Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-05-14
Local News.

The Douglas brass band of Shulls-
burg has been reorganized.
John Boynton, we are glad to note,
is able to ride out. after being con-
fined to his home for many months
There viii be trotting and running
races at Shullsburg driving park on
July I'd and 3D. Liberal purses are
offered
The Sunday School convention for
the Platteville district Of the NJ. f.
church will be held at DodgeviIIe June
lst, I'd and Sd.
The old settlers reunion will be held
this year at Gratiot, Lafayette county.
Hon. VI. VI. Cothren has been selected
as orator
Calvert SpensIey is fencing the lots in
the south part of the city which were
purchased by him at the Henry sale of
real estate.
Leading fashions for May and June
just received from London, Paris, Der
lin, Vienna and New York, by Adam
Dresser, the tailor
a portion of culyert on the corner
of Hoard and Commerce streets caved
in on Monday afternoon, making quite
Il deep hole in the middle of the street
An egg sociable, given by the NJ
+. ladies', will be held at Mrs. F.
Weidenfeller's, Wednesday eve, May
10Th. All are invited to attend Re
freshments will he served.
The thirteenth annual fair of the
Boscobel Agricultural and Driving Park
association viii be held September
%, %, 80, and Oct. /, 1886 Liberal
purses are offered for the trotting races.
Frank Spensley has been appointed
general agent for the ID. NJ. Osborne
harvesting machines, with headquar-
tiers in this city He will make an
energetic agent, and the company viii
be well represented.
! The members of the Juvenile Temple |
will hold an ice cream festival, in Good |
Tenplar hall, on Tuesday next. The
members are requested to meet at |
o'clock, prompt, as a special meeting
will be held before the festival opens.
The wives of the knights Templar |
of Mineral Point COmmandery, No II,
gave very pleasant party at Masonic !
Hall on last Thursday evening. The
entire programme was well arranged |
and admirably carried out. And |
it could hardly be otherwise when
managed by the ladies'.
DIR. VIM. Eastman, of this city at
tended meeting of the American |
medical Association at st. Louis last |
week. The meeting was largely at
tended, about twelve hundred delegates |
the members of the association were
handsomely treated by the people of
st Louis.
The committee appointed to raise
funds for the soldiers reunion to be
held in this city June 9th and 10th has
been very successful. AS we go to
press we learn that as the result Of
two days canvassing the sum of fifteen
hundred dollars has been subscribed.
AS the returns are not all in this is
certainly very encouraging.
Rev NJ. Chase returned on Saturday
last, and oniciated at Trinity church
on Sunday 1t is gratifying to his
parishioners and friends generally to
know that he will remain here. At
the earnest solicitation of the vestry
of Trinity church he withdrew his
resignation as rector, which he ten
dered short time ago.
The Veterans association and the
citizens of Mineral Point are to be
congratulated ON the fact that Mrs.
+. A. Charlton, of Brodhead, has been
engaged to write poem to be read
bv herself on the occasion of the
soldiers reunion in this city. Mrs
Charlton is a really gifted poetess, and
her productions are invariably of a
high order.
The people of Mineral Point will in
all probability be treated to open air
concerts by Dresen's Harmony Band |
during summer evenings. y sub
scription list has been circulated |
among the business men to raise Il
fund to offer to the band rs Il partial |
recompeuse for their services, and the |
ready and liberal manner in which it |
has been signed bears testimony to
the fact that the merits of the band
are appreciated by our citizens.
d. NJ Platt. of Red Cloud, Nebraska, |
will 60 to Chicago about July lst., to
look after the interests of the lumber
company of which he is president. He
will remain in Chicago most of the time
during the absence or his partner, Mr..
Frees, who goes to Europe for a four
months visit Mrs. Plat and children
will return to their old home in this
city. where they will remain during
Mr. Platt's stay in Chicago. Mr. Plat
hopes to be at Mineral Point a portion
of the time if business will permit.
c. w. McIlhon, Paul Noble, John
NJ Hales, James NJ. Toay, James NJ.
Mulhairn, Alex Stamm and Willie
PeSch started westward on fishing
excursion on Monday morning. The
evidently intended to be gone some
time, as they had with them a tent,