Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-10
NUMBER 2S
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Nit NfuiNAEO ~ 4NNi INV NNANAti AAAAiT
way company, has for the third time
reset storm-splintered telegraph
poles at point near Chester, in
Dodge county. His idea is that
there is mineral deposit in this
neighborhood, which attracts the
electric fluid and wrecks the tele-
graph every time there is a heavy
storm accompanied by thunder and
! lightning. Mhcaukee Sentinel.
A beautiful closing to the inter
esting exercises of Commencement
Day, last Thursday, in this city, was
the opening of twenty-five buds of
the night blooming cereus, in the
conservatory of Mrs. w. h. Carter,
of this city. She kindly had the
large tub which contained the
blooming plant, placed in the yard,
and threw the ground open to all
who wished to avail themselves of
/ the pleasure of seeing it. The air
within n rod or two seemed com
pletely saturated with the sweet
perfume -PattecjUe Witness.
Tho Sauck County Ne,cS says
that the Prairie du Sac creamery
makes thirteen hundred pounds of
butter per day. That's either a
pretty big story, or great many
cows must be severely taxed to fur
nish milk for use in that creamery.
As il takes about twenty eight
pounds of milk to make one pound
Of butter it will require the milk
from 7S0 COWS, averaging fifty
pounds, which Is big average, to
make the amount Of butter stated by
our contemporary,--RichtdadR Rep.
A young man hailing from Gra-
tiot was in town Monday with
carriage aud n span of horses. He
was as happy as big suuilower, and
created no little amusement by talk
ing and singing to his horses, and
trying to make one OF them admit
that she knew more than any man
in this town. While watering his
horses at the town well he Fell down
in the waste trough, and was greatly
mortified thereat for fear his mare
would laugh nj him aud think he
was drunk. Whether he got his
laughing gas here or brought it with
him in a bottle no one knew, but all
who saw him admitted that he was
happy. Warren Sentinel
A DEMENTED CREArURE.--ln the
rickety old frame building opposite
the court house lives family, the
mother Of whom is strangely adlict-
ed. At times she is attacked with
something resembling hysterical in
sanity. When these attacks occur
she is very dangerous. On Friday
the court house officials were start
led by the screeches of q little girl
who was seemingly being cruelty
beaten. Jauitor Chaplin ran across
the street and entered the house.
The woman had been beating the
child most numerically and the lit
tic girl who is about years Of age
was suffering great pain from the
blows inflicted. Mr.. Chapin seized
the woman aud attempted to pull
her out Of the room, but she broke
away and hurled herself head fore
most against the stove cutting ter
rible cash in the back Of her head.
He again seized her but with her
frenMed strength she dashed her
head against the door with the force
of battering ram. Finding it use
less to attempt TO restrain her alone,
MIR Chaplin started for assistance,
and going a few steps turned around
and was Mortified TO see her with
axe in hand going up stairs. With
the awful thought that she intended
to kill the little girl who had gone
up he rushed back aud tried to grab
the axe, but she swung il round her
head and struck herself With the
flat side Of the axe upon the head,
brusing it severely This quieted
her and she was brought TO a bed
and County Physician Fowler sum
moned who dressed her wounds and
left her in an easy condition.
Her case is n strange one. Her
name is Mrs Jane Bythel. She is
widow her husband having been
killed in the war. She has been
receiving pension for some years
which together with what she earns
by washing etc, manages 10 support
her She tas besides The girl men
toned, boy Of l6 or II years Of
age. The neighhors say she is not
addicted to drink but say that her
malady is Inherited. Her little giIl
says that when not in one Of these
moods her mother treats her well
but she does not know when she
will be attacked by them aud then
She fears for her ife.-Gateno Go1.
The Sheboygan Times states
that in one Of a number of eggs that
Mrs. Patrick Sullivan, of that city,
was breaking for a breakfast omelet,