Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03
AROUND The COUNTY
PLATTEVILLE.

over the success attained in the short
course in agriculture. They say that
whenever the university lies down on
its work, the Normal can take it up,
and get there just the same.
By reason of the starting of so
many mines in this vicinity, there is
a strong sentiment in favor of local
prosperity, if the disease does not
become general. Nearly every mine
in this vicinity is running. Next
we know there will be prospecting
going on.
August Klinge fell on the street
the other day, and when he had been
carried into a house he was found to
be dead. He was an old citizen, and
much respected.
Galena continues to get our
weddings. Last week Charles Nodolf
of near Belmont and Miss Myrtle
Ruskell, of Kendall, were married
in the Illinois city. They will live
near Rewey.
Another couple, over Belmont
way, got married last week, Miss
Elsie Seinhoff and Elmer Engelke.
They have begun life on the farm of
the groom's father, near Belmont.
1t is said that the ore-hoisting
record has again been broken in this
vicinity. More than 500 tons in a
9-hour day is going some.
ings with an eager and earnest and
eagle eye, for the proceeds of that
show are to make Platteville boom
like the very mischief. Watch the
minstrel show, GALL white) and then
begin to make notes of the boom that
is to result in Platteville.
Our very successful insurance man,
P. j. Thurber, has quit the Prudential
company and gone over the E. +. U.
He will continue to live here.
Once more, don't forget the
minstrel show the last of this week.
Nothing quite like it ever has been
staged. (All White.)
Primitive Mehodists will have a
big Sunday school convention here on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this
week. A fine program has been ar
ranged, and it will take five sessions
to carry it out.
Platteville had lot of amusement
last week. Some sort of a theatrical
performance was given about every
night, and the most of them were
good shows.
Joseph. son of Assistant Post
master Webster, a citizen of Madison,
married Miss Rathburn of Rock
ford, H., last week The bride and
groom were here visiting his parents
for a few days, and then went to
Madison to set up house keeping
Miss Lillian Butler, who teaches
in Bagley, is home for a short vaca-
ton, caused by the presence of a
bad case of small pox in Bagley the
other day. Of course the school
closed.
Last Friday evening the ladies of
the NJ. z. church laid out to do the
fine thing with supper, and announced
that they were ready to dish up 500
Of them to as many persons. Well /,
we don't know exactly how many
suppers they did serve, but we are
content to believe that there were
many. And they were good suppers,
too.
Tell everybody in Lancaster to
hike down here next Friday or Satur-
day night, or both nights, if they
can stand it, to see our homegrown,
home made minstrel show. We are
authorized to warrant the show to be
''all white,' whatever that may
mean. But we will bet some of Ou1
loose change that there will be 8
plenty of black, or backing, on the
stage. 1t is not yet told whether
the fellers will wear shoe backing,
or stove backing, or few layers OF
burnt cork-but there will be black
enough. Whatever the backing, the
booster club is watching the proceed