Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-06-29

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20 National Convention, and one of the
1906" who voted for Grant first, las,
and all the time.
The South Atlantic States and Ala.
ban.a are harvesting the largest GA!
crop Ii .-c.a::yT : year. A large increase
in corn and wheat acreage is also re-
ported.
United States coins, affected by
natural abrasion only and not mutt.
lated in any way, must be received by
the government officers at their face
value.
The late governor Dennison, of Ohio
built B. residence in Columbus. O.,
about one year ago, at a cost of 500, 900
He was preparing to spend his latter
days In ease and comfort when the ia.
tai sickness came.
The Rev. Levi s. Weed, of the New
York Avenue Methodist church, OF
Brooklyn, was hUrrying to the steamer
which was to take his Sunday school On
It's annual picnic, when he fell to the
sidewalk, dead.
George Wilson, who has been seere-
tary OF the New York chamber OF
commerce for nineteen years, was pre-
sented with. check for 5000 by
members of the board. He was also
given dinner at Delmonico's.
They tell of young lady in Rome,
Ga, who carried a snake in her hat all
one afternoon, and was unconscious of
its presence. The young man who
carries brick in his ha. in this lati.
tude, however, is sure to let his friends
know all about it.
Colonel Noah Orr, the giant travelling
with the Lilliputian Opera Company,
who has been i'll at Marysvillee, O, for
some time has been completely para.
lyzed in the lower limbs, and his ply
sician says he cannot recover.
Charles An.obees, the most noted of
the frontiersmen of Colorado, died re-
Gently at the age of so years, at his
home near Fort Raymond, Col. He
piloted John C. Fremont back and
forth over the range, and was one Of
the command of Kit Carson.
Mr.. John l.. Stoddard, the lecturer
has been obliged to turn hameward
with part of his projected European
journey unaccomplished. Too severe
work on the Continent brought on in
Denmark nervous exhaustion, in
in consequence of which the best medi-
cal advice forbade him to attempt
his Northern tour.
Among the passengers who sailed
from New York for Europe are
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bailey Aldrich,
Rev. Phillips Brooks, Mrs. w. T. Blod-
gett and Miss Blodgett. Mr.. and Mrs
Lawrence Barrett, Or. Austin Flint, ST.,
Rev. DR.. John Hall and wife, G. J. Os-
born, A. Sartoris and Johu J. Townsend
and family.
Miss Jessie Green, of new Orleans,
La, daughter of Protestant Episcopal
parents, embraced the Jewish faith,
and was married to Mr.. Isaac Feitel, q
Hebrew, in that city, on the 18th
instant. Shortly before her pnblic
declaration of her change of faith
obey were married by civil magistrate !;
after it they were united by Jewish
rabbi.
LII ItSDollulLS W VIC iDNlLdllOIl W at
tend the celebration of Mrs. Stoves
birthday, at Boston, Mr.. George w.
Cable, the young southern novelist,
wrote: "To be in New England would
be enough for me. Twas there once
year ago-and it seemed as though l
had never been home till then. To he
there again, to join friends in rejoicing
over the continuance on earth of one
who had earned the gratitude of two
races of humanity, is greater than the
measure of my cup.
A treaty has just been signed where
by Mr.. Irving, accompanied by the
most popular of English actresses, and
with the whole of the Lyceum COM
pany, will make a six months tour in
the United States, commencing III Oc-
tober, 1888. A feature of Mr.. Irving's
work is the admirable and often novel
way in which he has staged his pieces.
America will have an opportunity to
Judge of this, for it is intended to ship
over the scenery and properties of sew
eral of the best examples from London
to the United States. MIR. Abbey has
arranged for the transference of the
entire Lyceum show to America. 1t is
not settled what pieces shall be pro-
duced on the Irving tour.