Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-06-01
SQUIBS.

James A. Harris, the orange king of
Florida, received $6S. 900 net for his
crop this year.
Mr.. Whittier, the poet, will pass a
part of the summer at Holderness
N. n.
Eyoub Pasha, Egyptian Minister of
the Interior, has resigned. Khairey
Pacha will succeed him.
Mrs. Sarah Ray, washerwoman of
Leadville, the first female who dared set
foot IN the place, has amassed fortune
OF 81 DOC. 600 by investing her earnings
IN mining shares.
A Rockford, Ala, girl gets up in her
sleep and gees out in the backyard and
chops wood. Her fa'her regrets her
somnambulism. but he always leaves
the ak handy.
The Empress of Austria, while at
BAden-Baden, rises at five O'Clock
and takes boxing lesson before break
fast. In the afternoon she rides horse
back five hours and dimes on corned
beef and cabbage.
Jay Gould mas one bit of philosophy
which is worth more to him than hall
his fortune. He says: II long ago
gets mad hurts himself more than any.
body else. He destroys his indigestion
and is unhappy"
| A Georgia maiden thus acknowledged
the receipt of bouquet: "Oh, the
permeating aroma of that altogether
too lovely exuberauce;of nature inflated
my sffi atus, and kindled in my soul q
passion that time cannot obliterate!'
The wife of Vermont man has been
| lying in a trance for the last twelve
weeks, and those never in the same fix
can't imagine how it annoys him to find
that he can neither marry nor hire q
widow to keep house for him.
Army circles in Washington are said
to be scandalizad over the doings Of
Colonel A. P. Morrow, who is reported
to have duplicated his pay accounts
and also over the alleged disgra cefu
methods adopted by Colonel Nickerson
to obtain divorce, in order that he
might marry Baltimore belle.
Some wicked fellow got into Yer.
mont church vestry just after the dea.
cons and clergvmen had held meet.
ing there, and left four beer bottles and
q whisky flask, all empty, and two packs
of cards under the table. When the
sewing society met an hour later and
discovered the articles they held lone
and whispered conversation.
The Lowell Citizen notes that along
about this time the woods in the vicin
ity of the various institutions of learn
ing resound with such phrases as: "Fal
hack in the palmy days of the Roman
Empire, SIS Gibbon tells us"-'I invite
you to go back with me in thought
And now, classmates"-etc. Com.
mencement time is coming.
Alleged American elopement. He
Hurry, dearest, the carriage is at the
door, and your husband may return a,
any moment. She-Wait one moment
will not take with me one gift that
owe to that hated mani My jewels
Tears them of with fcverish haste.
Is tAat all? All, 1 had forgotten! My
false teeth! casts them or the table.
And now, now l am wholly yours!
The newest, and of course therefor,
the very sweetest thing in weddings i:
reported from Louisville, KY. In June
daughter of Gen. Buckner who is tt
marry Mr.. Belknap, of that city, will
have what is called a "rainboW wed
ding" as the bridesmaids in couples
will wear the prismatic colors, eact
pair having different pale hue of In
ola silk.
An awkward mistake was made il
carving monument ordered by Ron
dout man for his cemetery lot. He di,
rected hand with the index fngel
pointing heavenward sculptured on tnt
stone; but when the job was finished
the finger pointed the other way. The
stone-carver must have thought the
monument was meant for an Albany
man.
A Leadville (CoL correspondent gives
list of some of those who have
''struck it rich" ia the mines of that re
gion, together with the amounts they
are supposed to have Struck" H. A
w. Tabor is put down at So 000,000; L
Il Letter, of Chicago, 81 600 600; JOIN
Borden, of Chicago, $250, 600; and Au-
gust Rische, who married Chicago
girl, 100000.
Anthony K. Henderson, who died il
Erie, Pa, on the 11'h, inat., bequeath
ed his fortune of 100000 to $3.50 900
after some small personal hequestl
ara deducted, to the towns of Newcas-
tie, Pa, and Cleveland, O., for the es
tablisament and maintenance in eact
of an industrial home for poor boys, il
which they may be taught the trades
and given sufficient education for tn,
ordinary requirements of business life
LONDON, Special Cable, May &c, II .
m. % Donovan Rosa and Peter j
lyman, the London evening papers o
to-day declare, are undoubtedly Brit
ish spies and uEder regular pay by tn,
English government. These declara
tons are backed up by certain detailed
statements, which carry the impression
that the papers which make the re
marks are in possession of good dea
Of information upon the subject. Thes,
publications have produced genuine
sensation among the members of The
different Irish circles in town.
In the year 1910, Adam Mcdowell
slave married Maria Walker, anothei
slave. The marriage was solemnizec
by duly ordained Christian minister
and with the consent of both masters
Mcdowell subsequently escaped t
Canada, but his wife was recaptured il
an attempt to break from bondage
Her husband married again in Canada
and going to Cleveland amassed con
siderable wealth, which he bequeathec
to his children by the Canadian wife
Mary, the slave wife, brought suit
claiming that the Canadian m arriag,
was illegal. The courts now decide il
favor of the second wife.
Miss Chamberlain, the American
beauty. who is so much admired b,
the Prince of Wales, finds favor in thu
eyes of the London correspondent O
the Philadelphia Telegraph. 81 founc
her very lovely girl" he writes, "sim
pie, natural and unaffected, and ap
parently not in the least spoiled by the
attention and adulation she has receiv
ed. Tall and slender, with brilIian
dark eyes, delicate features and ex
tremely graceful carriage, she is yer,
much in the same style as the Princes
OF Wales, though there is no actua
! personal resemblance"
The daughter of an English barone
fell in love with poor lawyer nearl,