Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-09-21

opinion OF tnOst WHO atleuucu lfofii
this section, the fair was a failure
Lottery wheels and gamblers were
in large attendance, industriously
playing their tricks and getting all
they could for nothing Warren
Sentinel.
Last week thieves entered G. 4.
Spalding's hardware store at Brod-
head and carried away shout one
hundred twenty-five pocket knives,
fifteen to eighteen razors, nine re-
volvers, and some other articles
amounting in all to about 5000 in
value. They gained an entrance by
boring holes through one of the
front doors until they had cut out a
piece large enough to allow the in
sertion of the hand. TO withdraw
the bolt and push open the doors
was then an easy matter.
A tobacco plant of the Spanish
variety, grown by a granger in this
village, has been shown to us, which
is the largest specimen of It's kind
that we have seen. The stalk meas
ured four and three-fourths inches
in circumference. There are sixteen
leaves, four of which measure three
feet each in length and all of the re-
naming leaves are each 30 inches
and upwards in length. Can any
body beat this ?-Sun Prairie Conn
rynan.
Last Sunday night somebody en-
tered the room of Arthur Gillas, at
Roth's Hotel, Woodman, and stole
ninty dollars in cash, two notes, an
order on the Chicago and Northwes-
tern railway company, and a watch
from his clothes. When he awoke
in the morning he missed the articles
and upon search being made the
vest was found hid, about forty
yards north of the house, but no
trace of the watch or other articles
could be found. All the doors of
the hotel were locked at night and
were found locked in the morning.
1t seems impossible that any body
came from the outside, and all the
theories that the imagination can in.
vent have been used to explain the
matter.-Didi.
In speaking of the fair at Gale
ma last week the Gazette says:
The management is to be congrat-
ulated on the success which has
crowned their labors, and are emit
tied to a unanimous vote of thanks
for the enterprise and earnestness
which has characterized their efforts.
The people, too, are to be commend
ed for the geaerous patronage they
have bestowed upon the fair, without
which it would have been a sad fail-
ure, in q fnancial point of view.
The total number of entries in the
various departments was rs follows:
Art Hall, 2So; Agricultural Hall
2l9; Stock Department, 200. The
exhibition has reflected credit upon
the people OF old 10 Dawess, and is
the beginning, we verify believe, of
new and successful era i'm the fairs
OF the county,
The fair Of the S. w. w. /. A. is
a much larger institution than the
GMena fair; only CTS entries, YOU
notice. We should think 'Galena
alone could meke that many entries.
-Red-han6el violence and muir
der seem TO nave run riot in Grant
county for some time past During
the past year it has been the scene
of several murders, the last one oe-
Cured last Thursday evening when
Orlando Bacon was shot in the head
with & musket by his father law,
Joseph Ivey, ia tire town Of Marion,
near Nerley station. Bacon owed
a debt to Parker & IIide5rasd, Of
Boscobel, for which Ivey Was secur
ity, and Bacon refused to pay it
Ivey Do,itied Parker q Hildebeand
that Baeon's grain was threshed and
he was going to sell it at We1ley.
Parker e. Hildebrand sent and at
tached the grain. Bacon told his
wife that if he found ont that ISey
had told this to Parker & Hildebraad,
he would kill lvey. She warned her
father of the threat Bacon learned
the facts aad started to- Ivey's with
a club. Between these two towns
he met Ivey, who was out with his
gun to shoot rabbits. He attacked
Ivey, who for a time wArded off the
blows with his gun, and finally, as
he claims to save his life. pulled the
trigger and fired. The contents en-
tered near the ear and caused instant
death. 1vey went at once TO Werley
and delivered himself to an officer.
He is a shy, unnoticable mao, living
like a hermit with ii gear old
niece. He knows nothing scarcely
Of his own family. His daughter
married Bacon at Green Bay when
he had not known of her where
abpn,c for Npars He saws BapOD