Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-28

An English solicitor prints upon the
back of his business card portal. of
himself with the words MY Advocate"
beneath it..
Another "old California miner" re.
ports favorablv on the gold region in
Maine. extending from Sandy river to
Androscoggin.
Italy has constructed several strong
military fortresses in Abyssinia with
view of occupying her annexed terri
tory permanently.
Australia has sent 10 England a new
contralto. whose voice is said to be OF
exceptional richness. Her name is
Helen Rowe and she is a great favorite
in Melbourne.
The New South Wales minister for
mines declares that. excluding the
quantity obtaiEabIe from the Clarence
River District the colony had 50, 0O0,-
600, 600 tons of coal available.
Oakley Hal, who was Sheriffs counsel
in New York for fifteen years, SAYS he
believes that the term tipstaves as APP
piled to Sherit's officers originated
from the word tip" to bride.
Iceland fisherman now carry oil
regularly as means of smoothing the
waves and enabling them to continue
at work in weather in which heretofore
their boats could not have lived.
The French government has decided
to again undertake the manufacture OF
lucifer matches, and 10 avoid the ex-
pense of creating a special department
will place it under the tobacco reggie.
John Wesley Haslett of Kansas City,
claims the championship belt in
novel branch of industry. He is the
'sticker" for packing company, and
claims that in fourteen years service
he has slain S,4OO, 600 hogs.
The rich magnetic iron near Dab.
lonega, Ga, continues to excite much
interest. Thousands of acres are be.
ing conveyed by option to outside
capitalists, who propose developing il
when the railroad is completed.
1t is stated that in one of the London
institutions which still maintains its
quantity of alcohol ~ per cent OF the
typhoid fever Patterns die, whereas in
Glasgow Fever Hospital, where milk is
used the mortality ia only u per cent.
California will soon be well stocked
with Chinese quail. Many quail of the
Chinese breed have slready been turned
loose in the vicinity OF Sacramento. A
contract has been made for the delivery
of 100 dozen more, which will be wide.
ly distributed.
According to figures given by San
Francisco newspaper California is the
bloodiest state in the union. In 1889 il
had one homicide to 3, 40 of the popula.
ton. In the other states it runs up from
one in SOP in Kentucky to one in So.
600 in other states.
The conclusions reached by modern
meteorologists are that cyclones of
great intensity are ascending spiral
whirls of wind having a rotary motion
in "A direction in the northern hemi.
sphere opposite to the movement of the
hands Of a watch,
Negotiations are in progress fortrans-
ferring the two great pictures by
Rubens from the Antwerp Cathedral tc
the new Antwerp Museum. The
pictures, which are the property of the
state, are said to be gradually perishing
or rather fading out.
All the tirst-class race tracks employ
doctor by the year, or rather the
season. They pay liberal price, from
$40 a day upward, and expect him to
report for duty a half hour before the
races begin and to remain on hand till
all the visitors have left.
A French company is pushing a
scheme for piercing the Fauciles by a
tunnel. which would shorten the dis
lance between Paris and Geneva by six
hours, The Swiss government is
against it because both outlets OF the
tunnel would be in French territory.
One bundled and ninety-sever
thousand eight hundred and twenty.
three carats of diamonds have been eX
ported from Kimberley during Jan.
uary, valued at f3S3, 867. The total
output of gold from the WitwatersanC
mines for January was 81, 03S ounces
Orlando, Fla, phosphate hunters
found "A piece of petritied red cedar IL
q creek. The grain of the wood is &C
naturally preserved that it looks as if i
could be cut with knife. but it is sole
stone and the red color of wood has
been precipitated in bright carmin,
spots.
A meteorite fell recently at Migheni,
in Russia, which contained about pei
cent of an organic matter in the shape
of "A yellow substance readily eombusti
BILE, soluble in alcohol and resembling
resin. 1t also contained per cent o
metallic salt of new element alice
to tellunium.
Oscar Hill. a farmer, had a fight with
negro in Clay County, Ala, and wal
badly bitten. Hill had to have his
hand amputated, and he developed
symptoms of hydrophobia and died
The negro has blue gums. and it is be
heved that the bite of such negroes al
ways proves fatal.
The festive jack rabbit is stric'
vegetarian, and will not touch greas,
of any kind, nor will he tackle vegeta
bles that are seasoned with grease
Orchardsts in Colorado take advau.