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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17
Republican Congregational Convention
Proecs din.s.

Pursuant to call tho Republican
Congressional Convention assembled
in this city Sept. 10Th; was called
to order at noon, and temporarily
organized by the election of w. S.
Wescott, OF Green county, as chair
man, and NJ. p. Rindlaub, of Grant,
as secretary.
After appointment of committees
on Permanent Organization, Gre
dentials md Resolutions convention
adjourned until o'clock p. NJ.
On reassembling, committee on
Credentials reported the following
list of delegates entitled to seats in
the Convention, to-wit:
Crawford Col Il. Williams, @.
B. Thomas, Art. Mcdonald, James
Turk.
Grant Co.-Geo. Cleminson, Jo-
siah Hall, III. A. w. McNair, A.
earn, Joseph Harris, NJ. p. Rind-
laub, John Carthew, A. r. Bushnell,
Geo. r. Frank, Frank Gillead, O..
c. Hathaway, VIM IT, Wilcox.
Green Gov. S. Wescott, Orrin
Bacon, G. X. Denuison, c. w. Mitch
ell, DR.. Sherman, John Lucksinger.
iotoo Co.--John Ii. Vivian, S. w.
Reese, j. w. Rewey, J. p. Smoker,
Il. 5. Joiner, Arch. Campbell, Kear-
ton Coates, Alex. Wilson.
Lafayette Col. B. Wadding-
ton, Thos. Bainbridge, Francis Camp
bell, Geo. Hawiey, Erastus Farm
ham, John Armstrong.
Richldad Cos. l.. Laws, Philip
NJ. Smith, Ii. l.. Eaton, Jas. Wash
burn, b. r. Washburn, David Som
niers.
J. W. REwEy, Chm Com.
The committee on Permanent Or
ganization reported for permanent
Officers, Hon. w. S. Wescott, OF
Green, President; NJ. 2. Rindiaub,
of Grant, and David Somers, OF
Richland, Secretaries.
CoIamittee on Resolutions sub
mitted tAe following, rs their report,
AID the sane was, on motion, uaan-
hnoasly adopted:
heSoteea, That it is now, rs it
ever has been, the duty OF nle Re-
publcan party 20 maintain the in
tegrity Of the Union, to secure IN
violate to every class and condition
full protection OF their rights OF
person and property; and we com
mend the energy and wisdom of the
administration In restoring order in
riotous and lawleSs localities, in the
faithful execution of the laws. and
IN preserving the tights of the
people.
? That under the US. constitution
Congress has the power to regulate
all commerce among the several
States; that the state has the power,
and it is its duty, to provide by law
for the regulation and control ol
railway transportation within lis
own limits; aud we insist that tn,
people shall be shielded from til,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17
THE INSURRECTION IN NEW OR
LEANS.

LEANS.
New Orleans is in state of war,
and all Louisiana is in the utmost
danger of being involved. 1t is not
a municipal outbreak, except in its
mere incident The cause reaches
throughout the length and breadth
OF that ill-starred commonwealth.
Federal bayonets and cannon must
interfere, or the State will be
drenched in blood and desolated by
the fire of war.
The recent outrage at Cousbatta
was a massacre; the New Orlea S
affair was, or is, rather, a rebellion.
But it is not a repetition of 1861.
The firing upon Sumter was the sig
nal gun Ior a general, long-premed-
itated and thoroughly-planned up
rising of the South against the
National Government. The city Of
Charleston and the State of South
Carolina were simply acting as adj
vance columns OF the Southern army.
This was evident from the outset.
But the alleged grievance of the
new rebels is local, and, as for q
repetition of the rebellion of the
last decade, there is no danger OF
that.
The firing began in the afternoon
of Monday, and resulted III the
death of about thirty men, r1st of
them members of the New Orleans
police force. The pretext for the
rebellion was the seizure by the
State authorities of a large consign-
ment of firearms, which evidently
were intended for the White Lea
CUES. The seizure was entirely
proper, and imperatively demanded
by considerations of public interest.
Had Governor Kellogg allowed those
weapons to go unseized into the
hands of the murderous outlaws
for whom they were intended, he
would have deserved impeachment
and deposition from office.
The particulars call for no analy-
sis. So far certainly as concerns
the events of the last few days, there
is only one side to the question.
Not even the Times, with its we'll
known rebel sympathies, has the
etrrontery to put in plea for the
insurgents. ''By assuming the of
fensive,' says the Times, sin an APP
"peal to arms, they are paced at a
disadvantage, for even their we'll
"wishers must admit that the fed
"eral cannon must be pointed at
"their ranks that the military must
defend Kellogg at all hazards, even
though he may be in the wrong
The Tribune fights shy OF this con-
clusion, showing a very painful re-
luctance, but iiually comedies that,
"as defiance of recognized author
city and an open revolt against the
"existing government, the New Or
cleans revolutionists must be put
"down by the strong arm OF the
''Government. There can be no
question about this. There should
"be no delay in bringing the revolt
'to sudden end" 1t is safe to as
sumo that on this point the North
will be unit, however it may be
with the South. The duty of the
hour is too plain for doubt, or so
much as the pretence of doubt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17

