Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-21
BREVITIES

Tho success OF the st, Louis fair is
assured, 4 lot OF 40640 bushels ot
peanuts has just been received there,
The Baltimore American suggests
that the problem of perpetual motion
has been solved by San Domingo with
her revolutions,
! The Atchinson (Kan,l Globe says
that the men In Topeka are so stylish
that they put ON dress suits to 20 to
see Uncle Toms Cabin,
A man out west wanted to commit
suicide in an inexpensive way last
week So he took his clothes or, went
out doors and quietly froEe to death,
Kansas stockmen claim that they
have lost $1,000, 900 this year through
the formation OF the beef trust, 1t
has cost other people something too.
Now the democrats are wondering
| IL William ]. viii come home after
his Irish visit with his name printed
ON his cards o'Brien, and make him-
self solid with Iammany,
They are overworking some one ON
tho stan Of Harper's Weekly again,
Another series of those interesting
and exclusive How much YOU drink
statistics have appeared,
The Hogoke Transcript prints an
advertisement advising people TO buy
false teeth for Christmas presents.
| They would give one such a pleasant
surprise when picked out OF the
stocking Christmas morning.
! One of the Wichita (kan.l followers
of Carrie Nation wants to sue that
city for $4,000 for something or
other, but not u lawyer IN the place
will take the case, II is sad TO hear
OF woman as poor MS this,
The good people of Brooklyn are OK,
ceeding wrath one of the rapid tran
sit trains struck beer truck last
week and spilled all the beer The
people say that the corporation Ia
getting altogether too careless.
Some OF the Kansas papers show
great enterprise In collecting valuable
local items. One recently said: "A
valuable driving horse was taken III
one day last week, and tho services
of physician were necessary to save
The animal
Friend-lou still employ DR.. Hard
head ! see. Mrs. DE Style-lles
just lovely, My husband and both
llke him. When we are ailing, he
always recommends old port for my
husband, and Newport for me.-New
York Weekly
Boston, the center Of nll that is pure
and blue hlooded admits having 49,
S3i arrests for drunkenness made
within her limits during seven
months this year, Most of these prob,
ably did not have the necessary
amount OF car fare, and wanted to for
get.
A young man was tried In Kansas
last week for committing crime and
said that he was not guilty, When
asked what he did tn, ..ight before the
alleged crime was committed he said
he drank just little more than M
quarts of whisky, The jury was out
EXACTLY -four minutes
Kansas can always go the rest of
the country one better, and Emporia
can beat any city In Kansas, She
now lays claim 10 having negro
citizen who saw George Washington
cut down the cherry tree. This, OF
course, does away with all talk about
the famous incident being merely q
myth, ?,
u. +. Horny Of plainvllo, Kan, be.
lieyes In doing what he can To help
worthy cause, and every Christmas
for number Of yenrs he has given n
: steer 10 the Salvation Army at Kansas
J, CITY TO be used for the free Christmas
dinner for the poor The steer which
was given this year weighed 1000
pounds,
The fourth annual exhibition OF
calendars will be given by the Rich.
mond wa Young Mems Christian
association January l.t5. Last year
over 500 calendars were received. and
the exhibition was international In
character. The exhibition Is said To
attract large crowds, and the manage.
mcnt is DESTROYS OF obtaining rep.
resentatiye exhibition this year
Michael Clancy, New York con-
tractor, who has become rich, bought
some race horses and entered them nj
tho recent Saratoga meeting. He
runs his horses for fun and seldom
best, but one day he had good thing.
80 he backed IL for $40. When the
horses got away Clancy stood In the
grand stand watching them through
his field glasses. Some Of his friends,
knowing OF his $40 bet, crowded about
and began TO Joke him. Where's
your horse now?" Clancy surveyed
the field carefully Il cant quite
make out" he replied, whether he IL
last In the third race or first In the
fourth"
Cases Of cruelty to priyates In the
German army multiply daily. The
most recent are that OF Franzh, a non
commissioned officer in the S5th In.
fantry, who was tried on 1870 counts
of cruelty and convicted on 700 OF
them. He got 10 years. The interest.