Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-07

Wednesday, says the Dodgeyille
Sun. A plank broke precipitating
VIM. McMann and Ed. Mckinley
to the ground and leaving a couple
more men with their feet on thin
air holding fast by their hands.
McMann sustained a broken arm
and Ed. Mckinley was badly bruis-
ed up.
READER, when you are prepaing to
come to town to do some trading,
| just pick up your TRIBUNE, glance at
the advertising columns and see who
wants your trade. Wen guarantee
that if you trade with those who rec
ognize the TRIBUNE as an incent,
to their business, they will save Yea
money. The man who adveruses
certainly has inducements to offer
you or be wouldn't ask you to call
and see him before buying.
THE Galena Gazette, in replying
to the TRIBUNE's declaration that
that paper had done Mineral Point
an injustice by stating that Il certain
woman of bad repute hailed from
here, now claims that it did not
make such statement However,
the headline of the article on that
subject in the Gazette read, "a
bad girl from Mineral Point" and
headlines originate in the office, you
know. What more proof is neces,
sary.
AN average waltz takes a dancer
over about three-quarters of a mile,
square dance axes him cover half a
mile. A girl with a well.flled pro-
gram travels thus in one evening:
Twelve waltzes, nine miles; four
other dances at half mile apiece,
which is hardly fairly big esti-
mate, two miles more, the intermis-
sion stroll and the trips to the dress
ingroom to renovate her gown and
complexion, half mile more; grand
total, eleven aud one-haf miles.
Mrs. ELLEN BELMONT, aged 81
years and months, died at the home
of her son William, in Clayton town
ship, Taylor county, Iowa, on the
10th day of September, After
about II years residence in Mineral
Point, she, in company with husband
and family, moved to Iowa in 1872.
Mr.. Belmont preceded her to the
spirit land about years ago. The
son is the only surviving member of
the family, two daughters having
died since they left here.
IT is said that the cause of the
scarity of sugar is that the majority
of the refneries have been closed for
some time during the financial strin-
gency as there was lack of cash
orders. Time sales were too uncer-
tain as many so called financially
sound concerns failed at the begin
ming of the disturbance in money
matters. The large wholesale houses
in Chicago were we'll supplied, but
the demand was so great on account
of the worlds fair that the supply
was soon exhausted, causing q ia.
mine in Chicago some time ago.
THE rain which commenced on
Friday afternoon, the goth Of Sep,
tember, and continued at intervals
more or less for about three days,
was one Of the most blessed rains
which ever fell upon the soil Of the
northwest. 1t quite thoroughly
permeated mother earth. The graz.
ing had been almost burned out by
the long drought, but the much
wished for moisture came so nour-
ishing aud in such abundance that
the grass again lifted its head in
all of its green splendor, and if we
have a favorable October stock will
enjoy an autumn feed such as did
not seem possible few days ago.
You can find the age of any per.
sou, and the month in which he was
born, by queer trick that was well
known by our fathers and mothers
in the days when they went to the
old log cabin schoolhouse and spent
their nooningsin telling riddles and
playiup all EOrta of nractipaI iokes