Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-04-24
POTOSI.

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parents of another baby boy born TO
them at an early hour last Tuesday
morning, four boys and two girls now
constitute their family of children.
John p. Jackley, of Platteville, is
visiting with friends and relatives in
Potosi.
John Vondrum and bride have gone
to keeping house on John farm two
miles west of the village. They were
rendered noisy reception by crowd
of friends from the village last Sun.
day evening; guns, COW bells. sleigh
bells, tin pans, and every other noise
making contrivance were brought into
use. The happy couple enjoyed the
fun and treated the crowd in a royal
manner.
G W. Craig and family for quite a
few years residents of Potosi removed
to Dubuque last Tuesday.
The steamer Potosi has gone into
commission and is making the usual
daily trips Sunday excepted be-
tween Potosi and Dubuque. People
can now go to Dubuque. transact their
business and return the same day.
Mrs. George Fl. Lewis who has
spent the winter with her sister. Mrs.
Ball, at Berkely, California, is ex-
pected home in few days.
Joe Rupp. an empIoye of the Potosi
Brewing Company in Dubuque, spent
couple of days with friends in
Potosi last week.
Mrs. Ella barrow returned home
Monday morning from a couple of
months visit with her daughter. Mrs.
| Fred Thomas at Three Forks, Montana.
Miss Julia Keehner was in Du-
buque last Tuesday making purchases
of millinery goods for the new mil
linery emporium. That the ladies
ale doing a thriving business is mani
tested by the frequent large purchases
of goods made by them.
j. A. Seaton & Co. have installed
new and up-to- date soda fountain
in their drug stUre.
Hon. T. I. Cleary. of Platteville.
district income tax assessor, was in
Potosi Thursday evening and deliver
ed some very instructive remarks on
the income tax law.
| Rev. Father Pape was in Keller
two days the past week assisting the
local priest here in thirty hours devo
tion services.
]. J Kane, the gentlemanly travel
| ing representative of the Dubuque
Telegraph Herald Was in Potosi a few
days in tae interest of that wide awake
| journal,
Henry Korber now nearly eighty
one years of age and a very highly
estee med old resident. is around every
day chatting with his countless
friends. He related to the Herald s
Potosi correspondent that fifty five
years ago April 10th he took French
leave from the German army in his
native country and travelled two
! hundred miles on foot. five thousand
miles by water and seven miles with
An OK team before he reached Potosj
where he has since resided.
The dance given under the auspices
of the Potosi high scnOol Athletic
| Aocoo;o4;or lost Er;dox, o1o,;1o mos
fairly we'll attended; upwards of fifty
five tickets were sold and very en-
| joyable time was INDUCED in. The
Catalan Harp orchestra of Lacrosse,
did the musical part.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Roesch after
spending the winter with their son
William and family at Eau Gala,
Florida, returned home Thursday
morning it is needless to say, that
they have bad most pleasant visit.
Mr.. and Mrs Ruesch spend their time
in the sunny climes of Florida every
winter.
August Miller of the town of Har-
rison, met with an accident last We'd
nesday afternoon that might have prov
en- worse than it is. He and his wife
were driving home from Potosi she
was doing the driving and when near
the church in Tennyson he used the
whip on the horses, when they made
plunge forward and he fell from
the seat to the hard road. alighting on
his head and chest; DR.. McGovern was
Immediately phoned for and required
six stitches to close the wound in his
head, aud he IS suffering severe pains
in his chest