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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

FRANK G. MASON OF Cleveland, has been con-
irmed as consul at Basic, Switzerland.
The senate las confirmed Louis Ii. Ayme as
consul Of the United States at Merida, Mexico;
c. S. Tiffany, register of the land Office at
Grand Forks, OAK. Edgar w. Mann, register Of
the land office at Cheyenne; VIM. j. Anderson,
receiver OF public moneys Grand Forks, Oak.
CONSTANTINE BRUAuDI, wellknown fresco
artist, died at Washington on the 18th.
THE trial at New Orleans of the sult of Geo.
l.. Kounz & Brother, Of New Orleans, against
Captain OTIS n. Butler, formerly United States
purchasing agent, to recover bonus of $4,000
purpose of allowing 800 bales Of cotton to be
put in the market, ended on the 18th, the jury
rendered verdict of S'29, SS9 in favor Of plain
tiff.
COLLECTOR WILLIAMS, Of Dayton, o., has
made good the defalcation Of $10,4 Of his
cashier, Ashley Brown, who is in Canada.
EXPORTS of domestic provisions and tallow
during January, 1880, 59,49S, 957; January,
1879, SO, 1868 For the seven months end
ing January 81, 1880, SEQ, $780, 1856; for the seven
months ending January 81, 1876, $50, 09O,6s3.
DISTRICT Grand Lodges Nos. and 5, Jewish
order of X. =. B., consolidated at Evansville,
Ind, ON the 10Th, under an agreement made in
Detroit last July. The event is of importance
to members who came from thirteen western
states. A large delegation was i'll attendance.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26
THE WEST.

A Los P,Eos dispatch via Lake City, Col, the
18th says: Promptly at the expiration of the
ten days, a5 promised. Jack rode to the agency
with three of the twelve prisoners demanded by
the government, VIZ: Chief Douglas. / i'm John
son ala Thomas. Jack is very reticent and de-
chned to state how or in what manner the cap
ture was effected. Sowawick returned several
hours later, but brought no prisoners. They
will be taken to Washington without delay.
THE worLingmen of San Francisco are again
active in their demonstrations against the Chi
nese. On the 10th deputations visited several
places where Chinese were employed with re-
quest for their discharge. The directors of the
Mission aud Pioneer WOODEN Mills announced
the discharge of the Chinese in their employ,
whose places were filed ny whites.
A Tucson, Arizona, dispatch of the sth says
Capt Fuckers command. after driving the In
dams for two days, came suddenly upon
strongly fortified position, were III turn defeated
and compelled 10 retreat hastily abandoning
bedding and rations, which the Indians secured.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26
CASUALTIES.

Tux Imperial cotton mills at Dorley, Pa,
burned on the 10Th. Loss $4,000; insurance
900.
The Roberts building, in Cincinnati, Was
burned on the 20th causing loss to Victor
Burnharn, paper dealer, OF $4,000, and to
Roberts the owner of the structure, of between
Sl2, 900 and $4,000. Partially insured.
Az engine and thirteen freight cars were
ditohed near Renick. on the st. Louis and Wa
bash road, on the night of the 10th. The en-
cineer and brakeman were badly hurt An
other and similar accident occurred on the
Hannibal and st. Joseph, near Bucklln.
Ar Atlantic, Iowa, on the 10Th. Gilmans ele-
vator with 1901 900 bushels of corn were de-
stroyed by fire.
TIE large ave-story iron front building, 3St
and $50 Broadway, New York, burned ON the
10th. During the progress of the fire two COM
panies ON the roof made an effort to cut holes
through thick plates OF tin, but feeling the
roof giving away. they were obliged to retreat.
Two members of hook and ladder company No.
/, Thos. l.. Doughorty and John f.. Cassidy,
were the last TO desist from their work, and re-
manned too late to escape. The roof gave way
Suddenly near the center, near where they were
standing, and with blanched faces aud cries OF
horror the two doomed tiremeu feu into the
mated ss follows: Hazen, Todds & Co., I'M
polters of sik SiO0, 900; Diolerhoff, Rutfiaer 4
Co, tailors' trimmings, $500 james "ude,
ir, 4 Co, manufacturing tailors, S5oo,o0O.
Loss on the building, $4,000. Insurance IN
known.
srRIocs railroad accident on the Bellalre
and Southwestern railroad, IN Ohio, on the 18TH
A train consisting Of . baggage car, coal car
and two coaches jumped from treste sixteen
feet high. iuiaring dozen passengers. One OF
the injured. Mrs. A. II. Caldwell, died OF her III
jurios.
CAPrAIS ARCHIBALD MILIISES, q. Addison
Rose and +. w. Rose were drowned at Proyl-
dapce II. L., on the 10Th while endeayorlng 70
board Capt AIilhhens vessel during gale.
TN. SPOON factory OF Holmes, Booth Hay
der. Waterbury. Conn. burned on the 10Th
Loss estimated at S15Q, 600; insurance, Ss2,Vo0.
The low grounds about Nashville were Hood
ed onth 10th Fifteen hundred PEOPLE were
forc,ato yaosta their houses. There Is some
loss on the lower Cumberland.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26

