Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-08
IN A NUT SHELL.
That straw shoot Il

George Sands grandmother was ia
nous danseuse named Dussin.
Mary Anderson will play in New
York four weeks i'll December.
John B. Cough, who is in good
health again, is to lecture in Virginia.
The st. Louis public school library
now consists of about 10000 volumes.
President Hayes and party sailed
from San Francisco for Oregon last
week
Brother Moody will begin his revival
work is San Francisco III about three
weeks
Mr.. James W. Mackey. tile DO
nanza" millionaire, i collector Of
agates.
Senator Herman. of New York. Will
keep house in Washington the coming
winter.
doctor Tanner, Gastronomical
Review" in three acts, is to be played
in Madrid
Ex-Gov. Rice is to preside at the
Boston banquet to be given to General
Grant in October
Servants in the royal family of Eng
land speak of America us the land Of
the cheeses.'
Sir Garnet Wolseley, the British
commander in South Africa il Il tee
totaler.
There are hundreds Of American
visitors just now in Paris. on their way
home.
Josh Billings b. written i new lee
ture-"Lifes notwithstanding
Rain, Perhaps Not
Melbourne University i to admit
ladies as students, except us regards the
classes of medicine.
The teaching of morals and manners
is included in the course of the San
Francisco grammer schools.
Bishop Doggett, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, is very i'll at
Richmond.
The heaviest taxpayer iii Portland,
Me-, is John B. Brown, who pays this
year taxes amounting to S52,27S.
Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana, who
is a widowcr, it is said, will soon marry
Il Washington widow
Mr.. Labouchcrc asserts that in Lon
don recently ladies have taken to
wearing mittens on their feet
Mahogany picture frames. with Il
balustrade on top for articles of bric-a-
brac, are one Of the latest novelties.
II is rumored in England that Prince
Gortschakoil Mr.. Gladstone, and Gam
beta will meet ut Nice next month.
An attack of neuralgia caused Clara
Morris to disappoint those who ex-
pected to hear her this season
The first stone of monument to
Mazzini, the Italian liberal, was laid in
Geneva, Switzerland, Il few days ago.
The French government will take
part in the next years celebration Of
the siege and capture of Yorktown.
! Nirg mia.
All three Of tile political parties hay-
ing won in Maine, all ofthem ought to
he happy, and vet none Of them are.
The Empress of Germany i i very
charitable lady. She supports school
and hospital in Berlin, out Of her pri-
waite purse.
Miss Kate Field has arrived in Paris,
and Worth is making nor some dresses.
One of them is to he made entirely of
American silk.
I,x-Unitcd States senator Freling-
huysen, of New Jersey. is seriously i'll
mt his summer residence ut Raritan,
y. j.
Cortland, New York, boasts of \ col
ored giant seven feet five inches and
half high. seventeen years old. and
still growing.
Al recent English wedding the
thirteen bridesmaids wore mob caps,
pulled sleeves, long mittons and paste
buckles
Professor Benjamin Pierce, Of Har-
ward college, who has been dangerous
~ i'll for four weeks, is slowly improy-
ing.
4 marble statue of Senator Blaine
has just been completed III Rome by
Mr.. Simmons, who pronouneoS II hiS
best work.
Haverly'S Minstrels still maintain
their popularity IN London. They
have lately added "hurlesque circus
to their programme.
Colonel Thomas a. Scott, the railroad
magnatc, has returned to Philadelphia
from the White sulphur Springs much
improved iii health.
The thirty-nnth. and last representa-
ton Of the Passion Play ut 0herammcr-
gtu was held iii the 26th inst Thirty
| five hundred persons were present
Bishop Simpson. who was taken sud.
denly illin the pulpit IN san Francisco,
i slowly recovering. and Is expected
home il October.
Mrs Scott-Siddons ia, lust returned
to London from 4 horseback excursion
through the Black Forest She sail.
for America Oct :.
The French have taken up the new
English freak of making ones dress cor
respond with the decorations of the
room ii which it il worn.
Arkansas i to have 4 normal school