Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-12-29
IN A NUT SHELL.

senator carpenters WlQOw~pl Is IN
Washington. Miss Carpenter will
spend the winter in New Orleans.
The prince imperial of Japan will
soon arrive in Paris, where he is te fin
ish his education.
Mrs. Brewster, the wife of the new
Attorney General, is daughter of the
late Robert ]. Walker, Secretary of the
Treasury under President Polk. She,
before her marriage, held,sa clerkship in
the department of which her father
was once the head.
Garibaldi, the Italian liberator, is not
the ignorant, uncultivated man that
many people suppose him to be- He
knows many languages and many liter
atures, and he is well versed in mathe-
mates. AS child, he was contem-
plative, poetic and fond of solitude.
Charles Devens, who was the Attor-
ney General in President Hayes cabi-
net and who is now Judge Of the
Massachusetts supreme court, will sue
coed Judge Gray, the newly appointed
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court as Chief Justice of Massachu-
sets.
Patrick Downey died in Castleten, VT.
the other day. after living the lite of
hermit for quarter of century. In
his bed was found roll of 50 900 in
bills on the Castleton Mutua, Bank.
The bank discontinued business N
1859.
A leading merchant of Louisville re-
fused to- ouy a sealskin sacque for his
daughter The next day she left the
house ard found employment as SER
rant. She says she will not return
home until the father yields to her de-
mald.
A tarmer, on being asked to write a
testimonial for a patent clothes wiring
er, produced the following: III bought
your clothes wringer and am hugely
pleased with it. | bought Jag of
wood which proved too green and unfit
to burn; | ran the whole load through
your wringer, and have used the wood
for kindling ever since"
The New York Worlds London cor
respondent writes "The conduct of
Guiteau's trial continues, am sorry to
say, to disgust everybody here" The
correspondent is probably not alone in
his sorrow. 1t would be sad to think
that there is an intelligent man any
where who is not disguised with the
conduct of this trial.
There are two congressman, now
serving, who commenced life as pages
in the National House, and a Senator
whose start in life was as page in the
Senate. The Congressman are Town
sand Of THinn,o o,,I \lieA afN ir.,,,,;o
The Senator is German, of Maryland.
In Rochester, is a curious contriv-
ance for maintaing even temperature
in store. a thermostat, connected
with a thermometer and clock-work,
regulates with the aid of electricity,
the damper of furnace in such a way
that the temperature can be kept at
any degree desired and without varia-
ton.
Who Put the Salt in the Sugar Bowl?
Mamma is anxious to find out. Willie
is busy looking out of the Window.
Can you Guess wha. he is Thinking
about? Perhaps he is wondering what
Mamma will Give him before he Goes
to Bed without his Supper. If we were
Willie we would feel safer with Latin
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Deeper Tribune Primer.
Colonel Eugene c. Gordon, President
of the Georgia Pacific railroad, about
month ago bought 100000 acres of
Mississippi land, known as overlooked
lands, for eight cents an acre, and has
since sold them to an English company
for fourteen cents an acre, which gives
him a profit of about $4,000. The
English company intends to reclaim
the lands at once and colonize or cult
vate them.
Too extravagant: The Rev. Amina-
dab Bledsoe, of the Austin blue-light
Tabernacle, met Sam Webster yester-
day and asked how he was off for fire
wood II reckon" said Sam, 81 Sc got
about five cords" 'Dat's gwine ter
last yer plum iru de winter" said
Bedsoe, who wanted to borrow some
fuel. "No it won't, parson, for de
white gemman, in whose yard dat
wood is, burns it up jess as if hit didn't
cost him a cent. "-1e1ds SytingS.
There's nothing to exceed the dia-
bolical satisfaction a man will take in
announcing TO his wife after he has
SOl his xSuIlt oli, lllat tllSlt 10 a. bhetoh
missing, and the keen delight he feels
in seeing her dance round the room
after needle and thread, while she
listens to lecture on,infernal careless
ness. 1t approaches ecstacy. But look
out when she gets that button on, bites
the thread off with a snap and begins,
There now"
The Rome correspondent of the New
York Commercial ADVERTISER says that
the visit of Miss Blaine, the daughter
of Hon. James G. Blaine, to Europe is
creating general sensation in Italy
because she is unaccompanied by any
responsible person Of her own family.
She is looked upon as belonging to
American nobility, so to speak, aud
hence her independence is the more
noticed and commented upon. An
Italian woman who is unmarried can
not cross the street to buy q yard of