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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03

build FIRE proof vaults in the Court House,
and new Jail and sherif's house outside
thought it best not to commence their work
until the meeting Of this Board.
In the hurry of the last session the com
mittce appointed to get plan for tie new
Jail presented ono to the roard, which they
accepted without having time to think what
they wanted, and appointed your committee
with instructions to go on with the work.
After investigating the matter and getting
all the information they could, your com
mlttee soon became convinced that the plan
presented was not what the county wanted
They have taken the liberty to go over and
see tn Grant county Jail. and correspondent
with several Jail builders rpon the sub, ect,
and now believe that it would only have been
waste OF money for the county to have built
according to the plan
They would nav recommend that the Board
adopt one of the TWO plans which they here.
with present.
The hrst one is according to plan got up
by one OF your committee, Mi jorJ ohm Clowney.
and perhaps may beeaidto be combination,
or little from all the plans We have seen.
but generally after tho Milwaukee and Ian
caster plan.
Thisiail will be 32x3i feet, II feet high
above water table, built Of good stone walls
and lined with good one quarter inch boiler
iron. 1t will have eight good iron CELLS.
arranged substantially, with railing forming
inner corriJer, and comprising an iron stair
way at the end Of the cells, and balcony run.
ming the whole length, to admit Of access to
upper cells, as described in the Milwaukee
plan.
In addition to this We propose to build a
sheriff house 22x24 feet, 90 feet high. This
to be also of rock and we'll built.
be about two mills and a quarter on The
dollar.
To build the Lancaster jail. it would cost
about four mills on .he dollar.
The cost of the whole will be, ..... sl2 800 90
Cost o hre proof vaults, 2.o00,b0
Total, ........... ST., 900 90
The cost Of the LANCASTER Jail will be about
S26,ooO. 90, including the sheriff s house, and
will be all FIRE proof, with slate roofs on the
whole. This would be the best Jail, but at
a much greater expense.
The tax on the county to build the first will
All of which is respectfully submitted
JosEPH BENNETT
JoHN CLowSEY, Com.
JoHN L. JOINS,
Dodgevsile, May IS. 1875.
Mr. Campbell moved to lay the mat
ter over to the next annual meeting.
Mr. Coates moved to amend by lay
ing over till tomorrow morning which
prevailed.
The Clerk presented the schedule
ofbills filed against the county, which
was referred to the committee en-
claims
On motion of Mr. Campbell, Board
adjourned to half-past eight o'clock
Wednesday morning.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03
SECOND DAYS SESSION.

Wednesday, May 2t, 1878.
Board met at half past eight a. m,
pursuant to adjournment
All the Supervisors present except
Mr. Rowe
The committee on claims made the
following report:
To the Hon. the Board of Supervisors of
Iowa County, Wisconsin:
The committee on claims to whom was
referred the bills and accounts filed against
your county, have had the same under consid.
Grafton and:teport back the same with sundry
recommendations specified in the schedule here
with returned, and made part of this report
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03
NAME.

