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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20
THE TERRITORIES

The bill introduced into the Senate
by Mr. Williams to provide for the
better administration oI Justice m
the Terri tories provides FOR the APP
pointnents by the Chief Justice OF
the United States Supreme Court of
three persons, who shall constitute a
Commission for the settlement Oi
such claims "a may arise III the States
lately in inSurrection now represent
eel in Congress coming within the
meaning and intent of the second
anu third sectious of the act July /
1854 under the Instructions "a here
inafter provided. nf The kind and
amount Of evidence To be required
by this Commission to prove the 10y
altv Of claimants, and the appropri-
alton Of property 10 the United
states shall be the same as the kind
required in the Quartermaster's and
Third Auditors offices, in like cases,
The Commission shall meet IN
Washiu0ton within thirty days after
the. enactment of the bill, and organ
iZe, by the selection of one oI their
number to be President, For each
claim allowed Is BY the COMMISSION
"A warrant Ia the order To be draw u GA
the United States Treasurer, signed
by the President of the Commission
and transferred with All the papers
in therase la the Second Comptrol
Ter, and if by him found Ia he cor
rect and legal under The foregoing
provisions, shall be .countersignetl
and paid out of any moneys that
have been or may be appropriated
for recruiting purposes, proNlded
that Tire whole amount SO paid shall
not exceed :, 600 600. The tonilnis
sionerSare TO receive salaries oi -
ssr each, and l'e allowed twd clerks
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20
THE MISER AND HIS BAG
"GONEW

a good illustration occurred a few
days since of the strength of "the
ruling passion" even in death An
old man, in his last illness, was ad-
miited into one of the metropolitan
hospitals. He was without relations
friends OF apparent means Of subsis-
tence but when undressed and put
To bed, bag of money was found
suspended by string round his
neck. To tiIi,,ale chung with teuaci-
ty, refusing to part with it to any
one, and wearing il about him 10y day
and night As his end approached,
the treasure became a matter al anx-
iety to those attending him, for the
sum was evidently large, and It was
feared that II might Offer tenn ptatiol
Ia some patient, in case the moment
al his death be unobseryed. AT
lungth the hour arrived, and when
death had apparently claimed him
nurse gently unfastened the string
and removed the bag At the same
moment, tie old man opened his
eyes and felt instinctiyely. for his
treasure, which WAS no longer III its
place He uttered the word "gone 81
and died The money v hich vas
found to amount 10 sS7d, was handed
over to the hospital authorities- -
London Lancet.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

NtSs lstFRA Reno, tltts sister of
tlteN I.tialS al the New \ lhanN as
81, Sinatiun- " ho was in-flle city yes
t'rday, i a5sctibed by those we'll
acquainted With her. .as 4 vuuf;y WON
sta 81 IyulArA able heauty and accom-
plIShmeut~. II + also said that She
possesses a large part of the brains "f
the family, which, added to an in
htNible viii and au intense desire Ton
revenge, Will sooner er later bring
rihn or 'iestlI upon some of the muir
dcrcr~ ut her brotherS. Al Their
ldhrfal al seymour. :, few days ago,
The attendance was large, and among
other persons, Il resident al seymour
dIopI<-d iu. He had scarcely made
I~ appearance when Miss Reno rose,
from her seat, and, " aikinS acroNS
IAe roolu, tiercely told him tEat tiai
vas no place for him. that-shc reeog-
nixcd IN him one of the murderefS oi
her brothers. and If he did not leave
immediately il wonfd be worse ior
him. Mess a great mistake has
been made III the estimation OF i-au-
Ia Reno's character, the Jackson
County Regulators Will find that the
oath of eyenge which she took over
the dead body of Frank Reno was no
empty threat. to be forgotten ia AN
hour. hnt a promise Of terribi" mean
ine.-l ldiandpOli5 Sentinel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20
CONCEALED RECORDS OF CON
: FEDERATE GOVERNMENT.
[From IND NoM. York Sun.

