Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-01-20

city last Saturday night, charged
with being father without due
authority for such distinction.
After he had rested in the county
| Jail a few days, and given the
matter careful consideration, be
siguihed desire to wed the child's
mother, and make all happy.
Our Judge Clementson is win.
ming favor by his masterful manner
of trying the great bank suit in
Milwaukee, where he was called TO
sit for a local Judge. The Madison
/ Journal remarks, concerning the
trial aud the Judge: "The exceIling
promptness of Judge Clementson's
ruling in the Koetting case has
demonstrated that it was not so
much an inability to get jury as a
judge in Milwaukee county to try
the case of the dishonest bankers
The ladies of st. Mary's Society
will give one of their popular ba-
zaars and suppers at the opera house
on the evening of Tuesday, February
9th. As this is the last entertain
ment of the kind before lent, and as
these ladies have waited until all
Others have had their opportunities,
they confidently expect generous
patronage from tn public to whom
cordial invitation is extended.
Supper will be sery ed from 8 o'clock
until all are accommodated.
A CIRCULAR from a Chicago ad-
vertising agency asks if we would
life to turn our railroad mileage for
1894 into money, and saying we
can get, ,$I4 to SIS per thousand for
such mileage. This indicates that
there are newspaper publishers
thought to be dishcnora5ie enough
to violate their contracts. In It's ~
years of existence the TRIBUNE has
nevered bartered a dollars worth of
mileage received from railroads,
aud its reputation in this respect
viii not be smirched by the present
publishers.
AVERY pleasant family gathering
was that at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. j. Penhallegon Jr., on Wednesday
evening, in honor of Mr.. P's. mother,
who is here on a visit from her
home at Lemars, Ia. There were
present five sisters of one family,
Mrs. VIM. Jacko, Mrs. David
Jacko, Mrs. K. j. Bennett, Mrs, Geo.
Jeuck, and Mrs. Geo. Harris, with
the husbands of the latter four, and
three or four brothers and sisters of
the Jacko family, and several con
nections of the two families named,
making u large company.
PASSING the lumber yards of K.
w. Eastman 81 Co. the other day,
we found Mr.. Eastman very busy
unloading and checking new stock
lust received. He had time to be
social, however, and TO say that his
company is putting in a achoice stock
Of lumber, shingles, aJg., and intend
TO merit a share Of tie patronage OF
the public at Mineral Point, by
offering them at all times good
stuff in their line, at the best figures
compatible with safe living busi-
ness. The new lumber company Is
evidently here to stay.
KELLY 81 ANGELL's Comedy
Company, which closes a weeks en-
gagement at the opera house to-day,
is generally pronounced one OF the
best theatrical troupes that ever
visited Mineral Point. This, Satur-
dav, afternoon at 2 o'clock, mat
inee performance will be given for
the benefit Of the children, at 10 cts.
admission, when the scenic play OF
The Limited Express will be rem
dered. Concluding the repertoire
of the week tonight will be pre-
sented the new drama of Ranch 10,
at the close of which a prize $40 tea
set will be given to some lucky ticket
holder.
A YOUNG farmer named Smyth
was held up by three footpads near
the Rhodes school house, five miles