Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-26


usual place.
A PARTY of serenaders were out
on Tuesday night, in the hotel bus.
They sang very sweetly and sono
rously, but were mistaken by some
for section of the salvation army
without drums.
In one day last week the Cullen
boys threshed for John J. Ross 2,090
bushels of oats. This is great work.
The oats yielded about 40 bushels
to the acre, and will weigh about 40
pounds to the bushel.
A PETITION has been signed by
the business men to close their
places of business during the after
moons of Thursday and Friday of
fair week, so as to allow them and
their employees to attend the fair.
The case of w. A. Disbrow
against John Cowley, which was
referred to T. Scott Ansley, as ref
cree, to try, has just been DECIDED
by Judge Clementson ia favor of
Cowley, reversing the finding of the
referee.
A CERTAIN Indiana editor is said
to be the poSseSsor of three shirts,
and he is said to be so stack up over
his good fortune that he refuses to
join the state press association. The
association denounce him as a dude
and a bloated aristocrat.
In some sections of the state far
mers have been obliged to drive
their stock as far as five or six miles
to water, while others have to de-
vote a large share Of their time to
drawing water by team for house
hold and stock purposes.
IT is TO the interest of every per-
son attending the fair here next
week to call on the merchants of
Mineral Point and inspect their
fresh and complete stocks. Here
are the largest stocks 10 be found
anywhere for the size of our city.
4 FINE, acceptable shower visited
us on Saturday afternoon. 1t was
accompanied by strong wind, and
the elements threatened worse than
was realized. To the south and
east of this section the storm was
more furious, hail and lightning do
ing more or less damage.
THE p. NJ. Sunday School picnic
from this place to Terry Springs
last Thursday was something extra
ordinary Over eighty teams were
in the procession, and enough fol
lowed later in the day to swell the
number to one hundred. 1t proved
happy event to every participant.
AT the state fair prize of $50 is
to be offered for the best butter COW
of any breed, and, it is Understood,
prize of the same amouHt for the
best cheese COW of any breed. The
test will be conducted under the
supervision of Prof. w. A. Henry
and DIR. Armsby of the State Ex-
perimentaI Station.
LAST Thursday the crack nine
from Shullsburg visited our city and
played game cf b2.l with a picked
up nine here. Oar boys did very
well, playing the best game of any
representatives of this place this
season. The Shullsburg boys are
remarkably handy. Score II to 20
in favor of the Burg.
The Hon. A. A. Arm old, Prest. of
the State Agricultural Society, and
the Hon. W. Ii. Morrison, Prest. of
the Wisconsin Dairymen's Associa-
tion, will address the people on
Thursday, Sept. I'd, third day of the
fair, on The agricultural and dairy
interests of the state, and other not
ed agriculturalists may be expected
to make short addresses.
MUCH fun has been made of the
game of croquet. Indeed 1T has
been pretty nearly laughed out of
practice. Lawn-tennis, being more
English, and in truth a better game
in many respects, has given it a
hard rub, and many sporti ng critics
have done their best to write it.