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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18
THE ELEc71ON ofpREsrDENT

The Senate Friday afternoon, by
vote of 35 to &c, passed Judge
Edmunds' bill regulating the cleo
tons and the counting of the Elec-
toral vote for the President andVice
President of the United States.
Those who have read it will wonder
why any Senator should have object
ed to a measure which is so obvious
ly fair and apparently effective for
the attainment Of the important OBJ
Jet in view. And yet Thurman, of
Ohio, and Eaton, Of Connecticut,
Northern invertebrates, opposed it
on the floor, and every Democrat in
the Senate, excepting Bayard, of
Delaware, Merrimon, of North Caro-
liza. Morgan of Alabama, and Davis,
of Illinois, voted against it. Every
Republican Senator voted for the
bill.
The measure is non. partisan one,
It's design is TO devise a just and eff
fectual plan for counting the electo-
raj votes Of the States and prevent
ing recurrence of the unlecisive
and perilous state Of things that at
tended the last Presidential election.
We think the object aimed at would
be accomplished by Judge Edmunds'
bill. AT all events it would be
great Improvement upon the present
order Of things.
Why any Democrat should oppose
this measure, for partisan or other
reasons, is more than we can con-
ceive. Leading members of that
party in the House declare that it
will be defeated in that branch of
Congress. The only apparent reason
for the opposition of the Democrats,
IS the fact that n Republican origin
lted the bill. This is equal to no
reason at all, and if Congress shall
fail to pass any law upon this i'm
portant subject at this session-not-
withstanding that all men of all par
ties recognize the absolute necessity
Of such legislation-the bigoted par
.isans who shall have killed the Ed
nunds' bill will be responsible for
he objectionable failure.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18

WISCONSIN, Iowa, Central and
Western Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska
and Central and Northern Illinois
report heavy snow-storms-some of
the heaviest, indeed, known for years.
The depth % The snow is set down
at from ten to thirty inches, in soma
places drifting and seriously OBJ
structing railroad travel, and caus-
ing a suspension of business. At
Fulton and Rock Island the Miss
issippi river is closed by ice and
pedestrians are crossing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18

Two weeks from to-day the Govern
ment's outstanding Treasury notes
will be redeemable in specie, and
for the first time in seventeen years
the value of our paper dollar will be
equal to that of the worlds gold
dollar. AS far as now perceptihie,
tn only thing that could seriously
change this state of things in the
future would be an excessive issue
of coined dollars that are intrinsic
ally inferior in value to the gold
dollar.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18

THE second daughter of Queen
Victoria-the Grand Duchess Alice,
the wife of Prince Friedrich Will
IAN Ludwig. of Hesse Darmstadt,
Ger nany-died at Darmstadt Sat
urday morning, of diphtheria. She
was born in 1S43, and was married
in 1862, has four daughters and one
son, and has lost son-Fredrick
William-who was killed by an ac-
cidental fall in 1873.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18
Think of il. but Don't stop to
Dream

AT VIM. Perrys bargains can be
had that will make you happy. His
stock of staple and fancy groceries
for the holidays is beyond descrip-
ton. Everything me1o and fresh.
You won. complain of hard times
when you learn what dollar will
purchase at his store. No dealer
dare attempt to sell lower than him,
as that would bring bankruptcy in
less than a week. This is the truth,
:he whole truth, and nothing but
the truth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18
Notice TO Physicians.

Sealed Proposals to furnish med
zeal attendance. aid and medicine, to
the county paupers for the ensuing
year, and addressed to "Superin-
teudeuts of the Poor, Do0geyille,'
will be received by them from De-
ccmher 9Th 10 December 10th at IL
o'clocl, p. III. 1873, when the seals
will be opened, offers compared, and
contracts awarded to the lowest bid
ders. The right is reserved, how
ever, to reject any and all bids, We
have divided the county into Phys
icians Districts as follows:
lst Distr;ct-Comprising the town
and city Of Mineral Point aud towns
of Wa'dwiek, Miiiliu and Linden,
except he poor farm.
I'd District-The town of Dodge
Vile and the Poor Farm.
81 D.strict-The towns Of High
land, Eden, Pulaski and Clyde.
18th District--'Vhe towns of Arena
and WyNmiug.
9TH Distriet-The towns Of Ridge
way and Moscow.
Ct G. Cox,
CHARLPs PAUL,
". l.. DMoCK,
5o-td supts 81 Poor, Iowa Co.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18
NOTICE..

