Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-03
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

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deliver an Grafton at Belmont on tht
4th.
Dr. Eastman is doing mis- share il
helping forward Mineral Points build
ing boom, by making extensive i'm
provements to his residence. John II
! Padon is doing the carpenter work.
The annual examination of teachers
for state certificates will be held in the
Office of the state superintendent at
Madison, beginning at 8 o'clock a. m.
Tuesday, August 4th, and continue
four days.
p. J. Mullen Will auction 40 choice
COWS at the c., NJ. and St p stock
yards in Mineral Point, on Tuesday
July 9TH.
Capt. VIM. Harris and wife, of Lake
Linden, Mich, who were the guests
of Mrs. John Brent, of this city, left
for their home on Thursday afternoon.
E. B. Goodsell, of DodgevilIe, has
opened law office at Lancaster. He
graduated with the class of 1891 from
the law department of the university,
and is well read and capable young
attorney. The Democrat wishes him
success.
J. z. Smokers colt Libretto won
second money in the 2:40 class at the
Freeport races last week, and received
a record of 2:35.
The Shullsburg Local says that
''Hon. J. M. Clancy, the golden voiced
orator of Wisconsin, will spread his
beautiful gauzy wings of oratory" at
Shullsburg on July 4th, "and soar to
dizzy heights in patriotic effort. Don't
fail to see the ascension"
Hervey w. Dietrich, the county su-
perintendent of schools, has removed
from Avoca to Dodgeville, the county
seat, where he will be more centrally
located and within easier reach OF
the schools of the county.
A change of cashiers has taken place
at the Williams bank, Dodgeville, not
ReeSe's bank as stated in The Demo-
crat last week.
Dodgeyille and vicinity was visited
by a severe rain and wind storm on
Sunday evening, flooding the fields and
doing considerable damage to crops.
THE building of the agricultural So
ciety was demolished by the wind
on Saturday evening. The dwelling
house of Thomas Buckingham, near
the city, was struck by lightning, and
burned.
Rev. d. w. Couch, formerly of Min
eral Point, but now of Brooklyn, n.
Y, will conduct the NJ. e. camp-meet-
ing, on the new grounds near Platte
vile, beginning on August IS. Chap
lain McCabe will be present and hold
meetings on the 23d.
Robert and Alex McCutchin. of
Hydes Mill, returned from their Euro
pean trip on Tuesday, after visiting
Ireland and Scotland. They did not
spend as much time there as they ex-
pected, but they stayed long enough to
satisfy themselves that America is
ahead of anything they saw, and that
there is no place like home. They
were only little over s days on the
way from Ireland to Arena The
Dodgeville Chronicle.
2. NJ. CHURCH, Quarterly confer
ence services will be held next Sunday.
All the classes will meet at 9, when
lovefeast will be held. Rev. S. r.
Chubb will preach. at 1870. At Mr..
Chubb will deliver his third lecture on
Bunnyan's Pilgrims Progress; after
which the sacrament of the Lords
Supper will be administered, and
reception of members into the church
also held.
The July st. Nicholas has rich
abundance of the short and bright
articles which children are so fond of
reading, there being thirty items in
the table of contents.
In speaking of Blind Boone, the col
ored Musician, who will appear at the
opera house in Mineral Point, Friday
evening, July II, The Nebraska Jour
nal says: Boone played in his concert
some of the finest compositions Of the
greatest artists, among which he in
terspersed a number of limitations,
some clever, some grand, by way of
variety-The imitation of a railroad
train is very striking, and the imitation
of a cyclone is grand and impressive.
The imitation on French harp were
very amusing and provoked much
laughter and applause.
\ mothers meeting, conducted by
Mrs. Chubb, will be held in the vestry
of the P. NJ. church, on Tuesday after
noon July 9TH, at three o'clock. A
special invitation is given to those who
are interested in the work of Temper
ance among the young people Of our
city.
Rev. II. NJ. Green has resigned the
rectorship of the Trinity church, at
Darlington, and will remove to In
diana.
\ portrait of Horace Greeley forms
the frontispieee of The Century for
July, to accompany hitherto unpub-
lished address by Mr.. Greeley on Abra-
ham Lincoln, which coming after the
Hay and Nicolay history, and Mr..
/ Sehurz's review of the same, will be
read with particular interest, not
Iessened by the knowledge of the
peculiar relations which existed be