Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-12-17
NEIGHBORING COUNTY MOTIFS
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church in Darlington, Sunday eve
ming, Dec. 9th. Subject: @Ciyil ana
religious Liberty.
Wednesday Thomas Russell !,
Darlington ran the point of a pair Of
scissors part way through bis rich,
hand.
Members Of Company d, LIST Req
". \. G., will hold their annual hall
at Drivers opera house, Darlington
on Wednesday evening, Dec. 3o,h
1896. Capt. Buche and his men ara
sparing no pains to make this ban
the event of the season.
Edward Parker, of Elk Grove. wa
sentenced to eighteen months IN tba
state prison at the circuit court il
Darlington on Saturday of last week
and Sheriff farrell immediately took
him to Waupun. He was arrested
upon complaint of Maggie Gable
charging him with seduction under
promise Of marriage. He was given
year and half to repent for his
sins.
A caboos at the depot in Lancaster
was entered Sunday and trunk be-
longing to newsagent Mcclure was
broken into and several boxes of
cigars and other things were taken.
Geo. Hyde, formerly Of Lancaster
is in Mississippi. With number Of
Chicago and Milwaukee families he
went there to form colony. The
situation is about nine miles from
Jackson.
Henry Hartline had his thumb
split open while working at the new
residence of c. II. Baxter, at Lancas.
ter. He was working with a pocket
knife
While Miss Lizzie Stippich, of
Lancaster, was going home last Fri
day evening, a man walked up be-
hind her and snatched her pocket
book out of her hand and ran. Her
loss is between three and five dollars.
The footpad escaped.
The Grant county board resolved
that the county jail must not here.
after be used as lodging house for
tramps which has been the practice,
and now the city officials OF I.ancas-
ter purpose having the weary
willies' duly committed under the
state law and make the county pay
the increased fees incident.
VIM. Tallada, veteran OF the
famous Iron brigade, died at Cottage
Inn last week, aged 80. He was
buried at Belmont.
Goldtborpe & Co., Of Dubuque have
leased Mrs. Brunton's mine, at Toad
vile, near Platteviile, and say that
they intend to push it along, and
will put in about 100000 worth Of
machinery which will be shipped
here this winter. 1t is expected TO
employ from twenty to eighty men
in the spring.
Miss BUGGY, of Darlington, was
called to Madison last week by
message stating that her brother had
been accidentally shot and killed
while hunting.
The county board proceedings as
first published in the Darlington
paper contained so many errors that
republication last week was deemed
necessary.
The Egan brothers, of Gratiot,
who own about 700 acres Of land in
that vicinity. have made voluntary
assignment in the Lafayette county
court. 1t is said that their liabilities
exceed their assets by something
like $40 600.
The five year old son of Tom Har-
ker, who resides at Big Patch, Grant
Co., was seized one day last week
with a bad coughing spell, and
coughed up a grain of corn that had
been in his throat five weeks. The
kernel of corn had started to spout.
The boy is getting along nicely,
Wednesday night, the 9th the home
of John Cuwan was destroyed by
fire, at Gratiot. The family were
asleep in the house, and awoke baIe-
~ il time to escape with their lives
The Herald says there are numerous
gentlemen in Lancaster with post
office lightning rods up. Others say
that an editor is among the "nuin-
erous."
Monroe has an epidemic Of scarlet
fever and whooping cough. Many
other towns in the state are suffering
from the same complaints.
The hog market has been very
lively ia shullsburg the past month
over thirty carloads of fat porkers
having been shipped from that
station during the past four weeks.
The Platteville State Bank has de-
clared dividend payable Jan. / "
Of seven per cent, and added one PEI