Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-06-29

w IiitlII H. DdSlIdll, IOIlHtIly u
Mineral Point, was married to Miss
May J. Keefe, at Sioux City, Iowa, OF
Thursday, June 9Th.
Charley Morcom, formerly of this
city, now of Denver, Colorado, re
turned last week, and will spend sons
time visiting friends here.
Beach & Bowers Great Tent Shows
are to be with us July 4th. They will
occupy the vacant lot of Mr.. NJ. j
Minor, near the L. S. hotel.
Mineral Point will have an album
dance of good music on the 4th The
Mineral Point band, the Mineral Point
drum corps and Beech & Bowers band
will enliyen the occasion
The Ladies of the w. c. r. will
serve refreshments all day on the 4th,
in Miller's building. Hot coffee, sand
wiches, cake and lemonade. Give
them a call.
The people Of Linden will celebrate
on the 9Th. Baseball games will be
played, the winning club receiving a
purse Of twenty five dollars. The
Linden band will furnish music.
Rev II. PengeIley, of Dodgeville,
will preach in the NJ f. church in this
city, next Sunday morning and even
ing, and Rev. II. p. Blake, of this city,
will preach at Dodgeville.
Mrs. Charity Rusk Craig, president,
and Mrs Puller, vice president, of the
Women's Relief Corps of Wisconsin,
were in town on Monday and Tuesday
making arrangements to establish a
branch of the organization in Mineral
Point
The commencement exercises of the
University of Wisconsin were held at
Madison on Wednesday of last week
James GoldSworthy, of Mineral Point,
was among the graduates, having com
pleted a full course of four years in
general science.
John II. Rindlaub, for the past two
years Assistant Principal of our High
school, has accepted the position of
Principal of the High School at Dun
daS, Mimi. Mr.. Rindlaub is a young,
progressive teacher, and the people of
that city are to be congratulated upon
securing his services.
Delos L. Beech, secretary of the
| fair association, was at Freeport last
week, attending the summer meeting
of the driving park association, and
getting pointers to aid him in making
the great district fair to be held at
Mineral FONT, the first week in Sep
TENDER still more attractive than anv
of its predecessors.
On July 4th the 10 o'clock freight
train from Monroe will be equipped
with coaches and will carry passen-
gers between Monroe and Mineral
Point. This train Will leave Mineral
Point at $50 p. m. \ special train
will leave Platteville at S:45 a. m,
Belmont $40 a. m, and connect at
Calamine with the train from Monroe
Thomas Wright, who has resided
for the past year or more, at Spencer
Iowa, Is in town making arrange
ments to return to Mineral Point. anC
again take up his residence here. Tn,
health Of Mrs. Wright demands tn,
change, The Democrat welcomes
back the worthy couple, and earnestl,
hopes that Mrs. Wright may recove
her former good health.
The parade of mugwumps vii
be very attractive feature of The
coming 4th Of July celebration il
Mineral Point. The committee hav
ing the same in charge are hard a
work getting ready some stunnin.
turn-outs. Besides they offer pre-
miums amounting to ten dollars 70
individual rigs gotten up by partie
outside of the committees. The bow
a will without doubt have a street pa
rade excelling that of any shov
on the road.
+, Extensive arrangements have beer
completed for a grand and patriot
celebration July 4, 1888, in Minera
Point. \ very able speaker, Col. +
+ Parsons, has been secured: tn
- Darlington rifles will be present an
give exhibition drills; the Miners
: Point band and the Mineral Poin
: drum corps will furnish music: tn
n city viii be profusely decorated; an
a grand display of novel and beautifr
fireworks will be given in the ever
ing. The humorous part of the pic
gramme, the grand parade of mug
wumps," viii be simply immense. 7
e furnish fun and amusement will
- their charge, and they will not disaE
=. point the people. This is bare GU
e line of the exercises for the day. I
N give them in detail would requil
more space than is at our comman,
But everybody can come to Miner;
Point on the Fourth fully satisfied tn;
= there will be regular old fashione
celebration, with no lack of fun an
amusement.