Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16

| nllll at boScoOel one day last week
/ by being caught between a falling
log and beam. The crush was so
great that everything was crowded
from his stomach out through his
mouth. He was 25 years old, and
leaves a wife and two children.
LAST evening (Friday) Prof. S. T.
Osborne was at Monroe assisting
the State University glee club in
| giving concert. Next week Mr..
Osborne will join the same party at
Portage and Sparta for the same
purpose. The professors vocal tai
ent is appreciated over wide terri
tory.
RAIN is needed in all sections Of
the state to improve pastures,
and to cause a general termination
of field aud garden seeding, and to
fit the soil forcorn planting. Winter
grains and spring-sown grains 81
ready up present a favorable ap-
pearance, but that condition wont
last long without rain.
JOHN Toms, a son Of Mineral
Point, who for some years has been
successfully conducting the contact
ing and building business at Omaha,
arrived here last Saturday and spent
few days in our midst. His fathers
sickness called him hither, and he
realized the pleasure of finding the
old gentleman on the mend
AT the annual election of Grace
land Cemetery Association, on Tues
day, May 5th, DR.. j. II. Vivian,
Calvert Spensley and r.. j. Penhal-
| Logon, Sr., were elected for three
year; and at a meeting of the trustees
held on the 8th inst, Moses NJ.
Strong was elected president, DR.. J.
II. Vivian, treasurer, and II. J. Pen
hallegon, Jr., secretary.
AT about the same place on High
street and within brief period of
time Of each other two accidents Of
precisely the same nature happened
last Thursday afternoon. 1t was
the breaking of a neckyoke strap
of a team hitched to a carriage, and
that of farm team attached to a
wagon; and the faithfulness of the
horses spoiled two locals.
LAST week the TRIBUNE declared
its opinion that il Mineral Point was
to celebrate this year it was time to
take the matter under consideration.
The announcement given out early
that this city will hold one of it's
old-time successful celebrations
would have a tendency to prevent
many minor observances on that day
in the country and villages surround
ing, and all the people would join
with us.
SHULLsBURG people have been
given to understand that it is the
purpose of the Chicago, Milwaukee
IL st. Paul Company to begine work
this summer on the extension of the
road from Shullsburg to Farley, Ia,
closing up the gap and giving the
company direct line from Milwau-
kee to Kansas City. Inside of two
years the company has determined
to have the road completed and cars
running.
On Sunday the Sd inst. the un-
certainty of life was forcibly and
shockingly demonstrated near Coun-
Gil Hill. A young fellow named
Ford, seventeen years of age, was
driving high-lifed colt hitched to
an ordinary cart, and when descend
ing hill the colt became unmanage-
able, and ran at terrible rate,
throwing the driver out and onto
his head with great force. He died
in less than an hour The skull
was fractured and internal hem
morrhage did the work
MISS JULIA WSsLow, Normal
student at Platteville, aged 30 years,
went suddenly insane last Sunday,
/ and made two attempts at suicide.
The first wa. by trying to choke
| herself to death with & stout cord,
in which she might have succeeded
had not the family Of Mr.. Harris,