Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-15
Local Items.


to Dubuque, next Thursday.
James Benson, son of Rev. NJ. Ben
son, is here on a short vacation.
Grasshoppers are destroying the clo-
yer in the vicinity of Fort Atkinson.
Oshkosh is erecting a large expo
sition building for exhibitors at the
northern Wisconsin fair.
A new directory of Minneapolis,
MINI. indicates that the population of
the city is about $4,000.
Charles Tramel and wife, of Chicago
have been visiting relative and friends
here during the past week.
Johnny McVicar, a little son of Neal
McVicar of this city, fell from a tree
one day last week and broke his aam.
Rev. Whitney Trousdale, of Boston
University, will preach at the NJ. E..
Church next Sunday morning and
evening.
A man named Patrick Murphy was
found dead in the road about two
miles east of Belmont, on Saturday
evening last.
In giving the list of teachers en-
ployed in the public schools for the
coming year we omitted by mistake
the name of Mrs. c. E, Smith.
Rt. Rev. f. r. Wells, Bishop of the
diocese of Wisconsin, will be present
and hold services and confirmation in
Trinity Church, Sunday, August 3lst
Tribune: Ike Suthers, who has a
four-acre lot within the city limits,
raised $50 bushels of wheat off of it
this season. That's the way to make
lots pay.
We shall issue daily paper during
the Fair week. Advertisers should
bear this in mind and hand in their
advertisement rs soon as convenient
for them to do 50.
Roman Hippodrome Races = four
horses, running at top of speed, with
two riders, each rider standing on
two horses-to be run each day of the
coming fair of the S. w. Wis. I. A.
j. T. Brooks, Secretary of the Bos-
cobel Agricultural and Driving Park
Association will please accept thanks
for complimentary to the Fair to be
held Sept. oath, 25th and Goth.
Tribune: Livingston, who was
principal Of the Dodgeville schools
last year, had his leg badly injured the
other day while riding colt, which
stumbled and fell on the limb.
We are in receipt of complimentary
ticket to the sixth annual Fair Of the
Northwestern Agricultural and Me-
cnanical Association, to be held at Du-
buque, Sept. sth, 9th, 10th, 18th and
18th.
G. E. Bryant Secretary of the State
Agricultural Society will please &C
cept our thanks for a complimentary
ticket to the Wisconsin State Fair to
be held at Madison, commencing on
Monday Sept. sth.
The Darlington Democrat came to
us last week in new dress, new
head on it, and other improvements.
Editor J. G. knight is now at the helm
and the Democrat promises to do good
work in the coming campaign.
Darlington Republican: On We'd
nesday last John Poll, of Center,
threshed the wheat from 21s acres, on
his farm, which yielded the enormous
amount of 1924 bushels, or an aver
age of 40 bushels to the acre. Who
can beat or equal this?
A pleasant party, gotten up by men,
bers OF the p. M. and NJ. E. churches,
was held on the lawn of Mr.. William
Lanyon, ST., on Wednesday evening.
The proceeds, which amounted to a
snug little sum, were appropriated to
charitable purpose.
Philip Phillips gave a service of
sacred song in the NJ. E. Church OF
this city, on Saturday evening last. A
good audience was present to listen
to the great songster On Sunday
morning and evening he sang in the
M. E. church. In the evening very
large congregation was present, every
seat in the church being filled.
The Madison Democrat says that
the secretary Of the State Agricultural
Society, Gen. Bryant, has received in
formation from various portions of
the State, stating that winter wheat is
"panning OUT better than the most
sanguine expected. The average
yield per acre will be from 80 to 40
bushels.
Darlington Republican: d. c.
Prichard has sold his dark gray stall
lion, Monarch, to the Richards BROTH
ers, near Mineral Point. This is an
excellent investment for the farmers
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