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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-04-22
PIE RSONAL.

The President has appointed Richard Gibbs
of New York, Envoy Extraordinary and Min
lister Plenipotentlry to Peru.
All attempts IN the New York Legislature
to pass an act enabling Mrs. Tlton to testify
have failed and further efforts win not be
made
Dan Bryant, the great minstrel performer,
died at New York on the 10th, of pneumonia
Hon. Ben. Wade has written a letter de-
Ginning to De a candidate for the Governor
ship of Ohio. He gives three reasons First
Ills voice is 80 used up that lac Is not able
to make speech. Second--He has recorded
an oath that he will never tax the stump for,
or in favor Of, an office for which he is u can
didate, and this oath alone would bar him.
Third-fie cannot well afford to take the
position.
Treasurer Spinner ON the 18th received an
autograph letter from the President accept.
Ing his resignation as Treasurer Of the United
States and expressing for him the warmest
sentiments Of regard personally, and high
appreciation OF his probity, patriotism and
official integrity.
In his direct examination on the 18th Mr..
Beecher denied In detail each and every state
ment contained In Mrs. Moultou's testimony
that referred 10 any admission or confession
on his part of the crime with which he is
charged. He said he never had any converse
ton with ;hat witness in which the alleged
crime was the subject Of discussion; she
never advised him to make a confession 10 the
church, and he never made threat to her Of
suicide
Mr.. W. II. Harper the Chief Grain Inspector
OF Chicago, has .eeu suspended from office
by the Governor because OF certain alleged
discrepancies in his fiscal accounts. Ike has,
by advice Of his boudsmeu and lawyer, re-
fused to yield up his books and assets.
A Salt Lake dispatch OF the 18th states that
the trial Of John u. Lee and W H. Dame for
connection with the Mountain Meadow mas
sacre will not take place the present term OF
court They were arraigned and pleaded not
guilty, their counsel asking for immediate
trial, but the prosecution was not ready.
Al the annual Mormon Church conference
at Salt Lake on the 10th Brigham Young was
reelected prophet, seer, rcye!ator and Prcsi-
dent
Mr., Beevhers direct examination was con-
cluded on the 18th the witness making a
broad and emphatic denial OF ever having
committed, or proposed to commit, the crime
charged against hiu. Mr.. Fullerton then be-
gan the VrosS-examjuation.
The National Industrial Congress met in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-04-22
POLITICAL.

The vote In Connecticut at the recent cleo
ton was as follows: For acknowledgement
Dem.), 53,7s5; Greene (Rep.), 44,3O1; Smith
(Pro.), $500; scattering, ia. Total, l0l 900.
Ingersoll's plurality, 9,4S4; majority, 6,661
For gressmen-Democratic candidates,
51,093; Republican, 1911; Prohibition, 1903
Total 1OO,313. The vote for Governor in
Rhode Island was as follows: Hazard Qnd
Rep, s.u7; Llppitt Greg. Rep, S,34l; Cut
Ter Dem.), 5,169.
Women are now eligible to appointment as
Notaries Public In Illinois, the late State
Legislature having passed an act to that ef.
feet, which has been signed by the Governor.
The Republican State Convention of Cali
fornia is to DE held at Sacramento on the
Goth of June.
The Louisiana House of Representatives
on the 18th, by q vote Of 80 to Is, accepted
the Congressional award according to tho
terms Of the Wheeler compromise as a basis
of settlement, and the members unseated by
this award retired. A resolution was
adopted--S9 as Democrats and "A Re-
publicans) to Is Q3 Democrats and Republi-
cans) --declaring that, without approving, the
Legislature will not disturb the Kellogg
State Government, nor seek to impeach the
Governor for any past official acts, but will
yield him support in enforcing the laws and
maintaining the peaa,soli the State.
The Illinois Legislature adjourned sine die
on the 18TH
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-04-22
DOMESTIC.

