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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-08-21
MINERAL POINT. WISCONSIN. THURSDAY AUGUST 81 1902

Miss Nellie Mankey, of Newell,
Ia, is visiting her grandmother and
other relatives in Mineral Point. The
audience at the NJ. f.. church enter
tainment last Friday evening was
favored with solo by Miss Mankey.
who has II rich, we'll trained voice.
Her father, Thos. Mankey, arrived
here Tuesday to partake Of the fair
and interview boyhood associates.
For rent, two dwelling houses
one of six rooms, large lot and barn
the other of ten rooms, suitable for
one or two tenants.
Soft DAVID Brown.
Mr.. J. j. Hanscom, with his wife
ami three boys, went by carriage to
Devils Lake the past week. They
left here Friday and returned Tues
day, taking two days for the trip each
way, and spending Sunday at the
Lake.
General Decentralization of the
Tribune force, incident to the fair, is
responsible for any delinquences
that may be found in this issue. But
the people are so generally occupied
In like manner as the printers--at-
tending the fair that criticisms are
not expected to be many.
qshara 10 . ,ro,,,, ,x;,l 10, 90, .i,,..,.la.
"A sweeter girl in sailor brm.
Bit the handsomest girl you'll ever see
rs the sensible girl who uses Rocky Noun.
tain Tea Eastman a. Meseroe.
Mrs. Patterson, known as Miss
Mary Thomas when girl in this
community, is a guest at the home of
he Nrlnt, Mrs. John Gray, Mrs. Pat
terson is accompanied by a married
daughter, Mrs. Davis, with her child
and nurse. Their present residence
is at Dayton, Ohio.
Attention is directed to the off,
cial notice of general election in this
paper. Voters should especially give
attention to the several proposed
constitutional ammendments to be
voted on. These are Of more vital
consequence than who shall fill the
various officesfo the next two years.
The reading by Miss Martha
Irish at the entertainment given by
the Epworth League in the M. f..
chGgch last Friday evening, dis
plVsd talent in conception of SUBJ
jecsV From grave to gay, from pa
thos to playfulness, she passed readi-
ly, and in each character was a
pleasing success.
Mr.. VIM. Penberthy offers his
house and lots for sale, in south part
of city. House has five rooms, all ON
one floor. A good cistern, wood house
and choice lot OF shade trees, Will
be sold at a reasonable price. Prem
Uses all in number one repair. For
particulars and terms see
25tf J. Il. REYNOLDS.
If it wasn't popular, If it wasn't
loved by the people, why do dealers
say? I'VE have something just as
good as Rocky Mountain Tea" Thin
it over. 80 cents. Eastman q Mes
erole.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-08-21
Smoke Flamingo.

Smoke Flamingo.
Try Spooner's high test gasoline
more heat more light and burns
longest.
To rent, good house with five
rooms and cistern, In southern part
of city, for $3.50 month. Inquire Of
JOHN B. WALLIS, Phone 81.
Mr.. Paul Brewer enjoyed visit
of several days the past week. visit
ing friends at Linden and Cobb.
Editor Geo. Crawford and family
are enjoying visit from Miss Viola
Tubman of Chicago.
TO cure Indigestion aud consti-
patton take Coles Laxative Liver
Pills. % cents. Sold and guaran-
teed by all druggists.
M isses Helen Harris and Ada
Weidenfeller and the brothers James
and raymond drove to Platteville
Wednesday, the Goth inst, to attend
the weddidg OF their friend Miss
Bessie Steenberg, at the home Of her
uncle, DR.. McGregor.
"a merciful man is me rciful to
his beasts" 1t is not only merciful
but economical TO always keep Coles
Veterinary Carbolisalve where you
can put your hand on it at a NOM
ent's notice. 1t is the best remedy
in the world for cuts, gals, scratches
and sores Of all kinds. Always heals
without scars and reneUs the hair IN
its originat coiOy. Always get Coles
soc and 81. Sold and guaranteed by
all druggists.
Professor Alfred Vivian has sold
his nice residence at Madison, to-
gether with most Of his furniture,
preparatory to removal to Ohio, to
enter upon his duties as Associate
Professor OF Agricultural Chemistry,
in the University of that state. He
found purchaser for his Madison
property within a hours after put
ting it on sale, at the price asked.
Prof. and Mrs. Vivian hoped to at.
tend the Mineral Point fair but found
they could not do SO.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-08-21

