Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-09-24
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The frost last Friday night dam
| aged corn somewhat, but not to the
extent feared at first
&C. J. Hyde, of Lancaster, a man
well known throughout southwestern
Wisconsin, suffered stroke of par
alysis at Bloomington, Grant county.
last week.
For a bilious attack take Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
let's and quick cure is certain. For
sale at Vivian's Pharmacy.
Lost, last Saturday between Min
eral Point and the cheese factory on
the Linden road, a black plush robe,
tan color lining, makers mark
"Chase.n Finder will be suitably
rewarded upon leaving same ut
Hanscom's book store.
The Wisconsin House at Avoca
has been greatly improved this sea-
son by the aid of carpenters and
painters, aud now that town can
boast OF hotel equal to any and SUI
perior to most hotels found in places
it's size.
School teachers in the vicinity of
Dubuque are so scarce that some of
the country schools which should
have re-opened the first of this month
are as yet unsupplied. Lowwages and
more stringent examinations are
given as the causes for the scarcity.
The judges OF vegetables at the
Appleton fair may know beans when
they see them, but it appears they
don't know beets. At the fair there
were fine sugar beets from four eX-
hibitors, but the judges beat the rec
ord by awarding prizes to a white
mangel wurtzel and not giving the
sugar beets even honorable mention.
Frank Duncan, an employee OF
the Jenkins-Eastman Lumber COM
pany, who has been conducting tenn
porarily the company's yard at
Shullsburg owing to the illness of
Mr.. Archie Kessler, the manager
there, has returned to his duties at
the company's yards in this city, Mr..
Kessler having sufficiently recovered
to take charge at the burg.
One advantage of the telephone
to mothers was recently illustrated
within a thousand miles from here.
Wishing to make call the mother
pulled her baby's crib up in front of
the telephone, opened the receiver,
and told central that if the baby be-
gan to cry to call her up at the
neighhor's, whose number was so
and so.
Archie Hahn, of Dodgeville
whose marvellous running at the
great athletic meet in Milwaukee
during tho state fair was reported
in last weeks Tribune, has since then
further demonstrated his wonderful
ability as Splinter by going over to
Canada and defeating all aspirants
to first honors. His victory for sec
ond time over Walsh, the supposed
ly invincible, was decisive, and
proves he is the best man in the
United States and Canada at 100 and
220 yard dashes.
"A man named Frank Meyers
hired team at Warren last week to
drive to Winslow. He took a man
named Ed. Ryan with him and on
the return trip, a few miles out of
Winslow, Ryan knocked Meyers in
sensible, robbed him and left him on
the roadside and returned to Warren
with the team and then skipped for
parts unknown. Meyers returned to
Warren and swore out warrant for
the arrest of Ryan.
Judge McIlhon left town Monday
and others protited thereby. 1t hap
pened this way: AS he was passing
express headquarters that afternoon,
on his way to the depot to board the
outgoing train, he was halted aud
informed that box Of fresh fish, ad-
addressed to him, had just arrived.
He neither expected it or knew
where it came from, and as it was u
larger supply than his wife, who was
left alone, could master, he turned to
w. p. Bliss and ye scribe, we hap
pening to be standing close by, offer
ing each a liberal mess. The same
was cheerfully accepted. Improved
to be pickerel, and was delicious.
The supposition is that Mr. Amberg,
brother of Mrs. McIlhon, sent the
fish. Thanks, Charlie.
A Remarkable Record.
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