Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-05-16
General Items,

Central Avenue. Building fund 500 0' I
600.
II is thought to be pretty we'll settlea
thet the first book printed on this 90, +
tinent was issued by Cnmbeyer = /
Mexico, in 1544.
CALICO, the well-known cotton cloth
is named after Calicot, city in Ipda
fr om whence it first came. Calico No,
not known in England at all until III
late as the year 1851.
OK board the steamers of the No,,h
German Lloyds the stewards are mny;
clans, and organize themselves into l
band for the edification of the passen
gers.
The Halifax steamers have been una.
bic to carry freight as fast as it has ~.
cumulated at Portland, and 5000 ban.
rels of -four are now collected in tba,
city awaiting trans-shipment
HARDWOOD, of London, England, has
sued the Grand Trunk Railway Al
Portland for $4,000, for injuries 70
ceived by his wife in alighting from
train.
ITHECAHAs an Epaminondas street
Small boys, hsping girls, and bashfpj
people move away from it because they
can't tell where they live.
CAUSE and effect. They ere planting
cork trees with considerable success in
many parts of California. The vipa
was introduced several years ago.
THE alligator season has opened in
Florida. and the absorption Of the pen.
sive angler or contiding bather is a mat.
ter Of daily record,
PAPER houses are now being made
this being the best non conductor Of
heat, cold and dampness. The paper.
which is heavy and compact, is put On
the outside of the frame, and i'll turn
covered with siding.
Harry d. WINsoR, a young man of
Detroit. has been informed that mining
property III Utah, owned by him for
five years, has developed great richness,
and that its estimated value is 81, 000.-
600.
The Maine lumber men are all out
of the woods, and their operations have
been greater during the winter than in
any previous season. The cut is est.
mated at 200, 100000 feet, most OF the
timber prduct being spruce.
Ar Sumter. n c., they improyiseda
gallows by the throwing of rope over
a pole and hanging an anvil at one end
and a negro at the other. They We're
then obliged to help the anvilto keepits
end down, and to hold the negros hands
until he slowly choked to death.
A PARTY of Michigan girls have just
returned from a tour in Europe which
was made under very pleasant circum-
stances They We're accompanied by
then teacher with a gentleman as
business manager, and visited England,
Germany, Italy anG the Holy Land.
A DEMONSTRATION which took place
on Waustead Flats, near London, os-
tensibly for the purpose of Saving
Epping Forest appears to have ac'
tually resulted in mere pleasure party
after the orthodox Easter Monday fash
ion.
The steamer Kafraira is taking IS,
coo bushels of oysters of the Virginia
coast to plant IN France. Charnay, the
farmer OF the enterprise, has tested the
bivalves from Massachusetts to Califor-
mia. and thinks tnat those OF the Low.
or Chesapeake are best suited to his
purpose.
A CONSOLIDATED mortgage on all the
Erie property is in contemplation, to
Law a third rail on their road. The re-
quired legal notice has been given, and
ten weeks must elapse before action on
it viii be taken by the directors. The
amount Of the mortgage is estimatedat
$40, COO 600.
:. RISE UP, daughter, and 90 to thy
daughter, for thy daughters daughter
has Il daughter This is what Rich
ard Vernon, Jefferson County, Ind,
act s., is supposed to say to her, C.,
he was lately made great-great grand
father by the birth of daughter to his
great granddaughter.
Az insect. commonly known as the
buffalo gnat, has appeared in great
quantities IN the vicinity Of Pear
River. Mississippi, md are sowing de,
struction among horses and mules on
the plantations. Many hundred ami
mails have died from their attacks
within few days. The greatest NOR
tality yet reported is from Madison
county. Many planters are without a
plough animal of any description, and
the larger farmers are badly crippled
because of their sudden losses after
preparation for large crop.
The cheek " of the ordinary female
book agents is proverbial, but the
quality seems to have reached its CHI
max IN a woman who called the Lieu
tenant Governor of Rhode Island from
his place as presiding officer during
debate in the Senate the other day, to
solicit his subscription for work on