Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-09-06
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your clothes of G.. Varlin.
Carl Engels left Monday for Beloit
and Chicago.
David Brown is enjoying a vacation
at Ludington, Mich.
Frank Engels arrived home last
week from Kenosha.
Andrew Nygard of Stoughton is
visiting relatives in this city.
Mrs. John Roger left Saturday for
Milwaukee to visit relatives.
Miss Nettie Whalen has resumed
teaching duties in Milwaukee.
Mrs. Ned Jones visited relatives at
Rewey and Livingston last week.
William Lafon of Wilmington. Del,
is a guest at the w. o. Hosken home.
Howard Wiesen returned last
Thursday from a weeks visit at Beloit.
j. R. Jackson and wife of Freeport
spent last week in this city with his
parents.
Mrs. r. j. Penhallegon, ST., of
Lawrence, Kansas, arrived here Thurs
day to enjoy a visit at the home of her
son, r. J. Penhallegon.
Mrs. Roy Reed and little son left
Saturday for their new home.at Eldora,
Iowa. They were accompanied by her
sister, Miss Ella Jewell.
Rev. and Mrs. W. j. C. Bond re-
turned last week from an outing at
Lake Waubesa, where they occupied a
cottage with their children from Oregon
and Kewanee, Ill.
After a pleasant visit at the home
of her father, George Grange, and 9TH
err relatives, Mrs, Fay Harwick and son
Kenneth returned last week to their
home at Moorefield, Neb.
Nicholas Gerlach, Joseph GRADER,
Frank Lawinger, Leslie Ross, Joseph
Phillips, George and John Palzkill,
and Nicholas Kieffer enjoyed a fishing
outing near Edgerton last week.
Coal dealers welcome government
control of coal as a whole, but they all
agree that the price of coal at the mines
is not the big difficulty but the question
of transportation to the consumer.
"A pleasant motor trip to Cassville
was enjoyed on Sunday by George Wv
ian, Mrs. Lincoln Vivian, son and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Treweek and
two children and Mrs. Mary Treweek.
Will Mitchell has received one of
Fi~tzgibbons Bros auto seat top bug
gies, which makes a fine turnout, Mr..
Mitchell is well pleased with his bargain
and claims reliable work is the kind to
buy.
Miss Elizabeth Molling is here to
care for her mother, Mrs. John Molling,
who sustained a broken hip last week
as a result of a fall. The patient is
getting along as well as can be ex-
pected.
Henry Loui and daughter Josephine
and son Philip of Milwaukee, John,
Peter and Neil Steffen of Platteville.
and Mrs. Charles Grimm of Cuba City
attended the funeral of Peter Fisher
here Wednesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Amberg and
daughter, Mrs. Henley, Theodore Am
berg, Miss Mary Amberg, Mrs. &. w.
McIlhon and Mrs. William LaMalle of
Chicago attended the funeral of Miss
Annie LaMalle in this city last Wednes-
day.
After a two weeks visit with his
mother, Uriah S. James left on Friday
for Madison. He recently returned
from a trip around the world in the in
terest of the Gisholt Machine Co. of the
capital city and has some very interest
ing facts to relate about his travels.
The M. P. & n. Ry. are laying new
steel this week from Highland to Whit
son Junction. The old rails which were
SIS pounds are being replaced with &c
pound rails. About four miles OF steel
will be laid this fall. The road bed has
also been filled in with ballast and put
into first class condition. Highland
Press.
Conductor Charles Corson WAS Sc
verely injured in a freight wreck on the
C. M. & st. P. railroad between Platte
Vile and Calamine, which occurred sew
eral days ago. A large refrigerator
car was running just ahead Of the com
bination car, when the front wheels
came from under the refrigerator let
ting the end down on the track. Tit
stop was so sudden that Mr.. Corsor
was thrown through the glass door o.
his car, jamming him SO severely tina
he has been unable to sit IN a chair 10
aeveral DAYS. -Plattevine News.