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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17

OF Ioird county, begHn ana "tta %
Dodgeville, July 10, 1867.
Court convened pursuant to notice. Pres
ent His Honor, JosEPH T. MILLS, Judge
Argument in the case of the Board of SUI
pervisors of Iowa County vs.. the Mineral
Point Railroad Company. Demurrer by the
Defendant. Case opened by MATT ii. CAE-
the entire afternoon. Court adjourned until
8 O'Clock, A. VI, July 18th.
July II, o'clock, A. NJ.
NJ. NJ. STRONG, counsel for plaintiff, occu-
pied the day until P NJ, followed by NJ. NJ.
CorHREN, counsel for defendant, At
O'Clock, NJ, Court adjourned until o'clock
a. N, July 12th.
July II, O'Clock, A. N.
NJ NJ. STRONG, for plaintiff, resumed his
argum mt for hour, followed hy ". NJ.
CorHEES, for defendant. Asl2ia P. ", CAR
pESTIK, for defendant closed his argument.
Afternoon the argument for the plaintiff
and defendants closed l., r. ~ Strong and
". II. Cothren at 4 o'clock, r. NJ.
July Is, 10 O'Clock \. ".
Bellevue Zine Company,
VI.
James Spensely,
John Harkerr
William ISarnchridgc
Action 10 obtain possession of real estate.
Counsel for plaintiffs. Mc~srs. Wilson, Dunn,
and Read For Defendants. CothreH, Strong
and Lanyon. The argument to-day vas on
the objection of defendant TO ALLOW the
plaintiff 10 introduce evidence The Court
takes the matter under adyisement until
Monday, July 10th.
Robert Patterson,
Joseph Smith. et.al
Suit by plaintiff to foreclose Il mortgage.
]. VI. Smith, attorney for plaintiff. On mo-
ton of J. ". Smith, Judgment rendered
for plaintiff by default of defendant.
In the matter of the application Of VIM.
Hewitt, an infaut, to sell real estate; report
of sale presented, and on motion of j. NJ.
Smith, counsel for defendant confirmed by
the Court.
In the matter of the petitions OF the lSt
Lutheran church Of DodgeviIIc and the End
Lutheran church of Highland, to sell real
estate. On motion of S. W Reese, counsel
for petitioners, petitions were granted by
the Court.
Mineral Point Mining Company, Plfs.)
John J. Ross, Dcft.
Suit by plaintiffs to recover damages at
the March term of this Court, trial pr jury
and verdict for plaintiff. Damage assessed
at 50, 137. Motion By defendants for new
trial. Case settled by agreement of parties
Defendant, Ross, paying 20 plantifTthe sum
of g, 500, each paving his OWN costs, and
the case was stricken from the calendar.
Monday Morning, July Is.
This morning the court occupied some
time in considering the case brought up on
Saturday, the 18TH reviewing the arguments
of the counsel offered on Saturday, last, the
Court decided TO sustain the objection, and
rules all evidence out of court.
John Wcarne,
Matthew GoldswOrthy.t
Suit by plaintiff for an account with de-
PENDANT. Lillcus & Dunn, attorneys for
plaintiff; Wilson & Frost, attorneys for de-
PENDANT. The case referred to John Bonner
as referee, to investigate the matter and
report the same to this court with all posi-
bic speed.
Court is still progressing; all the minutes
will be furnished for the next issue.
o. ?. ASHLEY, Clerk
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17
Total Justices Court hills SOL %

Total Justices Court bills, S211 IS
Bill No. 42l, State vs.. Nadds. ct al
was LAID over until next session.
On motion the Board proceeded TO
the election of IS grand and 100 petit
jurors, according to law. at the con
ciuslon OF which the Board adjourned
until I o'clock, a. M. July 18th.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17

