Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-23
Local News.

wagon, painted red.
Go and hear Miss Kellogg lecture on
temperance, at the Presbyterian church
this friday evening.
The 2. NJ. sociable announced for
this friday evening. is indefinitely
postponed
The large number of people on our
streets on Saturday seemed to indi-
cate revival of business.
The Wisconsin Grand Lodge of the
) Ancient Order of United Workmen.
, will meet at Oshkosh, May 9Th.
There has been organized by some
of the young men Of this city debat-
ing club called the . Junior Senate
Dr.. II. l.. Telfair, a well known
resident of Richland county, died at
MS home in Richland Center on Tues
day of last week.
The council held an executive"
session on Wednesday evening and
completed the purchase of forty street
lamps.
The annual ball and supper of the
st. Joseph society, of Dodgeyille, will
be held at the Park rink on Monday
evening next.
The Brick saloon is now run by
Peter Meur, who bought, the business
from JOhu Gorgen. Mr.. Gorgen and
family have rented and are living in
James A. Platt's brick house.
Il. Becker, proprietor of the Mineral
Point Marble Works, received last
week from Indiana Il car load 10000
pounds) Of stones for bases of monu-
ments, etc
The people of Darlington are max
ing preparatings for a grand military
display on Decoration day, The First
regiment Of the Wisconsin National
'udIu Will De pfeSdnI.
y feeling of sadness pervadeS the
community on account of the sudden
attack Of apoplexy sustained by Mrs.
John Toay, Sr., on Wednesday. She is
still in a critical condition.
The Grafton by J. W. Murphy, of
J
Plattevilie, which was published in
| The Democrat few weeks ago, has
! been well received. We notice that |
extracts from it have been reprinted in
some of our exchanges.
\ BIC FISH STORY.-The Richland |
Republican Observer reports that NJ
ID. Hankins and II. Turner, while fish
ing III Pine river on Tuesday of last |
week caught monster pickerel, meas
uring four feet in length and weigh
ing 81 pounds
Don't forget your spring advertise |
mcnts. The Democrat has over one
tH'uHtllt ShbStil DtIH ana several
thousand readers. There is no better
way 10 let the public know that you
are alive and ready for business than
to publish it in The Democrat.
Avoca is about as well supplied in
the way of local newspaper as any
town we know Of The Headlight, |
edited by Charles Bruil, NJ D., is
lively, bright and newsy. The Head
Light is bigger enterprise for Avoca
than The Times is for Chicago.
John b. Finch lectured at the Good
Templars' hall on last Thursday eve
ming AS politics and advertisements
are strictly excluded from our local |
news columns an extended notice of |
the lecture will be found on our edito-
rial page.
The case of the t. ). against Henry |
Mitchell, of the town of Mineral |
Point, for obtaining money on postal |
order belonging to another person, has |
just been tried at Topeka, Kansas
Alex. Wilson, of this city, appeared for
the defendant And secured verdict of |
acquittal
Word was received here last week |
that a daughter of Albert Matthews
cat one time Il resident of this city, |
and her child were killed by the recent |
tornado ut st. Cloud, Minnesota. An
other daughter of Mr.. Matthews was
very seriously injured. and but Slight |
hopes are entertained of her recovery |
Among the fourth class postmasters
recently appointed for Wisconsin are
Dennis shannon at Clyde and John
Stephenson at Waldwick Both are
good appointments. The latter Office
has been re-eStablished and will prove |
a great convenience to large number |
of people living in the towns of VALID |
wick and Moscow
Ii every town in Southwestern Wis |
consin had rs good turnout of
| farmers on saturday last rs Mineral
Point had there We're very few people
left in the surrounding country. Over
one hundred teams were hitched at
one time to the hitching posts ut the
north and east of the City Hall square,
while many unusual places for hitch
ing We're occupied with teams.
The indications are that the ball to
be given by the Legate drum corps at
the Opera House next Thursday even
ing will be an immense affair, and
great preparations are being made for
the occasion. Among other things
The hall is being deliberately decorated
and trimmed. The members of the
corps are all zealouSly working for the
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