! II Dudley, State Va Andrew Rear, 90 IS 90 a
G Spensley. Fees conrt com. 26S in full
7 M'tloskey witness fees So
Jas Spcnaley, exp's donaldson. 1874, 25 90
VIM. Trelor, taking dirt from court
house. 500
j W VanDuyn State vs. foans, - 81 y 20
s Northey do do j. - in fu
Thos Kennedy, do do 300 45e
do cleaning court house.
waitin. co. board etc. IL 50 in fall
NJ Asfmore, State W Ira p Barrett, rs rs
Walters, state Va DAM O'iare. ii % in fuil
do do Friedrich Bishop. 70 80
DO do Walter Young. 200 :,
Thomas Rogers, stationery. a. 80
A Hearn, printing circuit court. 81 80
do do CO. clerk. "a 90
do do treasurer, lS5 10
Thos carkeek Inquest on body of
n Davey 6St
John IIoare, stamps aud freight. 1 -
II Niedeckden y Co. books for Reg, y 80
do 40 assessment rolls, IS 30
VIM Sands circn{t court business 5l2O
Geo d Cline, printing, lO2ol
Jas Ryan. sheriff : zee bin g6 20
Peter Morris, repairing &c. 325
''N- Mary Moore IS rs IS rs
1870 physician charges disallowed.l
>'''' iurors, 4 80 in full
do print for CO supt. 81 IS
do do per order Of
register of deeds aud co elk. 81 81
mee,ing 1000
Preferred back without recomm enjation.l
J h Jones, $40 in full
Thomas, 4 Is
W. L. LINCOLN,
WV. PARLlSsoy, Com.
j. p. SNsLKER,
Adopted on motion of Mr.. Bennett.
On motion of Mr.. Spensley the
bill of James Dunn was allowed In
full. The Committee on Tax Claims
made the following report:
To the Board Of Supervisors Of Io'co
county:
The Committee on Tax Claims have had
under consideration the various matters re-
terrcd TO to them and beg leave 10 report,
and recommend as follows;
That Patrick Lenahan he permitted to re-
deem the :. +. Il of the y. +. i OF Sec. II,
town ), range east from the sales OF lNt'i
and 1865, at their face, redemption fees aud
ten per cent. interest.
That Mark Tcrriii be permitted to redeem
mart Of lot So, Nilct'S survey, city Of Mineral
Point, from ssles ct 1891. 1875, lSb1, sls,li
1865. 1861, 1865. 1862 and 1874, L their face,
redemption fees and ten per cent interest.
That solomon Hind be permitted Ia redeem
all of the certificates in the County lreasurers
Office. s, their face. and redemption fees on
the s. !. OF the ). W. !, sc. :, town 5,
range |.
Is. i'm block 81. village Of Avoca. from sale Of
IsfiS. 90, and 1871. al their face, redemption
',ees and Ten per ceai. Interest.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03

a FIRE brokesout on May Both in
Springfield, Mass, causing loss OF
$5O0,0OO.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03
Special Meeting of the County
Board of Supervisors.
County CLERKS OFFICE,
ne, A. Ossk 1QSE

County CLERKS OFFICE,
Dodgeville, Wis, May 25th, 1875.
The County Board of Supervisors of
Iowa County met in special session, ia
pursuance Of the following call:
To the Clerk of the Comfy Board Of Iowa Co.,
You are requested to Gala special meeting OF
the County Board on Tuesday. the 25th day Of
May. or IA soon thereafter as possible to con-
cider the late action Of the U. s. Court, in the
case OF Bowen vs. Iowa County" and for the
Transaction of othsrgenersl business.
Signed. GosEPH BENNETT,
John II. VIVIAN,
CALVERT SPENsLkY
W. Is PARKINSON.
w. REwEY.
KEARroS COATES.
BENJAMIN ELAN,
j. p. SMELkER,
p. GRANT,
DR.. John H Vivian was elected
temporary chairman.
On call of roll the following Super
visors answered
Clyde-Ch arles II. Frost.
odgevile-Benjamin Elan.
Village Of Dodgeville-Joseph Bennett.
nighland-P. Grant.
Naturalization Coates,
Mifllin-J. W Kewey.
Mineral Point--W 3 Parkinson.
Mineral PIT City, Il. Vivian. c. Spsnaley,
Pnlaski-w. y. DmOck.
Village OF Avoca-w. L. Lincoln.
MoscOw-Ole Steeneiand,
Rideeway-Archibald Campbell,
Waldwick-James Heath.
WyoE iDg-John L. james,
Absent-Wn. L. Rowe, Arena.
The chair announced the NEXT
business 20 be the election Of o chair
man for the en,uing year.
Mr.. Coates moved that the Board
proceed to elect charm by ballot
the first ballot to be informal. Carried.
The Board then proceeded to ballot
for chairman, as follows
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03


