Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-08-12
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The Platteville district camn =,
ing begins August 18th and cIo'
the -.
The foot-race at the fair grop,a
| Darlington, last week, was wo,,
the lightweight Duppler 2lo NJ
Langford, 2l3 lbs, was close seoors
The horse race was postponed -
weeks on account of the lamenas.
Quinn's nag.
r.. Verran, of Platteville, was tat,.
with fainting spell this mornin.
in front of Mr.. Shepherds feed .,o,'
He was taken home and is dojDo !.
well as can be expected.
The Platteville and Benton No.
ball teams played IA match game ,,
Rewey on Saturday last. The re.nI,
was nine to eight in favor of Plans
Vile.
The game of base ball, which ,ook
place in Galena last week, betwso,
the Galena and Platteville teams %.
suited in score of 8 to in favor d,
Galena.
Smalley's hotel barn, and the old
mill, in Muscoda, were DESTROYED nv
fire on the evening of the 23d nh
The roof of the Smalley HouSa
caught fire several times, but the frs
was put out before much damage wa.
done. Besides the barn and the mill
two new buggies and one new SLEIGH
were also burned, and all witbou,
insurance.
May Miller" the favorite and
we'll known trotter, owned by n. B.
| Miller, of Boscobell is dead. Nav
Miller was thirty-seven years of age
last May, and Mr.. Miller had owned
her since the little favorite was !.
ar-old. She was the queen Of the
trotting turf in this section of the
state for many years, and had a
record of 2:44.
Eighteen-year-o old Jessie Tompkins
performed feat last Monday that
will no doubt make her famous. She
swan across the Mississippi river
near Cassville and back again dis.
lance of mile and quarter.
Thomas stephens, an old Mason,
died at his home in British Hollow,
July 80, 1897, Of paralysis, aged Il
years.
A rattlesnake was killed a few
days ago in Dubuque county that
measured eleven feet and three inch
es long and had nineteen rattles on
| his tail. The account says the snake
ran about two blocks after its head
was shot Off
A message from Bloomington says
that the railroad surveyors are close
up to Bloomington and will get in by
the end of the week. Pat Flynn
stated that the cars will be running
into Bloomington by the first of No
vember.
The Postotfice departmentatW Wash
ington issued an order recently esta
fishing free delivery system at Fort
Atkinson, consisting of three letter
carriers and fourteen street boxes.
The order will take effect Nov. /.
Sam Bates, the veteran pearl fisher
of Darlington, found another beautl-
full pearl last week. 1t weighed IS
grains and was purchased by Green
county man for S2l4.
Sheriff Bennett, of Darlington, left
Tuesday morning for Sparta, having
in charge the four children of Gilbert
Chapel. The little ones will be
educated and cared for at the school
for orphan children.
On the farm of George Godfrey, on
the Mineral Point road, my be seen
the unusual sight of two big crops on
the ground at the same time. Last
fall Mr.. Godfrey cut and shocked ms
large field of corn, about 80 acres
1t still stands unhusked in the shock
This year he sowed the field to oats
and raised a heavy crop, when Is
also in the shock Darlington DEM
Mort Stewart, a blacksmith OF
Winslow, H., was accidentally shoV
and killed by the proprietor OF the
Winslow hotel, James Trickle,at the
/ Ptckett's race track, about ten miles
west Of Monroe, Sunday afternoon
Trickle was shooting at bricks winch
Stewart threw in the air. The Tlile
of the former was prematurely as
charged, the bullet entering uhaeI
Stewards ear and causing instant
| death. Deceased was 40years OF age
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