Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
AVOck ATTRACTIONS.
BY r. 4. GALLAGHER,
Editor and Collecting Agent

Editor and Collecting Agent
A. d. Garfield, street commissions
er, was patching up some of the
roads last week.
A couple of strangers were in
town last week, trying to buy the
hay press belonging to Snow and
|Swinehart. They are the men who
are pressing straw at Lone Rock,
and their business must be paying,
or else they would not want another
press.
Frost Bros. received large stock
Of glass and delf-ware last week.
George Swinehart, started for
Iowa a few days ago. 1t appears
that Avoca is not lively enough for
him. We guess he will be back
about freezing up time.
The pack peddlers are becoming
numerous. One or two to be seen
every day.
Hazelton bought good many
votes in Avoca, but all of no avail,
A. S. Frost, nearest relative of
Hazelton, left here the morning after
election. He didn't tell anybody
| where he was going, but we surmis-
ed probably to another congressional
district.
The rain and hail poured down in
fearful torrents last Friday night.
Then it rained hard all day Satur-
day and froze all day Sunday.
We were glad to see the news
from Spring Green last week, and
hope Miro " will keep up his col
umn,
All the job printing work from
Avoca is done at The Democrat
office, because the terms are lower
One evening last week the village
boys began to flock into the estab-
lishment of one of our citizens to
see the show. When the store was
pretty well filled, the proprieto
wound up his kicking machine anu
set it to work, and in two minutes
there wasn'ta half-dozen persons left.
The constable undertook to arrest
the cause, but couldn't find him.
Samuel Swinehart recently lost
two fine young colts, one coming
three and the other two years old.
1t seems that the colts were pastur-
ing on the Gabler farm, through
which flows a creek, and the colts
probably attempted to jump across,
but fell into the mud and water and
mired.
J. H. Franklin is busily engaged
in making ak helves. He makes a
good helve, and sells them cheap.
/ Our two shoemakers make nearly
as many pairs of boots and shoes as
are sold in the stores of Avoca.
! A good deal of coal is being un-
loaded here by the R. r. Co., which
gives employment to good many
men.
; Charley Bruil has couple of men
fixing up the building recently used
by A. D. Garfield. He has parti-
! ton on each side behind, where he
will keep medicines in large quanti-
ties, and outside of each of the par
titions he will have shelving and
show cases, and also his prescription
case which will extend to the cell
ing. There is also back room to
the store which will be used as a
kind of a supply room. He will
have it fixed up in first-class style,
and make use of the building the
same as if it was twice its present
length.
A. d. Garfield has set up again
in the tailor shop owned by Ole
Roberk, and if you are in need of a
shave or hair cut, you may know
where to find him.
George Bennett has fine span of
horses which he wishes to sell on
account of having no use for them.
VIM. McClellen, formerly of Main
Co., Michigan, but recently Of Avoca,
started for home last Saturday
morning. He had received a letter
stating that his mother was very
sick, and for him to come at once.
The town board held a meeting
on Saturday afteroon.
Reuter-, Franklin and Schuingel,
three of our strong Democrats, got a
couple of anvils and a nickle's worth
of powder, and fired off the anvils
as long as the powder lasted, and
then built bonfire; all in honor OF
Burr w. Jones.
VIM. Myers bought the old bridge
lumber which was piled up beside
the engine house.
Our Avoca Fire Company organ
ization seems to have died away-no
more drills, dances or meetings
Well, we all got a shirt out of the
company's money, so what do we
care.
| A series of Club dances have been
programmed by our musicians Zim-
norman and Schmelser. The
dances to take place whenever there
are any dancers present.
Among the recent farm purchases
around here are the following
Michael Radke of G.. Garvey, $3.50
G. Garvey of -, $1,000; j.