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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14
CASH ALTIES.

THERE was a terrific wind storm along
the Utah & Northern Railroad
Utah territory, on the Sd inst. A
freight train near Round Valley, Idaho,
con sisting of Is cars some loaded with
silver bullion, was carried a distance of
20 feet
A CINCINNATI dispatch Of May Sd
says VIM. Sallance and George
Rhodes, who were on a hunt
ing and fishing trip, crawled into
the coal works at New Haven, near
Pomeroy, Thursday night, to sleep.
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning
the house caught fire and burned to
the ground, the sleeping young men
being consumed in the flames. Their
bodies were found this morning char
red beyond recognition.
A Two RIVERS, Wisconsin special
of May 3D. says word has just
been received here that woman and
her daughter of the town o! Glenmore,
Brown county, were recently poisoned
to death by eating wild parsnip. They
had supposed that it was the ordinary
parsnip and made hearty meal of the
deadly poison, and in the course of an
hour or two both were dead, having
suffered untold agony. The husband
upon his return found the wife and
daughter dead.
A CHICAGO dispatch of May Sth says
at about IL so O'Clock last night, as an
elevator in the fremont house was leav-
ing the second floor, ana descending.
Mrs. Henry Lighter, Of Peoria, who had
lust left 1t by some unaccountable
means, slipped and fell, and her head
coming between the floor and the de-
scending arch of the elevator, was
crushed so terribly that the lady died in
a few minutes thereafter. The proprie
tors of the house were very reticent,
and the facts could only be learned
early this forenoon; the whole truth
will probably come out for the first time
before the coroner's jury. Mr.. Lighter
was with his wife at the time, but was
unable to do anything, so quickly was
the accident over
A STAFFORD, Ontario dispatch Of the
9th says that few minutes before III
O'Clock Sunday, the whole earth was
shaken as if by an earthquake. VIM
dows were blown out, pedestrians were
blown down, etc. The cause was that a
car laden with dynamite had exploded
at the Grand Trunk freight yard. The
wreck beggars description. Under the
dynamite car a hole several feet deep
was scooped out. A brick freight shed
and portion of the roof of another
were blown down. Several frame
were levelled to the ground,
and long strings of freight cars
in the yard were utterly destroyed. The
business part of the town is nearly a
mile from the scene OF explosion, but 1t
shared in the disaster. Valuable ph te-
glass windows were broken into fray
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14

INDIA pays annually to England fif-
teen million sovereigns for interest on
debt, pensions, salaries and other
charges. But she has no sovereigns
The coin she possesses, provided by her
government, is in silver rupees. To
pay these sovereigns she must buy them
in London with her silver rupees. She
does this at an annual loss of three
million sovereigns.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14

THE harvest prospects in California
continue most favorable. Here and
there on overmoist land rust is feared
but this fear is not extended. On newly
irrigated districts, where gophers were
formerly destructive, complete rid
dance Is found. Their burrows being
flooded, the rodents are driven or', 10
be destroyed by great hocks of crows
which come from al directions to enjoy
the sport and fatten on the spois.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14
FIRES.

THE industrial institute at Sage Grove,
ILL.,, was destroyed by fire on the night
Of May Sd. Loss $4,000; no insurance.
CoLvIN's extensive stables and cot
tages, at Providence, r.. l., burned May
Sd. Fifty horses persisted. Loss $35, 600.
A FIRE in the factory of the state
prison in Boston, Mass, on Saturday
the 3D., caused a loss of $4,000; in
surance $4,000.
A FIRE at Silver Cliff, Colorado, on
the 3D. totally consumed the Silver
Cliff Milling Co.'S sampllng works. Loss
$4,000; insured.
AT BRIDGEPORT, Conn, on the Sd, the
machine shop and pattern rooms of the
Pacific iron works burned. Loss, $70,-
900; insurance, $4,000.
THE barn and stables of Thomas
Knobelich. a wealthy farmer, four miles
southeast of Belleville, ILL.,, were totally
destroyed by fire on the 9th inst. Be-
side the buildings four horses, one hun
dred and twenty-five Southdown sheep,
six wagons. several hundred bushels of
grain and a number of farm utensils
were consumed. Loss $4,000; insur
ance light.
A BRIDGE on the river road, three
miles south of McGregor, caught fire on
the 9th and was damaged to the extent
of $500 before it was extinguished. The
fire is attributed to tramps who were re-
fused ride the day previous and lurk-
ed in that vicinity to have vengeance
on the railroad company. Trains We're
delayed by transferring over the break.
The boathouse of the Milwaukee
Mitchell Club, containing two barges
and four or five paper shells, was des-
troyed by ire Sunday evening the 4th,
together with its contents. The house
was situated in a ravine north of the
dam, and could not be reached by the
steamers. The loss is estimated at
$1,000.
AN incendiary fire lin Milwaukee on
Saturday the Sd damaged the building at
the corner Of Huron and East Water
streets owned by John Furlong, to the
extent Of $1,000. butcher, Collins &
Smith, wholesale teas, suffer loss of
about $4,000; Russell e. Co., job print
ers, $500; all fully insured.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14

