Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-12-26
FINE holiday CONFECTIONERY al
Brewer & Penhallegon S.

l'day trade) at Mauger's jewelry store
Mrs. BERT HAINEs, of TT. Dodge
Iowa, whom we all pleasantly re-
member as Miss Minta Jones, is with
her Mineral Point friends for the
holidays.
MISS AMY MARTIN, daughter of
Robert Martin, leaves Evanston, Ills.,
where she is attending college, to be
with Mineral Point friends for the
holidays.
MEssRs. Jolly, Hammil and Walk
er represent the faculty of the Min
eral Point schools at the annual state
teachers convention in Milwaukee
beginning today.
| The absence of the father makes
especially sad the death of little
Bertha, the 5-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bambrough,
which occurred Monday morning,
Dec. 2}d. from membraneous Group.
MEssRs. James Brewer, S. G.
| Thomas and w. A. Jones of our city
school board, go to Milwaukee today
Thursday to attend the convention
of school boards in session in that
city.
IT Is estimated that over $4,000
worth of ores have been sold this
year from the Ida mine, near Ben
ton, Of which Spensley & McIlhon
and other citizens of Mineral Point
are principal owners.
THE Misses Daisy Addington and
Jess Hooking, students of the Platte
vile normal, are at home in this city
for the holidays. The latter Is ac-
companied by her friend, Miss Gill
more, of Platteville.
IT IS like visiting an art store to
see the beautiful things in cut glass
and imported china novelties on ex-
hibition at Hendra Bros. preparatory
to the holiday time. Prices lower
than ever before quoted for the like.
Hon. j. NJ. SMITH, after seeing
that the poor Low family at White
Earth, Minn., is properly provided
for during his absence, comes to
"talk turkey with friends in Miner
al Point for few days.
THE artistic display of candies in
the window of Dave Jacko's grocery
store attracted the eye Of the pedes-
trians the past week. 1t was very
neatly arranged, and all credit is due
to his head clerk, Henry Jacka.
Hon. JOHN GRAY's family circle is
completed by the arrival yesterday
of his eldest daughter, Mrs. E. Q. An
drews, from Denver. The reunion is
saddened by the serious illness of the
second daughter, Mrs. Phil Allen, Jr.
GEO. HART and Ed. Lenahan, who
have been employed for the st. Paul
railroad company the past summer
and autumn, are with Mineral Point
friends on a vacation. They expect
to resume operations with the new
year.
CHAs. TREwARTHA, aged about GA
had one of his legs broken by q rock
falling on it while he was at work in
a mine at Linden last Friday. The
same limb had been broken once be-
fore in the same place, between the
knee and hip.
DAVID HUGHES, who recently
went from Linden to Pennsylvania,
and surprised his wife and family
there, who supposed him dead for 30
years, has returned to Linden, and
reports say has some thought Of re-
naming permanently.
QUARTERLY MEETING services at
the p M. church next Sunday. Love-
feast at 8 o'clock. Pastor Kent in
the morning will preach short ser
mon to parents and a shorter one to
children; in the evening the subject
will be on "Why we should forget
tie things that are past"
RES. 4. KENT and wife enjoyed
the holidays all the more for the
home coming Of their sons, Art and
Allen from New Richmond, where
the former is engaged as a bank
clerk and the latter as foreman Of
the Voice printing and publishing
office.
The home gathering of James
Hutchison's family for the holidays
is complete. Miss Amy comes from
Des Moines, Iowa, Miss Ena and Mr.
Miller from Chicago, and Miss Bes-
sic from Boston. With the two sons
and two daughters resident here,
they form a large and strong family
circle.
The following tribute to winter i
Of unknown origin: II SHOWS and II
blows and it stings your nose-makes
all creation shiver; it bites your toes,
increases your woes. and freezes W
the river The frost nips all, both
great aud small. the dismal dreary
winter; it freezes type, il bursts the
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