Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-13

ter, of Faribault, MINI, are here visit
ing relatives.
F. C. Ludden started on Wednesday
morning for business visit to Rock
ford and Chicago.
The Ridgeway Catholic congregation
will hold their annual picnic on
Wednesday, June 18th.
Miss Emma NeCOllins has been Wis
iting the past week at the residence of
Mrs. NJ. NeCollins.
VIII T. Jennings came over from
Platteville on Wednesday afternoon
and returned on Thursday.
The track of the Mineral Point di-
vision of the c., NJ. and st. p. R'y is
being extensively improved.
Mrs. Mary Spensley, Mrs. Ferris and
Mrs. Joseph Gundry went to Dubuque
last Saturday for short visit.
Miss Susie Bottomley, of Shullsburg.
has been visiting in our city, the guest
of her aunt, Mrs. George Bottomley.
Miss Lizzie Bishop started this,
Thursday, morning, for Volga, 5. D.,
to visit with her brother, Thomas w.
Bishop.
Mrs. Jos. F. LaMalle and daughter
started on Monday for Allegheny, Pa,
where they will remain for an indefi-
mite period.
Miss Mary Richards, of Mason City,
Iowa, attended the graduating eXer,
cises of the Mineral Point High school
on Friday last.
Z. w. Sylvester was in Chicago last
week, and had the pleasure of listening
to Chauncy Depew'S great speech on
the worlds fair.
Mrs. Jeff Hildreth, formerly of this
city, but now of Minneapolis, visited
with her sister Mrs. A. E. Matthews,
during the past week.
The members of the w. C. T. L.
have decided to hold an ice cream and
berry festival on July 4th. Further
notice will be given.
w. H. Peck came over from Platte
vile on Tuesday evening, and visited
with his friends in this city until
Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. S. r. Chubb preached an inter
esting and very instructive sermon to
large congregation at the p. NJ.
church on Sunday evening last.
J. A. Tormey, assistant in the High
school of this city, has returned to
Platteville, to resume his studies at
the Normal school.
Il. D. Pulford, B. T. Prideaux, n.
Treweek and A. Ii. Potter attended the
annual meeting of the grand lodge Of
Masons held at Milwaukee, during the
week.
William Mauger, the jeweler, has a
vegetable garden of which he may well
be proud. Few, if any, of the many
well kept gardens in Mineral Point are
any farther advanced.
II. E. Light, on Tuesday last ship
ped car load of horses from this city
to Lebanon, Pa. Some of them were
fine animals, and the prices paid for
them ranged from $4,000 to $3.50.
Quarterly meeting at the NJ. E.
church in this city next Sunday. The
presiding elder, Rev. 3. E. Wheeler,
will preach both morning and evening.
The quarterly conference will be held
Monday evening.
The Shullsburg Local: a party of
Scandinavians have arrived at Gratiot
from Minnesota to seek in the Peca-
tonica for pearl-bearing clans. The
leader of the party spent years in pearl
fishing in the old country.
The p. NJ. Sunday school of Lost
Grove will hold picnic on Wednes-
day, June 18th. Speeches, singing
and music order of the day. Every
body invited. If it rains Wednesday
picnic will be held on Thursday.
DR.. w. L. Tallman is home again,
after an extheded trip to Tacoma and
other points on the Pacific slope. He
has travelled good deal east and west
of late, but has seen no section of
country that compares favorably with
southwestern Wisconsin.
W. H. Prideaux has placed in his
drug store an elegant soda fountain,
manufactured by Puffer'S Sons, of
Boston, Mass 1t is called the " Bar
thOldi." 1t is of handsome design,
and is fitted mp with all the latest APP
paratus for the production of soda
drinks.
\. I. Golly, travelling freight agent
of the Chicago 4 Northwestern Ry.,
accompanied by J. Max Sands, station
agent at Dodgeville, were in Mineral
Point last week, making inquiries
with view to the extension of the
Northwestern road from Dodgeyille to
this place.
Dr. G. W. Field, of Thor, Iowa,
made his friends in Mineral Point a
visit this Week, He arrived here on
Tuesday, and remained until Wednes-
day afternoon, when he departed for
the home of his parents, near Madison,
taking with him his two children. who
have been visiting for some time past
with their grandmother, Mrs. 5. Coad.
The Babcock mine in Waldwick,
/ operated by W. NJ. Babcock, Abe
Campton and Edward Brewster, is
yielding considerable quantities of lead
ore. Some of this ore was recently
| delivered at SpenSIeyS furnace In TINS
city and is of most excellent quality.
The Democrat hopes that the efforts
OF these worthy miners may long be
rewarded by rich returns.
Calvert Spensley fsturhed on sat4r-
day last FROM New Hampton, Iowa,
where he had been during the week
trying the case of Charles Andrews vs..
the c. NJ. X. st. Paul R'y company.
Charles Andrews is resident of La
mont. lafayette county, He had a
son killed in a railroad accident at
New Hampton. on April 5th. 1885,
and sued for damages. Mr.. Spensley
acted as attorney for the plaintiff. ana
in the trial last week, secured judg-
mept for $500.