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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

p,,n,y Feb. 2S-.Senate.--The pen.
~ appropriation bill with several
s. n~,nndments passed and the sundry civil
Phi was taken up. Adjourned.
FprpAY. Feb. 2s--House-The postof-
soa snpropriation bill was taken up, and
Az h'e Rrszlliau subsidy amendment made
~ ~. the senate, was rejected, as were other
W ,sie amendments. A conference com.
s,;t,ee was ordered. In the evening sew
a .Iai' pension and disability bills were
passed
SATURDAY. March 1-Senate.-The
mate discussed the appropriation bills
nd other matters upon which there is a
is,creement with the house. An amend.
Ts 10 the sundry civil bill was passed,
Ting d. r. Corbin 6. CO. $4,000 to de.
7rov his expenses in contes,ing the seat
n The senate held by M. G. Butler. The
Northern Pacific bill was killed. At 10
Midnight the senate was still in session
discussing the reports of conference
committees
SATURDAY, March 1--H0use.-At mid
,fqht the house was still in session on
Inc appropriation bills with every indi-
cation of holding a Sunday session.
MONDAY, March s. SeRote.-The SEN
ate held q continuous session through
sunday, and Sunday night on the APP
nropriaton bills and conference reports.
On Monday the vote by which the
amendment pensioning Mexican war
veterans passed, was reconsidered, the
amendment rejected, and the arrears of
nension bill was then passed. The Teller
+, tna hnr 10 O. DIV
the congressional recess. The census
bill with house amendments passed
Conference reports were adopted and
various house amendments agreed to.
The conference committees on the legis-
lative, executive and judicial appropri-
alton bill, and the army bill, reported
that they could not agree with the house,
MONDAY, March 3-House-The North
srn and Kansas Pacific bills were refer
red to the committee of the whole and
will come up early next session. Con.
ference reports on the fertilization, civil
sundry, and the river and harbor bill,
we're adopted. The house then took a
recess to await further conference re.
ports.
TUESDAY, March 4-.Senate. The SEN
ttC uUI lIp tI'' last nOulS VI ltS SlilluS IT,
fused t. recede from its amendment to
The Legislative and army appropriation
bills. Thos. w. Ferry was elected pres
dent pro TEN. A few private bills pass
cd and the senate was declared adjourned
Without day.
TUESDAY, March 4-HouSe. Mr. Potter
"A A. NJ. presented the majority report
o., the electoral investigation committee.
The committee appointed to investigate
charges against Judge Blodgett of Chi,
ago reported no cause of action. The
MCGOWAN health bill passed. The SEN
amendment to the arrears of pension
bill we're concurred in. After one of
he most stormy debates in the history of
congress the house adjourned sine die at
noon, and the 45th congress ended
There still remained unfinished the legis-
Auye, executive and judicial and the
amy appropriation bills, which neces-
state an extra session.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12
Interesting to Railway Travellers.

An English gentleman travelled over
a railroad line where the fare was I'd,
but not having taken ticket before en-
tering the cars, the company undertook
to charge him Sd, reckoning the dis
lance from the terminal station, from
which he had not started. The COM
pany sued for the Id. and was beat en-
in all the courts. The court of appeal
ruled that the company might insist on
a passenger paying for his ticket before
carrying him, or, if he was given credit,
could insist on his paying such fare as
they demanded, but only for the distance
actually travelled.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12

FURTHER proceedings, it is said, are
,hnr: 20 be commenced in the French
courts with view to enable the Mar
ouise de Caux to annul her marriage.
In French law divorce is not recognized,
under any circumstances; but a mar
rage may be declared null aud void,
if any irregularity can be proved in the
manner in which the marriage was
celebrated. Several such Irregularities
will be sought to be proved in the case
of Nine. Patti, and although 10 single
one of them by itself might be sufficient,
several flaws taken together may have
the necessary weight with the French
courts.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, March 4, 1879
Notice is given, that when outstand-
mg 5.2O six per cent. bonds of the
United States are covered by subscrip-
ton, to the four per cent. consols, the
after will be Withdrawn from sale upon
the terms proposed by the department
CIRCULAR of January LIST, 1879, and upon
heterms stated in the contract with
Rothschild aud others of January 21st,
1879 The amount of $40 six per cent.
bonds outstanding, and embraced in
calls to this date is, $SS,079, 800. When
this sum is covered by subscriptions
under the existing circular and con-
tract, all further sales of four per cent.
eonsols to provide for refunding 10-4O-
per cent bonds will be made upon
the terms which will probably be less
favorable 70 purchase, and in accord
anCe with new proposals and contracts.
This notice is given so that all parties
Wishing to subscribe for consols upon
The terms stated in the circular and
contract may have an opportunity to
10 50 until the 500 bonds are called.
OSlgued) JOHN SHERMAN.
Secretary of the Treasury.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12

