Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-21

but each one did remarkably well.
The day is growing in interest, and
lis long and earnestly looked for
ward to by the children, and always
enjoyed by parents, brothers and
sisters, "their cousins and their
aunts."
UPoN his return from the reunion
of the I'd Wis. Cavalry, held at
Lacrosse last week, of which he
was a member, Hon. G. G. Cox was
remarkably full of praise for the
same. The attendance was large,
management complete, and the feed
ing of the multitude, under super
of the ladies, better managed than
at any reunion which Mr.. Cox has
attended. The dining hall accom-
modated seven hundred at one
sitting, while the spread consisted
of everything that might be tempt
ing to the appetite. The TRIBUNE
is authorized to state that the ladies
are entitled to special praise for
their efforts, and that the whole was
credit to Lacrosse and its enter
prising citizens.
The incorporators of the project
ed railroad known as the Mineral
Point, Highland 81 La Crosse rail
way, held their first meeting at Mad
ison on the 18th and elected the
following officers President, Calvert
Spensley, of Mineral Point; vice
president, b. l.. Washburn, of Ex-
celsior, Richland county; secretary,
Philip Allen, Jr., of Mineral Point;
treasurer, r. Kennedy, of Highland,
Iowa county. The preliminary sur
vey will be made by the middle of
July. 1t is intended, as the name
indicates, to run between Mineral
Point and Lacrosse, crossing the
Wisconsin river at or near the Yill-
age of Blue River, in Grant county,
and passing through portions of
Richland, Crawford and Vernon
counties.
BARGAINS in window shades at j.
J. Hanscom 81 Cos.
THE one, all-absorbing topic at
the present time is politics. 1t con-
stitutes the subject of conversation
and discussion on the street, in the
clubs, at the hotels, in the cars, at
social gatherings, and even in the
family circle. Politics is in the air,
and everywhere. Men differ over
political men and questions, get ex-
cited, and some of them foolishly
fly into passion. Even the women
have caught the infection, and the
boys at play get to qaarreling
over their fayorite candidates. Il is
the Presidential year, which is al
ways year of politics in this coun-
try, and everybody is expected to
take hand in it, to put a lip into it
or to dip his pen in it. The Amer
ican citizen who, in a Presidential
year, hath no politics in his soul is
of no account. He is an odd sheep
in the flock, browsing alone by him
self on the barren hillside, while all
the rest are feeding or gamboling or
fighting in the broad meadows be-
low.
DISTRESSING NT.-W ednes-
day of last week, little Harry,
seven-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rich'd Hoare, met with an accident
that might result in the loss of the
sight of an eye. Engaged in mis-
chievous play with a cousin, the
mother of the cousin, in attempting
to stop them picked up small
board in the shape of a stick for
the purpose of doing so. 1t was
not noticed that there was a small
nail in the stick, and as she struck
at her son, little Harry ran in the
way and received the blow, the nail
penetrating the eye ball just below
and in close proximity with the sight.
The next morning Mr.. Hoare took
the boy to Milwaukee for treatment
by the celebrated oculist, DR.. Bart