Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-02
VARIETY AND HUnop

the ratlons tor the second best come fror, :
The Jackson MISSY Tim.s Coz.
"The loss of cotton this year, for wanto &c
picking, is estimated at &, 600 Goo in
gold"
A prominent landowner on De,ra;,
street, Cleveland, recently refused "a OOo
per acre for his entire tract of eighty acres
that is $4,000 '''
The friends of Samuel Sauoner 90
Schuylkill County, Pa, lay his death to
i've drops OF croton-oil, administered to
him by physician.
One hundred thousand trade. dollars
were recently delivered by the coiner to
the Cashier OF the Carson mint. This il
the largest delivery Of this coin vet made
at one time.
The New York Graphic says: "Anonv.
| nous attacks are indecent and cowardlyn
| And some one else says: "They emana,e
| from liars, who lack the nerve to write.
| themselves as SUCH
The mules in the Pennsylvania coal
| mines, hundreds of feet below the sur.
face, are said to have the epizootic. al.
| though none OF them have been above
ground for months.
"A man named Peace was stopped in
| the road through piece of woods in
Otisfield, Me, the other evening, by
| man who demanded his life or his
| money. He ran three miles and saved
both.
An undeniable case of broken heart,
occurred in New Jersey the other day.
| Mrs. Jane Atkins dropped deaf while pre-.
| pairing for her husbands funeral A post.
norton examination revealed an actual
| rupture of heart, which was undoubtedly
| caused by the emotional excitement con-
| sequentupon her husbands death.
| AS colored man was walking over
a hill back Of Perryville, Md, the other
evening, he saw large eagle sitting in
the grass some distance Oft, leisurely eat
ing the carcass of rabbit. Picking up /.
stone he threw it with considerable force
at the eagles head; his aim was perfect,
and the bird dropped dead where it sat-
| Moses B. Wheeler, convicted of arson
in 1886, and sentenced to Imprisonment
| for life in the Charlestown Mass Prison,
has just been pardoned. There is now
satisfactory evidence that he was not guilty
| of the crime with which he was charged.
| His sister, on whose testimony he was
convicted, confessed on her death. bed
that she had perjured herself in order to
get him out of the way and obtain control
of his property.
A fair young couple of Rutland, VT,
went on their bridal tour as far as Poult-
ney before the ceremony. They went in
| search OF the cheapest and best private
means whereby to become one flesh. Hav-
| ing secured the services Of Justice the
happy pair were united, and, handing the
| officiating gentleman ten cents, were joy
fully departing, when the polite Justice
observed that, as the bride appeared dow
erless, he would bestow the marriage fee
upon her.
| AT the close of the Pittsburgh Indus
trial Exposition wedding took place, as
| extensively advertised, before an immense
throng of people, who crowded upon the
pair after the ceremony, until they had to
be rescued by charge of the police force.
The managers gave the half,smothered
couple several elegant articles of jewelry
| and silverware, sent them on wedding
tour, paying a weeks expenses, and then
made several thousand dollars out of the
| operation.
"A man in Lyme, Conn, was prepar-
| ing to blast rock. Two Of his nephews
| were seated on the top of the rock, quietly
eating raw turnips. and waiting for their
uncle to get ready. The powder got
ready before the uncle, and in an instant
those nephews were turning somersaults at
| fair elevation. Luckily there was but
| moderate charge or the powder, and the
two nephews came down unnjured, and
without losing their grip on the delicious
| esculents on which they were feasting
The other evening young man with
a cigar in his mouth and young
| lady on his arm entered Mem
phis theater and took seat IN
| the parquette. One of the ushers in
duced the young man to dispense with the
cigar and take off his hat, but the verdant
youth was little surprised at the request
| He was not aware that he was in atheater
but thought he had come to a stationary
circus. In few minutes he put his arm
around the young lady, who Lovingly
rested upon the brachial member OF her
escort, unconscious of the critical chances
of the audience. The usher finally IN
duced the youth to withdraw his arm, bul
| this request seemed to astonish the door,
who said: you'll next ak me TO take on
my coat, and l amt going to do any such
thing. SO away, and don't bother me Win
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