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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-20
DOM ESElC.

fire IN Burlington, y, j., on the morn.
ing OF the 10th, destroyed twcnty-siN houses
and rendered forty families homeless, many
OF whom are In a destitute condition. Loss
Of property, about Sl70,oo0.
On The afternoon OF The 10th, 900 pounds of
giyeerine ON board of a wagon near Petro.
liza, Pa, exploded with terrific force, tearing
wagon and horses to shreds, and instantly
killing Daniel Garth and Mr.. Humphreys, of
that place, The bodies were blown 10
atoms, and, with the exception of portion
OF one foo and some pieces of charrcd flesh,
had not been found The men were unload
ing The wagon, and 1t is supposed that one of
them slipped and dropped can.
II twas officially announced on the nth
that the number OF persons who lost their
lives in the burned Brooklyn Theatcr Is 205,
OF whom 100 had been identified. An but
forly-two ofthc victims were males Eleven
were from New York city. Flny.thrcc were
between fifteen and twenty years of are.
hfty-one between twenty ana twenty i've
years, twenty between twenty five and thir
~ years; ineeu between thirty and thirty
I've years, and twelve We're over fifty years
of are.
The 81 Louis express, bound east, on the
New York Central Road, ran into "A freight
train snow stalled AT Wende Station, sixteen
miles from Buffalo, on the night Of the OH.
Several cars were piled in heap and burned
mp, including one locomotive, tho Amer
lcan Express car, and one other.
and their contents. Benjamin Woodruff,
the express messenger was burned with the
cars, the lower portion OF the body being en-.
urely consumed. No passengers were in
jured. The contents of the express car
were heavy and valuable, embracing matter
from Chicago, St Loui, and the West The
loss was estimated at 81 ,O0a.0o0
According to Charleston Is. c. Associ.
ated Press dispatch OF the nth, sixteen ne
groes had recently been arrested in Abbey.
Vile County upon the charge OF smbuscad
ing and numbering tNo men near LowRdes-
Vile. Six Of the prisoners had made 4
confession duplicating their fellow prisoners
and diyulging plot for Wholesale murders
They were safely lodged In Walhalla iall
where one OF them subsequently committed
suicide.
A decision Of interest TO life-iusurancc men
and polioy-holdcrs WAS rendered hy the Su
preme Court Of the United States on the
18th, 10 the effect that where the terms Of
policy secure The company nom liability, il
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-20
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The House Committee began their ses
sion at Columbia on the 18th, and continued their
investigations throughout the 18th, bat announced
no results.
A Tallahassee telegram, Of the 14tb
says the House Committee had discovered wbs,
is alleged TO be an Interpolation OF seventy-,w
names on the poll-lst Of precinct in Leon
County. The Democrats charge that this was
made to cover seventy.two fraudulent tickets n,
minute size hidden in the fold of the reynlsr
ticket and thus smuggled into the box The c,ri.
zens OF the precinct fail to identify any of the
names that appear on two pages consacutiyelv
and the poli-list was not numbered The Repu6
licans claim that proper explanations could no
given "
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-20

ACCORDING to custom-hOuse figures
given in the san Francisco Bulletin,
the total value Of grain exported from
California from July to Oct 31--four
months-waS S13,392, 900; this sum
being $1,000, 900 more than in the same
time III 1915. The same paper gives
the total value of all farm products ex-
ported from san Francisco in the
month of October at S4,50G. 600-the
largest monthly shipment in the his
tory of the State. 1t is evident that
the very large yield in California
much more than makes up for any de-
ticit in the wheat crop of Ble north
west, so that unless some unlooked-tor
demand should arise, no appreciation
of prices is probable.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOR ElGN.

