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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23
A Destructive Flood.

A dispatch from the province of Murcia,
Spain, says the police estimate the damage
caused by the floods at fifteen million
pesetos $3,oO0,0o0.) On the subsiding of the
floods 30 dead bodies were found but it is
believed that over IUU persons perIsneu.
Further foundations have occurred in
Spain. The loss of life is now placed at
1000. 1t is said that $40 bodies have al
ready been recovered. Damage estimated
at 80, 600, 900 francs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23
The Suuhower,

Everybody knows the common sun
flower, of the genus Helianthus, which
abounds in most of the back yards and
inclosed grounds of the small towns and
villages, and, indeed, throughout the
rustic regions of the whole Republic
The sunhower is self-sowing, we belive,
and grows spontaneously in every part
of the country. 1t is so common here
that nobody cares for it; yet it is not
without large, gorgeous kind of beau
ty, which would be appreciated were the
plant scarce, or were any pains taken to
rear it. Elsewhere the sunfower, if not
admired. is esteemed for practical rea-
sons. Many of our native aboriginals
make bread of the seeds. 1t is cultivat-
ed in South Europe, sometimes as field
crop, the seeds being used as food for
cattle and poultry, aud also for making
oil, which is little inferior to olive-oil,
is burned in lamps, and employed in the
manufacture of soap. Meal and bread
are said to be got from the seeds IN
Portugal, and these, roasted, are often
substituted for coffee. The seeds are
also used like almonds for making sooth-
ing emuisions, and in some parts OF the
old world are boiled and fed 10 infants,
The leaves are good fodder for cattle,
the stems serve for fuel, and contain
much potash. The different species Of
sunfower Indigenous to the United
States number some 40, scattered from
ocean to ocean and from New England
to the gulf. For q plant generally
counted unworthy, as it is with us, it
surely has many valuable uses.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23
Obituary,

Hon. S. A. Corker, prominent lawyer and
former member of congress, died at Angus.
ia, Me-, on the 18th, of paralysis.
Rev. VIM. r. Whitinghall, Episcopal
bishop of Maryland, died at his summer
residence at Orange, N. j., on the 18th inst,
aged "a. He had been confined to his house
for nearly year.
DR.. Uriah A. Boyden. inventor of various
improvements on the turbine water wheel.
and possessed of other valuable patents,
died at Boston on the 18th inst, leaving a
fortune of between one and two millions,
the greater portion IF which is bequeathed
to various public Institutions in Massachu.
sets.
Robert Campbell ,one of the oldest and
most prominent citizens of st. Louis, died
on the 10th instant. Mr.. Campbell occupied
many positions of trust and prominence
during his life, and was well known through.
out the country as Indian commissioner
under different administrations.
Carl Eckert, the composer and conductor
of the royal orchestra, is dead.
Louis Belmontet, poet and politician, is
dead.
Henry H. Farnbam, president of the
National bank at Port Jervis, N. Y, died on
the i4th inst, aged a. He was married six
days before and leaves to his widow 81, 0OO,.
600.
DR.. Julius Lemone, one of the leading
advocates of cremation in the United States,
and the designer and builder of the crema.
ton furnace at Washington, Pa, died at his
residence at that place on the 14th inst,
age 81.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23

The newest service rendered by mon
keys to mankind was recently illustrated
in London. In one of the school dis
tricts too many parents reportel no
children in tn eir families. as in order to
ascertain the real number of children in
the district the school, officers resorted to
an ingenious measure. Two monkeys
were gsyly dress, put in wagon, and,
accompanied by brass band, were car
ried through the streets Oh the district.
AT orce crowds of children made their
appearance. The procession was stopped
in park, and the school officer began
their work; distributing candies to the
youngsters they took their names and
addresses. They found out that over
sixty parents kept their children from
school. he ingenious measure brought
to the schools about 200 boys and girls.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23
New York.

NEW YORK, October 20--3 100 P. M.-Cot
toh-Strong and unchanged. Flour-Quiet
receipts $4,000 bbls: sales 1000 bbls: rye
-four firm. Wheat-Feverish an 4 unsettled :.
spring, winter and winter white L6Ic
lower; red shade frner; receipts IA 900
bus; sales 100000 bus; No. white cash at
S1.46 Rye-Dull. Corn M oderately ac.
tive; receipts $4,000 bus; sales l5O, O0o bus
at 60H@61Hc for western mixed. Barley
Quiet. Oats-Dull; receipts $4,000 bus
sales $4,000 bus at 42@46c for white. Pork
Firm at $1,000. Beef-Quiet. Lard
Strong at $6.45. Butter-Unchanged Cheese
AT 7@13c. Whisky--At $l.i5. Sugar
At 71s@78c. Eggs-At 17@21c. Petro.
leum-Crude at exotic; refined un.
changed. Tallow-Unchanged
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23
Fall of u Bridge.

