Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-03-05

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ing Welsh literature and wor. :,
Welsh beaver hat. Her husband = ~
fore he was raised to the peeraee ~
Benjamin Hall. and gave his nam
Big Ben, the great bell of the hons
parliament, which was set up wbeD =
was commissioner of public works
There is now pending in the hor..
OF delegates of the Maryland lee;s,s
ture bill ito provide against ioinr,s'
cuts OF punctures to pneumatic rs
on vehicles 1t provides thar o,rt.
ever places or causes to be placed =
or upon avenue, street or alley roaa
highway or public way any tack Nm
\ piece Of iron. broken glass or other n,
stance which nay injure. ",
puncture any pneumatic tire shan !.
4 guilty Of a misdemeanor and shan /.
fined not more than $50 nor less tban
So" 'laa
0. A. Dorman of New Haven. Conn
is having an eighty-foot nanbtba
launch built, the secret of the nowsr
Of which is carefully guarded II !.
said that the secret will comnIetey
revolutionize the building Of sman
steam yachts, naphtha launches Ana m
launches where there is only room q,
small engines. At the present tims
twelve-horse power is the lareest
amount Of power that is available h
the naphtha launches. The nanhtba
engine of Mr.. Dorman's launch win bs
( 100-horse power
! There is project to generate nova,
in Kern county California. by tbs
( agency of waterfalls, for TRANSMISSION
\ to Los Angeles, $50 miles distant. tina
\ power Is to be used TO light the citv
and run the electric street cars. MANY
similar projects are under way for
utilizing the water power in the noun.
tains of the state, that hitherto has run
to waste because so far removed from
business centers or inconvenientiy Sit.
uated for use by direct application on
the spot. Several such schemes have
been worked out, and they have proved
highly successful.
Farmers living in the vicinity Of
Lake City, Mich, are seriously talking
of boycotting that town because Of 4
state Of affairs existing there which
they say ought not to be allowed In
any properly conducted metropolis
Cows are permitted to run loose on the
streets of the city, and when a farmer
with load of garden truck or feed
stops to do any trading the cows gather
around his wagon and eat his stock
and more than his profits. The
farmers say they are not in the free
lunch business, and the cows must be
/ restrained, at least on market days,
or they will trade elsewhere.
A wonderful mechanical contriyance
is announced from Switzerland in the
shape of a watch that calls out the
hours in a voice like that of human
being. This mechanical curiosity Is |
the invention of one Casimir Liyah [
who based its principles upon his /
knowledge of the workings Of the
photograph. The case, instead of con-
tanning striking apparatus, as some
Of the late costly watches do, is pro-
vided with a Photographic cylinder
which is fitted with sensitive photo
graphic plate. which has received the
impression of a human voice before
being inserted in the watch.
A runaway couple were married on a
railway train near Shelbyville. Ind. |
last week The girls parents opposed
the match, and watched her closely to
prevent her giving them the slip and
getting married. The young man
learned that the squire was to travel
by certain tram one day last week
and arranged with the girl to meet him
at the station. He went to Columbus
and got the license, met the girl at the
station as the train came in, and the
pair boarded it and were married by
the squire before the train had gone
many miles and before any stop was
made, where they could be intercepted
by a telegram from the girls parents
An old story under new conditions Is
reported from Martinsburg, Ky. Fred
Henson and Miss Norris were married
three weeks ago, and week later
Henson was arrested and put in jail
on an old charge. His wife was much
perturbed and passed most of her time
at the Jail. One night, her husband
being unwell she prevailed on the
jailer to let her pass the night win
Henson in his cell. Very early the
next morning the woman asked 70 DC
let out and the jailer opened the door
for her. She left the Jail, as he sup
posed, but he learned at s O'clock
when he went to serve breakfast 10
Henson. that Mrs. Henson was in the
cell and her husband had escaped ID
her clothes.