Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-09-24

away at the same time, is still at
large according to last report.
LADIES are requested to bear in
mind the grand millinery opening
at H. Zimmer's Sept. 28 and 30.
The reverend gentleman appoint
ed to serve as pastor of the NJ. f.
church Of this city is named Straw,
and those who ought to know say
he is unthreshed and full of A No.
! grain; or, in other words, full of
energy and ability.
PER arrangement our band ac-
companied the St. Joseph society to
Dubuque last Saturday, and of the
many bands present ours received
the credit of being the most skilled
musically and the most finely uni
formed. As a natural consequence
the members were treated with
marked distinction and hospitality.
All Mineral Point is elated over the
honors thus won, and we are now
more confident than ever that there
is no better band for the number of
instruments.
The news of the death of Mrs.
Belos p Beech, received here the
first of this week, caused a pang of
sorrow to penetrate this entire com.
munity, of which she was a bright
member for many years. She died
at Sioux Falls, S. Oak, whittier she
with husband and family went about
three years ago. In another column
is an item of particulars taken from
a paper published at that place.
Sympathy for the bereaved husband
and three sons is general in Min
eral Point.
MAYOR COBB has purchased the
trotting horse Homer NJ. This
horse is only three years old and
full of promise. His first exhibi-
tion was at the fair lately held in
this city, and hundreds will re-
member the great excitement which
prevailed when he conquered the
excellent mare Black Bess; and his
time Of 2:364 over our half-mile
track, in a very dusty condition,
was remarkably good. This was
Homer's only race up to when Mr..
Cobb purchased him. This week
he was entered in the 2:35 trot at
Elkhorn.
BECAUSE the Republicans have
hung out flag with the pictures of
Harrison and Morton thereon-an
administration flag and one strictly
American-Gen. Doe, in his Demo
cratic speech the other night, re-
ferred to it as proof that the Repub.
lican party was a party of the past.
1t is admitted that as a campaign flag
Reid's portrait should be substituted
for that of Morton's, but taking it
as it is there's nothing to be ashamed
of and much of which to be proud,
if you are truly American. But how
is it in disfguring the stars and
stripes with a portrait of the dis
loyal Stevenson? Does not such a
caper prove conclusiVely that the
Democratic party is back number,
one that has outliyed its honor and
Unionism?
1t seems strange that the c., NJ. and
st. p railway company do not extend
their line from Mineral Point to High
land. 1t would be hard to find another
town having no railway facilities and
sending out annually so much freight
as Highland does. Sufficient teams can
not now be found to haul the ores
from her mines to market. If these
mines were newly discovered, with
their extent and permanence alto
gether uncertain, it is more than likely
that two or more companies would be
striving as to which should reach
them first; but having been worked
for nearly half century, ana with
every prospect Of being extensively
worked for a century more, none Of
the great trunk lines have thought it
worth while to make a move in their
direction. The Democrat has infor-
nation, however, that there is a move
ment on foot to organize an indepen
dent company to build road from
Mineral to Dodgeville and thence to