Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-30

camp meeting at Bethel grove on
Sunday last.
Church Il Co., jewellers, have laid in
an elegant stock Of new goods to
show fair week. See their new adver-
tisemeAt.
The West Wisconsin conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal church will be
held at Sparta, commencing Sept. Is.
Bishop Newman will preside.
The machinery department at the
Mineral Point fair grounds is fitted up
with Shafting, pullieS, ect., and farm
and other machinery will be exhibited
in operation.
The first case of prosecution in this
county under the nOXiOus weed law
occurred in DOdgeyille this week, when
the defendant pied guilty and paid the
statutory fine of So and costs.-The
Chronicle.
John b. Wallis shipped to Chicago,
on Monday, over twenty thousand
pounds Of cheese from the Mineral
Point cheese factory, and received Chi
cago prices for the same delivered on
board of cars here.
The Cobb band, of thirteen members,
are coming next week to take part IN
the grand musical tournament at the
fair Their headquarters will be at
the pleasant rooms of the Maverick
club, over n. T. OsbOrne's store.
James Hawke, of the town of
Mifiin, recently killed an adder which
came into the yard at his house and
picked a quarrel with his dog. The
reptile measured four feet and five
inches, and was fierce and yenomouS
The members of the Mineral Point
branch of the w. c. 7. L. have elected
Mrs. \. r. Yates, delegate, and Mrs.
! Lucy MOSher, alternate, to the annual
convention for the Third Wisconsin
district, to be held at Stoughton, on
Sept. and ).
The c., NJ. & st. u. passenger train
which left Mineral Point on Monday
morning consisted of eight coaches
the postal car and the baggage car
Nearly one hundred passengers from
this city were bound for the G. a. r.
encampment.
The annual picnic of Trinity (Epis
copaD Sunday school was held al
Terry's springs on Tuesday. There
was a large attendance Of children anC
older members of the parish, and al
had a pleasant time. The children
were handsomely treated.
The buildings and grounds of The
Industrial association are all being
made ready for the great fair mex
week Increased accommodations have
been prepared for live stock, as the
show in this department promises t'
be larger than ever before.
Paul r.. Jennings, of Chicago, has
placed in the west window OF TIN
post otlic bookstore mammoth clock
which correctly registers TT" time o
day, the day of the month, and show
off to good advantage the advertiser!
cards of a number of enterpriSiny
, business firms of Mineral Point.
: The books of the secretary are nov
| open and a large number of entire
have already been made for the TWEEN
tieth annual fair of the Southwestern
l Wisconsin Industrial association, t
= be held in this city next week. Al
who can should max their entire
| early, so as to avoid the rush at tn
7 grounds The office of Secretary Hor
| is in the City Hall building.
The last quarterly meeting for thi
, conference year, of the NJ. +. churcl
!, i of this place, will be held next sur
day. Preaching by the pastor in tn
morning, and by Presiding Eide
Wheeler in the evening. The sacrS
u ment of our Lords supper will be &c
u miniStered after the evening sermel
The quarterly conference will be hel
on Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
The Brodhead Independent say
that the search for pearls is not {
5, active as it was, and that only Il fe
o good specimens have been found in tn
e immediate vicinity. There is MOI
Il abundant supply of those of irregul;
II shape which are estimated worth tt
cents a bushel. 1t is claimed that va
able ones are being found at Alban
1t is well settled that only those tn;
are perfectly round or pear shape
. smooth, are of any considerable valu
n, The Barneveld Register says TIL
: quite a novel sight was recently wi
n messed on the farm of Evan lone
~ Mr.. ]. had missed two or three Stee
IN for couple of days, and on goir
. past said house, was surprised on Sc
,r ing two steers looking out of the wi
dow up- stairs. Jones went in to dri
them down, and they made a leap fro
the window, their hind feet catchil
on the window sill. causing them
I'll turn Il neat summerSaul to the t
III ground without injury. The Gait
h, must have gone into the house, Al
h these being cornered, went up stai
or and were afraid to return.
III The entire interior arrangement
It, the Milwaukee Exposition building h
been remodelled so as to make it pra
tically new exposition. The VT
wing has been converted into an I
egant music hall with a seating {
pacitv larger than any other hall in t
city. Here band of fifty pieces W
give concerts daily, there being
p extra charge for admission. I
&C. members of this band are muSicia
carefully selected with view of g
ting together 4 band larger and bet
equipped than anything of the ki
ever attempted in the west. I
magnificent band has been rehearsi
L for months and will undoubte(
- create Juror.
Jos. Bresee. of Madison was arrest
by Deputy L. ). Marshal Ansley
a charge of stealing mail matter FRI
= the Madison postotiice. The pecu
a. tions are believed to have been goi
on for some ten days. Bresee'S I
idence was searched and drafts s.
les from Milwaukee to Madison W
ole found torn up and put in the C
So. stove. The young man under arr
me- ran small newspaper business
"a wenS into the postoffice at ) o'clock
an the morning 10 get Milwaukee pap
~. which came on the st Paul road
~ that time. He used TO be mail-'
- rier under Postmaster Bryant,
-, for this reason the man in charge
- the office during night did not wa
him. Il is alleged that he took
= mail from the table while the ms
back was turned. He was taken
fore United States Judge Roma
lne- Bum, waived examination and
held To trial.