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

Look out for spurious silver dol
lars.
The capital city bank viii open at
Madison, Oct. %.
Baraboo is to have a glove and
mitten factory.
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmagc will
lecture at Madison Dec. Is.
The social club held very pleas,
ant party at the Opera house last
Thursday night.
There was a partial eclipse OF
the moon on the morning of the
10th inst.
The Milwaukee and Chicago expo
sitions both close on Saturday OF
this week.
The Plattevillc Gun Club will give
grand pigeon shoot, to be held at
Plattcville Oct. 23d and oath.
Jumbo, Barnum's big elephant,
is % years old, weighs 10 tons and
is ~ feet high.
1t is reported that Il union rail
road depot will be built in Milwau-
kee early next season,
c. b. Parmele, has been added to
the subscribers to the telephone
exchange in this city-No 80.
George b. Sartwell, n 17-year-old
boy of Lacrosse, was sentenced to
one year in Waupun for petty lar
ceny.
The Free Press claims for La
fayette county six months old
Clydesdale colt which weighs 7O5
pounds.
The business men of Milwaukee
have decided to tender popular re-
ception to Alex. Mitchell on his re-
turn from Europe, about Oct. "a.
Read over the Business Notices"
They will surely remind you of
something which you are in want
of and tell you the best place to
gel it.
Verona in Dane County, is terribly
afflicted with diphtheria. An entire
family has been carried off by the
dread disease, and the people have
become panic striker.
Letter postage for foreign coun-
tries is not included in the reduction
to two cents. Foreign letter postage
continues to be five cents as hereto
fore.
1t is reported that Albert Keep is
to retire from the presidency OF
the Northwestern road and be sue
ceeded by Marvin Hughitt, the vice
president.
Lightning struck barn belong
ing to John McClearly, of Wausau,
during storm recently, and killed
one yoke of oxen, one bull, five cows
and three sheep.
Declan Troy, formerly Of Shulls-
burg, recently met with horrible
death by falling down shaft in a
Colorado mine. The deceased leaves
Il wife and four children.
There seems 10 be general stag
nation in business this fall, except
in the branches of burglary and
horse stealing In these lines, bus
mess appears to be particularly
active.
The Shullsburg Free Press says:
"rhirty-one teams loaded with lum-
Der for the Catholic parsonage Of
keudalltown, was one of the sights
to be seen on our streets Monday
last.
An unsuccessful attempt was
made to blow open the safe of John
FiIlbach, at Cobb, last Thursday
night. A number of holes were
drilled into the door of the safe and
other attempts made to open it.
Tire Platteville creamery is now
paying twenty cents per inch for
cream and are making $50 pounds
of butter per day. Last year at
this time they were making 2oo
pounds daily.
The next excursion to Cherokee
aud Lemars, Iowa, and to points In
Nebraska and Dakota, via Illinois
Central railroad, will take place
Oct. 3lst. Low fares and ample &C
commodationS are promised.
Rev. Z. E. Clough, the new NJ. L.
pastor, occupied his pulpit in this
city, for the first time on Sunday
last, and made very favorable i'm
preston upon his hearers. He
comes highly recommended as an
able aud earnest minister.
The season of year has arrived
when our farmer subscribers have
plenty of time for reading, and
they will find the columns of The
Democrat well filled with fresh,
varied and interesting news and
miscellaneous matter.
Two wild freight trains on the
Chicago Il Northwestern railroad, on
Thursday last, collided near Han
over Junction, Rock county, de-
molisaing three engines, wrecking
twelve cars, and killing one fireman
who lived at Madison.