Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22
The regular annual election o

The regular annual election of
officers of the Citizens National bank
was held at its banking house in this
city on Jan. II, 1885. The follow
ing officers were elected: President,
James Judge; Vice President, Z. c.
King; Cashier, Hugh ]. Gallagher;
Directors, John Reilly, James Judge,
William James, E. c. King, A. c.
Observation-Disclosures Democrat.
The annual festival and ball of
st. Paul's Catholic church of this
city will be held this year on
Wednesday evening, February Sd,
and extensive arrangements are be-
ing made for that occasion. Good
music will be secured and every
effort will be made to have both
ball and festival first class in every
particular If the weather and the
roads continue favorable the coming
ball and festival will be one of the
most successful ever held in Mineral
Point.
The ice harvest is an abundaet one
in Mineral Point this season. Sew
eral large forces of men have been
engaged for the last week or ten
days in cutting md packing for sum.
mer use. S. J. Wright, John Horn,
Charles Gilman, James Argall and
others, are storing away large guam
titles. The ice is of excellent quail
ity and from eighteen to twenty
inches in thickness. That clearer or
finer ice was never before packed in
Mineral Point is the report of the
packers.
The twentieth annual convention of
the Northwestern Dairymen's Asso-
citation will be held at the Opera
House in the City of Beloit, Wiscon-
sin, commencing Tuesday, February
10th, and continuing four days, this
association the largest in membership
of any organization of the kind in the
United States, has become famous
on accent of the exceeding great value
of its yearly conventions in bringing
to the front the best dairy thought
of the times. 1t comprises in its men,
bership some of the most noted
and successful dairymen in the
northwest.
Prof. Freeman, l.. l.. D.. of the
state University, devoted last Friday
afternoon to visiting the high school
department, and at the close of the
session gave one of his elegant and
happy talks. The Professor re-
ported the school in excellent con-
ditiop. He spoke in commendatory
terms of the interest manifested by
the pupils in their recitations, ex-
pressed himself as pleased with the
general management Of the school,
and spoke in complimentary terms
of the teachers in charge. Such an
opinion from a cultured gentleman,
and an acknowledged superior
teacher, comes with no little weight.
Furthermore, the Professor thinks
there would be no difficulty what
ever in having our high school
placed upon the accredited list of
the University, if the course of study
be satisfactory. We think the course
of study will stand the test. Then
why not have our school placed up
on the accredited list at once, which
means that the graduates may enter
the state University without being
submitted to the usual entrance ex-
animation.
Towards the beginning of the pres
ent year we cast about to find an
appropriate premium to offer to adj
vance paying subscribers to The
Democrat, and fixed upon the " New
Family Cook Book" compiled by
Miss +. Neill. The retail price of
the book-which contains 316 pages
and is "a complete cyclopedia of
practical recipes was fixed at IS
cents, but we found that with the
prospect of requiring large number
of copies we could get them at a
much less figure. The book is we'll
received, and has proved taking
premium. During the past two
months we have added a large num-
Der of subscribers to our list and
many old subscribers have paid up
their back subscriptions and one
year in advance We have sent in to
The COOPERATIVE Book Concern, 3S4
and $50 Broadway, New York, four
large orders for cook books. These
books, with the exception of the last
order, have all been taken. We are
not certain that we can obtain them
much longer on the present favorable
terms. If we can do SO we will, but
for the present must limit eur offer
to March 1st. Those who would be
sure of securing the premium will
do well to call at as early a day as
possible.