Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-12-12
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
NOTES FROM NElGHBoRlNG TOWNS
AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.

I a.
Dane Crawford and Lafayette Counties
Cleaned from Exchanges and Condensed
for Herald Readers.
John X. Davis one of the old settlers
of Dodgeyille is dead.
Cassyille has fire company OF So
active members
Lieut.. +. +. Buche has been chosen
captaine of the Darlington Rifles.
Mrs. Col. Moore and Mrs. Chesboro
Of Muscoda are visiting in Philadel
phia.
Chas. Phillips of Mineral Point has
bought the Wisconsin House at
Dodgeville.
Mr.. Ed. Rolling and Miss Carrie
Thomas of Linden were married We'd
nesday Dec. 4.
Miffiin is probition town; there
has not been saloon licensed there
for many years.
Ben Webster is the newly elected
/ chancellor commander of the Platte.
Vile X, p. lodge.
Henry johnson living near Darling
ton had ten fine, large turkeys stolen
the first of the month.
Mr.. Jos. Meinhardt of Platteville
has suffered stroke of paralysis and
is in critical condition.
Geo. Wineman. one of the early
settlers of Smelser died at the home
of his son in Mason City Dec. /.
The Witness speaks very fiattering-
ly of the musical given in Platteville
last week under the direction of Prof.
Churchill.
Prof. w II Lyon of Mt. Hope is
i'll with bronchitis and pleurisy and
has not been able to attend his duties
for six weeks
Five prisoners were sentenced to-
Waupun by Judge Clementson from
Crawford county at the term of cir
cult court held at Prairie du CHEN.
Frank Haight died at his home at
LaGrange, near Chicago, after short
illness Nov II. 1895. Mr. Haght
was formerly a resident of Platteville
The high school building of Sparta.
Wis. was burned to the ground Mon
day of last week. A fine library and
other movable property was also des-
troyed.
On Tuesday Nov. II a very pleasant
party was held at the Dinsdale resi-
dence near Preston, the occasion be-
ing the fist birthday of Mr. John
Dinsdale.
Geo. KEENAN,, the famous Russian
traveller. delivers his famous lecture,
1.-The Convict Mines and Prison Hells
of Siberia this Thursday evening at
Platteville.
On Monday Dec. Krene Fecht 4
Co. sold to the Mineral Point Zinc
company 100000 pounds of dry
bone This was the largest sale of
the season.
Miss Mary Brown Of Cassville. Wis.
and Rev. Isaac Sanborn Of Sparta,
Wis, were married ut the brides
home Dec. 3, 1895. in forenoon. by
Rev. I S. Evans.
A farmers big dog followed its
owner into Grimm Bros. store one
day last week and jumped in among
a fine display of chinaware breaking
about twenty dollars worth. in Cass-
vile
Rewey is considerably agitated
over semi-religious discussion in
which Hon. +. e.. Richmond, Rev
Jno. Hardcastls and a correspondent
to the Dodgeville Chronicle are the
principals.
The Southwestern Wisconsin Fair
Association. of Mineral Point, has
been Incorporated with capital
stock Of S., 200, the incorporators be-
ing Calvert Spensley, VIM. A. Jones
and Geo G.. Cox
The state board of control has
granted permission for the establish
ment Of an insane asylum in Richland
| county. A special session OF the
county board is called for the 10th of
January to take action.
Corn seems to be dangerous food
this year. Many cattle have died in
the county presumably from the eff
fects of smut or some other poison in
the dry fodder and papers now record
the death Of a man near GAINESVILLE
from the effects of eating corn while
husking in the field. An unmasticat-
ed kernel caused appendicitis.
The meanest man on record has
been found in Georgetown. He is
very popular and probably you know
him. He received a postal card from
a Chicago firm with this statement on
the back: I'VE have your shirt
measure on file /" He took the card
and prefixed Mrs - his own adj
dress and gave it to his wife Cuba
City News.
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