“Auld Lang Syne”

1895

Compiled by Jeanne Mahony

Text from the Mazomanie Sickle with notes by Jeanne Mahony

Auld Lang Syne - 1895

January 4, 1895

Dr. W. Pinkerton has removed his family from Arena to this c i t y .

Samuel Turk, residing near Black Earth, was severely kicked in the head by a

horse Monday evening. Several bones were broken and he i s in a c r i t i c a l condition.

As usual the annual banquet of the Mazomanie Traveling Men's Association was

one of the highest enjoyment.

Philip Roche, Anton Kirch and Henry Kirch were arraigned before Judge Powell

Wednesday morning charged by the Traveling Men's Association with having w i l l f u l l y

disturbed them at their banquet in Schmitz Hall Monday evening, or rather Tuesday

morning at 1 a.m. The three men pleaded guilty to the charge, and were fined

$5.00 and costs, a tota l of $10.70 each.

January 11, 1895

John Hamm now ca r r i e s the mail between this point and Marxville.

Marshall Preston entertained three tramps at the 'quay' Tuesday night.

The Congregational Church reports i t has a total number of members, 125.

During the past year 33 united with the church, with a loss by death and removals

of 9.

-Week c f ^ u ^ l ^ In Black'Earthfthe^BestorjBros/

,., The;elcc^c|liglte two evenings 'tWs^week' tp^roake

/ some necessary repairs; at" the engine house. ' !\.IS*>**'^1,. U

room on hei ground} floor for rtheir; .musical i n s t r u m e n t ; ^ Chris;Pesch:has-been granted a pension. V.- ; 4* ',A',;' .

Postmaster; Raynor^h^ tbig:improvement^in^ by moving the b o ^ e s ^ t o ^ ^ b w k into the room; thus making a' much more commodious place rfor the public. '.. -w

The .Mazomanie .Creamery^has had a force of men and teams employed in filling their icelhouse, putting1 up, as near as can be computed, 113'.tons 800 pounds of crystal blocks jn: one and one-half days. Zl'^\. ' ^.

0 * Three young horses, the proper­ty of the Wisconsiir Central Stock Co.'Farm, were run down by the ^branch engine at tlje first trip of the Sauk< train" Monday morning. One of 7the "horses% wasj_ killed^ outright and the others were'injured' to such <arfextent^M^ g Thje^Mazoman Jits annual m e e t ^ 10 percent dividend was declared.

The. school scholars are not, tlano)ye4itpjskateion:theism ^ Q r ^ s l i d e ^

school house. : [

><registered;pharmacist. ,r Z.£ . >firi&anl^Rinagejhas sold his stock of ...confectionery to; E . f R:Hungerford i~and the latter ? will;, occupy .the

-Brodhead St.) i m ^ ^ e ; ^ ^ m a n i e JLumber4£o^;

hajun?t|^1a^^ lun^r i for j^ne^^ Statz,^Beny; J^sephrShartatj;?of Mounds Creek;.^Wra4lBoehnen, ! ^ w ^ i B ^

/Hase^ine, o^n>pf 1 ThelModern ^9qdmen;;had• a

?&pdk^e,p#o^ •week^hursday^ev'ening. Twelve ^ne^mernbers^wereinitiated.;

h'canipfirjej^

,;day evening, Feb.'9.t v

F e b r u a r y 8, 1895

The Arena Bleaner has been e n l a r g e d t o a 5-colurnn q u a r t . T l : i • s r i g h t

B r o . Dunlap. Push i t a l o n g .

The p o s t o f f i c e a t t h i s p l a c e i s s u e d 286 money orders d u r i n g t h e month o f

J a n u a r y , t h e l a r g e s t number f o r any one month on r e c o r d .

The s t o r m on Wednesday de l a y e d many o f t h e t r a i n s c o n s i d e r a b l y . The f r e i g h t

due a t 1:40 a r r i v e d a t 6 o ' c l o c k . I t s t a r t e d f r o m P r a i r i e du Chine w i t h a f u l l

t r a i n , b u t when i t a r r i v e d here i t c o n s i s t e d o f o n l y t h e e n g i n e , one c a r and t h e

caboose. The west-bound passenger due a t 7:25 p.m. was two hours l a t e , and was

p u l l e d by two e n g i n e s .

