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VOL XIII.
Business Directory.
LAW YJSRS.
J. W. Taylor,
Attorney and covnskiou at Law, Lindrn
Wl. _____
A. McArthur,
ATTORN AT AT Law, Mtnenl Point. Wis. Office
In south-west corner of City Hall baildiu*. 47
Lanyon & Speusley,
ATTORNETS AMI COUNSELLORS, Office rooi
user the Cost Office. Mineral Point, Wiscounu.
T. Scott Ansley,
Attorney at Law Mineral Point. Wis, of
fice, cart front room City Hall. Office In
Uoditetllle. in with Clerk of Circuit Court.
M. J. unions. Ammo jknks.
Briggs & Jenks,
ATTORNEY!- AM) COUNSEU.OUS AT Law,—
DodßiVlllo, Wisconsin. Office over .Tones &
Owens' store.
BOSKS N. STBONO. w - t - COAD.
Strong & Goad,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. Office
opposite the Court House over P. Allen * Cos. s
store,
Wilson & Mcllbon,
ATTORNEYS AM) COUNSELLORS AT I.AW, OfllCU
In the City Bank. Miners' Point, Wis. 4*
B. T rnea,
Attorney at Law lliKliland. Wls. Collec
tions promptly utten ed to. office over Non
dorf & Kreul's stor.
T Patoflold,
Attornxv at Law. and General Insurance
Arent. Office over Alton ii 11 uie s store.
Mifflin. WU. 40 lf
o. C. Smith,
Attorns* at Law, Dodtfcville, Wisconsin.
Office ueai lie Port offide Attends to the
leneralur. ,uce of l.aw in the Circuit Courts
ofthe Stale , and the County Court in all Probate
matters x “ *
FU YSICIANS.
J. B. Moffett, M. D.
Physician and Suroeon. Office in Hear of his
l)ruu Store,Miuetal Point, Wisconsin. IS
Dr. W. H. Osborn,
Homeopathic Physician and m rueon Miner
al IVlni, Win, office one door caul oi L. o.
lioteU
Charles Egan,
Physician and suhueon, Highland, Wisconsin.
U. S. Hiaßilug surgeon lor Pensions, for lowa
aounty.
Dr. Van Dusen, M. D.
Physician and Suroeon, will hold himself In
readiness to answer all calls in his profession,
Office at. his residence. Cl *' J
William Eastman, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon. Office No. ICoad s
hloeN, (up stairs' Cor. High and Chestnut Sts.,
over Del let's store. Mineral Point. 'Via,
Dr. L. M. J. Leonard,
PHY ' ICIANANU Surgeon, Office and residence
in Mr. Shepard's house on Jerusalem street,
nearly opposite Jerusalem Pump. Kiilrance
from High street between Presbyterian church
and Mtepard's marble shop.
Dr. H. P. Mix.
Homeopathic Physician. Highland, Wls.-
will give prompt attention to calls in village
or country. Office In rooms formerly occupied
by Dr. Coslns.
I)EJVTIST~
J. W. Wassail,
Dentist. Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Office
over Guudry ,V Gray’s store. Mtro- Oxide
Gas administered lor the painless extraction
of teeth.
Dr. J. H. Wingonder s
DENTAL UOOMH. Successor to the lute Dr.
J U Ooykeitdal'. Oldest office In the county
—established 1857. All operations preformed
with cure and skill and at reasonable rates.
Dtuiciitc 2al)toat?t.
Dr. C. W. Moffett,
Graduate of the Ohio College of Dental Snr
gerv has opened new Dentil Rooms over
Osharne's Jewelry Store. He solicits the pat
ronage of the citizens of Mineral Point and
vicinity. loiter to give satisfaction in what
ever piece of work is eoliusled to my care.
Mv motto Is to save all teeth ossihl.i. and
use the forceps only when more is no other
means available, Pieserving the naiural leeth
a eueciallv. No charges lor eonsaliatloii
Uespecifully, C. W. .MOFShl'l .
DR UGGISTS.
J. B, & C. R. Moffett,
Have a large slock of Drugs, Chemicals, Pancy
Toilet Goods, Cutlery, School Books, Stationery,
Wall Paper, Paints, Oils. Glass. Ac. Give ns a
cal land gel cheap bargains. Sign ofthe Golden
Mortar. 41
ROT ELS.
City Hotel,
Mark Tehbill. proprietor, Mineral Point,Wis
consin.Good Wines A Liquors. Well furnished
good Stables, and tvasouaoie charges. 50
Former’s Hotel,
A. McCl'Tohin, proprietor. Opposite the depot,
Arena, WU. Good Stable* and Calllo Yard*
attached to the premise*.
