Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-10-29
DoDCEVILLE NEWS.


surprise on Saturday evening in honor
of Mr.. and Mrs. James K. 0'Neill and
presented them with pretty silver
chafng dish
Joseph p. BAIL stabbed Ills left hand
with a pocket knife Tuesday while fit
ting some hinges at the new electric
light plant. The blade sunk to the
bone in the center of his hand, inflicting
painful wound.
Rev. G. w. Lyman's lecture on the
subject, "What is man?", was deliy-
cred to a large audience at the P. M.
church Friday evening. The discourse
was scholarly treatise on this inter
esting question and proved exceedingly
profitable to those who had the pleasure
of hearing it.
Fire started by the children playing
with matches destroyed large straw
stack on the John f. Rowe farm and
for a time threatened the destruction
Of the barn. Mrs Rowe was away
from homeEat the time but Mr.. Rowe,
who was working in the field, saw the
smoke soon after the blaze started.
Neighbors assisted him in preventing
the spread of the blaze.
From the Chronicle
Last Friday Sheriff Michigan went
to Highland and early on Saturday
morning arrested Albert M. Rather, a
Jewish dry goods and clothing merchant
of that village, on the charge Of rob
bling Kate Trionke of S720 on Thursday
last
The Plum Grove p NJ. church has in
vited Rev. c. w. Lyman, pastor Of the
p. M. church OF this city, to supply
that pulpit for the coming year. Rev
Lyman filled his first appointment there
Sunday afternoon and was greeted by
a large and appreciative audience.
r. j. Paynter returned Saturday from
Milwaukee, where he had been attend
ing the state meeting of register Of
deeds. The registers decided to ask the
state Legislature to repeal the Law
passed at the last session, taking away
the filing of vital statistics from the
register of deeds.
| The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua
Robinson of Hollandale was visited last
Saturday and Sunday by the grim reap.
er Death, who took away their beauti
full little girl, Alice, of seven years Of
| age and Marvin, a bright boy of five
years, and has left behind the bitter
pangs of desolation desolation that
only those who have passed through
such dark hours can understand.
Frank Clancy, who resides near
| Spring Green, found a pearl in the Wis
consin river last week which he ha;
sold to dealers at Prairie du Chen foi
800. The pearl was found near Tower
Hill and is well shaped and of beauti
full cream color. 1t is seldom that g
pearl is found as far up the river as
| Spring Green.
On Saturday John c. Parks of thi.
city received thirteen pairs of hominp
pigeons from the Plymouth Rock Squat
Co, at Melrose, Mass. The birds are
about one year old, and Mr. Parks pro
poses to conduct SQUAD yard here
The pigeons are from noted stock, one
of their ancestors having been winners
of number of prominent fights. Upor
being released the birds will fly to thei,
homes, although they be hundreds OF
miles away.
On Saturday the one and one-hali
years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Gullick Torgeson of the town of Dodge.
vile fell into a pan of hot water and
was badly scalded on the left side. The
little girl was at the home of her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Rogers,
at STANDARD when the accident occurred.
Mr.. Rogers had prepared pan of hot
water and carbolic acid to use in caring
for cut on one of his horses. He had
placed the pan of water on the floor for
a few minutes when the misfortune to
the little girl occurred. Medical aid
was summoned and at present the little
one is doing nicely.