Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-03
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/ I is bad time for national con-
ventions when there Is nol one in
session here, OF two or three on the
| taps. Among the last OF these. or
ganizations was au Auii-Alasonie
Convention, which met this week.
and annihilated the ancient and non
@ able order. All the crimes in the
Iendar We're charged against il.
| fhe delegates were largely compos-
ed of elergymen. Senator Pomeroy.
or Kansas, was among the most
! prominent politicians IN the body.
| One OF the clerical gentlemen. AFTER
festtlng his experience as n Mason.
said ne expected 10 be murdered for
Waat he had said, ana had made ey-
| cry preparation for the coming
| eXant. several others followed in a
] nlIaF strain, when an insurance
! l.
| ness, said he had brought along some
! hian< applications, and would be
| happy To insure them all at the usual
rates, and as for being murdered by
| Lne 1asons, he would insure them
| Tor dollar each. This speech
brought down the house, and the
| Wouid-be martyrs subsided. 1t is
| the general opinion that these gen
| tiemen are old grannies, who are
| mistaken when saying they were
| once Masons, having probably got
| into Sons of Malta Lodge instead
| for OF the latter organization each Of
| them certainly proved himself Nor-
| thy to be @. r. j. a.
| some changes have recently taken
place III our newspaper world. V.
| b. Den-loW, formerly chief editor of
| the republican, and afterward of the
| New ork press, has returned to his
| hfst love, the Tribune, of this city,
as leading writer. Messrs. BalIan-
| tine, Smith and WilIiston have re-
4red from ali proprietorship IN the
| republican, which was, in fact. al
| ways owned by Jacob Bum. of
Springfield, and Mr.. \. Higgins is
now the managing editor, with Joe
Forrest as princiral assistant.
| Two of cur editors are about to is
! sue books. Franc b. Wilkie, Of the
| Times, one Of the ablest and most
NeTstlle writers III the city, whose
w aIks About Chicago have been
| generally admired, is 10 issue a book
OF sketches in the fall ; and Mr.. u. p.
! Upton, of the Tribune, better
known as ''Percgrine Pickle - is to
issue book containing some of the
articles heretofore published over
| that signature, and several new ones.
| They viii be works of rare merit, and
| have large sales. -
n horrible accident, which should
serve as a warning to those engaged
about machinery happened in one of
our workshops the other day. Asa
| mechanic was standing near a large
| planer, he accidentally thrust his
arm among the wheels attached To
1t, and i'll an instant it was torn out
OF It's socket and the limb literally
ground to pieces, only a finger or
| TWO and little bit of flesh here and
| there remaining. The sufferer ex-
| pired in few moments.
| Inc spring trOJtlng season at DeX-
ter Park was failure. The attend
| ance was small, the races poor, and
! the management lost money. The
| general reason assigned is that there
! was not enough discrimination in
| offering prizes. Those fer green
| horses We're too large, and those for
horses reputation and ability not
| large enough.
An incident of the season is worth
recording. As Jim Hickey, the not
ed Jockey was speeding the celebrat-
ed mare Queen of the West, and she
was going at Tattling gait, the lines
/ - a Il = l.. \. :.
started oil at n fearful pace. Most
| persons in Rockey's place would
| have looked out for personal safety,
! under similar circuIEs tances, but he
| determined to save the horse at any
risk. Mounting her hack, ne made
his way "tO the front, rand by reach
ing around her neck with both
| hands, and seiZing the bits, managed
to stop her made course. There was
no bridle-rein upon the mare, and
| hockey was compelled to reach to
| her mouth before he could effect his
! purpose. When all the facts are
| considered, the achievement must be
| considered as one Of the most dar-
| ing on record.
THE day we celebrate" is not to
! be celebrated in Chicago this year.
| An effort has been made to get up
! respectable demonstration, but it is
| likely to fail through. 1t is one of
| the bad signs OF the times, that the
| GLORIOUS Fourth is not 50 much Of
an institution as it was ''inour grand
fathers day"
Energy, pluck and perseverance
! will always win in the end, especial
| y in city Ike Chicago. Iliustra-
| tions of the fact are To be seen on ev-
| cry hand, but one case has struck
me a5 being particularly worthy of
notice. j e. PettibOne & Co.. I04
| and lo6 Randolph street, commenced
| business here in io6i in a very SNAIL
way, purchasing rags bottles and
| caSt-aWay articles, and are to-day
one of the largest and strongest hou-
ses IN the city, having store-rooms
OF 0O by 200 feet, ana doing an inn
| mense wholesale trade, not only in
| the purchase Of such articles, but in
seinug wrapping paper, twines, ma
mia, ,groccr's bags, and everything in
| that line. The exclusive agents OF
| the largest mills in the country, they
| can sell goods at prices which defy
competition, and yet pay the highest
| prices for articles they get from coun-
| try dealers. Those of your readers
having rags, old paper, &C., for
shipment, viii find them an excel
| lent firm 70 deal with, and If they
have occasion To purchase wrapping
paper, tWiues, paper bags, flour
sacks, &c, viii obtain from them
better goods st cheaper prices than
are offered by any other house in the
West. They make prompt returns
| for goods CHARGE not hiuor for cartaua