Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-11-27

N. E. church, of Portage, is to dis
course upon Tobacco Culture 8
Moral Eyil' at the coming minis.
terial convention, to be held at Xii.
bourn, Dec. 1 and 2.
The State Board of Health. which
has been in special session at Madi.
son this week discussed the general
health of the state The board
thinks the condition of the state is
excellent at the present time SIS
there has been a general cleaning
up this season, owing to the fear of
cholera visitation.
A Notice" worded as follows is
said to appear on the door of a we'll
known business Office. The hours
of attendance in this Office are: To
canvassers for church subscriptions.
10 to 2; book and insurance agents,
2 to 4 commercial travellers, and ad-
vertis;as men, all day. We attend
to our own business at night
The board of supervisors of Green
county have put off until a
more convenient season the build
ing Of new court house
at Monroe. The motion to levy a
tax for a new court house was de-
feated by a vote Of Is to 7. The
Sentinel says that the reasons given
by those who opposed the levy
were, in the main, hard times.
The Democratic Register of Oar
lington says that an action has been
begun in the circuit court by P. A.
Orion and H. H. Gray against the
county to recover taxes paid upon the
Newcomb homestead, in tLat city,
while it was occupied by Mr.. Stan
ley, as pastor of the Baptist church.
It appears from the complaint that
Olton and Gray are the owners of the
property, that they leased it to the
Baptist church for the use of its
pastor and claim it to be exempt
from taxation while so occupied.
LECTURE. Rev. J. Hardcastle, of
Dodgeville, is engaged il delivering
his popular lecture on "Courtship
and Marriage applying all the
proceeds toward the liquidation of
the Indebtedness incurred by the
P. NJ. people of Dodgeville in erect
ing their church, the former one being
destroyed by fire. He will be at the
p. NJ. church this city, on Thursday
evening, December Sd. Admission,
Adults, %; children, ID cents. We
hope he will be favored with large
audience, the object being a worthy
one. Lecture begins at Z 80.
w. A. Anderson, Milwaukee
correspondent of the Chicago Inter
Ocean, writes as follows to that
paper: The prospects are that
during 1886 there will be more
railroad building in Wisconsin than
has been done in many years. For
several years past little work in
this line has been done in the state,
first, because there was apparently
little need for additional railroad
facilities, and second, because times
were hard. However, new roads
and extensions were projected, and
now that the general Improvement
in business seems to warrant it the
new roads will be built.
AT Westford, in the western part of
this state, woman has been placed
under arrest and bound over for
trial on the complaint of neighbor
who charges that the prisoner is a
witch, and that she introduced hog
cholera into the neighborhood by
witch influence. The evening Wis
consin in commenting upon the
arrest says: ut is disgrace to Wis
consin that such complaint as the
one cited should have been made by
any one; and it is more ridiculous
than disgraceful that any officer of
the law should countenance
such q complaint to the extent Of
granting an order of arrest"
The Republican says: Miss Lydia
Hodges, daughter of Mason Hodges,
of Rockbridge, Richland county, is a
prodigy. She is not yet sixteen
years old, and weighs $40 pounds,
and is doubtless the heaviest per-
son Of her age in the United States.
She had a severe sickness when
about two years old, and upon her
recovery commenced and has con-
tinued to grow tleshy. She bids
fair, should she live to middle age,
to weigh from 400 to 500 pounds,
perhaps more. She is about me-
dium height, is in the enjoyment of
good health, and is quite active
considering her enormous weight.