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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-20
FANNY DAVENPORT'S MARRIAGE.
What Sine Paid Mrs. Price No. | for Her
Husband..A Curious Trade.
Dramatic News.

Scarcely had Miss Fanny Davenport
and Mr.. Edward Price been made one
flesh before the Dramatic Net0s was
showered with all sorts of notes, and
letters, and postal-cards protesting that
something ougGt to be done about II. y
Which, OF course, was II clrcultouS way
OF requesting the Dramatic NaUs to turn
Its doube-shotted batteries on the
happy bride and groom.
The Dramatic Netcs however, respect
fully declines to do anything of the sort,
and for the following reasons:
In the first place, Miss Davenport's
private affairs are no concern whatever
of the Dramatic News or Of its readers, -
so long as Miss Davenport does not
make them public. Last week, when
Miss Davenport had given no sign of
her intention to marry Mr.. Price, we
protested that 1t was scandalous, under
the circumstances, for Mr.. Price to be
Miss Davenport's companion and asso-
ciate on the stage. Her marriage to
BIN has removed that objection abso,
lutely.
In the second place, Miss Daven-
ports marriage seems to have entirely
and completely satisfied the only per-
sons actually involved. At one time it
looked as if Mrs. Katie Baker Price,
Miss Davenport's immediate predeces.
sor in Mr.. Prices affections, really had
grievance. Her friends, who were
never so numerous as they were on this
occasion, protested that she was heart.
broken, that she was dying, and her
husbands intidclity had killed her
And it did look at one time as if the
fate of Mrs. Price No. l was a hard one,
beyond the reach Of all consolation.
But we are glad to learn that the
whole matter has been amicably ad-
justed all around. Mrs. Price No. |
makes a complete and thorough con
veyance and transfer of Mr.. Price to
Mrs. Price No. on the following con
ditiOns:
Mr.. Price is to pay Mrs. Price No. !
the sum of $1,000 down and $25 week,
and Mrs. Price No. l, on her part, with
draws all objections to his becoming
the consort OF Mrs. Price No. ..
OF course, as Mrs. Price No. thor
oughly understands, the $1,000 paid
down nomnaly by Mr.. Price, is really
paid down by Miss Davenport, the Mrs
Price No. 2 of the complication. so
that Mrs. Price Nc. | as a matter Of
fact, turns Mr.. Price over to Mrs. Price
No. 2 in consideration of $4,000
We are glad TO learn this, because it
clearly dlsproves the theory that
Mrs. Price No. l is a heart-broKen and
dying woman, and, also, because il
seems to usan eminentiy judicious way
Q! making the best OF a very bad bargain,
SO far as Mrs. Price No, is concerned.
He had left her, anyhow, and if she had
not consented to take the $1,000 and
the $25 a week, she would simply have
made a present Of him TO her success
SOr.
How much wiser, and shrewder, and
more comfortable all around to collect
so large an amount of money on him,
when, in point Of fact, he was utterly
and completely lost to her, and nobody
else in the world showed the slightest
inclination to bid dollar for him.
, 1879-05-04

The Rev. DR.. MCMILLAN, Presbyterian mis-
sionarr located ut :iount Pleasant, Utab. re-
Gently delivered ar address in Buffalo in which
he gave Mornonsm some attention. Fifty
years ago the sect was started, and, after max
ing halt at Kirkland, O.; where tlleir te,npe
still stands, they emigratcd to Nauyoo, III this
State, where JOSEPH SMITH, their first prophet,
met with Violent death. Finally, theY en-
trenched themselves in the mountains of the
Far West, in what is now known as the Territory
OF Utah. The alormons hold that ADAM is the
GOD OF this world; the only GoD that we haze
anything to do vith. They think be came
here from another sphere, bringing EVE, one OF
bis wives, and, after peopiins this earth, re-
tired to bis harenl in another sphere. Accord
ing to the Mormon faith, poiygamy is the life
tnat VIII ent.tle person to immortality, and
the more faithful he is to that practice the
greater will to his exaltaton hereafter: They,
haVe what they call the blood atonentcnt, Which
Is one Of their CHIEF church doctrines, and which
anculcatcs the doctrine that some sins can; only
oe cxpiatcd by the blood of the offcndcr,-such
Crimes tor INSTANCE, as apostasy from the Nor
mon Church and q denial Ut the Mormon doc
trines:, They have their church sacraments.
Ihe: tigst is the Lords Supper, which is pro-
lane and blasphemous travesty upon that holy
sacrament. The second is Baptism, which is
divided into three parts. First, Regeneration;
second, Remission Of Sins; and, third, Baptism
lor tne Dead. The Aformons affect the belief that
baptism will wash away all sins, and sometimes
whole communities are baptized for sins com
nlttsd u the past. Another belief IA that BY
, 1879-05-04

