Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-07-11
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

day July 10.
About five hundred persons from
Mineral Point, attended the celebra-
ton at Darlington, July 4.
Young Mems meeting at 2. M. lee
ture hall, next Sunday, July IA, at 9
o'clock. Chas. Winn will lead; sub
iect The Widow of Main"
w. H. Dtum. who has lived in Chi
cago for the last ten years, is here Wis
ting his mother and other relatives.
David Ross and Miller Hutchison
came up from Chicago, and made a
visit in this city, during the fore part
of the week.
NJ. NJ. Warner has been re-eng 'g"d
as principal of the Shullsburg public
schools for the coming year.
Harry Priestley came down from
Madison last week, for visit with
relatives and friends.
Rev. T. Kent will next Sunday
morning preach on THE Greatest
Wealth and how Possessed" In the
evening the subject will be 1.-The Tn
dissolvable Partnership"
Married, in this city, at the p. M.
parsonage, Wednesday evening, July
3, by Rev. T. Kent, Mr.. w. II. Jackson
and Miss Mary NJ. Webber; both of
the town of Mineral Point.
Mrs. Richard Hoare, who went to
Chicago some weeks ago, for treat
ment, is recovering so well that her
family look forward to her return in a
short time.
H. M. Sharp, of Beloit, aged Sc,
died Saturday,
The Courier says that winter wheat
is being cut in Crawford county and
some few fields average fairly. On
the whole, 1t will not be- half crop.
Says The Madison Democrat:
There is no point in asking What's
the matter with Mineral Point? as the
census shows it has grown to the ex-
tent of 100 people annually for the
past five years. Few towns destitute
of boom tendencies have done better
in the older settled sections of Wis
consin.
Joseph Gordon, of Poland China
fame, last week shipped to A. ID.
Wedgermann, of Lake Mills, a large
consignment of hogs from his Dukes
Prairie herd.
BY the request of Mrs. Rothe and
family Rev. T. Kent changed the sub
ject Of his sermon last Sunday evening
and preached memorial sermon on
the late Mr.. Rothe. The subject of
the discourse was The Spirits present
and future habitation"; and it was
listened to with great interest.
Miss Bertha erase and Miss Steph-
ems, of Linden, visited in Mineral
Point, on Wednesday.
Rev. w. J. C. Bond, until recently a
Primitive Methodist minister and who
resigned at the last conference, has re-
ceived a call to the pastorate of the
Congregational church at Boscobel,
and is expected to begin work there
during the present month. He is well
known in Mineral Point, Dodgeville
and Hazel Green where he has labored.
In the afternoon of July 4, William
Wrench, while driving team, on the
farm of Alfred Burgess, of the town
of Faye,te, was thrown from the wag-
on by the horses quickly moving for
ward. Mr.. Wrench suffered fracture
of leg between the knee and ankle.
Mr.. Wrench is an industrious young
man and many friends will learn with
regret of his misfortune.
Attorney A. 5. White has just
placed in his office fine new Smith
Premier Typewriter.
Misses Bessie and Nellie Dean,
daughters of conductor Dean, are here
for their summer outing. They are
guests at the L. 5. hotel.
Rev and Mrs. Chase, Mr. and Mrs.
Guy p. Cobb and daughter, and Miss
A. f. Strong started on Tuesday
morning for two weeks outing
The Pullman Palace Car company
has advanced the wages of the en-
ployes at the Pullman shops 10 per
cent, the advance affecting about 1000
people.
On Monday morning, while Law
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