Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-25

VII uc tuc emu ol IL All. IN, what
viii the shirt waist man take next
from things he has to wear? And
what wilfthe net waist girl throw of
the shoulders now so bare? The
shirt waist man and the net waist
girl go rollcking down the way;
have we started trend that Is going
to end in the old fig leaf some day?
--Platteville Witness: The jack
at the Enterprise is the purest found
in the State, assaying 62ia per cent,
1t can be seen that the company has
pretty good thing. 1t is singularly
fortunate that the first deep water
mine in this immediate vicinity
should make such fine showing
Some weeks ago buggy belong
ing to John Toppins was taken at
night from the Freeman barn in
ShuIsburg and latter found in hole.
Last week Thomas McNaughton
liverman of that city was accused of
the offense and arrested and placed
under bonds of two hundred dollars
for his appearance at the circuit
court.
If you notice a young lady on
the street twisted up to resemble the
letter "S,' stepping like she was
walking on the sharp end OF tacks
and apparently in the last stage of
cholera morbus--she is not in such
misery as the uninitated would
imagine. She is simply giving you
the kangaroo walk which is the lat
est.-Exchange.
The house on the farm of Arnold
II. William, in the south east part
of the town of Dodgeville, was de-
stroyed by fire on Wednesday of last
week. Charles r. Williams, who OPP
crates it was at the creamery. and his
wife was at II spring Cor water when
she discovered the house to be on
fire, and had barely time to rush in
and get her baby out. Furniture and
other contents of the house were all
burned. Loss on house $1,000, in
sured for 800; on furniture, clothing,
etc. loss 800, insured for $50.
That this has been II very unus-
ual year, with its late, cold spring
and its hot, dry summer in some
parts Of the country, and hot, wet
summer in others, is usually agreed
to be the fact But the most usual
thing as regards our weather, taking
one year with another, is that 1t IL
unusual. The spring was little
later and a little colder than it was
year ago, but the heat has been nc
more intense, except for short inter
walls and in scattered localities, ano
there has not yet been so much OF Il
as there was last year. So thinks ar
exchange.
Will some one who thinks thai
baseball draws the big crowds t
the Mineral Point fair please ex
plain why it is that games gotten VI
when no fair is on, even between
clubs supposed to be the best and tt
have the greatest following of any
in the county, never draw enough t.
pay the purses? Note the game be
tween the rival clubs of Highland
and Linden in this city lately, whei
business houses were closed, liberia
advertising done and other infu
ences exerted to induce the people t.
attend Yet the gate receipts
amounted to less than the purse OF
fered.
Highland people always ge
treated right at Mineral Point, M
matter whether it is a base bal
game, fair, Fourth or just plail
business trip visit. AS result
not a rig remains in town not Spoken
for to attend their First and Bes
Fair. Aug. 20-23. Mineral Point fel
lows could afford to pay just halfth'
expense of grading an electric linz
from Highland, through Cobb ant
Linden to Point, as it would surely
double the grand old towns pop
ulation and business in five years
If the right energy was directed "B'
dad weuns could all ride to the Pin
on kyar to attend the 1902 fair
Highland Press.
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