London dispatches of the 9th say Russia
had recently revived her invitation to Aus
tria to occupy Bosnia. and Herzegovina. She
had also repeated that she did not desire
territorial changes, and should not consider
herself at war with Turkey unless that
power forcibly opposed her entrance into
Servia and Bulgaria.
Matamoras (Mexico) dispatches Of the
9th state that news had Just, been received
from the interior announcing the capture OF
President Lcrdo and his Cabinet by the
Revolutionists Fear Nuncan. Gen Escobado,
Secretary Of War, and several others had
been shot. The Government of Lcdro was
believed TO be overthrow. The whole
northern frontier of Mexico, except the
city OF Matamoras, was in the pos
session Of the supporters Of Iglesias.
According to Constantinople kilograms of
the 10th, two Montcnegrins had been arrest
ed in that city for conspiring 10 assassnate
Midhat Pasha. A conspiracy had been un-
carthed having for its object the position
Of the resigning Sultan and the enthrone.
mcnt OF ex-Sultan Murad.
According to the London Post Of the lIth,
there Is about to be a fresh exodus of Men
nonltes from Russia, of whom 10000 pro-
pose to settle in the United States or Brazil
On the night of the 10th an explosion oc-
CURED in a colliery at Windbcrg, in Ger.
many, which resulted in the death of twenty
tive miners.
A Constantinople dispatch of the 18th says
II was understood that England and Russia
had arrived ut an understanding In respect
to Turkish affairs, being substantially the
demands prey ,usly made by the former
power. The Porte stated that it would ad.
here TO the treaty of Paris, and treat every
project OF occupation or acknowledgements as
a castS bciii.
The crisis in the French Cabinet was ended
on the 18th, by the appointment Of NJ Simon
as President OF the Council and Minister OF
the Interior, and Martei as Minister OF Jus.
tice, in place of Dufaure and Marcore
Mynheer iiecr, President Of the Fed
eral Assembly, has been elected President of
the Swiss Confederation for 1877. NJ.
Schrenck is the new Vice. President
According to Vienna kilograms of the
18th, great activity prevailed in Turkish
military circles. Forty dismaniled vessels
had been collected Mt Weddin for the pur-
pose Of constructing "A bridge There were
four monitors there also, and the town was
iull Of Bashi Bazouks.
On the l4th, report prevailed on the Paris
Bourse that the urmisticc between Turkey
and seryia had been prolonged for two
months. The Government of the latter
county had commenced the forced circula-
tion of Its currency.
London dispatch, Of the llth, says that
Maj. Barlow, An Englishman on bis way TO
take command of the Abyssinian army, had
been stopped and arrested, by order of the
khediye of Egypt.
According TO Brussels dispatch of the
Ath, the President of the Union du Credit
Bank had abseonded, in consequence of the
discovery that he had been using the banks
funds for prlyatespeculatons The loss was
heavy, and the bank had temporarily sus
pended, One Of the bank directors had com.
mittod suicide.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-20
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate, on the 18th, the House
bin appropratiug s2l,0o to defray the expense,
OF the special committees of that body appointed
10 investigate the recent elections in South Caro-
lima, Louisiana andFlerila, was passed. With an
amendment appropristhg $500 TO defray the ex
pcu~es OF the Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections in making similar investigations in Ger.
tain southern States. a motion was made that
the report of the Democratic Committee
which attended the session OF the Loui,i-
ana Returning Bosri be printed. and after
debate, l. was decided that MesSrs. Boy,
Stevenson and Mclknsld should prepsre y
memorial 10 the Senst-, making the report part
Bile report was made u this resolution aathorlz-
ing an investigation IS To the eligibility OF
Watts, the oregoa Eiecor. The Chair announced
Mr.. oEicssy ~ = meuRer of the Committee on
Privileges and Electo1s, in place Of Nj. Bout
well, excused. The Joint resolution of Mr..
EGmunds proposing a Constitutional Amend
ment 10 the effect hat the Electoral vote for
Presil nj and Nice-President shall De
coupte BY the supreme Court, was taken up. and
50 amendment was a.te-d 20 that Electors shall
vote CicG rgcs instead OF by ballet Consi derahle
discussion then eD>ue6 m the proposed amend
ment In the House. Nj. ClyIuer was announced
10 I'LL the vacancy in Committee on Appropriations
caused by The retirement Of Mr.. Randall Bills
were Introduced, au oug Others reducing letter
postage TO Two cents; foE the purchase ~ silver
bullion and It's eoinsce n dollars " hich are To
be isEaltender for sl DOS public aud private
including duties aud ON interest: for the
protection OF States sgsint domestic iovnce \
motion 10 suspend the rulu and adopt u resolution
requesting the President b furnish from the War
Department copies of sill eports orders, CORE
spondence. etc, counecieS with the removal Of !
MsdiSon Wells IRON the &C sFnoy.hip OF Louisiana
hl Gen SheridSn, in i>S1, yas losi-iu TO 81
not ;wo-third, In the armStive. A rerolati n
wSs adoy,ed instruCtiuc Il judiciary Committee
10 inquire and report on se legality Of the cir.
culAr letter issued by ae Attorney General
during the late r-esivutiS1 campaign 10
United >tste> &Sshsl> ! relation 10 their
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-20

The Scientific american SAYS that,
quite recently, no less than fifty arti-
fetal butter factories were counted in
New York City, and large quantities
d artificial butter are sold in the mar
ket by wholesale dealers, or are pur-
chased direct from the manufactures
by large retailers. and offered to the
customer as genuine butter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-20
The Nervous Man.

