Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-09-30

in such cases
A Georgia paper calls the bronze mon
ument TO Vanderbilt "amonument to dol
lars
A live alligator was found and killed
i'll the cellar of private residence in Sa-
vannah, Ga, the other day How it got
there is a mystery.
A novel establishment, at which dogs
are to be washed and thoroughly freed
from tleas, at fifty cents each. has been
opened in New York.
In Cork, the crier of the court anXi-
Gus to dispense the crowd around the bar,
exclaimed, "All We hlackguards that isn't
lawyers quit the COURT p
Mr. Seward says the coast line of
Alaska and its Islands is 10000 miles in
extent, while that of the rest of the United
States is but 10000. The area of the
former is $4,000 square miles
A noted miser, having relented so
, much as to give beggar slXpence, sud
denly dying soon after, the attendant ply
stefan gave it as his opinion that it was
from enlargement of the heart,
doned out of the Oregon State Penitentia-
ry on the certificate of the attending physi-
clan, that the convicts are so diseased as
to endanger the health Of the other prison
erS."
"A curiosity was lately found in coal
bank near Knoxville Tenn Iii a kettle,
probably of iron or some other hard sub
stance, but from long rusting has become
1 like stone, 1t was incased in bed of
/ slate stone, just above the coal bed, 26
/ feet beneath the surface.
Some excitement has been created at
Columbus, Miss, by the appearance there
of four immense insects, supposed to be
| Egyptian locusts. They were three times
as large as the common locust, with large
] black eyes, legs ofgreat strength, feathered
4 like a shanghai chicken, tails similarly
adorned, and hard shell covering. The
| like of them was never seen before by the
Oldest inhabitant.
"A Puget's Sound paper says that IN
Squawk Lake, at point some four
/ hundred yards from the shore, is Il forest
of large fir trees, standing upright, the
tops of which are mostly under water !;
but few Of them reach out a few feet. 1t
is believed that a section of the country
has, at a comparatively late date, sunk at
that point, and so perfectly was the sink
ing accomplished that the trees retained
their standing position
"A new arrival at Sweetwater Wyo-
ming, was waited upon by gentleman as
soon as he had registered his name at the
hotel, with the offer of the position of
Deputy Sheriff On inquiring why he was
so much favored, he learned that the last
incumbent was shot the night before, and
his predecessor on the day preceding.
How long does Deputy Sheriff live in
these partS?" ooh, about twenty-tour
hours" The stranger declined the APP
polntment
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 17G9--It is time
our people understood and practised more
generally Life Assurance. Many widow
and orphan have had great reason to be
! grateful that the advantage of Life Assur-
ance was understood and embraced by the
husband and father A large amount has
been paid by Life Assurance Companies to
widows and orphans when it formed
almost their only resource
] I'pNAh' i JoNiLS, lCUJ.-l nave Hluuc
/ sufficient examination of the condition of
/ the Washington Life Insurance Company
1 OF New York to warrant me in taking a
4 policy of Twenty Thousand Dollars.
Among the spectators at recent
/ Dubuque race, the Times tells us, was an
/ old gentleman with his two grown-up
/ daughters On the way to the grounds,
/ these fair creatures became possessed with
the spirit Of betting, and not having the
/ stamps to wager upon their respective
| fayorites, concluded to deal with their af
fections The eldest daughter bet on
! Wild Rose, the terms being that if she
won the youngest sister was to remain
single for the term Of five mortal years.
but that if she lost she must marry, with
in four weeks, a young man Of her ac
/ quaintance, who boasts pug nose, red
hair, freckled face and other personal
attractions. Wild Rose lost the elder
4 sister is til 9refore held to the terms of her
/ contract, Being Of true grit, she declares
that she will stick to her agreement and a
! quiet wedding will soon come off, it being
4 understood that Barkis is willin'."