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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-29
Tom Murphy.

Tom Murphy has been so roundly
rated both by Democrats and Republi-
cans that we are disposed to give him
the following good word, which we find
in a New York letter to the Chicago
Inter-Ocean:
q had the curiosity to inquire, the
other day, Into the management of the
Custom House under Fenton's bette
noir, the much maIigned Tom "
Murphy. [ found-what, [ confess,
surprised me little-that a very high
opinion was entertained of him by
some of the best clerks III the establish
ment. One of them, IN the Auditor 5
Department, told me that during his
experience there, extending over Il
period of several years, the Custom
House had never been so economically
managed as when Mr.. Murphy was in
charge, L know of what | affirm,
he said, because all the accounts
pass through my hands. He told me,
further, that Mr.. Murphy was the only
Collector. within his recollection, or
that of others, who ever made a person
al inspection of every department. to
ascertain the ou1leS % einPioSeS' any
"ne1heL 5ne lolce cout,' nov pe ie'..,ee
without o9tflinen1 10 1ne puo,Ic S S,s
ne IesllV o. ms WISH 10 70 NY uG'"r'-
mehI' ne Faiu' WAS Ino SPECIFY re-
moy"i OF thlee l unnece ,, rlep H.
ana the same same process less went .o On ,,' eise
Whefe' some OF 'lieSe . were uilueI
STOOD 20 De appolnJeSS OF tAe lHhocSh
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-29

Hon. NcoB MUELLER. Lieutenant Governor
OF Ohio. addressed large and enthusiastic
meeting Of Germans at Cleveland, ON Thurs
day evening, al the Michigan Street Theatre
and was loudly app'oudod. He t'oh very
strong ground in favor OF Grant aud Wilson,
and made calm, earnest appeal to the Ger
man citizens to stand ny the Republican
party, as the -urcst means to secure good gov
crumeut and prosperity TO the country. Gov.
Mucucr's speech was made in answer TO re-
quest OF large number OF German citizens
and win have a widespread influence.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26
SATURDAY. OCTOBER rs, 1872.

PAPER CLoTHING.-The ingenuity of
the japanese in making all kinds of arti-
cles of paper has long been recognized,
and it has lately been proposed to i'm
port their paper clothing for trial in this
country. A writer in the ChriStian IN
ion thus discourses on the variety of
uses which paper clothing may be put to: {:
" From paper fans, we shall go to using
their paper handkerchiefs, and paper all
sorts-of-things. In Boston now they ad-
vertise paper suits of clothes for sixty
two and half cents a suit This is cheap
enough, though if a person wearing one
of them should get caught in rain we
imagine he would feel still cheaper. They
ought to be cool and comfortable, espe-
cially if made of wrapping paper, but
they would hardly keep their shape with
the thermometer at ninety-hve aud one
hundred. We are not informed what sort
Of paper they are made of, but they
might be the means of disseminating II
cheap literature ; one could wear small
volume, so that he that runs could read.
1t would be economical to have the suits
printed on both sides, so that they could
be turned the second day, and person
could in this way wear serial through
the week, :" to be continued " being
stamped on the coat tail. On Sunday he
could put on good clothes, with sermon
or religious extracts from the secular pa
pers, printed on them. There is no end
to the variety in costume that can be at
tanned in the use of paper or good that
can be done. Business men will come
down to their offices in the morning in a
suit of the morning daily, cool and fresh; !;
and sure that they have the latest, be-
cause the telegraphie news will be on
their backs. They will thus be the means
Of spreading information wherever they
go, to non-subscribers. Summer cloth
ing will not hereafter get out of style,
but it will get oat Of date, for mans
old suit will be ut once recognized In
stead of being pointed at as having old
Clothes he will be noted as having rev
ones. We are evidently only just in the
beginning of our discoveries Of the uses
of paper.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26

