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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07

mail contractors for transporting United
States mails, previous to the war of the
rebellion. The committee will report
favorably bill which remedies certain
defects in the act referred to. and there
by provides for an immediate settle
ment by the payment of said claims.
THE LETTER CARRIERS.
The letter carriers appointed com
mittee to Confer with the postofice
committees Of the senate and the house,
and urge yearly salaries in all cities be
placed at at 81 200 for the highest
grade, and $500 for the lowest.
ARMY APPROPRIATIONS.
The house committee on appropri-
ations, to-day took up the army appro-
pratlon bill. Gen. Seerman and other
officers were before the committee
COUNTING THEIR CHICKENS, ETC.
The senators have a custom of apply
ing in advance for desks in the cham
Der, in order to obtain a more advan-
tageous one than they occupy, and liable
TO become vacant. To-day Gen Ran
som, of Carolina, went through Che mel
ancholy form of applying for Morton's
seat; and, what is even more audacious,
Ben. Hill applied for Conkling's seat,
which he expects will become vacated
at any rate in two years. If Conkling
Is reelected he can retain his old seat,
which is the best on the republican
side, and corresponds with Morton's,
which is the best on the democratic
side.
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
The following is the public debt
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07

THE house OF representatives has had
= test vote upon question relating to
the repeal Of the resumption act, which
shows 1873 votes for II repeal, and 116
against it. The Wisconsin delegation
voted five for, two against Mr.. Bragg
being absent. Bouck and Lyndc voted
for repeal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07

WASHINGTON, March 29.-The follow
ing was issued this afternoon by tbo
president of the United States Of Amer.
lea:
A PROCLAMATION.
The completed circle of summer and
winter seed-time and harvest, has
brought Us to the accustomed season a,
which religious people celebrate WITH
praise and thanksgiving the enduring
mercy of Almighty God This devoui
and public confession Of the constant
dependence Of man upon the Divine
Father for all the good gifts of life and
health and peace and happiness, 50
early in our history made the habit of
our people, finds in the survey of the
past year, grounds for its joyful and
grateful manifestation in all the bless
ings which depend upon the benignant
seasons. This has, indeed, been
memorable year. Over the wide terri.
tory of our country, with all its divers.
ity of soil and climate and products
the earth has yielded a bountifu re-
turn for the labor Of the husbandman
The health Of the peoplp
has been blighted bv no
prevalent and wide spread diseases
No great disasters of ship wreck upon
our costs or to our commerce on the
seas have brought loss and hardships to
merchants or mariners and clouded the
happiness of the community with sym.
pathetic sorrows. In all that concerns
our strength and peace and greatnes.
as Il nation in all that touches the
permanence and security of our good
and beneficient institutions on which il
rests in all that affects the character
and disposition of our people and tests
our capacity to enjoy and uphold the
equal and free condition of society now
permanent and universal throughout the
land-the experience of the last year
is conspiciously marked by the protect
ing providence of God and is full of
pro Mise and hope for coming genera
tons.
Under II sense of these infinite obi
cations to the Great Ruler Of the times,
and seasons and events, let us humblv
ascrlbe it to our own faults and frail
ties, if in any degree that perfect con
cord and happiness, peace and Justice
which such great mercies should difllse
through the hearts and lives OF our
people, do not altogether and always
and everywhere prevail. Let us, with
one spirit and one voice, lift up praise
and thanksgiving to God for His mani
fest goodness to our lands, His manifest
care for our nation.
Now, therefore, |, Rutherford g.
Hayes, President of the United States.
do appoint Thursday, the Doth day of
November next. as day of nation
al thanksgiving and rrayer
and | earnestly recommend
that, Withdrawing themselves from
secular cares and labors, the peo-
pie of the United States do meet togeth-
er, on that day, in their respective
places Of worship, there to give thanks
and praise to Almighty God for his
mercies, and to devoutly beseech their
continuance.
In witness whereof have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed. Done at
the city Of Washington, this Goth day of
October in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy
seven and Of the independence of the
United States the one hundred and sec
ond. l.. S.
Signed K. b. HAIEs
BY the President.
WIN. Nj. EvERTs, Secretary of State.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07

