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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-23
Total, al interest q, l53, o80 O 81

The increase, during the year, in the
amount at interest, is SCI 1916 46, and
the decrease in the amount on hand,
$40, S5202-a net increase of sos. 043 a.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-23

The values q all properties in The
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-03
ILETHEIRoN's HOT"

Strike while the IRONS hot!
Strike-and with will;
He is no skillful smith
Who let's the iron chill.
Ere the iron hardens, strike
shape it to what shape you like,
To the scythe or knife or sword,
To slay or heal or NOW the sWaId.
Strike while the irons hot,
Strixe with hand and heart;
Quickly turn the bar.
And smite OH every part.
Bring the sledge down with Q swing
TIL it makes the anvil ring.
30 great master workmen wrought
So struck the iron while twas hot.
So, when the time is ripe
To act, or think or say.
The precious moment seize
Before it pass away.
Shapen the action to your ends,
As the smith the iron bends;
Let the word and let the thought
Promptly into deed be wrought.
Strike while the irons hot.
Or do not strike at all;
Strokes the cold bar will break,
Not fashion when they fall.
II you're slow in arm and brain,
All your labor will be in vain;
The quick of head and quick of hand
May rise from serving to command.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-03
a Joke from the Judicial Bench.
One of the members Of the har in. Sa1

One OF the members OF the bar In Sar-i
atoga, who thoroughly enjoys good.
joke, relates the following, and applies
the moral to himself: Not long since he,
was counsel in case before Judge Pratt,
referee, and during the progress of the
trial became little bit noisy, as he
sometimes does, when the Judge looked
up and said to him: g II. - - !, did you
ever hear Of the man who was lost In the
woods during a thunder -storm?n On
being answered in the negative, the
Judge continued: " "A man, IN attempt-
ing to pass through a piece Of woods
lost his way, and while he was in that
predicamenta fearful thunde r-storm came
up. The woods grew awfully dark. The
roaring Of the wind and the crashing Of
the thunder was terrific. The man was
frightened, and started to pray, but, moi
being used to that business, eaid: q
Lord, give us little more light, and q
little less noise!' I don't mean You,
Mr. added the Judge. The coun-
sci says that the audience supposed ali
the time the Judge did mean him and,
now that he thinks Of it himself. he In
clines to that opinion also 1soy Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-03
Learning to Write.

We believe there is no single system
Of mechanique for writing, and that a..
child helongnEto the educated classes
would be taught much better and mora
easily if, after being once enabled to
make and recognize written letters, it
were let alone, and praised or chidden.
not for its method, but for the result.
Let the boy hold his pen as he likes and
make his strokes as he likes and. write at
the pace he likes-hurry, Of course, be-
ing discouraged-but insist strenuously
that his copy shall be legible, shall be
clean, and shall approach the good copy
set before him, namely, a we1l-written
letter, not a rubbishy text on single
line, written as nobody but writing
master ever did or ever will write till the
worlds end. He will make a muddle at
first, but he will soon make passable
imitation of his copy, and ultimately de-,
velop characteristic and strong hand.
which may be bad OF good, but will not
be either meaningless, undecided, or
illegible. This hand will alter, Of
course, greatly as he grows older. It
may alter at II, because it is at that age
that the range Of the eyes is fixed and
short sight betrays itself, and it will al
ter at ", because then the system OF
taking notes at lecture, which ruins
most hands, will have cramped and tenn
porarily spoiled the writing, but the
character will form itself again and will
never be deficient in clearness or decis-
ion. The idea that it is to be clear will
have stamped itself, and confidence will
not have been destroyed by worrying
little rules about attitude and angle and
slope, which the very irritation of the
pupils ought to convince the teachers
are, from some personal popularity, in-
applicable. The lad will write, as he
does anything else that he cares to do,
as well as he can, and with certain ef
fciency and speed. Almost every letter
he gets will give him some assistance,
and the masters remonstrance on his IL
legibility will be attended to, like any.
other caution given in the curriculum.
London Spectator.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-03
Claude Melnotte in Real Life.


