Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-24
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

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Hon. ID. 5. Rose, of Milwaukee, vii
speak at the City Hall on NIonda,
evening, Oct. 9th.
Senator Spooner will speak in til,
republican wigwam, this, Thursday
evening.
George Hartley, ST., is very i'll from
the effects of an injury which he re
ceived some time ago.
J. L. O'Connor, democratic candi.
date for Attorney General, will speak
in Mineral Point, Thursday evening
| Oct. Both.
Our enterprising fellow townsman
John TregOning, ST., is building 6
house for rent, on a lot near his pres
ent residence, in the south part of the
city.
The Prairie du Chen Courier says
that gunners are having good sport
shooting wild ducks, geese and snipe
in the Mississippi river bottoms these
days.
The Grand Division of the Sons of
Temperance will hold their annual
meeting at Barneveld, commencing
on Tuesday, Oct, 28th and continuing
three days.
Cautious, conservative citizens of
Mineral Point, declare that our city
has seen its worst days, and that all
indications point to a sure and steady
UrOWth in tbn futurp
Dr. j. II. Vivian & Sons recently
purchased fine steam engine-four
horse power-with which to run their
feed cutter and other machinery. The
engine is a real beauty.
The Platteville News: Agent Smith
and Operator MeltZer are costly sit
uated in the new depot of the Mil
waukee company. 1t is larger than
the one recently destroyed by fire.
The News says that there is a prob
ability of the Platteville district camp
meeting being located at PlatteviIle,
and urges the people of that enter
prising city to give it the support it
deserves.
On Monday night, October Goth, a
team of horses belonging to w. H.
Bewick, of the town of Windsor, Dane
county, was stolen by some unknown
party and driven away attached to a
double buggy.
The ladies of the p. NJ. church of
Miftiin have decided to provide din
ner in the old church building on cleo
ton day, Nov. 4. for those who come
from distance to vote. Tickets for
dinner, 25 cents.
The p. NJ. Society of Miflin will
hold their annual festival in the old
church building on Wednesday, Oct.
%. There will also be a concert enter
tainment given by the Linden p. NJ.
choir and the young people of Linden
church.
The annual meeting of the South
western Wisconsin Industrial ASsO-
citation, for the election of officers, and
the transaction of such other business
as may be deemed necessary, will be
held at the city hall, Mineral Point, on
Wednesday, October %, 1890, at 1870
p. m.
The new NJ. +. Church at Rewey
will be dedicated on Sunday, Nov. I'd.
The services will be conducted by Rev.
d. w. Couch, of New York; Elder
B. f. Wheeler, Rev. Phil Allen, Jr.,
and Rev. Leroy Ellis, pastor. Preach
ing at 1870 a. M; 2:30 p. m, and z
in the evening.
A son of Thomas Mahoney, of
Hyde's Mills, had the misfortune of
having the clavicle of the right
shoulder broken the other day by a
kick from an overloaded gun, while
shooting a squirrel. DR.. Gill was
called to reduce the fracture.-The
Barneveld Register.
The bazaar of the Alpha society of
| the p. NJ. church, which was announced
last week for Oct. %, has been post
poned until Thursday evening, Oct.
30th, when 1t will be held at Good
Templar hall. Supper served at )
O'Clock; adults . cents, and children
under u years of age Is cents.
Remember the date for Napoleon
Graham's large sale of stock, farm
machinery, etc, Tuesday, Oct. 2Sth
Eighteen head of horses and 95 head
of cattle and Is Poland China shoatS
will be sold, besides a large amount
of farm machinery, IS tons of hay, {
stack of straw. Sale to commence a
10 o'clock.
During the past week number Of
inquiries have been made at The Dem
ocrat office in regard to houses fo1
rent There are no less than six fam
lilies desirious of removing here as sooI
as they can find suitable houses. Prop
erty owners having places to rent vii
do well to make the proper announce
ment through our want column.
The election tickets for the comm!
election will be l. inches by 131, ant
will require quarter of ton of whit
paper to print them on for this county
, Besides this great mass of officia
tickets, there will be at least half tina
amount of colored paper used in print
ing unofficial tickets The Dodge
vile Chronicle.
, The ladies of Trinity Guild IRE
SpectlVe OF party, VIII Illustrate =" L n
Deestrick School" as it was in day
gene by. The time is not yet decide
Z upon but will be before long. Peopl
of all shades of politics will be able t
appreciate and enjoy the entertainment
The "wigwam has not yet bee
offered to the ladies for this purpos
L but it doubtless will be pressed upo
n them.
5 John y. Simon met with a paint
f accident on Thursday of last weel
/ while he was trimming trees in h
V lot, with a large pocket knife. I'll
= knife slipped from small branch /
h was trimming, cutting into the flesh
part of his left hand. The cut W;
three and quarter inches long an
about one and half inches deep. d
3. Reilly dressed the injured hand and
is doing we'll