-FoR SALE-Large house and lot
in best residence part OF city. Size
of lot. 9OxI60ft. House has s rooms,
closets and pantry. New barn l8x26,
left. posts, we'll with 80 feet Of water
cistern, wood house, some fruit trees.
A very desirable home at reasonable
price. For terms and price see
JOHN CuRNow
or j. B. REYNOLDS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-08-21
The Local Field.
a r. BISHOP for FttTniture.....

-Spooner'S for oil.
Smoke "Red Trunk cts.
-Correll & Martin for clothing.
Notice the display of Straw Hats
in window at Gundry & Grays. Hats
at 22e to SOC.
Miss Annie Prideaux is home
from Lacrosse for a visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. PrideauX.
Miss Hannah Burke, of LeMars,
Iowa, is visiting M ISIS Ella Trevillian
and relatives of this city.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Phillips of
Chicago, are with their parents in
this city, and attendants at the fair.
The Misses Daisy and Violetta
Addington are out from Milwaukee
to attend the fair.
Miss Nellie Davis, of Dodgeville,
visited with Mineral Point friends,
last week.
Miss Mable Matson attended the
camp meeting at Platteville and en-
joyed a pleasant visit with her friend
Miss Lula Draper, the past week,
Miss Molle Strong, of Dodgeville,
and her cousin, Evaline Carkeek, of
Dubuque, Iowa, called on Mineral
Point friends Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. Richard Williams,
of Iowa, came to attend the great
fair, and to visit with Mrs. WIS par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Roberts.
Miss Mamie Bishop, who has
been attending the Art Institute of
Chicago this summer, is home for the
fair.
Miss Margaret Kieffer, formerly
of this city, now Of Chicago, is here
for the fair, and few days visit with
her school-day friends.
Mr.. Mike McCabe, of Chicago
suspended duties and came home to
attend the fair, and visit with his
parents.
Makes the fires of life burn with
a steady glow. Renews the happy
golden days of youth. That's what
Rocky Mountain Tea does. 80 cent:
Eastman & Meserole.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-08-21
The
Economy
Rest Tent

Approaching the need of some qniet
place for the ladies and little children
to rest and refresh themselves, while
visiting the FIST and BEST FAIR,
we have made arrangements to have
a large, roomy, cool tent, well pro-
vided with easy chairs, cots, toilet
articles, and ice water,-in charge OF
a competent lady All are invited to
make free use of the REST TENT.
If you are tired, go there and rest; if
the little ones are sleepy, take them
there and leave them; they will be we'll
taken care OF and be perfectly safe.
The Economy Rest Tent will be
located between the Secretary's Office
and the Dining Hall.
Yours very truly,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-08-21
NURSERY STOCK.

/ have the agency Of the l.. l..
May d Co. Nursery OF st. Paul,
MINI, and solicit orders for fruit and
trees and shrubbery. The
stock of this nursery has proved to
be most reliable for this climate.
JAMES WEBER,
34w3 Mineral Point, Wis,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-08-21
Old Fences For Sale.

Bids for the purchase and removal
of the old fences surrounding the
public school buildings in the End
and 4th wards of this city, will be re-
ceived by the undersigned up to noon
Of Saturday, August 10Th inst.
JOHN G. MARTIN, Chm.
32w-2 Com. on School Grounds.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-08-21
Railroad to haxel Green.

