Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-09-06

should take an active interest in the
work of the schools. Every teacher
therein should be sustained and en-
couraged in carrying forward the work
of education. BY frequent visits to
the schools an intelligent Judgment
can be formed of the character of the
work which they are doing. Improve
mentS have been made in the build
ings by putting in hard wood floors.
The rooms are in the main we'll light
ed and we'll ventilated 1t is hoped
that the coming year will show u
larger attendance of pupils than any
previous school year.
The Iowa county fair was held in
Dodgeville, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of last week. The weather
was good during the three days. The
stock entries We're large, every stall be-
ing occupied. Two bands, Hollandale
and Montfort, furnished good music,
the Montfort band taking the prize.
The fair house was we'll filled with
fruit, vegetables and works of art.
The racing was good and, in fact, the
fair was good in every particular.
Miss Annie Gale visited in Dodge
Vile last week with her friend, Miss
Dollie Jones.
The Dodgeville sun says that the
officers of the Iowa county fair associ-
alton have raised over $4,000 for the
purpose of improving the race track
at the fair grounds
The Van Dyke 4 Eaton comedy
company will render excellent plays at
opera hall, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday evenings. The press speaks
of them in the highest terms of praise.
There will be a regular meeting of
the Eastern Star this Wednesday
evening at 1880 o'clock. Business Of
importance, and work. Let their be Il
full attendance.
Died, in this city, on Tuesday, Sept.
3, of cholera infantum, Hazel Blanche,
only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Hartley. The little one was taken i'll
on Thursday. She was darling child
and an idol of the household. The
bereaved parents and other relatives
have the heartfelt sympathy of the
community in their allliction. The
funeral takes place on Wednesday
with interment in Graceland cemetery.
Prairie chicken shooting in Wiscon-
sin promises to be better this season
than for some years. The birds nest
ed early owing to warm weather, and
the rains were not sufficiently heavy to
flood out the nests. The result is that
nearly every hen hatched large brood
and they are unusually large and
strong winged. The season opened
Sept. /.
Rob Spensley, who has been spend
ing his vacation at Dubuque, has re-
turned to resume his studies at school.
While grubbing trees on S. Z. Shep-
ards place, on Saturday last, Jacob
Gorgen, aged nearly seventy years,
met with a serious accident. The
wind was blowing strong gale and
blew the falling tree upon him before
he could get out of the way. His
right shoulder was dislocated and he
was badly bruised about the back.
He is doing as well as can be eX-
pected, considering his age and the
nature of the injuries.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy p. Cobb visited
during the past week with relatives
and friends in this city. Their home
is in Rockford. \ host of friends in
old Mineral Point would gladly vel,
come their return amongst them.
Bishop Nicholson, of the Episcopal
diocese of Milwaukee, is suffering
from overwork and has been ordered
away by his physician. All his Sep
tember appointments have been post
poned. The disappointment Of not
seeing the Bishop here Oh the 18th, as
arranged for, will be great, but doubly
so on account of the cause. The
Bishop is universally beloved, and if
his life is spared he will make his
mark as bishop. Episcopal elections
are too risky to take many chances. So
for that reason, among many others,
the prayer all over the diocese will be
that the good Bishop will come hack
renewed in health and spirit, good for
many years.