Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-03-12

Mrs. Alex. Moeller, and children
started for LaSalle on Tuesday last.
VIM. Maybell (young Docl started
last week for southeastern Minnesota.
He will take charge of his brother
Roberts farm,
Two young men. who have been
mining for lead in the valley of Plum
creek. near Buena Vista, Iowa, have
struck solid body of mineral said to
be siStee" feet high and over four
feet thick,
\ novel race was run in this city on
Thursday afternoon, between Carter,
/" the runner" and Dan Hesley. Carter
carried man weighing l5o pounds
and ran fifty yards before Healey ran
one hundred, without weights, thus
winning the race.
The James C. Mitchell who has been
so extensively written up in differ
ent parts of the country for forging
and jumping hotel bills, turns out 10
be well known young attorney Of
Milwaukee who was for some time \
partner of r. c. Murphy OF that city.
On Tuesday night of last week y
number of professional thieves broke
into Il store in Muscoda, robbed the
till of $40 or SIP, and carried Off sew
cral suits Of clothes. Fearing detec-
ton they took the clothes TO the woods
and burned them.
Within the last few days more wild
geese have been killed around Madi-
son than for long time past. The
method to swoop down on them with
an ice-boat, Us they sit on the frozen
bosom of Mendoza. and shoot into the
flock before they really appreciate
what strange craft is approaching.
Distemper is killing horses by the
score near LaSalle, Ills, snd farmers
are greatly excited over the plague.
There is hardly Il farmer south of the
city who .has not lost valuable an.
imal. and some have lost all their
horses. Farmers say they never saw
the disease in so fatal form before
horses dying in three hours after the
attack.
Gen. Ed. s. Bragg has addressed 4
circular letter to members of his
famed old iron brigade, stating that
at the request Of the military and
civic authorities, having in charge The
success of the grand reunion Of sold
icrS, to take place at Milwaukee on
the eth Of June next and the week
ensuing, and with his old soldiers
permission, he will resume his old
command during that encampment.
Henry Lear, Patriot, Ohio, writes
| was taken sick, last Wednesday
with very severe Rheumatic pain in
my left shoulder. | was SO unwell
could not even turn myself around il
bed. Having heard of the curative
qualities of ST. Jacobs Oil, concluded
to try it. The first application
brought relief, and on the subsequent
day was able to 90 to work. therce
fore recommend this excellent rene
dy to all sufferers with rheumatism
Dennis Lynch, living in the town OF
Mineral Point, three miles southeast
of the city. will sell at auction, on
Tuesday, March 10, eleven head OF
cattle, fifteen shoats, Que two-horse
wagon, ono pair bob-sleds, one Cham
pion reaper and mower, one seeder
one tanning mill. one corn sulky, two
harrows, one breaking plow, two
double-shovel plows, cultivator, feed
cutter, two sets of harness. horse-rake
hay-fork. and thirty-fve or forty
stands Of bees. Also other things
too numerous to mention. N. X
VanMatre will conduct the sale.
The following are Professor Tice's
weather predictions for March: Isl
to nth. very variable, generally low
barometer and threatening, cloudy
weather will prevail. with heavy rair
and snow storms. If temperature is
high about 9Th, severe cyclones will
occur in places. about Sth or 9th. It'll
to 18th, clear or fair; 18th to 10th
cloudy and threatening weather, with
rain or snow storms; 10th to 18th
clear or fair; 18th to ed, clouding
threatening weather. with loca
storms; 22d to 23d, clear or fair; 23d
to 2Sth, cloudy, threatening weather
with severe storms in places; 2sth t
30th. clear or fair; 80 and 3lst. cloud
ing, threatening weather, with storms
in Lake Region and Gulf States.