Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-11-01

Heaven, son of st. Louis. This is
the cruelest blow Chicago has been
called upon to stand for long long
years.
! There have been IS, 1862 new names
added to the pension rolls during the
past fiscal year, together with 200
names whose pensions had been drop
ped previously-an addition of SO, 95S
pensions for the year and an excess
of 10, 645 over the preceding year On
the 30th of June, 1858, there were
sos, 65S pensioners enrolled.
In an account of a recent trip to
Oregon and Washington Territory, d.
X. Tenney writes to the Madison
journal: Il have seen the Rockies.
the Sierras and all the Alpine peaks
and horns of Switzerland, but for a
truly grand and inspiring snowclad,
Tacoma outtops and out-glories them
all.
Maud S. can have 40 words but
those of praise for the Chicago trot-
ting track. 1t was fast enough at one
time to enable her to mako her fastest
record, and slow enough'at another to
keep her great rival, Jay-Eye-See,
| from beating it. She will eat her oats
with additional satisfaction when she
hears the racing news from Chicago,
DR.. II. S. Tanner, of fasting fame,
was arrested in jamestown, n. Y,
Friday, on charge of not being
properly registered in the County
Clerks Office He has a diploma from
the Electric Medical Institute. dated
I February 2, 1859, Endorsed by the
! United States Medical College of New
\ York, which, it is said, is not a legal
institution. DR.. Tanner is the third
eclectic physician who has been arrest
ed in Jamestown recently, on lnforma.
ton lodged by the Secretary of the
Chautauqua County Board of Cen.
sors. He claims it is an effort of the
regulars to Suppress the eclectics. He
/ intends to make this a test case
example of the German States, and
stations were established by France
in 1856, by Austria in 1857, by Hol
land in 1857 by Sweden in 1861, by
Russia in 1864, by Italy in 1870, by
Denmark in 1871, by Belgium in 1872
by Switzerland in 1872, by Austro
Hungary in 1873, by Scotland in 1875
/ by Spain in 1876 The value of the
scientific work done by these stations
during the last thirty years and the
impetus it has given to our nationa
agriculture are very great. H. T.
Arnsby, in Popular Science Monthly
for September.
The tallest man in this country i,
said to be Henry Thurston, who frs
beheld the light Of day near Jefferson
/ City, Mo. but who now owns a cattle
ranch in Texas. Mr. Tharston is sever
feet seven and a half inches tall, anC
as he is thin and gaunt, and invaria
bly, wears a stove-pipe hat he never
fails to produce a positively startling
effect upon the beholder Moreover
he has acquired several habits 0
posture which add to the impression
For instance, if he happens to fee
tired when walking in the street he j
accustomed to rest himself by drop
ping his arms over a swinging sign
and reclining his chin upon it.
Miss HHrbertine Auchert, the hand
some editress of the woman's right
paper at Paris, La Cheyenne, had al
unpleasant experience lately. Sh
took a trip to the seaside, and at Roch
Effort entered the omnibus, which con
veyed her, with other tourists, to tn
hotel. When she arrived and asket
for a room, she was informed tina
4 they had no rooms for ladies who tray
ell alone. When she asked where
then, should she go, the gallant he
tel man remarked theat was her owl
lookout. The other tourists side
with the hotel man, and how she go
shelter is not related, but when sh
wrote to her paper she put forth
plea for hotels for ladies as there ar
cars for ladies'