Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-09-20

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on Thursday, Oct. 3. Invitations Will
be issued in few days.
The game of ball between Belmont
and Mineral Point, played on Wednes-
day at the former place, resulted in
victory for the Pointers, by score of
q to ,.
Miss Hannah Crowley died at the
home of John McArdle, of the town
of Mineral Point, instead of John
| Carpenter, as stated in last weeks
issue.
Gov. Hoard, of Wisconsin, and Hon.
Knutc Nelson, of Minnesota, will de-
liver addresses at the Dane county
TENDER &c.
Charles S. Heimstreet, registered
pharmacist, and a son of E. b. Helm
street, the well known druggist of
GAINESVILLE, is clerking in the drug
store Of VIM. H. Prideaux of this city.
Many persons from Mineral Point
attended the La Fayette county fair
at Darlington last week. The exhi-
bition was good, and there was quite
a large number of people present each
day.
Vivian 81 Sons are filling their silo
with fodder corn, in order to have a
store of sweet enSilage to feed their
| herd of Jerseys next winter. The
ensilage which they saved last season
was first class.
Adolph Appel has added greatly to
the attractiyeness of his handsome
barber shop by placing therein large
and very elegant plate glass mirror
dressing case. He has now one of
the finest barber shops in the state.
John r. Osborne'S stallion, COS
borne" is trotting splendidly this
season. In addition to the laureIs
which he won at the Mineral Point !
fair, he won the $50 and free for all
trots at Darlington last week, each in
three straight heats.
The Mineral Point band will give |
| the last open air concert for the sea-
son in the park this Thursday even |
| ing These concerts have been highly |
| appreciated by the citizens of this>I
city and vicinity, who have attended |
them in large numbers.
Brother Rindlaub, of The Grant |
County Witness, recently purchased |
an extra large new power press, and |
has enlarged his paper to ten column |
folio. The Witness is a good, large !
newspaper, its subscription list is large, |
and il commands an extensive business |
generally.
Col. Geo. w. Balm, a famous orator,
will deliver two lectures in Dodgeville, |
Sept. 25 and 26, in the Opera House,
at 7:30 p. m, each night The first |
nights lecture will be Boys and Girls,
Nice and Naughty" or Pendulum of
| Life" The second nights subject, |
Safe Side of Life for young Men"
Fred. Penhallegon and family have
moved up from Chicago and have
again become residents of Mineral
Point. Many friends welcome them |
| back to their old home. Fred has !
gone into business with his brother |
William J. Penhallegon, who has built
up ali extensive business in the boot
and shoe line.
Our old friend ID. ID. Howell, OF
| Pecatonica, was in town on Wednes-
! day, and made us short call. About
year ago he went almost entirely
blind, but after undergoing an oper-
alton at Milwaukee some time ago. he
regained his sight. The Democrat
unites with his other friends in rejoic-
| ing over his recovery.
Rev. T. Kent preached in his old
pulpit at the p. NJ. church last Sunday, |
and also on Monday evening. Large
and appreciative congregations were
/ present to greet him. Mr.. Kent has
been induced to prolong his visit so as
to preach again next Sunday, when
| the evening sermon will be one for
young men; but to both services all
are cordially invited.
The ROSES are taking ont large
| quantities of blackjack and lead ore
! from their mine across the street west
from the residence of Win ). Ross. |
This mine lay idle for several years,
owing to the presence of water; but
recently work in it was resumed, and
/ it has been found that while the
lode which it contains is heavy and
valuable the task of unwatering it is
not great.
I. d. Bass, of Platteville, who was
recently appointed inspector of illu-
minating oils for the counties Grant,
Iowa and La Fayette, will doubtless,
soon be around to inspect the oils sold
| in this vicinity. The laws of Wiscon-
sin prohibit under heavy penalties,
! the sale within the state, of oils which
have not been inspected by Wiscon-
sin inspector. This is fact which
| il would be well for dealers and con-
sumers to bear in mind.
During fair week, d. f. Jacobs, of
this city, was called TO his old home
near Maud, No, on account of the
serious illness of his brother, VIM. A,
who has since partially recovered.
Upon this occasion the Jacobs family
held their first reunion for seventeen
years. Father and mother and ten
children are all living, there being no
death in the family to date. The COM
bined age is 500 years; average IL
years and s months; the youngest is
% years. The average weight is 1879
pounds. Is not this a remarkable
famIyf
y, Timmons. 2 prominent citizen of
Montfort, Wis, victim of asphyx-
iation, WAS found dead in his bed by
! Manager Chase, at the plankinton
House, at o'clock on "Wednesday
morning. His room was filed with
gas, which escaped from wide-open
jet. Mr.. Timmons had undoubtedly
blown the gas out upon retiring on
Tuesday night He left his friends,
DR.. Van Dusen, ana Thomas ]. Davis,
also of Moptfort, IN the Iotunda of
the hotel shortly before s o'clock on
J Tuesday evening, and retired. Mr..
Timmons was "a years of age. and