Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-03-14
LOCAL ITEMS.

The sport at the skating rink con-
tinues without abatement.
Work will be resumed at the zinc
works about the first of next week,
Sam Lucas comic opera company
in this city, Monday evening, March
9th.
The Dodgeviilc Post G.. A. r. will
have q grand camp fire on the 18th
of the present month.
Remember the lecture on Life
in the army" by Rev. E. f. Clough,
at the NJ. f. church on Friday even
ing
The sparring match between
Williams and Bambrough will be
the attraction at the Opera House
on Monday next.
Read the advertisement of the
new livery firm Keller q Brown,
who succeed Keller & Prideaux, at
the City Livery Stable.
Two enterprising citizens of Ian
caster have erected bill boards in
different parts of the city for the
use of travelling companies.
Bishop Welles will preach and
administer the rite of confirmation
in Trinity church of this city, on
Tuesday evening March 18th.
The Happy Time Club of this
city will give q public ball at the
Opera house ON Monday evening
next All are cordially invited to
attend.
]. Dunn, son of Edward Dunn, of
the town of Mineral Point, had the
misfortune to have his thumb cut
off with Il circular saw on Tuesday
of last week.
During the past two weeks at
least half a dozen persons have in
quired a The Democrat office in re-
gard to where there were houses for
rent in this city.
Carrie Baily, aged 10 years, daug-
liter of Frank Baily, of New Dig
gings, has recently finished quilt
containing 4261 pieces. So says the
Shullsburg Free Press.
David JACKIE is agent here for the
celebrated Bird, Bridge Il Co. flour
manufactured at Warren, H., and is
prepared to sell in small or large
quantities to suit purchasers.
Some typographical errors were
made last week in the notice of the
acceptance of the challenge of J. H.
Williams by H. Bambrough. The
notice as published this week is
correct.
Mrs. Mary ]. Spensley offers for
sale the fine farm belonging to the
estate of the late John Spensley, adj
joining the city on the northwest.
See the advertisement in another
column.
Peter Carney, an inmate of the
county poor farm, aged 50 years,
was buried on Wednesday of last
week. He had been at the county
house great many years.-Darling-
ton Democrat.
At the meeting of Williamson
post, G. A. H., on Tuesday evening,
| it was decided to request Rev.
Clough to repeat his lecture on
Army Life" at an early date under
the auspices of the post.-Chron-
icle.
The Darlington Democrat says
that emigration from Lafayette
county has opened up brisk this
spring, and it begins to look as if
that county would have to import
bone and sinew from abroad to till
the soil.
An agent for a Chicago oleomar-
garine factory was arrested in James
vile, one day last week, for selling
oleomargarine to the grocers of that
city upon the representation that it
was pure creamery butter. The
agent was fined s25 and cost.
Shullsburg Pick and Cad: Owing
to litigation, the engines at Stump
Grove and at Stop line diggings have
stopped running and a number of
men are thus thrown out of work.
This is regretted as many of the
miners have families and we're de-
pendent upon the mines for employ
ment