Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-15
Mineral Point Hioh School lit.

Mineral Point High School Lit
erary Association held its election
of officers for the ensuing tern
Friday evening, January 8, wher
the following officers were chosen
President. John Jenkins; Vice Pres
ident, Theresa BurEoyne; Secretary
George Bennett; Treasurer, Davio
Ross; Librarian, Ike Deller; Assist
ant Librarian, Fanny Ansley. Elk
ecutive Committee, Albert Horn
Albert White, Alex. Bennett, Pear
Cummings, Inez Eastman, Ella
Hendra.
The committee appointed by The
county board to receive sealed pro
posals for $4,000 five per cent, 20
year bonds of Iowa county, met a
Dodgeville on Wednesday ano
opened bids. Three bids were sub
mitted-two from Chicago partie:
and one from the First Nationa
Bank of Mineral Point. None o
the bids were deemed satisfactory
and the bonds were sold at auction
and taken by the FIRST National Bank
of this city at a premium OF two
thirds of one per cent.,-or $500.
Uglo Baker aud J. @. Williams
comprising the firm of E. U. Baker
Il Co., proprietors of the Edmund
creamery, were callers at The
Democrat Office On Saturday last
They seem to understand the cream
cry business Thoroughly and turn gu,
an excellent quality of butter which
sells readily at good prices. The
ice which is used in their bust
ness is obtained from the lakes
at Madison from which are gathered
large quantities every winter and
sent to all parts of the country fol
packing.
! We are in receipt of The Volga
+ Tribune, a healthy looking local
paper published at Volga, Dakota
The Tribune has just passed into
the hands of Thomas w. Bishop,
formerly of this city, and recently
of the Cedar Falls (lowO Journal.
Mr.. Bishop is an old printer, and a
newspaper man of long experience
and good ability. The people Of
Volga may rest assured that their
interests will be well taken care of,
and if they render the Tribune a
generous support the cost will be
returned to them MANIFOLD.
AT meeting of the Green county
agricultural society held in Monroe
on Monday January 4th, the follow
ing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President-W. w. Chad
wick, of Monroe; vice president
j. l.. Roderick, of Sylvester; treas
urer-Fred Treat, of Monroe; record
ing secletary-A. F. Lichtenwalner,
of Monroe; corresponding secretary
j. B. Treat, of Monroe. The re-
port of the treasurer showed the total
receipts from the fair of 1885 to
have been $3,4SS,S5, with a balance
now in the hands of the treasurer of
S5754S.
John Springer, of Clinton, Wis.
has been in town for some days
past showing the advantages of tie
Springer Ventilating Radiator. One
was placed upon the stove in the
hardware store of S. Hooking & Co..,
and gave perfect satisfaction, thor
oughly ventilating and heating while
consuming only small amount of
fuel. One was placed upon the
parlor coal store of VIM. Varcoe,
and Mr.. Varcoe and family are
highly pleased with the manner IN
which it heats and ventilates.
Hooking & Co. have bought the
right to manufacture and sell these
heaters and ventilators and will
push their sale.
Quite a number of our citizens
were startled on Friday and Satur-
day last by the receipt of red col
ored postal cards bearing cut of
deaths head and cross bones, and
warning to beware that they
were under the eye of the Mystic
League" The first card received by
each individual was followed by
another bearing substantially the
same announcement, coupled with
the reminder that it was the second
warning which had been sent him.
Finally came a third card which ex-
planned the mystery, and announced
that the Mystic League " cigar vas
on sale at j. NJ. Mulhairn's cigar
store. Many are the stories told Of
how some timid souls were fright
ened.
Hon. H. H. Gray has recently
suggested that instead Of erecting
a monument to the memory of the
dead soldiers of Lafayette county,
a memorial hall shall be erected in
some proper place, The Darling
ton Democrat says: The suggestion
has met with great favor and is most
thoroughly endorsed by all inter-
ested. The plan is to erect a build
ing designed by some competent
architect, which shall be externally
and internally, decided ornament
to the city, and which shall at the
SEINE time be hall suitable for the
meetings of the &. A. R., for those
of the military companies of this
city and county, and for other meet
ings of a public character, and
which shall also be repository Of
army flags, of mementoes OF the
war, of records and books relating
thereto; and of tablets upon which
the names of our dead soldiers and
sailors shall be engraved. 1t will be
seen that the plan combines useful
ness and ornamentation. Hon. h..
S. Magoon has most generously
donated $1,000, and the county given
$1,000 for a soldiers monument.
We understand that Mr.. Magoon
favors Mr. Gray's plan. The soldiers
of the county will undoubtedly be
able to give at least $4,000 more.
We believe that Mr.. Gray, the
originator of the scheme, and our
public minded citizens all over the