Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-08-11
NEWS OF THE VICINITY

Digest of News in Iowa County and in the /,
Neighborhoods Surrounding.


IOWA CoUNTY-GENER
From the Linden Southwest Wlseo nSial
MIR. and Mrs. WILDER Rule are en-
tertaining a new daughter.
Rev. C. Cook has had quite a severe
spell Of sickness but is now on the
mend.
We hear that Mr.. James Wicls, Jr.
proposes to erect "A new dwelling
He has a fine sight for building.
Miss Clara Noel has arrived home
from a soiourn Of something more
than year and n half with her sis
ter. Mrs. :. Pollard, at Tacoma, Wash
ington.
Mrs. Witherspoon, of Minneapolis,
better known in this locality as Miss
Annie Hooper, arrived in the village
Tuesday evening Of last week on n
visit in thi. vicinity to relatives and
friends.
From the Dohrcvillo Chroniclel
Miss Lizzie Robbins has returned
home from a visit among friends
in Milwaukee and Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert \. Jones, OF
Bevier, Missouri, are on "A visit to
their old friends, after an absence of
thirty-four years.
Mrs. Mary Murphy and daughter
Miss May ore in thu city visiting
friends and will 90 to Mineral Point
10 visit the graves OF departed friends
in the Irish Catholic cemetery.
The laying of the corner stone OF
the new Catholic church at Dodge
Vile which was to have taken place
at Dodgeville, Aug. ID, was postponed
on account of the rain till Tuesday
August 9th.
The many friends in this city oi
Mr.. Arthur l.. Jones, formerly of the
law firm of jerks d Jones, of this
city, ahd son of the late Judge John
r. Jones, will congratulate him fol
his spirit of patriotism in joining
the army of invasion of the Ameri-
can Provinces of Spain. He enlisted
in Co. !. 18TH regiment Minnesota
infantry, and is now in camp at Camp
Ramsey, at ~. Paul, and occupies
the position in his company of First
or Orderly Sergeant.
tFrom the New starr
Mrs. w. =. Peters returned last
week after spending the summer at
Lacrosse and Portage, Wis.
Sheriff Wallis has been at Dubuque
Iowa, visiting friends. He was ac'
compouied home by his Daughter
Miss Nettle who has been spending
the past two months in that city.
Waldwin the seven-year-old sol
OF Thomas Thomas and wife, who re
side one mile east of the city o
Dodgeyille had one of his eyes re
moved in Chicago last week. TIN
injury to the eye which made its re
moval necessary was caused by tn
accidental explosion of cartridge
which happened a few weeks ago.
tFrom the Holandnle Review
win and Mike Fallon left las
week for Grand Forks, y. Oak, SO
ing by team. They expect to b
about two weeks on the road.
Died, "Wednesday, Aug. 3, ISIS, Nj
Benz. Barstow. at the home of hi
sister, Mrs. David Powers, of Adams
willie. The funeral occurred Friday
Henry Bollerud is either trym
10 set an example to his fello'
tuwnsmen or preparing to go into TIN
race Tor office. This is our delibel
ate judgement after learning that h
began his fall blowing August ith.
f. Bohan, of sand Rock Vale.
has in his service one of the be,
men we have heard of. lie is abb
TO pitch 80 loads Of grain a day, mil
Ii COWS night aud morning, and I'll
not feel TOO tired to make the IA
birds climb during his spare IN,
ments. Such man surely earns b
wages.