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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28
SUtlIlONS.
STATE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA

~ county circuit court.
Thomas Blackney, Sr.. Plaintiff. VS. Charlotte
Guyon ana Mary Dolphin, Defendants.
The State of Wisconsin: 10 Charlotte Guyon
and Mary Dolphin, the above named defend
ants
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint i'll this action, u copy Of
watch is herewith served upon YOU, and which
complaint is now on file in the Office Of the Clerk
of the circuit court for Iowa county, Wisconsin,
and 10 serve copy OF your answer to the said com
plant on the subscriber a. his Office, in the VII
lage OF High land, in the county of Iowa, and
state of Wisconsin, within twenty days AFTER the
service hereof, exclusive of the day OF sush ser
vice. and II yOu tail 10 the said cou plant
within the tine aforesaid, she plaintiff VII take
Judgment against YOU for the sum of Three
Hundred and twenty Dollars with Interest ON
Three Hundred Dollars thereof at ten per cent.
per aunGm, from July 4Ih, 1857. and ON Twenty
Dollars from the Slst day OF july, 1870, beside.
the costs of this action.
Witness. the Hon. ". NJ. Coth-en, Judge Of
said court ut Dodgevlle. in said county. ,ils 18th
day of August, 4. ID, l>1S.
J y. SNEl kEk, PLAINTIFFS Attorney.
. Residence, Highland, Wisconsin
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28

The telegraph says Congressman
Foster will make another speech, in
which he will explain and modify
what lie said on The occasion of his
denomination. since sit has been de-
ermined to 60 into the campaign,
with an Endorsement of the President
and his policy" Will this make it
necessary siar Congressman WHY
Jams to make another speech and
materially modify what lie said on
the OCCASION of his denomination /!
His speech was based on Fosters.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28
G1ANDxR lNPo1IT1cs.

Tho time t1ow is. when every mat
who stands for ofiice-no matter how
pure Or capable he may be-is 1t
once made the target of dishcnorable
jealous politicians, who pounce upon
him with reihorseless fury, and with
ISLANDERS, inhend0es, treachery and
falsehood, seek to ruin bis reputa-
ton before the credulous public, for
the solo purpose of defeating his
nomination In convention or bis
election at the polls. So universal
has this criminal custom been adopt
ed among politicians, that should
the Angel Gabriel come down to
earth and consent to run for office,
he woAld sotn Ds shorn of his divln.
ity by the insatiate vhltures who
fatten upon SANDER and glory ove.
the downfall Of their political rivals.
-Uuiend Gazette.
ALI Of which Is very true, and the
fact so fortibly stated. Is not only a
disgrace to bur political system, but
is getting to be q serious drawback
and detrimebt to the efficiency of
our public service. 1t has come to
such q pass that then of self-respect,
who prize the jewel of a air name,
shrink from active participation in
political life, and absolutely refuse
to accept candidacy for public Office,
because such participation and such
candidacy would subject them to
the "slings and arrows" of reckless
and indiscriminate personal attack.
The consequence is, that the high
minded, honorable and really capa-
bic ttien who land none other) should
be chosen to places of official trust
and honor, cannot be persuaded to
accept nominations, not being viii.
ling to be made targets of for the
mud-throwing blackguard of the
press or the stump and hencs it is
that our public offices are 90 often
filed with men who are practically
as unfit for such peculiar and deli.
cate duties and responsibilities as
they are morally unworthy of them.
The Satanic portion of the press
Is chiefly to blame for this, and it is
in the power of the decent and Ion
orabIy conducted portion of the
press to remedy the evil. Once
bring our politics to so low a state
that self-respecting men, who are
Jealous OF their honorable rephta-
t'ops, can no longer consent to be-
corae candidates for or appointees to
office, and you will have gos down
to about as near the bottom uf ma
tionai debase,nent ~ you could very
well get. Chicago JommaL
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28

Our of nearly three hundred nom
nations Republican and Democrat,
less than sixty are denominations,
and Of those one half are Republi-
can. 1t shows, as The New York
Tribune says, that "the people are
thinking and acting for themselves"
In Wisconsin, the Republican Con-
gressmen will all be renominated-
Wisconsin was the only State that
was represented by her best men
and she doesn't propose to change
them.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28
= saturday, August 3ist, 1873.

