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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-07
Taken Up.

BY the subscriber, living in the
town of Eden, on section Is. town 6.
range 2, east, on the LIST of Nov. 1870,
one light red COW with bell on, also
one red and white steer-red on sides
and white in face and on belly, and
white tail. The owner is requested
to call prove property, pay charges
and take said strays away.
PETER BERG.
Nov. ), 1S79.-13-4w
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-07

Rev, Bishop Gilmour, VI Cleveland,
Ohio, has used the great German rem-
edy, st. Jacobs Oil, and endorses it
highly. He writes about il us fol-
lows - am pleased to say that the use
Of ST. Jacobs Oil has benefited me
greatly, and Nave no hesitation to
recommend it 10 all as an excellent
curative.
In the town of Ridgeway--south.
half of the SWi. Of the NEA Sec. 81,
town i. range 4, roR SAI.E. Apply
to I. 5. AnSley, Mineral Point.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-07
The Cheapest Music House in
America.

My Grandpa's Advice .... - cts.
Sleep on sweetly Little Darling 40 cts,
Father, won't you try. 80 cts.
I'll tell your mother-Comic. 80 cts.
The little blind match seller 40 cts.
lie holds the pearly gates ajar 80 cts.
We will mail all the above beautiful
Sheet Music, on receipt Of each sloO
Address, W. j.. THOMPSON q Co,
East Liverpool, Ohio.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-07
4 Bows Remembrance.

| am feeling very badly; everything
is going to smash:
All the things have believed in are
going with q crash.
The folks are growing learned, and
all their wretched lore is
CSed to shake a fellows faith in his
beSt-heloved stories.
The fairies have been scattered, and
the genii they have gene,
There are no enchanted castles; they
have vanished, every one,
Aladdin never lived, and the dear
Scheherazade,
Though very entertaining, was 4
much mistaken lady.
OF course see through Santa Claus,
| had To, long ago;
And Christmas viii be going. theneNt
thing that know,
For | heard, | wasn't hstening-I
heard the parSon say,
He had really-yes had really gave
doubts about the day.
.and rs for Master Washington, they
say the goose will catch it,
Who believed = single minute in that
story of the Ratchet.
They've given rap at CruSoe, and
dear old Friday. Why!
Wen all believe i'll Friday, we boys
will, till we die
They may say its not authentic" and
such like if they dare,
When they strike a blow at Friday,
they hit us boys. So there
And I've been reading in book writ
ten by some college swell,
That there never was "a genuine. a
real live William Tell.
That he was just a mitn, or what we
boys would call a sell:
That he didn't shoot the apple, nor
Gesler. not u bit
That all the other nations have u
legend just like it,
think it's little business for II col
lege man to fight
Against these dear old stories and
send them out OF sight
And all the boys are just as mad and
50 the girls are, too;
And so we called q meeting to decide
what we should do.
And we passed some resolutions, be-
cause that is the ono
And only way for meetings, when its
all that can be done.
| send you here list:
Resolved, that there wAsa William
Tell;
That by his bow and arrow the tyrant
Gesler fell
Resolved that he was NOT myth,
whatever that may be-
But that he shot the apple and Swift
zerland was free.
Resolved, that Crusoe lived, and Fri
day, and the goat.
Resolved, that little Georgy his faith
ers fruit-tree smote.
And owened up like hero. Resolv-
ed, that all the science
OF all the learned professors shall
not shake our firm reliance
La the parties we have mentioned ;
and we do hereby make known
The fact that we boys feel that we
have some rights of our own
And request that in the future these
rights be let alone.
st. Nicholas for November.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-07
Taken Up.

BY the subscriber. on or about the
18TH day Of October, 1879, on land
owned by him in town Of Mineral
Point, two small yearling heifers,
light red no artificial marks.
The owner is requested to call,
prove property, pay charges and take
said strays away. EDWARD O'IIARE.
Dated October 14th, 1879. 4-w
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-07
To The Public.

