River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-01-28


you have farm or city property for
sale or for rent.
Busy body hurry! We are going.
Come and break the glass before
Sunday, Jan 31st. Leave Feb. 8.
The students and teachers of the
Normal school INDUCED in pleas
ant social dance last Friday even
ing.
The New City Hotel is open again
for business. Mr.. Myron Keech Of
South Haven, Mimi, is the new
landlord.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Hall and
Mr., and Mrs. Lutte Green went to
Ellsworth yesterday to attend a
birthday party given there in honor
of Mr.. Cornelius Fenton, brother-in-
law of Mrs. hall.
]. H. Pearman, a son-in-law of
the Reverend E. E. C1ough, former
| Methodist pastor here, was in our
city yesterday. Mr.. Pearman is as
sistant manager of the tourist de-
partment of the Union Pacific Road.
If you can not use the Hills lee
ture seat checks on Feb. 5, the date
of DR.. Vincent's lecture, return them
to Taggart's and get your money.
Do the same with any single admis
sion tickets bought for the Hills
lecture which you do not care to use
for the Vincent lecture.
A. L. Lien who has been visiting
the scenes of his early life in the
southern part of the state, where he
trod the heather barefooted in the
days of 40, came home last week
Wednesday to look after business
affairs, returning to Madison Mon
day for longer visit with relatives
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. S. Cooke Of
Frankfort, S. D., who have been So
journing here at the home of Mrs.
Cookies mother, Mrs. O. H. Bangs,
since early winter, returned yester
day from months visit to friends
in Chicago. They were accompani-
ed by Mrs. Glen Beach, who is re-
turning from Chicago to her home
at jamestown, N. D.
Two new steel bridges are to be
built over the Kinnickinnic next
spring at the Pomeroy farm in
Troy, the other at the Ap Roberts
farm in Kinnickinnic. The contract
for the steel work and floors for
both bridges was let last Friday to
the Hewitt Bridge Co. of Mime
apolis, who won out over nine other
bidders. Their bid was 1914 for
each bridge. The contract for the
abutments has not yet been let.
A party Of friends assembled at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. M. Nor
seng Tuesday evening and took them
by surprise. The visit was oc-
casioned by the desire to help them
celebrate their twentieth wedding
anniversary. The company consist
ed of friends who had been as
ISOLATED with the bridal couple ever
since their marriage twenty years
ago. Among the surprising party
were Mr.. and Mrs. Oluff Halls of
Ellsworth.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press con-
tanned an account of the return of
Sheriff Gerber after a fruitless
search for the horse thieves, who
stole six horses from Carling's
stables. The writer of the account
said the sheriff had been searching
through the wilds of Wisconsin in
the vicinity of Beldenville." We are
wondering whether the sheriff be-
came mired on the big hill" or
whether he houndered around hope
1essly in the mud on the stretch of
road near the depot. Evidently he
did not reach the county seat or he
would never have considered its
suburb, Beldenville, to be in the
wilds."
On Friday OF last week Mr.. and
Mrs. r. S. Freeman celebrated the
thirtieth anniversary of their we'd
ding in a quiet manner having in
vited small party of their friends
to dinner. In the evening numer-
Gus party of the members Of the
Ladies Aid accompanied by their
hus stands came in as a surprise
party, bringing their dinner baskets
with them. AS must be the case
where so many congenial people get
together the occasion was an enjoy
able one. The Journal takes this
occasion Of joining with other friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman its con-
pratulationS upon their long and