Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-08-07

Mrs. r. w. Harrison left this
morning for her home in lie Mars,
Iowa, after several weeks visiting
relatives and friends in this city.
Themes at M. r. Church next
Sunday: Morning, "The Coronation
OF the King" Evening, "Narrowness
and Righteousness"
From the Worthington Iowa)
Advance we learn of the death of
Louis Kissell, which occurred July
q, 1902, of Brights disease. Deceased
was born in Mineral Point 36 years
ago, and was son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Kisselr who most of are older
citizens well remember. He was
fireman on the Omaha road. A wife
survives him, also his mother, a sis
ter and two or three brothers.
Darlington Republican, Journal
learns that IAN effort is being made
by the tiZens of Mineral Poinl, Mon
roe, Brodhead and Darlington to in
duce the officials of the Milwaukee,
road to put Sunday passenger train
on the Mineral Point division of the
system. They want IL train to leave
Milwaukee early Sunday morning
and to return in the evening, so thew
may be supplied with the SUNDAY
newspapers. Although the officials
have not as yet made answer To the
request it is the prevailing opinion
that the Lew train service will be in
augurated. twill greatly benefit the
patrons along the lineand the change
will be gladly Welcomed
Attorney j. p. Smoker has be-
gun suit against Julius Williams of
Dodgeville, to recover fees and mon
ely loaned to the amount of 1896. I'm
1899 Williams retained Smoker to
secure for him II divorce from his
wife. While the suit was pending
Williams went to Chicago where he
paid his board at the hotels with
checks which lac issued against
Smoker to the amount of SI0S,lO.
These the attorney hon0red upon his
promise to repay, and later endorsed
notes for him, which the lawyer was
eventually compelled to redeem,
raising the total amount of Williams
indebtedness to S225. En- addition to
the money advanced, Mr.. Smoker
asks S27l for legal services. The suit
is brought to cover the entire amount
of 1896.
Mr.. Joseph Blackstone was found
dead in his bed at his home in Shulls-
burg, Sunday morning, July 9th. He
and his family attended the circus
Saturday evening and be seemed to
be in good health and was very jov-
ial with his friends On his return
home from the circus he took bath
and retired. Between seven and
eight O'Clock the next morning his
daughter Eva on entering his room
found him dead. DR.. G. c. Gratiot
was called by telephone and decided
from the appearance of the body that
life had been extinct for seven or
eight hours, heart disease being the
cause of death. The diseased was
born December II 1889 in the town of
White Oak Springs. He enlisted in
Co. K, 10Th Reg. Wisconsin Volun-
teers during the War of the REBEL
ion and served until the close of the
war.
"A Mineral Point nine consisting
of six of this years high school club
and and three others, namely, Frank
Bray and Will Jones of this city, and
John Ovitz of Platteville, defeated
the Darlington city team on the fair
grounds in this city, last Monday af-
ternoon, by the score of III too. The
score stood 6 to 2, in favor of Darling
ton, at the end of the 5th inning
when the battery, J. Ovitz and Jones
was exchanged for +. OvitZ and En-
zenroth. Ovitz, the Mineral Point
boy wonder, then made three men
lay down the stick. Mineral Point
then came to bat and tied the score.
The next inning Ovitz famed two
and the third popped up an easy one
and failed to reach first. In the fol-
lowing innings Darlington made 3
and Mineral Point more runs, re-
sulting in the above score. Notice.
able for his excellent playing and
putting confidence and life into the
other players, was Frank Bray, who
played shortstop on the University
of Wisconsin nine this spring, but
now employed in this city, ana who
will play with the Mineral Point
club this Simmar