Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-08-22
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The value Of the total granite pro-
duct for Maine during 1894 was
81, sol ,o36 100000 .css than that Of
1898.
The whole of the land on the globe
above water level If shoveled into The
Pacific ocean would only fill one-sev-
enth of 1t.
More than 1000 people earn a liy-
ing III Paris by fortune telling, and
their total earnings are estimated at
$2,O00,000
In 1882 it took 324 bushels Of wheat
to pay for self-binding reaper,
while better one can be bought this
year for the price OF 81 bushels.
According to the commander "A
chief Of India 10000 out Of 10000
men composing the army have been
sent to the hospital within two yedrS
An authority on jewelry estimates
that there is at least S200000,0O0 In
vested i'm this country in various kinds
of gold and silver ornaments.
1t Is stated on high authority that
all the so-called catgut in the markets
for stringing instruments and Tor
medical purposes comes from sheep.
Mormonism has gained a foothod in
Councillors Several people were
converted recently at meetings being
held at Broad river, near Norwalk.
Hunger, says Carroll D. Wright,
has caused more men TO commit petty
crimes than anything else. Of G,95S
homicides in 1890, 5000 had no trades.
The spistualstic societies of this
country number 1854. They own
thirty churches, and, in addition, use
3o7 halls for their services. They
claim a membership Of 5000
A Kankakee man tried u drown
eat by wading out into the river AMI
putting it under water. The eat came
back. but the man took cramps and
was drowned.
Statistics prove that nearly two
thirds of all the Letters carried by the
postal services Of the world are writ
ten, sent to and read by the English
speaking people.
Glencoe. In Scotland, where, accord
ing to local legends, when 1t is not
raining ii lis showing, the annual rain
fan is 12I inches, or early as much as
Sitka, Alaska
The proposed statue 10 the memory
of ex- President Franklin Pierce az
Concord, y. H., will be completed and
ready for unwilling, Il is eXpectef, on
the Fourth of July next.
no fewer than $4,000 men have de
serted FROM the English militia during
the last five years and in the same
period nearly 10000 of the same force
Joined the regular army,
The New York fish commission has
gone into the business of raising in
sects for distribution along trout
streams. SO that the speckled beauties
may have something to eat.
The famous old Blue store IN RoX-
bury, Mass, viii soon he tern down.
During colonial times General War
rem, il il said, occupied one floT q
the old building as 4 dwelling
Burglars are said TO seldom receive
more than 20 per cent. OF the value OF
their booty from the buyers TO whom
they dispose of it, if it happens to be
in any other form than coins.
I III is said that, including the jewels
az tie late Mrs. Roosevelt, Of Mrs.
Dr.,yon and Mrs. Orme Wilson, Mrs,
Astor's daughter, this family has pos
sibly Sl.ooo.oo0 invested in gems.
Quinine. the great febrifuge medl-
cine is now TO be bought at all the
postotliees in Bengal. As many rs
a.210,0oo packets have already been
Soll III the value ~ half at cent q
packet. 1t il hoped that by selling y
cheap and making il so easy to pro-
cure the native objections to taking 1t
viii be surmounted.