RICHNESS OF SOIL IN MICHIGAN.-A
man in Detroit gave me some idea of the
richness of the soil in that vicinity. He
said there wasn't any place on earth
where things grew as they do there. He
said his wife never made bread. "She
always made little biscuit the size of an
egg, and she would leave 'em an hour to
swell by themselves, and they would
grow into twelve-pound loaves." He
continued his growing tale, and said /:
Once there was man. He went into
the woods and chopped down four trees.
He used the four corner stumps for posts,
and he built him nice log house on
those stumps. Then he and his family
went to bed in the house. The next
morning he found himself and family up
sixty feet in the air, with a lot of Indians
down cellar waiting to cut their hair off,
and the Indians did scalp the whole of
them"
"Stranger," said l, "you don't mean
to tell me those trees grew sixty feet in
one night"
"Sir, l do" says he, "and not only
that, they hoisted the house up with 'em, :"
"Are you sure it wasn't sixty-one feet?"
l asked meekly.
Sir" said he, 81 never prevaricate,
especially on one foot"
$50 they took and scalped them all,
did they?"
"They did," said he.
GLOW in the name of the original Dol
ly Warden, did they get up to 'emP" l
asked.
Says he, Respected sir, those Indians
each one sawed off tree then each In
dian sat on a stump, and those stumps
grew the Indians up to the house, and
then they scalped the family"
1t certainly was the greatest case of up
tree | ever heard of.
"Stranger that story is pretty tough
but | believe it, because l know some
thing about growing trees, and | know
they grow darned fast sometimes. My
father had some good soil on his place !;
good soil for trees. He could't afford to
keep n dog, because there was SO many
of us young 'uns. He had to boil what
bones was left to make soup for us. He
had some trees, and, in place of dog, he
kept some of the bark off those trees in
the house to scare away robbers, because
that bark would last all night. One day
| used some of the wood for tooth-picks,
and as sure as sour allspice, stranger,
those tooth-pcks grew so that next day
sold 'em for telegraph poles, and they
had to be sawed in two before they could
be used"
The stranger got up. Says he, Good
day, sir"
Says |, "Good day, sir"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26
VERY MuCu PLACED WITu

VERY MUCH PLACED WITu IT.
Judge s., Ia good judge and II very con
scientious man, was holding court in one
of the prairie counties of Ohio, just before
the October election.
There was great rush of doubtful
claimants to citizenship, and the judge
had decided to check it.
From this decision Barney Mulligan,
swift witness for these embryo voters,
dissentcd, "for rayson he had"
Judge (to Barney): Do you know, OF
your own knowledge, that this applicant
Brian O'Tooe, is attached to the princi
pies of the Constitution of the United
States ?
Barney VERY decidedly; Yis, yer
honor, he is.
Judge: Has he ever read the Consti-
tuition
Barney "a little downcasD; Can't say,
sir.
Judge: Can he read at all ?
Barney (brightening up): Can't read
at all, your honor, and in course he'll
always vote right, sir.
Judge | think it will do Brian no
harm to wait until the next term; Sheriff,
adjourn the court till 2o'clock.
Barney was not to be beat in that way.
He planted Brian in fence corner, stuck
a rail in front of him for table, and laid
on it borrowed law book, from which
he read in rich brogue "the Constitu
ton, from beginning to end, and then
waited for two o'clock,
As soon as the crier had proclaimed
"O-yez! o-yez" ETC., Barney rushed to
the bar with his client.
Judge, yer honor! I've read the Con-
stitution to Brian out an out, aud he's
Uery much ptazed ruth IL.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26

A CITY oE LANTERNs.--The Paris
authorities are medtatinga project, which
il put into execution, will give that city
at night the appearance Of city of the
Arabian Nights, without costing penny
to the municipal budget. The project
concerns lanterns. There are already
red-colored lanterns which are used by
tobacconists, commissaries of police, and
6remen. No change would be made in
these. The telegraph and post offices and
houses with letter boxes would have blue
lanterns, the green would be especially
appropriated to doctors and apothecaries;
the yellow would point out hotels and
lodging houses. Besides the advantages
this many eolored illumination would
give to the streets, it would be very CON
venent as a means of speedy information
of what TO seek and what to avoid.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26

