Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-10-27
AVOcl ATTRACTIONS.
BY P. F. GALLAGHER,
Editor and Collecting Agent.

Cold its growing;
To success we're going.
Dick Parish sold over 200 bushels of
lime on Monday.
Richard Kennedy of Highland was
in town Saturday.
John Shanahan, section boss. got i
new hand-car one day last.
Mr.. John Caswell, of Buena Vista,
Richland Co., was in Avoca last week
While here he sold the old Luter farm
to John Sioddack for the sum of
Sl4O0.
Frost Bros. have rented the old red
warehouse, and are buying large guam
titles of potatoes, which they ship by
the carload.
The Z. s. Marshal for the western
district of Wisconsin, Was in town
last Wednesday, gathering up evidence
against Tom Reynolds, who is under
arrest Tor fraudulency, at Madison.
Joseph Frost recently bought the
John Morrisey farm of G. F. Mason
for $4,000. Three buyers were after
the same.
Stephen Bennett is grinding inn
menSe quantities of sugar cane into
sorghum. Mr.. Bennett is good hand,
and will have a good deal to sell.
The railroad wood estimaters were in
town last week. estimating tie wood
and ties about here.
Charley Taylor and mother and Mrs.
J. Avenall and daughter started on L
trip to Iowa last Thursday morning
J. P. Smoker, republican nominee
for district attorney, was in town last
Friday.
Ayoca is we'll patronized by eandi-
| dates this year-Smelker, Hazelton,
Quinn, Kennedy, Lane and Strong
Barnard. Foltz and kean having been
here.
| Colon DZieyanowski, who has been
in Iowa the past summer. returned
last week, and moved upon his fathers
farm, which he will work next year.
Nat. Davies, famous in last springs
history of Avoca, has commenced
his series of bothersome adjournable
trials with some of our citizens again
among them being Mr. John 1uza
Last spring Mr.. Davies drove off tive
cows and calf, allowing Yuza S7.45
for the same. Last Wednesday Nat
brought YuZa to Arena on the same
debt case. The trial was adjourned
Next day he brought him back ON
some criminal charge, which was ais,
adjourned. This series of adjourn
ments and petty trials will make con
siderable costs for Mr.. Ynza. +. T
Quinn appeared as attorney both times
for Mr.. YuZa.
Zach. Barnard is daily recei, inc
large supplies of dry-Soods and grocer
les, to keep up with his stock. He is
going to move into Mrs. l. O. lngra
ham building us soon rs the Frost
Bros. leave it.
NJ. F. Dimock has lately received 4
! large stock of household furniture
which is to be found at the old Wis,
consin House.
Political gossip is all the talk in
aSsemDlageS, but us Jones is going to be
our next congressman, we don't care
| Our wide-awake shoemakers, c.
Schmelser and II. SimonSon are each
to have an assistant in few days. and
then then they will be prepared to dc
all the foot work that comes along.
BY the number of travelling men on
our streets, one would think AvOca
done is done big business, and that
is just what we do 10.
A. d. Garfield was absent from town
last week, and there being nobody tC
fill his place accounts for the changed
features of all his customers.
J. 2. Morris recently sold his farm
to Samuel Aldred for $3.50; Jim is
going west next spring.
Notice of Dissolution: The Ayoca
Fire Company and Coon Schnelsel
! have dissolved partnership, and the
firm will hereafter be known us the
Avoca Fire Company. What the reaS
| Oiio hClO loI NOoLlCy D 1CoiSiiIS w
know not.
Ezra ReaZer bought mule team
from Paul Johnson for $3.50.
Glad to see some news from Valid.
wick last week, and we hope that
friend Doesticks will keep up the
column. Don't be bashful in using
your name. What has become OF
friend Roland of Mitflin? lie ap
peared two weeks ago, but last week
failed to do so. Try again, Roland.
and keep up your column.
We would have had a "shindig here
last Saturday evening, if there had
been anybody here to get it up.
James Sturdevant returned from
Dakota last week, having taken uI
a homestead sixteen miles from Alex
andria.
Richard Lane and G.. w. Strong
democratic candidates for sheriff anG
register of deeds, were in Ayoca last
NJ onday.
j. Lick moved into town last Satur
day from the country.
2. T. Quinn struck out on the can
vass of the county last Monday last
Tuesday.
Henry O'Brien has moved back
from MaZomanie, where he WAS at
work during the summer.
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