Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-09
LOCAL ITEMS.

; Platteville has been selected as the
place for holding the first agricultu-
raj institute for southwest Wisconsin.
This week we commence the pub
lication of q most excellent story
"a Family Affair."" by Hugh Con-
way.
The Wisconsin Telegraph, an
! Oshkosh German paper, has been
purchased by Gen. t. S. Allen and
Julius Weidner.
The rattle for Duppler's organ,
for which tickets have been sold,
viii take place at Mr.. Duppler's
saloon on Saturday evening.
The Pleasant View Sabbath School
will give festival at their hall three
miles east of Mineral Point, on
Thursday evening, Oct. 18th.
Remember the special sale of
Silks and Dress Goods, Monday
next at Deller's. See advertisement
in another column of today's Dem
ocrat.
The fifth district convention, |. 0.
G. T., comprising the counties of
Grant, Iowa, Lafayette and Dane,
will be held at Montfort Oct. Goth
and 21st
State Veterinarian Atkinson is in
vestigating cases of hog cholera at
Cambria. 1t is said that within
seven miles of that place 1900 hogs
have died from the disease.
A private letter from Red Cloud,
Neb., received by parties in this city
bears the sad information that Mr..
J. w. Sherwood, formerly of this
city lies dangerously i'll at that place.
DR.. Atkinson, state veterinary
surgeon; last week visited Portage,
Fox Lake, Randolph and other
portions of the state where cases of
the genuine hog cholera are said to
exist.
1t is said that the depot to be
selected in Milwaukee by the c. NJ.
& st. R'y company will when COM
pleted be the handsomest depot
building in the west. 1t will be 800
feet long and IS feet wide.
John Osborne's mare Lady O."
did herself proud in the three
minute race at the Lancaster fair,
taking second money, and closely
contesting for first place in heat
which was trotted in 2: IS.
John Stephenson, of.this city, at
tended the fair at Galena last week.
He expresses himself as most highly
pleased at the unstinted praise be-
slowed upon the Mineral Point band
by the people of Galena and others
present at the fair.
While engaged in putting in a
cross-main near the gas works in
| Milwaukee the other day, several
men were asphyxiated by the
escaping gas and when brought to
the surface two of them were thought
to be past recovery. By the diligent
work of physicians, however they
were restored to life.
Every young man who can pos
sibIy do so should take a course at
some first-class business college, and
The Democrat takes pleasure in
recommending the Spencerian Bust
ness College, of Milwaukee. as being
the oldest and best institution of its
kind in the state. For circulars and
full information regarding terms, etc.
write to r. c. Spencer, Milwaukee,
| Wis.
A large number of fine animals
from J. J. Ross q Sons magnificent
herd of short horn cattle have just
finished most successful tour of
the fairs in this section of the country,
carrying off nearly all the blue and
red ribbons in their class wherever
exhibited. The last contest for pre-
miums was at Galena last week, and
the result was no exception to the
general rule.
Joshua commanded the sun to
stand still in order that he might
have more time in which to COM
plete the defeat of the enemies of
Israel. In the battle with disease
we, too, must take every advantage
of every means given to aid us in
our contest. Mishler's Herb Bitters
is a potent agent against dyspepsia,
ague, sick headache and kidney and
liver complaints.
1t affords The Democrat great
deal of pleasure to record the fact
that the Mineral Point Cornet Band
carried off the second premium in
the band contest at the Galena fair
last week. Five bands entered, the
Dubuque band securing the first
premium and our band the second.
| The members of our band left here
on Wednesday and arrived home on
Thursday noon. They report them
selves highly pleased with the cour
teous treatment accorded to them
by the people of Galena, who were
unstinted in praise of their excel
lent playing. Mineral Point has
good reason to be proud of her
band.
On Wednesday, Owen Roberts, of
Mill Creek, while on his way to
Dodgeville with team and buggy,
thought he would have smoke. He
filled his pipe and pulled away,
all at once there was an explosion,
his pipe blew into atoms, he was
struck OH the cheek, blood trickled
down, for an instant he was stunned
and believed himself shot. Noticing
that he did not die, he began to in
vestigate, and found that in filling
his pipe he had put into it unnotic ed
a % caliber cartridge, and when he
fired up the cartridge fired of. The
shell of the cartridge struck him on
the cheek producing a slight wound.
Sun.
From returns made to the secre-
tary of states office by the various
county clerks, it is shown that the
acreage of tobacco in Wisconsin for
the year 1885 is far in excess of any