Its all owing to my nervousness.
began William Lockport as he front
faced the desk. 81 haven't been able
to sleep over two hours for the last
three nights, and last night I crawled
out of bed at midnight and thought I'd
walk around for awhile"
DO you have night sweats - asked
the court.
Il have 'em awfully."
Pain in the back
Ter, iblv-terribly."
And roaring in the ears, as if YOU
heard the Louisiana Returning Board
falling down stairs?"
s. do have-1 do
Your mind is Eighty, appetite poor.
and you don't care who is counted ont
or counted in %
You've hit me exactly, Judge.
| didn't know your were Doctor"
Any wood sawyer who chooses to
hang out sign may be a DOCTOR re-
marked the Court. u do not deal in
drugs, but improve my patients by the
lift-cure. | shall lift YOU for sixty
days, and the rutabaga soups and
bean pies placed before you up there
will restore your health and beauty by
Christmas. You went out on the
street, started row, disturbed the
peace, and ! can have no mercy on
YOU"
81 want to be bailed out" protested
William
"Our baiiing apparatus is out of
order, and you might as we'll sit down
on the bench in there. Look out for
tacks as you drop down"
He wouldn't go in till Biiah got his
grappling-hooks fast in his collar. and
then he tried as hard as he could to sit
down. He vowed he would bite the
man who tried to load him into the
Black Maria, and Biiah brought out
the new twenty-five ounce AK. pointed
to a nick in the blade, at the dark stains
all over it, and holding it close to the
cell door, whispered;
" He was a man about your size
And when | pulled him Va
He said he d be the deat1 OF me-
For he was full of sin.
| SAT him down upon bench.
But he wrigged TO the 0oor
And put his teeth into my leg
You'll never see him more
The stranger with one eye was high
ly delighted with the prompt disposal
of the case, and lifting himself up he
cheerfully remarked:
That's it, Squire. Knock EN-
senseleSs the first time"'
He was ordered to telescope himself
and wait for later returHs, and he fell
back as if utterly exhausted. - Detroit
Free Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-20
FLORIDA.

The House Committee met on the 18th
sna decided 70 investigate both the National and
State elections, \ calwas made on the Secrsrsry
OF State for the returns, which were fUrnishes
The House Committee, on the 18th
divided into two divisions, The Republicans vot-
lug against the division = NIB committee .fa-ted
for The eastern COUNTIES
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-06-08

A FIC1r " III A Tt = LING SEQUEL
Or- exchanges from the other edge of
the pie ms tel about th. ling incident
on the Kansas and Missouri bridge, at
Leavenworth, the other day. Two men
who appeared to be very drunk, were
crossing the river from the Missouri to
the Kansas side. About the middle of
The bridge they got into a quarrel and
commenced EnocLing each other about.
The fight WIS observed by several spec
tators on the Kansas shore, end they
saw sight worth seeing. One of the
men Knocked the other clear off the
b--dge, end he somersar ted through
the a'r sixty-fve feet to the surface of
the water. How far he went under no.
body knows and nobody ever expected
to see him ave again. But he soon
rose and swan ashore, end scrambled
out of the Missouri food uninjured, and
perfectly sober. Soon as he saw what he
had done, the victor ran with all his
might back to the Missouri side, end
he is probably running yet away from
his supposed murder. The other refus-
ed to state the cause OF the quarrel OF
give names. He also went back to Mis-
sou"i after his friend, doubtless to finish
the fight. -De1aUer NesUs.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-06-08

"GEoeGE, my der+ng George, promise
me one Ting" said the young bride of
a month, as the threw her al ms around
her husbands neck fnd gazed aux;orsly
in his face. ''What is it, precious ?" ne
asked, as he 6-ew her II his bosom.
''Fromise me, George, dea~, that you
v Il become Presidential candidate. -
''Why my der'1g, that is asking good
DEAL" he replied, end rs count >nance
dp-kened. ''There are Jones, Smith,
and Brown, End, in fact, e" the best
people they gre c 7didates. You want
me to be somebody, don't you ?" eyes,
yes, George, do, do" So ID the yor,g
VIE, Bursting into tss-s; ssbut ell the
news papers v" tAl1 how big my
feet ane, and you fnow FOLKS never think
that any body's feet may be good shaped
if they re large
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-06-08

