Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-05-21

HE heaVy rainfall, Whlle render
ing outdoor life and work extremely
disagreeable, has been of benefit TO
small grain, and farmers say the
prospects are favored for good
crop of these cereals. They laugh
at the idea that grain has rotted in
the ground. The only damage that
could be done to wheat and oats
would be by heavy storms, which
might wash the seed out, and the
rainfall we have had has not been
of that nature.
A PERMANENT organization of the
dairy board of trade of cheese fac
tory stockholders was perfected at the
meeting held in this city last Tues
day afternoon, as follows:
! President Edward Cullen.
| Vice Presideut--Chas Dunn.
Secretary james Waters.
Drectors-John Bond, II. Tonkin. Jas Pile
The following factories we thus represented.
Oak Park, by Edward Cullen; Dukes Prairie,
II. Tonldn; Waldwck, Jas. Pile; Cottage Inn
f. Il. McCabe; Cold Spring, John Bond, Buck
| Grove, Chas. Dunn; Mount Hope, Jas. Waters
Tinwell, w. Skillicorn; Mineral Point, Henry
! Bennett; Forest Glenn, Robert Boase
After insrucung the secretary to
procure market quotations for the
convenience of the board, the meet
ing adjourned to assemble again
this Saturday afternoon in the u. S,
hotel sample room at O'clock.
THERE il comet visible in the
sky of considerable size and peculiar
caudal appendages. The tail is said
to appear sometimes double and
then to separate so as to form
twenty shafts of flaming light,
millions of miles in length. Tele-
scopic photographs have been taken
and the spectrosoope has been at
work. Its orbit has been computed
and it is not frequent visitor in
this part of the universe. 1t visits
the neighborhood of the distant sun
about which it revolves only once
in 100000 years. Where will the
Democratic party be when this
comet comes next within sight of
the earth?
REV. MILToN WELLS, Dept. Chap
lain, who will deliver the address
in this city on Memorial Day, was
forced to leave his home to escape
the wrath of a mob-not because he
was a criminal-but because he was
loyal to the stars and stripes. He
had to sneak across the Ohio river
under the cover Of darkness; took
his musket and went back with an
Ohio regiment and helped a Vir-
ginia regiment, and was made its
commander. He is not only fight
ing man, but he is a praying man.
He was the man at Cedar Creek who
commanded the brigade that an
nounced to Phil. Sheridan, twenty
miles away, that his services were
needed there. 1t was by his order
the first bullet was fired.
The concerts by the band this
week brought to the front the fact
that we have the best band to be
found in any part of the country,
considering the size of our city.
The painstaking and proficient
leader, Mr. A. Dresep, is entitled to
unlimited credit for his successful
training of the members and man
agement of the concerts. Those
outside Of the band who aided
yocally and instrumentally did ex-
ceedingly well and were deserving
of the hearty encores. 1t is but
proper to specially mention the
organ soloes by Mr.. Louis Ball, Of
Highland, whose manipulation Of
the keys was mastery and held the
audience spellbound. Owing to the
very inclement weather the attend
ance was not one-half what it would
have been, and in consequence the
band will give another concert in
| the near future, and win endeavor
r1 mgse Ii sa'lI b.rer, possible.