Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-03-23

Mr.. Addison Cook is in the bust
ness OF furnishing and setting out
forest trees this spring as usual at
reasonable prices. Call on him for
anything in the tree line you want.
"A woman preacher in a neighbor-
ing place stopped in the middle of a
discourse, and picking up bible, said
she was going to throw it at a man
who was unfaithful to his wife. As
she swung her arm forward every
man in the church but one ducked I'M
der his seat. He was a deaf mute.
-Platteville has an Equal Suffrage
Club composed of some of the strong
minded women of that city who are
studying the leading political ques-
lions of the times, and expect to be
able to assume with serenest conf
dence the high duties of the elective
franchise as soon as the glorious dawn
of the day of actual legal suffrage
shall appear.
Platteville News: At the first
annual meeting of the Platteville
Deep Mining Co., held Monday even
ing the following officers were elected:
President, j. w. Murphy; Vice Presi-
dent, F. Rowe; Secretary. c. Dewitt;
Treasurer, VIM. Hetherington; Direc-
tors for three years Jas. Harms, +.
Rowe; for two years, f. B. Smith,
Jos. Shepherd; for one year, f. f.
Newton, Jas. Cabanas. The company
expect to commence active operations
within few weeks.
-Times-Review: Conductor Gift
ford was surprised this morning when
an elderly gentleman, who had ridden
from Woodman on his train last night
came up and shook hands with him
and explained that he was his uncle,
John Wilbur. Mr.. Wilbur went over
to Lancaster this morning to visit his
sister, Mrs. Clifford, and will visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. when he returns.
Mr.. Wilbur lives at Knapp, Wis, and
has not seen his relatives here in
Grant county for 20 years, consequent
lv he did not know the conductor on
the narrow guage until told this
morning.
-Platteville journal: 1t is with
sincere regret that we learn, at the
moment we got to press, OF the sud
den death of Mrs. Dave Jones (nee
Bayley) of Chicago. Mrs. Dave Jones
was Nora Bayley. daughter of f. Bay
ley, and her friends will be greatly
panied to hear of her sudden death
.......... The class of '99 has decided to
issue an annual. 1t will be printed
on super-calender paper and copiously
illustrated with half tone cuts of the
school, the classes, athletics and the
faculty. -..-.. Miss Della Huntington
left Tuesday for Darlington, wher9
she took charge Of the Eighth grade
OF the High School. Miss Bessie Dunn
whom she relieves, is, we understand.
quite ill.
-Boscobel Enterprise: The man
agement of Frank Leslie's Monthly
has accepted short poem, .'Cupid's
Treachery," by K. A. Couey, of this
city,it will appear in that publication
shortly - While engaged in load
ing new boiler at the depot Saturday
for the Homer cheese factory, the
team belonging to Ever Olson, took
fright and participated in short but
lively runaway. The boiler was
dumped out near the Nelson ware
house breaking off a wheel of the
wagon and before the team was stop
ped the whole outfit was pretty much
of a wreck. ii. Z. Austin who was
assisting in the loading, was caught
just as the horses began to run and
was thrown ander the wagon, the
wheels passing over his right leg
just above the boot breaking and
splintering the small bones.