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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-07-13
L.. X. HARTER.

The act to incorporate the Mineral
Point K. X. Co., was approved April
18th, 1852. | had nothing to do with
the inception of the enterprise, or the
getting or obtaining the charter, and
my name does not even appear in it..
The reason for this was, that | was re-
garded truly as a Milwaukee man,
rather than Chicago man, and was
at the time actively engaged in en-
deavoring to secure the location of the
Milwaukee and Mississippi II. r. by
way of Arena, Dodgeville, Bonner's
Branch and Platte River TO Dubuque,
instead Of the present route to Prairie
du Chen, in which | have no doubt
should have succeeded if Mr. Kill
bourne had remained at the head of
the affairs of that Co. He and his
friends however were defeated at the
election Of Directors in 1852, and as a
consequence my hopes and plans in
reference to the location of that road
were defeated also.
Stock subscription books to the
Stock of the Mineral Point X. X. Co.
opened in June, 1852, and after great
efforts for many weeks, the amount Of
stock necessary for organizing was
subscribed and the first installnent
paid. Directors were then elected by
the Stockholders, and on the 22d of
October, 1852 was elected President.
This was the date of my Identification
with the enterprise, and it continued
about three years. But little was done
during the year 1852 except to make a
preliminary survey and estimates and
to procure additional stock subscrip-
tons which ultimately amounted to
about $4,000.
ACT AUTHoRIzING COUNTY BONDS. -
BY the direction and approval of the
Directors, | drafted the act, by author
ity of which the County Bonds were
issued; handed it to some of the mem
bers from Iowa County to be intro
duced, and paid all the attention to it,
during its progress in the Legislature
which was necessary TO secure its pas
sage.
The very first lines of the act were
in these words at shall be lawful
for any county, through da4 portion #
tohich any part of the Mineral Point
Railroad shall run, or my town or in
corporated city or village IN such COUNTY
to issue and deliver to said company
It's bonds &c. The title of the act /;
which is no part of the act itself; and
is only designed to give an imperfect
idea of its general objects: WIS, Ito
authorize the counties and towns
through wiiice the Mineral Point Rail
road passes to aid in its construction. .
The anonymous author of the history
referred TO; 50 disordered in his ima@-
. nations by constant visions Of fraud.
deception and Misrepresentation, saws.
the title was evidently so worde ia
deceive and mislead those who mass.
ed IT, and to prevent any opposit;on
Il 1t, by the people interested. In
ms anxiety to charge me with a DESIGN
to deceive and misleaa." the antbo,
seems to forget that he Is charo;no or,
Manifestation. Levi Sterlino p w
) Thomas and Henry Na53en-w;t,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-07-13

of May, A. D., 1853. That Including the votes
cast in the town of Dodgesillc, which were six
hundred and forty-six, 1896 the returns of which
were not accompanied by 4 Poll-list, the whole
number Of votes cast at said election the cues
ton, was twenty five hundred and thrty-two
[2o5:s22j That the number of votes cast for the
Railroad Proposition was thirteen hundred and
forty five 1851: thai the number OF votes cast
againt the Railroad Proposition, was eleven hun
dred and eighty seven t1lS7.] d
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our
hands this 2Sth day of June, A. d., 1855. Il
Samuel Thomas, d
~ ~ 81 Justice of the Peace. q
H9a Edward Coad, "a
Justice OF the Peace. ID
lsi- Attest James B. GRAY,
ai1 Crk BID Snp'rs, Iowa Co.
This is the proper place to consider
the charges Of o HH s5Ef
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-07-13
THE RAILROAD EXTENSION.

The events referred II. relate tn
the extension of the Mineral Point
X, 4. to Tomah. and the proposition
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-15
LETTING THE CURD "CHANGE."

Not long since | received II letter from II
cheese-maker in factory in wEngland,
containing the following queries: "Will you
please tell me what advantage there is in let
ting curd change before taking it out? In
cooking | raise the heat to 96e or 0se but be-
fore the acidis perceptibe the curd gets hard.
Would the curd do us well if the heat was
not carried so highland why does it become
so hard? Will curd that is taken ont per-
fectIy sweet, cure as fast and become ready
for market us soon us one that is changcd?"
The reply to the first question of my cor
respondent would be-much, every way.
From the time that the cheese factory system
began to extend beyond the immediate re-
gion where it originated, and American
cheese became IN article of export in any
considerable quantity, say from 1861 down to
the year 1865, the great complaint of cheese
dealers, shippers and English consumers,
was the porosity, bad flavor and il-keepng
quality of American cheese. These three
ailments seemed to exist together almost in
variably, and they condemned the product of
our diaries to very humble place in the
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-15
Gbe 1airp.
THE sPANCEL-A DEVICE FOR KICK
ING cows.

