Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-31
Election next Tuesday, Nov. 4th.

James 4. Owen returned from
Nebraska last week.
DR.. Mix has removed from Highland
to his old home at Lena, Ill.
The "Senate" of Darlington has been
re-organized for the coming Winter.
Letters directed to lottery compan-
les are now declared to be unavailable.
Dubuque Herald: Flour is up 25c.
and wheat is down &c; no symathy
between the two.
Mr.. J. NJ. Smith spoke in Richland
Center, Monroe and other places
during the present week.
VIM. Smith of this city recently be-
came the possessor of valuable real
estate property in England.
Gov. Cullom, of Illinois, is deliver
ing Republican stump speeches in
Richland county, this week.
John W. Taylor of Linden, was in
town on Saturday last, and made the
DEMOCRAT Office brief visit.
Mr.. Arthur Brittian, a former resi-
dent of this place, is in town, the
guest of Mr. and Mrs.W. II. Prideaux.
Past Master Rummell, said to be
Oldest Freemason in the state, died at
his home in Hartland on the 22d inst.
Geo. w. Cobb has men at work sur
veying a line for railroad between
Mineral Point and the Wisconsin
river.
The greenback candidate for Mayor
of Baltimore received ninety-five votes
The greenbaekers need fresh issue
of voters.
Annual meeting of the Southwest
ern Wisconsin Industrial Association
tomorrow, Saturday afternoon, at
the City Hall.
According to u Blanchardville cor
respondent of the Darlington Demo-
crat "The narrow gauge road is bust
ed, dead and damned"
S. G. Bebee, the Greenback candi-
date for County Superintendent of
Schools, of La Fayette county, has de-
clined the nomination.
The engineers of the Wisconsin
Central railroad passed down the Pee
atonica Valley last week, surveying
the proposed route for that road.
II. l.. Brown of Darlington was re-
Gently nominated as candidate for
Member of Assembly, by the Green
hackers of his district. He has de-
clined to run.
1t is arranged that the cornerstone
of the new chamber of commerce
building at Milwaukee, shall be laid
on the 3Oth inst. with appropriate Ma
sonic ceremonies.
Henry Seigbert, and old established
German Jew merchant of Prairie du
Chen, shot himself on Sunday last,
and died Tuesday. A heavy loss is
the supposed cause.
Mr.. A. Blanchard of Blanchardville,
is fitting the basement of his store in
the most costly style. 1t is said that
he is about to start bank.-Cor.
Darlington Democrat.
The citizens Of Darlington are dis
cussing the propriety of the City
Council securing some good man to
patrol the streets at night. as pre-
caution against fire and burglary.
4 Highland correspondent of the
Galena Gazette says that Mr.. Charles
Ohlerkin2 has succeeded in letting
the water off below at his mines at
Hornsnogle, ut the depth of 23G feet.
The Dubuque Herald says smelters
in that city make open bids Of $2s. and
$50. per 900, lbs. for mineral, but
S3l. and jS32. has been paid privately.
Sales are limited, the future uncertain
to buyers.
4 new arrival at Fond du Lac is a
Canadian Frenchman with his wife
and nineteen children, who has come
to stay, and will figure in the next
census. They occupied whole car
by themselves.
The gasoline machine at the resi-
dence of J. III. Kinney, in GAINESVILLE.
was nearly the cause Of Lin Kinney's
death, Thursday morning. He was
oyerpowered by escaping gas and was
rescued just in time.
The Northwestern railroad pay.car
left 5000 in gold in GAINESVILLE, the
other day, much TO the dissatisfaction
Of the men, who preferred the more
convenient article OF greenbacks. The
banks, however, took ii all IN.
Chicago parties are building accom-
modations at Sturgeon Bay fol stor-
ing three hundred thousand tons Of
iee. They are also building 4 large
boarding house. and will have i force