Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-08-17

| ENtINDOuS odS tllhG Will lilIC "SdIilol
Mineral Point is going to have an inn
mense fair the first week of the com
ing September.
Owing to the illness of Rev. j.
| O'Keefe, no service was held in st.
Pauls Church on sunday. We are
pleased to know that he is recovering
The twenty fourth annual state
| funniest Will be held at Monroe, Wis,
from Aug. 18th to Goth inclusive. All
the turner societies of Wisconsin will
participate.
Charles Gilman, George Jeuck,
John Theis, Nick Schiller and VIM.
| Il. Collins went to Madison WedneS-
day to attend the state prohibition
convention.
The Primitive Methodist sunday
school of Pleasant View will hold an
annual picnic in the grove near the
church, on Wednesday, Aug. p. The
public are cordially invited and a very
pleasant time it anticipated
Frank \. David, a Boscobel drug
gist, has brought suit against the st.
Paul company for $4,000 damages for
the death of his brother, Il Chicago
commission merchant, who was killed
at crossing in Chicago.
VIM. c. Moshier, of Prairie du
Chen, has just sold to II. G. Jacobs, of
Chicago, Black Button a fancy
pacing pony, for $500. Black But
ton was sired by son of Mambrino
Gife, and has remarkable speed.
a democratic county convention
will be held at Dodgeville on Tuesday,
August %, at l. o. clock, noon.
Town committees should take notice
and call their caucuses giving notice
in due time to insure a full delega
ton.
The fair grounds are being put in
readiness for the coming exhibition of
1888. The race track, which hereto
fore has been pronounced by horse
men to be one of the best half mile
tracks in the state, will be considerably
improved,
The w c. T. L. of this city, have
E secured the services of Mrs. Mary
= Lathrop to lecture in the Opera House.
She is styled the Daniel Webster of
the w. c. 7. [. of the United States,
having lectured in every state and
territory. Further notice will be
given. Cor. SEC.
The Mineral Point band has recent
ly been enforced by the services of
Robert Sharp, who is very skillful
musician and has very fine new
double bass horn. The members of
the band hold well together and prac.
t tice constantly, and as consequence
. steadily improve in their playing.
:. The republicans of Iowa county
. held a convention at Dodgeville or
d Wednesday, and elected delegates tC
II attend the state, congressional and
= senatorial conventions. They were in
$ Structed to vote for W. ID. Hoard fol
!. governor, Robert NJ. La Toilette fol
: representative in congress, and fol
5 Robert L. Joiner for state senator.
Our pioneer druggist, r. D. Pulford
came home full of honorS and prizes
= from the annual meeting of the Phar
= maceutical association, which was helC
at Palmyra last week. For being The
oldest pharmacist present he received
, bottle of the famous Irondequoit por
Q wine: for some other good quality 4;
bottle of rare old Bourbon whiSkey
and for having the longest beard Sc
\ of silver tumbler holders.
The ShullSburg Local reports tina
considerable excitement prevailed il
| New Diggings for the last ten day
{. over new discoveries made in tn
Saltie Water" mine on the Bainbridg
- ground. The company working tn
mine has for the past week been pros
pecting, or rather proving the eXten
of the shafts deeper along the pitct
and finding in each large bodies Q
mineral. dry bone and black jack.
). \ contract has been let to W.
Price, of Arena, for building an &c
"a dition to the Barneveld school hous
He is to have the work completed b
the 18th of September. The Regist,
saws: Mr.. NJ. \. Torphy has bee
in in engaged as principal teacher, for seve
. months, at $40 per month, in the Ba
= neveld public school, and Miss Kat
p. Lynn has been engaged as primal
ICE teacher, for ten months, at $40 p
[. month,