Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-08-18
IN A NUTSHELL.

member this fact.
"There is no use in blinking the
fact" says the Springfield Republican,,
the Sandwich Islands"
"Bllly the Kid was not the son of
William the goat Indeed, no one ever
knew whose son he was, and now they
will care less.
The latest order of exclusion at the
Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga, is not
against the Jews, but admits no man to
the ballroom who doesn't wear swal-
low-tail coat.
Atlantic city is swarming with sharp
ers, who play the dogs with church
people who would much rather pay
up than suffer exposure.
A newspaper lawyer in the Washing
ton Laio Reporter has discovered that
Guiteau's crime can be punished by
Imprisonment for twenty years.
A Norristown man, the father of a
large family, calls his flour barrel
maud s." 1t goes SO fast.-Norristoacn
Herald.
A belle of Narragansett is writing a
novel in which the hero is found in the
desert chained to the bare back ola
bicycle. --Bahinaore american
The Petroleum Worlds July report of
the oil fields shows notable falling off
of production for the month, also in
the development of new wells.
Nancy Sheriner, while sewing by 81
open window in Texas township, on
Monday afternoon, was struck by light
ming, and at last accounts remained
unconscious
The grass widows of Trumbull coun-
ty, Ohio, are to hold reunion this
month. If they had celebrated re-
union with their respective husbands,
long ago, it would have been better.
The New York republican papers
cannot quit. They are like the actor
who shouted: ''Glorious gloriousl
I've got a magnificent advertisement.
My wife is mixed up in fearful scan
daln'-I"ter Ocean.
The admission price at picnic at
Frankfort, KY, was 25 cents, which
Campbell Hampton thought was too
high, and insisted on going in for Is.
In order to have his way, he killed the
doorkeeper.
A Chinaman killed himself at Paw
tucket three years ago, and his devoted
brother has just killed and burned
chicken and also good shirt upon his
grave, because the dead man was hun
cry and short of clothes, he said.
Don't you bathe?" asked Mr.. Smith
of Miss Jones, on the piazza of the
West End, Long Branch. NO." said
she, "no, l never bathe-nCpe Of our
family ever do" "Gracious," exclaim-
ed Smith, "is it possible!"
The Detroit Free Press wonders why
it is that when a pedestrian is drenched
by basin of water from fourth-story
window he always wants to whip some
body who lives on the first floor.
You can't always judge man by
the coat he has on his back, but po-
liceman can make a pretty shrewd
guess on man whom he sees getting
out of a clothing house window at
night with coat on his arm.
One can't be too careful with fire.
arms A Marathon boy carried pis-
tel in his coat pocket, and one day last
week while he was in swimming the
pistol Unexpectedly went off. He has
no suspicious as to who took it.
1t may be surprise to most readers
to learn that the prince of Wales is
overworked. This view of his case,
however, comedies that attendance at
receptions, horse races, charity cere-
monials. and cornerstone laying is
work.
A bridegroom slapped his brides
face two hours after marriage, as they
were about to take train at White
side, ILL.,, for honeymoon tour. She
stood still in surprise, but only for a
moment. Then she seized his cane,
belabored him we'll, and went back
home with her parents.
eff you use burner like this on
your lamp" said the peddler, "You
will save half of the kerosene" The
lady, who belongs to one of the first
families in Austin, said she would take
two, so she would not need any kero-
sene at all.-Ieeas Siftings.
Olive Logan says that the Prince Of
Wales has promised Sara Bernhardt
that he will buy the first picture her
son Maurice achieves. Maurice Bern
hardt is now Is years old, tall for his
age, very good looking, devoted to bis
mother, and promising student of
art.
Apparent the wonders of tele-
graphy will never cease. 1t is asserted