Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-26


large after Wednesday next, July 1st
The Superintendent of the Juvenile
Temple wants all the members to b,
present next Tuesday night. He has
lots of fun in store for them.
The arguments on a motion for {
new trial in the case of Rose Zoldoskt
will be heard before Judge Clementsor
on the 21st of July.
David Brown has secured the con
tract for carrying mail between Minera
Point and Dodgeville. A new adyer
tisement for his stage line appears il
this issue.
Rev. F. w. KIatt, of Belmont, vii
hold Lutheran services at the city
hall, Mineral Point, on Sunday, June
%, at 3 o'clock p. m. All are cor
daily invited.
The ladies Alpha Society of the P.
NJ. church will serve refreshments on
the afternoon and evening of July
4th OF. the lawn between the First Ma
tional Bank and the City Hall. Let al
come.
Mineral Points share of the state
school fund income is $1222.19, which
amount has been apportioned to the
city. The law relating to the disburse-
ment of this fund was so changed last
winter that hereafter the money can
be used by each district before the
close Of the school year.
The twenty-fifth annual catalogue
Of the Normal school at Platteville
has just been issued. 1t shows an
enrolment of $50 students; of which
number 268 are in the normal depart
ment and 112 in the training depart
ment The catalogue was issued from
the Office of the Grant County News
and is very neatly printed.
The Blind Boone company will give
a concert at the opera house in Mineral
Point on Friday evening, July II.
The board of review will meet at
the council room in the city hall build
ing next Monday, June %, to review
the returns made by the city assessor.
The next reunion of the veterans of
southwestern Wisconsin will be held
at Fennimore
T. J. Brooks, the well known lawyer
of Boscobel, died, suddenly, at Nor
witch, n. Y, on Wednesday of last
week
The Republican is highly pleased
with the work done by the Lanyon
stone crusher recently purchased by
the city of Darlington, and says: at
has more than paid for itself in the
decreased cost of the amount of work
done. Over 600 tons of crushed stone
have been put on Galena street.
J. p. Smoker, of Dodgeville, has
his trotting horse, Libretto, entered in
the races at Freeport this week.
Joseph F. La Male went to Chicago
last week and succeeded in selling TO
several wholesale houses there large
quantities of fannels manufactured
by the Mineral Point Wooden mills.
Platteville has taken another step
forward. The News says: The Platte
vile Electric Light and Power Co, a
fully organized and responsible com
pany of our own citizens, has been
granted its franchise, and will at the
earliest possible day furnish its patrons
the most attractive light known to
science.
Rev. Chubb will occupy the p. NJ.
pulpit on Sunday, both morning and
evening. At the latter service he will
continue his discourse on Bunyan's
Pilgrims Progress.
A new advertisement for James
Wearne's foundry appears in this issue
All work entrusted to him will be
promptly and satisfactorily attended to
The board of review for the town
of Mineral Point will meet at the
town hall on Monday, June 29th a
10 o'clock a. m.
The proprietors of Oak Park chees,
factory made their first sale of chees,
on Wednesday, at ] cents per pound
Iowa county receives this year from
the state fund income S10,916.43, be
ing s1.36 each for S,015 children o
school ages.
For the benefit of their church tn,
Salvation army will have an ice cream
festival all day Saturday, July 4th, a
their barracks. Good ice cream anC
choice cake for ten cents.
The ordinance restraining horses an,
cattle from running at large in tn
city of Mineral Point, will 60 int
effect next Wednesday, July Ist. 1t
to be hoped that its provisions viii b
cheerfully complied with by owners o
horses and cattle.
The frequent and abundant rains o
the last few weeks have refreshe
vegetation, and farmers have reasol
to rejoice. The grass was too ia
advanced to produce a heavy Gro
of hay, but the pasturage is first elias:
and an excellent yield of clover wi
help out the hay shortage. Corn an
oats are however the chief beneliciarie
of the bountiful showers.
A very interesting game Of law
tennis. in which eighteen players pa
5 tieipated, was played on the TENN
grounds OF Mrs. ]. Montgomery Smit