Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-06-03
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Red Rock was burned to the cro"
with most of its contents last tn
day. Insured for $1,lOO.
Seth Wreggert, of Darlinotor
his horse jump upon him with ~,
feet breaking two ribs and inaio.
other injuries.
The County Board of Lafayetta q
will meet in special session On n.
day, June |, to devise WAYS o.,l
means for building a new Jail
DR.. John Rowe, of Dar,i,..
landed queer fish just below n
dam last Friday. It's head was
inches broad and ii had l6 short l..
all with web feet; "A long spine.lI
fin on its back, and one broad An
each side. Its tail was about
inches long and two inches brood
The entire length of the monstrosi,.
was 2ls feet. These measurems,.
were guessed at, as the thing bit "A
the hook and jumed back into ii,
water while the doctor was lookir.
for club.
A mass meeting will be held II
Darlington on the evening of Inn,
4, to take steps to build new armor,
without which Co. ID. must ha nm,
tered out.
Robert Dugdale, who for the nas
three years has been publishing i
paper at Essex, Ia, has purchase
the Grant County News.
The village board of Cassville will
hold special meeting June I, to cal
an election for the purpose of taking
vote on the waterworks question
1t is proposed to lay water-maips
along the streets from the new at
tesian well.
The annual picnic of the Platte.
vile Fire Department will oecu.
June 8. The annual inspection n
the department has also been defe,]
red until that time.
Snake and fish stories come thics
and fast through the Darlingtoa
newspapers. They seem to hay.
more and bigger snakes and fist
there than any other place yet heard
from.
The mining interests throughom
southern Wisconsin are quite acty.
at present with every prospect q
their getting better. The price Of al.
ores is gradually but steadily goins
up, and as consequence more min
ing is being done now than has bees
the case in several years.-Galem.
Gazette.
The Grant County Herald gets d.
the following uncanny joke on Maj
Townsend; "The next time Mat
Townsend takes a kissing spree Y
will probably pick a subject outsid:
of the profession. Those blackeys
schoolma'am who are always pre-
pairing for examination are contiG
ually on the lookout for informati0l
and Miss Woods seem to hau
rounded up job lot of Hurrican
facts that were not down in the tex
| books"
The Fennimore TimeS-Review arise
to remark that at is reported tha
an admission fee is to be charged
the High School commencement eJ
ercises. We cannot believe that suct
an unheard of procedure will be ae
tually carried out in Fennimore.'
The Galena Gazette says; "Thi
office has received a nicely printet
hand bill announcing the princlpa
features of the grand program OF eS
ercises to be carried out at Mlnera
Point during the great celebrates
and field day Monday, July 8. I'D
meeting will be held on the fa-
grounds and whatever proceeds Their
may be will go to help out the lal
association which is in great need q
finances. Neighbor towns and cite
kindly forego any attempt at ceiT
bration this year, and join in mas
ing this the greatest event Of patFlo'
ism and field sport ever known u
southwest Wisconsin,
1t was demonstrated the other ual
at Fennimore that "A printer has .
business with a revolver, The lore
man of the Times-Review Office aita
due consideration concludes that =
he was making occasional evenll'
trips in the country he needed a "pfv
tector.' He went into IA hardWH'
store and the clerk handed nm
loaded one. The Times finishes wv
story in this way: Just the thlH-
But unfortunately, John unthIuR
ingly experiments with the weapo.
right then and there, and not beil'
accustomed to a double action e
volver as he is with type and sti'..