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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13

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Ready Reading.
WASHINGTON.

\. :. LOGAN, a llneal descendant of the
historic Indian chief. has been appointed
to a position in the interior department.
BRIG. GEN. RANDOLPH L. MARCY, in
spector general. and Col. Jno 3. Barnard,
of the corps Of engineers, were placed
upon the retired list by the president. the
retirement to date from January =.
GEN. WALKER has no sooner approx
matelY arrived at the population of the
United States than he goes TO work on the
probable number in 1890. He saws he has
made very careful computation, and has
decided that, under favorable circumstan-
ces, in 1899 the American nation will num-
Der "a, 4G7 900 souls.
Mr.. WILLIS, Of Michigan. of the house
Judiciary committee, has the Mormon bill
in charge that proposes 10 punish and dis
courage Mormonism by denying the right
to vote to any who practice polygamy. He
says they hope to got it reported simply
this congress, in order to place ii before
the country, and the next congress will see
the matter dealt with in some way that
shall wipe out this disgrace.
WHILE the widest diversity of opinion
prevails at Washington in regard to the
provisions of the funding bill it is plain
10 be seen that conservative sentiment is
crystalizing upon plan to issue five-twen-
ty bonds for the greater portion of the ma
turing debt, and for the remainder treas
ury notes redeemable in one to five years
|: is thought that the bonds could be issued
AT 3 per cent. and the notes at 3D.
II is estimated that the cost to the coun-
try of the Arrears of Pension bill, before
its capacity is finally exhausted, even if no
removal of the original Limitation is made,
will be about 1924 100000. 4 measure has
already been introduced in the House of
Representatives to remove the Limitation
fixed by the original act, and to pay to all
applicants whose cases shall be found merit
the arrears. BY the terms of the bill no
claimants whose applications have been
made since the first Of last July are enti-
tied to arrears of pensions. There are now
pending 1000 original claims which
reached the Office since that date, and the
elaine are coming in at the rate of about
1000 month.
THE senate has confirmed Matthew f..
Barr as collector % customs at Erie, Pa
William A. Stone, United States district
attorney for the western district of Penn
sylvania; William H. Stillwell, Of New
York, associate Justice of the supreme
court of Arizona; John Hall, United States
marshal western district OF Pennsyl-
vania; Washington +. Piddrick,
OF Pennsylvania, secretary to the
French-American claims commission. To
be United States cons1s James r. pu-
bois, of Pennsylvania, at Aix-la-Chapelle +;
Samuel Spackman, of Pennsylvania, at
Munich; II. j. Crouch, of Pennsylvania,
at st. Helena; q. Henry Horstmann, of
Pennsylvania, at Nuremberg; George W.
Roosevelt, of Pennsylvania, at Matanzas
Henry II. Huldekosse, Phil
adelphia; John NJ, kimsey, Waterloo,
Ind; John NJ. McLelland, Marion, Iowa,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13

the Allentown, Penn, rolling mill ex-
ploded on the Sth inst, damaging the mill
to the extent of 80 900, and instantly kill
ing John Shak, aged As, and fatally wound
ing Hugh Gallagher, aged %, Hugh Har-
rington, IA, Patrick McGee, 16, James
Roarity, Is, and Charles McClosky, is.
The following persons were bodily inlur-
ed Sam1 Burges, aged 26. Jas. Harkins.
-, John Harkins, l3 VIM. Gibbons and
Jas. -, boy The boiler, which was
forty feet long and three feet in diameter
was rent in the middle in two pieces.
A TELEGRAM from Sioux City, Jan. 9TH,
says: \ shocking accident occurred on
the line of the Sioux City and Omaha di
vision Of the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapo-
lis q Omaha railroad. by which six men
were killed outright, and the seventh lost
leg, The men were engaged in a cut,
north of Bancroft, shoveling snow. The
working train, anticipating the coming
south bound Passenger, had side-tracked,
and the men, ! / in all stepped from the
track to allow the passenger to pass. Some
trouble getting through had been expert
enced the day before, and in approaching
the cut, which is q long one, and on a
curve, had put on steam and rushed in
The train consisted Of a locomotive and
tender, two box ears and one passenger car.
The train, with the exception of the latter
car passed the men in safety, but the step
of the passenger car caught them and
moved them down like grass under the
wheels; only four escaped without serious
injury. The names Of the killed are:
Chas. Meirs, Thos. Broughman, w. p.
Swanson, q. \. Herman, Olney Anderson,
and John Erickson, The name of the
wounded man is Jno Adolain. The men
all lived at Oakland, Neb., to which poitn
the bodies were conveyed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13

