Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-06-06

| IIikiiidnu taSI week anu TcSiStcAS CIV
at Hotel de Paynter.
| THE annual picnic at Plum Grove
will takes place next Thursday, the
18th. If you have never attended
one of these popular picnics, do so
this year by all means.
JOHN UNGER and VIM. Reidel
have gone to Prairie du Chen to
try the bath treatment for their
rheumatic affections. The many
friends of these gentlemen hope that
their most ardent desire will be fully
realized.
THE Pitcher Family, at one time
residents in Mineral Point, now. of
Portage, furnished three speakers FOR
Memorial Day. Rev. A. NJ. Pitcher
delivered an address at Rio, Mrs.
Pitcher was orator of the day at
| Wyoeena, and their son, DR.. Fred
Pitcher, was the principal speaker at
Portage.
CHAs. GRINDELL, Thos. Murray,
Geo. Barden, Chas. Loveland, Jas.
McCarn, Miss Sina Jones and Miss
Jeanette Geddes, came by carriage
from Platteville last Sunday, and
spent the day pleasantly with young
friends here. They made the home
of Mr.. Robert James their head
quarters.
Mrs. CHAs. BLEwETT, Miss Edith
Eden and Miss Lila Eden went last
week to Tarkio, Mo-, to remain a
short time with Miss Ida l.. Smith,
who is niece of Mrs. Blewett. From
there they go to Falls City, Neb., for
a short visit with relatives, and may
possibly visit Hutchinson, Kan, be-
fore their return.
NEXT Sunday morning the sun
day school of the Nj. f. church will
observe Children's Day. The school
will meet at 10: Il in the lower room
and march to the upper room at 10: 30
when the exercises will begin. No
session of the Sunday school in the
afternoon. Epworth League and
evening preaching service at the
usual hours.
FROM actual test everyone of the
TRIBUNE staff and attaches is pre-
pared to make affidavit that the ice
cream soda and other cool drinks
served at PrideauXs drug store are
the best ever tasted. And this testi-
mony is fully corroborated by a
cloud of other witnesses. Anyone
doubling it will be convinced on eX-
animation.
MISS NAME HUFF, formerly IA
teacher in the Mineral Point high
school, while at picnic with her
school near Boscobel recently, re-
ceived bullet wound in the leg just
above the knee. One of the pupils
accidently discharged revolver
which he was handling carelessly,
and the bullet struck the teacher.
No bone was injured, and no serious
result is expected.
DIX. A. T.. SMITH, who practiced
medicine for several years in Dodge
vile, and for over twenty years in
Darlington, proving himself one of
the best and most successful physic-
ians in southwestern Wisconsin, died
after a long illness, in Tarkio, Mo-,
| (where he had gone for the benefit
of his healthy, on May 23d, 1895. He
leaves one daughter, Miss Ida l..
Smith, to mourn his death. Deceased
was a brother-in-law of Mr.. J. Eden
and Mrs. Chas. Blewett, of this city.
THE Hon. Peter Parkinson died at
his home in the town of Fayette on
the morning of Memorial Day, May
Both, aged 81 years. Mr.. Parkinson
came to this state with his fathers
family in 1927, and has resided in
Lafayette county through all the
years since. He was an active par
ticipant in the Black Hawk war Of
1882, and received pension for his
services. He took prominent part
in organizing the State Agricultural
Society, and always manifested con-
eern for it. n 1854 he served as IA
member of the assembly. The fam
lily is of Scotch descent, and came
from East Tennessee to Illinois and
thence to Wisconsin.
SPEAKING OF the transfer of Rev.
T. Kent from the Congregational
church at New Richmond to the
7. NJ. church Of this city, the Voice.
Of the former place, says that Mr..
Kent, while becoming pastor Of the
Mineral Point church retains Ills
present standing as Congregational
minister. It Is likely that this and
other churches III the conference
will fully adopt self-government, and
become in fact, as they are almost
entirely in form, Congregational. A