Iowa County democrat. [volume], April 18, 1879, Image 5

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THE DEMOCRAT.
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Mineral Point, Friday, April 18, 1870.
Local Items.
Joseph Cook is coming.
Work has been commenced on the
streets.
Mineral is selling for 515.00 per
thousand.
Rev. A. W. Seahrease, spent the
beginning of this week in Chicago.
Pulford’s display of garden and field
seeds is simply immense.
Fall wheat looks unusually well for
this season of the year.
P. T. Barnum’s great show will visit
the West this season.
Last Tuesday was "fish day" for
mam of our young folks.
Farmers are busy in the fields. A
late spring makes hard work.
Dubuque. lowa lias a bad case of
revolution. were beaten.
Rev. P. S. Mather has bought a farm
near Lincoln, Nebraska, and is going
there to live.
The fair of the Boscobel Driving-
Park Association will be held Sept.
•J tth. 25th and 20.
R. J. Penhallegon, Jr. is building a
dwelling house on the lot just Fast of
James Toay's residence.
\ son of Stephen A. Douglas is
about to commence the practice of
law in Chicago.
Our citizens arc busy cleaning up
their yards. The green laws will
soon be visible.
Mr. T. S. Anslcv lias removed the
maple trees that stood along his fence
on Ridge street.
Spread abroad the news that Joseph
Cook will lecture in the M. F. Church
on Saturday. May the 3d.
Messrs. Torphy and Roberts, of
Ridgeway, have gone to Madison to
attend school at the I'niversity.
The number of pupils attending the
High school is greater than at any
time before during the school year.
Mr. I teller, our popular merchant,
started for New York, and Boston,
lids morning to buy bis spring stock.
The Madison Democrat says that
city will never be anything as a Slim
mer resort, or anything else, until it
hits water-works.
Slithers Brothers have removed
their stock of groceries, etc., to Win.
Prideanxs’ store, two doors West of
M. W. Praters.
Messrs. Patsey Whalen, Stephen
Thomas and James Penhallegon are
all improving their residences on
State street.
A company of Eastern capitalists
are erecting works in Milwaukee for
the manufacture of zinc white from
dry bone.
In Nebraska farmers have got all
their small grain in, and are now pre
paring to plant corn. A little ahead
of ns.
The population of Dakota has in
creased nearly oil,ooo during the past
year. The present population of the
territory is esiimated at 115,000.
Capt. Angus R, McDonald, formerly
of the lllh Wisconsin regiment, and
an old resident of this Stale, died at j
Madison on Monday morning last.
There is about sixty dollars in Hie
hands of the last Fourth of July com
mittee of this city, which will do as a 1
"starter" for a fund for the coming I
Fourth.
Mr. John Jackson ami Charley Dunn
of this city, started for Denver, Color
ado, last Monday morning, which
place they intend to make their fu
ture home.
Kinnie \ Spratler have moved into
the store building on the west of their
old stand. They have lilted up and
repainted the building, and it presents
a greatly improved appearance.
Dr. J, 11. Moffett and Mrs. Alex.
Wilson have gone to Nebraska to at
tend the sick bed of Mr. Frank Snd
deth, who is supposed to bo al the
point of death.
Win. F. Carter, F,sq„ lots been ill
and confined to the house most of the
time during the past three weeks. We
are pleased to state Unit 1m is gradu
ally recovei ing.
The Mineral Point road will make
an effort to build its road to Dodge
ville the present season, hut success
is probably contingent upon an agree
ment with tlie Central company to
build to the same point.
Schilling Brothers have removid
their shoe shop to a building near the
foot of High Street—the same they oc
cupied about a year ago. They will
continue to make first-class bouts and
-hoes to order, and will also do re
pairing.
The majority forOr-amus Cole for i
Associate Justice <u the Supreme
Court stands at 30,191, with the coun
ties of Brown, Door, Eau Clair. Luke,
Fond du J.ac, Green, (Icon to and Out
agamie to hear from. Cole's majority
in the Suite will reach i/X>.
Mrs. Kissel 1 has removed her stock
of groceries, etc., to the budding r* 1 -
cently occupied by 11. s. Clauer. Al
her new stand she has more room i
than she had before, and will thereby
be enabled to keep a first-class grocery
store and restaurant.
Sheriff Hlackney's team ran away
in Muscoda on Wednesday of last
week. Mr. Blackuey ami Messrs. 0.
! Lanyon and Pfiesterer were aboard,
; and all three were dumbed out as the
team turned a short corner. The
. horses ran into a tree. No lives lost.
