Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-04-27
Gleanings from our Exchanges.

scurrilous attack upon the Rev. II.
Dockham, says of the Sun, it is Gan
INSCRIPTIONS, disreputable, dirty, ly-
ing sheet" Coffee and pistols for
two!
The Temple of Honor of Dodge
vile propose having an excursion to
Devils Lake about May 18th.
The "license" ticket was elected
by 46 majority at Warren, on the Sth
inst.
-Hichland Center: Measles-and
lets of 'em.
The poor house of Lafayette Co.
is to be supplied with iron bedsteads.
The Darlington creamery is get
ting ready for work; the managers
anticipate profitable season for both
themselves and patrons.
Footballs the Darlington school
boys ambition, and the local papers
expect an obituary boom.
Beer and whisky vendors of the
city of Darlington are having a live
ly time-paying fines and costs.
The Union, of Prairie du Chen,
seems to be down in the mouth over
the lack of enterprise of the bust
ness men and capitalists of the place.
But tie stockholders in the artesian
well are feeling good over 10 per
cent dividend.
--Boscobel Dial, DIST inst
"The whole talk of the business
men, and other citizens interested, is
to how well those people visiting
Boscobel during the soldiers reunion
shall be taken care of. There is no
reason to doubt that al will be
well treated"
-Boscobels liquor license fee will
probably be the State maximum linn
it-S200.
-Lancaster-with seven miles of
sidewalks to have great building
boom this season.
With his "little hatchet," an
older son of VIM. Browning chop
ped two fingers from the hand of an
eighteen. month brother-at Lancas-
ter last week.
A Mr. Croft, of Lancaster, pro-
poses to plant four acres IN tobacco
this Spring, just north of the city.
Lancaster is pulling hard for a
creamery. Sensible
Grant Co Herald, April 20th:--
"Orders were received here last
week to increase the pay of the rail
way section hands from Sl.lo TO 5 25
per day. Accompanying the order
came an inquiry of how many men
could be obtained at these wages.
This increase took effect last Mon
day. The same increase is made
along the line. This obviously in
dicates important operations in the
near future"
Grant county's jail has IL in
mates-nine insane, and three pris-
oners.
AT New Diggings-it's scarlet
fever.
Portage has steam knitting and
wooden factory, which converts 400
lbs of wool into mittens and socks
daily.
There's to be bee-keeper's con-
vention at Richland Center-the 4th
and 5th of May.
AT Platteville, about two weeks
ago, David Block coughed from his
throat large heavy, black-looking
substance. He has since handed it
to DR.. Cronin. The Witness of the
Goth says:
"lhe Dr. took it to jeweler Kistler,
requesting him to saw through it to
see what it was composed of. Mr..
X soon found out that his tools were
not calculated for cutting that kind
of material, and on removing the
outside coating of rust and other ac-
foundations he found that it was the
cylinder of musket The nipple
had rusted off almost even with the
cylinder, but the hole and threads of
the screw are still plainly to be seen.
The manner in which it got into Mr..
Blocks throat is explained in this
way. During the revolution in Ger
many, in 1s4S, Mr.. Is. was in the
army. One day he received what he
supposed was shotin the eye, which
knocked 1t out, and he was carried
to the hospital where he Law for six