Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-09-04
LOCAL ITEMS.

Nellie Boyd Company at the City
Hall. Admission so and 80 cents.
In another column we print the
programme of races at the Iowa
county fair.
There is more cheese made in
Wisconsin than in any other state
in the Union.
Don't fail to attend the entertain
ments of the Nellie Boyd Company
at the city hall.
Ticket Of" Leave Man" will be
given to night at city hall by the
Nellie Boyd Company.
Rare sport at the Roller Rink this
week. Skating every afternoon and
evening during the fair.
The Darlington fair will be held
next week. V large number of new
attractions will be presented.
Darlington will hold a special
election on Sept. Is, to fix the Ii
cense to be paid for selling liquor IN
that city.
Ed. Miller and Jack Keefe, the
famous boxers, will give a grand
sparring exhibition at Engel's hall
on Thursday evening.
Jim O'Hern, the celebrated horse
buyer, is in town and will remain
during the week. Persons having
horses to sell will DO well to see
him.
The sale of stands and lease of the
dining hall for the coming Iowa
county fair will take place at the
fair grounds, in Dodgeville on Sat
urday Sept. 9Th.
The Monitor says that a grove
meeting will be held in the grove on
the Mrs. Jane Livingston farm,
southwest of the village of Martins
vile, September 5 and 6.
The tobacco growers in the vicin-
ity of Rewey have dubbed together
and employed Mr.. Whitford, of Ed
gerton, to superintend the cutting
and curing of their crops.
All bands of music heading organ
izations of public bodies irrespective
of party, creed or sect, will be ad-
mitted to the State Agricultural
grounds on any day of the fair free
of charge.
The question for business men to
ask themselves is not whether it
pays to advertise in The Democrat
but whether they can hope to keep
up with their competitors if they
fail to do SO.
The Nellie Boyd Company are
giving good entertainments at the
City Hall this week. Tonight they
will give Ticket of Leave Man"
Thursday night " East Lynne" and
Friday night Article A."
The Democrat goes weekly into
one thousand families in Iowa
county. Our advertising rates are
so reasonable that no business man
can afford to neglect to advertise his
wants through its columns.
James Weber recently purchased
the Mitchell residence in the first
ward, and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Osborne who occupied it, have
moved into Mrs. Coad's building
adjoining the M. L. parsonage.
The third annual meeting of the
Wisconsin State Poultry Associ-
alton will be held at New Richmond,
Sept. /. f. w. Epley, the cores
ponding secretary, invites every
tancier in the state to be present.
Advices from great business cen
tiers indicate that the long continued
siege of dull times is nearly over.
Business men who would hurry up
the boom in their line of trade
should adveltize in The Democrat.
The Linden correspondent of The
Chronicle reports the death, from
diptheria, of Charlie Batten, aged IA
years. This is the third child that
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Batten have
lost within the past three weeks.
The Waldwick mine is proving a
rich bonanza for its proprietors.
During the past month four men
worked twenty days in it, and took
out 10000 pounds of lead ore of the
finest and richest quality. The ore
seems to be inexhaustible.
Letters for the following persons
are advertised at the Post Office
this week, Donham 4 k, Mr..
Fritze, Mrs. Chas. Jones 60, Frank
kirkoff, Jas. McAdam, J. w. Rob-
ertson, w. J. Smith. Persons call
ing for them must state they are
advertised.
J. w. Goldthorp x Son, proprie-
tors of the Calamine Brick Yard
announces in another column OF
to-dayis Democrat that they have on
hand and for sale 100000 brick
Pressed, Sidewalk and Common--and
that they are prepared to manufac-
ture brick in any quantities to suit
customers. We wish Messrs. Gold
thorp & Son all manner of success in
their new enterprise. Customers will
find them good men to deal with
and their prices very satisfactory.
Messrs Sanger, Rockwell & Co. OF
this city will always keep on hand
a supply of brick from the Calamine
yard.
Another of those fatal accidents
which seem to be of such frequency
of late occurred in theHelena valley
on last Saturday evening. They
were letting ladder down from the
roof of a tobacco shed at James Van
Blaricon's, and Mr.. Peter Van Blari-
con, James, father was standing or
the ground to receive it. He gave
the word to the men on top of the
, building to letit come, but in some
way the foot of the ladder came in
, contact with his head, forcing i
backwards and breaking his neck
Mr.. Van Blaricon had not been Ions
in this country, having come herr
from Canada some two or thre,
years ago to live in house on hi:
/ SON James's place. He was a gooC
> c;t;,an and his sudden death !.