Before purchasing stoves you will
do well to call on US as we have a
large line of stoves, and will sell them
as cheap rs the cheapest. We have
for sale, Rathbones and ). 5. JeHitt's
celebrated parlor and cooking stoves,
which are acknowledged to be the
best manufactured.
II 5. HOOKING a Co.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-07
Ladies, Take Notice.

Miss M. Leonard, net satisfied with
having the best assortment in the
line, went this morning to
Chicago to also engage the best trim
mer possible.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-07
Reduction in hid Gloves :!

2hutton Genuine Jouvinc, 80 cents
s button Genuine Elite. IS cents. !
button Seamless Genuine Josephine.
$3.50. These gloves are all sold for 10
per cent. more anywhere else.
j. pEIIER,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-07
MICHIGAN Apples.

4 car load Of Michigan Apples Just
received by roay Bros, Of this city.
These apples are Of all the choicest
varieties of Winter Apples.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-07
Wanted.

Wanted, 5000 bushels of good peach
blow potatoes IT market Price, Ivy
Toay Bros, or Martin \ Toay, Min
eral Point. Wis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-07
LAND FOR SALE.

The undersigned offers his farm for rsle.
Said fun IA situated In the town Of Kendall.
La Fsyette county, IN fec. n aud ~. Will sell
in tracts Of from 70 10 100 acres 10 purchasers.
VIII cell whole Or part Of crop. There are
about 10 under cultivation. 70 acres Of good
meadow, ard the remainder pasture and young
timber and G0od mineral has been found on
the place. Will be sold on reasonable teffns.
lT-lm PELIX McCABE.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-07
just Think of 1t!

w. Il. ParkiSon is selling good Win
ter apples for sixty cents per bushel.
Don't all speak at once, but give him
time to haul them in and he will sup
ply you all II
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-07
NOTICE.

The undersigned would respectfully inform
the public iha, be - prepared 70 cry psbiic
sales 4. III times % reasonable termt Farm
ere salee ! speciality. Cea be seen II Mineral
Point every Saturday. All orders left 1t Ghas
Meals hatcher chop or a the Democrat Once
is-tf N. 4. VAN MATRE.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
IMBECILE, BLIND AND DEAF.

APEcUMARLY UNFoRTUNATE Defendant IN COURT.
A singular defence is presented to the action
for foreclosure Of mortgage for $4,000, brought 10y
the Union Dime Savings Institution against Mary Eggars
and Others IN the Supreme Court. The loan made
u June. 1872. property at No 15S South Ffthave.
One Of the de'endants Mrs Louise wilson. is now the
sole of the property ard the defence s therefore,
made m her behalf 1t Is claimed that she is mbecle.
blind and deaf that she incompetent 70 make the
contract IN question: and that IL Is therefore v0d.
Henry 3 Phillips. the committee under whose charge
she was placed imbecile in 1878. makes the an-
swer alleged 10 have been blind for forty years
and lmbecc for sixteen years.
The case which Will finally be decided In the Equity
branch of Special Term, brought before Judge
Van Brunt and Jury Circuit Yesterday for the deter
mnation OF several issues Of fact The Jurors
determine whether Mrs. Wilson imbece IN
1872; whether size deaf and blind at tnat time
whether knew how TO write; whether her name was
frauduleny affixed 10 the bond whether she received
any pecun!ary benefit from the loan, etc Mrs. Wilson
present In court yesterday. She intel
Ing w-l-prescrved OF seventy three years As
the Affirmative put upon the defendants 10 prove
terday. physician and several Otuer Witnesses the
greater number OF whom relatives or members OF
the family testified as to the defendanfs condition
Despite acr in1rmes according To this esm ny, she
retained powers of speech. ana In fact garru
lOus Ordinarily she talked loudly and in highpitched
tone The method OF communicating with her was Oy
word spelled out she would repeat H. that her friends
should know that she understood She was FOND oil
PLAYING domipOes, would keep close watch Of the
game by running her fingers over the blocks III Is ey
dence mas moi been completed. W. IA. ArnOux and G. ~
BOvee trying the fof the savings Institution;
Messrs WakcDan aud 5Dpkins for the defendants.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
JUSTICE TO WORKING WOMEN.
ARGUMENTS AND APPEALS or DIR. JOHN HAIL.
HESRY DAY AND OTHERS

