Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-16
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST

quantities of fine ore is being shipped
from Platteville.
Alfred Vivian has been appointed
inspector of the sons of veterans
camps of Wisconsin.
The Witness says that the town and
the city of Platteville will probably
unite and buy stone crusher during
the year.
The machinery for the pickle fac
tory at Prairie du Chen, arrived in
that city. The Courier says that the
proprietOrs will utilize 20 acres of land,
besides buying stock from farmers.
Quite number of people are going
from DOdgeville to Blue Mounds next
Saturday to attend the sale of the
Mounds and adjoining lands belonging
to the estate of the late c. b. Arnold.
The Democrat don't wish to promise
too much, but our readers need not
be greatly surprised if at an early day
we should make the announcement
that Mineral Point is to have electric
light.
Some of our neighb bring cities are
already talking up the matter of eel
ebrating the coming Fourth of July.
Would it not be well for Mineral Point
to at once take steps in the same di-
rection?
The school board of any city or dis
trict is authorized by law to purchase
at public expense, one or more flags of
the United Stairs, and place the same
in the school room or rooms, under
their charge.
The Lancaster Herald: Rev. S. d.
Pulford is able to be around again
much to the pleasure of his friends.
Although badly hurt in his fall, the
injury received proved of less conse-
quence than was at first feared.
On Wednesday of last week about
100 calves were shipped from Mineral
Point to Chicago. Bliss & Reed
and ". J. Hosken shipped so, R. C.
Benson 20, and John and Joseph Ora
Der nearly so.
Virgil Pope, who settled in the town
of GAINESVILLE, Rock county, in Novem-
Der 1885, being the first white man to
stake claim in that section of the
county, died last Friday morning;
aged IS years. He leaves wife and
four children.
Prof. James has rendered his reSig-
nation as Principal of the Darlington
High school, to take effect at the close
of the Spring term. He will be sue
ceeded by Prof. Cabanis, late Of the
Mineral Point High school.-The Oar
lington Democrat.
The neat and tasty iron fence erected
by Cyrus Lanyon around his residence
lot, is greatly admired. 1t was man
ufactured at the Barbed Wire and Iron
Works, at La Fayette, Indiana, for
which company John Lanyon, of Min
eral Point, is agent.
The Mineral Point cheese factory is
now running, with William Cawthra,
of COlloden, Canada, as cheeSemaker,
The officers of the society are: Alloys
Schaumberg, president; William Har-
ford, secretary; John b. Wallis, treas
urer and secretary.
The Potosi lead and zinc smelling
cry for crusher and Smelter, and ex-
pect to be running full blast inside of
80 days. Coons and others of the same
firm are negotiating at Sitter to place
a plant there. - The Grant County
Herald.
The funeral of Rev. Father Kelley,
who died at Santa Fe, New Mexico,
was held from st. Bridget's Catholic
church, Ridgeway, on Wednesday,
May 18th, and was perhaps more large
ly attended than any funeral ever held
in southwestern Wisconsin.
The Darlington Republican reports
that on Saturday, May Sd. some care
less person set fire to the heavy timber
east of that city, owned by 4, c, Mar
tin. The fire ragged all day and did an
immense amount of damage to grow
ing timber besides consuming seventy
FIVE cords of wood.
3. IL. kreul, of Highland, has offered
a reward of $500 for the capture of the
burglars who blew his safe open last
Sunday morning, and stole about 500
in money and large number of prom
issory notes. The burglars were traced
by the sheriff to Lone Rock, where
they took the train and went east.
Mrs. \. r. Yates has been elected
delegate to the fifth annual conven-
ton of the Womans' Christian Tenn
perance Union for the Third Dist, to
be held at Arena May 22d and 23d.
All members of this union are ex-
pected to be present at the next meet
ing, May 9th. Business of import
ance before the Union at that time.
The contract for relaying the court
house portico and steps was Let last
Monday, by the committee on public
buildings, to Messrs. Hugo, Curtis &
Paul, of Dodgeville, for the sum of
Sl35: which includes one new course
of stone steps and the removal of all
the other courses back two inches.
The safe blowers who recently car
ried on operations in towns of Grant
and Lafayette counties and who are
now in jail at Mt. Carroll, ILL.,, at
tempted to break Jail few days ago.
They had provided saw with which
to saw the bars at the window, but
they were discovered by the sheriff in
time for him to stop their proceedings.
The Chronicle: Died, on Sunday
evening, May 4th, George, son of
George Clark, living two and half
miles east OF Miffiin. George has
been afflicted several winters with
rheumatism, but this winter the at
tack has been too severe for recovery.
He was about Is years old. He was
buried on Tuesday morning, in the
Mifsiin cemetery. Rev. W. J. C. Ralph
otiiciated.
Napoleon Graham, of Mifflin, had
narrow escape on Thursday, while
driving into this city. When nearing
Mrs. Strachan's residence, his horses
became frightened at small boy
riding on byciele, and Mr.. Graham
was unable to stop them, until he sue
ceeded in turning them into fence
near the old fair ground. Mr.. Graham
saws that he never before came SO near