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, 1880-08-28
AMUSENGENTS.
Irla'.l.111:Arl,ES.

OUR THEATRES.
Two cn,lses operated ngainst KsHsd houses At
o,tr tlicatres tlnrtng tho week now drawing 10 n
tl0sc,-tho 1tn.nrat cnm nftcr tho excitement IT
+" tho tonenve" md tho hot wcnthor. Yet "A1l
tho l.a4e" ut Afcvlekers, considering that tho
pcca Is now In tts thsrt week, h.,s lu,a III cx.
rcchlngly gou.t business. This ullcometty
Will bc playcl fur thu Inst time tho couang wock.
:Iho third ..week Of "ThJ False
Friend, NJ. 1fnvcriy's has not, turned
tirni, !. i'hUtos," ut 11noloy'a l,as hnt1 n ia!r
Eharenf pat,raE,e., "Thc i'antcne!Is" viii by
nj itoo!cy's "i'limforu with Il Juvenile ir3ssl,o
Will l.e 0llco moro presented. Mnttiu vickGrs
and Charles 1sDxcrs In "Tt'c piaycra" ut tn,
this hunsc MurlaccA,. tho dancers Will appcar or
Alundny.
, 1880-08-28

members uf tho Committees nluns hnd lHrn In.
yltetl. n. iceino was elected Li'rninn ~.
showed trito sp!rlt Of ctncllatior during thn
Fesstoi. which NSted nvur three hours, and much
credit Ia dun to tho Chairman. Mr. l"Jcune, fnr
HIS Urn, md impartial rulings. wllch contrib.
Mr. f!nfbicr moved tint hnth Cnnlfnittecs "
dissolved nnl n new one .fu!i1cd, Thls
nineinn wns adopted nftcr EHll hcl,ate. Ihe
1,,'st i1i,pnr.an. sntt.. nf The GsentnE WIS tl'o
tea eh.Hwc IN tho other C"tnttco tnt!'o men
whu sntskt ng!pe 10 actrpi 'ln o!icp wtatovGr Il,
tho nrw 0ruhntzntlOn Thn fhotlon WIS nasae't
s|os,. Whcii Il c6ns IL picking nut the three
Victims thu CentrnI ltrpuhltcnn Committee sub
mttc.t rcnllly etinitgti. Mcs.raV Hernrtit!l.Aiix
holnen,,stR..
Thu thrilled md Arthur men we're tnc!9ncA
tn kirk lur,Ns1 fhe nt!lnr ahle clnInch TINT th4
nleGrs or !e wafS ohis wcfo sedi!etS o FILL
,i,nv "a @ i,n"n oilnss., ~ ,,rtcnmt" IN lin t,r,
"rc,,,,',s nr i'm nxrninr Ettr tl.n snkr NJ },,t.
tno lid furnsi,ei thon frn,1i witch thcv str,,rk
~ thn IN ,,,1.a ~ sssrs ii i,,,,rs IT, ilnrnst
M NH .IoiIm x. nnll. I'hr ax rxct]rtl n1rn,iwr;
,hnsr Tim i.hMIrmn, fnr n arvrnfh mn wrrn
tn nrrs,nt fnr eiesiint NJ uct,cral nretnT Il,
IN, t,nIftyj within n wnek.
~ All wnrf, hnnmy tint n urfon hn,1 Mt Inst bocu
effected, at,i wurc confident tint tho next cicc-
iirn1t,iicnta ryor vet frrtt in Chcnvu,
n1ehn as,tm,njtt1c ~, En,ninntInns viii ,ucrt MT
Mr.. i;rrn,yii,'s nf,,t. N,,. iEf Ejnrk Ktrrct to.
| tmnrrns ~ !" II, ~, ~o' A'N' A>'' 0''" o''"">'
' rl,nrt, wiii IN N n ,uct,rv th,s cvcufnu nt MIR.
| Ait"ef ~ itrun.a M iIiH 1mIi,nn nvpis,,r fnr
fho p,irpuav ii surfing Il YuC,,ilI Ward French
| Republican Club. a large attendance is cx-
pCcted.
r,,,. .~..,. oI";!ss EvassroS' ,''o' rou,r ,, ~.
, 1880-08-28

