Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-04

al lHe speCldi elcCtiou ou LUIS
day of this week for mayor of Mil
waukee, to succeed Governor-elect
Peck, an easy victory was won by
the Democrats. Only about 81, 700
votes were polled, the Republicans
casting 10000 less than on Nov. 4.
p. NJ. CHURCH services 1890 and
700. Rev. S. r. Chubb will preach
morning and evening. Morning
subject-"Demas;" evening-"Sam-
son." There will be a meeting of
all the classes at 900 a. m, at which
services everybody is invited.
Mr.. LELAND II. POWERS, imper-
senator, and Mrs. Louise Baldwin
Powers, soprano, of Boston, will
appear in their dramatic and music
al specially" in the Platteville Lee
ture Course, on Saturday, Dec. 6 tn.
Admission 35 cents and no extra
charge for reserved seat.
The person or persons guilty of
bringing turkeys to market without
taking therefrom the intestines, but
claiming to have drawn them, should
be forced to eat the same gall and
all. By leaving the intestines in the
fowl any length of time after death
taints the meat and renders it un-
palatable.
MEssRs. G. A. Snow & Co., Pat
ent Solicitors, opp. U. 5. Patent
Offices, Washington, d. c., have no
side-issues to detract their attention !;
hence their success. If you wish tc
know anything about patents, trade
marks or copyrights, write them.
Read their advertisement in this
paper.
J. A. SPRATLER has the largest
stock of ornamental and useful
Christmas goods ever brought to
this city, which he offers to the
public at the very lowest price.
Anyone wishing holiday presents
would do well to examine his
stock. BY SO doing you will save
money.
HIAwATHA Tobacco chewers had
better slow up for awhile. The man
ufactory of this choice brand of the
weed has been destroyed by fire, land
Will Osborne travelling salesman for
the firm has been notified to suspend
operations for ten days, by which
time the works will resume. The
loss by the fire is about 100000.
STAR Singers are Bob Bellew, boss
! Baggage Buster, and Aug. Elengen,
Express Agitator, of Hank Durbin's
crew on the Mineral Point division
St. Paul road. The passenger who
is fortunate enough to secure from
the conductor ticket of admission
to the baggage car, and hear those
artists render "Hhe Brakeman's Tale
of VICE." composed and set to music
by Prof. Bellew, and dedicated to
brakeman Stewart, will think the run
home too brief, though the train be
an hour behind schedule time. A
copy of the charming refrain is
promised for publication next week.
The TRIBUNE believes in placing
credit where it properly belongs,
and in weighing the merits of the
various theatrical and comedy COM
panies that have visited Mineral
Point must, to be consistent, give
first honors to the Buchanan Com
'pany, holding forth here this week.
The talent in this troupe is very
strong in tragedy, comedy and
music, a rare occurrence in travel
ing companies. Notwithstandi ng
this superiority the prices of ad-
mission are the lowest. Everybody
who has heard the Buchanan troupe
is praising it, as the most complete
and gentlemanly on the road.
JOHN B. WALLIS, town clerk,
could not strike the taxpayers of
the town better than to tell them
that the tax will be lighter this year
than since we started to pay the
railroad bonds. The tax aside from