Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-02
b. lawns at cts, second best
5 cts. per yard at Deller's.

July 4th at the beautiful lawn of
Jas. Brewer, Sr. Take your baskets
and prepare for. a good, social time.
Refreshments will be on sale.
AHIGHLY meritorious book entitled
"Kings of Fortune" by the able and
pleasing writer Walter II. Houghton,
is one that pictures admirably the
reward of industry and honesty, and
should be made accessible to every
boy in the land. The work consists
of 62l pages, with about 50 fine
illustrations, and can be secured at
a reasonable price. If any one
should solicit your order give it,
THE Blanchardville people win
hold rousing celebration the com
ing Fourth. Extensive preparations
are being made. Two brass bands,
the Mineral Point and Moscow, haYe
been engaged. The Grafton will be
delivered by Hon. d. S. Rose, of
Darlington, whose reputation as an
orator is well known. All the usual
sports will be INDUCED in. Nothing
will be left undone to make the af-
fair a grand success.
SPECIAL "driyes" in all low cut
shoes at j. Penhallegon & Sons.
THURSDAY night of last week, in
accordance with requisition issued
by the Governor, Sheriff Owens, in
company with the sheriff of Cass
county, Oak, arrested Stephen Ever
son near the village of Edmund, in
the town of Linden, and took the
train for the west next morning.
Everson is charged with embezze-
ment, and has been known in Dako-
ia by the name of Stephen K. Myra.
SUNDAY evening about o'clock
the house of Nose Stephenson, in
the vicinity of the Yellowstone
church, was discovered on fire in
the attic, and in spite of all efforts
to subdue the flames the building
was soon in ashes, Most of the
furniture was saved Loss not as
certained; insured in $500. Defect
i've fiue was the probable cause. Mr..
Stephenson will at once proceed to
rebuild.
Akron oatmeal, oatine and avena,
just received at J. A. Spratler's.
THREE hard characters who rob
bed a store at Black Earth few
nights ago were tracked by armed
citizens to a railroad cut near Cross
Plains, suddenly pounced upon and
ordered to hold up their hands.
The robbers obeyed promptly, but
while being disarmed two compan-
ions appeared on the scene and or
dered up the hands of the captors.
The citizens were for ced to comply
with the order.
FAR more business is transacted
in this city day after day than one
would suppose upon a glance up and
down High street, from the fact that
no hitching places are permitted on
the street. But just look around to
the rear of the City Hall square, or
vacant spaces back Of High street,
and the hotel barns, and you can on
most any day discover enough teams
from all sections to blockade com
mon tboroughfare in towns that
boast of business.
No CELEBRATION at home; what
shall we do with ourselves? This
has been the general query for days.
To reply to this necessitates first, the
ascertaining of ones taste If you
want a loud, boisterous time, strike
out for some other town which ad-
vertises big things. Buff we don't
misjudge them the majority Of our
citizens would realize much more
satisfaction by attending the grove
celebration TO be held by the wide
awake farmers Of Waldwick, whose
preparations have been in keeping
with their big-heartedness. If the
weather is at all favorable, a day
spentin the leafy woodland, inhaling
the pure and health-giying atmos
phere, with unlimited hospitality
- ,o,,,, i, will r,rova far more sat |