Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-19
Campaign Notes.

ment "a lHlIner Sc mass meeting was held, at
which Senator Carpenter and Howe spoke. IL
the evening two thousand tanners moved
through the streets in procession with their
torches, making brilliant display. Visiting
delegations Of tanners were present from
Foni du Lac, Ripoh, Omrp, Wnneconne and
Menasha. Great enthusiasm prevailed
THE Toledo Blade thus replies to IN anxious
correspondent Abram-H your father will
persist in betting on Greeley, there is but one
way to save his estate. Get out writ of lun-
acy. Any court will grant it on statement Of
the case.
cASvAssER for the " Life Of Horace Gree
ley importuned st. Louis man to purchase
copy, which he declined to do, when the fol-
lowing dialogue ensued Are you not Dem
ocrat p Eyes, l am" evil you not vote
for Greeley?" Yes, think l will" "Then
why not buy this book - Because, if |
should read his life am afraid would change
my mind and refuse to vete for the old cuss."
WHAT is know n as the old National Demo-
cratic General Committee of Brooklyn, now
anti-Greeley, has been revived and Oh Monday
evening they made the following Congression-
J.
Hernia, Republican Third District. A. W.
Tenny, Republican; Fourth District, George
w. Baker. Democrat. The ticket will be COM
pleted at future meeting.
W. II. PRIsRY declines the fusion nomina-
ton for Congress in the eighth Iowa district.
IT is stated that the family of Charles Fran
els Adams received letter from him. in
Il. L. l.,
didate for Governor of Massachusetts,, that he
does not sympathize with the Greeley move
ment, and regards the reelection of General
Grant essential TO the best interests of the
country.
THE Home Journal, Of Anderson Grimes
county, Texas, prints a likeness of Greeley
and Brown, the one bad-headed and white
whiskered, followed by the hirsute Gratz
Brown. An Old man was looking at 1t in the
Office the other day, and said, ''If | really
thought it would produce such change
would order half dozen bottles. He had taken
them for the same individual before and af-
ter using hair restorative"
THE Liberals and Democrats of Dubuque
are like oil and water-they won't fuse A
convention was held on Saturday afternoon
which ended in furious row. The members
fought like wild beasts. Several We're badly
pounded Col. J. +. Bates had lis thumb
seve red 1t was bitten by Judge r. 5. Wllso
The uproar only ceased by the interpositlon
of the authorities. j. NJ. Griffith, Democrat,
carried the convention as against any of the
Liberals.
LETTER from Dublin, Indiana, says; Out
Of the seyenty-hye Greeley men claimed here
month ago, only ten remain, and before the
close of the campaign the most, if not all of
them, VIII veer around all right. Old Wayne
VIII give her usual majority.
AND still they come! The Hon. Samuel b.
Axtell, formerly Democratic me mber of Com
gress from California, has recently come ut
in favor of Grant and Wilson. Mr.. Axtell is a
man of large influence and great personal
popularity III his adopted State, having been
twice elected to Congress from the San Fran
cisco district each time by a majority Of
about 5,o0O-a district which, both before his
candidacy and since, has been carried by the
Republicans.
GEN. DIX has written letter to W. A.
Wheeler. chairman of the New York Repub-
lcan Convention, accepting the nomination
for Governor, III which he says IF the con-
yention deemed it of so much importance in
the existing condition Of things in the state,
to induce it TO make tha nomination in oppo-
siJiou to my expressed wisA, | suppose the
members must have been actuatcd b. public
too strong to be opposed on my
part | therefore waive all objections, and aC-
cept it. Should ii be ratified by the people no
effort on my part VIII be spared to aid them
in the redress of the abuses which dishohor
the state and which VIII nlict irretrievable
injury on its character unless arrested by
timely and efficient remedies"
LINCOLN was once talking to Montgomery
Blair during the war, when he burst OUT 81
say, Blair what can we do with that fault-fiud-
ing, miserable Greeley and his paper? Why
he does more damage than twenty good gene
rails can undo !"
THE Worcester Gazette tells a good story of
a youug gentleman of that city who shares IN
the patriotic spirit of his father and family
returned home ThuSrlay morning nom a four
weeks journey through Ohio Illinois, Penn
sylyania, Indiana and New York. aud on all
trains he took votes for Presidential caudi-
dates The total result, toots up more than
twice as riany tor Grant as for Greeley. He
says his meals cost INN nothing, for he would
start a bet with arCreeley man, count the train
and eat At his opponents expense.
The Northern Ohio NJ thodls, Conference,
in session at Mausf d. took vote with this
result: Grant IFS, Greeley 2, On the train
going to the O'Ba dwin fight, the vote was
Greeley 81 Grant 4, JeE. Davis u.
GREELEY nominated by the Vaccinations
Of Frank Blair, and yot year ago he wrote as
follows Whenever q stupeudous political