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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
The Great Chinese Famine.

Sir Rutherford Alcock writes to Mon
days Times that though rain has now
fallen in some of the fnmine-struck dis
tricts of China, and that by the month
of October it may produce good results,
till then none Of the poor creatures de-
pendent on the relief fund, which is
all but exhausted,-will have n chance
Of any means of support. A hundred
thousand families are thus dependent,
and the Relief Committee in China ur-
gently telegraphs for $4,000 at once, of
which the collectors here can now only
forward about $500. Let us offer Sir
Rutherford Alcock practical sugges-
ton. We have received from China a
grotesque, but pathetic little picture
book, painting the horrors undergone in
the famine district. the stripping of the
trees Of bark, rs well as leaves, the eat
ing Of the thatch of the houses, the feed
ing on the dead, the selling Of boys and
girls into slavery, each rough print &C
companied by an explanation Of its
drift in Chinese, which, We need hardly
say, would have been quite lost upon
the present writer had not the friend
who sent it kindly given short transla-
ton Of the meaning Of each. A great
multiplication of this little book, with
the Chinese explanations and English
interpretations, and the appeal of the
committee for help on the cover, would,
we are persuaded, touch more minds
and hearts than any mere circular. 1t
brings home what famine means Mt
once wildly and with that pathos which
is all the deeper for its quaint and gro
tesquc character.-London Spectator
June Is.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
Continuation OF the Peruvian Railroad.

A correspondent of the Railway Age,
writing from Cerro de Pasco, under
date of May 21st says: You may be in
terested to know that the final location
of the continuation of the Oroya rail
road has been made from Oroya, about
ninety miles northward to this place,
and work is to be speedily resumed on
the Oroya, and commenced on the ex-
tension.
The construction of these lines, with
the drainage and working Of the Gel
ebrated silver mines at CerrO de PascO,
was one of the contracts of the late
Henry Meiggs. This contract has been
undertaken by company with a cap
ital of f3,OO0,OOO. The drainage of the
mines is to be effected by a tunnel
2,660 meters in length (same cross Sec
ton as the "Sutro Tunnel on which
active work has been progressing since
October last. The tunnel is to tap the
mines about four hundred feet below
the surface. These mines are kind
of geological curiosity, for in the heart
of the "diggings no lodes or veins
have been struck, the whole earth and
rock is mass Of silver ore. Even the
"adobos of which the houses are
built, assay from 81 to $10per ton. The
amount of ore is almost inexhaustible,
and SO far as experience goes seems ex.
ceedingly rich within the inundated
zone. Fortunes Of 100000 have on
several occasions been taken out in
twelve hours by hand pumping and bal
n
the company two pairs ofheavy Cornish
pumping engines, one of which is nearly
ready to work, also the Mineral rail.
way.
This railway was completed in 1873.
1t was built partly by English and partly
government capital at cost of $1,000
600, is seven miles in length, and with
out doubt is the highest railway in the
world. Cerro de Pasco being IA, 200
feet above sea level, the other terminus,
(Sacra Famillal, 1900 feet. The OBJ
ject Of the road is to carry ores from
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10

able tooops under his command do not
exceed 5000 men ~ Ahat that small
number cannot e6ectually guard the
long hne Of frontier over which they
are distributed. He does not give
flattering account of Mexican affairs.
He says many Of the Mexican troops
are conscripts. Raids from the Mexican
side into Texas ate still of frequent oc-
ourrence.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
The Chief of tie Bureau Of Statistics
has completed a statement of the ex-
ports and import br eleven months of
the fiscal year ending with May. The
excess of exports over imports for this
period is $246. 52Si22, the exports being
$647 ,94S,7SS; and the imports $4O1,-
43O, 666. The EXCESS of exports over
imports for the corresponding eleven
months OF the preceding year was $155,
ST., 779, showing gain and balance
of trade in favor of the United States
for this year d $l9O,65O,343. The
same statement lhows the amount OF
gold and silver c9n exported from the
United States dutng the same period
to have been $50, &c, 1897. while the i'm
ports of specie have for the same
period been $2S,)29, $50, showing M
excess of exports pf precious metals Of
81, 9O1 ,667. This ! the largest balance
in favor of American trade exhibited
for many years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
4 Big Salt Mine.
Syracuse IN. Y. Standard,

