Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-05-07


been pulled down, and the lot on
+. which it stood is being put in good
shape by Mr.. Dennis Lynch, who Ia,
purchased the lot.
Rev, J. Sanderson. Synodical Mis-
sionary for Wisconsin, preached in the
Presbyterian church of this city, on
Saturday evening and Sunday morn
ing and evening. Three persons
were received into the church, on
: Sunday.
Zach. Brown, who has been in the
employ Of Mr.. VIM. T. Henry during
three or four years past, intends going
J to Colorado this week Zach. is one
. of those mer who count in a new
country, and will succeed anywhere,
Mr.. VIM. SloSsen reports 4 severe
hail storm in the vicinity of Rlanch-
ardville on Wednesday, lie describes
it as the most severe ever witnessed
by him, and thinks a great amount Of
damage was done to wiedows, etc.
VIM. Earcoe, on Monday last, COM
menced canyassing for the Mccormick
harvesting machines for the season Of
1880. The Grant County Herald says
that Mr.. Narcoe has just completed 4
Very successful campaign for the
Singer sewing machine in that county.
The 0lof Bull concert company gave
: tirSt-clasS entertainment in the City
Hall, on "Wednesday evening. The
company WAS greeted with i good
audience, and all Who attended ex-
press themselves highly pleased with
the entertainment
y few days ago while Dr. and Mrs,
Odgers Of this city were going TO Oar
lington, the neck yolk Of their carriage
broke. KS they were going down
hill ut the time, the carriage ran onto
the horses. Mrs. Odgers attempted
to get out, but becoming entangltd in
the rens was thrown violently to tile
ground. receiving quite serious mju-
ries in her shoulders and arms.
Father rNnt Of Highland, has AZ
ready caused to be collected for the
relief Of the poor in Ireland, the sum
of $4S70o. Besides Highland and
Otter Creik, the citizens of Dodgcuille.
Avoca and Eden, contributed literally
to this worthy object, Father Trant
has forwarded the amount received
by him, to Archbishop McIlale Of
Tuam, and to Archbishop McGettigan
of Armagh, Ireland.
Instead Of MAY It'll, ii previously
announced, the concert troupe from
Platteville will give u fine concert in
the City Hall, Saturday evening, MAY
I Sth. Seldom do we have the privilege
Of listning to two such fine sopranos
as Miss Susie McCosh and Miss Ida
Newman, or the three pianists, Misses
RolntrGe, Eastman and Cooke. No
lover Of music should fail to attend
the concert. Read the programme.
General admission, - cents; reserved
seats. b cents. Tickets for sale ut
the Post Onicc. An elegant CHECKER
ing upright grand piano from IIoare
Bros. viii III used
PROS Watson and Chamberlain
may have Orthodoxy on their side
in the matter of our tornado being IN
effort merely of molar force, and III
their hypothesis rs to tue stripping Of
trees of bark, to their tiniest twigS, as
, the purely mechanical effect Ut 4
sand-blast; but they may know that
with n few wholly DISTINGUISHED OBJ
servers here their theories do not
pass. The loose sand was not in
the path Of the tornado to be taken
hold Of, unless it was gathered from
the mortar of buildings, which gener-
ally did not seem to have been very
much scattered; nor is it easy to see
how sand, mixed with the miscellanc-
Gus materials driven before the wind.
could not have been equal 10 such
neat work rs this referred to; why
other than live things should not have
here and there exhibited equally cX-
act erasion cylindrically; why
f1hroughoutit should have appeared 50
like the work Of lightning, whose line
of transit is 50 often just beneath the
bark Of plants. We hear not what
their explanation Is Of the instances
of remarkable deviation, e. &, Of the
heavy sill, II feet long, l2Xl2. zone uf
two under Gillmanns COW stable, ob-
yionsly picked away from is place,
not merely trundled.
~ --s--a
Goldsworthy -Hitchens.s
cd Saturday evening last a pleasant