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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-06
TIE brave young girl, Miss Cor

THE brave young girl, Miss Cor
ueilia Chisholm, who died from
wounds received at the hands OF
Southern Democrats while defend
ing her fathers life, 5 the subject OF
editorial notice the Cincinnati Conn
merciaI which proposes the building
to the heroine. at would be a noble
thing for 10000 patriotic women to
Subscribers each for the furtherance
OF such an object. The memory of
this poor girl should be perpetuated
Her sell-sarificing devotion, in the
face Of shot-guns, assassins, and
death-her moral heroism-deserves
to be recorded on the golden pages
Of history" Such a monument
would do more than perpetuate the
memory Of brave girl it would be
a rcbuke to the assassins and pro-
test on the part of the enlightened
women Of America against the bar
barism of the Southern Democracy.
1t would do mach to crush out the
spirit of assassination by expressing
the regard in which the best Of the
better sex hold the memory Of the
victim. 1t would, in this way, make
her death not in vain, would achieve
something for which the grand girl
would willingly have sacrificed her
precious life. If the women Of the
North will take hold Of this matter
they will do much towards repress-
ing the atrocities which the State
and National governments confess
themselves unable to punish.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-06
RANK AND FILE OF EACH SIZE.

TheTurks at Widdin are describ-
ed by an English admirer as we'll
armed Chiefly with the Martini Pea
body lihe), well clothed and shod,
and in magnificent fighting condi-
ton. The Turkish soldier never
gets drunk and is never insubordi-
nate and he woald grow fat where
soldier of any other nation would
starve. His religion allows only to
drink water, and teaches him that,
if killed in battle, he at once asccnds
to life of bliss in the future state.
With arrears Of pay for more than
eighteen months he does not muir
mur. Tobacco and coffee are his
only stimulants. The former he
gets, the latter he hopes for when
his pay sheet is made Gp. Withal
he is patient and digniGed, blood
thirsty and religious
A correspondent Of lie Figaro, Wis
ting the Russian camps north oil
the Danube, was impressed with the
calm and discipline prevailing at
every point. The infantry are ac-
customcd to life in the field, the cav
airy are well mounted, there is an
istente cordiale between men and
officers of the mort promising char
acter. But it is the perfect disipilne
of the troops which wins the most
attention. 1t is the unanimous tes'
| timony Of the Roumanians that the
| Inhabitants are treated with scrupu-
lous courtesy, and that they are paid
solicitously for all the merchandise
consumed by the army. They say
they have not seen either drunken
ness or brutality; and the embark
ations and marches OF the TROOPS are
models of good order and calm. In
/ fact the old idea of the march OF q
! Russian army being attended with
an enormous consumption OF schnapa
and unnagging use Of the knout has
no application to the Russians In
Rounania. The CossackS, Of whom
there are numerous detachments
north of the Danube, aud Il whole
camp at BraiIIa, are theme of enthn-
siastic comments They are wer-
thy young men, of magnificent phys
iuues, and blondes, and have a conn
tenarce in which resolution and gen
tleness are singularly blended.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-06

FLETCHER HARPER, senior mem
Der of the firm of Harper Brothers,
died Tuesday, aged -. lie was the
Youngest of the original members OF
the great publishing house OF Har-
per & Bros, and the last Of them,
the three elder brothers, es,John
and Wesley, being dead.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-06

TIE situation at the United States
Treasury is peculiar. The scarcity
of money and the necessity Of re-
trenchment in the department have
from time to time required the dis
missal Of many supeIlluous clerks
since the new Administration cane
iuto power, and no doubt there has
been considerable suffering among
the deposed clerks and those who
were dependent upon their employ
ment. Yesterday thirty more clei Ks
were dismissed from service in the
Treasury Department, and il is said
that this action adds materially to
the suffering class, y large number
OF families, it is alleged, are left with
ont any means of support whatever,
and some Of these have no money
to take them out Of the city. On
the other hand. the Influx of persons
from abroad who seek to obtain
clerk>hips ia the public departments
continues, and their chances OF OBJ
tanning employment in this manner,
or any other, at the Capitol, are very
slim. and the most or all Of them
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-06

