Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-10-08
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.


Young mems meeting at 7. NJ
church, sunday morning at . o'clock.
Address by w. J. Penhallegon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Reardon, of
Perry, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. w. H.
Leahy and children, of Chillicothe,
Mo-; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Stiel, OF
Platteville; Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Stiel,
BENJAMIN, John and Nicholas Stiel, of
Highland, were called here last week
bv the death of Mr.. Nicholas Schiller.
Married, in Somerset, Miami county,
Kansas, on Sept. 9th, 1896, MIR, Brice
B. Marsh, of Somerset, and Miss Ida
J.C. Willis, of Linden, Wisconsin.
Miss Martha Arthur started for
Palmyra on Monday morning to visit
her sister Mrs. Aylward. She will also
visit friends in Milwaukee.
Joseph Jones, formerly OF Dodge
Vile, now telegraph operator at Green
Bay, arrived here on Saturday night,
and on Sunday went to Dodgeville for
a visit with relatives and friends.
Died. on Saturday, Oct. }, Blanche,
infant daughter of John NanMatre, OF
the town of Fayette. Burial on Tues
day in Waldwick cemetery.
John Noble is here from Nebraska
for visit with old time friends. he
has been the guest of n. X. NanMatre
during the past week.
Secretary w. H. Bennett says that
the announcement that the Southwest
ern Wisconsin Fair premium list would
be ready for payment by Treasurer
Allen was premature. 1t Will not be
ready until after the board of directors
meet to review it next Saturday.
Rev. and Mrs. Chase returned on
last week from two weeks visit with
relatives and friends at their old home
in Peoria. Their daughter Miss kath-
ryn remained for more extended
visit.
Peter Friedrichs, Of the town OF
Willow Springs, died on TUESDAY, Oct.
s, after lingering illness; aged about
So years. He leaves wife and three
children. He was an industrious man
and good citizen. The funeral took
place today, Thursday, from st. Mary's
German Catholic church and was
largely attended.
On Monday while r. J. Penhallegon,
Jr., was on step ladder, reaching for
goods. the foot of the ladder slipped
from its place precipitating Mr.. Pen
hallegon to the floor. A painful
sprain of his wrist was the result of
the fall.
DR.. n. G. O. Coad, practicing phy-
sician and druggist, of Hull, Iowa,
visited during the present week with
old time friends in this city. He is an
ardent supporter of Bryan and free
silver. He was the Democratic can
didate for member of assembly from
his district, two years ago, and made a
phenomenal run, but his district being
largely Republican, he was defeated.
BE predicts that Bryan will carry Iowa
this year. Like many others, DR.. Coad
expressed his pleasure at finding in his
old home city of Mineral Point so
many substantial improvements and
other evidences Of progress ana pros
perity
Hon. Thomas F. Solon, of West
Superior, this state, lwho is known to
quite a number of our citizens has a
little daughter who is spoken OF as a
"vocal wonder" Though her voice IS
unframed, she excels the most famous
songsters who visit West Superior and
Duluth. In noticing a concert recent
ly given in that place, West Superior
paper says: Miss LaStelle Scion was
the surprise of the evening. She is a
bit of girl, her hair still hanging, but
she has voice that was revelation.
1t was sweet, sympathetic. elastic, and