baptism living Mormon can save the soul
Of departed brother. Their theory is that
JOSEPH SMITH vas the angel spoken OF in
Revelations, whom ST. JOHN saw flying towards
the earth bringing the Gospel with him. DR..
MCMILLAN says the strength OF the Mormon
Church is marriage, of which there arc three
kinds: Regular marriages, spiritual marriages,
and celestial marriages. The two latter arc
performed in the costly temples known as
Endowment Houses, and are affairs Of great
Importance" aud secrecy, consuming nearly
whole days time. No Mormon comes out Of
the Endowment Houses the free pos6assor OF
his or her own soul. The terrible excitement
OF the performance there burns into the heart
and drives all other thoughts from the MUD.
Several oaths are there administered. One is to
adhere strictly to the: Mormon interests. The
neoole are taught that any oath taken in con
hct with the Mormon interest is not perjury.
NO crime committed to advance the Mormon
doctrines Is moral crime. DR.. MCMILLAN is
OF the opinion that Mormonisn is in rapid
Decline and that its total overthrow and eradi-
cation Us religious denomination Of any con-
sequence will soon he accomplished.
, 1879-05-04

Another Caucus Of the Bourbons was held
in Washington yesterday, at which line of
action was determined on in relation to the
Army Appropriation bill. They agreed that
it shall provide in substance that Secs. 2,002
and zoos Of the Revised Statutes shall not
be construed rs authorizing the presence
of the military at the polls except under Or
ders Of the President to repel armed enemies
Of the United States, or the constitutional
application TO tic President for troops to re-
press domestic violence. Consideration of
the remainder Of the bill is to be deferred
until after tho President shall have
acted on the named sections separate
1y. The action of the caucus is substantially
in accordance with the tsamended report /"
presented by the Committee to whom the
whole subject was recommitted Friday. It
does not concedo what al1 fair-minded peo-
pie will continue to demand-the enforce
ment by the United States of fair cleo
ton at which congressman and Presidential
Electors are to be chosen. Without New
York T11DEN cannot be elected, and to get
it he 1nust steal it. Hence the Bourbon per-
slstoncy in demanding that all avenues for
q successful theft be left wide open.
, 1879-05-04
WHERE FREE LABOR SEEKS 4 HoMR

Our editorial correspondent, writing from
Vicksburg concerning the negro exodus from
the South, tells how strong is tho desire and
the purpose of the colored population to
leave the Plantation States. Ho has had per-
sonal observation of the case only as it
stands in those districts Of Mississippi where
there is no violent political antagonism be-
tween the races, md where the negroes can
find employment, and where there is q large
number Of them holding and working rented
lands. In these districts even the desire to
migrate is general, and the negroes, who are
all church members, propose to leave, and
do leave, by congregations. Even those Of
the clergy who are opposed to the migration
are powerless to arrest the stampede of their
hocks. If this be the feeling in that section,
where the blacks are comparatively at peace,
it can readily be understood that the fever is
much stronger in. other places, where
the negroes live in constant dread of
personal outrage and violence. There can
be: no question TINT the colored people
desire to better their condition, and that they
believe they can, do this ct the. North. So
long as tho: Southern land -owners adhere to :.
heir present land System, thus excluding the
, 1879-05-04

