Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-29
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

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held on June 10th
The public schools of Mineral Point
will close on Friday, June 9TH, for the
summer vacation.
Copeland has placed a very neat
and attractive sign in front of his
photograph gallery.
The commencement exercises of the
University of Wisconsin will be held
June 18th to June 18th, inclusive.
The Memorial exercises to be held
on Saturday afternoon will be very
interesting. The grafton will be de-
livered by Rev. J. H. McManus.
Lancaster has contracted for one
thousand cubic yards of broken rock,
to be used in matchmaking the streets
of the city.
p. Allen, Jr., is president of this
conference of the p. NJ. church, with
J. p. Hawkins as book steward.
The Nashville Students Jubilee
Singers gave an amusing and lively
entertainment to fair sized audience
at the opera house on Wednesday
evening.
The rumor that Hon. p. a. Orion,
of Darlington, intends to remove to
Madison is without foundation.
Jack Durkin has been re-arrested
for his assault upon A. Blanchard.
This time the charge for assault with
attempt to kill.
The law now requires that guide
boards be erected and maintained at
the intersection of all main travelled
roads.
The members of George II. Legate
Post, g. A. r., c. C. Washburn Camp,
S. of v, and the Woman's Relief
attended divine service at Trinity
Church on Sunday last. The memorial
sermon preached by the rector Rev.
NJ. Chas, was abled and glowed with
the spirit of exalted patriotism and
true Christianity.
The Darlington Journal: An in
cipient fire was started on Thursday
last by the sun shining on crate of
tin pals in front of Bruce's. The
sun shone on the tin with sufficient
power to ignite, by reflection, the
wooden crate in which the pans were
packed.
William Drinkwater, a farmer near
Livingston, recently choked himself
to death with a strap, which was
swung over beam in the barn and
held tight by his own hands. 1t was
case of dependency.
The executive committee of the new
p M. church met on Wednesday and
organized for future work, by electing
the following officers: Rev. 5. r.
Chubb, president; p. Allen, Jr., secre-
tary; and J. p Hawkins, treasurer.
The Republican says that the stone
crusher which the city of Darlington
recently purchased from John Lanyon,
of Mineral Point is success, and is
pleased at the rapidity at which the
work of Matchmaking is being done
with its aid.
The Cornelius Will case, before
Judge Jones, at Dodgeville, engaged
the attention of lawyers J. NJ. Smith
and SpensIey & McIlhon, and a large
number of witnesses, during the week.
A reception will be held at the
rectory of Trinity church this (Thurs-
day. evening, in honor of the tenth
anniversary of the rectorship of Rev,
NJ. Chase.
j. C. Spare, travelling agent for
The Galena Gazette, was in Mineral
Point on Monday and Tuesday. Mr.
Spare has been a resident of Galena
for many years. In early days he
lived for a short time in Mineral
Point, and assisted in the erection q
the old "Olive Branch" building,
which stood for so many years on
High street where the brick building
occupied by Duppler now stands.
The annual reunion of the South.
western Wisconsin Veterans Associ
ations, comprising the counties OF
! Crawford, Richland, Grant, Iowa anC
Lafayette, will be held this year a
Richland Center, June 10, IL and u.
Hunting with dogs is prohibited by
law in Wisconsin for two years aftel
Sept. 1st, 1891.
While playing, at school, on Tues
day, a four-year old child of Andrew
Thrasher, of Lost Grove, was thrown
drown and the left arm broken. The
little one was taken to DR.. Tallmani
office where the fracture was prompt!
reduced.
The annual meeting of the Darling
ton mutual fire insurance compan,
will be held at the court house in tn
city of Darlington, on Saturday, June
9th, commencing at 10 a. m. for tn
election of officers and the transaction
of there business.
The Willow Springs Sunday schoo
picnic will be held next Wednesday
June 4th. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to all to come and have goo
; time,
/. 1t is said that the man who goes t
bed with a hot onion poultice on hi
chest and his stomach full of boilet
{ onion, will wake up to find the " i
:. grippe" disguised and gone. Tn
remedy is net an inviting one, but
}. is worth trying, and the probability i
that it will do the work, if it does no
kill the patient.
e Gollmar Bros. great united show
: will exhibit at Mineral Point lex
Monday afternoon and evening. Thi
\ is the largest % cent show on eaTti
having more acrobats, tumblers, vault
ers and leapers and novel sights thai
5 are seen with any other show. tn
o CoIlrnar RroS have such as Cav an
Lavaian on the Spanish and fiyin
rings. Garneno Bros triple and hol
izontal bars, Eddie johnson, the huma
pythan, Commings and Fimmies, TT;
peze artists, Nicola. the japanese jus
e, gler, Elfonzo, champion barrel kick'
and a host of other artists. Two e.
I. hibitions, at and Z p. m. Don't ia
e. to see the grand free street parade,