Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-07-09
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
Modern Woodmau Field Day, Min
eral Point, Wednesday, July 20.

Southwestern Wisconsin FAR, MN
eral Point, Sept. 5, 9, 10 and II.
The Boscobel Driving Park Associa
ton hold their 23i annual exhibition
on the 1st, ri, 81 and 4th Of Septem-
ber
The Monona Lake Assembly will
open at Lakeside, near Madison, on
July 2l, and continue ten days. The
programme for this year is one of
especial interest.
The Fourth of July number of The
Youths Companion is at hand. En-
citing adventures and narrow escapes
on land and sea capturing a grizzly
in the Rockies, an effort to eclipse AL
previous explosions in the combination
of balloon with dynamite cartridges,
the rival celebrations of two military
companys, etc-make this number Of
The Companion veritable cannon
cracker among weekly papers.
Married, at the NJ L. parsonage
July 4, 1896, Mr.. Frank NJ. kirkpat
rick, of Edmund, and Miss Phebe e.
White, of Mifiin, Rev. +. w. Straw
officiating.
The church at Barreltown has been
repaired and repainted within and
without Re.opening services will be
held next Sunday afternoon at )
O'clock.
Miss May Hutchinson has gone to
Duluth, Mimi, to visit her sister Mrs.
E. G. Shamp.
Mrs. William Arthur, and daughter
Florence, started for Palmyra on Wed
nesday afternoons train to visit her
daughter Mrs. Aylward,
Miss Lou Mckenzie, of Lancaster
visited in this city during the past
week, the guest of her friend Miss
McIlhon. Miss Mckenzie and Miss
McIlhon were classmates at the Platte
vile Normal
The youngest child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Lanbe, OF Brodhead, died on
Monday, aged & years. As she was
setting off tirecrackers Saturday eve
ming, her clothing took fire and was
entirely consumed.
The ninth annual Summer school of
the University of Wisconsin opened
on Monday to continue four weeks.
About seventy.fve students have reg
istered. Last year about l25 attended,
and it is expected there will be more
than this number this year.
Among the visitors in Mineral Point
this week is our old friend and fellow
townsman Mr. John Stanley. Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley are comfortably settled
in Chicago, at $40 Central Park Ave.
Mr.. Shanley came to Mineral Point in
1912, and he says ne cast but one vote
ouside of Iowa county. His visit
here is welcomed by many old time
friends, from whom he receives cordial
greetings.
L. C. Fielder was orator Of the day
at the Waldwick celebration on July
18th.
Hon, james Ryan, of Ridgeway,
was visitor in Mineral Point oD Mon
day, and made The Democrat friend
ly call. Mr. Ryan was among the
pioneers of Iowa county, having set
tied in Ridgeway in 1916. He has
held various positions Of public trust,
the duties of which he faithfully dis
charged. He was elected member OF
assembly in 1882, and reelected for
1888.
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Leahy and Miss
Clara Schiller were called here this
week from Chillicothe, Mo, by the
dangerous illness of Mr.. Nicholas
Schiller.
D. Brown x son are building an ad-
dition to their livery barn on the
north. The new part will be 30x64 f.,
and will contain stalls for - horses.
1t will be one story, with roof sloping
from present building to the north
The outside measurement of addition
and present building will be SoSbi it.
Mr.. Joseph Perkins, of Dodgeville
was in Mineral Point on Monday. lie
is now in his SOth year and in fairly
good health. He did not come to set
the circus, but to meet old-timt
friends. Mr. Perkins was for man!
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