Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-06-07

pdlDIul though not dangerous WGuUU.
The carrying and handling of firearms
by small boys is a practice which should
not be tolerated. 1t not only endan-
gers their own lives, but the lives of
others as well.
Scribner's Magazine for June marks
the beginning Of a new enterprise not
less notable than the Railway Series
commenced a year ago. 1t is the
series of popular articles on The Prac-
teal Application of Electricity, a sub
iect which has become of chief i'm
portance in the scientific, commercial
and industrial worlds. The opening
article, by Prof. c. F. Bracket, of
Princeton, is entitled Electricity in
the Service of Man"
John Allen, .Jr., of Animation, had
pretty close call last Friday morning
week. A bolt of lightning struck the
chimney of the house and ran down
the stove pipe to the stove and thence
into the cellar wall bursting it asunder
Mr.. Allen had just kindIed a fire in
the stove few minutes before the
house was struck. a kitten that was
near the stove at the time had all the
fur Singed off of it, and died in a few
minutes afterward.- The Platteville
Witness.
The bag sociable held at the Good
Templars' hall on Wednesday evening,
under the management of the ladies
of Trinity Church, was very successful.
Bags of all descriptions and other
articles of fancy work were tastefully
displayed and were soon disposed of.
Those who wished were served with
tea in a cup of the choicest china.
Other articles of china were displayed
for sale. Strawberries and iae cream
were served. Altogether good sum
was Melted for the benefit of the
church.
y couple of tramps were lodged in
jail on Thursday night Of last week.
They belonged to a gang of six or more
who, during the day, made their head
quarters in the lumber yard of Sanger,
Rockwell & Co. Towards evening they
began to behave in a very disorderly
manner J. w. Wilson the manager
of the yards ordered them away, but
they inSOlently refused to leave and he
took hold of one who appeared to be
the ringleader, and brought him up
town and had him locked up. Consta-
bic Samuel Sims also caught another
member of the gang, but the others
disappeared.
There are a number of sidewalks
nj -, y1-b oh :, in, do
Gus condition, and need repairing or
re-Iaying, right away. 1t is poor pol
icy for the city to lay long lines Of
new walks While neglecting to keep
old walks in repair. 1t is positively
wrong to run the risk of some one
breaking limb by stepping through a
hole or upon a loose board in a walk;
while it is very poor economy from
a mere money point of view. Dam
ages for a single accident might cost
the city more dollars and cents than
would keep the sidewalks in good re-
pair for several years to come.
An interesting meeting of the Farm
ers' club was held at the City Hall on
last Saturday afternoon. Edward Dunn
presented paper on cheese making,
which he treated in an able manner.
The subject called out a general dis
cussion. The discussion embraced the
relative merits of the different kinds
of grasses for paSturing; and the unan-
imous verdict was that our native
the quality of food and the quantity
which will grow upon the same amount
of ground. Among the subjects to be
discussed at the next regular meeting
of the club, which will be held on
Saturday the 6th inst, will be turnip
raising, by Moses Stephenson, of
WaldWick, who has been remarkably
successful in raising turnips even in
the dryest seasons.
\ meeting of the Presbyterians, of
Mineral Point, was held at the res
idence of Mrs. John BOynton on Mon
day evening, June 3. Robert Hughes
was chosen chairman and John =.
Davies secretary. The meeting was
opened with an earnest prayer by Miss
Bassett, and then followed a general
expression of feeling upon the question
whether it would be better to attempt
to reopen Presbyterian church in this
city or to dispose of the church build
ing. The unanimous sentiment pre-
vailed that the reopining of the church
was not feasible, and on motion of Mr..
w. \. Jones it was decided to offer to
the Salvation Army to sell the church
ahd all other property for $1,000, and
if this proposition was not accepted
then the property was to be decided to
the Presbytery. Although all present
were sorry that there was no PreSbyte-
rian church in Mineral Point, they
unanimously agreed that the course
marked out was the best to pursue I'M
der the circumstances.
The law passed by the last legisIa-
ture Of this state provides that no per-
son or persons shall be allowed to fish
for, catch or kill with any device, nor
shall any person or persons sell or
offer for sale, or buy, or have in their
possession any brook trout, mountain
trout, rainbow trout, mackinaw trout,
pike, black, green or OSwego bass or
muskaIonge during their spawning
season. The spawning or closed sea-
son shall be construed as follows:
Brook, rainbow and mountain trout
from the lst day of September to the
18th day of April. Mackinaw trout
commonly called lake trout from the
LIST day of October to the 18th day of
January. Pike commonly called wall
eyed pike from the LIST day of March
to the first of May; and black, green
and Oswego bass and muskalonge,
from the LIST day of February to the
lst day of May. This act shall be con-
strued to prevent the buying or sell
ing of fish or possessing fish during
such spawning season that have been
raised in private ponds or caught in
other than the inland waters of the
state.
EVaporated AppricotS