Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-09-09

of the village of South Royalton, W.T. and
number OF dwelling houses were burned
Monday night. The loss is estimated at
100000.
BIG oil wells were struck all around
red school house in Venango county. ia.
There was great excitement and the spec
ulators offered the school direc iors G75,-
900 tor the acre of school property. They
stood out for 100000, but not getting it
sunk well and found the lot as dry as
bone. The property is now worth just
$500 including the building.
Tur chief cities of Australia continue
TO grow at a rate only equaled IN this
country. Melborne nowhas population
of $4,000; Sidney nearly 100000; Adel-
aide, capital of South Australia, and Bris-
band. principal city of Queensland, have
each some 10000, and Auckland, New
Zealand. has 10000 Ten of the largest
cities of the colonies contain one-third
of the entire colonial population.
Tup Connecticut river aud its tsib uta-
ries furnish power to 2,29s mills, which
use II s,023 horse power. Miner's river
and its branches supply 1873 mills, with
1872 horsepower; Chicoppee river 1872
mills, with li,9O4 horsepower, and Farm
ingtou river l7s mills, with 1852 horse
power. The Connecticut river itself has
fewer mills (9sl, but supplies 22,536
horse power.
DR. ROCKWELL, of the Womau's Hospi-
tall New York, says women dissipate just
as men, only in different way. They
waster vitality, as is well known, in the
way they wear clothing, in their habits OF
living and in the efforts TO maintain the
demands of society. TO endure the taunt
of being objectionable in dress is beyond
most women's courage. They prefer to
suffer and make their children suffer rather
than seem old-fogyish.
Tur New York Market journal produces
some interesting statistics relative to the
number Of fruit trees in California. The
total number of fruit trees is estimated at
s00000o divided as follows: Apples, -
100000; peach, 100000; pear 100000;
plum and prune, GO0,000i cherry, 100000;
apricot. 100000: orange, l,600O00; lime
and lenon, 100000; grape vines in bear
ing condition, 10000 acres
THE French Academy of Medicine has
been occupying itself for some time past
with the injury done the public health by
the horrible compounds with which the
lower class cabareis are now poisoning
their customers all over France. The
marked increase in the statistics of in
sanity is universally attributed by the
profession to the toxic and maddening
substance with which the stuff sold as
wine and absnthe in these establish
ments Is dragged. The academy strong
ly urges large redu ction in the number
of licensed houses.
ONE of the forest curiosities Of the
tsthmu- Of Darien and lower Central
America is the malapalo or " tree killer
This starts in life as climber upon the
trunks of large forest trees, and, owing
to its maryelously rapid growth soon
reaches the lower branches II then be-
gins to throw out many shoots, which
entwiue themselves around the trunk and
branches, and also aerial tendrils which,
AS soon as reach the ground, take root.
In few years this gigantic parasite will
completely enyelop the trunk of the tree
which has upheld it and Kill it. The
whole of the inner dead tree viii taen rot
away, leaving the malapalo standing
alone and hourishing.
Tin new French apparatus for purify
ing air in buildings by impartiug to 1t
rotary movement is said to work we'll
The device consists of two horizontal
conceutric cylinders, placedin connection
with fan, these being fixed and turning
with the spindle. and the whole is enclos
ed in a casing. The cylinders are close,
ut the ends except the hole permitting
the passage of air drawn by a fan
and as the air passes through
the couceutrie space between Tia
drums it j. caused to rotate with them b.
tine presence of feathers, running longi