Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-03-24
! NEWS OF The VICINITY F.;
Digest of News in Iowa County and in the :.
Neighborhoods Surrounding.
IOWA COUNTY.


on rhe large new building to be
| erected on the old Commercial House
corner opposite the court house at
Dodgeyille.
Mrs. A. Charles has sold her stock
and store business at Edmund to a
party from Platteville.
Anaconda mine at Linden is work
ing a full force of men night and day.
They are raising large quantities of
blackjack and have a large corps of
cleaners. The sheet is large and
Of a good appearance.
a child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Shipley died at Rewcy on the llth
inst, and was buried at Montfort on
the following Sunday, Rev. p. :.
Mathcr officiating. The funeral was
unusually large for that of cnild.
r. Kennedy. of Highland, has been
in Chicago for fortnight in the in
tercst of "A steel fence post patented
by himself. The bids were for some
government fencing. About three
dozen bidders competed.
Michcal Ford, who resides a few
miles west Of Highland, had his
house, together with his stables and
out buildings, completely destroyed
by fire on Monday night Of last week.
Chicago papers report that Evan
Lewis has been down there With II
pocketful Of money, which he wants
to put up for wrestling match
against lousouf, the Turk, or Jenk-
ms, Of Cleveland. He says he will
wrestle for all or any part of $1,000,
catch -as-catch-can. Failing TO make
match with either Of the above. the
challenge, he says, il open % all
The sad news has reached Linden
of the death Of Mrs. VIM. Collard, of
Des Moiues Iowa. Deceased was born
at Linden in 1894 and lived there a
! great many years. She was well
| known, being daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Pryor, ST., and was mar
ried to VIM. Collard in 1859, and
some time aftcrward they moved to
Iowa, whore they have lived ever
since. She was taken sick with
pneumonia about the 7th inst. and
died on the 10Th. She leaves to
mourn her loss her husband, mother,
| brothers and sister and many other
relatives and friends.
| w. ID. PrideauX, eX-register of
deeds for this county and present
assistant =. NJ. at Dodgevillc, recent
| ~ received word from Adrian, Mimi,
that his brother, Josiah PrideauX,
has suddenly disappeared from his
! farm home near that place and his
whereabouts were unknown. Mr..
Prideaux tclcgraphed that a search
for his brother be instituted and re-
ceived a dispatch requesting him to
wire friends in Michigan inquiring
if the missing enc had turned up
there, this he did with noen courag-
! ing result. Becoming alarmed at
the peculiar circumstances, Mr.. p.
left for Adrian to make n full inves-
tigatiou of the matter.
NJ. j. Tappms, of Dodgeyille, who
has been a clerk in the office of the
state Board of Control for the past
year, has been promoted to the posi-
tion of secretary TO fill the vacancy
occasioned by tho death of Secretary
d. = Comfy.
The current expenses Of the city of
Dodgevillo for the past year, as
nearly as can be gathered from the
official records, including claims
paid, officers salaries and interest
on city debt, amounted to as nearly
5000 rs any other round number.
This amount must he paid from tax
on property. licenses, dog and poll
tax aud refund from county for tom
porary aid. The property tax paid
this year was $1,000, and if the Ii
ceuscs be cut off us some propose,
the next tax would not be much
short of $1,000 for city purposes, and
this would be exclusive OF the school
taxes. The boudeu debt of the city
at present, exclusive of schools in
I debtcdupse, is $g$,5u,-Chrouiclc.
/ NElGUHoEuuupS SUREoUNDING.
Ted Miller OF Benton has plr-
chased the well-kuowu trotting
horse, Hector, from the Bailey es-
state at platteyille.
The Masonic fraternity Of Darl-
iugton, have purchased a lot and in
tend to erect Masonic Temple the
coming summer.
Mr. and Mrs. j. j. Bridgman of
Lamont, celebrated their Goth we'd
ding anniversary at their home on