Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-11-28


fund of the Milwaukee road now
amounts to thousands of dollars.
Painful swelling relieved by filling
a hot water bottle with heated water
and applying to the affected parts.
Hot water bottles for sale at reason
able prices. lvey's Pharmacy. As
Parker Roderick, living mile and
half west of Juda, had his right arm
drawn into corn shredder one day last
week and the arm was torn to pieces
up to the elbow, hecessitating amputa-
ton near the shoulder.
Lost, Tuesday evening, on Chestnut
street, south of High street, gold,
signet, spring bracelet, with 81. A. j..
engraved thereon. Finder will confer a
great favor and be suitably rewarded
by leaving same at Tribune office.
Nearly every farmer in the land
can tell where some of that missing
"long green" has gone. But as the
farmers are very busy these days max
ing their fall purchases a good proper
ton of this ''lost" currency will soon
be restored to circulation.
The Green county board has passed
a resolution petitioning the next legis-
lature to change the inheritance tax
law so the county will receive 80 per
cent and the state 10 per cent, instead
of the present system of 95 per cent to
the state and per cent to the county.
The use of cement for the floors
and foundations of granaries, corncribs
and other farms buildings, is to be COM
mended, if for no other reason, because
they are rat proof. But aside from this
such floors are just as practicable and
inexpensive as wooden floors and a
great deal more durable,
Bob Spensley, now Of Dubuque, but
our Bob all the same, is not only a
hunter Dut good shot. He went hunt
ing one day last week and upon his re-
turn gave q swell duck dinner to his nu-
merous friends including the officials of
Dubuque. So reports the Times of that
place.
Here is tangle. An old man of
fifty and young man of twenty-eight,
both widowers. The young man has a
step-daughter thirty-eight years old,
that he marries to the older gentleman,
and in return takes the old mans
daughter for wife. Now what rela-
ton are those four people to one
another?
"A white partridge, a bird which
ernithologists have long questioned the
existence of, was shot near Mencer re-
Gently by DR.. Earl Prouty, of kichiand
Center. The bird rose with flock OF
common wood cartridges when shot
down. The bird will be sent by DR..
Prouty to the state historical society at
| Madison.
"A disgraceful fight took place or
our streets Tuesday evening, and there
was bowling and drunken rowdyism
up and down main street to late hour
| with no one to modest, and at this writ
ing nothing has come of it. 1t was fol
the prevention of such scenes that
many people voted for incorporation. -
Argyle Atlas.
Ninety-nine men out of hundred
would give much if they could go back
and gather up that priceless time
which. when they We're boys, seemed Sc
cheap they actually threw it away
When youth grows up to manhood he
realizes that most of the worlds fam
Gus men achieved renown and success
only through hard, persistent work anc
effort, and that so-called luck played &
very minor part in the game.
| "A Kansas man is convinced that
advertising pays. He advertised for {
lost S. bill and stranger who hat
picked one up on the street, read the
advertisement and restored the bill t.
the advertiser. A few days later
while looking over waistcoat he hat
laid off, the original bill was found in :
pocket. He says advertising pays ion
per cent. - Utica Press.
The Lyric Glee Club that appeared
in this city Monday evening under tn
auspices of the lecture course manage
ment proved to be as heralded in ad
vance They are good no matter in wha
kind of selections you hear them; thei
voices blend perfectly, and the who'll
proved musical feast. Miss Doyle, tn
reader, was strong in her speciality
Irish dialect.
The test TO which the country bank
were subjected during the recent finan
cial disturbance, was relatively NOR
severe than that of the banks in tn
big cities, and that they stood it wit
such success is strong testimonial t
their solidity as well as to the confdenc
of their patrons. They occupy tn
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