Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-10-26
LOCAL ITEMS.

No burglarics to report this week :.
Our city schools will open on Mon
day Nov. 9Th.
J. S. Slower, of this city, has just
completed II fine large barn.
Jones d Co.'S butcher shop has
been added to the telephone cx-
change this week,
John Linden offers for sale his
house and lots. See advertisement
in another column.
Ten ear loads of stock were ship
ped from this city to Chicago ON
Tuesday.
S. j. Wright purchased fine
Jersey heifcr last week from the Bal
ley herd, of Plattevillc.
Read the new advertisement of
Gundry, Gray & Co, which will be
found on this page of The Demo
crat.
Hon Geo. Vending, will lecture
at PlattoviIlc in the near future.
Subject: "Satan; or who, what, and
where is the devil
More stock is being shipped from
IMMORAL Point this season than from
any other shipping point in south
west Wisconsin.
Alex Staum and Mark Terrill, j r.,
are about to open barber shop in
the rooms under Martin e Toay S
hardware store.
Plattevillc was visited by burglars
last week, who broke into the post
Office building and got oil with n
small amount Of goods.
\ new post Office to be hereafter
called Lead Mines has been cstab-
lished in Lafayette county, former
" known as Democrat or Leadvllle.
Our correspondent at Dodgcville
sends us very full account of the
finding of the body of Fritz Schultz,
who committed suicide by hanging
about n month ago.
On Monday Jack Noble sold to
John GRADER seven two-year old
steers which averaged 1900 pounds,
and received therefor the handsome
price of five cents per pound.
This is the way republican
exchange kindly notices Il prohi-
bition meeting: THE prohibition
cranks had an alleged rally at Har-
rison hall last night
On Tuesday last z. Allen, Jr.
shipped a car load of stock aud farm
supplies from this city to J. b. Teas
dale ut Plankington, Aurora county,
Dakota.
The improvements ON the school
buildings and the work of putting
i'll the furnaces will be completed
this week. The schools will open
on Monday November 9th.
4 number of crack shots had a
pigeon shoot ON Monday on their
own account, in which Sam Harris,
teamster, came off winner, killing
five pigeons in five straight shots.
While a special freight train was
switching in the yards at Monroe, on
the Goth inst, n l3-year-old son of
Henry Niles fell from the top of the
cars and was instantly killed, the
trained passing over him.
The earnings of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul Railway for the
second week in October aggregated
1857 900, against $4,000 for the
corresponding week of 1882, an in
crease of $4,000.
Thos. +. pown of the town o.
Waldwiel. offers for sale his valuable
farm consisting of 100 acres. Mr.
Brown intends to go west and viii
sell his farm on reasonable terms
See advertisement in another column
Eddie Webb, of this place, wa:
seriously injured by his team run
ming away near Plattevillc on Tues.
day. His injuries were reported al
first as fatal, but more favorable re,
ports have been received, and it il
thought he may recover.
Carefully prepared statistics from
thirty counties in Dakota which ar,
on or adjacent to lines of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway
show that the increase in popula
ton during the present year hat
been 6l,0S0.
Mr.. Anton Wilhelm, member O
the Catholic church. who came her,
some time ago from Dodgeville, anc
bought the Dodge farm ordered til,
other day of Mr.. Aug. Michels !,
fine chapel organ, with the inten
ton of donating it TO the Catholi,
church of this place. Go We and d,
likewise Teller.