The note dated Oct 10th, 1873,
due Oct LIST, 20, for s62D6 signed
by Bartle Spelman, Jno Spellman
and David Spel!man in favor of q.
W. Russell, has been lost and here
by give notice that the said note
must not be paid to anyone but me.
Dated Mineral Point, this 10Th day
of Nov. 1878. &. w. RUSSELL.
5O-3w
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18

STRAYED.-A bright bay mare
with black name and tail; thick
withers light, cracked hoofs slight
ly dished in the face; no other marks,
weight about 900 lbs; four years old.
45-tf S HOOKING e Co.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18

Southern interests. For the same
reason Northern capital and enter
prise are kept from the South, which
is thereby heavy loser. 1t is a
veritable case of chickens coming
home to roost, and efforts should be
made to change the conditions.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18

The Democrat states that the
amount paid for clerk hire in the
offices Of Sec'y of State, Treasurer
and Land Commissioners the past
year to be greater by considerable
than that paid during 1875 under
Democratic administration. This is
in a sense probably true; but not
the ,choie truth. The report from
which he gets his figures is for the
year ending Sept 3Oth; for three
months OF that time the Democrats
controlled these offices, and the
clerk hire during those three months
was nearly one ha.f as much as the
amount paid for the same purposes
during the other nine months Of the
fiscal year. In 1875, when they were
in their first term, and DESTROYS of
making political capital for theState
canvass Of that year, the Democratic
officials were q little cautious in
making expenditures perhaps, but
in &c and - they employed more
clerks at higher salaries than was
known before or since in the offices
named. And worse still, at the
close of their term in 1917, after the
election, and their party was found to
be beaten, they actually paid on diff
ferent preteyts to several clerks
enough to make the salaries for 1874
and 1879 equal to what they were
ia 1876 and 1877. For instance, in
-. and - they paid n man $500
per year. ana in IS and - paid the
same man $4,000 per year; then to
make up $4,000 y year for the four
years they paid HIM, Just before re-
firing from office, ,f6~ hHHdtsd ooi-
iHS. and charged it up rs for er'ra
Scrci1cS OF course all these extra
allowances are in the aggregate Of
amount paid for clerk hire daring
the fiscal year ending Sept. 30th,
1873, about which the DeHocrut
complains
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18
Desirable Farm for Sale,
location in iowa County

Twill self my farm containing - acres, a .h
situated one-haf mile from the city limits no''I
east. near the old Mineral Point race uauA, s ul
terms to suit he purchaser. Forty acres s., .
cultivation an fOrty-tiyc acres pasture anu Hn..
Der, M fiySt-class and nearly new hFhl! Va
chard of $50 trees just beginning y bear H., ;,
small vineyard OF about 100 vines Nhitn U ,,,r'
> 0J0 mounds GOOD. rich grapes last season. eur
rants, goaseberries and Strawberries; a goSSa a
cistcrn at the kitchen door and large enc ~ ~
stable door: a durable spring OF water IL , n9
i5r .,ru and hons The dwelling nous i eo..
ycuient aud CON Portable, with barge kite ,i, \,
rari0r four bedrooms closets, pantry &c.,aa- ,5
the ground The buildings are WGI s.,,it
by yuuuc timber from cold winds, also ue - a.,
II necessary 81 house emf lot might be ash ="
part pay. For further larucp' n9li i,t q
Ian i, ts-s-e-f Mineral Point WIS WIS.
TlIn 5b.a-, property having been do aged "
the cyclone vim be sold at sacrifice II d sai' .
effected soon
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18

BILLY CARTER, the racer, will run
against any tr,tting horse in the
county, be to make half mile while
the horse makes mile. Stakes to
snit the horseman. Bring out your
trotters and let's have some fun. MIR.
Carter goes to Dubuque, to-day to
arrange for seventy-five yard race,
to take place there at an early date.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18

NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS
AT SHERWOOD & BERG CITY STORE.
A large and complete stock of all
kinds of seasonsble dry goods, cloth
ing boots and shoes and a fine So
lection Of fancy goods may now be
fonnd there, which thy are offer
ing and selling as loso as the uery
lowest. Call and see for yourself.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18
To All Whom il May Concern

The undersigned are going to
make a change in their business All
accounts, therefore. not settled by
the first of January will be left in
the hands of collector Goods on
hand will be sold cheap for cash.
KINNIE e SPRATLER.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18

For large variety of Dress
Goods at the very lowest bottom
prices, call on Sherwood 81 Berg's,
where you can be suited in price as
well as quality.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18

To RENT.--The best office rooms
in the city known as the Reform Club
Rooms. Apply to Martin & Toay.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18

THERE is another Governmental
crisis in Italy, all the members of the
Cabinet having resigned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18

AN instance of the bad resulst of
the unsettled condition of portions
of the South is given, A foreign
company declines to locate in Ala
bama, because of the feeling in the
old country that life and property
are not safe in that eoltion. Al
though the'case is not as is believed
10y these foreigners, yet the impress
sion prevails abroad that such is the
ease. aud the damage comes Dpon
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18
Business Notices.

,s Notices under his head will be Charged
for at the rate OF cents per line each nser-
ton. Nothing estimated less than ) lines
when published only once.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-18
Estray Notice.
William Brown,

COLLECTOR, gives exclusive attention 10 Coz
I lecting debts, settling accounts, notes, mor
cages etc NV rule is to see parties IN person.
which mode is successful where dunS ,! ieleE
consistently fail. Charges reasonable Heiere4I
ces; Gmdry x Gray X. D. Puliord, Johh OIL ~.
Vivian. Office over P. Aliens store, opposite 10y
Hall with strong d Coad, Attorneys al Law, su
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-18

and invariably touching his cap to the
captain, mates and I. He is a West
Indian, and speaks excellent English.
He was put in charge, and the pilot and
crew were ordered to stay aboard the
Azor during the night. AS write, 10
p. M, the Liz ghts are cleaning ashore, and
voices come now and then from land or
passing boats which can be plainly dis.
tinguished as negroes, speaking negro.
1 could shut my eyes and easily imagine
myself on the Battery in Charleston, with
boats from the shore going by. The
weather is delightful, there being a stiff
sea breeze.
Nay 20, II p. m.-Have been ashore
all day knocking around" and my note
book and head are both in an appalling
state of plethora, from incidents, pictures,
figures, &c. The captain has decided in
view of the uncertain state of the weather
and his passengers health to be towed to
Monrovia by the mail steamer. We will
leave here at an early hour tomorrow.
Nay 3O-Off this morning in tow of
steamer Ethiopia. Will be in Monrovia
in thirty hours, ID. W from whence l
will date my next.
A. B. WILLIAMS.
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Whenever and Wherever

diseases of choleraic type prevail, or there is
cause to npprehend visit from them, the system
should b, toned, regulated and reinforced By q
course Of Hostetters Stomach Bittes. Perfect d.
gestion and regular habit Of body ore the best
safeguard, against such maladies and both are Sc
cured by this lnestimable tonic and Alternative
The Btters are also extremely serviceable in rem
edying srch disorders. II promptly taken in
bilious collie, diarrhGa and cholera morbus, the
disease Is usually frustrated. In dlarrhea cases,
1t is only necessary to restore the tone of the re-
la1ed bow els and this is one Of the specific effects
of this medicine. Wind on the stomach, heart
burn, biliousness, nausea, headache and other
symptoms of disturbance in the gastric and hcpatic
regions are also speedily relieved BY this excellent
remedy As family medicine 1t is Invaluable,
since It promptly and completely remedies those
ailments which are Of most frequent occurrence.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-18

