Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-12-26
III. s. HurIbuf e Co.
MINERAL POINT, WIS


Darlington was buried in st. Paul's
cemetery, this city, Monday morning,
services being held at the church, Rev.
Jas. O'Keefe officiating. The deceased
was unmarried.
They say that a boy is like sponge;
he absorbs everything that he comes in
contact with that he can comprehend.
See that your boy comes in contact with
the good things of the world, and as
little of the bad as possible.
If one sign is to be believed, this
winter will be as mild as any Wisconsin
has ever experienced. Reports from the
lakes say that muskrats are building
their mounds comparatively low this
season. Trappers confirm the reports.
"A citizen somewhat advanced in
years was heard to say the other even
ing: II was Just watching the young
folks down on the skating pond. Some
of these times I'm going to try again.
What's tn, use of growing too old to
skater"
A Chicago judge declares that
ninety per cent of all hard drinking men
are unmarried. This is no doubt intend
ed as cue for the temperance workers
to start in and marry everybody off.
But it would be pretty tough on the
brides.
An article commanding and merit
ing considerable attention is the riding
bride made exclusively of horse hair,
excepting the bit. 1t is the property of
''Dick" Spensley who is home on Wis
it from the west, and was made by con-
Wet labor in the Colorado penitentairy.
"A Worcester, Mass, high school
boy named Harry M. Grout has sue
ceeded, so he says, in transmitting
electrical power distance of 900 feet
from it's source by wireless methods,
and has been able to operate electric
lights and motors by means of it. 1t is
well to remember this boys name, be-
cause it is likely to become famous in
later years.
George Lee of GAINESVILLE, aged 81
years, committed suicide on the 10Th
inst. by shooting the top of his head
off with shotgun. The Sunday previ-
GUS his wife became violently insane
and tried to commit suicide by throwing
herself into the river. Monday she
tried to kill herself again with razor
and she is now in critical condition
and knows nothing of the death of her
husband.
Paul Niles, an Illinois Central fire.
man residing at Freeport, while out
hunting recently fired into flock OF
crows. In turn he was attacked by the
birds, knocked down and compelled to
crawl for shelter under a tree where
there was large grape vine and re-
main there until dark. He was badly in
jured and his rubber bcets were pecked
to pieces. 1t was declared he had very
narrow escape for his life.
From a pamphlet on the Tribune
desk, giving the standing and select
committees of the House of Represen-
tatives for the present session of con-
gress, il is noted that j. j. Kuelling of
this city is an employee of the commit
tee on the District of Columbia. The
committees room is that Of the old
library space, southwest corner OF
House floor, where Jake would be
elated to meet any Of his Wisconsin
friends and neighbors.
"A farmer entered the WinneDago
National bank at Rockford last Satur-
day and cashed check for 1920. He
counted the bills over, placed them on
writing desk and then, while he
reached in one Of his pockets, turning a
little to one side as he did so, someone
grabbed up the money. There were no
persons in the bank at the time except
well-known and reliable parties against
whom suspicion could not be directed,
so the farmer win be minus his hundred
and twenty.
-"Debrutalized" football as it is
known today was responsible for log
casualties during the season just passed,
the record being ninety-eioht injuries
and eleven deaths due directly to the