An infant child of Mr.. Gaddas. of
Amesbury, Mass, was poisoned under
peculiar circumstances last week. 1t
was left IN the cradle under the care of
It's two sisters, whose ages were not above
six years, and they cndeavored to play
nurse. Having seen their mother take
from the cupboard a vial, they followed
her example, but instead of the castor
on bottle, took one containing bed-bug
poison, and gave spoonful to the little
one. The mother, who was EMPLOYED
an the kitchen heard the child cry, and
offering the room, saw the condition Of
things and administered an antidote.
and thus saved it. life.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07

GREAT BRITAIN thinks she will need
about 100000 bushels of American
wheat to winter her population. All
right Minnesota will please send the
Queen 100000 bushels of her sur
plus that she desires to market before
winter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07
Senator MortOn's Last Hours.


ISDIANApoLIs, November Is A. NJ
Bulletin-Senator Morton is still living,
but cannot last over few hours, and
he may die at any moment
lSigncd) WALLACE
Efforts are now being made to relieve
Senator Mortbn's sufferings by the in
halation Of cholorform, morphine hav-
ing ceased to have any effect whatever,
the vessel Of the brain refusing longer
to absorb the drug, the wife and sons
Of the dying man are ut the right hand
Frustrated with grief, while the friends
are grouped around the bedside and
elsewhere about the room watching in
silence for the final breath The SEN
ator is conscious at intervals giving
some directions as to the dispositions Of
the supporting pillows or calling for
more air. DR.. Thompson says life may
be prolonged through the day.
/ r. M.--There is no change IN Sen
ator Morton's condition. He is still
under the influence Of chloroform.
2:l5 +. M.,,There Is no change in
Senator Morton's condition.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. l.-Senator Nor
ton died at $50 F. NJ.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN WASHINGTON.
The intelligence Of the death of SEN
ator Morton, received here tonight
produces profound sorrow On the an
nouncement Of his death To the senate,
tomorrow, committee will be appoint
cd 10 attend the funeral at indianapolis.
in conjunction with similar committee
on the part Of the house.
At $50 p. NJ. Prof. widows, of the
Metropolitan Church chimes, played
the dead march in Saul, and other
dirgcs, and tollcd minute bells for one
hour, in memory of the illustrious
dead.
THE DEATH SCENE
Senator Morton died at 5:35 this after
noon. The frequent bulletins of to-day
render 1t unnecessary to recount his suf-
ferlngs, and the measures employed to
alleviate them
About noon, Mrs. Morton and her
sons, by her request, were left alone
with the senator for about one hour.
What passed between them is not for us
to inquire. Before 5 o'clock it became
evident he had entered upon
HIS LAST HOURS on EARTH.
He had rested the greater portion Of
the day in half sitting position. As
he grew weaker the supporting pillows
were withdrawn so that he lay prone
upon the bed. a deep silence now per
vaded the room, and remained unbrOk-
EN- except by an occasional question to
the dying man. Once, when the SEN
ator exclaimed, 81 am dying his sister
in-law, Mrs. Holloway, inquired you
are
NOT AFRAID TO DIE,
Oliver p He indicated "no," by shak-
ing his head Soon after Il similar ex-
clamatlon and question passed between
HIM and DR.. Thompson. At ten min
utes past five O'Clock he eXclaimed
~ AM DYING AM WORN OUT p
And these were his last words. From
this ON, it was difficult to discover that
life remained On the doctors an
nouncement
CHE Is GOING %
the gaze Of his wife and sons became
fixed on the face of the husband and
father, with now and then piteous
look of inquiry towards the doctor, I'M
tai his further announcement:
''IT Is OVER
The window clasped her sons to her,
eXclaming quietly, but in tones never
to be forgotten, My darling boys"
The friends withdrew, leaving them
alone for time, when they were led
ont from the room.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07