The new bridge over Big Walnut Creek
for the Lunday Creek valley railroad, about
ten miles from Columbus, o., fell on the
evening OF the 18th inst. with terrible
crash distance of forty feet into the water
Eight wor kmen were on the bridge at the
time, and their escape from death wasmlrac-
ulous. Five of the men were slightlyiDjured.
A defective trestle cause the accident.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23
Milwaukee,.

MILWAUKEE, October 20-3:00 P. NJ
Flour--Movement light and prices I'M.
changed; choices spring at S6.00@6.50 com.
mon to good ut $5.00@5.50. Wheat-Irreg.
ular, but active No. hard at $1.2318; No.
l at $1.2l%; No. 2 at $1.l9@l .20H; No. 8
at LII; No. seller November at Sl.17H@
1875: seller December at $l19@1.23%.
Corn-Flrmer al 45c. Oats-Quiet at 30Hc
Barley-Higher No. 2 cash at 75Ac; No. 3
extra at 60c; No. 2 seller November at 75@
1910. Rye-At 76@76Hc. Pork-Strong
at Bl075 cash. Lsrd-At $500 cash. Hogs
Quiet at So 30@3 80.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23

LONDON, October 20-l2 80 P. M.-Liv.
erpool wheat market opens quiet; Califor
MIA club at lis 11d@11s 4d; average Califor
MIA at lis 11d@lls 12d. Floating cargoes
easier; on passage a downward tenceney.
Mark Lane easier. Good cargoes red winter
wheat, off coast, at 57@5Ss good cargoes
No. spring wheat, off coast, at 54sG154s Cd;
fair average quality No. 2 Chicago spring
wheat, for shipment, &c at 54s arrivals of
coast for orders of wheat moderate.
Farmers deliveries of wheat during the week,
25,000@30, 600 quarters
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, October 20-3:0O P. M
Wheat-Opened weak and lower, but closed
strong and higher; No. red at $l.l5k@
$1.17H: spring at $1.l9 for cash; 81 20A for
seller November; $l.22H for seller Decem.
Der. Corn-Strong and higher at 47c for
cash 4SS944c for seller November; 44Ac
for seller May. Oats-Firm and higher al
30Ac for cash; S21sc for seller November;
Soc for seller May. Rye--At 76c. Barley
At &c. Pork-Firm and higher; $40. 75M
HOO for cash: $9.S7H@940 for seller No.
vember; $l045 bid for seller January.
Lard-Firm and higher at $500 for cash :;
$5.S7H bid for seller November; S6.15 bid
for seller January. Whisky-At 81 O9.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000 head; firm and
steady; light at $3.60@3 70; packing at S.. 40
@3 70; shipping at $350@3.65 Cattle-Re.
ceipts 1880 head; good scarce; firm and
stronger; shipping at $3.50@5.00; butchers
fairly active
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23
VARIOUS TOPICS.

LON GFELLow, the poet, is fond of
calling attention to the exceeding beauty
of Indian corn, and says he is surprised
it has not found place in architecture,
explaining how the stalk could be rep
resented in iron, combining grace with
strength, and how beautiful the blades
so wrought would appear.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23

BELFoRT, the plucky little town that
resisted the Germans, and for that re
sistance was honored with colossal lion,
sculptured out of the side of cliff, by
Bartholdi, is to have its town hall
decorated with five panels commemora-
tive of events in the history of the place.
Albert M9iguan is to paint one showing
Reuaud, OF Bourgogne, granting Belfort
letters OF franchisenent in 1907; Lucien
Melingue is to represent Marshal de la
Ferte taking the town from the Count
de ,uza, in 1854, and making it part of
France Tony Robert Fleury will paint
the visit of Louvois and Vauban, in
1879, to plan new Qualifications; Detsile
undertakes the enc of the defense of
Belfort, in 1915, by Gen. Lecourbe, and
De Neuville will have the honor of ex.
hibiting the defense by Col. Denfert in
1870.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23

THE Nevada edi:or-who is generally
a major, a captain, or some such warllke
personage-fTe quently, during the brief
periods of peace with his contemporaries
which fortune or pure fatigue brings
him, enters an earnest plea for
higher tone of courtesy among the other.
wise admirable journals OF the state.
But some one of the otherwise admirable
journals invariably asks what he meant,
then, by calling some fellow-scribe
dirty dog few days previous Then
the fine old style is resumed, ana
j" NANCY cur" bronco" opinionless
"gibbering idiot, and
!" prostitute of the press" hurtle through
the sagebrush, and everybody feels at
home again.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23
An AbScOnder.

