Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-06
MINERAL POINT, WIS, FRIDAY, AUGUST s, 1880.
D0DGEvlLLE DolNGS.
An Interesting Column Of Happenings
PERSONAL, = SEvERE STORM, OAR.
FIELD CLrR, -BNSE.RAll..-R
ESrArE TRANSFERS. --ErC.

nccn VISITING here inns week, rs the
guest of his uncle, DR., Coxens.
Mr. VIM III, Clarke and wife, Of
the Point paid their Dodgevillo
friends a short visit ON Tuesday.
On Sunday evening this place
was visited by ono of the most
severe storms il has been the let Of
this town to endure for some time
The rain was accompanied by n
heavy shower of hail, which fell i'll
Il continuous shower, without IN
remittance, for upwards of an hour
and n half. Farmers report con-
siderable damage done to cut grain
lying on the ground.
As per announcement last week,
the Dodgcville Republicans met AT
the Court House for the purpose of
organizing Il Garfield and Arthur
club, Consequently, at about eight
o'clock, the crowd having gathered,
the meeting proceeded to business.
Judge John T Jones was chosen
chairman, and H. q, Thomas, See,
rctary pro tenn The Chairman
then stated the objects and pur-
poses of the Club. A committee OF
permanent organization was ap.
pointed, consisting Of Messrs, John
Ralph, A, $, lIearn, Joel Whitman
| j. j, losking and B. j. Davcy
Committee on Rules, J. j. llosking
Wm Williams and John Ralph
The oilicers elected were as follows
! j. j, Hosking, President; John T
Jones, lst Nice-p President; a. s
Hcarn, II Viec-Prcsidcnt; J, NJ
Sands, Recording Secretary; Thos
Rogers, Treasurer. The Exocutiv,
Committee is as follows: Joel Whit
man, Chairman; T. &. Thomas
Secretary; William Sands, VIM. II
Elliott, G. B. Ralph, a committc,
on Music was appointed, ns follows
VIM w. Williams. Chairman, ,Jas
| l.iteher, John Ralph and Will,
Reese. For the purpose of lefraynl
the expenses Of the club, tax o
twenty cents was levied OF
each member. II was decided that
the club hold its next meeting OF
Thursday evening next, the i2th
after which thc club adjourned {,
that date.
Miss Mile Robinson, of this
place, is in attendance al the teach.
cr's institute Mt plattevillc
| On Monday Of this week, II highly
exciting and most interesting game
Of base ball was played At the fair
grounds in this village between The
| Fats and thc Leans. During the
first part Of the game the Fats ap-
| pcarcd to BE- the superior club, but
in the last innings the Leans, being
put To their metal, scored thirteen
runs, which put them six runs
ahead of the Fats, when they were
put ont, and the Fats took the bat
for the last time, scoring eight runs,
which decided the game in favor Of
the Fats by score Of 30 TO 81. The
only dispute which occurred to mar
tie general placidity Of the game
occurred during the last inning OF
the Fats, relative TO the correct
decision Of the umpire, in which n
slightly corpulent player, in run
ming from Sd base 70 home, collidcd
with the catcher, knocking him To
the ground, and il was claimed by
the Leans chat he (thc catcher
covered the base, rendering it inn
possible for the runner 10 touch the
quokc; while the Fats claimed that
The runner had his hand on il be.
fore he was touched with the ball.
The decision was that he did have
his hand on il. Otherwise the game
passed off almost entirely free from
the wrangling generally INDUCED in.
The report reached here on Tues
day that d horrible accident oc-
CURED near Montfort during the
night Of Monday last. II seems
that two children ola Mr.. Parish, OF
that place, had sent his two little
gOne aUed ten md eleven rpsnpct