Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12


Gated in Chicago on Christmas day by
Rev. 5. r. Chubb of this city.
J. w. Rapson, postmaster at Cobb
was, in Mineral Point on Saturday, anG
favored The Democrat with a call.
The Buchanan comedy company, at
the opera hail all last week, gave good
entertainments to crowded houses.
George w. Strong, of Mihlin, shook
hands with friends in Mineral Point
on Saturday. The Democrat acknowI-
edges friendly call.
AS the services held each night in P.
NJ. church progress, so they increase
| in interest. Several have recently
| come forward to the altar.
John Gorgen & Co. of this city, have
placed new and improved power
chopper" and will add an engine and
manufacture sausage upon an extern
sive scale.
Mont. Smith came home last week
on a visit, from Omaha, Nebraska,
where he holds a good position in the
Office of the president of the Pacific
express company.
John Collins, town treasurer of the
town of Mineral Point, has received
the tax roll of his town and is pre-
pared to collect the taxes, at his office
in the council room.
On Thursday John b. Wallis shipped
to Chicago from this station, for the
Mineral Point factory, $4,000 pounds
of cheese. The price to be received is
nine cents per pound.
A little son of Daniel McMulIen, of
Dodgeyille, had three fingers badly
crushed in feed-Cutter on Saturday
last. The little fellow and some other
boys were playing with the machine.
p. NJ. CHURCH SERvICEs.-At 1890
Mr.. Philip Allen ST., will preach: ZOO,
Rev. 5. Il. Chubb will preach. Sub
ject-The Swellings of Jordan. y
reception of members will be held at
the evening service.
Three GAINESVILLE boys, while coast
ing, were seriously if not fatally in
jured Theodore Smith had one rib
broken and was injured internally
Johnny Rafter and Jerry Proper had
their heads badly hurt.
The railway companies have granted
a special rate of a fare and One-t third
to the fourth annual meeting of the
Young Woman's Christian Associa-
ton of Wisconsin, to be held at White
water, Jan. % to %.
New advertisements appear in The
Democrat, this week, for Brewer &
Penhallegon, Jos. Deller, A. G. Deller,
Economy store, j. J. HanScom & Co.,
ID. JenlIin, and J. a. Spratler.
Carl Kreuger has brought suit
against the city of Oshkosh in the
amount of $4,000 for damages alleged
to have been received by defective
sidewalk on Sept. 10. He claims to
have fractured his right leg and sus-
tanned other injuries.
The Platteville Times: Matthias
Schmit, of Mineral Point, bought on
Monday of J. II. Evans, agent for the
Rountree estate, $40 acres of improved
land, lying two miles northeast of Bel
mont. Consideration $500. This
makes over $4,000 worth of real es-
tate Mr.. Evans has sold within year,
every sale being for cash.
The Lancaster Teller: Mr.. Bush
nell came home on Saturday. He left
his father in Ohio, in lively condition
of convalescence from an attack of
pneumonia; though the venerable gen
tleman is in his 9lst year. The Teller
hopes he may survive another decade;
and his son, after a career of honor
and distinction in congress, may Gel
citrate his centennial with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah Lanyon and
family have moved into the Wilson
residence recently purchased by them.
1t is one of the finest residences in
Mineral Point, and its occupants are
welcomed back to their old home city.
Mr.. Lanyon has extensive business in
terests in Pittsburgh, Kansas, where
he will spend the greater part of his
time.
The G. \. r. boys expect their annual
festival and soiree on the 3lst to excel
all its predecessors, and to be. the event
VI iIC SCCtNOLl. Committees dlC CtI WI N
on general arrangements and program,
soon to be announced. \ prominent
feature will be the presentation by the
donors of a beautiful record, to contain
personal sketches of the post members,
and other ex-soldiers. The beautiful
book has been purchased for the post,
| by MesSrS. Z. Allen, Sr., p. Allen, Jr.,
W. \. Jones, DIR. VIM. Eastman, and
Mrs. \. II. Snow and Mrs. Jas. Spens-
! ley, at a cost of $4,000. Good vocal
and instrumental music, entertaining
! addresses, a rich repaSt and an OPP
portunity for the young to court the
! terpsichorean music will be provided.
! Kneeland's superior orchestra will fur
niSh music for the soiree.
The papers in various localities OF
late have been announcing the deaths
of 'Iast survivors" Of the Black Hawk
war, but we are glad to learn that
there are vet quite a number within
our own knowledge who still survive
these "laSt survivors" In the town
of Dodgeville we have two of the vet.
Grams who took an active part in thu
campaign of 1882. Hon. Robert vii
son, who served in Col Aoore's reg
iment under Capt Hincklev, from
Dauville, Ill, and Milton B. Persons
who served under Gen. Henry Dodge
There are at least fifty of them, il
Wisconsin, of whom We have thu
=. names, scattered through, Iowa, Green
Grant la Fayette, Dane, and othe
, counties in the southern and western
parts of the state. Judge Wilson i
now in his 18th year, and has resides
in Dodgeville since 1884, and Mr.. Per
sons is in his SD year. and has live,
here since 1928. There are also man,
of the veteran survivors about Galena
H., and Dubuque, Iowa, and scattere'
about in various places in those states
They are all deserving of pensions AM
laws to that effect should be passed a
once among the other pension laws B
congress, and it is hoped they 500
j. will be.-The Dodgeyille Chronicle.