Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-12-07
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LLwYSewBrb. Yugs, Les Caersvs
Cheyllog and Woodgwrestll are soma
of the railway stations in Wales which
trouble travellers to pronounce.
ANTHONY TRoLLoPE has safely arrived
at Melbourne, having written an entire
novel on the voyage He will return
to Europe By way of'the United States
DEtMoNIco's Cor any other man's)
oysters q to ooulcte are anything but
fowl, though they are generally picked
by judicious gastronomists.
THE Russian sty le Of dress is to be
adopted this winter, and bonnets.
gloves, boots, dresses, cloaks and wells
are TO be trimmed with all sorts and
kinds of fur.
FIVE fashionable and leading New
York clubs have succumbed within the
past four years, which speaks we'll for
the increase of domestic virtues and
married felicity in Gotham,
A NEw-YoRK butterfly, giving her on.
ders to her modesto, said want
all the lace on my dress You canget on.
l want real lace; [ do not limit you in
price | leave you to select it.
NEARLY all the young gentlemen have
their overcoats made with q pocket in
one side, lined with flannel or frr, in
which lady may slip her hand when
walking on cold winters evening.
EDWARD BRYANT was buried at the
bottom of a well forty feet deep, in St.
Johnsbury, Vt, last Wednesday, His
body was recovered after twelve hours
unceasing toll by a large force Of neigh.
bors.
THE late Mr.. Buckingham Smith.
formerly lawyer in Portlam, but Of
late a resident of St. Augustine, Fla.
has bequeathed about $50, 600 to erect
a hospital for the exclusive use of col
ored people at ST. Augustine.
A CHINESE English dictionary has
been completed in Foochow, which is a
marvel of work and complexity. Rev.
Justin Doolittle is the successful ac-
complisher OF the work, assisted by Il
or Ii native Chinese scholars.
In Paris you must return the first
call of new acquaintance within three
days, or be guilty of great rudeness.
Royalty is even more exacting, as a
visit from one sovereign to another
must be returned within a few hours.
VIM. A. w. WHITE, New York news
boy and bootblack, has just been in
formed by relative, that conseqent
upon the death of his grandmother, at
Mullinavat, Ireland, he is the fortu-
nate heir to e23, 1913 or SIG, 400.
A MOVEMENT is in progress in Texas
having for its object the erection Of a
monument to the memory of Deaf
Smith, the celebrated spy, who con-
tributed so much by his endurance and
bravery to secure the independence OF
Texas.
The little "rodent" squirrels that
swarm in California, are being turned
to account for glovemaking. A COM
pany of French tanners pay fifteen
cents skin. One farmer has trapped
and skinned so, 600 of the little pests Of
the grain fields within the last fifteen
months.
A LITTLE girl was told to spell ferment
and give its meaning, with Il sentence
in which it was used. The following
was literally her answer "Fefment,
A verb signifying to work. | love to
ferment in the garden.
THE French army is soon to be uni
formed anew as follows: Dark blue
cap with red turban, ornamcnted wit a
tri-color and cocks feather; blue
tunic, with two rows of brass buttons
and red trimmings, and gray trousers
with red stripe.
A LADY, sitting in the same box Of an
opera house with Il French physician
was much troubled with ennul, and
happened to cape. Excuse me,
ma am said the doctor, " | am glad
YOU did not swallow me. GIVE
yousrelf no uneasiness," sand the lady,
Il am Jewess, and never eat pork
THE New York Evening Post says =
F." II. w Robbins has recently finished
fine cabinet picture illustrating an
Autumn Sunset, for the Chicago art
lists relief fund. James Il. Bleyoort
has finished MS fine marine view, IN.
side of Eastern Point, Gloucester Bay
He has given the picture to the Chlca-
go Artists relief fund.
CYRUS W. FIELD is going to Rome to
attend convention of the principal
telegraph companies of the world, when
is to be held in that city next month.
Mr.. Field pushing forward has scheme
of telegraph around the world, the oniy
link vet to be furnished being that be
tween San Francisco and China, by way
of the Sandwich Islands
TIVE great Illinois river dam at Henry
Which was completed October 2lst, A.
n perfect success, and there is now iuLIS
six feet OF water on Iree-top Bar iol