Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16

taN-paN els ol Mineral tOlnt. We are
under obligations to City Clerk frame
for looking up the records Tor us.
The bare announcement that the
Georgia Ministries viii he here on neNt
Wednesday evening is enough To Sc
cure them crowded house. They
have visited this city several times
and il IS unnecessary for MS to say 4
word in praise 81 the entertainment
Which they furnish,
Another worthy som of Mineral
Point has taken unto himself bride.
We refer g the marriage Of Mr.. John
Allen, Of this city. To Miss Lizzie
Butler, which took place at the res
idence Of the brides parents, iii Platte
vile, ON Wednesday. the 9TH inst The
wedding was Very quiet and pleas
ant one. \ Very handsome carriage
and set of harness We're among the
presents from the brides father. We
extend congratulations to John and
his bride
Owing to the largely increasing sale
of the Genuine Singer Sewing Ma
chimes, Mr.. II. 5. We'll, manager of the
branch office at this place, is compelled
to seek more commodious quarters
than he is occupying at present. He
is having the store-room lately occu-
pied by John HoSkingS, i'll the PEN
hallegon block, elegantly fitted up. and
will move into it in a few days. We
understand that since Mr.. We'll came
here, i'll September. he has sold over
400 sewing machines.
Mr., Thomas Priestley lost q valu-
able three-year-old horse in Il rather
strange way on Tuesday. Mr.. Prizes
ley was driving on High street, in the
neighborhood of the Church corners,
when his horse commenced kicking
up and became manageable. Finally,
in plunging forward, the horse STUN
bled and fell, striking its head against
the corner post of the fence enclosing
Trinity church. The sharp corner of
the cap of the post entered the horses
skull, killing it almost Instantly.
We hear 4 good deal about the press
as an invader uf the province of the
pulpit. but Dubuque seems to re in
advance of the times IN that regard. A
church-goer there on a recent Sunday
morning pulled his paper ont of his
pocket before the services began. read
it with unilagging interest oblivious
of the reading lesson, the preachers
best prayer and the unanimous stare
of the congregation TIL the choir
brought him back to a sense of the
situation with the hymn beginning
Give ear We sinners to the call -
Sioux City. (IowD Tribune.
The Republican reports that a num-
Der of farmers of Richland County
held IN informal meeting few days
ago and decided to hold an Agricul-
tural Convention on the 30th and 3lst
Of this month. A partial programme
has been published, which includes
discussions on hog. cattle and sheep
raising, dairying, grain-growing and
horticulture. We think the farmers
of his county might well follow this
example. Meetings might be held
quarterly and papers read on topics
previously assigned. We have not
the least doubt but great good would
result from meetings of this charac-
ter. The officers of the county agri-
cultural society might properly enough
take the preliminary steps necessary.
Prairie du Chen Union. How
would the farmers Of Iowa county
like to try the same thing?
The Sioux City, (owa Daily Jour
nal, in noticing a concert recently Civ
EN- in that city, pays the following
merited compliments to lady known
to many of our readers: Next
came Il quartette, "O'er Moss and
Fell'' being magniticiently rendered
by Mrs. A. Watkins, Mrs. Drew, Mr.
G. NJ. Gilbert and Mr.. A. &. Peckham,
with Mrs. 4. +. Lewis at the instru-
ment. All the singers were in fine
voice, and especially did Mrs. Wat
kins' splendid voice excite warm adj
miration. A piece
which attracted as much favorable at
tention as any of the evening, and
which was perfect in its rendition,
was the vocal duet, I'VE Parted" Of
Mrs. Watkins and Mr.. Gilbert. 1t
should be matter of pride that we
have two such superb vocalists in our
city.
A party of civil engi neers in the
employ of the Chicago & Tomah mar
row gauge railroad are making sur
yey from Montfort eastwardly along
the Military Ridge, and il is said that
that road is to be extended to Madi-
son during the coming summer. If
the report should prove true. il will