it is altogether probable that he will
be nominated by reclamation, as is
proper and right. He will be a
strong candidate, will go in to win,
and we have not doubt will DO
elected.
Aside from these there was little
said in regard TO candidates. 1t is
generally understood, however, that
while some regard must be had to
locality in the makeup of the tick
ct, the Congressional District bound
aries will not receive as much con-
sideration as heretofore, the loca-
tion of nominees in that manner
being Iimpracticable.
The southwestern part of the
State is entitled, both by its inn
mense population and its heavy Re-
publican vote, to a representative
on the State ticket, and there is not
lacking proper material from which
to select. Col. John g. Clark, of
Lnncaster, Hon. J. H. Rountree,
of Platteville, ". w. Field, Of Bos-
cobel, DR.. Vivian, of Mineral Point,
Judge Miner, of Richland Center,
and others that might be named,
would receive a cordial welcome to
the State ticket, and be supported
with vigor and success. Let the
best men come forward, and then
all 60 in with will to elect them,
on a sound and square Republican
platform, without deceit or guile.
The foregoing article is from the
La Crosse Republican, and will meet
with hearty endorsement among the
Republicans of the Sd Congression-
allDistrict What is said concerning
the candidacy of ex-senator Ha]-
loway is timely and proper. Tho
Sd District was unrepresented on
the State ticket ia 1873, and we be-
lieve the Republicans of the district.
will prefer being again unrepre-
scented to having ex-senator Hol-
loway as their representative. Since
his first successful mannuvring
for the position Of State Senator,
Mr., II. has devoted much of his
time and about all of his abilities
to the advancement of himself to
still higher political places. AT the
opening of the Legislature in 1874
he manpuvred himself into the
position of president pro tenn of the
Senate; and Immediately thereafter
there appeared in some obscure
sheet in the northern part of the
State Whose editor we believe was
an employee of the Senate) full
some article putting Holloway, and
naming him as a candidate for Con-
gress in this district. Thence on
to the assembling of the Congress
sional Convention last fall, Mr. II.
was busy setting pins" which,
however, failed to ''stick'-he re-
coiving not vote in the Conven-
ton. Undauuted by this rebuff,
which would have retired more
modest man, he again resumed his
lahors, with view to the Lieut..
Governorship. His betrayal of the
people of Grant county in HE Sena-
torial caucus was, beyond doubt,
induced by a belief, at least, that il
would strengthen his chances Of
securing the coveted nomination,
Personally, Mr.. Holloway is a
gentleman Of merit, but politically
he is of that class that view parties
rs but means by which ambitiou.
men may reach desired ends-a class
that believe in a liberal use of a
mans own petard in foisti9g him
self onward in the race Tor place
and profit. The too successful
efforts OF this element in the Repub-
tlican party Of Wisconsin, in years
/ past have nearly wiped ont our 30
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03

stan for services rs clerk of this committee
Respectfully submitted,
". Il. LINCOLN,
VIM. PARKINSON, Com
j. p. SMELKER,
On motion the report was adopted.
Mr.. Spensley offered the follow.
Jag preamble and resolution;
Whereas, 1t appears by the report " tire
Fund Commissioners OF Iowa coHntv to this
board, that there Is the SIM of over eleve1a
thousand dollars in their hands uhexpended,
And, Whereas, the county Of Iowa is now
paying interest on large sums of money bor-
rowcd for the purpose of paying off and
set ding our bonded Indebtedness; and
Whereas, 1t is desirable that said sum In
the hands of the Commissioners should DC
made productive if possible; now, therefore,
be 1t
Resolved, That we respectfully request said
Fund Commissioners to invest said sum, or
any SUN not needed for immediate use, on
hand, in some safe, interest. bearing securities
readily convertible into cash, L. s. Bonds
being preferred.
After some discussion, and short
consultation with the Fund Com
missioners, the resolution was
adopted.
The report of the Building Com
mittee was then taken up.
Mr.. Spensley offered the follow
ing amendment:
Resolved, That the building committee DC
authorized and instructed to proceed at oncc
in the construction of a tire-proof building
on the Court House lot for the purpose OF ac-
commodatimg and protecting the records OF Inc
,t ,,nt IN, nNp
of three thousand and five hundred dollars.
this to be in place of any past authority Ut
directions committed to them.
Mr.. Lincoln msved to amend the
amendment by increasing tho
amount to $4,000. Lost.
Mr.. Smoker moved to amend by
inserting $50, 000," instead OF s3,-
900. Lost.
The ayes and noes were then
called for on the amendment OF
Spensley, and it was lost. Ayes -
noes 9.
Mr.. Spenslsy then offered the iol-
lowing resolution, as an amendlhoil'
to the report of the committee:
ItceiNcC, l nat Tue uuiiuit-
authorized and instructed to proceed a. ohoo
in the construction of n fire proof puiidils VI
the Court House lot for the purpose % aI
commodaiing and protecting the recofd, 30 ~
the county, al an expense not TO e4eI go ~
sum of four thousand five hundred uonaS.
This to be in place of any past authoi''l VI
directions committed to them
Ayes and noes called for ana res
olution lost. Ayes I, noes y:
Mr.. Rewey offered the following
as an amendment to the report OF
the committee:
Resolved. That the plans, sPeelnea.ionH
and recommendations of the building com
mittee, known rs the combination plan, ~
adopted 50 far a. it refers to the relaulh, %
the Court House and building gail y eo
ccrued. at a cost not Ia exceed s!o,Un anu
that that part referring 10 the buiidin- I"
iallor's residence DC stricken out.
Mr.. Spensley offered the follow
ing as substitute for Reweys res
olution+:
Resolved, That the building committee %
authorized and Instructed To prucee3 - ouSs
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03