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saan operations IN ASIA MINOR occa-
sioned in part by heavy rains and
also lv the necessity of attending to
H., in.,.r,,.4;,ro,.,. Cir.os.fo,s :,
'"e le"'' mas given pace . d Se"ei-
al advance Of the entire army, and
the cable brings reports OF a series
Of nralj,o;,,,.y s,,ocass,s which oro
"
s'l"e"'! 'n' p '''','0 - great "''"
crushing victory over the forces
commanded by Mukhtar Pasha.
Several minor epqarements in tho
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same time enabling the Russians
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-06

TIE editor Of the Baraboo Repub-
lie, who, if we mistake not, was a
member of the Justly renowned Iron
Brigade" writes as follows as to
what he knows Of the character OF
the Democratic Governor of Missis-
sippi, and his constituents:
In connection with the oold-bloodcd massa-
ere Of the Chisuim family in Mississippi recent
! ~, OF which Governor Stone taldiiy, and re-
luclanty takes official cognizancc, VIC may
appropriately refer 10 an episode IN that gen
tlcman's war history winch should have taught
him to manifest towards Others a lullC OF that
ma%naamity which preserved hun from in
staut death at the hands of our outraged sol
dicry As Is gencaiy known, among the
troops first engaged at the battle of Gcttys-
burg Was the Iron Brigade, composed of the
second, Sixth and seventh Wisconsin, Nine
/ jeenth and fwtuty.iuurih Michigan Regis
i At an early hour on the lst oiJuiy they ongag
! cd an entire division of tuuW |. ). Scnat0rl
AIMS corps. With Wisconsin bravery, this
, brigade dashed upon the cuemy'o center and
/ crushed ii, then drove him across Il WAcat-iieid
1 through q tljck wood, aud out OF a ravine in
] NlIch he was strongly posted After a CON
4 dict OF less than haH AN hours duration, the
I rebels cntinely abandoned The field, leaving
/ upwards ot, light hundred prisoners Including
the Second Mississippi RcgmcnC commanded
/ 10y Major stone NOW Democratic Governor OF
Mississippi. In this day. fighting the Iron
Brigade lost ll4) men, or nearly two thirds OF
It's memhcrs ON duly. Notwithstanding tins
fact and the murc harbarous one that after
Major Stone Ind surrendered his command &c
Luut Cot Dawes commanding HE Sixth hS
men kept mp an intermittent firing, ne and III:
men Wcrc guarded from all iudgujty aud fur
lher danger during the three days fighting
which eneucd.
The conduct OF The crowd Of cowaraly ruf
fans that attacked and Numbered the helpless
family who had soughl protection in n hissl-
sipri jlil, In So mIpeh IN keeping with that O
the one at Gettysburg, under cover ct n tng @
truce, shot down brave citizens of onr owl
state, as TO lead rs 10 believe them Identical
Now, rs then, their leader aueaopts control O
tAgm from no higher motive t&an scitprcscr
Natlun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-06
IMPORTANT TO
HORSE BREEDERS :!
The fast young trottng stallion
BISM ARC x!

will stand for nares at Dodsevile for the o
1871 ending July lst.
TERMS :--slo. An approved note TO be given,
pa able Oct. LIST, lS1I single leap, 81, payable at
tine Of No accountability for c.deats
escapes.
BISMARCK having competed with an the trotting
ptaions Of Iowa county. winning the thrre best
muses. Of Mineral Point and DedEeyllle In 1873, and
OF only winning IN win ch he trOtted, hut
vary heat ia all the in which ne WAS entered
b1u'd be tuE!c eut guarantee all that he is the
Fest lorseato breed from 10 secure fast horses
1914 Il. G.. OWENS, Owner.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-06
&. Osborne & Son.
Dealers ia
ry-Guods and Groceries.

