Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-09-15
LOCAL NEWS.


to Chicago on Tuesday morning.
Mrs. w. NJ. Balch, of Prairie dr
Chen, is here visiting relatives.
Mrs. Charles Hammill and little
daughter are visiting relatives in this
city.
Henry thinner and wife are in Chi
cago for a two weeks visit at the
Worlds fair.
pIatteyille is to have business col,
lege and school of short hand and
type writing.
Mrs. John Boynton is home again,
after visit of several weeks with
friends in Chicago.
Matthew Curry, Of the state OF
Washington, is visiting at the home of
Mrs. John Stoner.
Mr. and Mrs T. Whalen and son
George left on Monday to visit the
Worlds fair.
Theodore Dresen is up from Chicago
for visit with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Jacob Dresen, Sr.
Joseph L. LaMalle is in Chicago,
buying new stock of fall goods for
Gundry, Gray q Co.
Miss Mile and Blight Wallis and
Miss Edith Temby are attending the
Worlds fair this week.
J. r. McGarrity has sold his interest
in the Photographic gallery to his part
ner, J. f. Hosking.
Mrs. BENZ. f. Peregrin, of Oakland,
Cal, is here visiting relatives and
friends; the guest of Mrs. John Stoner.
The Montfort Monitor says that
DR.. w. II. Van Dusen is erecting a
building which he will use for an
office.
Peter Kieffer arrived here recently
from Luxemberg He is making his
home for the present with h is uncle
J. T. kieffer.
Miss M. V. Lenahan went to Chica-
60 on Monday. to study the latest
styles Of millinery and to buy goods
for the fall trade.
Mrs. McLure and daughter Miss
Sproule, returned to their home in
Washington, d. c., after few weeks
visit with relatives in Mineral Point.
Mayor I. II. Snow returned from
Chicago on Wednesday evening, hay
ing finished his labors as member of
committees of awards at the Colum-
bian exposition.
Rev. Harry Perkins, of Platteyille,
was guest at the Episcopal rectory of
this city during fair week. He recent
ly received call from large parish
near Chicago and will 60 there shortly
to take charge of it. During his visit
in this city he made many friends.
j. c. Thomas and James Morton,
prisoners confined at the county jail at
Dodgeyille, broke jail last Thursday
night Sheriff Imhoff offers $25 for
the capture of each prisoner.
The ornamental cake, made at the
Mineral Point Bakery, by Noble Davis,
was the center of attraction for many
persons in the fair building last week.
1t was beautiful in design and reflected
credit upon the skill of the manufac-
turer.
About twenty-five members of the
Infant class of the L. nj. Sunday
school will give an entertainment at
the lecture hall of the church on next
Wednesday evening at $50 o'clock,
consisting of recitations, songs and
solos, with a doll drill as a closing
feature. Admission 10 cents.
DR.. George w. Field, wife and chill
dren came here this week from their
home in Thor, Iowa, upon the sad
mission of accompanying the body of
an infant son for burial in Graceland
cemetery. The sympathy of very
many hearts is extended to them in
their bereavement.
Zach Brown, a former Mineral
Pointer. who has been in the far west
for the the last thirteen years, spent a
few days here this week with relatives
and old time friends. On Wednesday
he returned, by way of Chicago, to his
home at Plattsmouth, Neb., where he
holds good position withe the C. B.
and 9. railway company.
On Tuesday there was prairie fire,
or rather fire of pasture grass. ad-
joining the city on the east. The fire
started at about noon hour, on land
owned by James Huthison, and as it
had heavy crop of dead grass to feed
upon it spread rapidly making great
flame with immense clouds of smoke;
but fortunately did no other damage