Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-01-02

, hundred pounds to the ton.
OYSTERS are becoming very scarce
and expensive in England,
AN agent has gone to the North of
Germany in the hope of securing 1000
or more laborers to work IN the Lake
Superior mines.
BESIDES the immense quantity sold
! for expectation, over l, 400, 900, 900
) cigars are annually smoked on the
island of Cuba alone.
A LAW in Pennsylvania makes the
taking of money Mt the door of thea
ter on Sunday Illegal, wherefore it is
lnvariable taken at the window.
A CONVICT who hung himself at Dene-
mara, N. Y, the other day, bandaged
his neck with towel so that the rope
wouldn't scratch his skin.
You've TWEED has succumbed to the
bad odor of his fathers name. The
Metropolitan Hotel, which he persisted
in running long after it ceased to be
paying concern, has changed hands.
/! The new proprietors are Breslin, Par
cell & Co.
A MAINE Democrat, after vainly scru-
tinizipg the election returns in quest
of gains for his party, expresses the
opinion that Democracy is kind OF
onsoddered.
| WILLIE Collins is soon to reinforce
the number of reading novelsts on the
American platform, and George
Eliot is also said to be sorely tempted
to come hither.
OLD Equestrian "Well, but you're
not the boy | left my horse with !"
Boy ono, sir, | just specialized,
ard bought i'm of t'other boy for six
cents -
A PRINTER, in fit of mental nberra-
ton, wandered into shoemaker's shop
and set up several sticks full of shoe
pegs and nails, and took proof of his
matter IN boot press before he real
lied his fearful condition.
ELDER of fourteen---" Where's baby
Madge2' Madge--" In the other room,
! think, Emily" Elder of fourteen
eco directly and see what she's doing,
aud tell her she mustn't
A WESTERN paper has this delicate
personal item "Those who know old
Mr.. Wilson, of this place, personally,
will regret to hear that he was as.
saulted in brutal manner, last week,
but was not killed"
A FRENCH inventor has applied n
screw propeller to the balloon, and car.
ried fourteen passengers and total
weight of three and three quarter tons
The balloon answered the helm, and
two. horse power engine is being con.
structed to establish and employ the
principle.
81 HAVE been thirteen years in the
practice of the criminal law in this
city," says Mr.. john ID Townsend, OF
New York, land my experience has
led me to the conclusion That there is
no place where the uncertainty OF pun
ishment of crime is greater than in
this city"
The number OF females employed IA
the United States postal service does
not exceed TOO, of which number botl
are in charge of local offices, and the
remainder clerks.
JAPAN has been placed in Geographic
communication with the rest OF the
world by new cable which has been
laid in the Inland Sea across the Straits
os Simonoseki, and communication Is
complete between Nagaski and Tokei,
Yedo.
A pARIs1AN landlady requested a
party on the third floor to cease dane
ing, as man below was dying. The
guests acquiesced. Returning nm honr
later, MY dear children. she ex-
claimed. with the most benevolent
smile, "you may begin again. He's
dead
TnE Italian opera season came to n
close in New York Saturday, after forty
performances, mt ten Of which MISS
, Kellogg was the star and Lucca NJ the
other thirty. The performances at
which Miss Kellogg was the attraction
gave Il return of S2l, 500. and Lucca
was worth 1928. 793, making the gross
receipts sl50,dl3. This exceeds by
nearly $50, 600 the sum that NILSSON
brought to the treasury last year.
The following 'snotis" is posted IN
Lincoln county &c bear. Eye don't
want enniboddi that has bosses winch
has of the eppizntick innilewenza, or
any other infurnel name, To cum thru
this gait under penalty OF hayin OF
their, the bosses, tales cut oil clcase
behind their, the hosses, years. Keep
shi. M0untaineer. u
The forest Of Fontainbleau is to be
desecrated for the benefit Of the Ger
man indemnity fund. An order has
been issued TO cnt down and sell l32sS
oaks, 140 TO 500 years ola l22s
beeches of 80 to 200 years, and Ito
hectares of coppice. Protests iron
artists have poured upon the Admins
trat.on des Foires, but to no avail. Ihe
noble trees must be food for the att
devounng Prussian.
Inventors are experimenting with
paper, and seeing just to what purpose
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