Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-10

ration. 1t Is announced that he has
signitied his acceptance of the invita-.
ton to n complimentary reception at
Boston.
Little Jack Homer
sat in the corner
pcvodring some Lmhurgcr cheese.
II : fastened his gripper
On lively old skipper,
And said, what the thunder arc these
The eNEmpreSs of the French gave
$50 900 for Mr. Longman's villa at
Farhorough, which is to he her future
home. The house is good one, and
stands IN very pretty picturesque
grounds, but there is only a small guam.
tty Of ground attached TO it,
w ID, Howels, late of the itiaahc
hoHhh, was consul to Venice under
Mr. Llncoln's administration, and he
married IA sister of larkm Mead, the
sculptor, His father comes from Gen
eral Garticld's district, and the two
have known each other for many years
A lady of Pine Valley, Chautauqua
county, y. y, was awakened the other
night by feeling n sense OF sutlocntion
1t was caused by her long hair beCom-
ing wound around her neck so tightly
Ms tonearly strangIc her. Death would
have eusued in II few moments.
An epitaph, at Providence, Massa-
Chusetts reads
Here lies John Dodge
Who lodged all good
Aud lodged deal OF evil
And after dodgng all he could
He couldn't dodge the devil
The artist Elihu Ncdder, has been
awarded the 81 600 prize offered by
prang & Co., for the best Christmas
card design. 1t represented II buxom,
atlluently-robod woman, her two arms
akimbo, circulating; Thy own wish,
wish | thee i'll every place Several
Enthusiastically streaming long ribbons
/ proceed from the mazes Of her auburn
! hair.
Jefferson Davis recently told a cor
respondent Of the Springfield Repubh-
can that lis history of the war was not
! finished by any means, and that he
dreaded the labor ahead of him.
Bob " Toombs, of Georgia, offers to
bet that f." jeff" won't publish his his
tory while the aforesaid Bob is
living. 1t looks IA if ho of the grave
yard name had "surc thing"
The Montreal Cam Post hints that
James Gordon Bennett, of the New
York UcrdM, who spends nearly all his
time in England, is a sultor for the
hand Of the Princess Beatrice. Why
be content with the Princess daughter,
when the Queen mother is n higher
prize' Why not follow the illustrious
example of young Bartlett and the
aged Baroness Burdctt-Coutts
The city of Des Moincs is preparing
for weeks hrst-class musical festival
next September Z. $. Gilmore is TO
be the director, and his great orchestra
Of 100 instruments is &c be the chiei
feature. Such worldwide celebrities
az Miss Kellogg, Miss Cary and Cam
panini, the singers; JoseHy, the pianist;
Wilhelmj the yiolinist, and Levy, the
conet-payer, will be stars Of th
! occasion.
AT New York says the Tribpe Of that
city Society wishes to improve TO
. the fullest extent the short time re
manning before Lent; night is turned
/ into day, the whirl and buzz Of the fash
/ ionable world are heard on all sides,
/ and the dreamer is awakened in the
early morning by the wheels OF the
carriages conveying tho jewellers TO Their
/ homes. This has been the case with
the week just closed, and such also
will be the tone Of the present one
James /. Fields recently said in a
/ lecture on Rufus Choatc, that there
were four men who were the idols OF
the young Boston boy Of forty years
ago. They were Ralph Waldo Emer-
son, Junius Brutus Booth, Rev. DR..
/ George Putnam, Of Roxbury, and Ru-
I fus Choate. Four men more different
could scarcely have been instanced,
/ though there VAS a certain wierdE"sS
about Booth and Choste which might
I be considered a common quality, de-
/ spite its completely diverse manifesto
/ tons DR.. Putnam was the antlpodc Of
( Emerson in being the apostle Of clear,
practical common sense
An Italian writer criticislng the varl'
Gus managers OF Italian opera in the
1 United States during the last twenty
wears. says that Jacob Grau died
/ bro en.hearted from having deserted
Italian opera for French opera boutie;
that Maretzek, once styled the Napo-
! leon Of managers, met his Waterloo in