• Mr. Gustav llauus. of the I'. S.
Navy, who has been si>ending the jast
two months in this city, will leave
next week for Alaska, to lake his
place as Master of It goverment ves
sel which sails for that coast in a few
| days. Mrs. llauus and child will re
; main with her folks in this city.
The M. K. Church was nicely deco
rated with flowers on Master Sunday.
In the morning Kev. M. Haleb preaeh
-1 cd an able sermon on the text." Christ
is risen, indeed.” His discours, in
the evening was for the edification of
young ladies, and was listened to by a
! large congregalioh.
A reader of the In Morn vr would
i like to see the following problem
i solved by arithmetic:
A and 1! invest equal sums of
1 money in trade. A lost tin per cent, of
his money, and 15 gained j?oo.o,*> on his.
A’s money was then 7‘> per cent of
j Is’s. How much did each invest V
The Annual examination of Can-
I didates for Stale Teachers’ Certificates
will be held, as provided by law, at
Madison, beginning Tuesday, August
I'Jlh. tSTO, at !• o’clock, A. M. The
Hoard of Kxaminers consists of Prof.
Duncan McGregor, of Platteville,
Prof. George W. Peckham, of Milwau
kee. and Supt. dames T. Lunn. of
1 ronton. Sank county.
The following olllcers were elected
jat the annual election of Trinity
Parish on Monday last:
Senior Warden— K. Delos Pulford.
Junior Warden -George Crawford.
Vestry—M. M. Strong. W. T. Henry,
J. M. Smith, W. 11. Cotterell, and A.
W. Cobb.
G. H. Max Held, of this place had a
cow str. y away about two weeks ago.
and after traveling over the country
for nearly a week in search of her,
last Thursday he handed in a four or
live line advertisement for publica
tion in the Di:mocuat. Next morn
ing someone who had read the notice
called on him and told him where he
would find the cow.
The Chicago and Tomah road was
built from Woodman, in Grant, coun
ty, to Lancaster, last fall. It is ex
pected that the road will be continued
for some distance, but its objective
point is unknown to us. 'The same
company has some twenty or thirty
miles of grading on its road in Craw
ford and Vernon copnties, and it will
I probably bo ironed during the snm
| mer.
The Illinois and Wisconsin narrow
gauge company contemplate building
| a road road from Phillips Corners, in
La Fayette county, to Avoca, in lowa
county, it is also a part of the gen
eral nlan, to purchase the Galena and
Southern Wisconsin road which lias
not been operated since last June, and
is soon to be sold, and make it a part
of the line.
i A "town has boon put in
j just north of J. I*. Tramel’s residence.
Hie well is about (i:> foot deep, with
lea or twelve feet of water. It will
be a great eoavenience to the publie.
j The cost of putting in the puinp, fenc
ing &c, has been about sixty dollars;
of this amount 810 has been raised by
subscriptions from parlies living in
I the immediate neighborhood. The
City Connell has been petitioned to
; appropriate the balance of the amount
required, 820.
A couple of tramps stopped over
night at the house of Mrs. John
I Thompson of Waldwick, mother-in
law of Win. beeves, formerly of this
I city. The tramps were given their
supper and lodging, and in return for
i this kindness they arose early in the
morning and "lit out,” taking with
them several articles of wearing ap
parel. And yet there are some who
say it would bo . lelurn to barbarism
to make these poor fellows work or
punishing them at the whipping-post.
The proprietors of the Chicago
Morning Herald “have boon forced
to put aside the presses which they
had calculated would do tin ir work
for at least a year,and to procure press
fa< ili ics equal to printing thirty thous
and copies per hour." They meat pres
ent unable to furnish enough copies
of the Herald to supply the demand
for them. True Democratic doctrine
does not seem to bo so unpopular
after ail. The Times will have to look
well to its laurels, for in a few months
more the the Morning Herald will
have double the circulation of any
other paper in the West.
The recent tornado near St. Louis,
reaching eastward into Illinois, adds
another to the examples which S. W
Wisconsin has furnished of destruc
tive meteorological convulsions
originating apparently, year after
year, nearly over the same meridian.
Is it a coincidence only that, that line,
taken to have a direction somewhat
east of north, was the lino of very
powerful earthquake movement in
the years i'll I'lii.' Have we yet
t > understand that there is a connec
tion lietween tornadoes and deep sale
terraman changes? May there he
earthquakes taking effect on the air
when agitations of the solid crust of
the earth fail of being observed, *
The services at Trinity I'lumii on
Easter SuiuUv wore of the usual
joyous nature, ami wore very largely
attended, the Church hoiug pretty well
tilled at the early morning service at
half past six o'clock. ami tilled to over
flowing at the half past ten service ami
the Children's Service in the evening.
