Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-09-27

The Galena Fair will be held next

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week Tuesday to Friday, inclusive.
n. H. Snow has built a large and
convenient barn west of his residence
on Ridge street.
Saturday, Oct. 4, is the date for the
next regular meeting of the Mineral
Point Farmers club.
Adam Goelz, of this city, wants to
sell his good stock farm of $40 acres
in the town of Linden.
4 lot of new type for doing the
finest kind of job printing, just received
at The Democrat office.
A. &. Deller went to Chicago on
Monday to. buy a fine large stock of
goods for the fall and winter trade.
There will be grand millinery
opening at the store of Miss Lille
Stanley on Friday and Saturday, Oct.
and ).
Three saloon keepers of Dodgeville
were recently arrested and fined five
dollars and costs each, for having
their windows blinded on Sundays.
Grand Chief Templar Chain of the
Good Templar order in this state, is in
the city and will attend the meeting of
Emery lodge this (Fridav) evening.
A full attendance of the members is
requested.
The annual meeting of the members
of the Mineral Point book club, for
the election of officers, will be held at
the Rectory, on Wednesday, Oct. 9th
at o'clock p. m. All members are
urgently requested to be present.
Harvest Home services at Trinity
(EpjscopaD church next Sunday, Sept.
%. The church will be appropriately
decorated with flowers and fruits of
the earth. The sermon viii be upon
the timely subject of Praise and
Thanksgiving.
At the Darlington fair last week
little Jimmie AlichaelsOn, son of the
register of deeds of La Fayette county,
came very near being killed by shot
from a target gun. The shot grazed
the side of his head, shooting away
lock of hair and leaving a red mark
on the scalp.
The sociable given by the ladies of
the p. NJ. church on Tuesday evening,
at the residence of Mrs. James Brewer,
was a very successful affair in every
respect. Misses Hutchinson and Strong
favored the company with selections
of music, which were highly appreci-
ated by the members of the church
choir and others. The appropriate
| address by Rev. Kent added much to
its success.
The Mineral Point zine works are
running again at full force. During
the month which they were shut down
the furnaces or ovens were entirely
rebuilt, and numerous other very eX-
tensive improvements were made.
The factory is now in better con-
| ditiOn than ever before, is consuming
vast quantities of coal and ore, and
is turning out fine product of snow
white oxide. 1t will doubtless be
the scene of busy activity for many
months to come.
ID. H. Jones, of Barneveld, one of
the first settlers of the town of Ridge
way, died on Thursday last from ac-
cidental poisoning. The Register says
! he drank, by mistake, several ounces
/ of a liniment containing corrosive
sublimate. Medical aid was sum
moned but proved of no avail De
ceased was 76 years old, and leaves
an aged wife and number of sons
and daughters to mourn his death.
Mrs. Jones is quite sick at present.
\ barn belonging to John Bauman,
a farmer residing about one mile south
of Monroe, was destroyed by fire Tues
day evening with its entire contents,
consisting of % hogs, a valuable stall
lion, ? colts, $4,000 worth of new farm
machinery, new buggy, hay, grain
harness, etc. The insurance on build
ing and machinery is $1,000. The fire
is thought to be of incendiary origin
as the barn was on fire in four places
wien discovered. An attempt to sci
fire to the barn was made few weeks
ago.
Simon Waters attended the state
fair at Milwaukee last week. He saws
that in many respects it was excelled
by the last fair of the 5. ". Wis. [. A.
The show of horses was not as good
as at our fair. There were number
of fine herds of Jerseys, but other than
these the exhibits in the cattle de-
partment did not amount to much
There were no short horns equal to
those exhibited here. OF course. in
many ways the fair was fine, but Mr.
Waters thinks, as an industrial exhi.
bition, it did not fill the bill as well as
our last fair.
The second game between the Bel
mont and Mineral Point base bal
clubs was played on the fair grounds
in this city, on Tuesday afternoon
and was won by the home club. by q
score of u to ,. The Mineral Point
battery is altogether too strong fol-
the BelmonterS. The way the balls
from thrower David Jacka curved
down and in and out, and all around
their bats, and found their way into
the hands of catcher Frank Van Matrt
was well calculated TO make them
open their eyes, and lose all conceit il
themselves. In the game YESTERDAY
81 were struck out by Jacka's throw
ing and 10 in the game at Belmont
on last Wednesday.
! The decisive set of the tennis tour.
: nament of Wednesday, Aug. IS, which
5 owing to darkness coming on, had Il
' be postponed, was played on last Mon
/ day afternoon, the 23d inst. before {
number of spectators. Miss Over
: and Mr.. ]. W. Hutchinson and Mis-
Margery Gundry and Mr.. ]. C. Will
! Jams were the contesting couples, and
: some very close playing was the result
! Miss Gundry and Mr.. Williams wer,
finally victorious, the score standing
TO ), in their favor, and were awarde,
: the prizes, two handsome silk tenni.
| aels. The southwest court on Il,
/ Public Square was used, and Mis-
{ Allen, of Dubuque. and Miss Phillip: