Saturday, January 16, 1897 Adams County Press, Jan. 16, 1897, Saturday Local Brevities -Hon. J. B. KEYES visited Madison the first of the week. -Dr. BARBOUR will be here January 18th, and remain one week. -Geo. W. BINGHAM visited the State capital the first of the week. -Remember BARBOUR's date, January 18th, to remain one week. -A. S. NEFF, of Easton, was a visitor at the county seat last Monday. -Roy WRIGHT visited Grand Rapids last Monday, returning Tuesday. -J. A. HENRY, of Easton, was a visitor in Friendship on Monday last. -Rev. J. A. THOMAS will preach at Spring Bluff schoolhouse next Sunday; January 17th, at 3 p.m. -Geo. E. REYNOLDS, of Plainville, was a Friendship visitor on Tuesday, coming up on his wheel. -N. CARPENTER, of White Creek, was in town on Tuesday, and a pleasant caller at the Press office. -Editor PIERCE left Sunday for Madison, and is in attendance at the legislature in session at that place. -Miss May GUNNING visited the latter part of last week and the first of this week with friends at Hancock. -Miss Lottie SPAULDING, while skating on the river, at Mauston, last Saturday, skated into an air-hole and was drowned. -At the Ladies' Aid Society at Mrs. S. W. PIERCE's on Thursday afternoon of last week, supper was served to eighty-four. -The Ladies' Aid Society will meet on Thursday afternoon of next week with Mrs. J. PARMENTER. All are cordially invited to be present. -The skating on the pond has been fine the past week, and a crowd of young people have taken advantage of the opportunity to enjoy the sport. -Mr. C. M. SIMONS and family left last Sunday for Monroe to take possession of the hotel at that place, for which he traded his farm near this village. -Dr. BARBOUR, of Mauston, will be at the ATCHERSON House, Monday, January 18, and will remain one week, and remember I extract teeth absolutely painless, and no cocaine used. All work fully warranted. School Reports Report of school in district No. 2, inn the towns of Adams and Easton, for the month ending January 8, 1897. No. of pupils enrolled………………..13 No. of days taught……………………18 Average attendance………………......11 Pupils neither absent nor tardy during the month: Helen BIDWELL, Lois COON, Francis COON, Clarkson BABCOCK, Roy BABCOCK, and Stephen BABCOCK. Lena COON, teacher Report of school in district No. 1, town of Big Flats, for the month ending December 4, 1896: No. days taught………………..18 No. pupils enrolled…………….29 Average daily attendance……...21 Those not absent were: Albert, Victor, Emma and George CHRISTENSON, Harry and Hazel SHIPWAY, Wesley and Claude HOLMES, Elsie DALE and Otto LINTNER. Report of same school for month ending January 1, 1897 No. days taught………………..17 No. pupils enrolled…………… 25 Average daily attendance……...18 Those not absent were: Harry and Hazel SHIPWAY, Elsie and Murl FAGAN, Elsie DALE and Claude HOLMES. Nessie McGOWAN, Teacher Report of school in district No. 9, town of Strongs Prairie, for the month ending January 8, 1897. No. pupils enrolled………… 18 No. days taught………………...19 Average daily attendance………12 Minutes lost by tardiness…..…..30 Pupils not absent: Della, Elva, Alice and Mabel LARSON, Bennie ERICKSON. Pupils neither absent nor tardy: Della, Elva, Alice, and Mabel LARSON Edith BURKE, Teacher Report of school in district No. 2, town of Strongs Prairie, for the month ending December, 1896. No. of pupils enrolled…………..41 No. of days taught………………19 Pupils neither absent nor tardy: Inga SWENSON, Hilbert SWENSON, and Richard GLARVIGEN. Leonard DAWES, Teacher. The beginning of the new year is traditionally a time for good resolutions. This is a good time, therefore, for the people of this country to follow in the footsteps of Thomas JEFFERSON and resolve never to buy foreign goods when similar goods of American make can be found. It will be a lot easier too, to keep this resolution during the coming years than it has been for the last few years. Under President McKINLEY and a protective tariff American industries will be built up, American factories will open, and it will be easier to find American goods than it has been since free trade cast its "deadly blight of treason" upon American Industries. From Local Correspondents (Too late for last week) Jonesville -Deacon REID, who has been very sick, is a little better. Mrs. Lizzie Campbell is taking care of him. -Dr. EDWARDS' child was brought here for burial. -Nelson JONES is gaining slowly. -Miss Gertie LANDGRAFF is home from Portage on a visit. -Mrs. Jane McCLYMAN has moved into Earnest McCLYMAN's house. -H. SOLOMON has a new pump. -Charles FOAT was installed master of Oxford Lodge, F. & A. M., Saturday night. -Messrs. STOWELL and HOWARD, of White Creek, were visitors at Oxford Saturday night. Coonville -J. O. CARTER has bought a double-seated buggy -Martin ANDERSON spent the holidays at home. -Louise BIDWELL returned to her school on Sunday last. -Ed. COON is buying and shipping chickens. -Mr. KNUDSON, of Chicago, has been here looking at Martin ANDERSON's farm, with the intention of buying it. -R. PADDOCK has built a house on his farm east of here, and is now drawing lumber for stables. -Katie WITZ is progressing finely in music under the tuition of Lenna COON. -J. D. ANDERSON accompanied his brother back to Chicago the first of the week, where he will visit with relatives for a short time. Gypsy Easton -Mrs. WALTON, of Chicago, has been calling on old friends and neighbors in this burg for the last few days. -J. A. HENRY and wife visited Friendship last Monday. -Mr. Carpenter was seen on our streets on Tuesday. -Austin BACON expects to start for Chicago this week, where he is engaged to work for the remainder of the winter. -Willis BIDWELL started for Nekoosa last week, looking for work. We all wish him good luck. -Mrs. GIBSON and Julia NEEDHAM came home to visit friends and relatives in this place for a few days. -G. W. GARTHWAIT and A. S. NEFF made a business trip to Friendship the first of the week. Pat, Dick and Harry Point Bluff -Merietta WINTERSTIEN visited with Mrs. Geo. OAKES the first of the week. -Mrs. Carl BRANDENBURG is suffering with a bad cold and sore throat. -Miss Allie KETCHAM returned to her school in Minnesota last Thursday. -Charlie and Etta JOHNSON visited near Davis Corners last Sunday. -Glen WOOD and Henry COOK spent Sunday With Fred JOHNSON. Transcribers note: W. A. EDDY is a weather observer.
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