465 Burial & Cutler-Salary Amt.
as County Physicians, 81 so
33l Thomas Dunston-Saw-
ing wood, ii so
All Nelson Whitman-Mer-
chandise for Poor Farm, rs 81
40 Thomas Perkins-Mer-
chandise for Jail, &C., 60
Al Thomas Perkins 8.
for Poor Farm, Il 60
474 II. Moves = Constable
Fees, ! so
473 James Jones-Shoes for
Pauper, 2 so
al W. W. Tredwev-Re-
fund of Taxes, 0 o.
435 Smith & Roberts-Mer-
chandise, Oil. &c, 50 90
434 Smith s. Roberts =
Oil. &C., 0 SO
IA Sampson Rickord =
Bringing Prisoners to Jail, y 90
AGA Hcndy, Thomas 4 Co.,
Merchandise, so 6s
462 Amo. HAYS Making
Returns, 3 80
313 H. Niedecker & Co.
Blank Books, II 90
4J4 Peter Morris = Black
smithing for Poor Farm, 80 40
49, john Herron-Printimg - 10
400 Bis. < Son 30 50
AS w. j. Wrigglesworth
Printing, 2OG o.
Total, Sl241 rs
On motion, the Board adjourned
until o'clock this evening.
SEyEN CLOCK Z. NJ.
The Board met, pursuant to ad
iounmcnt. PreseHt-M essr. Levakc
and Rcwev.
On motion, the Board adjourned I'M
til o'clock \. NJ =, tomorrow.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17
PROCEEDINGS

Of the Q.n,1erly .Sessioa Of the County
Board Of Supervisors Of Ioeca County.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17
Total.
S026 o.

Bill No. 1876. to Smith and Roberts
for medicines furnished to paupers.
was deferred until next session.
Bill No. 49,. d. f. CLAUSE for
care of pauper, was ordered returned
disalowed.
JUSTICE COURT CLAIMS
The following Justice Court claims
were presented and allowed.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17

46S . r. Little, 10 81
400 :. Ellen Little, 200
Inquest on body Of VIM. Treloar II 81
8 Chas Cotterell IA
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17

ftSthl--M enbcrS jcEdke a hi Rewcy
On motion the Board adjourned I'M
til : clock. p. N.
O'CLOCK. 7. VI.
The Board met, pursuant to ad-
Journment. Present = Messrs. Lc-
wake and Rewey.
\ petition from VIM. T. Henry.
PRAYING for a remission of taxes on
land not subject to taxation, was pre-
scented, read and granted.
The following claims we're present
ed and allowed
A. b. Robinson-Pitchors, S / CG
keorton Coatcs-Sundries, 20
J.W Rewev-M ember Of Board. % 20
.. F. Levake = Member of
Board, II 81
Sam'I Gle, i 90
Sam,l Davey-Freight on Laws, 90
Total. $50 81
On motion. it was ordered that the
Clerk copy the Tax Roll Of April,
1916, into the Sales Book.
On notion, the Board adjourned I'M
til Noy enlbcr. GEo. H. OrTs.
Clerk of the Board.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17
MINUTES

OF the Special Term Of the Circuit Court
Of Io,ra County, begun and held at
Doagerille, July 10, 1867.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17

The Boston Commercial relates
Judge Carter's question to Gen,
GRAFT IN relation to the Presidency,
and gives the Generals reply as fol
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17

THE registration returns in Louis
lana thus far show that out Of the
Il1,53i registered voters, .4,I16 are
blacks and 1923 whites.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17

On motion, the foregoing was equalized
a. follows:
Arena-add per cent.
Clvdc-add II per cent.
Dodgevillc-add ; per cent.
Highland-add per cent.
Lindcn-remain as returned bv Assessor
Mifflin- {" - q - g
Moscow-add l s per cent
Mineral Point-add 30 per cent.
Pulaski--remain as returned by Assessor
Ridgeway-add 81 per cent.
Waldw ck-deduct per cent.
Wyoming-remain az returned by Assessor
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
The following is the average valuation of
Horses, Mules, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs, as
returned by the Assessors, to wit:
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17

The following Wolf Bounty claims
were presented and allowed;
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17
SECOND DAY S SESSION.