At an early hour on the morning of
the 9TH band Of strikers attacked a
company OF militia near Ha2leton. Pa, and
u few shots were fired and Slight wounds in
iiicted. a vote by ballot was taken ON the
oh in the several mines Of the Delaware.
Lackawana \ Western Railroad COMPANY Of
Scranton, to decide the question Of strike.
and resulted in favor of work by vote Of
l,5l2 TO Slp.
All of the property in New York known To
have been In the possession OF VIM ". Tweed
at the time % his exposure, and which he
passed into the hands Of other parties. has
been attached In the interest Of the new
Sd,ooO0oo suit brought against him.
Patrick O'Shea was hanged at S. Louis on
the OH for the murder OF his wife in tina, city
little over year ago.
An Official dispatch from the CHEYENNE
Agency to Gen. Pope, received at Les,cu.
worth on the 10th, gives the particulars Of the
revolt At that agency CA April e. While the
guards were attempt NJ To iron one Of The
Stone Calf Indians, ;he prisoner broke AWAY.
The guards fired and hii him. This rro.
voked several shots from the camp OF
the hostile Cheyennes, causing great
The hostile Indians. men.
women and children, 10 the number Of two
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-04-22
FOREIGN.

The French Government has sent instruc-
tons TO its Consuls to summon for the last
time French subjects abroad who are liable
10 military service to have their names regis
tered at the Consulates.
A Madrid dispatch Of the 9th says that Gen.
Elio, a Carlst General of distinction, had
given in his adhesion to King Alphonso.
Paul Boyton, the American started from
Dover, England, on the morning Of the 10th
10 cross to France In his life- preserving dress,
and arrived at Boulogne in the evening. He
was obliged TO leave the water about five
nNes from France on account OF the darkness
and the boistcrous weather.
Madrid dispatch of the 10th says the Pres.
idency of the Madrid University has been
conferred upon lie Fuentc, the former editor
OF the Carlist newspaper There WAS much
dissatisfaction at the appointment. An Es.
tella report Is TO the eject that the Carlists
had shot eight Alphonsist prisoners, on the
7th, In reprsal for the Carlists recently assas-
sinatcd near Tafallaque.
The Bessemer steamer constructed to
overcome the motion OF the sea has made
IA satisfactory trial trip from Gravesend to
Calais.
The Humane Society of Boulogne has voted
its gold medal to Paul Boyton
Great loss Of life was recently oscasioncd
ut Shanghai by collision between two steam
crs engaged In the local trade.
Official dispatches Of the 18th report the de-
feat Of Carlists at Tolosa, with 100 killed.
The London Tines and Daily Nees have
been summoned to the bar of Parliament for
publishing certain documents In the hands OF
a Parliamentary committee.
South American adyices received in New
York on the 18th, report that the Jesuit Col
lege at Buenos Ayres had been burned by u
mob headed by a Spanish priest Several of
the priests had been wounded and three had
died,
Baron Brunnow, the Russian diplomat, is
dead.
The cholera has appeared in the province
of Dude, India.
A Vienna dispatch of the ltth says |, was
there reported that the Turks had murdered
go Christians In Roumelia and Bulgaria dur
ing the last three months.
The Carlists have lately surprised Por
Aspe, near Santander, and carried off 20,
prisoners and four pieces OF artillery
In the British House OF Commons on tn,
18th there was long and excited debate oil
apetition praying for the dismissal from tn,
bench of those Judges who sat In the Itch
borne trials, on the ground of Partially anC
corruption, and for tho Impeachment OF IN,
Speaker OF the House of Commons for SINH
lar reasons. On motion OF the Premier tn,
petition was rejected.
frussia has addressed another note to Bel
GUM In relation 10 an anti Prussian pam
phlct recently published at Antwerp.
William j. sharkey the convicted murderc,
who, some months ago, escaped from III,
New York Tombs prison, has been arrested
in Cuba, and on the 18th was In irons al
Havana, awaiting passage to New York.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-04-22
imagined, and we will guarantee "a sav
that all the wealth of Lafayette Count
would not purchase one of these dogs
Sedati0 (Mo.) Democrat, april 4.
Glacier Phenomena or the Arctic n.
gi0nS.

