Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-11-09
NUMBER 45.
CLIPPINGS.

1t is said that there are places in our
lines before Petersburg where pint of
bul cts (fred by rebel riflemen) can be
picked up at any time in few minutes.
The military style of dress is to be
the ladies' only wear the coming season.
They are to have tight sleeves. coat tails,
and fatigue jackets buttoned and double
breasted.
A cannibal has been discovered liv-
ing near Edlitz, in Bohemia lie XII led
an woman and boiled her flesh with
potatoes for food This crime led to his
detection.
The Russian government encourages
marriage among its soldiers, pro ides the
couple with house. supports them, renrs
their children, but takes away all the boys
at a tender age and sends them to a mill
tary garrison there to be trained for the
army. There are 100000 of this kind Of
soldiers in the Russian army.
The Gardiner (Naine) Journal, is ex-
asperated at the fearful potato. stories
which are going the rounds, and revcnges
itse as follows; 4 friend is digging
around one for US, and will bring it down
as soon as he IS able to remove it 1t is
in a somewhat damaged condition, as q
yoke cr oxen had been feeding on it two
DAYS before he commenced digging 1T
The Portland papers comment with
astonishment on the unusually great num-
ber of marriages which they are. called
upon to record in that city about this
time
- The international Exhibition of Arts
and Manufactures in DoubIin, will be
opened on the 9th Of May, 1865, and will
remain open until the end Of October A
building Al feet long and 30 feet wide
is to be erected with It's roof and sides of
ass. after the modcl-of Sir W, Paxton's
building for the first English exhibition.
a certain importer Of wines and
cigars in Philadelphia keeps private
drawer we'll filed with Havanas, and has
| been much annoyed by the freedom with
which an acquaintance has been an the
| habit Of appropriating them The other
| div he had some cigars made with fire.
I cracker in the centre of each. During
! his absence, his friend helped himself, as
usual, in spite Of the remonstrances of the
boy in charge of the o!tice The conse-
/ quence was an explosion and an abraised
nose, and the private drawer Will in future
be unnolested.
a person in New York hired, a car
ria-e and horses on Sunday for a dri e
| The horses ran away and broke up the
carriage, and the person refused to pay
damages a suit was brou hit to recover,
and motion for Il non-suit was granted
the defendants lawyer, who took the
ground tlIat the contract Of hiring was
made on Sunday, and was therefore void;
and, further, that ira, cling on Sunday for
pleasure was prohibited by the statute.
and the plaintiff in making out his case,
would be obliged to prove an Illegal act as
a link in the chain of evidence.
A man in Connecticut raised this
Sc, son over 500 pumpkins from two seeds
which were accidentally sown.
"A poor woman in Cincinnati lately
gave birth to tn. ee seven pound children.
/ The quartette all survi' ed.
George H. Clapp of Boston, lately
drove over an old man liz the street and
xii ed him. He has been indicted for
manslaughter.
A convict died in his cell in the Mich>
iean state Prison, the other day, who had
been confined Il years for the murder Of
his father
1t is said that the rose Of Florida, tie
most beautiful Of flowers, ernits no fra
GRANGE the bird of Paradise, the most
/ beautiful Of birds, gives no songs the
cypress Of Greece, the finest Of trees,
yields no fruit; dandies, the shiniest of
men. have no sense and ballroom bellies,
the loyeliest creatures in the world, are
very often ditto-only more so!
DAY light is wasted upon cats, dip'o-
mats and ow 5, tAat can see 50 much bet
/ ter in dark
"A farmer in England has discovered
/ that the swelling from the sting of wasp
can be speedily reduced by the application
Of turpontine e5
"A di washing machine has been
put into operation in Springfield Mass.
"A salt lake has been struck near
Grand Rapids, Mich, at 700 feet from
the surface, and the people in the neigh
4 borhood are ecstatic about it
"A copy Of rebel song, comprising
ten or fifteen verses, was picked up in .
deserted camp of FORESTS cavalry, by
one of the Federal pursuing party, after
their late attack on Memphis The gist
of the who'e is Contained in the chorus
Hard tines coming, starvation now at
hand; officers eat the -four bread, and
| soldiers eat the bran"
! There is boy in Quincy, Mass, two
years d, that can call all the letters of