Saturday, July 17, 1897 Local Brevities -Dr. DUELOS, of Kilbourn, was in Friendship on Monday. -Miss Alice HODAN has been visiting relatives near Mauston. -Miss Mame WILBEY is spending the week with friends at White Creek. -Preaching a Pleasant Prairie and Spring Bluff next Sunday, July 18. -Ladies' Aid Society at the home of Rev. J. A. THOMAS this (Thursday) evening. -Alva SPERBECK, of Plainville, is a guest at the home of his uncle, W. R. ATCHERSON. -W. B. HOLLIDAY, of Leola, was a visitor at the county seat on Tuesday of this week. -Miss McDONNELL, of Portage is visiting her sister, Mrs. John KEOGH, in this village. -Prof. J. W. PURVES arrived in this village last week, and is a guest at the home of Hon. J. W. GUNNING. -Mrs. N. M. JONES and daughter, Ina, returned last Tuesday from their visit at Briggsville and Portage. -Miss Mamie SMITH, who had been visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. E. DALY, at Grand Rapids, has returned home. -Mrs. Carlton, of Colorado, is visiting at the home of her brother, Co. Supt. John P. LEWIS, in this place. -M. C. SMITH had the misfortune to lose one of his horses last week, Its death being caused by the extreme heat. -Mr. Snider of the firm of Hansen, Snider & Co., Kilbourn, was in town on Tuesday. He was accompanied by Mrs. SNIDER. -Postmaster J. A. HODAN has improved the appearance of his residence property by the addition of a new picket fence. -R. THOMPSON of Grand Marsh, and a friend from Beaver Dam, were Friendship visitors on Tuesday last, and made the Press office a pleasant call. -Mr. and Mrs. W. H. DODGE, of Minnesota Lake, Minn., are spending a few weeks among old friends and acquaintances in Friendship and other points in Adams county. -We understand that the teachers of our school for the ensuing year will be Linc. C. RUSSELL, of Ohio, as principal, and Miss Carrie LAPHAM, of Friendship, as primary teacher. -John A. ODELL, of Necedah, died in that village last Sunday, aged 68 years. He was a member of Co. K. Thirty-eighth Wisconsin Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers, under Capt. MARSDEN. (page 4, column 2) -The many friends of John CROSBY, of Winside, Neb., were pleased to see him among them once more. He will remain a few weeks.-Packwaukee correspondence in the Montello Express. -The Roller Flouring mill at Lawrence, three miles west of Westfield, owned by State Senator PETREE, and operated by J. H. TIBBETS, was destroyed by fire early Sunday morning. It was insured for $5,000. This is the second mill Mr. PEIRCE has built on the same site. The first was burned in 1894, a few days after completion. Four mills in all have been burned on the site. It is thought the fire was of incendiary origin. School Report Report of joint school district No. 6, towns of Lincoln and Richfield, for term ending July 2, 1897. Number of pupils enrolled………………26 Number of days taught………………….59 Number days attendance……………….1190 ˝ Number days absence…………………..332 ˝ Number cases of tardiness……………...10 Minutes lost by tardiness……………….120 Pupils neither absent nor tardy: Martha and Tommy MALINOVSKY, James POLIVKA, Frank HOLLMAN. Sadie SMITH absent ˝ day, and Emma JACOB one day. On the morning of July 29 will occur an annular eclipse of the sun, the second one of the year. It will be visible throughout the United States as a partial eclipse; and to observers in Southern Wisconsin will begin at about 7:45 a.m. and end at about 9:50 a.m. About one-half of the sun's disc in diameter will be obscured by the moon in this region. From Local Correspondents Big Flats -J. GRAY and family have returned home from Belmont, where they had visiting a few days. -Chas. RICE, of Easton, visited on the Flats Saturday and Sunday. -Robt. REID and Otis GRAY, who started for the north some time ago, returned home Wednesday. They went some distance above Estella, but on account of high water could not get any farther. -Quite a number from here attended the picnic at Spring Creek. -Big Flats is proud to say that J. DURKIE's horse came out victorious in the running race at Spring Creek on the Fourth. -Mrs. Henry BRULEY, of Belmont, visiting with relatives on the Flats. -Mr. A. DANIELS, of Easton, visited Saturday and Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. A. REID. -The dance at J. GRAY's Friday night was quite well attended and all report a nice time. -The rain which fell Saturday last was much needed, and we hope it may do much good to the crops. -George HOLMES, who was badly hurt some time ago, is reported some better at the present writing. -A. RAYMER, who was called to Green county on account of his father's illness, did not reach there in time to see his father alive. He returned home Wednesday. Little Dorothy Jonesville -A splendid shower, which was needed very much. -Ed. HUBER lost a fine mare last week by sunstroke. -Pretty warm in this ville. The last ten days the thermometer has run from 98 to 110 in the shade. -J. B. WRIGHT has traded off his blacks. -Norm. and Will JONES and their wives visited relatives at Reedsburg the 4th. -Ed. HUBER was reelected treasurer of district No. 9. -Woodmen and families attended the picnic at Oxford the 5th. All report a good time. -John OSGOOD and wife are still visiting relatives here. -Halsey PIKE is breaking for R. PIKE. -Merlin ENNIS and Alfred GARDNER, of Endeavor, have been spending their vacation in Adams county, catching trout and mosquitoes. -The people were glad to see Elder MARDEN out again last Sunday. -Miss Carrie McCLYMAN closed a very successful term of school in district No. 9, last week. -Mr. BRIGHAM, of Lincoln, was in this ville Sunday last. -Andrew WOHLFERT won the running race at Oxford the 6th. -David REID is rushing the farm machinery business nowadays. Coonville -Mr. BABCOCK has purchased a $150 organ of Mr. WHITE. -Miss Millie BIDWELL visited friends at Spring Creek the first of the week. -Mr. Norman WOODWORTH, of Baraboo, is visiting at Mr. S. J. COON's. -Mr. V. A. BIDWELL made a business trip to Strongs Prairie the last of the week. -New buggy-tongues, dashboards and kicking horses are all the style in Coonville. -Boys, don't leave your horses tied so long. -Carl KLAPPSTINE visited at home Sunday. -Stewart CUMMINGS is building a new house. -Coonville boasts of another wide-awake young lady. She has contracted for wood worth $1000 for two feet, and she did not go to Rome to get it either. -Miss Louise BIDWELL closed her school here on Friday. -Mr. and Mrs. P. M. ANDERSON spent last Saturday and Sunday at Oxford. -J. PADDOCK and E. A. BABCOCK have finished painting Mr. THOMPSON's house. It looks very nice. -Milo GREEN was calling on friends here last Sunday. -E. COON has a nice colt. -Louie ISELIN, lf Spring Bluff, visited friends here Sunday. -Mr. and Mrs. Delbert DURKEY have a ten pound baby girl. Butterfly. Point Bluff -Miss Allie KETCHAM went to Milwaukee to attend the teacher's convention. -Miss Bertha BONNETT is home from teaching. -Miss COLSON finished her school at Point Bluff last Friday. The attendance has been quite small during the hot weather. -Orin DUTCHER was home for the 4th. -Mr. H. S. WILLARD is having a very large cistern dug. -Miss Ethel CUMMINGS returned home Sunday. -Mrs. J. WALRATH and the Misses WALRATH visited at J. CUMMINGS' Tuesday. -The crops are growing finely. So are the weeds. -It is a very busy time for the farmers. Harvesting has commenced on several farms.
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