Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-09
Local Items.

The III. a. u. L. CluO gave pleas
ant party at the City Hall or last
Friday evening.
Mrs. T. J. Campbell has removed TO
the stand lately occupied by Mrs. ks
sell.
Second arrival of the very latest
STYLES of Ladies' and Children's Hats.
elegantly trimmed at Deller's.
C. Bell, for selling liquor without
license, at Platteville, was fined $50
and costs in each of three cases.
A grand Masonic reunion will be
held at Eau Claire ON st. Johns Day
June oath.
The C. & T. railroad has been sur
yeyed and the stakes driven, from
Montfort to the State line of Illinois.
A temperance ticket, with one ex-
ception, was elected at the village
election in Dodgeville, on Tuesday.
VIM. n. Curry has removed his
harness shop to Henry lyey's block
on Commerce street, opposite j. Lam
yons.
Mr.. Joseph Miller has laid a new
sidewalk in front of his brick building
opposite Edward Curnow's on High
street.
The Mineral Point City Mills are
in first-elass running order. The
proprietor, Mr.. Sam j. Wright. has
charge of the mills.
A valuable article upon Teaching
as Profession" written by County
Superintendent Jones, may be found
on tie first page.
Pat Lahey has purchased from
Richard Bowden, a lot just opposite
the Primitive Church, and will erect
ON it dwelling house.
Z. j. Simmons of Monroe, who has
been in this neighborhood buying
young cattle, left for home on We'd
nesday with twenty head.
The ladies of Trinity Church gave
a pleasant entertainment and supper
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Cobb, on Thursday evening last.
Miss l.. Roberts Of Avoca, also
sends us the solution of the arith-
metical problem which we published
two weeks ago.
Professor j. II. Comstock, of Wis
consin, who occupied the Chair of
Entomology at Cornell University,
has accepted the position of entomolo-
gist for the Department of Agricul-
ture ut Washington.
The Racine Daily News says:
mitchell, Lewis & Co., have been
busy few days past in getting to-
gether what is called buck wagons.
Six ear loads of them are to be shipped
to South Africa, to be used for trans
porting wool"
Mr.. Charles Parmele started on
Thursday with Lanyon crusher and
four teams of large mules and four
heavy wagons for the Ieadyille
mines. Mr.. Nathan Crist accompa-
MED him.
By resolution of the Common Coun-
Gil, the job of closing saloons at II o
clock at night and keeping them
closed on Sundays, and of acting as
Waterman on Saturday afternoons
and Sundays is to be let to the lowest
bidder
Charles & Wasley, are selling pumps
at marvelously low figures. They
sell the best pumps manufactured
for proof of this, call and examine
their new cylinder for force pumps.
1t is the best thing in the pump line
we have ever seen.
We regret to state that owing TO
threatning weather the lecture of
Joseph Cook on last Saturday night
was not success financially. Every
effort was made by those having the
matter in charge to fully advertise
the lecture, and were it not for the
bad weather considerably more than
expenses would have been realized.
The Dubuque Herald has reduced
subscription rates. The price of the
Daily Herald is IS per year; 81 for
six moeths. and 50 for three months.
The Daily Herald is a newsy sheet,
contains the full associate press dis
patches, and it reaches Mineral Point
over nine hours in advance of the
Chicago papers.
Died, in this city on Friday, May I'd
1879. after lingering illness, Rachael,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Connolly, aged u years. The funeral
was held on Sunday, and was attended
by large number Of friends who
deeply sympathized with tile family in
the loss of its youngest and most be-
loved member
The funeral of Uncle Jimmy May