The workmen engaged in boring an
oil well at Wyoming, Wyoming county,
last Friday, ran the drill through sew
enty-tive feet of pure white salt. The
excitement is int nse, and u stock COM
pany is forming to utilize the find.
President Evarts, OF the Rochester
Vacuum Oil Company, is at the head
of the new company. The prospect is
that all the land in the valley will be
Immediately leased. The salt was
struck at the depth of 1912 feet. At a
depth of $50 feet the drill passed through
n salt vein of three feet in thickness,
the water of which being subjected to
analysis showed the presence Of fluorine,
chlorine, bromine, iodine, aluminium,
and sixty per cent. of Chords of sodi-
UNI. The boring OF this well has
knocked the bottom out of the old
state geologists who have made reports
of the lay of the land, rs their predic-
tons in every instance have proved
erroneous.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
For What Has He Lived 4!

1t must have made Dio Lewis mad to
he stricken down in his old age, in Oak
land, like naughty vegetable, when he
had been living for years on oatmeal.
His vegetarian mind can call up no
slaughtered cattle, no smoked cigars
and empty bottles to cheer the last sad
hours. There are no vague and stag
gering youthful memories, no out
ragged policemen and shattered street
lamps and unhung gates, around his
farinaceous dying bed. No far of
echoes of midnight whoops, no soft and
gentle recallings Of black eyes and skin
ned elbows and ruined suits of clothes
buoy up the soul of the talented old
cabbage. 1t is, indeed, sad end to a
life that cost no more than 10 cents a
day.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
LOVE IN MEXICO.
Lovers Not ut all Disturbed by Crowds
OF LOOkers.On.

Va AVVhO1 C~Vus
A traveller in Mexico writes as fol-
lows: In their love-making Mexicans
are equally innacent of any suspicion of
any improperly in public demonstra-
tons. You see couples walking through
the crowded plazas with their arms
about each others neck's, totally obi
vious of their surroundings. Except
among foreigners such exhibitions ex-
cite no comment. Driving along the
Gaudaloupe road one afternoon we
came upon a strapping fellow seated by
the roadside, with young girl lying be-
side him, her head resting in his lap.
AS we passed she turned her face up
to his, reached upward, and with u
shapely hand pattea the passive brute
on his lanterr-jaw--Ae all the time gaz-
ing stolidly at the passing carriage.
"You Dog" roared the exasparated
colonel. But the dog maintained his
equanimity all the same. At another
time while riding out to the iron baths
on street car we encountered young
couple bedecked in gay, holiday rib
bons and clean clothes, walking down
VIC DIOhu runway VIVA tlcII dIulS
lovingly clasped about each others
necks. She was young AID quite hand
some, and he was young and carried in
his unoccupied hand a pitcher ofpulque,
stray drops of which we're sprinkled
along the road. Evidently couple of
lovers returning from pilgrimage to
the shrine of Our Lady of Gaudaloupe,
slightly the worse for their rotations.
Their arms were twined about each
others necks for mutual support, as
well as to demonstrate their affection.
They walked pretty steadily, however,
though with that oblivioasness Of de-
meanor which we see in more civilized
,drunkards when they try to play it on
the people and think they are succeed
ing. We watched out Two lovers from
the foot of the car, and saw their steps
grow gradually unsteady until they be-
gan to totter and wave After drink
ing half dozen glasse, Of the efferves-
cent water fresh from the bubbling
spring, we took another street car for
the city. We had forgotten all about
our two lovers until we came upon them
again. lying prone upon the ground by
the roadside, their arms still lovingly
intertwined and their cheeks together
the pitcher broke at the fountain, and
a tortuous streak of the moist earth
showing where the pulque had mean
dered away.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10

A FEW days ago woman's garments
were found by some young men on the
bank Of secluded stream near Day
ton, o.. neatly arranged in a pile. The
owner not being visible the idea of sui
eide at once suggested itself, ond this
theory was strengthened by the discov-
cry in pocket Of the dress of tender
and touching love.letter addressed to
my darling" The clothes were taken
and delivered to the police. The next
day a young lady Of Dayton, accom-
panied by some friends, appeared at
the police headquarters and claimed
the garments, explaining that she was
bathing in the stream at little d distance
from that point where they were dis
covered, and that she could not cenven-
iently appear to prevent their removal.
The clothes were returned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
STEWARDS ESTATE.
The Estimated Shrinkage from Real Es.
tate Deprecated.

