Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-07-23
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

The Darlington Democrat reports
the death of Mrs. Henry Bates. Sr., an
old resident Of Darlington, at her
home on Wednesday, July Is.
Charles Ducray, of Dodgeville, Wis
tied Mineral Point friends on Thurs
day last
The Chronicle reports the death, in
California, of DR.. Wm. Il. Smart, a
former resident Of Pleasant Ridge
this county. He had reached the age
of 81 years, | month and 2S days.
The Dodgeville Sun of last week
contained good write up of the city
of Dodgeville, with short sketches OF
leading business men.
Dodgeyille papers commend the en-
terprise of Mr.. F. W. Stratman, in
constructing bathing pond for the
young people of that city.
Great preparations are being made
for the Iowa County Fair TO be held at
Dodgeville on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, August Is, 10,
20 and 2l.
John Nj. Reese, secretary of the
Iowa County Agricultural society,
under the date of July II, says: We
are striving to have the banner fair of
the state, and | beg to assure you that
our program of entertainment will
surpass any thing ever seen at a
county fair.
Mrs. M. E. Priestley is visiting in
Madison, the guest of her sister Mrs.
Thomas Priestley.
C. F. Spensley came down from
Madison on Saturday for a short visit
at the home of his parents. He came
on his wheel; left Madison at ~
a. M; stopped one hour and half at
Mount Horeb, for dinner; passed
through Dodgeville, and arrived in
Mineral Point at $50 p. NJ. The dis
tance travelled is about sixty miles;
actual time of travelling seven hours.
John Bishop, superintendent of the
Pacific Express, Denver Colo, has
been visiting with relatives and old
time friends in Mineral Point during
the past week.
VIM. d. kuhnhenn started on Tues
day for Sutton, Mimi, where he will
remain for five or six weeks, to assist
in saving the great wheat harvest.
On Monday seven one-horse wagons
were driven in line through Mineral
Point Each wagon contained a
driver and two of the wagons were
covered and these contained two or
three women. The company were on
their way from DesMoines, Iowa, to
Portage this state. They stopped in
Mineral Point short time for rest
and refreshments.
Abraham Rowley, a pioneer of Ra,
cine county, died Saturday of paraly-
sis; aged II. He lived in the county
fifty years, and served in the Twenty
second Wisconsin infantry during the
war.
Misses May and Jennie Tregilgus
are visiting friends in Madison.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Weber went
to GAINESVILLE on Monday, for visit
with their daughter Mrs. w. W.
Babcock.
J. w. Crawford came over from
Galena last week for brief visit at
the home of his sister Mrs. w. S. Ross
Mrs. George Reynolds, of Boscobel
died suddenly on Thursday, July l6
of heart failure. She weighed $50
pounds.
The Grant County Fair will take
place september 16, Il and IS.
Highland Weekly Press Mr.. and
Mrs. f. c. Weidenfeller and family, OF
Mineral Point, and Mrs. VIM. Fleisch-
man aud daughter, Of Chicago, sister
of VIM. Weidenfeller, of this city, Wis.
tied with the Weidenfeller family Sun
day last.
Highland Weekly Press Thos. Har.
vey and Will Hillery had a narrow
escape from death last Monday by the
caying in of about five hundred
pounds of dirt and rock from the TOP
of the drift in their sulphur mine near
Montfort. They happened to be in al
rpright nosifion an the fall though or