Adams County Press Local News Articles From the Jan. 21, 1893
January 21, 1893 ADAMS COUNTY PRESS Friendship, Wisconsin S. W. Pierce, Publisher January 21, 1893 Local Brevities A. J. Niles visited Leola on Tuesday last week. Frank Pierce is visiting relatives in this village. Wm. Woock, of Baraboo, was in town last week. Miss Nellie Hill was quite sick for a few days last week. Mahlon Smith visited Grand Rapids the first of the week. Mrs. J.B. Keyes is quite sick, at her home in the village. Jesse Allen returned to his home at White Creek on Saturday last. Mrs. L.L. Landt is visiting relatives in Kilbourn City this week. Joe Mann, pathmaster, did good work with the snow-plow last week. Rev. J.H. McChesney, of Pleasant Prairie, was in this village on Tuesday last. Frank McLaughlin, of Coloma, visited W. Hopper's on Wednesday last. N.M. Jones has been suffering with a very sore throat for several days past. Fred Beake, Town Treasurer of Rome township, was in Friendship a short time Tuesday. Miss Minnie Brigham, of Pilot Knob, was the guest of Mrs. Peter Sorenson a few days this week. The family of County Treasurer Graham moved into their house on First street the first of this week. Miss Kit Rogers, who entered the school here last week, was obliged to withdraw and return home on account of her eyes. Mr. Frank Clark, who has been visiting his cousin, Frank McConick, in this place, returned to his home in Chicago last week. Master Glen Keyes, of whose serious illness mention was made last week, is greatly improved and on a fair road to a speedy recovery. Frank Stowell, of White Creek, is in town again this week. He says that he intends to buy a lot to build on before he leaves town. A.F. Hill last week sold his lot south of his store, 50 feet front, to a couple of gentlemen from Necedah. Consideration $500. J. Rasmussen and M.H. Strand, two of Arkdale's foremost citizens, came down on Friday and dropped their annual fee into the Port contribution box. At 11 o'clock last Tuesday morning Clerk of the Circuit Court C.R. Sickles repaired to the Court House, and there being no one else present but Under-Sheriff George W. Bingham, he called him to order and declared the Circuit Court in session for the January term. There being no business to transact, the court was immediately adjourned to the June term. Bert Landt and Adam Hile, of Kilbourn City, "bivouaced" at the Atcherson House in this place last Wednesday night. They were "taken" by the surprizing beauties of Oaklawn addition to Friendship, and expressed the purpose to invest in Oaklawn city lots. The inclement weather touched Adam tenderly, and in addition to a location for a livery stable, he also expressed a wish for one wherefrom to dispense water warmed up with something. "Chimney Rock" Must Go Andrew Wolfe and Peter Sorrenson have purchased that portion of the bluff north of this village on which is situated picturesque "Chimney Rock," and are blasting the base of that towering pile of stone to convert into building material for the trade next spring. For ages "Chimney Rock" has withstood storms and raging elements, and has been looked upon as a thing of beauty and one of the wonders of this section. It extends many feet in the air, and closely resembles a stone chimney of mammoth proportions, which gives it the name of "Chimney Rock." Its destruction will cause a pang of sorrow to many who have learned to admire and almost love this old curiousity. The gentlemen named have been blasting at the base of this rock for several days, but as yet it has refused to succumb to the hamd of man, which certainly proves that its builder was a thorough workman. School Reports The following is the report of the school in district no. 3, for the month ending Dec. 24, 1892 The following are the names of those neither absent nor tardy: Myra Filkins, Bertie Vantassel, Theodore Oleson, Betsey Anderson, Melissa Fryett, Ella Walker, Charley Oleson and Calvin Anderson. Grant Fryett and Eddie Fryett were absent only one-half day. Tardy but not absent: Ralph Ely. Friendship High School report for the month ending January 13, 1893. Pupils neither absent nor tardy: John Hopper, Barbara Hodan, Alice Hodan, Nessy McGowan, Earl Lewis, Mabel Wolfe, Belle Simpson, James Thurber, Viola Lapham, Bertha Hopper, Elma Landt, Laura, Wolfe, Ned McGowan, Ernest Landt and Jennie Krejcik. H.D. Keyes, Teacher. Primary Department Pupils neither absent nor tardy: Anna Mann, George Hopper, Johnny Lawrence, Frank Hamilton, Blanche Wolfe, Ralph Hurley, Alvin Hopper, Clara Lapham, Emma Hamilton, W. McGowan, Birdie Newton, Eddie Hodan, Libbie Smith and Mamie Smith. Ruby Beeston, Teacher. From Local Correspondents Arkdale Miss Sarah McMahon returned to her school in the Sullivan district on Sunday last, after a two weeks' vacation. L. Sullivan started for the pineries a few days ago. Mr. Rob McMahon and Miss Kittie Rogers visited at Mrs. D. Sulivan's on Sunday. County Superintendent Reynolds passed through this place last week. Mrs. D. Sullivan, Mr. Ed and Miss Nellie Sulivan visited with relatives and friends in Babcock a short time ago. Andrew Anderson and P.B. Olsen visited Necedah on Tuesday last. Big Spring Will Bamber started for the woods on Monday last. He will drive team for Campbell and Landt. Millard Bullock is moving his things from the old Vanderbilt place to Mr. Bateman's farm. Johnh McElwain is sick. Mr. Herman Phillips has returned from Iron River, where he was called to the bedside of his dying sister, Mrs. Mina Thayer. He has the sympathy of the entire community in his sad bereavement. Mr. Dane, one of the oldest residents of the town of Lewiston, died on the last day of the old year. He leaves a family and a large circle of friends to mourn his loss. The Vanderbilts are moving back onto their old place.
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