NoT TOSSING FAIRLY.-A horse car
conductor in this city got his ticket of
leave in this manner At night, when
he had finished his trips, he began count
ing his money, not knowing that the Su-
perintendent was looking through a crack
through the wall This is the way the
conductor began TO count There's a
dollar for the road, here's dollar for
me-" and so on to the end of his forty
dollars or more. He found to his sur
prise that there was an odd fifty-cent
scrip which he had no chance to divide.
Finally he concluded to toss up cent
and see whether he should have it or the
road. 1t came head" and belonged to
the road. This disappointed the conductor
so he thought he would give himself an
other chance, and on tossing up again he
won, and put the scrip in his pocket with
a deal of satisfaction. The next day the
Superintendent called the conductor to
him and told him he had better get his
pay and leave.
Why" said the conductor, "what
have done?"
"My friend,', said the Superintend-
ent, "the trouble is, | think, the road
ought to have had one more chance in
that half-dollor last night"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26
NUMBER 43.

BRUTE FRIENDSHIP The intelligent
horse very often sympathizes with ami
mails in distress. About year ago a dog
was set upon by crowd of cruel boys,
and pelted with sticks and stones.
The poor dog had given no offense, but
this mattered not. He tried to escape
from his tormentors, and had nearly sue
ceeded in doing so when a stone hurled
with great violence struck him on the fore
leg, bruising the flesh, and fracturing the
bone. The animal howled piteously, but
none of his prosecutors went to his relief.
Having injured him they turned carelessly
and coldly away, and left him to his fate.
The dog limped into the stable of Mr..
Edward Fitzpatrick, moaning piteously.
In one Of the stalls Of the stable was a
well-bred young horse of more than ordi-
nary Intelligence. The distress Of the
dog seemed to move the heart Of the horse
to pity. He bent his head, caressed the
canine, and carefully inspected the broken
leg. Then with his fore feet he pushed
some straw into one corner of his stall
and made a soft bed on which the dog
was induced to lay himself down. A
close and attectionate intimacy was at
once established between the horse and
the dog.
The horse was being largely fed on bran
mash, and one day, on receiving his feed,
thinking the dog might be hungry the
equine bowed his head, caught the canine
gently by the skin of the neck, and with
his teeth lifted him into the trough or
box. The dog fell to with hearty will,
which showed that his hunger was great,
and that his gratitude was equal to his
appetite.
Days and weeks passed, and the dog
and horse continued firm friends. TIE
bran mash fed them both, and the invalid
grew strong and fat on the wholesome
diet.
AT night the two animals, thus strangely
brought together, slept in the most loving
manner. The horse would arrange soft
bed for the dog, and then lie down and
tenderly encircle the canine form with
one of his fore legs.
1t is seldom that such beautiful and
authentic incident is brought to our notice.
The horse showed for the unfortunate
dog more of that feeling which we term
humanity than did the dozen lusty youths
who were presumed to walk in the image
of their God. Nay, it took the poor
victim Of mans persecution to its heart
and home, and tenderly nursed the same
back to health and strength,
We claim to be practical rather than
sentimental, still we cannot resist the
thought that the horse revealed more
evidence of divine spirit than did tho
rude boys, who receive credit for having
immortal souls.
While they reyied and prosecuted, he
played the part of the good Samaritan;
and in SO doing he developed a power OF
thought and intelligence too broad to
occupy the contracted sphere of what we
commonly call intellect. The horse rea-
soned, and then acted like u Christian
Turf, BEetd and Farm,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26

THE Red Wing Repubttcan says: "a
picnic party were lately assembled on
the banks of the Zumbro river, in Hyde
Park, Wabash county, when a large rat
tlesnake was discovered near by. Ono
Of the party picked up his violin, saying
that he had heard that music would charm
snake, and commenced playing, when,
to the astonishment OF all, another came
out of the rocks aud coiIed up, listening
to the music. This was Immediately fol-
lowed by another, until nine had appeared,
none of which were in the least disturbed
by the people present, but all quietly as
sumed the attitude of contented auditors.
At the conclusion Of the concert the rat
tlesnakes were killed."
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26
LINES OF TRAVEL AND EXPRESS.