sASo DcpEcclatoOs
A correspondent, writing from New
York, SAYS:
Stewart provided in his will that all
his business and real estate directly
connected with it should be inherited
by Judge Hilton, who had been his con-
fidential adviser for several years. All
other real estate he bequeathed to his
wife. The actual value of the business
and OF the real property connected with
1t was not known then, nor has it been
made known since. The whole was es-
timated at $3O,OOO,OOO, and l am in
clined to think that figure was not
much out Of the way. 1t included the
wholesale house at Chambers street. the
retail house ut Tenth street, and some
twenty mills engaged in manufacturing
for the firm. All the hotel property
was outside of the business, and. to-
gether with Il number of houses in diff.
ferent parts of the city, went to Mrs.
Stewart. Those who speak of the de-
cline say that the business part of the
estate is worth $5,OOO,0OO less to-day
than ut Stewards death, and some of
them predict that five years more will
produce bankruptcy. Such predictions.
however, are sometimes mere folly, and
this may be one of that sort. The esti-
mated value of the entire real estate in
this city in 1875 was 0,0OO,OOO This
included the two stores, which were
supposed to be worth 100000. The
uptown store is built on leased ground,
and the fee is therefore not so valuable
rs might be supposed. Deducting the
value of the stores, which became the
property Of Hilton, the real estate be-
queathed to Mrs. Stewart was worth
81 100000 a year before her husbands
death. AS much Of this property is sit
uated in parts of the city which are
steadily going backward, such AS Beck
er street, Amity street, Ninth street,
Prince street, and so on, its value has
undergone serious decline since that
time. Good judges say that at least
$2,OOO,OOO must be taken off for depre-
citation. They speak in this way Of the
property ut Hampstead, and with proba-
bly, as much reason. There is no doubt
that the whole estate has shrunk several
millions since Stewards death, but then
1t is not by any means certain that the
same thing would not have happened
if Mr.. Stewart was still alive. Some
very shrewd business men have become
bankrupt within the past three years
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
Balky Horses.
From the American Cultivator.

rTOHl the hIheIlCan CultiVatOT.
The vices of horses are not cured by
medicine or surgery; and hence, in the
majority Of instances, it is not the prov
ince of the veterinary surgeon to pre-
scribe for them. Baking is misera-
BILE vice when it has become habitual,
and may be said to be inCurable. But
many horses are made balky by over
loading, or being compelled to draw
when the vehicle to which they are at
tached is in such position as to render
its onward movement almost or COM
pletely an impossibility with their UNI
aided strength. Such animals are fire.
quently cured by careful driving and
loading for time, until they regain
confidence in their ability to move the
loads successfully, and finally are just
as faithful as before.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
Good AdAice to Graduates.

The young men now leaving college
who think that it would be beneath
their dignity to engage in mechanical
pursuits, and that the education which
they have received is only intended to
tit them for some one of the learned
professions, ought to study the bacca-
laureate discourse delivered by DR..
Peabody recently before the graduates
of Harvard. 1--WE need" said he.
liable and educated men in agricul-
ture and manufacture, and there is not
a department under those titles that
may not be elevated, not alone in
name, but in its permanent value rs n
factor in its well being, by such re-
cruits as our college might furnish. :"
Students fresh from the university
are too apt to forget that there is some
thing practical in life to which their
education is only an introduction, and
that if it helps them in law, in medl
cine, and in theology, it will also be an
aid to them in those other pursuits
which are equally associated with ma
tional progress and prosperity. A few
matter of fact sermons like DIR Peabody's
delivered just at the time when young
mems minds ant. feelings are the most
receptive, might lead them to indulge
less in thoughts of being carried through
life on flowery beds of ease" and more
of following avocations which will in
the end yield not only pleasure but
profit.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10

The american Exchange this morning
says: at would seem that our grain
producers have not been so generally
benefited by the Russo-Turkish war as
many predicted they would be. Not
outstanding the Turkish blockade of
the Black Sea, it is singular fact that
Russia furnished Europe with more
grain in 1877 than during the year pre-
vious The returns show that while in
1876 Bussia exported 146,089, 900 busels
Of grain, in 1877 she exported 1885,
$4,000, an increase Of 80, $50, 900 BUSH
els. While the exports from the Black
Sea ports fell off from 100000 to 80
1000, the movement from the Bal
tic ports increased from 100000 to
"a ,0OO, 600 and the overland movement
from 100000 to 61,OOO,00O bushels.
THIS Russia has carried on great con-
test and preserved her grain trade"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10