The Chicago Il Northwestern Rail-
way company will soon build
branch line two miles long to tap the
lead aud zinc mines between Bun
combe Station and Hazel Green. The
branch will leave the Platteville and
Galena line in Joe Daviess county,
Illinois, quarter of IA mile south Of
the state line, and will run north
westerly along the west bank of the
Fever river to the mouth of the Bull
branch and up the branch to the VI
entity of the Mills lode. The line has
been surveyed and right of way Sc
cured, and work will soon begin
The Kennedy Mining company, or
ganized by Calvert Spensley, G. w.
McIlhon and Philip Allen, of Miner
al Point, and Richard Kennedy, of
Highland is mining on land former
ly owned by Gabriel Mills. 1t has
crushing and separating mill in Ben
ton, which prepares for market TWEEN
ty tons Of black jack day. Another
mill is n short distance further up
the branch, operated by tho heirs of
w. w. Gillette, of Buncombe, with
whom are associated James Hoskip
and Orion & Osborn of Darlington,
who have Incorporated under the
name of the Hosksn Mining COM
pany. Both these mills were built
the present season.
On the top of the ridge between
Bull branch and Hardscrabble II the
property Of the Crawford Mining
company, of which Jefferson Craw-
ford, OF Hazel Green, is president,
and in which Governor La Toilette is
Interested This mine always was
productive until the work was
stopped by the veins of ore going
down into water too heavy for prim-
| tive appliances to remove. This OBJ
stacle recent improvements have en-
abled the present owners to over
come.
Mr.. Crawford and others are taking
measures TO have the railroad ex-
tended from the mouth Of Bull
branch up Hardscrabble to Hazel
Green, which can be reached by a
track only two miles long.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-08-21
Flower Carnival.

The Christian Endeavor will hold
it's annual flower carnival Monday
evening, Aug. 25, in the lecture room
of the p. M. church. Potted flowers
for sale, and lst and End prizes given
on the following cut flowers:
Asters
Bachelors Buttons
Drummond Phlox
Gaillardias
Geraniums in boquets
Nasturtiums
Pansies
Sweet Peas, single variety
Sweet Peas, mixed
Verbenas
Competitor open to all, no charge
for entering flowers. Ice cream and
cake for sale. Admission 10 cents,
children under IL years, 5 cents.
Will Blewett, who has been for
several months special railway
clerk, is promoted to the position of
Transfer Clerk in the railway mail
service at Milwaukee.
Miss Lena Gilman gave a pleas
ant card party for number of her
friends, at the home of her father,
Mr.. Chas. Gilman, on Tuesday even
ing.
Mrs. +. Y. Hutchinson spent sew
eral days last week at the M. f.
church camp meeting, near Platte
vile. Mr.. Hutchinson and Mr.. J. b.
Reynolds were at the camp Sunday.
Mrs. Elisha Nichols and daugh-
ter, and young lady friend of the
latter, all of Perry, Iowa, are guests
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Sims, while enjoying the fair.
Ed McCabe, of this city, has ac-
cepted the princ.palship of the pub
lie schools of Athens, this state. He
leaves for his duties week from
tomorrow.
Miss Mable Allen gave a recep-
ton Monday afternoon from till 6,
at the home of her grandmother,
Mrs. John Gray, for Mrs. Davis, of
Dayton, Ohio, who is a guest at the
Gray homestead.
Rev. Jenk Lloyd Jones, of All
Grace church of Chicago, will preach
in P. M. church morning and even
ing on Sunday, the 3lst. Mr.. Jones
occupies 4 prominent place in the
front rank of modern preachers.
The new mill installed at the En-
terprise mine, Platteville, cleaned up
last week for it's first months work,
200 tons of zinc and $4,000 lbs of lead
ore.
John Oyitz came up from Platte
vile last Friday to help the Mineral
Point nine to victory in their game
with Richland Center. He will be a
guest for few days at the home of
his Uncle, Mr.. Henry Ovitz.
1t is so commonly reported that
SEEMING is being practiced in the Pee
atonica river in Lafayette county.
that there is every reason to believe
1t true. Mr.. Game Warden, of La
Fayette, please take notice.
Maple City Self Washing Soap
contains no rosin, wood fibre or other
authorizations so common in laundry
soaps. Those who follow instruc-
tions escape all useless drudgery at
the washboard.
The hand soonest bus in the coun-
ty now cony eys passengers to the
Globe Hotel % this city. 1t is from
the Stratman factory of Dodgeville /;
credit to the taste and workman
ship of the manufacturer, and to the
enterprise of the purchaser.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-08-21
SAND, STONE and DIRT.

