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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-06


Badge" Minor.
VINO ate ali the wedding cake !
AJAX the hungry nine.
AK elegant Chiekeripg upright
grand piano from Hoare Bros will
bs used at their concert Of May Sth.
JEFF HILDRETH and Jas. Rablin
stler paying their old home q flying
visit have returned, the former to
x,sad7ille and the la.ser. TO lead.
wood.
Dr.. Moffett has started on his trip
TO the northern part of this state
aud the more attractive points in
Minnesota.
OvERcoATs have been at a dis
oeunt since Saturday last the Their
mometer having Jumped Up to 70
degrees in the shade,
Mrs. FERRIN has moved her
household furniture to Darlington,
which place we understand she in-
tends to make her home.
EVERYBODY is invited to call and
pes the grand display of new spring
4 summer goods FRIDAY and Satur-
Sav next. at J DELLER's.
Mr.. JAMES CLEMISsoE, ex Re6is
Ger Of Deeds for .his county, en-
Ngene9 our sanctu,n On Tuesday 10y
Ais presence. Call often james.
JAY LEWIS left for IeMars, Iowa,
aud George Toms for Dakota, on
Monday morning. May success be
with the boys in all their doings.
ALL citizens who take an interest
In base ball are requested to meet at
The Fair grounds next Saturday eve.
20 arrange for the summer campaign.
Mus. WM. DUNN, Miss Mamie
Dunn and Miss Aqgio Wallace took
Tuesday morning 3 train for Denver,
Colorado. We wish them the best
Of success and prosperity.
EMORY HgALEY, one Of the oldest
citizens of Mineral Point, was buried
Tuesday afternoon. Being Mason
tho members Of that order attended
tbe funeral in a body, marching to
tho beat of the muflied drum.
SATURDAY evening wen all have
. chance to attend the great vocal
and Instrumental Concert in which
prominent musicians Of this city and
P,at;eville, and one or two from
Illinois ore to take part. 1t will be
grand Better go.
Mn. THos, ALLEN buyer Of GER
taio grades of dry bone uncalled for
by the regular buyers OF this place,
is making Mineral Point headqu ar
,erS and intends staying all summer.
Mr. a. buys and ships, on the aver
age, car load per day,
~EoSTED right away gwick, von,
d., dree kows, to come NIT mine
Aodiug sthore mach Kansas, ans
mHaieys vot don't kick NIT his foot
vot iah vonted cause none for your
p!shnes any how. High Street for
coat Saeap. "Vos ish das."
TIE horse trainer who eudeayoped
Tho first of the week to organize a
sass in this city, did not succeed,
notwithstanding he was informed
hat Mineral Point was A booming
AJrse town. Guess he has been con-
y;acod Of the falsensss OF the
Aeser.ion.
SOME months ago Hugh Derry,
at Willow Spriu IS, III digging well
At tbs residence struck crevice in
saleh he found about fifty pounds
:. mineral. Lately he induced Solo
epu and Jesse Scot to lease the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-06

BURR ROBINS, the great Snowman,
has set The dates for his visits to
the different towns in this part CT
the state, but it seems that he in
tends skipping our city. One con-
ISOLATION, if he don't come there'll be
one rainy day less this season,
Robins is always accompanied with
stormy weather.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-06
pianos and dbrguGs.

Iloare Bros. are agents for tia
Chickcring, Decker Bros Math
ushck and Story Il Camp pianos
and for the Estey and Story d Ca,np
organs. Music rooms over Martin
\ Woay's
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-06

HEARING that assafptida would
charm the iinny tribe one Of our
tonsors, who relisbos The sport Of
fishing, thought he would experiment
and so he procured some and thour-
oughly rubbed it all over his cloth.
ing. Any one who is familiar with
the fragrance OF assafm,tda can imag-
inc the lonesome state IN which this
knight OF The razor and shears ey-
listed for while. When he stood
on the bank even the water quick
end It's speed TO get by, aud fish
could not be entice1 within fifty
yards, and when he returned home
was hung out on line for airing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-06

MofRetts did no. have seed he4t
ever from last year, hence their gar
den seeds are all fresh.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-06
INSTEAD Of May 7,h as previously