phia Telegrap1: was recently told BY
q young French gentleman (the son Of the
Project Of La Rochelle) one of the stran-
gest romances of real life that ever came
to my knowledge. Some four years ago
a peasant boy who lived on farm near
the town Of Clermont-F errand saw, and,
fell in love with the beautiful daughter
OF gentleman of good fortune and po-
sition, he being at that time seventeen
years OF age and the young lady just
sixteen. This new Claude Melnotte was
SO madly in love that he went straight to
the house OF the young girls parents and
demanded her hand in marriage. The
father treated the preposterous PROPOSE
ton with good natured scorn. "Come
back when you have an income of $4O,-
600 100000 francs)," was his answer,
and then we will see about it, The in
fatuated youth took him at his word, and
forthwith set to work.
Now one OF the peculiarities Of the
town of Clermont- Ferrand is scarcity
of water. There is no river near it, SO
it relies for its water supply on springs
and wells. Under these circumstances
a spring is valuable piece of property
and commands a relatively high price.
80 the young peasant lover set off for an
adjacent mountain, there to search for
hidden springs. Ny informant said that
he had honeycomed the whole side OF the
mountain with his works, constructing
at one point a tunnel over two miles in
length. All this was executed with
his own hands. He works from dawn
to dark, lives upon potatoes of his own
and never spends so muchhs'a sou upon
mug Of beer. Every Sunday he goes to
mass in the town, after which he pro-
ceeds to the house of his lady-love, to
ask if she is married or likely to BE. On
receiving response in the negative he
plods contentedly homeward, and starts
out afresh to his toll on the morrow.
This life has continued now for full four
years. Up to the present time he has
discovered three important springs, each
of which he has sold for $4,000, but,
though now possessed Of what for q man
in his condition of life is wealth. he
abates none of the hardships of exist
ence.
He has one fixed idea, namely, to be-
come the possessor of a fortune sufficient
to enable him to claim the hand of the OBJ
ject Of his blind passion. Yet no one
who knows the parties even imagines that
the young lady will ever consent to mar
~ him. She is now twenty years Of age,
and pretty, refined and accompl ished !;
while he is coarse, unlettered peasant,
without even physical comeliness, as he is
short and thickset, with broad and sol
i'd countenance. What will be the end of
his dream, wonder2 Ny informant told
me that the story was true in every par
ticular he had himself visited the works,
and entered the curious tunnel, and been
presented to this new Jacob, willing to
serve even then seven years for his Ra-
chel.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-03
Who Owns the Land in England

vsAO wills CAO AaAU II GuSldAus
More than half the soil Of the United
Kingdom is nominally owned by some
1000 persons. According to q valuable
analysis Of the very ill-arranged and in
complete parliamentary return of the land
owners of the United Kingdom, published
in the Financial Reform Record for 1878,
421 persons are the owners Of 22,88O,755
acres, ornearly 5,0OO,0 acres more than.
one-fourth of the total area of the United
Kingdom. The mind Is unable to grasp
what such 9 monopoly costs the country,
but certain features Of it stand forth with
q prominence sufficiently notable. In a
most absolute sense, the we'll being Of the
entire population of some 81, OOO, 900 souls
is placed in the power of a few thousands.
For these thousands the multitude tolls,
and it may be on occasion, starves. Hence
we have continually before us that most
,saddening of all spectacles, two or three
families living in great splendor, and
hard by their gates the miserably poor,
the abject slaves Of the soil, whose sole
hope in life is too often the work house
that famous device against revolution.
paid Tor by the middle classes and the
pauper's grave. Our land owners have
not merely burdened the land with their
game preserves; they have tied it up, and
actively conspired to prevent its due Gull
tyation. Instead of rising to the true
necessities Of the case, they cling to their
game, make penal enactments about it,
and struggle to augment the intensity Of
the evil, which It is to the people, as if
the very existence of the country depend
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-03
The Law Of Trespass. I,

