Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-02-27
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

The Iowa County Inter-Denomina-
tional Sunday School association will
meet at Dodgeyille March % and %.
The tax roll of the city of Mineral
Point will be returned early in March,
and the treasurer desires all who have
not already paid their taxes, to do so
as soon as possible.
Our townsman Calvert Spensley was
elected to the office of king at the
annual meeting of the grand chapter,
R. A. NJ, of Wisconsin, held at Mil
waukee last week.
Dunn county will erect new asylum
for the insane, and has appropriated
to pay for grounds and buildings, the
sum of $4,000. The building com
mittee have accepted plans and spec
ifications submitted by John Charles,
Of Mineral Point, and have engaged
his services as supervising architect.
This will make the sixth asylum con-
structed upon plans prepared by Mr..
Charles, and the fifth built under his
supervisor.
Heretofore letters for BrOdhead,
Monroe, GAINESVILLE, and other stations
on this division of the c. NJ. Il st.
Paul road unless mailed in time for
the morning train, would not reach
their destination until the following
day. New arrangements however have
been made, and a pouch for GAINESVILLE
has been added to the mail sent on the
afternoon train. In this way letters
for these offices, mailed here before
l :35 p. M, will be received by them
the same day.
Barnes Bros, editors and proprietors
of the Darlington Democrat, have pur-
chased an improved Prouty press
Their paper has been steadily growing
better and in the future will be further
improved by the good clear print
which will be secured by their power
press.
Ever ,elist Peterson, who has been
holding revival meetings in Montfort
for some time, has devised a new plan
purposes. He had his Montfort CON
verts photographed in group and
disposed of goodly number of the
photographs for a consideration of
twenty-five cents each, the proceeds of
which will go into the general mission
airy fund.
The flag on the public square, the
one on the First ward school building
and others in different parts of the city
were displayed at half mast on Satur-
day in memory of General Sherman.
At the exercises of the Literary Society
of the High school on Friday evening,
the life and character of the nations
hero was made the subject of two
papers.
Richard Graham, of Blanchardville
recently purchased the Paul Noble
farm in the town of Willow Springs.
Attention is called to the new ad-
vertisement of j. Dresser Il Co. found
in another column of to-day's Demo
crat.
If the property owners of Mineral
Point will only give practical proof of
their interest in the city's welfare our
old town will witness such boom as
it never witnessed before.
E. J. Engels announces a change in
his business. He offers for sale cheap
his stock of ladies' shoes, and intends
hereafter to keep only footwear for
men and boys. See his advertisement
Gorgen & Co., recently purchased
two car leads of thoroughbred steers
and heifers from Ross Brothers, which
they will slaughter for sale at their
meat market.
Hugh Mckee has rented his farm in
the town of Waldwick to John Cava-
naugh for the term of three years. at
$500 per year. The farm consists of
| $50 acres.
Clark & Spoor want to purchase 100
head of horses from four to eight years
old. They will be at TerrilI's hotel
this city, until the close of the present
week.
State Treasury Agent Thomas Ken
nedy has appointed our townsman, W.
]. Healey, deputy state treasury agent.
John Crum has accepted the posi-
ton of manager of the branch agency
of the Singer Sewing Machine COM
pany for Iowa county. His office will
be in Penhallegon Bros. shoe store.
Mr.. Crum is an energetic, accommo-
dating man and will discharge the
duties of his position in satisfa ctory
manner.
! Subjects of services at Methodist
Episcopal church next Sunday morn
ing: evil, Origin and Nature Of"
Evening: miracles are Natural Phe-
nomena" Prelude to evening service,
society as Seen by General Booth"
The Mineral Point Wooden Mills
will commence operations next week,
under the superintendency of E.
Stickler. Frank Woodhead, of Albany,
Green county, has secured the position
of boss weaver. 1t is expected that
the mills will be working at their full
capacity within a month.
Heretofore the subordinate chapters
of the Eastern Star in this state have
worked under the jurisdiction of the
, Grand Chapter of Illinois, but on
] Thursday of last week at Milwaukee
the grand officers of the order for the
j United States instituted a Grand
Chapter for Wisconsin. Mineral Point
Chapter was especially favored by
e having two of the important officers
chosen from her members. J. A
Spratler, was elected to the position
of associate grand patron. Miss Glars
Gilman was chosen as grand marshal
Mrs. Mary 4. Woodbridge, nationa
). corresponding secretary of the World:
Woman's Christian Temperance UnioT
: and corresponding secretary of tht
: National, viii lecture in this city un
der the auspices OF this local union. OF
Saturday evening, March 7th. Shit
d will remain Sver Sunday and give sew
r eral meetings suitable TO that day
The time and place of the meeting OF
: Saturday evening, and meetings oil
Sunday, will be announced next weel
in the paperS and from the pUipJfs