Eden Hotel,
On corner of Mineral Point, Highland, Muscoda.
Avoca, Madison and Prairie du Chicu roads,
Eden, lowa Cos., "Is., .Mike SniUTTE. Prop.
Avoca House,
Henry Leach, proprietor, Avoca. Wisconsin.
Teams and drivers furnished to any part of me
conntry. Good Livery connected wuh the House
Union Hotel,
Richard Manning pioprletor, Eden. lowa
County Wis, First-class hole!accommodations
a good barn; and a good slock of wines and
liquor at the bar, I xttitf
Globe Hotel.
Nicholas Shillen, proprietor. Mineral Point
Wis. This house has recently been enlarged and
refitted thonghout. and is now one of the very
best hotels iu south-west Wisconsin, The build
ing it now nearly twice Its former size and is
capable of accommodating almost any number
of ruestt. The proprietor will spare no pains to
make the "Globe Hotel'' first-class in every
respect. The best of wines, liquors tod cigars
eonslantly on band. In connection with the
hotel is a large Barn and attentive hostlers are
always kept on hand, Keuumber. Foot oi High
sleet. Mineral Point. Wit.
lowa County Democrat.
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COUNTY NEWS.
From Dodgov illo.
Ben Davey, the furniture dealer,
was married to Miss Eliza Thomas
of this village, Wednesday the 7th.
by Rev. C. Cook, of the M. E.
Church.
Thos. Howell, grand master of
the A.. T. & S. F. U. R., Wichita.
Kansas, is home on a visit.
J. J. Herbert has removed his
jewelry store to the southron half
of Ben Davey s furniture store.
Rev. William Charles, of this
village started for a visit to Wales.
Tuesday, the ffth inst.
West Blue Mounds has a large
carriage manufactory and machine
shop just opened hv Racclv, Smith
& Racely.
Ben Davey, the furniture dealer,
Ills just received anew stock of
furniture, and will sell as cheap as
the cheapest.
The lightning rod agents are
again in our midst; the same parties
that were here last summer, are
here again. They insure all build
ings against loss by lightning for
ten years.
Mrs. Thomas I’aul, a former resi
dent of this village, who has resided
in Plattevillo for some time, lias re
turned to this village and will make
it her future home.
Patrick King, Sr. of Helena Sta
tion, is in town for court week. We
are always glad to see him.
Mrs. J. Eade is v isiting friends in
Monitor, Illinois, for a few days.
Mrs. Geo, L. Frost lias her build
ing on lowa street finished, and
will open a well selected stock of
fruits, teas, eoil'ees, candies, nuts,
cigars and tobacco and shelf gro
ceries, Monday 12th. She solicits
a fair share ofthe patronage.
The Doilgevillo base ball club are
practicing every evening. They
are ready to play any club in
Southwestern Wisconsin at a days
notice for the championship.
Robert Sheean, an old resident
of the town of Ridgeway, died
Wednesday the 7th hist, at the age
of (IS years. The funeral took
place on Friday the Uth.
Sam Pike, representing M. Sels rV
Do. of Chicago, was in town the Uth
inst. selling our merchants their
summer stock of hoots and shoes.
Sam is the oldest traveling man on
the .load coming to this town.
The Howell House was burglar
ized to the amount of six dollars in
cash on last Thursday night, Some
one forced an entrance and went
through the hoarders’ pockets for
the cash.
Ray A Mnelhaviser, cigar man
ufacturers of this village are still
manufacturing those celebrated
brands of cigars. La Oportuna,
Share Shot, A Hard Pull and Jes
ter. (treat inducements are offered
to cash buyers.
Baker A - . Healy, butchers, who
have been occupying (he Potter
building, have removed to the
i Davis block, under Masonic Hall,
and keep constantly on hand fresh
meat, sausage, fish etc.
('has. Bishop, corner of lowa and
I Division streets, is selling dry goods,
I (roots and shoes, clothing, hats and
caps, crockery, groceries, etc., at
bottom prices. A general invitation
Is extended to buyers to call and
examine g ds before purchasing
I elsewhere.
Samuel Davey has a house with
(five rooms and a pantry, to rent to
| some small family.
Mr. Frank Hocking was married
Ito Miss Roxy Woodward, by the
Rev. Win. Jaeka, on April the 23d.