with several prominent citizens, he made an
examination, Or tho river to-.ny, antl came to
ynry motlerate expense, Md ought to 10 tlnno
at once. Tic stated tint lie should certainly
recommend t,nt the improvements be hsnstn,
nnl tho cl,anncl 30 improved ~ 10
ins % eslt M L, % tn tect o' ct wotcr, yo qfto dep
cllo,sRlr fur Must of the cr0tt now plying oli
tlG Ercnt lakes. II. view Ut tin fact TINT tllQ
freight of orr city nlonn received ant shipped
Is already ab0ut 7U0,txD tong annually, It
would seni!i very necessary that tic work
should be done,
, 1880-08-28
Dr, Cream u $GOfc1llilNIl.
I'll lie EsifJdr,uf The ftHicteo TribUn

CHICAGO, Aug 27.-In reply to "scoth,," who,
In tt'-tlHy'B Tn1HCNE, Guys that DR.. Cronm Ia mt
IL ScUtchDnn, nIlI that "hp Will confess that ho
IL MI Irstn,nt." ntlow mo 10 say tlat Dr. Crcatl1
l.ns toiny confessed to tito Sheriff tiltt ho VIVA
lA,rn IN tho tlty OF GinsInW, III Scotland; That
his fAtlIBr WIS Irish and his mother WIS Scotch,
untl that ha WIS cnuntcl nnd resided In Srut-
lal'sl. and got !s moral truntnK there "scnttn"
cannot 1lsOWn him. IilBElMIA.
, 1880-08-28

Tho public schools Will open Mantlny wnck.
Tic Iligll-sca,nnl l,ns Undergone traisuogrln-
cut.on tho hull TN tho ,,p!Nr ttot,r has iiceN d.
yllrtl Into schho.ronnls, with broad subway
IN pner Ut tllo liarr,w tlre-traps which le!1 to
the upper itnOr I'no hlltlinE Will Au .lcntG,1 l,y
i, l,lavu during thu yaen.iolt, and thu neeessasy
boilers set llp.
, 1880-08-28
LICENSED TO ORGANIZE.

SpffMt U1tPIlfh 10 The CRttaQo TNbunes
Hrn1SuFtEi.p, ILL.,, Aug. 21.-Tho Secreta-
ry Of Stats to-day lss,trd license to organize
to tho American Elevator Company, Chicago;
cApitnl, Sl00,0tW; corp0rlltors, Ra!ph Einer-
EOil, William AlcUtt, md William L. Hale.
, 1880-08-28
NEST1ElS MILK FOOD

should be ltset by 1nothers Of nursing children.
CDntMlt,s nothing Injurious, mil requiring only
water tU rrcmru It for usc, tho danger OF lni-
pure milk Is Avnltted.
For M saie by sruGglsts and gr9cers. 4 pamphlet
THOMAS LEE3f1NH & cu., Montreal, Can.
, 1880-08-28

10 the Editor d tbs Chitapo Tribune.
CHICAuo, Aug. E7.-1 notice in tho report of
tho reunion Of Uer,. 0urtieitl's MD regiment Mt
Ashland, o., yestcrduy, thMt during tho acncr-
nl'H speech Il portion nr tho platform gnvu why.
prccipitatius him und several reportrrs to tho
ground, but happily wthaut injury to my.
Now, rs builder, wish to any that suct, acct-
dents aro f1fsKrnceful, ncetllcss and Gull for tho
seygrcst cc1lsure. In tho present campl4n
temporary platforms ant, sc.lt8 will bc ercutetl
In Utmost every city anI hunet In the !nnd. Let
IT lu unlerstoot!, thon. TINT NIL Committees al
builders having tn cslnr1G such construction will
lie hel responsible fur my accident uccnslDlletl
by tho giving out or fnlli,K at my part thorcof,
aud that TO bxullsg cAn itvn1l thon.
lItsiLi far "kceIK.'' and When you think you
are strong enough, ttlon double your tlnbor aud
hrlciEX, ~,
You need 10 takc many precautions, laying
Foundation. pnnkn usl'lrr ill nprtgllts. fur u
surgnK crowd will try y0ttr work Thoroughly,
III Woui.l tho tr.tsrlny Ut Il hnrd ur cattle.
Now. ii tho cxc!AbKcA ur TIE TRIBUNE. md
MI pnElers of ent parties, will extend this Gull.
tioM 1t may prevent much u!saster and suffer-
lug. We wai,t M repetition VI yesterdays TX
ptrtonce III this direction. lseware. thoI. lest u
Ercttor calanlty, Ike that ut Atlriar,, oyertnko
you'll TH1RTY iEAlus BUILDER.
, 1880-08-28
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

