Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-30
CITY AND VICINITY BRIEFS.

MT. WIN Billings, OF Cobb, son-in-law
of Mr.. Stephen Elgar, of this city, is
very Ill at his home
The Methodist ministers left Wednes-
day morning for Black River Falls, to
attend the annual conference.
z. M. Donohue, who has been very
sick the last week, is, we are pleased
to state, able to be around again.
Agent Smith. of the c., M. & st. p.
Railroad, sold STA worth of tickets
Monday morning from the 6:15 train.
John Fawcett has sold his livery sta
BILE business to Frank Benson, who will
carry on the business at the old stand.
w. A. johnson. the Republican can
didate for clerk of the circuit court, was
in town last Monday circulating among
his friends.
p. D. Baker, the great American
Snowman, started for the Elk Horn
Fair Monday with his great aggrava-
ton of wonders.
A very pleasant sociaple was given
at the residence of f. B. Barnes last
Friday evening, for the benefit of the
M. +. church choir.
Michael j. Tanning, of Michigan. a
temperance apostle, will speak in the
city hall Friday evening. He comes
well recommended.
VIM. Corduroy sports one of the
finest young single carriage horses in
this part of the state. 1t is beautiful
sorrel, stylish, and fine stopper.
The Congregational parsonage in this
city has been enlarged and greatly inn
proved generally. This week it is re-
ceiving a new supply of wall paper.
Rev. Julian Dixon, who assisted in
installing Rev. Mr.. Carter, of the Con-
gregational church, is the son of the
first principal of the old Platteyille
Academy.
Robert Richmond, former student
of the Normal and brother of L. c.,
the Prohibition candidate for Congress.
was in town last week, bracing up the
Prohibitionists.
A teacher of gymnastics, from Brook
lyn, New York, named Andrews, has
been engaged to take charge of the
system of physical education for the
normal schools of this state.
Platteville was visited by a very
heavy rain-storm last Sunday night.
For time the wind blew very hard and
many of our citizens feared that we
were going to have hurricane.
The many friends of Charley Leslie,
the genial agent of the Northwestern at
Elmo, will be pleased to learn that he
has so far recovered from his recent i'll
ness as to be able to resume his duties
at the station.
John and VIM. Grindel have put a
new force pump on the well in the rear
OF their store. 1t has two good long
handles and plenty of hose ready for
use, and will no doubt prove pretty
good defense against fire
Barnes & Parnell are still on deck
with good large stock of first-class
buggies and ph@tons. They have had
a good trade the last summer, which is
accounted for by the fact that they han
die nothing but the best stuff.
w, I. Jennings will hereafter handle
jewelry in connection with his large
book and stationery business. He has
bought quite large stock of John Rob-
ertson, who will soon move to the West.
Glad to note this evidence of his pros
perity.
VIM Murphy, Esq, sustained quite a
serious injury few days ago while
mining. He was drifting and large
stone fell from the roof of the drift,
striking him on the shoulder and iniur-
ing him so that he has been unable to
work since.
The convention at the Christian
church closed with sermon Sunday
night by j. II. Carr, the blind preach
er. The convention was in every way
a success. There were ffty-two dele
gates enrolled, and for the entertain
ment of them the church is truly CRATE
full to the people of this place.
The people of Platteville will, by the
time the affair is settled, have paid
somewhere in the neighborhood of the
snug price of $4,000 for their city hall
Now, when these same people want TO
engage the hall for some local purpose
or for the accommodation of some pub
lie speaker, they are asked to pay $40
night when no fires are needed or SIS
with fires. Is it not a little bit unfair
not to discriminate little in favor of
our own people who have the hall 20
pay tor, and against foreign troupes,
who pay not cent toward the cost of
the hall?
Autumn has come. Our beautiful
summer is now thing of the past. No
more do we hear the sweet strains from
the feathered songster in the trees.
ca! and worse; no longer do we hear
me horse cloaking of the musical frog,
issuing from out the murky swamp.
The beautiful flowers are faded and
gone, and the wind has already begun
to moan through the trees which are
fast losing their leaves Time flies on.
Election comes on apace. The political
songster is already at work swelling
himself up with inspiration, that he
may spread wide the eagle in the coun-
try school-house. Now, in the sad au-
tumn, he becomes friendly and grasps
the hand of his fellow-citizen with a
vise-like grip. Were it not for the cleo
ton that comes in the autumn we would
never realize how important we are 10
this world. We would never know how
important we are to our political
friends.
Personal,