WE have the best assorted stock of Dry Coca.
Notions, hats, caps boots, shoes, readymad.
clothing, groceries, glass and Qpeeasware. rys-
offered Ill this Ci;y. Never has there brrc
more inviting time to buy goods. For ea.i'
You can buy more goods sc our store than a.
any other house in the City, We keep con
staniIy on hand large stock Of the cetArataI
Bradley & Mctcaif Boots and Shoes. ackno.
edged by all to be the best boot ana shot i,
the market. The highest market i,ire ma
for Country Produce. Remember the Pace
opposite n T. Martins Hardware Store.
45tf Z. OsRoExsS Soy
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30

tempting to board freight train, while
passing through the Narrows, about
mile ON this side Of Dauphin, missed his
hold and was thrown upon the track.
The body was cut In two, and the parts
severed were found twenty yards apart by
the rallroaders. An inquest was held over
the body, the coroner's jury rendering
verdict in accordance with the facts.
Cay The trial of James p. Funk, of
Altoona, one OF the counterfeiters arrested
at Tyrone, about the middle of September
last, at tho time when his accompice,
Bllsh Mead, was killed by Detective Per-
kins was convicted at Pittsburgh the latter
part of last week After few moments
deliberation, the jury returned verdict
OF guilty" and Funk was remanded
to Jail for sentence.
CB On Sunday week the wife Of
George Garvin, near Greensbarg, was
struck by lightning and rendered insensble
for several hours Her one side was par
alyzed, but it is thought she will recover
the use of her limbs The bolt struck her
on the shoulder and produced livid streak
from the shoulder to the elbow She was
walking about kitchen stove when she
was injured
gB- A special from indianapolis says
DIR. Bliss, who is attending Senator
Morton, does not now seem very hopeful of
his immediate Improvement lie has eaten
little or nothing for nearly a month, and it
is feared he will literally starve to death.
A change in treatment has been decided
on, and medical skill will now be directed
to infusing nourishment into the system"
GB- The State Supreme Court in Maine
has decided in case where woman
burned her house to get the insurance that
nobody can be convicted of arson in burn
ing his own property, nor can woman
who burns her husbands house, arson be-
ing described as the malicious and volun-
tary burning of the house of another by
night or by day"
1t is decided also that pew-owner has
no absolute right of property as in grant
of land. If the building is burned or
taken down or sold, his right is gone, and
he has no claim neither can he decorate it
according to his fancy, nor cut it down nor
remove it, And his ownership gives him
no right to the ground on which it stands.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30
Another Charlie Ross Found.

John w. Hinman and his mother, an
account of whose arrest at Richmond,
Indiana, for the abduction of Johnnie
Eddy Mafiit, was published in the east
ern papers last week, made the follow
ing statement:
They knew nothing of the abduction
Of Charlie Ross, until led to an investi-
cation by young Mafflt himself, who, in
looking at a paper containing his broth
er's picture, said, That is my brother
Walter; wonder where he is now Y'
When shown pictures Of the home of
Charlie Ross, he said, "Oh, that is
where / used to live, and there, pointing
under the trees, " is where my swing
used to be; way up this street is where
l got into carriage with two men,"
When shown pictures of Charlie Ross
he said, 6 used to have curls, too, like
that, but they were cut off while was
drumming on tin pan with two sticks,
away up on high hill, on the porch of
big house, before we went ON the water
ON big house that went puff, puff"
dmitating the exhaust pipes of a
steamer.
Hinman says there are at least seven
distinct marks upon the person of
Johnnie Maflit corresponding with sim
liar marks on the person of Charlie
Ross, and that the boy has been locked
UP and i'll treated for talking to them
about his old home. When called by
the name of Charlie Ross, he burst into
tears, and said, 'don't call me that
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30
A Drunken Man Wounds Four Persons.

York, Pa, October 2l.-Last evening
a man named Frank Frey, entered the
laundry of the National House at this
place, and drawing a revolver, shot
young girl employed there named Gray
bill, in the breast. He then fired at an
other woman, named Reilly, the bullet
striking her in the breast. Upon leav-
ing this place he fired at man named
Neiley, but the ball struck buckle on
his suspenders and glanced off. He then
met Thomas Craig, colored man, and
shot him in the breast. Running across
the street, he shot another man, named
Joseph Erney, the ball merely grazing
his body. He then entered cigar store
firing one shot there, but without injury
to any one, when he was seized by a
man named Sponsler, and in the strug-
gle which ensued Frey was himself shot
in the hand. None of the victims are
considered dangerously hurt Frey had
been drinking heavily.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30
No Mileage.