CLARKsoN n. Potter, who was selected
by Speaker Randall for Chairman Of
the Pacific Railroads Committee has
declined to serve, solely, as he says, in
q letter to Speaker Randall, because Of
his large interests in railroads in Penn
sylyania of which Col. Thos. A. Scott.
rs president. This he thought would be
regarded ~ uniting him for service on
that committee; otherwise he would
willingly have accepted the position
Ills letter of dcclination was sent to the
Speaker, and will be submitted to the
house, which can alone excuse him. 1t
was very proper thing for Mr. Potter
to decline on the grounds he gives, and
would have been very improper for him
TO servo in view of his interests with
Col. Scott IN railways
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
w WASHINGTON, Oct. y. 1877

lnasmuch as the public interests seem
to require that all employees of this de
partment who in the performance of
their official duties, are obliged to han
die the mails in public. should be
known by some outward designation, it
is therefore
Ordered that each railway post office
clerk, route agent, mail route mcssen-
ger and local agent be and he is hereby
required to provide himself a uniform
within sixty '.y@ from this day. the
same IL s-asom ri al times when on
duty and to be made according to the
accommodating specifications.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07

THERE is a bill before congress to re-
duce postage on letters to two cents per
each half ounce or fractional part
thereof
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07
.psTAL MATTERS

The house committee on poStotIicr
and post roads held its last meeting To-
day, and had under consideration the
biA recently introduced by Representa-
tive Regain, anendatory Of the l4w Of
last winter for the payment Of southern
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07

JEFF. DAVIS was again brought to pub
lie notice by acting as pail bearer at
the funeral OF Gen. Forrest, at Memphis,
the 3lst ult,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07

CNcISNATI has been figuring on the
nog crop, and has determined that the
hog crop will be five per cent. greater
this year than last.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07
y. VI KEY.


Copies Of the foregoing viii he mailed
to all heads OF divisions in the service.
The emf Ioyes affected by it number
nearly three thousand
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07

. The roast Chgsuu udjuloH wink
eth his eye and Pulteth many wormy
nuts in the roasting pan, saving, Fire
purgeth the worm.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07
TIE ENGLISH MISSION.

The senate committee on foreign
affairs has not yet considered the nom
nation Of John Welsh As Minister to
England, bat will probably take it up at
the regular meeting on Friday. The
Associated Press dispatch from Phila-
delphia, stating that Mr.. Welsh accept
ed the appointment reluctantly"
causes some amusement here, as it APP
pears that it was given with considera-
BILE alacrity, before the ink ON his APP
polntment was dry. There is every
probability that Mr.. Welsh will be CON
hrmed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.

The committee on foreign affairs will
meet tomorrow to consider Mr.. Hew-
tits bill to provide for the representa-
ton of the United States at the Paris
Exposition. Mr.. Hewitt, who has re-
Gently returned from Paris, is familiar
with the subject, and has been invited
to sit with the committee.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-07
Thanksgiving Proclamation.

WASHINGTON, March 29.-The follow
ing was issued this afternoon by tho
president of the United States Of Amer.
lea:
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-05

ARRIVED The barkentine Modoc
arrived here on Saturday morning nine
days from Portlan, !. about six of which
she was detained At Astoria an account
Of her being unable To cross the bar.
She brought here about $50 tons of
freight from Portland. which il being
discharged at Crawford & Harrington's
wharf to which parties abe was con
signed. The matter of her cargo is not
yet. we believe, definitely settled. The
Seattle company intended To load hsr
At first. but - they have lot of yes
sells OH hand Mt present they will proba
bly, turn her over To the Renton eompa-
ny. in which even, she will be the first
vessel to load ut the new railroad wharf
The following is her list of freight be-
ing discharged here: W. A. Jennings
a65 sacks of flour; Crawford Il HIarring
ton. 500 sacks Of flour AID AS packages
of merchandise: Chilberg Bros, IA do
W. H. Pumphrey, 1873 do. l.. Reinig
ITO do: r. 4 Co. 90 do; c. f., Az
do: X. W Y. 3OS do; W X, leo do;
l.. N. < Co. 400 do. {. C. b.. 29s do,
W. Il K. go do: e.. +. G., lia do: u.
NJ. Co, $50 do; A. W. NJ. 81 do; {. is9
do, H.. Is do; Agt. Orgn, Z. NJ, 100
do.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-05