III. NJ. Hart of West Cornwall, Conn, sends
the following to the country Gcntieman:
Something like 30 years ago had strong
2-years old heifer of nervous temperament
come in milk, and on attempting To draw her
first milk, the pain occasoned by the opera
ton caused her to kick and struggle with so
much violence that although her head was
confined in the stlnchion, it was nearly i'm
possible to milk her. An Irish widow who
had been milking other cows, seeing the con-
test, commenced laughing, and cried out,
why don't you spancel herr" "Spancel
her, said !, 'what is that?" "Why, here
let me show YOU" and running to the hay
NOW, she twisted strong hay-rope about 4
feet long, and tieing the ends together, sat
down by the heifcr and passing it around the
left leg, gave the ends two or three twists
around each other, then passing them around
the right leg and passing one end through
the other, secured it with small stick the
size of II small corn cob, for key or button
There, she says. "now you can milk.
Said |, ''You milk, and sitting down with
paul in hand, the milk soon came in such u
shower as very soon emptied the bag, and al
though the heifer continued her struggles
with much violence. she was unable to in
terfere with the milkpai with her feet, or to
interrupt the milking The use of the SPAN
eel was continued with the most satisfactory
results.
In a subsequent number of the same paper
Mr.. Hart gives the following directions for
making rope spanccl.
Take II small rope, from 4 feet to feet
6 inches in length and join the ends either
by splicing or tying. so that after the ends
are joined it will be in the form of II skcin ,
feet or II trile more in length. Take II small
cord and wind it tightly around about u inch
from one end of this skein, so rs to leave II
loop for IL button hole. In the opposite end
tie firmly stick made Of strong wood, about
3 inches long and inch in diameter for II
button, and you have II spancel. Now pass
it around the small part of the left leg, then
give the ends two or three turns around each
other, then pass them around the right leg,
put the button through the button-holc and
milk away. Your cow cannot kick either
yourself or your pail. She may struggle
some for II few times but will soon give ii
up, and if the use of the spancel is continued
for II short time, may be MIXED without ut
tempting to stir II foot, even with teats 50
sore that the blood will drop from the milk
er's hands, however nervous and eXcitable
she may be. 1 have tried every method OF
milking kicking COWS which has been de.
scribed in the papers for the last 25 years,
and this is by far the most convenient and eff
fcctual, and least annoying to the cow
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-15
General Stems.

her.
Chicago is congratulating herself over the
fact that I'LL her leading gamblers have gone
to Saratoga or Newport for the season.
\ heavy grist of cousins. Three sisters in
different towns of Indiana presented their
husbands each with pair of twins recently.
The Welsh paper ut Scranton, Pa, accepts
the situation. At least, we don't see how its
remark that "Cyfrarfu Cynapledd Ddemo-
crataidd Dalecthem 10 o'gloch heddyw" can
possibly be explained otherwise.
An Australian gentleman. examining n
mining claim, was seized stripped and COW
cred with tar and wool. He went and got
himself photographed in this guise. and sued
his ASSISTANTS for $4,000 damages, putting in
his picture rs evidence.
1t is reported but the report is altogether
too good to he true, that the proprietors of
many hotels mt Long Branch, Newport, and
elsewhere, have adopted measures to pre-
vent effectually the wretched habit servants
have of exactng, demanding and extorting
fees from guests
A foot race took place at Cincinnati one
day last week, which was participated ia by
some three thousand citizens. They all came
ont ahead of the lunatic who was after them
with carving knife. Some men who have
not travelled faster than walk for years are
said to have beaten the time of that Calfor-
mia horse.
A medical journal estimates the annual
cost to the people of the United States of
medical services and medicines mt 100000
600 and adds $25, OOO,O 600 for the quack me,li-
cines swallowed. A large fraction of this
sum would be saved if people could be in
duced to eat, drink, and work more moder-
ately, and avoid deliberate violations of the
laws of health.
The Chicago Tribune asks and receives
800, 900 for column of advertisements one
year. The business men of Chicago are
keen to pay it, There is one house in Gin
cinnati that pays $4,000 week for advertis-
ing. There are several in Cleveland, even,
who pay us high as $4,000 year. Some
how these men don't break up; a liberal adj
vertiscr never does.
The proposition before the Nebraska con-
stitutional convention, to confer suffrage up
on women, is remarkable in that it provides
that the women, as well as the men, NAV
vote upon its adoption. Separate boxes are
to be provided for the women, who are not
to vote upon the adoption of any other clause
of the new constitution. The woman suf-
frage clause must receive majority of both
the men and women who vote.
Jones, the sable postmaster at Corinth,
Miss, has discharged the duties of his office
for some time, while his wife impaired in
struction to the colorcd children of the neigh
borhood. Her attachments being considered
insufficient after II time, IA meeting was held
to supersede her. when Jones entered and
drew his revolver on the inapprccative
darkies. If Nasty doesn't object to leaving
the X roads, perhaps he can get u post-offlce
us Joness is vacant
Mr.. Wells, the eX-commissioner of reve-
nue., proposes to dip into the lecture business
II little next winter. He already has several
important engagements, and will accept IA
few more His theme is a most impOrtant
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-14
100000 Tier cts of Admission.
SO Eachin urrency; cy;Hatfrickets IS
So; Quarter Tickets, S2,5o.

