Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-10

morning it was Is degrees below.
THE annual encampment of the
Wisconsin department of the Grand
army of the Republic, will be held
in Janesyille, on Wednesday and
Thursday, January 23d and oath.
VENNoR predicts that the red sky
at sunrise and sunset will bring
warm weather in January. Now is
the accepted time. But, perhaps he
means some other Jan.
Presiding Elder Eaton, of Madi-
son, will give his lecture, "The Com
ing Man and his Wife, Jan. 23d.
Remember this event as it is worth
double the price of admission.
Ir is claimed that the snap in Chi
cago last week was the coldest in
the history of that city. Itwas cold
here, Of course, but hardly the Sc
verest known to the Oldest inhabit-
ant
MRs. JoHN HoARE, while entering
the cellar one day last week, had the
misfortune to slip and break an arm.
Mrs. II. appears to be peculiarly un-
fortunate as she broke her 9th er arm
year or 50 ago.
THERE is reason to believe that it
won't be long ere Tempe of Hon
or lodge will again be numbered
among the civic societies of Mineral
Point. We overheard the other day
some of the old members speaking
in determined strain favoring re-
organization.
THE town of Miftlin at the last
session OF the county board pre-
sented no bill. from justice court,
had no inmates in the county poor
house, and returned the smallest de-
liuquent tax roll. Such is the repu-
tation of a town containing fifty
four square miles aud granting no
license.
ONE of the handsomest seed cata-
logues we have ever seen is the
"Vick's Floral Guide" for 1854, a
copy of which we have just receiv-
ed. Aside from its beauty it is val
liable for the information it contains.
No lady who loves flowers should be
without it, and all can have a copy
ty sending ten cents to James Wick,
Rochester, New York.
FoUR hundred million dollars
worth of ladies' and gentlemen in
New York showed their love for
charity Thursday night by giving q
ball at the Metropolitan Opera House.
1t costs $1,000 to arrange and deco
rate the building, $4,000 for the sup
per, and $l,5U0,o0O worth Of dia-
monds are said to have been worn.
How the suffering poor must have
enjoyed reading about it in the
newspapers
Misses Jeuck & Cummins, the
wide awake milliners, have moved
their stock of goods into the corner
building opposite Bishops furniture
store. In theirnew and commodious
quarters they can make a much bet
ter display of their fine stock, as
will prove to the convenience
of customers. You must be sure
and call on them. Oh, yes! we
nearly forgot to mention that they
will sell all goods from now till
March first, at cost.
A YOUNG couple was recently mar
ried at Eden, twill call them Adam
and Eve, that have not seen much
Of the world, nor learned much
about it either. The groom when
asked where he was born replied
that he was born sat home," but the
clergyman failed to ascertain where
"at home" was situated, geographic
cally. After the ceremony was per-
formed, the bride nudged her rus-
band and told him that it was time
to pay, whereupon be gave the min
lister 81.
THE motto for the girls Of 1854
should be, "Let no old bachelor es-
cape" One Of the first recorded
sentences ever written contained the
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