Those readers who are fond Of huntins
and fishing may be interested to know
what the law Of hespass Is, as they ana.
liable TO break it while seeking sport
The following summary Of the law is from
9 report on the subject made to the Stats
Board Of Agriculture Of Pennsylvania:
Trespass is defined as any hansgres
sion or ofense against the law Of nature.
OF society, or Of tho country in which we.
live, whether it relates to q mans person
or property. This is its widest mean
ing. Il .S
Ordinarily, however, it has reference
only to. an entry on the property Of an
other without authority, and In doing
damage while there, whether much q
little. ~
The law gives the owner exclusive con-
troll over his property. Any infringe
ment OF his rights without his permission
or justified by legal authority therefore
constitutes a trespass. Z
It does not need that the land should
be inclosed by fences. The law sup
poses an imaginary inclosure, which an
swers every purpose, and the simple act
Of passing it constitutes Hespass, al
though no harm should really result TO-
crops, cattle, or aught else.
Even person legally authorized to
seize certain goods on q mans premises,
dare not break open doors for that pur-
pose; if he does, his authority avails him
nothing, and he becomes common tres
passer.
Neither is person justified ii SO ar
ranging spouts as to. discharge water on
another mans land, even though he new
er steps off his own grounds: nor to per
NIT filth to pass boundary line without
due permission.
Whena spout first discharges on aman's
own premises and the contents then find
their way to neighbours premises it
does not constitute trespass.
Hunting and fishing, however, consti-
tute the most common and annoying
sources of trespass to which our farmers
are subjected.
Custom has induced some people to
believe they can hunt or fish on the lands
or waters of other men with impunity.
Nothing is wider of the fact than this.
Because there can be no property in
rabbits, quail, squirrels, pheasantss and
other feral birds and animals, they think
these may be pursued wherever they
may be discovered.
It is hardly necessary to say that the
same laws governing trespass in other
cases prevail here. No matter that
neither grass nor grain are trampled
down, whether gates are left closed, bars
left up and no rails broken, the pursuit
of such game on the lands of another
without permission is hespass.
TO even enter an Enclosed piece Of
wood, where there are no crops to- be in
lured, in pursuit Of game, which may
have taken refuge there, is q violation Of
law-quite as much as if a wheat field In
ear had been trampled down.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-03

THERE is proposition at Kokomo.
looking to the dissolution Of the charter
Of the city and return to q village form;
Of government, in order to reduce ex-
penses and pay the public debt, I.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-03

creditors on his helpless tenants, estates
ana controls the system Of cultivation, 81.
yen ~ utter disregard Of private riahts.
{ Of private judgement, and, ia addit1on.
secures TO himself the absolute revara;nnhS
of every improvement which tha tanant
may make on the land Mack lion,s
Mdgazine. ~ - S.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-03

g DEER at any price p yelled the
hungry traveller who ordered yenison ps
dinner. 81
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-03

York he was presented with check for
VIC, 0O0l We leave the reader sto adorn
the tale and point the moral regarding
these medical men and their patients.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-03

Fortunately the express was little late,
and they got out of the way in tune. Tom
also said that the horses were as wet and
white with foam as if they had just been
lathered with soap. he didn't believe
deer could do what those horses did, and
he always did recommended the owners
of running horses, if they wanted to get
railroad speed out of their runners, to
brighten them good with locomotive
whistle and bell, and they'd clean the
deck"
so, that's nothing tacetiously re-
marked Carpenter. "Jule Parker once
told me about his running after two
full -grown bucks on Southern railroad .
Parker was a chivalrous dare devil South
ern engineer than running the lightning
express on the eastern division Of the
Erie. HE said, !" Carpenter went on to
relate, 1'that pair of. bucks suddenly
bounded upon the track from a thick
woods, and so frightened were they from
the roar of the approaching train that
they started down the track not more
than twenty feet IN front Of the engine
Parker put on all the steam his boiler
would make, and carried his train alone
at break-neck speed, but, in spite Of his
freman's efforts, he could not turn his
driver fast enough to overtake the
fleet deer. He never said how fast be
was running at the time, but knew the
man, and when he tOl0 that he was 20.
ing at 'break neck speed we can mag.
inc something about it. The road was .
splendid one for speed. It was mostly
new; the bed was in prime order, but
Notwithstanding his engine chawed UP
fuel as fast as his fireman could feed it tc
her, he could not run the deer down. Il
looks astounding, but he said he chased
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-08

want 10 play game Of seveA-up 2
ssksd . oitisee Of sesssesr Who wss
rnding . papsf in Pueblo. (Col. J
saIeoa rocsntly. ! eeor ere. hs
slowly remarked. The game vent on
single hasasd for suhils. the s:rapger
losing al the time. Presently two
oehsr oitisous took hand. and still the
stsaueer lost. Il had already cost him
. oouplo e dolloes FOR drinka aud, 90
hs took ND the cards 70 deal after pay.
ing ths bin. hs simply rrmarksd that
luck voah change eventually. He dealt
as4 leoked. . bis easds. ia hike to
bet 90 % 'shls hsad. and II - vers
Eplsyiss paksr. I'd do Il. 'Yoa would 2
ssid oss o. tbs physrs- Tea believe
wenld.' rsplisd tho stranger. DIS
card. and ro With you.' saiA ths other.
The other players throw down their
hsnds snd vstchsd the nee turn Of
Affairs. The .drsw wss givsa. and the
stranger plaaked his go down upon
The table. His epposeos covered II
With fouf moes tseH and Ne ssssseef
Increased the pile 70 800. vhsn the
|othse player called Sos eight. The
|sk~aeee laid his eords down upou the
table faeo op 3hero vses ioas a0ss
asd : king. Ths otAes naa hsd feur
ouesos sad Z, iack- Il broke up the
eoeial Rsms, but tho hoyseouid not help
bat noeice IL p<eutiaf smile thaa
tvitshed arosnA ~ oogssss oe the
skx.uRpsso moueh VIXEN he asksd The
~~rw6 ~ "a enko aouneth hin9.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-08
MISCELLANEOUS
FOR
DON NOLLY'S
Z east Powder,
% YEARS BEFORE THE PEOPLE.