ments. The damage done to nrono.
IS estimated at many thousands II y
lars. Fwo railway employes-FraoSoti-
Lemoine, of Montreal, and Thns ahk
Dolai, OF stratford-were blown im,s
fragments. The foot of one was fon n.'9
200 yards off. Other persons we lDU ;'
Jured but the extent of the disa. W
cannot be known for some time vet 81
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14
CRIME.

OK Tuesday horse worth 1928 was
stolen 10y tramps from the farm of
Charles Samuels, five miles west Of
Clinton Ill., Horse-thieving is prscticed
on large scale in that country.
GRAY, who attempted to shoot edwin
Booth, recently, plead guilty in the
criminal court. on the 9th inst. of as
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14

Now that the tramp law Is in opera
ton in Connecticut, every ingenius
tramp carries with him evidences OF an
occupation. Some have a bundle of
umbrella-sticks, and others a tool-box
that gives them the caste of clock
maker or travelling tinker.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14
CURRENT COMMENTS.

A DELAWARE woman, a hard worker
all her life, being about to die last week,
called her husband and children about
her, and told them where she had
buried $4,000 of her earnings in the
cellar. They dug it up before the fu-
neral
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-14

game on the nihilists, instead of crush
ing the spirit of discomfort in the
empire.
A LONDON telegram OF the Slh SAYS
Parole has retrieved his loss of the race
OF the Chester trades cup of Yesterday,
by winning that for the great Chester
handicap stakes, which took place to-
day, 1t being the last of the Cheshire
meetings. Lord Dupplin's four.year-
old chestnut gelding which won the
Chester trades cup GOT second place,
and Lord Leigh's four-year-old bay
colt, Sir Joseph, got the third place.
There were four starters. Parole car
RED 1874 pounds, Refer us pounds,
and Sir Joseph lis pounds. The dis.
lance OF the course is nearly one mile
and quarter and the race was for
three-year-olds and upwards.
FIRES
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-22

fear or favor. And if the result as to the
political complexion of the legislature is
different from what was claimed by poll
ticians interested in influencing the cleo
tons in other states, it is owing in part to
the fact that the claim was unfounded.
and in part to the carelessness of NUM-
cipal officers In making their returns.
The truth is, the popular vote was against
the Republican party, and in the repre-
sentative and senatorial districts the vote
was extremely close. In addition to the
fact that several persons fail to receive
their certificates in consequence of fatal
defects in the returns from their towns
or cities, there are others who would have
been presumably elected but for the care
lessness of the voters themselves, or
| the ignorance of the candidates or
those who provided ballots at the
elections. The judges of our
fsupreme court have decided that ballots
cast for William Fl. Smith and W, Fl.
Smith are ballots to be counted separate
ly. Several changes have resulted from
this condition of things. In one county
persons with as many as four different
com binations of initials received the Re"
publican vote and two the Democratic
That county was entitled to only one sen
ator. and there was no alternative but to
give the certificate to the person having
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES.
liz the Danforth district. already notori-
Gus. the name of the Republican candidate
was Charles A. Rolfe. The town of
Danforth voted for Charles Rolfe. The
result was that his competitor received the
certificate, and from like cause other
changes have occurred. The great hue
- nd oka
arises from the fact that we haye taken
the constitution for our guide, fortified by
the opinions of the supreme court Of the
state and the advice of several of the
foremost legal gentlemen of the forum,
and have not permitted substitution,
alteration, or unauthorized amendments Of
the returns transmitted to the legislature
for their final action. In other words, we
have not resolved ourselves into return
ing board to investigate fraud and bribery,
illegal proceedings at the polls, and the
thousand and one charges of corruption
that are afoat, but have left this whole
matter to the action of. the legislature,
where it properly belongs. The governor
and council have recognized the fact that
the people of Maine have adopted a con-
stitution and declared it to be the supreme
law OF the state. They have followed its
requirements with fidelity and impartiali
ty, and when an intelligent public have
brushed away the mists and false color
ings which enraged and discounted politici-
ans have thrown around our action, and the
vituperation and Islander that has been
heaped upon us has given place to reason
and fair investigation, any condemnation
of our course. either By the Democracy OF
the nation or any fair minded aud honor
able politician of any party will be acknowl-
edged with due submission.
ALONZo GARCELON,
Augusta, Dec 20.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-22