^Week* ofPebruarf 15,1895 The'Black Earth" News" did not ^

^epmeJ^t*two*weete^ ofa^break inijtoe pres? on;which the n paper is printed.'* * •

The>Black Earth-Fire Depart- * ment will give a grand masquerade ball^Feb;^20. Music^by Watzky?s orchestra of Middleton.;* ^ -:»" :*Jaco^^Pugh has beenH^ing, a.v. lay^ldiiring the cold spell,: and^ Ge'prge' PughJias handled the bra^h.engine^^wlt^ Wight-man as fireman. ~ * : : ' , *' V . , /

iThe recent cold weather*has«had^ the effect to cause the waterworks pipes to become •• ice-bound and"• frpm "nearly all tthe; hydrants . no water can be pbtamed^ / V ' .

iThos/ r W^il son^insurance agent, issued'insurance' policies to the extent of $18,0Q0; l^amont of premium^ j)aidt^tt^^ $250^2^HeVhas paid toithe village^ treasurer^

Cdepartment;?$15.72"fire tax: 1 h0;s

Week of February 22, 18955 »?The school gymnasium had to be

closed on account of the gymnastic exercisers loosening the plastering

^ on the ceiling of the room below. L&i H . S . Hodge spent several days

in Milwaukee this week. Harry b Roberts delivered the mail during

his absence, t . & •, ' The village board has placed ah

order with Jas. B. Clow &* Sons, of •Chicago, for 2,700 feet of 6-inch cast iron water pipe, and the necessary hydrants, crosses, T's, bends and valves for completing

• the proposed extension of water /works and connection with the * reservoir. ,y v . i • : [ • *#1 •••::' -

U £ Week of March 15,1895 fx Teacher's Institute^Kere^in 'Mazomanie on Monday last.tCon-ducted byf County - Superintendent D. E . Kiser an State Institute Conductors A. J.-Hutton, of White-

j4water; and Duncan McGregor of Platteville. Total attendance 112. -The receipts at the Congrega­tional donation last week amounted to $90.65.

John Denu has sold his residence, in this city to.Ed Talbor of Sauk county. ' * m i ? - ^ \ . ; ' / \

Wm. Jones of Arena, will organ­ize a Christian Endeavor at Dover, on Sunday. •• v .

Mr. John Walter purchased of "Bestor Bros., of Black Earth, a fine

r\Crown o r g a n - - *- :'r- •:

| Week of March 22,1895 A j

| Mrs. Jame«Appleby died^at the home of her daughter, at Mellette, S. D. Feb. 11, 1895.

*;^ h ^*| lack Earth^Fire>;Dept., ^ected D. A. Barber to ;beXhiefat .tneirannualimeeting last,week.

;, ,Wm. and Geo. Smith have pur-! chased "The Emporium," stock

and building from Mrs. Roach, at Arena, and now are established there... . ' v.,v ; ^Wanted: Two girls a^hS Huggins House. ,-/V £ y Thirty-six from Mazomanie'at­tended the VUnion Scout'' at: Spnng Green last Friday evening They were to return on. the freight, but this being several hours late

'they did not get home until six o clock in the morninpl

6= 1 : Weelrof March8^1895 \ J . B.Stickney celebrated the Jexodus of Congress by displaying. the stars and stopes Monday. >

Walter Johnson has sold his farm to, E . Wolferman; H. . W. Diment has moved to.Madison, where he hasia position'in4he registers, office; Jasl B. Greene and Wl J . Murrish ^ hayeV purchased a hotel business'at Decorah, Iowa; and , Fred - M. Roberts went to Hydes Mill last Thursday where he, pur­chased the grocery businessmen F.Pinchford. v The U. & Glee Club and Mando­lin Club will give an entertainment here next Tuesday? ;

: ^^eekof^Marchl^lW^ The play, 1'JedediahiX !judkins,;i

J , P.'' was presented .by5 home talent at the opera house to a large

. audience Monday evening.'The play was very well presented, -r

The Meadow Vale Cheese and Butter Company of Arena has been' incorporated with a capital of $800. Thevincprporators being Anton Peterson, Wm. J . Davis and John Lucey. -

Fred Miller, who for some time has .been assistant at the Mazo­manie Creamery, is now butter-maker at the Marxville creamery,

. T h e Mazomane Cabinet Mfg. I Co, has just completed, a handsome

new desk for the Sickle man. It's a beauty.

H. R. Learnard was elected fire xhief at the Department's annual, election Monday evening. v

A u l d Lang Syne - 1895

March 8, 1895

Jas. B. Greene and Wm J. M u r r i s h have purchased a h o t e l b u s i n e s s a t Decorah, l a . , and w i l l move t h e r e w i t h t h e i r f a m i l i e s A p r i l f i r s t .