The sixteenth anniversary of the Working
women's Protective Union was held at Cnicker.
ing Hall last eveuing. Thurow Weed was
among those upon the platform. Samuel W'l-
lets presided NJ. s. Beach, the Secretary and
Treasurer made report OF the years work. II con-
sisted Of the of great number OF incidents
that occurred from day to day at the rooms OF the
ciety and illustrated the character OF the persons who
applied Tor aid and something OF the extent OF the work
done.
Henry Day made nm address lie said that TIE great
pup such meeting 10 rouse the comm unity
to the duty OF doing justice TO women In the or
dinary affairs OF life; TO the bringing about
OF tic day when women for the same
class and quality OF work should receive tie
same remuneration men. New avenues OF labor
must be opened 10 women. so that they might not oe
crowded together INTO employ Oymenis which c0uld not
furnish enough Tor all ard IN which the pay was
beRgiry. The newspapers should In Ee mp the matter
and agate IT, well as the pulpit and private persons
The Rev. Dr. John Hall SAID that he had been thinking
positions OF his listeners aud those OF the constituency
the eiientag o, tne r % p,as s IN eninSng r
the occasion But what different scenes are
brought to your mind by such report rs
that TO which you have just listened We
make appeal first for justice. We want 10 make II
possible for VINO has done her work Tor her
emplover 10 enforce the bargain ard pay. Ap-
pau,e1 We to do for her what she cannot do for
Of business men. None of Us can be blind to the sys-
tematc efforts making other countries, n not here,
to set class against class. and to make each count
tic other natural enemes Now you Will all agree
chat IL would he = real evil 10 have such state OF
things exist In this country hen the class who toll
with their hands should be set against those
who by circumstances relieved from the ne
cessity Of daily labor Can do anything to
bridge over the chesm between the emnlole er
aud the employed Here T. chance To do ". We be-
lieve doing something to make the people who
work believe that the meu of property are not their
foes On the ground only Of justice but o ntclli
gent pubic policy, should sustain sucn an enterprise
| : TINS.
We gathered here as citizens Of New fOrk-a rc-
licious people OF whatever kind OF religion IL IL re-
lgious pyie egc do good nav me opportunity
IfaIr, hriu fla o mn
the poyer he shall be compelled To do Justice TO
the working woman. 1 leave TINS snbject no less with
your cousciences than with your sympathies." lAp-
plause.l
Ex-Governor Edward Solomon made address in
when he smoke OF similar undertaking which had
been started among German citizens. The exercises
were incrspersrd with music by n. T. Browne, Miss j.
Dckerson. Miss Gertrude franklin and Caryl Fl0ro.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
TESTING HER MEDICINE on A CAT.

Augustus Cole, OF No. " M0nrOe-st., ap-
peared IN he Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday
afternoon charged by his wife Catharne with abandon
ing her aud her children. She stated Justice Da1y
that she had been married twenyseven years. and had
bad eleven children. five OF whom were living she
charged her husbs nc with carrying loaded pistol and
attempting poison her. She had been In habit
taking powders for pains the stomach. and night
she 10 the drawer where they kept she
found two strange packages. She put the
OF them meat and II 10 the cat, which
died from the effects. When her husband came
home sbe showed him the dead animal. and he SAID.
" Well. suppose you wan; money 10 bury uf' Mrs.
Cole also complained that her husband wanted TO get
rad of ber, she old and not good-l0oung. She
said be only allow ed her 90 cents day for support
Tue husband In hrs defence that he 10 organist
n prominent church In this city the trustees OF
which had investigated these charges thoroughly and
found them 70 be He claimed that his wife
insane. He earns only $40 month, $50 OF which he
has regularly given TO his wife Justice Duny ordered
HIM 10 pay her $40 week, hioh he agreed 70 do,
making the nrst payment In court
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09