OUT of five hundred newspapers that
appear in Russia, forty-two are. German,
several are French, and few are in
the dialect of the Baltic provinces.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12
Published February %, 1891
CHAPTER 81

AN ACT relating to the circuit court OF Winnie
bago county.
The people OF the State Of Wisconsin, representa-
Ia senate and assembly, do enact as follows
Section l. The crcuit court OF the county OF
Winnebago shall be deemed to be open for the
transaction Of business from the commencement
OF one regular term to the commencement or an
other and adjournment OF the term from Gay
day shall not be necessary to the validity Oh any
proceeding therein
Section The term OF the circuit court in the
county OF Winnebag0, held on Tuesday after the
first Mon0ay in September, Is hereby abolished
Section g. This act shall take effect and be In
force from and after it passage and publication.
Approved February "A lsI9
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12
'0''amation Re-c9nvening Congress.

A 1De following is the proclamation OF
~. president converting congress in
I'M ; session on the 18th inst:
1's Frestdert Of the United States Of
1TU3lerlca-A Proclamation
'AEHEAs, The final adjournment Of
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12

THIS is the coolest winter remember
ed in Ireland. Birds have been dis
covered eating each other.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12
4 Circular from the Treasury.

The secretary of the treasury issued
The following circular concerning the is
sue of per cent. bonds, consols of
rq0-.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12

The Emperor William Is the oniy
ruling European sovereign born IN the
last century.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12
published February %, 1873 ]
IuapTEy "a

AN ACT to appropriate The sum OF ore thousand
dollars TO tire Northern Wisconsin Agricultural
and mechanical association.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
In senate and assembly, dc enact as follows;
Section l. There Is hereby Appropriated OF. OF
the general fund, TO the Northern Wisconsin ag-. i.
cultural and mechanical association the sum Of
thousand dollars.
section q This act sinai take effect and b. IN
force from and after its passage aud pubiteatIUl
Approved February "a, BIB
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12

THE largest metal statute in the world
is situated near the city of Aroma, Italy
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12

THERE are nearly twice as many
Greeks in Turkey as in Greece.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12
Debt Statement.

The following debt statement was
!, H,ued from the treasury department
March LIST.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12
[ Published February - 1878. ]
EII DTER *

CHAPTER 3D.
AN ACT regulating the Use and Improvement OF
stock.
The people OF the state of Wisconsin, represented
In senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section |. Any person who shall hereafter keep
for use suffer 10 DO used any bovine, bull. JACK
or stallion. foi the purpose OF procreaton shall
provide a place removed from view OF all puDNc
highways and dwelling houses.
Section ANY person having such animals In
charge and under their control and neglecnully or
wilully allow suffer to be used for the purpose
of procreatiou In front OF or In unobstructed view
OF any dwelling house, street or public highway,
shall be sutected to fine Of not less than ten dol
lars more than twenty dollars for each ohense;
Section g. Justices OF the peuce shall have full
power to hear, try and determine ali ohcnses arls-
ing under the provisions of this chapter prortded,
that the defendant shall not be deprived OF jury
trial, nor OF the right OF appeal, as in other cases
Section l. This act shall take effect and be IN
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved February 20. 1873.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12
published February %. 1871
CHAPTER Il.

AN ACT relating to legal notices.
The people OF the state of Wisconsin, represented
IL senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section /. Any notice. advertisement statement
or publication, required by law or the order OF any
may be printed and published In a newspaper
printed on sunday ana such printing and publca-
pliance with the order of the court ofcer order.
Ing such publication the same, to all intents and
published In a newspaper printed secular day;
and any such notice, advertisement, statement or
court, be required to be published for any given
number OF weeks, may be published on any day In
each week OF such term, and II so published as
many weeks and as many times In each week as
may be required by such law or order, the same
shall be lawful publication thereof and as fun
a compliance with the order OF such court or oicer.
as II the same had been printed and published on
the same day OF each such week,
section This act shan take effect and be IN
force from and after its passage and publ
Approved February 25 1873.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12
Published February Is, 1873

Published February u 1871
CHAPTER rs.
AN Let to appropriate to John We'iick sum oil
money therein naired.
The rsope o. the state OF Wisconsin. represented
t.. senate and assembly, do enact as follows.
Section !. There is hereby appropriated to John
Weirick, out Of any money In the general Iuhd NOT
Otherwise APPROX rlated, the sum Of twenty dollars
and thirty FIVE cen for money paid into the state
treasury for license as hawker and peddier, ZOE
which the said John Weirick was not liable
Section e. This act shall take effect fTsU ana
after its passage and publication.
Approved February u 1873.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-12
Published February q, 1871
CHAPTER 80,

