Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-20
IN A NUTSHELL.

Many of the New silks and satins are
in bright gay plaids.
Masquerade costumes are in great
demand for the coming balls.
Governor Boutwell, has hung out his
law shingle in Boston.
Soft, warm mittens are worn by
fashionable ladies over their kid gloves
Gen. Moriones. one of the ablest
officers in the civil wars of Spain, is
dead.
Queen Victoria will not open the APP
preaching session of parliament in
person.
Nine. Adelina Patti, it is author
itatively announced, viii visit this
country next season.
Aldell, the funny writer on the New
York Times, has gone to work for the
Harpers.
DR.. Frederick James Jobson. an emf
nent Methodist divine ofLondon, Eng,
Is dead.
Marshal Won Moltke, of Germany,
has been decorated with the Portu-
guse order of the Tower and Sword
Stylish ulsters for ladies have cuffs,
pockets, and collars of plush, with muffs
to match.
1t is said that the poet Shelley
munched bread while he walked SO did
Ben Franklin once upona time.
The bride Of General Trevino, who
is daughter Of General Ord, has
been seriously i'll at the City of Mexico.
James b. Keene charters steamer
for $50 every time he goes home to
Newport.
Colonel Robert G. lngersol is CON
templating q Iecturing tour through
Australia.
Nine. Outrey, wife Of the French
Minister, is very i'll with whoop-
ing-cough in Washington.
The Duke Of Westminster, who was
raised TO his present title by Gladstone,
is the richest man in England.
II. H. Hayden the all legged y urderer
of Mary Stannard is now working for
chair company in New Haven,
Conn.
1t is rumored that Bjornsterne
Blornson is to be married to the widow
of the late Ole Bull, now resident of
Milwaukee.
The Russian minister and wife are
conceded to be the handsomest couple
among all foreign legations, mt Wash
ington.
A German physician of Milwaukee
f,r f,,l oh 80
rheumatism. He inhaled chloroform
till he died.
A portrait of the late IT, stephen r.
Logan has been presented by his tami
~ to the supreme court rooms in the
Illinois state house.
Joseph +, Armour, brother of Philip
d, Armour, of Chicago and "A member
of the firm Of 7. d. Armour & Co.
died in Cincinnati on the 10Th inst.
The sale of season tickets to four
nights of the Sara Bcrnhardt engage
mcnt at Pixies Opera House, Cincin-
natl, Melted s2,7S3.
President Butterlield has recently se-
cured a donation to the amount of
$4,000 for their further endowment of
Oiiyet College, ut Charlotte, Mich
New dinner sets are decorated in
Japanese designs, each set, consisting
of plate, cup and saucer, being in differ
cnt patterns.
At Cornelius j, Nanderbilts 10th
birthday dinner he presented the sixty
one couples present with horses and
COWS hools filled with flowers.
1t is believed in St Louis that Rev
William Walsh, of that city, will be the
next bishop of Nashville, to succeed
Archbishop Feehan, now of Chicago.
President-clect Garfield has, it is
said, offered the position of private
tutor to his sons To DR., w. IL. Hawkes.,
Il graduate Of Brown University.
Sara Bcrnhardt's performance III
Baltimore last Saturday evening was
her tiftieth in this country. The re-
ceipts thus far are reported to exceed
$4,000.
General Sir Evelyn Wood, who bore
creditable part in the campaign
against the Zulus, will be second in
command in the operations 10 crush
the Beers.
Queen Emma, the young wife Of the
old king Of Holland, is mentioned as an
amiable German lady, net pretty, but
possessing honest blue eye and kindly
expression.
The distinguished French painter,
NJ. Detaille, has just been commission
ed to paint the portrait Of the duke of
Comnaught, The duke will be repre-