Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-07-27
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900 gallons of beer daily.
The Young Mems Christian Associa.
ton, of Baltimore, is to have new
building to cost $780, 1000.
A LIVE alligator seven feet long, wa.
caught in the streets of Belleville. Ala.
few days ago.
THE latest style of silverware is satin.
finished, oxydized, and ornamented
with purest gliding.
! IN Chatham, Mass, there are 10 re-
tired ship-masters from II to 81 wears
of age, the average being nearly so.
=, IT is curious fact that not one Of
/ the German war contractors has been
made rich.
AT the Cape of Good Hope diamonds
which bring less than $50 are disdain-
I fully called "faulty stones"
4 JOURNAL devoted exclusively to
( dressing the head has been started in
Berlin.
1 CoPPERHEAD snakes are said to smell
/ like fresh cucumbers, and Western
snake-hunters follow and dispatch them
/ by the scent.
A LADY in Pickway, Ohio, packed )
away her silver ware in an old clothes
bag, and forgetfully sold the lot for
three cents pound.
THE first iron-clad built in the Gold
en- Horn for the Turkish government
bears the terrible name of the MuAat
demiheigher.
IT is stated that the house in which
John Calvin lived and died, in Geneva,
is no| occupied by Roman Catholic
school.
The famous Cynocephalus, the chief
attraction of circus company, sud
denly left the troupe at Bay City,
Michigan, and has not since been cap
tured
THEY have a delicate school director
in New York, who reported the recent
resignation of one of the young lady
teachers "who had elected to engage
in domestic relations" "
"SPRAY" is the popular drink in the
oil regions. 1t is said to be so mild
and gentle in its influence that "Let us
spray is the usual remark when
friends meet.
Az English farmer condensed his
practical experience into this rule:
Feed your land before 1t is hungry,
rest it before it is weary, and weed it
before it is foul.
/ ONR of the New York Tamlnany lead
ers, who has been making a couple of
millions of year along back, now buys
diamond buttons for his children's
shoes.
IT is curious fact, demonstrated by
/ the recent British census, that the pop
ulation of Ireland is actually less than
/ the number of Irish who are now IN
the United States.
NEARLY all the labor Of manufactr-
/ ing elastic wire into spiral springs IS
done by hand The weak places can,
not be detected when the wire IS coiled
by machinery.
THE horn of Patagonian OK has
/ been forwarded to Baltimore. 1t is Sc
inches long, II inches in circumference
at the base, and will hold seven quarts.
THE New York Mail states that
man in that city makes a fine income
yearly by dressing salads and prepar-
ing the tables for private dinner par
ties.
THE largest rope in the world has
been completed in Bennington, Eng
land 1t is about six miles long, five
and a quarter inches in circumference,
and weighs over sixty tons.
AT the Alexandria stock sale, which
came off at Woodburn farm, Kentucky
last week, 20 thoroughly colts, y
thoroughbred FLIES, and 10 trotters
Wow, 1 nf cyiprs GDh ST1
A BEAR, perfectly white, with the ez-
ception of black ears and black line
down its back, was recently shot at Sis
kiyon, Oregon No other such specl-
men has ever been discovered In this
country.
Ptc-N1cs in the neighborhood of Nor
folk, Va, wind mp by the girls stand
ing in a row. while the young men 60
along the line and kiss them all 'good
night"
AN old lady in Georgia who saw To-
connective for the first time last week;
looked at it curiously for a while, aud
then, rs 1t came putting along, IN
quired anxiously what pushed the thing
along.
THE birds in Richmond, Va, are
protected by the city. An ordinance
making it unlawful to throw stones at,
or snare them, has been passed. Inc
penalty is ten dollars for each of1ense'
An Ohio inventor claims to have de-
yised a process for converting iron ~
to steel of 50 liquid quality, that II
can be cast into threads, ready sharp
ened edged tools, etc, all at one pro-
cess.
A FASHION writer says 1.-The new