River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-21

awning. C. Carisch & Sons.
Paul and Irene Wadsworth were
down from Minneapolis over Sun
day.
Mrs. w. S. Davis went TO Merrill
Ian Monday on visit 10 her par
ents.
Miss Lizzie Eichman is home after
several weeks visit with relatives
in Oak Grove.
H. S. Mead of Minneapolis visited
with his sister, Mrs. E. Van Voor.
his, over Sunday.
Now is the time to buy some
things you'll have to have. Bar.
gains at Rasmussen's.
Mrs. VIM. Hodge visited with hel
son, Chas. Hodge, at Hammond
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Fife M. Black, nee Boals, Of
Big River spent Tuesday here with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Boals, and her sister Mrs. Mary l.
Frederick.
Altar Guild will meet at the home
of Mrs. Lyons Saturday, Feb. %, at
2:45 p. m. Meetings every week
during the Lenten season. Each
member come prepared to give ideas
for Easter novelties. SEc'Y OF
GUILD.
An extra train took a crowd from
Ellsworth and River Falls to Hud-
son Friday night to witness the
wrestling match. Thirty tickets
were sold at the Ellsworth station
and 135 at the River Falls ticket
office.
Hogs are growing in favor-from
commercial standpoint. Hogs
brought $7.25 a hundred in Chicago
a week ago to-day. For five days
last week the number of hogs re-
ceived in the Chicago markets was
166,751.
The News of New Richmond,
which had been published the past
three years at that place by Strong
& Evans was sold last week to F.
R. Van Meter, postmaster of New
Richmond, and Frank Walsh of
Milwaukee.
Receipts of the general govern
ment for the fiscal year ending June
80 last amounted to 1852 $4,000, an
increase of SOS, 285,OO over the pre-
uious year. The tariff produced
$3OO,251 900 and internal revenue
taxes $249, Isl, 900.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Bailey left for
New York Sunday. They will be
gone for several weeks, travelling
and enjoying life in the east and
south, and it is possible that they
may go to Cuba before returning.
Hudson Star-Times.
When Glen Sansburn was hitch
| ing his horse to the cutter Monday
morning preparing to make his u.s.
ual trip on the mail route the horse
became unman ageable and ran away
smashing the cutter beyond repair
but doing no further damage.
l. N. Nichols Post, G. A. r., de-
cided at it's last meeting to pay 9
visit to the high school Washing
toms birthday, tomorrow, Feb. %
Comrades are requested to meet al
| G. A. r. hall at one o'clock toni r
row afternoon with this object If
view.
A recent landslide in the hills
near Santa Cruz, Cal, uncovered g
bed of whalebone, which apparently
has been there since the antedilu
Wan period. The place where the
prehistoric bones were uncovered is
600 feet above the sea. six miles
from Monterey Bay.
Misses Anna G. Saby and Cornelis
E. Notz of the Normal faculty gave
a valentine party for number o.
their lady friends last Friday eve
ming. Each guest made valentine
for each one of the other guests
Many beautiful and original designs
were created for the occasion.
Principal of Schools Hill is organ
izing a big old-fashioned Spelling
School at Spring Valley, open (
any school in Pierce county, and thu
contiguous parts of other counties
and giving liberal cash prizes. Thi:
will be an interesting and instruc-
tive occasion. -Spring Valley Sun.
Examinations for ST. Croix count,
teachers are to be held as follows
at Glenwood March As; Baldwin
March 81; River Falls March 1918
New Richmond March HIS. A
these places for 3rd grade certifi