Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-12-11

account Oh an artlcR published by
us Nov. 20th, and taken from the
Northeastern AdUocute. In the course
of that article it was said, IL refer
ence to Catholicism, that Igno-
rance is the mothor Of DEVOTION"
and to this proposition does Mr..
Catholi-cus most violently object.
| Now we cannot, and should not
be held accountable for the senti--
mcnts expressed in items taken
from other papers, unless editorially
endorsed, and we shall not attempt
to sustain the position of the Adro-
cate in reference to Catholicism, In
response to Mr.. Catholi-cus we have
Only to say that if Alfred the Great
was a good man, and a wise man,
and Catholic, it does not follow
that Catholicism is wisdom; nor
does Alfred's greatness disprove
that ignorance is the mother of
devotion" Because Jefferson, jack
son, Douglass, and other honored
statesmen acted with the Damocrat-
ic party, it does not follow that
Democracy is patriotism, wisdom
and virtue nor does their brilliant
history disprove that the ignorant
and vicious of to-day are generally
adherents of the Democratic party.
AS well might it be set up that be-
cause John Smiths great-great-
grandfather was an honest man,
therefore John could not be horse
thief; as to the argue that because
Alfred the Great was wise man,
therefore those of to-day who ad-
here to his religious faith cannot be
ignorant.
The TRIBUNE is not sectarian I;
the advocate of no particular faith
or creed, but holds, and will at
pleasure exercise, the right to pub
lish such matter as we deem suited
to the wants, and for the interest of
the public, without regard to whe.h-
er il hurts Catholicism, Methodism,
| Presbytcrianism, or any other lSm.
MURDER OF A GRANT COUNTY
NAN BY HIS INSANE BRoTnER.-
A letter from Potosi, Wis, to the
Dubuque Herald gives the particu-
lars OF the butchery of o man by
his insane brother Oh the morning
Of the 29th ult. About 8 O'clock Of
that day, as two brothers named
Albert and Luke Turner, were at
work at mineral well, the younger
brother, Albert, aged q, while
working at the windlass, was at
tackled and instantly killed by a
third brother, named Robert, with
ali ak, and his liieless body thrown
into the well where the other was at
work, After committing this holli-
bic deed the murderer escaped, but
was captured between Potosi and
Lancaster about noon and brought
back. The prisoner is supposed to
have been insane for some time past.
The murdered man was horribly
mutiiated, having received two large
gashes, one on the shonlder and one
on the back of the neclx-the latter
nearly seyering the head from the
body, and causing instant death.
PECK's castigation of the Cron5c7e
last week has had the effect to con-
vince Ebbie that the Democyat is al
most as good paper as the Chronicle,
and he advises those who don't like
his paper to take Pecl's. Our adj
vice to those who don't like the
TRIBUNE is that they try the Clron
iale a while and if they are not
suited then, no literature in the
world can satisfy them.
THE annual meeting of the Lin
den Farmers Mutual Insurance Go.
will be held at the Town Hall, in
the village of Linden, on Monday,
January 18th, 1874, at 10 o'clock