Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-14
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

The Young Mems Christian asso-
citation of Dodgeville, is in flourish
ing condition.
Rev. Joseph Cook will deliver his
lecture, Ultimate America" on
Thursday, March Goth.
The Platteville News: A. Richter
& Co. sold three car loads of drybone,
which is being shipped to Mineral
Point.
A new postoffice has been estab-
lished at Rodolf's Mills, Richland
county. The name of the postoffice
is Balmoral.
The Darlington Republican says
that Paul Noble donned his white
apron on the 1st, and is now full
tledged butcher,
f. NJ. Church has removed his stock
of watches, clocks, jewelry, etc, from
his city to GAINESVILLE, where he will
engage in business.
a meeting of the La Fayette county
Teachers association will be held at
Shullsburg, on Friday and Saturday,
March 18th and Doth.
A branch of the Uniformed rank of
/
the Knights of Pythias has been orga-
nized in Mineral Point, with mem
bership of over fifty.
a boy named Charles Hicks, while
coasting in Shullsburg, one day last
week, was run over by bob sled, but
fortunately, was not seriously injured.
1t seems that the city of Platteville
will hold no election this year, as can
didates have not been nominated
within the time required by the new
election law.
\. S. Mitchell, formerly of this city,
was recently admitted to the Brook
ings Is. d. bar, having passed thor
ough examination before a competent
board of lawyers.
Rudolph Spratler and Eddie Jenkin
have a choice lot of musical inStru-
mentS for sale at the store of j. A.
Spratler All in need of anything in
their line will do we'll to call on them.
The ladies of the Alpha society of
the =. NJ. church will hold a sociable
at the residence of Mrs. William Ire
week on Wednesday evening, March
10Th \ cordial invitation is extended
to all
Edward II. Dye, of Chicago, a piano
tuner of fifteen years experience, is
now in Mineral Point, tuning, reg
ulating and repairing pianos. Orders
received at S. T. Osborne's music
rooms.
The Platteyille News: The free
reading room instituted by the Kings
Daughters is highly appreciated by
many of our people already. More
will recognize its value When they be-
come better acquainted with its pur-
poses.
Calvert SpenSley and Charles w.
McIlhon, of Mineral Point, and
Richard Kennedy, of Highland, have
purchased the Benjamin Blewitt farm
of 100 acres which is situated about
two miles east of the village of Dodge
vile. There is a mineral range on the
tract, which has long been worked for
the drybone which it contains.
Mrs. Olympia Brown, of Racine,
president of the woman'S suffrage as
ISOLATION of Wisconsin, will lecture at
the city hall in Mineral Point on
Wednesday evening, March 10, COM
mencing at o'clock. Subject, 1.-The
Higher Education of Women" Gen
tlemen ard ladies are invited. Ad-
mission will be free; but a collection
will be taken up at the close of the
lecture
Miss Lizzie Lenahan, who was for
a long time cashier in Brewer and
Penhallegon's Cash Grocery House,
and filed the position very aceeptably,
left, one day last week, to take a
position in the branch office in the
Singer manufacturing company, at
Ottumwa, Iowa, of which NJ. McCar-
vile. formerly of Mineral Point is
manager.
On Friday and Saturday of last
week there was a grand cooking exhi
bition at the Cash Grocery House Of
Brewer X Penhallegon- A skillfu
bake. made and baked excellent bis
cults and mullins, using principal!
Big 10 z" flour and Horsford's baking
pow der. An elegant cake, which wa
offered as prize toithe purchasers 0
baking powder, was secured by Mrs
W. \. Jones, on ticket number 13S.
The great public sale on the farm
of John Ellsworth, in the town o
Mifiin, on Wednesday, was very Target
attended. About $4,000 worth of i'm
ported. thoroughbred and high grad
horses were sold; but as only one-hal
of the animals named in the catalogu
were disposed of, the sale was con
tinued over until Thursday. The i'm
i ported Clydesdale stallion, Mangu
!. Troll, was sold for Sl,150; kinfaun:
!. for Sl,065; Farmers Champion, 1915
Candy, $3.50; Glenbarry, $40; an
tba Sbira cfaIliap Sfranpar for SS2l