.
In his article on the flight Of JEFF
I ferson Davis, in the current number
of Packard's Monthly, Mr.. Edward
a. Pollard makes the, remarkable
statement that the bulk of the valu-
| able, documents of the Confederate
| Government, including the cores
pondence of Jefferson Davis, exists
| to-day III collcealmemt: that, many
i days before the fall of Richmond
| there WAS a careful selection. of inn
| portant papers, especially those in
| the office of the President, and letters
| which involved condolences in the
North and in Europe, andIthat these
were secretly conveyed out of Rich
Imond, and deposited in a place where
they remain concealed to this time,
and will pro obably not be nnearthed
in this generation Where this re-
pository of the secrets OF the Conted-
crate Government is, Mr.. Pollard is
not prepared to say. -, fesa.sls assl
He has repeatedly sought access to
thes. lai -r,t 1f 4 ls.i hos ?
~, but he has been Invariably v met
with the explanation that, while this
indulgence might he allowed him for
such legitimate purpose, it would be
unsafe for private reasons, and the
information, if published, might be
productive of serious consequences
topersons OF Importance yet living,
and within the Jurisdiction Of the
| Government. 1t has been impossi-
BILE To surmount this objection, and
there is no doubt that many of these
papers do really involve discoveries
| of some curious negotiations in the
war, the parties to which might as
found the public. During the war il
was Well known, in some. circles ot
CONFIDENCE in itichaond, that Mr..
DAVIS maintained a large secret cor
| re2pondence in the korth; that he
| had sources Of comfort, Information
and advice there; and indeed it would
| have been strange, considering the
volume of disatfection in the North
Ia remarkable peculiarly of the late
| war if il had not found some eX-
preston in secret Negotiations, or
| some sort OF snrreptitioua communi-
catinn With the Confederate author
tiles. Mr.. Pollard mentions the case
| of a single secret document which he
| was once permitted Ia see in Rich
niond, wherein certain parties offer
| 10 assist the tonfederacY, by supply
| ing ~ Western armies for a whole
year from the eranaries and maya
zines of the North such important
| letters and other secret papers says
Mr.. Pollardl still exist, wer" preserv-
! ed from the wreck and fire of Rich
! imond, and at this moment are Kept
| in manner and place which render
/ them secure against discovery, ioss
| or mutilation. " .t4. EeFa
The mysterious information which
Alr. Pollard thuS communicates, il
much more :t9ft cable than the belief
which we had before entertained,
that the papers in question had per
| iShed. We can testify that on the
| capture OF Richmond, the offices of
| the Confederate Government We're
| found To have been carefully stripped
| of every document which was tho't
| important, and that the rebel ar
| chives now preserved at w Washing
! ton are of very little historical value
| i..ft..at ELS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20
\ MILLIONAIRE MADE A BEG


A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Ilmes writing from Omaha, gives
the following story:
Tnere are many strange reyerses
in this western life. There is al
present stopping at this hotel gen
tleman named Fenners. originally
from Rochester, n. ", who owns
EXTENSIVE mill and mining property
IN New Mexico, where he has. been
iof several years. His property
there Is so extensive that when a
ireshet swept away Slo0,O00 worth of
u last spring, he could afford To
laugh at it. In September last de-
slring to spend the inter East. lie
made up Il train OF several wagons.
and with one American and seven
teen Mexican greasers he started for
Omaha through Kansas. IN about
the center of Kansas, some thirty
miles west of Fort Dodge, his train
was attacked by a. body of 500 In
dians. Unable to depend upon the
greasers to fight, the two Americans,
who We're mounted on swift horses,
escaped. Fenners was shot through
the left breast, from the effects OF
which he has not yet recovered. The
Indians then burned his train, which
was worth 1000, one-half Of it be-
ing in money in Fenner's trunk.
They killed nine of the greasers and
the remainder escaped.
In this manner Fenners lost all he
had along except fifteen dollars in
his vest pocket. He rode to Fort
Dodge and remained for some time
in the hospital, at length m akine his
way home penniless. He knows no
one in this region, and no one knew
HIM. He had sent To Santa Fe to his
agent for money, but it is a long way
there, and communication is aneer-
tain. Luckily, the other day, he met
General Vaughn, who tnew him in
Santa he, and who, on hearing his
misfortune, relieved his immediate
wants. He told the General that he
had been five days in Omaha without
food, and had either walked the
streets at night or slept in sheds n0
money To get food or lodging, and
unable 10 get work such as his feeble
condition would allow him to do
and too proud to beg. There Was a
man of great wealth at home in fai
, distant New Mexico, reduced to beg
gary for the time by Iudian maligni-
ty. He il man OF intelligence and
education, Ii first-rate civil engineer
has served in the United States Ar
my, and IL familiar with every por-
ton OF the West clear to the Pacific.
Vaughn interested friends ia his be-
hall, and he will come ont all right
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

