Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-03
MINERAL POINT,

MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN.
THE Des Moines Leader office went up
in flames Tuesday morning, involving
over $4,000 of loss.
DOLLAR a month will keep Bengal
man alive Here is certainly the spot on
earth where contontment, "a suiiiciency,
paradise should be- A distinguished Bra
hmin recently quoted from official re
ports the statement that S0oo0000 of the
Hindus are always in a state of semi
starvation; that most of the diseases are
the result of hunger; that 100000 or A.
100000 die every eleventh year OF acute
famine. over large portion Of China
famine is chronic Only few years ago
100000 starved to death i'm one vista
iion
WARDEN MoCoMB, of the California
state prison at Fulsom, has been plaun-
ing extensive improvements in the prison
grounds, and has had the hearty cooper
alton of Harry, the convict gardener. At
the height Of the work Harry'- term ex-
pired and though he begged hard to stay,
he was sent back to San Francisco free
man. Wifin ten the days deputy sheriff
brought Harry back. Give come 20 stay
this time, general, he shouted. gleefuIly;
they amt smart enough to keep me
away from the garden He had pleaded
guilty to thd thefts enough to get very
long sentence within his beloved prison
walls
TIE lumber interests of Maine are now
somewhat depressed, and not long since
some thirty OF forty lumber monufoctm-
ers met To- see what could be done TO re-
ieve the business from the depression
caused by the unsettled condition of man
ufactures. Probably aprotectiye associa-
ton will be formed Logs are going to
cost q Little more in the boom than last
year; the amount of manufactured lum-
Der ON hand at the present time is small
and the low stage of water in the river
viii prevent many of the drives from
reaching the mills.
Tur strikes of the last five years are to
be discussed at length in the next annual
report of the national bureau Of labor
-tautie- Commissioner Wright already
has several men al work collecting data
Newspaper files are to be searched care
fully. and. after names and dates have
been secured in this way, original i'm
euiries win be instituted Mr.. Wright
expects u make up complete list of
:tt disturbances in the labor world. This
bavire been done, comparison and iuds
meut SIN 81 applied to the determination
eftbe lessons taught It is likoy to be
fouu5 far one thing that the percentage
# srccc-. ful strikes is small.
4 rsI>o engineer wants mining com
ranis- % De compelled by law to put
Gown bore holes from the surface of the
ground 40 greater or less intervals over
.ae entire course IF mines The holes
voula not De very expensive 20 put down.
ana conId be sunk with any prospecting
well sc ou They should be large enough
81 contain tube two or three inches in
diameter. with good valves at each end.
This plan ne thinks, would do away with
part of the risk that minors undergo
from being imprisoned 10y cavu-n
TIM last legislature of Tennessee pass
oda resolution declaring that jc thc pco-
rle wished to have a prohbitory amend
meut submitted to them. they must elect
legislature instructed 20 vote for such
action. In accordance with such resolu-
tion. the governor has issued procloma-
tion calling the attention of the electors
to the enactment and they can now cN.
pres, their opinions ON the question i'm
the choice of members of the legislature.
The campaign i'm Tennessee viii be
watched with interest by the people OF
oll the states of the Union. Tho election
take, place August 9th, lSs6
Dunno am examination of over 1000
officials employed ON the railways of
France DR. Worms, medical officer of the
Northern Railway, found that no fewer
than lis guards, porters and engine driv-
crs hesitated in Distinguishing the differ
emit colors not being sure for few min
ute- whether they were looking at a white
light OF "a red. over forty of these fell
lows were able 70 spot the red, but CON
founded green. blue and gray. Sixty
three others could not perceive any diff.
ference between gray, green and red,
while four men were absolutely and en-.
trely color blind, not being able to dis.
tinguish the slightest difference between
any of the seven colors of the rainbow
THr engineers who made the survey OF
a new railroad at Niagara, which viii run
along the bank at the edge oftbo river