Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-03-21

near Glen Haven, has lost a large
number of hogs by cholera, and that
the disease is raging in that locality.
EDWARD Pollock, editor of the
Teller, has applied to the city council
ofLancaster for the franchise to put
in an electric light plant in thatcity.
REPORTS say that the streams of
Iowa, Lafayette and southern Grant
counties are to receive 10000 more
young trout from the state hatchery
at Madison.
GRANTS birthday, April y, will be
appropriately celebrated in Galena.
Secretary of State Walter @. Gresham
has accepted an invitation to deliver
the Grafton.
ID. BROWN & Son have now fully
equipped blacksmith shop in con-
nection with their livery barn. Wal
ter Oake has been secured to take
charge of it.
PARTIES who desire copies of the
agricultural report can have the
same by sending their addresses to
Congressman J. w. Babcock, at
| Washington.
JOHN ]. PENHALLEGoN, JR. is
mentioned as suitable candidate
for alderman in the first ward. The
republicans of said ward could go
further and fare worse.
Al the young mems meeting next
Sunday morning the subject for con-
Isideration will be, "How shall a
young man cleanse his ways?n n.
Brewer acting as leader.
THE Milwaukee daily News, an in
dependent newspaper, comes out
with a long lengthy article favoring
the election of Hon. Geo. Clementson
for associate justice of the supreme
court.
| JAMES MITCHELL, eldest son of
VIM. Mitchell, of this city, returned
from southern Illinois last Saturday.
He is out of health, and intends to
remain some time in hopes of re-
covery.
THE English tea given by the
Ladies' Aid Society of the M. e.
church last Friday evening, proved
a success, both financially and
socially. Receipts Of the evening
We're over S32.
| A BUSINESS meeting of the women's
reading club will be held on Friday
afternoon of this week after the liter
airy program. AS business Of impor-
tance Is to be transacted a full attend
ance is desired.
Benton Mining Times: The Colt
man Mining Co. sold 800 tons of dry
bone to Snow of Mineral Point this
weeK, and ii is now being hauled.
The price is about one half lower
than two years ago.
A HORSE owned by Ed. Curkeet Of
Belmont was bitten by a dog short
time ago and went mad. 1t partly
kicked down shed, bit off the heads
of chickens and then died. From the
appearances the animal had hydro
phobia.
AN exchange publishes an article
OH incandescent lights. The printer
thought the editor did not know what
he was writing about and headed the
article indecent lights. The printer
is in his grave and the editor in an
insane asylum.
WILL HoUGH, Of South Wayne,
has made a guitar which is in some
respects unequal9d. 1t is a contra
bass or orchestra instrument, nearly
twice the size of an ordinary guitar,
and for richness and volume Of tone
is unsurpassed.
COMRADES Of Capt. Dick Carter, Of
Dodgeville, will learn with regret
that because of physical disability
he cannot serve as department com
mander of the g. A. r. There is
strong reason to believe he would be
chosen by the Green Bay encamp-
mcnt, If he could accept.
SOME of our townspeople have al
ready tried their luck at fishing and
had fair success. OF course, if a
trout should through curiosity, be-
come attached To the hook, il il gent
ly disconnected and carefully placed
back into the ripping waters with d
lecture on foolish curiosity.
CLOVER, the great forage plant and
vegetable fertilizer, should be sown
in early spring. preferably upon
crop Of wheat, rye or barley. II can
he put down at any time this month
upon the bare ground, but tile old
practice Of sowing it upon snow Is
extensively followed. Many good
farmers claim that it is best to sow
clover after a light fall Of snow, as it
can then be easily seen and dirtrib-
uted more evenly. But, i'll whatever
way ii II done the seed should be
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