Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-09

manu- vi tne lyFant, ana says III nap
pened near st. Louis.
Congressman n. b. Eldridge is
sesiously i'll at his homo at Adrian,
Mich.
Miss Van Zandt has written a letter
to the director Of the Opera Comique,
saying that she viii not sing in Paris
any more,
Prof. Theodore Mommsen, the Ge--
man historian, is very H. he works
ed too hard preparing the fifth volume
of his history of Rome.
Triple and bone dust, oleomargarine
and artificial manures, tallow and
glue stock-such is the curious list of
productions turned out by one factory
in Rhode Island
Miss Maud Banks, daughter OF
General n. T. Banks, and Miss Emma
Sheridan, daughter of General Mark
Sheridan, make their their debut on
the Lyceum Theater stage, New York,
on April 6.
A Brown University student named
Chase possesses remarkable versatil-
ity. He assumes the role Of second
base in the daytime and first tenor in
the evening, alternating between the
base ball nine and the glee club.
A sarcastic clergyman in a minis
ters' meeting at Spring ield, H., pre-
dicted that time was coming when
everybody who took active part in a
prayer meeting could demand pay for
his services. He meant to hit the pro
fessional revivalists.
a enterprising saloonist in New
York, whose business has been injur-
ed by the rolling skating Kinks, ant
nouAces that by April Is he will have
completed skating arrangements for
his patronS-in short, will conduct q
roller rink in connection with his sa-
loon.
The charcoal burners of New Jer-
sey inhabit a long strip of wooded hills
running parallel to the coast for
miles. 1t is said they put their dead
in the coal pits ndcremate them. and
the pits also give evidence Of having
received living victims.
The popularity of worker in Ger
mansilver spoons at Wallingford,
Conn, is the color of his hair. Years
of labor IL the trimming or buffine
room of a spoonsfacto ry dyes the haii
OF the operative a pale green, which
it takes years TO change.
The Cuban cigarmakers in New
York employ reader" usually :
Cuban patriot and refugee, who visits
the shops every day and spends from
three to four hours translating FROM
American papers. The men pay q
cents week each to support him.
A bill has been passed by the
Nevada Assembly imposing fine O
$40 on any person who treats another
in saloon. The bill does not proven
any number of persons from goin9
into saloon and drinking together
but requires that each man SHALL pay
for his own drink.
The widow of the late Gen. Il. o
! Q. Ord owns the table upon which thu
articles OF capituiation were writer
when Gen. r. E. Lee SURRENDERED
the Confederacy at Appomatto1
Court House.
Whistler. the artist, dresses in tn,
extreme of fashion. He dyes his hair
leaving a white ferelock plainly Wis
ible. He is sixty'two years old anC
wrinkled, and is said to look like
made up artist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes, when in tn
White House, originated the system
of full dress reception from to l
%. m. President Arthur cut off the frs
hour, and the new president adopt
the hours of his predecessor.
| Prof. David Swing, identified viii
/ the Alliance and latterly with ia,
Weekly Magazine, Chicago, has with
drawn from the latter and becom,
permanently connected with the Cur
rent in an editorial capacity.
Lieu. Schwatka, the arctic explc
rer, who has resigned his position il
ia the army, is at work getting sub
scrptions to a stock company to pa
cattle on the Aleutian islands and raist
stock. The grazing there is unsurpass
cd.
The Princess Louise has lately com
menced TO play on the violincello,
and Is SO infatuated with the lnstru-
ment that she practices all day, anC
keeps the royal family awake nearly
all night The duke of Edinburgh
encourages her.
The reported serious illness o
First Assistant Postmaster Genera
Malcolm Hay is declared unfounded
Mr. Hay is'at home at Allegheny City
Pa, engaged in settling up his private
affairs prior to his departure for th'
south. His health is better than fol
months.
A six-year-old girl at Stamford,
Conn, after fasting forty days, dur
ing many of them being IN a comatos,
condition, has recovered her health
and appetite.
A novel school has been opened by
ar English Professor ii London.
4 His avowed purpose is to bestow upOr
j his pupils an lnfalible memory. He
has a class in never forgetting" anC
another composed Of persons whose
minds are given to wandering,
which habit he proposes to cure.
/ Tucinda Tdda a domestic al Eos