Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-03-07
LOCAL ITEMS.

w. T. Jackson advertises Il NUN.
Der of good milch COWS for sale.
The thermometer indicated Il
degrees below zero, in this city OF
Tuesday morning.
Dir. ii. NanDusen is confined tc
his home by illness, which, however
it is hoped will not be of a serious
nature.
The Prairie du Chen Courier
says: The new railroad surveyors
commenced work again on Wednes-
day on the line of the new route.
A meeting of the executive com
mittee of the S. W. Wis. |. A. has
been called for Saturday, Feb. s, to
begin the work of revising the pre-
mium list
The proceeds of the festival held
under the auspices of st. Joseph S
church at Dodgeville amounted to
S2lS.3O. Expense S77.S5. Net pro-
ceeds $l40.45.
The next meeting of the Farmers
club will be held at the residence of
Hon. Francis Little on Wednesday,
March r. John C. Martin will dis
cuss amber cane
At the next regular meeting of
Mineral Point Lodge f. & A. NJ, the
literary entertainment will be fur
nishcd by Bros. Joshua Hanscom
and Il. ID. Pulford.
This is the last week for payment
of taxes in this city. The treasurer
informs us that the amount unpaid
ON the personal property roll is
only ten dollars.
The newspapers throughout this
section of the state do not speak in
i'll very high terms of praise of the
entertainments given by the Georgia
Minstrels.
Rev. L. f. Clough, will deliver
his lecture upon Life in the
Army at the NJ. +. church, next
Friday evening. This will be the
last lecture in the course
Services will be held in Trinity
church during Lent on Wednesday
and Friday evenings, at half-past
seven o'clock, with a short address
by the pastor at each service.
The Dubuque Herald SAYS over
one thousand men will be at work
on the new railroad between East
Dubuque and Prairie du Chen as
soon as the weather will permit.
Over $500 was received on delin-
quent taxes at the offices of the
county clerk and county treasurer at
Dodgeville on Wednesday. Part Of
this amount was for taxes of 1859
60-61-62.
Quarterly Meeting at the NJ. L.
church next Sunday. Presiding
Elder Goodsell will be present.
Lovefeast 8. a. m. Preaching at
usual hour. Sacrament after morn
ing sermon.
At the annual meeting of the
Southwestern Veteran Association,
held at Lancaster on Tuesday, Oar
lington was selected as the place for
the reunion which will occur June
11th and 18th.
The treasurers of the towns of
Waldwick and Eden have made
their returns to the county treasurer.
Waldwick returns delinquent SS0.S4,
and Eden S26.19. Eden will prob
ably take the cake.
The court house at Dodgeville is
being repaired and improved u.'der
the direction of the committee on
public buildings. When the work
is completed the court house will
compare favorably with the public
buildings in adjoining counties.
The Pick and Cad reports that
the first serious accident from roller
skating in that village happened on
Thursday evening, Feb q. James
Brennan fell and one of the bones
of his leg below the knee was
broken.
A school teacher by the name of
Howard, engaged in district number
three in the town of Blue Mounds,
having severely beaten a small Ger
man orphan boy, and fearing arrest,
skipped the town last week. We
understand he succeeded in getting
paid, but forgot to settle board bill
of $50 that he was owing. The
school term had three weeks longer
to run.-Chronicle.