Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-12
General Items.

THE army of Austria, on its new war
footing, numbers l 1853, 600 men.
Brown writes to learn if a policeman has
any legal right to take up a note,
WHAT requires more philosophy than
taking things as they Gomez Parting
with things as they go.
An agent Of the city of New Orleans
has negotiated a loan of so, 600, 900 in
the London market at ninety cents on
the dollar
THE statues of Francis /. and Lou
XIV. have been discovered under
lot of rubbish in the cellar OF the Ho-
tel de Vile at Paris.
The Arizona diamonds are merely
brilliant crystals that would make
very good material to pave garden
walks with or line fountain basin.
The Cincinnati papers are exulting
over the achievements of Joe Lyle,
little Cincinnati boy, who stole $4,000
the other day ut Utica, \. Y.
MEssRs. BASS e. Co., the English ale
and beer manufacturers, paid to the
Midland Railway Company, England,
last year, $40, 600 for carriage OF beer.
AMERICAN pig iron will be exported
to Europe within two or three years.
This is the prophecy of an old iron
master.
THE late Lowell Mason received
larger copyright than was ever given
to any author, with the exception OF
Sir Waiter Scott.
WE have good news from Paris. The
narrow military heels for ladies boots
are no longer fashionable in that city.
Half-inch heels is the mode.
DUNKhK, n. Y, is boring tor gas, and
the prospect is favorable, as her sister
village of Fredonia, only three miles
distant, has been lit with natural gas
for many years,
AMONG the petitions presented to NJ
Theirs is one presenting plan to pre-
serve the heads of the guillotined, ana
to exhibit them from time to time as a
warning to evil-doers.
WHILE Mr.. James Russell Lowell
is in Europe, I. B. Aldrich, OF Every
Saturday, occupies his Cambridge
home.
A CUBIC inch of gold IS worth sl6o.
A million dollars in gold, according to
tine figures at the mint, weigh Just about
two tons.
Ir is reported that the cupola OF 3D.
Peters Church, at Rome, shows unmls-
taxable signs of decay. a commission
of Papal architects and engineers mas
been appointed to examine 1t.
THE Winchester Arms Company o.
New Haven. Conn.,. recently shipped
their first installment of 80, 600 rihes "
the Turkish Government. Mr. WIZ
chester is now in Europe, arranging
for another large contract
THE Dominion Telegraph Company
have successfully laid cable across
the bed of the ST. Lawrence between
Prescott and Ogdeusburg. The caoiG
is about s, 800 feet long, and capaole VI
resisting the heaviest strain.
THE protest of constructing a canal
between the Tennessee and Coosa nv,
ers, with a view of opening a new rl,tt
route from the Mississippi TO tue AZ
lantic seaboard, continues to atIfaoS
considerable attention in the Southern
States.
INTERESTING but unpleasant reNeia
tons have been lately made concerhll5
the adulteratlon of candy II New lVin'
Terra alba, verdigris, red lead anu
line and fusil oil are among the mgr
dients employed. Some OF them ACT -
violent poisons in the system,
Az inclined railway, over when cal9
are to ascend and descend by steel VIZ -
ropes and stationary engines. 1 = I
constructed Just outside san Franciseb5'
The incline will be ,. 500 feet N itnS5i'
ana at the top the cars are to w -
livered over to a horse railway.
THE peon system Of labor sun ~. ~
mains throughout Mexico and apoh sny
Bio Granlc border Of TeEas APP
man on account Of his ow. g: .ae re- :,
oes,.ties ofsHis family. once lliss9 y
become the debtor OF oneot me Fe'... ,'l
inr classes. becomes a bonsa..5an,' e a;s
III. -aryuile.is enforced 1Ilsll, = -
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