Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-07-02

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Bros, demanded 5000 from Manitowoc,
it is rumored.
-''Why," asks the New York Times,
"do people shoot at baoons?" Because
it is so easy for fools to get things to
shoot with.
Miss Ethel Venning was called to
Calamine Wednesday morning on ac-
count of the illness of her sister, Mrs.
Fred Murray.
Prof and Mrs. r. E. Loveland
came up from Darlington Tuesday to
look up a suitable residence in which to
make their home when Prof. Loveland
enters upon his duties as principal of
our high school.
An example of depravity is that of
brother and sister now in the county
Jail here for being drunk and disorder
ly. They We're brought up from
Brodhead Thursday by officer O'Cavi-
ma, Monroe Sentinel
The religious services conducted by
the Union Gospel Brigade in their big
tent on Fountain street are well at
tended each evening. The members of
the brigade are not only earnest Christ
ians but good musicians.
e. d. Coe of Whitewater has been
elected commander of the Wisconsin
G. A. r. John C. Martin, the retiring
commander, formerly of Mineral Point,
was presented with a gold badg e
studded with diamonds and rubies.
The Tribune was favored Tuesday
afternoon with call from j. w. Tay-
lor, Jr, of Linden and Prof. c. II.
Halves, instructor in anthropology and
archaeology in the State University, of
which institution MIR. Taylor is a stud
ent.
There has been added to the refer
ence books Of the public library a copy
of Grams modern atlas of the world.
The work is a thoroughly revised, re-
written and newly Illustrated edition,
containing over $50, 200 indexed place
names.
The Milwaukee school board has
adopted resolution placing teachers
who have taught four years on the
permanent list. That is very polite
way of providing for those of the gen
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monial race.
-Statisticians accurately measure
the wealth of the mines and of the
farms, and even of the seas and the air
billions upon billions! But there are
no figures vast enough to express the
value to NJ; nkind of so small and simple
q thing as smile.
Page Woodbury., residing about
midway between Dodgeville and Miner
al Point, has decided to erect a barn
4SX66 feet to replace the one destroyed
by severe storm of about six weeks
ago. Mr.. Woodbury. has received all the
insurance which he carried on the build
ing destroyed.
Mineral Point and Darlington fire
ladies met on the diamond in this city
Tuesday afternoon. The national game
was well played as the score of to /
would Indicate. The local boys won,
not of course, but for a wonder. So
eially the occasion was complete sue.
cess.
"A California paper says scores of
people are dying from the heat in Wis
consin. The misrepresentation in this
short sentence is rank, but it fails to
worry the loyal badger. The merits
and excellence of Wisconsin are too
well established to suffer from any
such reckless statement. A dying from
any cause in Wisconsin is better than
living in some places we know of.
Fireworks which not only please the
eye but are capable of reproducing pat
riotic cries have been invented by two
Frenchmen who have been working on
the system three years. BY the arrange
ment of different explosives, they are
now able to produce both vowels and
consonants in a railroad cartridge. Their
design is able to cry: "Stopp A set
piece for the 4th of July shouts: give
la republicW
-Astrologers have found that the
stars are propitious for William H. Taft
and predict that he will be elected pres
ident not only once but twice. The two
terms however, are not to be continu-
Gus. Probably Roosevelt will intervene.
Great things are in store for the nation,
say the stars, or at least the seers say
they say So Among other things, the
nation is to fight a successful war dur
ing Taft's first administration.
Frank Darrow has been rather I'M
fortunate Of late in meeting with acct
dents. Several days ago he was kicked
in the face by a horse, which caused an
ugly wound, requiring four stitches.
Saturday he was leading a three-year-
steer, when the animal started to run
and his foot caught in the rora Ja v,og