Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-04-27
Local Overflow.

The celebrated Regalia lOs Cigar
has never failed to satisfy the most
fastideous smoker.
Miss Mary Whalen, formerly Of
Mineral Point, now of Cripple Creek,
Col, paid short visit to this city
the present week.
AIR. Allen, state university
schoolmate of Will Snow, spent sew
eral days with the latter in this city
during the past week
Mrs. r. farrell and little daugh-
ter Of Darlington were entertained
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Sims Sunday and Monday.
And now the building of an cleo
trio railway from Platteville to Free
port via Shullsburg is contemplated
Contemplated; IT'S predicted that's
all.
Mrs. Elmer Mitchell is here from
Milwaukee visiting her parents.
Miss Nina Prideaux who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Mitchell, re-
turned with her
Easter services were very inter-
esting at Plum Grove church last
Sunday. There was large congre-
cation and the singing was fine. The
church was beautifully decorated for
the occasion, by the ladies of the
society
R. l.. Mccoy, who has been act
ing as local manager of the indie
pendent Consolidated Telephone
Companies exchange at Richland
Center for the past year, has been
promoted as general superintendent
of south west Wisconsin by that COM
pany, with headquarters in Dodge
willie. Mr.. Mccoy took charge this
week.
The music rendered by the M.
+. church choir for last Sunday was
exceptional good and appropriate for
Easter, and tho sermon by Presiding
Elder Merrifield one of his mastery
efforts. The attendance was large
| and all present were unit on the
opinion that it was one of the most
successful services ever held in the
church.
-Dodgeville Chronicle: Whitford
& Sons, of this city, secured the con
tract for the erection of the basement
of the new high school building, the
price being S2235. The other bids
filed with the Board of Education
were as follows: Elliot IL Co, Dodge
Vile, S2i75, Chippewa Falls Con-
struction Co, Chippewa Falls, Wis,
S32i5,24.
John Starry has leased the Hotel
Mrs. Henry T. Flagg, of Forest City,
Iowa, for "A term of one year with the
privilege of five years. Mr.. Flagg and
wife are experienced hotel people
and will continue the Hotel Higbee
as one of the first class hotels of
southern Wisconsin. Possession was
taken this week.
The site of the new courthouse
at Darlington has been mapped out.
1t is expected that the complete
plans of the courthouse will be fin
ished by the later part of this
n " .
the commencement of the building
will start at once. 1t is expected that
the building will be ready for occu-
pancy about Oct, LIST, 1906.
The Standard Lead and Zinc
Mining company of Milwaukee,
which recently purchased the Sally
Waters mine near Benton, is said to
have struck it rich. An expert has
Just examined The mine and reports
finding "A thick vein of zinc, and says
that If the vein follows the usual
formation there will be enough ore
to keep the mine going for a gener-
alton.
The IS miners from Missouri
who came to Wisconsin to work in
the Hoskin mine near Benton,
worked two days and then struck
and took the train for Missouri. In
asmuch as there were neither Wis
consin nor Missouri men to work at
the mine meeting of the directors
was called and 1t was decided to sell
all ore on hand, pay all debts, thor
oughly repair the plant and await
further orders from the directors
Those of our young men who
stand around in groups on High
street Sundays, besmearing the walk
with tobacco juice. and conversing
more or less in loud course man
uer, ought to know better Such a
custom makes it very unpleasant for
the ladies who, to get where they de-
sire to 20 by the most direct route.
u.agt pass ;hut way. Only last sun
day 1t was noticed in one instance
where ladies had TO step from the
sidewalk to get by on account OF its