Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-09
LOCAL ITEMS.

The prices for hogs range from
$500 to $500 per cwt
Our city schools opened on Mon
day with Il full attendance of pupils.
Warren had running race, a trot-
ting race and wrestling match on Sat
urday last.
An engine and a number of freight
cars were demolished by Il collision
on the Chicago Il North Western
railroad, at Evansville, on the 18th.
BY the way postal notes come
IN for new subscribers to The
Democrat, we vote them Il complete
success.
Rev. f.. Il. Clough by special re-
quest will preach the Thanksgiving
sermon in the Presbyterian church.
n union service.
Thos Lcgoc, Il former student i'll
the office of I4anyon q Spensley, is
now located at Rose Hill, Iowa,
where he is enjoying Il good law
practice.
The Southwestern Wisconsin Med
ical Association will hold its fifth
regular session at Lone Rock, We'd
nesday and Thursday, November q
and o.
Eight car loads of stock were
shipped from this city on Monday,
five ear loads on Tuesday, and four
cur loads on Wednesday. A good
showing for three days.
Our local exchanges report the
establishment of various manutact-
uring enterprises i'll the cities and
towns around US Mineral Point
ought to be up and doing.
The hog packing season has COM
meuccd. The Democrat has reason
to believe that another season will
not have passed before Mineral Point
will have packing house.
Gmdry, Gray 4 Co.'S store build
ing is being improved and beautiti-
ed by repainting. A new awning has
been put up, and altogether the
front presents II greatly improved
appearance.
Section 52l of Postal laws and Reg
ulations prohibits smoking, loung-
ing or disorderly conduct in the
post office, and authorizes the post
master to invoke the aid of the
civil authorities to- enable him to
enforce this order.
The Milwaukee 4 St. Paul and
st. Paul e Duluth railroads issue a
Joint freight tariff between Chicago,
Milwaukee or Racine and Duluth,
Mimi, subject to joint western class
itication, and going into effect No
vember 5th.
IL. l.. Shute, formerly of Warren,
has resigned the position of General
Freight Agent of the Iowa lines OF
the Illinois Central Railroad, to take
effect November LIST, to enable him
to accept the position of General
Freight Agent of the Central Iowa
Railroad Company.
Land seekers tickets over the {.
NJ. 4 st. =. Ry, to points between
Mitchell and Glendale, Dakota, are
good to go by one division and re-
turn by another, thus giving the
passengers an opportunity to see
more land than if they travelled
over one division.
Judge Clementson has ruled that
in all app calls from q justice court,
the parties must be ready for trial
of case at the next preceding session
of the circuit court without fail. The
hanging of cases, to pile up costs Is
to be stopped. This is a move in
the right observation-disclosures.
Moses Stevenson, of the town of
Waldwick, has left at this office
few ears of excellent seed corn, for
the inspection of farmers who may
want to buy seed for next year,
Mr. Stevenson's entire crop of corn
luckily escaped injury from the frost
and he saved large amount of it for
seed.
For the benefit of those desiring
to emigrate to Dakota and localities
in the northwest and far west, the
Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st. Paul rail-
way company has published an
illustrated pamphlet of twenty
pages full of common sense, facts
and valuable information and statis-
tics, which will be sent free of
charge, by addressing A. V. H Car
penter, General Passenger Agent,
Milwaukee, Wis.