Canon City, Junction City and Wea-
veryilIe EX press and Passenger Line
e. w. DAY, Proprietor. Leaves Weaver every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning
Hay Fork and WeaverviIIe Pass
enger and Express Line, j. KELLOGG
Proprietor Weekly. Leaves Hay Fork on
Monday morning of each week leaves Wea-
yer Tuesday morning of each week.
U. y. Mail and Express Line, from
WeaverviIIe TO Areata, JOHN CLIFF
FORD, Proprietor. Leaves Weaver every
Thursday morning. Leaves Areata, every
Monday morning.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26

QUEER ORNAMENTs.- .-Mexican women
of the wealthier class use MS ornaments
live flies, which emit bright, phosphor-
escent light. In order to catch these
bugs the Indians faston live coal to q
stick and move to- and fro in the dark.
The cucujo thinks this is rival, in his
anger darts toward it, and finds the grave
of his liberty in the hands Of the trapper,
The Indians find ready sale for them in
the larger cities, whore they are bought
at about two reals (25c.) a dozen. They
are kept in elegant little cages, fed on
slices of sugar cane, and bathed twice IL
day, In the evening they are put into
little sacks, shaped like roses, and attach
ed to the ladies' dresses. The light these
bugs emit surpasses in brilliancy the re-
Election Of the purest diamonds. Tho
daily bath is necessary as without it they
emit no light.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26

USEFUL HOUSEHOLD ARTICLE.-Am-
monia, or, as it is generally called, spir-
its of hartshorn, is a powerful alkali,
and dissolves grease and dirt with great
ease. 1t has lately been recommended
very highly for domestic purposes. For
washing paint, put Il tablespoonful in a
quart of moderately water, dip in a
flannel dsh-cloth, and then wash of the
WOODWORKING scrubbing will be neces-
sary. For taking grease-spots- from any
fabric, use ammonia nearly pure; then
lay white paper over the spot and iron it
lightly. In washing lace, put about
twelve drops in "A pint of warm suds. To
clean silver, mix two teaspoonfuls of am
monia in quart of hot suds. Put In
your silver ware and wash, using an old
nail brush or tooth-bru for the purpose.
For cleaning hair-brushes, etc, simply
shake the brushes up and down in a
mixture of one tablespoonful Of ammonia
to one pint of hot water, and stand them
in the wind, or or a hot place, to dry.
For washing finger-marks from looking
glasses or windows, put a few drops of
ammonia on moist rag, and make quick
work of it. If you wish your house-plauts
to flourish, put few drops of the spirits
in every pint of water used in watering.
A teaspoonful will add much to the re-
freshing effects Of the bath. Nothing is
better than ammonia water for cleansing
the hair. In every case, rinse off the
ammonia with clean water. To which
we would only add, that for removing
grease-spots, a mixture of equal parts of
ammonia and alcohol is better than alco-
hol alone; and for taking out the red
stains produced by the strong acids in blue
and black clothes, there is nothing bet
ter than ammonia.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26
TRINITY JOURNAL
OUR AGENTS:

THOS. BOYCE. Room No. 80. New
Merchants Exchange Building, San Fran
cisco, is our only authorized agent in that city.
NEW YORK :-IIudSon Il Menet Al Park
Row; Geo. p. Rowell Il Co., 10 Park Row $.
NJ. Pettingill Il Co, 81 Park Row.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26

