Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18

extra and if the HERALD's hat had
been the ballot box on election day,
there would not have been vote
even against the water works PROPOSE
ton.
The work on the fountain in the park
has commenced and is progressing rap
idly. Anyone who has not donated
yet can hand the money 10 Aid. Smith.
The fountain will make the park me
of the prettiest in southwestern Wis
consin-=Platteville News.
Chas. Zeigler and Geo. Marks Jr. have
purchased some choice building lots
of Markert and Brinkman. They are
situated west ofthe soth school house.
The consideration was $500 for four
lots. Marks lots will have a dwelling
on them in the near future.
A letter from Prof. W. II. Lyon of
Mt. Hope tates that his school open
ell with a fair attendance and with
marked enthusiasm. Prof. Lyon and
his assistant. Prof. Rindlaub of Platte
vile constitute an efficient faculty
for a summe school. Success to
them.
We have Just closed some business
with an agency that on
their letter head. "Particula attention
given to the placing of advertisements
IN the leading Religious Weeklies."
1t must be that the high moral tone
of the HERALD entities it to rank with
the leading religious weeklies.
The pleasant face of our brother
editor NJ. P. Rindlaub .shone in upon
us a short time on Monday. MI.
Rindlaub and family drove over on
Grant and had a picnic dinner her
made several calls on friends in town
in the afternoon. Martin Rindlaub
Jr. went on to Mt. Hope on his wheel.
Editor Foley's populism has gone
into his feet. He has discarded socks
and wears only a wooden sole with a
peg between the great toe and its
neighbor, held on by the stength. mus
cular strength. of the toes. This is his
hot weather style. That the weather
will become cooler or that Mrs. Foley
will return home soon is a .'Consum-
nation devoutly to be prayed for"
Mr.. Frank L. Churchill, brother of
our clerk of the court and recently
principal of the Fennimore high
school. was married Yesterday to
Miss Florence Campbell of Washing
ton. d. c. Frank is one of the enter
prising Grant County boys. He has
at present a position in the pension
office in Washington. The HERALD
extends congratulations.
"A Legal Wrong by the Platteyille
Dramatic company. under the direc-
ton of Tracy Mcguire was presented
to fair-sized audiences in that city
last Friday and Saturday evenings.
The play was conceded to be the best
ever presented bv that company, it
being well cast and staged through
out. 1t was played under the auspic-
es of the X. P's. OF that city.
Mr.. Arthur Kopp and Miss Sina
Jones of Platteville will have charge
of the Museoda High school the COM
ing school year. Muscoda people
may congratulate themselves on Sc
curing two so wide-awake and pro-
gressive teachers. They have thor
oughly prepared themselves for the
business of teaching and are the kind
of people that are bound to succeed
The Dubuque Daily Telegram
gave the city of Platteville quite a
..puff'inits commentator of our coun-
ell prohibiting the use of fireworks
on the Fourth. And so highly is the
action praised that it acknowledges
that we are a quarter of a century
ahead of Dubuque in enforcing this
protection. The sensible citizens of
that place will look to the city authori-
tiesf or protection in the future
News.
Mr.. H. L. VanDusen of Montfort, a
member of the graduating class of
'95 OF the Platteville Normal has been
elected principal of the Rock school
of that city. Plattevillians have the
advantage of other towns in getting
teachers for the reason hat they are
under the shadow OF the Normal and
have first choice of its graduates.
Mr.. VanDusen is an able young man;
no better selection could have been
made.
Prof. n. G. Dougherty. superin-
tendent OF the Peoria schools for
seventeen years, was elected president
OF the National Educational associa-
ton at Denver. He is a native Of
Pennsylvania and is 48 years old. He
is a graduate of Union College and
was for some years principal of Rock
River seminary at Mount Morris. He
once assisted in conducting a teach
ers' institute in Galena. Gazette.
1--WE had an epidemic Of ~dysentery
in this vicinity last summer" says
Samuel S. Pollock of Briceland,
Cal. II was taken with it and suffered
severly until some one called my at
tention to C~hamberlain's Collie. Chol-