Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-04-04
hHE Vol. y, NO. "A.
Letter from PlattevIlle - Hotels -
Bank-Drybone-Cigar Man
ufactory, ETC., Etc.

Since Platteville has become the
terminus of the d. p. & NJ. railway,
she certainly ranks with some of the
neighboring railway cities.
This the reader can easily find out
for himself by coming here some fine
day, and bringing about 40 cts
wherewith to pay for his dinner at
either the Gates house or the Platte.
vile Hotel. The former house used
TO be occupied by Mr.. S. Moore as a
private DIV cling the latter, corner
of Mineral & Second streets, is con.
Quoted by Mr.. Streeter, an old and
successful hand at the bookkeeping
business. Mr.. Parish has o restau-
rant here, and Mr.. JAS Wright has
put up two-story brick house which
is also, learn, to be used for hotel
purposes. The spot whore the old
Tyler House used to stand wocld be
a capital place for some moneyed
man to erect sort of first class Fifth
avenue grubbery. The lot is some
90 feet front, and abous $50 feet deep,
and is situated in the business center
of the village.
The new bank building here is a
fine one, and adds greatly to the APP
pearance of the town. 1t has been
finished off in fine style. Nearly
every morning the merchants can be
seen coming from the bank with their
cash books and rolls Of bills. the re-
ceipts of thor previous days sale.
The pr0prietors of the bank are
Messrs. Hodges & McCarn, who have
been residents of this county for a
great many years. They do great
deal Of business-vastly more than
many people are willing to give them
credit for Since the completion of
the railway to PlatteviIle, tho amount
Of $3.50, 900 for cattle, hogs, etc, has
passed through their hands, besides
goodly sums of money for zinc ore,
hoop poles, grain and other articles,
amounting altogether to something
worth while.
Considerable mining for zinc ore
has been done here this winter. Mr..
j. IL. Rountree worked tho richest
deposit, and kept from 20 to 80 men
employed all the time. Messrs. Hen
dershot, Webster & Gardner had
paying layer of the ore in the north
ern part of town, and many others
have made comfortable living by
mining for the substance. Before
the advent of our railway, zinc ore,
was of but little value here, and it
was therefore commonly used to fill
up old mineral holes with but now
it brings from SO to s14 per ton, and
is consequently eagerly sought for
by great many professions al as we'll
as n may ff5fioB8l ginfF6ry known
that the only cigar mandatory in
Grant county is located at Plattevile.
Mr.. Otto Reick owns it, and the
cigars that be makes are said to be
"the choice of the people" His shop
is opposite the p. O., in the store
rooms formerly occupied by Messrs
Covill. His sign is tho Grand Turk,
made of wood and manufactured in
Chicago. | wonder was Byron in
earnest when he wrote about Sub
lime tobacco, that from east to west,
cheers the tar's labor, and the Turk
mans rest ~
Platteville derives many benefits
from the Normal School, which at
fords first class educational advar-
tages for the children of the village,
and places plenty of money into the
hands of those who board students
coming from abroad.
PlatteVllle, as is well-known, has
a powder mill, and several other in
stitutlons that we cannot speak of at
present, but which may form the
stock-in-trade of future Herald cor
respondence by Yours, B.