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

who had been visiting relatives here
for about weeks, returned to their
home in Lacrosse, on Saturday last.
They were accompanied by Mr..
Sieger's sister. Mrs Gertie keehn, who
will remain in Lacrosse for visit.
Nine hundred people are employed
picking peas at II cents bushel for
the >heboygon Gamers.
Darlington Republican: Our farmers
are now busily engaged in harvesting
the finest crop of oats ever raised in
country. This may appear to be a
broad assertion, for we had immense
oat crops in years gone by; but some
of the oldest settlers. who have titled
the soil for forty years, say they never
saw such stand of oats.
Charles Burghardt came down from
Madison last Friday, after six
months stay in that city. He held
cases with The Democrat Printing
Company, on state work. Many
friends welcome his visit here.
Arch aud Allen w. Kent returned
last Saturday to New Richmond after
a two weeks vacation pleasantly spent
l., NI;pnrnl p1;pt
Miss Della O'Dowd has been engag-
ed as principal of the Fayette schools.
Thoma & Lenahan have moved their
stock to the Jacko building opposite
Gundry \ Gray.
Lou Eastman, of LemarS, Iowa, and
o. \. Eastman, of Monttort spent
few days with Z. W. Eastman, last
week, while enroute for Madison and
the Dells, on bicycles.
David J, Meighan, of Britt, Iowa,
arrived here on Friday last, for two
weeks visit at the home of his grand
mother, Mrs. Patrick Kane.
Misses Jennie Burgoyne and Mary
McCabe started Tuesday morning, for
Madison, to attend the Columbian
school. They are members of St.
Anthony's Court, which has just COM
pleted the course of study for the
year, laid down by the Catholic Union,
of which the court is branch.
Other members will attend later.
Miss Rose Cahill, of Dodgeville,
and Miss Name Clancy, of Tower
Hill, are the guests of Miss Name
Cummings.
Tribune: w. H. Prideaux, Mrs.
Prideaux, Miss Annie Phillips, and
Miss Van Buren,, of Montfort, started
Monday, for carriage drive through
southeastern Wisconsin They expect
to visit Madison, Lake Mills, Ocouo-
voc, Waukesha. Lake Geneva and
other attractive places. How long
they will be making the tour is un-
certain, probably two weeks.
Capt d. b. Moore, of Chicago, is
visiting old time friends in Mineral
Point, He is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. John G'Dowd
Will Chubb came on his wheel from
kewanee, H., on Tuesday, for a brief
visit in Mineral Point. He is the
guest of John L. Oates.
DR.. Charles Ross is beIe from Du-
buque, where he has been engaged for
some time in the practice of his
profession. He expects to remain for
some months in Mineral Point.
Among those who went from this
city on the excursion to the Dells, on
Thursday last were: Mayor White and
wife, Mrs. VIM lanyon and daughter
Miss Myrtle, y. Brewer and son
Thomas, Charles Hornung and son
Elmer, Thomas =. Rogers, Mrs. Eliza
Toay, Mrs. Ida Hewett, Mrs. Carrie
Luke aud sister Mrs. Conrad, Mrs.
w. &. Hales, Mr.. and Mrs. Shepherd
of Platteyille, Miss Martha WeaIne,
George Horn, Miss Millie Short, Mrs.
Elizabeth Jacka, Mrs. Jane Poquette,
Mr.. Sells, Alderman Appel William
johnson, Miss Stella Dave.
The picnic Of the NJ. +. Sunday
schools of Mineral Point and Oar
lington, which took place last Thurs
day, proved joyous occasion. Nearly
two hundred persons came up from
Darlington, and were joined by NJ. 4.
folks Of this place. The picnic was
held in Oates grove.