Mr.Fllis Owens was married to
Mbs Ellen Davey, of this village
May 3d, by the Rev. Win. Owens.
Did you notice the smiling coun
llenanee of the deputy County
Treasurer on Saturday morning?—
j its a boy.
Messrs. Mitchell & Griffiths, pro
prietors of the Dodge villo creamery
iare shipping large quantile* of their
MINERAL POINT. WIS., FRIDAY, MAY Iff. 1879.
butter to Chicago. They deserve
great credit for their enterprise.
Alex. Straehan. general agent for
the Knowlton Ivuper and Mower
combined, was in town this week
in company with J. A. Owen. Wo
understand from him that they an
ticipate a larger sale than ever be
fore for the Knowlton reaper.
H. MePherran, representing the
publishers of Appelton's Cyclopedia
was in town Saturday the 10th,
looking for subscribers to that prince
of publications, the American Cyc
lopedia.
Uov. Win. F. Smith of Wiscon
sin was registered at the United
States Hotel on Friday last. We
bail the pleasure of an hour's con
versation with his excellency, and
find him a highly accomplished
gentleman, and well calculated to
govern the one million inhabitants
of the broad State of Wisconsin. If
we must have a Republican govenor
the record of William F. Smith is
such as well deserves a second term.
The governor was called to this
county on business connected with
the wholesale grocery house of Win.
F. Smith A Cos. of Milwaukee, of
which he was formerly a partner.
Court adjourned Saturday the
11th, until Monday the 13th at 10
a. m. The Ross A Henry vs.
Heatheoek ease is still in the hop
per and progressing slowly.
On Thursday last, the saloon of
James Cahill was entered hy some
party or parties and 81.10 in change
extracted from the “till.”
Adam Kulberg of the Conimer
'cial House set ’em up big to the
hoys on Monday —its a girl.
J. H. IVnherthy is minus a pair
of pants and hoots. The hoots were
almost new. Someone entered his
summer kitchen on Saturday even
ing and appropriated them. This
is the third petty larceny commit
ted in this village within the past
week, and if the offender or offend
ers are found out it will he made
uncomfortably warm for (hem.
Chas. McConnell, the Hero of
many a hard fought battle is again
iu the meshes of the law. In a lit
tle jamboree on Monday the 12th
inst. he made an impression on the
face of Ed. King of "Ridgeway, and
then District Attorney Ansley ap
peared on the scene and ordered
deputy Sheriff’ Daniels to put the
Heroin “quad." It is time some
tiling desperate was dune in eases
of this kind.
Chas. Simons of Chicago b in
town peddling hardware.
From West Blue Mounds.
Fits. Democrat: Our little burg
is quite lively at present, as quite a
number of our tow nsmen are erect
ing buildings.
Janies if. Quier, lias bis store and
ball ninler way.
(’. B. Arnold, our energetic Hotel
and store keeper is making rapid
progress on bis large carriage and
blacksmith shop. Mr. (’. If. is
going to employ u first-class black
smith and carriage builder, and as
he is situated in the best location
in town, and is an energetic and ac
comodating business man, we think
he will have a large share of the
public patronage. Mr. Arnold is
the owner of the fan ous picnic
grounds known as the Bine Mounds,
it is the highest point in tin 1 State,
and is becoming quite a favorite
resort for excursionists.
Mr. W. liaibley has the founda
tion laid for a dwelling house, the
buildings now under way and those
built lost year will add much to
the appearance of our town.
()nr school is in charge of Miss
Lizzie Williams, of Jennieton, it is
under good discipline, and all say
she gives satisfaction.
WV understand that arrangements
are now being made for a grand
concert, to come off about the first
of June at Mount Horeb, under the
management of Prof. Rogers. We
wish the Prof, success..
There has been quite a number
down with sickness of late, but they
f.re recovering under the treatment
of Dr. Jones.
We are all thankful for the glori
ous shower that came down on
Sunday morning, if did its work in
brightening up nature after the
long dry spell.
Freaks of an Insane Man.
Darlington Democrat.
A man by the nano of ,1. W.
Ward, reported to belong to the
town of Mitllin, in lowa county,
made his appearance in the town of
Kendall on Monday afternoon last.
