Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-01-28

MISSING LINKS.
Only one man in two hundred is
over six feet in height.
The town OF lcicle. in Washington.
ha, been renamed Leayenworlh.
There are 1856 men and 1876 women
in the New Hampshire Insane asylum.
About 5000 intoxicauts Of different
kinds are known to custom-ho use
officials
Ellen Terry made her first appt ar
auce on the stage when she was only 10
years cid.
a Mexican street car can be hired
for personal use for 1870 a day, W th a
right to stop at any one place for two
hours.
a pool-room exclusively for tie use
of ".aIies' is to be opened in lowing
ton Ky. No liquors VIII he sold on
the premises
one or two Of the older senators are
said 20 favor the idea Of senators wear
ing silk gowns while in session, like
supreme court Judges.
According to the statistics of the in
ter-state commerce commission a rail-
way passenger stands one chance In
lJ,52S, 1873 to be killed while travelling.
A deaf and dumb book canyasser sold
seyeng-siX books within tour davs re-
Gently in three small New Hampshire
towns, with commissions amounting TO
$l5J.
At the foot Of Mont Blanc. it is said,
there stands the oldest chestnut tree
in tine world, with circumference of
2l3 feet and known history of 1000
years.
a personal in a Boston paper reads:
"Mr Rowland, who had his face
slapped at the horse show in New
YORK. the other night, is at the Ven
dome
One George Smith is to have his
third trial at Valparaiso, Ind, for the
theft of scent cigar Lawyers fees.
u is said, have already reached about
$1,000.
a portrait of the well known unita-
rian divine, Dr. Bartol, of Boston, paint
ed by his daughter, has been present
eel TO the American Unitarian associa-
ton.
W. II. Malock declares in the Forum
that Scott aud Dickens are not only /
read by many people, but they are read |
ny more people to-day than they ever
were before.
WIKI the single exception of the |
Pennsylvania, the Boston and Maine
system transports more pas
scugers than any other system in the
Uuited States.
The tresses attached to the heads Of
dolls are the hair OF the Augora goat. .
It's product, which is controlled by an
English syndicate, is said to be worth /.
81 lJlAJlJ a year
The oldest English crown is the an
Client imperial diadem made for Charles
II, to replace the one worn by Edward .
the Confessor which was broken up
and sold during the civil war.
The most costly piece Of railway line .
ia the world is that between the Man .
,ior house and Aldgate stations in .
London. which required the eNupudit- .
''' - w NiNaN 70 l'H'' FLRf b'Jy-ggt u ia ne
Rough browni,h oranges carry in .
their complexion guaranty of sweet .
ness the peculiar appearance being due .
10 the attacks of insects which have .
selected them for this very quality.
4 new marine light which will soon
De in place near Hayre win be the most
powerful in the world. Ii viii be WISH .
Bile at sea distance of FROM twenty .
wo to tity-two miles, according to the .
of the weather.
DR. Murray, of the Royal society of .
estimates the mean height .
If the land Of the globe to be 1890 feet (
lboye sea level Humboldt's estimate
placed the same level at only 1,DJ0 feet .
above high water mark.
A veteran Washington club man
who hasn't il ON his conscience that he
,ver missed making love to Il pretty
young uebutante during the past thlr-