THIS odd advertisement is from an
English paper
"My husband is out on a strike. He
prefers that to work. lie amt any use
to me. | must work to keep the children
and myself. His ten shillings goes in
beer. III swap my husband while he's
on a strike, for sewing machine"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26
JOHN III. LEE,

Monuments, Tablets, Tombs, IIead-Stones,
ETC.. furnished upon short notice. and at prices
within the reach of all. All work warranted
TO give satisfaction or no sale.
JOHN II. LEE.
Chico, June /, 1872. IT,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26

ACCORDING 10 an Eastern proyerb, life
is composed Of two parts, that which is
past a dream, and that which is to come,
a wish.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26

THE QUEER CoRK.-Pour water into
a tumbler until it can hold no more; then
lay small cork anywhere upon the sur
face. 1t will to the middle and remain
there. Now, if you put this same cork
into tumbler halffnll of water, the cork
will float to the edge aud cling to the
glass. Move it toward the center as often
as YOU may, it will drift to the side again.
Try the experiment, young friends, and
put on your thinking caps.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26
TRINITY COUNTY.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY:
COURT TERMSl

District COIIrt--second Monday in April,
August and December.
County COurt-First Monday in Janu-
ary, March, May, July, September and No
yember.
Probate COurt-(Same as County Court }
Board Of SuPervisOrs-First Monday
February, May, August and November.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-26

THE "oldest inhabitant" has been read
ing series of articles on the adulteratlon
of liquors, and has arrived at somewhat
singular conclusion. The analysis OF
those liquors showed an average of about
parts of water to thirty-five of
spirits. "They don't give the spirits a
fair chance" says the aged bacchanal.
They'll keep on tooling with water till
it depopulates the earth again"
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A l. E x A n D RI A.

PRISONER EscAPED.xA colored man named
ROBERT Ashby, commItt94 to Jail here on THUS
day last to await the result Of injuries inflicted
upon Mrs. Shorts, Of Fairfax county, was turned
over to constable of Fairfax yesterday evening
VINO started with linn for the Court Hou.e. The
constable, who Lad taken too much liquor. fell
asleep III bis buggy when about three or four
miles outside OF town, and lis prisoner availing
hi1astli of the opportunity thus afforded made
LIS escape. young man who had been on a
VISIT 10 airiax and who was returning to the
CITY, passed the buggy short time Afterwards
ana aS the horses head wps turned this way. got
III the vehicle, waking up the constable and
asking him tor ride. The constable as BON a.
lac aWoke seized the disturber OF his slum6er by
ne throat, saving "yOu are my prisoner YOU
back rascal" and it was not until his yici;rr
mad repeatedly assured him that he tss not only
a wliite nan. ut Greeley voter that he re
leased his hold.
BATTLE OF THE R0TEE.-But one man in
The city celebrated the Battle OF the Bow yes
terday, and he did 80 by ing stlut5s with
revolver near Tie Henry street depot last night
and singing ',Croppies Lie Down." ana The
BCsuC Water"
1HF VACANT lots on WASHINGTON street, be-
tween Princess and troncco, 70 have been sold
today, were withdraw at SIS per front foot
(,G.pttg. r2'B r3c
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G E q 4 G. E L WIN,