Nix. POTTER was supposed to be
an honorable man he took the re-
sponsibility before the whole world
of making the charges against Sec
rotary Sherman andMinister Noyes,
and he has not only not sustained
the charges, but disproved them by
his own witnesses. What should he
now dot
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28


WHILE tho Democracy have been
persistently over-stating the aggre-
gate number Of unemployed labor
ers in the country. they have as per.
sistently and uniformly curtailed and
stopped the construction of neces-
sary public works. While it was
not the province of Government to
create necessity for expenditures
so as to employ the unemployed, on
the other hand, when a necessity ex-
lists foy an outlay on public works,
which are Indispensable, to withhold
at a time of great and universal in
dustrial depression, as the Democrats
have done since they have had con-
tro! Of the House. is not only unwise
but pernicious to the last degree.
1t is upon the record Of deliberate
ly and persistent'y refusing to make
appropriations involving the employ
mept Of labor on public works Of in
necessity, of curtailing
and cutting off tho lowest salaries.
and the wages Of the laborers, men
and women, that the Democracy goes
before the country asking its favor,
and counting the votes of laboring
men.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28

THE noteworthy feature in sport
ing circles last Friday was the fast
time made by the trotters at Hart
ford, Conn. Rarns, the new hero of
the turf, made the three heats in the
unprecedented time BIB; 22:l3b, and
2:l34, surprising his previous rec
ord of three fastest heats. but not
equalling in either heat his Buffalo
time of 2:i34. The performances of
Rarus was titly supplemented by the
achievements OF the horses Edwin
Forrest aud Hopeful, the former
making the mile in 2:ll., and the
half mile being accomplished in
1:O5l: and Tie latter doing the half
mile in 1:O6t. Rarus' half mile in
Buffalo was made in 1869. Rarus
stands as The King of of the Amer
lean trotting turf, but he may well
look to his crown in the face of such
ambitious aspirants as Forrest and
Hopeful. The time given above is
worthy Of note as showing the prog
ress made in developing the Amer
.isan trotting horse since the day
nhen Flora Temple astouished the
sporting world by making the
rnile in 2:i9a,, At kalamazoo, Mich,
and was crowned Queen Of the
Turf.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28

The Potter committee has at last
found n fraud, though it is on the
Democratic side, 1t don't count.
Major Burke tcstifies that he con.
tracted with Anderson to secure
East Feliciana Parish to the Dem
ocrats for $4,000. The Majah play
fully adds that he thought this was
legitimate. The bargain failed on
account of lack of funds.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28
Republican Third COngreSSiona.
District Convention.

The Republican electors Of the Third Congress
sionel District composed Of the counties of La
Fayeitc, Iowa, Green, Richland, Crawford and
Grant, will meet in
lNuscOda, OH tuesday, Sept Sd, 1878.
at l2 O'Clock p. m. to nominate candidate for
Congress to be supported ut the ensuing fall elec'
ton.
Fnch Assembly District Is entitled to two dele.
gates and each Senatorial Dist. TO four delegates.
BY order, 81. r. KlNDLAuB Chh.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28
NOTICE
Sale Of Real Estate III Aucfion

On tie @9ti, day OF August, 1873, at two
O'Clock IN the afternoon of that day, ri d,
front door OF the City Hall building H. the
City Of Mlheral Point. will &c SOLD At pdbht
custom TO the highest bidder, he following
Described real esta,c; gil Hated, ring ahJ Nihs
i, the Cry OF Mineral PORT, lowe comfy
Wisconsin, and particularly described As III.
COWS, to-wit Lots number two hundred and
slsit foSD, two hundred and seventy eco,
two Hundred and six'v-lwo jo63) two
hundred and siyty-nine (!,;9). and tho un.
divided ore halt OF Lot two hundred and forty
nine Gao, in Harrisoa's survey Of the Village
now City Of Mineral Point. said sale is under
and by virtue OF the Last Will and Testament
OF Nancy jeffrey, deceased.
bAleS tho sDth day OF July, 1878.
PHILIP ALLEN,
y, i.NeputeE Of Tho Last VIII and Testament
9i-4 VI Nancy jeffrey, deceased
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28

