Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30

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JACK NOBLE has given up butch
ering in Mifliin, and has moved his
family to Livingston. John Colds
worthy, of Linden, will open a
butcher shop at Mifiiin in the spring.
For the Farmers Convention. to
be held at Madison, Wis, Feb. Sd to
7th, excursion tickets may be sold at
one fare for the round trip. Tickets
sold Feb. 2 and 8, good until Feb. 8.
Spring is coming sure. Florida
has Strawberries ready for market,
Michigan people are pruning their
gooseberry bushes, and in several
places the crop of Worlds Fair
yarns is dead ripe.
The failures the past year are
computed as one for every ninety
seven mercantile firms in the coun-
try. That is not specially alarming.
The average in other departments of
activity will be found greater.
THE courts have decided that re-
fusing to take newspapers and peri
odicals from the postoffice, or re-
moving and leaving them uncalled
for when owing on the same, is
prima facie evidence of intentional
fraud.
A LETTER from a Wisconsin man
who recently went to Portland, Ore
gon, gives the information that the
country is full of idle men and no
work in sight. lie will be satisfied
when he again reaches the state of
Wisconsin.
AMONG the pleasant callers on the
TRIBUNE the past week were John
and Sam'l Ferrill, two worthy and
industrious citizens of Waldwick.
These gentlemen are among the
many who can't keep house without
the TRIBUNE.
WE would warn those little folks
who make practice Of jumping on
and off of swiftly moving vehicles
in the streets, that they are liable to
be seriously hurt and possibly
MANNED for life. Boys and girls,
don't do it.
THE sad intelligence of the death
of o. II. Nelson, in California, was
received here this week. He was a
brother of Mrs. John Wearne, and
former resident of Mineral Point.
His death was sudden and accidental
while engaged at work in saw mill.
A wife and six children are left.
A LARGE sized disgrace was dished
up to Mineral Point last Sunday by
a rougb-and-tumble fight taking
place on High street without the
least Of interference by any officers.
Three rounds were had with short
intervals, and all in the afternoon.
"Tort" Christopher was the victor,
and "Jimmy" Chesterfield the van
pushed.
In the death of Michael Sampson
Linden loses one of her very best
citizens. Deceased was an old
settler of that town, and from first
to last was held in the highest esteem
by his circle of acquaintances, which
was large. He has been a sufferer
from distressing disease for
His age was nearly 81 yrs.
The latter part of Sunday after
noon parties passing the law office
Of j. NJ. Smith noticed from through
the front window that a dense smoke
filed the room. To get in it was
to break pane Of glass,
which was done, and the stoyepipe
was found fallen on he floor.
Luckily there was no serious results;
only p lot of smoke.
SHOULD the merchant tailors who
were in conclave at Chicago last
" eek succeed in abolishiug the cred
it system in their business, no one.
would At the end of the year be
more thankful than their customers,
who are now perpetually in debt.
Their adjournment however without
finding a remedy for pants that bag
1t the knees is to be regretted.
To KxyoY a good laugh is good