Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-02-17
Local Overflow.

We are glad to report R. j. Hughes
able to resume his work at the depot.
"A visit to Darlington friends was
enjoyed by Mrs. I. Pagel on Saturday.
Miss Mary LIGHTER departed last
Thursday for an extended visit at RAJ
cine.
The Loyal Temperance Legion will
meet Friday afternoon, Feb. 18th, at
400 o'clock.
Alderman John Frieden departed
Saturday for Cross Plains to attend
the funeral of a cousin.
Mrs. N. H. Snow and Miss Eliza
Crist were Mineral Point callers in Chi
cago during the past week.
"A visit with her sister, Mrs. Rem
frey, at Darlington, was enjoyed this
week by Miss Cecilia Schaumberg.
-Wanted-A carload of steers, COM
ing three years old. Address post office
box SO, Mineral Point, Wis. 6w2'
Mrs. Joe Gerlach returned to Bel
mont Wednesday after spending Mon
day and Tuesday with relatives here.
"A thirty mare, the
property of Mrs. John Godfrey, died on
the premises near Calamine last week.
We guarantee you a good job on
your buggy if you let us do it for YOU
The Eclipse Decorating Co., phone 50
or 374 soft
-Messrs. A. G. Roethe and W. Ken
nedy of Highland bought tickets for
Madison on Monday at the Mineral
Point station.
-Auctioneer F. Z. Davisson is sell |
ing between Darlington AID Argyle |
today; his next sales will be in Iowa
and Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rochon terminated |
a pleasant visit at the home of the lat
ter's mother, Mrs. Mary Mari, on Mon
day and returned to their home in
Meadow, Mich.
The woman who claims to have
travelled half way round the world in
search of the good, old-fashioned but
termilk, might have saved money by
purchasing a COW and churn.
The Eclipse Decorating company
has just finished painting wagon for
its own use, which is really marvel of
workmanship. The sides are decorated
with wild rose design while the end
gate has beautiful landscape. The
wagon is indeed a credit to the com
pany.
The city roads have begun to look
dirty as if the ,sleighing was about
gone, but appearances are deceiving,
for there is from one to two feet of
packed snow the upper side of mother
earth
The bridge that the est. Paul.
company intends to build across the
Mississippi at Prairie du Chen this
year will be over two miles long. The
company expects to transfer its switch
yards from McGregor to Prairie du
Chen.
1t is being announced by the press
of the state that the five Ringing Bros.
divided 81, 600, 600 during the past week
as the profits of the season of 1909.
OF this 100000 represents the profit
of the Barnum & Bailey show and the
balance the net earnings of the Ring
ling Bros. circus.
H. B. and r. w. Spensley spent
a few days of last week in this city.
They were accompanied by Mr.. l.. &.
Singletery of Chicago and were work
ing in the bond and investment line.
We have been informed that j. A.
Meserole will represent them in this
section.
Here's the way Tennessee paper |
wrote an obituary Crook Floods
died last night owing everybody in
town. 1t is reported that he said just
before he pegged out that he felt like
he was floating upward No doubt of
it. Crook had got down so low that he
had to slide up hill to get into perdition.
The famous Hillside Home school
located near Spring Green has been
sold. The sale was made in federal
court at Madison. Hillside Home was
owned by the Misses Jones, sisters Of
Jenkin-Llovd Jones Of Chicago. They
went into bankruptcy and the sale was
ordered by Referee in bankruptcy H.
NJ. Lewis. The liabilities are some
$4,000. There is some talk of turning
the property into a sanitarium and
summer resort.
People who sass" central when
using telephones in Copenhagen are
caught on a graphophone and, when
they deny the use of boorish language,
are confronted with the records Of
what they did say. The experiment
has secured politeness among telephone
users there and might be copied to
advantage, even here in this fair com