STATE OF WISCONSIN,
Iowa COUNTY rss-In Justices Court
Town OF llil Inland
s. d Green vs. John Johnson Before s. II. Fitch,
justice Of the Peace.
To John JohnNoh
You arr hereby notified that warrant Of attach
ment has hetn issaed agai 81 YOU your property
attached satisfy the demand of ! u Green
amounting 10 Forty Eight AID 6-in0 dollars Nov,
unl.ss YOU shall appear h,Ior- The atove named
5. H. Fitch. Justice If The Peace in and for said
county At his oiliee H. said own n the 18th day OF
September 1874 at four o'clock In he afternoon,
ludgmr A. sill h- rendered against you, and your
property sold 10 pay the debt.
Dated this 4h day Of september, 1871.
31w2 5. u GREEN Plaintiff.
J. 2 Smoker PlaitiG's Attorney, highland, Wis,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17
Taken Up-YeAriing aae..e-.

Taken up by the undersigned, residing A. Cros,
PA rs town OF Htshiaai, Iowa coun y wisaonsa
In section -, 10 g. rAnse east, or bout m.
10Th day OF July, lS74 one wearing hrifrr OF /,
brindle color with several white spots; no ro-ics
able marks Of particularly fns owner win pleas.
cali, prove property, pay charges amt take said
stray away.
WIN. RAPSON.
Dated Aug 18th, lST4.-34w4.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17
ROUSE AND LOTS FOR SALE,

The undersi -ned Offers for sale very desirable
residence, situated on the corner 70 Union and
Third streets. The house contains seven rooms
The lots are well stocked with a kinds OF Frui,
Trees; a good cistsrn, barn and gu, houses on The
premises, The place vi lie sold cheap. Por mar.
tculars Apply 10 rue al my stere.
o>-s.. WILLIAM TEASDALE.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17

WHATEVER may be the poverty
or disreputable condition OF the
people down South, their king of
salvation is the same as in days of
prosperity Cotton. The season
has in many points been poor for
the growth of this staple, but the
general estimate of the crop places
it above that OF any year since the
heavy yield of 1870, when 4,347 900
bales were marketed. This year,
according to careful inquiry, there
will be yield of 100000 bales.
Ii the soil OF the South, when i'm
perfectly cultivated, produces such
wealth, what fortunes there must be
in the abused and half-neglected
acres for true industry.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17

Hon. PAUL A. CHADBoURNE, for
merry President of the Wisconsin
University, and now President of
Williams College, Massachusetts, is
mentioned as desirable man for
the Republicans to nominate as the
successor of Mr.. Dawes in Congress.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17
DESIRABLE FARM
ASB
LAND FOR SALEi

The undersigned Offers for sale his irm OF 100
acres In Diamond Grove, only : miles from Mineral
Point city There is an Abundance Of timbei aud
meadow 60 acres fenced valuable mineral
ranges, now being worked plenty of living water;
good house, barn and other buildings FERNS ras "
Apply on the premises
wM LANCASTER.
August 26 1874 3Fms
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17

ALEXANDER MITCHELL, Reform
Member of Congress, representing
one of the richest districts in the
State, repudiates, dehes and openly
disobeys the Potter law, and orders
his employees to disobey it. Yet the
Reforlners nope to get the farmers
votes. That is too thin"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17

TAKE from the Republican party
the churches, Sunday Schools and
public schools, the pastors and
teachers of which have been en-
ployed to proselyte the young and
coming voters to Republicanisln,
and the party would die instantan-
eously.-Racine 1ryus, Dem.
Take out all the moral forces in
society from any political party,
and it ought to Idle instantaneous
ly."-State Gazette, Rep.
Take the Democrats, soreheads
and office-seekers out OF the Reform
party, and there would not be
enough left in most counties to bait
a fox-trap.-Nate Jo,uuat, Rep.
Take from the Democratic party
the "lewd, rufainly, criminal and
dangerous classes" which Horace
Greedy said are attached to it by a
purely selfish interest" and there
would not remain enough to fill the
offices they are struggling so hard
to get.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17

