Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-03-26
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

ne pope Is very IOlu vi Clillul Gil,
and frequently gives them audience.
Joseph j. ingalls, of Bridgton, Me,
never was in a BARRIERS chair until a
few days ago, although he is over so
years old.
1t is said that when Queen Victoria
and the Empress Eugene are together
they spend their spare time doing
needlework for the poor.
Rev DR.. A. r. PIerson, the American
preacher who succeeded Spurgeon in
the London Tabernacle, will begin a
preaching tour in Europe in a few
days.
The combined ages of sixteen per
sons at birthday party" at the home
of John Goldsberry, in Frankfort, Ind.
the other day, footed up ,424 years
by rejecting all bids formally made
and quietly hunting up better bid,
Treasurer Turner of Boston saved $21,
500 to the city on current loan of
81 100000.
Miss Annie S. Peck who made the
ascent of the Matterhorn last August,
ID W htllNSl a ltNililt III IDooNoi UT
scribing her experience in climbing
the peak
A Hampton (N H. man has just
taken his first vacation after working
continuously for one firm forty years.
and in that time worked constantly
without missing a day.
DR.. Mllburn the blind chaplain of
the senate, was first elected congress
sional chaplain in December, lS45, just
half century ago. He was then %
years Of age, and the youngest man
whose voice has ever been heard in
congress before or since that date
NJ. Elisee ReClus, the French geog
rapher, wants to have a terrestrial
globe made 400 feet in diameter. in
order to show off the relative dimen-
sions and heights as they should be.
He asks for help and criticisms of
geographers the world over in realiz
ing his idea.
United States Minister Pyle of Viz
ginia venturcd to present himself to
the president of Venezuela on one DC
casion minus a necktie. President
Rlanco very sharply reminded him Of
his forgesfulnesS of etiquette, and
shortly aftcrward sent him about his
business
Queen Victoria is in possession Of Il
curious needle 1t was made at the
celebrated needle factory al Redditch
and represent the Trajan column in
miniature Scenes from the queen $
life are depicted ON the needle, so
finely cut that they are only discern
ibc through a microscope
In the last twelve years of Mr.. star
mans ministCry at Waldoboro's (MeO
famous old Gcrman-lutheran church
no salary was paid, the congregation
being too uoor. Old Conrad lIyer,
who. although 10l years old. was as
brisk as a man Of 80 acted as Choir
lister in the ancient church for eighty
years, reading and singing from the
fine print of Watts hymn book with
out the use of spectacles.
Police Captain Edward Coonan of
Madison A. j. is 2S years old. and
stands feet inches in his stockings,
without an ounce of superfuous flesh
on him lie never carries a pistol, and
seldom club. depending on his own
wonderful strength for every emcr-
gcncy Ills great speciality is shaking.
1t is an everyday occurrence for him
to lift an ordinary-sized drunken man
entirely off his feet with one hand and
shake him sober
Josiah Flint who has written a good
deal about tramp life for the Century
contributes to the New York Sun an
article on the weavers' mountain vii
lage Of Goldhack in Germany, where
everybody is starving to death. No
tramp he says. would live as the peo-
pie live there; life in trampdom is a
paradise compared with it, These
weavers are degenerated mentally and
physically their condition lis a blem-
ish on Germany's reputation, and the
only possible hope for them Is that the
children may be GOT ont Of the rut In
which tho parents seem content &c
die"