In the official report of the late Ans.
TRAN Polar expedition the formation
and action of ice in the Arctic rey;ons
is especially noted as being a subjec; Of
much interest, and one heretofore littla
noticed by explorers. In a land where
ice is ever forming and apparently never
thawing, where 1t is always packed md
yet keeps always packing the query
naturally arises "What becomes of /,
all?" The Austrian report, based on
nearly two years observation, informs
us that, with the exception OF the land.
ice, which clings to the coast and never
reaches far into the sea- all ice-ield.ica
and icebergs-is continually kept in mo.
ton by the winds, thereby causing q
never-ceasing conflict, one field crush1np
against another, the enormous masses
grinding and pulverizing each other in
all seasons without rest. The force of
these weighty bodies of ice.moving ever
but slowly, is tremendous, and the com,
bat incident to their collision is often in
the highest degree terrific in its effects
For days and weeks broken blocks have
been observed to keep piling up and over
each other many feet in height, building
hourly new and fantastic shapes
against the sky, until one of the
inanimate antagonists had ridden
clear over or telescoped" its on.
ponent and sunk it beneath the waters
The cold often unites several fields into
one great mass, but only to be broken
apart again by the winds, and thus the
great icy regions Of the extreme north
are kept surging perpetually, frost fight.
ing the presence of heat in the water
and ice fighting ice through the ages
Only occasionally great berg will break
away and drift off into the Atlantic, at
length to be dissolved in the great gull
stream.
The restless activity in which the
Arctic ice-fields are kept by the winds is
believed to serve purpose in breaking
up and submerging the ice to depth
sufficient to reach the warm currents
which are supposed to exist at certain
depth in the northern waters, where that
which has CONCEALED so readily few
hundred or thousand feet above is dis
solved again, thus keeping up the water
supply and preventing the region from
becoming solid block of ice, indissolu
bic and impenetrable, and, by the ab-
sence of the heat underlying all, making
the polar district even more frigid than
now.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-04-22

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Indianapolis on the 18th, twenty.eight dele.
gates being In attendance.
Commander Leroyt Fitch, Of the United
States navy, died at his residence in Logans-
port, Ind, on the 18th.
II Is stated that all of the clerks in sthe
Postofiice Department implicated in the re-
cent mail contract frauds have been dismissed
by the Postmaster General.
The Industrial Congress in session at In
dianapolis adopted declaration OF principles
on the l4th and also unanimously passed reso-
lutions condemning the lockout Of the men
employed in the mining regions Of Pennsyl-
vania, "by combination OF six monster
coal-mining and carrying corporations,
because unwilling to accept reduc-
ton OF 80 or 40 per cent. OF their wages,
for which reduction there is no real justif-
cation" and requesting all organized bodies
Of workingmen throughout the country to
forward to the treasurer Of the congress
as generous financial assistance as their
circumstances will permit, to be applied
to the relief of victims OF the alleged COP
spiracy on the part OF said companies.
The President and Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Sar
toris, Gen. Babcock and Secretary Robson
left Washington on the 18th, en- route to Mas
sachusetts to attend the centennial celebra-
ton of The battle of Lexington on the 10th.
Owing to the illness of Mr.. Fullerton the
Beecher trial was, on the morning Of the
10Th, postponed until the 10Th.
The Tooth anniversary of the Pennsylvania
Society for the Abolition Of Slavery was helc
In Philadelphia on the 14th. Among The
prominent representatives present were Hon
Henry Wilson, c. G. Burleigh and Frederick
| Douglass.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-04-22

To MAKE pocket mucllage boil one
pound of the best white glue and strain
very clear; boil also four ounces Of ism
glass and mix the two together; place
them in a water bath (glue kettle) with
half pound Of white sugar, and evap.
crate till the liquid is quite thick, when
it is to be poured into molds, dried and
cut into pieces of convenient size. This
Immediately dissolves in water and
fastens paper very firmly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-04-22

A YOUNG Tennessee lady died recently
at the weight of +50pounds. Everybody
who attended the funeral vas weighed
down with grief, and the pall-bearers
felt MS though they could scarcely stag.
ger through il aud live.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-04-22
Liability of Railroad Companies FOL
Losing Valuable Baggage.

