Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-03-11

was brought before Justice Wheeler,
waived examination and was bound
over TO circuit court in the sum of
$500. His mother went his bonds.
At a Congregational church fair in
Shullsburg vote was taken for the
most popular candidate for postmas-
ter at that place. The result
of the vote was embodied In a cer-
tificate and was forwarded to Wash
ington.
At New Diggings, Saturday, Feb.
q, Abcn Parker, a laborer, was killed
by falling down a mineral shaft. a
dispatch states that he had sunk a
shaft one hundred feet deep; went
down into it twenty feet aad placed
a board across on which he was
standing in the act Of digging an OPP
ening for drift, when the board
broke and he fell seventy feet to the
bottom. He was alive Wien brought
to the surface and lived until next
day, Sunday.
Mr.. Frank Meighan, of Willow
Springs, and Miss Lizzie Champion,
Vinegar Hill, Ill, were married on
Wednesday of last week.
The Darlington delegation who
have been seeking gold and basking
in the sunshine of Alabama for the
past three weeks, are home.
In reponse to numerously signed
petitions from every town repre-
senting all classes and political par
ties in the county, Judge G.. +. Os-
born of Lafayette county has decided
to accept.
Rev. and Mrs. o. j. Scovell and
family, of Darlington, left Monday
for Independence, Iowa. where Mr..
Scoyell has accepted the Rectorship
Of the Episcopal church.
Willis Proctor, who has been a resi-
dent of Perry Iowa. for the past two
years, arrived in Darlington last
week in charge of the famous trot-
ting stallion, Prosper Merimee. and
two thoroughbred two year-old colts
Horsemen will be pleased to learn
that Prosper Merimee will make this
season of 1897 in Darlington.
The Congregational church fair
held at Shullsburg last week, proved
success, both financially and So
eially.
Attorney Goodsell, of Lancaster,
was nominated on the democratic
ticket for county judge. He had 1876
votes on the informal ballot, and
Coons, Of Potosi 10, On motion the
ballot was made formal.
The following deaths occurred in
PlatteviIle last week Mrs. Ann
Johns died OF her home after IA lin
gering illness, Feb. rs; J. Fred Grin
dell died at the home of his mother,
Mrs. VIM. Grindell, Monday, March
LIST, aged 81 years; VIM. G. Stenhens
passed away Saturday, Feb. Y
Warren Sentinel; Bro. II. IL
Brown, of the Darlington Journal,
paid Warren one of his twenty min
ute calls last Friday. and while here
did not forget to make the Sentinel
his usual neighborly visit. Brown
"aud t. used to set hurgeois together
on the Mineral Point TRIBUNE years
ago-lets see, it must have been in
1862. We have both been setting
type near each other ever since the
war, and ought to be rich We amt,
but Brown looks enough likes sena-
tor to be "A millionaire.
An exchange is authority for the
following: six years ago when We
moved to this town there was com
plant that taxes were high. We then
owned print shop, a residence, one
wife and two kids, and paid S3l
CaNes. This year we own print
shop (same old shopA a residence
lsame old housy, one wife ditto, and
three kids-oue new one, and our
taxes are sal. There is something
wrong about the whole thing; in
short the thing is a doubled-dyed,
damnable outrage, Ii is no wonder
the people are yelling Rerench
Retrench! till their voices are as
} raw as statute of Venus; but yell
ing will never lesson the drain on
the purse. II taxes We're high" six
years ago, they must be- high. low,
Jack and the game about now"
spring Green News: Niroqua,
1 Vernon county, though apparently
few of it, citizens are aware of the
fact, is the home of the engineer who
pulled the throttle on the train that
carried Abraham Lincoln from
I Springfield To Washington to his first
inauguration. 1t was a trip for
which every Precaution had been