Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-05-28
THE DEMOCRAT.
Mineral Point, Friday, May Is, 1880,
Terms:--S1.50 per year, in Advance.
If not paid in advance, Sl.15.
Local Items.


Next Monday will be observed rs
Decoration Day.
The State Fair will be held ut Mad
ison this year, from the 9th to the 10th
of September.
The law of this State regulating the
use Of Illuminating oils Went into
effect cn Monday last.
Thomas IL. Meiss, OF Ridgeway. fav-
ored the DEMOCRAT with Il call ON
saturday.
ThoS. X. Ryan and rhos. Short. u
Ridgeway, were callers at the DEMO
GRAFT office during the week.
NJ. Z. Rindlaub, editor of the Wit
ness, is census enumeration for Platte
willie.
The steamship on which James
Brewer and party sailed arrived at
Neville, Ireland, May 26th.
The other day, the public schools OF
Fond du Lac opened at eight o'clock
and adjourned at 10 o'clock, to give
the children Il chance to see Il circus.
The Darlington Dramatic ASSocia-
ton will play in that city on the eyen-
ingS of June "a and 81 4 new drama,
entitled "the Chimney Corner
The Old settlers OF Grant county
viii hold their next annual meeting
at Lancaster on Thursday, June 18th,
1880.
The fare from Mineral Point to
Milwaukee andreturn for the Soldiers
Reunion will be 5000; tickets good
from June 9th to l4th inclusive.
ID. w. Bronson OF Ma2omanie, fell
dead on Wednesday of last week,
while walking out To milk his COWS.
Heart disease WAS the cause OF his
death.
DR.. Osborne will soon move his OF.
lice into Mrs. Cotterell's building.
which is being nicely fitted up and
painted for MIN.
John GUrgen, for i number Of years
iii the employ Of Jeuck \ Mullen, Of
this city, has bought out the saloon
business OF Dan Healey, of the Brick
saloon.
Married, IN the Catholic Church, at
Platteyille, May 18th, 1880, by Rev. j.
Gmeiner, Mr.. Matthew Stetfen, OF
Belmont, and Miss Christina Frieden,
of Mineral Point.
Yesterday the German ana Irish
Catholic churches OF this city observed
the festival OF Corpus Christa. There
was Il large number of people in at
tendance at the TWO churches.
Married, by John Cummins, j. T.,
on Friday, May 2lst. 1880, John Ii.
jacobson of Eden, Iowa county, Wis,
To Miss Hannah Erickson of Corn
Prllrie, Vernon county, Wis.
The announcement is made that
Sprague's Colossal Circus and Electric
Light Show viii exhibit ut Mineral
Point on Monday next. See notice
and advertisement published else
where.
James ID. James and Geo. Chamley
drove over to Dubuque by team last
week. They report the growing crops
III the vicinity Of Dubuque III SPLEEN
did condition.
BY law of last winter it il the
duty of town clerks to make reports
of pauperism and crime, to the county
clerk. Town boards Of supervisors
are to fix compensation therefor.
1t was rumored that Gen. Grant
would pay Mineral Point visit in a
few days, but we understand that he
wilnot be here until after the Chicago
Convention.
a rather cheeky" wolf made WIS.,
it to our city on Saturday last. He
came within $50 yards of the resi-
dence OF j. G. knight and although
SHOT at twice made good his escape
Darlington Democrat.
Ed. MeDermott. died mt his home in
Ridgeway. on Tuesday Of last week,
and was buried from the Ridgeway
Catholic Church on Thursday. He
died from sickness contracted in the
mines oil Leadvllle.
Control Of the Chicago, Clinton, Du-
buque and Minnesota railroad, and
also the Wisconsin valley road, re-
Gently acquired by the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul company. will
be assumed by that corporation on
August lst
Grant County Herald: Wednesday
last week the body Of man was
found floating in the river near
Spechts Ferry. Ii is supposed 20 be
that OF William Rcppinan thr black-
smith Who, when crossing the river at
Glen Haven last winter, separated
from his companions, disappeared and
has not slHce been heard from. some
thinking De was drowned, others that
he Lad gone away.
"AHy person WHO shall Wantonly
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