Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-11-14
IT is said the Rockford football

team averages l90 pounds per man;
that the shortest is ft. IL inches and
the tallest 6 ft. inches. The Platte-
Vile Normal team did well to make a
tie game with these giants.
THE Modern Woodman will have
a meeting next Monday evening, at
which they have some hard timber
to dispose of. All members are re-
quested to be present. The lodge of
Waldwick is to be on hand
A TRAMP calling himself Thomp-
son canvassed our city for two days
lately. He is minus one leg, and
navigates with the aid Of a crutch
and cane, but manages to carry inn
mense jags quite gracefully.
Mr.. l. DELLER and wife expect to
start on their southern tour tomorrow.
They will first go to Atlanta, to see
the great exposition now on there.
1t is hoped the object of the trip, bet
terment of Mr.. DIS. health, will be
fully realized.
MARRIED, at the p. NJ. parsonage,
Mineral Point, Nov. 10th, 1895, by
Rev. Thomas Kent, Edward Guard,
of Cobb, and Della Nickerman, of
Mifflin. The TRIBUNE goes to the
young couple at Cobb, to guide them
on their start in life.
MARRIED, at the Nj. +. parsonage,
Nov. 9th. Mr.. Francis G. Patefield, of
Kendalltown, and Miss Edith A..
Dunn, of Mifflin. Rev. +. w. Straw
officiating. The young couple will
reside at Mifiin, and receive the
TRIBUNE free for one year.
Lancaster Teller: Mr.. and Mrs.
Ike Deller of Mineral Point were in
this city this week preparatory to an
extended trip through the south.
Mr.. Deller is obliged to leave the
jewelry business. on account of i'll
health, and by travelling expects to
regain his health.
LAST Sunday "A large number of
curiosity seekers shivered on the
shore of Schell's pond, in Dodge
vile, while Rev. Lincoln, a Baptist
evangelist, led two converts into the
icy water for immersion. Ice n half
inch thick on the pond had to be
broken for the ceremony.
| ARNOLD Il. WILLIAMS has recently
had eight sheep stolen from his
farm, three miles southeast of Dodge
vile. He has seen human forms
scurrying away from his sheep pens
in the shadow Of night, and found
tracks Of human shoes. 1t is hoped
the sneak thieves will be discovered.
In the course of one of the labored
articles in the Highland Press it is
asserted that r. Kennedy and Lewis
d Lynch have 1000 tons of drybone
ready for shipmentat Highland, and
that at the village of Drybone there
is as much more of the same ore
being held for an advance in prices.
1t is hoped the waiting won't be
much longer.
ANoTHER evidence of the effective
ness of advertising in the TRIBuNE:
| A shawl lost on the street was found
by Mrs. Jane Mildred, who, seeing
the notice in the TRIBUNE, was able
to return the property to its owner.
The property falling into honest
hands was fortunate for its owner.
Readers of the TRIBUNE are the
bonest kind, although some are a
little negligent about paying the
printer.
OLD settlers on the road from this
city to Blotz's mill, were reminded
on Sunday of the time when the
Frink d Walker stage line between
Mineral Point and Madison was in
operation, by seeing coach marked
U. S. Mail, and loaded with passen-
gers, passing over the road. But twas
only the TRIBUNE staff being con-
veyed to the farm home of Joseph
j. Phillips for days outing, an ex-
perience much enjoyed by the staff
hereinbefore mentioned.
a COMPLETE and immediate revo-
luton Of transportation methods, in
volving a reduction of freightcharges
on grain from the west to New York
of from 30 to 60 per cent, is what is
predicted in the November Cosmo-
politan. The magazine also points
out the probable abolition of street.
cars before the coming horseless car
riage. which can be operated by
boy on asphalt payements at total
expense for labor, oil, and interest,
of not more than one dollar day.
A RARE musical feast for both old
and young Of Mineral Point is near
at hand. Next Tuesday evening, the
18th inst, at the opera house, the
leading musical talent Of our city
will give q vocal and instrumental