Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-03-12

Last Friday afternoon about TWEEN
ty-six guests (relatives in fact assem-
bled at the Spratler home to observe
the birthday of Mrs. j, A. Spratler.
After spending the afternoon pleasant
| ly, delicious supper was served at
six O'Clock. The evening was devoted
to games and other social features.
"A resident of Lanark, H., went to
the drug store the other day and asked
for an empty bottle He asked the price
and was told it would be FIVE cents, but
if he had anything to put in it, he would
not be charged for the bottle. "Well
that's all right, said the foxy pur-
chaser, Just pat a cork in it, -
The following persons, who attend
ed the funeral Of Mrs Chris. Brandt,
have returned to their respective homes:
Mr.. and Mrs Brandt, Mrs. Jos. Herring
and Mrs. G. b. Hueckels and daughter
Josephine of Dubuque; Mr.. viii Brandt
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brandt and
little son Harry of Chicago; and Mr..
and Mrs. Thos. Splinter of Cuba City.
The Ohio schoolm am who mailed"
6-year-old boy to a chair seat by
driving a tack through his tongue is
now accused of having compelled sew
eral boys to take ground mustard in
their mouths and hold it until their
mouths were blistered. A plaster of
tacks and mustard would be about a
fair treatment for that woman. Elk.
A young man of neighboring
town, who was taken to leap year
party, was asked at an early hour if he
was ready to go home and like most
women would answer on occasions
where the men folks did the inviting
and were ready to go home early, he
answered that he guessed they had
better stay and enjoy it all,
1t would not be a bad idea if every
farmer would make it a rule to produce
some one thing better than his neigh
bors. Find out what is most to his
liking and what the farm is best adapted
for and make it speciality. There is a
demand for everything the farm pro-
duces and if this plan became general
it would be profitable for all.
According to the Chronicle the
horseshoers of Dodgevlle are up in
arms and are cutting prices deeper than
was ever known before. The prevail
ing prices now are one shoe set Is cents,
2 shoes set rs cents. shoes set 81, new
shoes 80 cents each. We understand
one blacksmith has reduced the price
for setting at 10 cents per shoe.
Rural free mail delivery in Wiscon-
sin has progressed so rapidly within the
past two years that now the state ranks
among the first seven states in the
Union in the number of carriers. With
the beginning of this year there were
1886 country mail carriers, traversing
every one of the seventy-two counties
in the state, each one driving q miles
a day or more.
Eight local merchants at Beloit
learned one day last week that they
had cashed checks for about $25 each
that were valueless. The checks pur-
ported to be signed by the Warner In
strument company. One merchant
notified the police and was later paid
by the man who had passed the bogus
paper He left town before the fact Of
other forgeries was known.
An estimate has been made of the
amount of dental work which is done
free annually at the State University
clinics. 1t amounts to SIS, 900, at a very
conservative estimate. During the past
year 16, 044 people had their teeth treat
ed at the dental college, most of the
work consisting Of filings although
many crowns and bridges were placed.
Patients pay only for materials used.
-Messrs. L. r. Clawson of Milwau-
kee, Supt. of Mineral Point and Prairie
du Chen divisions, j. c. Miller, Dist.
Master Mechanic, w. w. Winton, Dist.
Passenger Agent, G. Williams, Div.
Freight Agent, Roadmaster Jackson
and w. w. Wolf, Gen. Supt. of build
ing and construction, officials of the
| C. M. & st. p. r. X. were in Mineral
Point the latter part of last week but
who can tell what for?
Miss Lillian Phelps of st. Gather.
ines, Ontario, will lecture at the p. M
church on Friday evening, March 10
under the auspices of the w. c. T. u
Miss Phelps is a speaker of information
al reputation, having lectured in Europe
as we'll as in the United States anC
Canada In addition to the lectur,
there will be music by the male quar-
tette. The program will begin at 8:0C
O'Clock. Admission free, but a collec
ton will be taken to help defray ex
penses.
On occasions too numerous to men
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