AN ACT to amend section two thousand four nun,
lren and twenty four OF the revised statutes, ana
10 provide for the terms Of the circuit court IN
the first judicial circuit, and TO provide Tor special
terms therein.
The people OF the state OF Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. That so much Of section two thousand
four hundred and twenty four OF the revised stat
ues as relats to the Of the circuit court IN
the first judicial circuit be and the same IS amend
ed so as TO read follows: FIRST Circult-ln lhe
county Of Walworth on the second Mondays OF
February June and September. In the county oi
Racine on the second Monday In March, the tbifd
Monday in June and the second Monday In Octo-
Der In the county of kenosha on the second Mon
Day IN April, the first Monday In August ana me
second Monday in November; but no jury shall pc
summoned for either Of the terms TO be held IN
this circuit in the months Of June or August;
Each term In this circuit shall also be aspeclai
term for the whole judicial circuit.
Section 2. This act shall take effect ana ps IN
force from and after its passage and publication.
Aunrayed Februsry 1919
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-12
Thrilling Tragedy in Switzerland.

While travelling through Switzerland
few days ago with his wife, a ply
stefan, resident at Gratz. witnessed at a
small railway station within the Hell
vetian frontier truly tragical and
thrilling episode of domestic life,
which he has impaired to the leading
journal Of his native town. A young
doctor, recently appointed to the post
OF town physician in the Swiss burg
which became the scene of the tragedy,
had for some years past secretly carried
on a baison with married lady, and
this guilty connection has resulted in
the birth tf several children. Shortly
after his appointment, however, he con-
tracted matrimonial alliance with a
young lady of respectable family, and
was just starting upon his wedding trip
with his bride, when his former mistress
appeared in the station and flung her.
self down upon the rails as the train
commenced to move. The engine
passed over her body, mangling it hor-
ribly, and the bridegroom was sum-
moned in his medical capacity to the
spot where the unfortunate woman's
mutilated remains had been deposited.
Unnerved by the terrible sight, he ut
tered terrible cry, and fell upon the
platform in a state of insensibility.
Some of the by-standers acquainted his
bride with the cause of the suicide
committed almost before her eyes,
whereupon she turned with loathing
from the senseless form of her hus-
band, and at once went back to her
fathers house, leaving DR.. - to the
indignation of the crowd assembled in
the railway station. A spirited en-
deavor was made to lynch him, from
which he was rescued with difficulty by
the police and station officers. To
complete the horrors of this dismal
story, the husband of the unfortunate
lady who pei ished under the wheels of
the locomotive went raving mad upon
hearing of her awful death and its
cause, and is at present the inmate of
a lunatic asylum. The five young chill
dren he believed to be his, thus de-
prived at blow of both their parents,
have been taken into the local poor
London Teleqrdph.
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own sister? Think of our mother
looking down from heaven on this act !;
think of her, if you never have before
since her DEATH For her sake for
her sakel Look at the cold winds, how
they whistle and moanl Oh, Father of
Mercy" and she caught her spent
hands above her head, and turned her
lmploring eyes to heaven, soften his
heartl" Then, running in wild dis
traction to the hearth, she caught VIII
helm in her arms and, holding him un-
der the eyes OF Cringer, continued, in
the incoherence of agitation: "Why
should he suffef? Oh, Christopher, let
his innocence plead for him; drive me
forth, if you will, but give my poor
babe resting placed"
Her voice faltered. her face became
deadly pale; long-continued suffering
here had its climax. She sank into a
swoon helpless, despairing and literal
~ stricken with woe. And Cringer.
who all this time had stood before her
In state bordering on stupefaction, on
seeing the terror his very presence Gre
ated, caught her up in his arms, crying
out with heartbreaking pathos:
~Ah! poor sister, am then too late ?"
1t was many weeks before Gretchen
again awoke to consciousness. But
when she did at last recover, il was to
find herself surrounded with every lux
ury, and to meet in Christopher a ten.
der-hearted protector, who not only
proved Lord Bountiful to herself and
Wilhelm, but to every one of his poor
tenants.
"A miracle! A charming miracle.
SURELY" everybody said; and Cringer
looked on and enjoyed the connection.
One by one the grins of avarice dis
appeared from his face. His neighbors
hailed his genial smile with welcome.
and, instead of "Old Cringer," he was
called, with avowed respect, "Mr.
Cringer." His shoulders Strengthened
up as if they had got rid of disagree
able load; his form grew buoyant and
young. His heart, no longer cruel and
cold, reflected it's love and charity in
his now candid, happy eyes; and even
ing after evening, as he sat by his Sis
ters side in the home of comfort he had
provided for her and her child, and
looked on the JOY and contentment in
their faces, he had reason to hope that
the Angel of Charity no longer mourned
over her blank scroll, but was filling him
out passport for better world.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-12
A Man with a Baby's Mind.

