Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-06-25


until next conference. Mr.. Balch is
a son of Elder Balch, a former
pastor here. Is young man Of
culture, and strong platform
speaker. He will occupy the pulpit
next Sunday.
ALI accounts agree that high
ways were never in worse con-
dition than at present Only light
travel is undertaken, and that re-
quires good teams and most careful
driving. If this condition serves
to awaken people to the Importance
of more substantial road making, it
will not have been an unmixed evil
AT the p. M. church tomorrow
services will y held at usual hours.
Rev. 5. r. Ghubb will preach both
sermons. Morning subieet-"Christ
and Peter, or Divine and human
love considered" Evening subject
-"Barzillai the Gilead Chieftain."
This is the second Of MIR. Chubb's
half hour lectures on Bible
characters.
MUcH i'll feeling has resulted
from the literary contest between
the pupils of the Richland Center
and Lancaster high schools. Ii has
reached such pitch that the Center
folks have challenged the other
parties to meet in contest at the
assembly chamber in Madison, the
losers to foot all expenses. This is
not as it should be.
AMONG the Mineral Point repre-
sentatives at the Democratic Ma
tional Convention in Chicago this
week were Judge McIlhon, Ader
Appel, w. II. Prideaux, Cyrus Ian
yon, J. II. Tyack, Ernest, Dan and
Hermon Weisen, and some others,
all under political guidance Of J.
w. Horn, who saw to it that the
boys were kept well advised as to
the status of affairs daily, and were
prepared for the final result.
The Darlington Republican sug.
gests Hon. G. f. Osborn as Re
publican candidate for congress in
the first district, of which Lafayette
county is the western terminus. 1t
is well that Mr. Osborn's boom is
started early, as it will require all
the time between now and conven.
tion day for it to reach Kenosha,
the eastern limit of the shoe-string
district, carved out by the Demo
cratic Legislature, $50 miles long
and "a miles wide.
AT the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Mineral Point
wooden mills, held Thursday eve
ming, DIR. Pulford presided. Report
Of last years business was read by
secretary and adopted. Directors
elected for the ensuing year are as
follows, J. II. Vivian, Chas. Gill
mann, J. f. La Male, w. A. Jones
and N. Treweek. The prospect for
The success of the mills is better
now than ever before, there being a
demand for the Aannels as fast as
they can be turned out, which is at
the rate of about 500 yards per day.
MosT every citizen well remem-
bers Albert Spratler, eldest son Of
J. A. Spratler, who few years ago
left this city in search of greener
pastures, and will read the follow
ing complimentary notice Of him
found in the Wichita (Kan.) Eagle
of June l4th:
"The Kingman band is destined
for a state wide reputation. Since
the visit here two years ago it has
made wonderful progress. The
public concert given yesterday
morning in front Of the Eagle block
held large crowd from beginning
to end A high and difficult order
of music was rendered in faultless
manner. Old musicians, and good
judges of the art, doubted if in all
particulars any band in the state
could have equalled the perform,
ance, in technic and brilliant execu-
ton. The band consists Of twenty
four pieces under the dictatorship
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