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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02
A Relic of the Revolution,
An old Philadelphian preserves A

An old Philadelphian preserves as
relic of the "good old times vel.
worn piece of paper money bearingtbe
date of 1776, which has been in the
possession OF one family for a century.
1t has a curious history. After the
revolutionary war was over one God.
frey Williams, a patriot, was paid of IN
scrip. At that time the paper had de-
creased SO much IN value that it looss
considerable quantity to settle WI.
Jams demand. The latter tied the roll
up in q large handkerchief and pro-
ceeded homeward. On his way hepu.
chased a COW and two pigs, payinghr
them with the whole of the scripnl
the exception of four pieces, ono
which, together with the story, G
been handed down from father tOM
until the present time.
The note, now well yellowed WIN
age, is about three inches square VI
the face Of it, in the left center, 80
square containing a ring, in the nlocF
of which is a rudely-cut cornucoPa'
The bell of the corn contains a cut Ola
poor house. Beneath the horn s'nV
same motto which Benjamin FranShn
adopted for his issue of copper coinage
Mind your business" On the reVtiT
side are thirteen rings in a circle WIN
the names of the thirteen states comr
prising the Union at that time. n'l'
center Of the circle is a smaller riDs'
with the inscriptions: American OGr
gress," and 1--WE are one Al VIZ
bottom it is announced that the III"
was printed by Hall and Sellers .
Philadelphia in 1866. The denon!ra
ton CT the note when it was lssuea
two-thirds of q dollar.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02
CASUALTIES.

THE postmaster at Milan, O., COM
mitted suicide by drowning in a well
June 23d.
THE steamer Gen. Lytlo was sunk in
the Ohio river, nea Cincinnati, June
oath.
MARY RUErER, wife Of a German gar
dener, near indianapolis, was frighten-
ed to death by a tramp, June 10Th.
SAYS a McGregor. Iowa, dispatch of
June 9th: George Van Dyke, a farmer
near Lana, while wrestling yesterday
had his neck broken
AT Dixon, Ill.,, June 23rd Edward
Dut1ey was drowned in Rock river by
the capsizing of his boat. His body
was recovered.
A COLLISION occurred on the Metro
politan IN. " elevated railroad June
23rd at the Franklin street station. The
only serious result besides the damage
to the two trains was the compound
fracture ola tireman's leg necessitatilg
amputatlon.
A GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, telegram of
June 23d says: A laborer, employed
at Comstock's barns, was impaled on a
hay-fork this morning by falling off a
stack. Three tines passed through his
body. He cannot o HIS name
was Corcoran, and ne was unmarried.
A SOUTH BEND, Ind, special of June
25th, says: John Boyle, a foreman at
Notre Dame, fell into one of the verti-
lating tlues of thenew university yester-
day and sustained probably fatal in
%iuries. His home is in WATERFOWL,
Wis.
AT Brooklyn, Iowa, June oath, Cyrus
Benton, Il boy u years of age, in COM
pany with some other boys, boarded a
freight train to ride to Victor, when they
were discovered and ordered of. In
getting off he fell under the cars and
had both legs cut off, from the effects of
which he died in about three hours.
AT Des Moines June 23rd a young
man II years old, a son of Bernard
Jetlries, was killed by being thrown from
a wagon, the team attached to which
was running away. He struck on his
head and his neck was broken. He was
dead when picked up.
OK June 25th Il special coach attached
70 the Atlantic express on the Lake
Shore x Michigan Southern, when near
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02