The confidential clerk of Henry Memory
d Co q Chicago board of trade firm, named
Herbert B. Waterman, absconded on the
18th inst, with $4,000 of his employers
money. The books had been doctored for
some months back.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23
DISASTROUS Explosions.

The magazine at Bala Hissar has been
blown up. Twenty-seven of the British
force, and many Afghans were killed.
Joseph r. McClintock and Edward Swaine
were blown to atoms in Boston harbor on
the 18th, while experimenting with a new
eYnlosive
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23
GOre(i To Death.

Gen. Bull, Robert Bricknel and George
Nichols were gorsd to death by an elk, at
Bulls City, Kansas, on the 14th inst. The
elk was the property of Gen. Bull, and was
ranging in his beautiful park where visitors
were accustomed to stroll.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23
Cremation.

In accordance with his last request, the
remains of DR.. LeMoyne were taken to the
Washington, Pa, crematory on the 10th,
and incinerated, only the immediate rala.
tives of the deceased witnessed the cere.
mopy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23
Coming to Light.

Five thousand dollars worth OF United
States bonds, stolen from the Manhattan
bank, New York, were received for re.
demption at the treasury department,
Washington, on the 18th inst.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Political.

The Louisiana Republicans have nom.
mated Taylor Beatie Tor governor,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23
THE MARKETS.

Reported by CHANDLER BROWN n Co. Communist
Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-23

DIES MONIES, October Ali 80 p. NAT
this hour returns received indicate that the
msiority on the Reput IAN ticket over both
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-03

And ripht in the face of these assurances
hot come from an honest Republican
source, the Chicago Tribune is clam
oring loudly for AID for the
the poor blacks who are fleeing from the
shot guns and Bowie knives of the South
crn whites, and the scarcely less fatal extor-
tons of the Southern shop keeper. The
.avaricious shop keeper" who furnishes the
negro goods and trusts to the success of the
crop for his money, breaks up, and the
greatest outpouring of blacks is from those
localities where the blacks themselves are
supreme in everything! Yet the Republi-
can howl passes all along the line-"the
poor negroes they are flying from the bull
dozers, from the bodies of their kindred
left dangling from the trecs-trom a terror
and bondage greater than those from which
they were liberated by the armies Of
the Unicn! Every word of which is
known to be slanderously false.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-03

Nor word is heard from Radical Jour
mails, now, about the payment OF rebel debts
BY the Democratic Congress. And why
Because most OF the claims, fraudulent in
themselves, have been bought up by loyal
Republicans whe now hold them. 1t is
very we'll known, too, that the Southern
Claims commission was devised by the Re-
publicans as one of the means of holding
the South in political bondage by awards
of money to favored partzans under the
abused forms of law. Gen Bragg DEM
OF Wisconsin, made al sffort in Congress
the other day to abolish the Commission,
and s. members sustained him and 11o
voted against him. He showed that these
pretended loyal claims were II fraud; that
since the Democrats have had a majority
in the House not one has been allowed; that
all the Southern claims ever allowed were
allowed by a Republican Congress and it
turned out that Republicans, under the
lead Of Garfield, are responsible for not
abolishing the Commission and ending
these frauds on the treasury, L.. this fact
be remembered.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-03

BAIFEs remarks few days since, to the
effect that there was no danger OF military
despohsm at present, on account of the
smallness of the army, shows conclusivcly
that the Democracy are waging their battle
alone for the sake Of the great principle
involved in the contest, while the recollec.
ton Of what Grant has done, and what
any other reckless and unprinciplcd presi.
dent may do, should arouse the Indignation
of all true patriots against the radical party
which thus openly seeks to overawc Amer.
can freemen with United States bayonets.
This will be the great issue between the
two parties when they make their appeal
othe country in 1880.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-03

