Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-06-01
Gleaniugs from our EXCHANGES.

Potatoes are Sl,yo per DuSnel III
Prairie du Chen.
Charlton, of the Brodhead Mae-
pendent, drinks buttermilk.
Wolves are robbing the sheep
folds of Ridgeway township.
The butchers Of Beloit retail
liver at fifteen cents per pound.
The Catholics Of Kendalltown,
Lafayette Co., are building them
selves n church.
The Pscatonica, at Gratiot,
yields cells SO inches in length and
weighing 81 pounds.
The merchants of Mazomanie
and Arena are INDUCING in a kero
sene oil war, and consumers are get
ting a benefit.
The old settlers of Grant Co.
will have a meeting at Platteville on
the 18th inst, and in Walworth Co.
on the 2lst inst.
The old portico of Grant Co.'s
court house has succumbed to old
age, and is being replaced by new
one of modern design.
Hunt Il Jackson's store at Pc.
tosi was burglarized on the night of
the 2lst inst, and daylight showed
money and merchandise worth $500
to be missing
H. r. Layton, near Lone Rock,
has just completed planting thirty
acres of melons, l. Fam, twenty
acres, and several other men have
planted smaller pieces.
Capt. John Coumbe, the first
settler of Richland County, died at
Port Andrew on the I'd ult., aged
"A years. He located where Port
Andrew now stands in 1888.
"A farmer in Walworth county,
few days since gave his order for
SIS worth of lightning rod to a suan.
ger and the following day he settled
with confederate for $3.50 Cheap
experience, too.-Pruirie du CHien
Courier.
Little Alvah Miller, son of Frank
Miller, met with a terrible accident
Wednesday evening: ashc was hang
ing to the rear of buggy shaving
a ride" his left leg was caught in
the wheel, and broken square off
just above the knee The joint and
cap is, luckily, uninjured Small
boys have no use for morals, so it is
useless to draw any, Mtscoda Ne'oS.
Last week Elisha Dodge, of
Hyde's Mills poked the butt of his
rifle into the opening of q hollow
tree, expecting to stir out some
wolves. The bullet came out of
the small end of the rifle, badly dam
aging his right hand, portion of
which will probably have to be am
putated.
A Muscoda subscriber to the
Republican and Observer, of Rich
land Center, sends the editor Of that
paper S. advance subscription mon
ey. He states as his reason, that
"the perusal of its advertisements
saved me $50 during the past year,
and | can we'll afford to pay so far
in advance"
Rockford raised 800, 900 in four
hours to secure the Racine Silver
Plate Company, and secured it. Ra-
cine now gets up on its muscle, and
raises $50, 900 which with the $780,
900 remaining of the old plant, avail
able for the purpose designed, makes
another 100000, with which to have
a Silver Plate Company, too. So
both Rockford and Racine will be
in the silver plate business.
On Tuesday, the 23d ult., near
Highland, while August Bohan's
children were out watching the cattle
they found a wild parsnip, and ate it.
After they had eaten it they went
home and complained of being sick.
The mother who was alone at the
house, left the children and ran to
a neighbours house and requested
them to go after DR.. Egan. The
doctor came; but before evening the
Oldest child died. The others are