F r e d K» RobortG wont t o Hydos M i l l l a o t T h u r o d a y where ho p u r c h a o o d t h e g r o c e r y

buoinoGG of F . P i n c f o r d . Ha t o o k - p o o G Q G S i o n F r i d a y .

C.S. A l l e n has opened a c o n f e c t i o n e r y and f r u i t s t o r e i n A. Lamboley's vacant s t o r e , where he f o r m e r l y d i d b u s i n e s s . (The Road Runner t a v e r n )

The "Union Scout", the p l a y g i v e n l a s t week, was pronounced by a l l a complete success. Having t a k e n p a r t i n t h e p l a y o u r s e l v e s , we do n o t f e e l l i k e s a y i n g much about i t , b u t we f e e l j u s t i f i e d i n s a y i n g t h a t t h e p l a y was h i g h l y s a t i s f a c t o r y . I t must be a good p l a y t h a t can be g i v e n t h r e e c o n s e c u t i v e n i g h t s t o good houses i n a town o f t h i s s i z e .

March 15, 1895 The q u e s t i o n of whether t h e highway t a x f o r t h i s y ear s h a l l be p a i d by l a b o r ,

w i l l be s u b m i t t e d t o a v o t e o f t h e e l e c t o r s of t h e town o f Mazomanie a t t h e annual town m e e t i n g on A p r i l 2nd.

Mr. John W a l t e r purchased o f B e s t o r Bros, o f B l a c k E a r t h , a f i n e Crown organ. A l s o Mr. Robert G i l l e t t .

The c o n c e r t g i v e n by t h e U.W. Glee And M a n d o l i n Clubs a t Schmitz H a l l Tuesday e v e n i n g was w e l l a t t e n d e d , and was a grand e n t e r t a i n m e n t .

Henry K i r c h ' s team r a n away Thursday a f t e r n o o n , and when l a s t seen were g o i n g home a t a l i v e l y r a t e .

March 22, 1895 The B l a c k E a r t h F i r e Department e l e c t e d D.A. Barber t o be C h i e f o f t h e i r

a nnual m e e t i n g l a s t week. Wm and Geo. Smith have purchased "The Emporium", s t o c k and b u i l d i n g f r o m Mrs.

Roach, a t Arena, and now are e s t a b l i s h e d t h e r e . T h i r t y - s i x f r o m Mazomanie a t t e n d e d t h e "Union Scout" e n t e r t a i n m e n t a t S p r i n g

Green l a s t F r i d a y e v e n i n g . They were t o r e t u r n on t h e n i g h t f r e i g h t , b u t t h i s b e i n g s e v e r a l hours l a t e , t h e y d i d n o t g e t home u n t i l s i x o ' c l o c k i n t h e m o r n i n g , h a v i n g s a t up a l l n i g h t w a i t i n g f o r t h e t r a i n .

A u l d Lang Syne 1895

March 29, 1895 E. Seamon, o f Fond du Lac, has been engaged as b u t t e r m a k e r a t t h e Halfway

P r a i r i e Creamery. P a r t i e s h a v i n g hay on t h e W i s c o n s i n C e n t r a l Stock Farm marsh are r e q u e s t e d

t o remove same a t once. The marsh w i l l be burned and t h e owners w i l l n o t be r e s p o n s i b l e f o r any damage done t o hay n o t removed.

A daughter o f John H a r r o p , who now r e s i d e s near Arena, was k i l l e d on Monday She was p l a y i n g i n t h e y a r d d u r i n g t h e f i e r c e w i n d when an outhouse was blown o n t o h e r .

I Week of April 5,1895,

^ Henry Powell; Arena," W i - J . * -'Roberts., i?V;> . , \ j

>The fence^factory has begun operations. ' "•'•''"'* ^Agentsi b£ thei cabinet factory have disposed of a hundred cabi­nets at Baraboo and vicinity during

r the*past week. r The Ladies Aid Society sociable,' ~

which was held in the M . E . church ^Wednesday evening, received •: $40.19. Many 'thanks to I Qarence Hicks and Miss Mamie Hicks, who entertained with their excellent music on the,mandolin and organl

An order has been issued by the C M . St. P. Road that their men must stop drinking'liquor if they