june j. II. YouN0 and wife, Of Dayton, o.,
arc Mt tho lAlmer.
THE Rev. 4. j. Allen, OF Lansing, Mloh., ia
guest OF tho fremont.
.lunaE II. c. CARTER, Of Mobile, Ala, ia n
guest or tho fremont.
THE nt-1,cv. ]. 8. spnldlng bishop OF reo-
Tin, ILL.,. ts nj tho rncAn.
T1E wife anti daughter OF Col. Royal, U. s. A.,
aro iornrilrd ut the IaclAc.
Mil. AND Mns. younI, Of Hong Kong, China,
Registered nt tho Palmer.
JusEpH BAEMr11nEr md ]. r. Daviest Liver
pool, EnKsand, nre nj the l'ncinc.
FnAsx Il. CtAnK. General sinr!aEcr Of tho stil.
watikrc & ut. Paul itallrtnld, is ut ths Palmer.
y. KiirArntcK and fnn.y. EnburE. and E.
H. Pembroke, London, arc guests ut tho shcf-
man.
GEoRoE ". JULIAN, Of 1rv!nRton. Ind. pissed
through tho city yesturday. registering NJ tno
Palmer.
MC. TOWNSEND. General Passenger Asc1,. ot
tho Fac!ic.
": G. Apsxs. Of New y9rk; General l,aa Ess,ern ,
ruAtf, is ut tho Hhcrulan.
Hn Committee on Eq.nllz,s.an , wt1a Sc sst,c 4; ,p p
6tute 1loArl Of Equalization.
rnE ns1t ant',s! 5e,;nlon M ot the EIEhth' III,
Friday, Sept. Ii. ut II Il. nj. shnr1,.
TUE receipts or tho Internal -lsnvenuc OG'co
yesterday were: TN clRars, sl,4!9: tobncct!,
5lMs!; Gccr, s5,+s7i md spirits, <s's.u; total,
$:jl.aW.
lr was Henry Faasct, md not Henry BASH,
Cu,nrnlttcr or tho Tenth Ward Republican Club
Thursday evening.
Ehln hy II fate cha,npetre ut sharpshnoters
rark Oh the 5th prox.
THE tcmperuttlra Yesterday, 20 observed w
MluHssn nnttr!tltl. " Madam street tlIttHuSE
, 1880-08-28
4 Young SoutIlerner WHO Does Not he.
1ibvo III NIfnctnE Matters.
Jb The Ettttor Of Tho f,hItano Jrtbuuk

