Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-03-18
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
Events of General Interest Occurring
in and around our Neighboring
Towns.
LANCASTER HERALD.

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LANCASTER HERALD.
You may break, you may shatter the
troupe if you will. but the airs of Pin
afore hang round us still.
1t is said that the Hazel Greenites
having been showed up SO long with
, out any mail have read every old news
paper in town and have commenced on
the almanacs.
The new Central House at BoScobel
is already enclosed and lathed. ready
for plastering, and will probably be
ready for occupancy about the first of
April. Ii will he Of the same size as
the former, three stories high. but with
several improvements IN 1t IN the mat
ter Of halls, water facilities, &c.
Look out for snow balls! and the
bows who make business of it on our
public streets had better look out for
an indignant public. Snow balling is
well enough but it should not be in
dGlged in on our public streets. Sew
eral runawayS have nearly been caused
by it and innocent heads are III dan
ger.
Two painful runOrS are current in
town TO the effect that Frank Bidwill,
who recently went west to Iowa, near
Storm Lake. with 81 head of cattle, had
lost them all in the recent storm.
Also Mr.. Pettijohn, who used to own
the mill near Animation, and who recent
IL moved to Minnesota with his fam
ily. had all frozen to death. We have
vet had no means of confirming the ru-
NOR and trust it is baseless.
The COWS of this village never look
ed SO happy as during the past few
days when they stand about the farm
erS' SleighS eating up the hay, and
munching the oats that were 10 make
lunch for the team. while the horses
stand in silence and listen to the de-
Struction that is going on, unable to
help themselves. Under the clrcum-
stances, the cows were never happier.
PLATTEyLLE WITNESS.
Mrs. H0skin. of Mineral Point is Wis
iting with Mrs ii. {, .,bt4 Of this city.
Hon. W. T. Carter. 81 this city at
tended the Inauguration of President
Garfield.
Postmaster Wyne informs US that
last Thursday was the first day in
seventeen years that no mail either
went out or came into the Platteville
post Office.
Last Friday afternoon two farmers
were approaching Dubuque in cut
ter and encountering huge snow
drift the team was refined to one side
in order TO pass. They had proceeded
but a few feet, when one of the horses
plunged head foremost into an old
mineral shaft. The other horse strug-
gled to escape the fall, but was drag
ged into the shaft by the falling ami
NAL, and the two went downward, a
distance OF fifty feet, to the bottom of
l,nf fHhn TO .Nf thn CT
barely escaped with their lives by leap
ing from the sleigh. The horses were
not removed from the shaft.
Mrs. DR.. + Cronin, Of this city, met
with a painful accident on Tuesday
night week. the particulars Of which
are as follows: She, with her little
boy, had been to the masquerade ball,
and returning to her home over ketler'S
store shortly after midnight, and reach
ing the head Of the stairs in the dark
hall, and finding one of the doors lock-
ed, she started for another door, and
becoming somewhat beWildered she
stepped off the landing and fell to the
bottom Of the stairs. a distance of
twelve feet. The doctor, hearing the
noise, sprang out OF bed, ran down
and carried her up, and then, with
nothing Oh but his shirt. drawers and
socks, he ran across the street and
called DIR. Patterson. On his way
back he encountered two ladies who
were returning home from the ball,
and he pressed them into service. also.
Mrs. Cronin was found to have re-
ceived very bad cut over the eye,
runniag back into her hair, about six
inches long, and while the skull is not
fractured, she is suffering an acute
pain in her neck, indicating that she
had a narrow escape from diSlocation.
She is doing rs well as can be expected,
but it will be some weeks before she
will be able to be around again.
DARLINGTON REPUBLICAN.
The number of street fights on Mon
day, would look as if we were progress
ing backward
A. j. O'Keefe and H. f. Mcclellan
will spend next Sunday in Mineral
Point, the guests Of Rev. James
O'keefe.
p. A. Orion, c. +. Osborn, ID. S. Rose
and r. Ii. Williams, returned home on
Wednesday morning, after being snow
ed in q week III some unknown part OF
the world
The new council met Tuesday even
ing, Allen Knight was chosen clerk ;
David Schrieter treasurer, Z. A. Orion,
city attorney. 1t was decided to stand
right by the marshal and employ him
month by month. License was grant
ed to those applying for it.
The Darlington High School gave an
exhibition at the Court House on
last Friday evening, and by request
repeated it on Wednesday evening of
this week. Large audiences greeted
them on both occasions. and all unite
in praising the efforts Of the scholars.
Mr. Murphy the superintendent at
the farm, says that they have gener-
al hospital there now, only 10 being
able to come to their meals on Monday
last. The recent deaths leaves 50
pauperS on the farm.
DARLINGTON DEMOCRAT.
superintendent Thomas will begin
his examinations of teachers at Argyle
OH Friday. March 18th.
We notice several of the country
school teachers on our streets and take
it for granted that their school houses
are showed under.
IL is reported that a section boss on
the railroad, near sugar Tree Bend"
about three miles from GratlOt, was on
Monday last nearly killed by one of
the hands hitting him over the head
with club
The late storm caught more Of our
citizens without wood than one could
imagine. Many borrowed of their
neighbors or used pieces of board,
posts, and ne. 1t is safe to say that if
the storm had continued for many days
longer that there would have been a
wood panic long TO be remembered by
our people.
Our city council would do well to
take under consideration the necessity
of passing an ordinance or doing some