Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-20
From Our Local Exchanges.
The shullsburg Pick and Cad.

! ISHulng along tIlt east Slue OF sydney
street to Evergreen Cemetery.
On the first day of May wheat was
sown on land owned by John Buxton
Leadmine. Wis, and on the oath day
of July, just eleven weeks after, a croT
was cut which Welded % bushels to
| the acre.
The appointment of d. ". Scott as
postmaster of Galena was confirmed
by the L. :. Senate on Tuesday of last
week. We expect Scott viii be post
master there as long as he lives for it
is not probable that another man can
be found in that city who is willing to
stand the amount Of abuse necessary
to obtain an Office there.
y match game of ball will be played
in this village on Thursday. Aug. %,
between the ShullSburg and New Dig
gings clubs for wager of 800 side
and the championship of the county.
James Spensley Of Mineral Point
visited friends here this week
Some emigrants were passing
! through Georgetown, Wis, Thursday.
when little child fell out Of one of
the wagons and was run over and
crushed so that it died.
The Darlington Democrat
Gen. J. &. Bintliff. Of Chicago. spent
a few days here the first Of the week.
1t is Mr.. Bintliff'S intention to move
back to Darlington and build resi-
dence, and make this his future home.
The school board has appointed the
following named persons to teach in
our school for the ensuing school year:
Prof. l.. :. Hubert, principal; Miss
Margaret b. Allen, lst assistant; Miss
Anna Rose, 2nd assistant and teacher
OF the Sth grade; Miss Mary f. Green,
9TH grade; Miss Jennie NJ. Whitman.
9th grade; Miss Josie +. German. 9Th
grade; Miss Susie kilkelly, 18th grade:
Miss Mary l.. Hooper, Sd grade: Miss
Grace Wanzer, 2nd grade; Miss Ellen
ParmeIe, lst grade
Last Sunday team of horses own
ed by Q. NJ. Richards, of Elk Grove,
ran away with Edward Hartlieb,
throwing the wagon fifteen feet in the
air with Hartleib i'll, the box falling on
his head breaking his nose, bruising
his face, spraining his arm and hurt
ing his back; but the strange part of
it is that he was not killed. DR.. Law
was called, who pronounced the pa
tient not seriously injured.
Pat O'Neil, alias Jumbo, saws there
came near being one Irishman less in
Darlington. On Sunday last, in COM
pany with some other young men. he
went for a bOat-ride While they were
enjoying themselves. the boat from
some cause or other capSiZed Pat
tried to think of anything bad that he
had ever done, and the only thing he
could think Of was that he once had
seven shirts at one time, and thinking
this meagre crime he intended to
nNar+ bi,1caIf onI e,nvrn l;c FRA. o., h.,
made a dash and found that the water
only came up to his knees, and was
claimed down in Il minute Pat says
if the Lord will forgive him this time
he will never 90 boat-riding on sun
day again.
The Patteville Democrat.
The safe in the express office of
Cuba City was broken open last Thurs
day night. As there was but little in
the safe the burglars took but little
away.
c. J. Weittenhiller has been thresh-
ing Il week. He says he never saw
heavier oats. Many fields will pro-
luce 40 bushels to the acre. Rye and
wheat are excellent. Some rye WELD !
ing y bushels to the acre and No. l, !
in quality. For feeding purposes. the |
oat and hay crop is fully as valuable as
asst year. Corn, however. in many