TIE FooT QUESTION. The Washing
ton correspondent of the Detroit Free
Press writes: "The sma]lest-foot sub
ject has been revived again, this time by
the rattle of a Cinderella sandal of black
velvet lined with white sat;u and trimm-
ed with Valenciennes lace. It belongs
to lady who wears No. 12a misses size
and was converted into watch-case A
party of gentlemen took chances in it,
and rattle Melted the goodly sum of $49,
which sum is to be devoted to the pur-
chase of piece of antique furniture for
Mount Vernon. On silver plate to be
attached to the furniture Will be inscrib-
ed the names of those who took chances
in the rattle for the sande'."
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-06-08
DON TzDRo Pt ssUED By Wo, IN

DON IADRo Pr asUED By Won N,-|
Tbs afternoon four enterprising Ameii-
can ladies, connected in some way with
the Centennial, suco eeded in obtaining
an interview with the emperor.
1ney were headed by Mrs. Wiling,
editress of the Women's Temperance
Union. His majesty was crtious to see
the lady representatives, of the press, aud
received them vely kindly. The inter
view promised well at the beg mp. ng,
but it turned out that orly two of the
ladies belonged to the press, while the
others were merely curious. One of
these incidentally remarked that she
had been an-;oUs to see the emperor of
Brazil becarse a relation Of hers was one
OF his majesty's subjects. With his
usual po''Sene3s the emperor inquired in
what part OF Brazil this relation dwelt,
when the lady irnocently replied that
she thought it was in Va'peraiso. With
wicked smile the emperor reminded
her that VI paraiso was not IN bis domiu-
ions, but in Cf-'', end the lady seemed
quite disconnected; but theseffect of the
blunder on the literary ladies' WIS terri
fc. 1t fe" Re bombshell, end Ike
clever 'actiC =, Mrs. Wilson rose. and
VI pretty speech withdrew her
companions, e> IDENTIFY afrsid that terri
BILE Yr'pars,so woman would speak
again and make q new blr1de- Tbs
accident delivered his majesty from the
tAriible lady 'interS levers. The royal
party will al i've at Pittsbp-g 10 night,
and proceed at once by special i-oin to
Oil City to inspect the petroleum works
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-06-08
REMEDY FOR CRAcTVD HooFs-

REMEDY FOR CRAcTE Cd HooFs-A
Louisburg On. CD subscriber asks for a
remedy for cracked hoofs.
Eeply.-Give the horse no corn for
a time. in place of corn feed him
upon scalded bran, with a tablespoonful
of flower of sulpher in each feed for
a week or ten days. Soak the hoofs in
VAIN water twice q day, and while
moist rub them we'll with glycerine. If
glycerine cannot be procured easily use in
place of it some farmers or neat foot
oil. Do not let the horse stand upon
manure, but keep the stable floor clean,
and it would be better if the floor of the
stable were of ee,th and the bedding of
saWdust,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-06-08

A USELESS BABY.-A couple of days
ago a squaw died OFT at Yankee Blade,
and the Indie bpried her and her in
FAINT together, without taking the trouble
of making corpse of the latter. 1t is
custom of the Piutes and Shoshones to
bury the dead mother and the lily Ing
child together when the latter is too
yor1g to help itself. In this instance
they dug hole, threw the women into
it, aud laid the infant on her breast, coy
ering them over v til brush. tn explana-
ton of their conduct one of them said:
'tBaby no good; no go. milk; bineby
heap ely; die pooty soon euyhow." 1t
would be an impossibility to convince
an Judien that he is doing " long by
thus abandoning helpless infant as
prey to the coyotes aud carrion birds; it
was the custom of his fathers, and he
saw no wrong in it. A white man does
not like to interfere in such case,
for to tly to rear the child would be q
hopeless task, AID no white man would
feel justified N deshing its brains out
with a stone. Besides, the Indians
void feel greatly age cieved at eny inter-
ference with this pleasant usage of
theirs.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-06-08

''THE Duke of Eddenburg and Henry
VII. IS the lofty title of an insene per
son from Be- more, who every now
md then cells at he Treasury Depart-
ment in Washington to demand the
Geneva AVID fu1d, which he says en-
cunts to S17, o00,0 IN gold. A warrant
which he has handed in for The consider
atoms of TIE Treasury oEcers is printed
= 18th hand printing machine and is a
very on. nal document. He has been
prom sed settlement as soon rs the
interest on the SUM is computed.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-06-08
AN OLD FARMER BEATEN TO
DEATH IN HIS OWN BARNARD

