Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-04

GREAT preparations are Oelng
made in the M. Z. church for Chill
dren's Day, June IA. Elder Clough
is hoping for large group of babies
to baptize.
ALL nature is at its loveliest. The
woods and glens are profuse with
gay, wild flowers, and trees of every
variety are decked in foliage of the
richest green; what grand sight.
There's no greater feast for the eye.
HARRISON, the boy preacher, drew
such a crowd to the Broadway
Methodist Church, Louisville, Sun
day night, that the floor of the gal
lery gave way and created panic.
The service had to be dismissed.
THE Semi Centennial celebration
Of the organization of the Methodist
Episcopal church in this city is pos
itively settled now for July II. Rev.
d. w. Couch of New York city will
be present from Friday until Mon
day.
FoR some time Boards have not
been permitted by the law to pur-
chase for the school any books or
apparatus without the consent of the
district meeting. They may now
purchase such things to the extent of
SIS per year without such consent.
CLAYTON 81 WmTE,s Lecture
Bureau is a thoroughly reliable in
stitution and it gives unqualified en-
dorsement and commentator to the
Central Tennessee College singers
that sing for the NJ. E. Sunday
school next Monday evening.
THE Yellowstone annual picnic
will take place next Wednesday, the
10th inst, on the old picnic grounds
Just south of the Yellowstone church.
Should the weather prove unfavor
able it will be carried over until the
next day. Everybody invited, of
course.
MR. JOHN BLoTz, who has re-
tired from the milling business, has
decided to locate in our midst and
has purchased Mr.. John Lanyon's
residence situated in the northern
part of the city. We welcome Mr..
Blotz among us, feeling confident
that unto us has been added valu-
able neighbor and citizen.
TIE weather has been all that
could be asked for corn during the
past fortnight, and our farmers are
much encouraged over the prospects
of a large crop. Some had progressed
sufficiently a week ago to receive it's
first "going over" Occasionally a
field is heard Of that had to be re.
planted, but such are the exception.
DELLER has moved back and is
now nicely settled in his old quarters.
lie has his new stock Of summer
goods, and everything in and around
his store looks so fresh, and clean
and bright that it is one of the
most attractive dry goods emporiums
in southwestern Wisconsin. Just
step in there yourself, and see if
you do not like the new arrangement.
WE learn from Mr.. Ole Steensland
that we were mistaken, last week, in
mentioning the limberger cheese fac
tory in the town of Ridgeway as the
first Of its kind in this county, fae-
tory of that kind having been es-
tablished by A. e. Steensland and
others in the town Of Moscow
two years ago, and three others
having been established in Moscow
this Spring Chronicle.
Or all the troublesome things that
come to a printing office, proper
names are the worse to get along
with. 1t will probably do good, but
all the same must correspondents be
told again to write the names of per-
sons and places with the utmost care.
A letter or word even that may be
determined by the context, is of lit
tie account; but the name of a per-
son that differs at all from the com
mon Brown, Smith or Jones, is quite
different affair.
BURGLARS or house invaders are
evidently in our midst. Last night