There must be some disappointment
at Washington among the assembled
Congressman and Senators, after being
told that there can be no mileage paid
members for the present special session.
The statutes in force show they are
allowed mileage for two sessions only in
each Congress, and that it can not be
paid to them before the first day of each
regular session." A decision of the
first comptroller of the Treasury has
determined that called session is not a
" regular session."
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30

name here, or l will be locked up In
dark closet"
They say that an adopted daughter of
Maflits cautioned them against making
any facts In regard to the boy In public,
and acknowledged that there was mys-
terry as to who he was. The Humans
say that they did not ask Johnnie to go
with them; that he voluntarily ran
away from Mafllt, and accompanied
young Hlnman to the wagon In the
woods, where he begged to be taken
with them; that they were trying to
reach telegraph Office, where they
could communicate with Mr.. Ross. Mr..
Malllt is very wealthy farmer and
bears an unblemished reputation In this
community. The only statement he
will make to the reporters is that he
can prove that he adopted Johnnie be-
fore the Itoss boy was stolen, and that
his only object in not giving the facts to
the public is for the boys own good.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30
Strange Phenomenon In a Well.

Situated about four miles southwest of
Clintonville, Venango county, is well
which, for volume of production, sur
passes anything yet discovered in that
county. The well was completed up
ward of month ago. No oil was
found, but an immense gas vein was
encountered at the place where oil was
expected. Before abandoning the well
the owners resolved to draw out
the casing. This was attempted in the
usual way, but the casing stuck about a
foot above its former resting-p place. AS
it was elevated to its present position,
the fresh water from the upper part of
the hole rushed into the well at the bot
tom of the casing in great quantity. AS
it did so, the gas raised it to the surface
of the earth, after sending it forty feet
above the top of the derrick. There it
continues to gush, and may for all time
1t is estimated that at least 10000 bar
rels of water are thrown out daily. 1t is
truly remarkable phenomenon.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30
Two Highwaymen Dispatched.

CINCINNATI, October %. - A special
dispatch states that Il desperate encoun-
ter took place on Saturday evening at
Big Clifty, Kentucky, near Louisville,
between two highwaymen and Joseph
Hansen, a travelling salesman. Hansen
started to walk from West Cllfty to Big
Clifty to catch train and was met upon
the bridge, which spans chasm one
hundred and forty-six #. in depth by two
desperate characters who demanded his
money. Hansen drew n revolver and
shot one of them when the other rushed
upon him and attempted to throw him
over the bridge, but Hansen drew
butcher knife from his package of
samples, stabbed the robber and succeed
ed in throwing him down the chasm
and then escaped to Big Clifty. The
robbers were arrested, but not recognized
by the people of the place. The one
who was thrown over the bridge was
saved from instant death by falling in
Nolin river, but both men will probably
die.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30
A Scottish Horror.

A special dispatch from Glasgow to
the dated 25th inst, says an explosion
has occurred in a colliery at High
Blantrye, near that city. The latest
particulars from High Blantrye show
that 233 men descended into the mines
I, this morning. None of these, except
one who was working near the shaft at
the time of the explosion, had been res
cued up to a late hour this evening"
Very little hope of rescuing the men is
entertained as the explosion occurred at
nine O'Clock in the morning. The ex-
ploring parties had to relinquish their
efforts in one pit at four o'clock in the
afternoon because of the poisonous gases
at the bottom of the shaft of the other
pit (the colliery comprises two pits with
communication between). A faint
knocking has been heard, but SO far it
has been impossible to reach the bottom
of the shaft in consequence of the vol
ume of gas and the destruction of wood
work and hosting apparatus by the ex-
plosion.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30
Paper Ware.

The paper ware mandatory of Stock
ton, New Jersey, promises to be one of
the modern wonders of the world. The
buckets are impervious to water, and it
will remain cool and sweet in them a
long time, and even acids will not eat
them up, coal oil cans do not become
saturated with the oil, and vessels con-
tanning alcoholic liquors will not be-
come intoxicated That the ware DOS
sesses merit is beyond all doubt, and the
energy that pervades the enterprise in
dicates success. We regret our inability
to do justice to this concern. No adj
mission is the infleXible word and we are
seeking some charm or magic word that
will enable us to overcome this barrier,
and if found fair account Of this fac
tory may be given. = Doylestoson Dena-
crQt
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30

