Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-07-19
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

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on Rowland HILL" on Monday even
ing, is free-excepting the collection.
The Sons of Veterans of Mineral
Point expect the arrival to-day of a
case of twenty guns-latest L. ). reg
ulatiOn army muSkets.
All members of the w. c. T. L. are
earnestly requested to be present at
the meeting next Tuesday afternoon,
to transact business of Importance.
Governor Hoard has appointed Cal
vim Morse, of Monroe, game warden
Of Southern Wisconsin, to succeed H.
ID. Farquharson, deceased.
Samuel TerrilI and Charles Terrill
have bought Shepard's marble shop
from T. H. Shepard. Both members of
the new firm are reliable men and prac-
tical marble cutters.
The Mineral Point ball club would
like to play any club in the south
western part of the state, on terms
agreeable to both parties. Correspon-
dence with other clubs solicited.
The Mineral Point base bail club
will start out on a tour next week,
intending to visit and play games
at Dubuque, Bellevue, Warren and
Shullsburg ere they return.
A running horse bolted the track at
MaZOmanie on the Fourth and ran
over a man who was acting as mar
shall dislocating his shoulder and
breaking his ribs.-The Boscobel Dial
The Mineral Point zinc works have
been in continuous operation, night
and day since last October, a period
of nearly ten months, turning out
daily 100 barrels of oxide of zinc
Last Monday a man working for
Mr.. Middleton, near Cobb, was thrown
from a horse breaking his leg Just
above the ankle. DR.. Ziegler set the
limb, and the patient is doing as well
as can be expected.
Ed f. Thomas, Cobb's former post
master, left Wednesday for visit
with friends in Utah. He expects to
be absent about six weeks. w. J.
Rapson will have charge of his furni-
ture business during his absence.
The Ridgeway Enterprise says that
Messrs Fernan & krouse shipped the
first car load of lead ore ever shipped
direct from that station, on Friday
last. They employed about eight
teams in hauling the two car loads.
The fair of the Iowa County Agri-
cultural society will be held at Dodge
vile, on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, August %, 20 and 80. Ex-
tenSive preparations are being made
for successful exhibition.
Galena junction is worse than New
Jersey for mosquitoes. The railroad
men say that the vicious insects down
there are big enough to throw a
switch if they were trained to it, and
mean enough to wreck a train.-The
Platteville Witness Qep).
Gardens never looked better at this
time Of year than they do now. Gar
den pests have been scarce, and with
an excellent growth, the result is an
abundant crop of vegetables. There
will doubtless be fine displays in the
veg table department at the fairs this
fall.
Mrs. James Hutchison, vice-presi-
dent of the w. c. T. L., received
letter during the week, enclosing ten
dollars for the use of the w. c. T. T.,
and signed "a Friend" All the mem
beers unite in cordially and gratefully
thanking the donor for this timely
expression of goodwill.
The ladies of the Alpha Society of
the Z. NJ. church, this city, will hold
one of their enjoyable lawn sociables,
on the church grounds, on Tuesday
evening, July 23d. Ice cream &c.
will be served. If the weather should
be unpleasant cream and cake will be
served in the yestry. Everybody in
vited.
The deadly fire cracker came near
getting in its work on Capt. Bruce'S
barn on the Fourth, but the Captain
took time by the forelOCk, and, Orga-
nized himself into a bucket brigade of
one. beat back the fire fiend and thus
prevented what might otherwise have
been a disastrous fire-The Darlington
Republican.
The scarlet fever is raising cain
around this city, and it bears people in
mind to keep their children at home.
We don't think it a good policy to let
Your children run all over town, after
they have been exposed to the fever
Keep them at home and prevent the
disease from spreading.-The Monroe
Gazette.
Miss Annie Fellow, a graduate of
our state Normal school of PIatteville,
and who for the past three years has
been teaching in Grundy Centre, Iowa,
has been employed as principal of the
public school at Cobb. Miss Jennie
Jones, of Platteville has been retained
as teacher in the primary room.
George William Curtis. in the Ed
itor'S Easy Chair of Harper's Maya
zine for August, will consider the
words that rumor has put into the
mouth of President Harrison, that his
rule of action was to please himself.
Mr.. Curtis maintains that, understood
in its true spirit, this remark contains
the highest rule of conduct.
John W. Horn, secretary of the In
dustrial association, is sending out
this week the premium list catalogues
for the annual fair of 1899, which will
be held the first week in September.
The premiums offered are larger than
ever before, and every effort will be
put forth by the management TO have
the coming exhibition excel any fair
ever held in southwest Wisconsin.
On the 4tR of July about noon three
trampS entered the houses of John
koppen, Matt Lancaster and John p.
CaSperS near Cassyille, and stole money,
jewelry, etc. and escaped. 1t is sup
posed the amount of money altogether
was about 500. The sheriff was not
notified until the next day or it is sup
posed the thieves could easily have
been caught.-The Lancaster Teller.
Strong and Earnest's mine on lands
of the latter near his residence, is
named the Smithsonite Mine and
arrangements are being made to thor
oughly develop the splendid prospect
they now have for big lead of dry
bone. There is little doubt that they
will find tons of first class ore for the
locality is one of known richness.
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