The vice president has appointed the
special committee for the investigation oil
the negro exodus provided for by the reso.
luton introduced in the senate on Friday
by Mr.. Voorhees,, the tall sycamore being
named as chairman. In conversation with
that admirer of the African. yesterday the
Chicago Times correspondent was informed
that not much, if any, testimony would be
taken until after the holidays. The Dem
ocrats hope TO prove that political coloni-
cation societies are ct the bottom of the
movement, while the Republicans will en-
deavor to show that southern persecution
is the cause. The former will look to the
North Carolina mokes for their. leading
testimony, and the latter to the late ar
rivals in Kansas. 1t is believed that in
the one case the niger hRting population
of Hoosierdom will intimidate the emf
grants into admissions Of designs on the
Democratic majority in that state, and on
the other hand it is expected that in Kan
sas the preponderance of Republican sem
timent will induce the newcomers to
charge their white neighbors in the south
with everything infamous. The coming
lying promises to be highly enter
fainipo
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-22
About a Winter Sunrise.

Did you ever see winter sunrise? 1t
is very glorious Crawl cut of nice warm
bed, hustle on your clothes. and step out
on the piazza 1t is cold, cherries, and
gray. Very soon a bright, golden rim
about the size of cart-wheel section slow
ly peeps above the horizon. Your teeth
begin to chatter. aud with your hands 10
your trousers pockets you begin to dance
your feet into warmth, and the golden rim
sticks right there, doesn't bulge al inch,
and all The while you grow colder; no signs
Of the sun coming up any further We've
know this bright orb of day to stick and
hang twenty minutes just halfway in
sight, as if ashamed TO be seen getting out
OF bed at such a late hour. Bat after
awhile the roundDess of it is seen in its
beauty, and if you are not frozen to death
by that time you will be if you try TO
warm yourself by its rays. A winter s
morning sun is very pretty to look ar, but
it is as cold as frozen clam. -NeaU Hdrers
Re13etsr
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-22

The Daue county, Wisconsin, constables
and justice of the peace who FASTENED the
death Of an old man whom they arrested
and i'm prisoned few days ago, under the
inhuman vagrancy law of that state, have
been held on charges of manslaughter in
bonds Of $4,000 each. There is little doubt
that these officers were unnecessarily
harsh in their treatment of their unfortu-
nate victim, but the legislative enactment
which prompted them is primarily respon-
sible for their murderous conduct. Under
its provisions equally villainous, though
not necessarily fatal. barbarities occur
daily in all parts of the state. If the trial
of the misguided official now under bail
does not bring forth judicial condemns
ton of this shameful Law. the people should
see to it that the next legislature is made
up of men sufficiently humane to blot it
out forever.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-22

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-22
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-22

Says the Hartford Times: "The decision
of the executive and council Of Maine in
throwing out unlawful returns has reused
all the Republicans to exclaim: To steal q
legislature is Infamous But mona of them
ITO steal president is the greatest
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-22
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-22

s The executive Office of the Western
Union telegraph Office have issued q
stringent order forbidding the employees of
that institution from engaging as CORES
pondents or reporters for newspapers.
This is right, and should be strictly and
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-22
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-22

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-22

Secretary Sherman's Society for the
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Times calls it. is just now suffering from q
slight Cameronian cramp in the stomach.
A judicious application of treasury drafts.
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MEDICAL.


7 JOHN HANNAS, being a Blacksmith by
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1t was one of these occasions that discovered
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had a defect in three of my fingers, which were
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