Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-10-19

| accident, on tuesday OF last week,
which it is feared may result ser
iously, on account of his extreem
age and feebleness. In ascending a
stairway, he fell down backward a
few steps.
A man giving his name as John
Cole, was arrested in Oshkosh last
week for selling counterfeit Lousi-
ania lottery tickets. He had dis
posed of about fifty tickets in a
very cunning manner, before he was
arrested. No doubt Mr.. Cole will
be sent to Waupun.
A colored baby was awarded the
first premium for beauty at the
Sank county fair recently. The fact
created a vast amount of amusement
at the fair, and the proud mothers
who had their pretty white babies
on exhibition are said to be greatly
chagrined at the award.
John Charles met with a painful
accident one day last week. He was
holding lead pencil in his hand
when he slipped and fell. The
pencil was forced into the feshy
part of his hand to the depth of
nearly an inch, breaking off and
leaving a portion Of the wood and
lead in the wound.
A number of ladies' and gentle,
men of this city are preparing to
produce the play of "The Hidden
Hand in the Opera house, in this
city about Oct 30 Mineral Point
possesses some fine dramatic talent,
and there can be no doubt that the
play will be well rendered. Further
announcements will be published
hereafter.
Sun, Oct. 18th: Yesterday morn
ing Sheriff Lane, left for Waupun
with Adam Welbert, who was SEN
fenced last Tuesday: by Judge Gle
mentson, to states prison for one
year at hard labor, and one day in
solitary confinement. Welbert will
be remembered as the man who
assaulted Philip Krause, last sum-
mer, with intent to murder.
The band serenaded Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred w. Phillips on Tuesday
evening at the residence of Hon.
James Spensley. The young cou-
pie was pleasantly surprised, and
treated the band boys in a most
hospitable manner. On the way
home the band stopped at the resi-
dence Of J. M. Smith and rendered
some fine selections in honor of Mrs.
Smiths return from q visit to the
east 1t is needless to say they
were handsomely treated.
Would it not be q good idea for
the city authorities to offer reward
of $25, $50 or 500 to any person
giving information that will lead
to the arrest and conviction of
the parties who committed the re-
cent burglaries in this city. The
work was not done by professionals,
but by persons new in the business,
who are evidently familiar with
every nook and corner of the city.
1t is not to our credit that such
deeds are allowed to go UNPUBLISHED,
and the proper authorities should
take the necessary steps to ferret
out the offenders and bring them 10
justice.
John Small, q former resident of
Platteville, Grant county, met a
tragic death at the soldiers reunion,
at MaryviIle, Mo-, on the Goth ult
1t seems that during the progress of
Il sham battle the unfortunate man
rushed up to within three feet of a
piece of artillery that was concealed
by smoke and received the whole
charge in his breast and shoulder.
He lived nearly an hour after the
mishap. During the war he served
as second lieutenant in the Tenth
Wisconsin Regiment but was dis
charged for disability. After re-
covering he again entered the SER
vices, this time as first lieutenant of
Go. f, Thirty-tifth Regiment. He
leaves wife and five children in
good circumstances. The executive
committee of the reunion donated
$1,000 to the widow.
Here is paragraph from Yves
tern paper, that tells good deal of
truth in very few words: Do the
city papers give you any home
news? Nothing. Do they contain
notices of your schools, churches,
meetings, improvements, and humid
reds of other local matters OF inter
est which our papers publish with
out pay? Not an item. Do they
ever say a word calculated to draw
attention to your country and It's
numerous thriving towns and aid
in their progress and enterprise.
Not a word. And yet there are
men who take such contracted views
of the matter, that unless they are
getting rs many square inches of
reading matter in their home paper,
they think they are not getting the
worth of their money. 1t reminds
us of the person who took the lar
gest pair of boots in the box be-
cause they cost the same as a pair
muph smaller that fitted hin,