one to supplement ana advise him; he was TOO nlc'n
pctcnf aud scil-sulcep H. neither asked HdNirc
nor took He htched ON to the AnuslaVery tiaih
Woman's II ghfs car. then n ear OF NJhfeSsiah'e'
another OF No Government and another Oi Nnlhc"-
tion. The train. with all these cars attached s'oo,
stili on tho rack and 10 then tha we Christian
men in No felt compelled 10 leave ana maze ny
an.tIer ahral of Inn; and stopped nOl uHt
We had that train ~ tue White House. into both HOUSES
OF Congress- into the supreme C0ur, ani az .no nE
places OF the land Tnis was the clew 10 tnat nn hn
cry nrainst the Church and her ministers which 81
been kept up by Mr. Garrison ami hia party from t''
As remember Mr. Garrison. fortynve years ago. he
was an Ignorant boyish, narrownndeh ana intoorant
man. whose only mental uat OF prominehcc, IKE INA.
IL his ricni Wendell iiips, was perfect khoweuge
Of tho rhetoric OF vtuperation. Ana becaus" the
churches aud their plous and learned ministry would
not accept his dioiaton nc ana hs party turheu to'
measures and candidates, and finally made aboilion
trumph and yet because this other party was simply IN
AT death, thev caimed the victory This was niue
too much so prcked this greas gas bag and eK-
poded this mOnsirons mcndncty
The question next in order H. nat originally was therc
in Mr.. Garnson's doctrines or measures that entitled
him rank OF leader In the Antisavery reform
His utterances merely rehasn Of wna bad been
better said by Wesley Wiberorce, ClirksOn. Fox Ma
cauay. Adam Hodgson and Elizabeth Hcrrick IN Eng
Samuel Hopkins, Benjamin FranNln, Jefferson Bishop
Asbury and the Methodist Conferences of 1850 and
1884 IL has boen thought that Garrison first called the
attention OF the great DE-. Channng TO the slavery
question: but nothing could be further from the truth.
" the wnole Nation intensely prosavery -" and as
the Church In the world she also infected by this
Garrison and his friends have ned IL has been
shown that Dr. Hopkins, OF Newport, was an earnest
Aboltonist thirty before Mr.. Garrison born,
that there Incorporated AntSlavery Society !;
that Claiming a pronounced Aboitionist In Nir-
gnia 1898 that the Methodist Conference, sitting IN
confrrncr at Baltimore IN $780, put forth declaration
OF AntiSavery sentiments tnat the irs Protestant
Bishop this cunDen Thomas Coke of tho Methodist
Episcopal Church. boldly preached abolition In Virginia
early as 1873.
Dr Coggeshai traced the Anti Slavery movement from
this point up to the time OF the war, mentioning the
great connected with IT, and prOn0unclng them 10
lQ fur
cepug him for leader was not 10 be entertained Tor
moment lie then proceeded to sum up his whole argi
support Of the position taken by the Methodist
Churcn relative To slavery but the meeting ADJOURNED
before he had opportunity Of delivering MS conciu-
al
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09

not his nonticn at this time TO speak the love he
bone his late colleague would prompt HIM. bn some
future time he would do He then offer ed reso
lutiOns expressing the regret Which the .Honse
experienced the death Of Mr.. Lay, and
providing for the appointment ~ committee. 10 cen.
sst % seven members and three Senator's 10 take or
ders for experimenting The funeral ceremonies.
TIE resolutions were adopted, 0nd TIE SPEAKER an
ponied Messrs. Clark dem. MOI Morrison tDent, M
HUI Drm., Onol, bingham rep. PENN. Cnslme.s
Dom, M'ss.l. Caikins (Rep.. IndJ and Ryan lkcp
Kan as such committee ou the part Of the House.
The House then NJ 1915 n. M as mark Of Respect
10 :be memory OF Mr.. Lay, odjourned.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
CRIME IN IT'S WORST FORMS.
Rrs,rTs or VARIOUS TRAGEDIES.

