Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-02
POTOSI NOTES.
Interesting Items by Our Regular
Correspondent.

Peace has been declared by Russia
and Japan, the warning nations, and
it is a time for heartfelt congratula-
tions, and rejoicing by men and ma
tions in every quarter OF the old
and new world, and while all this
was transpiring there too was re-
ioicing in the home of E. t. Webb.
It's girl baby and she arrived on
Tuesday morning as the peace con-
ference was drawing to a close.
There was to have been another
excursion on the Steamer Eagle
Point last Sunday. The would be
excursionists did not show up and
G. j. Ragatz and Rob Glennon
chartered the boat and made their
regular trip to Dubuque.
Secy. Geo. A. Moore, of the Grant
County Agricultural society has our
most sincere thanks for the COM
plimentary pass issued to us for
self and lady, for the coming fair.
The exhibition promises to be the
grandest and most attractive IN the
history of the society and we earn
estly hope that good weather will
prevail when the associations Of
fcers will be rewarded for their
most dilligent efforts in bringing to-
gether the greatest number of Grant
county citizens that has ever as
sembled on it's ground to witness
the biggest and best fair in South
western Wisconsin. It's the old re-
liable;t the admission always remains
the me,25 cents to all.
Geo. H. Lewis, Chas. Neufang,
Doctor McGovern, w. G. Hymer,
Nick Schumacher and T. H. Runkel
were among the Potosians who at
tended the Tri State Fair in the
Key City on Friday of last week.
Mrs. T. H. Runkel, son and daugh-
ter, Percy and Clara, were guests of
relatives at Livingston during the
past week.
G.. J. Lux, late OF the North
western university and college
graduate, was the guest of friends
here Sunday and Monday. Mr..
Lux was enroute to GAINESVILLE, Ia,
where he has accepted position in
the city schools as Prof. of Latin,
German and History. AS stated in
my items two weeks ago, E. A.
Reynolds who was principal of our
schools for the past two years has
been elected to the superindendency
Of schools at GAINESVILLE
Richard Stafford. of Bancroft,
Nebraska, a former Potosian, was re-
newing old acquaintance Wednes-
day and Thursday after an elapse of
twepty-one years. He was greeted
very cordially by numerous friends
and former associates.
Henry Wilmott departed over the
Burlington Tuesday morning for
st. Peter, Mimi, where he has &C.
copied position as attendant at the
state hospital for insane patients.
There was general turn out of
Potosians on Thursday. Platteville
and the Big Badger Fair was the at
traction Among those who went
from here were: Messrs. and Mes
DANES H. G. Coons, Louis Reinecke,
Will Craig, Hugh Warren, MISS Kate
Welsh. Miss Evelyn Vogelsberg,
G.. Vogelsberg, E. T. Webb and Will
Doser.
r. HI. Durley transacted business
in the Key City on Tuesday
Henry Doser and Yves Hymer,
evidently intend to take in the Lam
caster fair, ''the biggest and best
for this year." They each have a
brand new rubber tired buggy. The
SWEETEST we have yet seen in our
town.
The writer departed on Friday
for Waushara Co., where we go to
participate IN two days chicken
hunt; all arrangements have been
perfected and we expect to have
some rare sport. From thence we
go In to Juneau County where we
will spend few days with members
of our family among the scenes and
haunts of boyhood days.