INSTEAD OF May 7,h as previously
announced, the concert tronpe from
Platteyille will give fine concert in
City Hall, Saturday eve. May Sth.
Seldom do we have the privilege o!
listening to two such fine sopranos
as Miss McCosh and Miss Ida Nj.
Newman, or the three pianists
Misses Rountrec, Eastman and
Cooke. No lover of music should
fail to attend the concert. Read the
programme. Admission 2lc. reserv-
ed seats 80. Tickets for sale at
Post Office.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-06

ITs Il very popular opinion that
the "Infants" arc tba boss nicitlc
cigar. Mulhairn manufactures them
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-06
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HARKGa- VILLA a5 Married ~ u. rs
ydentr ~ yr 2 Alien, sr by 10 san4A.
Ma 4... 1889. Mf JoEn ttars1r sol Al.-a
E.lsl l. N-iA,lLA, -! Il I39a
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-06

WIN. VARCoE has made avery sue
cessfnl campaign for the "Singer" In
this county aud next week reliu7
quishes the charge for u time and
returns to Mineral Point,--LUacds.
ter UeraM.
Billy has arriv'd and pitched to
work in the interest Of the wonder
ful Mccormack Machines.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-06

a DIsGUsrLp EpIToR.--The Eau
Claire Tribune has died. The editor
in stepping down and out, left this
valedictory "Wi.b this our read
ers receive the last number Of the
Tribune. The subscription contracts
With our patrons are to he fulfilled
t,y the Pre- Press Co, the list being
transferred to that paper. As We
are to retire from The position o. 8
poor half.stalved country editor We
hope that this disposition Of our
list will be quite so,isfsc.cry 20 AL,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-06

4 Marinetto dog eats the wood
pn'p of which print paper is made,
The Eagie proposes to have him
killed. 50 the paper makers will not
be furnished with an excuse for
again raising the price.
Keen the dog by all means, and
turn him into manufacturing es-
tablishment g Well 80 nlckle TO-
wards purchasing the oauiue.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18
Lighting a Cigar with a viii.

Wills have before now undergone
strange adventures, and the story of a
willis wanderings must be subject of
interest, and therefore one upon which q
fiction may be founded. But these tales
have generally been based upon the
suppOsitiOn that those concerned under
the will have done something to make
way with the document. In the Court
of Probate recently, however, we came
upon state of facts far more wonderful
than has ever yet appeared in the pages
of a novel. The President of that Court
is accustomed to the vagaries of tesla
tors and to the wonderful way in which
relations will dispute over the disputable.
But, as a rule, when a will is left in legal
custody and produced for probate by a
lawyer, there is little or nothing to be
said against its being admitted. In a
case tried recently it seems, however,
that a serious question arose upon a will,
although it was produced from legal
custody. And it is still more curious
when we reflect that every thing con-
spired to prove that no mistake what
ever ought to have occurred. In the
case of Thomas Sale, deceased, applica-
ton was made for probate of a mutilated
will to be made to the widow The
testator was, it appears, a bankers
clerk, who left his will in the hands of
his solicitor; and this neglect, if such it
can be called, gave rise to the application.
For the solicitor proved that, having
to clear out his papers, the will in ques-
ton was somehow thrown upon the
office floor and forgotten. Whilst there
and amidst heap of unregarded papers
the solicitors clerk tore it in half and
used a portion with which to light his
cigar He had of course, no idea of the
value of the paper when he so used it,
and he would not have imagined that
such thing had happened unless it had
been recalled to his recollection. When
it came to proving the will he was able
to swear that he had so used n portion
of this sacred document as to show that
otherwise it was intact. Sir James
Hammer thought this was sufficient evil
dence that the mutilatiOn had been ac-
counted for, and he accordingly gave
probate of the will offered under these
most peculiar circumstances. 1t is
certainly curious case, for the reason
that where a will is left with the solicit
tor who drew it, is looked upon as safe.
1t should be a lesson to lawyers clerks
not to light their cigars with any paper
that may accidentally fall upon the floor,
and so save their clients from the trouble
which in this case was involved. It is
quite enough anxiety for relatives to
have to find the wills of deceased per-
sons, hidden away, as they often are,
without their having to speculate upon
the possibilities of what may have hap
pened to them in the office of the solicit
tors by whom they were drawn.-L01a-
don Letter to PhiLddeIphtG Times
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18
sFPredespernatiOn."

