Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

good, very good, and every one who
reads it will learn something.
AcCoRDISG to custom Santa Claus
will make Spratler's one of the prin.
cipal headquarters in the west. Here
you will find such a variety as imag
ination fails to overdraw.
THE different church societies are
preparing for appropriate and at
tractive Christmas services. They
each hope to present new and novel
features that will prove of interest
and merit.
The Lancaster Teller says that
most Of the twelve carloads of ore
shipped from there last week were
from the big black jack mine on the
old Wilcox place in Beetown, owned
by a Mineral Point company.
Ir is estimated that more people
attended church in this city Sunday
evening than any Sunday before
this year. We hope to be able to
infer from this that goodness and
m rality are on the increase.
j A. SPRArLER keeps a large as
sortment Of all kinds of Fancy
Goods for the holidays, and all
kinds of goods usually kept in a
| first-class grocery store
THE city treasurer is now ready
TO receive taxes The rate is three
and three-tenths mills, q trifle less
than last year, and the time for coll
Letting has already been extended
from January lst to January 10th.
A Fri have just received some
more choice patterns of cloth for
suits. Parties who think they are
hard To fit are invited to call and
give me n trial. Satisfaction guar
anteed in every particular. No tit
no sa c. DREsEN, THE TAHOE.
The exceptionally fine weather
causes n majority to be slow in re-
alizing the fact that Christmas Is
hard by, and were it not for the
display being made by dealers in
holiday goods its doubtful if atten-
ton would be directed that way at
all.
CONVERTS are being added to
both the p. NJ. and NJ. f. churches,
and those who have the welfare of
souls at heart are rejoicing. This
is good field Lawyers and doc
tors and Democratic editors are still
callous and apathetic, but we are
hopeful
LEAP YEAR will soon be here and
calling will be in order. The ladies
of Mineral Point propose to take
advantage of the once-in-four-years
opportunity by making the rounds,
so the gentlemen who wish for call
ers are requested to make the fact
known through the columns of the
city papers.
II requires a cool brain and q
steady nerve to carry person sue
cessfully through a bewildering
array of Christmas presents ready
for purchase. The average man
would fare better by going in blind
folded and buying the first thing
he could clasp his hands on. Gre
solve me this doubt" was probably
first spoken at a holiday counter.
PosrPoNED.-The first lecture by
the NJ. E. S. s. course, which was
advertised for Tuesday evening, was
postponed till tomorrow friday
evening, owing to the lecturer, Rev.
Horner, being unable to reach here;
he was detained to oficiate at a
funeral at his home. Never mind,
it will be Just as good the one time
as another. Don't stay away; it's
too fine to miss.
LARGE assortment Of the finest
candies, at the City Bakery.
"TALK is cheap" if you don't be-
lieve it read this from a Darlington
paper:
1--WE have the 'swiftest' weigher
of the world in our midst. lie says
that he took in $40 in one day,
weighing grain, ETC., at tea cents
load. That is to say, he weighed