Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-10-22
Local Overflow.

| "A l4-year old st. Paul boy has
carried the latest news from the foot.
ball field into the other world.
Mrs. Fred Hill of Savanna, ILL.,.
(nee Miss Mile Giilmann) and her
sister, Miss Lena Gillmann, went to
IChicago from here Monday morning
Their stay in the busy, hustling city
will be brief.
Judge Thomas, the efficient reg
lister of probate for this county, met
with a hearty greeting while in our
city Saturday. Why not come oftener,
Judge? There's no danger Of wear
| ing out your welcome.
| The box social mt the Willow
Springs parsonage, postponed on ac-
count OF bad weather, will be held on
Wednesday evening, Oct. 18th; If
weather is unfavcrable it will be held
on the following evening. Everybody
invited.
| Rev. Thomas Kent of Detroit is
visiting in our city, the guest If DR..
and Mrs. Deahofe, while Mrs. Kent
is at New Haven, Conn, caring for a
sick son, A. w. Kent. who was taken
i'll just as he entered on post-gradu-
ate studies at Yale university.
The construction IT our new
school building has reached that
point of perfection where it can speak
for itself. It's dandy; unquestiona-
bly, the most magnificent structure
in southwestern Wisconsin. Doubt
ing Peters should see for themselves.
-Ple0se do not forget that ]. b
Reynolds, still continues to act as
agent for Northern Wisconsin lands
IN Price, Wood and Gates counties;
can furnish homeseeker tickets at
reduced rates any time. 3Stf
The entertainment under au-
spices If the Epworth League, to be
given at the city hall next Monday
evening, is for the purpose of swell
ing the NJ. 4. church pipe organ fund.
A glance at the program published
in another column is sufficient to
guarantee more than your moneys
worth. Turn out everybody.
County School Supt. Kuykendall
was in our city during noon hour
last Friday. He has been busily en-
ployed of late visiting schools, and
says he finds it quite difficult to
reach some because of their poor
connection with public highways
He speaks in complimentary terms
of those he has visited.
Chronicles: The Dodgeville Cam
ming and Manufacturing company
completed their run on corn last
Thursday. The total output Of the
factory this season was 205,062 cans,
| which has been sold at prices rang
ing from 20 cents to So cents per doz'
en- cans. The factory started work on
pumpkins last Friday, which will
last for at least six weeks.
Mrs. Weatherby of Shullsburg
inspected the Woman's Relief Corps
of this city last Friday evening. Her
comments were highly compliment
tary; such, we are of the opinion, as
were duly merited. Attic conclusion
they were Joined by a goodly num-
Der of the Post veterans in partaking
of refreshments, and listening to APP
propriate songs and impromptu re-
marks by such as were pressed into
service.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. Jenkins who
have been residents of Mineral Point
for about thirty-three years, coming
here direct from England, departed
last Thursday for Los Angels, Cali
fornia, at which place lives their on
ly daughter, and with whom they ex
pect to permanently reside. Mr. Jen-
kins proved himself man Of superior
intellect and rare talents in many
ways, a genial, wholesouied fellow in
true sense of the term, and his esti.
mahlc wife kind hearted friend and
neighhor. Their leaving us for all
time is occasion for many sincere re-
grets, and that the remainder Of their
declining years may be as sublime
and peaceful as is claimed for the
sun-bathed slopes If the far west to
which they have gone, is the pre-
dominating desire that turks in the
hearts Of numerous friends left be-
hind.
"A young man in this city got too
much booze last Sunday and became
so hilarious that he landed in the
cooler. On Monday his mother made
complaint against seven saloonkeep-
ers in this city and had them pulled
for selling liquor on the sabbath.
They were arranged before Squire
Weatherby, who assessed fine OF
ten dollars and costs against each
one of them, which was promptly
paid. Ii seems to be hard work to be
good these days.-Shullsburg Pick &
Cad.