Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03
OLlO OF EVENTS.


Montana's production of copper in
1900 was 270.T3S.4S9 pounds, against
26.l26,S55 pounds in 1899, an increase
OF nearly 100000 pounds.
Thomas Hardy has again, In an in
terview, denied the report that he Is to
lecture next winter in this country.
I'm not n talker." he Is quoted as
saying
A Boston paper has discovered over
800 happy couples in New England
who have passed their golden wedding
anniversary and 1t is still continuing in
the search.
This seasons cotton crop is l0.425.14l
bales, about one million bales larger
than the preceding crop. This is lucky.
as spindles in the South have increased
by l,279S20
An extensive exposition is proposed
by the people OF Victoria Australia, to
be held at Bendigo. at the end of this
year, to commemorate the discovery OF
gold In 1851,
The vintage In southern France will
again prove so abundant that the
wholesale price OF last years wine has
sunk to 10 centimes per litre-less than
cents a quart.
The business OF insuring individuals
and firms against losses from bad debts
above a certain amount Is one which
has grown and G Xtended rapidly in
New York city within two or three
years.
Efforts are being made to develop a
taste for rifle shooting I'm Japan, and
rifle clubs on EUROPEAN lines are being
formed. The emperor is greatly inter-
ested In the project. and has given large
sums for prizes,
over $4,000 has been collected In
Kentucky for memorial to the late
Governor GOebel, and 1t has been de-
cided that 1t shall take the form of a
granite monument with statue of the
governor In bronze.
Nearly l000. 900 women In Spain
work in the field as day laborers. and
$50 900 women are registered as day
servants-that is. they work for their
food and lodging. There Is no such
class anywhere else.
Over $4,000 has been collected in
Kentucky with memorial to the late
Governor Goebel and 1t has been de-
cided that II shall take the form OF a
granite monument with a statue OF the
governor In bronze.
The cooks for the Sultan OF Turkey
demanded their back pay the other day.
and he sent them to jail He does not
propose to he dunned by people who do
not own few warships. The sultan Is
not doing a paying business.
A friend OF the late Walter Besant
relates that the novelist always kept
on his desk list OF the characters OF
the novel he happened to be at work
on. together with brief notes Of their
relationship and appearance.
The late Russian savant, DR., Kulesh,
made translator nto Little Russian
OF the Bible, which the censor would
not allow to be printed. His widow
has now sold the manuscript to the
British Bible Society for 5000 rubles.
A representative OF the Paris Temps
has been examining railway stations
In Germany, and he declares that those
OF Dresden Cologne. Hanover -
fort, Bremen. etc, are far supeI.,
any OF the French. except the Parisia.
Iron stoves are coming more and
more into use In Bulgaria. having driv-
en- out the tin plated ones formerly in
great favor Germany was the first In
the field with iron stoves. but has found
formidable competitors In Belgium and
England.
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst has agreed to
pay all the expenses OF a department
Of anthropology at the University OF
California, which will be devoted es-
pecialy to the study OF Indians on the
Pacific coast The cost will be about
$50 900 n year.
Seven Berlin and Vienna professors,
supplied with the necessary scientific
outfit, have been making experiments
on themselves during the past summer
as to the effects OF the Swiss Alpine
climate on the circulation and other
physiological processes.
About 40 per cent OF the men en-
ployed In the Minnesota mines are Fin
landers another 40 per cent Hungari-
ans. about per cent Italians and the
rest are divided among Americans,
Germans, French, Scotch and Welsh.
The mainstay OF the mines are the Cor
nishmen.
The Ohio State Library association
favors the establishment OF central
county libraries. with branches In the
townships The scheme has been tried
~ Hamilton and Van Wort counties
With. 1t Is said. most gratifying results
Many towns are thus supplied without
very great expense.
The Westinghouse company has es-
tablished bonus system for the benefit
OF the assistant subforemen OF It's plant
at East Pittsburg The bonus is based
on the net earnings OF the company,
aud will be distributed quarterly II
the system shall prove successful II will
be extended TO take in all the sailed
workmen OF the plant
The Catholic Knights OF Ohio, In an
nual convention at Columbus recently
adopted resolutions pledging the % 900
members OF the organization against
the American custom OF treating To In
toxicants. The obligation was incor-
porated in the association laws and
made condition OF membership.
Excavations made by explorers In and
about Chama. Guatemala. have resulted