If the French are as anxious as
European correspondents have tried
to make out for another brush with
Germany, now is their time. The
Spanish have foolishly fired on Ger
man frigates, and Bismarck has in
timated war in default of the hand
soonest kind of apology 1; and now
Denmark threatens to eXpel Ger
man subjects from Danish soil, if
Danish subjects in Schleswig-Hol-
stein are not let alone. Spain was,
at the beginning of the century, the
battlefield of France and Prussia
and Schelswig-Holstein, but a few
years back, promised to become a
battlefield for all Europe, Great
Britain being within hairs breadth
of falling, too, in the melee between
Denmark and Prussia. The com
plications in Europe in which Ger
many stands a principal are increas-
ing, and France is watching them
with feverish delight.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17

We cannot say that we like the
"style" of some of the heads of our
nation. When General Grant and
his wife issued their invitation cards
on the occasion of Nellie's wedding
thus: "The President of the United
States and Mrs. Grant request your
company" etc people OF good
taste hung their heads. Now it is
announced that General W. Il. Sher-
man and his wife, aping the style Of
European royalty, have also issued
their cards of invitation on the oc-
casion of the forthcoming marriage
of their daughter, thus : 'The Gem
eral of the Army and Mrs. Sherman
request" etc. We shall now expect
ere long to learn that the head cook
and bottle-washer of the White
House has issued patty cards thus ::
"The Chief Cook to the President
OF the United States aud Mrs. Cab
bage head request" etc. Or the
gentleman who grooms the pet horse
OF the army headquarters, thus ::
''The Keeper of the Horse OF the
General of the Army and Mrs. Rub
Rundown request etc. A new
era of social style seems to have
dawned in the American heavens,
eclipsing the republican good sense
and democratic simplicity. Of the
past days.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17


Mr.. Magoon on Introduction was
loudly cheered, and his speech OF
acceptance received with such man
ifestations of approval as to leave
no doubt Of the wisdom OF the con-
vention in nominating him, and OF
his receiving the cordial, vigorous
support of the Republican party
at the polls.
On motion convention proceeded
to selection of Congressional Central
Committee. A chairman by cleo
ton and five members by appoint
ment. Martin p. Rindlaub, OF
Grant county was elected chairman
on the third ballot, and the follow
ing members appointed: Nicholas
Smith, of Crawford; G. w. Mitchell,
of Green; J. W. Rewey, of Iowa
WI. Wrigglesworth, of Lafayette ;
w. l.. Eeaton, of Richland.
Convention adjourned.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-25
By H0RSLEY BROS. & FIGUERs.

gen'eIly. Dat was Nan dat you hearn
a-cuttin' dem shines on the pi-anah
while ago. An sometimes eff she don't
rastle dat pi-anah when sue gifts started
Tab can't hole candle to her, but Tab
kin sing like de very nation. She's de
only one in dis family dat kin sing.
You don't never hear yelp outen Nan.
Nan can't sing for shucks. I'd les
lieves hear tom-cat dat's got scalded.
Dey's TO feen IN Lis family sides de ole
brothers an sisters. But some of 'em
don't live heah-do' Bill he supports
'em-lends 'em money, an pays dey
debts an he he'ps 'em along. tell you
Bill he's real good. Dey all gifts drunk
all 'cep Bill. De ole men he gifts
drunk, too, rarne as de res nv 'em.
Bob, he don't git drunk much-ies'
sloshes robin de s'loons some. an takes
dram sometimes. Bob he's next to
Bill-about forty year old. Dey's all
married-all de famly's married cep'
some of de gals. Dere's fo'teen. It's
de biggest family in desc parts, dey say.
Dare's Bill-Bill Nubbles-Nubbles is
de name; Bill, an Griz, an Duke, an
Bob, an Nan, an Tab, an Kit, an Sol,
an 81, an En1l, an russ, an JAKE, an
Sal-Sal she's married an got chil'en
as big as I is-an' Hoss Nubbles, he's
de las. Hoss is what d Y mos always
calls him, but he's got another name dat
somehow disremember, it's so kind o.
hard to git de hang of it." Then OBJ
serving that I had been taking down
this extraordinary list Of nicknames for
adults, he said A: "But in de mawnin' I
can ask Bill what's HOss's other name,
an Den I'll come mp an tell you when I
fetches yo' breakfast. An may be done
got sum o. dem names mixed up, but
Bill he kin tell me. Dey's fo'teen."
By this time he was starting off with
the waiter, and a pecuniary considera-
tion for his sociability, and, as he went
out, he paused a moment and said
"Dad-fetch it, somehow dat other
name don't come. But anyways, you
ies read dem names over an see if
dey's fo'teen." I read the list from
the fy-leaf of "hongfellow's New Eng
land Tragedies. "Dat's right, sab.
Dey's a!I down I'll fetch up Hoss 8
other in de mawnin', sab. Don't be you
oneasy."
Exit, whistling "Listen 30 the
Mocking Bird. Mark TRAIN.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-25
Chicago's GentIemanly Thief.