"TAKE THAT !"-This is not slang;
not bit Of it. 1t is but the translation
of an inscription on an ancient Egyp-
tian ball, a leaden one, used as a kind
of bullet and thrown from sling.
Sometimes the name Of the singer was
pat on the ball,-so that the wounded
could tell whom to thank, perhaps
St. Nicholas.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10

washington dispatch Of July 4th
nc war department will push re-
say N that portion Of the country
e si;su,,,rbed by the Indians, with all .pract.
!is1 haste. Belief is almost universal
lca. Gang army officers that there will he
a'n uoneral Indian war in the sections
q 49, the hostile indications presented
w Snlu,selyes. In view of the urgent de-
lns .nd oftrocps for service on the plains,
hlsn as, have been issued to the various
olloru;t;ng officers to hasten, as far as
nI,r.ctical. enlistments, in order to bring
'n tbe numerical force of the army 10
u oNO men, the maximum number au-
.-Sonr;yed by law. By direction of the
,acretary of war, regiments in the In
Ian country engaged in active oper-
u Lon are to be increased to the max
;mum strength, while such regiments
~ -. are retained on garrison duty at the
"a ~sr;ous sea-coast Notifications are to be
rsdnced to the minimum number. BY
his means the secretary says he will be
ohla to throw into the section of the
aU threatened with hostile Indians
tho largest force possible, without ex-
csedng the existing limits of law.
TO BANKERS.
The acting comptroller of the cur
-snoy has issued a call upon the ma
,;onal banks to exhibit their condition
At the close of business Saturday.
THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.
Thorough preparations have been
made in Washington for the observa-
ton Of the solar eclipse in this country
mon the Goth of this month. Congress
has appropriated $1,000 for the ex-
npnses of this observation. The total
eclipse will cover space only one hun
dred and sixteen miles wide. 1t will
begin at the northwest corner of Mon
tana and move southeast, passing over
the Yellowstone, through Wyoming ter
rtory Denver, COL, and northern and
eastern Texas. The duration of the
eclipse will be three minutes in the
north and two and one-half minutes
in Texas.
THE YEARS COINAGE.
Washington advices under date of
july End, give the following as the COIN
age at the several United States minis
during the fiscal year ending Juno
SOh, 1873: ..
God................ ...............*oS I1O aO
Trade dollars ................... II, 37S, OlO
Standard silver. MISREPRESENTATION. 8, GOO, 500
Subsidiary silver coin ................ ., $780, 315
Nipr coins ...... ............. 3O,676
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .........$ S1, 11S, 9sl
RIVERS AND HARBORS-THB PUHLO BUILD
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10
I0lal.... ............ ........SoI' llo, SsI
RIVERS AND HARBORS-THB PUHLC BUILD

RIVERS AND HAkBOk6-1Hb PU1LO BUILD
INGS.
An Interpretation to the recent de-
csion by the cabinet to curtail the ex-
penditures Of the appropriations for
public works has been made by the
president and secretary of war. 1t is to
the effect that the appropria-
tons for the large rivers
and harbors of the west are
to be carried out, but that the discrimi-
nation is to be made so as to cut off the
work on the smaller streams, which
load down the river and harbor bill.
The secretary of the treasury also says
that the amounts for the public build
inss in the large cities will be expended.
NATIONAL FINANCE.
The following is the July public debt
statement.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10

Farmers are like fowls-neither will
get full crops.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-10

=: ~" ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
3xPofts tor - months. ending
Nay 81. 1871, ;. ...........
Jotos.... ....-......s.... -. -.
Coinage executed At the mtnts Of
the United States during the u.s.
cal year ending JCno 30th, 1878
Gold.
Trade dollare.
Standard silver. .......
Subsidiary silver coin
Minor coins.
Total.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-14
THE CRoToN AQUEDUCT.