* wish to remain in the employe of 1 the company. ' - ? ; /

C 5iAf newihairj^

^CkAmade^e^^ ^work..;. :.f.y •: ••^. w \ >

! W o r k on Dr^Scott's new house is ^b^in^pushcil rapidly.^asHOwens

oUdVtlie^m H uCble^anvhtte^^

- putting^up th$. building.' (102 ^Hudson). *V*v • : ' ; ^ ; i v ^ r ^ ^ • The Sicklej^^tbe moyed; down ;^te;streeta';f^?rods::'in;a^ couple of

yi^^ >the ^groun'dTflop^ ^TrageV s :3rbuiMing;by^ •

> ;) r ViWeek of A ^ l ^ l ^ T s ' ; Alvah Shower, of Black Earth, has gone to East Troy to work in the printing office of S. KSAdams/

Miss Alma ' Schmitz^is now .engaged as clerk" in her; father's1

! store. t V, "v "'v-^ • t

t ^ Miss Iva*Learnard has^accepted : tthe,position as teacher in the Drake ; D i s t ^ * • ^ ; ; A : Ellis, of this place1 and E. " R. Br endler, of Madison^ have pur­

chased C S. Allen's confectionery and will continue1 the business at • the old stand. These gentlemen ' also intend to put in a line of drugs in the near future. (32 Brodhead St.) r <S r : : * • \ . : .

t <x E^R^Hungerord; has °startejd*his ^soda^fquntaui- and is prepared to ifurnishjypu with, almost any flavor you wish. :

> The Good Templars have or­ganized a Juvenile Temple and invites parents to bring their children and learn the nature of the work.

The West, Wisconsin Conference of the German Lutheran Synod of

] Iowa will be held at the church here , next Tuesday and Wednesday.

C M . St. P. R.R. is'offering excursion rates to Viroqua May 29 for the unveiling of the monument to Gen. J. M . Rusk.

Aaron Parman has been taking i charge* of the creamery during the absence of Geo. H. Hunt, who went to Wheaton to bury his mother.

:f>AWork on laying the pipe for the water works extension is progress­ing rapidly.

The 39th annual session of the AYisconsin Conference of the Evan­gelical Assoc. was held at Prairie du. Sac last week. J. G. Kern was

• appointed minister to Mazomanie.

< \ Week of May 10^1895 , The Indians who have camped

near^ this placed during Jthe yjnter have partially'broken up camp. John Cloud and. family, have de­parted for Tomah, and .the balance of rthe company will leave in a few days. • Y ' i v n i j *

Remember Lindsey's gallery will be open every day of this month and this month only; so improve your opportunity arid get your picture taken^as after that it will be closed*for the summer/ : & . & ;

B. S.'Steadwell has sold^out his interest in the-Mazomanie Cabinet Co. to his partners.

Bids will be received by the town board of Mazomanie up to Wednes­day evening May'15 for the digging of-a ditch on the l ine o f new highway near John Hare's.

-Ah'number of people from* this • place attended Gollmar Circus at Mt. Hpreb Tuesday..

A cave-in of the water, works \ trench caused some excitement. Tuesday, noon. Phil Hamm, pf this'v place, and John Mullane, a Madi­son plumber, who were working-at the time,' had to be assisted out, :

The residence of B. N. Meigs, on the Arena road, was totally desr troyed by fire Saturday evening. There was $700 insurance on the building, and some insurance on furniture and clothing.

A school for dress cutting, fitting • and making will be established in this city on Saturday, May 18. The, system used in this school is called the Diamond Garment Cutter; Ladies can bring material and make a dress, while learning. . ] ; '|

: ; Week of May 24,1895 ;T *v Royston Bros., • are building \ Dr.

Blanchard's house at Black*Earth. Parties cleaning theirjpts-fpr

decoration will remove all rubbish from the grounds as our .man is through working there for,the present. Cemetery Association*;: r

On account of the Union memor-' ial services, the spwDgng^sendoe.. will be dispensed wit^'aiihe>M^E:? church next Sabbath, May 26% „ : All soldiers/and • sons of veterans ,are requested to assemble*at*£he'.< Post Hall on Sunday morning at 10 b'xlock and march from there to the Congregational church, where Rev. t M . i Ralph has kindly consented.-to : ideliver a memorial service.

Bids wi l l be received by the village board for the labor of placing a circular roof on the plates now in position on the reservoir as per specifications.'

f Wee^ v':4 An election will be held at Black Earth June 29, for the purpose' of r voting'whether or not that village shall be incorporated^ '^•^i$Wc>

S. R. Bently has-started; his steamboat at the ferry, and is now:., ready to accommodate ^excursion * parties at reasonable rates.