The Dnke of Wellington was at "A
han one night, and, "a usual, could
not find a partner. Ihheriting his
father taste for music, f.e conSoled
himself by sitting down near the
band. which happened tn he a re-
markably good one. By-aild-by the
l,arfy broke ap, when the other off
GERS present We're taken home by
their lady friends, while young Wei
lesley tas he was called) was, by
con,mon consent, left To travel with
The fiddlers.r Old Lady Aldborough
ON one occasion put the Duke in mind
OF this circumstance after he had be-
srome a great man, at which lie
laughed heartily, While she added
with naivete, I'VE should not leave
YOU To go home with the fddIet-
now !" The lady herself used 10 tell
the story in. the following way /;
I'VE had a picnic party near Dnblin.
[ took Wellesley To the ground m
my carriage, bui he was SO dull that
1 threw him over, and brought back
IL bean CradociS-the rat ord How
den. All the other carriages having
started, or being full, he had nothing
for ii but to return with the band.
reminded him oil the incident in the
height of hi fame, adding, When
ieft ,you togo home with the fidaiers,
| little thoughtyou would ever play
first fiddle yotlrs.sH. y
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP

Fafepa's low-necked dress shoeke ed
the Too moral Mormons.
A-man in Illinois offers $50 reward
for a runaway wife. rEa zsias1s Is.
be Matilda Heron is fifty years old
and lively. iHe n4slts = .iIl
There is an attempt to revive the
. blue dress-coat with brass buttons.
The handsomest man in New Y ork
IS hafkeeper at Broadway hotel.
Lima. 31so = 81! = F37 '''9
The marchIoness of Hastings
mourns on So, 900 a year. .4e4,i, a..
A. New York bride. received iast
weei>, among other presents, u Bible
andsa piece of iinen.l gfsra na i.
I The latest novelty is u seal ring
With portrait of the owner i'm cam
go. ~ gfns4,' ffl .9lI5ssiioa nsi 10 Il
/ A fellow in Ohio signified his dis
lilseIor his mother-in-law by putting
strsFsl,isine in the we'll bucket -
fsneiestets wants fwenty<ffvt- mum
dred men to marry :,s many maid
ens.'sg re- 3En9sl laA e4tt
AL Berfa il is proposed 10 establish
Il nome Ior slAgle men and women Of
advanced ages, Ia which they will be
taken care of for a moderate consid-
eration.
The white velvet wedding robe
worn 10y a New York bride last week
was purchased in Paris at a cost of
S4500.
Society has decided that IA widow
must abstain from balls and parties
one year after the DEATH Of hen hus-
band s-s.--
An lndianan, " lao h.ss had the ex-
perience of eight wives, expresses
himself as in favor of aiyorce rather
than ii funeral, so far az economy is
concerned, ;ts a means OF disposing Of
n partner. r
A lady in BOSTON whD was about
giving a party in the Protestant
Episcopal Convention, sent for Mr..
s., II caterer 10 assist in the pre-
parations. RE asked il she Intended
To give a dancing party Size replied
that 1T was To be mainly composed oi
clergymen. ''in that case, madam, y
said he, ~ would advise you to pro-
Nide bountifaliy. Them pions eats
dreadful - errg -r.s.
\ young lad in Tennessee has had
= NV iti
friends' wish she Tilted the man she
loved, and married another. Soon
she obtained a divorce and married
her e.e IA trne hover. Then her second
husband died, and new she has mar
ried her first husband.
An Irish court has given a gentle
man E2tD damage. Tor breach of
promise hy a lady with whom he
had an engagement tu marry. The
'ay had been set, tie intending
bridegroom had sold a farm in Brit
ish Columbia, aI.d WAS on the way
to carry out the ENG agement, when
the iaiy marfied another.
IL has been distinctly and officially
notified t" Queen Isabella that SHE
cannot be received at the French
court with royal lionorS. # she
chooses lo reside in Paris, her eX-
majesty must understand that she
can Only do SO as Madame isabelle
de bourbon, and i'm fact be consid-
cred private individual. f.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20
\ MODERN SAMSON.

