Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

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The next West Wisconsin conference
of the Nj. Z. church will be held at
Dodgeville.
County Superintendent Dietrich is
again at his office in Dodgeyille, where
he can be consulted by all interested in
school work.
The Herald reports that the lower
rooms of the Lancaster public schools
are getting so we'll filled that steps will
soon have to be taken toward enlarg
ing the school buildings.
VIM. b. Miner, editor and publisher
of The Grant County Herald, last
week, issued fair edition" of his
paper, containg twelve pages. 1t is
we'll printed, and is very creditable
number.
On last Thursday night at about
9.o'clock a number of men and boys
killed in front of the Economy store,
Mineral Point, what they supposed
was a large rat, but which proved to
be muskrat.
The Shullsburg Pick and Cad:
Work was resumed at the Helena mill
of the Wisconsin Lead and Zinc Co
last Tuesday morning, after rest of
several months. The mine has been
worked steadily all summer, and quite
a large amount of ore is now ready to
be run through the mill, with a fine
prospect in sight. The calcine fur
mace is almost ready for operation.
Hugh Cork, of Wheaton college,
who has been doing evangelist work in
the northern part of the state during
the summer, spoke on Foreign Mis-
sionS at the p. NJ. church in Willow
Springs on Sunday last. The congre-
cation was large, and good music was
rendered by the Cork Bros. quartette.
Alfred Vivian, of this city, assisted
by Miss Beulah Joiner, of Wyoming,
will give a comic entertainment in the
interest of the Young Peoples Society
of Christian EndeavOr, at the Wyoming
town hall on October Sd. The pro-
gram, consisting Of twelve numbers,
is very interesting one, and will be
mainly carried out by Mr.. Vivian, who
will appear in several costume acts.
His well known ability as come
dian insures the success Of the enter
tainment
A fence post in front of J. p. Ham
bly's new residence was set on fire
about eleven o'clock on Sunday night;
but the fire was fortunately discovered
by the occupants of the house before
it had gained much headway, and was
promptly extinguished. 1t evidently
originated from a lighted cigar or pipe.
The post was burned and charred
about half way down and the ends of
several of the boards were also burned.
A portion of the yard was covered
with dry maple leaves and if the fire
had burned a few inches lower there
would have been a m mature prairie
fire nothing worse.
Two sons of Conrad Stude, aged re-
spectively 10 and Z years, met with a
very serious accident on Saturday
afternoon at about three o'clock. Mr..
Stude on going a way from home told
his sons to take the team which was
hitched to wagon and haul a barrel
of water from spring some distance
from the house. The little fellows
hauled the water as directed, and then
of their own accord, went and hauled
load of manure, and on returning
down hill for another load one Of the
loose boards which formed the wagon
box slipped against the horses, fright
ening them SO badly as to cause them
to run away. One of the boys was
iDmediatly thrown out of the wagon,
and one of his legs broken below the
knee and an arm badly bruised. The
other boy remained on the wagon
until it struck a tr near the house.
throwing him to the ground and brus-
ing him very badly Dr. Eatsman was
called and promptly attended to their
injuries.