To ne Editor o} Tho Chicago Tribune.
NEMrI1ls, Tenn, Atlg. H.-t atn hut Il youth
yet. IFS Il representative ut tho growing genera
tton In tho South. respectfully rtaIucst u p!nco
fur this my prutcst m11lnBt tho low, crlngtng,
hypUertIcul ppr!t displayed by tho lc!ters III
Southern politics. both In their speeches and
writings: u spirit very recently shown tn Il more
tha1l usually fulsomo degree by Carolina's Gov.
error.
Whit II Hampton did .lso tho hlngt,nKa attrib-
| uted to him In hIs spucch III stnuntan2 Why
this a&te,npt to crawtlsh out ut whnt Gpv, tanp-
| ton nld every Huutaerner mist know ID tho
truth, that taoso are tho prlnciptos which I.co
nntl Juuksnn fought for-ttit lilo saie (ssIps be-
@ Mx @r,!s!s1 ptn,hank noM ferot ,. wp
ts nS ,'in Ge .surstrte NJ, Is sho b"p "' '''S
| Iiampton's Lenlnl IL rlnd. IN thu aans, spirit
thts r..n,!ts tlle ayet,E9 Southern @ sr.Mksr 70
Wobeltere,l i, 10 rl4htl Al it ieep, lcul .lawn ia
sy a{ Saos. I'll t xs~ nss sass
r!kht, helitvn thoy k'!oio they weTo right Thu
xssy taSt taat 1ao sanih y GteE'1!ly on aho ~.
.tintnittcd il. tI,o Ho,,tGorn statcs, tic whoip
ses!,ls ss s,axs ta st wss t sSs IT,
sott, bows a,sd 1crnios, u,sd dvelarcs shu mover
1ho democracy OF Willlnm II, Kornap, who.
by tho bal expression of his hontst c,nv v{Gtct,s,
Yf tho trt.otii's, conservative pt,rtiQ9s u tho
uosnocrllcy, tnora ilarly npproAGhrs tue true
suss T. # 'aS a!19[ aa &. s"S e"ns % ~ ~ to-
sushcr.. Were tlio truth known, ui,t tllo ii1nsy
musk VI reconstruction tusa from tho Gaces 1t
tnat shSy stli 'i "sp usid shsrs tho principics
wi.su si.rao halt .'nillioa u soathIsaas noIlt
aal welI ussiuaiutcl. with Mr.. Kernun, and
hnxo henr'i se VI so pE9n,ana'i9oi n,, ss1thorl
, 1880-08-28
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.


Knight or knights.
Tb The Editor Of The Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO, AuK. 2J-plensc stntc, to decide n
discussion, whothor 1t Is propur to speak Of ~,
Individual ns q knights Tenpur or q llnIght
Yenipfnr, and Ol,!lXc. MEMO.
I'fhu latter IL currcct.1
, 1880-08-28
STARVING LAWYERS.
Complaints of Hard Times in This
( Particular Business.
Somo Of tho Causcs 10 Which The Lack OF
Litigation Il Attributed.

=. 1t,,rot;nn r. A,,r,tu,oI.
''''ea''0" ~ Nt'r'o"'eu'
,.,,. ,,,,, .u,,., r.n,rtor
How !. bst'1eas win yo.ll assea &c REPORTER
meet ,,nt,n thn s,rrct n Inv or two nro
"oh. b,,slnS.s h uusttiycly frlxntful with ia
nowadays. till ysu, the lawyers nro having n
r. time Ut 1t NOW; tho fact IL, ilore ID III bdsi-
meas for atyhhdy In our profession, unless II 's
an'o"s so'ib,et tho older ones, who my hsyo
snho sn o'' "an'''sno" o''''''e"s W ''' ""' 'uo
"wltAT Is the cAuyg or THIS 1.AcK OF Dusl-
Nxss7
.. y. '.,.o, a,',,s ~, ~ ~ w ,n.t
',s; ~ ~ '''s"oo" s'''s VII VI MINI
r,. " .,,a WIN n .o,tcI,nra h,,sinsss ,lm,1a In
and cyerybosy who felt that thore wns tho
s,Ehtest s''tw or BONG psea aea h,''soa
a. 'he p.u''n"''s u e'u ~. WHEEL I'Iauea ILL.,.
10 snap n!a 'nRces , a. ctea..ts anu commences
lnnn WIN careful OF hlB collections nnd hls
ftr litigation t,,rlnE tho past two ycars. nearly"
mo: there aro \ K1od ,t.any uthers. 0ne, md
Ibolfeyg u is Onu Or tao ptt1cpl! cnl,ses II thne
tesEea tt L S est e s e s s 10
j!rles now ii vSx,,e, at,a tho charleter, u l.ck
felt by in,ny To l,c los: of tnio for i'm honrst
{" stcpt to x.t 1nsaisc Whnre ", ,r,n MN y y
atter he has dons ts he ii,,ls lint he ias spent
os mre ecss s tro@n@ n aWy ~ as
time SDsng otl1or system nf justice sl!o.'ld be
cnnrts nrc iii numbered now with caiet,,inra
longcr than tho nurnl Inv. taking III sitlts which
were en'l.nlenee,l two 9r three years buck %
, 1880-08-28

my Is found. VII mt he tascd upon II, but ,tron
forc which tho cnsp will coMe ncxt month";
, 1880-08-28