! will sell building stone, lime
stone or sand stone, and sand at my
quarries, or deliver anywhere in the
city. Inspection invited. Also black
dirt for lawns, etc. M. J.MINoR.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-08-21
LOST LOSTli

A small gold chain with locket.
Finder will be suitably rewarded by
leaving the same ut the store Of Del
Ter & Guttenstein.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-08-21
GUNDRY q GRAY
New Things in Mems and
Youths Fall Clothing
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING. SHOES

New Things in Mems and
Youths Fall Clothing
FOR FAIR WEEK
The famous. Cohn. wamboid & Co. clothing
Nothing like it for Service
Nothing like it for Fit
Nothing like it for Quality
Nothing like ii for Workmanship
1t is the only warranted clothing made.
and in its construction combines
all that is newest and best.
The ladies in attendance at the
First and Best Fair are invited to
inspect our stock of
LADIES' and MISSES SKIRTS
and LADIES' SUITS
New for this occasion.
The Dress Goods Stock replenished by llre
arrivals
MELROSE. MOHA1R.
PRUNELLA. SERGES,
OSCAWANA, CHEVIOTS
RHODRSHIA CREPE, TRICOTS
ETAMINE. BROADCLOTH
BASKET CLOTH MELTONS
BRILLIANTINE. GRANTEES.
The stock in this department is so
varied that the wants of all can be
satisfied.
GUNDRY & CRAY.
MINERAL POINT. WISCONSIN.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-08-21
FEED AND BOARDING STABLE.
s. JENkiN.

We have rented and fitted up the
barn on Fountain street,
for the accommodation Of those who
want horses fed and taken care Of,
for an hour, a day, or by the week.
Reliable attendants and reasonable
prices. GoRdEN Il NOBLE.
Mineral Point, Wis. 33tf.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-11
The Proper Time for Evidence.
TRutland NeWs.1

Creatures of an overweight magma
ton" is what "A contemporary calls the
charges against Mr.. Proctor. the Young
Man Who Said He Wouldn't But He Did.
Documentary Evidence. of an indisput-
able character. will back up the i'm
agination" at the proper time.-IVer-
gennes Enterprise.
THE proper time" for evidence of the
truth of an assertion is generally when
the assertion Is made. We have heard
whole lot about Mr. Proctor stating
over his own signature that he would not
be candidate for governor in 1902, but
thus far not the slightest substantiation
of such assertion has been offered. 1t
cannot be offered He never made the
statement. What Mr. Proctor admitted
ly said months ago is that he did not ex-
pect or purpose to be candidate. The
statement was entirely sincere, But con-
ditions later changed and Mr.. Proctor s
purpose was altered. There is heap of
difference between a promise or absolute
statement that a man will not do a certain
thing and the statement that he does not
expect to do II.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-11