A very singular case comes from
Burgettstown, Pa, which place the
Rev. DR.. Marcus Ormond left that he
might walk through the Southern States
in search of health. Late one night in
1878, when he was III bed, word reached
him in Washington, Pa, that his resi-
dence and fine library at West Alexan-
der had been burned. This was great
shock to him. In March of last year he
complained of pain in his head. For
two months he was unconscious and lost
his speech. Gradually he began to
make known his thoughts, but he was
much like a child. Mrs. Ormond and
his children worked hard with him, and
finally he learned the alphabet and
could make out short words. He knew
the faces of his children, but could not
remember their names. When he
wanted Mollie he would ask foD Clara.
The physicians advised that his mind
should not be overstrained again. They
also concluded that his weight should
be reduced, for he was in robust physi-
cal health, and he was fed with skinned
milk. By such treatment his weight
was brought down from 900 to $50
pounds. He has not improved any for
the last year. His writing is merely q
mechanical act-simply a copy Of the
words his wife writes for him. Singu-
larry enough he is able to count, and
can make good bargain. Physicians
cannot account for his condition. He
goes on the walking tour to strengthen
his mind.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-12
A Horrible Tragedy.

A canoe recently left Iona Iona, in
the Fiji islands, with natives on board,
bound for Toytoya. They were going
about when a sudden squat sent the
sail against the mast, capsizing the
canoe. The unfortunate passengers
chung to the canoe, and might have es-
capped with consequences no worse than
those which would have attended dis
comfort and exposure, but for the fact
that the capsize occurred in locality
infested with sharks. The ravenous
monsters seized their victims one by
one, devouring twenty-three out of the
twenty-five unfortunates whose lives
were thus placed at their mercy. Of
the two who escaped, one is a woman:
but her situation is very critical, the
whole OF the flesh having been torn of
one leg.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-12
Coming |!

The nervous mother of bright little
boy was alarmed lest he should take the
whooping-cough, which prevailed in the
neighborhood. She talked 80 much
about it and worried over it, that she
had infected the child to such an extent
that he would scarcely leave her side.
One night after the little fellow had been
put to sleep, q donkey was driven past
the house, and, when just opposite, set
up his he-haw. With q shrek the little
fellow was out of bed, screaming at the
top of his voice, "The whooping-cough
is coming, mammal the whooping-
cough is comingl"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-12

BY PAUL NJ. RUSSELL,


am sal at heart tonight,
Ard 10Y spirit finds no rest,
For miss the one who's gone
To the REGION OF the blest.
Aud when am ell alone,
And the evening air IL still,
Then think of her who lies
In the graveyard on the bill.
When amid the festive throng
performed my chosen part,
Though sang the merry song,
Twas sad, indeed. at heart;
For my trusnt thoughts would 90,
Where is peace and all Is still,
To that little grass-grown mound
In the graveyard on the hill.
Twas young when first the sod
O'ert at lovely form was laid;
Twas young and was gay
Ere that lowly grave was made.
But my hopes of bliss are gone,
And my mind doth wander still
To that little grass-Rrown mound
In the graveyard on the hill.
Often when the evening shade
Hath o'erspread the thirsty ground.
And the weary zephyrs made
Their last solitary sound;
While the cheering moonlight shone
Over vale and wood and rill.
1 have unused beside that mound
In the graveyard on the hill.
But know that there's an end
To these many years of pain,
And know that summers sun
Meier VIII shine for me again.
But contented will rest
Where is peace and all is still,
BY that little grass-grown mound
In the graveyard on the hill.
IINGToN, Mass.
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The fact that little Norway has the
second largest commercial feet in the
world is alleged to be entirely due to
the fact that villages pool their saw
ings to build or huy ship, instead OF,
az here, putting them into a savings
bank to provide fast horses, etc., for a
delinquent manager.
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WIT AND HUMOR.

When the angry passion gathering in my mother 5
face SET,
And sue leads me to the bearoom-gently lays me
on her knee
Then know that will catch it, and my flesh in
fancy itchss.
AS listen for the patter of the single on my
breaches.
Every tinkle of the single has an echo and sting
And thousand burning fancies Into active being
spring,
And athous and bees and hornets meath my coat
tail seem to swarm.
As listen 20 the pStter OF tho shingle, Oh, warm
In splutter comes my father. whom thought
away had gone,
10 survey the situation and to make her lay IL
TO see her bending DER me as listen to the
strain
Played by her and by the single to wild and
weird refrain.
In sudden intermission, which appears my only
chance,
say Strike gently, mother or your split my
She stops moment, draws her breath, the single
holds aloft
And says, Il mad not thought of that, my son-just
taAe them Of"
Holy Moses and the angelsl cast your plying
glances down,
And thou, o family doctor! put a good soft pouI-
tice on;
And may with fools and ounces everlastngiy com
mingle
If ever say smother word when my mother yields
the single.