Chicago il rather proud of a very
gentlemanly thief who is now working
the fashionable residences Of city. He
is a young man Of dandy cut, polished
manners and a glib tongue. He has
been seen several times III the houses he
has harvested of money and Iewelry,
but suspected too late to be caught.
He meets one lady at her own front
door returning home, snd politely apol-
opizes for having made a mistake in
the house. She soon finds out that her
chamber has been invaded and her jew
elry is gone. Another lady comes home
and finds a stranger In her parlor fixing
mis- hair and viewing himself In a glass,
as though he had just made a call and
wished TO get his appearance up 10 the
mark before anybody came in. He eBud-
denly finds that he has mistaken the
house of his lady friend, who lives on
the next block, and after many excrFes
for his intrusion bows himself out. The
ladies of that house find that they will
have to lay In a new stock Of jewelry.
He thus robs his victims before their
very eyes, and his genteel appearance
and charming address help him in and
out of peoples houses at his will and
n1aalura
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-25

not cost more than fifteen cents bushel
anywhere within twenty miles of bed Of
limestone. Gypsum, much more costly
than lime, ought TO be procured ground
ready for use at forty cents a bUshel.
Rather than pay forty cents for lime,
gypsum (Which is sulphate of lime)
would be more profitable at fifty cents,
the highest price we have known even
for imported Nova Scotia gypsum. As
it is twice as soluble in water as lime.
and supplies sulphuric acid as well as
lime TO the oil, it is used in much
smaller quantities. One hundred
pounds or one and one-fourth bushels
per acre, is considered heavy dressing.
The blowing under of green crops is
not likely to sour the soil, unless stag
nant water exists in it. The presence
of such water in the soil favors the pro-
duction Of acids, but where the soil is
free from it there is always sufficient
alkaline matter to take up the acids
which may be formed during the de-
composition of growing grass, clover,
or buekwheat, which may be plowed
under. Barnyard manure is the cheap
est and most useful fertilizer for all or
any crops.--NeaO York 15ribane.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-25
Ia Tznhoid Fever Infectious ?

Much atte ntion has been attracted in
England very recently by a letter Of
Prof. Tyndall's, in which he maintains
that there is no such thing as the spon-
taneous generation of typhoid fever,
and that in every case of typhoid pre-
existing one can be inferred with GER
tainty. A a natural result of this view,
which is known among medical men as
DR.. Budd's theory, it follows that
typhoid fever is eminently contagious
and infectious disease like smallpox and
scarlet fever.
1t is hardly necessary to dwell upon
the vital Importance of this question
in all civilized communities, in view of
the great mortality which is annually
caused by this most insidious and ter
rible disease. If Prof. Tyndall-who
although no physician, is one of the
foremost scientific men in the world
be right, the destruction of the pre.ex-
listing germ Of the disease should be the
main ohiect in the treatment OF typhoid
fever, aud the isolation of the patients
would in every case become OF para
mount importance.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-25
NEW YEARS BELLS.

Rtngi bells, ring, with your mellow din,
NJ @1A.hg the old year out and the new year in!
l 4Ake the voices OF birds from the old gray spire
5et 1., your silyery music rise higher and higher
ELoAtlnR abroad DER the hillside bare
IN olllows Of sound on the tremnlous air,
1et 1t rise and fall with the fitful gale;
Tell over the city and wood the tale;
Say that tonight the old year dies
Bid the watchers look to the eastern skies
For the beautiful halo that tells afar
Of the welcome rise Of the new years start
ring the old year ont. with its siQhs and tears.
lts Wltherlng heaFt-aches and tfresonoe fears.
Away With its memories OF doubt ana wrong
Us cola deceits and its envyings strong
All It's pander1nR lures TO the faiferiug seDse +
ana its EStfui snams and cold pretensa s
Y e via heap them together and bind them fast
10 the old mans load as he totters past
1he lis that he brought he may take again: .
Keen Te the joys, let him bury the pain
hing soft oh bells, as he goes to rest
: ar IN the shades Of the darkening westi
hing, bells, ring, with s merry dinl
The Old year has gone with its care and sinl
sinlAng and fair, st the eastern gates
= al IN United light. the new yesr waits
welcome him IN with the rosy band
- y no Nslt the wave OF his beckoninR hand;
ROPE with her wrcsths of sweet sf,rIng hOvcTs-
: 0y tor the suu1Tners glowing hours,
Flenty and peace for the fruitful f1Il,
ana Iove for al seasOns-best Of all.
hlng Enerrllyr bells f-cer the blushing skies
bee the beaIItsf a star Of the new year riseI
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-25
A Modish Drawing-Room

