Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-22
CAPITAL NOTES.

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ison's secondhand merchant, being
the victim. A burglar entered that
gentleman's house, stole his clothes
and keys to the store, to which ne
proceeded and pillaged things to his
own undisturbed satisfaction. About
Isl, 800 worth of jewelry, watches
and ornaments were stolen. $3.50
reward will be paid for the solution
Of the mystery.
The Milwaukee Improvement Co.,
with capital stock Of Sl20,0O0, filed
article Of association with the Sec
rotary Of State last week. The fol-
lowing other companies filed articles
with no capital stock; Det Norske
S amlag, of North Lacrosse, and the
Y. NJ. Q. A. Of Chippewa Falls.
Gov. Rusk aud wife, accompanied
by Capt. Curran and Maj. Joslin, at
tended G. A. r. camp fire at Viro-
qua on Thursday.
The young men of Madison are
agitating the question of organizing
post of the sons of veterans. De
Kermiss, the old Hollandish feast
week, was celebrated at the NJ. E.
church last week.
Mr.. A. S. Hearn, of the Dodge
Vile Chronicle, was in the city dur
ing the week. Mr.. j. Il. Johnson,
of Montfort, also passed through the
city en- route for Dakota, where he
has business interests TO look after.
Mr.. r LaMott, the ex-postmaster
of Highland, who resigned the po-
sition too early to allow the plea of
offensive partisanship to strike his
household, is now at Madison in
tending to enter the senior law class.
The Milwaukee Exposition closed
and several Madison peo-
pie took advantage of the last OPP
portunity and paid it visit.
The vas: exhibits of carriages,
)uggles, etc, from the various fac
.ories Of Milwaukee, formed depart
nents Of attraction for all horse
owners. But in the center Of the
over floor was a quaint and attract
We exhibit arranged by the Chicago,
d St. Paul Ry. Go. I'll
consisted Of a small house with four
entrances. The structure was made
If straw with grain) from the diff
'erent grain fields along the lines Of
he road, especially from Southern
Dakota. The walls Of the pavilion
were made by neatly matching the
straw together. There were also
specimens Of lead ore from Mineral |
Point, granite from the Wisconsin
quarrics, and all kinds of grain and |
fruits collected along tn, various
lines Of the ST. Paul road. The u. |
S. exhibits of the Arizona and Mex
lean cliff dwellings were one of the
most instructive lessons in the build
ing, and created in the visitor a
strong desire TO see those wonders
in the southwest. The public
schools of Milwaukee did them
selves credit by filling a room with
the work of their pupils, Photo
graph exhibits by the hundred told
the visitors Of the skill Of the diff
ferent Milwaukee artists. The fur
niture and upholstery were fine eX-
hibits, especially those of Matthews
Bros. and IIauseu's. The art CALLER
les were filled with hundreds of
magnificent paintings and some fin
specimens of Italian marble statuary
by r. A. Park and Coreli; these
specimens ranged in value from
$3.50 to $3.50 In the south end of
the ball was the large pipe.organ
which filled the great building with
copious music. The panorama of
Lookout Mountain was in the same
end of the building. The museum
was filled with specimens from
Wards archaeological museum,
Rochester, n. y. There were stuff
ed specimens in ornithology, of
nearly every species Of birds, and
animals Of all kinds; besides east
skeletons Of many Of the extinct
primeyal monsters,
just south of the Exposition
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