TIE steamship Gothenburg has
been wrecked on the coast OF Aus
'tralia, and lis lives lost.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03

Your committee further recommend that
the SUN of $500 be allowed to Henry Dun
stan for services rs clerk of this committee.
Respectfully submitted,
". Il. LINCOLN,
WIN. PARKINSON, fCon.
j. p. SMELkER y
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-31
FOREIGN.

PARIS, March 3l.-The Bien Public
publishes the following; The Emperor
Of Brazil proposes to abdicate in favor
Of his eldest daughter, Countess DEM
pero. Upon his abdication he will make
the tour of Europe, after which he will
proceed to the United States, where he
will make his home.
LONDON, March 3l.-Spanish advices
state that Notwithstanding the denials Of
the truth of the reports of discussions
among the Carlists, it is known beyond
question that there are serious differ
ences between Don Carlos aud the Carl
ist council of the province Of Navarro.
CALCUTTA, March 3l.-The trial Of
Guikemar, Of Bavada, on the charge Of
attempting to bride servants Of the resi-
dents to poison Colonel Phayre, the
President, has resulted in a disagreement
Of the commission before which the case
was tried.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-31
CIVIL RIGHTS IN NEW Jersey.

The Trenton New Jersey negroes
whose case was lately decided adversely
under the civil rights bill, claimed the
privilege of playing in a billiard room
attached to a hotel on the ground that it
was a part Of the accommodations of
the house. United States Commissioner
Shreve decided that as the price of a
game or games of billiards was not in
cluded in the price of board any more
than if the saloon was kept by a
stranger the plaintiffs had no rights in
the premises more than anywhere else
outside Of the hotel. If a hotel proprie-
tor keeps a livery stable in connection
with his house in one sense it might be
considered an accommodation, but he
ought still to be allowed the right of de-
termining to whom he would hire his
horses which he never could do, if we
must hold every business or employment
an inn-keeper chooses to adopt an ac-
co~mmodation or privilege of his hotel,
to be demanded or enjoyed by all. And
so of a telegraph Office or barber shop
in a hotel; such things are separate from
the hotel business, although perhaps UNI
der the same roof or OIL. the same prem
Uses. In other words, keeping a billiard
saloon is a private business, with which
the law does not and cannot interfere.
1t is enough that the late servant is as
his master. Such is the line Of argu-
ment in the decision which discharged
the defendant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-31
THE CITY COMMISSIONERS.

We learn by private dispatch from
Nashville that a correct copy Of the new
charter of Memphis will reach here by
mail to. day. The changes which this
instrument makes in the list Of city Off
Gals is generally already known. One
of its most important features is the ere
alton of a boafd of Five Commissioners
for the control of our police and fire
departments. 1t is to this board that we
desire to direct the attention of the Al
dermen and Councilmens whose duty it
will be to make the selection, for upon
the character of the gentlemen who will
be chosen for this responsible duty de-
ponds, almost vitality, the city's pros
perity, good order and protection. They
should be men who never founder in
the slums Of politics; citizens whose
every act will be scrupulously for the
best, and whose moral standing is above
all reproach. We understand that the
old political ward bummers, ex-ofice-
holders and would-be ofice-grabbers are
already moving every point to get into
this board, in the hope of future rewards
for themselves Of soft places. Let u
city fathers avoid them as lepers, curses
and yellow fever epidemics, for should
they succeed in getting control of this
board-a long farewell to prosperity and
progress. We have plenty of good citi-
zens who are willing to serve in this
important commission, and from that
class let the entire five be chosen. Of
such we have heard mentioned the
names of j.. F. Frank, Michael Magev-
ney, ST., G. B. Church, Cotton Greene
and W. A. Goodman, who would take
hold if called upon in a proper manner,
and would direct all matters coming to
them most successfully and to the gen.
eral welfare. 1t is the imperative duty
of our Aldermen and Councilmen to
create that commission from just the
class Of our community to which the ex-
%cellent gentlemen we have mentioned
belong, and we sincerely hope it will be
done.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-31
NEW YORK.
Commotion on wall 6treet-YeIlOu
Fever at Hey West.


