Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
PERSONS AND THINGS.


past threescOre and ten.
F. Anstey, whose novel, "Vice Yer
So" is all the rage in England, is be.
lieved to be second Dickens.
Edouard Remenyi, the noted violin.
ist, defines genius as "the power man
has to kindle his own fire."
The daughter of Grace Greenwood
Mrs. Lippincott) has high soprano
voice, and is studying roles which fit it
in Paris.
Bronson Alcott, the sage Of Concord,
who is probably on his death-bed, is
within month of SO years old. He
was born on the 9th of November,
1899.
Bishops Perry of Iowa, Lee of Della
ware, and Stevens of Pennsylvania
ware present at the dedication of the
new Episcopal divinity school at Phila-
delphia.
Two hundred and three yards of car
peting have been woven this season by
Mrs. Joseph Davis, of Langdon, N. H.,
at the age of II, besides making her
butter and cheese.
A bill has been introduced in the
Verm ont house of representatives
providing that condemned prisoners
be rendered insensible before execu-
ton.
1t is reported that Marwood, the
British hangman, has been threatened
with assassination il he even ventures
to go to Ireland to perform an execu,
ton.
Freezing weather set in % st. Peters
burg about the middle Of October and
navigation has been suspended on the
Volga and Kama rivers on account of
drift ice.
Rev. William B. Vibbert, ID. D., rec
tor of St Luke's Germantown, Pa, has
been called to the passionate of st.
James Episcopal, Church, Chicago.
New York's total church expences
foot up about $6,50000o each year.
This is not very large sum consider
ing the millions that are spent for
whisky,
The income tax suit against Samuel
j. Tilden, which has been dragging
along ever since the presidential cam
paign of 1876, has been finally dis
missed by the government.
The Providence (R. H. justice court
has decided thai it is cruelty to bury a
cat alive. A physician testified that
the horror of being buried alive is
merely sentimental.
The imports of France for the pas:
nine months, rs compared with those
of the same period last year, increased
10000, 900 francs, and the exports in
creased 246, 900, 600 francs.
1t has been found that the site of the
new Produce Exchange in New York
city is Identical with that of the first
Dutch market-place used by the Dutch
builders of New Amsterdam nearly
two centuries ago.
In digging Chicago sewer a few
days ago mountain-howitzer ball was
found about four feet below the sur
face, which is supposed to have been
roamed over the site of the city.
John Brown, who was insured for
1915, 900 when the graveyard insurance
business was at its height in Pennsyl-
vania, died near Reading last week.
All the policies are void, as the COM
panies were declared illegal.
Mrs. Mary Austin, who lately died
at Washington, had forty-four male
children, eleven of whom survive. She
was doctor Of medicine and surgeon,
and served through the war with the
rank of Major. Mrs. Austin had triplets
six times.
Some of the newspapers report that
Ex-Governor E. D. Morgan, of New
York is worth $50,OOO,0O0, and has
only one grandchild to leave it to. The
figures are probably thrice as high as
they should be, and unfortunately
there is neither child nor granpclid to
inherit it.
Hon. Joseph Grinnell, of New Bed
ford, Mass, now approaching the COM
pletion of his Oath year, attended the
Republican rally al New Bedford on
last Friday night, and listened to the
speeches. He is the Oldest living res
dent of the State who has served in
Congress.
Mrs. Lobouchere was an actress,
with whom Labouchere, the editor Of
Truth, fell in love, and ultimately mar
ried. He has almost revlutionized the
journalism OF England by mingling
news with editorial comment. He uses
the pronoun 81" instead of the imper-
sonai editorial eve"
The Rev. William A. Alger, the wsll-
known Unitarian clergymon, will hence
forth make his home in Boston, and
devote himself almost exclusively to
literary pursuits.
Emperor Williams Oldest grandson,
who bears the same name, is going
through a course Of political training,
after the manner Of his family, by en-
tering actively into civil public life.
There was a double wedding at
Rockford, Illinois, Tuesday evening.
Rev. r. G. Vanhorne married Miss
Libbie Minkler, the armless girl of
Rochelle, TO Arthur Burbank, and at
the same ceremony, Hammond P.
Minkler to Miss Eta j. Vaneman.
The wife of United States Senator
Lamar, of Mississippi, VINO has lain at
the point Of death for several months,
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