Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-10-05
On Friday last passenger train ran

On Friday last passenger train ran
into train of fiat cars at Baraboo
wrecking the locomotive and several
fiat cars. The passengers, most of
whom were asleep, were badly fright
ened by the shaking up, but escaped
| injury. The engineer. Thomas Rey-
nolds, was seriously injured by Jump
ing at the moment of the collision.
On Monday afternoon corn cutting
machine manufactured by Deering &
Co., was operated on the farm of Mrs.
John Spensley just north of the city.
1t is something like dropper on a
small scale, being drawn by one
horse. and cuts the corn stalks and
drops them in good sized bundles over
the field. 1t certainly expedites the
work of cutting corn and will doubt
| less be used extensively next season.
Like all of the Deering machinery
! this cutter will be sold by Martin *
Toay.
John J. Ross has returned from a
trip to California. He visited San
Francisco, Oakland and other points in
in the state-and transacted consider
able business. and was gone from
home only twenty days. He says that
times are far from brisk in California
and that a vast number of men there
are out of work. Fruit growing is the
great industry Of the state, and grapes
among the principal fruits grown.
But as grapes sell from seven to nine
dollars per ton there cannot be such
a fabulous profit in raising them,
after all. Mr.. Ross said that demo
Gratis seemed to be quite numerous
and enthusiastic, on the Pacific slope
and all along the line.
Resolved, That in the coming
election the best interests of the ma
ton demand that the people should
not vote the Prohibition ticket" The
foregoing resolution will be jointly
discussed by William f. Carter, re
publican, and I. c. Richmond, pro-
hibitiOnist, at PlatteVille, on Friday
afternoon, Oct. 18th. OF course. if Mr..
Carter should take the ground that the
best interests of the nation demand
that in the coming election the peo-
pie should vote the democratic ticket,
for Cleveland and Thurman and tax
reduction he could easily win his case.
But if he is not progressive enough to
adopt this line of argument he may
find himself in hard row of stumps.
Recently public spirited citizen of
Iowa county said that he did not want
The Democrat to give 50 much at
tentiOn to the political campaign as
to neglect to make an attempt to i'm
press upon the people of Mineral
Point the Importance of making an
organized effort to secure the estab-
llshment of some new industrial enter
priseS. Although we think that both
The Democrat and its readers will be
rather deeply interested in politics for
at least one more month we think the
suggestion referred to was wise.
There is need of some vigorous think
ing and more need of some enterpris-
ing action in regard to establishing
some new enterprises which Will fur
ther the growth of and build up the city.
We want our business men to give this
subject their thoughtful consideration;
and we would like to hear from all
who have suggestions to offer. The
rate of taxation upon property i'll
Mineral Point is being reduced year by
year, and other conditions are improy-
ing for the starting and operating fac
tories of different kinds. This is mat
ter which ought to be taken hold of by
our citizens and promptly acted upon.
Before another winter sets in decis-
i've move should be made in the right
direction.