Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-01-11
General Items.


now deeper than at any time since
1861.
An extensive copper-rolling mill is to
be erected ut Houghton, Lake Super
ior
The Rev Mr., Sturgeon, it is said,
has received 10 offers of marriage with
in year. B.,
A CARLISLE, Ky, girl disdains to-
smile upon any young man who has not
"rid on the keers.
4 REgENGEFUL Tennessean dosed
neighbor with shot, recently, for call
ing him . liar ten years ago.
The village of Oran, Brazile, was
ruined by nine successive earthquakes
last month. Few lives We're lost.
FROM four to five million dollars
worth of precious stones are struggled
into New York annually.
A PECK by measure, of silver coin
was collected for missionary purposes
at Nova Scotia Free Will Baptist Con-
vention.
THERE are only thirty telegraph
operators in Cuba, and most of them
are Americans.
IT is noted That the name of every
man sent to the Pennsylvania peniten-
tiary for bigamy begins with B.
TENNESSEE has twenty eight million
acres Of soil, but only cultiyates eight
millions OF them.
New YORK has more brass bands than
any two States, and also has twice as
many insane people.
SKELETONS II feet long are found be-
meath the ruins of Palmyra. And
there were giants in those days"
Mrs ALFRED FORBES, Of Stanton Vt,
recently presented her husband with
fine boy The father is only So years
old.
VIM BEUsr of Liberty, New Jersey,
was burned to death Tuesday III trying
to rescue his child from burning
house
OLIVE LOGAN was married III New
York, Tuesday morning, to Writ Sykes.
ESQ, by Rev Robert Collyer and
lectured in the evening at Warwick,
New York
LABURNUM is said to he one of the
finest built horses ever seen on the
English turf, and the "prophets " all
favor his taking the next Derby
stakes.
An enterprising japanese brought
over to California OH recently arrived
steamer an enormous quantity OF tea
plants, which are to be planted as an
avpa,ir,npt -, California
THAT portion of the old Chicago
court house bell which had not been
carried off by relic hunters, has been
sold at auction by the board Of public
works. The total weight was 300
pounds, and brought 81, 600.
TIE following advertisement has APP
peared in the Morristown Jerseyman :
TO lchOm ii may concern:
WHEREAS, Parmelia Bush, resident
of Chester, did promise to malTyme on
the 10Th of December, but instead Of
doing so did funk and has run of. |
brand her as liar, and and 4 person
Of bad character generally.
THE last joke at the expense Of II. CT.
reports that lin an agricultural essay
on tobacco. he asserts that the fine, cut
will not ripen we'll unless the tin-fOll IS
stripped from the growing bud early
in the spring, and that plug tobacco
ought to be knocked off the trees with
clubs instead of being picked off with
the hand.
THE Okalona Miss News takes this
cheerful view OF the situation III the
section where it is published: " The
cotton and corn crops of the country
are turning out short-decidedly short
and the meat crop proves to be no
crop at all, and up-country meat can
be had only for cash, and cash -
scarce commodity. In this state OF the
case the situation appears to be thus
Starve, beg or steal.
The New York reporters have adopt
ed the Russian style, Here is asampie
item "A dispute arose yesterday IN
a State street vodkishOp between two
tchiuoyniks employed in the Custom
House with regard to the dismissal OF
Tom Murphy. One Of them was rash
enough to call the other 4 sabakoutch-
elovek, which led to blows. A bouto-
sink was called in, and by the free use
of his clnb succeeded in bringing both
the duraks to reason.
Ar the last meeting of the American
Philosophical Society photograph
was exhibited Of the diverse and re-
verse OF copper piece, said to have
been found in a recent excavation in
Ohio. Rudelv incised figures of IN In
dian head. and other characters, re-
sembled some Of the well.known Indian
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