New YORK, February 20-3:30 P. M.-Cotton--
Steady and unchanged; futures steady. Flour
Dull and unchanged; receipts 5000 bpls; sales
5000 bbls; rye flour duh and unchanged
Wheat-Sping quiet and steady; winter shade
easier and dull receipts 20, 900 bus sales $4,000
bus; No. red seller March at S1.51@I5lT.
Rye-Dull at 93@95c. Corn--Actiye receipts
$1,000 bus; sales $50, 900 bus at 57@G1c. Bar
ley-Dull aud unchanged. Oats-Dun; re-
ceIpts 1900 bus; sales $4,000 bus; 47@481sc
for mixed western; white unchanged. Pork
Steady at sl1.S71% Beef Unchanged. Lard
Firm at S7.7215. Butter, Cheese, Sugar aud
Eggs Unchanged. Petroleum-Cr1lde at GjB
Ca796c; refined ut 75sc. Iallow-Unchanged
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26
Teaching Anti.Cruelty.

At the convention of Associations for
the prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
held in Gotha, Germany, the character
istically German suggestion was made
and was adopted by the convention a.
one of the resolutions, that it is botter'o
make men humane, and thus deslrous o.
their own accord of treating the brute
creation kindly, than, having been per
mitted to become cruel, to eudeavor 70
deter them from the intiiction Of cruel.
ties by penal laws; and, therefore, gong
10 the root of things. that a general plan
should be devised for instilling lH'o
children in all the schools of the country
at an early age, feelings Of gentleness anu
humanity toward the lower animals "
which end the cooperation OF tenche:l r.
should be sought. Associations u
eightv-four different cities were repi''
sented in the convention.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26
Chicago.

CHICAGO, February 2O--S;O0 P. M.-Wheat--
Unsettled; closing easier at S1.23s4 for cash;
sl.241, hid for seller March; S1.251 u Tor seller
April. Coru--Firmer at SIC for cash; 3753c for
seller April; 415Ec for seller May. Oats--tnm;
3ls4c bld for seller February; 35c for seller
Proyisions- Unsettled; closing firm. Pork--At
Sl1.75 for cash; $l1.sO for seller March; : III. 90
for seIlcy April. Lsrd-At $40 for cash and
seller MARCH,; $3.50 for seller April. Whisky
-At91.07. Hogs-Receipts 1900 head; firm
ard in fair demand; active and hghcri hight at
S4.25@4.45; packing at s4,25@4 5U; shipping at
S450aa7O. Cattle-Receipts 2, 900 head; weak
and unsettled; shipping at ~. 80Q5. 30; butchers
steady at s2.40Qd.0o; feeders and stockers at
81 Su1o 90
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26

ACCORDING to the LondOn Truth,
when a peer is created knight Of the
Garter the insignia are lent to him for
his life, and the robes are paid for out Of
the public money. They cost about
G100. and Mt the death of each knight his
robes are claimed rs "perquisite" by
the Dean OF Windsor An inyestiture Of
the Thistle or St. Patrick comes at about
half the expense Of the more important
order.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26
nItxNgIrhee,

MILWAUKEE, February 2O.-3:O0 P. M.-FIour
Demand light; common spring extras at 81, 10
M5. 90: medium extras Mt S5.25GG5.50 and choice
at S5.75G6.25. Wheat-Duil; No. al S1.23;
No. at $1.2124; No. at S1.09l(; No at
si.O3; No. 2 seller March at S1.22l4 al .229l {;
seller April at S1.2315G1.24. Confirm at
SIC; new at 35l5c. Oats Dull; No. At SIC.
Rye-Quiet at 75t5c Barley--Qmet; Zoe for
No fresh; No. at 49c. Pork-Quiet at Sl1.73
cash. Lard-Steady at 1926 cash.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26

A LITTLE boy in Troy, who was si e
with scarlet fever, when told tha q, ~
could not recover, calmly said, Neh'
this world does not amount 10 hin
anyway. am going up, and mp WINS ~.
am going / can look down ana sec ~
world not bigger than a pms head.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26

THERE il of colleges IN the United States
alto of one to every 100000 inhabitants, and
there has been an increase Of sixty-elght III
seven years. 1t il maintained that there should
be fewer Of such institutions and better ones.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26

THERE are moro than twelve hundred bills be-
fore the United States senate, and between fo'ir
and FIVE thousand in the house. Bets on the
time Of adjournment are now in order.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26
Foreign.

