Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-08-12
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LUDDEN s. Co.
MINERAL POINT. Wis.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

TAdHlllldllOHS loE LdldNtttc ouHtN
teachers will be held as follows;
Darlington, Aug. e and !, Gratiot
Aug. and 10; Argyle Aug III and II;
Belmont, Aug 13 and II: Shullsburg
II and Is.
Sixty tickets were sold at Brodhead
for the excursion to the Dells this
morning Eight loaded coaches were
pulled out from here. .-Brodhcad In
dependent, Aug. ).
On Thursday of last week, while
working in Warren, A. G, Dick, of
that place. met with an accident which
may cost him his life. The Leader
says that he was walking from one
girder to another over an inch board,
which broke. He grasped 2X4 ridge
pole above his head but this also gave
away and he was hurled to the earth,
twenty-five feet below, striking on his
knees and head.
The Alpha Society will have meet
ing in the upper class room on Satur-
day evening next ut $50. All the
members are desired to attend.
Very many readers of the Democrat
will learn with deep regret of the sud
den death of Mr.. Edward Leonard,
which is chronicled in our Hollandale
items of this week He was one of
Gods noblcmen.
Mr.. G.. f. Harris, representing
Chamberlain Medicine Co., of Des
Moines, Iowa, was in Mineral Point
on Monday He was a former resi-
dent, of this place and is u brother of
Miss Melvina Harris.
The new public library of Baraboo
will be opened Sept. -. At II recent
meeting of the trustees Frank Avery
was elected president and Mrs. II. c.
Noyes, secretary.
On Friday last special committee
of the Board of Regents secured an
option on the Lewis farm of 100 acres
in the town of Madison as additional
land for the College of Agriculture.
The option is for $4,000, which in
cludes al least 81 900 worth of personal
property. This new land is not intend
ed for model farm, but is to be used
as a source of supply to the present
experiment farm.
Some sixty rattlesnakes have been
killed on the farm of John Popp in
the town of Sylvan, Richland county,
this season.
While blasting rock with dynamite
Charles Grotiin of Deerfeld had all
but the little finger blown off his left
hand.
At Benton on Friday last Sheriff
Bennett arrested two men, who give
their names as Fred Hollishs and
August Morse. They had some new
iewelry and were unable to give an
account of themselves. They are held
awaiting telegram from Elroy.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. p. Rindlaub of
Platteville, are enjoying the Wisconsin
Editorial excursion.
Madison ). Oak. outlook: We
desire to compliment the Minneapolis
Times on its group picture of Tom
Bishop. BY special arrangement the
artist was enabled to get all of him in
the picture, no detail being omitted, /,
and we are glad to note that he is
all looking we'll.
Mr.. d. +. Jacobs in his journeyings
as commercial traveller. i doing eX-
cellent service in advertising the at
fractions of the Southwestern Wiscon-
sin Fair. He is man who always
stands up for his home city, and proves
an active worker in any position in
which he is placed.
The Lafayette County fair will be
held at Darlington August q. >, u,
and -. The managers are putting
forth every possible effort to make the
exhibition a success. J. II. Nattrass is
superintendent Of the Educational De-
partment.