Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-07
OUR LOCAL EXCHANGES.

Platteville Witness: DIR. Eastman,s
family are expected back to Platteyille
to live on the LIST of May.
The gunpowder mills, near Platteyille.
daily produce 5000 lbs, or 200 kegs.
The establishment consists of three
large tower charcoal kilns, dry house
Tor saltpeter, two cyclinder mills, one
corning mill, and dry-house, engine
house, key factory, and a private office.
The ladies who presented Mrs. Maria
Chapman with handsome ingram car
pet not long since, desiring to complete
the good work, met last Friday after
noon and made the same ready for SER
vice. An elegant supper was prepared
by the recipient and the whole house by,
the kindness of Mrs. Baltic, was thrown
open to the pleasure of the guests who
appreciated and enjoyed the occasion as
only ladies are capable of.
Montfort Monitor: o. Thomas and
w. w. Devoe did large business in
wolves last week. Thursday they
killed six wolves in Iowa county, and a
few days before, MIR. Devoe caught five
young ones in Grant county. Thurs
days exploit, however, was financial
misfortune, for the mother-wolf was
prematurely (shall we say accidentally ?
slain. Here was potential annuity of
about 500, equal to an income of $3.50
OF boarded cash, cut off by a chance (p)
bullet. Stay your hands, gentlemen, or
you will bring financial depression upon
this business also.
We are grieyed to announce the death
of Newton, son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. N.
Holford. He was an exceptionally
bright little fellow, three years of age.
and until the illness that terminated so
fatally had never been sick in his
life. Death came veiy suddenly. The
day before he was playing with his lit
tie playfellows perfectly well, with the
exception of severe cold; this devel-
oped into the membranoGs Group, of
which he died Tuesday evening
Muscoda News: 1t is said that Villas
is going to flavor two cent stamps with
vanilla and the one-cent stamp with
lemon. Oh, the colonel will reform
the postal service of the country all
right enough; all he needs is a little
time.
Somebody beat our fish story: Last
week, Joseph Svobada brought to town
two pickeral the combined weight of
which was thirty-eight pounds. He
caught them in Blue river above John
sons mill.
Green county expects to put 8, 900, 900
pounds of cheese upon the market this
year.
Platteyille Democrat: Nathan Brad
bury has obtained a situation at Madi-
son under w. III. Bennett, Supt. of Pub
lie Property. We presume this is some
of Mr.. Holman's work.
Ex-sheriff, Jap. Rewey, highly es-
teemed citizen of Platteville, and good
fellow. left Monday evening for his new
home in Wisner, Nebraska.
Prairie du Chen Courier: A sneak
thief got away with Rev. Mr. Tull's
gold watch on Saturday night last. 1t
seems as if misfortune never went alone,
for few hours afterwards he received
dispatch from up north, some 400
miles distance, that his brother was w.
ing at the point of death he then sent
a dispatch that he would 60 to his
brother Returning home and barely
recovering from the shock, another dis
patch was received from the far west,
distance of 800 miles, announcing that
his mother was in a critical condition,
and to come right away if he wished to
see her in life. This is sad, and we
sympathize with Mr.. Tull in his great
affiiction.
The directors of the w. A. & N. rail-
road have ordered work to be pushed
forward rapidly all along the line
Work began again on the 1st of May.
The beautiful new addition to the
College is now finished and occupied