Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-05-28

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his trotting horse, Major, to this city
each Saturday for the remainder Of
the stock season, and will keep him
at the barn of GRADER 4 Jackson.
MRS. WILLARD EASTMAN, while
visiting at Belleville, Dane Co., was
taken sick, and owing to washout
could not return by rail-, and Mr..
Eastman drove over to bring her
home by carriage on Tuesday.
MRS. II. III. WRIGHT and Miss An
ME Phillips represented Geo. II. Leg
ate Relief Corps at the encampment
in Racine last week. The former is
listed for appointment on the staff of
the new department president.
TEACHERS and pupils are busy pre-
pairing for the close of the school
year, June 9TH. Fine programs of
exercises by the graduating class of
the high school and the preparatory
department are being arranged.
THE Latter Day Saints will locate
their gospel tent one mile south of
Waldwick, May 2S, and continue for
several weeks. Tent located opposite
Champions blacksmith shop. All
peace loving people are welcome.
Another ghost, says the Darlington
Journal, was seen in the graveyard
one night last week by a young
couple who were out walking and
who wanted to go where they would
not be seen or molested. They had
forgotten that graveyards yawn, etc.
THE following members of M. p.
Lodge No. /, +. and A. NJ, visited
Linden lodge last Tuesday night, viz:
VIM. Treweek, n. Treweek, w. g..
Hales, J. B. Willis, A. S. White, Geo.
Crawford, VIM. Perry, Ed. Milliard,
John Temby, Geo. Strong, Chas Ter
rill, ]. b. Spensley.
A oHILDREN's day service will be
held at Willow Springs church on
Sunday, June 7th, in the interest of
foreign missions. Sunday school at
/ 80; childrens' service at 2:30. A
pleasing program of exercises will be
rendered. A cordial invitation is
extended to the public.
GUY P. COBB has determined to
develop all the colts bred from his
horses, Count Folsio, Judge Hines
and Numero, about thirty in number,
to learn the capability of each, and
sell them on their ascertained indi-
vidual merit. Among them are some
that promise to prove good per-
formers.
THE prevalent belief that land
holder cannot prevent parties from
fishing on his premises, if the stream
has been stocked by the state, cannot
be well founded. The state cannot
take away from man "A right he has
lawfully possessed himself of. The
state cannot take away from man
any right his title to the land gave
him.
THE Epworth League of the M. Il.
church have arranged for their an
nual old peoples service next Sunday
morning. Preaching by the pastor.
All old people are cordially invited
and will be welcomed by the league.
Carriages will be sent for those who
are unable to walk if word is left with
Mr.. John Hendra at Hendra Bros
store.
ONE of our citizens who has follow
ed farming most of his life time,
informed q TRIBUNE representative
within the past week that ali crops
are from three to four weeks in adj
vance of any year he can call to mind.
The hay crop, however, he regards
as somewhat thin. owing to the dam
age to roots by the prolonged drouth
last season.
WE notice that David Brown d Son
have this week received for their
livery another handsome single-seat
top buggy. 1t is we'll finished and
neatly trimmed rig, and much ad-
mired. When a firm like Brown d
Son are buying buggies year after
wear from Fitzgibbons Bros, OF Mon
roe. it is good evidence th3t the work
is as represented. They sell at whole
sale prices. No middle men. lw
IT is freely asserted that there are
scores Of seines owned along the
shores of the Pecatonica river IN
Lafayette county. Some Of which
are almost nightly in use, nnlawfnlly
depicting that stream Of fish. II the
officials and people were as Jealous
IN persuit of local q spredators, as
they were to apprehend and punish
the two young Mineral Point men
| for using dynamite, It i belived that
many more legal hanls would result
| Unlawful fishing should be stopped
by whomsoever practieed.