Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-02-20

Sunday next will I've washingtons
birthday.
No gas nitrous oxidel in the DEN.
oGRAT this week,
Mr. Geo. KisSell returned from Ne
hraSka on Tuesday,
\ j. Il, Barriugcr spent several days
Of last week in this city.
II. j, Naybell spent y few days
in our city the past week,
+ The Oshkosh match factory adver
tises for fifty girls,
win Curry is learning the druggist
business with Il. d Pulford
White print paper has advanced
ABBOT sixty per cent in price
Ann Eliza Young will lecture in
this city On Wednesday evening next,
For sale y, number of secondhand
comic Valentines. Inquire 1T this
office.
John Ft.lhach, postmaster At Cross
Plains called 1t the DEMOCRAT office
on Tuesday last week,
An open meeting Of the Temple If
Honor. of this city, will be held two
weeks from reNt Monday night
Jonathan Matthews leaves this
week for a trip of several weeks
through western Iowa and eastern
Dakota.
Probate Judge Henry NJ. Tiers died
at Richland Center, Saturday morn
ing Feb. l4th, aged about sixty-seyen
years.
Rev. Alfred Charles will be here
next week, and will assist Rev. NJ. Is.
Balch IN conducting the meetings ut
the NJ. + Church.
Mr.. VIM. ferris, an old resident of
Arena, died suddenly at his residence,
on Tuesday OF last week, from paraly-
sis of the heart.
Prairie du Chen is ahead. That
city had six dances OH Monday even
ing, February Sth. 1t took Mineral
Point week to get in that number.
Jacob rheno. of the town of Dodge
Vile. made The DEMOCRAT II call on
Monday last, and added his name To
our rapidly increasing subscription
list
Charles Holman, Of the town oil
Linden, while running 4 circular saw,
on FRIDAY last, was struck over the
eye with 4 stick Of wood, cutting u
severe gdsh.
Talk about business, An extra
postmaster and special policeman
had 10 DO sworn i'll for this city on
Saturday last, Valentines day. The
rush Al the posJ-otliee was immense,
The State Agricultural Association.
at Il recent meeting, voted to offer
$500 III four premiums 70 the military
companies OF the state for best dis
play, drill, etc, at the State fair next
September
a bill has been introduced III the
Wisconsin legislature prohibiting
the killing of quail, prairie chicken,
rutlied grouse. wood-cock. etc. for
two years from the 25tl day Of
August next.
We are indebted to VIM. Slossen for
copy Of the Omaha (Nebraska) Bee
\ birds-eye view OF Omaha is given
on one side Of The paper Omaha was
founded in 1854, and now has over
10000 inhabitants,
Appleton pulp mills are grinding
up all the poplars in the northern
part of the State TO make print paper
What has heretofore been considered
a totally WORTHLESS, tree is now worth
nearly its weight in silver ground up.
David I. Ilubbel. of Boscobel, pri-
vate in the 18th regiment of Wiscon-
sin volunteers, during the late war,
would like to know of the where
abouts of Capt. Patrick Garoughty, of
company +. same regiment. Direct
to Boscobel. as aforesaid. State pa
pers please copy.
| Mr.. II. ID. Pulford, +. G. Of Mineral
Point Commandery, No. II, X. T., is
attending a meeting OF the Grand
Commandery, in Milwaukee, held for
the purpose of making arrangements
to attend the meeting Of the Knight
|
Templars of the United States. at
Chicago, in August next.
+. w. Stratman, Of the firm Of STRAIT
man & Co., Dodgeyille, made us a call
on Thursday last week. His firm
joys an immense boom in the wagon
and carriage trade. They employ
over twenty-eight workmen in their
mandatory. Attention is called TO
their attractive advertisement to be
found in our paper to-day.