Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18

were beautifully left at a game of
ball.
THE valued and faithful dog of
Thos. Priestley met with a sad end
ing one night last week. The poor
brute was found in the morning per-
forated with shot, and indications
encourage the belief that it was
done while the dog was attempting
to protect his masters wood pile
from thieves.
Honor and sadness seldom come
together as they did last week to
Capt. o. b. Thomas, of Prairie du
Chen, whose wife died on the 9th
inst and he received the unanimous
nomination for Congress at the
hands of the 7th dist. Republicans
on the 18th. The Capt. was a good
soldier, is an excellent citizen, a man
of marked ability, and the 7th dist.
ought to elect him. All parties ex-
tend him sympathy. Mrs. Thomas
maiden name was Rosencrants, and
she was born in Melville, Grant
county.
In literary and artistic point of
view, Demorest's Magazine for Oc-
tober is an admirable number. The
frontispiece, "Decoy Ducks" which
is something new in art, is very
beautiful, and the other illustrations
are excellent. Among the articles
specially worthy of note are, "Stu-
dent Life in Paris" "Down the Red
Sea-" "Pope's Villa at Twickenham," !"
and "How We Live in New York, !"
by Jennie June. The stories are en-
tertaining, the poems good, and the
various departments are replete with
useful and agreeable reading, such
as is acceptable in every household.
THE running race, mile heats, be-
tween Mercury and Burglar at Mon
roe last Saturday, was as exciting as
any could be wished for. The first
heat was decided for Burglar, yet
it was so close that many thought it
dead; the second heat was dead, and
the third heat Burglar showed signs
of fatigue and Jagged many lengths
behind Mercury who was running
under a strong pull when he bursted
a blood-vessel and was pulled up
without finishing the heat. Best
time l:47. II is not thought that
the horse will suffer seriously from
the rupture, which was in the nostrils.
COUNTY OFFICERs.-The Repub
lican county convention for the nom
ination of county officers will be
held on ednesday, the LIST of Oc-
tober. Much interest is always at
tached to the conventions which
nominate county officers, as these
are the public servants with whom
the people Of the county must have
official dealings. There are quite a
number Of candidates for some of
the nominations, yet we are unable
to give names. The outcome is sim.
ply matter Of conjecture just now,
but as all the candidates heard men
toned are good men, worthy of and no
doubt would receive the full party
vote, a strong ticket may be expect
ed and success thereby assured.
DURING the heated term all who
paid any attention to the sky could
see the northern heavens brilliantly
lighted with electricity and were
sure it was raining up north. 1t did
not rain, but poured over the whole
valley of the Chippewa, until such
raise as was never before known
took place. The Chippewa, which
is very large river, rose 80 feet,
washing out dams, bridges, mills,
dwellings, and flooding hundreds if
not thousands of homes. About
200 dwelling houses and as many
barns were foated off in Eau Claire
alone The estimate of damage is
set at $2,o00,o0o. But for the Dells
Dam it would have been much worse
but large stocks Of logs for the mills
at Eau Claire and below have been
held back. The rich have lost their