Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-02-04
IN A NUTSHELL.

century the age of cyelopedlaS.
DR.. Henry II. Smith, Of Philadelphia
denounces the use Of haby-carriages,
Mrs. Christiancy can sit up during
few hours of each day, but she is still
very feeble.
Mrs. Martha J Lambs history Of
New York is finished after fourteen
years of labor.
The library of ex-Mayor a. Oakley
Hall, of New York, was sold last week
ut auction.
Mrs. Garfield says that the General
is obstinate when anybody undertakes
to drive him.
Columbia College. New York, has six
secret societies, not to mention the boat
club.
The sleighisg tariff in Washington
is Sl2 an hour for Il double team and
IS for single team.
The obelisk, now in position III Cen
trail Park. is the "reigning sensation at
present in New York.
General Sherman doesn't go to bed
tlIl mlunlSHl, liz MHlN IctlIltlS
board" ought to get after him.
Ex-Governor Gilbert c. Walker, of
Virginia, formerly of Chicago, will
shortly open law office i'll New York,
A Fulton street n. u. restaurant
keeper one day last week bought two
cats, the seller representing them 10
be rabbits.
The match factories, having no fear
of Lucifer, have formed pool to con-
troll prices. There are only twenty-four
factories in the country.
1t is remarked that the scepter If
philosophy in France seems to have
passed forever into the hands OF posi-
twists anu materiaEsts.
John Mccullough, the tragcdian has
Just closed successful engagement in
Washington. His receipts for the two
weeks aggregated $1,000.
Mrs. Grundy' says that the three
daughters of Hon. William NJ Eyarts,
the secretary of state, are all e be
married during the present year.
Miss Bird, author of "Cnbeaten
Tracks in Japan" is ranked by the
English rs prc-eminent among lady
travellers us George Eliot is among nov
elistS.
Mr.. John b. Cough was taken i'll
suddenly at Dayton, Ohio, on Thursday
last, and has been obliged to postpone
or cancel many of his lccturing engage
mcnts.
Hon. David Davis is about to build Il
Il big hotel ut Bloomington, He ought
to call it the House of David" and
what a Jolly old Bonifacc the corpu-
lent Judge would make.
Professor Henry A. Ward, Of Roch-
ester, n. V, who makes business of
collecting and arranging natural his
tory specimens, started last week for
Australia via Hong Kong.
Premier Gladstone, replying to Il
correspondent who inquired as to- the
truth of the rumor that he is about to
enter the house of lords because of i'll
health, says it is perfectly groundlcss.
DR.. Talmage, in his sermon Sunday
morning, defended the stage, and
said that the drama having been
dragged through the sewers of iniquity
is reason why we should endeavor to
elevate it,
Camden, the new United States Sen
ator recently elected in West Virginia,
is described rs large man with asmall
head We are getting too many OF
that style Of senators of late years.
The emperor of Japan has broken
through traditional etiquette to such II
degree as greatly to astonish his
people He has actually dined on
board vessel belonging to foreign
power.
A reason given for the long, loose and
buttonless gloves III vogue Mt present is
the enormous size of the jeweled rings
with which ladies deck their fingers,
and which can with difficulty be cover
ed by 4 tight glove.
The Genoa Italy tomb Of John
Smithson, founder Of the Smithsonian
Institution at Washington, having be-
come somewhat decayed. the regents
Of the institution have authorized that
the necessary repairs be made.
Hon. 1hlletuS sawyer, the senator
cleo. from Wisconsin, on reaching his
home ut Oshkosh, was escorted by Il
band and two companies of military
to Turner Hall, where hearty reccp-
ton took place.
Mr.. Lawrence Barrett, the actor, will
leave in June for London accompanied
by his wife, and they will be joined BY
their children, who are being educated
in Germany.
Mrs. Mcdonald, the wife Of the out
going senator from Indiana, is to be
made the recipient ola massive punch
bowl, costing 500, the gift Of the scna-
tors at Washington.
The total receipts for Mile. Bern
hardt's second week in this city were
so 800, making S4l AS for the two
weeks here and S24s, 1868 for the eleven
weeks of her American tour Chicago
J0uqnai
Miss Sarah Lawrence Perry, grand
daughter Of Commodore .. r. Perry,
Of Lake Erie fame, and niece of Mrs.
August Belmont, was married last
week to F. Winston Merrill, Of New
York city.
Gen. Beaureguard is adjutant gener-
al Of the state Of Louisiana at s., 500 q
year, which salary i supplemented, it
+ a r Il