negroes from the ownership Of the soil, SO
long will. the latter hope for better land, and
labor to roach it. In view of the fact that
the negroes at the South number 1000, 600,
it is assumed that that section can endure
large migration without materially reducing
or weakening the labor system. It must be
remembered, however, that the negro popu-
| laGon constitute the great bulk Of tue aggri-
! cultural labor Of the great producing States;
that the native white population is not Ia
boring population and has nevor been; that
thosa States receive no additions from foreign
immigration nor from the Northern States.
On the contrary, there is u constant stream
of the landless whites of the Southern States
to the Northwest, and every laborer,
white or black, who departs reduces the
means Of cultivation, thereby reducing the
amount of cultivation. This exodus espe~
cial1y threatens the Cotton and Sugar States,
where human labor is essential to production.
The New York Herald has compiled state
mont Of the history Of immigration to this
country from Europe, which is Of interest
in connection with this iIrican exodus from
the South. Up to July, 1877, from 1889,
the total alien arrivals in the United States
amounted to $3.50, 1893. The annual arrivals
did not exceed 10000 until 1924; in 1886,
they reached 10000; in 1912, they NUM-
bered 104, 900, and fell off again until 1915,
when the number was 114,o0o; they con-
tinued. to increase yearly, and in 1864 the
number was 1000. That number was not
equaled again until 1872, when it was 49,
600. OF the whole number Of. arrivals,
8,094, 160, or more than four-hfths, reached
this country between July, 1916, and July,
1877. -:
Since 1917 to March, 1879, no loss than
5,732, 900 landed in New York City alone.
The immigrants have not coma i'll propor-
tonate numbers as to dates. In some years
the Germans have been in the majority, and |
in other years the Irish; other nationalities !
have come in large nu-abers in some years, /
and then in small numbers at other dntes |
From 1877 to 1851 the Irish exceeded the
Germans from 1851 to 1858 the Germans
exceeded the Irish; tbs 1rrish then took the
lead until 1866, since which: date the Ger
mans hive been moro numerous. Since 4e47
the percentage Of aliens landed at New York
has been: Irish, s5.2s; German, 1896;
other countries, oc.7G. Tho Herald classes
those arriving in that city since 1917 by
nativity and religion rs follows: -: I
, 1879-05-04
inquest on the Body of Theo-
dore B. Weber.
The Testimony Generally a RI.
statement of What Has
Been Given.
DR.. Miller Tells Of the Wo,ud
and tie Dying Declara-
+ -. ti0ns.
Mrs. Robert the Direct, and Greene.
baum the Indirect, Cause
Of Death.
The Jury Recommend that
. She Be Held for
Murder,
And the Grand Jury immediately
lndict Her Therefor,
Arrangements for tue Funeral.
IAN Obituary Sketch.
And the Grand Jury immediately
tndict Her Therefor,
Arrangements for tue Funeral.
IAN Obituary Sketch.
THE INQUEST.
THE .1IRY.

LIE JURY.
The inquest on the body Of Theodore
Weber begzn at IL o'clock Yesterday morniny
the Jury being made up Of Washington Hesjno
Peter Klein, Louis c. Huck, Charles +. Nnss.
banner, George BentenmilIer, c, II. Vein
berger, II. E. Cole, Frank Luumbard. Elias
shipman, J. ". Jeffery, J. D. Tyler, Aao]oh
Mueller. The Corouer had fmpaneled then,
before 10 O'Clock, and they wont to No. "a
North Lasalie street, where the body was, and
viewed the remains, which were In tia
hands Of the physicians who were
making apost mo1tem examination. This re-
oulremont OF tue law being complied with, the
jury repaired to tho Chicago Avenue Pofice sta.
ti1--, where this testimony was given in the henri
ing Of quite crowd of people, the police court
room being quite full. :.
After making the usual statement to the iurv
as to their duties, Coroner Mann said the Gus
tom was to have the accused present, but he M
derstood she WIS too i'll to be taken from the iat1
and therefore would be represented BIZ Nj. B. II.
Shaffner and Alr. Francis Holman. The saue
privilege would be accorded Mr. Charles Reed,
who appeared in behalf OF MIR. Weber's friends
He then Informed the jury that they could to[d
Mrs. Robert, or any Others, to await the action
OF the Grand Jury II. In their opinion, the eyt>
deuce submitted justified. it. -:
Mr. Shntfuer, VINO had been summoned gs A.:
witness, stated that he understood from the ma
tron OF tile jail that Mrs. Robert had had two
attacks OF sickness; the Coroner himself had
seen her, and knew she was unable to come.
He (Shafner) would like to have had her pres-
ent, but it was impossible on account Of her
condition. =:
4 stenographer was then sworn to make a
faithful report Of the testimony, and the pro-:
:eedtngs began with the calling Of Col. Edmund
Juessen, the drst Witness :..:5:
, 1879-05-04

