Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-22
PLATTEVILLE.
CITY AND VICINITY BRIEF


at the Maple Glen School-house.
Prof NYe, who has been quite i'll for
the last few days, has about recovered
We understand that there will be
shooting match at Rewey Thanksgiving
day.
Rev. JAS. Phelps has just moved from
Georgetown into his new parsonage at
Cuba City.
We learn that there is considerable
sickness, especially lung fever. in Cuba
City and vicinity.
Last Thursday Chas. Roseleib sold to
MesSrs. Dorcher & Shepherd fine drove
of about rs hogs, at S3.671.
The teachers institute held by Supt.
Harper at Georgetown last week was,
we understand, well attended.
Last Saturday evening the Platteville
Dancing Club began a series of seven
dances, TO he held every three weeks.
The DEBORAH Orchestra, of DEBORAH, Ia,
have been engaged to furnish the
music.
The music for the NJ. C. E. Co.'S
dance and concert will be furnished by
NJ M. Webb's Regimental Orchestra,
of the First Regiment Band, White
water. Theprice of admission to the
entertainment and dance is 81. Ladies,
% cents.
Arailing has been placed along the
high sidewalk in the hollow below the
residence of Jas. Nichols on Court
Street Now people are net in danger
of being suddenly precipitated onto
picket fence, if they should slip while
walking along there.
Rather beyond the ordinary was the
feat OF driving last Thursday morning
by Lorenzo Miller, residing near
Georgetown, who drove from his place
to Seminary Hill, Dubuque, leaving his
place at o'clock in the morning and
reaching Seminary Hill in time to take
a 6-o'clock breakfast. About % miles
in two hours.
The pancake sociable held at the
residence OF w. L. Jennings, in the in
terest of the Woman's Foreign Mission
airy Society of the M. E. church, last
Friday evening, was quite "a success.
Ten cents admission was charged at the
door and pancake supper was served.
All seemed to enjoy good time. About
seven dollars was realized.
Mr.. Hay, residing about mile and
half northwest Of here, on the Lancaster
road, has about completed remodeling
his house. Having cut away some of
thesuperfuols trees in front of the house,
it now presents a very fine appearance
from the road. The house across the
way seems 10 have caught the contagion
of repair. 1t has been resided.
About fifteen converts has been the
result of the revivals which were IN pro-
gress at Wing for about week and a
half. The meetings were postponed
about the middle of last week on ac-
count of the bad weather, to be begun
again this week and continued in case
of good roads and weather. Rev. Mr..
Clough has great power as a reasoner,
and a great deal of good is being done
Orville d. Eastman, of Cuby City,
author of the book of poems, Gamma
Rec, or the Exiled Hermit's Hope Full
filed" was in Platteville Friday and
Saturday of last week, looking after the
interests of his book. We understand
that his book, which is now in press, is
one of considerable merit, and we hope
for him success in his literary pursuits.
Young though he is, this is not his first
literary effort, and we have no doubt
this last and greatest attempt will meet
with the success it deserves.
Through some terrible blunder rail-
ing has been placed along the turnpike
below the residence of Homer Perry on
the Potosi road No one has ever run
OIL this turnpike and broken his neck.
To the best of our knowledge there has
not been a single bone broken as the
result of there being no railing there
The only accident that has ever hap
pened there that we know of was
couple of young men whose names we
did not learn. started out from town on
very dark and rainy night. with alto
pether too munh sail (if we remamhe