Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-09-29
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gate the wonders of the Worlds Fair.
A hard rainstorm was expert
enced in this vicinity Sunday even
ing, accompanied by lightning Of a
fierce variety.
Possibly the calm of our city this
week is attributable to the fact that
our lawyers are absent, circuit court
being in session.
After three weeks visit with
friends at Waukesha and Rockford
Miss Amy Jenkin returned home
Monday evening.
The Tribune wishes to heartily
endorse the article in the Democrat
of last week on the subject of good
roads and good sidewalks.
Miss Jones and Miss Fiske the
popular and efficient instructors in
our high school, arrived Saturday
ready for another years work.
From present indications it will
not be long before Darlington's bus
mess street will be provided entire
ly with cement walk-both sides.
The barn on the former Cothren
farm near Calamine was struck by
lightning during the storm Sunday
evening and burned to the ground.
-Shullsburg is very much both
cred with such burglaries as indi-
cate it to be the work OF home talent.
They even stole preachers break
fast.
Miss Cummings and Mrs. T.. G..
Fielder entertained royalty at the
home Of the latter last Saturday af.
ternoon a goodly number of their
lady friends.
--Chas. Knight, Paul Brewer, Wv
ian Bennett, Henry Kislingbury, Roy
Reese, Ira Reynolds and Frank
Wedlock, all of this place, registered
at the state university this week.
The first attempt at IA balloon as
sencion at the Monroe Fair was a
failure and the attempt on the fol-
lowing day resulted in the explosion
of the balloon and its destruction by
fire.
-Chas. Snow, because of sickness,
has been forced to lay off from his
clerical duties at the &. M. d St. Paul
railway headquarters in Chicago,
and came to his home in this city to
recuperate.
Mr.. and Mrs, Will Correll re-
turned Saturday from their Colorado
trip which was of about two months
duration. Both pronounce themselves
the better for the outing, yet willing
ly concede it's pleasure to be home
! again,
John p. Prisk, with grip in Eand,
was seen making for the train Tues
day afternoon. Inquiry revealed
that he was bound for st. Louis to
visit his sister Kate, who has resided
there for twenty-five years, and to
| take in the worlds fair.
1t may interest some readers at
this season to know that the trouble
some shooting headache" may be
avoided by the insertion of tuft of
cotton wool in the cars, 1t softens
the violence of the conclusion upon
the tympannm.
The laying of the main pipe up
street from Ludden's heating plant
has reached the Masonic Temple,
and practically all business estab-
lishments on the line will be con-
nected herewith. Hence, all of our
plumbers are kept busy.
We publisher spent couple of
days at Madison within the past
week, and among other acquaint-
ances met Mr.. Henry Tyack who has
as warm a place in his heart for Min
eral Point as any person living. He
wishes to be remem bered to every
one.
w. w. HuXtable, formerly Of
this place, and now engaged in bust
ness at Tonica, ILL.,, came here Thurs
| day of last week for short visit
with his mother and other relatives,
departing the following Tuesday. He
made the Tribune a pleasant call
while in the city.
--Barbed wire fences are being ut-
lized in various places for telephone
connections. The lines are strung on
the fence posts with taller poles be-
ing provided for crossings and other
necessary places. Loops are added
extending to farm houses along the
roads. The original promoters find
the idea successful and many new
subscribers are being added to the
| coMPanyas .iotS, '~'"...'-''~"'''
AT the Lafayette County con-
vention held at Darlington on Tues
day, Sept. goth, resolutions were
passed endorsing the administrations
of President Roosevelt and Gov. La
Toilette. Resolutions were also
passed commanding the services of
1ppprpssJlau Enppar aud tho stand