Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-07-25
Local Items.


their Fall wheat.
J. G.knight, Of the Darlington DEM
ocrat has returned from Washington.
New Winter Wheat is already in
the market.
A Teachers institute will be held
at Darlington, commencing August
18th.
A Lodge of the Ancient Order Of
United Workmen. has been organized
at Dodgeville.
Frank Hoare advertises to give
lessons i'll violin playing. Read his
advertisement in another column.
Read the notice of teachers in
stitute to be held at Dodgeville next
month.
Mrs. VIM. Hooper of Dodgeville.
died of consumption on "Wednesday
last.
VIM. Varcoe has one of the incest
matched teams of carriage horses tobe
found in the county.
Bishop & Starry, proprieters of the
Dodgeyille Stage line. have had new
rig built which looks well and stylish.
A fire in Dubuque on Tuesday last
destroyed about $4,000. worth of
property.
Rev. NJ. Benson, of Madison paid
Mineral Point a visit during the early
part of the week.
Ten delegates attended the Green
back county convention held in
Dodgeville, on the 18th inst.
We are informed that Ray &
Thompson, of the Dodgeville brick
yard will burn kiln next week.
A match game of base ball will be
played shortly between the Orphans
of this city and the Dodgeville club.
Date not yet fixed.
VIM. Brown had one of his hands
quite badly injured while playing in
the match game of base ball at Oar
lington on Friday last.
Frank kirkpatrick is fitting up
stables &c, for livery purposes and
will be ready for business in few
days.
Miss Jennie Rawlings and her
cousin, Miss Lizzie Hanford. of Mau
Chunk, Pa, are visiting friends at
Muscatine, Iowa.
n. Z. Olmstead of Belmont, is talk
ed of as the candidate for State Sem
ate for Lafayette and Green coun-
ties.
Some of the young people OF Oar
lington talk of having Il hunting and
fishing excursion to the Wisconsin
River in August.
Darlington will expend for school
purposes during the coming year
$500, besides the revenue from state
and county tax and other sources.
A new telegraph line will be fin
ished to Dubuque from Chicago, in
sixty days, uXder the proprietorship
of the American Union Telegraph Co.
VIM. Lanyon & Bro. and James
Spensley have threshed their Winter
wheat. The quality is said to be No.
/, and the yield is immense,
The Sioux City Tribune says that
in general throughout Iowa there
will be fair wheat crop, and corn is
promising almost beyond precedent.
BILLY" Bishop, of Dodgeville and
the Starry Bros. have bought out the
Stage line between Mineral Point and
Dodgeyiile.
The Arena Star says that Joseph
Rogers, farmer living two miles
west of that village was prostrated
by sun stroke on Thursday of last
week.
Read the advertisements of Il. +.
Croker, piano tuner and repairer
Mr.. Croker thoroughly understands
his business, and work entrusted
to him will he promptly attended
to.
James Kelly, tried on q charge Of
burglary at the recent term Of Court
in Darlington, was found guilty and
sentsnced to imprisonment at Waupun
for one year.
Platteville Witness: Philip Eden
has accepted the position of Principal
of the Brick School District No. 4, for
the next year. There will be nc
change of other teachers.
Chronicle: Archie, three-year-old
son of Christian Kessler. had the first
two fingers of his right hand badly in
iured, on Tuesday evening, by placing
his hand on log where his brother
Freddie was pounding with an AK.
The "Washburn A" Touring mill, al
Minneapolis, said to be the largest in