Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1866-07-18

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= One thousand hands are employed
, IN Paris printing Office
j - The Hibernian Fire Company Of
Philadelphia are going to pay Paris a
visit
- Tt is supposed that The cattle plague
Is among the buHal0es on the Plains. A
great many have been found dead, with-
out an outward appearance Of any cause.
- out Of the ]. .2S5 100000 people in
the world, 200, 900, wear cotton exeIu-
sively, and all but 20,000OUO use It more
or less.
Some enthusiastic person having been
eulogizing the girls of 76, a witty editor
replies that they are not to be compared
with the girls Of l6 to %.
- The last census taken at St Peters,
burg shows that the population amounts
70 53j,l22, Of whom 3I3, ,4f3 are men and
225 ,619 women.
~ Mrs. GeraGhy. aged eighty-one years.
residing IN New York city. cut four new
teeth the other day. She is certainly in
second childhood.
The Saugatuck Manufacturing Com
Ipany, Of Wakefield, r. l., are about to
build a new mill on the east side Of the
river
gsy- The lady who has a porto rico in
front Of her house and turpcntine walks
I'll around IL and who saw Fanny KEN
bic play Catherine Of Oregon" is at
F.. Saratoga.
New Orleans papers record the sale
Of the residence Of MIR Sherard Brown
If thai -ity it was the most expensive
dwelling in the city Of New Orleans.
having cost $3.50 in gold before the
war It sold for 1000 currency.
The American Wood Screw Compa-
ny, Of Providence, Rhode Island. has a
capital of SL0O0,OO0 anI from the net
profits of its business, divided among its
Stockholders 1000. 900 IN 1861, a,.d 81.
100000 in 1865.
+ WAsH FOR BoDlEs or TR.Ir TREEs.-An
ounce Of copperas to s or 10 gallons of
water forms a good wash, and is advised
.1- trial as preventive against blight 4
pound 81 1loache~1' soda ana gallon of
water forms q wash that cleans of all in
se1ts, and leaves the trees with fresh.
young locekia@, healthy bark -HoeF-uL-
tarisa
~ TIE Worcester Npr says "Oaa cG
our most widely known citizens retired to
rest one night last week with his fall
beard, ana was surprised and g~ieycd
next morning en- ar~aking, t. find that
during the night it had AZ fallen off lcav-
ing his face as bare as BOYS The oc-
currence Is unusual, but not unparaI-
ieled
An Oregon journal gives a description
Of the massage Of the falls and rapids of
the Columbia river hv a steamboat. it be
ing the first time any large vessel has
done X No accident happened to the
-cGturesone captain, who ri5kei his boat
and life IN the exploit These falls have
heretofore been considered an impossible
barrier to navigation. Steamers from
above stopped ard transferred their
freight AMI passengers there to steamers
below
~ \ valuable specimen of the mad
stone has hcer found in Virginia. IT
adhered Wl,h wonderful tenacitv to the
arm ot q negro who had been bitten by
nm adder, and extracted all the virus from
his veins \ c2-e Of yc1ereaI poison Of
a v.ruicat character was also successfully
treated. " hen. where and how It was
found, remains secret with the finder
aud AIs negro servant 4 piece Of It has
chemist for the purpose Of analysis.
~ London Po3ch gives a graphic des-
criptiou of French neutrality in the
German war. b. & cartoon styled " The
Latest from the Tuilleries, The little
French Prince Imperial Is reading l. ais
with his tutor The tutor reads " eak
wjckednc>s j. worse than vickcGuess
only. VIII Your Hi-huess give me n
rr-..f ~ ~}rFs --f+--h
replies Austria was only the weak ac-
cempIcl of Prussia IN the Danish bur
-.ary vet Is probably going to lose Ncne-
tia Tutor ~" But viii Prussia's w5cl-
odress 90 uupuuishcd p Prirce--hsk
ny papa.
THE NEw Paris OPr6A HousE-Thc
grand building now in construction opro-
site tho Rue De n Paix in Paris. which
Is destined for an opera hcEsc, Is now
rapidly approaching completion More
than 1000 worbmcn are employed = and
cat-I3c the building, which. when tni>h-
ed VIII he the finest thing Of the kind in
the world 1t IS estimated that far more
than 100000 francs worth Of iron has
been employed. ali about 5. 100000 worth
Of marble The fittings up viii far sur
pass anything vet attempted
There Is story ot jury, IN a ease of
pockctPickiuE, who broa-St in q verdict
e Eanslauzhter, and on being rcbuked
ay the court. changed il 70 bigauv That
jury has found is match IN q coroner :
Jury IN Hamilton county. Ohio On
nes.ay tie body Of o woman. Go
years 1.1 vas found IN the canal The
BODY was partly eiTcz5e3 IT It's cIorhiu-
the remainder lying en- TIE caa1I bark
he nose, mouth and eyes Of the deceased
were tightly bound by means OF heavy
strips of muslin. and IL body was sewn
VII IN 8 ledsack ucd tightly 81 one end -
Tie Surv returned q verdict Of suicide
~ lrowri1-- Either the deceased was
8 " rope-tyiu- medium. exceIIiu- the Ua-
venp1rts n ingenuity or that Jury de-
serves the premium for excessive stu
Pitiy