Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-08-26

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October. The track-laying is progress
ing finely now.
i 4 committee of Hazel Green. Wis.
business men, viii wait on the ST.
Paul Company's general officers this
week in the interest Of their town to
ask an extension Of the Monroe diyis-
ion via Hazel Green TO Dubuque.
! Jno. Kennedy, of Highland. who has
been attending the keokuk business
college. of Keokuk, Iowa. will gradu-
ate from that institution next month.
He has taken special courses i'll tele-
graphy and penmanship.
| Tie Sioux City Daily News. i bright.
newsy six column folio sheet. published
by Watkins & jay. comes to our table.
MI. 4 Watkins. formerly Of this city.
| is one of the editors. The paper gives
evidence Of prosperity. which we are
pleased 70 note.
Miss Susie MeCosh, who sang il
Hoare Bros. concert at Mineral Point
III May last year. sang at the Iowa state
musical convention held At Clear Lake
last month, and together with aeertain
Miss Mcneil lcontraltol. took first prize
for Duet singing
| Tie Chon cle's Highland editor says
that Messrs. Finn s Kennedy have
finished crushing their ores, and expect
BY keeping Il full force Of hands 1t
work. to succeed in cleaning up about
six hundred tons of zine ore before the
frost compels them to abandon tie
work for this season.
Arena Star: Thanks for a cempli-
mentary to the 18th annual fair Of the
81 Southwestern Wis. Industrial associa-
ton, to be held at Mineral Point. Sept.
4, Z. and 2. They have one Of iii,
best fairs il the state, always. We re-
ceived ! finely wrought poster also.
Crawford and Bro. did the work.
Harry Birely spent few days visit
ing here among his many friends the
fore part of the week. lie and his COM
panion, Mr., Fred Vial. are on their way
to ST Louis BY canoe. by way Of the Fox,
Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers, the
path trod two hundred years ago By
their illustrious predecessors, Mar
quette and Joliet. They returned
Tuesday 70 Helena and weighed an
! chor.
Parson 4 Roy's circus, which started
from Darlington with living colors ii
May last, came to grief 1t Cross Plains,
about % miles from Madison, last
week we have rot learned lie exact
cause Of tie trouble. bnt the performs
ers were al heaor&bly paid off and tie
show retired to Darlington last Satur-
day The aeaegal opinion is that there
Was disagreement between the propri-
etors about their financial and business
affairs, and tile season was cut short il
consequence.
PiatteyiIle Witness: Mr. {. e. Mar
shall. tile faithful and efficient sales
man III tlie store Of Mr.. j. II. Evans.
met with al accident on Tuesday
morning. lie was in the second story,
and Is i mistake fell through the scut-
tie, i distance of fourteen feet. Ills
/ fall MAS broken III measure by grasp
ing i rope which hung through the
hole. lie received severe bruises on
the shoulder and head. DR. Cronin
was called. and after thorough exam
nation found no bones broken, and il
| is expected Mr.. VI. Will be out in few
days. 1t was narrow escape.
The track on the Shullsburg railroad
j has been laid two or three miles west
Of Gratiot and will be completed to the
Burg. by the 18th Of September. This
will be in ample time to secure pay
ment Of the bonds voted by the towns
along tile line Of the Monroe extension.
ard the village OF SIullsburg. which
require the railroad TO be finished and
III working order by October lst. 1881.
Tie inhabitants Of that Burg are now
i'll i state Of happiness, having at last
got tile desire Of their hearts, and are
railroad town. with 4 liSe newspaper
as WELL What more could they want
y Milwaukee paper contains the fol
lowing: The Chicago, Milwaukee and
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