Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-03-18
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LOCAL ITEMS.

I Frank Lanyon, is here on visit
4 from New Plttsburg, Kansas.
/ Chas. Hornung, Of the City Bakery,
has just received Il large supply Of
\ fancy candies.
&C. Smith, dentist. according to the
4 Richland Democrat is about to locate
! III Richland Center.
4 Mr.. 5. A. Williams vino has had
/ long and weary siege Of sickness, we
are glad to note, is slowly recovering.
| Rt Rev i. r. Wells, Bishop Of the
/ diocese OF Wisconsin will ofIiciate in
Y Trinity church on Monday evening.
/ Mr.. Abel Thurber Of Clyde, made
! the DEMOCRAT Il pleasant call on Satur
day last.
4 Quite q number Of farmers in vari-
/! Gus parts Of the state have lost cattle
and hogs on account Of the heavy
y snow.
Mr.. VIM. Teasdale has been confined
to his house for the past few days.
Neuralgia, we believe, is the cause.
DR.. Vivian has been confined to his
home for the past month, with in
iammatory rheumatism.
We are indebted to Nj. j. W. Wassall
/ lOI ill III ltdllUll ~ ttIlClltl lllC olAlh
annual commencement Of the Dental
College of the University of Michigan.
\ Rev. J. G. Lawson, son Of Rev. Jas.
! Lawson formerly of this place, arrived
4 in Bombay. India, on January =. lie
! Will remain there us Il missionary.
JAS Brewer, Of the firm of Teasdale
! & Brewer, was in Chicago last week,
and bought a large stock OF goods for
the spring trade.
Our former townSman IL. Lanyon
now Of New Pittsburg Kansas, has
been visiting for some time past in this
city.
I a Republican county convention to
nominate a candidate for county Judge
will be held ut Dodgeyille, next Mon
day.
\ The Temple Of Honor Of this city
have fixed the date for celebrating its
third anniversary, for Thursday even
ing, March 3ISt.
ID. L. Downs, the present county
Judge Of RiChland county was rc-nom
mated for that office by the Republican
county convention few days ago.
Curn0w & Hosking have dissolved
partnership and the business will
hereafter De carried on hy Mr.. Edward
GurnoW.
I Tie city council of Freeport, Ill, has
/ granted Il franchise to an eastern com
4 pany to put i'll water works ut that
F place, and $4,000 will he invested
Snow or blow, or both, Bob Nancolas
brings us the northern mails regularly.
Bob IS used to the road and if anybody
can find it he can. He is storm proof
Yesterday was st. Patrck'S day the
18th Of March, or Us our Highland cor
respondent put it last week, the 18th Of
Ireland
The order Of the Common Council
forbidding the throwing of snow balls
within the city limits is having salutary
effect upon the youth of the city.
u is said that the snow drifts in some
places of the west. along the line of
the G., M. q st. Paul RR. are twenty
five feet high.
John Lanyon, Of the firm Of J.
Lanyon 4 Bro, started for Chicago, on
Wednesday. lie will be absent for
about ten days on business connected
With the sale of their ore crushers.
DR.. Il. l.. Wetherbee. Of Mazomanie,
found guilty of Slandering Theophilus
u
paper, last fall, and sent to prison, eS-
capped on Tuesday evening, by running
the guard. lie is supposed to have
gone southwark.
The weather prophet Nennor pre-
dicted that we would have eleven feet
Of snow during the months of Febru-
airy and March. A snow fall of L few
more inches will fulfill the prediction.
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proprietor of the Union Hotel ut Eden,
which will be found in another col
umn Mr.. Manning sets good table
hotel are first-class.
lee on the Mississippi riyerat Prairie
du Chen has been safe for crossing
with loads since the last week in N
vember, 1850. and is travelled by loaded
teams this 18th day of March. 1881
There is over two feet of ice in the
river channel.
Rev. ~ w. Staircase has received
and accepted Il call TO the rectorshlp of
St PaulS Church, of Flint, Michigan,
one Of the largest parishes i'll that
diocese. His resignation as rector of
Trinity Church of this place, is received
with deep regret by his pensioners,
and 10y our citizens III general.
River men are predicting that this
season will be the livelest one steam
boating has known for years. 1t is
thought there will be three competing
lines. Predictions is To the opening
of navigation make it very late-from
March 18th to April 1st
The Rt Rev. Bishop Welles, expects
to hold Divine Service at Caivays
Z oh of IF EriI.
the 18th inst. at Livingston. 10 Il. m.
of Saturday the Goth: and will hold
confirmation service at Lancaster on
Sunday 27th. inst.
\ quiet wedding occurred at the res
idence of Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Peirce, on
Wednesday morning, March 10th. 1881,
wherein their daughter Miss. Mary
Peirce. was gwen in marriage TO Mr..
J. +. Dalrymple. of Dayton, Wis. Rev.
Louis Ill. Jenkins, officiating. The
happy couple left on the afternoon
train for their future home 1T Dayton.
Mr.. Cglo Baker. who lives hard by
the new town of Edmund, has gone
into the business Of raising thorough
bred stock quite extensively. lie
raises thoroughbred Short-horn cattle
and Berkshire pigs. His stock is win
tering finely, and he will have good
showing of young animals for the sum
mer and fall season of 1881. Mr.. Baker
is a tirSt-claSS man, and we warrant he
keeps good stock.
Another snow storm set in ON Fri
day night, March - Snow fell all
night and drifted SO badly as to make
the roads everywhere impossible
Trains were blocked on nearly all of
the western railroads No trains left
this city on saturday morning. On
Sunday morning force of men were
taken down the road to clear the snow
out of the rock cut. The train did not
get to Warren until Tuesday morning.
At about one O'clock the train arrived
IN this city bringing the first mail for
three days.
/ Mr.. Patrick 0'Dowd a well known
and very highly respected citizen of
Of this place died at his home on Tues
/ day morning after IN illness of several
] weeks The deceased was born on l6
of March, 1900. and consequently, had
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