Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-06-13

l.. ID. SPENCER X Co. S SAW mill at
East Tawas, was burned last week.
Loss 50, 600.
An English vorkmgman recently and
irregularly struck for eight hours, and
got six months.
SEVERAL granite men, all the way
from the state of Maine, last week, in
spected the granite Qualries Of Mis-
souri,,
A WYo1uSG papers fees for marriage
notices are. 4" rs high as the ecstacy
and hberality of the bridegroom may
prompt. y
A FISH breeder in Michigan had his
dam cut by an enemy in the night, and
millions Of young trout escaped. The
loss was 50, 600.
A FOREIGN magazine of fashion, in
describing a new dress, adds, with
this costume the mouth is to be worn
slightly open.
COPPER mines are in successful ope-
ration at Ducktown, III East Tennessee.
The different mines in the vicinity fur
nish employment to over one thousand
men.
THE French name for "Dolly Var
dens" is "Watteaus. An obvious
misnomer, for when women wear such
dragging skirts no one can see what
toes they have.
A NEW Celestial physician, named
Ah-Tshew, has set up inSan Francisco.
He is probably oftenest called by pa
tients who are suffering with influenza.
The notices of deceased graduates of
Harvard College will make volume of
about one hundred pages and VIII soon
be issued
Two acres of forest land on a noun
tain side near Elkton, Mo, recently
sunk to the depth OF the tree tops,
leaving walls as vertical as the sides OF
house.
CALIFORNIA sets liquor laws at def
ance with the discovery Of natural
spring. whose flow, instead Of the loos-
ening influence of most mineral waters,
has the effect of making those who
drink it . tight,
New YORK state has HIPS district
schools-houses, valued at $23, 46S, 266.
Nearly SO, coo, 900 has been expended
for buildings and improvements during
the last FIVE years. The number of
children in attendance is about 1000
600.
THERE is not a single licensed saloon
in the long stretch of country from
Estiville, Va, to Pearlsburg, in the
same state, comprising the counties of
Scott, Russell, Tazeweu Bland and
Giles.
MAGMA CHARrA was translated into
English in 1888; the Psalms Of David
were done into meter III 1910; plays
were Inexperienced in English i'll 1923;
wills and settlements were first written
ia English in 1877 and the first speech
in English was made in Parliament in
1892. by Sir Edward Turner.
THREE young Cinnamon went to the
Prefecture OF the Seine, Paris, for
patent for the working of q new system
of telegraphy invented by them. This
simple and ingenious apparatus, it
seems, is destined to obtain great sue
cess, especially as the cost is insig-
nificant. The Young inventors have
only been studying in Paris for three
months.
\ CURIOUS portrait of Gen. Washing
ton, on earthenware, is displayed in a
New York jewelers. window. 1t is
stated that soon after WashingtOn's
death an American travelling in Eng
land discovered some sets OF earthen-
ware with these portraits enameled up
on them. He purchased the whole lot,
had the portraits cut out and framed
and distributed them among his friends
In is reported that the cuates Of the
Church Of England age about to follow
the example set by the agricultural la
borers and domestic servants Of that
country, by combining in a movement
for higher pay. Relatively speaking,
there are few persons whose lot is heav-
Ter than theirs. In nine cases out of
ten they are better men every way than
their superiors, whose work they do for
a mere pittance.
Buzz saw returns continue to come
in quite lively. A young man named
Oscar L. Camp, at Orange, Vt, kicked
against a saw the other day, and the
latter returned the compliment by split
ting his foot and leg to the knee and
throwing his knee pan to the other side
ofthe mill His arm was also split up
to the shoulder the whole length He
lived but five hours after the accident.
OLD boots and shoes are now emit into
small pieces, and put into chloride of
sulphur for few days. This makes
the leather hard and brittle, and after
it has been washed and thoroughly
dried, it is ground topovder and mixed
with q sort Of gum or glue. 1t is
then pressed into moulds, aud buttons,
knife handles, and similar articles are
the raSplt