Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-03-25


/ move to this city before summer.
The funeral Of Patrick O'Dowd took
/ place on Friday last and was very
| largely attended by mourning friends.
Nearly all of the lawyers of this city
1 have been attending court at Dodge
Vile during the week.
John Z. Jones was rehominated for
County Judge at the republican conyen-
ton on Tuesday.
No one can be found who is willing
/ to venture the prediction that we won't
have another snow storm this spring.
/ Geo. Chan.ley desires to lease his
h0tel-the Wisconsin HouSe-for a
term Of years, TO a responsible party.
Samuel Toay is about 70 remove to
| Cambria, Columbia county 10 engage
i'll the butter and egg business at that
| place.
4 We learn that two sons Of Mr.. Jas.
| A. Platt who have resided for the
past few years in Philadelphia, will
hereafter make their home in this
county.
Farmers WHO are going to SOW red
rust proof oats can obtain seed ut fifty
cents per bushei. from c. ID. Alexander,
of Monfort.
Senator McGrew will please accept
! the thanks of the DEMOCRAT for Il
copy of the Wisconsin Blue Book for
/ 1881.
Mr. John Logue living near Gala
mine. Lafayette county, offers for sale
or rent one Of the best farms in the
state for stock raising purposes.
AL trains on tile Illinois Central
r. X. were ordered in at o'clock on
Saturday morning on account Of the
snow storm.
j Grand Worthy Templar j. n Phil
! lips will deliver an address at the Tenn
! pie of Honor anniversary, on Thursday
i evening, March 3lSt.
Town tickets printed the DEMO
GRAFT office on very short notice and ut
/ low rates. Send i'll your orders as
early as possible.
Moses w. Darnall, a resident of this
] place III 1884. died ut his home near
4 Hurricane Corners. Grant county a
/ short time ago, in the seyenty-iirst year
Of his age.
Anthony iiuxtabe fell down 4 thirty
foot Shalt on Tuesday, and luckily
escaped serious injury by lighting on Il
heap Of snow. He was badly Jared.
however.
Married, In Fayettc, Lafayette Co..
ut the NJ. L. Parsonage, March 10th,
by Rev. Alfred Charles, Mr.. WILDER A.
l'eirce of Mineral Point and Miss Ma
tllda Rowe of Waldwick.
We have on hand us fine Il selection
of horse and jack cuts as can be found
i'll any printing office i'll Wisconsin and
we are prepared To print bills at the
very lowest prices.
Married, at the residence of the
brides grandparents III this city,
/ March u. by Rev W. Jacka, Jr.,
William Coad and Miss Elizabeth Ann
! Cornish.
T. T. Wetherbee, who escaped from
l the jail at Madison last week, was re-
taken by two young men. Jas, Maloney
and Gabriel Schneider aud returned to
| jail.
| The snow storm OF Saturday last
caused another general blockade. The
i running of trains was suspended on
nearly all railroads in Wisconsin
i Illinois and Michigan.
| Treasurer Carpenter of the town of
Mineral Point, has made his returns
To the County Treasurer. The total
amount OF tax levied was S11,576.Ol, of
which amount the sum of S563,l9 was,
returned us delinquent.
We are panied to record the death Of
Mrs. Lou Shepard, wife of Mr.. Fred
Shepard Of this place, which occurred
OH Thursday evening, at about seven
o'clock. The bereayed husband has the
sincere sSmpathies of the entire COM
munIty III his sudden and sad afiliction.
Ii every householder would keep his
sidewalk in as good condition as Thos
Priestley does, life would be far more
pleasant To the poor pedestrian this
/ terrible winter. The snow has not
i been allowed to rest over night on
Priestleys sidewalk once during the
winter.
The Presbyterian church building
has been improved of late by placing
/ two or three new windows in the front
of the Lecture Room and otherwise
liking up the entrance, which also
greatly improves the appearance of the
street III front OF the church. The
more of such improvements that are
made tile better it will be for the town.
Among the pleasant events Of the
week just past was the marriage of Mr..
Harry Hankins and Miss Mary Louisa
i Toay, which was SolemniZed by the
Rev. VIM. Jacka, Jr., pastor of the
p. NJ. church. on Wednesday evening,
brides mother, in Lead Oak street.
Miss lIeneretta Gray acted as brides
maid and Mr.. Frank HanScom as
groomSman. After the ceremony the
guests repaired to the dining room
and partook of Sumptuous supper.
| following which and exceptionally
pleasant evening Was rounded out in
music and general merrymaking. The
bride was the recipient of large num-
Der of presents. when were both ele-
CANT and useful. No cards.
\ correspondent writing from Madi-
son to last weeks Darlington Democrat
closes very interesting description of
some OF the oil paintings which adorn
the walls OF The State Historical Rooms,
rs follows: To me one of the most
interesting paintings in the gallery is
the battle of Pecatonica, fought June
Goth, 1882, on section eleven IN town
two ~ range five (5) east. in LAFAYETTE
county. This was the first successful
contest on the part of the whites in the
Black Hawk War. 1t was desperate
and sanguinary affair, not an Indian
escaping. On no battlefield of that or
any other war was greater bravery
ever shown by citizen soldery or even
by veterans. The whites charged or
an unseen foe whose numbers were
unknown to them and who fought with
desl Grafton and tie flush of former
triumphs. 1t was man to man, and nc
quarter for the vanquished. The bat
tie lasted about two minutes. Among
those engaged in this battle recognize
the names or ID. NJ. Parkinson and
Charles Bracken, who fought as Lieu
tenants. and Peter Parkinson Jr., now
Mainr Parkinson -