Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-31
CAPITAL NOTES.
MADISON, jan 2sm. 1854.

German imperial army, and a leap
year party at the Park hotel is the
list of amusements Of the past week;
which it must be admitted is sufli-
ciontly varied and attractive to salts
fly any reasonable community.
Mr.. Arnold's lecture drew out in
full the culture and aristocracy of
the city Accounts Of it indicate
that oaly for such an audience is it
calculated 1t was too deeply scien
tiic and too highly finished as a lit
erary production for ordinary NOR
tails to appreciate, and evidently not
intended to instruct or benefit the
common herd Of mankind.
The opera was advertised to be of
the come order, and IL comicalities
even exceeded expectations, it is
said; fact credited to plethora Of
tangIe foot imbibed by It's perform
ers In addition to the regular per-
Torrance, a side-show was presented
at the Park hotel. One of the
sweet singers of the Opera troupe
stopping there made some remarks
in the Dining room for which the
hotel clerk called him to account at
the Office, and ordered him to leave
the house. The musical genius OBJ
/ jecting, the clerk proceeded to GUST
him. In the melee window glass
was broken, and some gore spilled
upon the floor and doorsteps, that
attracted attention the next day. The
singer in the morning offered in
apology the fact that he was direct
from JanesyilIe, where he had help
ed entertain the G A. r. encamp-
meut.
The German Band Concert is said
to have been an excellent entertain
ment of its class. Ditto the leap
year party.
This week we are to have the an
nual meeting Of the State Agricultu-
raj Society; a state cane growers
meeting; a meeting of the State
Horticultural society, and the ODD
Fellows grand encampment Be-
sides, the celebrated Edward Everett
Hale is advertised to favor the city
with a lecture, and the Masonic fra
ternity are to have a banquet and
ball. Thus the Capital resident is
assured against death from c,aauj for
another week at least, though there
ia no Legislature in session.
TheWashburn will case is again be.
fore the Supreme Court, in the form
of an argument filed by the counsel
for Mrs. Washburn's guardian for a
rohearing. The following from the
State Journal exhibits the present
status of the case, and the points in,
volyed:
"The court recently passed upon
the questions involved in this estate
and decided that the power of cleo
ton Tor choice which a sane widow
can exercise for herself to take the
provision in the will proposed for
her by The testator, or the dover and
homestead rights and one-third OF
the personal estate which the Law
gives her) could not be exercised by
p Mrs Washburn's guardian, but wa:
to be exercised by the court. The
supreme court thereupon proceeded
, in its decision to choose for the wild
ow the provision made for her in the
will rather than the provision made
r. by law. 1t is against this election
= that the main stress of this argu
, ment is directed. The line of tbs
p argument is thus briefly summarized
The interest which Mrs. WaShburr
would be entitled to under the law il
+ of the value of 100000. The incom,
I from it would be not far from $4,000
4 per year. This she was entitled to. l
was her legal right to have it. Th'
provision in the will made for her il
: lieu of her legal rights was this
5 The testator desires his executors Il
=. provide for the comfort and physica
9 health Of his wife, and he places nt
limit on the amount they may expent
+ out of his estate for that purpose
I This provision, under which the eN
$ ecutors can hardly spend more thar
/, $4,000 or 5000 a year at the utmost
in caring for the wife, now insane
, the court elected to take as a suit
a able provision in lieu of propert,
+ or interest in the estate worth $780,