Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

iIo IodutlS d SicTIy CuEIotIudS.
The adjourned meeting of the stock
holders Of the Mineral Point Woolen
Mills will be held at the council room
on Thursday evening, Dec. q, 1893,
at 7:30 o'clock.
The Mineral Point zinc works are
shipping large quantities of oxide.
The shipments during December have
been greater than during the same
month Of any previous year.
The services in Trinity church Oh
Christmas day will be as follows:
Holy communion at o'clock in the
morning. Morning prayer, Sermon,
and holy communion, commencing at
1890 The offering will be for aged
and infirm clergy.
Mrs. Charles Hornung received a
telegram on Tuesday from Bellevue,
Iowa, bearing the sad news Of the
death Of her sister Miss Beckie Engel-
ken, at that place, after protracted
illness. Mrs. Hornung started for
Bellevue on Wednesday to atten( the
funeral.
The Arion Lady Quartette, Of Chi
cago, gave one Of their pc pular enter
tainmentS in the lecture hall of the
Primitive Methodist church Of this
city on Tuesday G. ening, and we're
greeted by a la.ge audience The
next entertainment in the course viii
be given on Tuesday evening, Jan. 9.
The Christmas services for the
children of Trinity EpiscopaD Sunday
school will be held in the church on
Saturday evening, Dec. 80, commence
ing at &: 80 o'clock; followed by dis
tribation of gifts at the city hall. The
rector earnestly desires the attendance
Of all the children at the services in
the church
In the case Of Frank McGuigan ct
al vs.. the town of Belmont, recently
tried in the Lafayette county circuit
court, at Darlington, judgment was
rendered for defendant. The Darling
ton Journal says: " This action was
commenced to recover money paid the
tn
was paid under protest by the saloon
keepers, they contending that 800
was al the town could legally collect.
The town insisted on the payment Of
$3.50 the amount voted. The decis-
ion Of the court will in all probability
settle the question"
The Baby Marie concert in the lee
ture room OF the =. M. church, on
Wednesday evening, fully met the
expectations Of all who attended. The
little pianist, only five years Of age,
is possessed of most remarkable gifts
as musician.
d. d. Shea has been appointed post
master at Arena. He is at present
town clerk, and is very efficient
officer.
A fine entertainment is promised for
all who attend the lecture hall of the
L. M. church on Saturday evening at
700. Singing, recitations, and the
rendering Of "How the Brownies fool
ed Santa Claus by % Brownies
will be on the program. No admis-
sion fee, but collection will be taken
up. Everybody come.
The Z. 5. hotel building in this city
is to. be fitted throughout with the latest
and best system of hot water heating.
This will be a great Improvement and
in keeping with the manner ii which
the house is conducted. The contract
for putting in the plant has been let
to Jacko X Penhallegon.
The annual Tea Meeting viii be
held by the p. NJ. church in their lee
ture hall on New Years evening.
Everything points to good time as
heretofore. Public meeting as usual
If the lectures in connection with
the course We are to have this winter
are as fine as the concert we had in
the p. NJ. lecture hall land which was
the first Of the courSe) on Tuesday
night, then the committee furnishing
the entertainments are worthy Of the
greatest thanks. The concert was
No. |. The crowd large.
No finer displays of holiday goods
can be found outside the larger cities
than are made by the merchants of
Mineral Point. 1t will pay buyers TO
come from distance of many miles
to select presents for Christmas and
New Years.
Patrick McGuigan, of the town Of
Kendall, Lafayette county, offers for
sale hie large farm. He will sell it as
a whole, or in tracts to suit purchasers.
See advertisement.
The State Teachers Association will
be held in the assembly chamber at
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