some ulnc ago the RUSSIAN baroness
Olga de Maluta Fraloff, in the United
States Circuit Court, got a verdict against
the New York Central & Hudson River
Railroad Company for $40, 900 in suit
brought by her to recover $62 900 for a
trunk flled with laces which was lost or
stolen from a baggage-car while she was
travelling between New York and Sara
toga on that road. A motion for new
trial was made before Judge Wallace,
and he reserved his decision till yester-
day, when he gave one, in which he
says:
1.-THE facts upon which the verdict of
the jury is predicated are so unusual, and
the amount of the recovery in view of
the nature of the action is so exceptional,
that this motion deserves and has re-
ceived careful consideration; but not
withstanding the very elaborate and able
argument OF defendants counsel and my
own inclination to dissent from the con
illusions of the jury upon one of the vital
questions Of fact am convinced that the
case presented is not within the rules
which authorize verdict to be set
aside as contrary to evidence.
Among other things the jury were
instructed that they were TO
decide as question of fact, under the
rules defined by the court, whether or
not the laces in question were baggage.
The jury must have found that laces of
the value of $40 900 carried by a traveller,
with large assortment of other articles
OF apparel for personal use, are reason
able and ordinary baggage, for the loss
of which a carrier to whom they may
have been delivered without notice of
their value is responsible. On first inn
preston the statement OF this conclusion
raises somewhat violent presumption
against the correctness OF the verdict
No precedent for a recovery so large has
been found, and if it is sustained it is
difficult 10 ascertain where the limit of d
carriers liability exists"
He cited numerous authorities and
concluded by sustaining the finding of
the jury and denying the motion for a
new trial.-Neic York Word, Apri! >.
WHEN a Young man IN Patagonia falls
in love with girl he doesn't visit her
six nights week and twice on Sunday
and feed her upon molasses-candy and
gum drops and sill up until two O'Clock
in the morning gaping and burning the
old mans oil--and that sort of thing.
Not at all. Courtship in Patagonia is
much more simple. He lassoes the cir, =
drags her home behind his horse, and
that's all the marriage ceremony neces-
sary Such a marriage ceremony Will
never become popular in this country
however, because so many II our young
men can't afford to own horse.
A YOUNG Tennessee lady died recently
at the weight of +50pounds. Everybody
who attended the funeral vas weighed
down with grief, and the pall-bearers
felt ms though they couh scarcely stag
ger through il aud live.
The New York herald., 1875-10-17
PuInit Tonnes To-day.

We do not find such a selection of pious
topics for discussion in the pulpits to-day as
was presented for last Sabbath. The range
comprehensive, and, if the pastors and peo-
pie are so inclined, many profitable lessons
may be gathered from the discourses deliv-
cred to-day. Mr.. Hepworth will contrast
Christ's Gospel with other gospels, and show
by illustration and argument its superiority
over all others, and then unite it with Gods
love, of which it is an expression. Mr..
Hepworth's successor, in another pull
pit, will at the same hour present the
Unitarian doctrine Of the judgment and
show the principles upon which every man
must be tried at the great assize, and Mr..
Lightbourn will give us a glimpse of heaven
and Of the coming Of the kingdom of God
among men, while DR.. Laws will prove the
certainty Of the judgment of every soul by
the Lord Jesus Christ. But the kingdom
Of his coming is just as important as is that
Of the appearance Of his kingdom. Messrs.
Snow and Blank will therefore tell us what
the Bible says about the great event, and
give US the reasons for believing that it is
near at hand. The moral lessons of Queen
Esther's life will be drawn forth by Mr..
Merritt, and those suggested by the Deluge
will be presented by Mr.. Jutten. Many
well inclined persons are troubled about
the objectionable sin, lest they may have COM
mitted il All such persons NAV have their
fears allayed to-day by Mr.. Selleck and his
model friend. For al who do as well as
know the will of God there is ON assured
welcome to His presence, as Mr. Leavell
declares
The New York herald., 1875-10-17
The Price OF Coal.

