Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-07-25
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

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last, voted to organize high school.
A slight change of time has been
made in the running of trains on the
Mineral Point division of the c., NJ. &
st. p. R'y.
The assessment on members of the
IS. w. Wis. l. A. for 1890 has been
fixed at $500, and members can pay
the same to the treasurer.
A public reception of mem bers will
be given in the p. NJ. Church on the
evening of Sabbath, Aug. Sd, when
quite an addition will be made to the
present membership.
Members of the Mineral Point Tennis
Club and those DESTROYS of joining are
requested to meet at DR.. w. G.. HaleS'
Office Saturday evening, the Goth inst,
at s o'clock PER ORDER OF SEC.
p. NJ. CHURCH SERVICES.-Rev.S 5. r.
Chubb will preach at 1890 and 700.
Morning subject, " Found Out" or the
likeness detected. Evening subject,
"The Judgment" All kindly invited
Married, at Fayette, on Sunday
July IL, 1890, by Rev. B. E. Wheeler,
presiding elder, Miss Ida Raleigh, of
the town CT Waldwick, and Mr.. James
Jackson, Jr., of the town of Mineral
Point.
The crowds of people attending the
u. NJ. Church are on the increase.
Chairs were used in the aisles last
Sunday evening, and some went away.
The old church is not large enough,
but that can be remedied by larger.
The Darlington Journal reports the
destruction by fire, on Sunday last, of
the residence of Dean Parkinson, of
the town of Fayette. The family
were at church at the time of the fire.
Estimated loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4O0.
On Monday some boys were throw
ing stones from the street north of the
city hall at the bill boards on the pub
lie square, and one of the stones passed
over the top of the boards and broke a
large pane of glass in the front of
Hutchison's bank.
The Platteville News: The mission
airy box of the NJ E. church has been
missing for two weeks. Perhaps it
has been mislaid-perhaps not; it
contained all contributions to that
fund since January LIST, but the total
amount is unknown.
A very large excursion party, under
the auspices of the Dodgeville M. E.
church, will visit the Monona Lake As
sembly. 1t is expected that the ex-
cuTsionists will number over 700. Ar
rangements have been made to give
them 4 special rate to the grounds for
the day.
Complaints have been made to the
city authorities that a number of boys
are in the habit of bathing in the
stream leading into Buffers dam, in
violation of law and city ordinances.
If the practice is not discontinued due
steps will be taken to bring the offend
ers to justice.
The common council of the city of
Shullsburg has passed an ordinance
which provides that: Hereafter, it
shall not be lawful for any horse, mare,
colt, ass, mule, swine, sheep, OK, cow,
steer, calf, poultry or geese, to run at
large within the corporate limits of
the city of Shullsburg."
The work or eXcavating for the new
furnaces to be built at the zinc works
is finished. Eleven furnaces are to
be added, which will make twenty
in all, and will greatly increase the
capacity of the works 1t is the in
tention of the managers to run with
slower fires, and thereby obtain
greater per cent of oxide from the
ores. John Charles and a large force
of men are at work erecting frame
building to cover the new furnaces.
Josh Elliott, while working on the
Commercial House building, Wednes-
day, received quite severe scalp wounds
and injury to his back and shoulders,
by large rock falling upon him. One
of the tenders accidentally heaved the
stone in such a manner that it fell
upon his head and shoulders while he
was stopping over. His injuries were
treated by DR.. Cosens, and no serious
results are anticipated-The Dodge,
vile Chronicle.
The game of baseball at Belmont
on Tuesday, between the Galena Gray:
| strengthened by Campbell and Swim
bank formerly of the Shullsburg clnb,)
and a club COMPOSED of four PLAYERS
from Mineral Point and five from
Belmont. resulted in a draw, the seor,
standing 5 to 5, at the close of tn
ninth innings. The game was a clos
and exciting one, but was not finishe,
as some of the players had to take tn
train in order to reach home tina
evening.