1o'CLoCE, \. NJ. JULY /, 1867
Board met pursuant 10 adjournment
PreSent-M embcrs Levake and Rev
pV.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17

The following wild cat scalp claims
were presented and allowed:
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17

The following is the average price per
acre, as returned by the several Assessors;
to wit
The Van Buren press., 1867-06-28
A War Wanted.

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iuV camp Kettles 100 mess pans
~ setts harness 200 lbs harness leather.
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The Van Buren press., 1867-06-28
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The Van Buren press., 1867-06-28
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Van Buren, Ferry,

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exclusive charge and control of the under
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and employed careful experienced and com.
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at this Ferry they will have a safe crossing
over the Arkansas River, and will meet with
no detention.
WIN. L. ENGLAND.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-01-05
A Good story

Judge Ray, the temperance lecturer in
one Of his efforts, got off the following:
''All of those who in youth acquire &
habit of drinking whisky, at forty years o.
age will he total abstainers or drunkards
No one can use whisky for years in mod
GRAFTON. If there is person in the audi
anee before me whose experience dispute,
this let him make it known; will account
for it, or acknowledge that l am mista
ken"
4 tall, large man arose. and folding his
arms in a digniied manner across his
breast, said 81 offer myself as one whose
own experience contradicts your state
meut"
Are you moderate drinker?' said the
Judge.
II am"
Glow lopg haye you drank in mOdera.
tion?"
"Forty years"
Sand we're never intoxicated~
"Neyer."
4Well," remarked the Judge, scanning
his subject closely from head to foot
"yours is a singular case; yet think it il
easily accounted for. [ am reminded by
it of little story:-A eolored man, with
a loaf of bread and bottle of whisky, sal
down to dipe by the bank of clear stream.
In breaking bread some of the crumbs
dropped into the water These were eag-
erly seized and eaten by the fish. That
suggested to the darkey the
idea Of dipping the bread in the whisky
and feeding It to them. lie tried it. 1t
worked we'll Some of the fish ate of it
became drunk, and foated helpless on the
surface. In this way he easily caught a
great number. But in the stream was a
large fish very unlike the rest. It par
took freely Of the bread aud whisky, but
with no perceptible effect It was shy Of
every effort of the darkey to take it. He
resolved to have it at all hazards, that he
might learn its name and nature. He
procured a net and after much effort
caught it carried it to a colored neighbor
and asked his opinion in the matter The
other surveyed the wonder moment and
then said; iSambo, I un'erstans dis case.
Dat fish is a nauItethead; ii amt got no
6rainsP In other words" added the
Judge, alcohol affects only the brain, and
of course those having none may drink
without injuryp
The storm of laughter which followed
drove the moderate drinker suddenly
from the house.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-01-05
knocked About in the world. .

1t is d good thing for q young man to
be Aknocked about in the world" though
his soft-hearted parents may not think 50.
All youths, or if not all certainly nineteen
twentieths of the sum total enter life with
a surplusage of selfconccit. The sooner
they are relieved Of it the better. IF in
measuring themselves they discover that
il is unwarranted, and get rid of it grace
fully, Of their own accord, well and good /;
if not, it is desirable, for their own sakes,
that it be knocked out Of them. 4 boy
who ia sopt to large school soon finds bis
level His will may have been para
mount at home, but school boys are demo
cratic in their ideas, and il arrogant, he
ia sure TO be thrashcd into recognition
of the golden rule. The world il great
public school, and it soon teaches a new
pupil his proper place. If he has the
attributes that belong TO leader, he will
be installed to the position Of leader; il
not, whatever his own opinion Of his abil-
tiles may be, he will be compelled to fall
in with the rank file. If not destined 10
greatness, but no man can either be tru-
ly great or truly respectable who is vain,
pompous and ovcrbearing.
BY the time the novice has found dis
legitimate social status, be the same high
or low, the probability is that the disa-
greeable traits Of his character will be
softencd down or worn away. Most like
ly the process viii be rough-perhaps
very rough--but when it is all over, and
he begins to see himself as others see him,
and not as reflected by the mirror of1elf-
conceit, he will be thankful that he has
run the gauntlet, and arrived, though by
rough road, at selfknowlcdge. Upon
the whole, whatever loving mothers may
think to the contrary, it Is a good thing
for youths to be knocked about in the
world it makes men Of: them.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-01-05
WHAT THEY WoN'r Own TO. Their,

