Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-09-12

Col. W. +. Villas will speak at Oar
lington on Friday of next week.
The board of pension examiners for
this district meet at PlatteyiIle every
Wednesday.
John Horn sold three Poland China
pigs at the fair last week and has three
more for sale.
The public schools of the city of
Mineral Pointopened on Monday morn
ing, with a large attendance of pupils.
The Democratic county convention
will be held at Dodgeville on Wednes-
day the 9th inst. See call at top of
this column.
Joseph Gordon received at the fair
last week, the highest price ever paid
for a Poland China pig raised in south
western Wisconsin, namely $35.
At Nevada City, Mo, on Saturday
last, John t. Osborne won good
race with his fine trotting stallion
"Osborne," The time made was
faster than 2:35.
The BarneveId Register says that a
number of barrels of apples were
shipped from Ridgeway the past week.
The price paid ranged from 25 cents
to 10 cents per bushel.
Mayor J. F. La Male went to Chi
cago on Monday, to purchase full
new stock of fall and winter goods for
the dry goods house of Gundry, Gray
Il Co.
Hon. James II. Rose died at his
home in Darlington on Friday last.
He had been resident of Lafayette
county for thirty-hye years, and leaves
many warm friends.
f. J. Dayey has just put in new
shelving and otherwise improved his
shoe store He has also added new
stock of goods, and his new adyer
tisement will appear in The Democrat
next week.
Although the fair didn't close until
late on Saturday, through the prompt
ness of Secretary Horn in furnishing
copy, The Democrat is enabled to
publish this week list Of the pre-
miums awarded.
A. H Mosher took first premium on
his elegant team of three year old
Royal colts, for matched carriage
horses, in the roadster class. James
McGinnity, of Waldwick, also showed
a very fine team of bays in the same
class, and took second premium.
John McElroy, a farmer near Benton
was gored by bull, on Thursday of
last week. and died from his injuries
on sunday He was driving some
cattle through a field when the bull
attacked him, and being unable to es-
cape to fence, he turned to fight the
beast. He would have been killed on
the spot but for the timely assistance
of Il neighbor.
Mrs. Lucy Wilson Post, wife of
Mr. H. ID. Post, died, at Freeport, on
Tuesday of last week; aged % years.
/ Deceased was the second daughter of
/ the late Alexander Wilson, and was
/ born, and grew to womanhoOd in Min
eral Point. Besides her husband and
two children, her mother, two sisters
and a brother survive her. The be-
reayed have the sincere sympathy of
all our citizens.
Thomas cambridge, Edward Meloy,
and James Freeman, of Lafayette
county, Richard Kennedy, of Iowa
county, and others interested in the
production of lead and zinc ores, or
ganized ut Shullsburg, on Tuesday of
last week, what is known as the South
western Wisconsin Miners Protective
| Association Edward Meloy was elect
ed chairman, and T. II. McElroy sec
Rotary.
Charles TerrilIS little son Clyde, five
yeas old, met with a serious accident
on Tuesday of last week. He climbed
up on railing about three feet
high. and, losing his balance. fell
heavily to the ground and badly frac
tuted his left arm at the elbow joint
The injury is very painful, and the
the attending physicians fear that
the arm will be permanently stiff
However, he is having skillful anC
J careful attention, and the resalt ma,
be more favorable than expected,
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esting and instructive publication
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; Mt Linden, Wis. 1t is of especia
2 Importance to county, township ant
e school district officers. The prospectus
e SAYS: 1t Will endeavor to state the
e law with respect to the duties an,
4 powers of officers, giving forms wheE
: deemed necessary or advisable, that
a shall be an aid TO new and ineXpe
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law arising in every day bushes
|. transactions"