The Easter sermon, hy the Reefer,
Rev. A. W. Seahre.ise. was a thought
ful ami eloquent one ami was most
appropriate to the day. Ihe music
was particularly Hue, ami it is proper
to remark here that the choir is one
of the best in the city, ami to its
members much praise is tae for the
part tliev contributed tow ards making
the Easter services so grand ami joy
c ns. The altar, font and organ were
beautifully decorated with tloweis.
In the evening the children's Faster
service of prayer and praise w as held,
at the close of which the children of
the Sunday School, as they matched
out of the Chmvh. received from their
teachers their Easter eggs ami cakes
Married.
At St. Bridget's Chmvh, Ridgeway,
hy the Rev. Father l.nbcy. Mr. .lames
DutTy and Miss Mary Cleary ; both
of Ridgeway.
At St. I’hllips Church, Highland.
April mill.l>y Rev,sTrant, Nir. Patrick
Delaney, el’ Highland, to Miss I,u - \
Manning, of Eden.
On Monday, April 14th. hy Rev. .1,
t VKeefe, Mr. Timothy Coleman, of this
city to M iss dull a Phillips of the town
of Mineral Point.
On Tuesday, April l.Mh, hy Rex. .1.
O'Keefe. Mr. Robert MeHattan, to
Miss Mary Coleman, both of this city.
John 11. Sylvester.
Mr. dohn P>. Sylvester who recently
died at Dubuque, lowa, was horn
in Avon. Maine, in tsf.>, He married
in Nexvhuryport, Mass, in ts.vd. Hi
IS.M) he emigrated from New (lamp
shire to lowa county. Wis., w here he
lived on his beautifill prairie farm
"Flevcrdiilc," oiu l of tho loveliest
spot in lowa comity, until is"4.when
lie removed to Pluttcvillc. The past
year has heeu spent in visiting and
travel, and the past wiutur in Minn
eapolis. Minn. About the last of Feb
rnary his health which has been fail
ing all winter, became so much worse
that his friends were seriously alarm
ed and his physicians pronounced his
malady to be disease of (he heart and
incurable. A month or so ago, be
with his wife went to Ibilnupie, to
the residence of a sou-iu law, Hr. H.
T. Harks, where they were Joined by
their daughters, Mrs Sampson and
i Mrs. Mills, and their sou ()i is. who re
mained until after the father’s death
which occurred outlie .Mb iusl. Mr.
Sylvester was a member of (he Min
eral I’oiut Hodge of Odd Fellows, and
the I’laltcville F.ucampmenl. His
pall bearers were composed id' mem
bers of the latter order. He was
j widely known and universally rcspec
j ted by all w ho knew him.
I Hook out for new goods at Heller's
1 next week.
(Ircen appels by the barrel at K unie
it Spratler’s.
You won’t think these are hard
times, when you see those boxes and
bales dumped off at Hellers.
Mi'src Hr.ssoxs. Miss Agues !■’.
Strong, teacher of singing and piano,
will be pleased to receive mole pupils.
S. Duppler will sell and delivir
(lilliuaiiu's Holt led lieer at Ifte per
bottle; also Argali's Slock Ale at gee
per bottle.
Notut;. I am now ready to do all
kinds of teaming, and will I'nrnisb
rock, sand and lime on short notice.
All orders left at Penrose’s meal mar
ket will lie promptly attended to.
;f-m IbmiatT .1 1 man.
All those knowing themselves in
debted to me for services of the horse
“Forrester" will please call and settle
and save costs as I need the money
and must have it. Wm, Fi:.\wi onn.
Von can save some money by going
to Heller's, to buy your dry goods
cloMiing and carpets, before the new
stock arrive., as he closes out some of
his goods below cost, ill order to gi I
plenty of room for his new mammoth
spring slock.
Don't tritie with a severe Hough or
fold. IToenre in time, if yon wish to
save doctor bills, a bottle of Hr. Mar
shall's Hung Syrup. Price only 'l’>
cents, large si/e ;;o cents. Sold by all
druggists.
N’otui:. All persons knowing
them elvo. to be indebted to J. F.
