Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-03-14
There has bean a sery heavy cut


of logs made in the pineries o.
Wisconsin this winter. The unu-
sually heavy cut is explained by
the fact that the winter has been
long, with no thaw and an abun
dance of snow. Gangs went to tht
woods early and stayed late. A fal
in prices is predicted.
Mr.. John Kennedy, administrators
of the estate of James Kennedy, de
ceased, will sell very large amour
of personal property of the estate, a
auction, on the farm, two miles cas-
of the village of Highland, on Marcel
29th, at ten O'Clock, in the forenoon
All kinds of stock, farming nipple
ments, grain and hay will De sold te
the highest bidder.
A report from Plankinton. Dakota
where many Iowa county people
are located, says that the elevation
are holding 1900 bushels of whea
and oats, which will be sold to thu
farmers in that vicinity for seed
The outlook shows that a larg'
acreage of these cereals will be sown
while many hundreds acres of break
ing will be put into flax and corn.
The athletic club rooms Of thi
city. seem to be a resort wher'
many of the young men pass away
their time during the evenings, IL
such sports as are usually found IL
place Of this kind. The club in
tends giving a grand dance on Easte
Monday at the Opera house, tn
proceeds to be expended in pur
chasing articles for the club room.
While George Ramsden, youns
man living near Highland, wa!
splitting fire wood on Monday last
stick with a sharp edge flew VI
and struck him in the face cutting
through the ball of the left eye
He came to Dodgeville on Tuesday
and is now under the treatment o
DR.. Cosens, who pronounces the in
| jury quite serious, and the restora
tion of sight to the eye as doubtful
Chronicle.
There will be a grand ball a
Brunker's hall, Ridgeway, on the
18th of March - St. Patrick's day
The music for dancing will be fur
nished by two violins, a clarine,
and a cornet. The Long Valley
brass band will open the ball. Sup
per will be first class, good order
prevail, and every thing done for tht
enjoyment of the guests. Ticket;
including supper Sl.25.
An enterprising reporter of the
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin, las
week shoveled away portions of the
snow in Dane county in order tc
report the condition of winter wheat
there, and sent a dispatch to The
Wisconsin which states that 1T is
certain that the condition of winter
wheat under the snow is excellent
The reporter is entitled to the credit
of sending out the first Wisconsin
crop report for the season of 1884.
The Linden correspondent of the
Dodgeville Chronicle says: We are
glad to chronicle that another good
strike has been made by Messrs.
Samuel Poad, Ed. Coach, John
Poad, Jr., and Elisha Poad. We
understand the discovery was made
about 35 feet from the surface, in
what is commonly known through
this country as the :" top flat" The
vein is from 7 to 8 inches thick and
about 20 feet wide, and it is located
on lands owned by Mr., Elisha Poad.
Mr.. A. N. McCrady of the town
of Eden Ga mile and a quarter west
of Cobb,) will sell at auction on
Tuesday March 18th. fifteen head of
very desirable horses, nineteen head
of cattle, forty good shoats and a
choice lot of farm machinery,
wagons, tools, etc. He also offers
for sale OF rent, on easy terms, one
of his farms, situated two miles
north of Cobb and containing 2l0
acres.
A. }. McCairn & Co., bankers, of
Muscoda, have made assignment for
the benefit of their creditors. The
schedule filed with the clerk of the
circuit court shows the total assets
to be S32,069.12 while the liabilities
sum up $24,S81.03, leaving NOM
inal surplus of S7,1SS.10. The en-
barrassment of the firm is directly
due to the failure of Hodges & Co. at
Platteville; Hodges being the $50"
in the McCairn firm.
The State Board of Health has
Just issued a circular containing
" suggestions for the restriction and
prevention of scarlet fever" Every
family should obtain a copy of this
circular together with the one treat
ing of diphtheria which was issued
by the State Board of Health some
time ago, and preserve them for
future reference. To obtain copies
of these circulars address the secre-
tary, J. T. Reeve, NJ. d., Appleton
W isconSin.
The executive committee Of the
Southwestern Wisconsin industrial
met at the office of the
secretary, on Saturday last, and
opened the campaign for the season
Of 1884 by revising the premium
list. Without a single reduction
being made, the premiums in sew
eral departments have been largely
The list as revised is a
most liberal one, and will without
doubt contribute greatly towards
making the coming fair, which
be held the first week in Septem-
Der next, a most successful one.
The management deserve credit for
the timely steps taken to prepare for
the event.