DEcLscY oUrRA6ED.-Noshirc car
- more u''er'y IL ting aud sicken.
'as - ;:'o-e $40 have any appreciation
II public decency ssd decorum than
drunken fights AID broils upon the
streets. They 30. OILY degrade the
participants 10 levs lower than tina.
OF the brute, bat the are al outrage
agaiass public deeency And the digui:y
81 the city, and shoGli not ba tolerated
ior moment. Those who are 80 utter
~ degraded aud lost 10 al decepcy IS
20 De found engaged in ssch beas,ly
breaches Of the peace. .hoai ne pun
isne'i TO the full extent Of the law. and
given 10 understand a, once ;ha. such
base aud outrageous conduct cannot and
"iii not be tolerated in q respectable
community. Yesterday afternoon we
Witnessed M less than three # these
cltbolIcal mel.e. al the docks III this city
and not al officer 70 interpose in behalf
OF the public peace. First Chinam.n
and white man engaged in dis2raceful
tight to the deligh, Of = crowd Of vulgar
loai-r-. Shortly after two more fights
took place between SOME sailors, In
which one of the parties had his face
bruised III shocking manner The
trouble - Nc h.ve not sumcien, police
force To prevent = repetition Of such
dissraceful act. the force should be in
creased.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-05
THE DAILY NTELLGEN(ER.
Monday, March 8. 1877.

PROBABLY DnoTSEp.-Oa thursday
afternoon 8 gentleman at por. B!akely.
who vas anxious 10 get across 20 sca,.
lie, bat who had been too late in COM
ple,ing bis arrangements. preparatory
- leaving. 20 get Of On the steamer
Success. hired q young man By the
name Of Moore TO take him across in a
slil-soat He had spent some tirns in
looxing for some one 10 take him over
when he came across the young man In
question, who. although it was blowing
hard at the time. assured him that he
vas thoroughly familiar with the man
azement Of . boat and could take him
across all right. The young man.
i. seems, not having boat of his own.
borrowed one from another party.
who at the same time gave him
Al order for some articles which he
wanted from Schwabaeher & Co.'S store
when the two set sail for Seattle.
In getting the boat out of the harbor.
the young man experienced some aifi-
eal.y 10 managing her. and finally ran
aground on the point a. the entrance to
the hsrbor. At this juncture, the pas
ssnger in question, 90 he informed Us
Yesterday, became alarmed: had sat-
isfed himself that Moore was no, suffi-
GENTLY familiar with the management
of boat 20 cross in such Q wind, and
urged him to return and give up the
Undertaking But Moore was fully conf
dent. aud finally pursusded hi. psssen-
ger that there was no danger They
proceeded and arrived here in the
first Of the evening, after having rather
. rough time of it. After partsking
Of supper, the man who came over as
a passenger, accompanied him to
Sch wAbacher's. where the order was
filled. and at about o'clock the young
man left for Blakeiy. Sim then moth
ing has been heard Of him The Sue
cess came over yesterday, and brings
the intelligence that neither the boat
nor More have been found Some
advance the theory that he has run
away with the boat; but the mate Of
the Success assures Us that such cannot
be the case. for. in the first place, he
was not the kind Of man who would
b. at oil likely to do such thing. and.
ia the second place. he lett all his valu-
ables. including clothing. etc. at Port
Blakely. and there could have been
no object for such an act: On the other
hand. it is generally conceded that the
boat WAS capsized during the heavy
and very sudden gale Of wind which
came up shortly after he left here. and
during which u sail boat Of that size.
under good management. with only one
man 10 attend 10 her, could hardly have
escaped. It Is supposed that the boat
will be, or has been picked up some
where on Vxshon Island.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-05

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. The Olympia
Standard is in error in its somewhat
voluminous statement To the effect that
Mr.. Lowell. on coming down with the
smallpox was shipped from here up TO
Tacoma by the authorities II was one
Of those unlucky oont'etemps which will
sometimes happen even in spite Of pre-
cautions. The sudden departure Of this
patient, in the delirium Of disease. was
in fact. his own act and did not occur
with the connivance or knowledge Of
our authorities
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-05

