Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1889 — PEARL DISCOVERIES. [ARTICLE]

PEARL DISCOVERIES.

A dispatch from Albany, Wis., says: The pearl excitement in this vicinity is now at its higbt. Although clams are getting scarce and the divers have to dig in mud in the bottom of the river, the finds arc more numerous and valuable than ever. The largest and by far the most valuable pearl in Wisconsin was found Thursday. A New York buyer offered $3,500 for it, but his figure was considered too low. Hundreds of small pearls are found and sold daily. The purchasers are agents of Chicago, New York and Paris houses. Visitors and clam-hunters are pouring into tbe village; and the banks of the river for allies are dotted with tents. •