Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-01-09
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short visit in GAINESVILLE.
Five cents buys Red Trunk and
with it goes good smoke.
Charles Wong returned last Tues
day from short visit in Platteville.
Among the callers in this city
Monday was Chas. Grunow of Mifflin.
Spring cutters in many designs
can be found at the N T. Martin Est.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Vic Grunow and son
of Miffiin were Monday callers in this
city.
w. j. Penhallegon transacted bus
mess in Platteville the fore part of the
week.
The Argyle and Blanehardville post
| offices have both been advanced to third
class.
r. Beckerleg and Fred Dunn de-
parted from here Tuesday for Browns
vile, Texas.
The celebrated Regalia l0c Cigar
has never failed to satisfy the most
| fastidious smoker.
Ernie Ovitz and his guest, Howard
Hay, have resumed studies at the Hi
nois University.
"A Professor in an Illinois town has
introduced a course in ''love-making"
into the high school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Rooney came up
from Platteville Tuesday to spend a
few days with relatives here.
The consumers of milk in Chicago
pay cents per quart for their supply
and in like proportion for cream.
Frank Bellum, superintendent of
the Mifflin-L Linden Mining Co., left last
Monday for his home in st. Louis.
We take subscriptions for all papers
and magazines and will meet any prices
advertised this season. j. J. Hanscom.
Evangelistic services will be held
dl Jlle w dluWlCh w. II. ShuiSh bCShi-
ming Sunday evening, Jan. II. Up. m.
meetings each evening except Saturday.
Everybody welcome.
Members of the Equitable Frater-
nal Union will hold their family
gathering on Tuesday evening next in
Good Templars' Hall. Supper at seven
O'Clock. Installation and entertainment
to follow.
"A farmer in Columbia county re-
Gently lost three cows that got into his
shed and ate some tobacco that had
been taken down for stripping, causing
tobacco poisoning which resulted in
their death.
A letter was received by Thos.
Pagel from Jas. Awkward the past week.
He is working on the Coast Line of the
Southern Pacific Railway at San Ardo.
CAL, between Los Angeles and San
Francisco.
Being a chicken fancier, VIII Nor
man, who is employed in the Red Trunk
cigar factory at GAINESVILLE, is putting
in full week here as an exhibitor at
the poultry show now in full blast at
the city hall.
Some friend in Denver has kindly
favored the Tribune with copy of
the Denver Republican of January LIST.
1t was special edition of great merit
and reflects the enterprising spirit of
the publishers.
In order to make sure of death,
August Ahrens of st. Louis stabbed
himself over the heart, cut an artery in
one wrist, swallowed prussic acid, and
laid face downward in bath tub filled
with water. He died.
An Odd Fellows lodge was insti-
tuted at Montfort last Thursday even
ing by Grand Warden Alfred Penhalle-
gon of this city. A large number of
the members from our local lodge and
neighboring lodges attended.
William O'Hara, 80 years old,
resident of Potosi, Grant county, is re-
ported to be deserter from his ship In
the fleet of war vessels under command
of Admiral Evans, fighting Bob,
now on its way to the Pacific coast.
AT Baraboo, on Christmas day,
while Mrs. Timothy German was asleep
her bed caught fire and she was burned
to death while lying there. She had been
up a short time before and lighted
lamp. Deceased was 80 years of age.
The annual Modern Woodman sup
per Monday evening was attended by
an unusually large crowd, it being the
twenty-ifth anniversary of the founding
of the order. They claim to be the
largest fraternal organization IN the
United States.
Skating too long at time on differ
ent days during the past week, Ernest
Moore of Waupaca, aged twelve, is now
suffering with tuberculosis of the
bones of his right foot and will be oper-
ated on at Milwaukee in the hope of