River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-02-06

| Married peoples dance. at Opera
Hall tomorrow night.
Chas. Nelson of Laona, Wis, i:
here on visit with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. N. Nelson. --
F. D. Ensign went to Madison
Tuesday TO attend meeting of the
board of regents.
Reserved seats at Freeman
Drug Store for the Moving Picture
show, Saturday at Opera Hall.
Helmer Semrite os Madison is
spending the week at the home OF
Chas. Hamilton in Kinnickinnic.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Weld and Mr..
and Mrs. F. D. Ensign entertained
a company at dinner Thursday eve
ming.
Mrs. S. N. Nelson went to Mime
apolis Saturday, being summoned
by the illness of her daughter, Mrs.
E. E. Himle. sal
Mary Levings is very i'll with an
attack of pneumonia. Her brother,
Willis Levings, is convalescing from
| the same disease.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Swedish Lutheran church will meet
Friday, Feb 7, at 200 p. m, at the
residence of Nels DIN.
Mildred Wilson of the seventh
grade in the public schools was
very pleasantly surprised" by her
classmates Friday evening.
All members of the w. R. C. are
requested TO be present at the meet
ing of Feb. 8, as there is business
of importance to be considered.
The Adjutant General of Wiscon-
sin has notified B. R. Eaton that
under the act of 1907 his pension
has been increased to $40 month.
Miss Elvina Thompson of Deer
Creek has again taken up her
studies at the Normal. She has
been teaching in a school near
Amery.
Friday, the 26th, Lillian M. Phelps
of St. GATHERINGS, Ont, Canada,
will deliver a lecture at the Metho-
dist church. The subject will be
announced later.
Miss Myrtle Hendrix of the uni
versity of Minnesota and Miss Eva
Higgins of Minneapolis were at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. James Hen
dirk few days last week.
A new whist club has been or
ganized among the young married
people. of the city, and Mrs. F..
B. Carish and Mrs. A. E. Gendron
entertained it for the first time last
Thursday evening. Last night the
club met at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jay Grimm.
All the friends of Leaveritt Farley
will be sorry to hear that his illness
with erysipelas has caused him to
break the unique record he holds in
the Congregational Sunday school.
He has not missed one Sunday in
attendance for over six years, re-
cord of which he may be proud.
We bespeak his early recovery and
hope he may make even better re-
cord with his new beginning.
Uncle Sam finds himself sponsor
for thousand islands, more or less,
in the Pacific, with dialects innum-
cradle, the inhabitants OF one of the
Philippine Islands not understand
ing the language of the others. To
solve this problem he has sent
Yankee school ma ans who teach
English to the different tribes, en-
abling them to talk together in a
common tongue.
The Choral Union met for their
practice last Friday evening at the
home of Prof. and Mrs. F. M. Jack.
After a short rehearsal a program
was rendered by various members
of the society and refreshments
were served. In spite of the un-
favorable weather nearly every
member of the Union was present
and all agree that it was the most
enjoyable evenings practice yet
held.
A pig was captured last Wednes-
day night at Erin Corners, St. Croix
county. AS it was a blind one
Sheriff Kealey had no difficulty in
the capture and arrested its owner,
Henry Breckenridge, who was taken
to Hudson and brought before the
court. He was charged with selling
liquor in a district where licenses
are not issued and on pleading