having.fallen from the roof through the
sky light.
President HAYES recently ordered the
removal of Foreman Cook, of the Charles
town navy yard, for intimidating EN-
ployes at the polls Three naval officers
will convene as board TO investigate the
charges.
Two fishermen of Long Island sound,
named William Langshaw and Daniel
LOOMS, have been convicted, at Norwich,
Conn, of robbing the corpses of the per-
sons lost on the steiner Narragansett, and
given terms in state prison.
LORD" PELHAM. the English swindler,
has been arraigned at Salt Lake, and
pleaded not guilty. The name he used on
the alleged forged checks was Marcus La
Pere Beresford, and he deties the prosecu-
ton to prove that a false cognomen. He
acts as his own attorney.
THE mu,ilated bodies of Jacob Gogle
and wife residing nea- Bethlehem, Pa,
having been found in their bed, on Dec
%, Joseph Snyder, who boarded in their
family, was lynched for the crime by a
mob. He made a detailed confession.
from which it appeared that he had been
refused the hand of their daughter by his
victims, and thought to possess her after
their death.
WHILE eating breakfast at the Bonn
mersheim house, Three Oaks, Mich. =, the
gripsacks of Henry H. Porter and G. II.
Long, both travelling men, were rihed by
a boarder who took them from behind the
bar. Sixty dollars in silver was taken
from the latter. The suspected party was
seen to leave an old. unoccupied building
near the house. Search was made, and
the silver was discovered under pile of
rubbish. The offender escaped.
JAKE butcher was arrested at Omaha,
! Neb., on the llth inst, for the burglary of
two stores at Scranton, Iowa. His part
ner was arrested day or two before, on a
trivial charge, and lodged in Jail. after
which it was learned that he, too, was
concerned in the burglary. They stole a
large quantity of pocket cutlery. jewelry,
| pocket-book., clothing, etc. Nearly all
! the property has been recovered at second
hand stores. One hundred and fifty dol
lars was offered for their arrest. They are
| dangerous crooks. having recently gradu-
| ated from the Iowa state penitentiary, and
are strongly suspected of several robberies
and safe burglaries there during the last
week or two.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO. Jan. ll.-Flour--- Eirmer; No. !
qutoably higher Wheat--Unchanged and gen
orally higher; No. 9 red winter, 97a 9S; No.
80 a for seller February; L00}s 1o0% for seller
March; 1865 for seller May; Mo- Chicago
| spring $50 50; rejected nominal Con-Active.
firm and higher; 81 "a for seller cash; 377s for
seller February; 80. for seller March, 422
425s for seller May. rejected 34la Oats-Ac-
tive firm and higher; 81 p for seller cash. 81 Il for
seller February; 3jla for seller May; rejected
80. RYe-Fimer at ssaS9. Barley-steady
and in fair demand at lib Flax seed-Easier
at liz. Pork-Strong and higher; l3.lOa
1916 for seller cash; 1908 Gl2.lj for seller
February; l2.321l for seller March. Lard-Steady
and higher; SIS for seller cash; S.7JQS.773s
for seller February; S.s71a for seller March;
Bulk Meats-Str : and higher; shoulders, 4.2j,
short ribs 900; clear, rs. Whsky-Steady
and unchanged at IL. Call Wheat Strong
cr; advanced % a A. Corn-Adyanced &C. Oats
Steady and unchanged. Pork-Adyanced 2hc.
Larl-Firner and not quotably higher Re
ceipts Flour II 600; wheat 9 900; corn, ll3 OO0;
oats, 10000; rye, $500; barley 0OO Ship
ments: -four 30 600; wheat $4,000; corn, 40
00O; oats, l2OOO rye, 1000; barley. 81 600.
The Drover's Journal" reports: Receipts,
% goo; shipments, $4,000; quality excellent; SC
higher; all sold; mixed packing, 4.6Oa4.Sj;
light, 4.65a4.90. good to prime heavy, j.OOQ
80, packers principal buyers. Cattle-Receipts,
$500 shipments, 3,4OO; good demand trade
generally better; all sold early and shipped out;
common TO fair shipping, 4.Ood4.5O; good to
choice 4.s0a 800 butchers, fairly active and
steady 2.2Oa3.6O; stockers and feeders 3.29d
3Sj. Sheep-Recepts, 400 shipments, 500;
quiet, common to medium, 1909 400; good to
choice, 5.00dj $50; poor, slow and weak Thu
journals London correspondent reports; Cat
tie and sheep unchanged; best steers, 15ls,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13