Mdv e must settle immediately with
Wm. .la-. Healey or myself in order
to save east, signed, ,H\s Ki hoi:, at
the store of Hanlon ,'v Kchoe, Mineral
Point, Wis. L'U ;sv,
Our Druggists are selling large
quantile . o! Hr. Marshall’s Hung
Syrup I'm t aughs, (’olds, and Pulmo
nary complaints generally. It lakes
the lead of all Cough remedies. Try
it, only g* cents a bottle. Sold by all
druggists.
Well Known.—As it is known
that Hr. iTiee’s >iecial Flavoring Kx
tracts are not m tde up from chemical |
poisons, but natural flavors, delicate |
and grateful to the most cultivated I
palate, they are growing rapidly in |
popular favor. It is only necssary to j
try these flavors to Im; convinced that 1
they are fine and jure.
Two good second hand sewing ms’
chines, for sale by Rirely A Son
Payable in hay or wood.
dohn Horn is shipping potatoes to
Chicago at the rate of two ear loads
per week. He wants several more
ear loads of tirst class potatoes, foi
which he will pay the highest market
price.
A tine lot of cultivated cranberries
12 quarts for St.oo at Kinnie A
Sprat lei ’s,
A I i \i nv. The I uique Perfumes
made hy Dr. Price are indeed a luxury :
their fragrance as sweet and exhilara
ting as a w alk in a garden of (lowers
at evening close. Dr. Price’s odors
are truly a* sweet and natural as dow
ers freshly gathered. Try his Eoral
Riche*: it is a cologne water of de
lightful fragrance.
1. A DIES. HOED ON FOR ONE
WEEK ON I.Y. IN ONE WEEK
FROM DATE. 1 Wll.l. OFFER
VOF I’HF MOST' EI.KHAN V I.IN F.
OF MISSES AND LADIES TRIM
MFD AND FNTRIMMFD 11 V I",
MADE IT IN TIIK LATEST
SI "I I.IS, \ C THE LOWEST CASH
PRICES. and. OKI.HER.
Is it x\x woxnt it. In view of the
immense amount of adulterated bak
ing powders used In the masses of
people in food, is it any wondei that
there are diseasixt gums.decayed teeth
amt disordered digestion? To escape
these (nils, use Dr. Price’s Cream
Raking Powder, the only kind made
by a Physician, with great care.
Mini um point. Vpril nth. isi'd.
The co-partnership heretofore exist
ing under the llnu name of Sehaelter
A Wasley, is hereby dissolved bv mn
tual consent. The iU'eonnts of said
firm ha\(• boi'ii dixided, each member
of the firm is empowered to receipt
in settlement of accounts, w Inch they
respectively hold due the old drill.
dosimi Son a i l i ra.
ttil-Tw doiiN Wasi.ky.
Seeds I Seeds !
Harden seeds of every variety, suit
able for this climate, for sale at low
prices at Dr. and. 11. Vivians.
City Property Tor Sale
1 olb r for sale my property on dor
usalein street consisting of my hoiwe
and lot, cabinet shop, and barn. A
good bargain can he Imd hy calling
soon. Mils. dos. Ei.i i xui
Hoots ami Shoos.
A large and attractive stock of (he
celebrated Rradley V Metcalf hoots
and shoes, just armed at F. Osborne
\ Son’s, at thecorner store three doors
wist of the Post Olllee, consisting of
line buttoned and side-laeed gaiters,
boy’s boots, very cheap: plow hoots
nothing will equal them for eomfoVt
mid durability, and so very cheap. axv
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FORECLOSURE SALE.
stale of Wisconsin lowa County Cir
cuit Court.
Louisiana Maildin, Plaintiff, against
llarvev S. Keyes, Sarah Keyes (his
wife),.). A. Hazard,and L. A.'llishop,
I lel'emlants.
Notice is hereby givi'ii that hy
. irlue of and pnrsnan' to a judg
ment of foreclosure and sale ren
dered in the above entitled action
in said lowa County Circuit Court
mi Hie Ist day of April, A. D. tslrt, t
will expose for sale and sell at public
a iclion to Hie highest bidder for cash,
at the front door of Hie Court House
in Hie village id' Dodgcville, in said
I minty, and Stale, on Tuesday, the
•_*7ll l day of May, A. D. IKTli.al 2o'clock
in Hie afternoon of said day Hie fol-
I ixving described mortgaged premises,
i r so ninch thereof ax shall he neces
sary to raise the amount of said judg
ment, interest, costs, and cost of sale,
to-wit:
Rot No. eight (si, anil that part of
Ini No. HIT ecu (l.T)desci jbed as follows:
Commencing at the south westerly
corner of said lot No. in, thence east
erly along Fountain street thirty-live
(:}.■) feet, thence northerly on aline
naralkd with the west side of said lot
No. in, to the northern boundary
thereof, thence westerly along the
northern boundary line to the north
wesl corner of said lot No. in, thence
southerly along Hie west line of said
lot No, in to the place id' beginning;
all of said lots being in block thirty
une(:in Strong and others addition to
the village (now city) of M ineral Point,
< 'minty and state aforesaid.
