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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-07-08
For Sale or Rent '

The undersigned offers for sale, or viii rent
if sale is not effected. his homestead, situated
on north Chestnut street. aud embracing 4
good house, Two a,res OF land bearing grape
vines apple and other fruit trees good we'll,
cistcru. and other couvenicuces for comfort
able and pleasant residence.
AUGUST PEN.
Mineral Point, July 6;h, lS'a. 31u.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-07-08

DURING the Alumni meeting Of
tho University of Virginia, July list,
Gen. Preston, of South Carolina,
delivered speech, making severe
attacks on the action of the North
during the rebellion and denouncing
New England politics, The address
was extremely splenetic and was
calculated to keep alive in the South
q hatred to the people of the North.
While the most prominent men adj
vance such ideas it will be long
time before there is a harmony be-
tween the sections of the country.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-07-08

News from the Mexican frontier
is exciting. 1t appears that the
Mexican Government forces have
captured Matamoras, the strong
hold Of the rebel Cortina, and that
he is u prisoner. Cannon are
planted in the streets, and the
regulars are prepared for demon
STATIONS by Cortina's adhcrents,
who are numerous and well armed.
This diversion will probably stop
for Il while the raids on this side
OF the Rio Grande.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-07-08

THE State Convention has thus
far nominated for Governor, ii.
Ludington, Lieut.. Gov, II. l.. Eaton,
and for Secretary of State, Hans B.
Warner.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-07-08

BROOKLYN will soon have no
means of grace. Mr.. Beechcr
starts shortly for the White Noun
tains, as usual; Drs. Buddington
and Storrs, for Lake George /;
Hyatt Smith, for the Catskills /;
De Witt Talmoge is at Easthamp-
ton, l.. l.. and Bishop Littlcjohn
is rusticating in Suffolk county,
l.. |.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-07-08

| to gold seekers In the future.
THE following are the leading
points of State Supt.'s grafton in
Darlington, on Monday:
The world has always needed
men, and the most remarkable
characteristic of modern times, is an
appreciation Of the value Of human
life. Ancient times produced Plato,
Socrates and Aristotle, minds that
were gigantic, but the most Of the
ancients were ignorant, and four
filths Of the Athenians were slaves.
Then there was no regard for human
life. Men were raised for war, and
the slaughter of an army was moth
ing compared with victory, Null
titudes assembled in sport, to see
the sacrifice of life on the arena,
and while antiquity produced n few
men of colossal minds, it made
beasts Of the majority. The value
Of men in modern times, has risen
and just in proportion to the adj
vancement Of education, will this
disregard of human life, and D
desire for aggressive war cease.
The story of the Revolution is the
most wonderful on record. The
soldiers fought for freedom, and
when they gained it, retired into
peaceful life. They deserved free
dom and the living embodiment of
it, they found intheperson of George
Washington, an epitome of modern
times.
The character of Washington
contrasts strongly with that of
Napoleon, the latter being gigan-
ticrclicof the middleages, and it was
happy day for freedom, when he
died on st. Helena, for with his
death departed the mightiest relic
of barbaruus times. No such am
bition now finds a thoater for its
action.
A strong contrast with our Rev
olution, is that of the French
in 1889, which ragged among the
ignorant, and was carried on by
storms of unholy passion Yet such
diseord viii always reign on earth
where ignorance is a leader of the
people. Antiquity has produced
great cities and empires, but where
are they now 1t would seem that
the life of a city and an empire,
like those Of an individual, had a
certain goal at which they were
doomed to perish, but their ruin
can always be traced to some I'M
natural decay, some want of virtue
in their people. There is no destiny
set to nations, but SO long a. virtue
remains, they viii stand. The way
then to make our government per-
maneut, j. TO strive Tor the establish
meut of virtue, and the education
OF the people.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-07-08
Ladies', Misses and Children,s
hats, in the latest styles, cheap A.
Deller's.
-Nctc advertisements.
NOTICE.

To whom 1t may concern:
The notes and accounts of Dalton ( Fo..
may be found at DR., Dalton's office. IN Mn.
al Point, where all Persons indebted TO lhe,,
are.notihed to call and settle the same.
All persons indebted to the late : 4 f.,
rim, individually, ere requested To call AT r /,
Pnliord's drug store and settle with Char
Fcrrin, who is authorized to receive ald !,
ceipt for all sums paid
Mr., Vim. Brown will call and prcsen, a..
counts and Is authorized To settle and rpfe,..
money thereon.
r. G, FERRIN.
Admlnis'r Of estate Of S. A. FrrIin.
June 10, lS75-24tf.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-07-08
TEE BLACK HILLS.

