Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-12-10
NEIGHBoRING COUNTY NOTES.
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Platteville city taxes this year will
be about II mills on the dollar, an
increase Of mills over the tax of
last year.
Chas. Good, Of Elk Grove, if he
lives until next March will be lob
years old. He is still hail and hearty
and has the appearance of being not
over ninety years Of age. He was
born in England in 1894 He settled
in this vicinity in 1892.
Will Woffenden, merchanto of Patch
Grove, Grant CO., committed suicide
on Monday morning of last week.
He had been for long time in
wretched health. This was the sole
melting cause. On the fatal morning
he went before breakfast to the store
to build fire. He did not return
and about 8 o'clock he was found
honging in the hallway up stairs
over the store.
There came near being confla-
grafton in Lancaster few days
since. A fair damsel got near the
stove and the powder on her face
ignited.
Last week the drill was taken out
of the Platteville city well, after
having been stuck SO long that many
people supposed it had become Il
permanent fixture there. The drill
lers have been at work for over a
year, having started their task Nov.
"A, 1895. They are now down ITO
feet, but their course is very slow
because of the exceedingly hard rock
they are now drilling through, en-
abling them to make but three or
four feet a day.
Three young Englishmen, heirs to
large fortunes, according to reports
reside at Lancaster. My lords seem
to have good time wherever they
go. Their name is Thompson.
A G.. A. r.. campfire will be held at
Bloomington on Friday evening, Dec.
Ii. The program will be interesting.
VIM. Moore will describe the circum-
stances Of death Of Capt, 11cDer-
mott at the battle of Prairie Grove.
One evening last week, Clyde
Monteith, the Is year old son of
James Monteith, of Preston, Grant
Co., was on his way to a neighbors
dark, aud he ran into Herman Eos
binders buggy, hitched in front of
Lanes blacksmith shop. He was
thrown to the ground and did not
recover consciousness for two hours
after he was found.
The annual reunion of company |.
10Th Wis. Inf, was be held at the
home Of Comrade Whiteside. Mt.
Hope on Monday, Nov. goth, the
anniversary of the battle of Prairie
Grove.
Lafayette County Supt. Nattrass
will hold county teachers institute
in Shullsburg Dec. 18th and 10Th.
Darlington will be lighted by cleo
trieity before Christmas. The power
house is enclosed, the poles all set
and the work OF stringing wires will
be begun Immediately. There are
to be Z powerful arc lights and 66 in
candescents of 81 candle power each
on the street.
Monday night of last week burglars
broke into the store of Il. l.. Worrell.
at Fayette, and helped themselves
to several suits of underware. about
"a worth of postage stamps, and
some small change. The entrance
was affected by tools secured 1T the
blacksmith shop in the village.
Mr.. John Il. Monahan, Of Fayette,
who has been resident Of this county
since lsl4, is serving his first term as
a juror.
Mr.. George Stott, who has been
with Ringing Bros Circus during
the past summer. has returned home
to Darlington. He says that the
Ringing Circus closed their season
in Mississippi on Thanksgiving day,
and immediately went into winter
quarters at Baraboo, Wis. He also
says that although competition has
been terrific, the boys have had Il
very prosperous reason.