Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-12-30
Happy Little Ones.

The Christmas festivities at the
several churches in this city last
Saturday evening proved jubilee
to the scores Of little children in
attendance. AT the Z. Nj. Church an
elaborate program was prepared and
we'll carried out No tree, but the
gifts were there just the same in un-
told numbers, and distributed in a
way that made all exceedingly
happy. The III. K. Sunday-school
tree was well loaded, and besides
candy, nuts and fruit were dealt
out with a lavish hand, while appro-
| pirate and enjoyable exercises were
sufficiently iuterspersed to make il
a memorable event The little ones
Of the Trinity church Sunday-soh
Jared equally we'll and every one
participating was made happy. In
no year were these services more
generally attended, and the efforts
of managers TO please and entertain
were decidedly successful.
MARRIED, Dec. %, at the resi-,
dence of the brides parents, Mr.
Albert ID. Bray and Miss Mary f.
Cole, Rev. f. w. Straw officiating
The TRIBUNE extends congratu,
lations, and wishes for the young
couple joyous and prosperous life
of long duration.
The Viroque Censor says it ought
not to be necessary to sound word
of warning to town tax collectors
about being cautious in caring fol
the funds in their possession. The
country is full of desperate char
acters who would not stop short of
outright murder in order to get
their fingers on a few dollars.
Tomorrow is Quartely Confe r
ence Sunday at the p. Nj. church.
Public lovefeast at a. m. lo:30,
sermon by Mr.. Chubb; subject,
4
"The discovery and what it led to-"
Evening subj ct, "ls9 8 and 1894, or
backward and forward" A recep.
ton into church fellowship will be
given at the close of the morning
sermon. The sacrament of the
LORDS Supper will be administered
at the close of the evening sermon.
BURGLARS are seemi ngly more
plentiful than usual and Mifilin is
not without her share. Chrotmas
evening while VIM. Bainbridge and
family were at church thieves
gained enterance to his residence
and carried away a small safe con
tanning $1,000 in cash and about
700 represented by paper, Not
being able to master the lock readily
they placed the safe on a hand-sled
and hauled it some little distance
and dumped it into "sueker hole "
and covered ii over, with the in
tention, no doubt, Of returning for
their booty at some future time.
Upon arriving at home Mr.. Balm
bridge readily discovered what had
taken place, aud by following the
tracks of the handsled soon came to
the place where the safe was. The
bungliNg work of the burglars was
20 Bainbridge's favor, and he
the much To be thankful for.
uSuas pr Jof that people should be
Careful win regards 10 keeping
money at home. 1t is understood
that two stores of that village
Oyitz q Grunow's and J. r.
Thomas'-were bgTgaIized the night
before.
IT is our FlpIeasant duty this
week to chronicle the death Of Rev.
b. E. Wheeler, of Baraboo, which
occurre, Chicago on Christmas
Day. 4 der Wheeler had been in
poor health or several months, and
on Saturday last went to Chicago
to have sugical operation perform
ed and died while there. His re-
mains we're taken to Baraboo for
bu. ,. Elder Wheeler was pastor
o q " L. Church in PlattevilIe
fo aoy-, ne, ea and Presiding Elder
( Iper, sp.,a sille District for five
One .ISousa ing this time became
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