Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-12-17
LARGEST assortment of jewelry in
own. Church & Co.


change says: "Venus is now evering
star and is so bright that she can be
seen as early as $3.50 O'Clock, p. m,
even when old Sol is doing his best.
AT O'Clock the star is at its best
and resembles q great blazing dia-
mond in a flood of light
A Sunday.school class of this city
has boldly asserted that if they
could not have candy on Christmas
they preferred employing the Sun
days through the year in going fish
ing. The class is made up of big
boys, too. Give each a stick with
taffy ON it.
DIR. A. G. BARRY, Grand Lodge
Lecturer, of Lodi, will lecture ut
the Good Templars' hall in this city
next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
a general turn out to hear the gen
tleman is asked for. Dr. Barry is
one of the best takers in the state,
and comes to us highly recon-
mended.
VINO shall be our next postmaster
is growing in interest among poll
ticians and leading papers outside
this immediate vicinity. If this be
an administration when the gallant
soldier is remembered in preference
the man can be readily named.
JENKINS 4 HosKING, the photog-
raphers, say they are making more
! photographs for Xmas presents this
year than they have done for years
before. There is certainly nothing
more suitable than picture of your
self, or family group, to present to
your friends.
JUDGE CLEMENTsoN has decided
as legal the organization of the vii
lage Of Montfort into high school
district. A strong fight was made
some time ago by those for and
against the organization of high
school there, and has resulted in
favor of the high school.
A DISPATCH was received here yes
terday 10y his friends to the effect
that Mr.. Thomas 4. Parmele, who
recently left here for Washington
territory, had accidentally shot him
self, dying soon after. There are
numerous friends in this city upon
whom this news will cast mantle
of sadness.
WE can thus early boast or being
remembered by Santa Claus, who,
through his agent, Mrs Jas. Bennett
of Barreltown, has presented us
with bowl of scalded cream. We
shall regard this among the choicest
of whatever might be rendered us,
AS no token of remembrance could
please us more-uness it be SET
thing up in full by those who are
indebted to US on subscription and
otherwise.
The custom Of rendering Christ
mas Cards is indeed becoming and
is fast gaining in popularity. J. }
Hanscom 81 Co. have an elegant
assortment Of these cards.
We are in receipt of a handy
pocket atlas of the world, published
and sent out by the Republican and
Leader, of Lacrosse. The book,
which is handsomely bound in red
morocco. contains colored maps of
each state and territory, and maps
Of all the grand divisions, with a
complete index of every country on
the face of the globe. The book is
what everyone needs, and the Re
publican and Leader publisher has
shown liberality and enterprise in
remembering his patrons in so sub
stantial a manner.
PEOPLE who have any intimate
acquaintance with the bald-headed
member Of the Cash Grocery firm
have always regarded him as q
guileless man; but how little we can
tell what is in man. During the
last fortnight he has been deceiving
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