Ed and Oren Johnson have pur­chased Lloyd's 4 mill.: and water ppwer.^(514 Walker St.) . ti&ri^-\

menicement of the Mazomanie '» High School will be held at Schmitz { Hall pft*Friday ^evening^ o f^ex t • week. , : ' ' * r •'' \ r * M - ^ ' * ' " ^ *

ha^cpnc^^ Jment of the Arenatgraded?schools ^wiHjbe„held^ ^chui^iFridayievening, June^l4^ ; ^hefarnv ; commonlyknpwnas the Elljs place, is for sale. . ; 1

P ^AJumnfc meeting om^ow/ eve-^ningsatthe^CongregationaliChurch. }; E . R: Hungerford will make the ice

cream for the reception. J , ^Robert Sutcliffe has secured work in Madison. Therefore he has given-up the contract he received of putting ipn^ the^ilcover on^the reservoir, his'bid being $30. H. H. Cplemands bid of $40 was; then

, accepted. - . . '.' . • Rey. P.. J . : Jones of St. Barna­

bas starts next Tuesday on his ] European-trip." One of:his first

visits will be to an aunt in Belgium, ,wJip^is;to we^di^g^in^uly.? He will be

: accompanied^by three priestsAoni 'Sauk City, ^Milwaukee^a^^Newi

York..The party will:: be absent * about three months; - " ?

: John Denu has purchased, the Draper propertytm this city 1 ^ " ^

H.*W. Stewart left for Alabama* last week, to look over the country. „;

Fifty applications or more have/ "been received for^e of our city 'schools.^ " :

This evening St.' Luke's: Guild will: give a sociable,pnv^Mrs. ^ Murrish -s lawn, opposite, the

• church. Ice - cream, cake and lemonade 'will be served and the band is expected to be present. -

jJfas. Owens is!la3ing the briclfon an^addition to the Park; Hotel at Spring G r e e n . ; \ •* %Jtofrs Herman Linley. was held up by a-tramp, while returning home in Dover-the;Other'- evjening.vShe succeeded in getting away from the

; fellpw/^by • starting^ her^liorse suddenly. -; r

^ N^ssrs^D. rWillaid-startedupitbe/Wsconsm'in ' a sailboat Wednesday. They/ expect vto*gV^fiu%&^ •

St. Luke's Guild cleared $16:25 a >t he^lawn|sj^al evening. The receipts of*the>€piu^ gregatinal Christian Endeavor lawn

' social on Tuesday at Dr.uPinker-^ton's^wer^abiout >$ll^The^Ma^;

occasions ^'played several pieces;

^ ^ y W e ^ l c of JunV28; 1895 7 IV 7 Oliver M: Salisbury^son of Presi-' ^deht-Salisbjiuy^pf XthetWhitewater •

normalJschc<)l,:has' been elected principal ?ofythe^Mazomanie High School. v

At a meeting of: the Mazomanie Fire DepartoentheldJast Monday evening it was decided tp.engage in a hose contest on the 4th of July.

On last Friday afternoon Mazo-: manie was visited by a miniature tornado: which was perhaps the

. most jsevere wind-storm that ever struck this section.

^ ^ W e e k offJiuly5,1895V • 71 Early on the morning of the

Fourth of July the people were awakened by the boom of the

^cannon. The Modern Woodmen •were the, prompters of the cele-bratipn/vwhich featured parade, speeches, music for dancing, races, hot air ballopns and fireworks. A well-attended dance at Schmitz Hall closed the celebration.

. . . Tramps, trampsand tramps. J Jusice't Wilson sent twoxtramps to •t the Dane County Jail for 10 days for ^disorderly conduct, Saturday.

Over 148 people attended the annual school meeting, Monday

-evening! Jonathan Jones was re­elected president of the board.

Five saloon licenses have been granted thus far by the city council.

>Allfprmer saloon keepers, with the exception pf Peter Pleus,. have taken out licenses.

r ^ ^ ^ k o W u t y 12 1895 f Z-.;,-,s The sixth saloon license has been

granted by, the village board. Andrew Schmitz has opened up in the brewery saloon.

•Phil Hamm, Doc Engel and Roy Preston boarded a 'side door palace' sleeping-car Monday night and embarked for North Dakota.

, Business is picking up so rapidly pnvthe:St.;PauUroad^that • it lis estimated that by August all of the! men who were discharged for want of something to busy them with will have been restored to the com­pany's employ.