Now that everybody is putting up stoves,
in anticipation Of the approaching cold
weather, the price Of coal assumes an i'm
portance that is patent to every householder.
Just now the dealers in this necessity of do
mestic life are not disposed to run up the
price of coal but there is no telling how
soon they may put on an extra dollar or two.
his boy how the thermometer stood, and,
finding that it had gone down q few degrees,
saying ''Put on tuppence pail, Johnny
God help the poor y is as applicable to-day
as it was when Leech was alive. The recent
troubles in the mining regions and the cry
of reduced supply may soon be made the
pretext for an increase in the retail price
of the commodity we all must have to
live. There is only one remedy for
such o movement, and that is for consumers
to practise little economy and not waste
their stocks Of coal, thus keeping the demand
down to figure which will prevent dealers
running up their prices. The poor always
suffer most in such cases; for, being com
PEELED to buy in very small quantities, they
cannot lay in stock when low prices pre-
vail, and so must pay the current rates, no
matter what they may be. We would, there
fore, advise all housekeepers to keep their
consumption within reasonable limits and
not only save money, but really help those
who are at the mercy Of the retailers. BY
this means they will really be aiding in the
charitable work Of the winter, with positive
benefit to themselves,
The New York herald., 1875-10-17

where modest, needful records are carefully
told which make il the inseparable compan-
ion of our daily life. Journalism has pro-
gressed SO far that the cheapest article of
merchandise is the daily newspaper. This
Is its great power this is why the London
Times can build a telegraph wire from Paris
to London and print in the morning the
whisperings Of Thiers and MacAIahon the
night before. This is why the Ne,0 Free
Press in Vienna can run wire from
the capital to the frontier Of that
kingdom and publish the news free from
the surveillance of officials. This is why the
ambassadors of the HERALD can trace the
revolution through the jungles of Cuba and
follow the mighty power of Russia through
the deserts of Asia, and carry comfort and
succor to the long lost Livingstone in the
depths of the African jungle, and seek the
new life in that located upon the continent
of the icy North, whose problems have been
the wonder and the aim of centuries. The
achievement of Mr. Stanley, apart from any
geographical result apart from his extraordi-
nary contribution to literature and art, de-
serves comment as showing the value Of the
free press an institution of republicanism,
and the still further fact that only in a coun-
try Of absolute freedom can journalism or
any other institution dependent upon the
human intelligence for support receive really
its highest fruition The return of the
Pandora from her perilous voyage is still
further evidence to the same effect and it is
a coincidence that the intrepid men who had
undertaken to unlock the secrets of the
Equator and the Pole in the name of jour
nalism and for the benefit of mankind should
each of them offer almost simultaneously
rich contribution to our stock Of knowledge
concerning these two interesting regions.
The New York herald., 1875-10-17
Return OF the Pandora.

The story Of the Pandora which we print
this morning is one Of the most remarkable
Arctic discovery has yet afforded. 1t is not
a story of that complete success which we
could have desired, nor is it the usual tale
of horror which seems part of journey
amid the ice The gallant little craft has not
finished her mission; but finding that
it was impossible to complete it she
has done the next best thing-returned
home She has not reached the Pole,
which Sir John Ross left on Beechy Island
a quarter of a century ago, nor were
her officers and crew doomed to the
death of Franklin and his companions
three years before. The Pandora made
swift passage, penetrating fields of ice and
sailing over dangerous seas with a celerity
that is astonishing. From the moment of
leaving Upernavik she encountered
many dangers, but met with no
mishaps. Melville Bay was crossed in
safety, and then there was disappoint-
ment at not receiving dispatches from
Captain Mares, who, by this time, is far on
his way toward the Pole. But the Pandora
had different mission from the discovery of
that enticing mystery, and her commander at
once went in search of those objects of ten
der interest relating to the Franklin expedi-
ton which it was an important part Of his pur-
pose to discover. Despite the pack ice and
frozen seas he partly retraced his track
through Baffin's Bay, and, entering
Lancaster Sound, visited Beechy Island,
where Ross tender is beached. Thence
he sailed through Peel Sound, and
after a subsequent effort to penetrate the
Northwest Passage, he decided upon return
ing rather than spend winter on inhos-
pitable shores or in not more hospitable
seas.
The story Captain Young brings will be
read with avidity, and the Pandora's contri-
button to our knowledge Of those distant
islands Of the North cannot fail to have the
effect Of quickening an interest in Arctic
discovery, and may lead to a final and sue
cessful effort to reach the Pole, even if Cap
tain Mares expedition should fail to explain
the mystery which all mankind is SO anxious
to determine.