Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-12-10

IOmpklnS Avenue CongfeShlloHh
church, in Brooklyn.
Washington ladies are preparing sill
ken tapestry for presentation to Mrs.
President Hayes as testimonial 81
her high moral worth.
The congregation of Unity church,
Of, has Chicago elected Rev. George &.
Min, of Brooklyn, to succeed Rev.
Robert Collyer as pastor
The latest novelty in bon-bon boxes
in New York city is miniature lmlta-
ton Of the obelisk, on which are the APP
propriate Inscriptions.
Mr.. Samuel j. Tilden il pot the own
er of the elaborate monument now be-
ing cut Mt Westerly r. /. 1t is intend
ed for another family Of the same
name.
Augtlstin DAILY will shortly bring out
nj his thcntcr in New York the new
opcretta, "Nisida," in which he will in
troduce his Nautch girls, iugglers, etc.
a Now York lady has an album that
contains II piece of lace worn by Marie
Antoinettc once, and has an authentic
letter by her on the opposite pnge of
the lace.
"Lemmy, you'rca pig" said n father
to his son. who was tive years old.
"Now, do you know what 4 pig is,
Lemmy?' Eyes, Sir--n pig il Il hogs
little hey
Mrs. Hayes is said TO be woman
Of remarkable endurance. She has
never had any illness except I'M oc-
casional sick hcadachcand looks much
younger that she is--49,
George Parks, the first Mayor of
Grand Haven. Mich A. Il. Hastings II
Presbyterian clergyman of Detroit and
Oliver Perrin, bank president Of Gin
cinnati, are dead.
In Albany, r. y, three marriages
in high life will be celebrated next
Thursday evening, namely: The
Stephens-Ogdep. Brown-Schuylcr and
Hawkns-Pratt engagements.
When spelling Is reformed she'll write;
"l'm sailing on the o+hnn,
The SO il hi no sale in site.
II llla me with cmoshnn
But one spell will not change il name
For ahc'l be se-sck Just the saim'
The London Royal Society has
awarded Professor Sylvester, Of the
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
the Copley medal, for originality and
variety in mathematical work.
John Dillon, the well known come
dian, is again "ofl ON II drunk, " and the
audience ut the Opera House mt lndl-
annapolis, last week, was dismissed, and
Johns engagement cancelled.
Thaddcus Stevens estate in Pcnnsyl.
yanin is now nearly settled, and ii il be-
lievcd that there will be enough to pay
the Request of $50, 0O0 for the founding
Of mn asylum for orphan children.
Ex-senator Sprague, Of Rhode Island
and his son Willie are in Washington,
trying TO get Secretary sherman to
adjust the family difference rs to the
property of Nnrragansctt Pier.
Nine. Adelinn Patti is sad to have
taken a great liking to WagncrS music,
and is now studying the part of Elsa
in "Lohcngrin, ofwhich She is especial
ly fond
The Princess Blanche, of Orleans, n
tall, slender and handsome young wo-
man, and the daughter Of the Duke
dc Ncmours, is about to be married To
the Prince de l.inge.
Among the deaths reported Salur
day were james Clephane, the vctran
printer Of Washington, and James G.
Fridhly, tho most eccentric character
known to Cincinnati.
General Gonzales. the new president
Of Mexico, has been nearly four years
separated from bis wife, who is not
merely n beautiful woman, bat bright,
intelligent and well educated.
Little tables, covered with plush are
the proper things for dark corners in
dull rooms, and if i pretty vase hr set
upon them, SO much the better
With December freeze in Novem
bcr, il is safe to look for II January
thnw IN December thinks the philos-
ophcr of the Boston Transcript
Smilnx and japanese fern are now
made to Irvine around the same cord
while growing, and thus become douhly
valuable for decorative purposes.
Herr WilhelmJ, the vlollnlSt, Is
quoted rs saying that he will return to
his home on the Rhine next May.
Ills concert tour will end III California
in April,
Sir William llnrcourt, il is antiei-
pntcd, will soon 10 made speaker Of
the house of commons, in place of Mr.
Brand, who will he elevated To the
peerage,
The clothing on wash-lines upon the
roofs of New York houses up town is
said To hr one Of the picturesque feat
ures Of The views from the elevated rail
roads.
The papers make q great bother
about the number Of people who "a.
cape NJ II rail road accident Wouldn't
they have escaped Just the same Ind
there been no accident Boston Trans.
cWpt.
Biurnson, the Norwegian novelist
and poet Mus Arrived lin this cioun-
try, creating quite ain excitement
i'm literary circles, aind lis anxious
TO inject Wilhclnii, hingo. Oa Cun
Derrick