Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-08-26
IN A NUTSHELL

Oregon produces four, five, six and
even seven-leaved clover.
A western paper heads the marriage
OF bachelor of 81 years, Another Old
Landmark Gone"
The car is still at large, having ess
capped from Moscow by stealth, but is
not yet beyond pursuit.
An eminent physician says that she
who does not promote his own health
Is guilty of the basest want of patriot
ISM"
Mary had little bunch
Of silk with feathers on it.
And though it weighed but half an ounce
Twas an $50 bonnet.
quarter of a mile long and 200 feet
wide. Thirsty gentlemen seeking for a
summer resort will regret to learn that
1t IS sand bar.
At Doom, Ireland, the numerous
evicted tenants of Col. Hare, who pru-
IDENTIFY resides in England, remain on
the roadside by their former abodes.
There are $4,000 idiots in the United
States, according to one authority. The
number depends good deal on who
takes the census and where the line is
drawn.
Not only are bloodhounds now in
troduced to chase Eliza in the play of
Uncle Toms Cabin" but in several OF
this seasons companies there are duph-
cate Topsys
Lord Rosebery is one Of the few
Scotch noblemen who still have a resi-
dence in Edinburg, and there are GER
talnly not more than three peers who
have residences in Dublin.
The Arab Chief Ali Ben Hilfa head
of the Instruction against the French
at Sfax, is 80 years old, has six sons
with him, is of a rich family, and en-
joys great influence among the tribes
collected at Sfax.
A colored girl in Washington Terri
tory recently ran away with white
man who wanted to marry her. The
father of the colored girl prosecuted
the man for abduction.
Candidates for admission to the Glas-
Cow Stock Exchange must prove sew
eral years experience in stock brok-
er's office, or must be memb ars of a
stock firm. They must also find first
class security for $4,000.
In recent divorce suit in England it
was found, when the mother of the re-
spondent, the Rev. B. O'Malley, was
called as witness, that she could
scarcely understand any language but
Irish. Her son is vicar of an English
parish.
Kitty Ramsden, whose professional
title is the Golden Fly, was taking her
flight to the roof of a Moscow theatre,
when the elastic spiral snapped and she
fell heavily to the stage from height
Of 123 feet, fracturing her shoulder and
spine.
American peanuts are shipped to
Marseilles, where they are converted
into "olive oil" This is an improve
ment on the American idea of manu-
featuring carpets for our public halls
from the shucks of this solll-inspiring
edible.
Anna Dickinson's mother is said to
be typical Quakeress, with peace
full, quiet face, framed with soft silver
hair. She is dignitied, graceful, and
uses ''thee" and ''thou" in all her con-
versations. Anna must take after"
her father.
One of the features of the Atlanta
Cotton Exhibition will be the manufact-
ure Of suit of clothes from raw cot
ton in twenty-four hours. The cotton
will be picked, ginned, spun, dyed,
woven and made into suit of cloth es
for Senator Brown inside of one day
A gamecock near Rome, Ga. which
was carried off by a bald eagle recently
was distinctly heard to crow while in
the eagles clutches. Three days after
ward the rooster came home again, APP
parently little the worse for his adven-
| ture.
A landlord, going round to collect his
rents, sent his servant forward to pre-
pare the tenant for his visit On reach
ing the house, and finding the man
taking survey, and apparently en-
deavoring to gain admittance, what S
the matter?' said he; lis the door bolt
ed % mo, MASTER" was the reply,
''but the tenant is -
The most celebrated singers of Ital-
ian opera this season in London were
not Italians. Patti is an American OF
Spanish extraction, Albani is Il Cana
dian, Sembrick is a Pole, Fursch, Mad
leo, and Warnots are German, Nilsson
! is swede, Guercia is Spanish, Valera
and Minnie Hauek American, and De
Reske, Marie Roze, land Trebelle are
French.
A young and wobegone man handed
a at-'o-nine-tails to a saloon keeper
stripped off his coat and shirt, and beg
ged to be whipped for his sins. The
obliging rumseller, to amuse the loun.
gers in the place, gave the penitent fifty
hard blows, decorating his back con.
siderably, but he bore ii with fortitude
and declared tina. it made him fee
easier in his mind
A writer in London Life says: II saw
bathing suit the other day which
struck me as at once pretty and SEN
sible. Around the neck it had little
cork apparatus, not unlike small boil
ster, cleverly concealed in one of the
ruffs so much worn, and quite sufficient
to keep the head out of water in case
an inexperienced swimmer should lose
her balance.
A Kentucky mob mistook Mr.. Yer
dun for murderer whom they wished
to hang, and Mr. Verdun mistook the
lynchers for highwaymen. The con,
sequence was desperate fight and,pur-
suit. Mr.. Verdun stopped whipping
his horse occasionally to fire wild shot
back at the chasers, while they perfor-
ated the top of his carriage with bullets
He was at length overtaken, and then
the mutual blunder was forgiven with
drinks all round.
A convict in the Missouri peniten-
tiary studied the conduct of the Catho-
lie chaplain so closely that, on escaping
from the prison, he was able to make
the Catholic clergy of Halifax believe
he was priest In that character he
stole $500 from a woman who went to
him for confession He is now back in
cell
1t is painful to listen to habitual
sufferer, yet the following incident