Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-04-29
LOCAL ITEMS.

clover Seed S].5OdS6.OO.
Winter wheat S0tds5: spring T5@ SO,
Dr. III. III. Ray and J. G. Monahan,
spent Sunday III this city.
Read announcement Of TeaSdale &
Brewer.
5000. ,OoS. 50-the cost Of the His
tory Of Iowa County.
The iron mouIders strike in Chicago
still continues.
Wewill all have IN opportunity the
coming week to pay our poll tax.
The +" History Of Iowa County beats
all the histories ever written.
John Toay. Of the firm Of Toay Bros,
took trip through Iowa last week.
VIII Martin Of this place, started for
Colorado on Tuesday to join his father.
W. III. Thomas and Thos. Rogers, z.
III. of DOdgeville, spent Sunday in this
city.
Mr.. Edwards Of Lemars. Iowa, is
i visiting his sister, Mrs. Simms, Of this
place.
The funeral Of Mrs. c. III. James on
Sunday last was one Of the largest ever
held in this city.
More than forty thousand acres OF
the best winter wheat land in Illinois
is under water
VIM. ASkcw, ST., 4 well known clti-
zen Of Mazomanie, dropped suddenly
dead on Friday morning Of last week.
Tuesday was the sixty-Second an
niVersary Of the institution Of the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows.
Active work has again been resumed
nm "a Isu,l1 ton -
Northwestern railway through this
county.
Street commissioner Williams has
started several men to work and in
tends putting OH streets in city shape"
A number Of D0dgeyille people were
in town on Sunday attending the fu-
neral Of Mrs. G. II. james.
Jas. Mulhairn has had his store
front finely painted to correspond with
the stylish "squaw which he has for Il
sign.
The annual examination for teachers
state certificates will be held 1T Madi-
son, Eau Claire and Oshkosh, August
=. 10, and II.
John Spensley offers for sale the
large stock farm lately owned by his
father. IIarker Spensley, deceased II
is an excellent farm for stock raising.
Washington county claims the oldest
woman in the state. She was born in
County Kerry, Ireland, in 1873, and is
now in her l02d year.
\ reunion of the surviving members
Of the Thirteenth Wisconsin infantry
Will he held at Clear Lake, near Milton,
Rock county, Tuesday, June I.
O'!Iara Brothers, contractors. adYer-
tSe for three hundred men and teams
To work on the Monroe extension of
the {. NJ. & ST. z. Il, Il. near Gratiot
N.N. Curry returned Tuesday even
Ing from western Iowa, whittier he
had gone 10 sell il car load Of horses
which he shipped from this place.
quite i crowd Of BOYS and girls took
the train on Wednesday for Calamine
To have Il fish; but from all appear
anceS the fish wouldn't" bite, and the
party came home with tisherman'S luck.
JOS. Jones and Frank Enzenroth are
established ut Richard penrose'S old
stand and are prepared to furnish the
public with everything usually kept in i
first class butcher shop.
Married, lit the residence Of tie
brides parents. iii the village of High
land. OH April nth. Mr.. Vivian Iar-
vey to Miss Julia y 0yerstreet j u.
Cholvin officiating.
The Southwestern Wisconsin Sheep
Breeders and Wool Growers asSocia-
ton will hold their sixteenth annua
public Shcarins II GaldweiiS Prairie
Nav n
B.. /. ". Wood If McGrcgor. Iowa,
II n town working up tile sale OF lis
Worm Destroyer and blackberry
Garminatiyr. IL and Ills medicines
are highly recommended.
L. y. Kirby. under whose manage
ment the Mineral Point and Arena
stage line runs rs regular rs clock
work. WAS i'll town OH Monday, looking
rs joyial rs u yore.
The Hudson Manufacturing com
parry. with 4 capital Of $4,000, intend
To 90 into the machinery business, and
have filed articles of Incorporation
with the secretary of state.
y force OF men have made great
change i'll the appearance of High
street during tie past few days, by re-
moving the rubbish which collected
there during the winter.
John BulaR has become the owner oil
the celebrated trotting horse, Bismark,
and viii keep him for breeding pur-
poses at the livery stable OF PrlpStlcy
\ Hohan, in this city.
Our old friend VIM. Strauss, well
known as Mr.. Deller'S tried clerk is
about to open something mach need
ed III this clty-a first class millinery
aud fancy stock. We say well prom
Use him 4 general patronage in this city.
Oscar, son Of a. DuSson, Of the town
Of Fond du Lac. fourteen years of age,
attempted to steal ride on the Mil
wankec air line freight Il few days ago,
and had both legs cut off. He lived
only few minutes.
Spring is on hand in good earnest,
but the long winter must have been
hard on the poets who generally
loom up about this season OF the year.
1 is no spring poetry has made its ap-
pearance yet.
Spensley s. Co. have put in 4 crus her
and are fixing up Il wash place To wash
and crush the ore obtained from their
copper mines. They are having an
other shaft sunk some distance ahead
of the first one. and we will be able to
report further developments in the
mines next week.
Herman Glnz Of Austin, Mimi. who
has spent several months travelling in
Europe. has decided to settle down III
Mineral Point We understand that
he Will take charge of the new milli-
merry store about 10 be opened in Lena
hans block, by William Strauss.
Attention IS called To the advertise
ment Of j. III. Wilkinson. blacksmith.
Mr.. W. after looking over other towns
With view OF locating has returned
10 this city and will resume business
here. lie Is 4 good workman and Will
receive full share Of work in his line
Farmers alliances, with large mem.
berShip. are being Instituted in Buffalo
Pepin. Pierce and TYempeleau counties
Ii Is believed that in the early summer
the movement Mil have spread al
over the state. and be strong enough I,
take hand in the election OF state of
ticers and legislators.
II ". Gollth0rn. Of CAlamiRe. was il