Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09

The members of the Mineral Point
Cornet Band desire to return thanks
to those who kindly assisted at the
concert on Saturday evening, and to
the citizens generally for their attend
ance and the interest which they man
ifested in the entertainment.
Pick and Cad: 1t is said that
Moses NJ. Strong has written his
tory of Wisconsin, and that an effort is
being made to have the state pur-
chase it for use in the common schools.
If it gives full account of all the
Indian fights it will be studied with a
great deal of interest by the boys.
Mr.. Legler, Madison correspondent
of The milwaukee Seminal, went into
a vault in the executive departm emit,
that carries time lock, and by mistake
the door was closed on him. He was
imprisoned tor twenty four hours, but
was fed and coverSed with through a
ventilator over the door removed by
maSonS.
A Broadhead physician returning
from a professional visit one night
during the recent cold snap, saw a
man leaning up against a fence. The
doctor spoke to the man but received
no reply. He then made an inspection
and found the person was frozen to
death, his hands being frozen to the
fence board.
Richland Republican: Barton w.
Snyder, of Rock county. has of late
been in this neighbofhood visit
ing relatives. Mr.. Snyder is extern
siVely engaged in the tobacco bust
ness, and on six acres of ground last
season raised over $1,000 worth of to-
bacco. The crop last year was not as
good as that Of the year before.
August DanZeiZen, living on the old
Dan Stephens place, four and one-half
miles northwest of this city, intend
ing to remove with his family to
Cherokee, Iowa, the latter part of the
present month, will sell his personal
property at auction on Feb. 10. Notice
printed at this Office, and is published
elsewhere in this paper.
Richland Republican: Richland Cen
ter has citizen thirty-three years old,
who has lived here for more than
tW enty years, and has been in business
for ten years, who has never ridden
mile on railroad, nor even been in
side of a car; who has never seen a
steamboat or any other water craft /;
who has never seen city larger than
Mineral Point. and who has not been
outside of Richland county during the
past twelve years.
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corps of contributors and local CORES
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GRAFT.
The following relative to the finding
of fire-clay by the coal company in
which Mr.. A. B. Ferris is interested,
we clip from the Lemars Daily Liberal
of Saturday, Feb. Cd:
A few days since Messrs. Cookery &
Co, who have what they believe to be
fine lot of fire clay on their Sioux river
property, sent a specimen for analysis
and inspection to an expert at Omaha.
They have just received a letter from
the gentleman, who says that the spec
linen is frst-claSs, and that if the sup
ply is large they have struck a rich bo-
nanZa. The gentleman ordered ton
to be sent him at once which will be
informs us that they have an mex
haustible supply, and the deeper they
go into the earth the whittier, inner and
better the quality appears to be. This
is a better find for the parties interest
ed than coal though they will continue
their search for that precious mineral
as soon as the weather will permit.