Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-12-25

price, It's rising every day, and he
Takes IN all kinds of cash for half a
ton of hay The farmer is in the
saddle and when he comes to town.
the rest of US by right should 90 away
back and sit down.
The following formed a Jolly
sleighing party to Dodgeville one
evening last week: Misses Nettie
Whaleu, Jennie Jones, Minnie
Brown, Henrietta Weise, Lizzie
Mathews, Katherine Hutchinson,
Abbie T., Parmely and Temperance
Knight.
The annual meeting of Dodge
vile Town Farmers Mutual Fire In
surance Co. Will be held in the town
clerks Office in the town of Dodge
vile, on Tuesday. jan. 6, 1903, at 10
O'Clock q. IN. a full attendance is
desired. Prominent among other
things will be a proposition to add to
our territory the remainder OF Min
eral Point town. r. Rowe, Sec.
-Blanchardville Blade: A. Blauch-
ard fell off from n load o. wood
Monday and hurt his hip. which will
necessitate his remaining in the
house for few days. He was riding
on the top of The load, when the
sleigh struck slanting place in the
road and slowed to one side, causing
the stakes to break and letting Mr..
Blanchard fall to the frozen ground
Last Friday, James Anderson, the
perintendent of the Grant county
insane asylum, committed suicide at
IL O'Clock in his sick room at the
asylum, by shooting himself through
the mouth. The ball went up through
his head and lodged between the
scalp and the skull. The act was
prompted by long continued i'll
health.
Mr., and Mrs. f. G. Andrews, of
Denver, surprised their friends in
this city last week by arriving for
holiday visit. This is Mr.. Andrews
first visit to his boyhood home in II
~
some time the past summer. The fac
tory in which Mr.. Andrews is en-
ployed was destroyed by fire recent
ly, and he concluded that while
waiting for it to be rebuilt was
good time to make his old home a
visit.
-Blanchardville Blade: Michael
Brew and daughter Kate visited
friends and relatives at this place
Thursday and Friday. Mr.. Brew
seems to be well pleased with his To-
cation, which is three and one half
miles from Mineral Point. II. +. ID.
No. passes by his residence also a
telephone line, which makes his
home seem almost the suburbs of the
Point.
-Piattevilla Witness: The Slower
drilling outfit, Of Mineral Point, has
just finished drilling three holes for
jack on John l.. Kleibenstein's land
south of town. Indications are re-
ported good. The land is leased by
the Rockford Mining and Develop
ment CO.. which consists of twenty
seven men in Rockford, H., and
Winfield Ray and Zed Draper of this
city.
Special end of-the-year services
each evening Of next week. This is |
in response to call of the Bishops
of the church, who suggest that the
closing days of the year be given to
prayer and religious service. The
meetings will begin at 1880 on each
evening except Wednesday. when a
night watch meeting, beginning at
10 o'clock and closing at II, will be
held All are earnestly invited to
attend and participate in these
meetings.
The Hill City Camp of Royal
Neighbors of America elected the
following officers Dec. 8th:
Oracle-Mrs J Dunn
Vice Oracle-Mrs Whitford
Recorder-Mrs + Thoma
Receiver-Mrs i Folliard
Chancellor-Mis b Reidle
Past Oracle-Mrs + Weidenfeller
Sentinels--Mrs J Foster
Mrs A Collins
EXam--Dr 5 p Deahofe
Marshals-Mrs j Deahofe
Mrs Bridges
-Platteville News: Mr.. Thomas
Kitto died at his home in British
Hollow Friday, at the age of 70 years.
He was one of the pioneer settlers of
this section of the state having pass
ed through many hardships incident
to early life in the west Fifty years
ago while blasting in the mines he
was injured by an explosion causing
blindness. During all these years he
has been deprived of sight, but al