Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-02-11

hundred, live weight.
The ladies of the NJ. E. church
purpose giving dinners during the
reunion of the Veterans Association
of Southwestern Wisconsin, which
occurs June 7 and next. The
proceeds will be used for church
purposes.
THE Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railway is making extensive
arrangements for increased business
during the coming year as will be
understood by the fact that thirty
new locomotives of the first class
and cars of all descriptions in pro-
portion have been ordered.
WHAT is needed in this city is an
organization that will prevent
cruelty to animals. 1t is getting to
be a too common occurrence to see
horses exposed to the stormy blasts
of winter by being tied for long
hours, and at night, to different
hitching places within the city
limits.
THERE is but little ice in the
ground. Some say none in the
timber and in fields the least pro-
tected. One farmer said to us the
other day that he was confident
that if the snow were removed
from his field he could go right in
and plow as easily as at any season
of the year.
The wife of Judge j. L. Mills
died at Lancaster last week. The
Judge who was at Denver for the
purpose of spending the winter for
his health returned in a feeble con-
dition owing to the long hard trip
and his having caught cold while
en- route. He was at home three
days before his beloved wife entered
nto rest.
THE Viroqua Censor, which in
deed is one of the best country
papers that has a place on our ex-
change table, has determined as one
of its new year resolutions that
hereafter cards of thanks, obituary
poetry, resolutions of respect, and
lists of presents will find no place
in the Censor unless accompanied
by the cash.
EDITOR Brown of the Galena
Gazette has been sued for libel by a
Chicago woman-damages placed
at $4,000. He published an item
of news about the woman, CLEANED
from an exchange, and had no
thought of malice or wrong doing.
Mr.. Brown has been editing the
Gaze 2ette for nearly forty years, and
we believe this is the first time
anybody has imagined that $4,000
could be collected from him in a
| libel suit.
The farmers club meeting held
at the city hall last Wednesday
afternoon was quite well attended.
Papers of good information were
read by Messrs. Ed. Cullen and
Thos. Tregilgus, the former on
roads and the latter on manure.
Different questions of Importance
were taken up aud goodnaturedly
discussed pro and con. If like
interest and attendance is main
tanned at all the meetings of the
club they will rival farmers in
stitutes.
AT Alton, H., last Monday morn
ing phenomenon was experienced,
at $50 o'clock, which those who
witnessed it will never forget.
Previous to that time the skies were
comparatively bright, but at the
time mentioned an impeDetrable
gloom seemed to peryade the city
and night reigned in place of day.
Lamps were lighted, and to the
superstitious the darkness brought
omens of an impending doom. The
phenomenon lasted but a few m;nu-
ties, when the heavens lighted up
again to the usual degree. Never
has such darkness in daytime been
seen except during an eclipse.
After the darkness passed the
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