Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-25
Local Items.

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BLACK LEG" is a prevalent disease
among Grant county cattle.
The state Homeopathic Medical
society meet ut GAINESVILLE in June.
Samuel Coad, il. started for Denver
Colorado, on Tuesday morning last.
Have you seen the fine display of
goods in Deller's windows?
Thomas Coad has gone West to his
brother. n. q. Coad. OF PatterSonyille
Iowa.
w. I. Goodhue. who was the first
mayor of Beloit, died at his home in
that city. on Saturday last.
The town of Kendall has a new
bridge to construct at Ansley's Ford
on the Pecatonica river.
Geo. Mitchell, late harness maker
with Il. Priestley, started for Denver,
Colorado, on Monday morning.
The Grant Comfy Herald has been
enlarged from IN eight to Il nine coll
umn paper. 1t is good newspaper.
Richard Hughes. eldest son of Mr..
Robert Hughes of this city, has gone
to Iowa to make that state his home.
The Dunleith people are talking of
changing the name of their town to
East Dubuque.
Scarlet fever in some localities of
Illinois, has assumed the character of
a malignant plague.
Jos. II. OMAN, late clerk in the
Post Office left this city ON Tuesday
last, for Sacramento City, California,
James Crawford, of this city, start
cd for Canton, Dakota Territory, on
Monday, whittier he goes to take
charge of printing office.
Trotting appears to be rs profitable
Il business as any in this country.
Goldsmith Maid has cleared $35O,o00
i'll ten years.
Wolf hunting has sprung into fash
ion near Sparta, three OF the animals
being hunted down and killed this
week.
A young couple of tender years
eloped from Fond du Lac the other
day. He was lG and she was ID.
The Wisconsin State Agricultural
board have decided to hold the next
annual fair at Madison, September S
to Is.
Willie Bastian, Of this city started
for Rushford, Minnesota, on Monday
last, where he will meet his brother
James.
Richard lIoare is breeder of the
choicest grade Of Plymoth Rock Chick
ems to be found III any western state
Tribune.
II. II. Williams Of Cross Plains. is
closing out his stock Of goods with 4
view of removing to Canton. Dakota
Territory.
On Tuesday evening April 2Sth, Il
ball will be given at the City Hall for
the benefit Of Mrs Landrigan, whose
house was destroyed by fire a short
time ago.
Our Republican exchanges have
been 50 busy talking about the "Rebel
Brigadiers" that they have forgotten
that Decoration day will soon be upon
us.
n young man named Bennett was
run over by Il freight car near Fenni-
more, Grant county, last Sunday and
died almost immeI iately.
a table is published elsewhere.
giving the number of failures for the
first quarter of the year 1870. 1t is
as stated, the first healthy showing
sent out since 1873.
We are under obligations to Mr.. JAS.
Ryan of Ridgeway, for late copies Of
the Eureka Daily Sentinel published
by Cassidy 4 Skillman, at Eureka,
Nevada.
Mr.. Eben Sylvester, has purchased
the residence of MI John Jackson, on
Dodge street, and intends to greatly,
improve it.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railroad, is to be extended dur
ing the coming summer from Patter-
sonyille, Iowa, to a point in Dakota
one hundred miles West.
William Black, a farmer Il years Of
age, living near Readsbury in this
state, while working near small
creek. was seized with a fiji, fen into
tile creek and was drowned before
help could reach him.
Michael Gibbons, Of the town Of
Mifflin, had Ned. Jones Of that town,
arrested and brought before Justice
Tramel. Of this cityo Tuesday last,
for breaking down Gibbons gate and
cuttinr up other capeTS about his