THE BLESSING OF STRONG NERvEs-Is
recoverable, not by the use of mineral soda.
tives, but by recourse to clicctual tonic
treatment. Opatcs and the like should
only be used as auXiliarics, and then as
sparingly as possible. Vigorous nerves
are quiet ones, and the mos, direct way to
render them so is to reinforce the vital en-
crgies. That sterling invgorant, IIostetters
Stomach Bitters, will be found sufficient
for this purpose, since it entirely removes
impcdimcnts to thorough digestion and as
similation of the food, so that the body is
insured its due amount of nourishment, and
consequently Of stamina. Rheumatic ten
denotes and affections Of the kidneys and
bladder are also counteractcd by the Bitters,
which is besides pleasant medicinal slim
ulant, infinitely purer than the raw exclt-
ants Of commerce, which rcac, iniuriously
upon the nervous system.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-03

ONE Of our Democratic exchanges sees in
the negro exodus from the South a purpose
to affect the next census. 1t charges the
stampede to purpose on the part Of the
Republican party to rob the Democratic
South of political power in congress, and to
add Its stealings to the Republican North
This Is an absurd conclusion. To rob the
South OF single representative in congress
would require the removal of one hundred
and thirty thousand negroes. The mere
statement Of this fact shows the absurdi,y
of such conclusion. Furthermore. leaders
Of the Republican party know that the in.
PRODUCTION ofseveral hundred thousand idle
pcnniless blacks into the North, for any
purpose whatever, would create political
revolution among the whites that woulc
render the North as solidly Democratic a.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-03
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF THE FIRST
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.

Acting under resolution adopted on
the Sd day of April, 1879, by the Demo
cratic judicial Committee Of the first cir
cult, at meeting held in Uaia9, I do here.
by call delegate Convention of the Dem.
ocrats Of said circuit, to be held in Cairo,
Illinois, on Tuesday the sixth day of May,
1879, at ten o'clock, a. m, forthe purpose
of nominating three candidates for the of.
fee of Circuit Judge, to be voted for at the
ensuing June election
Under the bases of representation
adopted by the Committee of one delegate
for each two hundred votes and one dele
gate for each fraction Of two hundred votes
over one hundred, cast for the Tilden and
Hendricks electors, the counties composing
the circuit will each be entitled in the
convention to the following number Of
dnlpuatps viz.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-03

THE same line OF action that was adopted
to make Mr.. Hayes tolerable to the people
is to be adopted to make Grant. popular
as Presidential candidate, viz, series
of public demonstrations on his landing
on the shores of the United States. TITS
characteristic of humanity thst under the
impetus Of excitement they will applaud
objects that they absolutely despise IN their
cooler moments. That this characteristic is
10 be made use by the OF advocates of a
strong government" the extensive prepara-
tons being made for the reception OF the
Bull Dog of the peninsula" clearly defines
Men Of prominence are, by their very prom
inence, in many cases compelled to take
part in these performances, against theil
better Judgment and the momentum which
their names adds Is of incalculable VALUE
10 demagogues whose mission on earth
seems to solely deceive the masses of the
people
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-03
THE TRUTH ASSERTING ITSELF.

llE lRJ II ASSENl MI ITSELF,
The Chicago TMbune's Gown Corcspon-
dent, writing from Vicksburg, declares that
the negro is not running away from bull
dozers.' The correspondent says: "Thc
negroes are not bulldozcd now, and have
not been since 1874. There is no reason
why they should be, since they are good Ia
borcrs and as rule, they do not vote at
all, or vote the Democratic ticket, and divide
on local questions as white men do. The
negroes have a very shrcwd idea that the
men they used to put in power filled their
pockets at the public expense; and the
average voter who does not see a chance
of holding Office himself, or of filling his
own pockets, does not care much to keer
up that sort of thing, if he could. lie
knows, too, that he could not if he would
There is no doubt that the negroes believ,
the atmosphere about the polls is not salu
brious for those who desire to vote the Re-
publican ticke, Whether the facts are SC
or not do not pretend to say; but they
believe them to be so. - Tha,
the negroes are not running from
bull.dozers happen TO KNOW. This vii,
appear from the situation in Madison par
ish, opposite Vicksburg. have been owe
the ground, and know what am talkin!
about. The negroes there are not afraid t
vote as they choose. The parish is nov
represented in the constitutional conyen
ton at New Orleans by two negroes. Yc
more negroes have cmigratcd from Madi
son parish than from any other parish il
the State. What is the rcasonl II lie
near to the other statement made above
that the usual rcnt.chargcs in Madison
parish are $40 per acre, and the pinnin,
charges 81 per bale. Certainly the mer
chants there are not growing rich, for tn
principal street in Delta is almost disman
tied More than half the shops are close
altogether, and the only shop that seems I
be ut all prosperous Is one that tries to en-
force the principle Of eash-paymen,s.'
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-03
Mr. WILLIAM II. VANDERBILT has an in

