Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-05-30


Gus ferguson and wife, Charles
VIM and Frank Martin were at Lone
Rock Sunday to view the damage caused
by the storm.
Mrs. N. T. Martin is enjoying a
visit with relatives at Shullsburg.
Walter Groth and Willard Noble and
wives and P, ?. McMurrough were at
Portage last week to see our soldier
boys on their march to Sparta.
The most useless thing to possess
about this time is fishing disposition
that cannot be INDUCED.
| We've got the dogs, but where's
all that stir about collecting taxes on
them, so prominent in recent years
Mrs. J. H. Bennison of Kewanee,
ILL.,, and Mrs. Carlyle Shilton of Oregon
are guests of Rev. and Mrs w. j. C.
Bond.
Miss Avis Johnston left Monday for
three weeks visit at Mansion, after
which she will attend summer school
at Madison.
Mrs. Catherine w. Gold of Mime
apolis is guest at che James Brewer
home.
Business intetests took Miss Helen
Mess to Mount horeb and other points
Tuesday.
Richard Brewer, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Brewer of this city, left
Sunday to go into training with the
Naval Reserve at the Municipal Pier,
Chicago.
Clinton James of Chicago visited
with his mother, Mrs. Uriah James,
and sisters here over Sunday, prior to
his departure Wednesday to go into
training with the National Army.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. J. Fielder and son
Joseph, W. j. Morgan and family and
Mrs. j. A. Reinhart and daughter Joan
visited at Lone Rock Sunday.
MIR and Mrs. Otto Ruhoff and chill
dren of Madison were the guests of
Mrs. M. j. Ludden Sunday. Mrs. F. C.
Ludden returned to Madison with them
for short visit.
Miss Gladys Treweek, Mrs. A. L.
Cowley and Mr.. and Mrs. Paulson left
Saturday for Clear Lake, Iowa, on the
first lap of motor trip to San Juan,
Texas.
Charles Howard of Bat. F., 331st F.
A came down from Sparta Saturday to
enjoy a short furlough at the parental
home. We were all very glad to learn
that he has nearly recovered from the
accident which befel him several weeks
ago in the performance of his duty. He
was thrown from horse and sustained
a broken collar bone and severe bruises
about the head.
Editing country newspaper now
adays is just one long sweet dream. In
the morning the editor sits himself
down at his desk and before him is a
foot-high stack of franked envelopes,
of large and medium size, from Wash
ington, from New York, from Chicago,
from Milwaukee, from Madison, from
the State Council of Defense, from the
County Council of Defense, from the
Food Administrator, from the Fuel Ad-
ministrator, from the University Agri-
cultural College, and most and worst of
all, from one George Creel, the pub
lefty man for party prestige, etc, etc.
The contents consist of subjects wise
/ ly (O treated upon, ranging from
swattin' flies to winning the war in a
I thousand and one different ways. All
the editor has to do is to increase his
typesetting force, appoint the devil as
proof reader and go to to sleep in his
easy chair. At the wakeup, however,
he finds his employees in quest Of money,
and that used up in donations, but
most strangely of all, he has to pay
postage on his paper for re-circulating
matter which had been previously sent
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understood to mean free. Strange
No; cheek
James Bottoms, who lives short
distance west Of this city, was in town
Saturday with a bandaged foot, as a
result of the member being badly bis
tered and burned by stroke Of light
ming during the severe storm on Tues
day evening Of last week. AS we are
informed, the lightning came down the
outside Of the house following the chin.
ney, entered under and came up through
the floor where Mr.. Bottoms was sitting
J tearing the shoe completely off and burn
J ing the foot badly. Although consider
] ably dazed, Mr.. Bottoms, who live
t alone, made his way to the home O
Wilfred Bloom, neighbor.