Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-02-17
Hogs! Hogs!

Hogs! Hogs!
Dressed and I've hogs wanted. Farmers,
sell no hogs until you see me or my agents.
am now prepared to pay the highest price,
and will pay more than others in this Sec
tion of the country can pay. If
j. STRAcHAY.
For SALE.-A two-seated second
hand cutter. Enquire Of
2tf E. S. SpRAGUk.
THE Cry STORE has reputation
which is securing it good trade even
this season, when other establishments
are complaining of dull times For any
thing in the line of staple or fancy dry
goods call on us, we will give you rs
good goods, at as low prices as any house
in the city. SHERWOOD & BERG.
Town MEErINGs.-A resolution is
under consideration by the Assembly Ju
dietary Committee, to so amend the laws
as to change the time of the Spring eleo-
tons, now held on the first Tuesday in
April, to the first Tuesday in March. The
latter would unquestionably be the most
convenient time for farmers.
ODD FELLOWSHIP in two words is prnc,
teal Christianity. 1t is good enough 20
live bv and good enough to die by In
our judgment Odd Fellowship is one of
the greatest and best institutions known
among men; perfect Odd Fellow is a
perfect man, and perfect man is what
God desires all his sons to be- Recog>
nzins no sect, class, nationality nor par
tv. it stands upon the great, broad, en-,
daring principle of universal brother,
hood and blessed is he who is found
worthy and is admitted to its sacred mys.
,;c folds. A good, brave, true, generous
and honorable man will find congcnial
snirits under the banner of the three
links. embematic of the three stars
). Friendship, Love and Truth Seek
and We shall find knock and it shall be
opened unto you Darlington Repu6h-
can
A HoRRiBLE APFAIR.-We are in.
debted to DR.. Mason for the details of a
most terrible affair which occurred last
Monday evening on the Veeder farm, in
this township a Bohemian family re,
side there, and the'lady attempted the not
uncommon but dangerous feat of filing
q lighted lamp with kerosene. The oil
caught fire, the lamp was dropped, the
flame was communicated to the clothes of
son and daughter; the house and all
the goods it contained were burned up,
and the daughter was so badly burned
that the doctor reported her in diving
condition when he left The son went
to a neighbor s house and had his clothes
burned oft by the way, but although bad
ly Injured it is thought he may survive.
Every week the press of she country re-
cords such instances, and utters words
of caution, and we hope this event which
occurred so near us, will be warning
to all that the fluids now used for lighting
our homes are no more to DO trided with
than gun>powder da Chen
Union.
WITHDRAWING INDIAN TREATIES. Tho
President, in accordance with the recon-
mendation of Secretary Cox, has sent
message to the Senate Withdrawing all
the Indian treaties by which it is agreed
to sell their lands to railroad companies.
These gre as follows: |. The Usage
treaty, by which the Lcavenworth, Laws
renee Il Galveston Railroad Company
was to have eight million acres at nine
teen cents, by the cash payment of 800.
600, with no security for the remainder
execp. the company's bond, without
mortgage, and with no provision for the
protection of the majority Of settlers
,. The Kansas treaty, heretofore des-
cribed in these dispatches. 3. A treaty
with the Sacs and Foxes, of Missouri
ard Iowa, and one with the Otoes and
Missourias, both reservations being in
Nebraska, for the sale Of all their lands
to the ~ Louis Il Nebraska Trunk Rail-
road company, at one dollar and q quar-.
ter per acre OF thereseryation of the first
named tribe Sergeant Taylor wrote in
1856: at is in the centre Of the most
fertile and productive agricultural dis.
trict Of Nebraska, and is abundantv
snpphcd with timber and water" OF
the second reservation be wrote " 1t is
highly productive and is well supplied
with timber and water" This marks
the policy. OF the administration in the
sale of Indian lands and no more rail-
road companies will be able to get them
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