Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-02-07
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Bushes called w. A. Jones to Chi
cago Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Malloy of Oglesby, Ill.
is here visiting her mother, Mrs. Joe
Branger.
| -Nettie Cooking has returned to
Dayton, O., after weeks visit with
her mother.
Mrs. Ray is on the sick list. She is
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Free
man Shepard.
-Profs. Bergen and Frank jerks at
tended the oratorical contest at Platte
vile last Friday.
A number of young people of our
city attended the dance at Darlington
Tuesday evening.
The students of our high school are
busy preparing program for Wash
ington's Birthday.
j. H. Hoffman, the Goebel mine
superintendent, returned to his home in
Louisiana Saturday.
H. G.. Jackson and Geo. Alton join
ed Dodgeville parties Tuesday on a
! Colorado land inspection trip.
Under the new pure food law if a
dog is put into sausage specimen of
his bark has to appear on the label.
With the coming of the extreme
frigid weather it behooved the Home
site mine folks to suspend operations.
If the grounding appeared last
Saturday it surely must have seen its
shadow. Six weeks more cold weather.
A prominent doctor says people
would live longer if they stopped using
tobacco. Probably it would seem longer
to some.
Rev. L. P. O'Reilly of Ridgeway
and Rev. Jas. Barr! of Hollandale have
been entertained by Rev. Jas. O'Keefe
during the past week.
Mrs. Geo. E. Brown has been en-
joying during the past week visit
from her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Johns of Nebraska.
About half dozen miners have
been added this week to the working
force of the John Ross mine. This par
ticular mine is strong on lead in the
east shaft.
Mrs. Lillian Wibberly and son Rus
sell of Chicago were here for few
days within the past week visiting with
Mr.. w. J. Wibberly, master mechanic
for the M. P. & N. Ry Co.
"A Maine newspaper says the way
to make cat stay at home is to grease
its feet, and ''woman's page editor
cruelty suggests that wives ought to
try that treatment on their husbands.
"A report has come to this office
that one Of the incest girls in town,
who was recently married spent whole
day trying to pick the wool off rabbit
that she might have rabbit stew for
dinner.
Real cold weather set in last Satur-
day and that night together with Sun
day and Sunday night made up the cold
est spell of the winter. The thermometer
registered below zero throughout and
as low as Is.
The Empire mine at Platteville has
paid its 4lst dividend, which brings the
amount paid to the stockholders of this
company to sos, 600, on property cap
itaiized at $780, 900. The Empire is the
greatest zinc mine in the United States
giving the greatest returns to the
stockholders for the money invested.
Jack Frost has interferred with the
water supply at the Tripoli mine that
the mill can't be run and shutdown
last Saturday was the result. The Tri-
poll is one of the best equipped, one of
the best producers, and employs about
as many men as any in the district. 1t
is hoped the water difficulty will soon
be adjusted and everything go on hum
ming as before.
Dynamite isn't dangerous unless
you get careless with it. That is, it's
like muleleave it alone, and you
won't get kicked. But some miners get
so accustomed handling the stuff that
they get careless really reckless. Sup
erintendents should watch their men,
and when a fellow is found who mag
ines he is smart" in the handling of
it, that fellow should be fred instanter,
for he is not only endangering his own
life, but the lives of others.
The 0. X. mine is furnishing the
sensation for the Rewey district. Seven
of the miners working there agreed TO
operate the premises upon shares, the
company to receive one-half Of the to-
tai production of ore. Mr.. Livingston,
one of Reweys substantial farmer citi-
zens, who holds an interest, stated that
certain parties wished to secure an OPP
ton upon the o. K, not to extend be-
mn