Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-02-09
PLATTEVILLE.

Trip
Harry Hinners, who is employed
in Mason City, Iowa, is visiting at
his home in this city.
Atty. NJ. S. Block had business in
Madison Wednesday.
Miss Mary Alcott, Of Nebraska,
left for her home Wednesday after
pleasant visit at Mrs. Beardsleys'
Chas. Meyer had business in Mil
waukee last week.
Walter johnson is suffering from
a severe attack of infammatory rheu-
matism.
Peter Glare has purchased the John
Chapman residence. Mr.. Chapman
is moving into the Chase house.
Mrs. Cuff has sold her residence
property to Mrs. Strong of Cornelia.
Will Henry is home from Prairie
du CHEN on an extended visit
The fftieth wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. August Kettler was
celebrated last Thursday evening by
pleasant gather ing of friends.
An epidemic of measles has struck
PlatteviIle. Fortunately the disease
is in most cases in a mild form.
Miss Kate Smoker is home from
an extended visit IN Minnesota.
G. H. Gribble had business in Chi
cago last week. Other Chicago visitors
during the week were Dave Sampler
and Chas. Burg.
Friends Of ex-president j. W. Liv-
ingston, of the Platteville Normal,
WIZ be pleased to hear that he is
rapidly improving in health. He en-
cages in considerable out of door ex-
excise on his Oregon fruit farm and,
although up to recently there has been,
little change in his condition, he
writes back to PlatteviIle people that
for several weeks he has felt better
than he had for years. The> family
like their new home very we'll.
The Winskell and Frontier mines
resumed operation last week after
being shut down for some time. The
Frontier had about two hundred tons
of ore on hand. During the shut
down there Was enough coal at this
property to keep the pumps running
continuously.
The following committee chair
men of the Platteville Improvement
League have been appointed for the
coming year: Membership, Mrs. T.
A. Shepherd; Garbage, Mayor Dolan ;
Streets & Alleys, DIR. McGregor ;
Lawns g. Gardens, Mrs G. Gardner /;
Triangle for the Livingston Park, v.
A. Russell. The prizes to be offered
for improvement work during the
summer will be announced later.
President Sutherland, of the
Normal has recently issued new text
book entitled. Method in Geography
which is said to contain some new
and sensible theories regarding the
teaching OF this study. Pres.
Sutherland's idea is that the study of
Geography should have a very i'm
portant relation to the daily life of the
pupils and should not consist of rote
work and memory drills.
Besides the large amount of resi-
dence building which will take place
in Platteville this year there promises
&c BE increased activity in other in
dustrial lines as we'll. The city is
planning on paving severaI streets
about the business section and this
work will afford labor for Quite a
number of men. The gas mains,
sewerage and waterworks systems will
be extended throughout the city. The
work on the pustoffice building which
was started last year will be rushed
as soon as spring arrives. The mines
will employ more men than ever
before and everything considered, it
will be busy year in Platteville.
Rev. lillis attended the funeral of
his friend Rev. Hudnett in Chicago
last week.
On Tuesday of last week E. r.
Cartmille left Platteville with about
twenty three miners whom he engag
ed to work at Leeds, S. D. The men
were not aware of the nature of the
work until they were some distance
out of Platteville when they dis
covered that they were being taken
west as ''scabs' to replace certain
Union men who were on a strike at
one of the mines. When the agent,
Mr.. Cartmille, practically admitted
this, free-for all, knock -down-and
drag-away fight took place during
which the labor agent sought protec-
tion in the baggage car. The miners
finally decide to go on west and learn
the real conditions anyway. 1t is