Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-22

was putting II ~ his soup.
II was the man caught hv prairie
fire on his own section of land who ran
through his property rapidly
At recent dinner the Queen of
England placed ripe peaches from
potted trees.
swear not at all, not even when
putting up i deprayed ana ungoyem-
able stove-pipe.
Nun Eew Chung, 4 Chinaman who
weighs Just 100 pounds is coxswain Of
the Yale crew.
The greatest Of American riilcmcn
have not gone abroad They still re-
tain their positions rs Indian agents
1t is absurd 10 suppose that man
can speak above his breath. since his
mouth is below his nose.
What is the difference between n
fixed star and meteor One is Il sun,
the other 4 darter.
Summertime will come again,
With il softlv-blowiug 1cphyr>.
Lowing kline are in the fields.
Some are cows and semo are hctcl>.
Tamgsa..
They are pcddling shoes by the dozen
at Hartford which st. iulienworc when
he made 2.ll} there
Thomas Hughes, the famous English
author, now III Tennessee will return
to the east via. Chicago
Diner shifting -"Waiter, | really
think this fish is not fresh" Waiter
Iessir, can't answer for that, sir. We
honlY been ere awcck. SIR
"Pcnny-wisc-pound-fooIiSh,' solilo-
pulsed the man in church. and he put
the penny in the box and the pound i'll
his pocket
The people of the United States con-
sumo more coffee than those of amy
other ccnntry--some 33,000Oou
pounds yearly
Corsets arc said to have originated
from an iron waistband, in which tryan-
nical husbands i'll the early history of
the human family encased their wives
Dobler and Guyon, Chicago pedes-
TRANS, have sailed from New York for
Europe, totake part in the Ashley belt
contest, Oleary accompanies them.
Col. Bob Ingcrsoll says that when II
man smokes OF chews he should com
fcss the fault to his intedcd wife, and
if after that She accepts him, he has
the dead wood ON her.
4 correspondent at Milford, n. H..
says Horace Greeley, Zach Chandler,
Worcester, the photographer, and the
Hutchinson family were all born in or
near that place
The last day on which Minister
Christancy could answer his wire'S
cross-bill for divorce has expired, and
Mrs. Christiancy will now move that Il
decree he granted her,
The health Of Count Henry Won Ar
MIN, Bismark's enemy, is considered
most critical. His physicians have de-
Clarcd that further imprisonment Of
his patient will endanger his life
Maud Branscombe tile actress, has
sued the New York Times for libel
placing her damages At $4,000 The
offending article ridicues her birth
and, it is claimed, ISLANDERS her name
Ordancc Sergeant James Oliver, who
had served forty-tive years in the
United States army. died at Fort Van
eouver i few days ago He fought in
the Black Hawk and Seminole wars.
The herring fishing on the east coast
of Scotland is the most successful on
record 1t has been found impossible
TO cure all the fish caught, and tons
have been carted to the manure mcr-
chants.
The ancient black glass Of the Nene-
tians is now so closely initiated as to
defy detection The process is 70 use
Il mixture of sand and sulphur with
an addition Of fifteen per cent Of
manganese.
Statistics of English mortality show
that during the last thirty years more
women have reached the age of seven
ty-hye OF eighty years than men, The
latter suffer more from lung, heart and
kidney, Diseases, which have of late
been on the increase in England.
Professor +. F. Jewott of Norwich,
Conn, has given up position which he
held in tie Imperial University Of
TOXIC, Japan to accept the appoint
ment Of Professor Of Chemistry in Oher-
lin College Ohio.
On the murder OF President Lincoln
III 1868. his family being loft i'll precar-
ious circumstances the late Marshal
q. Roberts quietly sent Mrs. Lincoln
$4,000 a. his contribution towards the
proposed fund Of 100000
In the course Of inquiries H. tu the
phosporescence Of the sea. German
naturalist has discovered that the
phenomenon occurs whenever sea
fshes are brought into three per cent
salt solution The luminous aspect be-
Gins III the eyes. spreads over the
whole body and increases each day.
The phosphorcscent substance II kind
Of mucus, which is white by day and
shines in the dark.
The Entire absence IF scuryy during
the voyage Of the Vega is attributed by
Professor Nordenskjold to the free use
of little berry that springs out of the
ice and snow during the summer II
bears profusely and has taste ike
the raspberry, but more acid. The
fruit is dried and mixed with the milk
Of the reindeer, and can be carried IN a
frozen state for thousands Of mile.