Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-01-22
REPAIRING well and quick
at Remfrey's wagon shop, charges
reasonable.

, IN the Opera House on Wednesda,
the 2sth inst They are said to b,
the finest troupe of Jubilee singer,
in the United States.
/ WHILE the children of most towns
surrounding us are afflicted will
diphtheria, scarlet fever, etc, Min
eral Points little folks are blessed
by only being tormented with such
as the mumps or whooping cough.
Tue Shullsburg Pick and Cad
reports thus: "The mines of the
Stump Grove Mining Company are
said to be the largest in the neigh
borhood for many years. They are
yielding over two hundred thousand
pounds of mineral per MONTH"
PARTIES wishing to purchase a
nice Pictorial Family Bible will do
well to call on j. B. Reynolds before
purchasing elsewhere. You can get
them on monthly payments same as
Freeport man sells them, so there is
no need of importing an agent from
another city to sell the few bibles
needed in Mineral Point.
OLEoMARGERINE having become
unpopular, the manufacturers of the
materials by which it is made are
sending out circulars to dairymen,
calling their stuff "Neutraline, also
"Oleo Oil, /" "Butterine," etc. They
say in their circulars "our relations
with our customers are strictly con
fidential.' Look out for these frauds.
THE president of the Wisconsin
Fish commission advises all who
may desire brook trout fry(except
for private ponds), and California
mountain or rainbow trout, or wall
eyed pike, to apply at once to their
representatives in the legislature.
Applications to President Dnnning
and to the superintendent of the
hatcheries will also be honored.
THE Ridgeway paper, in its last
issue, tries to represent that the re-
mainder of the county, by represen-
tation in county board, wades into
Ridgeway at every opportunity. It's
funny this was not made known be-
fore, if SO. JAS. Spensley, of this
town, and S. w. Reese, Of Dodge
vile, especially the latter, received
a hot scoring in connection with the
article.
HERE is something we wish our
subscribers would memorize: The
TRIBUNE is not $l.25 per year unless
paid strictly in advance--a year in
advance. Many have, through some
unknown cause to us, been under the
impression that $l.25 is all that's de
manded, payable at any time. Give
up this idea at once, as we do not
nor will not abide by it. Read the
paper for terms and you viii fully
understand.
Our attention has been called to
some facts which ought to be looked
after blythe humane society,if we have
one, or by self-constituted one if
necessary. II is the leaving Of
horses to roam day and night within
our city limits without the least care
or protection, whatever. These poor
dumb brutes are in such a condition
that their ribs can be counted with
out touching search for them.
CoLD! did you say? Well now
if 1t has not been cold the past week
the dictionaries misinform us as to
the meaning Of the word, that's all.
We can now boast of having ex-
perienced 80 degrees below zero,
which has been common throughout
the wintry sections. In many parts
of Dakota and Minnesota the Their
mometer has marked 40 below and
in some 50. This winter can be
as one Of the coldest in the
SOS
BABYHooD.-We have received
sample copy Of a new monthly mag
azine bearing the title Of Babyhood,
published at No. l8 Spruce St., New
York, which pleases us very much.
1t is "deyoted exclusively to the care
Of young children and the general