Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-13

| equdltl thJOydOle 10 any ylnln8 tnat
would come under the head of
"rousing."
DE. PULroRD, B. T. Prideaux and
Nick Treweek are the delegates
from this city attending the annual
meeting of the Grand Lodge, F. &
a. NJ. now in session at Milwaukee.
SHALL we have that new opera
house? If one were so constructed
as to provide desirable business
apartments on the first floor why
would it not be a paying investment
for the city.
WE enjoyed a shake Of the hand
of Hon. Geo. E. Weatherby, of
ShuIlsburg, who was in our city
Tuesday. He was here attending a
meeting Of the Knights Templar
the evening previous.
The Adams express company has
not only made donation Of $4,000
to the Johnstown sufferers, but
offers to carry free of charge all con
tributions of money or clothing that
our people may desire to forward.
VINO in the world owns the
countless number of cur and whiifet
dogs that make the night hideous
with their bowling. We never could
understand why some poor men can
afford to keep cur dogs in their
families.
Be. BENNETT has been appointed
! by the Mayor as commissioner of
noxious weeks. 1t is the commits
sioner's duty to investigate every
lot, street and alley in the city. The
new laws relative thereto are very
stringent.
r. d. PULFoRD attended a meet
ing of the Board of Pharmacy at
Green Bay last week. After the
meeting adjourned he, with other
members, took a pleasure trip to
Sturgeon Bay, Marrinette, and other
cities in the state.
The Sons of Veterans of this city
mustered eight new recruits into
their ranks on Thursday last. This
organization is fast gaining strength
in our state. We understand that
they have a membership of over
sixty thousand in the U. S.
In New York last Sunday the
temperature went up to 81 in the
shade; no breeze and several sun
strokes. In Mineral Point winter
clothing and lightweight overcoats
were not uncomfortable. Why 60
east to spend the summer.
The poor condition in which the
Deuocrat pictures the sidewalks
that were laid previous to this year
is not very complimentary to the
democratic council and street com
missioner who have had everything
their own way the last two or three
years
THE veteran soldiers and sailors
of southwestern Wisconsin are in
vited and urged to attend the tenth
annual reunion Of the association,
to be held in Boscobel, Juue 9 and
20. Preparations are being made
! to receive and entertain one Of the
largest gatherings of the kind ever
held by the association.
1 A New HAVEN citizen has in
vented substitute for rubber. II is
called kelgum, and is said TO be
waterproof and will not harden nor
crack. There is a great field for the
sale of such ar article if it is an
improvement on the rotten stuff
that is now made into numerous
articles and placed upon the market
as rubber goods.
CHuDREN's DAY was appropriate
/ ly observed in Mineral Point. The
weather was sufficiently inclement
( to interfere with an elaborate deco
ration and the attendance. All
those who attended, however, were
well repaid FOR turning out At the
j NJ. T.. church a select choir rendered
pleasing and appropriate selections,
likewise the infant class, while an
address of welcome by Miss Maud