Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
SCISSORS SAUCE.

SCISSORS SA UCE,
Many complaints come from our
farmers on account of the loss of
young colts this spring, the fatality
being much greater than ever before
known. Many Of our most success
full breeders have thus suffered, and
this fact together with the decline
in the horse market, may have a
tendency to check the ardor in horse
raising, which has heretofore ex-
listed. ed.-Darlington Democrat and
Register.
The dreaded disease, diphtheria,
is at Robert Theobald's house, in
Middlebury. Two of the family
died last week, two only boys, aged
Z and 3. Minnie the eldest daugh-
ter, died of the same disease on
Wednesday evening, aged Is years,
making three loved children of the
same family in less than a week
and the mother is also very sick
with the same disease Ba57teUeLa
Cor. Of Chronicle.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Cooley
were burning brush on their farm in
Little Grant on Easter Sunday, a
little three.yearold child was run
ming around and its dress took fire.
Before the mother saw it the child
was burned badly up to the waist.
The mother snatched up a shawl
and wrapped the child, extinguish-
ing the flames. The little one lin
gered until Monday night, when
death brought release from suffer
ing.-Ldacaster Ielier
Mr., Henry Zimmerman, of Schap-
vile, who arrived home from a
three months visit to the Father
land last week, was in town Tues
day. lie brought with him on his
return three friends from Cologne,
who have come to make their for
tunes in prolific JoDayiess. II was
Mr.. Zimmerman first visit to his
native land since he emigrated nine
teen years age. He says the dear
est sight to him while abroad was
the American flag, and that when
first he caught sight Of its tri-coior
folds on foreign shore, he raised
his hat in admiration as he thought
of the blessings of the land for
which it waves. .- Gaiead GGzette.
John Mullen, a wellknown farmer
Of Gratiot, was in this city four
weeks ago, when one Of his horses
a valuable mare, was stricken upon
the street with paralysis which so
| disabled her that she could not
stand. Veterinary Surgeon Gillette
of this city was called, and the
animal has been under his charge
ever since. On Monday last it had
so far recovered that it was loaded
upon hay-rack, well bedded with
straw, and hauled home with four
horse team 1t is a very remark
able case and It'll now believed that
Int will recover.-,ShuLtSbttrg PICK
and Gdd.
Letters received by friends from
James Bailey, who for the past TWO
years has been living ia Wyoming
territory, state that the past winter
has been one of the most severe on
record. Ever since the 28th of last
October one storm has followed
another continuously; aud although
there are heavy snow storms the
strong winds blow the snow of IN
places 80 that no sled or sleighs can
be used in the Rocky mountains
where he is. In letter written az
late as March 81, he says: Cattle are
lying dead all over the face of the
country; and what are left are SC
weak they can hardly walk. | weni
into one little gulch the other day
and found 80 head dead within 60C
yards. 1t looks as if this winter
will do up the cattle business here
the cowboys will have but fur tC
round up the coming spring. Horses
do better as they can paw the snow
and get 70 the grass. II showed al