Among the various persons whose names
have been suggested as proper candidates for
ths Circnit Court Bench is the Hon. ELLIOTT
ANTHONY. It is hardly necessary to say any,
thing concerning him to the people of this
city. lie has been recognized as an able
and industrious lawyer in Chicago for twen-
1v-fve ye2rs- He is noted for his industry,
for his zeal, and for his legal learning. No
man ever held the Office of legal adviser to
the city who, was more successful than be
wes. His ability was ahown in several in
Stances, when, despite the adverse criticisms
Of the Bar and Of the local Courts, he won
favorable judgments from The highest tri-
bunal Of the COUNTY. If there is to be any
chauge in the Judges Of this county, we
know no ono more fitted to take the place of
whoever may be retired than Mr. ANTHONY.
, 1879-05-04

The large appropriations required for the
prosecution of the work on the Government
buildings now in process of construction in
varlons parts Of the country have attracted
the attention Of the House Commit
tee, to whom this branch Of that
public service is generally referred,
and the majority have come to the
conclusion that an exhaustive investigation
Of the contracts and specifications is neces-
sary. Resolutions were adopted calling upon
the Secretary Of the Treasury for all the
information within his reach concerning the
public buildings in st. Louis, Cincinnati, and
Washington No reference was made to the
Chicago Custom.House for the reason, per-
hape, t4at petit jury will be shortly
, 1879-05-04

impaneled to pass upon the charges of fraud
preferred against MUELLER ct al., contract
ors, architects, etc. Should the Committee
find as much rottenness connected with tho
other public buildings as was developed in
the investigation of the Chicago Custom
Honso by Collector SMITH, and proceed:
ines be instituted against the perpetrators
of the frauds, all the District Attorneys and
District Courts will nave their hands full for
several months. Aud should as much dila-
tor1ness be exhibited, the present generation
will not see the end of the suits.
, 1879-05-04
Let the camp-followers and rctainers of t

Let the camp-followers and retainers of the
grea: Democratic party possess them
selves in ,peace. The representatives
Of their Southern brethren find it
necessary almost daily to announce TO the
House that they do not hold their seats by
virtue Of fraud, and that the Southern jails
do not contain any members of the Return
ing Boards which passed upon their Gre
dentiais. They were honestly elected-at
1east they say they were, and they ought to,
know. blessed be he that bloweth his
own horn, for unless he b1oweth his horn,
the same shall not be blowed."
, 1879-05-04
THE JUDICIAL ET.FETrnN

Though the political parties have moi
officially taken any action in this county
looking to.holding Conventions to nominate
candidates for Judicial offices, the general
| impression is that such Conventions Will be
held aud such nominations made It is the
expectation that the time for. holding the
election for judge of the Superior Court
will be changed from November to June, iu
which case a successor to Judge MoonE
will be chosen at the same time rs the elec.
tion for the five Judges of the Circuit Court.
This will make the number, Of Judges to be
elected six. OF the present incumbents,
three are Republicans aud three are Demo-
crats,-though none Of the gentlemen have
ever been known as partisans on the Bench.
Ordinarily, for Bench Of non-partisan
officers, the present division would seem to
satisfy the political feelings of n1l parties
1t is possible that nine-tenths of the people
of this county of all parties would be con-
tent with Bench OF. Judges three balong-
ing to each party There are, however, in
both parties number of gentlemen who seek
tue Office Of Judge, and who rally upon party
machinery to be nominated aud to be elected.
The reelection Of the present Judges will
necessarily exclude the election Of three as:
piring Democrats, and as many Repub-
Gcans therefore it is probable that there will
be twelve candidates, six Of each party,
not including those named by the several
wings Of the Greenbackers and BY the So
cialists. Si1 years ago the people of this
county cordially united IN re-electing the whole
number of Circuit Judges then on the Bench,
and we have never heard that either polit-
ical party Or the public interests suffered by
that proceeding. The use Of the party ma
chinery may be the best mode Of selecting
candidates at this time, but party machinery
does not afford any guarantee that the most
fitting men will ba selected, and certainly it
involves the possibility, if not the certainty,
Of defeating three Of the present Judges and
the election Of three strangers. The changes
may prove for the best but the business Of
swapping, experienced aud tried .tudcec Cor
new men is 50 hazardous that we have NJ .,ues-
tion that thousands Of voters Of all pr les
will, despite party nominations, unite Ind |
sote to elect the present six Judges without |
reference to their politics. -. j.;
An election for six Judges, with each party |
having full ticket Of opposing candidates, |
viii offend the sense Of propriety Of thou
sands Of voters, whose desire for the con-
innancs of an honest and 1ong-tried jndi-
:iary will rise above mere party allegiance.
Still, if the CAUCUS think proper to exercise
is power. it is to be hoped that in selecting
candidates each Convention will remember
hat public as well as party safety depends
'pon the selection of suitable: persons, and
hat it is an insult to public intelligence to,
dominate men for: Judgeships when the
principal recommendation of such men is
heir ability as partisans and f1o};.;r;ana +
, 1879-05-04