Curtis Martin, known as Jack, of Nc
Henry Township, living on Browns Bun,
was attacked by some person or persons
unknown, e1d bruta'ly murdered at his
BIZ q, Monday MOI ming, about 2 O'Clock;
he hay ng gone there to attend his
morning work. His wife was getting
breakfast, and noticed a person striking
as though biting an animal, and, as
there were porcupines about the barn,
she siid to her son, ''Get up nd go help
your father kill that porcupine. "The son
went out End found his father dead,
terribly mangled, with the club with
which he decd was done lying by his
side.
There is no trace of the assassin; no
clue, and Mr.. Martin is not known to
have had an enemy il the world.
Browns Run is about sixteen miles
from Jersey Shore up Pine Creek. The
friends of the deceased came to Jersey
Shore last evening for coffin, and the
details of the tragedy obtained of them
were very meager. 1t is not known
that any efforts ere making to trap the
scoundrel.
District Attorney Hart to- day sent the
Coroner and an officer to the scene. of the
murder.
The scene Of the murder is on the noun
tain three miles from Jersy Mills and
four miles above the forks of Pine Greek.
IN end one arm broken.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-06-08

A PRECoCIoUs PHILOSOPHICAL
young philosopher Of seven years of age
who had not got far enough to hear the
Holy Scriptures disputed by science,
Esteemed attentively i, his fathers parlor
the other evening, to warm discussion
on the Darwinian theory, and, otter the
guests had deperted, somewhat surpris-
ed the paternal with:
"Father, I don't believe Mr.. Da1 y: L
is right" "What 2' said the parent,
looking dovn at this unexpected reason
er, who stood before him with q little
Bible in rs hand; 'tyou do not, and
why 20
'tBec1se, papa, my Eible says God
created man in His own image and I
don't believe it was monkey" "WeE.
well, said the sire, laughing, 'trun elong
Tommy; you are TOO young to talk
about such things"
stBut, papa, almost the next verse
says, God saw everything He had made
and behold it was very good Now, it
wasn't good e men were Monkeys, was
it9 For you are gooder than morkey,
ant you, papa ~
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-06-08

A CJ-HoUs case of determined and
jussifable vengenee comes from Scran-
ton, Pa. Tn Je-1r. y 1874, James Con-
roy, n, ner, WIS assassinated five niles
from Scrfnton. Patrick Key, ihe sus-
p It'd murderer, Fed, and John Jen-
rings, q fliend of the mr., dered man,
swore solemn oath That he would b. ,g
The assassin of jrsGce. He 81 ted at
once in pursuit, travelled through the
mining regions of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Virginia, and Nevada, :, 'tbout lesnlt.
He even contemplated sailing for Eng
land to y;s'5 The Co. rish mines. when
news from an r7e-pa- ID CUE Ter led
him to une th rs nm. When Kelly
was arrested he had on bis person three
loaded revolvers, a bic od-st = lbov e
knife, slungshot, and billy.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-06-08

CURE FOR CoRNs.-There is but one
cure for colns, and that is: Take a lemon
and roll it r1til it is soft; cut 6 thick
slice and bid if on the coin ON retiring
at night. In the mo1aing, if the corn
is white and disintee lated, pull it out
with yor- finger nails-never cut corn.
Sometimes several applications of the
lemon slices U be necessary, but the
corns ere bound to succumb, and you
can dance the next night if you like.
After you remove the corns wear shoes
that fit and not too stiff in the soIes.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-06-08
WHsw TO Do w1rH HIS HAM

WIN TO Do WITH HIS HANDS,
Louisville Coulter Journal: A yor1p
gentleman IN one of the rural districts of
tbs stat :, who is evidently in pursuit of
knowledge r1der differ ties, writes,
and call on a young lady, I never know
what to do With my hands. Pray tell
me what I sha'1 do With them !" Our
experience is that if you WI put one of
them around the young lady's waist; it
viii be no trouble whatever for the 9TH
er to take care of itself.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-06-08

Brown came home late the other
night, and Mrs. Brown, looking out os
the bedroom window, obsei ved, so
you've been tipping the glass again,
have you?' GLASS, said Brown, s(hic),
tits funny word take off the G. and
it's you my dear Yes answered Mrs, B.,
and then take off the 1'snd its you, You
wretch, and she slammed the window
down with a bounce.