Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-03-02
NUMBER 8.

Soldiers Grove, Crawford Co., a
village of 100 inhabitants, has
weekly paper.
MUsCopA-where wood is so cheap
one would think a man would blush
as he stole it is bothered with
thieves
Spelling matches are the rage at
Juda, Green Co, with an admission
fee of ten cents; but the prize,
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary,
wouldn't be bad to take.
New RAuRoAp.-A surveying
party are pointing their instruments
up Mill Creek We are expecting
train from Mineral Point and Dodge
vile just as soon asa new time table
can be arranged. - Irena Star, Feb.
oath.
MONDAY, the Goth ult., Tressa
Graiser, of Fennimorc, had so
pound tumor removed from her
breast; Tuesday her symptoms were
favorable, but Wednesday a reac-
tion took place and the patient died.
| REwEy, Iowa Co, eighteen
months since did not exist; now the
village is comprised of | o dwellings,,
one carpenters shop, one black
snhth's shop, one warehouse, one
hotel, two stores and schoolhouse.
Two trains are daily employed in
hauling and distributing materials
necessary to the widening of the
narrow guage between Galena, Ian
caster, and Woodman; as soon az
frost leaves the ground, the change
will be made.
Fen. 22d, d. u. Evans slipped and
fell while crossing the street in
Dodgeville, breaking the large bone
of the left leg between the knee and
ankle. And Peter Morris is making
preparations for building an opera
house, opposite the Court House
Fox the coming butter season the
Brodhead Diary 10 offer IA e,thor
furnish patrons with patent milk
cans ut cost, or rent them at ten
cents per month; will pay for cream
within five cents per pound Of the
price of creamery butter in Chicago;
or will pay for cream monthly The
average price of butter in the Brod.
head market. That all looks fair.
There's money in butter, ow-a-dlys
at least.
In speaking Of "rhc Old Folks
Party" at Lancaster last week, the
Hera,d says
Tic fun commenced at the first
command Of "bounce away all" and
continued fast and furious until ihc
last scrapc OF catgut walled out a
despalring groan at parting. Bald
heads glistcned and elderly limbs
took on Il suppleness that under any
other circumstances would certainly
have brought the possessors before
the county judge as candidates for
Madison hospitalities.
The common council of Boscobel
have called a meeting Of the citizens
Of that place on March 4th for the
purpose of perfecting arrangements,
caring for the boys, ctc.-at the
Soldiers Reunion, commencing in
that city on Tuesday, June 18th.
Soldiers are expected from Iowa,
Crawford, Grant, Richland, Dane,
Lafayette and Vernon counties.
Wen wager hat that Boscobel will
do itself credit in entertaining the
old soldiers.
The Darlington Repubiicaa says,
gentleman says, that Alex. Mitch
ell said to him, that
The first work done in the spring
would be to build line from War
rem to Lanark, ILL.,, thus making a
through G. NJ. d. St. +. line from
Mineral Point to Chicago through
Illinois. The intention, when this
line is completed, is to put on 4
through night passenger train on
1 ,his line, and continue the day train
via Milwaukee. Arrangements are
all completed toextend the road north
! from Mineral Point to Lone Rock,
connecting there with the RichlaDd
Center line, which latter will be ex-
tended north to Merrill, the north
ernmost point in the lumber region.