Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-03-15
OUR LOCAL EXCHANGES,

Platteville Witness: 1t is with sad
ness we chronicle the death of Frank
l.. Thomas. who died in this city at 2
o'clock Wednesday morning aged %
years. He came home in poor health
last fall and has been gradually failing
ever since. He leaves wife and small
child to mourn his untimely loss.
News has been received of the death
of two of the children of Mrs. J. b.
Nation Emma Estabrook) from scarlet
fever at Sioux City, the first child dying
Feb. 10Th and the second Feb. goth.
Another child is reported not entirely
out of danger.
Platteville Democrat: Miss Kate
Rindlaub who has been visiting at
Washington and other cities for the
past eight months returned home on
Saturday last.
On Friday evening, March End by
Rev. B. E. Wheeler, at the residence of
the groom's mother, Robt. E. Bailie
was married to Miss May Trezona.
Married at the Congregational par
sonage, in Platteyille, Thursday p. M.
March 1, by Rev. H W. Carter, Newton
M. Bushnell and Clara N. Medley, both
of Lima.
Married at the residence of John r.
Laughton, in Lima, in the presence of
large circle Of friends, Thursday even
ing, March 1st. by Rev. II. w. Carter,
George L. Laughton and Mary c. Hay
den, both of the town of Platteville.
Mrs. o. S. Rewey. formerly Miss
Skaiffe, died at Rewey Sunday morning
last. 1t was only about a year ago
that this young couple commenced
their life journey together.
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Boscobel Dial: Rev. A. A. Young
took the east bond train on Monday
evening in response to a telegram an
nouncing the death that day, of his
mother. at her home in Hanover, New
Hampshire. Mrs. Young had just
passed the 18th anniversary of her
birth iu apparently good health and the
news of her death WAS altogether unex-
pected. She was the relict of Prof. Ira
Young of Dartmouth college.
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State Journal: Senator Sawyer, of
Wisconsin. was victim of a practical
joke Tuesday. AS he was sitting in the
cloak-roem in the capitol at Washing
ton, smoking cigar, member of the
Wisconsin delegation came to him and
said: Senator, lot of Thad Pounds
Indians are down in the restaurant
and want something to eat. | thought
perhaps you would like to treat them
to lunch. "Well, well,'' said the
senator, II don't mind if | do; sup
pose the poor devils are hungry. Send
page down and tell the restaurant
keeper to fix them up something good. 4"
but would it not be better for you to
go down yourselfP" suggested the
congressman. II dunno" answered
the generous old lumberman, "may be
l will" and throwing his cigar into the
nearest cuspidor, started for the base
ment. On arriving there, instead of the
delegates of Chippewa Indians, ho
found seated around long table the en-
tire republican delegation from Wiscon-
sin, with Senator Spooner at the head
and an empty seat at the other end Of
the table for him. He looked little
puzzled at first and remarked: They
told me a parcel of hungry Indians
were down here wanting something to
eat, but ii looks as if had struck a
hungrier crowd than they" But he
Immediately sat down at the place re-
reserved for him, and carried out his
part of the joke by ordering a fine
lunch which was heartily disposed of.