An Old-time Baptist preacher of this
city, who has retired from active gospel
work, but who still keeps a firm eye on
the faith, has just had a little experience
with a colOred man that causes him to
think very seriously.
Meeting the colored man, the preach
er said: g Dave, if you don't bring that
saddle home I'll have you put in jail. -
"What saddle is yer furren ter?''
''The one you stole from me-
"Parson, fore de Lord I nebber stole
yer saddle.''
Yes, you did. I saw you when you
took it off of the yard fence. I believe
III have you arrested, any way
"LOok heah, parson, yOu'se a old
Babtist, isn't yer?''
g Yes, and I'll have you sent to the
penitentiary."
Well, so is I, an now ketch de pints
ez 1 gin 'em ter yer. Oar is jes' SO
many saddles in dis worl' what is ter be
stole, an dar's jes so many men what
is ter steal desc saddles. Dis is predes-
pernation. Now, eff yer saddle happens
ter be one OBJ de predisposed saddles an
[ happens ter be one of de predispOsed
men, kin l hep it? Oar was Judus, feI
instance. He couldn't help 'trayin' de
Saviour, kaze de Saviour said, JuduS,
sop in dis dish an go an tray me.
Hit wasn't Judus's fault, kaze he wa:
one oh de predisposed, so tended from
de foundation oh de wOrl'.''
81 don't want religious discussion
Dave. 1t isn't the saddle now that
care so much about; it is that you TOLD
me lie in saying that you didn't stea
it."
"Well, den, parson, 'spose 1 take
| back de lie an keeps de saddle?"
GA lie once told always stands. You
have lied to me, you scoundrel, and
believe it is my duty to have you ar
rested.''
"Parson, dar's jes a certain amour
oh lies ter be tole in dis worl', an eff
is one OBJ de men what is predisposeC
ter tell one oh desc lies, hits not IN
| fault, an can't help hit.''
g" You go on now and get that saddle
or III swear out a warrant for your ar
rest"
"I'u do de bes' I kin, parson, bu
| dar's jes a certain amount oh stole sad
dies ter be returned in dis wOrl'. E
Use one OBJ de predisposed men, an
b'lieves is, you'll fine yer saddle hang
in on de yard fence bout shutdown di
ebenin'. ''-LittJe Rock (4Arb.) Gazette.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18
A Bachelors League.

Many highly respectable men in
London about thirty years ago, as the
Punch files tell US, had become thor
oughly impressed with the idea that
something ought to be done to relieve
themselves from certain social duties
which had been gradually growing more
and more onerOus. After some can
wasting among the interested persons it
was finally decided to form League of
Bachelors, and as the members of that
league were endeavoring to escape
from responsibilities which are noto-
riously shirked by the young men
of to-day, we shall perhaps interest our
feminine readers by TRANSFERRING a few
of the rules which were laid down
for London society almost a gener-
alton ago, and which are likely to be
! revived before long on this side of the
water:
1. Every bachelor joining the League
| is to cancel all previous engagements.
2. Every bachelor having subscribed
| for five years to the League, and-who,
! by misfortune, shall have incurred a
matrimonial engagement, shall be
defended against any action for breach
| of promise, and thus saved from the
shame and misery of going through the
quently another name for the Insolvent
Court.
8. Connected with the League it is
intended to establish a Bachelors In
surance Office, to insure single men
against marriage and Irritation, on the
same principles as are usually applied
to death and fire. Any member having
visited willfully a house with more than
two manageable daughters, will, in
the event of the calamity of marriage
Detailing him, be recorded in the same
light as telO de Sc, and his policy will be
vitiated on account of the very bad
policy that will have guided him. Any
bachelor falling-intO matrimony-by
his own hand, as in the case of a writer
promise to wed, will be deprived of al
the benefits of his insurance, and every
applicant proposing to be insured mus
answer the following questions, among
others that will be proposed to him
What is your age next birthday? Al
what age had your father the misfortune
to marry your mother? Have you
been afflicted with the German or Othel
mania? Are you subjected to senti
mental fits? Have you been addicted t.
the writing of sonnets? Or have yoI
ever suffered from the cacOethes scriben
III III any shape, VI dG any IlIne WHaleN
er? Have you at any time in your liz
been victim to the flute, or any Othel
deadly-lively instrument? Have any o
your near relations fallen in love at an
time, and if so, have they recovered, o.
have their cases ended fatally?
If these questions are all answered il
a satisfactory manner, any member O
the Bachelors League may insure an
amount under $4,000, to be paid within
three months of the melancholy termi
nation of his single career, on proof o
, wedlock having actually overtaken him
The insurance against Irritation or fir
can be effected where the applicant /
more than ordinarily inflammable, ant
watering places in the season, balls anC
picnic parties must be considered a
doubly or trebly hazardous, and charged
accordinplv.-B Boston Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18
Chris. Deans Heroic Act.