TIE Fvr--RAL OF Mr.. WN. II. GOpFY tool
ilacS yesterday afternoon from his late resi-.
dence. co-EeT of EeaIl and Congress streets
and was largely attended. The Rev. j. A Nc.
CaUlev, presiding elder of the NJ +. church for
rue VI asairgtC5 district. OH iated. The follow
lg gentlemen were pall-bearers: Messrs Shin,
Nheatley, Bowling, Drew, johnson, Getty, and
davidson. The Potomac Lodge of Masons, OF
Ills city, OF which the deceased Was a 1,emher
attended the funeral in a body. The remains
we're Inferred IN OaE Hi cemetery.
HE STEAMER GEORGE II. STOUT. from Phil
aGclphia, arrived at Eydes wharf TO-DAY with
terra Gotta water-pipe for the board OF public
works and the government asylum fOr the in
sane.
SHIPMENT OF FLOUR, ETC.-The Lady of the
Lake cleared for Norfolk to-day, with 10 bar.
of meal.
NJ L. PETER BERRY, whose critical illness has
been noticed in The STAR, was 10 better to-
day, and it is feared cannot recover
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FINANCIAL AND CoxMERCIAL
Government Securities.
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BALTIMORE, July l5.-vireinis skies, cid, %:
dc coupons, old, a.; DO. new, 50. Virginia sizes
consolidated. -. IVES. ViTSinisS, IL N0rtl.
bid -
BALTIMoRE, July l5.-Cotton very Gall and weak
cT N 'uoitn&s23. Flour uiet AMI unc AaCed Wheat
inner whte choice, Z ssssl q; tsir 70 prime.
soos 3 prrs ,sj sS;Ss a-t,; Seas -
Psnnsy ivsufs red. 81 esaS %. Cor. iuiet " lite
southern, pa 5; yellow southern. .: mixed west
ern, nominal, tiR62 Cats S-Tnsr. mixed Al: white
-; southern, :la3 Bye dun, cgs5s. Provisions
very strong. Mess pork firm. Sl4. Bulk m at
him; shoulders, J9si rib sides, BscoE. good jot
ppg demand; shoulders, 65s; rib sides, clear rib
SIDES, So. Hams very fix, lSslS for / ne sugsr-
cured. Iart firm. ea9ti. Western butter quiet and
steady choice, =. Whisky Gull and n0Ess.IGl. g.
NEW YORK, July l-StOn.s dull. Col. strong,
rs Money easy,3. Exchange, long, s5s; shozI, ICs
s+oN ernCeDts nm 6nd dIll; Virginia S's, ~
rev, 20. North CAROLINA :. Sab neS.2l.
NEW YORK, Jliy 5.-Flcrr SHADE frCae-
N 'ieaf lace. better Corn sh gd. better.
LONDON, July Is. Il:G1 s. a. C 1nspIs OF e-iai .:
feNt formoCey and @2sS tor account Bonds 0I 1852,
- - 1sb5 - ole e2s4 1866 =. ~ 4, 20 sO's,9O
ERANAE, RI, July I5.-B0ujs o. -lIod a. .5ts.
P.EE~, sally l2.-Rentes opened at a franks g
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THE WEATkX Ex.

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NAsHIssToN, y. o., July j., 1872, II 2. n.
eFt"PS's FoR PAST TWRSTT-pnUR FOUR- -
Inc barometer has fallen from N-sSouri p VIZ
sInla and .ncrthward q New England AMI the
axes. being lowest over the northwest Il Ia
E'sHest over tie south Atlantic coast. Partly
ctcGuy HeatEer and areas of TaiE have pre-
.IIeo IToEi Florida aud the south and middle
AtlsniiG coasts 70 Ohio and southern Indisr1
end Illinois, withlii ghtstD fresh and occasional
pllSS sduoheasterly winds. Clear AID pq-tly
e!oS0y weather oveT New England, northern
New lCfk, Michigan and Wisconsin, With light
10 ireSh WtRis, and over Louisiana and Gouthern
S.lsss.sSlpli. with light 10 fresh sOutherly to
PRoBABILI-IEs.-Tbe barometer continues
raining over the New England and middle states
ami estward ID Missouri and the northwest with
hgAt to fresh and occasional brisk sOuthea1terlv
TO southwesteriy winds, generally cloudy wes Their
ana areas of rain. Partly CLOUDY weather and
occasional areas of light rain from the solth
AIIantic coast tS the Ohio valley, and frcm
r -Orlda to Louisiana. An area of lCr baromes ~
ls apparently Advancing eastward towards Min
neSota anu Iowa, but Geographic reports have not
as get been received from upper Michigan 10
DAKOTA.