Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-01

worded: 81 solemnly swear to alb
stain from the use of intoxicating
liquors on all occasions except on
training days, wedding days, ban
quets, and other great occasions"
Gee sociables" are now prevalent
in Kingston, N. y, according to the
Freeman. Every young lady brings
an egg along, writing her name on it
Each young man draws one of these
egg out of bag, and must act as an
escort for the young lady whose
name is inscribed on the egg he
draws. When the young men com
pare notes such remarks as these
may be heard: "Say, what luck did
you have?" "Did eh? Gosh blame
the luck, | drew a stale one. My
girl is homelier than hedge-fence." :"
ooh, but didn't pull fresh one,
though. She is the prettiest girl in
the house"
THE town assessor of Darlington,
Wis, placed the building used but
not owned by the Baptist society of
that town as parsonage, on the tax
roll, and when the tax collector at
tempted to collect the taxes the
question of levying tax on prop
erty so used by church was tested
in the Lafayette county court. Judge
Clementson decided that the prop
erty was taxable, and an appeal was
taken to the Supreme Court Of Wis
consin, where the decision has just
been reversed, the court deciding
that the property is exempt from
taxes. The decision is something
new in jurisprudence and might be
a bad precedent.
THE Inter ocean of Saturday gave
the following: Jack Carkeek, the
champion Cornish wrestler, who
recently defeated Evan Lewis in a
match at Dodgeville, Wis, met with
an accident day or two ago in the
mines at Grass Valley, Carifornia,
by which the large bone of his left
wrist was broken and one of his
shoulders dislocated. He, with 9TH
ers, was ascending a shaft in the
mine in cage, when the cable broke
and the cage was precipitated to the
bottom, killing all of its occupants,
but Jack saved himself by seizing
hold of the cribbing with his left
hand, when his weight broke his
wrist and dislocated his shoulder as
above stated.
THE revival Of operations in the
lead-mining region Of the state takes
on that extent that promises the
most interesting season in the pur-
suit of the important industry known
for years. The price of lead ore has
lately advanced to a higher point
than has been reached since the low
est decline succeeded the war, and
has become a necessity
unknown for years before. The
southwestern part of Wisconsin will
realize a season of exceptional pros
perity consequent upon enterprise
being stimulated to the unusual de-
velopment Of the mineral resources
of the section, and there will be
5 ONE quick money made by specu-
lators which may or may not do the
locality any good.-Darlington Re
pubLicoa.
THE following, taken from the
Atlanta Constitution, is full Of sound
reasoning, and is beftting this com
munity as well as the country at
large: "Perhaps if people would
work more and talk less the situa-
ton would be shorn of its darker
features. We can not have contiu
nous prosperity. Between booms
there must be depressions There
must be dull times as well as flush
times. No system Of moral, social,
or political rules will make all men
healthy, wealthy, and wise There
is glamour about every reform,
but it is difficult to find anything
tangible behind it, DO what we
may, we cannot expect to abolish
sin, misery, and poverty. The