He reached the home of Mr. Pat
rick Metiuigan, at supper time,
coatless and shoeless, rushed in and
sat. himself in a vacant chair at the
ti.ble, uninvited, but without any
interruption. He devoured a very
hearty meal, during which he made
so many foolish statements and
gestures, that Mr. Metiuigan at
once suspected the man to be in
sane. After satisfying Ins appetite
the fellow left as uneermoniously as
he entered, clasping his hands and
jumping in the air. Mr. Metiuigan
thought it prudent to watch him,
so he and his hired man started in
pursuit. The insane man ran like
a deer, with hat in hand, “yelling
like a lunatic." He visited several
neighbors whom he almost sea re* I
to death. Metiuigan finally made
chase for the purpose of capturing
him, and after sum* desperate light
ing and struggling, in which Mc-
Uuigan got a blow under tho eye,
and the hired mao his llmmli in
the lunatic's mouth, the latter was
overpowered and taken to the county
jail. He was recognized hy tin* Slier
ill'as a person he knew, and his in
sanity doubled, but after taking off
the cords that bound him, ho dewU
qpedstrong Hymptioms. Since writ
ing, tho above wo underaUmd that
Ward has undergone a medical ex
animation, and lias been pronounc
ed insane.
South-Mastmi Dakota.
Tlion* lias been u strong ti<l<* of
cmmigration from Wisconsin pour
ing into Dakota Territory 'luring
tin l past few months. Kueouragiug
reports come from that country of
its present condition and future
prospects. The Advocate, published
lit Canton, Dakota, thus speaks of
the past trials of the people of that
section, and of the hopeful outlook
tor (hem:
“Three years ago immigration
hither had ceased, and the majority
who stayed remained, because they
were unable to change. Merchants
were crippled in their transactions,
credit became limited, and a double
burden was upon iin post'd them by
being forced to carry customers upon
the uncertain prospects of a coming
crop; improvements were at a stand
still; the old sod-house and dug-out
erected only for a temjK'iary pur
pose, had to be thatched and plast
ered for further protection from the
elements, and the threadbare
clothes carefully brushed and pati li
ed for another season. Village
property was unsaleable, rents nom
inal, and new buildings were not
thought of, new corners were only
looked for in the far future, and in
short everyone, was blue.
“To-day a happier people ’twould
be hard to find. One railroad com
pleted to the borders, that has
brought fuel, lumber ami other in
dispensables to the customer’s door
at one half less than he could pur
chase l>efore, and the farmer has re
ceived, within a reasonsbl transpor
tation rate, Chicago and Milwaukee
quotations for his grain. Another
road and the; one long looked for, is
approaching us at the rate of nearly
half a mile a day, and already has
its influence Is en felt to the extent
of enchanting the rise of both vil
lage and farm property.”
KmU'ATIONAL
Teaching as a Profession.
(Continued from last week )
It is the uniform testimony of
the profoundest scholars that no
intellectual satisfaction can compare
with that a Horded by the conscious
ness, that same one domain of
knowledge is specially om ’s ow n,
that in rn v r province he has push
ed his explorations to the outmost
limits of the known and ascertained,
and that, the experience of standing
face to face with the unknown, is
one which no man can atVord to
forego, nor w ill rest satisfied with
one such experience.
To have thus mastered someone
department of know lodge to have
made oneself an authority on some
subject, of dignity and worth, carries
with it a recompense more than
ample. In the lirsf place it will
surely keep one busy which of all
temporal blessings, is perhaps the
greatest, for it is the parent of man
others. The general complaint is
that, the labors of tuition, and the
duties attendant upon teaching, are
usually so arduous and numerous,
that no time is left for private
study. Life is no doubt short, nor
have we any ground to doubt that
"time is fleeting," hut it is extremely
rare that any one fails to find time
to do that w hich he is very desir
ous of doing. We shall not stand
in much danger of contradiction
when we assert that the time re
(piireil to make one a mi*,d.* r of the
science and art of the game of ero-
quet, would be amply sullieient, if
properly applied, to obtain a very
respectable knowledge of the Histo
ry of Kngland from the earliest
time down to tbe present. The
community resorts to tbe school
, .Vii .rfvj ■. >\ W'Fi (i U■oatlmiiee,
for light and guidance upon the
intr’cileios of croquet; while, un
happily, the encyclopedia and the
compendium are regarded as safer
authorities upon any epoch in the
History of the mother country.
