Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-02-08
Ne ahbOrhood Gossip.
From our Exchanges.)

From the Darlington Democrat, we extract
the following;
Our Nan street is crowded with teams
every fair day, aud those merchants who
advertise are selling large quantities of
goods.
The revival meetings at the Methodist
church are attracting much notice.
The Welty brothers have struck heavy
lode of lead ore on their farm in WIota, in
mines formerly known as the Woods
Diggings" Indications are the Messrs.
Wety have permanently good thing.
The Rep"biicaa says petitions with one
thousand sgners have been presented from
La Fsyette County for the passage OF the
Temperance Bill.
The same paper SAYS number of families
coming spring; aud that there are now in
Darlington upwards of score of vacant
houses which ought to be occupied and
which two years ago were occupied, and
the demand for dwellings at that time was
greater than the supply, should set our
business men and capitalists TO rejecting.
Judging from the tone of the papers
from Sank and Columbia Counties, we
should say the people up there are very
anxious to see Mr. Strong's railroad
project succeed and will contribute lber.
ally towards it.
MAY 23d, 2ilh are the days set for the
spring fair OF the Platteyilie Agricultural
Society
Lib Sanford, the keeper of house Of
iIltame at Boscobel, who has been in Jail
at Lancaster for some time, was on Tuesday
last taken before the County Judge, fined
5000, and tied loose
The Galena Garette says: Nearly every
mason or carpenter you meet either tells
YOU that he is going to Chicago next
spring, or else that the expects position
on the Narrow Gauge Railroad.
An ordinance has been passed by the
Galena City Council granting right of wa,
to the embryo Galeua aud Southern Wis
consin Il. r. To read Galcna papers Que
would suppose this road already under con
tract and the money ready to plank down
for It's completion
On the 30th Of January boy aged about
ID years, named Frank Lemont, of Monroe,
accdentlv shot himself with Il single
barrel cartridge pistol, while engaged ia
shooting at target, The ball entered
about half way between the hip aud kee
on the outside of the leg, and followed
down the muscles to about four inche,
below the kee, from which it was extract
ed by DR., Carver.
The Board Of Supervisors of Grant coun
tv have requested the Wisconsin Legisls.
ture to divide that county into two Super
intendency distrsts, as there are 21o
school districts in the county, and one Su.
pe.,ntendent cannot visit them all each
Year Some of the people demonstrate
A little girl called on Galena physician
the other dav, and asked him if he bad any
wax. She wanted to get waxnated.
The Galena Gazette says there will be
more people leaving 10 Da'iess county for
the west the ing spring than ever be.
fore since the California excitement. The
majority Of them will 90 to Kansas aud Ne
braska.
proposition was introduced in the
Common Council Of Milwaukee last week,
to appropriate S7a, 900 towards extending
the railroad from Monroe to Dubuque, via
PlatteyiIle.
A Prize Fight near ShulIaburg on Mon
day. January Goth, is reported in the Galcna
Ga2ctte Tie principals to the disreputable
affair were j Burns, a mechanic Of Shulls-
burg, and Nike Turney, a farmer Of the
same town. The notorious Red Handed
Nike O'Connor and one ". Smith, acted
as seconds and John Mcdonald as
referee. Thirteen rounds were fought
Turney being vanquisned. and terribly
pommeled. BY this "miIl" the parties
engaged displayed their near knship to
the lower order of brutes, and the village
Of Shullsb,lrg gains and unenvable repu-
tation Of which the better portion Of her
people are no doubt ashamed.
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