Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16

: NEWS OF THE VICINITY !
Digest Of News in Iowa County and in the !.
Eeighborhoods Surrounding.
IOWA COUNTY.

position at Omaha TINS summer.
The road superintendent of Linden
village is macadamizing that por-
ton Of Franklin street between j..
| Pollard's barber shop and the town
pump.
j. Harker, of Linden, while down
at his farm place one day last
week, came upon family of badgers.
| Two he killed, one he capturned and
brought home alive. 1t was a great
curiosity to many young badgers
who had never before seen one Of
the four-footed kind
A game Of base ball was played at
| HOllandale last week between the
home team and the Blanchardville
zine, i'm which Hollandale was the
winner by a score of q to ii.
| b. Holland, Of Hollandale, last
week received car load of damaged
corn from the recently burned Gle
vator of Armor & Go. Of Chicago.
The town of Moscow rejoices that
it never had a better prospect for a.
bountiful crop than it has at the
present time.
Sheriff Wallis levied on number
of cattle and hogs belonging to the
Reilly estate, of Moscow, last week,
taking the same to Sever Disrud's
place southeast Of Hollandale. On
an order from the plaintiffs attor-
II W the stock was delivered to John
II. Logue, the administrator of the
estate.
The Commercial House at Hollan-
dale is said to be doing a thriving
business.
George Swanson, a former resident
Of the town of Moscow, died at Ken
nedy, :. Oak, June 9TH. He was
born and raised near Evansville,
His fathers farm was one of those
swept by the cyclone of 1878, in
which his parents were both kill
ed, and George sustained IA broken
leg and other injuries. He moved to
Dakota about three years ago.
Fire destroyed barn, 5uggy,
brand new wagon and several other
articles on the William Costley
place in the Blue river valley, Mon
day afternoon, the 9th.
The Avoca Touring mill is hardly
able to fill orders, Icing greatly
rushed.
The road from Cobb to Highland
is almost impossible in places, IN the
Eden district, and should an acct
| q snt occur that town would probably
have opay damages.
Miss Helen Stratman, of Dodge
vile, has been engaged by the Mil
| waukee Board of Education as one
of the teachers for the coming year.
Invitations have been issued for
the marriage of Mr.. Llewellyn Da-
vics ond Mrs, Sue A. Lamb, both of
Dodgoville, which will take place
at the residence of the bride ON
Thursday morning, June 18th.
y small burglary was committed
in the butcher shop of T, J. Prideaux
one night last week, by cutting the
wire screen over the rear window
for an entrance, and then securing
two hams, about 20 lbs, Of sausage,
and taking q few coppers from the
money drawer.
The Dodgeville High school board
has engaged the following teachers
forthe coming year: Principal, De
Witt Elwood; Assistant Calvin G..
Babcock; Eighth Grade, Paul Jer-
deauX; seventh, Lizzie Johns; Sixth,
Hannah Reddy; Fifth, Geneva
Coates; 18th, Kate PrideauN; Third
and Second, Nellie Robbins; First,
Ida Bishop.
The Commencement exercises of
the Dodgcville High school were at
tended by large audience. The
graduates are Throop Strong, Mamie
reubcrthy, Nellie Elliot, John Will
son, Ed Johns and Nina Lawrey.
Married at the home of the groom's
mother Mrs. Edwin Elliot, in Dod-
geyille, June Z, 1898, by Rev. II. Tit
marsh, Mr.. Edward A. Elliot and
Miss paulina Evans.
Monday was Dog Day in Dodgev1e
aud the marshall had an exhibition of
his prowess ON the street in the af-
ternoou, which excited the curious
ityof the boys and theretch of others.
Married, at the Plymouth Cougre-
gatioual Church, in nodgeville, June
5, lses, by Rev. r. ritmatsh, Mr.. Jo-
seph W. Reed, OF Highland, and Miss
Adelia Anderson, of Dodgeville.
The electric company, of Dodge
VILE, is doing very neat and efficient
work i'm polling and wiring the streets
tor the lights. Thcpole- are large
land smooth. securely soft and tho