Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-07-09


THERE was fire at Fennimore Sat-
urday night. One building was
burned and others slightly damaged.
CIRCUS billboard lumber for sale
at bargain, by the Eastman Lum-
Der Company. 26tf.
"REJEcTED,n is the topic for con-
sideration at the young mems meet
ing next Sunday morning, in the
p. Nj. church. +. L. Hanscom will
lead.
Miss MAUD HILL and Master
Harry, sister and brother Of Mr.. Fred
Hill, our telegraph operator, are here
from Waukesha for a visit, and are
guests of Miss Millie Gilman.
THE Barreltown church has been
repaired and repainted within and
without. Next Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock appropriate reopening SER
vices will be held. Preaching by
Rev. f. w. Straw.
THE Dubuque Turf Club gives
great running race meeting at Nut
wood Park, August lst to Sth, inclu
sive, for which purses aggregating
$4,000 are hung up. A large field of
horses is promised.
SENATOR SPENsLEY, Judge Nell
hon and Postmaster Crawford are at
the Democratic national convention
in Chicago. The Judge represents
lsilver, the Postmaster, gold, and the
Senator enjoys the conflict from a
republican standpoint.
THE question Of whether the old
Catholic church of Waldwick should
be repaired or new church built at
Hollandale, has been settled by
Bishop Katzer, who visited the par
ish lately and decided in favor of
erecting a new church at Hollan-
dale.
THERE was no attempt at public
celebration in Mineral Point this
year. A great many of our people
went to Dodgeville and other places.
Those remaining at home celebrated
the day by family and neighborly
gatherings, ,and independent displays
of fireworks in the evening.
ALTHOUGH the crowd at Dodge
willie was not so great as was hoped
for, the celebration of the 4th in that
city was quite creditable. The music
by the Mineral Point band is gener-
ally admitted to have contributed
more than any other single feature
to the enjoyment of the day.
GEORGE BENNETT came Friday
from New Orleans, where he has
been engaged as civil engineer for
the l. G.. r. r. for some time, and
spent the 4th with his father, of the
TRIBUNE. Monday, he started for
Memphis, Tenn, where he has some
engineering work to do for the Same
company.
Mr.. AND Mrs. w H. OSBORNE, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Vivian, and Miss Flor
ence Osborne started by team yester-
day, headed for Devils Lake (near
Baraboo,) where they will take an
outing of about two weeks. Geo. Os-
borne went along to spend week.
w. II. O. hopes to better his health
by this short period of tent life.
MISS MARGoRIE CARKEEK, one
of Dubuque's charming and progress
sive young ladies, has devoted the
past week to visiting with friends in
this city, to the great pleasure of all.
She is a daughter of Mr.. Thos. T..
Carkeek, who once clerk ed in the
store of Gundry 4 Gray, but is now
a successful architect in the "u' city.
Miss RUTH INEz BENNETT, Of
Glens Falls, n. y, is visiting Wis
consin for the first time, and forming
| the acquaintance of numerous rela-
tives whom she had not before seen.
She is the daughter of William T..
Bennett, who was one Of the earliest
/ bGJllbIS III hiiICIdl Il oihti dllA ltAA
here in 1850 for California, where he
died several years ago, leaving this
daughter a small child, who was
taken by an aunt to New York,
where she has since resided.
Mr.. JOSEPH DELLER arranged a
very pleasant surprise for his son
Isaac last Friday evening. About $ :30
o'clock gentlemen friends, who had
been quietly invited, began to drop
in, and soon between thirty and forty
were assembled, when Ike realized
that he was captured. Progressive
whist was introduced, and the guests
were soon absorbed in the game. AT
IL o'clock the proceedings were in
terrupted by spread of delicious
Refreshments, served by the ladies Of
the family-mesdames Joseph. a. q.
and Isaac Deller. Having demon-
strated their full appreciation Of the
refreshments, the company resumed
! +bair eyatnaS which continued until