Tuesday last St..Luke's Sunday School had their-annual picnic, for

-which Mr. Joseph Patterson gave the use of his beautiful grove.

- W e e k ^ f J ^ Antone Richards, of this place, !

has opened.a shoe repairing shop in the People's Store at Black Earth.

On Monday Aaron Parman took his small steamer,3the^'-Jewell":; and three young ladies;?Misses Ida Parman, Iva Learnard aruTNellie Kerr out on the river for a ride. The chair on the paddle wheel broke , and, in drifting downstream, the steamer struck some trees and was capsized. Misses Parmani and Learnard succeeded in catching hold of the boat but Miss Kerr went under and could not be found. Her < body was found jafter a search; of two days and 'two' nights, ••- '

Week of 3uly 2<£ 1895 r?. Harry Haseltine and one; of the

Holcomb boys haye gone to North^ Dakota to participate in the harvest.

There will be a horse race on the track Saturday afternoon. S . C . Allen and Mike Schmidt'hdrSe«j\^:r!

'{xontestfor.apurse. ^ "*! - - R e p o r t

Town of Mazomanie,-503 persons ( -and Village of Mazomanie, 1,020.

Week of August 2^1895 ^ > The population of Black Earth

Village is 462. • '•-•:. • The water works mains are being extended, and pipes are also being laid for private water takers^n " :^ •

T. H. Ward received; an/elec­tric shock Friday. Hewas standing o inear the electric light pole? where| /the lightning struck the.transform­er. "' . *. ^'•'5:^;^ '

i Vernon Bestor, of the Mt. Horeb Times was in the city Tuesday. His place on the Times is being filled this week by Chas. Rienow of this place. . • • i ' ":-'t''' '

A fierce storm swept over this section last Friday afternoon, being a combination of terrific lightning and thunder ^ The electric light plant was crip­pled b$ the lightning and could not"* be operated for several days.

•; ^ Week oTAugust % 1895 , • Em^ .

^ c i t y S h u ^ s d a ^ l b ^ books of the^Pepples Stat(5Bank^;it • is safe to predict : that he found everything okay. <>ft ^Sealed,bids will!:be. receiyed^by

•thevTowh Board of; the^^town, o t ^ '.J Mazpmanie for the building of two ^stbne^abutmentsTfor b r idge on ^Bricige Street i n the V i l l a g e , o f

Mazomanie, the walls %toi be •/ laid ' { w i t h good cement mor tar . The" ; contractor to do - all ^ e work and Ornish mortar "stone. '

^ ^ y e e k of ^ u i t l 6 ? 1 8 9 5 f p f Thelmatter of?tbe-incorporation ^p^Blac^^rUi in \Judge Siebecker's i^court was postponed^until Sept 23. ; j£ : 'AL.; Schmitz; j s "bu i ld ing v an v addition'on the>back o f his already ; large 'store. ' ' 1V'!. $4'; -ivi>^ork}iJhja^^ on ^theiv fou. njlat ion - walls; / o f t M r . r ^ i n c h s new house^ ^>viW"

StM*&ot August23yl8?5, v ^ : The :Qrdinance relating to .water j worksiincludes the rates; of $5 per iyearwforeaclv fauqet.

: Geo. Black has added a new th ree^sea te r^ is bet ter prepare4; tban ever to attend to the wants p t the public. ^Miss.^Genie Laws hasr been

engaged by the Richland Center board of ,educat ion as assistant principal of their high school. . -

:'; t Will Smith of ; Madison and Joe parrell of this place,-boarded a •side door' sleeper'for Red River

i ^ e y , Nor th D a k o t a , Tuesday

.cstabrished.betweetftlu^s placeland Barneveld, beginning Wednesday, Sept., 4, Two. trips w i l l , be made eachi week on -Wednesdays and Saturdays. M n Hurlburt, of Barne-. veld 1 has charge of the route, and • wiliTalsb carry passengers and freight to points between the two

'places. '\*v^V v i * 2 i _ ' ..--.-^'-'^

w^ Thc;Cabinet M f g / C a started up

Tuesday morning.'The company is" now making a cabinet* much super­i o r to those heretofore made, and have made many improvements.

Messrs. Aaron Parman and L . Querhammer left on* Monday for Madison,' Dakota. They intend. to make the trip both ways on their bicycles; and wi l l be gone about three weeks.

