Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-21

Read A. F. Bishops attractive adj
vertisement. Mr.. Bishop is having an
increased trade, as the liberal an ju-
dicious advertiser always will.
Dale's Palace Restaurant was opened
up on Saturday last. 1t is neat and
attractive, and quite an addition to
the city. Call in and you will be
| teated well.
If you wish day Of enjoyment
don't fail to attend the picnic for the
benefit of st. Philips church, High
land, which takes place on next Tues
day, the 25th.
Here it is the middle of June and
Strawberries are selling all the way
from shilling to twenty cents a box
"a short quart in a box, at that
Sunday Telegraph.
Mrs Van Colt, the noted evangelist,
has been engaged by the pastor of the
| NJ. +. church of Shullsburg, to conduct
revival meetings in that city, COM
mencing Sept. 18th.
Father DonahOe, one of the first
Roman Catholic clergymen to locate in
Milwaukee, died at st. Mary's hospital
of that city on Sunday morning, after
a prolonged sickness.
Some steps should be taken to pre-
vent outlawry in this city. Those who
seem to delight in making night hid
eous with noise and general FRANKS
should be attended to at once.
The Boscobel Dial believes that the
editor who mixes advertisements
among local items will be given a
"shorter pair of wings than those who
don't, in the sweet by and by"
Michael McCarville, late of this
place, is general agent for the Singer
Sewing machine. His territory com
prises seven counties in Iowa, with
headquarters at Ottumwa.
Shullsburg Pick and Cad: Chris
Hutchinson shipped car load of lead
ore to Chicago, two car loads Of sui
phur to s.. Louis and three car loads
of dry bone to Mineral Point last week.
The town treasurer of the town of
Seneca, Crawford county, has been
compelled to make an assignment in
consequence of having been recently
robbed. The town is the principal
creditor.
The Thirty-lifth Annual Commence
ment of st. Clara's Academy at Sin
sinawa Mound will be held in the
Academy Hall on Tuesday, June IS,
at $50. Rev. i. Burke will deliver
the address.
Mrs. w. a. Lawson, of BaraboC, the
corresponding secretary Of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society of the
West Wisconsin Conference, will
speak in the NJ Z. church of this place
next Sunday evening.
1t is not uncommon to see in some
of our exchanges reports of games of
base ball played on Sunday. Many of
the players may not be aware that
playing ball on Sunday is violation
of the laws of the state.
The fire in Warren last week de-
stoyed property to the amount OF over
S25,OOOOO. There was no protection
against the fire and about all that
| could be done was to remove property
from the burning buildings.
The Herald says that the b; cca-
laureate sermon delivered in En- nuel
church in Lancaster, by Rev. ). ID.
Pulford, was fine productior4, and
was listened to by large cyngrega-
ton with the closest attentio' through
out.
The Shullsburg Local says that the
Buncombe Hill mining co npany which
was organized a few v eeks ago to
| mine at Buncombe. is Caking out a
| large quantity of drybone. They
| shipped two car loads f mineral last
week.
The progress Shullsburg is making
is shown by a glance at its news
papers. \ few years ago that place
was without newspaper, and now it
has two local papers that compare
favorable with any published in the
state.
The father and sister of our mer-
chant, c. &. Van Buren,, arrived from
! GloverSville, New York, last Thurs
day. The aged father, who is now in
his seth year, retains his mental fac
ultieS and is still able to walk about
Montfort Monitor.
The congregation of st. Gabriels
/ (Catholic) church in Prairie du Chen
! includes 407 families, and numbers
nearly 5000 members. This is a re-
markable showing for a church sit
uated in city having population
slightly greater than Mineral Point.
Did it eyer occur to you that many
of the horses raised in this section
bear marks of wounds received from
barb wire fences? 1t would be a good
thing if horse pastures were fenced
with something less dangerous than
barb -Shullsburg Pick and Cad
i The Monroe Sun says that repre-
sentatives from the l. c. and c. N. &
st. z. railroads were in that city on
Friday to attend a meeting concern
ing the location of the grounds fol-
the milk condensing factory. The
road making the best offer gets the
benefits OF the new industry
Shullsburg Pick and Cad: An extra
train has been put on the railroad
which arrives here st 500 in the
evening and returns to Gratiot, leav.
ing here at o'clock. arriving there
} in time to connect with the passenger
train from the east This is quite
an accommodation to the travelling
public.
The Monroe sun says: The spar
!, rows are getting to be an intolerablt
+ nuisance in this city and should b,
q eNterminated." Men of wide exper
ience believe that the matter of get
ting rid of the sparrows should b
Immediately taken in hand as the,
are known to be destructive birds ana
worthless as insect destroyers.