Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-03-07
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What other Papers in Grant and Adioin-
ing Counties Say.

What other Papers in Grant and Adjoin-
ing Counties Say.
d. H. Richards Of Richland Centre
has purchased the Richland Rustic
and will assume its editorial and bust
ness management.
VIM. Jackson one of the oldest set
tiers of Hazel Green and VIM. Spep-
lunt well-konwn citizen Of Cuba
City died suddenly last week.
Cuba City voted for water works
last Friday-54 votes in favor and 81
against. The Cuba City News an
nounces the fact with a flourish of
head lines and rooster adornment la
Cassville correspondence to the Herald.
j. A. Whitish. an old Preston boy,
who is rapidly gaining distinction at
Dixon H., as bright young business
man, left on Friday evenings train
for that city, after having spent several
weeks here visiting relatives and
friends We bespeak for him coutin-
ued success Monfort Sentinel.
Ringing brothers, circus managers.
have secured control of a large build
ing near Sixteeth and state streets,
Chicago, which they expect to convert
into a second Madison square garden.
and to that end extensive attractions
in the building are to be made atonce.
A large hippodrome track. encir-
cling t. rec ring Ind two.stages will be
made and there viii be new and inn
proved apparatus for aerial work.
The people Of Crawford county are
agitating the telephone question and
will doubtless establish line from
Prairie du Chen to Boscobel via
| Waukesha. and from Waukesha to
Soldiers Grove and from GAYS Mills
to Lynxville. The Ihtelligencer sug-
gests that this is an opportunity for
Viola to agitate the question and to
90 to work Immediately and secure
one. Viroqua could also well join in
the project.
An exchange says a man wanted to
learn what profession he would have
his boy enter, and put him in room
with bible, an apple and dollar
BILL If he found him when he re-
turned reading the bible, he would
make clergyman; if eating an apple,
farmer; if interested in the dollar
bill, banker When he returned he
found the boy sitting on the bible
with the dollar bill in his pocket and
the apple almost devoured. He now
proposes to make a politician of him
and he thinks he will become famons
some day in politics.
Friday evening eight of Potosi's
Young ladies might have been seen
emerging from snowdrift near the
top of Pettv's hill making good time
in the direction of the village of Cass-
Vile to attend the teachers meeting the
next day, and heartlessly leaving their
escorts 10 get out with their team as
best they could. When will Potosi
folks learn that in this section we
shovel half way through our drifts,
and then leave them as traps for the
unwary travellers? We don't know
whether those Potosi gentlemen over
took the ladies before they reached
the village, but we do know they are
blessed with good strong lungs.
dex.
The Zinc Carbonate mine, stu
ated on the right bank of Galena
river, about three-fourths of mile
up stream from the old smelling
works, known as Leekicy's Furnace.
has been recently brought to notice
by the discovery of rich deposit of
zinc and lead ore, which gives prom
Use of developing into bonanza.
This mine has been in operation for
many years and has changed hands
several times. The present company
is composed Of MessTs Savage and
Hayden of Shullsburg, and some
Eastern capitalists. The vein averag-
es about eighteen inches in thickness,
and the ore is of excellent quality.
The width, as yet, is unknown.
The Mining Times.
The first purely social meeting of
the Early Settlers Association was
held last evening at the residence of
the president. the Hon A. p Lovejov
From $50 to10 p. m their beautiful
Park Place mansion, for the time being
seemed to be completely owned by
Janesville's citizens.
A letter of regret from Justice J. B.
Cassidy. of the State Supreme Court,
was read by Chairman Norcross. The
closing feature of the evening was the
presentation Of two prizes, the gifts of
Mr.. and Mrs. Loyejoy, one to the
gentleman present who was the earli-
est settler in Wisconsin; the other to
the lady present who was the earliest
female settler in the State. To decide
the question the record was produced
and one prize, an illustrated copy of
:. The Wonderful One Hoss Shay"
was awarded to f. &. Fifield; while to
Mrs. Volney Atwood, was adjudged
the other prize, beautiful solid sill
yer teaspoon. Mrs. Atwood came to
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