Nuy tho Improved Howe Scales, Borden,
SslieQk Co., A9sAta, VI Lake xGeVe
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-01
How to iayea bad school.

l Elect the most ignorant, higutcd
elusc-listcd fogics IN the district for the
schuol-hoard
= Employ the cheapest teacher you
can get, regardless ofqualiicntion-, rep
utatnn or experience.
Il Find all the fault Won can with III,
teacher and tell everybody especially
let the pupils hear it.
4. When you hear bad report about
the teacher Of the school, circulate it rs
fast rs YOU can.
8 Never visit tho school nor cncour-
ago the teacher.
G. if you should happen to visit the
school, take close notice of what seems
ogo wrong, and tell everybody about
il, except the teacher
Il Never advise your children to liz
obrdicnt to the teacher, and when one
is punished, rush To the school room
before your passion is cooled, and give
the teacher II lecture in the matter. in
the presence of the school
= BE indifferent about sending you
children to school regularly
. DO not be concerned whether they
have the necessary books.
10, If any Of the pupils make slow
progress, blame the teacher for it.
II. Occupy your Old tumblcd down
sonool-house rs long as You can, and
dc not go to any expense to repair it,
II DO not go To any expense to get
apparatus, improved furniture, etc.
- II the teacher or pupils complain
of IN uncomfortable or inconvcnicnt
schoolroom, do not consider il worthy
Of office.
II Get the cheapest fuel you can.
In general, conduct your school ON
thn cheapest possible plan, and let
yUnr chief concern be 10 find fault and
devise ways Of retrcnchment.
Ifthese rules are faithfully carried
ont, YOU are very likely to have n bad
school.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-01

or another turned his arms against this
intidcl colony. In contradiction to
some of the compliments that have
been paid to them, il is stated, and with
much truth, against tho Kahrs that
they are hut little, fiat all, better than
their ncighhorS in many respects; that
their beautiful women do all the hard
work ut life, while the Lords pass their
days III Singing and drinking, and wish
ing i'll oflSlam; that they are cruel and
trcaCheNuS to their Mohammcdan
ncighhorS; that their whole social life,
its honors and ceremonies, turns upon
the slaughter ot Mohammcdans: and
that they worship idols, Apart, how
ever, from their religion, which is no
worse than many others, and their
hatred ofthe MoSlcm, the katrS can
fairly challenge our sympathy for their
bravery and their personal resemblance
to European races, while interest is
stimulated hy the little knowledge We
already possess sc this supposed rom.
nant of Alcxandcr'S army this fair,
eyed people, who claim the English.
man, the dctested Feringm Of their
ucighhorS, rs "hOther 10y blood. =
They alone share with us IN all Asia
the name more odiouS than amy other
in the MoSlem east of "Katir. This
in itself SuttecS to make us hope that
their secret will he cleared up before
the savage encroachmentS of the sur.
rounding tribes annihilate the race of
brave mon, and hluc.cyed women of
the North
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-01
lasSoing Il Bear