The first fever that rose from
the discovery in the Black Hills
having subsidized, we can now
gather from reports something to
be relied upon. A correspondent
TO the Chicago TRIBUNE, thinks
it will be profitable to a few, but
that mining SO far, has been no
better than working at any thing
else at 81 per day, or 81 at the
utmost. There is gold, but it in
wolves much labor and expense to
find it, and a few men only can
make it profitable. There is there
fore, only one prospect for those
who 90 there "broke," hoping to
make a "raise" and that, is that
thew will come back in worse
condition than the unenviable one
in which they went. The wild re
ports that some papers have given
have certainly added nothing to
their credit, and the emptiness
of them ought to be a warning
to gold seekers in the future.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-07-08

HIS. CIAUER, MERCHANT TAILOR.
Goods made to order in all styles.
Good fits guaranteed, and at bottom
prices.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-07-08

Ready-Made ladies', misses and
suits in Linen, Marseille
and Grass-cloth very low at Deller'S.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22
TuEPRICE OF PRINTs.

Recent Associated Press quotations
of prints, sent to the papers through
out the country from New York, are
calculated TO mislead merchants IN the
country. unless some explanation Is
given. Without question, the very
prints quoted at &c in New York are
real plugs" and so denominated by
those who make them and those who
sell them. We are credibly informed by
iobbers in the East that goods offered
at these low figures are out Of date, out
Of fashion and hardly worth having,
many Of the styles having been carried
through the panic Of 1873, without
ever meeting with a demand at any
price at which they have been offered.
Retail dealers IN Nashville would not
offer them to the trade for fear Of Of
Tending taste and bringing discredit
upon their more desirable goods.
Print agents are here almost every
day. and are asking 8 cents per yard
for all standard, first class work. They
are the direct representatives Of the
manufacturers, and every brand that
is made in this country Is distributed
through them. All these men sustain
our iobbers here in the complaint that
the dispatches are not sufficiently de-
scriptive to keep the people accurately
Informed as to the prices Of prints.
We are also assured by our wholesale
dealers that there has not been a de-
cline IN any first class print, and that
they are continuing to order only such
STYLES as meet the taste Of the retail
trade. If there was any advantage to
be afforded our retail dealers by pre-
senting these plugs" to them, our
wholesale men would as soon give them
the opportunity as not; but as a desir-
able stock Of prints is the greatest es-
sential to a live dry goods trade, the
venture would be alike disastrous to
the retail as well as the wholesale deal
ers.
According to the Associated Press
dispatches published this morning
there was no change in quotations Of
prints in New York yesterday.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22
BOSTON.
Particulars Of JacksOn's StuPeudOus
DefaIcatiOn-Has He Committed
EufefdeP

Particulars Of JacksOD's SfuPendOus
DefaIeatiOn-Has He Committed
Suicide:
Boston, May 22.-Further developments
of fraud in the case of Abraham Jackson,
the missing lawyer, are constantly being
made. The total loss OccasiOned by Jack
sons transactions will probably never be
known, as much of the property was
in trust; but enough is already
known to indicate that the losses
will aggregate 100000. Those who knew
Jackson best. do not think he has COM
mitted suicide; there are certainly no i'll
dicatiOns he has done so. Quite contrary,
everything appears as though his late trans
actions were carried on with the one OBJ
jet of raising money, and there can be
but little doubt that his disap-
pearance was the climax of his operations,
and was perhaps premeditated. 1t is be-
lieved he has carried a large amount Of
money away from Boston. Attachments
have recently been put upon the estate
of Jackson by the following parties and
corporations: Trade National Bank, S14,-
600; Elliot National Bank, S1G.-
600; Mary A. DaT, $4,000;
Suffolk National Bank, 5000; Faneuil
Hall National Bank, $4,000; fremont
National Bank, $4,000; Central National
Bank, $4,000; BoylstOn National Bank,
$4,000; a. Cushing, jr., trustee, $1,000;
Shoe and Leather National Bank. $4,000;
Abigail E. Hildreth, $1,000; Common
wealth Of Massachusetts, $4,000; NJ. =.
Fontarive, $1,000.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22
GoMMlssiON MERc4saT-
PROSPECTS OF THE ,UsIBERLAND
AND OHIO RAILROAD.
GaIIstin ENaminer.

