Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-29

pended publication-starved out.
| n. f.. France. Of Platteville, picked
a bushel Of peaches from his trees
last week. The fruit was as fine as
any shipped in from warmer eli
mates.
Ignatius Wunderlin, of Potosi, was
found dead in bed on the morning of
| the 18th inst. He expected to at
tend the Landcaster fair tina: day
and arose early in the morning, but
| finding the hour about 3 o'clock re-
turned to bed again. When his wife
went to call him he was dead.
w. A. Garden has left Belmont for
Sioux City, Iowa, where he will make
his home for the winter and possibly
longer.
Mrs. Engelkee, wife of Henry En-
gelkee, of Cottage Inn, died last
week of typhoid fever. This family
is sorely afflicted. Two children are
sick with the same disease and Mr..
Engelkee is also not well.
Frank Budd, of Platteville, was
very badly injured in y runaway
near Belleville, Green county, on the
18th inst. He was thrown between
the buggy box and wheel, with his
head between the broken spokes, and
that member was nearly twisted off.
He was brought home and, while he
has been gradually improving since,
he is still unable to use his vocal or
gans.
The NJ. +. church of Shullsburg,
which has been undergoing extern
sive repairs the past summer, was
reopened last Sunday.
Considerable blackjack is being
shipped from Shullsburg, and "A
number of teams have been hauling
ore from the Empress mine near
Etna.
The question as to whether Shulls-
burg shall be entirely given over to
the young hoodlums, who by their
acts are di5gracing themselves. their
parents and the city, is one that con-
fronts the citizens of that place.
A new mining company has been
formed at Benton to start operations
in Southeast aPotosi, on Richard
Bells land.
GAINESVILLE is to have pearl but
ton factory, which is expected to be
in operation by October LIST.
sam Bates, the lucky pearl fisher,
lately found four grain pearl in the
Pecatonica river near Darlington.
w. Hood, of Spring Green, is an
independent republican candidate
second district of Sank county. He
announces he cannot support the
regular republican nominee because
said nominee is not in har-
mony with the party platform for
abolition of passes, and further, he
declares his choice for L. :. Senator
to be Hon. r. NJ. LaFolette.
The Bloomington post-ofiice was
robbed Thursday night of last week.
The safe was blown open and all the
stamps and money taken. There is
no clue to the robbers.
Frank Woods and Miss Mary Kos
ter, of Platteville, were married last
week at the home of the brides par
ents.
While securing IA load of sand in
the town of Waterstown, IA few days
ago, John b. Johnson and his sons
discovered the nest of bull snake,
which contained 81 eggs. They were
of large Size-betwe that of hens
egg and a goose egg-round in form.
Each held "A baby snake, varying in
length from foot to eighteen inches,
and all nearly ready to hatch out.
Hon. o. B. Thomas, eX-con yress-
man, has been nominated by the re-
publicans of Crawford county for the
office of district attorney.
The Dubuque Times says man
was in that city looking up the mat
ter of givinga bull fight if he could
get the consent of the city author
tiles.
Henry Ellwell, of Cassville, has re-
turned from the Klondike. Ellwell
brought back some momentoes ofthe
trip, but none in the form of gold,
He tells the same story as the other
returned argonauts. There is gold
in the country, but to get it one has
70 stand severe priyations.
ANY one wanting to puharcse "A