LIVERPOOL, February 20-2:00 P. M.-Wheat
Advanced one penny per GENITAL all round for
spot; careves Of winter advanced 90; spring adj
yenced I'd; cargoes TO arrive, shade higher.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26
TIE MARKETS.
New York.

Reported ty CHANDLER, Brown Il Co, COMMIT ssion
Merchants Milwaukee and Chicago
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26

AN effort is making in Iowa to induce the leg
slature to repeal the usury law. 1t is shown
that the law fixing the maximum of interest at
zen per cent in the absence Of special contract
below that figure, has been practically inooera-
tive, az persons having money to invest for long
time loans have found it difficult to do so at
eight or even six per cent. interest
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26

Verona. near Kansas City, IS known locally
As "Dcadhead Eden" few years ago Sir
George Grant visited Kansas to hunt, and when
h returned to England his stories excited tho
hearts of forty young sprigs of nobility, and
short time since they enter ed Kansas with
flourish ard founded the Victoria colony, whore
an elegant saloon is now maintained by drafts
uDon titled fathers on the other side of the
Atlantic. The spirit Of boon oompamonship
goes so far that the barkeeperS have standing
orders to furnish drinks free TO al visitors.
The folks of tho neighborhood appreciate the
kindness Of the young nohlemen who spend
about $40, 900 year each, and Victoria Is said
to be ON q neyer-endng, never-fagglng lark.
Lord Lotus is the possossor OF large estates IN
Tipperary, aud his professed object IN leaving
London was to set away from Wild associations
How well he has succeeded i shown by the
fact that his iordship spent 7l,loo for liquors
at the bars in that city during weeks visit last
month. Tho colonists hunt a great deal, but
most Of their days are spout in eard-plsylng snd
their nights in bachelor orgies
Sharp County record., 1880-12-02
efor 5]oUng @}eaders.
LULLABY.

Oh lullaby. On lullaby!
The stars aIG in the frosty SKY;
| see the full round moon arise,
So shut your little tired eyes:
Leave moon and stars the watch to keep,
And go to sleep, dear, go to sleep!
So 10th the laShes are to seek
The rosy velvet of her cheek
That long rock, and hush, and hum,
Before the drowsy god will come.
At last he comes, though, sweet and still,
Bearing her oil against her will.
Something besides the cradles swing
Or the low lullaby | sing
[ know not either how or whence
Must touch her hushed and Slumbering sense
For smiles as soft as dimpleS chase
ES2h other on her sleeping face.
The little prattling prayer she said
| doubt not draws about her bed
The listening angels from the air,
Who hear the lisp of every prayer
Such innocent sweet tongues can pray,
Aid heed and answer them alway.
Sdlullaby-O Oh lullaby!
The watching stars are in the sky;
Though 'tWere the same if every spark
We're quenched in clouds OF utter dark,
Since nearer loving angels keep
Their cradle guard about your sleep.
Mrs Clara DOty Bates, IN Christian Union.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-02
Not Up on Goats.

The goat is an everyday sight, and
the man who does not study him and
learn his ways and habits has only him
self to blame. Saturday forenoon a
civilian" was quietly feeding on Col
umbia Street when a load of household
goods went past. The owner kept pace,
with the wagon, carrying under his arm
a fine mirror about five feet long. AS
he came opposite the goat he met a
friend, and of course he had to stop and
tell why he was changing locations and
how much he expected to be benefited.
The glass was heavy, and he naturally
dropped one end to the walk to rest his
arm.
Had this man been close observer
he would have seen the goat and wished
he had brickbat. Had he made goat
nature study he would have known
better than to lower the glass. But he
was man who despised the trihes of
life, and he was telling how many tons
of coal the new house would save him
this winter when the goat, who had
been getting mad for two long minutes
at the sight of rival in the mirror,
went through the glass like thunder
bolt, and jumped into the street with
the frame clinging to his shaggy sides.
All that ripping, and raving, and cuss-
ing-all the opening of front doors all
the inquiries by an excited crowd could
have been saved had the citizen but
beckoned to the smallest boy on the
street and asked him to give away q few
points on goatS.-DetroH Free Press.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-02
Fashionable TlDpling in England.

