Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-07-05

There may be some boys in this vi
entity whose attention should be called
to the following law of the State of
Wisconsin,: " Any person who shall
wantonly MAIN, kill or destroy, by any
means whatever, any brown thrush.
blue bird. martin swallow, wren, cat
! bird, robin, peewee, meadow lark, OF
other insect deyouring bird, of any
| kind or name whatsoever. or destroy
the nests or eggs of any such birds,
shall be punished by fine not exceed
| ing fifteen dollars"
The July issue of Scribner's Mag
azine IS a Midsummer Fiction num-
Der, containing seven complete short
stories, four of them richly illustrated
| by such artists as Frederic Reming-
! ton, Robert Blum and Chester Loomis;
and an unusually exciting installment
| of Mr.. StevensOn's serial The Master
of Ballantrae," the illustration OF
which from a drawing by William
Hole, is the frontispiece of the num-
Der There are also included the sec
ond article in the new Electrical Series
and interesting Poems.
The Tribune, published at Volga
South Dakota. by Thomas W. Bishop
says: "Of course the late rains have
improved the appearance of crops g"n,
orally, although the water came toe
! late to help many fields of wheat and
oats Half crop of wheat and one
third of oats is large estimate. Flax
70 do
will probably be fair yield. The out.
look for hay is better, particularly on
the uplandS. Potatoes promise fairly
| \ journey southwark during the past
week by the writer developed that we
are at least little better off than Ou
neighborS in the crop outlook.
The following named officers were
elected at the annual meeting of the
Southwestern Wisconsin Veterans
Association held at BoscobeI during the
reunion: Major Whaley, Prairie du,
Chen, president; Col. J. q. Clark
Lancaster, secretary; G. G. Cox, Min
| eral Point, commander; ID. Webster
| Prairie du Chen, assistant commander
q. Fairfield Prairie du CHEN, adiutant
! general; J. Lane; Lancaster, assistant
adjurant; NJ. y. Sawyer, Boscobel
quartermaster; VIM. II. Dyke, Prairie
du Chen, assistant quartermaster
ChaS. Wannamaker, PlatteyilIe, drum
major; Captain Whaley, Prairie du-
CHEN, assistant quartermaster.
The NirOqua Censor says: There is
no doubt but there is a great amount
Of agitation among the people of the
kickapOo country over the prospect
that the iron horse will prance up and
down their valley within the coming
eight months. 1t is stated on author
| jty that the right of way has been Sc
cured a large portion of the distance
between WauZeka and ReadStowD,
much of it being secured without
cost. r. II. Drake, of KickapoO, was
in the city on Monday and said to a
Censor representative that there has
been Il ight-of-Way solicitor in that
town who has succeeded well in his
work. The Survey is being made on
the line of the Williams narrow gague
road which was graded some years
since"
The legislature made several i'm
portant changes last winter in tie
laws relating to the township system
of school government. AS amended
the law requires the board of school
directors in each town to hold two
regular meetings in each year, the first
regular or annual meeting to be held
on the second NJoO61v in II1IN- ap6 tba