woman. died at Cheltenham, one of the
suburbs of St. Louis, on New Years dav
aged one hundred and fifteen years. She
weighed four hundred pounds. Mrs. Coop-
er was mother of twenty-five children. the
youngest of whom is CO years old. Her
husband is one hundred years old and still
living.
TIE first biennial session of the Penn
sylvania Legislature was held jan 5. The
republican caucus nominees were elected
officers. In the senate, sensation was
caused by +. b. Coke, democrat from Lu
zerne county, declining to take the q iron
clad" oath. He made a long statement
showing that he had used money in secur,
ing his own election, and therefore could
not conscientiously allow himself to be
sworn in.
THE marriage of Governor-elect Porter
of Indiana, to Miss Stone, sister of Gen. +.
Stone and daughter of late prominent
resident of Chatauqua county took place
Jan. 6 at the residence of Walter S. earn
er, uncle of the bride The ceremony was
performered by the Rev John Freeman,
of Lockport, \ y. The wedding was pri-
vate and only few of the relatives pres
ent, among whom were Albert and Annie
Porter, son and daughter of the bride
groom. The couple left for Indianapolis
via the Pennsylvania railroad.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13
FOREIGN

HERR STATESMAN, an lsraelite, has been
elected president of the municipal council
of Berlin.
THE German police have discovered a
new secret organization of socialists, ex-
tending over the whole empire
FRANCE will hold that the mobilization
Of the Greek reserves absolves her from
further action.
THE premier Of Greece declares that she
must prepare for hostilities, as she is the
only executor of the decision of the pow
ers at Berlin.
\ DISPATCH from Rome says the pope
has sent fresh instructions to the Irish
bishops looking toward the rest orst,oo OF
order.
THEjudge of Toxic, Japan, was assas-
stnated In the street, on December II, by
a man whose father had been condemned
to death fifteen years ago.
THE Dutch government is about to APP
peal to the people of the British nation in
favor of the independence of Transvaal.
HEAVY rains have caused great damage
in Sicily. At Barcelona the river burst
It's emoankmentS, creating great panic.
PARNELL and his parliamentary col
leagues have made burlesque of the state
trials at Dublin by absenting themselves.
Not even an audience gathers to hear the
testimony
THE students of the German university
are debating upon the best means of ex-
tepding the anti-Jewish agitation, and
over two thousand have already signed the
petition to Bismark.
IL consequence of the report of the COM
mittee of physicians that the assassin OF
the Russian Colonel Comeraoh is insane,
he will not be executed, but will probably
be confined in an asylum.
The Greek premier has informed the
foreign ministers at Athens that his gov
eminent would cling to the decisions OF
the Berlin conference. The pressure for
war is intense, and thirty-two thousand re-
serves will soon be called out.
\ POLICE patrol in the county Sligo,
on January 9Th exchanged shots with an
armed party. 1t is supposed that one OF
the prowlers was mortally wounded. One
arrest was made.
LORD DUFFERIN, in al essay on the Irish
land question, declares that the sale ften-
~nts' interests has a tendency to saddle
HolulHHS Will uONDlt GtHls. anu urSeH
state aid for emigration to Canada.
4 Cork cablegram announces that a
party of men visited the house of man
named Daniels. on the 9th inst, and in
flicted dangerous wounds upon him, hut
the victim refuses to disclose their nane s
or state the cause of the attack.
Is the house of commons, on the Sth
inst parnell gave notice that he Would
move for select committee to inquire
into alleged outrages in Ireland, as also of
an amendment to the address to the queen,
declaring that peace cannot be promoted
by the suspension ofthe constitution.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13
CRIME.

