Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-24
piatteiilIe.


The Henderson drum corps, OF Du-
buque, said to be the finest drilled of |
any in the country. viii give an exhibit |
ton in platteville Christmas night.
E. III. Wells, of Ludlow. KY, was in |
town last week in the interests Of The
Cambrian. a monthly magazine pub.
lished at Cincinnati, o. 1t is devoted
TO the interest of the Welsh people and
their descendants in America. A bound
volume of former numbers shows
considerable portion printed in the
Welsh language. That part might as
well, so far as English readers are con-
cerned, have been Greek.
Matt Preston. formerly OF Preston,
can be seen on the streets here most
any day. He takes kindly to Platte
vile.
Thursday evening, the 18th, lot OF
Normal students and others, went oui
to Furnace district schoolhouse, and de-
bated the question: Resolved. that an
| ticipation affords more pleasure thar
participation. Decision for the afiirrAa
tive. They said they had lots of fun
probably in anticipation of washes
which did not pan cut in participation
A talk with j. Fl. Rountr.e. Gran,
county's oldest settler, developed yer.
table bonanza of information of earl,
times here. Mr.. Roun.ree came I,
Grant county in 1927, aud has live,
here ever since. He built the frs
smelling furnace. established the fir,
newspaper, The Northwestern Bad
ger in 1910, aud brought in the fir,
stock of merchandise. He engaged a
first 10 lead mining and was successful
The mark of his first mining work ca,
till be seen just south of the c. & n.
w depot at Platteyille. He entered the
land upon which Patteyille stands and
laid out the city, and has been identi
lied with the growth of the city as wei
as the territory and subsequent state
Wisconsin, from the first. He is heart,
| and well and attends to business at hi
Office, where The HERALD's reporter
met him for the first time, during the
past week, and learned these facts
May he live long and prosper
Mr.. Q. A. Boynton, who has lately
been quite sick, was thought to be some
better Saturday.
A man, two women and young boy.
all of Indian extraction, were on th,
streets Thursday and Friday Offering
fancy beaded work for sale. They were
not particularly communicative except
upon trade. They said, Come and bu, ),
it is most Christmas They were COM
for,ably dressed and except the baskets
of beads had nothing about them 10
mark them as different from whites
but little attention would show the
observer the mark of the Indian race.
Messrs. Kenster, Huukers & Davidson
are mining on the Roberts farm near
Platteville- They have taken out a
large amount of lead, and are still at
work, with fair prospect of getting a
good deal more of it.
Tyndall & Son are mining for zinc AT
Brush Hill with fair success.
Also at tie same place Richard Bros.
are mining for zinc. 1t is in the dry.
bone form and sells at $40 per ton.
We are informed that Rev. j. Nj.
Phelps, of the M. E. church, is holding
revival meetings with great success al
Cuba City.
Platteville has Lis enrolled pupils
of the free schools. and the Normal at
the present time is full to its utmost
capacity.
There are dozen or more churches
of the different denominations in the
city, each having its congregation and
service.
There are the usual business places OF
all sorts, but SO numerous that a par
ticular mention of each cannot now be
attempted, but we will say that if you
want to comfort the inner man no hotel
in the country is better than the Park
House at Platteville, although the host
is addicted to hunting deer and captur.
ing white owls. and one of the ways to
get to this haven of comfort for travel
lers from Lancaster, is to get into the
stage and cut across the country, MAX
ing the trip quicker, easier and cheap
er than by rail. SrENo.