Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-16

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silver to the ton. A vein 81 inches
in width has 80 far been found.
TINS week is laid before our read
ers the greater part of the list of
premiums offered by the fair society
of this place; the remainder will
follow next week. Read it carefully
and thereby ascertain if you haven't
something to place in competition.
II may be an interesting fact and
one not generally known, that wheat
is no where found growing wild. 1t
was derived by careful cultivation
from kind of grass and can only
be maintained and improved by the
same careful cultivation.
WE are under obligations to Mr..
q. H. 81. Curry, formerly of this
city, for copy of the proceedings
of the sixth annual session of the
Grand Lodge Knights of Honor of
California, of which he is Grand
Reporter.
A CALF was dropped on the farm
of Mr.. J. j. Mckenzie, town of Ian
caster, one day last week which at
three days old weighed one hundred
and thirty-three pounds. This GER
tainly beats all of the returns yet in.
The breed is cross of The native
and Durham. Lancaster Hera1d.
The query, 'Is there any law
whereby persons subjected to poi!
tax car be compelled to pay the
same?" was put to us one day this
week. There certainly is law re-
lating to poll tax, but whether it has
ever bees tested, or whether it can
be enforced, better law authority
than ourselves must be referred to.
Will some lawyer take up the
subject?
THE Oshkosh Times in an article
on the tornado at that place last
week, says: "The complete destruc-
ton of the Northern Exposition
building leaves the fair association
in bad shape. Under the circum-
stances the fire insurance of $4,000
held upon the structure does not
hold good. The loss to the society
on building, stalls and fences, will
not be less than SIS, 1000"
THE storm Sunday night was
mysteriously accompanied by hail in
the vicinity of ]. B. Reynolds tobac-
co patch on the southern edge of the
city, while not one of the several
other tobacco fields in this locality
were showered upon by anything of
the kind. Mr.. Reynolds patch con-
sisted of about two acres, and so far
as we have heard the destruction
was so complete that it will cause
great loss; yet we hope not.
AN exchange says that set of
rascals are going about the country
who call when men are away and
representing themselves to be clamp
inspectors" under official appoint
ment, demand that all the lamps in
the house be shown them for inspec-
ton. They then make out certifi-
cate for each lamp and collect ten
cents for each and get away to the
next house. In this way they make
big wages but the amount at each
place is so small that nobody cares
to make an arrest. We can't think
that many persons could be taken In
that way, but it is best to look out
for swindlers.
AwARDED.-Last week the com
mittee appointed to receive bids for
building the basement of the new
county asylum met at Dodgeville,
and opened the same which were as
follows: Whitford & Kelley $3.50,
Cornelius 81 Paul SLIGO, Elliott *
Sons $2q79, leach of these above
bids including board of hands by
county while doing work., Cox,
Goldsworthy & Co s2445 without
board. Without further action the
committee adjourned until Tuesday
of this week to give Cornelius 81
Paul time to furnish bonds. Upon
meeting this week bonds to the