Tickets will he sent Ev registered letter; the
money f'r them may be srut by Postufiice money
order, greenh tCks. or draft.
Each rckct co asIsts OF f,nr quarters; value,
- 81 each. The holder j. entitled to admission to
the Concert, and 10 the value Of the gift awarded
10 it O. lis fraction.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-14

UNYOUTHFUL YOUTH. anna
teurs of Eliana have laughed over
the anecdote of Charles Lamb rising
at the dinner-table, after being an
noyed all day by some ones squall-
ing children. and with suffering
solemnity offering a toast ITO the
m-m-memory of the much abused
k-K-king Herod !" 1t is sad to feel
that the sly little pleasantly has its
terribly earnest side, and that the
energetic tetrarch has larger body
of imitators nowadays than humane
people suppose.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-14
CNE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

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Illere was no, sii'Iie n'.e I I,p'-, II II
nen " ~; o'ilT i"''':'l'' '.l.s tS,I
lnolS' neH' Ll"' - 'ile iilo9' ii:'.t i..ti.
iShl!S part Oh eiIc" was d. II 7, ,'1
known known rs 'he country ".I''''Iu .I -I.I' 1lie
ny 'efiouS .G11t-,.!t Ie4 + -! Pan ,e ngC'l Ift
- was L Lo' NV WI t.I' C"a7no 1i,' - ~ La
MS lIo.iie i in !i ,itI oGn IN ~ "r
rom G9lie .g t ,l:>t Se1'ief N n1 Ne'!l I;i n.y.
ne I.S' ''4,Iegt 4 u on'" sr t''' H.; H.,
t'le w. ,..i a.., Ci,,'i.,
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,lot "i,' I''' eA''', d il'l'5','i '''''' q
nan 81 ,r'l.'e \ u ,I'i''. "a 5.,. '.';,
ago 'li' -I''. l .f''tII'N =, VI / 'i '1>c!'' :.
was pc, l'L i'-lli7 ~: 5,.'' ~ '','..9
WnI,n nave i''''e NM .Ili'!,- me -! i..., IL
hIlI''"IE ""''"''' ana "l''l ms 80. 49,.
1hoh@fGhH WAS SnS'"II'ln2 " SI"-'.'
handed contest Win l'"N>l'' A'0'E''
and + rance. the three great powers
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-14

Wendell Phillips talks thus to the
hibulouS Bostonians: If there ism s
craftsmanship and law, and morality
and Christianity enough TO cure the
drinking habits Of our great cities.
the Republic is just as much fated
to go down as the Roman Republic
was: and Your children will live TO
see the soldier on horseback. or the
aristocracv fortified in wealth. who
will take possession of the govern
ment. Every great city in the Uni
ted States is ruled to-day by mob.
(Applause.) And there isn't a
Mayor from the city of Boston to
San Francisco, due west, who was
not elected by the grog-shops of his
own city; not one"
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-14
ORMSBY HOUSE,
Corner of Carson and Second Streets
CARSON CTEY. NEVADA
GEO D. FRYER. --- Proprietor

