Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-11-07
Neighboring County Notes.
tGleaned from Exchanges.

The official board of the NJ. f..
church of Shullsburg has resolved
that hereafter the pastors salary
shall be paid monthly.
Frank Roggenthin, Of Shullsburg,
seven weeks since received cut
across the ball Of the left eye from
the edge Of blade of corn. Since
that time he has been laid off from
work, and it is feared that he will
lose the sight of the eye.
The "Cuba Mining Company is
located near Cuba City. They have
a number of miners employed and
have sold one hundred tons Of ore
annually. This mine will be pushed
for all there is in it, in the not dis
tprt future.
The Platteville waterworks con-
tract was let to Fairbanks, Morse a.
Co. Work will begin at once.
Twelve head Of cattle belonging to
Thos. Robinson, Of Platteville, died
from smut, last week. They were
turned into the cornstalks at night
and in the morning were dead.
The game of foot ball that was to
come off between the Platteville nor
NAL team and the Y. NJ. G.. AS of
Dubuque, mt the former place, did
not materlize, because the Y. M. G.
As failed to appear.
a certain young lady clerk Of
Platteyille drew her weeks wages
and together with a comedy young
man and some other young people
went walking. When nearing home
she discovered her pocketbook was
missing. All the other young people
willingly stood search, when it
came to this fellow he kicked and
refused. The next morning the young
lady found the empty pocketbook'
so she naturally somebody.
Monahan, of the Darlington Re-
publican, is properly proud on receiv-
ing from Judge Mckinley a republic
can campaign badge of'60. On one side
it has picture of Lincoln, the repub-
lean candidate for president, with
the motto, ''The Union Of the States
1862 On the reverse side is picture
of Hannibal Hamlin and tho motto,
THE Constitution and the laws
The badge is in a splendid state of
preservation, in fact, as good as new.
A farmer of Darlington made bets
amounting to $4,000 on the Iowa
election, and of course Won them all.
He Is Il republican.
Tom Gleason, Of Darlington, acted
as agent in the sale Of the Baxter
farm in Willow Springs, and the pur-
chaser for whom Tom acted refused
to pay him any thing for expenses or
services. Tom sued him and got a
judgment of s. and costs. Good.
Col. Matt. Oleson, the Daniel Boone
of southwestern Wisconsin, was in
Darlington Saturday and exhibited
several fraudulent wood-chuck scalps
which he claims to have purchased
for cents apiece. The "scalpsn were
simply pieces of wood-chuek hide,
cut the size and shape of scalps, with
two little flaps cut to resemble ears.
1t was clumsy fraud, tut Mr.. 0leson
claims to have knowledge that this
fraudulent scalp industry has been
Systematically worked in the county
and that this accounts for the extra
ordinary number Of chuck scalps
presented.
Rev. z. II. Mason has resigned his
passionate in Lancaster and preached
his farewell sermon last sunday.
Henry Kinsel, farmer of Little
Grant, committed suicide by shooting
himself with an old musket. His
wife had left him several days before,
and entered proceedings against him
for divorce, and it seems he conclud-
ed to take the case to a higher court,
in way to save lawyers fees and
court costs. If divorce cases were
oftener so disposed of it would be
better.
ID. JENKINS, the jeweler, is in the
market for your trade.