THE Watertown Democrat assures
its readers that "the Greenback craze
has not seriously infected the ranks
of the Democracy. Policy men may
advise q coalition between honest
money men and fiat money men. 1t
cannot work-it will not work, Oil
and water cannot mix; neither can
true Democrat vote for an anti
Democratic platform or candidate.
One of the distinctive characteristics
Of the great Democratic party has
ever been its conservatism In con-
nection with all temporary agitation
or discomfort. Whenever the party,
through the fundamentally of UNI
principled demagogues, has cut
loose from its time honored founda<
tons, disaster has invariably been
the result" We don't know how 1t
is with the private, of the Demo-
cratic party as to the Greenback
craze, and it don't neeth to thake any
dflerence In the attitude of the
party. At Fond du Lac; in spite of
the honest money tnetl Of the party,
tbs "policy men, as the Democrat
calls them, had things their own
way in the organization of the
Assembly, the Democrats surrend-
dered to the soft-money men in the
First District Democratic convention
the time honored foundations Of the
Democratic party didn't attract
attention enough to defeat Parker;
Voorhees,, Hendricks, Thurman and
other Democrats who have spoken,
take sides with the "policy men."
And unless the Democrat is of stern
er stuff than other papers, it will
also be compelled to submit to the
greenback craze in its party.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28

Of destroyed, but they shall b re-
issued and paid ont Again end kept
In circulation" This Thurman well
knew, and bis position nov is . new
dodge, and : fair specimen Of Dem:
ocratic consistency.
Under the suddenly inspired love
for the greenback, it need not sur
prise any ono to hear Thurman,
Ewing, Cary, Voorhees, and their
party claim next that the greenback
is the very best Of all kinds Of mon.
ey, reaching this conclusion by the
specious argument that "for money
nothing is better than gold; but
gteenbacks are better than nothing !;
therefore greenbackc are better than
gold" But even then the fact still
remains; and cannot be disputed,
that the Republican party Is the
father, friend, and defender of the
greenback;" that the party has by
wise the economical legislation rails
ed the purchasing value or power Of
the greenback and the national
bank-note up to an equality with
gold, and propose, with gold and
silver and paper, interchangeable at
pleasure, to give to the people q
monetary system equal for all pur.
poses to the best In the world.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28

THE country is full of bogus fifty
and twenty-five cent pieces. No
counterfeitss has yet been 40 fool
ish or hard NJ as to tackle the 81.
cent dollar,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28
National Greenback Convention

The National Grcenback party Of Iowa County,
WISCONSIN, viii meet in Convention, ct the Court
House, in Dodgcvillc, on
Saturday. August 3ist, 1873.
TO nominate candidates for the several county
officers to be elected at the next ensuing election
Candidates for the Assembly Districts will also be
then and there nominated unless the delegates
from the respective districts shall otherwise de
Iermine The towns and wards will be entitled
TO delegates as follows:
Arena Mini Pt. city, LIST wn,"7
Clyde" "a "'.'o
MOSCOW
Ldcn Pulaski ...."....,..T
Highland .".......".9l Rldgeway ..........".'.lO
Linden 81 Waldwick ............n...4
Miflin ............""6l wyoming.
Mineral Point town"".6l
by Order of County Committee.
II. c. CUTLER, Chairman,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28
The Father Friend. and Guard
ian Of the C1eehback."

