Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-03-23
NUMBER II.
GleaningS from our Exchanges.

elected, with the exception of one
candidate, a justice of the peace.
"A. Sam'l Thomas of Plattevillc,
had his hand badly torn recently by
the premature explosion of a shot
gun shell, which he was trying to re.
cap.
Last week the weaving room Of
the cotton factory at Janosvillc was
destroyed by fire, supposed to be the
work Of an incendiary, The build
ing contained 200 looms. The fac
tory gave cmploy 90 80 persons, and
It's destruction, besides throwing
these people out Of work, until a
new building is erected and machin-
cry can be procured, robs the owners
of $4,000.
"A military company is being
formed at Monroe.
In closing its account of the ad-
journcd meeting of the citizens of
Boscobel held for the purpose of
making final arrangements for the
Soldiers and Sailors reunion to be
held in that city in Jane next, the
Diui says:
1t will be seen from the above list
of commit eos that the work, so far,
is being thoroughly done, rs none
OF the committees are composed Of
that material that will allow the
work 10 drag or see the reunion IA
failure. The boys who conclude to
come to Boscobel during the days
on which the reunion will be held,
viii find that they have east their
lines IN pleasant places and that
their measure of enjoyment will be
more than full.
Sneaks of Prairie du Chen be-
lieve IN cutting the harnesses of
teams while the owners are attend.
ing to business affairs in town.
from the Warren Sentinel of
the 9th inst, read these paragraphs
regarding railway matters:
AS ut present managed, this town
would be better located if the Min.
eal Point railroad had never been
built. Our people made great mis-
take when they did not make an ef-
fort to have the road built from
Monroe to Warren instead Of Gra-
uot The new road has been pos
itISe lnjary TO the trade of Warren,
and viii cont.rue 10 be. IF We are
ever 10 derive any benefit from this
road, II Will only be after we have
paid handsomely for it.
I tho Mineral Point road is no
good to us, we yet have the satlsfac-
ton OF showing that the Central
folks use it for sidetrack.
The miller of the Lena Touring
mills recently "skipped," :" taking the
books with him and leaving credit
ors III the lurch nearly 81, 800
Darlington is to have another
church editice- Episcopa'ean.
This, touching the roads and
weather, from the Richland Repab-
Hcas-O Obserrey, is fact relating to
Iowa Co:
The surface of the earth seems to
be composed Of about thrce-fourths
water and the balance Of mighty
poor roads at the present time.
-llazd Green by joint stock
scheme is going To have circuat-
ing library.
Last Friday morning nearly
1000 letters were burned in the
Madison postoiiice, and the building
itself narrowly escaped destruction.
The practice has been for the night
clerk to sort the letters thoroughly
in the night trains, and leave them
in separate piles on tables, to be
taken care Of by day clerks. A post
office map is hung upon the wall
over the sorting table, with gas
burner in front Of the map. When
the night clerk had concluded sort
ing, there were 300 letters upon
the table. IL is supposed that when
he opened the door to 20 home the
draft created thereby blew the map
against the gas jet, aud it was burn
ed TO eindcrs, falling upon the letter
table below When The mailing
clerk arrived at o'clock this morn,
ing, the fire a burning iiercely,
and the room was enycloped in
smoke The fire was extinguished
only with difficulty II is known
that many Of the letters contained
money-ordcrs, drafts, and other val
liable matler4 4tsx. the state depart
mcnts and members Of the Legisla-
lWc.
The Catholic church Mt Darling.
ton has Just lifted its debt and are
Improving their house Of
Last week the drill used in the
lrtesian well at Portage, which is
now over 500 feet deep, was broken
off about two feet from the end.
The broken piece WAS taken out and
resumed. The prospects Of