We. the undsrsignea Merchants and yobbers.
have sought and sold in large quantities DON.
NoLLYsCALIFoRNIAP PREMIUM YEAST POW.
pE2 for the last twenty yeara. and can say with
trath that no other Yeast Powder has given more
general satisfaetion. both to the Trade and Con-
sumner. We have used DoNNoLLYs YEAST
PONDER In our families. and can testify 10 its
vhoiesomeness and merit:
Castle Bros. Tiliman Bendeu.
Albert Nsa %. Rountree Mcclure.
N. 4 C. Msnssls. NJ Ehrman Co.
Jones o.. Hsss Bros
". W. Dodge Co. Taoer. Harker 90.
Root sandsrson. Esyers 4 ca.
Thomas Jennings, Bigley Bros.
krase Euler, wellman. Peck Co.
sAcaAxExro.
Adams. McSeill Co. Hall. Luhrs Co.
xebius ca. CIV. Chesley.
p. II Russell.
PORTLAND.
Allen 4 Devils. wa1hams & Elliott.
Corbitt Nsclesy.
srocKroS
D. B. Parker Co. p. MuAso.
sRATTLE AND wALLA wALLA.
Crawford b arlington, schwsbacher Bros. h 90.
Consumers Of Yeast Powder will please notice
the sbove iniorssment CT DoNNoLLY's YEAST
POWDER by nearly all the Merchants Of the Pa
cihc Oosat The enormous ss!es Of this Powder
In San Francisco prove lis intrinsic merit and the
rss-on 10 obvious YEAST POW.
DER has stood the test Of 10 years. II never fails
b mske the most delicious. light and sweet Bread,
Biscuit, Cakes. Corn Bread. &c. No house.
keeper who ever tried this Powder will do
without Il.
Aiwsysa,k for roNNoLLY's YE Asst POWDER.
l, never fails to give satisfaction.
Strictly PURE CREAM TARTAR aud ENC.
BIcARB PODA always on hand at the lowest
market prices.
D. CaLlAGHAN { CO.,
II9 and III Front street.
jySo-6wdkw BAN FRANCISCO.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-03-04
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

MARK SUMNER, Z Baptist minister, has been
sentenced by the United States District Court at
Louisville. to six years imprisonment for
forging pension papers.
JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, negro, was hung
IN Savannah, Ga, on the 9th ult., for the muir
der Of Daniel McDermott, seaman on British
bark. in March, 1878. He confessed lis guilt
and said he was going right to heaven.
JAMES Howard was hung Mt Ozark, Frank
lin county Ark, on the 9th ult IN January
last he saw his wife dancing with a man Of
whom ne was jealous, and, selziug her by the
hair 1t dragged her home and further NAL
treated her, SO that she died.
Ar Nhrion, o.. on the 25th ult., Enoch Young
had a fight with two boys in n saloon, and was
badly punished. He left, threatening VEN
geance, and soon returned with large knife,
and approaching Israel Beuslcy, who had taken
no partin the fight, stabbed HIM twice, killing
/ him almost instantly. He was arrested.
/ JoHS WoLrEGE, barber at Mount JOY, Pa,
\ fatally shot his wife, and slightly wounded his
son. aged Is, on the 25th. Jealousy was the
cause.
/ AT Hartford. Conn, ON the 25th, Rev. A. W,
, Paige pleaded guilty TO the charge of sending
obscene letters through the mail, and was fined
/ $500 and the costs. He was taken 10 the Hart
ford county jail IN default.
I FARMER gained Donahue, a wealthy fruit
/ grower OF Otoe county, Mo-, was murdered by
an insane son on the 2ith. The boy shot
I horse and stabbed his father to death because
he attempted to take the pistol from him. He
attempted to kill his mother but she escaped
and he wreaked his fury on dumb animals about
/ the farm until captured.
ALFRED HARTz, cashier in A. J. Neads COM
mi sion house, Kansas City, has disappeared
An Investigation showed that ne had specialized
in &" bucket shops and robbed his employer Of
SO, GOO by raising checks and making false en-
tries. Ii also transpirei that Hart2, while con-
tdental clerk in large German tea house at
Hong Kong, embezzled $4,000.
As old man named Keuan stabbed aud killed
VIM Penn. aged 80, At Iittsburg Pa, on the
oath. The murder was the result Of heated
argument and was committed IL broad daylight
IN the public street.
= 4 ooLoREp man named Brown and his wife
having been arrested ON suspicion Of having
robbed the Gaicsyile Ill.,, bank, recently, some
excited citizens took them 10 the outskirts cf
the town. and BY threats Of hanging, eNtorted
from them confession, duplicating Bill Stamp
Of knoxville and Len Ellsworth and Ed. Adle,
Of NIeluou, all Of whom have been arrested.
H. BENroN, Of Chicago. shot himself at
tie FIFTH Avenue hotgl, Topeka, rs, on the
morning Of the .Jd.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-03-04

