Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-05-21
Local Items.

iuoSe Orton, OF Darlington, spent
Saturday evening in this city.
Farmers have nearly finished corn
planting.
Josiah Jacka is attending the L. NJ.
conference at New Diggings.
Mr.. +, J, Cooper, Of DeMoines, L.,
is in town on Il visit.
Read Martin 4 Toay's large adver-
tisement on the first page of the
DEMoCRAT.
Thos. X. Ryan of Ridgeway. sells
the Buckeye family Of machines. lie
is acting MS agent for Martin \ Toay.
4 service for the childrenlwas held
ut Unity Church ON last Sunday even
ing.
Night frosts prevailed on low lands
hereabouts on the nights of saturday
and Sunday.
Some long-needed improvements
have been made during the week ON
the crossings OF Iowa street.
The DEMOCRAT is under obligations
to Mrs. J. Deller for a nice lot of as
paraguS.
Mr.. Edward Kline returned ON
Saturday evening from his visit to
relatives i'll Lacrosse, and Highland,
III.
Rev. w. Jacka started en- Monday
mor.eng to attend the L. NJ. confer
ence held at New Diggmgs, COM
meneing May 2oth.
Many odd Fellows, and others OF
this city went to Monttort yesterday
| Thursday, TO attend the odd Fellows
celebration at that place,
Quite il number of the brethren OF
Mineral Point Temple Of Honor paid
the Dodgeyille Tcmplc pleasant
visit on Wednesday evening Enron
cle
The well known lumber firm OF
Weston, Miner x Company, have CON
tractea to deliver 1900 tics to the
Northwestern narrow guage railroad
Chronicle.
Lafayette county, according to cor
respondents of the Darlington Repub
lican, was considerably shook up by
the storm Of Saturday evening, May
Sth.
Rev. i. j. Jenkins and wife, Mrs
4. j. Campbell. Miss WhittleSy an(
Miss Bassett arc in Madison attend
ing the general assembly Of the Pres
byterian Church.
A man by the name of George Reehl
of Platteville, committed suicide OF
Sunday morning last, 10y shooting
himself with shot gun while in
state Of temporary insanity.
The Platteyille Witness reports
that Mr.. Leonard Nicholas, an EN-
ployee at the powder mill of that
place, who was badly burned couple
of weeks ago, died on Sunday morn
ing, the 10th inst.
A fishing party of our people, t.
the number of about forty, enjoyed .
pleasant time on Tuesday. They
pitched their tents on one Of the
branches Of the Pecatonica, near the
Welsh Mill. The event is reported as
a very pleasnrable one.
AS Thomas Gardner formerly OF
Phtteville. was going down a shaft
in Leadville, May 9th. the brake
gave way, and he fell about ninet!
feet, breaking ono OF his legs in TIVE
places. lie also received other in
iuries, from which. it is feared, he
cannot recover.
Mfr. Charles Gilman few days
Eago sold to Messrs. Jones & Buche ant
y. @. Roberts, Of this city, eighteen fal
beef steers. The steers were inprimC
condition, averaging over thirteen
hu ndred pounds each, and were as
fine a LOT as have been marketed hero
for many a lay.
The Chicago q North-W estern Rail
way viii sell round trip tickets from
all Of its stations in Wisconsin to
Milwaukee and return, for the Sol
diers' Reunion, June It'll 10 June 18th,
at about ] ! cents per mile each way.
This is an extremely low rate. All
ex-soldiers should 90 Do not forget
that this rate Is via The Chicago &
NORTHWESTERN Railway.
IIoare Brothers wish 10 say in re-
ply to the many inquiries about r.
peating the concert Of May sth, tLat
they have no intention Of repeating
the concert. hut expect some time in
the near future. If they can engage
the musicians they wish; to give a
concert with I'M entirely different
programme.
Mr.. Lewis Bowdcn, Of the town 81
DodgeYille. met with Il severe accident
on Monday morning while out in the