Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-04-21
LOCAL NEWS.


in the Muenster building, for Alfred
Penhallegon & Co.
1t is expected that Rev. Susan, evan
gelist, will preach in Trinity church
this, Thursday, evening.
L. Meigs, of San Francisco, has been
visiting in this city, the guest of his
sister Mrs. d. S. Cummings.
Miss NJ. II. Healy has moved her
stock of millinery goods to the Priest
ley building, opposite the U. S. Hotel.
Patrick Holland, aged SO years, died
at his home in the town Of Kendall, La
fayette county, on Tuesday, April IL.
Miss Katharine Ellingen has re-
turned to Evanston, H., after few
weeks visit with her mother in this
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Matthews
came up from Monroe on Saturday
last for brief visit with relatives and
friends.
Miss Sarah Erskine, who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs. William
Walker for several weeks, has return
ed to Chicago.
z. M. Church services next Sunday:
TO-: 80, Sermon by Rev. T. w. Straw;
200, Sunday school lesson; 700, Ser
mon by Rev. S. Il. Chubb.
Attention is called to A. L. Bishops
large advertisement which appears
elsewhere in this paper. He carries
large stock of furniture and invites
an examination of the same.
John and Frank Argall, of Lacrosse,
engineers on the Milwaukee and st.
Paul railway, visited their parents Mr..
and Mrs. James Argall in this city
last week.
Fred RenshaW of Boscobel was &C
cidentally shot in the knee while try
ing to pull the boat on shore, the
gun lying within it. Part of the knee
was blown off by the discharge.
The trotting mare Nellie NJ, owned
by Abe Mosher, of Darlington, was re-
Gently stolen from GAINESVILLE, where
she was in training. Both mare and
thief were soon captured at Crystal
Lake, Ill.
Hiram Smith has greatly improved
his residence in the second ward by
raising it to two full stories and
placing in front ornamental work of
his own manufacture, which gives
the building very attractive ap-
pearance.
Simon Waters, of this place, shipped
to Chicago, last week, six fine horses
of his own raising. While in that city
he met c. r. Reading, who had just
effected very successful sale of
some trotting horses which he bought
in Alabama for shipment to the Chica-
90 market, and cleared over $500 on
the deal.
On Wednesday evening of last
week, several of the prominent officers
of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul railway company, who were on
tour of inspection, paid Mineral
Point brief visit. Among the num-
Der were A. J. Earling, of Chicago,
general manager; E. w. Mckenna, of
Milwaukee, Assist. Gen. Superinten-
dent; J. b. Moll, of Chicago, General
Roadmaster, and w. w. Collins, of
Milwaukee. Superintendent of the
Mineral Point Division.
AT a meeting of the Epworth
League Monday evening, the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensu.
ing six months: Mrs. S. E. Shepard
president; Miss Cora Hoare, 1st vice
president; Miss Millie Holmes, I'd vice
president; Mrs. T. w. Straw, Sd vice
president; Miss Mertie Lanyon, 4tf
vice president: Mason Spensley, secre
tary; Myron Jacobs, treasurer. Each
vice president is chairman of a de-
partment of the work. The League
is in hourishing condition, and its
Sunday evening devotional meetings
are largely attended.
Bishop Nicholson, preached in Trim
ity church on Tuesday evening anG
confirmed twelve persons. His ser
mon was powerful exposition of the
doctrine of the resurrection from tht
dead. He took for his text St. Paul.
question to King Agrippa, "Wh.
should it be thought thing incredible
with you, that God should raise th'
dead" The service throughout was
very earnest and impressive one. Tn
congregation was large and included
not only members of Trinity parisl
but also many visiting friends from
other churches of the city. At tn