman, Deer Park and Star
Prairie. These travelling" libra
ries each consists of IS volumes,
which are kept for six months in
one place, then exchanged with an
other place for new set. There
are now about 400 of these Libraries