We would not be understood a
- that teachers as \ ci.ass
are indolent, nor yet that they do
not tin*l enough to do to keep them
out of mitehief making; I tut the
kind of work which we are advoca
ting ought not to operate as an
additional burden, but ought to
serve, rather, to counteract the nar
rowing iulluenee of the every day
routine of school-room duties,
But further Ilian Ibis and mote
important still: Such independent
labor and study, serves to connect
(lie teacher with the world of think
ers and Workers outside. Therein
undoubtedly some foundation for
the charge so often brought against
the profession, that it seems to para
lyze those bllsine-s or executive
faculties which serve to carry men
through the world success fully and
with a reasonable show of the phy
sical coin forts of life. “Lay not up
for yourselves treasure - on earth,”
is a favorite text of scripture with
our profession. But what compo
sure of mind can any provident
man have while he is made to feel
that a slender and precarious salary,
(and too that often anticipated), de
pendent largely upon the whims of
a crotchety school-board, is all that
shields him and his family from
destruction. Pnrodoxieal as it may
seem, it is still true that a certain
amount of the “Mammon of un
righteousness” is indispr nsible to
enable a man “to live righteously
in (lie life that now is.” It seems
to require no ordinary human
firmness to resist tho temptation to
resort to sharp and questionable
practices when a man finds him
self forever ehased by the speetre
of want. A man who is versed
only in the mere AUT of his profes
sion, whatever profession that may
be, is always iu gunnery!” •<
placed in this
ho niultitu' , ip°y min inter In
of genuine knowledge, that a man
who knows anythin*; accurately
and thoroughly—knows all about
it is sun' that he knows it, and
can convince others that he knows
it, can rarely fail of an opportunity
to employ that knowledge, and to
obtain tor it the steady remunera
tion which honest industry deserves.
In thus becoming familiar with
and master of some limited province
ol knowledge, there is however a
tendency to be zealously guarded
against the tendency to become a
mere specialist that often mastering
a given subject, the subject turns
around and masters the man. It
is common to call such a person
bobby-rider. It would be more cor
rect to say such a man was hobby
ridden, as clearly that is the opera
tion which takes place. The sub
ject mounts into tbe saddle and
henceforth the man is a beast of
burden. A mkuk anything is not
what a man should be. It is a
worthy ambition to be a teacher,
doctor or a lawyer, but not a mere
teacher, a move doctor, or a mere
lawyer: there should be the man
above them all.
In the minuteness growing out of
(be division of labor and (be growing
magnitude of society, the individual
is dwarfed in Ins development and
limited in bis action. To a certain
extent this must always lie true.
Kverv man will find himself be
littled I•y the enormous extension
of the system in w hich he is com
prised, Hut the teacher lias not
only yielded to ibis tendency of
great systems, be has added to its
for* *' and extent by devoting him
self exclusively to lb*' tuition of
children; by eiremnserihing th
held of his labor hy tbe four walls
of the school-room and limiting the
hill of fare to the often stain pabu
lum of priutury (-(-l*)ks.
The ehitotie eon*fUTr*i of ptiblfo
opinion in regard to tbe * etw, eHn
Domical, and political questions of
tin* day is potent to all, and tho
necessity of enlightment and in
struction is evident to all observing
persons, and there is no valid rea
son why teachers from their van
tage ground of better knowledge
for better knowledge they certainly
oi i.nr |o have should not aid a
. addly muddled community to
cum'' to Hume Iticji) conclusions Up
on llic ijueslions presented fur con
sideration. W’c i|u no) do ire to see
teachers n ii< l< 11 ii i;r in ollicc, seeking
politics, Inil, li'Hchci'H urn citizens,
anil ns such should lie iiitci'cslcil,
not only in tin 1 Treasurer of a school
hoard, lm( in induct of the af
fair of the (own, county, Stall' and
Nation to which he belongs.
It would add dignity and inllu
cncc (o our profession, if, instead of
iniTcly instructing the next gener
ation, we should consider that we.
also belong to the present, and have
duties to discharge toward it.
It is thin broad cosmopolitan in
terest and spirit winch should hind
all professions and orders together
into one coin pact organism, that are
wanting in onr profession wanting
to make it fruitful of greater bene
fit to (he world and to the the
higher individual developmental of
its members wanting to convert
and transform the formal peda
gogue into an interesting citizen of
the world -that it may he said of
him as it was said of lirutus—“The
elements so mixed in him that
nature might stand up and say to
all tin* world, ‘‘This was a man.”
(lovemor Smith ban granted a
pardon to KiusUih Beauoamp, u liy
nineteen yearn of age, convicted in
the Circuit Court of Brown county
for larceny, and sentenced to nix
months’ imprisonment. The par
don in granted on u petition of Col.
Charles 11. Robinson and prominent
citizens of Green Bey, showing that
Bcaueump wan coerced into the
crime by Horatio N. Snow, who is
Jiving a sentence in Waupun
NO. 10.