Established in 1800.
VOL. XXVIII.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
The city treasurer gives notice in
this issue that his books will be re
turned to the county March 14.
Miss Annie Saries arrived here on
Friday noon’s train, for a visit with
her sister Mrs. A. D. Stover.
The Dodgeville Sun says that Miss
Lizzie Hendy, of that place, is rapidly
recovering from the stroke of para
lysis, with which she was recently
afflicted.
An addition is to be built to the
Sauk county asylum at a cost of
$6,900.
John C. Martin A Son received this
week from Shullsburg a handsome
order for their kiln dried corn meal,
and their graham.
On AVednesday of last week AVil
liam Murrish, sr., slipped on an icy
walk at his residence, and in falling
dislocated his right arm at the
shoulder.
Mr. John Allen will address the
young men’s meeting in the lecture
room of the P. M. church, next Sun
day morning, taking for his subject,
“ Lavishness of God’s Bounty.”
Richard Lamerton has been laid up
for the past three weeks on account of
a bruised finger.
The closing number of the Plalte
ville Lecture Course will be a Grand
Concert by the “Mozart Symphony
Club,” of New A r ork, on Friday
evening, March 2.
The Sun reports that S. AV. Reese, of
Dodgeville, on AVednesday of last
week went to Gornar, Ohio, to attend
the funeral of his sister Mrs. Ann
Jones.
The Witness says that the Geo,
Huntington farm, situated two and
one-half miles southeast of Platte
ville, has been sold to David AVeigle,
at $50.00 per acre.
The Herald says that the schools of
Lancaster have been closed on account
of scarlet fever. It is in a very light
form but exists in several families.
