River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-24

Walter s. Fowler of Michigan City
N. D., arrived here Saturday even
ing, called here by the illness of hi
son Harry. Mrs. Fowler had beer
here week. The young man dice
this morning and the sorrowing pa
rents left this afternoon for thei
home with the remains. The cause
of the boys death was blood pois
oning. He was about II years O.
age.
Take in the dance Friday evening
if you want to have a good time
Tue base ball team has taken
great pains with the arrange.
ments and it will be the best dance
of the season. Opera Hall, to-mor.
morrow evening, Jan. Is. The
Ellsworth Firemen's Orchestra,
consisting of nine pieces, will fur
nish the music. Dancing will COM
mence at 900 o'clock.
N. B. Nagler of the st. Croix OBJ
server, who was a candidate for
chief clerk of the assembly and fail
ed of securing the position has been
temporarily chosen by Sec. of State
Frear as his chief clerk. The pc.
sition is subject to the civil service
law and to be legally appointed per-
manently the candidate must pass a
successful examination. The po-
sition pays $1,000 year.
Joe Hamill, city marshal, shot
Will Miley at Prescott last Thurs
day night, the bullet passing
through one of his lungs, but not
producing a fatal wound. Wiley
was making a midnight disturbance
in hotel and resisted arrest. He
was drunk. Hamill is the man who
was with John Isaac last July in the
attempt to arrest some Italians
when Isaac was killed.
Professor lTressler of the State
University, who inspected the high
school here Monday with view to
determining whether the work of
the school was being done to war
rant the accrediting of graduates to
entrance to the University, express
sed himself as perfectly satisfied
with the work. He said that the
work was thorough and the spirit
of the school was excellent.
Beginning next month the quad
rennial period for weighing the mails
will begin. Every four years the gov
eminent orders that the mail from
every station be weighed in the cars
in order to determine the compensa-
ton to be charged for it's transpor-
tation. The task will require three
months, and means the employment
of many extra men. Mail of every
kind and description will be weigh
ed and classified and the work must
be done thoroughly and accurately.
Next fall the Stout Schools at
HMenomonie will add new feature
to the course of instruction, course
of study in home making. Pupils
will be trained in the practical,
everyday needs of the. home. The
course will require two years for it's
completion and when successfully
finished the graduate will be enti-
tied to certificate testifying to her
ability to manage a home. There
is no school of this kind in opera
ton in this country at present, it is
said.
The registration in the college of
agriculture shows COG students now
in attendance, and as over 500
more are expected in the farmers
course in February, the total regis
tration in that college for this year
will exceed 1000. Of this number
are graduates, 1856 are in the long
course, 321 in the short course, and
142 in the dairy course.
This office acknowledges the re-
ceipt of a bound copy of the pro-
ceedings of the closing Farmers
Institute of last season, Agricultur-
al Bulletin, No. 20. This closing
institute was held at Plymouth,
March Is, IA and IS. The bulletin
is valuable contribution to agri
cultural literature. Some forty diff.
ferent subjects relating to farming
are ably discussed.
Additions to the buildings anc
equipment of the University of Wis
consin during the past two years
are enumerated in the biennial report
of President Van Hise to the regents
which has just appeared. The com
| pletion of the chemical laboratory
and the north wing of University