numbers; they have stripped tho
on two farms, and are moving toa,,OS
the grain fields. "@s
S. A. PEPPER. the abscondino
master of Central City, Dakota. wbp PSI
away with $37. 900 some time aso sa
arrested in Keene, O., June 9S3b
Detective Furay, who had foIlo,,V'!!
him six thousand miles. N
Miss MARTHA PEET, n Of tho ~.
prominent women in Wisconsin y
cided by hanging at her home in P0Iun'
June Oath. She was a cultured wo"o
and won great distinction in her m"a
agement of the Wisconsin Woma man,
Centennial Commission. She
widely known and respected. way
A TELEGRAM from Callso, dated Inn.
23d, states that the Peruvian iron'olnSS
turret ship Puascar bombarded Auto,"l
gasta, and captured two CHILEAN trans
ports. The CHILEAN man-of-war CavaJ
ouga is stranded. There has been . 4.
cisive engagement between the Phase,
and the Gillian iron-clads.
A SOUTHERN telegram of Inn.
25th says: Better health tbau
usual at this season of the wear na
walls, and every precaution that San.
tary regulations can suggest has been
accomplished towards preventing a "a.
currence of the les. years epidemic
Quarantine regulations have been o.
tablished, ready to be enforced shond
m exigency arise.
AT Rochester, n. Y, June 9Sra
Professor Swift discovered a new come,
at l O'Clock in the morning in con.
stellation Perseus, right ascension, two
minutes thirty seconds; decli nation
north, f~ifty-eight degrees. 1t is quite
bright, of a strong condensation, and
has II short tail, moving about one
degree per day, east of north.
A SPECIAL from Fort Huford dated
June Gath, says that a scout justjn
from Sitting Bulls camp, north Of the
line, says hal the old man is forciby
inclined. Long Deer, with seven hun.
tI6u iouStS VI WdlIloIS, Is COIllOg south,
He will probably be met by Gen. Miles
expedition. A bloody fight will be in.
evitable. The Indians are well armed.
the Grow and Sioux tribes along the
Missouri are very hostile toward each
other, and a general determination is
in progress. Lack OF rations is the
cause.
THE convention of nationals who
withdrew from the recent Columbus,
Ohio, convention, met at Toledo June
9th. Ten of the twenty congressional
districts were represented. The Hami.
ton county delegation in a vote by
themselves resolved to support both the
platform and ticket put forth at
Columbus. The remainder Of the con-
ventlon voted to support the COLUMBUS
ticket but not the platform. NJ
straight state ticket was nominated and
after several speeches the convention
adjourned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02

lished a manifesto June oath, declaring
that he remains faithful to his AJacrlo
programme. in which he announced his
republican principles, and adding that
he is not a pretender to the imperial
succession, while his dormant claims
bar the succession of any other pre-
tender.
A LONDON ~cablegram of June 10th
says: The English and French press
continue to condemn the authorizes
at the Cape for allowing the prince to
go On dangerous duty, and denounce
Carey as a coward for leaving him to
his fate. Carey's friends point out that
the report on which they have found
their structures is Carey's own and say
when the full details come the matter
will appear in a different light.
TURKEY and Greece are meditating a
conflict. A dispatch of June Oath says
that, pending the result of the meeting
Of the ambassadors at Constantinople,
the Turks have prepared everything for
war. ReinforcemeDts of six battaliOns
OF infantry and three batteries Of artil-
lery have arrived at Volo. Large
bodies OF Bashi-Bazouks are assembling
in Albania, ready to march into Epirus
and Thessalv.
A PARIS cablegram of June 25th says
the tactics of the Bonapartist party III
Paris and throughout France are by no
means decided upon. The party is in
a state of great confusion. but it is IN
timated that its more prudent and far
seeing leaders will not seek to effect a
fusion between the Bonapartists and Or
leanists, as against the radical wing Of
the republican party, whose excuses
threaten the ~perpetuity of the republic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02

THERE to hand from Ogden,
away out in Idaho, a paper which tells
of a recent attempt to kidnap Jay
Gould. The Ogden Freeman, of June g.,
says that II band of desperate train rob
bers posted themselves along the I'M
guarded Snake river plains on the line
of the Union Pacific with the idea of
catching Gould as be should pass
through to Ogden. Having caught him
the robbers proposed to take him into
the British possessions and there keep
HIM until he should agree to pay m
immense ransom. But Gould heard of
the plot, paid his informant literally
and escaped.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02

"ON the arrival of the reinforce
ments," says the Daily Ne,os, "the Brit.
ish army in Zululand will be consider
ably larger than that which was present
at Waterloo, or at the Alma. AT the
memorable battle which ended in the
overthrow of Napoleon. the English
troops numbered just under twenty
four thousand. At the first great fight
sisted of twenty-six thousand men.
When the troops sent out during the
last few days have crossed the Tugela
the strength of the English army within
the Zulu territory will be over thirty
thousand.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
The Most Important News OF
the Week Carefully Cleaned.
WASHINGTON

