Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-28
IN A NUTSHELL.


Judge Devens now receives So, 500 a
wear for mis- services on the Massachu-
setts supreme bench,
DR.. Newman, Grants pastor, pro-
poses to erect an Independent MetAo-
dist Church in New York.
Bishop Green. the Episcopal Bishop
Of Mississippi, has just celebrated his
SD birthday.
John Didier Baze, the eminent poll
tician and advocate, life member of
the French Senate and Questor of that
body, is dead
Lord Beaconsfeld's disease is de-
scribed by the London Lancet as " in
hammatory congestion of the bronchial
apparatus III connection with equity
diathesis"
The new settlers in Texas Will find
plenty of elbow room, if nothing else
One of them writes that he has ''the
Rio Grande for a bath-tub and all Mex
leo for back yard"
The late Eben Wrights will is the
social sensation in Boston. Mr.. Wright
took a fancy to the family of General
c. A. Whittier, n broker who is said to
have made 100000 within the last
year A few weeks ago Mr.. Wright
went TO Florida and while there be-
came alarming ILL., He telegra phed
for Mrs. Whittier and she FASTENED
from Boston, taking with her promi-
nent physician at cost of 800 day,
After Mr.. Wrights death it was found
that he had left the bnlk Of his vast
property to General and Mrs. Whittier.
L IS said that the latter have decided
not receive the money.
Fogg had had one small helping of
the steak, and Mrs. Jones asked why
he did not take second installment.
Il was waiting to have it rendered,
ma'am," said Fogg. Mrs. Jones smiled
sweetly, but her face was crimson. AS
soon as breakfast was over and the
boarders were gone, Mrs. Jones was
seen porting over the dictionary for
the different meanings Of the verb ''to
tender"
Drunk again, eh'" said the magis-
trate, contracting his brows and looking
severely at the prisoner, "Yis, yer
Honor" candidly returned Pat Il
was afther splittin wood at yer Honor's
house, and the Teddy asked wud take
suthin'. I will, says |, and / TUX two
glasses, but if / had known yer Honor
kept such bad liquor, pom me sowl, |
wuldn't have TUX but wan. "--Bro0kigp
Eagle.
The Billy goats pretty bird
And loves To dine on shirts
But for a midday luncheon he
Prefers tn eat hoop skirts
Old oyster-cans and rubber shoes
Appease his appetite,
While barrel hoops and corset-stayS
Fill him with great delight.
A man had Just taken his seat in a
street car, in fact he had got fairly
down, when n lady entered. He inn
mediately rose. Don't rise, sir; beg
of you don't" she said. Good heav-
ems, ma'am," he yelled, 81 must
There's a pin three inches long set up
on that seat"
A puzzler for the theologians is pre-
sented by the brooklyn Sunday school
boy VINO, having been informed by his
teacher that God was omnipotent and
could certainly do anything, inquired
If He can make a mountain so big He
can't lift it himself?
ANY good shooting on your farm o.
asked the hunter of the farmer.
Splendid replied the agriculturalist.
There's a drive-well man down in the
clover meadow, cloth pedler in the
house, candidate out in the barn, and
two tramps down in the stock yard.
Climb right over the fence, young man
DAD both barrels, and sail in"
A lady now residing in this city was
once travelling by stage among the Cats
kill mountains, and stopped for tie
night at an out-of-the- way country inn
She was tired with her journey, and
slept late in the morning, not respond
ing to the first call to breakfast. Pres
entity there came another tap at her
door, and girlish voice said; please
mum, won'tyo get up? We want to
use one of your sheets for table
cloth. "-Keokuk Constitution.
4 JUSTICE of the peace in New York
mas made valuable and intelligent de-
cision touching the precise relation of
the umbrella to the property and rights
Of individuals therein. There is q GER
tain sociability in going off with an UNI
brella from the house of a friend, !" de-
clared this Daniel come to judgment.
but to steal one from the hat-room of
theater is different thing. Twill hold
YOU in $500 bail for trial" BY parity.
one may not break into a store deyot-
ed 10 the sale of these articles, and
pOss ess himself of them, but taking one