The annual report Of President DulaHcy,
Of this road. viii be issuei about the first Of
June, when we will obtain ali accurate
statement Of its condition and prospects.
We have never been 50 respondent in re-
gard to the completion Of this important
line as some others, as we believed that the
same charity should be exercised in regard
to II, in the midst Of the widespread strin-
gency in money, as % all other enterprises
in business. II IS a measuring fact % be
noted that while scores of lines Of railroad
all over the country have suspended work
entirely, many Of them going into hopeless
bankruptcy, that this road has steadily pro
crossed, and work all along the line has
been going on. In this county the tunnel
through the Ridge has been completed, aud
a heavy job it was, and within four months,
at an outside, the road bed viii be ready
for the ties aud iron. It is even highly
probable that seventy miles, north Of Gal
latin, may be placed in running order be-
fore the close Of the year, and during the
Christmas holidays we may eat turkey from
the farms of our Allen county neiglbOrS,
sent by rail. We understand, also, that
heavy work is being done in Kentucky. So
upon the whole, there is much TO hope for
In the early completion Of the road.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22
MINNESOTA.
Feed Grant wants a Big Horn


ST. PAUL, May zi.-Col. Fred Grant is
here on his way TO the Big horn country
via Bismarck and he Missouri and 4ei-
low Stone Rivers. This is not the CustaT
expedition which is preparing TO leave.
The GrasshoPper Ravages IsOIatedi
The Pioneer Press publishes dispatches
from, a considerable number # localities in
IN 7,srfs oS the STATE, il relation to the
rrsisEoppers. The purPoTt Of the reports
Is that there are no gTasshoppers IN tae
district devasteG by them last year, nor in
any mart of Minnesota, north, south, east or
west. EXCEPT in very small aIa2, and in
c7mpsratIvelv small numbers, confined 10
tie group Of counties on the great bend OF
the Union River. consisting ri small DIS
fric. of blue earth country, some t0EISmpS
i'm NieoIUh and Uesueur, with some
very small ana feeble detachments OF
sIiImishers in Meeker and AcLc0fd coUn-
Ties. There seems 10 be no danger Of any
serious damage from locusts tins season,
lint that the raid of ihe pests it any re-
main long, will be limited 10 spots II small
districts.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22
PENNSYLVANIA.
Further Details of the OsceOIa
Fire.


Hundreds of Homeless People in
DestitutiOn.
TYRONE, PA, May 2l-The confusion
is so great and the telegraph line so busy
with railroad business that it is impossible
to get much further particulars about the
fire at OsceOla. Hundreds Of people are
homeless and destitute Of clothing and
provisions. The burgess Of Huntingdon
was telegraphed this morning for food and
clothing for the sufferers. Relief is badly
needed. A large number Of cars and
many feet of trestle work on the railroad
have been destroyed. The shipment Of
coal will be delayed for at least ten days.
The total insurance reported amounts to
nearly 100000.
Fire I'm ihe Woods.
Fire is raging in the woods at Snow
Shoe City, where several houses, a number
Of cars and trestle-woTk have been de-
stroyed.
The Fire Is still Raging
furiOusly throughout the woods in the
neighbOrhOOd Of OsceOla. About 2j0
houses were consumed there, and 400 fam
lilies were rendered homeless.
Great praise is due 10 Mr.. ID ID. Wood,
LL&ll LLt1-El uL 1 LollNr WLNF lAl4N4A-A Ills
heroic conduct and presence Of mind,
saved a great many lives. He got a lot Of
box cars, and after loading them with men,
women and children, sent them through
the burning forest at extremely fast speed
to PhillipsbuTg. -Four such trips were
made, and about 1000 people taken 70 a
place Of safety.
Hautzdale, town of about 900 inhlbi-
~ Al
entirely destroyed.
The fire is spreading rapidly through the
woods beyond Hautzdale, and at latest &C
counts had reached ParSOnville, town six
miles from HautZdale. The ties on the
Pennsylvania Railroad track from OsceOla
to Hautzdale are burned so that no coal
can be shipped for some time.
Provisions have been sent from towns
in the vicinity, in response to call from
Osceola, and meeting will be held to raise
funds for the sufferers.
The insurance on the OsceOla mills will
reach probably S25O,OOO, outside Of the
MoshannOn Land and Lumber Co.'S mills.
The MOshannOn mill is placed in Philadel-
phia and the insurance will reach probably
S3O0,OOC.
Later reports say that a woman named
StODeberger was burned to death.
Twelve Miners Houses Burned.
louisville, Nav 2I.-The wind hay-
ing subsidized to-day, the fires on the noun
tains have not spsead so rapidly, and the
destruction Of property was not so great rs
yesterday. A fire in the vicinity Of Ell3n
GOwau cOlIieTy destroyed twelve miners
houses this morning. The men are cut
working against the Gre, and the balance Of
the houses have been saved.
OsCEOLA, May 2l.-The insurance Of
the MashannOn Land and Lumber Com
pany, whose property was destroyed yes
terday, amounts TO SIS, 600, III Eastern
and foreign companies.
Living Until Ninety 90 be Burned 20
Death.
WILKEsBARRE, May Zl.-The St0ddarjs-
vile hotel, barn and sheds were destroyed
by fire last night, and two dwelling houses.
Mrs. Cox, aged 90, was burned to death.
The buildings were ignited fIOm the fires
raging in the woods.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22
ST. LOUIS.
wOman's state Temperance COnven-
lion.

