Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-12-24

D. Jacko's, where you can bug Japan
tea for 95 and As cents per pound,
equally good as is usually sold for
so and go cents.
ONE evening last week, stranger
believed to have been insane, mis-
took the venerable court house in
Dubuque for a church, entered it,
and with the permission of Janitor
Blake, said his prayers.
LAST Friday the city schools clos
ed for their holiday vacation, and
we venture the assertion that no
more satisfactory term of school was
ever taught in the city. Prof. Eden
has certainly proven himself to be
the right man in the right place.
THE lecture by Rev. J. A. Web
ster on prison life which was to have
been given Jan. lst IN connection
with the installation of the officers
of the G. A. r. has been postponed
to some more convenient season. 1t
is a fine lecture.
THERE is no better present for
old or young than an appropriate
book--one who fails to appreciate a
book can't appreciate anything. AT
Hanscom & Co.'s can be found a
fine display Of every variety.
MARTIN 81 ToAY haYe a lot of
nice cutters that will make suita'
BILE Christmas or New Years pres
ent. Call and examine the new
styles just received.
MAzoMANIE, little city on the
St. Paul railway in Dane Co., is to
be lighted by electricity. 1t is
cheaper than kerosene oil, and in
every way preferable. o, for street
lamp
THE soft, misty weather of this
week, which resulted in leaving
mother earth bare, was anything but
what seemed best for holiday busi-
ness and pleasure. Merchants are
more or less depressed in conse
quence.
THE object of the G. A. r. POSTS
installation ceremonies and prom
enade concert which comes off on
New Years evening is one worthy
of liberal patronage-that of rails
ing funds for the needy ex-soldiers
and their families. A large attend
ance is predicted.
JENKINS & HosKING, the photog
rsphers, 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 a picture of your
self, or family group, to present tc
your friends.
The temperance lecture given on
Sunday afternoon by DR.. A. Q. Bar.
ry was fairly well attended. DR.
Barry gave us the old truths in q
new and interesting manner and ad-
vanced some new ideas. The gen.
| tleman is a very interesting talker
THE holiday trade is profitable
solely to merchants who advertise
In stores that are not advertised, q
quiet like that of a country Sabbath
prevails, while all around them the
hurrying throngs are coming and
going at the crowded doors Of those
who have made liberal use Of the
columns Of the press in describing
their bargains. The sight is an in
structiye one
MosT every community at this
season is, through its respective pa
per, boasting of its mammoth hogs
We, too, can boast. About a week
ago the ioyisl landlord, Geo. Cham
| ley, sold to Messrs. Bliss 81 Read
butchers, porker that weighed 6oo
pounds alivo and about $40 pounds
dressed. This beats 'em all. HoteI
hogs usually cap the climax.
The Farmers Institutes thus fai
held have been a great success, elic
iting great interest among the farm
ers. The discussion at Hudson and
Sparta were of very practica
character and cannot fail to do much