Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-23

PLATTEVILLE.

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The Journal says IL. Z
r. sSnoWden, 8 if5e of our hi ghlga
respected residents, came to Platte
Vile JUST Ifffetty wears ago@ fast Satarzs
day. He says we'll does he remem-
Der the day. 1t was a fine spring day
but tbs. mud was up to the axles of
the4stage- ins.Whieh. he came from Ga
lena TO this city Nj eSnowden says
when the stage came down what was
then. called BallseA Hey Hill, which. is
in front 81. the Rock schooEsthe driy-
er@of the coach took outSa big horn
and blew a9tlpng HAST. The people
hurried to the windows and doors TO
see the. arrival ofe-.-thess stage and
whom it>had brought to the village.
Mr.. Snowden came herewith his par
entss Mr.~-and.s Mrs Randolph Snow
den, coming from New York. City to
Cincinnati, thence by boat down the
Ohio river up the Mississippi to Few
er river and up the Fever to Galena.
Fronfy Ga1Ena they came by ssstage.
The father with, his brother, built q.
foundry i'll P1atteville thats year, and
f. wasetfTe first one built westNof Gail
lscago. It was located on Second ST.,
between zRountfee@ a1dzJedaF streets,
and it was claimed to be the pioneer
foundry of this portion of the north
Westf There was nothing of the kind
IIssiHr DdbuAuefandone SS3extremely I'm
fitted resources HI Gaaena There was
fneed scfE such an establishment Tin
Elattevitle and khis need was supplied
BY SnoVde8a Bios. Ehe premises were
S9abfdea 2SxS6y oHeSt starry high, and.
though of apparently measured capa-
/ eitiesSshasd, ebeens found equal to every
Fredaire 1ent:@-Tl4e BUSINESS embraced
the building of steam engines, water
l-whe elsxrboth turbine and overshot,
mining and other pumps s'patterns,
mill, house and general building cast
ings. The foundry gave employment
to five hands when worked to its ex-
| IRENE limit The plant was valued
at.=$42; 000g. and "Snowden's Foundry
wasesiVnown. FROM Milwaukee, to- st.
f, Bushnell one Of ouf Oldest Cit
liens, celebrateds his '91st birthday on
Monday Mr.. Bushnell has been in
fairly good health all winter and has
been, able to attend church nearly ev-
cry week s'@.rhise is his~greatesb pleas
ure andadesire sa5G4S.y s1.gE 5zr..g yasr
ThehWitness says:
Miss Emma Nehls of Lancaster, Wis
tied here. with her sister, Mrs. Eta
Smith, lastsFrida .s.sasg, 1.a7,
Mrssg Estella Welsh was called tp
BQseebelr Tuesday morning by the
death of, her brother, Eden Elliott
of the Great Lakes camp. ssMr. SE1liott
was returning from the wedding of
1 his brother and was taken very i'll and
died in Milwaukee .,On Sunday. J. He
was expecting to Receive u. hfs't@dis-
chSrgeslirfs "a 5s1fort StiR1eag5 Hes wa s. "a
ynungamanI % wears -ald "a and q highly
r. s ie s:fde and wife ana A. W
Kenlef Expect to. be home from CalS
ifoFnia about May 1sfal Mr. Shepherd
writes that they have had a pleas
ant winter ,and a good time. The
car Since we left has gone over ten
| th0usand seven -hundfed4 miles and
the2roads hayes been so good that We
have had to change the tires only
six times. We haven't been sick one
day since leaving home. o. 'ss.
The News. says: ~: s>f. ~
Chief of Police Frank. Micka and
Policeman John Rowe filed their re-
signation with, the police commission
last evening. The committee met and
voted to accept the designations to
take effect May list.
I Reuben Lawrence received word OF
the death Of his. mothers MTs9ssC CHARLES
EaWreffce, fatsa Snperio sSheeMsas "a
form err TasidentzsGf. P.latteyillesn. Mr.,
LaWfe aeea gecentlg,e agi e ttlnllrn from Su--
perior having gone to see his mother
! dIIring her recent Illness .k54s3 z
N. E. France reports a great loss
iii bees in this seetiQn. ApiariesF of
| two, or three hundred hives report
I that but two or three hives survive.
Mr. France was more fortunate, as
heglest{ butFfenf eE, ifyes from, 4 sew
! eEal, yards. Last fall Mr. Franco fed
his Bees 5000 pounds Of sifgars Every
Bee MAIN VAST ff8feed @e0s feeE his bees
last yBarrass onhnney was naadeSdur-
ing 1.-The SNfaIneFSAs .S-+{!gg.as:.s HI aeyx
FraRkis Benson wing, returned here
yesterday after severe service in Be1Z
GUM, is one of the most fortunate of
the American forces. He was with a
New u ork regiment and Of his ORIG
inaI company of 240 men. all We're
Killed for Wounded SEVERELY Except 81
He. Vent OVER stiie top Inany times and
eamRsiOut WithoutseYeR. 4 s6ratehss. -
'1Has.'EsT 7sfEag tElsEE EFT Sgaas saags s.;
1.-THE Wisconsin Light & Power Co.
may buy the Mineral Point light fran
| chise. The former concern owns the
big PrafrteLdusSac saamS.sS Yss /, I'D F,4
sssssBr9Wn fonn tyswnl spend $4,000 and
federal aid will contribute" $4,000
toward concrete paving in two gaps,
one Is miles and the other 3.24 miles
long 1lagthe GEsenaaa Bay leton road
It will make a continuous concrete
highway between Green Bay and
Neenah. 1t is thought probable that
in an0ther year 3thdre wiH sbeqesh oEete
HaEiRg between Fond ist dns II Las fs:ia AND d
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