WOmRn's state Temperance COnven
lion.
ST. LOUIS, No, hay 21.-The WOmant
State Temperance Mass Convention me
here yesterday afternoon. and organized by
the election Of Miss Ida buckingham Presi-
dent, and a full list of officers. Commit
tees on various kinds Of business were ap-
pointed with a view to the permanent or
ganiZatiOn Of a State society. At night
Mrs. Mary NJ. Cleary read an essay on the
results Of the wOman'S c-usadeS, in which
she claimed the crusade Of last year was OF
divine inspiration. As it was through
wOman's unbelief that man lost paradise,
It was TO be through her faith that he
regained the lost estate.
John Bennett Anderson, an evangelist
and a temperance lecturer, of Bristol,
England, who has been in this country but
a few days, made a very eloquent speech.
SuHragisis.
PhUba ". COUSsens, and several other
ladies Of this city, had an, informal discus
sion al jefferson City last night with the
Committee on Elections and Electors of the
Constitutional Convention, on the subject
of putting a clause in the new Constitution
giving the ballot to women. The chair
man OF The committee assured them their
claims should receive careful and impartial
consideration.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.


Vice President Wilson reached Denver,
yesterday.
A large number Of men are thrown out of
employment by the burning yesterday Of
an axe factory al COhOes, \. Y. Loss
SjGO0O.
In indianapolis yesterday Mrs. Eliza j.
Cox was run over by switch engine and
instantly killed.
$. Graves Fry has been arrested in Phila-
delphia for embezzlemeHt in connection
with q recent Over-issUe OF railroad shares.
John II. Thomas, cOlOred, was convicted
yesterday in Detroit and sentenced to the
States prison for life, for the murder Of his
wife and her sister, some weeks ago.
The steamer Clara Scott sunk in the
Kanawha River yesterday, four miles below
Charleston. No lives were lost. She was
fully insured.
By the Will Of the late John Ii. Towue,
the University Of Pennsylvania is made
residuaTy legatee, and as such will receive
over 5000 Immediately after the settle
ment Of the estate. The university has
also a reversiOnaTy interest in the estate,
which may ultimately make total bequest
TO that Institution Of over a million Of dol
lars. This money is to be held as part Of
The endowment fund, and the income is to
he applied solely to the salaries Of the Pro-
lessons,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22
PHILADELPHIA.

Meeting Of the Centennial Commits
sfOn-HOu. L. q, q. Lamar 10 be One
of the Orators, and Gen. jos. +.
Johnston Master Of Ceremonies,
July 4, 1876.
PHILADELPHIA, MAY 21.-The United
States Centennial Commission met this
forenoon and elected the following officers:
President, Gen. Jos. r. Hawley, Con
nectiCut.
First Vice President, Orestes Cleveland,
New Jersey: second Vice President, JnO.
d. CTeiEh, California; third Vice PTesi-
den, Rob-. Lowry, Iowa; fourth Vice Pres
ident, Th0s. II. COldwell, Tennessee; fifth
Vice President, inc. Mcneil, Missouri;
sixth Vice President, VIM. Quincy, Dis
tIict Columbia.
Jno. L. Campbell, Secretary; Jno. 81.
Shoemaker, Counsellor and Commissioner.
Executive Committee-Danl. }. MOTel,
Pa; Alfred 7. GoshOrn, o.; Y. NJ. Beck
with, Alex. K. BOteler, W. Va; Richard
q. Mccormick, Arizona; JnO. Lynch, Lou
isiaua; Chas. p. Kimbal, Me-; Saml. F.
Phillips, \. c.; Frederick L. Matthews,
Ills: WIN. Phipps Blake, Conn.,; Jas. E.
Dexter, District of Columbia; J. I. Ber-
nard. Fla, Geo. 3. L0ring, Mass.
The chairman Of the Committee on the
Opeuing Ceremonies recommended appTO-
pirate ceremonies on the opening and clos
ing Of the exhibition, and on the Fourth Of
July. A partial programme was agreed
upon, as follows: President Of the Day
The President Of the United States. Chap
lain-Taa Chaplain Of tie United States
Senate. D.a.alS-CLas. Francis Adams,
of Massachusetts, ard Lucius Q. C..
Lamar. Of Mississippi. POet-Henry
W. LOngfellow, Of Massachusetts.
Reader of the Declaration Of
Independence, Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Massachusetts; Grand Marshal, W. L.
Sherman. Master Of Ceremonies, Gen. Jos.
L. Johnston, Of Georgia
The Commission adjourned until to-
morrow. when e will adjourn finally.
The Executive Committee organized to-
night by the election Of D. j. MOuell as
chairman. A. i. GOshOn was elected Di-
rector General, aud Meyer Arch, Secretary.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22
WOULDN'T TAKE TOO many
CHANCES.

