Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-25
LOCAL NEWS.

home from their wedding tour.
Rev. S. r. Chubb will preach at the
NJ. E. church next Sunday morning.
The Misses Nina and Agnes Cham
ley are visiting friends in Englewood.
Mrs. Joseph Gundry is visiting her
daughter Mrs. II. King at Cleveland,
Ohio.
Martin Ryan advertises bargains in
groceries, crockery and glassware, for
the next twenty days.
James A. Owen, Of Brookings, S.
D., visited with old time friends in
Mineral Point last week.
Attention is called to Isaac Deller's
new advertisement, which gives some
useful hints to holiday purchasers
John Horn, announces elsewhere in
this paper, a great closing out sale Of
boots, shoes, rubbers dry goods, etc.
Read his announcement.
Mrs. J. Opie Of Austin, Mimi, has
been spending few days with friends
of this city, and returned on Wednes-
accompanied by Miss Hetty.
The semi-annual convention of the
EpWorth league of the Platteyille dis
trict will be held in Lancaster Nov.
20 and 80
The second annual poultry show of
the Southern Wisconsin Poultry Asso.
citation will be held at Richland Cen
ter, Dec. q to 80.
The 18th season of the Platteyille
Lecture course will open with Edouard
Remenyi, the famous Hungarian yio-
linist, supported by company of
popular artists, on Wednesday, Nov.
30.
Joseph Lutey of Granite, Montana
is here visiting at the home of his
brother Thomas Lutey in this city.
Miss Sallie Lutey who has spent the
summer in Montana returned home
with him.
The Epworth League of M. Z.
church will give a dime social at the
home Of James Hutchison, Wednesday
evening, Nov. 30th. A program will
be rendered and refreshments served;
all cordially invited.
The proceedings of the annual meet
ing of the board of supervisors occu-
py a considerable portion of The Dem
ocrat's space this week. Hereafter we
be prepared to give more attention to
local news.
Attention is called to the correction
in the card of Charles Palmer, en-
balmer and funeral director. 1t was
a mistake of the printer, who is duly
thankful that it did not occasion a
test af Mr.. Palmer's professional skill.
The smallest scat boil" is large
enough to show that the blood needs
purifying a warning which, if un-
needed, may result, not in more boils,
but in something very much worse.
Avert the danger in time by the use of
Ayers Sarsaparilla. Cured others, will
cure you.
James Spepsley started for Galena
today, Thursday. to attend the funeral
Of his father, Mr.. Richard spensley,
whose death occurred at that place on
Wednesday, Nov. %. The funeral will
take place on Friday. The deceased
was born in England in 1905; came to
this country 1889, settled at Dubuque,
Iowa, until 1858; moved to Galena,
where he resided up to his death. His
aged wife preceded him to the better
land, four years ago. They had lived
together for the long period of Ga
years. Three sons and three daugh-
ters survive the deceased He was a
great hearted, grand old man, and a
wide circle Of friends will cherish his
memory.
The injustice of taxation without
representation was practiced in a fla
grant degree at the annual session of
the Iowa county board of supervisors.
Representatives from the cities of
Mineral Point and Dodgeville and the
more populous towns of the county
were excluded from the committee on
assessment and equalization; while the
representative from the village of Lin
den was made chairman of the COM
mlttee, and the other members were
selected from the smaller towns of the
county. In fact, the aggregate num-
Der of constituents represented by the
tive members of the committee does
not exceed four thousand two hund-
red-about one-fifth of the total pop
ulatlon of the county, and not more
than one thousand greater than that
of the city of Mineral Point, which
was not represented on the committee
at all. The people of Iowa county
should never allow such an outrage
to be perpetrated upon them in the