The "greenback" originated III
1862 as purely Republican meas.
IRE suggested by Republican Sec
fetary of the Treasury, passed By .
Republican Congress, approved by .
Republican President, as q means
whereby q long and bloody war,
brought on by the attempts Of the
rebel wing of the Democratic party
to rule or ruin this Un,on Of States,
might end in q triumph of union and
freedom. The first bill authorizing
the issue Of legal-tender notes passed
the House February 6, IS62-yeas,
Sc Republicans and I Democrats j
nays, 20 Republicans and 30 Demo-
cratsj AMONG whom were g. s. Cox,
Holman and Voorhees,, OF Indiana,
end Vallandingham and Pendleton,
Of Ohio, and most of those, who are
yet living, have at this late day sud
denly become the friends and sup
porters OF the greenbacks! In the
Senate the bill was passed by an af-
Grmative vote of 80, Of whom 25
were Republicans-only three Re-
publicans voting against it. The
opposition Of the Democracy then
was intended to help tho rebellion
and cripple the Union Treasury.
The pretended love for it moo is only
a bait thrown out to catch the Green
back Labor vote.
The Democratic opposition to the
greenback drove it into the United
States Supreme Court, where is was
met by the opposition of Justice,
Chase, Nelson, Clifford, Grier, and
Field, who decided that the legal.
tender act "is inconsistent with the
spirit of the Constitution, and that
it is prohibited by the Constitution"
while the Republican Judges-Mill-
err, Swayne, and Davis-dissented,
and held the very decided opinion
that Congress "scted within the
scope Of its authority" and declared,
in their opinion, "the Jaw to be Con-
This is known az the
decision in the famous
case of Hepburn vs. Griswold in 1860.
1t was not made by full court. Sub
sequently, with full bench, in the
case Of Knox vs.. Lee and Parker VS.
Davis, the Supreme Court made
what is known as legal-tender de.
cision of 1S7l-the Republican Jus
tees forming a majority of the
court--holding the legal-tender "acts
Of Congress constitutional as applied
to contracts made either before or
after their passage" thus overru.ing
The decision of 1869, while tho Dem
ocratiu Judges---Chase, Nelson, Cliff
ford, and Field--dissented.
Besides opposing the Republican
sreenback in Congress by speech
md vote, and condemning it in the
United States Supreme Court as un-
Democratic leaders
AVE talked and worked against it
Town to the inception Of the Green
oack-Labor Initiation movement.
And now the Democracy not only
lain to be in favor Of the green
pack, but so so far as to lead the
people to believe that the Republican
party are opposed to their further
'se as money, and are about to re-
ire and cancel the entire greenback
circulation. Said Judge Thurman,
n his keynote speech a few days
go:
When the currency part of the (Ohio Demo
ralicl platform is carefully scrutinized, it will
c found that its principle feature is The
proposed substitution Of the srecnbaeks for
atonal bank notes. think that do them
o injustice when say that tbs leaders OF the
republican party are in favor of DIRECTLY
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-28
w,H.&B. J. BENNETT, Editors,
~ W. TAILOR, ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
Republican County Convention.

A Republican County Convention will be held
al the Court House, in DoGgeville, on
Friday, August 3Oth, 1878,
Mt one o'clock p. M. to elect ak delegates Y nom
The county at large and from each Assembly
DISTRICT 10 represent the county in the Congress
rionaj Convention 10 be held at Muscoda, Septem.
Der I'd, and to transact such other business AZ
may be deemed proper.
On the basis of one delegate for every 30 votes
east at the last presidential election, or irecuoh
Of rs OF more the severai towns are eh'itieu 10
representation rs follows:
Arena .7lMin1 Pt city, let w,,,.7
Clyde ..................".6i "a W''.'o
MOSCOW .''.'"a
Eden ,,.,,,.,,...,..4lI'u Pulaski .......is..:...-6
Highland ................9t kidgeway ~
Linden .........."..........eiN aiuWlch. ''"S
MifYlin ..............6lW Wyoming.
Mineral Point tOwnn."...6I
BY Order Of County Committee.
s. W. REESE. Chairman.
Dated August eh 1873.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-05-02
COOKED FOOD.

The experienced poultry breeder Fl. Todd
says: I'VE think fowls cost less. and re-
tarn more, if fed warm, cooked feed once a
Cay, early i'll the morning. A mixture of
corn, oats and bran, and middlings, ground
fine, is good; or the corn may be boiled un-
ground. 1t is we'll to add a portion OF boil
ed potatoes, apples, or turnips, and vary the
mixture occasionally, for change. The
teed should aa we'll cooked, and not made
thin. In the breeding season, fine bran and
oats, with vegetables, make feed sufficient
ly rich for Asiatics, which are disposed to
get so fat as to prevent laying, increase
broodiness, and render eggs unfertile. In
fact, they should be fed very sparingly, and
kept hung7.y and ,iuely.'
II prefer whole grain in variety or mid
day and evening feeding. In cooking daily
there is quite saving, as much stuff and
scraps can be converted into food that would
go to waste. There is nothing but what
fowls will eat, if properly 'dished up.n'
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-05-02
TIL { PQU LnRY YARD
EXAMINE THE NESTS.