YOUNG MEN BEwARE.-The following
admonition should be read by many
young men and few old ones: Never
use lady's name in an improper place,
at any improper time, or in mixed COM
pany. Never make assertions about her
that you think to be untrue, or illusions,
that she herself would blush to hear.
When you meet with men who do not
scruple to use a woman's name in reck-
less manner, shun them they are the
very worst members of the community !;
men lost to every sense Of honor, every
feeling of humanity. Many good and
worthy woman's character has been
forever ruined and her heart broken by
a lie manufactured by some villain, and
repeated when it should not have been,
and in presence of those whose little
Judgment could not deter them from
circulating the foul and Dragging report
A slander is soon pregnated, and the
smallest thing derogatory TO woman's
character will fly on the wings of the
wind, and will grow and magnify as it cir
culateiI, until its monstrous weight
crushes the poor unconscious victim.
Respect the name of a woman. Your
mother and sisters are women, aud as
you would have their fair names untar-
nished aud their lives unembittered by
the slanderous, bitter tongue, heed the ill
your OWN words may bring upon the
mother, the sister or the wife of uome
fellow creature.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-18

The MARRIAGE OF A WOMAN TO A
WoMAN.-Marancy Hughes was mar
ried in September last to a person who
was known as Samuel NJ. Pollard. Her
relatives opposed the match, and she
eloped aud was married without their
knowledge, and short time after their
marriage Pollard confessed to her that
he was woman that she had trouble
with her relatives in the East; and lost
her property and assumed the disguise
of man for the reason that avenues for
making money would be open to her in
that character which would be closed to
her as a woman. Pollard has never
given her any particular reason for do
ing her this great wrong, but is believed
to have been actuated by foolish pride
in appearing in the character of mar
ricd man. The victim was ashamed to
acknowledge that she had been so i'm
posed upon, and shrunk from admitting
the truth. Pollard, without actually
threatening her life, repeatedly intimated
that it would be bad for her if she ex-
posed her, and she kept silence; until a
fortnight ago, when her aunt got an init
nation Of the fact and questioned her
closely, and she related to her the whole
story. The victim says that the woman's
real name is Sarah M. Pollard, and that
her trunk is filled with feminine apparel.
A complaint was filed yesterday by J. G.
Howerton, accusing Pollard of perjury
in swearing when be took out the mar
riage that he was male. ~.
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FROZEN TO DEATH.-A miner in the
Black Hills, writing to friend in this
city, tells of horrible reminder Of the
fearful snow storms of last winter and of
the perils of those who were caught out
and lost their way on the plains. He
says that recently, while he and two
others were crossing the country, they
came upon the skeleton of horse within
which was the skeleton of a man, with
the grinning skull looking out at them
from between the ribs of the animal, like
a priioner peering through the bars of
his cell. The two skeletons told the
whole story. The man had killed his
horse, cut him open, and crawled inside
of him, thinking to thus escape perish
perishing of cold, but the flesh of animal
froze solid and the man was as much
prisoner as if he had been shut in by
walls of iron. The wolves and carrion
birds had stripped the greater part of the
flesh from both skeletons. The miner
concludes his description by saying: "It
was u sight I shall never forget. / can
see it now whenever | close my eyes,
Virginia City Enterprise.
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WHERE THE PATHS MEr.-The re-
cent Southern General Conference re-
ceived two fraternal delegates from the
African Methodist Episcopal Church,
who, in our hearing, made remarkable
speech, each. The second speaker,
johnson, uttered one of the most beau
tiful extempore passages we have ever
heard. Said he, in effect: -
Brethren, there happened the ante
room just now circumstance shall
never forget. You remember that David
ip the Cave of Adullam sighed for water
from the well of Bethlehem, and that
three young men, at the peril of their
lives, brought the longed-for water which
David would net, after all, drink, since
it had been procured at the peril of life.
He therefore poured out the water as a
libation before the Lord" Said the
speaker "When entered this room 1
was fevered, and, like David, longed for
water. A gentleman took goblet to
serve me; during his absence I learned
that he was the Governor of Georgia.
Realizing the chasm between US, I
thought of David, and taking the goblet
from his hand I begged that might
pour out the water as libation forever
between his race and mine."
We never saw a house more stricken,
thrilled and melted by speech from any
human orator.-Northaocstern Christian
Advocate. j'