'1NHE ABOVE NAMED PROPRIETOR HAVING
l leased the Orm By House would inferm his
friends and the travelling public that this lIor-e
has been thoroughly retitted throughout and put
in com,,t teOrder for the comfort and pleasure of
all who may please TO give hun call.
The TABLE will, at all times, be supplied with
all the subs antials well as the luXuries that
the market affords. No pains will be spared to
please guests and every attention will be paid to
ther respective wants at all times
The BAR is well stocked with Fine Liquors,
Wines, &C.
Attached 10 the House is BILLIARD ROOM
Containing 1hree Tables of the latest improved
styles with goud cues, balls and fine light.
Also. GkNtkAL STAGE OFF &c + for the Stages
coHneC ing with all the diifernt lines of Sta e.
and Railroads running through t!fis STATE and
California, aud any Information in relation to the
same WI | he Cheerfully given at all times
~ partcuiar attention naid to looking Pas
sengers, calling them, &c. Nov. 3U-tf
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-14

- y I: " II s:

Constitute the most Liberal inducements ever
offered the public.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-14
Ihe 5lailr State 3eoister,
Published Daily. Mondays ExcePtedO
PERKINS &c STREET..
OFFICE-Rail'S Brick Building, Second
street, opposite the Capitol.


one COPY, one year, by mail l............S16 90
t1ne COPY. six months. by mail....-.... 10 00
one copy, three months. by mail %
NOSE FORWARDED UNTIL PAID FOR.
nf-Delivcred by carrier to town sub
scribcrS at ~ cents per week.
Rates of Adverttsing:
one square 90 lines .irSt in>crtiOn~...S3 90
Each subsequent ITISCrtiOff:............-... ~
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-14

a marble cutter recently received
from a German an order for a tomb
stone with the following epitaph:
MY wife Susum is dead; if she'd
had life till next Friday she'd had
been dead shust two weeks. As a
tree falls so must she stand. All
things is impossible NIT God"
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-14
100000 tickets viii be sold at $500.

100000 tickets viii be sold at 500.
Gold Coin each. with Eve coupons, eac!' coupon
emitting the hula er to the. Concert and to one
fifth If any gift which may be awarded! to the
ticket.
Appl cants for tickets can send money by checks
any Bar Of San Francisco or Sacramento. or
10y P.stat flee orders, registered letters, or by
Wells Farg" Co. : Express. Agents allowed a
most liberal commission.
All orders and communications should he ad-
dressed to J. Il DOWNER
General Manager. Sacramento Cal.
J. D. EERSkT, Local Agent. o4. I'd
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-14

Josh Billings says: & Eight won't
go into six and have anything left
over. Many young fellow has,
found this out by trying to get No
6 boot on"
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-14

If all flesh is grass, is hay beef a la
moved?
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-27

MEETING OF THE PRESS CLUB-MemonGl
Tablet for the Victims Of the Capitol DiSas-
ter.-At meeting OF the Richmond Press
Club yesterday afternoon, MIR. W. {. Elan
offered the following:
Whereas the surviving sufferers by the
dread disaster which occurred ut the Capt.
toll on April 9th, 1870, have been literally
and substantially provided for by the large
fund raised for their relief; and
.'Whercas the number and character OF
those who persisted in that disaster demand
that some memorial should he erected to
commemorate them and the calamity il
which they We're so suddenly overwhelmed
There;oreibe it
Rcsolred, That the President Of the
Richmond Press Club appoint commit
tee, TO consist of five members of the club,
whose duty it shall be to at once take meas
urcs to raise Il fund to be applied to the
erection Of a memorial tablet, as above IN
dicatcd. in the Capitol, in such position a:
may hereafter he designated by proper
authority.
RESOLVED, That the press of this city
and the State be and are hereby requested
to publish these resolutions, and to unite
with this club in urging the public to con
tribute to the proposed tablet"
After some discussion, the resolutions
were unanimously adopted, and the prcsi
dent of the club, w. 5. Gilman, Esq, ap.
pointed the following committee: MGssrs
w. G. Elan, Thomas II. Wynne, p. G.
Coghlan, Vi. p. Handy, and w. ID. Chester
man. This committee will meet at Mechan-
les Exchange this afternoon at 8 O'Clock
for immediate action.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-27
The state Penfienfiary-The Gov.
ernOr,s Visit Yesterday.

