Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-09

| foot ball game, Messrs q. w. Oily,
| j ). Kennedy, Abe Lewis. Ben Crow
and Chas. w. Steele all Of Highland,
were held up by foot pads. but they
| got the better of the ruffians.
Two young school boys from Darl-
ington, bagged four mallard ducks
| in novel way last week The boys
were skating above the mill dam and
discovered the ducks frozen fast in
the ice. A club was procured and
The mallards were soon killed. The
four weighed Y pounds.
Abe Mosher who has been "A resi-
dent Of juneau, Alaska, for the past
two years, has returned to his home
ut Darlington, ana in not the best of
health.
w. s. Townsend, Of Shullsburg,
drove into Darlington last week be-
hind his celebrated trotter, Mamie
T. About two weeks ago he lost his
promising pacing colt, Little Isaac,
who died of inflammation of the bow
els While in.that city he purchased
full brother Of Little Isaac.
The leading social event of the sea-
son at Darlington was the marriage
Of Miss Ina, dughter of Mrs. James
la Of HI
Hanks, Of Madison, on Wednesday,
Dec. |.
The Blanchardville Blade says:
Hon. A. Blanchard is erecting Il
large sheepshed i20x2S for the pur-
pose Of stabling his fine flock of
sheep, which numbers about 800.
Emmett Crippen, of Darlington,
bought colt of wonderful speed last
week--a three-year-oId, sired by
Argo, dam by Album.
NJ. Hoffman, the Shullsburg brew
or, met with an accident recently.
The beer boiler boiled over, scalding
him quite seriously.
Landlord Narrower, of Fennimore,
has purchased from the widow, Mrs.
VIM. Mosier, of Prairie du CHEN, the
horse Harry Victor" with II mark of
.2:l6li Mr.. M0sicr bought Harry
Victor IN Lexington Kentucky when
lie was five years old, paying ST.
10 IA, H.. ,L
old and is one of the gamiest race
horses in the country.
one hundred and fifteenrabbits be-
sides an uncounted lot of squirrels
and some other game, II the record
made recently by a hunting party of
six people-three CDR. John Rowe,
Charley Williams and Pat Torphyl
from Darlington and three DANES
Rowe, Oscar Rowe aud otto Meili)
from Waldwick,
The county board of Vernon county
made tho office of sheriff saIared
one and fined the salary at 5000 per
annum.
John pcndleton has sold his restu-
rant business, located in Platteville,
10 J. w. Knight, of Mazomanie, who
is expected to take possession in Il
few days.
A change of time on the Dodge
vile and lreeport branch of the l.
4, L a.. L.
passenger leave Freeport few min
utcs earlier and gives plenty Of time
to connect with the st. Paul train
west bound at Pickett in the eve-
ming.
Edmund Philbrook, one of the
most respected and oldest settlers OF
plattoville, died last week Wednes-
day ut the age of 50 years.
Mrs. VIM McGonical died last
week Tuesday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. A. j. McCaru at
Platteville, aged II years.
Mrs. Elizabeth st. John died on
the 23d ult. at the home of her
daughter, Mrs, Herman Buchner, in
Lancastes, She had been a resident
of Grant county Il great many years.
She was 50 years of age,
Last week Jacob Hooser, Jr., son
of tina first wife of Jacob Hooser, ST.,
and Butler llouser grand sou of
the latter were arrested under the
charge of attempting to poison the
family of the senior Mr. Hooser last
week. They were taken before Jus.
ticc :. W. Truber of Plattevile, who
bound them over in $1,000 bail to APP
pear for examination this week.
samuel Barstow, OF Lancaster. died
ON saturday OF last week at the adj
yauced age of - years.
Charles Harris, ot Georgetown. de-
llvored one hundred head OF cattle n
few days ago ut the George farm ON
the GalCua turnpike.