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ANOTHER FERTIL1zER.-A reliable
aud intelligent farmer who farmed for
many years in Middle Florida, declared
to US q few days since that the most
profitable fertilizer he ever used was corn
fodder. He discovered it in this man
ner (: During the late war, as purchasing
agent for the Confederate Government,
be purchased a large quantity of corn
fodder, which he stacked for two months
in the fall, on email plat of wretchedly
poor but clay subsoil land. After the
fodder was removed he planted the place
in vegetables, putting in and covering
the shattered fodder left upon the ground.
He was astonished at the change in the
soil, and afterwards repeated the exper-
iment to his entire satisfaction. He is
now convert to corn fodder as a fertili-
zer, and thinks that at fifty cents per
hundred or ten dollars per ton, it is far
cheaper and better than any commercial
fertilizers now in use.
We give his views that others may try
the experiment and prove for themselves
whether he is right or wrong.--Sauannah
Ne,ps.
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A WINTER PEAcH.-The Petersburg
tVa.,) Rural Messenger thus describes
this fruit, which, it says, originated with
Mr.. James Hawkins, of Dinwiddie, Va,
before the war, and which is called the
Hawkins Winter Peach" The gentle
man has had for some years trees in full
bearing:
"Ihe fruit does not begin 10 ripen un-
til the leaves have fallen from the tree
in November; is in no way injured by
the severe frosts of that season, and hangs
on tile trees until it assumes beautiful
red cheek. When ripe they may be
picked and put away to be carried to
market at leisure-say any time in No
vember or early December. The fruit is
large (the first important item in mar
ket reach), color whitish, with red cheek,
flesh .whitish, rich, juicy and pleasant.
It will keep far into December without
rotting. 1t can be handled pretty much
the same as apples"
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Proof OF AFFECTIoN.-They were
dispnting as to who had the richest
father, and the smaller one finally flew
the track and called:
"Wcll, I've got the best big sister, any
howp
81 guess not, I've got the bossest sister
in Detroit. She'll stay home any day to
let ME wear her shoes to the circusW
"My sister will do more than thatP
put in the little one. "She'll take the
strings out of her corset for me to spin
my top with; and if ] lose it she'll stay
home from party and never give me
wore of sass! Is your sister any bosser
than that?"
The big boy had to take back scat
Detroit Free Press.
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COMMON SENSE DECISION. - His
Honor Judge PRESLEY, in charging the
sault and battery on the road in front of
mau's house, expounded some law as
to the privileges of persons on the high
way, which may be we'll for all to know.
1t is simply right of way-a right to
the use of such highway for purposes of
travel, etc. The soil is the property of
the man owning the adjacent lands, and
any one becoming boisterous or making
himself otherwise Objectionable in front
of a mans house, in public road, after
being ordered to leave, may be elected as
a trespasser by the use of such force only
as is necessary to get him way.-Dar-
6ngton NeaCs.
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GOOD GRIT.-At the commencement
of the present term of the medical COL
lege, q young student from the West
started for Keokak to attend. Arriving
at Abba he found his means would not
be sufficient, and he footed it the rest of
the way to this city. He paid in full for
his tuition, and then had just seven dol
lars left. Three of these we're laid out
for quarters rent for room, in which
was nothing but his books. No bucket,
no stove, no furniture, no bed, not even
a blanket, and only four d61lars to live
on. In a month or so he procured a
blanket, and considered himself fortu-
nate. His money WAS laid out in corn
meal, and twice week he would 60
down by the pork houses and make up a
lot of corn bread, bake it, and bring it to
lis room, and on corn bread alone he has
been subsisting during the entire term.
He has worked and earned five dollars
since he has been here, and on this and
the seven he had left, after paying his
college fees, twelve dollars in all, he has
subsisted.
During all this time no one has known
how he subsisted, and the only remark
able thing that. has been noticed about
him is, that he is one of the brightest
students in the class, and bids fair to
graduate with the highest honors. His
condition would not have been found
out had it not been that a gentleman
rented room in the same building in
which the students was located, and, by
making his acquaintance, ascertained
how he had been living.
The student is a. bright, frank, fearless
fellow, who asks no fayors, has paid in
advance for everything he has got, is not
afraid of difficulties, and if he proves not
a bright and shining light in his pro.
fession-if he is not heard from as an
eminent physician and surgeon, ere
many years roll around, we lose oul
guess.-Keokuk [ (Io,Oa) Constitution.