Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-04-23

-Patton's Sun Proof Paint is warrant
ed to wear 5 years. For sale at Ivey'
Pharmacy. II
Within the past week DR.. C. j
Fawkes went to Dubuque and from
there accompanied his father, who !,
quite sick, to Chicago where he is il
care of specialist.
Choice veal: we select the hest
calves out of ten to fifteen head killed
by us each week, for the home trade
Call up GRADERS. Phone 5. ID
"A little daughter graced for three
days the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Fitzsimmons of this city, after which.
on Sunday last, relentless death robbed
them of their beloved ward.
Let j. c. Stendebach show YOU the
most unexcelled line OF Wall Papers. at
the lowest prices in the city, Drop a
card and he will cheerfully call at your
house. 15w4
--One dog met death Sunday by being
run over by buggy on Fountain street.
That leaves at least four hundred and
ninty-nine to be yet disposed of without
any inconvenience to the city.
james Fischer of Linden left here
Tuesday for Lewiston, Montana, to look
up land interests. Lewiston is new
and prosperous station on the Pacific
extension of the C. M. & st. P. Ry.
The Galena Tribune has been
changed to the Galena Herald and it is
to be Democratic. c F McDerby, for
merly of Elizabeth will act as editor and
manager and E. S. Harkrader will act
as superintendent.
The Epworth League members and
others in connection wish to express
their appreciation of the courtesy of
Messrs. We'll and Maust in making os-
sible the use of the electric lights in
the decorations for Easter.
&C. Sterling, an expert typo, circu-
lated among relatives and old acquaint-
ances in Mineral Point this week. 1t
is several years since cad" was here
last. OF late he has been following
the art of printing in Michigan.
After quite a severe siege of hospi-
tai experience Henry Quick is able to
make his appearance on our streets.
He is still very weak bodily but there's
no apparent abatement in his grit and
enterprise. Appendicitis was Henry's
trouble.
One boy out of every seven, it is
claimed, is born left handed and only one
man out of every fifty can use both
hands alike. No statistics are kept on
girls for the reason, no doubt, that
when she gets married she g.les her
hand away
Next Monday, the 9th, appropriate
services concentrating the eighty
sixth anniversary OF Geo. Ulysses S.
Grants birth, will be held at Galena.
The principal address will be delivered
by Hon. L. M. Shaw, former secretary
of the treasury.
Richard Barry, a well known train
man, went out on Tuesday afternoon to
seek a small shade tree for planting
near his home. He returned with a
South African Peach Plum Tree (?) and
will take this fine specimen to James
vile and there plant it near his resi-
dence
In Kar Is Catholic priest issued
an injunction against the wearing Of
hat more than two feet in diameter and
many women in his parish appeared
bare-headed at services in consequence.
Fully twenty merry widow hats were
stacked up in the ante room of the
church.
-Richland Center Observer: Mrs.
Mary Burns, perhaps the largest person
residing in Richland county, died Thurs
day last at her home in the town Of
Redwood. Mrs. Burns weighed about
$50 pounds and so heavy was the re-
mains and casket that eight men were
required to act as pail bearers at the
funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. Issac Jackson of
Calamine were called upon last Satur-
day to mourn the loss of an engaging
and precious little daughter, aged two
years and seven months. Death oc-
Cured at the home of John McDermott,
this city, where the mother and little
one were visiting. Interment took
place in Graceland cemetery.
As a result of numerous complaints
of postal and postcards being deEaced
by postmarking the acknowledgement
has ordered discontinuance of post
marking cards at the Office Of address.
The postal card fad has reached enor-
nous proportions, and the new ruling
expected by the postal authorities to
be received with delight by thousands
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