Born houses refused, June Oath, to
adopt the Joint resolution to adjourn
June 25th.
THE house committee on elections
agreed June 23rd to postpone further
consideration of the ninth Indiana con-
tested election case of McCabe against
Orth until December next.
THE total sales Of rcfunding certii-
Gates up to June oath amount to- S39,-
$50, 700. leaving but $19,240 to be dis
posed of. The conversion of the GER
t~ifcates into bonds on that date reached
$50, O60. $50.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of June Oath
says information received at the depart
ment of state says that the period for
receiving application for space in the
international exhibition at Melbourne
has been extended to Oct. 81, 1879.
COLONEL GRANVILLE o. HALLER, who
was dismissed from the army In 1867
for utterlng reasonable sentiments, has
been restored by act of congress and
order Of the president and he is placed
on the retired list with back pay as a
major until February, 1873, and as col
onel from then TO the present date,
June %.
The senate committee on privileges
and elections decided, on June 23d, to
commence Ingalls, investigation in
Kansas by a subcommittee Of five, to
proceed to that state mex September;
and to prosecute the kellogg-Spofiord
inquiry in New Orleans next November
by a subcommittee of three senators.
Senator Hill will be made chairman OF
the latter committee.
INFORMATION has reached the Secret
Service division of the treasury depart
meut, says a dispatch of June 23rd, that
a new counterfeit So legal tender note
has made its appearance in western
New York. 1t is Of the series Of 1879,
and bears the name of Allison, register,
and Wyman treasurer. 1t is executed
on printed imitation fibre paper, which
is lighter than the genuine. Bankers
pronounce it dangerous counterfeit.
The president on June oath received
a communication from the senate ju-
dietary committee with regard to the
withdrawal of the nomination of Sec
rotary McCrary as judge Of the eighth
judicial circuit. 1t states that there
was no personal objection to the nomi-
nee, and that the only reason for not
recommending his confirm alton was
that the vacancy could lot be antlci-
pated. 1t further intimated that a re-
newal of the nomination at the proper
alton.
The senate on June 23rd confirmed
the following nominations: Oscar Hat
field, New York, consul of the United
States at Batavia; VIM. j. Galbraith,
associate justice of the supreme court OF
the Territory of Montana; Josiah Dent,
District of Columbia commissioner.
Observation-Disclosures l.. Kerr, Shelby,
Ohio; Isaac N. Hawkins, Chillicotke,
Ohio; Daniel Chill, Urbana; G. r.
Wilkinson, Vinton, Iowa. The nomi-
nation of d. I. Corbin, of South Caro-
limo, as chief justice for the supreme
court of Utah Territory, was reported
from the judiciary committee adversely
and placed upon the calendar for con-
sideration by the senate hereafter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02

THE fortune which the late Robert
C%rawshay, of Wales, inherited, was be-
gun by Richard Crawshay, a London
iron merchant, who made his first
transaction in trade by selling Il pony
for els, which he invested in hat-irons.
When his son William died he was
looked opon as the richest commoner
in England, having amassed a property
Of S35l0o0,000. The present VIM.
Crawshay, of the Forest of Dean, has
$20,oOo,o00. There is a umo that
Robert Crawshay was offered S5.o00,-
600 for his Cyfartha works, hut he re-
fused TO sell at that price, demanding
Sl,250.o00 more.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02
ERAL NOTES,

JUDGE Henry Fuller, one of the Oldest
and wealthiest citizen of Chicago. died
June 23rd.
A STRIKE Of great proportions was in
augurated by the Fail River. Mass.
spinners on the 25th inst
The alarming report of the apnear.
ance OF a malignant cattle disease
among the Colorado nerds was denied
on June Zod by the president of the
Colorado cattle-grower's union.
A New loRH dispatch of June 23d
says the HALIFAX army worm has an.
Peared IN Colchester county in immense
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02
CRIME.

