Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-05-15
LOCAL ITEMS.

Reserved seats for the Hungarian
Gypsy band at Hanscoms.
Six saloon keepers have taken
out license in Highland, at 5000
each.
! Congressman Il. Nj. LaFollette will
deliver the Grafton in Lancaster, on
Decoration Day.
The Republican reports that some
corn planting was done in Richland
county last week.
| Another Roman Catholic church
building is to be erected in Madison
in the near future.
The GAINESVILLE Guards were given
eighth place in the second-class inter
state drill, at Mobile.
Tobacco beds in the vicinity of
GAINESVILLE suffered severely by the
cold wind storms of May 9TH and
9Th.
Twenty four saloon licenses, at
5000 each, were granted at the last
meeting of the Madison common
council.
At the state fair this year no
money premiums will be paid for
Exhibition of fancy stock from
other states.
The Tobacco Reporter says that
there will be two large fire proof
brick warehouses erected in Edgerton
this summer.
There are letters upon the adver-
tised list this week at the Post Office
for Teddy Burns, w. Dreyfuss, and
DR.. VIM. Walker.
Any one wishing to secure a New
Singer Sewing Machine cheap will
do well to call on A. f. Bishop,
furniture dealer. 41w1
Ed. Ray, of Platteville, informs
the editor of the Tobacco Reporter
that he will plant six acres of Suma-
ira tobacco this year.
The Hungarian Gypsy band, con-
sisting of fourteen performers will
"open" the new city hall in Platte
vile this Friday evening.
Moses M. Strong was elected presi-
dent and l.. J. Rusk secretary of the
board of examiners of applicants
for admission to the bar
Our exchanges report that the
mortality among the bees the past
winter has been very great. Ex-
treme cold weather is assigned as
the cause.
The Witness reports that many
farmers of Grant county have re-
planted their fall grain in conse-
quence of it being frozen during the
long cold winter.
Martin & Toay have secured the
sale of Fronts Horse Hoeing Ma
chine, for cultivating tobacco.
Growers are invited to call and ex-
anime its merits. 41w4
At Waukesha the other day gen.
eral freight agent Morris Brosnihan,
of the st. Paul road, had q narrow
escape from being torn to pieces by
two ferocious dogs.
If you love music don't fail to
hear the "Gypsies !" at the opera
house on Saturday evening. Ifyou
don't love music go and get your
poor soul woke up.
The members of the George II.
Legate Post G. A. r. at their meet
ing, this Friday evening will con-
slider the question of observing
decoration day in this city.
1t is said that piece of ground
set out in black walnut and allowed
to remain twenty years will yield a
larger profit than in any other
mode of investment on the farm.
U. S. commissioners of agriculture,
Norman J. Coleman, has accepted
the invitation which the agricultural
society extended to him, to deliver
the annual address, and will speak
at the state fair September Sth.
As the 18th of May falls this year
on Sunday, the anniversary of Nor
ways independence will be celebra-
ted by the Norwegians of Moscow
and surrounding towns on Saturday
the 10Th. The celebration will be
held at Blanchardville.
/ A meeting of the grand lodge of
the A. o. q. w. was held at Eau
Claire last week. There are 104
lodges in the state and 5,461 men,
bers. Thirty-seven deaths occurred
during the year, and $4,000 was
paid from the benefit fund.
The leading business men in every
community are the men that adver-
tise. They keep themselves and
their wares constantly before the
public, and in this way draw patron
. age not only at home bnt from sur
, rounding towns.-Ex.
Another live energetic man has
, been added to the Mccormick har-
vesting machine force in this city,
in the person of Robert Martin. who
will act as canvassing agent for S.
Hooking l. Co., local agents for the
| Mccormick machines.
The st. Paul Railroad has issued
: in neat pamphlet form, an illustrat-
2 ed synopsis of the fish and game
{ laws of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
! and Dakota, for the benefit of the
/ many sportsmen going out on their
> lines during the summer.