kENI
WIFE MURDER BY BEATING, BURNING AND ihh
KNIFF-PoIITiCN QUAPRtIS ENDING FATALLY
CASES ~ sIvTRAL COURTS
Twelve persons were arraiSned IN thls cry
yesterday charged with homicide or attempted
mrracr The crimes were Of various degrees Of
otrocitv ard included three cases of alleged wife
murder. the victims of whch were beaten. burned.
or stabbed TO death. Patrick Mccormick IL
charged with killing two men. The two
Volkmers. man and wife. pleaded not
guilty of al alleged attempt 10 poison Blair.
One Of the crimes was committed over two years
ago. bat most of these recent. In nearly all the
cases intempcrance was the original cause OF the
trouble.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
THE wIFE-MURDER IN ROSE STREET.
TRIAL OF THE ITALIAN PIETRo BALBo-His DE-
FENCE.

TRIAL OF THE ITALIAN PltlkO BALBO-HiS Dl-
FENCE.
The testimony in the trial of Pietro Balb0
for the murder OF his wife, Maria d. Balbo. October
was begun In the Court OF oyer and Termner before
Justice Daniels yesterday Assistant DisrictA ttorney
Lyon uarrated the history OF the murder ms under
stood BY prosecution Mrs Nincenza Valona the
mother OF the murdered woman. the frs, witness
She said that Babo aud her daughter were married at
Genoa in 1876 and came TO America IN 1877 She
visited her daughter the evening before the murder at
No RJsc-s aud the prisoner was there She went TO
the place again the next day. aud found the door
lock ed AMI the blinds closed. When the window was
opened her daughter found lying dead in the bed
with her throat About four months ago Baloo and
his wife LEFT the place where they had been
living with witness. and went TO live IN Rose
st. Tney quarrelled frequently, He would allow her
only a small pittance out Of his wages, and when enc
protested against II, he would declare That he dldnt
intend TO work any longer; he was going to be a
"loafer" While they were living with witness Baloo
tried day TO choke his wife. hut the moihern-aw
clulbed him of with broom handle. Bulbo and his
vile would 1Sht almost every nlsdt. Several times
they sersaied but enen ime BANJO "ouiu coi' ''A
Deputy Coroner Goldsmith testified as TO the nature
OF The wounds IN Mira Bai9os tir9ai, Que o. wh'In
severed the iugnlar vein. Martin Mouohan OF No Ia
Rose-st testified that about one o'clock OF the morning
Of October ! he heard a knock bis door. a voice
outSidc said: "rm the Italian let me have Key to
the front door" The witness wife replied she h4a
no key aud prisoner weDi on down the STAIRS IN
TIE mosling Balbo's motherin,aw came to the house
and wanted get INTO BalDOs rooms, which were
locked. The witness got axe, and broke open
of the rooms and found tue
dead woman. lie at sent for policeman
Tbe prsoscr always appeared To be quiet, ~ offensive
man Offer Carr te-i fed that ne arrested BalbO IN
Wheeling, West Va He asked him II ne had killed his
wife. Ies. did" was tie reply. she did MOI Ike
away you backee man. don't like ven"
BaibO WAS a witness IN hs own Deuaf. anO narrated
his story OF the killing He and his wife. he SAID
were visiting at her parents the morning be-
for this trouble, aud she and they abused
him When they returned LONE quarrel
cont tnued. She grasped Of ms Ringers aud
he gan 10 bite IT. the time dagger
from an old hat. thraugh which II tarust
wall aud tried 10 trike hm with IT. When he took the
knife from Aer only bit the harder. Then he struck
her "a blow on the left side OF her head and
her teeth unlOOsed their hold, but not until she
had bitten of the end OF his huger The prisoner tx
bined 10 h Jury the 1Dg which the woman had
bitten on, and his mangled finger.
The case VIII be concluded to-day.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
NO AGREEMENT or THE coal COMPANIES.

