Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-09-27

u Son, started on Thursday morning
for brief visit to Chicago.
Hugh Harkins, of Edmund, an old
and valued patron of The Democrat,
made us pleasant call on Thursday.
John Jeuck, Jr., returned to Chicago
on Saturday last, after a visit of sew
eral weeks with his parents in this
city.
viii G. Hales is doing Chicago this
week. He will be home and at his
dental rooms on and after Tuesday
next.
Mrs. Joseph Deller has returned
home again after an extended visit
with relatives at Milwaukee and La
Crosse.
Mrs. Thomas Maloney, who was the
guest of Mrs. w. H. Bennett, returned
on Thursday to her home at DesMoines,
Iowa.
Miss Kate Meloy, of Shullsburg, re-
turned home on Thursday last. after a
pleasant visit with relatives and friends
in Mineral Point
Mrs. John Schilling came down from
Winona on Wednesday last, to visit
for few weeks with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Horn.
Mrs. James Crawford and son re-
turned to this city on Tuesday even
ing, from visit of several months
with relatives in England.
DR.. Z. S. Fessenden and wife re-
turned on Wednesday from a weeks
visit with relatives and friends in
Richland and Vernon counties.
Mrs. win H. Leahy, after a pro-
longed visit with relatives in this city,
returned to her home at Chillecothe,
Mo, on Thursday of last week.
The Rev. S. p Bennett, of Appleton,
and Rev. James Lawson, of Baraboo,
are contemplating the preparation of a
history of Methodism in Wisconsin.
MIR. and Mrs. Chas. Hornung started
on Thursday morning for Chicago,
where they will remain for few days,
visiting the exposition and attending
to matters of business.
T. J. VanMatre, president of the
Industrial association, attended the
State fair at Milwaukee. He says
that the exhibition generally fell far
short of what the State fair ought to
be made.
n. X. VanMatre, Frank Hanscom,
Sid Bliss, Fred Golner and G. G.. Cox
attended the State Fair at Milwaukee
last week. Mr.. Cox was chief mar
shall, the duties of which position he
performed in very satisfactory man
ner.
A. l.. White started on Monday
afternoon for Sioux City. Mrs. White
has been visiting relatives at Lemars
for the past few weeks, and together
they will go to the Corn Palace, and
after visit with w. 5. White at South
Sioux City, they will return home.
Rev. NJ. Chase, of Trinity church,
will start on Monday next to attend
the tri-ennial convention of the Epis-
cOpal church, at New York. He will
visit at Hartford, Conn, and will not
return for several weeks. The church
will be open for lay services during his
abs ence.
Esq. stephen Northey, of this city,
who has been elected Justice of the
peace for the town of Dodgeville, for
ten consecutive terms, of two years
each, turned over all the official records,
books and papers belonging to his
office, to the town clerk This week,
preparatory to removing to Minneap-
oils, where he will make his future
home.-The Chronicle.
The following members of the w.
c. L. L. of Dodgeville visited their
Mineral Point sisters and were enter
tanned at the residence of Mrs. James
Hutchinson on Tuesday afternoon: Mrs.
S. E. Davis, Mrs. VIM. Sands, Mrs.
Letcher. Mrs. Z. H. McIlhOse, daugh-
tiers and neice, Mrs. A. 5. Hearn, Mrs.
Stevens, Mrs. Bilkey, Mrs. Hardcastle,
Mrs. J. Y. Rogers, and Mrs. J. Briggs.
Among those who took the Tuesday
afternoon train at Mineral Point, for
points in the west, were Mrs Robert
James, for Storm Lake, Iowa; Mrs. f.
Nicholas, for Marcus, Iowa; Thomas
Walker, Mrs. Ed. Richards and child,
Mrs. Charles Harker and child, and
Charles Polkinghorn for LeMars, Iowa;
Mrs. Richard Goldsworthy, ST., and
David E. Jacko for Sioux City, Iowa;
and Miss Clara Humbert, for Tyndall,
South Dakota.
Many of our citizens, especially
those connected with the 7. NJ. church,
have enjoyed a pleasant visit for the
past two weeks from Rev. T. Kent and
wife of Abingdon, III. Mr.. Kent was
pastor of the P. NJ. church in this city
from 1872 to II, and none was more
respected by our citizens or loved by
his church. During his visit here he
performed the several functions of his
ministry, in marriage and funeral rites,
as well as preaching twice on each
Sunday. The services were generally
appreciated: and his sermon on last
Sunday evening to young men was
one of practical thought and wise
counsel. Mr. Kent has an adaptability
to all occasions. He returned to his
home on Wednesday morning.