Mr. WILLIAM II. Vanderbilt has an IN
come of six million dollars year. which Is
equal to about $l643s day; 1854 for every
hour of each day, or 81 minute, day or
night, rain or shine, asleep or awake Mr.
Vanderbilt now holds the controlling inter-
est in the Hudson River, the Harlem, New
York Central, and Michigan Southern rail
roads. Beside the trunk lines he also con-
trolls the Canada Southern and numerous
subsidiary and connecting roads, compell'
ing them to submit to such terms as he may
dictate. He has also acquired the title to a
hundred thousand acres the best grazing
lands in Colorado, and has already stocked
them with forty thousand head of cattle.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-03

the South. In our opinion politics has
nothing to do with the exodus. The fact
that the stampeders are all pouring into
Kansas and can be diverted into no other
channel, shows .conclusively that the poor
creatures have been crazed by the notion
that once on the government lands OF Kan
sas, every man could pick out his farm
that then the government would stock II
for him, and forever thereafter he could
live happily under his own wine and hg
troo -
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-03
IMPROVING THE MISSISSIPPI

Capt. C. NJ. Scott, who has devoted about
forty years of his life to the business Of
steamboating, completely explodes the fal-
lacy that the navigation of the Mississippi
river can be improved and the adjacent
lands redeemed by the plan advocated by
Captain Cowden. We ask a perusal of the
| following extract which we make from
pamphlet recently published by Scott, "On
the Improvement of the Western Rivers"
"Capt Cowden advocates the opening Of
outlets, first into the Gulf, and next into
the swamps; and also to divert Red river
into the Calcasieu.
Capt Cowden does not appear to know
thatthc sediment-carrying capacity depends
upon the velocity, and that the velocity
depends upon the fall and volume
modified by the curves, and that
| il the vslume is reduced without in
creaslng the fall, or reducing the curves,
the velocity will be reduced, causing a
more rapid deposit and destroying the nav
igation and increasing the malarious char.
acter of the country; in short, reducing it
10 the same character as the lower Danube,
or the sluggish lagoons Of the south. This
plan can only be of the most temporary
character, as the constant deposits conse-
quent on the lessened volume, aided by the
frightening, will soon destroy the naviga,
ton, and with the destruction of naviga.
ton will also destroy the country by increas.
ing the maarious area.
Capt. Cowden has issued several pan
phlets illustrative of his views Of river in.
proyements, and ifhis knowledge of what
is required on the subject is to be judged
by the premises he has laid down in his
paper, it will show clearly that he does not
comprehend the problem. He claims that
the crevasse at Bonnet Quare has lessened
the rise of the river at Natchez over Sly
feet, and on this assertion he bases hi
scattering theory. His claim, unless shown
to be false, will certainly draw converts t,
his theory, and it IS the duN of those tina
know the falacy of his premises to show
their real merit.
Captain Cowden does not APPEAR to know
the effect Of curves any better than he does
the effect Of volume. The change in the
shape Of the river at Ellis Cliffs, 20 miles
below Natchez, has produced the effect
that he imputcs to the crcyassc 235 miles
below. 4 few years ago the river struck
the bluff At an acute angle and banked up
in the same manner (but worse than it now
does at Columbus, backing the current for
miles above Natchcz. The point below
has gradually been cut away until now the
current comes IN below the bluff, and has
cut wide regular bend, and allows the wa
ter free passage, lcssenng the resistance
to the flow Of water during floods, If
Crowdcn had known the effects of curves,
he would not have been led into this error.
; In the last forty years there have
been four heavy crevasses from
Bonnet Quarrc Church down, and
, several between there and the mouth Of
Red RIVER; but until the point at Ellis
i Cliffs wore away sufficiently to destroy the
e dam that it caused, there was no KNOWLEDGE
= of such grand effect as that given by
= Capt. Cowden.'