Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08
oLIO OF EVENTS.

til 1947 to unearth the entire ruins ~ I,
Pompeii.
In June, England's import Of whs,,
decreased 20 per cent from 1900 b',,
its import of corn increased 80 10 nay
cent
The King Of Italy received % oao
kilograms of congratulaton IN the a.,
day or second after the birth Of ~
daughter and, in honor of the avan.
10000 requests for money.
Chief officer Hans Russer. of tho D.,
timore and Hamhurg liner Batavia ba,
been appointed captain of the Germs
expedition which is about to sail II
search of the South pole.
Since 1895 the Catholic population n,
Strassburg has increased twice as f,s.
as the Protestant. The present nom
lation includes 70,940 Catholics 90 2it
Protestants, 4,502 Hebrews. and 56
others.
Prof. Waldemar Schmidt. the Nan
ish archaeologist, intends to visit al
the great museums in Europe in order
to collect material for the publication
of catalogue of the Egyptian antiori.
ties contained in them.
The city of Philadelphia has in lie
treasury more than $4,000 belonging
to persons who never called for it when
their bonds, registered and nonregs.
tered, matured and became payable Or
who left uncollected coupons on their
| bonds.
The Partisan drinks in year q
gallons Of alcohol, 307 gallons of beer
| / As gallons of cider and 44.9 gallons of
wine. This gives daily average Of
| 003S7 pint of alcohol. 0067 pint of be,-
/ u.u334 pint of cider and 099 pint Of
wine.
If the Duke Of portland's horse had
| been little quicker at his last Derby
| his owner would have won three N
| these races. or more than any living
| owner can claim. AS it was. the duke
and Lord Rosebery have alone won
! twice in succession.
The manuscript of an appeal for
| funds for Dartmouth college, dated
1881, has just been given that college
by the estate of a Miss Hopkins Of
Northampton, Mass. 1t is signed by
Washington, T. Lincoln, Livingston
| William Moore, Robert Morris and
| other historical persons.
The residence portion of the nation
al capital, on the heights back of Wash
| ington, is in danger of water famine
| Two big pumps which carried the wa
| ter to the section of the city 80 feet
! above tidewater have broken down.
and the reservoir contains only two
days supply.
A Cervera Testimonial association
consisting of leading business men
and citizens of Sidney, n y was or
ganized last week The object of the
association is to present to the gallant
| Spanish admiral a loving cup as a
mark of appreciation OF his kindness
to Hobson and his little band of heroes,
The board of ordnance has adopted
a new magazine pistol which fires ll6
shots per minute, as against 40 by the
| best Colt revolver. which has been up
| to the present time the standard wea-
pom of the army. The new pisto! Is
! also said to fire far more accurately
than the Colt Ii costs, however, slj
when bought in lots of 1000
Daniel C. French, the New York
sculptor, is already at work on the
statue of General Lawton, which mas
been ordered of him by the Lawton
| Memorial association, and will treat
his subject very much in the spirit he
| brought into play in his statue of Gen
eral Lewis Cass, now in the rotunda OF
the capitol at Washington.
Anders Zorn. the famous Swedish
artist, threatened, as he put 1t, 10
| some day present one of his pictures
/ to the st. Louis Museum of Fine Arts.
! That was when he first visited the
! city several years ago The other DAY
| the picture arrived 1t is Portrait Of
! a Woman" and is valued at over 90
| 000
Last year it took s607 ,SlS to NAM
| tain the churches in the New lofh
presbytery, or s5S,575 more than the
/ previous year. In addition to THIS tne
gift to home missions increased SLOW
/, 600 and to foreign missions SlbVVV 50
! that the total contributions OF all hlhus
| from the churches in the New iofh
! presbytery amounted to ll09 "a aN
! increase of 1927 .479 over the preN'oSS
| year.
For the first summer in the meihol!
! of the oldest inhabitant there has peeA
no gambling at Long Branch this yeai'
Every one of the half-dozen or so clup'
/ houses, as the gambling places are 20,
! litely called, is bolted and barred als
! the chains are up at the gates anu
| the grass is growing knee-deeD "he's
/ flower gardens have been accustomeD
! to bloom.
Torpedo tubes made Of aluminium ~,
! stead of steel have been placeu Va
board of two destroyers at Portsmouth
! The use of these tubes at preseh' y,
experimental, but so consideraDie WIZ
be the saving in weight-an in ooIlag.
matter in connection with llght ua.,
/ like destroyers-th If sueeess'-
| aluminium tubes will be generally us''
| in place of steel tubes.
Lieutenant Daniel J. Moyni ah. =.
/ Northampton. Mass, who has J 81 wv
appointed first lieutenant OF flilp.ne
! scouts. Is still IN the island o' rama
where he remained when his reg. ~.
/ the Twenty started for h9D
/ Lieutenant Moynihan was on nee
/ the Second Massachusetts ou.th
war with Spain He was seN'''~
/ wounded at Ell Caney.