•The new library law requires the town treasurer to set apart ten cents-for each child of school age; for the purchase of books for the town school library. The sum sot|etf apart ; i o ^ ^ e Jown, of rMazomanie for this year mountsfto $40 \60 f 'lr ;

..;; I f Week of September13/1895 T ^ ^ have

removed to their farm in Dover. M r . and Mrs . J / ' R Stickney left

"for Boston- Saturday morning; to ' spend a, couple of weeks. M r . Stickeny goes to attend the Station Agents' meeting. r v \ ;

. $* The severe wind-stom>last ; Fr i -; day-did 5a vgreat deal-oFdamageat-

; 4he W p i ^ H e f i & a d l e \ f ^ y The,city schools opened-Monday morning with the following teach­ers: O f M. h Salisbury, Miss 'McGre--gor, Miss Evans, Miss Tillie Stein-back, Miss Sophie Booth,; Miss Iva Learnard, Miss Marie Madison.

•J. A . Schmitz has made quite an improvement i n his store. A n addition has been cut in the stone wlal of the original ? store; joining the two rooms. : v -'• '

( Report of the Peoples State Bank:; Capital Stock $25,000; Un­divided Profits, $2,045; Due De­positors on Demand $20,205; Due

•Depositors on Time $11,303,

i ^ Week of September 20,1895 ' • H . Lappley has" had a large case made in which to display his silver­ware, etc. . - .......... r • •

Between 40 and 50 tickets for the state fak have*been[sold'at^this station so far. ' r

, A modern woodmen picnic wi l l be held at Black Earth, Tuesday the

i 24th. , ' •

Week of September 27,1895 ^ : ; * ' H . Lappley is building another :•' show-window to his store. * Mazomanie was-threatened with an ice famine up to the time the cooler weather set i n . \ . .)

The new bank of W. H . Jones wil l be opened at Black Earth about Oct. 1, and wil l carry on a regular banking business. Interest allowed on time deposits. Banking hours, 8 to 6. Thomas P. Thomas wil l be

• cashier. ! "---^

Weekqf O c t o b e r ^ i l 8 ! ? ^ ^ 5 ^ : Ralph ReevveVand Miss^JElora ;

Grote were, mar r i ed Jast week Wednesday. .

A new barber shop has beenA

opened in the abasement of Duker-:< schien's hardware store.

Middleton is rejpicingiover her f i r s t street l amp. I t has been erected in front of the opera house.

The old foot bridge crossing the creek on the north side of Crescent Street has.been replaced.by-a^new one. •.. < : • / - - : \ ••, .

Week of October 1 1 , 1 8 9 5 ^ Appoin tments madet by ^the

Method is t Conference: to Black Ear th , Rev. T . J.. Lewis , to Mazomanie, Rev. W m . Moore.

Miss Maud Dodge is engaged as assistant in the post office. ."^ ;

Judge Siebecker has granted the \ petition of the residents of • Black Earth for incorporation as a village, and the question wi l l now go to a vote of the people at a special -election to be held the 29th. ^

The new steel roof on the water­works reservoir has been complet­ed. The contract was awarded to L . W. Dukerschien, for $75. „ ~

v -Weekof OctobSe25,1895 ^ • ^ H . < B;^Catlin has sold his^farm near this place to' John Lucey, 'of

•Mounds;Creek, \ '% Julius W e n d t has resigned his

» position at the Arcade Mil ls as this place and accepted a position in a mil l at Duluth. : .

A petition is being circulated at this place, Prairie du Sac, and Sauk City asking the railway company to

r;put a new passenger,coach on the • branch. The. railway company w i l l g ran t the- pe t i t i on when 1,500; -

tnames are secured. v ' ^ O: q - B u e r k i , o f Black • ;Earth>has^

vigonejtoPort Washmgtpn where!he takes charge of Vlumber yard^****

A u l d Lang Syne = 1895

October 18, 1895 O t t o Trager has purchased t h e b a r b e r shop s t a r t e d a few weeks ago by Mr. B u t l e r .

Dan Madison l e f t f o r B a l t i m o r e , Md. l a s t week Thursday, t o resume h i s m e d i c a l s t u d i e s .

