Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-08-17
PLATTEyiLLE,

are WISHING MS DTOInOTS, JOS6pu anu
Father Cieary in Minneapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fruit and family
plan to spend several days the last
of the month rusticating at lake in
the north.
Misses Rose and Mary Bushnell who
have been teaching in California, are
visiting their mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Bushnell Of this city.
Hiss Flossie Shearer of Fennimore
and Mr.. Charles Doebel of Des Moines,
Iowa were married at Dubuque last
Thursday. The bride is well known
in Platteville as she is a graduate Of
the Platteville Normal.
Mrs Evan Evans of Baraboo, better
known in her girlhood home as Mary
Roundtree is showing slight i'm
provement in her illness. She is suf-
fering from what is known as sleep
ing sickness from which she has been
suffering from the past two months.
Three of Plattevilles sportsmen,
Messrs. Chas. Burg, Jas. Fawcett and
Ben Doscher went Monday to the
northern part of the state IN search
of the biggest" fish. 1t is reported
they will not return until they have
found it. It is hoped they took plenty
of money-time flies. (Ah, yes-Tem-
pus Fugit, Tcmpus Fugit.)
George Mcpherson of Ellenboro
spent several days this week with
l'latteville tlicIds III. Mcpherson
went from here to Arizona to work in
the copper mines over forty years ago.
He saw the famous city of Tombstone
in it's infancy when it was one of the
rip-roaring places of the west.
Robert Sutherland, well known in
this city, is to be married in Duluth
on August goth. Mr.. Sutherland IS a
partner in the law firm of Wylie &
Sutherland, Madison, where he and
Mrs Sutherland will be at home after
September L. Ted Sutherland, who
graduated from the Madison High
School last June with exceptional hon
ors enters the University this fall.
The old Pope-1oledc automobile,
owned by Richard McGregor, who
drowned at Helker's swimming hole in
1905, appeared on the streets for the
first time since that date last week.
1t has been purchased by employees
of the Eagle garage and is being ex-
hibited as a real antique 1t is said
one of the original four tires was in
such state of preservation as to De of
service. Motorists would do we'll to
learn the make of that tire and equip
with them. The life of the modern
tire is certainly below this one.
While attempting to discover why
her electric iron did not heat Mrs.
Leila Brownell, West Pine street,
escaped injury by narrow margin.
In some manner, the entire ITO volt
charge passed through her body
throwing her violently to the floor
The physician, when called, pronounce
ell the injury but temporary and but
FIR a bad nervous shaking-d Mrs.
Brownell suffered but little.
James r. Manuel a former Platte
vile farmer who moved to Virginia
last year has sold his farm there and
plans to buy another in the same
vicinity. Most of the grain there was
damaged by hail in May.
During the storm Wednesday after
noon lightning s.rcck the home of
Eert Wellers and demolished the cleo
trio light fuses and globes. The house
vas filled with blue smoke but iU: tUn-
ately little damage was done to the
house
VIM. Won Oehsen has sold his fine
1853 acre farm tC Louie Bartiing. This
is one of the finest farms in this sec
ton at the edge Of the city limits. In
the spring when the transfer is made
Mr.. Won Oehsen and family plan to
r. owe to Platteville to make thor
home.
The State Bank of PIatteville is in
CT oil hIIr oil 10
Mrs. Joseph Adkins was telegraphed
to bring her little six months old
daughter to Chicago for an examina-
ton. The child had been entered in
the Better Baby Contest being con-
Quoted by the Chicago Examiner and
appeared to be perfect baby. The
little Miss is now in Chicago. The
prize for the most perfect baby is $500
in gold.
The Winona Oil Company has pur-
chased the West half of the Forehand
lot on Main street, where the big fire
occurred and will within the next ten
days start the erection Of beautiful
brick filling station where all the lat
est in lubricants. and gasoline will be
dispensed to the auto trade. Mayor
Hooser wishes it distinctly under
stood that he is opposed to an oil
station in the business section.-News.
Walter Steinhoff, residing north of
Belmont, has a freak pig 315 months
old, that has three legs, one ham and