Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-01
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

Primitive Methodist church New
Years day.
The annual festival of the Willow
Springs Primitive Methodist church
has been postponed to Thursday, Jan.
IA, 1891. 1t will be held on that date,
and a pleasant time is assured. All
are cordially invited to attend.
Rev. w. M. Jones, of Lake Crystal,
Mimi, arrived at the Welsh Settle
ment on Saturday last, to take the
place Of the late Rev John Moses, as
pastor of the Welsh Presbyterian
church Mr.. Jones is regarded as an
able minister, and the people of the
settlement are fortunate in securing
him for their pastor.
The officers and patrons of the Oak
Park Cheese Factory made the secre-
tary of the company Philip Hewitt a
Christmas present of fine book case
and secretary, Mr.. Hewitt values the
gift very highly.
Capt. Cornelius Wheeler has been
selected to succeed the late Col. John
l.. Hathaway, as governor of the
soldiers home at Milwaukee. Mr.
Wheeler enlisted, as a private, in the
Miners Guards, Co, l., I'd Wis. Inf,
which went out from Mineral Point in
May, 1861, and he served until 1864,
when the regiment was mustered out
with him as captain Of the company
Mr.. Wheeiers home is at Milwaukee,
where he has been for many years
special agent and adjuster for the
NorWestern National Insurance COM
pany. His army comrades and other
old friends in this city and vicinity
will be glad to hear of his promotion
to the honorable position of governor
Oh Jne SOluleTS nome.
A recent dispatch from Shullsburg
says that Miss Mary Hamilton, who
left her home in Apple River, few
weeks ago for Oklahoma, has surprised
her friends by being married at that
place shortly after her arrival. She
left on Monday, 3 o'clock in the after
noon, and arrived at Oklahoma on
Wednesday afternoon about the same
hour and at 6 in the evening she was
welded to a Mr.. Luce, a widoWer, at
that place. Neither ever saw the other
until few hours before the ceremony.
The courtship was carried on by CORE
spondence.
Died on Tuesday Dec. %, Mr. John
Fisher, Jr.; aged % years. The de-
ceased was a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fisher of the the town of Kendall,
Lafayette county.
Work on the west bag room for the
oxide factory is progressing rapidly,
and it is expected that the furnaces
will start up again in few days.
The Mineral Point band recently
purchased several new instruments, of
the very best makes manufactured.
DR.. J. II, Vivian received this week,
from DR.. B. NJ. Gill, who is now at
Dunsmuir, California, the skin OF a
great panther, or mountain lion. 1t
measures nearly seven feet from nose
to tip of tail.
Miss Katherine Chase entertained a
few of her young friends, Wednesday
evening, by a new and novel social
game. 1t consisted simply in taking
titles of books, and representing each
title by picture, by drawing or by
some arrangement of objects, so that
1t should be guessed from them. Of
course the one who guessed correctly
the greatest number of titles took the
prize. Miss Anna Strong and Mr..
Pittman drew lots for the prize.
The Grant County Herald boom
edition, lately issued, was a very
creditable one. The Kelley institute
folks, of Lancaster, were its best
patrons, and occupied several columns
in setting forth the merits of the
Kelley cure for drunkenness.
Burglars entered the dwelling house
of Moses Stephenson, in the town of
Waldwick, on Sunday last, while most
of the family were at church and Mrs.
Stephenson and little son at neigh
bor's house, only few rods distant.
They carried off S55 in money, some
papers, and a pipe and tobacco. On
his return from church, Moses went to
get his pipe and tobacco, and found
both were gone, together with s55 in
money out of a purse which was in
the same desk. Efforts have been
made to find the offenders, and a clue
has been obtained which it is hoped
will lead to their identity. Mr.. Steph-
enson feels bad enough about the loss