Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-04-04
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

April 9TH.
Darlington has well organized fire
company, which acts promptly when
an alarm of fire is given.
Pearl hunting at Darlington has
been resumed and promises to become
a leading industry of that city.
The winter term of the Darlington
city schools closed last Friday. The
spring term will begin April IA.
The Primitive Methodist sociable
will be held on Tuesday evening next,
at the residence of John Hadfeld.
Two young men of Darlington were
recently arrested and fined for making
improper remarks about two salvation
ladies.
Everybody expresses satisfaction
with the workings of the Cooper cleo
ton law 1t worked like charm in
Mineral Point.
Rev. 5. r. Chubb, of Wilkes Barre,
Pa, has accepted call to the pastor
ate of the Primitive Methodist church
of Mineral Point.
Prof. James, principal of the Oar
lington city schools, has expressed his
determination to quit teaching at the
end of the school year.
The people of Richland Center held
a meeting last week for the purpose
of encouraging manufacturing enter
prises to locate in that city.
\ number of the young folks of
Mineral Point attended the teachers
examinations at Dodgeville this week.
They report a large number of teachers
present.
Darlington people are talking up
the matter of improving their public
square, in the center of which the La
tayette county soldiers monument
was erected last year.
The following named gentlemen
acted as pail bearers at the funeral of
Rev. Father Weinhart on Thursday:
Nichalas Rock, John n. Simon, VIM.
Kemerling, John Peters, John Unger,
b. Dresser.
The vote given for our old towns
man John Commins, for school SUI
perintendent, is no index to his pop
ularity, as it was well known that it
was contrary to his desire that his
name was used in connection with the
position.
The state board of pharmacy was
recently in session at Madison, for
several days examining candidates for
graduation The following named
persons from this vicinity received
certificates: j. c. Ruckes, Fred Vivian,
w p. Bliss, p. j. kearns.
The Potosi lead and zinc mining
and milling company is panning out
big. Their plant of eight to ten
thousand dollars worth of crushing
and concentrating machinery will be
in operation by July LIST. They have
on hand over 5000 tons are nOw.-The
Lancaster Teller.
Frank Owens, of this city, is en-
gagged in taking orders for very
valuable book entitled "The Dark
Continent" 1t gives complete his
tory of all the great explorations and
discoveries in Africa, from the earliest
ages to the present time, and is edited
by ]. W. Buel. 1t contains great
deal of reliable information, which is
given in an interesting form.
Joseph F. LaMalle and Ed. f. Owens
went to Chicago on Thursday after
noon. Mr. LaMalle will buy a stock
OF goods for the firm of Gundry, Gray
& Co., before he returns to assume
the duties of mayor, to which position
he has the honor of being elected for
the third consecutive time. Mr.. Owens
intends to remain permanently in the
city of the worlds fair.
On Tuesday of last week, DR.. Buck
of this city, assisted by DIR. Reilly of
Mineral Point, performed herniotomy
upon Mr.. John Galloway, for the rad
zeal cure of an old rupture which has
disabled him for several years. Mr.
Galloway is getting along nicely, ne .
an unfavorable symptom having a. =
peared up to this time.-Grant Coup y
Witness.
John Unger furnishes us with the
following further particulars in regard
to a mining accident reported in The
Democrat last week. B. c. Bennett and
Mr.. Unger were working in the drift,
only a short distance from Mr.. Cox
when the earth and stones caved in
upon him, and they immediately went
| to his assistance, and with difficulty
released HIM and hoisted him to the
surface distance Of about forty-tive
| feet.
Misses 5. C. Cox and Susie Thomp-
son have removed, with their stock of
milliner goods, to Crete, Neb., whe re
there is a promising business opening.
They are eStimable ladies and expert
enced millinerS. The people of Crete
VIII find them thoroughly reliable and
deserving of patronage. While re-
| GREETING their departure, many friends
here wish them success il their new
home.
The Mineral Point Zinc company
has filed in the secretary of states
office an amendment of its articles of
incorporation, increasing its capital to
100000. We learn by inquiry from the
officers of the company that this STEP
does not involve any new departure
on the part of the zinc company. II
was taken simply to make the capital
stock of the company correspond to
the money already invested in the en-.
terprise. Those of our citizens who
started the undertaking We're misled
into believing that $4,000 would be
sufficient capital, at any rate to get
started on a small scale. Hence the
capital stock of the company was fixed
at that amount. They employed an
expert from the east and supposed that
all they had to do was to contribute
the money and the enterprise would be
an assured success. But they had pro,
ceeded only a very little way before
they found out two things of interest
first, that S35 1000 was an absurdly
small capital to run zinc works on the
smallest scale; and, second. that zinC
works on a small scale could not bt
made to pay expenses. When the
stock of the company was transferred
in the spring of 1888 to the present
owners, they found it necessary il
order to save the money already in
vested to begin series of changes