Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-06-21
P0tOsi.

labors last Monday. Good order pre-
vailed throughout the whole session,
and many accessions to the M. Z.
Church were made.
The work on the railroad is progress
sing as rapidly as the hot weather will
| permit. The construction train may be
expected to reach Potosi by July 4.
Hundreds of men are at work all along
the line and each gang is completing its
work as fast as possible, and then NOV
ing farther up the road. The Grant
River bridge may be completed this
week 1t is costing the company nearly
$4,000, and when finished will be one
of the best The rock work for abut-
ments alone is said to cost more than
$4,000, while the piling amounts to
$4,000 aud the iron work over $4,000.
When the ''iron horse" begins to snort
you will find that it will put as much
animation into the Potosi people as mar
tial music always does into the Ameri-
can youth on holiday.
Potosi enjoys good trade now and
| its business men are alive to their inter-
ests already, but when the iron steed is
seen standing at the depot, prancing
and champing at the bit, impatient to
move forward so it can carry Henry
Hunts especial" order for goods down
to St. Louis, won't Dan Greene smile
to find that new coach of his crowded
with passengers bound for the Cottage
Hotel, and other places of interest about
town? Indeed, all of Potosi will enjoy
more pleasure and profit than it ever
did in the halcyon days of its youth.
May their latter life be filled with re-
newed vigor and prosperity, come to
all its inhabitants. Strangers at dis
lance may wonder how they are to get
down to the depot in time for the train,
as the distance is two miles. Why,
bless you, good soul, don't you know
that Dan Greene lives here, and from
the kindness that swells up in his heart
from his boyhoed days, has thought OF
YOU, and like Christian should do, has
provided fine coach, built upon strong
springs and propelled by fast, though
safe, horses that will carry you down in
less time than it will take you to read
this and deliver you safely upon the
platform ten minutes ahead of the az
rival of all trains? Then when you re-
turn from your trip, he again stands in
waiting for you there, ready to drive
you back to the city. Perhaps you
may be weary and hungry by this time,
if so, tell him to land you at the Cottage
| Hotel, where you will find its proprie-
tor, d. Weaver, ready to welcome and
receive you, and while you remain in
his charge, depend upon it, you will be
kindly cared for by him and his family.
They tell me, too, that in addition to
this Dan Greene runs daily stage be-
tween Lancaster and Specht's Ferry,
wholly for the accommodation of the
public, and also keeps plenty of horses
and fine carriages that he allows people
to use whenever they need them, and
has even been known to let them stay
out whole weeks at time. They say
| he does not do rs Mccoy 81 Miner of
Lancaster, advertise to do: "a few
nice rigs to let to responsible parties?"
but always has plenty of horses and
carriages to loan to everybody, regard
less of Grace and previous conditions, "
cheap for cash.
| Eli Wiley, of Charleston, H., is
spending a few days in town this week,
visiting old friends and looking over
his stamping grounds of A years
ago. He relates many remincenses of
those days and distinctly remembers
being present at the Latimer duel, and
was a witness at the settlement. He
/ helped to burn the brick that was used
in building Mr.. Julius Augustine's
dwelling and Robert Porter's. besides
helping in many ways to give Potosi its
first growth.
j T. Smith received $4,000 feet of