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

I NEWS OF THE VICINITY
J Digest OF News in Iowa County and in the
4 Neighborhoods Surrounding.
IOWA CouNTY-GENERAL.

IOWA OUNTY-GENEKAL.
The annual session Of the 9TH Dist.
lodge, |. O. G. r., comprising the
counties of Iowa, Grant and Lafay-
cite, has been postponed until Tues
day and Wednesday, October 18th
and 10th, at Dodgeville.
John G. Pyle and son, Homer, left
Dodgeville ON Wednesday, of last
week for Milwaukee 10 consult spec
ialists for treatment of the sons eyes.
The old Avoca hotel, which was
destroyed by fire last winter, is to be
rebuilt by n. Motelet and son, Paul,
who now conducts livery stable at
Avoca
A letter received by Jas. stephens,
of Dodgeville, from Truro, England,
announced the death of Edw. North
ely, brother Of the late stephen
Northey, and resident Of Dodge
Vile many years ago. The death oc-
CURED on the 9TH of the present
month. Ills age was II years.
The following is list of the mem
bers with positions of the Dodge
Vile high school foot ball team:
Coach, Paul Jeardeau Captain, f..
Ducray; center, Pfster; guards,
Briggs, Abbey, Evans and Jewell !;
tackles, Berryman, Ducray, Harker;
ends, Wedlake, Whitman, Erby.
Grant; half-backs, T. Davis, Hahn !;
full-back, Strong, Ducray; quarter
back, ID. Davis, Mylroie; mascot,
Archie Smoker.
Fire at Mt. Horeb Monday night of
last week destroyed Il livery barn, II
blacksmith shop and two dwelling
houses, loss about $1,000.
Patrick Mcclure, resident of
Highland since 1915, died at that
place on the 18TH of the present
month, aged 70 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ashel, of Linden,
mourn for "a two-year-old son, who
died on the 10Th inst
DIR. w. j. Pearce continues to do
business at Dodgeville. The Chron-
icle records four births last week, at
tended by that popular physician.
John V. Persons, of Clyde, exhibit
ed apples ut Dodgeville last week,
raised on his place, that measured
l3il inches around.
An important case involving real
estate In the town of Waldwick, was
on hearing last week before Hon. j.
7. Smoker, Court Commissioners at
Dodgeville. The plaintiffs in the
case are, John T. Logue, Peter George
,Logue, Lawrence Levi Logue, Mary
Isabelle Logue and James Joseph
Logue, infants, by John T. Logue,
their guardian. The defendants are
G. r. Corey, j. II, Dunstau, w. G..
Hoskiug, Philip Allen, Albion =.
White. Gilmore Y. Hutchinson, Ann
Logue and Mary Reilley. The at
torneys for the plaintiffs were Orion
n Osborne, OF Darlington, and T.. G..
Fielder, of Mineral Point. Adro
jerks appeared for G. r, Corey,J, II.
Duustau and w. G. Hosking, Speus-
ley " Mcllhou for Philip Allen. j. NJ.
Smith for Albion :. White and FL
more y. Hutchinson.
Mrs. owen II. Williams, of Union
Mills, died ON Thursday, Sept. 18th.
She was an old resident and highly
respected,
An inmate who ran away from the
Asylum was found in Linden. After
spending "a night and day in straw
stack, with nothing To eat or drink.
he decided TO return to Supt. Per
kins, and was on his way back to
the Asylum when found
The man Dickinson. whose disap-
pearancc from his home ut CLYDE
was mentioned in this paper last
week, turned up after two or three
days. He can give no account of
himself during his absence 1t is
thought that he must have fallen
become stunned and bewildered, and
wandered unconscicusly away.
Martin Ryan has purchased the
hardware stock of Ed. Bunbury al
Ridgeway, and Will build an addi-
ton to his grocery store.
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