NEw York, March 81 Speaking of
the commotion on Wall street yesterday
and its causes, the Times says: ut ap-
pears that Daniel Drew for some time
past has been selling privileges, chiefly
calls and ~straddles on stocks and puts
on gold. A recent large advance 10
stocks induced some of the holders to.
present their privileges for liquidation,
and up to yesterday calls presented were
duly honored. The handsome profits
accruing from the heavy advance OF
Monday induced others TO demand the
delivery of stock called for in their priv
ileges, The large decline in gold has
caused holders Of puts to ask for a place
to put gold, but Drew did not put in an
appearance, aud anxious inquirers
we're blandly assured by the
brokers that Mr.. Drew was i'll
and unable to leave his residence
to attend to business. This was a great
disappointment, and not a few were un-
courteous enough to express doubts as
to the illness Of Drew. The first effect on
the stock market of Drew's absence
from the street was to depress prices
and generally u~nsettle values, but soon
as it was understood that any perma-
nent default on his part would place a
number of spectators operating on his
calls shcrt of stocks the feeling changed
and prices began to advance just as the
Stock Exchange vas closing for the day.
The effect in the gold room was even
more decided than in the Stock Ex-
change, and the operations there were
generally interpreted as meaning a dis
ruption Of the clique lately manipulate
ing the market for a rise and to distress
merchants and make money stringent,
A dispatch from Washington says a
telegram from Key West that
the yellow fever had greatly Increased
within a few days; that all naval vessels
were quarsntined and soldiers garrison
ing forts would leave Immediately for
colder quarters; hat the epidemic was
spreading and that deaths we're occur
ing in Key West. Instructions have been
sent to the surgeons at Pensacola, Mo
bile, New Orleans and Galveston to be
on the lookout for yellow jack and
promptly report its appearance. The
United States steamer Despatch, sent to
convey the Senatorial party to Mexico,
was at Key West when the fever broke
out. There is increasing solicitude in
Washington, not only for the naval
officers, but for the prominent persons
composing the excursion party.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-31
sORTER GOT RELIGION AGAIN.

The Appeal this morning has fallen
into one Of its old hysterieal political
professions Of religion, and is shouting
loud hallelujahs to uuadulterated De-
mocracy, singing
{" This Is the way l long have sought,
o.a And incurred because l found it not"
Simon Suggs' sudden conversion at
the camp-meeting was not near so glow
ing as the enthusiasm Of the Appeals
'fession. That reliable old journal has
once more discovered that all sorts of
politics in this country are but aeeting
shows" and no party is true but
the Democratic. L. Q. c. Lamar,
of Mississippi, has been the means
of warming the Appeal up for
the present. Lamar wants the
Democrats Of the country to play ever
the Greeley drama in the mex Presi-
dental campaign and support either
one Of two Radicals, who by a kind of
politico-poetic license are called mode
rate Radicals-Charles Francis Adams,
of Massachusetts, or Judge Davis, of
Indiana, as the party's chief magistrate
In 1876. The Appeal says " no, ~sir-ee,'
Mi. Lamar. Glory hallelujahl the good
old Democratic religion is the one zoe
are going to fight with; re'H have moth
ing but "a Democratic banner with
Democrats as standard bearers for that
race, or w will perish in the attempt.
This is right, and we are happy to learn
that the Appeal has 'fessed the good
faith once more, and wen pray that it
may now stick to it. That paper has
been q terribly bad backslider; in fact,
the most wicked single.handed back.
slider from the Democratic religion in
all this part of the land. 1t fell from the
fold several years ago when it foisted
John johnson in as Mayor of Memphis
against the party wish; it still wandered
further from grace when it supported
Andrew Johnson for United States Sen.
ator only a few short weeks ago over a
Democrat as standard-bearer; and fell
almost to the depths Of total ~depravity
when but a few weeks since it went to