Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-02
LOCAL ITEMS.

J0hn NJ. DdlS las Op6ued uP hiS
restaurant, in the Ellingen building.
A number of Indians with bears
and monkeys exhibited on our
streets on Wednesday afternoon.
The many warm personal friends
of Rev. E. Z. Clough in this city re-
ioice that he is to remain with us
another year.
The Mineral Point Cornet band
went to Galena on Wednesday, to
play for a premium at the fair held
there this week,
Nicholas Rock, of the town OF
Kendall Lafayette county, we are
glad to learn is recovering from his
recent severe injuries.
Joseph Milton Mills, son OF ex-
Judge Mills died in Lancaster We'd
nesday morning Sept. %, aged 30
wears. He leaves a young wife to
mourn his loss.
Lawrence Otter, aged about Is
wears, son of George Otter, Of Union
Mills. died on Thursday from the
effects of tumors on his neck and
side.-Chronicle.
The Supreme court has refused to
grant a hearing in the case OF Nc
Limans VS.. the city Of Lancaster,
for damages sustained on account OF
a defective sidewalk.
The Montfort schools opened on
Monday last. with the following
CORPS of teachers: A. D. Prideaux,
principal; Maggie Eastman, inter
mediate; Miss Minnie Thomas, prl-
mary.
Rev. E. Edyvean, of Dodgeville,
will preach in the NJ. e. church,
morning and evening, if Miss Hattie
is sufficiently recovered that MIR.
and Mrs. Clough can leave for CHIP
pewa Falls.
A correspondent who knows, adj
vises tobacco growers to visit the
sheds where tobacco is stored every
dav. There are many good reasons
for this advice, and he who watches
the sharpest will be very apt to
best know the exact condition OF
his roperty.-Janesville Times.
The Misses Jeuck q Cummings
have gone to Chicago on a bret
visit to be present at the Mllllners
Exhibit now in session, and enjoy
the privilege of studying the lateat
STYLES of the Art of Trimming, etc.
After two weeks stay will return
with a full and well assorted stock
of Millinery Goods.
Letters for the following persons
are advertised this week at the Post
Office. Miss Mary Corcoran, John
Daily, Miss Mag Hamilton, Mrs.
Susie Jackson, Allen Johnson CD,
Mrs. DIR. C. w. Leigh, Mrs. Charlotte
Davis. If any one who knows OF
their whereabouts will leave their
address with our postmaster he Will
forward the letter.
The Grant County Democrat re-
ports that a son of Lew Mappes
while playing about a pile Of lum-
Der, in Belmont. on Wednesday OF
last week, was injured severely on
the head and had leg broken;
son of Peter Doyle was also badly
injured by the overturn of the lum-
Der. Mappes' son is seriously in
jured.
An auction sale will be held about
the middle of October, five miles
east of the city of Mineral Point,
when will be sold five head Of horses
forty-five head of cattle, thirty sheep
and about twenty shoates, the prop
erty of VIM. Salmon, who has
rented his farm and retired from
farming. Posters will be issued In a
few days. N. X. VanMatre, aution-
eer.
The L. S. Hotel building is being
greatly improved by pointing" up
the wall on the west side. This
hotel under the management of Ed.
A. Phillips is so conducted as to
make it very popular with the trav-
cling public and always enjoys a
fine run of business. Constant I'M
provement seems to be the aim OF
all connected with the U. S., and its
popularity must necessarily IN
crease.
An awful disease is destroying
hogs near Beloit, and scores Of farm
ers have lost all the hogs they have.
The nature of the disease is such as
to puzzle the stock men and veterln-
arians. In some cases the hogs
seem to rot to death. The disease
is thought to have originated with
hogs which ate the carcasses OF
horses which died of CHAMBERS.
Over one thousand hogs and some
cattle have died in two townships
within two weeks.
Dr!s Jackson, of Madison, was
called to the residence of Mr.. Han
son, a few days since, to attend a
child who was in pain from some un-
known cause. The doctor examined
the little sufferer carefully and found
beneath the skin of the abdo-
men and parallel with the surface
of the body an ordinary needle,
which he extracted. The theory is
that the needle found lodgment
in the child's body through contract
with the nurses dress.
Although the space in this issue
of The Democrat is pretty well filled
with advertisements, next week the
amount of reading matter will be
greatly increased. And mex week or
the week following will be COL nc
ed the publication of an exceilent
continued story entitled "A Family
Affair."" by that celebrated author
Hugh Conway. Look out for the
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