Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-09
THE LATEST TELEGRAMS
GENERAL NOTES.

GARDENER in Marion county, Florida,
has raised cabbage 8 feet and inches
in diameter.
THERE are altogether 1866 foreign Of
icea at the disposal OF the state depart
ment.
Sir CHARLES RUSSELL has been offered
$4,000 TO deliver fifty lectures in the
United States next season.
THE bones of five mound builders have
been found near Floyd, a own near Water
loo, Iowa.
ThE death of Justice Stanley Mathews
leaves Ohio without representative in
the United 5 ates supreme court for the
first time in sixty years.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.-W William H. Bar
mum, chairman of the National Demo-
cratic committee, died at Lime Rock at
9:45 Tuesday morning.
The late James Flood of California is
said TO have spent 100000, on his San
Francisco home. The bronze fence about
the grounds cost 100000, and The bronze
gates almost as much more.
"GUsHER" oil-well was struck at Leg
ronvile, Pa. The oil spurted ll5 feet in
rate Of 700 barrels day, to the intense
excitement of the inhabitants.
JAsEsvrLLE, Wis.-Rioh deposits of iron
ore discovered eboCt two miles from the
city III Thomas Pratt's stone quarry.
Several tons of ore have already been
blasted out and the supply seems to be
ineKhaustible.
The total production of steel rails in
this country last year was 1900, 1874 tons,
and the largest production of any one
mill was that of the North Chicago Roll
ing Mill which turned out 16l, 945 tons.
The amount of -four turned out by the
Minneapolis mills during the week ending
April u was lO2, $40 barrels, against 100,-
100 barrels for the previous week and
10000 barrels during the corresponding
week last year.
LITTLE Katie Reimer of Scio, Kan,
now carries the mail from Atwood TO Sci
den three times each week. The distance
is about 40 miles, and the trip is made in
in blackboard drawn by a pony. Miss
Katie is the only girl carrying the mail IN
that State.
JASEsvnLE, Wis.--Iron has been dis.
covered in stone quarry two miles from
this CITY. The deposit has been tried by
blasting, several tons of rich ore being
removed. The supply seems to have no
limit IL is in the quarry of Thomas
Pratt.
The steamship Gaelic has arrived in San
Francisco from Hong Kong and Yokoha-
ma, having made the trip from the .Orm-
or city in 2l1l days and tbs later in 10
days Is hours and % minutes. This ia
.he fastest time on record between these
points.
The Sitka district of Alaska has a
warm and moist climate, owing to the in
huence of the warm Japanese current
across the North Pacific Ocean. The
mean temperature is 4470, the tempera-
ture in winter seldom going below the
freezing point.
THE crowd of Immigrants that may be
seen in Castle Garden any day at this
time hre subject TO more vigorous ex-
animation than the immigrants OF form
err years were. A good many are sent
back to the countries from which they
came, o. the ground that they belong to
the excluded classes.
WoRKMEN engaged in removing the
foundation of the old Mansion Quebec
mare strange ana Nhluable discovery
Between two stores they found a parch-
ment yellow with age, which turned out
TO be wel-written Latin, bearing all the
marks of great antiquity, II was sealed
up ia heavy tin box which was badly
eaten by rust. 1t was deciphered by an
old French priest, and stated that a cop
per box containing 200 pounds OF gold
aud 300 pounds of silver wonld be found
at spot indicated. search was made
10y the owner of the house, and he is now
richer man by about $4,000.