Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-09-28
GLEANINGS.

Ben Porter, now holds the office of CITY
marshal at Commercial, New Mexico
A Boston man has sued the captain OF,
an excursion steamer that failed to starr
on time.
The new Duchess of Westminster, wifi.
To one of the richest men in Europe, was
married in a dress of white foulard, cost
ING % cents yard.
The authorities of Millville, Iowa, are
working to pass an ordinance compel
ing every adult resident of the town t.,
attend church once every Sunday.
Mrs. Langtryi is professional beauty,
and she will be very much disguised
when she arrives in this country and
finds that every circus has one.
Says Frenchman: The French wo-
men have one undisputable advantage
over their Anglo-Saxon sisters; they dc
fill their clothes"
Having acquired fortune since here
signed from the United States senate,
Gen. Gordon, of Georgia, is willing to
reenter public life, i
In Arizona, when a few bands of In.
dams leave their reservation and kill
five citizens, the Governor lei .orts that
a feeling of insecurity exists. Thi:
statement at least seems plausible.
A man in Lynn, Mass, has Just paid
for pane of glass which he broke when
boy, thirty-two years ago. He had
become tired of waiting for glass to
cheaper.
Because DR.. Mary Walker lacked the
nerve 20 walk the ties of the railroad
bridge to the New York state prison
after she had begun the task, the Au.
burn Dispatch denounceS her as unwor.
thy to wear breeches.
The king of Holland sometimes walks
all night in the populous parts of the
Hague. When he reaches home, he
personally supervises the frying of his
potatoes, with which he takes several
glasses of beer
Eva Briggs, n Lawrence Mass, girl,
who was claimed to have been relieved
of hip disease recently by the faith-cure
at Old Orchard, has been taken to an
insane asylum, crazed by her religious,
excitement.
King Cetewayo's wool is thick and
turning gray. He wears short mus.
tache and n California chin beard. His
gloves are No. y, and his nails are hall
an inch long. The length of his foot is
twelve inches. He drinks nearly bot
tie of Irish whisky after dinner.
Julia Wchlitz opened a letter which
had been addressed to her son by
sweetheart to whom the mother object.
ed The son caused her to be arrested.
She said that she desired to use her
Judgment in matrimonial arrangement,
in her family, but the magistrate held
her for trial.
1t is understood among the Chinesein
SanFrancisco that all Cinnamon who &c
from America to China before the pres.
ent law expires will be put to death.
The Chinese bosses, who contract for
labor, are charged with intoxicating this
belief among their couptrymen in order
to prevent them from going home, and
thus diminishing their profits,
Judge Miller, of Missouri, says he has
learned how full week may be gained
in getting sweet-corn for boiling. As
soon as the ear is formed, break the top
down or cut it off, but leave the stalk
erect in order that the pollen of the tas.
sci may be sure to dust the silk of the
ears, as they may not be fully impreg.
mated should the stalk be st pped.
Mrs. Browne, mother of the late carte
mus Ward, resides in II tasteful cottage
in Waterford, Me. She is fine looking
ln nhA o.
ses charming conversational powers.
She enjoys the calls of her numerous
visitors, and exhibits with pride Il regis.
ter containing the autographs of hun
dreds of persons from all the states and
many foreign lands who have, for al
least few moments each. been her
guests.
This was the shrewd dodge of west
ern one-legged man who went on
crutches: Hopping along on n Lead
Vile street, he suddenly caught one of
his crutches in hole. He fell, he rose,
he sued the city and recovered $4,000
damages. He did likewise in Kansas
City, and recovered $500; in Terre Haute
$780, and in St. Louis $500,
The annual production Of Canada
malt is about $4,000, 900 pounds. OF
this nearly $4,000, 900 pounds are eX-
ported to the United States. The i'm
ports-almost wholly confined to British
Columbia, barely exceed 100, pounds.
In Toronto alone there are 1,S00,Q 600
gallons of beer brewed, while the capt
tai employed amounts to S3,OOO.Oo0
Part of the tusk of q mammoth I'M
earthcd in Box Elder is on exhibition in
Miles City, Montana. 1t is said the en-
tire tuSk was about twenty feetin length.
On Powder river, sixty miles from Miles
City, it is reported, a whole skeleton of
a mammoth has been brought to light,
and party of scientists are organizing
to visit the spot to secure it.
the Chronicle estimates the number
of Chinese in SanFrancisco ut thirty
thousand. A large number of surplus
MongolianS are reported to he looking
for work, the organized effort on the
part of the whites to stop the purchase
of Chinese-made goods having had the
effect TO throw many of them out of en-