WHAT THEY WoN'T 0wN TO. There
are several things which you never can By
any accident, get lady-be she young or
old-to confess to. Here are some of
them: That she laces tight. That her
shoes are too small for her. That she is
tired at BALL That she paints. That
she is as old as she looks That she has
been more than FIVE minutes dressing.
That she bushes upon hearing certain
persons name mentioned That she ever
says thing she does not mean That she
is fond of scandal. That she cannot keep
secret That she-above all persons in
the wide worlds in love. That she
doesen't want new bonnet. That she
doesen't know everything. That she can
do With single thing less when she was
about to travel. That she has not the dis
position OF an angel, or the temper of a
saint or how else could she go through
with one-half of what she does? That she
does not know better than any one else
what is best for her. That she is firt
or coquette.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-01-05

days Wo had divine service on the Sab
bath, at which nearly all the Company
were present; good singing and good at
tention.
Laramie was a post Of the American
Fur Company, at the mouth of Laramie
river was built in 1884; in latitude 41o-
40', longitude l04o20t /; 4,470 feet above
the sea $50 miles from St. Louis via
Council Bluffs ; 800 miles from South
Pass, $50 from Walla Walla, and 70
within the southeast corner Of the Terri
tory Of Idaho
Near this spot Mr. Stewart and party
spent the last part Of their terrific winter
of l81l-12-having been alarmed from
their snug winter quarters on tho Sweet
Water by the Grow Indians, who had
robbed them Of their horses and put them
on foot on the head-waterss 7f Snake river
the fall before. They came near perish.
ing from hunger before they reached
game in the spurs Of the Wind river
mountains; and finally made their first
winter camp on Sweet Water, In the
midst Of game, and were alarmed from
that as above stated. They had 10 find
their way to the States on foot, in the
spring.
The Company left all their wagons nt
this post, and gave every man three ami
mals-one to ride and two TO pack. We
left ono of our wagons. Thus far the la-
dies endured tho journey far better than
was expected but Mrs. Spaulding began
to suffer severely from living only on fresh
meat, without bread.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-01-05

The Prince of Wales made rather
skillful little speech in laying the founda-
ton stone for the Bible Society. He said
that he had an hereditary interest in that
society, since Luthcr's translation of the
Bible was executed under the protection
of the Elecfor Of Saxony, "thc collateral
ancestor" of the late prince consort, while
the present authorized version was intro
duced 'swith the sanction of the royal pre-
decessor of my mother," to-wit, "Queen
Elizabeth" Some ill.natured reporter
wrote ''ancestor," instead of s'predeces-
sor," and the prince has been a good deal
quizzed for tracing his ancestry to .
maiden queen, 3a
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-01-05
The Origin OF Many Things.

