Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03

Calls for Assembly District Con
ventions are printed elsewhere in to-
days paper.
Rev. \. W. Staircase is attending
meeting Of the Madison Convocation
Of the Episcopal Church, At Maze
mamie.
John McNair, Il former Mineral
Point boy, has been visiting relatives
and friends here during the past two
weeks.
Married, at the brides home, by the
Rev. w. Jacka Jr.. Sept. 3oth, Mr., Will
liam b. Jackson of Deadwood, Dakota,
to Miss LavInia PrideauX Of this city.
The annual meeting Of the $. W..
Wis. l. X, will be held in the City
Hall Mineral Point, on saturday.
NOV. LIST.
Col. Reuben May, the Greenbacll
candidate for Governor, will speak in
the Court House in Dodgeville. this.
Friday evening, at 80 o'clock.
Rev. Nj. Balch has been returned TX
paster of The NJ. I. Church Of this
place, by the West Wisconsin Confer
ence Of the NJ. L. Church.
Tie Democratic County Convention
held in Dodgeville on Friday last, adj
journed without making any nomina-
ton for the office OF County Superin-
tendent of Schools.
T. i. Quinn, lawyer, Of Avoca, has
formed Il partnership With a. Me
Arthur Of this city: Mr.. Quinn will
continue the practice Of law at AVoca.
He enjoys the reputation vi being q
young lawyer Of integrity and good
ability, and we wish him success in
his chosen profession.
Mr.. james Priestley aged Il years,
died at his residence near this city. on
Saturday last. Mr. Priestley Was
among the first settlers of Iowa coun-
ty. He came here III 1884. llo was
well known and very highly respected.
The funeral took place from the NJ
+. Church of this city on Monday las
and was largely attended 10y relatives
and friends Of the deceased.
On Thursday evening, Df. 4. n
Frost concluded Il course of four lee
lures III the City Hall \ large mum
Der of people was present each even
ing, and the frequent applause giveu
tie lecturer showed how We'll ne en-
tcrtained his audience. Arimond, iii,
mind reader, gave some astonishing
proofs Of his powers.
The first number of the new Ger
man paper which is to be printed il
Platteville, will make its appearance
on Friday next. 1t was the intention
to have ii appear sooner but there has
been some delay in shipping The ma.
terial. The name OF the paper is Del
Correspondent; ii is to be independent
in politics and is to be published by
Messcrs. Il. RcinSchagen and II. H.
Mcster. The office is in Mn p. Cum
MINIS building, GA Second street
Witness.
On SUNDAY evening last while tbs
family Of MI and Mrs. j. NJ Smith
were sitting il their parlor, they dis.
covered that fire had broken ont III
the kitchen. On opening a door leading
from the hall into the Kitchen the
danes came rushing out into The hall
and gave indications that the fire had
already made considerable progress
Mr.. Smiths first thought was to get
the folks out Of the house and ther
save what things he could. The fire
appeared to be under full headWay
and for i few moments ii looked as
though it would be impossible to put
il out. MI. Smith rushed tothc back
door of the kitchen where some water
was standing in buckets beside The
well and clStern, when he hastily
threw upon the fire. The family as
sisted in pumping and carrying more
water and in a short time the fire was
eXtinguished The casing of one OF
the windows was burned, table de
stroyed, and 4 basket of clothes whicl
was iii the kitchen was burned UP
1t is supposed that the fire originated
from the explosion Of lamp lef
burning on the kitchen table. Had il
not been for The timely discovery y
the fire the entire building would in ;
few moments more have been reduced
to ashes.
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