One day last week, owing to the mis-
take of a telegraph operator, two freight
trains on the Philadelphia and Erie Rail
road came into collision near Cameron
Mills. Chris. Dean was the engineer of
one of the trains. Both he and his fire
man were fastened beneath the wreck of
their locomotive. Dean was held by one
of his legs, which was caught by the
fire-box of the engine. His fireman was
nearly buried under pieces of the wreck.
When the men were discovered, Dean
had managed to reach his tOol-bOx, and
he was making every endeavOr to eX-
tricate the fireman. When he saw the
men who had come to their aid, Dean
shouted:
"Help poor JimI Never mind met"
The fireman was eXtricated as soon as
possible, in an unconscious condition.
Dean was then taken out. 1t was then
ascertained that during all the time he
had been working to relieve his fireman,
the fire-box had been burning his leg to
a crisp. 1t was literally roasted from
his knee down, and had to be amputated.
The fireman died, but it is thought the
brave engineer will recOver.-Net0 York
Sun.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18
Interesting Facts.

The Tomb of Edward l., who died in
1901, was opened Jan. 2, 177O, after
463 years had elapsed. His body was
almost perfect. Canute, the Dane,
who crossed over to England in 1917,
was found 1879 by the workmen who re-
paired Winchester Cathedral, where
his body had reposed nearly 750 years,
perfectly fresh. In 1869, three Roman
soldiers, fully equipped with warlike
implements, were dug out of peat in
Ireland, where they had probably lain
! 800 years Their bodies were per-
fectly fresh and plump. In the reign
of James II. of England after the fall
of the church at Ashley, in Warwick
shire, there was taken up the corpse of
Thomas Gray, Marquis of Dorset, who
was buried the 10th of October, 1880,
in the twenty-second year of Henry
VII; and although it had lain there
seventy-eight years, the eyes, hair, flesh,
nails, and joints remained as though it
had been but newly buried, Robert
BraybrOok, who was cOnsecrated Bishop
of London in 1881, and who died in 14O4,
and was buried in St. Paul's was taken
out of his tomb after the great fire IN
1866, during the repairs of the Cattle
dral, and, although he had lain there no
no less than 262 years, the body was
found to be firm as to skin, hair,
joints and nails. The Convent de St.
Domingo was lately demolished in
search of treasure supposed to be con-
cealed there, and the body of Prince
Rodriguez taken out, who had been
buried in 1865, exactly as when placed
$50 years before. His daughter, two
and a-half years of age, was lying at her
fathers feet and was as perfectly pre-
served as himself
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18
A Nevada Rabbit Farm.

Ever since the cold snap the WashOe
and Piute Indians have been selling jack
rabbits in astonishing quantities at fig
ures which have ruled considerably be-
low their usual market prices. Bill
jackson, who has been hunting for q
week, tells this remarkable story in con-
nection with this bountiful supply
- You see the cold snap drove the rab-
bits into the canyon out of the wind.
One moonlight night I came across a
drove of over 800 making for the canyon.
They were all huddled together getting
as much warmth as possible from each
others bodies. The drove were packed
together as close as the threads of q
three-ply carpet, and as they moved
along they looked like big army blan-
ket drawn over the ground. They
passed close by me, and when 1 fired
into the drove with a shotgun, eight or
ten dropped, but the others closed right
up and passed on as before. This drove
were making for Ash Canyon. l didn't
think at the time exactly what was up,
but few days ago l was up to King
Canyon, and there l saw a sight which
was the most uncommOnest thing l ever
glued my eyes to. There were the rab-
bits-acres of email huddled together
in a bunch, and packed like sardines,
and every one of 'em froze stiff as a
wedge. L turned up the edge off the
mass with my gun, and broke of a slice
with dozen in all stuck together.
Presently some Indians came along and
began to yell. They concluded they'd
struck meat bonanza, and they've
been luggin' off the rabbits ever since.
That's the reason rabbits are so cheap
around the town. Why, out in the
brush you can find whole gangs of 'em
standin' on their hind legs, and frozen
stiff. 1 shot a single one the other day,
s'pOsin' he was alive" Other hunters
report thousands of frozen jack rabbits
in Carson Valley, although none have
as yet viewed the astonishing sights de-
scribed by Jackson.-CdrSOg (NeU
appeal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18

