Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-19
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

A cremation society has been or
ganiz.d in Kansas City.
Eight thousand dollars worth OF
diamonds which had been stolen were
recovered in Chicago.
Philadelphia has 5000 liquor sa-
looms, or one for every twenty-five
voters.
The famous Partisan bury
now has over $4,000 tombs, mauso-
leums, and memorial stones within
its limits.
A rarchman in Montana has a dog
which can pick out cattle with his
brand from all others.
The profits of the late Hugh Con
way on the shilling edition of ''Called
Back" were $4,000.
A sycamore tree in Green County,
Ind, measures AZ feet and inches In
circumference.
There are ALP different species of
trees in the American forests.
1t is said there are only about a
dozen wooden houses in London.
General Grant intends TO start for
Mt McGregor on the morning of
Tuesday, June 90, in President Rut.
ter's private car, on the Hudson River
Railroad. This car will run to Sara
toga, but there General Grant will
have to change cars for the road to
Mt. MeGregor is a narrow gauge. His
family and DIR. Douglas will acc.m-
pany him.
The pay of private soldier in the
Russian army is half a cent day.
They can easily keep their minds on
their duties as the thought of pay
does not get them excited.
A son of Mr.. Robbins, of Fish
Creek, is 81 years old and only weighs
about thirty-three pounds. He talks,
walks, looks and acts like a grown
man, and is about the height of a
common Swear old child His parents
have had several offers for him, but
they will not let him go on exhi-
bition for fear some one will steal
him.
Two Irishmen named Moore, living
at Cavan in the greatest poverty, have
suddenly found themselves possessed
vi q ldl SC 1oIb IL SbCulo
brother emigrated to Bdenos Ayres
some forty years ago, and has just
died, leaving $3.50, 600, three>fourths
of which he has bequeathed to his
brothers, after de2uctlng some trifing
legacies.
Rhode Island is the smallest State
in the Union, but she boasts of being
first in respect. of manufactured pro-
ducts according to population. Rhode
Island makes $37307 worth Of manu-
faclures forfvsry one Of her inhabi~
tala4s, while Mississippi mAkbs bnly
46 64, or in the ratio OF 81 to $50 is.
Taking the area instead of the popula-
tien, the contrast is even greater.
Rhode Island produces $79, ,757.75 per
square mile, while Mississippi pro-
duces only $156. .43-about 500 to 1.
Rhode Island may congratulate her
self upon being SO small that there is
no room for waste land withia her
boundaries.
To those who remember the old
grisI mill, with its single Or double
run of stone, its lazy wheel, and the
miller who was boss and all hands,
the feat of one OF the great Minneapo-
lis mills in turning out 6,20e barrels
of -four in one day seems to mark as
great an advance in mechanical ap>
pliaAces and business enterprise as
can be shown III any manufactures.
A correspondent writes to the Sci
entific American describing an acci-
dent, by which 10-yea old girl had
two upper teeth knocked out. She
was taken to the dentist, who replaced
the teeth and strapped up the jaw.
For two days she could scarcely
speak, and no solid food was allowed,
but the operation was successful, and
the teeth are as firmly set as ever.
The teeth are little chippe5, but
later on when it is safe to work on
them, they can be patched up with
gold and be about as good as ever they
were.