Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-07
AROUND THE COUNTY
POTOsI.

Especial Correspondence to Herald)
Mrs. Peter Rupp returned home Fri
day from a pleasant visit of several
days with relatives in Cassville.
John Stockert of North Buena Vista,
Iowa, greeted old friends in Potosi
Friday.
The Mississippi river is again rapid
" rising, due to the heavy rains north
last week.
o. w. SeatOn, industrial agent for
the Great Northern railroad, was in
Potosi several days, shaking hands of
old friends.
Owing to washOuts on the Burling-
ton and Milwaukee roads, Potosi has
been deprived of mail from eastern
and southern sources since Thursday.
Miss Mabel PIuemer, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Pluemer of Brit
ish Hollow, had the misfortune to fall
and sustained a fracture of her right
ankle.
J. X. Patterson a Chicago capital
ist was in POtOsi last Wednesday and
visited the Tiffany Syndicate mine,
in which we understand, he has large
interests.
Drs. Palmer of Cassville and Doc
little of Lancaster, performed an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis on Chris
Schaefer Friday morning a week ago.
Chris is getting along as well as can
be expected.
Mr.. William Gillian, ST., of the
town of Harrison, who recently un-
derwent an operation at the Cunning
ham hospital, is slowly improving
from the effects. g
Mrs. Frank OFT and sons Ira and
Lee, who brought the remains of hus-
band and father from Plainview, Tex,
TO PotOsi for burial, returned to Tex
as, Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. OFT and daughter Mrs. Myrtle,
Burgett and sons Otto, Ira and Lee,
requested the writer to extend their
sincere thanks to the Woodmen, and
all friends for their kindness shown
them in their hour of sorrow.
Wunderlein and Phillips have sold
their livery business, bus and dray line
and the Potosi and Lancaster stage
line to Mr.. William MAINS. Delivery
was made Thursday morning. We
wish Mr.. Maahs much success in his
new business venture.
Memorial day was appropriately OBJ
served in POtOsi. Quite a number of
people gathered in the hall in the af-
ternOOn and listened to speeches, vocal
and instrumental music and various
other exercises, at the conclusion of
which the band gave a street concert.
Work at the Wilson mine has been
suspended for several days to make
some necessary improvements. A new
jig is being put in the mill, and a
higher elevator to carry off the tail
ings is being built, and other i'm
prOvements are being made, and when
all are completed the mine will again
be in full blast.
The Potosi high school closed Fri
day with seven graduates, viz: Clara
Runkel, Emily Phillips, Mary Kelly,
Hilda Schumacher, Gertrude Bazinet,
Otto Schaal, and Harold Osborne. As
was done last year the commencement
and graduating exercises were dis
pensed with and the graduates will
spend a day or two at Madison.
The strike at the Tiffany Syndicate
mine. mentioned in our last issue has
proven to be regular bonanza. Nine
teen feet of fine ore has been passed
through in the shaft and is still go
ing down. The ore is of fine quality
and there is lots of it. A one hun
dred and fifty ton mill and other build
ings will soon be erected, then there
will be something more doing in the
eastern Potosi mining district.
Sunday, May % the Potosi baseball
team met the Platteville ball team on
the mound city diamond, and under
disadvantages and misrulings, de-
feated the PIattevfle team by a score
of Z to 3. An amusing incident to
many people during or after the game
was when a big fellow of the Platte
vile team got offended at a young
POtOsi man, who we will call "Chas. !"
for roofing for his home team. The
big fellow came tearing toward
Charles" who is a small man, with
arms uplifted and fists clinched like
an enraged bull, paving the ground.
But Charles was equal to the occasion
and when the mad man got within a
foot of striking distance he ducked I'M
der him and the "bull' went clear
over him and plowed furrow in the
ground with his nose. The little fell
low then got on the big ones back and
gave him a richly deserved pummeling.