Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-11-27

Miss Mary Berg has taking a position
as clerk in the Mineral Point post
office.
The sheriff's fees in Grant county
during the past year amounted to over
$4,000.
Thomas d. Jones was called here
last week by the serious illness of his
father, Mr., John Jones.
August Keehn and wife are here
from Arlington, South Dakota, visit
ing relatives and friends.
Rev. S. II. Chubb and Rev. p. A.
Simpkin will preach at the Primitive
Methodist anniversary services at
Dodgeville next Sunday.
DR.. Peck has bought of Mr.. c. \.
Blanchard, the latter's fine residence
on Ohio street, one of the incest in
Darlington, consideration $4,OO0.-The
Journal.
The Darlington Republican,: Mr..
and Mrs c. a. Blanchard celebrated
the eight anniversary of their marriage
on Sunday. Mrs. win Ross and son
and Mr.. Frank Pitman of Mineral
Point were among those who partook
of the anniversary dinner.
The Sun says that an attempt was
made last Monday night to burglarize
the Northwestern depot at Dodgeville.
The safe was badly battered although it
resisted all efforts to get at its contents
and so far as known nothing else was
bothered,
Parties whose taxes have been re-
turned delinquent in former years
should redeem all certificates against
their property before Dec. Is. They
can now be redeemed upon favorable
terms; but after that date they will be
sold to third parties upon the same
terms offered for redemption.
w. j. Rapson of Cobb, will hold a
great dispersion sale of the Eden herd
of Short Horn cattle, on Tuesday, Dec.
s, 1891. He will sell at auction 43
head of thoroughbred cattle; IL head of
high grade cattle; head of horses,
and large amount of other personal
property A full notice of the sale
appears in another column.
The Epworth League is the title of
a bright and able little weekly pub
lication, the organ Of the Wheaton
chapter of the Epworth League of
Evanston, Ill. Alex. G. Bennett, for
merly of Mineral Point, is the editor,
with S. u. Bartle and G. c. Cobb
associate editors.
Mineral Points electric light plant
is now in good running order and
gives excellent satisfaction. Con
pected, as it is, with the zinc works,
which run the whole year round with
out intermission, the city is insured a
reliable all night service, something
which is very seldom afforded outside
of the largest cities.
The Feninmore Times has been en-
larged to siX-cOlumn quarto. 1t is a
good live local newspaper and we are
glad to know that its editor, E. l..
Howe, is meeting with the success
which he richly merits. The well filled
advertising columns of The Times
speak volumes for the enterprise and
push of Feninmore's business men.
The Platteville Witness: coun-
ty board peremtorily sat down hard
upon Mrs. Hannah Specht's prayer to
that body to change her steam ferry at
Specht's Ferry to horse ferry. Inas-
much as her steamer had been con
demned this year, she ran horse ferry
without any right to do so, and the
service given was claimed to be very
poor. Under these circumstances the
committee brought in an adverse report.
On Saturday last the people of
Mineral Point were shocked by the in
formation that Mr.. James Ross, for
merly of this city, but for several
years a resident Of the village of Lin
den, was found dead near Terry's
Springs, on the road between Linden
and Mineral Point. He had been out
all Friday night and probably died
from exposure. Our Linden cores
pondent gives notice of the funeral,
which was held on Monday, the ser
vices being conducted in Linden, and
me body brought here for interment.
DR.. Minor, of the firm Of Philip x
Minor, yetrinary surgeons, met with a
sad accident on last Friday evening
He was going from his office, on Com
merce street, TO his home, on Hoard
street, and, as it was raining, he started
to run. When he reached the brick
building, just past the corner, a low
door stood Jar, and he ran with full
force against it. The upper corner Of
the door struck him in the right side
and caused a great hemorrhage from
inward blood vessels, and for time it
was feared that he was fatally injured.
But for the last few days his condit-
ion has improved; and, we understand,
that DR.. J. II. Vivian, his attending
physician, has good hopes Of his recoy-