Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-11-22


wouldn't have 5000 majority should
give up the money. Upham's ma
jority over all is fully $1,000.
A REMARKABLE majority was Civ
EN- Upham in the town of Deerfield,
there being ll2 votes cast, III for Up
ham and for Peck.
THE Madison daily Journal is to
be enlarged to an eight page sheet,
aud printed on new press from new
type on January lst.
"OUR CONGRESSMAN as presented
by the popular comedian, John Dill
Ion, will give you something to laugh
about for month.
ELECTION of officers at the next
regular meeting Of the George Fl.
Legate Post G. A. r. A full attend
ance is especially desired.
MEssRs. Chas. Curtis and John
Sobey are at Linden doing the mas
on work on the new M. e. parsonage,
now in course Of construction.
LADIES desiring stamping for any
kind Of fancy work will do well to
call on Mrs. Edith Hankins Pri-
deaux. 47w2
THE pumpkin pie sociable by the
M. E. church ladies last Friday even
ing proved very pleasant affair,
and the receipts quite satisfactory.
DILLON, is a surer cure for dyspep-
sy than any medicine on the market.
He will appear at the city hall to-
morrow fFriday) evening. Get a
dose.
AUCTION sale bills printed at the
TRIBUNE office on short notice, in
good style, and at right prices. A
notice will be given in this paper
FREE.
ALDERMAN JENKINS accompanied
his daughter, Mrs. DIR. Mix, to Chica-
go, and while there transacted busi-
ness for the hardware firm of Hook
ing Il Co.
The democrats are cheerful lot
anyway. While practically losing
everything they console themselves
with the thought that it might have
been worse.
In some places the women have
adopted the custom of removing their
hats when they enter a church or
theatre. The "fad" has not yet reach
ed Mineral Point.
THE thermometer indicated zero at
one or two places in this city last
Monday morning, but most of them
rated the temperature at from two to
four degrees above zero.
AN exchange says that glycerine
alone softens and heals but in time
will darken the skin and make it over
sensitive; the borax obivates this and
has tendency to whiten.
A TURKEY shoot will take place at
the farm Of VIM. Terrill, five miles
east of Mineral Point, ON Wednesday
afternoon, Nov. 28th. Good sport is
assured. Everybody come.
THANKSGIVING will come one
week from today. BY that time the
political fever should become sufii-
GENTLY subsided to permit all to en-
JOY feast on turkey, cranberry sauce
and sociability.
WINTER is close upon us, and now
Of all seasons, is the time to remem-
Der the needy poor. They are already
beginning to shiver in the thickening
shadows as they feel the bitter touch
of winters breath.
THE st. Mary's society of the Ger
man church will give a bazaar and
festival at the city hall on Tuesday
afternoon and evening, Dec. 4th.
Christmas presents will also be on
sale. Everybody invited.
ALL but three of the pupils of the
Boscobel high school refused to at
tend school on election day, claiming
it was legal holiday, and now there
is dispute as to wheter they should
be disciplined for their action.
Miss KATE McILHoN, who has
been quite sick, is not improving as
rapidly as her many friends would
wish for. Her position as teacher in
the lower ward school has been sue
cessfully filled by Eliza Hankins.
TAKE the enemies that any we'll
conducted newspaper makes in tho
course Of business and stand them
in row, and the balance of the COM
munity will say the editor ought to
be proud that they are his enemies.
IN Marshfeld, Gov. Upham's home
Peck received 566 votes less than he
did two years ago. When it is re-
membered that the total vote polled
is only about 1900 one can but con-
cede the popularity Of Upham's cou-
pons.