Chisf Engineer Campbell, OF the Department Of
Public Works, has prepared statement TO tho re-
suit OF recent thorough examination OF tho interior
OF the Croton Aqueduct In this statement says
"Tho lake, tho aqueduct, tho High Bridge ard the
reservoirs are under the special and daily super
vision OF officers residing the line OF the works,
familiar with their duties In watching and protecting
them, and in making tho necessary repairs and i'm
provements under The orders OF assistant engineer
In charge OF these works. The water shut OF
at Croton Lake tho 7tn, at two r. ~,
ana on the morning OF the Sth the Chief Eli
gineer accompanied by his assistants and the super
ntendents oil the respective divisions, made careful
inspection OF the interior 10 Sing sang. There tho
Commissioner OF Public Works jo,ned the party. ac-
companying them AS lar Yonkers and making a
thorough inspection OF the OF the aqusduct
on tie safety aud care OF which much aepe nds.
Tho examination showed that the system adopted
last season IN strengthening the masonry on the
banks mad been most effective; that places hereto ore
pared and were now IN gooa order, and
that repairs this to tho uqueduct
wore less than usual Tho work required
10 put the interior IN good order was furnished
on Friday, and at SIX r. NJ Of thai day the gates n
the Croion Lake were reopened the water reaching
inst ut one \. d., the water having been of ut
the lake Tor seventysx hours The wator the
voirs fell during this time feet ing the dairy
consumption Of water Ia the city b. about SIS 900 600
gallons per day. While The water drawn
the examination aud repairs of the aquoduct con-
nection was made with IL at Foruham by which the
twenty main pipe Land through Third avenue aud
Fordham 10 supply inc new wards will now receive
us water direct from tho aqueduct, thus supplying
large district long waiting supply oil Croton water"
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REvIvING AN OLD SUIT.

A sort Of RIP Van winxle sIocp, which is OF rare
record 10 court proceedings has evidently been per.
nitted in suit IN the Supreme Court, the Inception
81 which dates buck 10 1890 rho comes
before the Court In suit brought ny samuel Brown
sgnirst William d. Craft TO set aside u judgment OBJ.
tanned August 80 1879, Tor S3,5s1 AGAINST tho
plaintin by the defendant The SUIT on which this
Judgment obtained was brought by tho
defendant IN that SUIT against tho present
plaintiffs IN 1885 Tor professional services which
was prosecuted under tho forms oil law In
vogue az that period Ir Theodore II. Allen
appeared tor samuel Brown IN the original SUIT put
tug IN general denial From tho papers IL appears
that inquest taken Tor 1901 80, wDicn sup.
plemen ted by bill vi costs amounting 10 S37 ".
Nothing furtncr done untiI some years ago,
when juds ment wac entered 10 tue case. TLo piaIn
TN claims that he heard nothing OF the matter until
June 1871 whcrerpoh he instituted the present suit
10 nave such judgment set aside. lie says that Will
lam ID. Craft VAS never employed ny htm, except IN
some ing matter that ne served wnh any
summons complaint IN the case; that Mr.. Keteltas
nj pearing the record crafts lawyer dead, and
that Mr.. Theodore Allen Is also since deceased lie
states further that he 10 now cghty four years Old
that during the last forty ve years he has resided
either this city Brooklyn that lew years since
he the Of more or less real tsaie, anu that
nj one time no president OF the American Fire
Exchange ana insurance Company. ho thinks ~ .
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Part o-Held by Judge Goepp-Nos. 400, 1885, ASA,
1885, 1905 $685. 36lS 36l4 1885, si63 394o $685. 42z9
4067 4294. Part 3--Held by Judge SinnoiL-Nos.
ASH, 23 $780, 403s 3o53 1926 1885, 1915, ll3s, 1876,
4636, 1887 46iS, 1919. 1850
COURT or GENERAL SEssIoxs-Part Held by
Recorder Hackelt--lhe People vs. Valentine Brunn-
bauer. homicide; same vs. Mary Brown. homicide;
Same Simon stump feonious assault aud battery
Same Henry Brown, ieonious assault and battery
Same VS.. Eugene kcenan, grand larceny; Same va
George 0'Sullivan. assault ana battery; Same va.
Henry Kuizman, assault and battery; Same vs. David
Conroy. assault and battery Same James Kelley,
burglary; Same Martin Black ana John O'Kerri-
gan, burglary; same va George Cosgrovc, grand lar
ceny; Same vs. Bridget Doyle, grand larceny; Same
Henry A. Walters. fconious assault and battery
Samc.v John Snay, petit larceny. Part 2-Hela by
Judge Gildersleeve-r People vs.. Lawrence limos,
assault and battery Some Oscar Splller perjury
Same William n. Recd petit larceny.
PoUcHKEkPsiE, N. r., May. 13, 1878
The General Term OF the Second Judicial District
convened to-day. Tho calendar tor tomorrow 10 al
Iollows:-N on.enu m erated-Nos 10, 10, 30. Pre-
ferred-Nos 0. TO- a. To- 10, II, IL, 70, n, ~, 2s
Enumerated-Nos1 !, T. 8, g. ., 10, IL IL, Is, ~, ID
20, 23, Is, 20, ~.