Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-29

and has done much for the ameliora
ton of the poor for many years past
| As a slight recognition of her service;
in this regard the board of supervisor,
named after her the island, which is
now occupied as the home for the poor
of the county
A. NJ. Sullivan, counsel for ODon
nell, 1.-THE avenger, is i'll, and the lat
ter's trial for the killing of Carey, the
informer will probably be again post
poned
The Mormon Elder, Morgan, with
eighty Southern proselytes of the
most ignorant class, passed through
Kansas City, Saturday, en- route tc
Utah.
Pittsburg, Pa, is so situated that il
now enjoys" the luxury of two
standards of time-the Eastern stand
ard for trains going east, AID the
Central standard for trains going west.
Pittsburg is one of the few, if not the
only city in the country where, owing
to its longitude, two standards are ne
cessary.
Mr. w. T. Sutton, a Scotchman liv-
ing in London, is acknowledged the
champion long-distance bicychst, he
having gone over 25S4 miles in one
day.
The annual convention of the Ma
tional Grange opened in Washington
Wednesday, Twenty-seven States
were represented by the Masters of
State Oranges. William Saund ers.
of the Agricultural Department, the
first Master of the National Grange.
delivered an address J. j. Wood
man, of Michigan, delivered his an
nual address, reviewing the progress
of the order, which, he stated, was
favorable
The Arlberg Tunnel under the Aus
trian Alps, whose completion has
been announced by cable, ranks next
to the St Gothard Tunnel as one of
the great achievements Of modern
engineering. The object of the enter
prise is to shorten the distance be-
tween Western Austria aud Eastern
Switzerland, and thus render the
trade of the two countries indepen-
dent of the German railways
The New York Herald advocates
an increase Of the weight of letters to
be cent for 3 cents, to one ounce. 1t
thinks that this change would not
result in the writing of longer letters.
People would not be put to so much
trouble to find out whether letter
was overweight, or running so much
danger of being accused of stinginess
if the requisite amount of postage is
not paid.
The colored people in Washington
are in great fear of what they call
the might DOCTORS /, e., medical
students. They believe students 60
about night and apply sponge
saturated with chloroform to the nose
of their victim, and then convey him
to a secure retreat, where they cut
him up like cheese, and you never
heah no mo- of him, nohow.n
High license has been in effect al
Des Moines, Iowa for six months. The
rate is 81, 900 a year, payable quarter
ly. AT the close of the second quarter
the saloon-keepers endeavored tc
secure a reduction of the rate, but with
out success, the Council, by a non
PARTISAN vote, deciding to continue the
system. The number of saloons has
been largely decreased since the law
went into effect
The New York Tribune says;
George Vanderbilt, youngest son OF
William H., the Sycamore, was q
years of age during the week past and
received 50, 500, 600, of which one-fifth
was accumulated earnings on the
grandfathers legacy Of $4,000, 600.
Mr.. James McHenry gave the young
man the set Of chess men Napoleon
Bonaparte used at Saint Helena-his
last army to be set in motions and the
chess board on which the freshly dis
sected heart of the Emperor was
placed George Vanderbilt has liter
airy and newspaper inclinations, and
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