That Sunday happened 10 be a raw, blus-
tering day, bat several converts to Chris
tiauity were sufficiently warmed with faith
70 enable them 10 enter the portals Of the
cOloEed Baptist church through the turgid
waters Of Grand river, Chicago. But the
scene was too UninyitiUg for one little fel-
low who was 20 have been immersed on
that day. lie lodged behind the crowd
that stood on the river bank, and bid until
the ceremony was o or, lie afterwards
explained his strange conduct by saying:
"l'se got suah 'nuT 1igien-I'se done
found Jesus-bu. dat water look too cold.
S'pOsen l catch my def % cold an die?n It
was suggested 20 him tha., in such an
event, he would have gone straight to
heaven. Dunno" he replied, slowly
shaking his head; 81 feels putty sariin in
my own mind ia, Iss iiEioE, but a fool
uigzer's liable TO b. mistaken. Don't
want 10 take to- many chances On it jist
yet"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22
THE FAR WEST.
PrOspeetOrs Csptured BY US. Troop.

PrOsPeetOr Captured by IS. Troops,
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, May PA courier
Just arrived reports that GOrdOn's train,
consisting Of A foUr-mule teams and 10
men, well armed, were captured on the
18th inst. by a detachment Of 81 soldiers
from Fort Randall, Dakota Territory, and
are now Ell route 10 that post in charge OF
the troops. No resistance was offered to
the troops. The point where the party
were captured was in Nebraska, some $50
miles west Of this, and forty miles south Of
the Indian reservation. They had given
up the idea Of going to the Black Hills,
ana had concluded to move on to the Big
Horn country until the Hills we're opened
to settlement.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22
CINCINNATI.


CINCINNATI, May 21.-An ordinance
was introduced into the Board OF Council
men to-day, and favorably received, Great
ing a Board Of Music Hall Commissioners,
and donating to them in trust the site of
the present Exposition buildings for the
purpose Of carrying out the provisions con-
tanned in the recent munifcent offer of
Reuben r. Springer, Esq. The proposed
building will be constructed to accOmmO-
date the annual Industrial Exposition as
we'll as the musical festivals.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22
MEMPHIS.
Echoes of MeeISIenburg.

MEMPHIS, May Notwithstanding
the rain last night the celebration Of the
Mecklenburg Centennial at the theatre was
quite a success, the building being COM
fOrtably filled. The stage was handsomely
decorated with evergreens and national
flags, and transcription 17I5, Mecklenburg
1875. Ex-Governor Harris presided. Capt.
J. Harvey Mathes, editor of the Ledger,
was chosen Secretary. After prayer by
Rev. DR.. CASTOR and the Star Spangled
Banner by the band, \. d. Menken read
the MeCklenburg Declaration which was
followed by addresses from L. B. EdgintOn,
J. d. Adams, and T. w. Brown, after
which the Dand played Dixie and Yankee
Doodle, and the meeting adjourned.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22

The Lexington ky Press an.
nounces Cerro Gordo Williams as an
aspirant for the United States Senate
to succeed ex.Gov. Stevenson, whose
term expires March 4, 1877. The
name Of Hon. Jas. B. Beck has also
been mentioned In this connection and
he is understood to be q candidate.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22

THE death Of Gen. Breckenridge
leaves but four gentlemen living who
have been elected to the second highest
Office IN the United Stats. They are
Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew johnson,
Schuyler Colfax and Henry Wilson.
The mortality among Vice Presidents
does not seem to be as great as that
among the Presidents. AIr. johnson
is the only ex-President now living,
and he was not elected to that Office by
the people.