Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-08-25
IN A NUTSHELL.

[etains enough of her former magnifi-
,ence to keep a retinue Of ten persons
Wherever she goes.
sylvester LIE Voice is a fair-haired,
hlue-eyed, mild-nannered boy of II at
Jamestown, n Y, yet he deliberately
shot baby because it annoyed him
with its crying.
The boys of Westminster school had
remission or holiday to enable them
10 attend the funeral Of Dean Stanley.
some of them took advantage of this to
play cricket.
The real and personal property In
the United States is valued at $40, oOO;-
O0O,O00 The last three figures repre-
resent the value of property owned by
the editorial profession.
The opinion gains ground in we'll
Uniformed circles in Constantinople that
the exile of the Pashas will be short,
and that after few months they will
receive full pardon.
The Lebanon Shakers number $50,
two-thirds of whom are women and
girls, and their property is valued at
81 100000. Members relinquish all
claims on retiring from the commu-
nity.
Servant girls are not allowed to battle
lat Cape May, because they so much
resemble the ladies at the hotels when
in bathing costume.-New Orleans
Picayune.
Mrs. Spriggins, when she read of the
failure of the Universal Life Insurance
company, sagely remarked that she
never did think much of "them Uni
versalists."
What kind Of mark is that" said
Magrady to his friend Talthorpe, point
ing to a scar on his face. 'Its ques-
ton mark" replied the other; got it
for asking man If it was hot enough
for him. '"-Puck.
The South Pacific Steel Works, the
first and only establishment of the kind
in Colorado, located at Denver expects
to be ready to turn out steel rails by
next December. The works have cost
over 100000.
The Cleveland preacher took for his
text He giveth his beloved sleep"
And then he said, as he glanced around
that the way his congregation had work
ed itself into the affection of the Lord
was amazing.
Bily's little sister had fallen and hurt
her nose. and she cried great deal
over it. Hearing his mother tell her to
be careful lest she might spoil it next
time he said: What's the good of a
nose to her? She never blows it."
She complained to her milkman that
he did not give her good measure; and
he said it was the fault of her pitcher
he filled it chalk full, always She adj
mitted it was SO, and told him she was
glad he spoke the truth at all times.
A paper in Chicago having said that
that city uses 100000 gallons of wa
ter daily, the Baltimore american re-
marks that "half of that amount is
made into beer, and the other half is
used to scald the bristles off Of hogs"
Pauline Markham, the beautiful bur-
lesque actress, secured large audi
ence of fellows in their teens for her
Boston benefit performance, by adver-
Using that she would sell tickets in per-
son in her Parker house parlor.
Walter Bray, for thirty years a pop
ular negro minstrel, is hopeless lunatic
IN Massachusetts asylum. His right
name is Baker, and he is son of the
Gen. Baker who was killed at the battle
of Balls Bluff.
The destructive effects of the use of
gas near the pictures of Baudry in the
new opera house, Paris, have become
so obvious that the authorities have
decided to illuminate that part of the
theater by electricity.
The Spanish government has just
awarded its contract for American to-
bacco to a New York firm. The con-
tact is for 1880 hogsheads of Ken
lucky and Virginia tobacco in four
grades-seections, medium leaf, COM
mon leaf and plug.
Billy Emerson, the negro minstrel,
left some debts behind him on quitting
san francisco, several years ago. The
creditors attempted, when he lately
revisited the city, TO seize his $1,000
diamond and his salary of $3.50 week,
but they found that he had sold the
Jewel to his manager for 81 and drawn
MS wages for month in advance.
A pretty girl out west told her beau
that she was mind-reader. "You
don't say SOP" he exclaimed. "Yes,"
said she, "you have it in mind to ask
me to be your wife, but you are just
little scared at the idea" Their we'd
ding cards are out.-Det,0i Free Press.
If you want to speak to the proprie.
tol at Long Branch hotel, don't ap-
proach the man who seems to own the