Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-10-15
Madison Matters.
From Our Regular correspondsut.

iHc hsHihnu I1hFDOr N dfeat w est
ern railroad company filed articles of
association with the secretary of state
last week. The capital stock of the
company will be $1,000. 900, or so, geo
shares ut $lo0 each. The road will be
about two hundred miles long. con-
meeting Ashland Harbor with Saltwater,
MINI. The directors are: VIM. Dali
rymple. of Milwaukee,; Oliver Dalrym-
pie, Of st. Paul; Geo. Noyes and Daniel
Z. Millett, Of MIwauRes, and d. f.
Glover, OF Bayfield,
The Bowden q Murray Lumber COM
pany, Of Clark county, also filed amend
ed articles increasing their capital stock
from $4,000 to $500
Lawrence Barrett pleased good
house at Turner Hall on Wednesday
evening with Francesca do Rimini.
On Tuesday last peculiar looking
descendant of Adam Eve guess arrived
Ia Madison and made it known that he
was the celebrated Sam Jones, who has
become SO popular for his theological
work in the South. He spoke ut the M
+. church on that evening and made
the greatest part of the audience think
that be was really genuine preacher;
but on Wednesday. many doubts bav-
ing leaked out concerning the genuine
ness of his character, Mr.. Jones' was
questioned closely as to his history, etc,
when he admitted that there was
another individual in the South by the
name OF Sam Jones, but that, of course,
was not the real Sam. At the appointed
hour for his Wednesday evening enter
tainment, the able Sam Jones did not
appear. He had suddenly come to the
conclusion that Madison lacked hospi-
tality and had returned to Rchland
oouBty, where people seem to take
more stock in his peculiar system of
Theology. A telegram was received
"Wednesday afternoon from gentleman
in Fond du Lac, who had seen tho gen.
uine Sam Jones three days previous at
St. Joseph, Missouri. where 20, 900 peo-
pie were listening to him daily Hence
Madison felt we'll disposed to excuse
their counterfeit guest.
| The State Board OF Supervision was
in session at the capital during the
week. The board made out several
| bills against the different counties in
the state for tho expenses OF keeping
persons from those counties at the diff
ferent state institutions OF charity. They
were al follows:
State hospital for insane 81 904 1e
| Northern hospital $3.50. ......... So 27s. 81
Boys industrial school -.,.,........... S.7I9.2e
The board also accepted the plans
drawn up by James Douglas 4; Co. ). of
Milwaukee, for the new school for in
digent children to bs located at Sparta.
They decided to build two cottages at
present capable of accommodating so
children each, and as soon as these
prove insufficient for the demand others
will be built. The dining rooms will be
/ in the easements and the recitation
rooms on tho first floor, with the mat
ron's room and domitories on the sec
cnd floor. The cottages will be begun
this fall and cost about $1,000.
The Lancasterian who comes down to
the capital city now will be greeted by
the sight of a beautiful depot as soon
as he steps off the cars. The G.. & n.
w. railroad company have nearly COM
plsted their depot, whics is 210x33 feet
and two stories high. All the rooms
are large and commodious. The ladies'
waiting room occupies the northern end
of the building, the ticket office the
middle part with the gents waiting
room just south of it, and the baggage
room at the extreme south end. just
above the baggage room is the train
dispatcher's office, while the entire Sec
ond story will be occupied with Offices
OF different kinds. Everything about
the depot at present promises comfort
to the travelling public.
Farmers, catch on! Mr.. w. H. Nor
rison, who is TO conduct the several
farmers institutes throughout the state
during the coming winter, is preparing
to send out programmes. There will
be thirty institutes held, two of which
will be held in Grant county, one at
| Platteville and the other at Boscobel.
The object of these institutes is to pres
eat TO the farmers of the state all the
information possible concerning the
several farm industries. Each institute
will last two or three days and will be
attended by some of the most intelligent
| farmers of the state, who will read spec
ial papers and present their views on
the different subjects pertaining to
farming. Professors Henry and Arms
by will attend the meetings, besides
many of the prominent farmers of Iowa,
Illinois and Ohio, will participate in the
different programmes, and no time or
pains will be spared in showing the
farming communities how to make their
different industries yield the highest re-
wards for their labor. The first institute
will be held at Hudson, Nov. "a and
%. The G., NJ & St. P. railroad com
pany will aid the work along quite ma
terially by furnishing transportation to
| the different convention workers, and
thus. by making the expenses lighter,
the appropriation will go farther toward
making the series of institutes a sue
cess The farmers are already anticl-
paiing these programmes with much
interest; and much good will result
from them, as they will be brought
home to the very door of the majority
of Wisconsin farmers. The programme
will be published for distribution next
week
The Hespenan and Athenean literary
societies of the University have ar
ranged the order of their joint-debaters
| for the contest. which comes off the
fourth Friday Of January.
/ The University Christian association
/ rave q caoia hla at fha ITp;varo;tp ~