Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-28
MISSING LINKS.

A reproduction of the BastiIe is about
to be opened as a show in Paris.
Lawn tennis bats, made from trees
felled by Mr. Gladstone, are becoming
fashionable and popular in England.
For the first time in many years, it i.
sad, robins and orioles have again APP
peared in the New York City parks.
A pheDomenon only half as old as
Josef Holman, Leopold Spielman. Il
having a great run at Vienna. He is
only five.
Men employed in the Idaho mine at
Grass Valley, Cal. report that the re-
cent earthquake in that vicinity was
felt below the l,000-foot level.
j. II. Maund, Of Talbottom. Ga. has
a United States silver coin dated 1862.
1t is consequently one Of the first Sill
yer coins struck in the United States.
1t is said that some clothcspin box
packers can pack 1900 day They
are paid cent for packing box four
gross At this rate they can make 50 a
day.
A lady who died at Marscilles re-
quested that her heart might be placed
in the tomb of her second husband, but
her body in her first husband tomb IN
America.
Ten thousand paintings, not to men
ton water colors and engrayugs. were
sent to the Royal Academy Exhibition
this year. There is room for about
l,2O0 only.
It is estimated that at least 500 coun-
terfoits of the old masters, each Of
which has been purchased at biz
price, are hanging in the galleries of
the United States
4 barrel Of Ohio River water which
took the place of barrelof Cincinnati
whisky travelled 1000 miles and was
kept in It storehOuse seven years before
the fraud was discovered
While Charles Christopher, of Lake
Dow, Fla, was digging a well on hi.
premises he found at a distance IL
twenty-five or thirty feet from the STR
face a half bushel Of pctrilied shark $
teeth.
A Mississippi paper says the South's
greatest sonTstcrs, the knocking birds,
are becoming fewer, and the change is
attributed to the advent of the Englisl.
sparrows Cannot these pests be eI-
terminated?
A Swiss engineer named Rittcrwants
tire city of Paris to adopt his plan for
obtaining an "ineNhaustihle' supply
of water from the Lake of Neufchatei
Switzerland, 313 miles away The cost
is given at about %G0,0O0,00O
The new metal turrets with which
France has been experimenting have
proved unable to stand the new pro-
ectles from modern guns. This SAYS
the London Times, condemns ironclad
ships without giving them chance Of
showing what they could do.
An Austrian baron, who desired to
commit suicide, consulted physician
about complaint about his heart in
order to find out exactly where it was.
He then fired five shots into his body,
aiming athis heart, and they being I'M
successful he blew out his brains with
one shot,
IN Altoona, Pa, youth named Fred
erick Hausser mixed three ounces of
powder with ten ounces of lard the
other day and placed it on the stone to
boil rs Il remedy for horse itch. While
stirring the preparation it exploded.
lifting him about three feet in the air
and binding both his eyes.
Fair Haven, Conn, is in d queer pre-
dicament if story on the rounds is
true. 1t recitcs that there is lot OF
land there for which no one has ever
been taxed and to which the city has
no title The assessors and officials
have spent much time and money in
efforts to find the owner, and now ha, e
begun to unwind q ball of red tape Co
gain possession. The city has ordered
a sidewalk built opposite the land, and
will then advertise for the owner to
come ON and pay for it, A lien can
then be placed on the property which
in due course of time will come into
tbp ritN'S pOSSpSSiDu,