Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-05-17
Cream City Matter.

Oiu ileHus the HERALD. eOIue 10 WISH
me weekly for it brings to mind many
bright memories from early associations.
l have had frequent invitations from
old acquaintance to give them my
impressions OF Milwaukee by letter, but
as my time is too much taken by other
duties | would prefer making use of
your columns occasionally as it would
accommodate greater number and
with less labor.
The city of Milwaukee now claims
population of 1S6, 600. This springs
registration list gave us 10000 voters
of whom $4,000 cast their ballots at
the municipal election. OF this number
the citizens ticket Ga fusion Of Republi-
cans and Democrats) polled about 49,
900, the labor party $4,000 and the
SocialiS.ic 964. The Labor party had a
gain of 5000 over their vote of two
years ago and il took the combined
effort CT both the old parties to defeat
them this year
Paul Grottkau is the prime mover of
the socialistlc element and is now scrv-
ing out Il years sentence At the house
of correction, for incitirg the May riot
two years ago. His counsel tried to
get him released last week upon 4 writ
of habeas corpus. Last Saturday Court
Commissioner Ryan rendered decision
against Grottkau and he was again re-
manded to the custody of Martin j..
Mclaughlin, inspector of the house OF
correction. 1t reported that Attorney
Ebbets, Grottkau's lawyer, will make
another application to Judge johnson
to-day for a writ of habeas corpus aud
that he will keep on making applica-
tons until he has run the whole gamut
to the supreme court.
Memorial day will be observed here
IN fine shape. All of the uniformed
companies of the city will meet at the
Squadron Armory next Wednesday to
decide upon some fitting observance OF
Decoration day.
IL is reported that John Zanninger,
conductor of one of the trans running
between Milwaukee and Lancaster was
the luckily holder of 1882 in Louisiana
State Lottery which drew $4,000 on
May S.
Rev. Father Barth, formerly Of Ian
caster, has been assigned pastor of the
new German Catholic congregation on
the South side, and will proceed at once
to erect q church on the property pur-
chased or Twenty-frst Avenue. A
meeting of the congregation was held
yesterday afternoon for the purpose OF
deciding what kind of a building they
should put up.
Mention could DC made of quite a
number of Gran. county people who
have settled here recently and all Of
whom are doing we'll Among those
whom have met lately, remember c.
L. Stone, formerly editor of the Mont
tor at Montfort, John Varrel and
Johnnie Bobel, of Boscobel- Walter
Pollock is also here and said to be doing
very well publishing the Industrial
West.
As to wages l might say they range
from a dollar per day TO twenty dollars
per week. according to mans fitness
and adaptability to the different kinds
of work engaged in. OF this l will
speak in subsequent letters. Many of
the country people always have an
anxiety 10 get to larger place and
they often would like to have some one
advise them whether to 60 or not. As
to this the only certain way is to come
and try it for yourself. Some will win
in the city when they would fail in the
country or village. 1t all depends upon
how you push the matter here as else
where. As for me | want no more liv-
ing in little one-horse towns. Give me
the city every time. Here you can find
a chance to rise and be somebody in
the world, even though you have failed
a hundred times before. There is plenty
of room in the city to grow mp in and
develope vour mental aud physical
powers without some jealous rival al
ways pulling you down whenever they
see you have got q round or two above
them. Here you will always fall back
of your own accord the moment you
get beyond the center of gravity, where
eyer that ulay happen to reach you.
Any bright active man or woman can
do we'll here but the moment you be-
come INDECENT or stoop to the too COM
mon vices of certain class, that
moment you had better leave the city.
There are now too many people here
of the foreign element who are willing
to work for low wages and live in dirt
and poverty rather than try to get to be
somebody. That class of workers is
more than full. Thousands of strong
men are working now for dollar a
day, and from that to one dollar and
thirty-hve cents. just think of it! Men
on the section getting S1.10, and men
in foundries and workshops of all kinds
$1,25, and house rent ranging from IS
to S15 per month upwards. Beach wood,
$3.50, maple $3.50 per cord, and hard
coal 81 per ton. But hold, there is
always two sides to everything. In
other letters / will speak of our adj
vantages. As have business in every
portion of the city have access to q
large amount of experience that
one could not ordinarily obtain in other
fields of business than mine. | will try
and make my future correspondence
to at least a few of the
HERALD readers thinking perhaps it
may be of use to those who may con-
template going to city to find employ
ment prefcrring tito smaller towns.
Yours truly. CHIMNEY ROCK.
County Court.