Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-02-19
Local News.


post Office in this city on Monday.
| Smiths String Band will furnish
music for the temperance ball at High
land, on the evening of the 22d.
| Hon. c. G., Williams lectured in
GAINESVILLE on Friday evening last. Sub
ject: ''Ins and outs of Congress, or the
ideal and the real"
Whitford & Kelly, of Dodgeville,
have the contract for the brick work
and plastering on the new county in
sane asylum. at 1925.
The gross earnings of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St Paul Railroad for the
first week in February were $4,000,
an increase of $1,000.
Rev. John Graham. the evangelist,
and Elder Clough have been holding
large meetings nightly al the NJ. f.
church for the past week.
The State Fair will be held from the
goth to the 18th of September. The
Northern Fair is to be open from the
18th to the 18th of that month.
Rev. +. T. Clough will deliver his
lecture, THE Army and Army Life, .
| in Lancaster next Monday evening,
under the auspices of the g. \. r. Post
of that city.
The Times says that st. Patrick's
day will be celebrated on scale larger
than ever in GAINESVILLE. In the even
ing public meeting is to take place in
Lappin's hall
The second wrestle between Lewis
and the Jap was won by the former,
who disabled the Jap in the first round
by wrenching his left ankle out Of
place.
Piatteville has - Dorcas Society, -
composed of ladies of the various
churches, who hold weekly meetings.
About thirty children have been clothed
and twelve grown persons helped by
the society. Mrs. Will Jennings is the
secretary.
The Galena Press says: The Chicago
Milwaukee x St Paul Railroad Co.,
purchased Of Gen. Booth, Dubuque,
Iowa, five lots in said city, paving the
sum Of ten thousand dollars therefor
This looks as if the G. NJ. & st. T. road
intend getting inside of the c. Il. e n.
Montfort Monitor: We understand
it is rlmored by outsiders that scarlet
fever is raging in this place. This is
however a mistake. There We're two
cases, but happily there is none now,
nor are there any fears of further out
break. On the contrary the health Of
our village is unusually good.
4 bastardy suit was tried before
Justice Curry on Thursday and Friday
of last week. The interested parties
were Mary J. Chesterfield, plaintiff
and Samuel Terrell, defendant Fer
relI was bound over in the sum of
three hundred dollars to appear at the
next term of the circuit court.
W. II. Carson, ID, ID. :, of Dodge
vile. whose dental card appears in an
other column of The Democrat, has
decided to visit Mineral Point on Mon
day and Tuesday of each week com
mcncing March LIST DR. Carson is a
skillful dentist, and will no doubt
receive Il good share of work while in
this city,
VI. c. Smith, one of JaneSville's
most influential, wcalthiest and oldest
citizens, died last Saturday morning.
He was Il member of the board of
education and served in the common
council for several years. He was well
known throughout the state. Mr.
Smith resided in GAINESVILLE for the
past forty years
Brodhead Independent: There was
an alarm of fire about half past one
O'Clock Thursday afternoon. The roof
of the plow factory was on fire. but the
flames We're eXtinguished and the
steamer was not needed, although the
Fire Company turned out very prompt
ly and steam was up within four min
utes of the alarm.
Grant County Herald: In the case
of McLimans VS.. The City of Lancas-
ter, tried in supreme court last week,
in which the city appealed from that
portion of the circuit court Judgment
which gave Mrs. Mclimans interest on
$1,000 from date of verdict, iudg-
ment was affirmed, and Mrs McLimans
finds herself possessed of $55S over
and above the original $4,000
DR.. J. II. Wmgender, who has re
moved to Hudson, before his departure
sold his dental business to DR.. J. NJ.
Hales, and the latter will occupy the
entire suit of fine front rooms over the
store of Gundry, Gray * Co. about
March LIST. DIR. HaleS is an eXper-
fenced and skillful dentist, and en-
joys a large practice. He does eX-
cellent work and all who patronize him
will be well Satiied
William McGonigal, county Judge
of Grant county. died suddenly in his
office Mt Lancaster at about 9 o'clock
on Monday morning. \ little grand
daughter was with him when he ex-
pired. He WAS - years old and was
one of the earliest settlers of South
western Wisconsin, having settled in