Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-02-27

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A. this is the ffty-eight anniversary. OF
the settlement 81 Arthur ana the foriietn 81
the Enlistment Of the village proper anu
never having seer anything IN the iocdi
papers concerning or quiet Iittie yli.i3ags5
nesting among the Mills in the beautiful
valley OF the head Of Little Platt your cor
respondent thought perhaps few items
Concerning it, establis hment and present
state would prove interesting 70 some 81
the numerous readers of the HERALD
The village was started by John New n n
by the erection Of the grist mill IN 1855 Wh ~.
proved very successful venture ana IN 1880
ne erected new and cOmmodious mil 70
meet the requirements OF his increased pat
ronage In 1850 he brought general STOCK
OF merchandise and opened up store. me
same time he secured the establishment OF
the Washburn post Office ne becoming hist
post master The office was st1Yphed with
a daily mail Of stage from Platteyiiie 70
Muscoda tri-wcekly and from Lancaster 70
Mineral Point alternately until the compile
ton Of the " G.. Il. K. to Rewey. since theh
we are supplied daily from kewey by Spe-
ciai carrier The village retained the name
OF Washbnrn until the location Of Wasnbu.rn
postorice Bayfield, county wnen TINS once
was changed to Arthur.
For many years the village en1oYed a re-
markable degree OF prosperity IN Ihliing,
blac ksmithing boot and shoe MAKING
cooperage etc The names of the business
men conducting the various branches are
quite numerous and all retired with COM
parafive competency. no failures Occurring.
1'his Dr0sDerity continued up to the compile
ton Of the G.. X. K. and the location OF
Rewey on the East and Livingston on the
North which drew 4 portion OF the business
from the village
For one yeaT we were without store and
ctr m all factIitfeS were reduced to a tri-
weekly Four years ago John Eustice open
ed up a general store ana was appointed
postmaster and our mail has been restored
to daily and business has again revived.
Arthur has been terribly mdAgneu
throughout the county notably at Lancaster
and PlatteVilie in consequence OF us con-
tiguity to the Bad Lands of Lima. This
heir he neal
could be meted out to the skulk1ng cmefs OF
said lands All complaints were brougnt
here for adjustment which also brought
the rabble and Arthur consequently suffer
ed | venture the aper ton turfeS OF contra
diction that more pedcedble. respectable
aU1 law-abiding people cannot be FOUND IN
the state than the citizens of this village
and the immediate vicinity. Some OF our
noted ministers have said that man at 30
years generally quits his meanness and be-
gins 10 grow better. II this be 50 we ought
10 be awful good for the majority of the
heads of families have long since passed that
mark. The present population u % repre-
scented by II families The age OF the young
est head of family is - years and the old
est so years making an average OF a traction
over g. years and II is often designated ola
folks town At present we. are suffering
from the general pressure of the times AMI
consequent quietude.
We have one of the finest rural church
editices Ia the county and are strictly
church going people one service is held
each SUNDAY afternoon and evening alter
worthy and popular minister 4 large AMI
sunday school is held every
SUNDAY at y. m. Mrs Kate Hillery Is SUI
perintendent.
graded schools taught in neat and
commodious school house with an average
attendance of about 80 scholars. II IS at
present ably conducted by Miss Hoff Of Bos-
cobel as principal and Miss Medley Of this
town as primary.
The ODD Fellows have hourishing lodge
which meets each saturday night in their
han over the :. O, building owned by them
}. T. Enloe, whose wife IS daughter OF
the late j. Newman founder OF the village,
Is one of the Oldest citizens and is at pres
ent owner and proprietor or the Hotel Ar
thur and also conducts grocery business
in connection
Jas Harris the village vulcan. IS enjoying
a satisfactory business.
r. Alcock q Son, contractors and builders
with VIM Glenn, have had a prosperous
season. They were quite busy completing
their contracted work until after the holi-
days
Our Nonogenerian. W. NJ. Kirkpatrick is
just recovering from severe tussle with
la grippe He is possessed with SUFFICIENT
pioneer grit TO down all ordinary bodily at
lacks and we sincerely hope that he will
pull through this.
Our Octogenerian. Grandma Cook, has
been in quite feeble health all the winter
and Is still very poorly. We hop that she
also ma be restored To perfect h. Nth.
j. Anthony. suburban farmer and horse
dealer who has been shipping To Georgia
this winter. visited Milwaukee, last week as
delegate to the State Council of A. L. AS.
G. f. Stehl was called to Iowa last week to
give important testaminy In a case of Al
bert Hooke Versus. young LAWYER for brib-
cry. He has not returned yet
n BaSye and wife are spending the win
ter with their daughter Mrs Fanny Brown
at GrineH, Iowa.
| notice in a letter of Mrs BIS in the Wit
ness the death Of II. 5 Magoon the founder
OF Grtnnell college. 1t was your cores
pondents pleasure to be pupil of Mr.. Ma
COON just one-half century ago in the old
academy in Platteyile. He has been
faithful instructor and minister all these
long years
Dame Rumor places two weddings on the
Taps tor the near future: aud from almost
signs one Is very near in two