Religious fanaticism has reached an un-
heard-of magnitude in Pocassot, Mass,
where the FREEMAN butchery took place on
Thursday. The Adeentists { to whom the
murderer Of the child belongs uphold. him in
his course, and tAe grandmother Of the lit
tie victim glories in the crime as being
an evidence Of obedience to what she bias
phe,aously calls COPS command Steps will
bo taken to secure the arrest OF all who were
present at FnEEMAN's house, on the charge
Of being accessory after the fact for en-
deayoring to conceal the horrible CRIME. -
, 1879-05-04

We print this morning letter from
Register H1pBARD on the subject Of his fees,
au investigation Of which was cut of by the
dismissal Of the indictments against him.
Mr.. HnBAaD makes an earnest appeal
against the injustice done him BY :misrepre-
sentations of his official conduct, His e1-
plantations, and his. statements concerning
the business Of h1s ofdcs. in the absence Of
my substantial evidence to the contrary,
entitle him to q fair consideration, especially
against the prejudices which have existed
against him IS part Of the Bankruptcy
tribunal. To h1r. HmBAnD's card is ap-
pended letter from a Legal firm of extensive
practice IN bankruptcy proceedings, bearing
testimony to his genera; fairness.
, 1879-05-04

As the unprecedented growth OF Chicago has
made the rapid~trausit question one Of great
Importance to many of her citizens, it may
interest them to know Of the success OF the
system il. New York. The New, York 4uaa says
that each new day adds to the wonder Of the
triumph OF: the elevated railways in that city.
Thousands once sllought the construction Of
railway In mid-air an ALMOST insane scheme, but
hundreds and thousands are to-day riding upon
just such q railway. Mr.. FIELD: is SO con-
fdent that =. the New. YORK road: will
9coa carry more than 100000 passengers
daily: ;tlat"he has declared MS Willingness
, 1879-05-04

IHE TRIBUNE commissioner who is inyes-
tgatlng the negro exodus from Louisiana
has reached Natchez, Miss, after trip of
several days by wagon through Tensaa and
Concordia Parishes, Louisiana. He reports
that the negroes are. very much
disturbed, aud anxious to leave for
Kansas, but the river Captains re-
fuse to furnish them with transportation.
The dusky emigres do Lot fear any molesta-
ton at present, but are solicitous for their
personal snfety during the next Presidentisl
campaign. Thousands Of tho freedmen who
are now working in the fields would hasten
to the riverside the moment steamboat
whistle sounded "a1l aboard, - but the steam
boats will not give the signal. If
they would do SO, tho parishes
named would be depopulated and the grow
ing crops abandoned. ., Thousands of acres
of arabic lands are growing up in grass. This
condition of affairs has brought the planters
to their senses; and they now promise to
protect to the best Of their ability all the
negroes who will promise to remain and
work in the fields.
, 1879-05-04

The significant fact given by these figures
is the absence Of any migration to the South
ern States. 1t is as noticeable now as it was
before the abolition Of slavery. Some Ger
mans ha7s of late years gone into Texas,
whore they have become farmers, and where
land is plenty aud can be had at small cost
and in any desired quantity. The plantation
system Of conia;ng the cultiyable land to a
few owners is ~ possible il Texas. and
therefore tina: S:a': offers inducements to
immigrantE r,ot afforded By the otherSouthern
States. Those few foreigners who go to the
other Southern States generally remain in
tho cities. The foreign-born population in
the Southern States is numerically. very
small !: was the expectation Of the South
ern statesmen that white labor would pour
into the.s s nth after the War, and thus drive
put the T. e-negTo labor, which had BECOME
clamorous for wages No such migration Of
white labor has taken place. While the tide
OF European immigration has poured con-
6tantly to this country sinco our War, no
part Of it has gone South. Free labor will
not remain or go where it dpes not own the
land it cultlvates; and the South must learn
That if it has any hope to receive white
labor, or retain the black labor, it must sur:
render the ownership Of the land to those
Who are to cultivate it. The present exodus
IT negroes may be only partial at this time,
out it will continue and grow in numbers so
ong as the ownrrship Of the land is denied
o tho men who's: labor is employed in work
ug it.