The coal companies have not agreed to either of
the plans recently proposed for restucting produc-
ton. Presidents Sloan, of the Lackawanna, and
Dickson, of the Delaware and Hudson, were yester-
day absent from the city. Henry Packer. of the
Lehign Valley, Is expected to be here to-day IL Is
said TO be improbable that concerted action will be
taken by the companies hut is believed that they
will suspend mining generally during the holidays.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
HoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

In his PRAYER this morning. the Chaplain alluded In
feeling {, tho death OF Representative A. NJ.
LAY (Dem., MOI. who had down Ina the prime
VI nfe nselulness.
Immediately after the reading OF the Journai. Mr..
CLARK (Dem. MOI announced 10 the House the death
Of his colleague, the Hon. Alfred NJ lay stating that
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09

Connery. age seventeen. bartender, ana lhoinas
Welsh, M aged labcr.r. in McCarthy's snoon ~ No.
isa Worth ST. Both the injured persons died at the
Chambers Street Hospital few days after the hShI
Mccormick is hirty yhve Old Wneh Errniehvu ne-
fore the CnrOner he nleAdeh self -iefcnce.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09

Have you any pneumonia In the house,
mam Its ixclrpt tor oianeing paint =" sad Maggie TO
her mistress the other day. You ammonia, don Z
yon Maggic" replied the lady "No indade mann [
name what say. have had an eddicaton as well as
another body, vigorously answered the domestic.
the datron came down tho shirt bosom. with
newed vIg0T.-lB0st0n Courier.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
THE MURDER AT SILVER LAKE.

The argument upon the writ of error III the
OF Edward Reinhardt sentenced 10 death Tor 'e
murder OF Anna Dcrnan. near SILVER Lake staten
Island IN SIS set down In the GcHefN ler" ih
BrOokh Yesterday for hearing toinoIr"" notD'"s'
New-York tribune., 1879-12-09
The Rev. DR.. S. W. CoggeshaIl, of Rhode


DIR. CoGGEsHALL-HIs ESTIMATE OF GARRIsON's
WORK.
The Rev. DR.. S. W. COggeshall, of Rhode
Island. continued, before the weekly meeting Of the
Methodist Episcopal preachers yesterday morning. his
discussion OF the claims TO recognition which the
Antslavery efforts OF the Methodist Church were EN-
titled and which he alleged had been lgnOred by Oiiyer
johnson his life Of Garrison The first part OF ar
ument delivered In the Johnson Street Ne ihodst
Episcopal Church. Brooklyn, the preceding evening
and reported In yesterdays TRIBUNE
He asked yesterday what was tue position OF tie
Me lodst Church in the North. forty fifty years
ago. upon the question OF slavery The Democrats he
said. after the passage of the Missouri Compromises in
1920. had not only solid south but solid
North. and the whole National mind was debGuched
with the political soreeres Of the Southern slavehold
ing, staterights and Nuncation party. tue IN
habitants OF the earth made drunk wine
OF the ornicaton Of The BabyloDau OF the
Apocalypse. IL necessary TO call the Nation
10 sense OF its fearful backsliding from the
doctrines OF the immortal Declaration Of ITO
aud OF the Constitution Of i767 aud Mr.. Garrison
was the man who providentialiy called 10 do IT,
This much must be accorded TO him. He possessed
courage industry patience persstsncy. perseverance,
and ndomitabe will But here no stopped He had no