Dated Sheriff's olllee Dodgcville,
lowa County, Wisconsin, this sth day
of April, A. D. IN”!).
THOMAS BRACK N F, V,
SheriJf low a ('o., Wis.
IliiNitv ,x Smith,
Attorneys for Plaintiff. tin
FOR ITADVJLIT
AND TDK
Mining Regions of Colo
rado, Mew Mexico and
Arizonia.
Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad
Is the ('henpest and most Direct
Route.
Dcadville, f-’olorado, Wichita. Ksus.*is.
lienvtr, do Kin wm it, no
F'aebiO. do AMleiw, do
Colorado Hprlngs, (*o|. Rulin'*. flu
fi si K ilswk. < ulorado, Mncoln, ?fbrr*pka,
a ufgr(>wli, ri York. do
' Vnlta! Ctiy, do ID itrJri*, do
(tarlandr-t/. do A*bland, do
Trinidad. do do
Kansas City,Missouri, ID sir • . do
Hi Joseph. do Itadf iond, do
leaven worth, Kr-ov. Kearney, do
fort Herdl, do
Tl'kH* to ail points rssrh<*d by the* Chicago,
Darlington A: tjuiroy It l{ . st low rsU*. arc
on *al* at tb*’ ticket oflßc's at Mineral I'oinl,
Darlington, Iklaiont a:.d FlaUevUta. J*awn
ger tmin tasvi u/ in tb* morning mtxkn rlmi
M ipn §§
(fains lor the West. For information as t
rata of fare, tune. etc.. ati!y In person or by
teitvr to tb* Agent* of the Mineral I'omt Raw
rod. Emigrant tickets received for passage
od exprtss trains.
•JAMES /{. WOOD ,
(Jcneral I’aosobger A^etit.
R R Chicago, 111.
CHAMPION
Reapers and Mowers!
Host Hoopoes mol Flowers in tlio World I
The Most Complete Meeluuiism. IVrteeted utter Yours of Study bv
I'ulented Inventors. As Grain and Grass Cutters they hnvo no
K|Uttl, uml the Reaper is acknowledged l>v all to ho
The Boss Flax-Cutter.
\\ hen all others tailed many Farmers hud to borrow Champions to
cut thoir Flax cuts it wet or dry, green or ripe.
Also the Star Cora Planters, .McDermott, Gorham
and Acme Sulky Cultivators . .V. C. Thompson’s
Sulky and St u hide Plows , St rat nmn Plows.
ALSO AUKNT' I OiC
BUFFALO PITTS AND MASSILON THRESHERS.
KKI’AIKS for all the above machines for sale.
near Depot. A. li. FKRIB.
SPRING OF 1879!
NEW ROODS 1-TOR TILE
I SERINE TRADE
I
.1 usL, A rrivod
At GUNDEY & GRAYS.
Lower Prices than Ever Before
Offered in lowa County.
CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK AID
PRICES AND BE CONVINCED.
CMTNDUY & GRAY.
Cjl* <) 10 Hife
JV. JL— H e make a Specialty of
COTTON GOODS,
And at Prices liraf cannot he undersold.
Mineral Point, Win., March I, IH7.H (J. & (1.
cream
baki n c fmmm
Eminent. Chemists and Physicians certify that those goods are
free from adulteration, richer, more offootlvo, produce bettor result*
than any others, and that they use them in thotr own famines.
rm murm’n UNIQUE PERFUMED arc the Gem* of all Odom,
K HKiI H \ TOOTHENE. Anugr-cable, healthful Liquid Dentifrice.
.!) J lUUIJ U LEMON SUGAR. A substitute for Lemons.
UU '* myAJ M EXTRACT JAMAICA GINGER. From the purs root
STEELE A PRICE'S LUPULIN YEAST OEMS. ,
The Hen Dry Hop leas I 4s the World,
STEELE & PRICE. Mantra., Chicago, St. Loui. ft ClnoinnatL