I have s t a r t e d a l i v e r y and f e e d s t a b l e one b l o c k n o r t h o f t h e de p o t , and keep good horses and c a r r i a g e s f o r t h e accomodation o f t h e p u b l i c . C a l l on me when you want a d r i v e , or have a team t o be f e d . P. P.UES

Bids w i l l be r e c e i v e d f o r t h e e r e c t i n g o f a G u i l d H a l l a d j o i n i n g S t . Luke's c h u r c h . (On M a r i o n S t . ) !?".?.-.3 v : : ~ =.er

r ;^Week of November 1,' 1895 The High School Senior Class

which, consisted of Nel|ie|Preson, Albert Hessman, and George Shields, now numbers one. George, Shields, Nellie Preston has<decided to finish next year and,Albert .Hessman left school to engagerST' other work. The Junior Class is a large class of thirteen..,

t A. W. Vogel is very busy putting in new electric lights and extending the main line. ; v ;

H. S. Stewart and family will soon remove to Moulton, Ala. Mr. Steward goes with his household goods, etc., next week, and his family will follow later. \ - A social farewell gathering of the veterans of A. R. McDonald post was held at the home'of Comrarde H. A. 'Stewart Saturday evening

"'The ^ going west was^about fourcand one-halt hours late Tuesday morning, owing to the severe storm of snow and sleet between Chicago and M i l ­waukee. Other trains were also delayed somewhat.

E. R.Hungerford's stock of confectionery, etc., has been trans­ferred to Frank Diment, and the latter will.: conduct the business at the old stand.

4 'The Midway'' for the benefit of the Ladies Cemetery Association will be given Dec. 13 and 14. The ladies and gentlemen of our village are now preparing this entertain­ment.

Week of December 20, J895 The Rev. Thos.' Beeson left

yesterday for Stoughton* where with Some* others, he" wi l l be advanced to the sacred office of the Priesthood this morning at 11 o'clock, at St. Stephen's church.

The new guild hall being built by St. Luke's church is about complet­ed and will be used^for the first time on Christmas Eve. This hall is accredit to the church as; well as to the town.

A committee appointed.by the Dane County Board has approved building a road in the town of Berry to a crossroad leading .from Half­way Prairie to Black Earth. • Services will be held on Christ­mas Day at St. Lukes, the German E v a n g e 1 i c a 1, S t B a rja a b as r a n d * Congregational churches. • '

; : Week of November 8,1895 : . Reuben Heiney's barn was des-^troyed by fire Wednesday evening. .': The Republicans carried nearly

everything at the election held in the several states Tuesday.

A telegram was received from rrEngiand^last..vweek Thursday an-: nouncing the death of Thos. Hoid-

kjnson, an old resident of this place, who was in England on a visit. i ,. 5$

Black Earth voted on, the ques­tion of incorporation as a village last Saturday, and the opponents won by a majority of 10,.54 votes being cast "of incorporation; 64 against. .

•;: This dmonth only, I will; sell lard, warranted ;pure, in 100 pound lots at § cents a poijnd. Q. \ R. .VOGEL *

prWeek of November 22,1895 Union Thanksgiving* service will

be held in the Methodist Church next,Thursday morning commenc­ing at 10:30. Rev. W. Moore will preach the sermon.

Week of December 6,1895 The means of ventilation in the

school haye^been greatly improved by repairs made in the windows. \Ye are now able' to lower them from the t o p . . , 'V-..., - r

D. L. Bestor and family, of Black Earth, have moved to this place.

,Mr.] Bestor will start a music store here. ,

HugoWelsch's store building has been partitioned off so as to make three separate stores. One is used by himself, one has been rented by D. L. Bestor and the third by Knapp Bros.

Since the earthquake a few weeks ago several springs have been found bubbling forth in the neighboring country.

December 13, 1895 Another passenger coach has been added to the Sauk t r a i n .

D.L. Bestor, formerly of Black Earth, has opened a general music store in this c i t y , his store being in Hugo Welsch's block, (present post o f f i c e )

Marshall Preston showed the proper human s p i r i t the other day, when he ordered a man to take his team home, and care for them. The horses had been tied to a post a l l day.

Week of Decmeber 27,1895 George A. Smith has sold out his

interest in the business house of Smith Brothers at Arena, to R. H. Hamilton. , r 1 - v .

A. W. Vogel, working at the power house, was about tof make a connection, but the circuits had been crossed, and when his hand come in contact with the line, he was knocked unconscious. Dr. Pin-kerton was called and succeeded in reviving him. Al is all right now, although he felt a little sore for a few days.

A. R. McDonald Post No. 56, G.A.R. will install their officers at their Post Hall on Friday, Jan. 3 at 2 p.m. In. the evening following they will hold a sociable and basket picnic at the village hall.