Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-05-20

Cen. Bragg of this state. is to speak
At MeGregor, Iowa. on decoration day.
Trains will be running between
Madison AID Dodgevile i'll about i
month.
and Dudgeyille attended the funeral Of
Mr. john Ivcy, on Thursday last
Great preparations are being made
fur Unpopular RidgeWay picnic, which
will come oif III ~ curly day.
The Wisconsin State Medical Asso-
citation will meet III Milwaukee Oh the
llrst Tuesday III June.
1nsr I'm ice scale, somewhere in
the city The finder is requested to
leave tie same at john Horns.
David Morrison adpertiscs for sale
lis residence and land in tile town Of
Linden. Read his advertisement pub
hsilea elsewhere.
Reb Joseph Hewitt has moved into
lis new house oil State street, recently
bnllt far him by lames Penhallegon.
The great Palace, show viii exhibit
IL Doageyillc on Monday. May 23d,
and III Highland Tuesday. May. 2Itfi.
The lucky owners of potatoes are
hauling them from NIL the country
round othis city. John Horn buys i
hlg share.
john Spcnsley bought i fine large
black horse from glow Baker, Of the
new town Of Edmund last week The
price paid was Si73.
pr Vivian is LAYING a strong walled
dlaln the entire length of the lot on
Wneh his barn AMI model garden is
situated, on Fountain street.
Tie ease Of u " Farewell Of Chica-
80. IS H. $. Clauer. WAS tried in the
supreme court ut Madison last week.
AND decided III favor Of the defendant
The star Mills Of NIinlin, which
We're being operated by &. W.
Gruber. We're burned to tile ground. 1T
about midnight on Saturday last. The
net loss is about $1,000.
inc. NJ. Ellsworth keeps La Mode,
IN extremely large darn gray Norman
horse. 1T his barn III Dodgeville. in
stead Ion fcrie. and Don Pcrie will
hereafter he kept III John Ellsworth's
place, III the town OF Mitllm.
Brick Pomeroy formerly Of La Gro Sc
IS HOW one OF the largest, if not the
largest mining operators III Colorado.
lie bought twelve mines recently for
S2a,Woo. and the next day sold one Of the
twelve for $4,000.
Tie Madison Democrat SAYS: Last
night. Mr.. Hoven, the Second ward
butcher. received by express from Hon
VIM. Wall. Il one hundred pound stur-
geon. captured III Wimebago. The
monster Is over SIX feet in length.
The tMenty-fourth annual meeting
w the Wisconsin Editors and Publish
ers association. will meet 1T Oconomo-
Woe on Monday. June 10Th The bust
ness session of the body wilreontinue
through Tuesday, and upon adjourn
ment the delegates will start Oh IN eN-
cursion trip to Washington, u. G.
nr rollman, formerly IF central
New York, has associated himself
With Dr.. IL. Van Dusen. of this place,
for the purpose of praeticing his pro-
feSsion. The doctor is Il graduate of
Bellevue hospital college OF New York
city. and comes highly recommended
Iii every way.
Loyeioy 4 Richards. who own lum-
her vlrds ut GAINESVILLE. Baraboo. Ore
gdn and Brooklyn, will open out in the
lumber business 1T Dodgeville as soon
rs the trains are running between
Madison and the latter place. They
intend to ship lumber 10 Dodgeville
on the first freight train that is run
over road.
Sanders \ Stamm. coopeTS, on Com
ineree street, are doing driving bust
ness III making butter tubs. One order
from ". a. DisbroW calls for fourteen
hundred tubs. which lie will send to
Samuel Toay, Cambria. Columbia
county. III this state. they turn out 4
hundred tubs per day
While in Chicago last week John
Horn made extensive purchases of
summer goods lie invites the public
through our advertising columns to
call and examine his large and tine
stock. lie says that he has Knocked
the bottom out of former prices on
s1any lines of goods which he keeps in
stock.
Pccks Milwaukee Sun says that a
vein Of copper ore has been found at
Mineral Point, and 1000 pounds are
being mined per day. The ore is worth
sou per LOCO pounds. and the vein
wldens as greater depth is attained.
The owners OF this mine will doubtless
get rich, but if it was Il gold mine they
had found they would be entitled to
sympathy.
Mr.. John Odgers. resident of the
town of Mineral Point for more than
thirty years, died at his residence on
Wednesday morning at two o'clock, af,
ter an illness of several weeks. The
deceased was father of DR.. Odgers OF
TINS city. He was 4 man widely known
anu respected as an upright citizen
Inc funeral takes place this, THURSDAY
afternoon. The deceased was in thu
sixty-seyenth year of his age.