Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-29
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now have slight OF her recovery.
"Why, certainly" is to an American
what "you know" is to cousin John.
The population of Alsace- Lorraine
has increased over 81 900 in the last five
years.
Kangaroo tendons are now used by
fashionable surgeons for the sewing up
of flesh wounds.
One of party of girls who ran a
fve-mile race at Rio, Texas, died from
over exertion.
U. S. Grant, Jr., has bought the Libby
farm in North Salem, Columbia county,
N. Y, 1S6 acres, for $27 900 cash.
A biography Of President Garfield
entitled ''From Log Cabin to White
House," will be published shortly in
London.
DR.. Coggswell, who has offered to give
drinking fountain to the city of Hart
ford, when boy was an inmate of a
poorhouse.
Queen Victoria's life at Balmoral is
very simple and uniform. The day
begins at o'clock when piper plays
the bagpipes under her window.
The republican presidents have all
had children with them as residents of
the white house. Chester A. Arthur
has son of II years and son of IL
years.
Mrs. Hopkins, widow of the late
millionaire Mark Hopkins, of Cali
fornia, left Great Darlington, Mass, for
San Francisco in her private car last
Thursday.
The mean high water average at
Fall River, Mass, is AZ feet, but last
week the tide fell seven feet there by
actual measurement.
The Japanese government has sent a
commission to Milan to inquire into
the advantages of being cremated on
the italian plan.
Terra del Fuegians are the latest
novelty at the Jardln discrimination
in Paris. Their appearance and man
ners are not charming.
The stamp duty in Great Britain of
three pence on each pack of playing
cards amounted in the last financial
year to the net sum of f14,652 los. Cd.
Tit boots worn by vain beau at
Dentonville, Iowa, have cork lifts two
inches thick inside under his heels in
order to increase his stature.
A San Francisco physician, believing
that he has discovered cure for hy-
drophobia, and desiring to test it, has
had himself bitten by rabid dog.
Mr. John B. Drake, of Grand Pacific
Hotel Chicago, will, at the request of
Mr.. Cyrus w. Field, take charge of and
forward Western subscriptions for the
Mrs. Garfield fund
One of the sights of Milan just now
is petriied human body, which has
been prepared by DR.. Comi-the pro-
cess is secret one-and is exhibited
in the Sale Villa, Via Pasquirolo.
The earliest snowstorm on record
visited Pontresina, in the Engadine, on
Sunday, Aug. 2S. and for two days the
whole country round was clad in virgin
white, and covered in by deep blue
cloudless sky.
Italy has remarkably large and fine
crop of grapes this year; the vintage
takes place in October, and the pros
.
has filled the hearts Of the peasants
with gladness.
Mussulman pilgrims now go to Mecca
by Mediterranean steam ers, instead of
making the long caravan trips; but the
greater the fatigue incident to the land
trip the more pleasing is the devotee
in the sight of God and Mohammed.
The once celebrated Giula Brucci
used to say: at is more shameful and
more disgraceful for u pretty woman
to have n corn or bunion on her foot
than to deceive her dearest friend with
out cause"
Sentiment written in church fair
album at Fremont, Ohio, by Mr.. Ruth
erford b. Hayes: "My young friends,
never be afraid of criticism or ridicule.
The thing done avails, and not what is
said about it.
An enraged belle at White Sulphur
Springs bit the cheek of a young man
at moment when he expected kiss.
He had her arrested on charge of
assault, but failed to appear before the
Justice, and she was discharged.
Mr.. Goodwin Smith denies the report
that he is to receive an Oxford appoint
ment. and declares that Canada is his
home, and that he has all he wants In
this life and is contented in watching
with interest the fortunes ofhis friends.
The New York Bullion says: "When
man uses his social position, his
church, and his family name to aid in
making q profit on stocks by mislead-
ing public opinion, he may be shrewd
enough to escape the law, but there Is q
talnt in his gains that will eventually
curse HIM"
The brother and brother-in-law of
the king Of Siam have arrived IN Lon
don with seven noble Siamese children
who are to be educated in England.
Prince Swasti-Sobben, the king
brother, is a boy of II, who speaks
neither French nor English.
The ex-Empress EHgenie is said to
have never recovered from the loss OF