Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-16

the world is the one at Saratoga, N y 1t
is half mile long, and the sleds cover
the distance in about nineteen seconds
restaurant has been built near the slide'
and French cook will have charge this
winter.
HUNTER near Hartwen, Ga, shot pc
culiar bird few days ago. 1t measured
six feet from tip to tip of wings, has a
head as large as the largest house-cat'
and thick coat of white feathers with
small dark spots. 1t is not at all vicious
but will allow persons to stroke its head'
and appears to enjoy it, 1t has large yell
low eyes, and an appetite for small birds
and its legs and feet are thickly coated
with feathers.
RAGGED old document dated Nov. TO-
1903. and conveying from the people OF
the state of New York to George Snyder
and jasper Underhill $50 acres on lot $50
of the Onondaga reservation, was left az
the county clerks Office in Syracuse Tues
day. The signature of Gov. George Gin
ton, "trustly and well beloved Is attach
ed to the paper.
The largest locomotive in the world
passed through Bisuark, ID. T., recently,
en- route to the Cascade Division of the
Northern Pacific road. This engine has
been built expressly for use by tho North
ern Pacific on the Cascade mountains, and
without coal and water weighs eighty-two
tons, When in running order she will
weigh ninety tons. She has ten drive
wheels, and will draw all tho track will
hold on the steepost gr AIDES.
REPEATED failures of winter wheat in
Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Indiana and
other states where the climate Is moro
trying by reason Of frequent thaws and
freezes, have led to the experiments in
winter wheat planting on IA large scale in
the northern ATTITUDES where winter comes
in the fan and stays until the final break
up in the spring, and the result has on
couraged the farmers to plant increased
areas Of this kind of grain. The fact is
of no Importance as affecting market
fluctuations, but as showing the change
that is going on in an important branch
of agriculture it is interesting.
TnE United States Express company
taking warning from the late robbery
from an Adams Express company car,
has placed onsits cars new fire and burg
lar proof safes, which are bolted to the
car. The express messengers do not
carry the keys or have the combination
to these safes, and they cannot be open
ed by them or any one else on the train,
They are only opened az the leading sta
tions by the station agent. who gets on
the train for that purpose, and locks
safely before the train leaves the station.
By this arrangement all collisions be
tween dishonest messengers and express
robbers is prevented, and the safes can
not bc forced open without consuming
longer time than would be necessary to
successfully carry out the deed.
TuE managers of the Lyceum theater,
New York city, have inaugurated a gonu
inc reform. They invite ladies to leave
their bonnets and wraps free of charge,
in convenient cloak room, where a re-
male attendant is employed. Tho custom
sas introduced Tuesday evening of this
week, ana a great many leading society
ladies helped the good work along by
laying inside their towering bonue,s,
greatly to the delight of their ncigbhors
in the parquctte. The tall bonnet of the
period Is serious obstruction to view, in
places of entertainments and ladies should
hovo consideration enough for those who
are obliged to sat behind them, to either
doG their head gear during the stage en-
tertaiument or wear bonnets which are
uuohstrusive. It is to be hoped that the
reform started at the New York Lyceum
VIII be rapid and general in its growth.
4 GOOD cuisines. barometer is found il
immigration figures. When trade ia de
pressed in this country immigration
falls off, and when it is buoyaut the arri-
walls inc ease. In the first ten months Of
the yesr 333,9S4 aliens landed in the diff
ferent customs districts of the Unite,
States, which was over $4,000 moro than
in the like period of 1882 The increase
however, has been in the last few months
Octobers total being over $4,000 create
than that of the same month last year
Conspicuous features of the immigration
statistics of the past year or two hay
been the increase of arrivals from Eng
land ans the decrease from Ireland
England and Wales contributed over 81,
600 IN theten months and ireland uo
quite $4,000. Germany still maintain
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