Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-23
Personalities.


Eastern Pennsylvania, on farm of 300
acres, but has not made farming pay.
The parsgraphers think there is little
probability of having clear weather In
the future, with HAzEs doing it out.
New Orleans papers record the death
OF DAVID ALEXANDER, the Oldest man in
that city, his age being given ss lO2 years
The astronomer OF the Providence
Journal Is a lady from Massachusetts,
and, of course, heavenly body herself.
Already three new towns have been
named Garfield, one in Illinois, one in
Michigan sud one in Kansss.
"A Milwaukee policeman has just
fallen heir TO an estate valued at 100000,
by the death OF a relative in Cincinnati
General HAzEN, the newly appointed
Chiet Signal Officer, 10 the son.in.laW OF
WAsHIaGToN McLEAS, Of the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
MIR JAMES GORDON BENNETT's in
come exceeds $1,000 coo year. lie has
given away fully half million dollars
within the past five years.
Miss HARRIS, Miss McCABE, and
Miss BAY KIDD, Of Springfield, are can
didates for Postmis,resses OF the Illinois
House or the Senate.
"A couple married in East Saginaw,
Mich, the other day, found among their
gifts two checks for S25 600 each, and
they Immediately skipped for f. orida'
The story is circulated In Nes York
that Ex-Governor SPaAeUE, OF Rhode
Island, will write book, in which Sena-
tor CoNKLING will appear rs one oil the
prominent characters.
Some fellow has figured out that
VANDERBILTs income would allow him
to visit 5000 circuses, eat 10000 piais OF
peanuts, and drink 5000 glasses OF lemon
ade every day in the year.
Mis-. L. s. GRANT, Mrs. General
SHERMAN, and other noted ladies Of the
land have been solicited to contribute
pieces OF silk to be worked up in a quit
by some benevolent ladies' OF indianapolis
Bogus CHARLEY, the accomplice OF
Captain JACK in the Modoc war and the
killing OF General CANDY, died at La
Grande, Oregon, recently, Of consump-
ton.
President HAYES, P9sident elect
GARFIELD and ex President GRANT are
all expected to attend, this month, the
New England Society's dinner, in New
York.
The Major Generals of tho Army in
the order of their rank are as follows:
Hancock, Schofield, Mcdowell. The Brig
adiers in like order are Pope, Howard,
Ferry, Augur, Crook, Miles.
Paul MORLEY is still an expert chess.
player, and often takes hand at his home
in New Orleans, giving knight success
fully to the strongest players OF the chess
club in that city.
JANIS X. KEENE is negotiating for
the purchase Of the celebrated Meem
farm il the Shenandoah valley, Virgins,
one Of the finest farms in the South. The
price named is more than two hundred
thousand dollars.
Hon. w. d. WAsgBuRN, OF Mime.
apolis, has contracted for the building oil
palatial steamer 10 be run on the beauli'
full Lake Minnetonks, near that city, next
season, for the accomm ldation OF pleas
ure-seekers.
The manuscript of President HARRI'
SONS inaugural address, delivered on the
4,h OF March, 1s41, has just been present
ed to Colonel FRED. MORLEY, OF Detroit,
by a negro servant IN whose possession Ii
has been for nearly forty years.
General BEsJAMIN HARRISON, of In
diana, is mentioned as the most dliigeh'
and successful lawyer In the State. lie
has the excellent habit of putting his best
ability and energy into the smallest as
well as the largest cases he takes.
Eek Queen ISABELLA, now lat, I'M
calmly, but good nstured looking woman,
drives about Paris in handsome landau,
drawn, not by horses, but by four mules.
We hasten 10 say that these mules were
not selected from Chairman BARNUMs
stock.
- The Boston Transcript thinks "it
makes very little difference what form a