Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-02
PERFORMANCES.

journalist, has become the literary editor
of the New York Mail
Justice CLIFFORD is so III that he
cannot recognize his most intimate
friends, and there is no probability that
his condition will improve,
There have been three notable lRv
INGs-WAsEISGToN IRVING, IRVING the
famous London preacher and IRVING the
actor.
Vice President WHEELER says he is
going to retire to private life in his native
town OF Malone, in the immediate yicin.
ity OF the hauDts of SILAs WRIGHT and
PRESTON KING.
-JoHN BRIGHT, despite all OF his
Quaker aniecedents, was beheld fort
night ago moved to tears by MoDJEsKA's
impersonation of "Msry Stuart" at the
Couri Theater, London.
The richest men in Germany are the
RoTHsCHLDs, of Frankfort, KRUPP. of
Essen, and BLgICHBRoDER, of Berlin, the
Prince Bismarck is also reckoned among
the millionares. The number of Prus-
sian millionaires is only 1895
MIR SoTHERN. the actor who is under
treatment in London, 10 now pronounced
out of danger. He is fortunate in the
possession of devoted sister, Mrs. Coz
WIN, the widow of an Episcopal clergy.
man, and superblY educated and &C.
complished woman.
Judge MORGAN, our Minister to Mex.
leo, entertans frequently and in very ele-
CANT style His personal popularity,
although he has been there but few
months is represented to be very eat.
and he is treated by everybody with the
highest consideration.
Mr.. RUMMEL, the pianist, is engaged
to marry Miss LEILA MORSE, daughter of
the late Professor s. +. B. MORSE, the
young lady to whom Governor TILDEN's
attentions have long been discussed their
marriage will shortly be celebrated, and
their wedding journey viii be to Europe.
Prince BISMARCK, it is reported
abroad, has made repeated applications
to his Emperor to be released from the
cares OF office, and an snecdote has got
into circulation that when the latest of
these applications went up to the Imperi-
al master the latter wrote across its mar
gin in immenee letters, "No, never"
The Baroness BURDETT-CoUTrs is
said to have expended more than 5000 coo
in efforts to improve the condition of the
poor and deserving fishermen OF the
United Kingdom. The negotiations be-
tween the Baroness and the other partners
in the bank regarding her marriage are
still going on. II is reported that MIR.
AsHMEAD BARTLErT's offers OF assistance
in the discussion were met with refusal
to talk over the affairs of the bank with q
stranger
AT Harvard College the students con.
sumo q great deal OF milk and Of bread,
with much oatmeal and cracked wheat
for breakfast. There is comparatively
little coffee used. Oyster soup is great
favorite at dinner, requiring fourteen gall
Ions of oysters for seventy FIVE gallons OF
soup. Celery, too is fayorite at dinner,
nearly 800 punches being used daily. The
boys also like a plenty of ice cram and
very many apples and grapes. Beeisteak
is largely consumed at breakfast and roast
beet at dinner Scrambled eggs disappear
rapidly at breakfast time
Some of the poor government clerks
at Washington are frightfully overlooked,
SIS is shown by an order recently issued
by Comm jssioner BENTLEY to the EN-.
ployes OF the Pension office, prohibiting
the clerks tom shooting rubber bands ct
the chickens in an adj AGENT yard The
clerks have been In the hsbit Of amusing
themselves by making targets OF the
chickens. Thsy got up quite rivalry as
10 who was the best msrksmsn, The
chickens did not comp ain; on the con-
trsIy, they took the bsnds for worms and
ate them. Several OF them died. The
owner could not account for heir demise
Ia spirit Of investigation he cat them
oDen and found them stuffed with rubber
bands. II, soon learned where the rub
Der came from, sad inside complaint to
/ Commissioners BENTI Ky
About two months ag0, EDWARD Ey-
ERErr HAZE, OF Boston, cast a bomb into