headed and long-sighted as ever, is still In
his old place. The Senator Chamber would
not look itself without him. His appear
ance is scarcely that OF fop. His coat
looks MS if It had seen docade's wear and
is cut after the same pattern of his first
wedding swallow tail very likely. His boots
are coarse, and large and long-heeled, and
he wears the kind of spectacles that young
people ransack all creation for now-a.days,
in which to figure at an "old folks con
cert" or antiquarian supper"
This week came in cold and damp and
fal[like, e,inaugurated by thunder storm on
Sunday evening. The weather for the last
fortnight has been glorious, and we were
hoping for continuance of the same
through the month at least. We usually
have some days In November, too warm
and sunny full of Indian summers golden
glory, but yesterday and to-day are most
pronounced dampers.
ADANs
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30
An Excellent Textbook.

new school history of the United States by
Prof. John Clark Ridpath, which is history
in fact as well as in name, has awakened fresh
interest in the subject, even among those to
whom ordinary school books with similar
object have become distasteful. Teachers and
scholars speak of its prominent features with.
enthusiasm, and evidently believe that no
measure of commendation is too good for it.. A
hasty examination demonstrates to us that il
contains more genuine and really desirable in
formation about the country than any work of
the kind we have seen.
Its prominent characteristics are complete-
ness of narrative, ready helps in maps, dia-
grams, charts and illustrations, perspcgous
arrangement and terseness, all of which show
the hand and brain of the accomplished sehol-
ar and expert historian, and seem to us sufh-
cient TO enchain the interest of youth, which
many school histories fail to do. This work is
already largely in use in many of the States,
and its general adoption is probably only
question of time. A thoughtful examination
by an intelligent judge of school textbooks will
prove conclusvely that we have not overstated
the merits of the volume, and it should there
fore attract the prompt attention of all friends
Of our common school system.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30
The Baltimore Election.

BALTIMORE, Md, October 25.-The re-
suit Of the election is q surprise even to
the Democrats, who have elected their
Mayor by 1924 majority over both the
Workingmen and Reform candidates,
and carried the City Council solidly in
both branches. The total vote is 81 ,0S2,
of which Kane received 33, ,179; Thomp-
son, 1880, and Warfield, 535. The
Workingmen claim that there was fraud
The colored people mainly kept out of
the contest.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30
Love TO Hatred Turned.

There is much excitement at Fairfax,
VT, over the attempted murder of DIR,
Brush, n well.known physician, by Julia
Coffee, who fired at him four times as he
was passing her house, but missed him.
They were engaged to be married, but
as the Doctors children objected, he
married another woman, and to prevent
breach of promise suit allowed Miss
Coffee So month. There has been
much bitterness between them.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30

~ THE PREMIUM ENGRAVING, Issued by
"Peterson's Magazine" for 1878, like every
thing else from that quarter Is of rare excel
lence and beauty. 1t is not one of the cheap,
colored Autographs, with which the country is
flooded, but frst-class line and stipple ell
craving, executed in the highest style of art.
The artists are Illman s, Brothers, and they
have engraved it, (size, "a inches by 2o,) ex-
pressly for Peterson's Magazine" in their
most brilliant manner. 1t is such plate as
would sell, at retail, for five dollars. The
picture represents the /" Angels of Christmas"
They are lowering in the sky, over the Holy
City, the Star of Bethlehem streaming down on
the landscape. II is picture that ought to be
in every household in America. In artistic
merit and beauty il is, we think, the finest
Peterson" has ever issued. You can get il,
gratis, by raising club for "Peterson" for
1878, or by remitting $3.50 for 1t aud for the
magazine, the magazine alone being two
dollars. This is a rare chance. Specimens
of the magazine sent, gratis, to those wishing
to get up clubs. Address CHAs. j. PETERSON,
3O6 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-30
"THE LILY AND THE THORN"

THE Christian AT Work has just concluded
arrangements for the publication in its columns
of a story with the above title from the pen of
Mrs. Oliphant. 1t is unnecessary to introduce
the authoress Of Margaret Maitland, The
Chronicles of Carlingford, Salem Chapel, The
Minister'S Wife and The Biography of Edward
Irving, to the American public. In England,
after George Eliot, the name of Mrs. Oliphant
comes next iu the order of female writers and
we congratulate its readers on the treat that is
in store for them.