Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-01-25
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/ CIVIL service-Good walters.
| ToILERs of the see--Opticians.
MERE matter of form Fitting "a
dress.
SIXTEEN railways of England own
s, 400 locomotives.
The Chinese in this country have
been coolie treated.
HIGGINsoN has fallen foul of Tilton on
the woman suffrage question.
FLOATING steam fire apparatuses are
common in ali the seaboard cities.
How TO preserve dates Enter them
in book and take care not to lose it.
A SALOON in WATERFOWL, 4. Y, has
conspicuously posted "vitols cooked
here"
DowToN was the only actor who ever
objected to seeing his name in big
type.
SIX buttoned gloves are the only
ones considered CONNIE IL .faut for fun
dress.
THE viaduct railroad from New York
to Harlem is estimated to cost eighty
millions
ALL that is necessary for the perfect
enjoyment of the fragrant sausage is
confidence.
"DocToR, how can 1 expand my
chest ~ "By constantly carrying a
large heart in it..
JAY GOULD makes out that railroad
ing is poor business. All the Erie earn
ed last year over expenses was $780,
900.
CAPT WILLIAM GIBSON, a soldier dur
ing Wellingtons Spanish campaigns
and "a veteran of Waterloo, died III III
inois the other day, in his ninety-fourth
year.
In California theatre, few nights
since, a large red apple fell from the
gallery and struck squarely upon the
bald and shining pate of gentleman
in the dress circle, then bounded into
the orchestra and broke a fiddle.
No ONE ever sees a lady in the streets
nowadays with clean, fresh-looking
dress, the detestable habit OF wearing
the dress SO long as to sweep the filthy
streets making them look slovenly and
dirty in the extreme.
A LITTLE boy was recently presented
with toy trumpet, to which he became
greatly attached. One night, when he
was about to be put in his little bed"
and was ready to say his prayers, he
handed the trumpet to his grandmoth
er, saying, "Here, gran'ma, you blow
while pray -
THE Mutual nine for the coming sea
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catcher; Cummings, pitcher Start,
first base; Hatfield, second base;
Pearce. short Boyd, third base; Bech-
tel, left Eggler, center; McMullen,
right, and change pitcher celebra-
ted catcher is proposed as substitute.
DURING n recent thunderstorm III
Dover, England, flash struck tele-
graph wire, and the helix Of the electro
magnet was shattered into an immense
number of small pieces, all pointing
from the core outward, producing an
appearance somewhat like that of
wire brush FOR cleaning lamp-chimneys.
LEVY, of the Ninth New York Regi-
ment band, and the best cornet player
in America, has made an arrangement
with the Duke Alexis for the coming
year, and is to be in ST. Petersburg by
March Is. He goes to play in the En-
peror's salon and at concerts, and will
receive 60, 600 francs for the season.
THE loss of cattle in Texas, during
the recent storms, is said to be enor-
nous. Running before the wind till
they We're exhausted, hundreds of
them froze to death, standing huddled
together III groups in the ravines. OF
the thousands of cattle which were in
the western part of the State, it is es-
timated that the majority will be to-
tally lost before spring. Those which
survived the storms are in such an en-
feebled condition that they cannot en-
dure the winter.