In Doctor Alfred Booths Ecmi-
niscences of Springfield, Mass, oc-
CurS the following account of Deacon
Hitchcock 'Born III l1:2!2, in the
North Main street region, he re-
moved while a young man into tie
east part OF the town, now known as
South Nibrtham, married in l743,
and was first deacon of the church
there, continuing in office many
years. He is well remembered by
Hon. Oliver b. Morris, as occupying
the deacon's seat ut meetings, his
whitened locks giving him a venera-
ble appearance. During a long life
he was OF wonderful strength, agility
and endurance, and had he lived III
the palmy days Of Greece, he would
have been a worthy competitor in
the games OF those days. 1t is re-
lated of him, THAT on one occasion, a
man riding by the field where he
was at work and boasting of the
speed of his horse, was challenged
run 10 Springfield quicker on foot
than the horse with his rider could.
The test resulted in The triumph OF
the deacon, distance ten iaiies, time
not stated. He could iiiS 4 c;,:.:: load
of hay by getting his shoulders un-
der the axle, I'm STOPPING posture,
and throw an empty cart over with
one hand by taking hold at the end
of the aXletree. When loading grain
in a cart he would take a bag by the
teeth, aud with a swing aud the aid
of a push from the knee, throw 1T in
to the cart. He had double teeth in
front, and would hold a tenpenny
nail by them and break ii OFF with
his fingers. He used to say he did
not know man h6 could not whip
or run away from.
The day he MAS seventy years old,
he remarked 10 his wife that when
they We're first married he was wont
to amuse her by taking down his hat
with his toes and added, II wonder
Il | could do II now - IhereupOn
he Jumped from the floor, took Oft his
hat with his toes, came down on has
feet like a cat, hung up the hat on a
naif, turned 10 the able, asked a
blessing, and ate ol The repasi then
ready ,- ..s
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

A SEW sub.errsinean gallery, Lead
ing from the old castle of :. former
Earl of Derby, to the river, in. Liver
pool, has just been discovered. 1t Is
about six feet iH height and three in
width, cut through The solid rock /,
ANA is al least two hundred yards in
length.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

ILLINoIs FINANCES eoudi-
tion OF the State treasury OF Illinois
is reported to toe highly satisfactory
The present annual revenue of the
State will discharge all the debts
within FIVE years; and if the surplus
was invested as a sinking fund,
would practically extinguish- il I'm
less than that time
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

MAGAzINE Magazine
writing IN America \ not remuners.,
tive at best Two OF the ablest anu
most popular contributors IN ulg
country, James Parton and Colonel
r. W. Higginson, do not realize by
their Ia;,ors over S.s,a and Sl9O res
peeti vt.iy Am good saiesnEln IN :,
dry .podss houSs doas better than
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

The tow OF Saak Rapid ;, Aina.
wasouce an antedeluviangrave 4 ard.
Workmen have recently found the
remains of a giant inbea.ded in sol-
i'll GRANTEES The skeleton measures
10 feet . sl-2 inches in length. The
circumference Of tire head is 81 .
inches -that'of the chest 3 feet, lack
ing half an incf Pfie forehead / =
low, and the top of the head Hat
The petrified bones weigh .;0i Abs
The old gentleman, when In full
fiesh. must have turned the scales at
+0 lis. The remains@Nyere found iIl
a grave ID feet long, feet below the
surface, and 31-2 faet below th. up
per stratum of rock The grave WAS
covered by Irgea' flat linlstone rock,
perfectly separated from the sur
rounding. granite. The relics have
been brought East.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

p sraMpoUNpfNG FELONY. -LA ttef-
ueV General Fyarts has declared that
every compromise made in the esist'
ri a seizure under the internal rev
euus laws was a fraud, and the par
ties implicated Were guilty of com
nounline Il felony. 1t il stated that
ronlpromiS.s have been made with
no less than seventeen " hisky nrms
and more than a hundred houses al
tailors. clock makers, hootmahers
and others.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

tsoM:'otSp INTEREST \ NJ tASf.
1t Is really astonishing to figure up
the Increase of 4 certain sum of mon
ey " hen lett undisturbed aud contin-
uallS accommodating hy COMPOUND in
terest. IT is said that al old lady
having heard that \ penny would
pay the national debt if allowed to
lie AT interest two Thousand years
more or less, ft:is sent one to the set.-
retatY of the Treasury, requesting
that it be Immediately invested for
that purpose. But ronipounding in-
tefest is nothing Ia tie Way III @hi-ii
certain insects and animals viii .in-
crease. The reproduction power oi
money ,oi interest - nothing COIN
pared 60 that 81 living creatures
" hich populate the ear Tia. The ia
crease of insects, Ne know, is almost
inereiibly rapid but there is . story
of "A gentleman in Germany, who
left a f:iyorite cat at home While. he
went on a long journey, making his
wife consent that she would Kill none
of ills offspring She did not fully
understand the magnitude OF her
promise, but she ne yer helc.ss Kept ii
fefigiously Shp. was abundaItly y
Supplied with money, and MAS able
To keep her feline t.iInily without inl-
poverishaent. The result was That
At the end of a few years her hns-
band returned and found himself the
happy posSesSor of nine hundred
and seventy cats, catees, and kittens.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

On and after January ] +, 1869, all
editors, schOolmasfers and ministers
OF the gospel win be passed free OF
charge over the I4ehigh Valley. raii-
road, upon showing their certificates
OF Office
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

