Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-06-27

charity To raising tunu lor tne
benefit of the family of Thomas
Short, recently killed in anime here.
The family of widow and six small
children are wholly without means
of support, and have no relatives
able TO do much for them. Mr. FL.
is their neighbor, and his sympathies
being deeply touched, he determined
to raise purse of 500 for their re-
lief, When seen on Tuesday he had
within a few dollars of that amount,
and was confident Of entire success.
A glance at the list shows that a
considerable part of the money
comes from parties who only two
weeks previous contributed to the
purse for John Unger. On both
these lists, the beneflciaries ofwhich
are catholics, protestant names are
most numerous, which it is signiii-
cant to note in the light of rumors
concerning bitter animosities said to
exist between catholics and profess
tants. "a touch of nature makes the
whole world kim
Al You're LADY of Black River
Falls, recently received a letter from
a man in Marathon county, asking
her to come and teach school in his
district, saying that il she would come
he would send her money to pay her
expenses. The girl answered accept
ing the offer. The money came and
she started for the place named. she
has not been heard of since. Inyes-
LEGATIONS by her relatives and the
officials Of the city of Wausaw reveal
the fact that no snch school districts
exists as was stated, and no person
can be found as the one purported
to write to her. No trace has yet
been found of the whereabouts of the
young woman,Er.
THE July Midland tDes Moines) is
out. Its Tic.ures delight the eve and
its contents please. II its TYPES OF
Midland Beauty can only sustain
the high standard of the July NUM-
Der Ca full-page of a Des Moines
young LADY,, that feature will be-
come very popular, for everybody
delights in beauty. "The Spirit Lake
Massacre the most tragical event
in the early history Of the North
west. Il vividly described by ex-
cfovarpor Carpenter. Abbie Gardner
sharp. sole survivor OF the tragedy,
tells thrilling tale of her experien-
ces while captive among the
Indians,
You've men Of this city, who
should know better in going to and
from sunday resorts south Of here,
pass through the Hoare Brothers.
place and often leave gates open.
This was the case last Sunday, a re-
suit of which was that seventy cows
got out of pasture and strayed along
the railroad, and many, Of them
might have been killed had they not
have been hunted and driven back
early Monday morning before the
trains moved. Parties going through
these premises hereafter may expect
to answer to Il charge OF trespass.
MIR. HENRY BUTTERwoRTIi, an
employe Of the woolen mill in this
city, fell into the elevator pit from
an upper story, Il distance Of n feet,
last Saturday evening. At first 1t
was thought he was seriously # not
fatally injured, but the attending
physician, DR.. Vivian, informed US
yesterday that he is apparently not
hurt beyond a general soreness, and
that lie will soon be able to resume
work. AS the floor of the pit into
which he fell is Of stone, bis escap-
ing 50 well Is remarkable.
CIry CLERK WE'LL has begun
qnizzing the people In the course OF
his duty as census taker. The law
requires him to find out and report
many things, and to do 50 he needs
to ask questions which may to some
appear unnecessary. We bcspeak
for him kindly consideration and
promise that he viii not improperly
use any secrets entrusted to him,
even to the ages Of maiden Indies
and widows. He IL confident that
the roll will show a population OF
over 1900 in the city.
john r, KELLY, the silver-tongued
Irish-American, Of Milwaukee, Is 70
crate at DodgeNrille on the 4th and,
our ajodgeville friends assure Us that
tile whole program Of the day will be
in Mplng with the superiority Of
their orator While number from
this locality viii 90 to Darlington 70
celebrate, following our popular band.
and because Of the greater conyen-
lence Of travel, Mineral Point will
be wsiI represented IL Dodgcville on
the national day.