Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-07-11

NthtfHt ittUl~.
BUFFALoEs invade the streets of Kan
saS frontier towns.
The Gerke Vineyard, in Tehama
county, California, covers an area of
$50 acres, all of which is in full state
of cultivation.
A VESSEL has just sailed from
/ Charleston. S. c., with 397, l2S feet Of
pitch pine for Quebec, to be used III
ship building.
. A HUNDRED families are about to
start from Hamburg and Bremen, 10
settle on lands already selected for
them near Dallas. Texas
AN alectlonate wife of Ohio has re-
covered Il verdict of $1,000 against n
liquor dealer under the new law, "for
the loss of her husbands society Tor
three wears.
THouGH there is neither brick house
nor piano within the limits of Rob
ertson county, Ky, there is SAID to be
more sewing machines than in any other
county of It's population IN the state.
/ RESEARCHES in Oh ncse archives show
that the architect VITO designed and the
engineer who built the great wall were
women
/ HUNTINGTON county, n J., has gold
excitement. A certain substance has
been found near Point Pleasant which
is pronounced gold.
THE report that Edwin Forrest, Jr.,
narrowly escaped from death by
chicken bone will convey to many peo-
pie the first information of the exist.
ence OF IN heir TO the Great American
! Tragediau.
By one of those singular freaks which
electricity occasionally displays, Rhode
Island was struck 10y lightning, during
! a shower Last week, without the shock
being felt by any one in the adjoining
states,
4 SWARM OF bees the other day at
tempted to light on the corner Of u
railroad car in one Of the interior
towns of New York, driving the besct
passengers out in most bewIdering
hurry
AN old inmate Of the Schenectady
county Poorhouse was bitten by IN in
sane man on the lett hand about three
months ago, and has been compelled
to suffer amputation in consequence
The effect was very much like that pro-
duced by poison.
The workmen making excavations at
Herculaueum and Pompeii were ordered
to stop work during the eruption of
Vesuvlns, as it was expected the noun
tain would give Che resurrectod remains
second burial.
A NEW supply OF Peruvian guano has
been discovered some distance to the
south of Lima and several miles
inland. The deposit is reported to be
very extensive, and lies under success
siye beds Of black salt, nitrate Of soda
and boraX.
BoNY NASH, the Cincinnati gambler,
whose death was recently recorded,
was congratulated short time before
the event upon looking in better health
than usual, when he replied, 60 bet
you $50 don't live "A week " He won.
A REPORTER climbed three flights of
stairs IN Boston in search of labor
meeting, and upon inquiry ms to the
intention of the strikers, was informed
through the key-hole that der vas no
meetings der dat der newspapers vas to
know holdings about The reporter
retired.
A MARRIAGE took place in Detroit, a
I few days ago, between a ship carpenter
/ sixty-Gve years old, the survivor of
I three wives, and girl of fifteen She
didn't marry for money, certainly, for
after paying the preacher aud treating
the crowd to beer, the husband hadn't
q cent.
THE lively little English sparrows
imported INTO New York, have done
good service in their adopted home.
The measuring worm has succumbed to
their watchful eyes and sharp bcaks.
Since this triumph they have selected
flies and mosquitoes as the dainties
with which to regale themselves.
Ar Yonkers, Westchester county, on
Friday, q woman's arm, which had APP
parently been wrenched from its sock
et was found in the Neperhan Creek,
near Main street. The limb bore eyi-
dence of having been violently forced
from the body, rs the tendons ard hga-
ments which had connected 1t with the
trunk remained hanging from the
shoulder. 1t is believed by many that
the remainder Of the body was lying at
the bottom OF the creek near where the
arm was found, but no efforts were
made by the authorities e. detefmine
+, tie Goflectuess u this speculation. l,s,