WALLA WALLA IrEMs-Egss are q
bit dozen Clear, dry lumber is q
scarce article in our lumber yards.
Last sunday the Rev Mr.. Strong bap-
tised twenty persons in the n. T.
Church 80. According TO the census
taken recently by Father Duffey in bis
pastoral mission amorg bis people, he
ascertained that thern were seven
hundred Catholics in the valley
Immigrants are already beginning 10
pour into the valley and We have
abundant cause 10 predict a heavy in-
dax of hardy settlers the coming Sum
mer. Heavy loads of grain are still
moving toward the depot. Messrs.
Young aud Wilcox. while engaged in
digging we'll on the hills along Pine
creek, and when eight feet down, came
suddenly upon lot of almost decon.
posed mammoth bones.-W. W. Watch.
man.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-05

MoyEn.-Wslls. Fargo 4 Co.'S office
has been removed from the fremont
House 10 more convenient quarters in
The rear Of Hovey 4 Bankers building
on Mil street. Mr.. Bryant. the pres
ent efheiens agent Of the company here.
Is deserving Of no ANAL amount of
praise for the excellent and gentle
manly manner in which hs has dis
charged the duties Of his Office lie may
b set down ~ one of the most accom-
mcia.'ng and attentive agents the com
faay has ever had in TINS city.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-05

lS The present weather may b
considered some of the finest Of the
past delightful winter. AS also quite the
coolest There is trite old saying cur
rent in New + gland. which has as
sumed the Importance Of = truism there,
that IF March comes in like a lion il
will 60 out like lamb" and if like a
lamb, rioe rera II this holds good of
our section Of the continent, We may ex
pect TO see some delight warm wealth
er at the close of the month to make up
for the present cold snap.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-05

THE OPENrSo.-The formal opening
Of the first section Of the s. 4 w. W.
K. r., now completed. is to take place
on Tuesday, at which time the elegant
new passenger coach will make its Je5ut
over the track, aud on Wednesday. in
case the Renton company take the
barkentine Modoc to load. as they prob
bly, will. the transportation of coal will
be commenced. The work Of ballast
ing up the track is progressing finely.
as far rs the temporary requirements
of the road are concerned. The laying of
the branch track to Talbot will be made
a short job. and will probably be all
done by the last of the week, when the
Talbot company will also commence
their transportation over the new road.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-05

STEAMERS The srnar. little steam
boa. Fanny Lake sill le.ve here st 10
. click To day for ,h@ Skagit snd La
Conner Those n no irish 20 60 down
the So1nd csnno: do BITTER than take a
Tip oa Ter Tie steamer Libby will
lcsvs st =. o'ci * t5sr Bellingham Bay !;
the Nellie for Saohorn,sh at the same
.iue; the Comet for White river
some fcT'y miles ~. AM the Zephyr
for up tn Sound.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-05
HOTEL ARRIVALS,
AMERICAN uOCAE

J ID Simons, Duwamish: S. Roberts,
L Blackington. Tacoma; John wallins,
Hari Scrabble: IT Dou.y. Colorado;
+ Hogan. Port Madison; w Jordan, W
Perry. Pennsylvania: r Williams. Seat
tie Mines: w Brewster. X II Heafield.
Portland: J Phillips. + d Strong. Pu.
yallup: A Thompson. Cedar River; A
Hodmitt. 4 Shielks. Snohomish City;
j. Nelley, City; X Monow. Victoria: ID
Scaling r " G'Donnel. Maine; f Nor
gar. city; NJ Mcbride. Seattle Mine,;
Franklin A Mitchell, Fall City, VT;
20 b Darling. Maine; c Sweeney. A
Wood. c + Clancy, City; T S Smith.
J II Boyd. San Juan; 4 J Davis, j c
Street. Utsalady; NJ Porter's Prairie.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-05
FoR CTsALiDY.-The steamer Otte

FoR CTsALADY. The steamer Otter
will leave here on Tuesday morning
with large number Of our business
men and others who are going down to
attend the sale OF the Utsslady mill
property which is TO come off on that
day. 1t is expected that there will be
a large number of bidders present. and
that the bidding will be pretty lively
Rumor has 1t that some parties from
Chicago are to be among the compel
itors' BE this as it may, the property
will be Likely to sell at pretty good
figure. Utsalady is undoubtedly one
Of the finest milling sites on the Sound.
and the mill there eau be made 70
pay handsomely under proper manage
ment