Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-03-27

w. Z. Fuller, will give exhibitions
at the Model rink on Friday and
Saturday evenings of this week.
Rev. L. E. Clough is to deliver
his lecture on Life in the army,
next Tuesday evening, March 31st,
at the Yellow Stone, NJ. E. church.
While Mr.. Thomas Mankey and
wife were at church on Sunday eve
ming last some scamps entered their
chicken roost and stole therefrom
seven fine large chickens.
Fred Gollner, of the firm of Bliss
d Gollner, butchers, has sold his in
terest in the business to Stephen II.
Reed; and the business will here
after be carried on by Bliss & Reed.
Patrick Manning, of the town of
Eden, had the misfortune to lose his
pocket book, containing about S4OO
in money and a note, one day this
week. He offers a reward of s45 for
its return.
The Monroe Sentinel says that
the fifty new cheese factories that
are starting and to be started and
put in operation this season in that
county will make over a hundred
cheese factories in Green.
The exhibition of fancy and scien-
tifc skating given at the Model rink
by Miss Aida NJ. Bennette, of Chi
cago, prove that she was well named
the magic queen of wheels" The
exhibitions were largely attended.
The library club organized by
Geo. p. VIM numbers over ninety
members. Mr.. w. has put in bound
volumes of the works which he adj
vertised, and the same are now
ready for subscribers at Prof Moi
fett's drug store.
G. Keller has sold his share in the
City Livery Stable to his late part
ner, John r. Brown, who will here
after conduct the business. Mr.. b.
will use his best endeavors to satisfy
old and new patrons. He has a
number of heavy horses which lie
desires to sell.
There was large crowd of people
at the public sale held by Josephus
Bailey, near Cobb, on Wednesday,
and stock sold readily at high prices.
Notwithstanding all the complaint
about hard times the farmers Of
Southeastern Wisconsin haven't lost
heart in stock raising.
Attention is called to the new ad-
vertisement of Church & Co., jewel
ers. They carry a large and well
selected stock of clocks, watches,
jewelry, etc. They are offering bar
gains in all goods in their line, and
invite old and new friends to call
and examine for themselves.
Darlington Republican: A little
son of E. B. Campbell broke his arm
on Friday of last week in a very
peculiar manner. He climbed up
on his fathers lap and was playing
with him, when suddenly he
screamed and pointed to his arm,
which was found to be broken just
above the wrist joint,
Some enterprising citizen of OAR
lington has been trying to start an
oleomargarine factory in that city.
The Republican says that some of
the oleomargarine has been placed
on the market and now the authori-
ties are laying low for the wrong
doer, and if he is caught, it will prob
ably cost him a trifle to get out of
the scrape.
The legislature has appropriated
to the state University $1,000 for
holding farmers institutes through
out the several counties of the state.
Prof, w. A. Henry, of the agricul-
tural station, says that it is not
certain that any institutes can be
held this spring, but next winter
large numbers will no doubt be held.
The Democrat office has just re-
ceived a new stock of commercial
stationery, consisting of letter heads,
note heads, bill heads, statements,
etc, which will be printed in first
class style, and put up in con-
venient tablets, at reasonable prices.
We have a. large stock of business
envelopes which we can furnish
printed, at low prices.
Jas. S. Libby, of Portland, Maine,
who visited his brother Reuben Lib
by, of this city, last summer, recent
ly died at his home, from a cold
contracted last December Mr.. Libby
was one of Portland's leading citi-
zens, and The Argus, of that city
contains a lengthy and highly eulo-
CYSTIC notice on his life and death.
The Pick and Cad says: Two
more large store rooms will be built
in Shullsburg this summer, with
large plate glass windows and
all the latest architectural improve
ments. The growth and advance
ment of our village is beyond the
fondest expectations of the old
timers who predicted a few years
ago that Shullsburg was about dead.
The Wisconsin Blue Book for
1885 has been issued in an en-
larged and improved form. 1t con-
tains a large additional amount of
valuable matter, and is admirably
edited. 1t was printed by the
Democrat printing company, of
Madison, and is a credit to that
institution, both as to composition
and press work. We warrant that
it will compare favorably with the
blue books of other states.
Carelessness is the true cause of
great many of our misfortunes. 1t
was carelessness, according to the
admission of Stephen w. Reynolds,
of Coldwater, Michigan, that
brought on a severe attack of collie.
"The pain was intensely acute" he
writes. Il was cured in two hours
by Mishlers Herb Bitters." This
great household remedy never
fails when used as directed for collie,
cramp, pain in the stomach, dysen-
terry, diarrhna, and indigestion or