Rothschild's letters from ruined
clerks who were to blow their brains
oUt unless a certain sum arrived ut 4
certain hour, averaged one per day.
The average quantity of brains
bfowst ont d4itys WIS sialttf iess tiIat.ii
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

LaKEs5UPERIoR fishermen catch
Immense. quantities Of fish now,
freeze item hard and stiff, aud be nd
them Cmarkef by fhe wagon load.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20
LAMBS
Complete Knitter,

tIllt MOST La ABOR-SANING,
H..aaI au8 g.itahie household machine
s.. e.Ef9 u kuits over twenty different
-t4H,al7. i n.lr ni' sfarkIu-a complete IA tlIlT-
+ tGinut.a Every house should have one
ER4NSoN & HUBERT, Gen, Acts.
ga Washington tNpgE, in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

The New York eoopers report thai
their average earnings ON piecew ork
amount to from s. to 81 per dav;
and the entire trade is fully employ
ed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20
General Banking Business Transacted

troEEIGN EXCHANGE AND
,iali bstuslt,. brs.tl, Ett sale ON Ireland,
.a1.As tatl~ AAd trrrmanN
ROBERT itIilb. Manager
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

n COW rung the front door-b bell al !,
house in Washington the other dav,
and when the ring was answered TN.
Questionable lIf:i isE .----ia--i-.-4 .a----.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20
JAMES r. RICE.
MARINE COMPANY

y y" III II AGO
stIHsF Lake AMI Ia sails Sts., thlcHso.
ItH@ ADI Nt St. NAIAIDN. 4 President.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

Nttfnstett. certificates
Iguiu parties who are
Ns}i known at the
= " rst yroNe tncsa.
7 iIteaisht tue. Ssmi
tuT t'il.cuiari
- Eour ,its,gsIsi doe.
not Keep a supply ui
tiie : Ultait- AfIHur
Egftt your money 20
| the general agent 1ui
. the Northwest.
{. - ifAl.skN,
III Clark 81, Chicago .
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

The Columbus Journal pointedly
remarks that every cord of wood
given To the poor here will he" 50
much fuel saved from ,,se i'm ti,ssi
other world. - .sss -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20

! Ter. siie loss of ms nobility, rank pen
4 sion and decorations aud 4, bt. fined
and imprisoned besides The sem
fence was ihoc ,sht la be very seser..
| even i'm Russia.
A little incident recently occurred
lin Nashville courtroom which.
| might have astonished an Enyiisl,
Justice, bat which failed fo disturb
the e,iiiibrium or gravity.of q West
ern Judge. The defending atto,ney
i'm murder ease, Major Clare mn
deratood Attorney-General of Ten.
/ nessee,' Mr.. Tuthill, to say that he
had lied. Major Glare thereupou
Isttnck Mr.. Tnihill in the back ot
the lfsad. a halidto hand fight en-,
sned, the parties swere finally sepa-
| rated. The Attorney-G General then
explained that his learned friend
had misunderstood him, and hs. Eaa
intended no insult whatever. The
Judge smiled stesanely, rela ted an
aHecdote appropriate 10 the OCCASION.
and trusted that the little incideuf
would be forgotton. -
4 The following comparative statiS-
| tics of theereat cities of the world -.
curious: London Possesses the great
4 est HnnIber OF engineers, carriages ot,
| hire p rinters, booksellers, and t.,oI,as.
Amat erdam the greatest nIitnt,er ~
i usarers, collectors of euriosities,-s AMI
amateur painters st.. Pctersh,,r,, :,
takes precedence for coacImas,e
brussels for boys who smoke. No,
pies for porters al. a gI1idesr sNasl.;s
forsidiers Besaifis sfor beer-tirinkerez
Floren ce for fiower-girIs !; Dublin n
4 thieves Geneva for wafeh-makersz
Lisbon for bafIiffs: R0nae for begesrs.
Paris for hair-dressers, men OF -
ters. tailors, miliin ers, photogfaph,
london consumes the @ ns.,'a ~ ass.sxs ocae aees
: beer; Stock holm foxe1 n6tn 1870 !.
lSmyrna the most cofIs GadrE} ~,
, lmost cigarettes, and EN2s slfe n, =
absansise. :es
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-20
No. III Lake Street.

/ uOTHES wRINGFRS, CHAM
tl.tt. Novelty .uiNers9l Extra Bailey Bcucl
..t tUa sherman. an sizes clothes syrin4ers
.al.s## t.Et.t Rolls iOT sale.