Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-12-21
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comedies neither with the French,
English nor our OVID. If the twenty
mark piece was slightly increased in
value it would equal that of the Eng
lish sovereign.
RoRERT E. LEE, youngest son Of the
late General r. E. Lee, was married at
" Rocklands," Orange county, Va,
November 16, to Miss Charlotte Hax-
all, daughter Of Mr. Robert Barton
Haxall.
A LADY having accidently broken her
smelling-bottle, her husband, who was
very petulant, said to her; q declare
my dear, everything belonging to you
is more or less broken" True" re-
piled the lady, for even you are
little cracked"
F. G. PERRY, of Norwich, n. Y, has
just been fitted with a patent wax nose,
which can hardly be distinguished
from a frst-class natural one. Mr..
Perry wears also glass eye, a wig, and
a full set of false teeth, and can hardly
be a self-made man.
A NEW miraculous tenor has been dis
covered in the person OF a Russian
street vagrant named Nichrovich, who
has Just been admitted to the ST. Pc
tersburg Conservatory at the instance
of Nine. Pauline Lucca, who had the
luck of finding him.
JANUARY is the coolest and July the
hottest month in ST Petersburg Each
year has about 112 complete winter
days, 50 spring and autum days, with
frost at night, and 1914 summer days.
The most serene months are April and
June; next, March, May, and July.
VERDI is described as an odd, puz-
cling characteristic abrupt, icy to
mere acquaintances, avoiding society,"
never expressing an opinion, especially
upon musical matters; a man of unfair
nished honor and proverbial shyness.
CINcINNATIANs are reioiced to learn
that by a newly-suggested process of
distillation an ordinary barrel of gar
bage can be made to yield four gallons
of proof spirits 1t Will also furnish
three pounds of soap, but that they
don't care so much about
THERE are 200, 900 members of the
international in France who pay one
sou per week. In England there are
1856, 900 members, of whom 80, 900 are
in London. The whole number be-
longing to this society in Europe. is es
timated at 100000.
A CHINAMAN at Henderson Gulch,
Montana, hadn't quite friends enough.
He broke into store and stole 5000.
When the community came to consider
it, the vote stood 10 to Is, so a beech
tree in the neighborhood bore Mongo
liam fruit
THE Belgian government has placed
20, 600 francs at the disposal OF tne Bel
gian Legation at Washington 10 meet
the first wants of the Belgians who have
suffered by the late disasters in Amer
lea, especially the Belgian colony in
Wisconsin.
AN agent of the international, COM
ing from London, has been arrested IN
St. Petersburg. A great number of
printed proclamations, MEETING to sedi-
ton, intended for distribution among
the students, and workingmen and wo
men, were found upon him.
THE California papers are congratu-
lating the wine growers of that state ON
the fact that the railroad rates for the
transportation of wines have been re-
duced to 81. 80 0er 100 pounds of wine,
in wood or cases This rata is for all
rail shipments through to New York,
Boston, or Baltimore.
Mr.. AND Mrs. ENCs BATCHELDER
lately celebrated their golden wedding
Mt Avon, New York. A singular fact OF
the occasion was that Mr.. Batchelder
was the brides third husband, she hav-
ing had two others, with whom she
lived six years apiece, and by whom
she had six children.
A PENNSYLVANIA paper says; CHI
cago was probably the most populous
city in the world. Some fourteen mil
lions of her destitute citizens have
passed through this city in the last
three weeks. You can't throw cat IN
any direction without hitting sui
ferer. The dodge is becoming thread
bare.
SMALL change is so scarce IN Paris
that the workmen and employers in the
city and suburbs ROW use fractional
currency, made by the heads of the
workshops, and redeem when they
amount, altogether to such sums as
can be repaid by the paper money now
issued.
A LADY had a favorite lap dog, which
she called Perchance. F" a singular
name, " said somebody, for beautl,
ful pet, madam. Where did you ma
it2" ooh" drawled she, 1T was
named from Byron's dog. You remem'
Der where he says, Perchance my dog
may howl.
A LADY made call upon a friend
who had lately been married. When