The following account Of the lassoing
of II 40O.pound cinnamon bear 10y TIVE
well-known citizens, and, knowing the
parties and their nigh standing lor
truth and vcracity. we give il space in
our paper: George Cornell and Gus.
Richardson were Il short time since en-
gagged in driving Il band OF cattle from
Camp Wood, i'll Iavapai county, to
Mineral Park, Mahave county, and
when reaching the Muddy. this side
of Anvil Rock, they discovered short
distance ahead, crossing the road, ii
large cinnamon bear, Gus. suggested
To his companion that they amuse
themselves with his lordship, hruin.
No sooner suggested than adopted.
The boys dropped the cattle and pre-
pared their rlatas for sport. They made
il charge upon bruin, who ut first
seemed Il little independent and ohliv
iouS of their presence. Cornell soon
had hitch around the neck of his
h,arship, when commenced 4 tussl,
for mastery and liberty Bruin caught
the RATA in his teeth, and made an eff
fort to sever the strands. when Gus
took IN the situation ana Sltppeu tnt
rope around the hind legs If the ami
NAL stretching him out rs long rs y
fence rai. The horses which these
gentlemen were riding being vel
trained to the work.of vaqueros ,assisted
IN holding hruin safe and sure, Then
the he neXt question maiiisme WAS ig";"'iu
got them otl'from the old fellow. " !
was groanlng in pain, and rage, they
having left their firearms al home 4
thought struck Gus He backed his
horse up. fastened the riata to the
Ipommcl of the saddle. commanded
him to stand firm while he dismounted,
and commenced fuslade with rocks.
The head of the bear was pretty severe
ly bruised, the blood running profuscly
from his nostrils, when George recol-
lected that he had pocket knife.
Quicker than thought lie was upon the
ground, and scientifically approached
the struggling bear fetched him tick
Ter under the short ribs, which ended
the struggle, with victory for two Of the
best vaqucros in Arizona. Gus says
the bear died game; giving 4 cross
eyed glance while breathing His last.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-01
DEAD IN THE STREET.
\ Corpse Found sitting ON Down
Town Door step.
Philadelphia Time

Two boys noticed a man sitting upon
the steps Of house near Fifth and
Bainhridge streets about ten o'clock yes
terday morning apparently aslecp.
Upon approaching him they discover
ed that life was extinct, and Fastening
10 an officer they told him Of the cir
rum>taucc, and the body Was taken to
the second district station house. AS
no one could identify him the body
was moved To the morgue, where ii
now lies
\ barber III Filth and and Bainhridge
said the deceased had been shaved IN
his house only short time before he
was found dead, and could only have
been out Of the shop few minutes
when death seized him, lie appeared
To be about So years Of age. was about
five feet six inches in height and Wore i
striped alpaca coat, striped linen
pants. figured shirt and laced shoes.
His complexion was dark rs were also
his hair and mouStachc 1t is Thought
death resulted from heart disease. but
this Will lie determined III the inquest
Ibis morning hy The the testimony ot
the physician who made the post
mortem examination.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-01
4 Striking New Version of Last Years
Rising nj Cahul
,'mkcstaus ri NvdenoSN,

On the day OF the catastrophe Gen.
cral Abdul Karin Khan summoned
three hatallionS of rifles (Scplalil to
the Bahr llissar to give them their
monthly my The soldiers refused the
ono months salary protlcmd them IN
the assistant minister Of War and dc.
mandcd money Cor two. as had been
given to the hatallions already sent te
the rchNr NiMyCt Abdul Karin re-
fused. on the grounds chat the latter
had been sent on active service The
troops continued their clAmor, and nc
last thrratencd to break out into revolt
Abdul thereupnn laughed ~ them, and
told them thoy did not dare To do So,
III war time the English would have
never been sitting that day IN Cabul
their conqucrors. These words We're
hardly uttered when the whole of the
soldiers with cries of "llu2avat, rushed
oil to the rcsidcncy Major Csyagnari
alarmed nj the noise, and hearing the
cry of "llazuvni, immediately ordered
the English to fire ON the mob. This
was done, and ten Afghms fell dead
The troops, until .hen unarmed, rush.
cd oil tn the barracks, and, returning III
the end vt Il few minutes, opened tire
upon the house, The English main
tanned II desperate defense, firing from
every Granny upon the Aighnns. Sec.
ing that they could not force the resi-
dcucy the Aighans fired il, and when
tho defenders dashed ont they killed
them ton man N "a thiS moment
the Aighans loss was thirty-iivc The
burnt body of Major Cnvagnarl was
found in box 100 bodies Of the Eng
fish were counted among the SHIN
The English IN occupying Cabul RACED
To the ground the rcsidcncy and then
commenced Ia investigate the massa
ere. Desiring To punish the culprits
and prevent similar deeds in the future
the English had recourse to terrible
atrocities IN IN open space in tho
lsalnr llissnr they built M immense
scallold and hanged on it in chains ten
to twenty men ut n time, first drcnch.
ing them with inilanmnblc oils, and
then setting light tor bonfire under
their feet In this manner many Af.
ghans were slowly burnt alive. Up.
wards of 2Oo were thus treated among
them three holy pcrsonagcs Of great
sanctity, not only in Afghanstnn, but
also throughout the whole mussulman
world
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-01

