Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-05-27
CITY AND yICINITY RRIEFS.


gasoline lamp at their refreshment par
lors.
Messrs. Cramer and Hartman have
been improving the appearance of their
business houses, by treating them to a
new coat of paint
Virgin & Eastman have just received
another carload of the celebrated Red
River wheat flour. They are having
great run with this flour.
James Neyins, Superintendent of the
State Fish Hatcheries, passed through
Platteville Wednesday, enroute to Elmo,
to inspect the Richards fish ponds.
Chas. Clifford left last Saturday for
Freeport, H., with Bayley & Co.'s trot-
ting horses. He will train them on the
Freeport race-track during the summer.
John Patterson, the live station
agent at Ipswich, is now negotiating
for the control of the Elmo grain ware
houses, and if successful, will immedia-
tely begin to buy grain.
Miss Nettie Stewart, one of Platte
ville's most estimable young ladies, who
went to California few weeks AGO.
has obtained a splendid position as
teacher in a high school at Fresno, a
thriving city in that state. This will
be pleasant news to her friends here.
especially to the eminent Bakers
Dozen Society,"" of which Miss Stewart
was an active member.
Report comes from Elk Grove that
some of the inhabitants of that quiet
and peaceful hamlet are considerably
agitated over the strange actions and
appearance of man who has been
wandering about over the fields and
pastures for a number of days, appar-
emily in search of something. 1t is not
known who the man is or where he
came from, but it is absolutely certain
that he has frightened the wits out OF
some of the Elk Growers.
Crop prospects are just now excel.
lent. Small grain is making wonder.
full growth; grass is better than it has
been at this time of the year, for many
years. Corn is coming up nicely anC
will be good stand. The warm
showers of last week sprouted the seed
and it popped right up and is now al.
most four inches high in many fields.
Garden stuff is in good shape and will
be ready for table use as early as usual
Weeds are plentiful and will no doubt
be The cause of giving more than one
neat gardener the backache.
Since Miss Hotchkiss has been in the
| Normal the work of drawing in all the
departments has been placed under hei
direction. The course in drawing i,
now becoming fairly systematized, anc
the results are very satisfactory. Or
Friday the afternoon session was omit
ted that the students and the genera
public might attend an exhibit of tn,
drawing work done this year. The dis
play was made in the Primary depart
ment for that and the Intermediat,
room, and in No. II, upstairs, for tn,
Normal and Grammar grades. Their,
were more than thousand piece!
showing figure-work, design object, anc
perspective drawings. This is the ex
tent of the work done in the course a
present. The work was excellent ant
much credit is due TO Miss Hotchkiss
1t was well worth ones while to spend
an hour or two in careful inspection o
work so nicely done and conveniently
displayed. Quite large number at.
tended and everyone commended the
work. This showing is only expert
mental, but it was so good and well
appreciated that it will likely not be the
last.