The sources Of our familiar food art
various indeed A small part of the cata
logue Of vegetables borrowed from foreign
regions runs through half Of the globe
Amongst brcadstuff-wheat and buck
wheat comes from Asia, rye from Siberia
and rice from Ethiopia. Amonst greens
the cucumber comes from Spain, the
artichoke from Sicily aud Andalusia
crosses from Crete, lettuce from Coos
onions and parsley from Egypt, cauliaow
er from Cyrus, spinach from Asia, shalot
from Ascaion. beans from India, horse
radish from China. America has given
US the potato and Jerusalem artichoke.-=
Amongst fruit-wc owe the filbert, pome.
granite. walnut, ounce and grape to Asia
the apricot to Armenia, the lemon to Nc.
dia, the peach 10 Persia, the orange 10 In.
dia, the fg TO Mesopotamia, the hazlenuI
aud cherry to the Euxine, the chestnut to
Lydia, the plum 10 Syria, almonds 70
Mauritania and olives to Greece
Amongst plants which are used for vari-
Gus purposes are-cofiee from Arabia, tea
from China, cocoa from Mexico, tobacco
from the New Yorld. fennel from the Ca
naries, cloves from the Moroccos, the cas-
tor-oil plant from India. Amongst trees
the hoTge-chestnut tree comes from In
dia, the laurel from Crete, the elder tree
from Prussia. Amongst fowers-the
narcissus and carnation come from Italy
the lily from Syria, the tulip from Cappa.
doeio. the jassamine from India, the mas.
turtium from Peru, the dahlia from
Mexico.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-01-05

BAD WRITING AN IMPOSITION ON So
cIETY.--It has been irreverently said that
speech was given to man to disguise his
thoughts; but it is literally true that the
penmanship Of some people wells their
meaning in all but impenetrable mystery
Scholars to whom the reading of Egyptian
scrolls Of the days of the. Pharoahs is as
easy as making love would be utterly dis
confted by the skeins of worse than cum
inform" characters which editors are some
times called upon to unrayeL We dare
not subscribe to the doctrine of Poe, that
mems moral natures are to be estimated
by the nature Of their chirography, for to
believe the bad penman with which the
world abounds, were half as villainous as
their handwriting, would make man even
of benevolent instincts confirmed misan-
thrope. No man has right to send refuses
to his friends in the form of letters.
Time is money; and it is an imposition to
compel man to waste it in deciphering
slOyenly hieroglyphics,
H.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-01-05

A WONDERFUL LAND WITH Stone
TREES Six HUNDRED FEET LogG.-In
the Eastern Stope newspaper we find re.
port of many Of the curiosities and the
great richness Of the Black Rock country
in the northwestern portion of California.
The reports of the singular features of that
section are of many years standing, but are
so marvellous that they have seldom OBJ
tanned credence. Among the wonderful
stories we nave heard is one that there Is
a petrifed tEeo six hundred feet in length
The present report in part confirms pre-
vIous statements, and establishes the fact
that Black Rock IL one Of the wonders Of
the Pacific coast, like the Yo Semitic, the
Big Trees, the Guyscrs, etc. Besidrs the
curiosities there appears TO be an abun-
dance of silver at Black Rock, but the ore
IS said to be of an unusual variety and
very difficult to work; but it has been
worked with very good results at the
mills at Washoe. The quality of ore is 50
great that it is said il will justify the erec-
ton Of thousand mills A gentleman
who has visited the section has exhibited
TO the editor of the Eastern Slope very
many natural curiosities peculiar to the
country; strange petrifcations ravines; Gu
rious water worn pebbles from the noun
tain tops; knives, arrow heads and daggers
manufactured by Indian skill from solid
fipt; as uperior quality, apparently, of oil
backing, said to contain six hundred dol.
lars in silver to tho ton; pebble tin with
its curious fracture that admits no change
of form and thousand strange and new
things. The editor says: He tells US o.
strange things that he saw, but could not
bring with him, and many strange thing,
he heard Of, but did not see Among tho
latter list Of wonders is q great basin tha
contains 9 petrifed forest apparently
foated there many vast trees of solid stone
ranging from six to fifteen feet above il
diameter, and from three to six hundred
feet in length Doubtful as this tale may
appear, shall We dare to dispute its correct
ness when we knew this strange country
has boiling spring of fresh water fifteen
feet in diameter, that cannot be sounded
from which no drop of water ever runs
that in the vicinity there is flowing
stream of cold and apparently good water
the drinking of which induces veneral dis
ease, and that any water found by digging
is as salt as salt can make it; that soc.
deposited in the soil is eaten up by the sail
and after thirty days no vestage of it Gan
be found2