our protest denying the righ, Of the
United States 10 play the dog-in.the-
Manager policy of refusing TO buy and
interfering with the right vi another
nation 10 sill 10 whom She plcaScS 1t
Is officially known that tho islands aro
for sale. and il is limited that tho report
is rcvivedto invite the attention of our
government to the fact that ii We will
not buy them they will have to I've sold
to the country making the mos, hhcral
otlcr Their purchase In Great Britain
il is Said is the only thing We have
really to fear, and that the policy of ~
gardiug the proposed transfer for CON.
Sidcraton To any other European ma.
ton rs M untrieudly art is instigatcd
hv the hope that sooner AZ later they
Will he bought Ivy the United States
It will he remembered that il WAS dur.
ing MIR, lohnSon'S administration that
Secretary Seward succeeded in getting
the senate 70 ratily \ treaty purchasing
ST Thomas. nut the house failed t.
make the necessary appropriation of
s. ,OO0NN, and our reputation for ahid-
ing 10y our treaty StipulatouS is not
very high among the Danish statesmen
who this day, il is said wonder the
Cuitcd States purchased the iceberg of
Alaska, and ask it II was because the
Russian nation was more powerful than
Denmark, and treaty StipulationS with
that nation something not to he
ignored
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-01
4 Bit Of a Sentinel.
savannah News.


During the war Gen. McIaws, noN
postmaster III Savannah Sas riding
down his picket line and encountered 4
son IF the Old Pine Tree state ON dnty
VIII had taken his gun apart with tie
ihtmtlon ofgiying il 4 thorough clean.
ing The general halted III front d
hin.
look here, my man, are you not a
senincl on duty
Vel, YEAS, bit of one.
Don't son know il il wrong ~ take
your gun apart while on duty
We'll, now, who are you
The general saw his chance, and with
4 sly twinkle If the eye replied I'm
4 BIT ofa general
We'll gineral, YOU must excuse me.
You see thar i 50 many fools ridin,
round here n fellow can't tell whoi. gin.
eral and who amt If you will jist wait
till ] get Bctsey Jane fixed. ! will give
you 3 bil ola s'lute. F"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-01

THE CODE IN FRANCE.
\ noman,r uuci h, candle. Light.

most romantic duel was recently
fought Ivy candle. light between Young
cavalry officer and student II III,
Ecolc dies Mines, Paris The officer
NJ dc Montfort, went to dine III com
pauN with another Young fellow, NJ dc
Nillmuou, and fair friend Mile Gle
mrncc Chapuis, nj homllon on the
Boulevard & Michel, frequcntr,l, ~.
cording to the expression Of the latter
by the most eomp'c Il f,tW ladies of the
quarter. All were cniaving their re.
past when certain NJ frotchc, ru-
nil Ut the School Of Mines, sat down II
m adjoining table and began to make
eye" at Mile ChapuiS Her host grad
ually grew more and more inpatient nj
these marked signs of NJ. Prutchc'S ad-
miratiou and on an angry remark
from It's object he got IN and went to
the table At which his amoNcr WAS sit
ting and expostulatcd A discussion
eusucd and Nj dc Montford presented
his card and the whole party adjourn
ed Ia Mile ChapuiS' apartments in the
Rue DIES Ecoles to fight the matter out
with swords. The encounter took
place by the light Of three candles and
am oil.hmp, NJ. dc Monifor eventually
receiving n couple of wounds which
laid him up for II fortnight, Matters
We're kept dark for some time, until the
fair cause of the duel unluckily Imp.
pcncd to quarrel with her waiting We.
man, and in revenge the latter inform
ell the police of ull the facts Of the in
cidcut.