Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-04

managers &nd, as rule, aN politicians
run away from this innovation, Sea-
| aior kreUtGer ot WaGSau, one Of the
most useful members Of the upper
branch, has put 4 bill through the sem
ate ana it Will No doubt pass the as
Seme(N, which will be hailed With slice
| by mothers the state over. II provides
that the question whether citizens want
TO levy n tax for the support Of kinder
sartens may be submitted at the an
nual meeting. as in case OF a vote on
| free text books, This for the towns
| The kiOGcrGartrus are to he for children
! frcm 70 years, allowing forty pupils
| to each school,
For cities for the third and fourth
class Gas Madisnu) the board Of eduCa-
! ton, at the time OF certifying To the
| city clerk its yearly estimate Of the
| expenses OF the public schools under its
| charge, shall certify also separately an
estimate Of the cost for the school year
| of as many Nrdcrgartcns as viii in
| their Judgment he required for the &C
communication OF the children of said city
| between the ages ot 1 and i years
| The council shall take action thereon
| II whole or u part of the estimate he
| approved, the council shall make an APP
| preparation Of the amount approved by
| them for that purpose, which shall be
| in addition to the other funds arpro-
| rliatcd tor school purposes and shall
| be used only ror the support Of such kim
! dergartens
Rurtalo's Exposition In 1901.
There has been IA delegation Of Ruff
! falO, ~ ", men here for some days
| working up interest in the Pan Ameri-
can exposition to he held in that city IN
1901 They decorated the lawmakers
md others about the capitol With u
rau-shapcd medal for the lapel Of the
coat Buffalo is place of 100000 pco-
| PIE, very proud Of its cheap water
power from Niagara falls. 1t is mid
| way between the east and west, hut
| really has the western spirit and its
growth in population has been az fast
| as the fastest Its SG,000,0Q0 pustotliCc
| will be Il beauty. or course its COM
| mercr IS the feature Of Buffalo, nearly
| 6G00 arrivals Of Nessels~oNHr 100
n week being rcEistcrcd The city
| received over lO000o00 barrels nt
flour in one year and has the
| largest coal trcstle in the world
-unc mile long II has 80 600 manufact-
cries of one sort and another II has n
municipal debt or $1G00o,o0o; has forty
| eight hotels; ten thCaters; is the larE-
| est horse and sheep market In the world
and is the biggest city between New
| York and Chicago. The assembly seems
disposed to give $4,000 toward Wis
| cousin exhibit. but there is some pro-
| test
A Restaurant FOR Statesmen.
Albert Cheney, who Will retire May
|, after thrty-unc years in the rcstau-
rant and saloon business in Madison, Is
| probably the most independent man
who ever cid business in Madison, His
| st. Nicholas restaurant Is one Of the
| landmarks Of the city II has been In
! two or three different loCatons-tn It's
present one ON West Main street about
| twelve years. ana has been followed
wherever il went by clientele of GUS
| toners who would go nowhere else
| while Cheney was doing business.
| Among his customers he numbers most
| of the legislators. state officers ana
| prominent attorneys who come to the
| city, from the day of Matt II, Sarpon-
| ter down. They were attracted not only
| by the excellence Of his steaks chops,
oysters and whisky but also by the
| pecullaritics Of the proprietor. 1t has
| been often said that no other man could
do business on the same plan He
made no effort to hold trade" hy pam
pering his customers An incident
which occurred only n week or two ago
| illustrates A well-known railroad lob
| byist, whose wife and daughters came
out to visit him. went TO Cheney's with
| them to get dinner. They found the
dining room nearly filed and the pro-
prictor busy II can't wait on you
! there are too many others ahead or
YOU" said the proprietor when he came
| their way, Never mind that said
the head Of the party I'VE want nice
dinner. have lots OF time, and were
willing to wait" A little later Mr..
Cheney came that way again, You'll
have to go somewhere else he said.
you can see that can't wait on you"
| "But we're willing to wait as long as
| necessary. Get to us when you can"
Responded the woud-he customer
"Wcll. you'l have to cat somewhere
else; ] won't wait on you now, any
/
| else though MIR Wiswcll Is an old friend
and veteran customer
Thought They Had DRANK Enough.
Another incident it'll. further back
"a year or two aEo-Was this A par
ty Of four gentlemen, including TWO
state officers. went to Mr. Cheney's for
lunch. one wanted lamb chops and Mr.
! Cheney went to meat market To get
them He came back without them,
and explained; well. they had some
! lamb chops, hut they didn't suit me"
The customer then tered ham and
eggs While WAITING for their lunch
the party ordered ks, and with the
lunch took three or -four bottles Of wine
At about the sixth bottle Cheney re-
! belled. "Gcntcmcn, think you've
drank enough" he said, calmly and
| they could got no more.
Mr.. Cheney never made any prcten-
sion 20 style Everything about his
place 70 II the best SO far as ncatncss
| and cleanliness are concerned, but his
| furniture In ~ the simplest, and the res