Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-16

An Australian experiment. Of shin.
ping oranges to London proved yet-
successful
A salmon caught on the Pacific co..
had an iron spike seven inches ]oT,
with a half-inch head, in its stom,es
The Duke OF Cambridge is said to
the only member Of the royal fanfr
who composes his own pubfcspeec6a:
A bridegroom at Monroe. Ga h.
ing without money, gave the Justice,
little rabbit dog which he lad WITH
him.
A law suit between two Ulster Conn.
ty, New York, men over two old borsg,
valued at 81 each, has already co,t
$780,
1t is said that unless the present or.
ditions are changed the complete IA.
struction Of the Adirondack forests,
inevitable.
Some popular entertainments in the
West are Rainbow Teas" .'Bgcbs.
lors' Meets Toast and Cheese. aul
the Eclipse Surprise Party"
Lewis Minthort, of Shawano. Wis
is the father Of twelve children. Fs
mas the distinction Of being the father
of family composed entirely Of tro.
lets.
The largest traffic in eggs in the
world is said to take place at Rudolh
helm, a suburb of Vienna. A largs
public egg market will be established
there.
The school banking system was in.
troduced in the public schools of Long
Island City, l.. l., about three years
ago, and already the pupils in tho
nine schools have $10,79l.95 90 their
credit
Mrs. Eliza A. Clark of Cleveland
gives 100000 to the Women's College
of the Western Reserve University
Half will be used for an endowment
and half to erect the Clark Hall Of
Liberal Arts.
A busy doctor of Scranton, Pa
sent in certificate of death to the
health officer, andinadvertenty placed
his name in the space for "cause Of
death" This is what might be called
accidental eXactness,
T. c. Crawford, the we'll known
newspaper correspondent, is said to
have permanently quit the field Of
newspaper work He has gone to
london to settle down for life and be-
come a writer of fiction.
Sam Jones says: when Gods given
man a wife with six or eight or ten
children the Lords done big thing
for him, but when He gives a man a
wife and a canary bird-wel, He just
throws off on him, that's ALL
Captain Samuel Staplins, Of Ston-
ington, Conn, found a pearl in a
round clam for which he has received
an offer Of $25 All bivalyes now taken
in that neighborhood nav 80 pass a
close scrutiny for precious gems
Glass furniture is manufactured es-
pecially for India, where the raiahs
! like glittering and snowy rooms.
| Glass bedstcuds and chairs, huge class
side-boards and other articles OF do
nestle use are made to suit oricn.a.
taste.
Two young men of Three Rivers
Mich, John wager and George Shut
tice. enlisted together during the war;
served in the same company, fought u
the same battles, came home together
and both died within an hour of eact
other
There are said to be fifty diferen
! kinds Of cycles manufactured for th
use of women. The most popuia
kind is safety machine, with 30-iaci
wheels and a goose-necked backbon
to allow room for the flowing skirt 0
the ladies.
Mr.. Roswell Beardsley Of NortI
Lansing, Y. Y, claims to be the oIdes
postmaster in the service. He ha
! held The Office for siXty-three years
/ and is nearly as fresh and vigorous a
the age Of 80 as he was when appoinle
by John Quincy Adams.
A Staten Island man counts his coil
among his household effects. Il
spent two weeks constructing it, anc
now he uses it as a sort of WARDROBE
| keeping it in the entry close to an 0lu
fashioned clock that looks a good aeS
like a companion burial casket'
Mrs. Mary Whitley and her daugh
ter, Miss Maud King of Charleston
5. G., have been presented by U
United States Government with iiy.
saving medals in recognition OF ine'
gallant conduct in rescuing three me
from drowning in August last
Townsville, Ala, is a town OF 2.
inhabitants, about niney-seyen niue
from Mobile. A year ago the site W.
a virgin forest, from which not "
had been cut A handsome depot
being erected there, and there 4 =
ready livery stable, two stores "D
two saw mills.
Kate Field declares she is in favor
people drinking wine as a beverage
drive ont whisky. She has prepared
Eew lecture, entitled "lntempe
of Prohibition. She says. ~ -.
beliye in statutory prohibition
fails wherever tried. 1t means H'
rum, and the meanest kind at that
John Krzwoszyuski Of New 1orN
suing his wife. Amalia krzywoszyusS
nee Czvsnersky, for divorce. charm
that she eloped with John JwlnJiuJ.
slzv. a lg-year-old Youth. The coup