Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-07-12
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

examinations will begin July 23. The
institute will be held az Dodgeville for
one week, commencing Aug. Is.
The Platteville District Camp Meet
ing for 1894 will begin Friday, August
10, and close Sunday, August 10.
Dodgeville Sun: Mr.. John 7. Jones,
a former Dodgeville boy, returned here
from Minneapolis, last Saturday to
make this his future home. He is
now engaged in the WORK of short
hand and type writing.
Miss Hattie Lauterbach, of Gratiot,
Wis, is the guest of Miss Mary
Ellingen.
Married, on the Fourth of July,
1894, at the NJ. Z. church at Cuba
City, Grant county, Wis, by the Rev.
j. F. Ziegler, c. j. Gallagher, of Des
Moines, Iowa, to Miss Sophia c.
Thomas. of Ogden, Iowa, late of
Linden, Iowa county, Wis. May
their matrimonial bark ever sail in
smooth waters.
Mrs. Phillips and daughter, and
Mrs. Bailey, returned home to Milwau-
kee on Friday last, after a months
visit at the home of their father, John
Woolrich.
The Mineral Point Dairy Board of
Trade held its second meeting for
1894, in this city, on Wednesday, July
IL. One thousand boxes, or seventy
thousand pounds, of cheese were
offered, and all sold. -Four buyers were
present, and the bidding was lively.
The price paid was s cents. The next
meeting of the Board will be Wed
nesday, July 25.
Rev. S. II. Chubb will preach at Lost
Grove at 1890 and at Diamond Grove
at 2:30, next Sunday.
George Gorgen has bought out the
interest Of p j. Engels in the saloon
business in this city. Mr.. Gorgen will
continue the business at the present
stand in the Muenster building.
Alfred Vivian returned home from
Madison last week, having graduated
from the School of Pharmacy of the
University of Wisconsin. He has
been appointed Instructor in Pharma-
cognosy for the coming school year.
The appointment came to him un-
sought, and in recognition of his work
as a student and his fitness for the po-
sition. In addition to his duties as
instructor, he will become a candidate
for degree of Master of Pharmacy,
and pursue studies necessary for its
attainment.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Haven Irish, of
Platteville, visited in Mineral Point
over Sunday.
Darlington Republican: Mr.. c. A.
Ferrin arrived in the city from Omaha
Monday noon, and spent the Fourth
in Darlington with his wife, daughter
and relatives, and went to Mineral
Point on the evening train. He ex-
poets to make Omaha his home in the
future.
The Boscobel Dial reports that on
Monday, July 2, swarms of bees, in
that city settled upon the horses in the
Comstock pasture and stung two of
them to death One horse belonged to
Rodney Ran and the other to John
Lenahan. Death resulted from in
Vulnerable stings in the head neck and
throat.
The Boscobel Dial of last week con-
tained lengthy obituary notice of
John Pepper, who died in that city.
Mr. Pepper was born in Mineral
Point, Feb. 25, 1884.
Shullsburg Pick and Cad: Mrs.
George Treweek, of Mineral Point, has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and |
Mrs. David Jones, in this city, the past
week.
At Prairie du Chen F. w. Compton
was held up by two highway men and
robbed of his gold watch and about
800 in money, besides some notes.
William Hayes, aged Il and Mrs.
Catherine McFadden, aged 81, both of
the town of Emmett, were married by
Wausau justice of the peace recently.
G. Severson, an inmate of the Iowa
County asylum, escaped on the night
of July 4. He wears full beard, is
five feet, five inches in height and his