Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-04-08

The Dairy Maids festival is over.
The concert given by the Rock Banc
was largely attended and highly appre
ciated.
Frank Pitts, who has been on the sicl
list for few days, is once more attend
ing to his numerous duties.
From the number and style of mani
festoes that have been issued in Platte
vile during the last few days, we ar,
led to believe that the judicial ermin,
covereth multitude of mistakes.
N. Henning, who has been in Sioux
City. Iowa, for number of months
returned to his home in this city few
days ago. He reports everything il
Sioux City as being ION the BOOM.
Will Thomas, of Hazel Green, stu.
dent at the Dixon, ILL.,. college, returned
to his home few days ago to enjoy q
short vacation.
Lawyers Orton & Osborn, of Darling.
ton and Clawson and Douglas, of Mon.
roe, were in town last week.
The Uncle Toms Cabin, given by the
Mason e. Morgan company here las,
week, was pronounced one of the finest
entertainments of the season.
Taylor Kaump declined the marshal.
ship in Platteville and our street com.
missloner,C. Barker, has been appointed
to look after the duties of the marshal.
Business is constantly increasing al
the cash hardware store of Bayley & Co.
1t is no wonder. They are selling %
pounds of the very best steel nails for a
dollar and barb wire and other
like fencing and building materials at
proportlonately low figures. They also
have large stock of assorted paints
which they are selling at astonishingly
low prices.
MIR. John Wills and Miss Emma
Wiley, were married at the residence
OF John Wiley, Esq, of Cuba City, last
Thursday evening. They will reside
on one of the Wills farms near Cuba
City.
James Harms has bought the store
and clothing business of E. Reige and
will soon fling his name to the breeze as
another enterprislng young man who is
willing to risk his chances for business
success in Platteville. Mr.. Reige will
retire, and live en- his comfortable and
well earned competence.
Last Tuesday evening at the close of
the concert given by the Rock Band,
the president of the lecture association
that the next lecture would
be by DIR. Henson, of Chicago, ON
"fools", and that all who held season
tickets would be admitted free of charge.
1t is unnecessary to say that the an
nouncement was greeted with applause.
Last week was an unusually interest
ing week in Platteville. With revival
meetings at three of the churches. a
daIry-maids' festival at the rink, given
under the auspices of another church. a
concert by the Rock Band, Uncle TOMS
Cabin, two town caucuses, two mani
Festoes and no fights, two Humpty
Dumpty performances, it is in the lam
suage OF the curb stone philosopher.
hard to tell just how the account does
stand"
Last Wednesday Mr.. Frank Doelz
md Miss Anna Hosby were married at
he nj. E. Parsonage by Rev. Bert f.
Wheeler Both of the contracting parties
we're raised in Platteville and have
many warm friends who join heartily
n wishing them future fraught with
prosperity and happiness.
Will z. Colburn will go to Galena next
week to accept position with I. Hal
EFT d Son, the great fruit culturists.
The Dairy Maids festival was in |
very way grand success. A large |
udience was in attendance both nights.
he entire program of exercises, which
'as unique and highly pleasing, was
eatly and deity carried out. Had we
ne space at our command we would be
lad to give an extended description of
ne different items on the program, but
it is,we will be contented with saving
nat the decorations were beautiful. the
laneuvers of the dairy maids wonder
II, the tableaux admirable, the eatables
ppreciable and the kind consideration
nown to all who attended, by the good
'dies who had the matter in charge.
incompatible.