Mrs. CLARK, respectable married lady, liv-
ing in the Garry neghborhood, Cass county,
Texas, was bratally outraged and murdered on
the 22d. Three men were arrested. One cor
fessed the crime. He was horribly mutilated BY
the MOB, his clothing saturated with coal oil,
and set on fire. He was afterwards hanged
JoHs DozIER, farmer living near Deep
Creek, Va, made himself obnoxious to the
nelghbors by enforcing the fence law. On the
night of the 10Th his house was surrounded by
mob who kept up fasilade until Dozicr and
colored man left the house by rear door,
attempting to escape to the woods The colored
man was struck by ball and killed.
SALMON REED. conductor ON the Belt road
died at Indianapolis, Ind, on the 21st from
wounds received in fracas in saloon with
VIM. Dougall, an engineer on the Bee Line.
AT Princeton, Ill, OH tie 18th, A. d. Garyin
attempted to shoot his sister, Mrs. KeSsick
with whom he had had quarrel His design
upon his sisters life was frustrated by her
daughter who received The bullet IN her own
body, dying instantly. Garyin then shot him
which he died next day.
On the 21st the keeper of boarding house
on Florence street. Boston, learned that two of
his dodgers, who roonied together, had been
missing eight days. He opened their room and
found Z. G.. Marshall. one of the missing
lodSers, dead upon the bed with q revolver in
MS lett hand and bullet hole in the right side
OF his head. In the room large lot of bur
glars tools were found, also crucibles and
number OF precious stones taken from jewelry.
The theory OF the police iB that the men quar-
relied over their spoils and that Marshall WAS
murdered by his opal"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-03-04
THE EST.

THERE is telegraph war in Kansas, Sebras-
ka and Colorado In the face OF the injunc-
tons granted by the courts at Denver and in
Kansas to restrain the American Union Tele-
graph company and the Kansas Pacific Railroad
company from interfering with the existing lines
OF the Western Union Telegraph company, upon
that railroad. the railroad company, on the 9th
ult., cut out all the wires at the Western Union
Office at Denver aud Kansas City. At the same
time the Western Union wires were cut upon
the central branch Of the Union Pacific from
Atchison west, on the st. Joseph and Western
and the Denver Pacific railroads. and the Offices
thereon were seized. The courts will be called
upon to decide the matter.
JOSEPH HUIrTA, u prominent and well-known
citizen of ST. Joseph, NO., fell desd of heart
disease on the night of the Goth ult., during
the excitement OF witnessing fire.
A FoRT BUroRD dispatch says two men, W. d.
Parshall and John OBricn, were killed on the
Red Water by Black Cattishs bard of Indians.
Morgans and O'Briens ranches. fifty miles
west of Buford, are said to be threatened by the
same Indians.
FIFTEEN Indians attacked a Mexican wagon
train of six wagons, heavily laden, from Chi
huahua for Laredo, and captured three drivers
and the live stock. The teamsters escaped and
brought the news to Enceras. lively. men
have gone in pursuit. The Indians wer, well
mounted and armed, and went toward the Rio
Grandc river