Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-19
NEWS OF THE COUNTY.
Herald Correspondents Contribute
Letters from Many Localities.
POTOSI.

Crosse, are here on a visit to their
brother, Jos. OFT.
John D. Platt of Platteville was
shaking hands with friends here
Saturday.
J. 81. Coons and the Misses Mary
and Kate Edwards were passengers
for Dubuque Saturday via Steamer
Teal, returning the same evening.
d. c. Wray is here in the interests
of the Cardiff Coal Co., who are
operating the mines on the Lewis
homestead.
w. Fl. Thomas spent several days
in the Chicago market last week.
A circular received by your cor
respondent announces the grand
opening of Kull & Duerst, dealers
in general merchandise, at Prim-
rose, Neb., on Sept 9Th, 1903. The
many friends of Mr.. Duerst will join
in wishing them success in their
business venture.
III. G.. Marvin and wife of Jack
son, Mich, are guests Of the lady's
mother, Mrs. d. G. Seaton, and 9TH
er relatives. Mr. Marvin. is a mem
Der of the Green Shoe Co., retailers,
doing an extensive business at Jack
son and Battle Creek
Mrs. Mike Altman OF DUBUQUE
with her little daughter are visiting
with her mother, Mrs. Jacob Roser.
VIM. Spensley of Chicago and
sister, Miss Jennie of Dubuque, were
calling on old acquaintance here
last Wednesday. Although they
removed from Potosi to DUBUQUE
twenty odd years ago, they, Ike all
Potosians by birth, have pleasant
memories of childhood days spent IN
the old town that nestles between
the beautiful hills bordering the
father of great waters. Will, as we
call him, never misses an opportun-
ity of paying us a short visit whe
ere he is back to see,his mother, VIII,
resides in Dubuque
Preparations are again being
made to resume operations in the
reducing plant at the Trego mines
and results will be awaited with
much interest by our citizens as it
will mean much to the prosperity
of the laboring classes as well as to
all business interests if these mines
can be operated with profit to the
promoters.
Mrs. Neil Bell and sons Golden
and George returned Saturday even
ing from their tour through the
Yellow Stone Park. The boys re-
port it as being the most interest
ing trip they have ever taken.
George says the hunting is most ex-
cellent in Uncle Sans game re-
serve and that if he had had his
Winchester repeating rifle he could
have shot seventeen bears in that
many minutes, thero being that
number that came to feed at gar
bage pile near the hotel where they
we're stopping one night.
T. r. Seaton and wife Wore in at
tendance at the Grant county fair
last week. T. r. says the fair was
alright and so was Bob LaFollette.
Henry Vogelsberg, who has been
playing ball with the Rutland Yer
mont team during the school vaca-
ton, is home for few days before
resuming his studies at Beloit col
lege.
Thd Chicago passenger train due
here at S:01 p. M, was seven hours
late last Saturday owing to wash
outs near Pepin.
G. Y. Bonus of Chicago passed
through our town last Friday on his
way from Lancaster and made a
short call on friends before taking
the train homeward bound.
LIVINGSTON.
Fair visitors in your city last week
from here were Harvey Peck, James
Watson, j. P. Rundell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jos. Biddick and son William, John
Sleep, John Jacobs, VIM. Fisher, Thos.
Vipond, w. M. Livingston, Walter Co.
hen and wife, DR.. and Mrs. Tuffiey and
daughter Rose, and Phoebe Andrew.
Some had the misfortune to get
touched for amounts from $3.50 to
$25.
Margaret Runkle is the guest of her
cousin, Mrs. LANCE of Fennimore.
Nellie Livingston spent Wednesday
afternoon in Montfort.
Roxy and Bessie Allen drove to
Montfort Saturday afternoon.
Visitors of the week: John Slack of
Mitf1in, John Allen of Montfort, Car
RE Johnson of Lancaster, Geo. Jacobs
of Mt. Morris, Halbert Miller of Mont
fort, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Kamm and
son Kermit of Baraboo.