Yesterday morning, shortly after II
| O'Clock, His EXcellency Governor Walker
visited the State penltcntiary for the pur.
pose OF examining the buildings, work.
shops, &c, with view of a proposed en-
largcmcnt of the same, in company with
his aid, Col. Owens, Col. Mcdonald, Sec
| rotary of the Commonwealth, and Auditor
VIM. +. Taylor. On arriving ut the peni-
| Tertiary the party were shown through the
| entire establishment, visiting the work
| shops, some Of the cells, the dungeons, &C.,
starting with the weaving department,
broom.shops, cooper-shops. shoe factory.
&c. Returning from their tour of
| inspection, the party were ushered into the
office of the Superintendent, Col. Strother,
where a sumptuous (?) repast was spread,
which reflected great credit on Colonel
Strother, In consideration of the fact that
| the visit was entirely unexpected to him.
An hour spent here in pleasant converse
with the superintendent, who gave an in
teresting account to his visitors of the mode
of conduct of the establishment, with some
what of description oil, some of his
prisoners, &c, DC, and the party
divided themselves, a number visiting
the hospital department, under the
care and management Of DR.. Walker,
the physician in charge, which is by the
way in tirst-ratc order in every respect
and the rest. IN company with General W.
c. Newberry, who had by this time joined
the party, made a second tour around the
building. and discussed various plans sug-
eested for the enlargement of the accommo-
dations and the improvement of the work
shops. This being completed, and it being
4 o'clock, the party returned to the city.
1t may be proper to state in this connec-
ton that this visit OF the Governor was
merely preliminary, and no definite plan
has as yet been decided on for the improve
ment and enlargement OF the establishment.
There are at present 504 convicts in con-
finement, Of which number about slXty-two
are women. In the hospital there are three
or four cases Of sickness. and some ten or
twelve patients sent from the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad. who are suffering chiefly
with dropsical affections, contracted in the
West. The general health of the establish
ment, however, is excellent, and the whole
prison, as far as this penitentiary could be,
ali things considered, is in tip-top order,
and as clean as penny. Later, when the
plans for the increase in the size of this inn
portant institution Of our State govern
ment have been matured and completed,
the readers of the Dispatch will be fully in
formed.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-27

APPLICATIONS FOR PARDON Refused
Gov. Walker on yesterday disposed of the
following cases:
Landon F. Lovett, of Loudoun county,
sent to the penitentiary for fourteen years
for felony. Pardon refused for the third
time.
Monroe Booker, of Charlotte, sent to the
peDitcntiary for one year for felony. Pcti-
ton for communication of sentence refused.
Ebenezer Allison (colorcd), of Peters
burg. sent to the Denitentiary for five years
for felony. Pardon refused.
VIM. Layne, of Lynchburg, sent to the
penltentlary for two years for felony. Par
don refused.
Charles H. mckinney, alias John Smith,
OF Stafford county, sent to the penitentiary
for ten years for felony. Pardon refused.
WINS Arts (colored), sent TO the peniten.
tiary for two years for felony. Pardon re
fused.
Samuel Brooks. Nicholas Baker, William
Hunter. and Scott Conner, OF Pulaski, sent
to the penitentiary for five years for felony
Pardon refused.
Sandy Butler (colored), Of Fauquier, sen.
fenced to pay tine of 500 and be impri>.
oncd for six months for mistlcmcanor. Par.
don refused.
Callhrop Howard, of Portsmouth, sent
to the penitentiary for one year for felony
Pardon refused.
VIM. Curtis (colored). of Richmond, sen;
to the penitentiary for three Years for fel.
ony. Pardon refused.
Major Graves. of Richmond, sentenced
to Imprisonment in the city Jail for nnt
months and to work in the chain-gang fol
misdemeauor. Pardon refused.
Puss Mayo (colorcd), of Danvlle, sent tC
the pcnitentiary for tive years Tor felony
Pardon refused.
James Shelton (colorcd), Of Goochland
sent to the county Jail for three months iol
mistlcmeanor. Pardon refused.
ArmiStcad Todd, of Grayson county, sem
to the penitentiary for two years for felony
Pardon refused.
Robert Blair (cOlorcd), Of Hcnrico. sem
to the penitentary for four years for felony
Pardon refused.
Thomas Stewart (colored), of Henrico
sentenced to thirty days Imprisonment ant
S25 fine for misdemeanor. Pardon hereto
fore orally refused and term Of ilnpr>on
ment now expired.
Richard Rollins and jeff. TaliatcrrO (col
ored). of Caroline, sentenced to tour month:
imprisonment for msdcmeanOr. Pardon
refused.
Branch White (colored), OF Lynchburg
sent to the pcnitentiary fortclony. Pardon
refused.
1t will be seen that not Il single applica
ton WIS granted.