The trial of the notorious jim Currie,
who shot and killed the actor, Ben. Por-
ter, some months since, began at Mar
shall, Texas, June 23d. 1t was an I'M
provoked. villainous murder.
IT was announced June oath that the
supreme court of Pennsylvania had
sustained the decisions of the lower
court in the case of Peter Manners and
John O'Neill, Molly Maguires, convict
ed III Northumberland County and sem
fenced to be hanged for murder of Cor
oner Hesser ia 1874.
AT a place on the Mississippi river
ten miles vest of Anena, ILL.,, June Oath,
r. Smith Reynolds, an old and wealthy
citizen, shot and killed William Fra
zier, a tenant, with a shotgun. The
trouble arose over some hogs that be-
longed to Reynolds, and which persist
ed in roofing up Frazier's crops.
The murderer of Mrs. DR.. Hull, of
New York city, which mysterious event
occurred two weeks since, was disoov-
cred in Boston June 23d. He is a ne
gro named Chastine Cox, who used to
work at a residence opposite Mrs.
~IIt.it's. He p-ao caught by u BOSTON
herdM reporter.
SAYS q Cincinnati special Of June
2ord: Storey. alias Allen, who was
hanged at Batavia by an infuriated
mob, and escaped by the breaking Of
the rope, has surprised the denizens of
that place by appearing on the streets.
de arrived from st. Louis a day or so
ago. His appearance creates excite
ment, as it is believed another scene of
the same kind is threatened. Mrs.
Atchley, who was the cause of the pre-
vious trouble, has not returned to her
husband.
A MILWAUKEE telegram of June oath
says Mrs. Sarah w. Underwood,
arrested some weeks ago., charged
with having uttered forged notes
to the value of fourteen
thousand dollars, purporting to be
drawn by S. L. Underwood, of Milford,
Mass, was arraigned in the municipal
court, to-day. After hearing the testi-
mony of the complaining witness, II.
5: Hayden, of Chicago, Judge Mallory,
dismissed the case on the ground that
there was, in his opinion, no good rea-
son for the prosecution.
A RALEIGH, North Carolina. dis
patch of June 25th says Robert
Jones, (negro) who murdered Rudolph
Eaton, (white) in the village of Rocky
Mount, December 5, 1877, was publicly
executed to-day at Tadboro. The sher-
II left the Jail with the prisoner in an
open wagon, the Edgecombe guards ac-
companylng, with a negro fire company
IN red shirts. Jones talked tonight and
poked fun at the sheriff all along. On
the subject of his religious experience,
he said he was going straight to heaven.
lie was the coolest man ever seen on
the gallows.
AT Baltimore, June 23d, Benz. f.
brown, clerk in a commission house,
shot John K. Jeflers, a hotel proprietor,
IL the left temple early in the morning.
an effort to kill him for having Sc
duced Browns wife. LETTERS saws he
had been appealed to by Mrs. Brown
for protection from her husband. who
had treated her cruelty. The pistol was
well aimed, but LETTERS threw up a pill
low before his face, through which the
ball passed and inflicted only p slight
wound. Brown admitted the shooting,
and expressed regret that he had not
killed J%etfers. He held Brown to bail
ion trial on a charge Of attempted MUIR
der.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02
Edison Giving Up.

New York Correspondence Philadelphia L7O'"
| am informed on authority anu
as reliable as that of Mr.. Edison iH Jne
self, that the inventor, after spen'] ~
so much valuable time and meah'
the elaboration of his theory oil eles"
light, has dropped it, or has deteFill ,Sst
to do so, and has decided TO adop' aln,
of Mr., Wallace, of Ansonia, Conn, IN
has already constructed a macnlhe
producing the light, and a'sDt he
somewhat in the line OF solVH's The
great problem Of the division ~ a,rr,
same. 1t is called the "carbon unVs
while Mr.. Edison has held to tue p nav
mum theory, whatever these terms won't
imply. At any rate, the announcet "a.
some time ago, by the New iu bs
pers, that Mr.. Eeison had so,' me
great problem vas a trifie ple
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02

The Canadian government does not
believe in armed parades outside of its
own militia. 1t has refused permission
to the Sixty-ninth New York Regiment
to enter Canada bearing arms. The
New York regiment had been Invited 70
,oIn IN a suo,al oeieuratlon ~ "oh'ie"i
T., la,, -oo..ran;os, but this govern
ment order will break up the pro-
pramme.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02
gram

BURLINGTON Hawktye; About a week
ago an Iowa man died. He was very
wealthy and left three sons, his only
heirs, and, would you believe it the
ungrateful boys got together and ran
away with all the property before the
lawyers could get at it and divide 1t
with each other. There is 80 much
sordi6, g~rasping selhshness in this
world, that sometimes it is enough to
discourage u good LAWYER.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02

GOVERNOR ROBERTS, of Texas, has
been denounced at an indignation
meeting in Houston, one thousand citi-
zens attending, for committing the
death sentences of Fields and Coward,
murderers. His e~xcellency's name was
greeted with boots and Kisses whenever
mentioned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02

ELIzABETHTowN, KY, is much excited
over an elopement, in which a we'll
to-do widow of SO marries a young
,nan of 10. She took the boy Lewis to
bring up, bat became infatuated with
him and married him, much against
the wishes Of her ~step-sons. The
widows name was Mrs. X. S. Athlock.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02

NINE. CHRISTINE NILSSON has received
offers from the royal thcaters Of Holland
and Belgium to sing there in the
months of December and January.
She is to receive $4,000 for eight per-
formances, all her expenses to be paid.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02

Rev. w. H.. II. MURRAY, of Boston,
with a party of friends, has selected a
spot for a camp on the Vermont shore
of Lake Champlain, and will pass the
summer there enjoying the fishing,
shooting and sailing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02

A NOTE found on the BODY o. he
eide at Worcester, Mass, contaiie sns
following: Don't think | am caa
or anytning Of the kind. oimpi!barer
find no work at anything, IRON tried
ing to steam engineering. h' ;,boai
over twenty cities and farmers neal
number, and rather than peg I.
do this act. My reputation Is un'0s
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02

THE death is announced at Paris sud-
denly, of DR.. Iilbury Fox, of London,
who at the early age of 4S, had become
famous ali over the world as an author
itY on skin diseases.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02
NOTES OF TIE DAY.

