Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12
MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY

lawyers houses are made of fools
heads. In any business never wade
N where you cannot see the bottom.
Put no dependence on the label of
a bag, and count money before you
receipt for it. See the sack open
before you buy what is in it, for he
who trades in the dark asks to be
cheated.
AN appeal has lately been made
to the w. c. II. U. of this city from
Devoe, Oak, for aid for destitute
families in that locality. The ladies
proceeded to act at once, and have
requested the TRIBUNE to ask of
those having secondhand clothing
to donate to leave the same at Mr.. J.
Dawes store, and they will call and
get the same and ship them with
other useful articles which they are
collecting.
THERE is not stalker" in town
or county but "knows all about edit
ing and conducting a newspaper"
We will wager a four dollar bill
that not one of them knows that it
takes lots of cash money to run a
print shop. And we will put up
like forfeit, that not one of them
could establish and maintain a news.
paper for four weeks-without the
experience of some practical typo
who has horse sense.
The Iowa Chapter, No. 6, f. and
A. NJ, of this city, elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year
at its meeting on Monday evening
last:
High Priest-wm. Treweek.
Kilg-A. +. Bishop.
Scribe-B. 4. Prideaux.
Treasurer-E. w. Sylvester.
secretary-J. A. Spratler.
Public installation in the near
future.
A MISSOURI poet uncurks in the
following style: "'Twas out in the
cleaning, way up in Wyoming, a
maiden sat combing her golden hair;
when heated with roaming, all pant
ing and foaming, there came up and
hugged her, a grizzly bear. 1t did
alright her-the bear didn't bite
her; she lay back and murmured'
still tighter, dear!' This broke up
old Bruin, he left off his wooin ,,
sneaked back TO the mountains and
hid for a year"
AT the last meeting of Geo. IL.
Legate Post, No. 1875, 6. A. r., the
following comrades were elected to
Office for the coming year;
Commander-J. II. Vivian.
Senior Vice Commander. II. Tyack.
Junior Vice Commander-D. Z. Jacobs.
Qusrtermaster--Geo Jeuck.
Surgeon-E. S. Fessenden.
Chapain--Jas b. Prideaux.
Officer of the Day-Calvert Spensley.
officer of the Guard Sam'l Hooking.
Geo Jeuck and d. K. Jacobs del
egates to the Dept. Encampmen t.
Alternates S. K. Shepard and Steph
Wilkins.
OWING to inclement weather the
w. G. T. U. Tuesday afternoon
meeting was postponed until next
Tuesday at 2:3O O'Clock. Mrs. John
Perry will entertain the society with
a reading. The w. G. T. u. have
taken up the "Woodmen's Work"
for the Wisconsin pineres, furnish
ing { camp designated by our Camp
Missionary, Mrs. Ostergen, who
travels in the north aad knows the
needs of those isolated men in their
rough camps. Amy one desiring to
aid the work are earnestly invited to
DO so by contributions of literature.
ORDER OF PRESIDENT.
Fresh oysters extra standards 30
cents; extra selects 35 cents, at the
Cash Grocery House. 49w2
BEwARE.-The railway companies
have been bothered enough by boys
loaGng around the depots, and
jumping upon trains at the crossings
and stations. The agents have
received orders to arrest any boy