Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-01
NOTES or THE DAY.

The expectation of American agri-
cultural implements is increasing
rapidly.
The British Ahorigines Protection
society estimates thst Africa contains
soO,oo0,e0o native population
\ Scottish member OF parliament
has delivered u lecture ON golf, In
which he traced the game to the gar
den OF Eden
A rock has been found in Mexico
which is said to prove by Inscriptions
that the Chinese we're in Sonora
twenty centuries ago,
II has been found in many parts
of Nebraska that the ice OF last winter
has permanently ruined much OF the
alfalfa.
Teapots are used in China only by
the poor, Among the wealthy 1t Is
customary to put the tea leaves In
each cup and pour water on them,
New York is full OF new laws, Since
Jan, Governor Black of New York
has signed 79T hills, has vetoed few
and let $50 die upon time limit,
! One hundred and twenty-five feet Is
tho extreme height limit for otiica
buildings In Boston, and tho proiec-
ton Of the cornices must not exceed
three feet.
Tho German agricultural papers say
that the imports of American apples
! into Germany last year were twenty
times rs large rs In any previous
season.
A nan in Wilmington, Del, who
stole an umbrella, was tried for theft,
| found guilty and sentenced to receive
Ave lasbes aud be imprisoned for three
months
/ When the electric railway In South
/ Icndcn VAS constructed tho delicate
compasses In Greenwich observatory.
eigh, miles en-, were affected and had
to be reset.
Except II the north, Ireland IL likely
| t. take very little part in the Jubilee
celebr, ton. Scarcely any prepare
tier Is beirg made In tho capital of the
country.
| An electric locomotive running be-
tween Pairs and Havre attained
speed of seventy-tlve miles an hour
II drew thirteen cars,
A l3-year-old boy of Louisville. Ky,
| fell from ladder the other day, and
when he was picked up II was found
that he had sustained no serious In
Jury, but his hair had turned gray
The 400 living alumni of tho Uni
yersity of Georgia are asked to make
up n fund of 100000 for It's additional
endowment. Colonel John Temple
Graves has started tho good work by
subscribing the first 81 900.
1t is n singular fact that, while all
other games of chance or skill have ut
one time or another been denounced
by the clergy Of every faith, chess
alone has received their appreciation,
and among the best players of every
land have been clergymen, priests and
bishops.
In 1889 dog muzzling order was
made In England and kept In force
until 1898 In 1889 there were 81
cases Of rabies, In 1890 there were 1919
end In 1892 only thirty-eight. The
order was then revoked aud In 1898
there were ninety-three cases, In 1894
there were 24S and in 1896 there were
672,
The technically OF tho criminal law
OF Texas is proyerhial, and Is APPLY
illustrated by Il recent decision of the
highest criminal court In that state.
] he defendant was prosecuted ior
shooting into church. The complaint
upon which he was arrested charged
him with shooting into st. Pnul's
Methodist church. The information
Tor formal accusation corresponding
to an indictment. upon which he was
brought to trial) charged him with
shooting into st. Paul's church. The
court held that these were two dis
tinct names, and might DO entirely
different places, and that the lnforma-
ton ought to have been quashed on
account OF tho variance.
All the guns, standards and other
trophies captured by the French from
the Russians during tho Crimean war
were returned to Russia more than a
year ago. Emperor Nicholas promised
Mt the time that he would return the
compliment. But, In spite OF this as
surance, no steps have ms yet been
taken to restore To France tho guns
and the flags which she was compelled
to abandon to the Russians during her
terrible retreat from Moscow In 1872.
The little baskets In which straw
beirie are scld by the quart cost, at
the factory about thirty i've huh"
dredths OF cent each, Barnesvllle.
O., is a great manufacturing point for