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


Attention i called to the notice
signed by the butter buyers Of this
city.
Taxes in this city for this year
will be three cents and eight mills
on the dollar.
In 1870 the tobacco crop of Wis
consin was 2,745 eases. This year it
is 100000 cases.
The ladies of the P. NJ. Alpha
society will hold their bazaar at the
Good Tenplars' hall Dec. 10.
Jones, Noterman and D ernberger
have lead near Galena which is
producing from 5000 to 1000
pounds per day.
The annual encampment of the
G. A. r. Of Wisconsin will be held
at Robert Chiyas Post Hall, Mil
waukee, on February 8 and /.
Rev. H. C. Shlaeter viii preach
in the Presbyterian church, Nov.
10Th. Preaching in English morn
ing and evening, and in German at
2: 30 p. N.
Ex-Secretary of State, Peter
Doyle, has been invited by the COM
mittee of arrangements to address
the Parnell meeting to be held at
GAINESVILLE on tue 26th inst.
VIM. Strauss went to Chicago on
Tuesday afternoon to buy a large
stock Of winter goods forJ. Deller's
dry goods emporium. Look out for
the announcement Of their arrival
next week.
Toboggan clubs are being formed
IN various parts of the state, for
sport during the coming winter
months Tobogganing is said to be a
great Improvement upon the tim9
IGNORED sport of Sliding down hill"
The annual meeting of the South
western Wisconsin Industrial Asso-
citation will be held in the city hall,
Mineral Point, at 2 p. M, on Satur-
day, Nov. %. It is hoped that all
members Of the association will be
present.
The Richland Republican says:
The Wisconsin river is at an exceed
ing low ebb. The sand banks rise
up in all directions above the
water and the narrow channels of
water are easily fordable on foot in
most of places.
Milwaukee is - have three more
statues in public places. One rep
resenting the founder of the city
and a group OF Indians, given to
the city by W. ". Colemen, and two
presented by I. A. Chapman, Of
Goethe and Webster.
Gov. Rusk issued proclamation
on Monday afternoon Offering $500
reward for the conviction of the
unknown person who murdered the
man whose body was found No
vember s, in Lows Greek, two miles
south of Eau Claire.
Mrs. Dorothea Kruse. of Darling
ton received news last week that a
pension of over seven thousand
dollars had been granted on account
of the army services of her husband
who is now in the insane asylum at
Madison.
Il never was exactly buried alive,
said an old clerk, recounting his e1-
periences, but | once worked in a
store that did not advertise. When
| came out my head was almost as
white as you see it. Solitary con
linement did it."-Cincinnatl Com
mcrcial Gazette
Rev. J. Hardcastle, Of Dodgeville,
says The Sun, has generously I'M
dcrtaken to clear up the indebted
ness on the Dodgevilie, z. NJ. church,
for which purpose he proposes to go
on o featuring tour: He will lecture
in this city on the evening of Dec.
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Exchanges are warning people
against two swindIers who are going
about the state. One of them pur-
ports to be after crop statistics and
The other has a remonstrance against
heavy taxes. Both ask farmers to
sign their names to papers which
afterwards turn up as promlssory
notes.
The Prairie du Chen Courier says:
Tobacco dealers begin to show them
selves out among the farmers. This
is rather early, as they do not
usually come out until middle of
after the crop is stripped.
Prairie du Chen tobacco growers
have some choice lots, but are in no
hurry to sell.
Mr.. Zachariah Curnow, father Of
townsman Edward Curnow, died on
Sunday last, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. NJ. W. Prater, OF
Pittsburg, Kansas. The deceased
was for very many years a resident
of this city, and the body was
brought here on Wednesday even
ing's train for interment.
The Daily Newspaper for this
city died a bornin." The pro-
jectors of the enterprise have aban-
doned it. J. T. Streeter con-
templates engaging in business in
the eastern part of the state, Lincoln
Carson is at work on The Chronicle,
and "Pompey Pesch is all that is
left of the old guard.
The supervisors of Grant county,
haved refused to accept the cash
certificates for $4,000 deposited by
County Treasurer Mcmahon with
the failed banking firm of Hodges
4 Co, Platteville. As the county
had provided no safe place for its
funds, Mr.. Mcmahon will test the
case in the courts.
The body of A. L. Sanborn,
county judge of Dane county, was
found on last Thursday afternoon
by two boys who were hunting in
Lansing's Woods, four miles from
Madison. He was subject to fits of
and as a bottle of laud-
anum was found in his pocket, it
is supposed that he committed