Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-16
Platteville Items.

Mr.. D. J. Gardner was in Chicago
Saturday.
Peter Pitts is visiting his daugh-
ter, Mrs. w. M. McCrossln in Mil
waukee this week.
Mr.. Clyde E. Smith returned Sat
urday from p business trip in the
east. On his return he visited
Buffalo, N. Y, West Baden and La
Porte. Ind. and Chicago and Mil
waukee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Pyburn of
Pearl City, visited at the Geo.
Shepherd home last week.
Mrs. NJ. p. Rindlaub is spending
the week with her daughter, Mrs.
Will. II. Morris at Mound Valley.
Mabel Hartshorn was married to
Willard Burkholder on Wednesday
last at the Mt. Zion parsonage, Rev.
Slyfield officiating. They were at
tended by James Hartshorn and
Miss StanoYer.
Rev. and Mrs. Chubb, of Kewanee,
ILL.,, arrived last Saturday morning
for a weeks visit at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. H. J. Perry.
DR.. Rothschild of Madison, South
OAK, joined his wife, who was
visiting her mother, Mrs. D. E.
Gardner, of this city. They have
both gone to Lancaster to be present
at the fiftieth anniversary Of the
Doctors parents. which took place
Wednesday.
Regents. Dugdale and Smalley of
the State School of Mines are at
tending the mining congress now IN
session at Joplin.
Saturday of this week, the De-
Kalb, ILL.,, Normal football team
comes to Platteville to meet our
strong Normal aggregation on the
gridiron. In the past four years.
these two teams have met each
year. Platteville winning two
games and DeKalb winning two.
DeKalb comes here this year with a
reputation as one OF the best Nor
NAL teams in the west and IS play
ing fast modern football.
Friday, all the members of the
Normal faculty were absent, most
attending the meeting of the Teach
ers' Association in Milwaukee.
Members of the school were ap-
pointed to act in their places and
the DAYS program was carried out
much the same as usual. The school
at large elected the president.
Homer Smith receiving the largest
number of votes.
The preliminary debate for the
election of the debating team to
represent the Platteville Normal in
the Platteville- Milwaukee debate,
took place in the assembly room
Monday night. The team as chosen
by the judges consists of Messrs.
Flanagan. Mccormick and Allan
jerks. The debate will not occur
until in the winter months.
The next meeting Of the Tri State
Mining Association will be held in
Dubuque. Iowa, Friday, November
%, 1907. A program of great in
terest is being arranged including
addresses and papers on various
technical geological and practical
subjects, and many prominent men
will speak. The membership of the
association is growing very rapidly
and it Is expected that there Will be
500 visitors in Dubuque during the
session.
Congressman Murphy responded
to toast on TRUSTS" at the banquet
given for VIM. Jennings Bryan in
Milwaukee. this week. Mayor Dolan
was present at the banquet also.
The "Platteville City Concert
Band" has been organized with
from thirty to forty members, and
is working hard to give our city a
first class musical organization. This
is something we have long needed
and has long been desired, and our
citizens seem to be unanimous in
their eagerness to have a really fine
band.
The Civic improvement League
held a meeting recently and ap-
pointed the committees for the
years work. One of the good things
this league has accomplished, is the
establishing of a rest room. For
this Miss Emma Harms, deserves
great credit.