Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-08-31
GIeaningS from our Exchanges S.

c4eaHlNgS AOA our Exchanges,
Our ferryman, Mr.. Hoppy, last
! Thursday night, put some poison on
the hoor of his shanty, to kill the
rats and mice that were bothering
him. In the night he was awakened
by noise on the floor. Thinking 1t
to be the mice, he went to sleep
again, and was again awakened by
something crawling across his legs,
and knew, when fairly awake, that it
was a snake. He did not know what
to do, but finally took both hands
and threw the bed clothes over the
snake and got on it with his knees.
The reptile Immediately cooled its
tail around bis neck, he being on its
head. BY repeated efforts he sue
ceeded in uncoiIing it, but not be-
fore he was nearly strangled. lie
gathered up snake and clothes,
together threw them from the win
dow that was open near the be |,
then as quickly as he could, got out
of doors, caught up pole and struck
the snake a blow. He could see him
coied up aud could hear the rattle,
showing it to be a very large rattle
snake. As he struck, the reptile
coiled around the pole, and as he
raised the pole to strike again, it
sent the snake way out in the liver.
1t was a close call for Mr.. Hoppy.
He doesn't like such bed fellows, and
has wire screens to his windows now.
Star.
Half a dozen Fond du Lac boys
were each fined 81 and costs, a few
days ago, for participating in a
charico1j State JotwHoi.
SERVED them right.
The old soldiers of La Fayettc
Co. met at Darlington on the 10th |
inst. and effected the organization of |
n post of The Grand Army of the
Republic, with membership of |
fifty.
The Temple Of Honor excur /
sion to Madison, on Thursday, was
rather too much of a success. Three !
or four hundred more people wanted .
to 90 than there was room tor on /
the train. Three coaches were start I
ed from Cobb aud these We're crowd /
ed with The people from that place,
Edmund and Linden. This left but
three coaches and the baggage car,
which was inadequate to carry the
crowd from Dodgeville, to say moth |
inc of those at Kidgeway, Barneveld
and Blue Mounds, ut each of which
places a large crowd We're waiting.
Mr.. !. NJ. Sands, our station agent,
did what he could to relieve the dis
appointment by securing a reduced
rate on the regular train from Dodge
vile, of which tifty-three persons
availed themselves here, and prob
ably a hundred and fifty more went
up on the regular train from stations
/ east of here That the excursion
train was somewhat crowded may be
! Judged from the fact that the SIX
coaches and baggage car contained
TO- persons by actual count. While
il is to be regretted that 50 many
were disappointed, yet it seems to
have been unavoidable. The train
was as large as could be secured,
and as the bulk of the tickets were
sold between dark on Wednesday
evening and seven o'clock Thursday
morning there was no way OF get
ting reports from one station to
another, so as to ascertain what the
aggregate sales were, before the
train was ready t. start. Those who
were SO fortunate as to get on board
were all highly pleased with the
trip Chronicle.
On the Campbell diggings, near
1 Shullsburg, where paying lead was
struck few weeks ago, work has
been suspended until a pending law
suit between Dir. Campbell and the
miners striking the lead IS decided.
, "A vacant house owned by Ab
. Townsend, few rods south OF the
furnace, was burned down ON We'd
, ncsdgy night lasl Loss about $500.
j Cause Of fire unknown, but supposed