IF you will get a big telescope and
look sharp in the constellation Cassiopa,
you will see Prof. Swift'snew comet.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-02

THE earth making but 375 revolu-
tons a year, the Oil City Perrick says il
is away behind Mexico in that sort of
business.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-05-11

las acerbas censuras de que han 81
do objeto por parte de periodistas
que ninguna clase de servicios pres
taron, debieran haber merecido ell
APPLAUSE de sus correligionarios. iC6-
mo, pues, no han de darse por re-
sentidos ante las injustas diatribas
que Sc les prodigan? Creemos que
nuestro parecer no debe tacharse de
parcial, va que hemos sido nosotros
no solo quienes mas les hemos con-
tradicho en- ell Comite, sino que po1
algunos de ellos hemos sido juzga-
dos con notoria prevention injus-
ticia.
Volviendo q los dltimos renglones
que del colega vecino dejamos trans.
critos, aladiremos que no es por
desgracia exacto que todos nuestros
correligionarios hayan tenido ell de-
bido cuidado de moverse para que
incluyeran en- las listas electorales
a todos los que a clio ten1an dere-
cho !; pero esperamos que q fin de
aiio procuraran subsanar esta omi-
sion.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-05-11

to de los demas.
Cuando L7cila SO canso de mirar las
flores del jardin, volviose hacia gu ami
ga para decirle;
d Que tienes, querida Mary / Es-
tas triste =?
NO Sc, siento oprimido ell corazon
parece que me falta algo, contesto la
joven llevandose las manos al pecho.
Il Has perdido aquella algeria que
era nuestra felicidad en- ell colegio?
-Creo que 81.
-Comunicame tus sentimientos.
Jay, Lucila va no me compren-
derlas
d Por que?
-Porque eres dichosa.
a Dichosa 20?
d Que to falta ? Juntas so1amos con
un ideal, Y 10 estas realizando, mien-
tras que 20.
Il En- que to fundas para hablar
as1 interrumpio Lucila.
EN- 10 que veo; no necesito va de
que me hables por que adivino 10 que
to pasa. Hector to anna.
-lNo digas ESQ, Mary! 81 papa to
oyera
d Tu padre no tiene ojos9
p Y t1?.... iQue adelantas?
i Gabriel esta preocupadol
En- aquel momento acercaronse q
elias los convidados, y Jorge diio:
Els precise entretener la noche,
puesto que hemos de estar reunidos.
-Entonces, no hay mas que hablar,
observe D. Toribio Solano /; venga una
baraja, y aqui nos arreglaremos.
-5Que pretende v, amigo milo ?
pregunt6 King.
-Pasar 81 tiempo, anadi6 aqud son.
ri6ndose y hacienda CON las manos 81
ademan de correr las cartas en- el mon
rlsa Aa Yuslte X lgps n nj
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-05-11
i FOLLETIN.
LAS
RuELLas mel cRipEQ,
NOVELA sCUBANA
POR
TEODORO GUERRERO.
Continuation.
Repare v. que Lucia estd lloran
Z Gomtinuaciom. J

Repare Y. que Lucila esta lloran.
do. ..u
Con efecto, por las mejillas de la po'
bre nina corrian las lagrimas, arranca'
das & su legftimo sentimiento. En- Ia
frente de Lucila palpitaba todavla @
1ltimo beso de su madre, contund1dc
con su 1ltimo aliento.
-Es yerdad, anadio Jorge; he esta'
do imprudente, pero debe perdonarse.
me en- consideration al dolor que en
egtos dias me atormenta. / No 10 cree
Y. asi, caballero Pineda :?
He aceptado el brfndis sin condi.
Clones, ' no me toca apreciar el dolol
cuya intensidad desconozco.
va hablaremos de ESQ, amigo mlo
ahora pido que SO de al olyido 10 que
70 solamente no puedo olvidar, y que
yuelya la algeria a la reunion. Brlndc
nor la felicidad de todos
Los convidados yaciaron sus copas
leyantandose en- seguida de la mesa pa.
r. entrar en- la casa, donde les espera'
ba 81 cafe.
ia noche tendi6 su manto sobre Ia
cindad ese manto de plata que esmal-
e. Ia luna en- los tropicos y que no tie
IA rival en el universe. Una noche dc
lima es noche de amor esa luz suaye
az color indeGnible, cuyos rayos pare
cen apagadoa, enerya mas que 81 sol
cuya IOja aaRslsEA aestruTs come 9