Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-07-06
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

AhIoo 4IuEthiCb A'Ab4biis Vi i'stAiAAiS
ton, is visiting friends here.
Willie Olmstead and sister, of
Platteville, spent the Fourth in this
city.
Mrs. j. w. Bennett and two little
daughters, Of Faribault, Minnesota, are
here visiting friends.
Miss Mary Thomas left on Thursday
last for visit with friends at Man
chester and Anamosa, Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Taylor, of Walt
ham, Mass, visited in Mineral Point
last week. the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Horatio Wright.
i. T. White started for New York
city last Monday, where he will remain
for two weeks purchasing goods for
fall and winter trade.
The school board have re-emplOyed
Mr.. Cabanis as principal for the COM
ing year, and have increased his
salary to twelve hundred dollars.
The Collins Bros, well drillers, sell
and erect all kinds of windmills. Last
week they put up fine large Royal
mill for VIII Spellman of Waldwick.
Abe and Max Strauss, aged about
twelve and ten years respectively, came
down alone from Lacrosse on the
4th, to visit their grandparents Mr..
and Mrs. J. Deller.
j. 5. Slower has been engaged during
the past month in drilling wells at the
water works in Madison. He will com
plete one well this week which will
reach depth OF over 900 feet.
Mr.. James Cleary, who has been at
tending Catholic college at Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, is spending the
summer vacation at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Cleary,
of Waldwick.
Albert w. Horn has completed the
school census and finds there are in the
city l,O06 children of school ages. The
first ward contains 532, and the second
ward 474. The whole number in the
city last year was 934.
Quite an accident occurred at the
show of Beach & Bowers on Wednes-
day evening. About half the seats in
the tent gave way and let their
occupants fall to the ground Several
persons were quite badly bruised, but
we believe none were seriously injured
The Darlington Rifles under com
mand of Capt. George 5. Anthony
made fine appearance in the parade
in this city on the 4th. They are {
fine gentlemanly set of young men OF
good sOldierly bearing, and are a credit
to our neighboring city of Darlington
1t is time for everybody in this
vicinity to do something to aid to The
attractiveness and success of the com
ing fair The officers of the associ
alton are hard at work doing theiI
part and it is the duty of all good
citizens to aid them all they can.
James Perkins, Sr., died at his resi-.
dence in Dodgeville, on Sunday last
Mr.. Perkins had been a resident of
Dodgeville for forty years. He was a
true christian and lived a good life
His death VIII be deeply mourned by
all who knew him.
\ meeting will be held at the resi-
dence of John Weidenfeller at south
Survey on Monday, August 9th, at :
o'clock in the afternoon, for the pur.
pose of organizing company to build
a cheese factory onland owned by Mr.
Weidenfeller. All who feel interested
are invited to attend
| William Smith, who recently sold
his blacksmith tools and business t
the Harris Bros, sold his household
| goods at auction on Saturday last, anG
has gone on a trip to England. H,
will be gone two or three months, an(
will visit principally in the counties o
Leicester and Lincolnshire.
Dennis F. Darcy has returned from
college to spend the vacation with hi
parents. His many friends will b
gratified to learn that he has had
most successful year, having carrie,
back TO Mineral Point the gold media
for oratory, rhetoric, mathematic:
Christian doctrine, and laSt-but mos
highly priced by him-the first priz
for politeness and gentlemanly con
duct.
On Thursday morning Mr.. and Mr..
: John Boynton received Telegram
bearing the sad message of the deaf
at Joliet, H., of their only son Eugen
Boynton. He had been i'll for abou
two weeks, but the parents were nc
aware that the sickness was dangerou
until the day before they received tn
the news of his death. He was
young man of excellent character an
his death falls with crushing weigh
upon his parents and sister who no.
mourn his early death. The sympath
of many friends is extended to then