Not long ago a strange scene took
place in pretty garden not a hundred
miles from London. The tree shaded
lawn was scattered over with seats,
with here and there q bright-colored
Persian rug for the special behoOf of
any guests who object to sopen air
on account of the " damp
grass" To some minds grass is always
damp. 1t was early IN the afternoon,
and the only tenants of the garden were
the servants, WHO were arranging re-
freshments upon some tables under the
trees. They seemed full of mods and
becks and whispers of apparently mys-
terious import passed among them. A
carriage drives up to the gate and two
ladies, entering, look around for their
hostess. The servant who has admit
ted them goes in search of his mistress,
and a few moments afterwards young
and beautifully dressed woman issues
from the house, her face deeply flushed,
her eyes half closed and her gait uncer-
tain. Just at this moment another car
riage drives up, gentleman and lady
being the occupants. They, too, enter
by the garden gate and advance towards
the house across the lawn. as they ap
proach the uncertain, swaying figure of
their hostess they look at each other
significantly, and the lady says in low
voice, Il was afraid of this. Where
can Mr.. X. be to allow her to be seen in
this statepn
The Interpretation of those wild looks.
that diSordered hair and those mesn-
ingleSs words is that Mrs. X. is intoxi-
Gated, though not sufficiently so to be
quite helpless. She wanders about
among her guests, her condition, how.
ever, being so palpable, so unmistaka.
bic, that the majority laugh and litter,
while the friendly few pity though they
condemn her. The painful scene was
ended by the arrival of her husband
whose look of misery, as he led his wife
on his ann through the groups of gayly-
dressed people into the house, touched
m he laesssl h pity
Truth.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-02

water, has swollen and risen almost to
the level of the low bulwark's s top, while
the gas generated by the decomposition
within escapes from each lance puncture
with faint sizzle. With the earliest
light the crews are at work. Skin ana
fat are torn off in great strips and hoist
ed on board Round and round the
carcass is slowly turned, with each turn
another coil of blubber is unwound and
cut off. The sharks are busy, too:
Monsters q use the term monsters
merely for the sake of euphOny, not
liking to repeat the word " shark SO
often) fifteen and eighteen feet long
rush up to the carcass, tear OIL great
pieces of the beefy-looking flesh and
then quarrel with each other for its pos
session, flirting the water with nose and
fin, aud getting occaSionallya cash from
sharp whale spade which would take
mans head of. Amid all this, men
shouting, swearing, singing, the wind
lass clanking, fires under the try-potS
blazing, black smoke whirling off in
clouds, sharks grabbing and fighting
and being fought, the motherless one
still swims about the mutilated carcass,
and when cast adrift whitley, yellow
ish mass of carrion, swept hither and
thither by wind and tide, it still keeps
its company until dead of starvation or
mercifully devoured by the monsters" "
Madame every bone in your corset
groans with the guilt of this double
murder.-Re11tjce Milford, IN the San
Fy1nciScO Chronicle.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-02
Crows and Pigeons in China.

There is one thing which travellers in
China are pretty sure to notice, and
that is the fondness of the people for
all kinds of birds. That country is q
perfect Paradise for these winged Great
ures, and. especially for crows and
pigeons. Nobody ever thinks Of killing
one, and they build their nests, or try
to, wherever they choose, in the tenn
pies, over the doors of the houses where
there is constant going in and out, and
in the verandas, so that sticks and
twigs are always falling down. And no
matter how much they may be dis
turbed, they perSevere and manage to
raise broods of young.
The crows are so tame that they perch
on the rafters of the rooms, almost over
the tables, and sitsolemnly look
ing down upon the family attheir meals,
watching to see if a bit drops on the
floor, and ready to fly down and snatch
any morSels that may be left. And the
pigeons, cooling and huttering in and
out, are as much at home as their great,
solemn, black companions.
1t is avery queer thing though there
is not much in China that is not queer
that the pigeons are made to be
kind of overseers of the crows, to keep
them from doing mischief. To under
stand how this is, you must know that
just outside of the towns are grain
felds-a fact which the crows know
just as well as the men who did the
planting. More than all this, crows are
fond of grain; and early in the morning
they start off in great tlocks, for they
are social birds, making the sky black,
and 60 sailing over the town to the fine
foraging ground they have discovered.
But the Chinese are as cunning as tho
crows, and that is saying great deal.
So they do what none but keen-wtted
ana inventive people would ever have
thought of. As their pigeons are SO
very tame, they can do anything with
them and they fasten on the back of
m little whistle made ef 2 reed 4
which gives a shrill note as they fy.
Then, having trained the birds to 90
into the country over the grain-ieldS,
they set them off in focks in the morn
ing-for they are as early birds as the
others-and as they fly, the concert of
whistles frightens the crows away.
Perhaps you will think they are not
such sharp crows as those that trouble
our New England corn-ields, or theY
would not be scared so easily; but this
is the story that travellers tell. -Y0uLA
C0mp2Hion.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-02
The Splendid Extravaganza Of an irish
NObleman.

