Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-30

uay ae Uaies, o and 10 cts. per loaf.
IN the U. 5. Senate on Tuesday
of this week Mr.. Allison made a
speech showing that the expenses
of the government under Cleve-
lands administration had been
S95, 100000 more than under Gar.
field and Arthur. Read what our
Washington correspondent has to
say in this issue on the surplus.
BoNELEss ham, bacon and dried
beef at Hendra's.
Frost has visited the northwest
unusually early this year, and has
done considerable damage to grow
ing crops. But it will not be safe
Tor spectators to build hopes of
higher prices on this fact alone
The United States is a great country
and generally manages to produce
all that the people want and a good
ly quantity to sell besides.
LANCASTER was visited by large
fire on Tuesday night, burning Will
ley d Needham's, ]. II. Baldwin's,
Stone 81 Hassel's, John Simison's,
John Jeide's, DR.. Hassel's, l.. j.
Arthur's, E. j. McCoy's, the Senate
saloon, the Herald office and Ress.
myers harness shop. The fire orig
mated in rear of buildings. The
cause is unknown. Joss, 100000.
THE w. c. T. U. members will
meet hereafter in the church south
parlor of the M. 4. church. viii
meet next week on Monday after
noon at o'clock instead of Tues
day. A full attendance is requested
as business of Importance is to be
tran sacted. PER ORDER PRRs.
THE great district fair, of which
so much is heard in all quarters,
will be held in this city next week.
The prospects are iattering for this
years exhibition keeping well to
the front of the proud record gained
in the past. The crowds coming
are immense. Entries have been
coming in weeks ago, and the dis
play in every department is sure to
be grand. The field of horses to
compete for the racing purses will
be such as to draw attention and
create excitement. Excellent music
throughout the whole Fair by one
of the best bands in the state.
Special rates and trains on railroad.
Don't fail to attend.
LAST Thursday the Darlington
ball nine played with the club of
this city. The visitors were assisted
by a pitcher and catcher of Prairie
du Chen of some notoriety, but for
all that they were vanquished by the
score of IA to 9. The features of
the game were Frank Van Matre's
batting and base running, and
j lcka's pitching, sixteen being
struck out by him. A return game
was played by the same mines at
Darlington on Monday of this week
when our boys again won but mar
rowly escaped defeat, as the score
was l3 to y. In this game Jacka's
pitching was again a special feature,
he striking out no less than seven
teen.
THE Whitney Paper Mill, at
Wis, caught fire in the
engine-room about midnight one
day last week, and an hour later,
when several hundred persons were
watching the flames, a superheated
bleach rotary boiler, suddenly cool.
ed by streams of water thrown by
the fremen, exploded, and the en-
tire mass, weighing about ten tons,
was blown through the throng
distance Of about 300 feet, killing
fourteen men outright and iniuring
about as many more. The dead
were all poor workmen, and will be
buried at the city's expense. The
mill, which was valued at S65, 900
aud insured for IS 900, will be re-
built