Speaking of house furnishing, Paris
correspondent says: "The mode is to
keep out Cf yOur drawing every
thing resembling what is commonly
termed a set of drawing room furnitur;'
that is to say, so many sofas 0arge or
snalD, so many arm-chairs, SO many
chairs without arms, all of the same
wood and covered with the same tissue.
The highest touch of the day is to be
quit of all that sort of thing, to furnish
your room with hangings, cushions,
statues, rare pOrcelains, rare plants, and
as many things as you can get together.
You scout the idea of having two seats
alike; in fact, you hardly admit any
regular seats at all the cushions are to
do duty for seats. The first thing that
strikes the eye on entering one of these
temples of refined elegance is probably
a chaste and graceful nymph, in marble,
between pair of enormous vases of
Chinese or Japanese proclaim, or per-
haps of Minturin's peculiarly charming
style, containing a couple of palm trees,
or some other plants equally exotic,
Over the richly covered chimney-p piece,
a magnificent glass and splendid clock,
branch candles 'icks, little vases, etc,
etc, scattered between them on the rich
covering of velvet or embroidery that
hides the shelf of the mantel-piece.
Opposite the first place Is the grand
piano CErard or Pleyel) to which the
divinity Of the place cOnfides her Ieve-
ries, the piano itself being covered with
a cloth of Java canvas embroidered in
arabesques, and bordered with siiken
fringe of tassels of every color. Two
enormous cushions, covered with silk or
embroidery, compose a chair one cush-
ion being the seat and the other the
back. Each pair of cushions (square)
is of different color, but all very quiet;
black with crimson or dark blue but
tons liver color, mouse color, and so
on. These cushions make the most de-
lightful seats possible, but can't be
moved about without some trouble, and
therefore are dotted about Just where
people are expected to sit. Eastern
silks and other tissues, broadclOth COW
cred with various kinds of embroidery,
auy quiet, rich tissue is used for cover
ing them the more unc mmon the bet
ter. The only thing in the room that
can properly be called a piece of fur
niture' is an octs9On table, styled Louis
XIV, in ebony elegantly carved and Law
ishly supplied with writing materials of
every kind, comprising an inkstand, a
blotting- bOOOk, book. cutter, letter scale
and 8 number of small Golfers of various
kinds, basket or mounted plate for
visitors cards, all of the most elegant
and artistic character, but none of them
being for show only, all of them, on the
contrary, being evidently in constant
uEa -
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-25
Extricating Mired Animals

A correspondent of the Western Ru-
raj writes Lately, 1 had a COW mired
IN a quicksand in slough, and it took
some engineering to get her out. While
an excavation was made in front of and
about the COW, I fixed a crowbar in a
socket firmly in the ground. slipped
a ring over the top, to which was at
tached two guys leading at angles of 45
degrees to two stakes driven diagonal Y
and firmly into the ground at some dis
tance away from the direction in which
the COW was mired, the ropes drawn
tight. I now wedged a small clevis
firmly on the square part of the bar !;
from this a short piece of chain was at
tached, communicating with the rope
leading to the COW, and close to the bar
with strong handspike. 1 now com
menced walking around the bar with
the handspike. When it began to grip,
it gradually drew the COW forward until
she was able to use her legs, when she
struggled out without further assistance.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-25
Not Atheists at All.

The pendulum seems TO Lave swung
back again. John Stuart Mil, being
dead, has spoken of religion in a man
ner which has shocked those of his dis
ciples who believed that he did not be-
lieve in God, and who accepted his sup
posed disbelief as the reason for their
own infdelity. Prof. Tyndall has re-
pudiated the construction universally
placed upon his language at Belfast,
and has declared that he did not mean
to ASSERT either that there was no God,
or that God, if he existed at all, was
only molecule. Mr.. Fitzjames Stephen
has called especial attention to the fact
that he is of the opinion that the weight
of evidence is in favor of the hypothesis
that there is a God, who is very vice
and exceedingly powerful, but who, in
Mr.. Fitziames Stephens belief is not
altogether benevolent. And to crown
all, Prof. Huxley, to the infinite grief
of his former admirers, has como for
ward to say that he must not be num-
bered among "fatalistic, materiolistic
or atheistic philosophers.