Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-06-22
not knowing what might happen to
hinder his intentions. NJ 49,

hinder his intentions. ~
Alta recens morning service in Ply.
mouth church, Brooklyn, young lady
tainted, and was carried into the lee
ture-room and lay unconscious SO long
that Usher Whitney requested Mr..
Beecher to call for surgeon, which he
did. Proceeding with the Scripture
reading for a few minutes, and perceiy-
ing no response to his call, he looks sd
up with merry twinkle in his sther
eye aud remarked SIS there no phy-
stefan present? Then the patient will
probably recover" And she did.
CAsANAvE, the undertaken, who has
just gone into bankruptcy in New Or
leans, was the impecunious color ed
member Of the Louisiana returning
board, and like the board has gone into
liquidation, without any assets. 1t
would seem that New Orleans would
be fine field for undertakes, but it
would be better if the fire-eating agi-
tators were more scientific in their
shooting.
One Sunday evening recently q
Boston divine suddenly paused some
where near the close of his sermon and
said:
eve would he glad if that young
man in the vestibule would come in side
and satisfy himself whether she is or
is not here. That would be much better
than keeping a half-inch draught on
the occupants of the backpew." And
in the solemn silence that followed the
congregation could here sound out.
side as of the retreat af an army with
banners.
Mrs. Jesse James, the widow of the
Missouri bandit, has returned to her
home in Kansas City, her lecture tour
having come to an inglorious end. She
got no further than st. Louis, and in
no place in which she appeared did she
have an audience large enough to pay
expenses. At st. Louis she was billed
to appear three nights, but on the first
night she only had an audience of forty,
and the remaining two nights were can.
celed. She returned to her home, sick
and disguised.
THE Piute Indians are arranging for
a festival. to which they are inviting
neighboring tribes, to demonstrate to
them the superiority Of the white mans
civilization which they have adopted.
Under the inspiring influence of fire
water they will probably convince their
dusky visitors that the civilization of
the white man is an exhilarating exer.
else. A sort of Fourth of July tone
will be given to the affair.
PRESIDENT PORTER of the collapsed
First National bank of Buffalo, N. Y,
has been held to bail in the sum of
$3.50, 900, and Hall, his favored deposit
tor, whose stupendous speculations on
the funds of the bank caused it to col
lapse was required to put up only $l0,-
00C, which he has not yet been able to
furnish. The court seems to have held
the president as the principal to the
transaction and Hall rs his agent.
Mr.. Zenas Perry Moody, the COVER
nor-elect of Oregon, is native of Gran
by, Hampshire county, Mass, SOP of
the late Major Thomas II. Moody, and
is about so years old. He was living
at ChicOpee when he left for Oregon
over thirty years ago, with a party
composed of large number Of persons
from Springfield, Chicopee, and vicin-
ity. They went in a sailing vessel
around the Horn. Mr.. Moody has been
elected tie various important public Of
fees in his adopted state.