In 1922 Lord and Lady Blessincton
started upon the grand tour. =" No irish
nobleman probably" says biogra pher.
land certainly no Irish King, ever set
out on his travels with such retinne of
seyants. with 50 many vehicles AMI ap-
/ t'Ts-ot 90 fsrir -fs.s. ss.rssa tz- =
and luxurious enjoyment" They car
ried with them the batterie de cuisine
which had served an entire club, and a
cook who had been chef to an Emperor.
Their compagnons de voyage were one
of my Ladys sisters; young Charles
Matthews, whom the Earl, out offrend-
ship for the father, had offered to take
charge of, that he might pursue his
architectural studies in Italy; and q
young French officer named Count
dOrSay. At Naples they lodged il the
magnificent Palace Belvidere, overlook
ing the bay; but not even the splcndor
of priceless pictures and marbles could
satisfy their love of magniicence. and
a large sum was spent in refurniShing
the palace. At Rome they rented the
Palazzo Negroni, at 100 guineas amonth,
and everywhere they were feted and re-
ceived by princes, mobiles, and litcrati
in the most distinguished manner.
Several years were consumed in these
travels. In 1928 we find them, on their
return visit to Paris, residing in the
house which had belonged to Ney in the
Rue de Bourbon, and which still bore
his name. Although appointed with all
the sumptuousneSs that distinguished
the Imperial Court, the new tenants
added decorations fit only for a Prince.
My Lady's chamber was a marvel of
luxury; the bed frame rested upon the
backs of two immense silver swans, so
admirably sculptured that every feather
stood in perfect relief, as in life; then,
there were lamps of silver and OF ala
baster, marble bath inserted in the
floor, hangings of silk and lace, and
bullion fringes. 1t was a luxurious
place TO die in, and for little other pur-
pose had my Lord appointed it. He had
been to London to vote for the Catholic
emancipation, when, a day or two after
his return, he had an attack of apopleXy,
of which he expired on May %. 1929.
"Adieu, most pleasant of companions"
wrote Landor; "adieu, most warm
hearted friend! Often and long, and
never with slight emotion, shall | think
of the many hours we have spent to-
gether." And in a letter to Lady
Blessington, the same writer calls him
"that disinterested and upright and
kind-hearted man, than whom none was
ever dearer or more delightful to his
friends" He left his widow $4,000 a
year, the lease of the house in St.
James Square, his carriages, and
portion of the plate. The bulk of the
property, terribly embarrassed by his
extravagances, and by and by to be
disposed of under the Incumbered Es-
tates act, went to his children by his
first marriage. In 1927 he had married
one of his daughters to Count d'Orsay.
1t proved a most unhappy union; there
was no affection on either side, and,
mnrSe- -Stil 1.-The Count MAS naSsionateLy
in love with the woman whom he could
not marry BelgrdUid.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-02
The Boys and the Peaches.

In our neighbor's yard there stands a
peach tree, the only thriving one for
miles around, and, as goodness seldom
escapes persecution, this shining OBJ
ject comes in for an especial share.
"Old Flamsted." according to the boys
who gave him the tit'e. is a very wick
ed man, who, among other terrible
crimes, set out this tree in his fr mt
yard, and as further proof of his evil
powers. it had grown beyond every
thing, till now it stood full oi large,
yellow balls that just made yoa duate
Sharp County record., 1880-12-02
LYDIA s. 2BWKHAM7'S
The Positive Cure
r1r.ink1aEf7.urzEuqFfsssul

VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
Sharp County record., 1880-12-02

Miss Howard, an English lady, has
been appointed doctor to the Countess
Ii in Pekin, China, and to a hospital
established at Pekin by the foreign resi-
dents. The Countess Ii supplies all the
medicine for the patients, is grea'
friend to animals, and on being lately
asked whether it was true that she sul
ported one hundred cats, replied; I'll
no; have now only seventy"
Sharp County record., 1880-12-02
Another queer freak of liohtntno i;

Another queer freak of Lightning is
related, and it wasn't Jersey lightning
either, but French lightning. That is
it struck in France, where, during a Vi
olent storm young man was carrying
an unlighted carriage lamp along tn,
street. He felt severe electric Shoct
IN his arm, heard it thunder instantanc
ously, looked down at the lamp in hi,
hand, and behold, it had been lightc,
by the shock and was burning quicJiy