Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-08-14
LOCAL ITEMS.

2l2, gain OF 6,7OI since 1881.
Lotus L. Wright will do watcl
repairing at Moffett's drug store.
The population of Shullsburg il
1923, an increase Of 50 in five years
Green county has this season
about 1000 acres planted in tobacco
As harvesting is in full blast bust
ness is unusually dull this week
The contract for rebuilding tn,
Oshkosh exposition building ha
been let at $4,S75.
The old settlers of Grant county
will hold their annual meeting a
Lancaster, August 20.
Ten head of cattle, valued at 81,
900, were killed by lightning on thu
farm of w. II. McDiarmid, in st
Croix county.
The st. Joseph Society of Dodge
vile will hold their annual summer
picnic at the fair ground in that vii,
lage on Tuesday next
The picnic of the Catholic church
of Ridgeway will be held this veal
on Aug. 25, and promises to be an
occasion of real pleasure.
Rev. E. E. Clough returned on
Wednesday evening from the Grant
funeral, and will preach morning
and evening next Sabbath.
The fair of the S. w. Wis. |. A.
will soon be at hand. Let all pre-
pare for it and each do something
to make the exhibits an exceptionally
fine one.
The new vagrant law is being en-
forced in Madison. On monday
four tramps convicted of vagabond-
age were sentenced to one year each
in states prison.
Platteville Democrat E. Johnson
has had hard luck with his thorough
bred calves, having lost nine of them,
weighing between four and five
hundred pounds each.
A Darlington club played a game
of base ball at that place on We'd
nesday making thirty-six tallies. A
nine from this city who were looking
on, got in one tally during the game.
J. p. Hawkins manufactured last
week over three hundred gallons OF
his popular house and villa ready
mixed paints" for which he informs
us he finds rapidly increasing de-
mand.
A little nine year old son of Henry
Vosberg, of jamestown, had his
hand caught in the rope of hay
fork, week ago Monday, crushing
it so severely that it is thought a
couple of fingers will have to be
amputated. -Platteville Witness.
The Republican says: Richland
Center's fine new school house has
been completed and turned over to
and accepted by the building COM
mittee and school board, and is
ready for the opening of the fall
term.
A barn and contents, a tobacco
shed, valuable horse and a guam
tity of implements belonging to
Patrick Colin, near GAINESVILLE,
burned Saturday night. Lightning
caused the fire.
The Republican says of Rich
land Center's new postmaster:
Mr.. Keys will do his best to serve
the public and there is no doubt
that he will make q successful and
popular postmaster.
The connexional committee meet
ing of the P. NJ. conference will be
held at Dodgeville, Aug. 18th. Rev.
J. f. Ledbrook, recently from Eng.
land, will preach in the evening, at
7: so p. m. All are cordially in.
yited.
GAINESVILLE Times: The farmers
say that the number of grasshop-
pers this year is legion. Where a
field of tobacco is surrounded by
grass it is said that the grass hop.
pers cross over and take a chew OF
VIC NGtll Will
An exchange well and truly says:
Every well-fed and smiling newspa-
per sent out is an advertisement OF
local thrift and enterprise, imparting
an impression of town and its bus
mess houses that directly and indi-
rectly draws trade and stimulates
investment.
The members of the Ladies Aid
Society of the p. NJ. church desire
to return thanks to the Mineral
Point cornet band for pleasant
music rendered at the lawn party
held at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Hawkins on Tuesday
: evening.
1t is reported from Richland Cen.
ter that a fly is worrying the tobacco
growers by killing their plants. A
cloud of the new pest settled upon
a seven acre field OF III. w. Glasiel
and destroyed most of the growing
weed. The new conner slips into the
center and there "nips the plant in
the bud" leaving it to droop and
lie.
Attention is called to the large ad
vertisement of Hawkins & Osborne
: dealers in pianos, organs, piano and
; organ stools, sheet music and in
struction books. We are pleased to
know that they are meeting with
good success in the sale of pianos anG
organs, having sold number of fine
| instruments during the past few
weeks.
/, Music hath charms to sooth tn,
: savage breast. This does not refer
| however, to that particular sort o
c music that rouses US from our bed!
0 at night, to wit: the cries of child
/ rem suffering from sudden attack
b of cramp collie, pain in the bowels
! such an emergency is safely pro
J, vided against if Mishler's Herb Bit
e tiers is Kept in the house. 1t is al
t invaluable remedy for such com
!. plants