SPRING CLoTHING.-The reappear-
ance of green lawns, bright sunshine
and singing birds is quite calculated to
allure one to adopt light flannels and
less protecting coverings. Bear con-
stantly in mind, that air in motion is
colder than air at rest. With March
winds, the thermometer above the
freezing point may entirely misrepre-
sent the effective temperature. We
have before illustrated this proposition
by referring to the habit of using a fan
in summer. When the thermometer is
in the nineties and the face is bathed
with perspiratiOn. one is able to keep
comfortably cool by air set in motion
by that little device we call a fan. IT
is questionable if in the New England.
Middle and Western States the clothing
should not be thicker and warmer in
March than in January.-Dr. Foote' S
Health Monthly for March.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18

sion of countenance, I think, is nowhere
seen, except among men who, like
these, have to grapple with the Indian
problem as a personal matter. Can it
be the sign of that rooted and irrepressi-
bic antagonism between the two races,
which came in with the Pilgrims, and
viii go out, heaven only knows when?
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18

CONMON-sENsE and the science of chemis-
try, when applied to butter making, reduce
the time of churning One-half increase the
20 per cent, and give a rich, golden color to
the butter the year round. All these improve
ments, together with many others, result
from the use of Gilt-Ejge Butter Maker.
Sold by druggists, grOcers and general store
Epanprs
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18
USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC.

GLUCOSE FROM RAGs.-The Journal
Of Appiied Science says; "A manufac-
tory in Germany turns out one thousand
pounds of grape-sugar day made from
Old linen. The old linen, which is pure
vegetable fibrine, is treated with sui
phuric acid and converted into deXtrine.
This is washed with lime-water, and
then treated with more acid, and almost
immediately it changes and crystallizes
into glucose-or grape-sugar-which is
highly valued in the making of rich
preserves and jellies. The process is
said to be economical, and the sugar is
chemically the same as that found in the
grape. Why the product should be
objected TO on the score of its origin is
not clear, If one reflects that grapes are
nOurished by materials more offensive
than old rags, and that there is prac-
tically no difference between trans
formation in Natures laboratory and
one in the laboratory of the chemist.
Still there is a great cutlery over the
German sugar-rag factory, and consid-
cradle danger of the enterprise being
stopped by the German Government.
A VALUABLE FiBRoUs PLANT.-Prof.
S. Waterhouse, of the Washington Uni
versity, st. Louis, says: "The recent
experiments of Mr.. Lefranc seem to
prove that the Ambition avicen@ con-
fains a valuable fiber for textile use.
This plant abounds throughout the West,
and has with rapid spread and rank
luxuriance taken exclusive possession of
whole fields. Its aggressive depravity
has earned for it the irreverent title of
g DEVILS Plant" But what has hereto
fore been regarded as a noxius weed
NAV vet become an important addition
IN our domestic tibers. 1t is already
worth IS ton in the market. Farmers
can Judge for themselves whether this
nrice will afford margin of profit.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18
From tF,e Quaker City.

f. J. CAMPBELL, of Philadelphia, under date
of Oct. 4, 1879, certified to the wonderful ell
cacy of Warmers Safe Pills and Safe Tonic in
removing q liver disease accompanied by
chronic constipation and yellow skin.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18

1T was written, ''Her dainty feet were
incased in shoes that might have been
taken for fairy boots" but the compos-
itor made it read, 80 Her dirty feet were
incased in shoes that might have been
taken for ferry-boats,' and he is no
longer a dweller in Cincinnati, but a
fugitive in the land.-ChicGqo Tribune,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18

Mr.. TAYLOR, of Burlington, Vt,
saws he has tried wood and stone jars
for putting up butter, and finds that
butter from the same churning, part
put in stone jars and part in tubs, that
in jars will keep year in good condi~
ton while that in tubs would become
IRONY in three months.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18

Iris said that four million packages of Fra
zer's Axle Grease were sold in 1875 and we
believe if.