Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-09

Mineral Point Tribune.
W H. & B. j. BENNETT, Publishers.
MINERAL POINT. WISCONSIN,
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THrRE is an epidemic of diphtheria in
the suburban village of Williamsburg, near
Pittsburg, Pa, caused by defective dram
age. Over 200 cases are reported in The
village.
THr strike of curriers' and tanners at
Salem and Peabody, Mass, in which five
thousand men were involved, has been
declared off for lack of financial support
by the knights of Labor.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR, during his sopho-
more year at Union College, was compel
ed 60 teach village school for the slen-
der remuneration of $15 a month.
vada exceeding 10000 feet in height,
Wheelers Peak, 1906 feet above the
level of the sea, has the distinction of be-
ing the highest point in Nevada.
A ZEALAND mushroom, which grows on
the trunks of trees, Is likely to become
an article of expectation to England. 1t
is exported in large quantities to China,
where it is used in the preparation of
soup.
An explosion Thursday night wrecked
and burned Arnold's Touring mill at ST..
Cloud, MINI. Twenty thousand bushels
of wheat we're burned and one man
fatally injured, Loss 100000; insurance
$4,000.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat, REFER
ing to contract recently made between
London mining firm says it is
one of the most remarkable on record.
The com pany proposes to work exten-
sive good lands in Africa, and needing 2
large lot of machinery inq uired in all the
large cities of Europe and America, and
finally placed its order with an Ameri-
can firm. There are to be six stamp
mills complete.
A WRITER upon Southern California
says frankly that it is little short of
crime to induce poor men to try tAeir
fortunes in the colonies in the southern
part of that state. An orange grove Of
five acres will give a good living when it
ia mature, but to buy it in full bearing
will cost from $4,000 to $1,000, without
house or other improvement.
ACCORDING to the new directory of the
iron and steel works in the United States,
published recently by The American Iron
and Steel Association, there are at pres
emit in the Uuited States 423 rolling
mills and steel works completed and thir-
teen in course Of building a slight de-
crease from the number of 1884. The
annual capacity of the rolling mills in
finished iron and steel is 7.6l3000 net
tons.
TnE homestead and farm of the Higley
family, of Castle.on, VT, have been in
their possession since 1878, when the first
family 10y that name came from Connec-
ticut and settled there. The family has
since that time been one Of the promin-
emit families in the town, and members of
it have filed many town and county of
fees For one hundred years some male
member of the family has been deacon in
the Congregational church,
Mn. AND Mrs. NJ MEEK, of Paulding
county, Georgia, are respectively 7G aud
rs years old Eleven children have been
born unto them. Three OF these died
unnatural deaths eight are living, thirty
grand children have been born unto them
aud thirty-one are living. There are now
in the family forty seven living persons.
This aged couple have been married for.
ty-eight years, SO there has been only one
natural death in this family during fifty
eight years.
RECENTLY Oscar Kidd, of Port Jeryi,
n. Y. dreamed that watch, wrapped in
cotton III tin box, was secreted in Gel
lar of certain house in this town. The