The chamber of commerce of New York
will invite the Prince of Wales to attend
the dedication of its new home in August
or September.
Marconi's share in the sale of the Amer
lean rights to his system will be $3.50. 900
and IS per cent. of the stock of the Amer
lean Wireless Telegraph company.
Twenty thousand Indians on the SAGA
ton reservation in Arizona are suffering
from famine, and great mortality among
the Pijama and Maricopa tribes is feared.
White ranchers above the reservation
have diverted all the water and the Indi-
ands have had none for several months.
They are abandoning their ranches and
their cattle are dying by scores for lack
of food.
The will of the late ex-Premier Cecil
Rhodes. the South African millionaire
practically bequeaths his vast estate for
educational purposes. At an expenditure
of about S10.0000 900 he has provided for the
establishment of scholarships at oxford
University, which will include two for
each state and territory of the United
States as well as British Colonial and
German scholarships. The spirit of the
will, as interpreted by Editor Stead of
London, is to promote an Anglo-Amercan
union. with a view of maintaining the
peace of the world.
The casualty list of ia killed and
wounded is striking proof of the desperate
fighting between the British forces under
Cookson and Keir, and the Beers under
Delarey near Harris river March 81. The
Canadian mounted rifles bore the brunt
of the attack, and several of the Canadian
officers were wounded. Delarey's burgh-
ers sustained a decisive defeat. but the
exact figures of the loss are not given.
The Canadian rifles repeatedly disting-
uished themselves, the party commanded
by Lieut.. Bruce Carruthers holding its
post until every man was killed or wound
ed
Twenty-one persons were killed and $50
injured by the collapse of section of the
grand stand from which an immense
crowd had gathered TO witness the foot
ball game between the teams of England
and Scotland at Glasgow Saturday.
There were 10000 spectators on the ground
and large number outside. Being I'M
able to gain admission the crowd broke
some of the barriers and swarmed upon
the field The police charged, driving
the intruders back upon the terraces and
seats. The pressure on the upper por-
ton of one terrace became so great that
100 feet of IT collapsed, throwing the
mass of people to the ground 60 feet be-
low.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-11
WEST CHESTERFIELD, N. n.

c. e. Snow is improving rapidly from
his recent Illness.
Miss Gladys Butler will be the teacher
in No. school for the spring term.
Some of the farmers have been plant
ing potatoes and sowing grain the past
week.
Winfield Farr played for an entertain
ment and dance in Putney last Friday
evening
Schools in this part of he town are ex-
pected to begin their spring terms on
Monday, April II.
George Amidon and men expect to finish
their job of numbering at the south part
of the town this week.
Merrick Chandler and l.. d. Farr have
been serving as Jurors at the county
court at Keene the past week
Miss Emma Hutchins has been spend
ing a few days at her home here She
will return soon to Mortified seminary.
Rev. Mr.. Quimby's sermon last Sun
day was listened to with much salts
faction. He will be heard again April
20, at the usual hour 2:9O, p. m.
A. M. Brown has bought horse to
take the place of his faithful old Ned
which dropped dead in the road one day
last week while at work on the road
near o. E. Randalls house.
Some of the young men are planning
for May dance to be held at the hall
on Thursday evening, May 1. The
Philharmonic orchestra will furnish mu-
sic and A. II. Hines will prompt. The
ladies will furnish supper in the lower hall
as usual.
At the last meeting of the Grange Il
was voted to postpone indefinitely the
26th anniversary celebration which was
to have been held on Friday. April II.
This action was taken on account of so
many people having been exposed to the
measles, mumps and whooping cough.
At one of the regular meetings of the
Grange Saturday evening in addition to
the regular routine of business, the
lecturers literary program was given, the
first and second degrees were conferred
upon a class. and one person was rein
stated to membership. At the next
meeting, April 10, the first and second
degrees will be conferred. and II is expect
ed that at the meeting May 3, the third
and fourth degrees will be conferred up
on a full class.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-11
Zerah Colburn, the Mathematical
Prodigy.

