Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-07-14

NATURE intended man to b
strong, to love and be loved. Can
expect much from a sickly, uerveles
man,-'taint in him. Rocky Noun
tain Tea brings nerve, strength.
EASTMAN d MEsERoLE.
A BUSLoAD of Masons came from
Dodgeville Monday evening to sup
port VIM. Mitchell, of that city
through the ordeal of taking an ad
vance degree in Free Masonry. Bro
Hearn, of the Chronicle, was of til,
party.
READERS will excuse the devotion
of so much space to the subject OF
congressional nominee. The mo-
mentous question will be decided
August 9th, after which we will have
time and space to devote to other
matters.
Hon. j. NJ. SMITH, with his daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Latin, visited in Galena
last week. They were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Crawford, who made
their stay in the quaint old town
highly pleasant.
THE Race of the Oregon in the
July Demorest's, describes in DASH
ing poem the fourteen-th Thousand mile
race of the great battleship. 1t is
illustrated by fine drawing of the
" Oregon and photograph of Cap
tam Clark, the now famous comman-
der.
THE ladies of Pleasant View will
hold an ice cream and cake social in
their church, three miles east of
the city of Mineral Point, Tues
day, July 18th. If the weather is not
favorable on the date set, the social
will be held the following evening,
July Goth.
OUR excellent band will give an
open air concert on the street tomor-
row friday evening, and on Tues
day night of next week they will
give an ice cream social and concert
in the city park. Proceeds for the
benefit of the band. Everybody
should turn out
BRO. GEORGE CRAWFORD, of the
Democrat. was seen Monday eve
ming carrying large travelling bag,
tabled on one side, "Cuba" and on
the other, "Klondyke,' indi 'atihg
that he was about to enter upon "A
journey, but undecided whether to
go north or south.
Mrs. w. r. CoAD, known in this city
when a girl as Miss Whittlesey, is
visiting friends here after an absence
of many years. Her present home
is at Rapid City, South Dakota,
where her husband is leading and
lawyer. Mrs. Coad is
accompanied by three children.
JOHN CALVERT, wife and daughter,
were guests of John G. and Mrs. II.
]. p. Martin from Saturday last to
Monday mornings train. Mrs. Cal
vert is "A niece of J. c. Martin and
now resides in Whitewater, where
her husband has been for some time
in the employ of the G. & M. r. r.
THE Board of review for the city
of Mineral Point, which has been in
daily session for "A week, suggested
a few changes from the assessors
with view to equal
izing taxes. All those whose valu-
alton it was proposed to raise were no.
tilted, and given chance to appear
before the Board with any objec-
tions they might have to offer
IT is peculiar coincidence that
the secretaries of the Dodgeville and
Mineral Point fairs for 1898 have Sc
cured the same forms of advertising.
Without any consultation, both Off
GERS selected lithograph posters and
hangers from samples received from
a printing house, and their surprise
and modification was mutual when
they found their selections were pre-
cisely the same.
II is many years since there has
been so much demand for labor in
and about Mineral Point, as the
present summer. This is mainly on
account Of the continued running
of the zinc works, which usually
shuts down from June lst to Septem-
Der or October, and to the putting in
of our water works system. Farm
ers have some difficulty to get sufii-
cient help for haying. and antici-
pate the same for the approaching
harvest.
HoN. r. l.. JOINER called on
friends in this city Monday. The ex-