See that your nests are kept clean, and
well supplied with fresh hay, straw, or 9th
er good nesting material. This is an abso-
lutte necessity, and alligood poultrybreeders
recognize it as such. Those who complain
OF getting few eggs, are usually the ones
who do not supply their hens with plenty
of good, sweet and clean nests for them to
lay their eggs in, leaving the fowl to find
places to layy wherever they can. The re-
suit is, that only part OF the eggs are found.
the remainder going to sustain and fatten
the numerous rats and other pests which are
always found under and around farm build
ings, especially old ones"
One of the greatest reasons for fowls be-
ing infested with countless numbers OF lice.
is the general carelessness in regard to nests.
A new nest-boX is put up and filled. nicely
with suitable material; here it stays, nest
and ALL untilt literally wears out, brood af-
ter brood being hatched on the same straw.
Here, too, lice find a congenial place, and
breed in safety and in great numbers, for
they have plenty Of the filth they delight in.
No wondor that, occasionally, "a fine hen is
found dead on the nest, for even q human
being would soon be worried to death if in
tested by such myriafls OF parasites. Then
farmers, fanciers, all, burn your old nests.
clean the boxes and purify them. inside and
out with whitewash, make new nests. and
never let a hen attempt to hatch out brood
on old and filthy straw.--Aner;cun Poultry
Yuy1
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-05-02
AGR[Cjj ! RAIL.

Erup subject of the growth OF bnrs upon
/, stock ranges having engaged our atten-
4 70 some extent during the past few
bo+hs we desire to pursue il until we are
k.fel correct conclusion has been ar
eJat for no subject is traught with great
sutprpst to oar wool industry than THIS.
l h,,r ranges, which are now 50 remarkably
Ill., afe u remain so. the quality OF our
I hi nroiuct will win for il a reputation
4 ch cannot be cXcelied. In last weeks $
H. we admitted that there were some
Hits az TO whether or not our assertions
y former article in regard to this plant
10 correct, but the bulk Of the testimony
3ch we have been able to gather goes to
kstmtiate them. The first flock of sheep
ever trol the Missouri valley We're
$aeht there in the fall or winter OF 1860,
we are assured by a number OF reliable
ktenen that the hur to which we have
rence existed even at that date along the
Ii bottoms throughout the valley. How
q it had grown there prior TO that tine
hid be impossible to tell. We are satisfied
4 there has been abundant time and op-
tunity for them to ilave spread over our
.eh lands had these lands been adapted to
Il growth. Had tie driving Of California
p affected this in any way, we certainly
bil have noticed it on Smith river, this
ey having been occupied by sheep fon
tral years past. Though quite well as
upon this point, it is very probable
the plant has increased i'll agricultural
riets. Most of our Montana farmers are
cclstomed to it, anl no, aware that it is
a great nuisance. we are confident
it they will turn their attention to it, it
be eNterminated with very little ex-
Pn, and we trust our agitation of the
ect may enlist them in this work.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-05-02
POULTRY DIET.

Cayenne pepper, mustard, or ginger. can,
with great benefit, be added to the food OF
fowls, to increase their yigor, and to stimu-.
late egg production.
This apparently artificial diet will be seen
to be natural if we remember that wild birds
of the gaAinaceous species get access to very.
many high-spiced berries and buds; articles
that give the "game flavor to their flesh.
The ordinary food of the domestic fowl is
not, indeed. entirely without some such adj
dition, since there is more or less OF an aro
matte principle in wheat, Indian corn, and
all other grains. Nevertheless, it is not SUIT
ticient in quantity to supply the place OF the
stronger spices, a taste tor which is part of
the fowls Inherited constitution. A.Aoder-
ate quantity of cayenne, ETC., added to the
ground grain is always productive OF health
and thrift in poultry.
1t is a very careless method of feeding
fowls. which we see SO often adopted, where
the grain is thrown down in great heaps on
the ground ortioor. 1t is not only wasteflll,
but Injurious to the fowls, because they get
oyer-fstl, and it is in an important respect
contrary to their habits. Fer their nature is
to ..scratch'' Watch the sold hen with a
brood when she is just let out OF the coop.
She hardly stirs from the spot, but as soon
as she has realized her freedom, down go
her claws into the soil, and afterwardgwlen-
ever YOU see her. she is at it.
|. Always feed, then, no more than can be
eaten al enee, and take care that. is so