There was a little prodigy boy In Mont
pelier. VT, In 1910. whose arithmetical call
culations were astonishing. His name
was Zerah Colburn. He was born in
the town of Cabot VT, and was six years
old on the LIST day OF September. 1910 His
father. Abba Colburn, was an honest
laborng man in very INDECENT circum-
stances. The boy never went to school
more than six or seven weeks. He could
not read without spelling. and could not
tell the figures Yet without having
been taught anything more than to count
20 or 30 he would solve quicker than the
most expert arithmetician with a pen. any
question put to him in multiplication. pro-
vided the two sums to be multiplied to-
gether were each less than 1000. II
neither of the sums amounted to 100
the answer would be given without APP
parent calculation. 1t was stated by his
father. that the boy was supposed to be
an idiot. till he was more than n year
old. At the age of three he was found
to be the brightest In the family. Moth
ing more was thought of him, till he was
observed putting hard questions to other
children. His father took the multiple
cation table and found that ne was the
master OF II In any shape II could be put
to him. He had. like his father. IL toes
and one extra finger on each hand. He
was examined by members of the Legis-
lature. by the Hon. Judge Paine General
Chittenden. Judge Painter and Judge
Crafts; and was regarded as "arith-
metical phenomenon"
Mr.. Newman Weeks of Rutland sends
us the above copied from an old YER
mont newspaper. 1t gives a very incom-
plete sketch of Zerah Colburn.
President Wheelock of Dartmouth Col
lege offered to take the boy and educate
him but his father rejected the honor
thinking he could make much money by
WI ,, IL nj v,, a.
where in the presence of Harvard College
professors, and eminent mathematician
he solved questions in multiplication of
four or five figures, rule of three. COM
pound fractions. and other complicated
mathematical problems with almost in
Simultaneous rapidity. To the question of
how many seconds in II years?" he an
swered in four seconds: '346. SOC. 0O0' and
many more difficult problems were solved
with equal rapidlty. His father exhib-
tied him in this country, England. Scot
land. Ireland and France. In his teens
he taught school in England. In 1894
after his fathers death. he came back to
Vermont and entered college here in Bur-
lington. teaching French and helping him
self along. A year or two later he be-
came a preacher in the Methodist church
In 1895 he was appointed professor of Ian
there in 1870 In his autobiography pub
lished in 1898. he says that his miraculous
powers of computation ceased as he
reached the age of Observation-Disclosures
Free Press.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-11
THE VERMONT PHOENIX,
IN THE LOCAL FIELD
SOUTH NEWFANE.
A Tribute to Rev. Mr.. Bickford's
Memory.

Copies have been received here of the
Rockland. Maine, Courier Gazette, con-
tanning an extended sketch and estimate
of the Rev. Francis s. Bickford. who died
in this place last December. The sketch
is by w. o. Fuller, jr., cousin of Mr..
Bickford, who knew him from boyhood,
and who pays an evidently sincere trib-
ue of love and appreciation to his mem
DRY. Mention is made of the bright and
earnest spirit which marked Mr.. Bick-
ford's boyhood and youth, of his fond
ness for good books and of his unusual
literary ability as shown i'm newspaper
work and other writing. As an Illus
tration of his ready wit, this clipping
from one of his reports of the Warren
market is given:
As prices are so fluctuating we can in
this issue indicate them only I'm general
terms:-
Apples-low lin the barely
Beans-in good demand SUNDAY morn
ing)
Pork-Firm Ito obstinacy.)
Corn-Pop-very active.
Indian Meal-Going like hot (Johnny)
cakes.
MISUNDERSTANDING a good run.
Lard-Very (gr) easy.
Mr.. Bickford had been a devoted and
successful minister, but for several years
had felt that he must ultimately give up
that profession. The writer says: "On
a visit last summer to his boyhood home
in Warren, he partially barganed for a
farm. 1t was his desire to come back to
those earlier scenes and, joining the
Courier-Gazette stan with rowing COM
mission, in the role of local historian,
gracefully grow old, browning
"A youth of labor with an age of ease >
But this was not to be-
In Warren Mel Mr. Rickford's native
place, his mother still lives in the enjoy
ment of health and intellectual powers
at the advanced age of so, and there is a
brother who lives upon the Old farm that
in turn his grandfather and father have
occupied.