Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-12

go out.
TIE enchanting and we'll executed
music rendered by our city band at
the Dillon entertainments last week
has been most highly complimented.
No one will concede that there is
any better band in this neck of
woods.
Born lovers and haters of the
game of progressive euchre" in
this city are actively interested, and
it is really entertaining to one of an
Indifferent turn of mind to hear the
various emphatic expressions numer-
ously abounding.
LETTERS for G. A. Braokett, f.
II. Roberts, Fannie Roberts, Eugene
Shipman and John Wentler are on
the advertised list at the post-office
this week. If not called for within
thirty days, they will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office.
UPoN being asked Tuesday morn
ing how cold was it up your way,
citizen, residing in the western part
of the city, replied to the effect that
the smoke was frozen stiff, laying
around in large chunks, and that he
fell over one coming down town
IT is the common opinion in and
outside the county that no county in
the state has more accommodating
and competent probate Judge than
Iowa county, and at the approaching
election he should succeed himself
by acclamation regardless of party.
THE valentine season has rolled
around again, and, as usual, many
will realize much satisfaction in the
tormenting epistles, while an equally
large number do, on these occasions,
receive magnetic touches from Cupid
as lasting in memory as life itself
TUESDAY was the severest cold
day of the winter. Not that the
thermometer indicated any colder
than on some other days past, but
then the stiffness was remarkable,
while on Tuesday a brisk breeze
stirred the biting atmosphere till it
was almost unbearable.
The trains Of this locality expert
enced their first trying blockades of
the winter the first of this week,
occasioned by the wild snow storm
of Sunday night and Monday morn
ing. The c., M. q St. Paul trains
running into this city usually fare
much better than those of the North
western in the northern part of the
county.
II. G. BELL, whose post-office ad-
dress is Butler, Milwaukee Co, Wis,
writes to the Dodgeville papers that
he would like to wTestle Evan Lewis
in any style for from $3.50 to 81 900 a
side, ard in case of his failure to
make match with Lewis he wishes
to extend the chance to any other
man in the state.
THE "Little Infant" fine nickel
cigar manufactured by j. NJ. Null
harm, of this city, is becoming won
derfully popular at the State Capital,
so much so that the retail dealers
there are handling them with great
success. Where so many legislators
assemble is the place to test the
merits of cigar.
WHAT does it imply when you see
parties, who live where there is
plenty of lumber of all kinds on the
market, vending their way home
ward from an adjacent town with
heavy loads of lumber? Such has
been the fact of late betwixt Dodge
Vile and Mineral Point, the dealers
of the latter place realizing the
sales. Does it not mean that here is
the place to secure lumber cheap?
THE City Council and large ma
iority of our people approve the
proposed amendment to our city
charter, providing that sidewalks
shall be built and kept in repair By
general tax. Now we depend upon
Assemblyman Cox and Senator
James to see that the amendment is