BEN. LUMrEII, colored, was killed on
the Sth inst, at nanville, Va, while at
tempting TO arrest a chicken thief.
Four of the leaders of band of rob
ber' operating near Ephrala, Pa, have
been captured, after desperate f. hit.
ABOUT 1900 coal-miners OF Wheeling,
w. Va. have struck for an advance in
wages. The mine-owners say they viii
not accede to the demand.
AT late hour on New Years night
two armed men robbed the Laredo stage
near San Antonio, cutting the mail-bags
into shreds and securing $1,000 in cash.
MIS-. THERESA REI>IANSCHNEIDER, when
arraigned in New Jersey court, pleaded
guilty to the charge of marrying twelve
men within six years, only one of whom is
dead.
4 MOB of three hundred persons forced
the prison doors at Entire Rios, in the Ar
gentine Republic, on the Sth inst. and
cut to pieces four slaves charged with muir
der
A Observation-Disclosures, Of Montreal,
named Gustave Cherol. has been arraign-
ed on charge Of maintaining a den into
which young girls are inveigled, debauch-
ed and shipped to the states.
IT seems that Captain Cooper, who was
recently appointed consul at Cadiz, on the
application of Senator Ferry, Is the man
who whipped that gentleman at the VA
tional hotel, ~ Washington.
4 THIEF who had robbed the daughter Of
YIN. 7. sheldon. banker, Al Remser
street. Brooklvn, Of a wedding gift, wa,
found unconscious and dying on the parloI
aoor q an rnoccupied house adjoining
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13
WIRES AND Els.

FHE Dixon crucible company of Jersey
City has suspended, the liabilities being
about 81 100000.
- w. +. REYNoADS, of Cincinnati, was
frozen TO death near Fort Dodge, Kan, on
Saturday night
julius Conn, manufacturer of varnish
in New York, has made an assignment,
owing 100000.
MATHEW SCHEULER, aged 90 years. went
into an oil tank at Bradford, Penn, on
the eth inst, to receive an augur bit, and
was overcome by the gas arising from the
oil. He was discovered living in the bot
tom of the tank an hour later.
TwKNrY-oNE deaths occurred in New
York, from diphtheria, within the twenty
four hours ending Jan. 7.
? WHILE sleighing at Havana. O., Mrs.
Xlnistan Grace and Mrs. +. Ellis were
killed by a Baltimore and Ohio locomo,
tive.
Ar Coalvile, Kan. the dress of Miss
Davis caught fire from an open crate, on
the Slh inst, and herself and her mother
were burned to death.
MATTHEW CANNON, a foreman of a
packing house at Sabula, Iowa, got caught
on a shaft on the Stn inst. and was stripped
of his clothing and dropped dead to the
| floor.
| Miss kArr CAvpRELI. of II. Joseph
Mo, and Miss Fannie Wood, OF Hamburg,
| in that state, were very nearly roasted
alive by their ball dresses taking fire from
stove, on the 4th inst
FIVE members of the family of Samuel
krump, of Montclair, n. j., died of diph-
iberia in one week Ii was found that
tetid gases permeated the sleeping apart
ments.
The prairie in the region Of Fort Rob
inson, Nebraska, is covered by frozen snow
to the depth of seven inches. Hundreds
of dead cattle can be seen along the banks
of the streams.
\ FIRE at l0ckport. \. y, on the 9TH
inst. DESTROYED the Hodge opera-house
and the Gargling Oil building, the loss be-
ing $4,000. In the latter structure there
were the postofiice. Internal revenue and
telegraph offices.
on the 9TH inst. child was almost roast
ed alive in small room In tenement
house in st. Louis and babe of two
months was rescued from a burning cradle
hv the tiremen The mother states that
she had left them but few miaues be-
fore on a visit to pawn shop with faded
shawl.
THE newest monopoly is a match syndi-
cate. with capital of S2,5N,Wr, and
headquarters AT New Haven, Conn. Ten
large factories have been consolidated,
with the intention of controlling the
American market. They pay the govern
ment S., 100000 per annum for stamps.
PRINCE IL ANNIHAI, the son Of an African
king, was frozen 10 death in the recent
storm at Warrenton, Va. lie owned slaves
before the war, and retained them after
lis close His devotion to the south caused
his Imprisonment for some months in the
old capitol at Washington
4 rourR in the big pudding mill n
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13
Guilty Of Wrong.

Some people have fashion of con,
fusing excellent remedies with IN.
large mass Of patent medicines, AM
in this they are guilty of a wrong
There are some advertised remedie
fully worth all that Is asked for them
and one, at least we know Otto!
Bitters. The writer has had occas Pr
10 use the Bitters in just such climate
as we have most of the year ~ hay
City, and has always found them {" =
first-class and reliable, doing all tnhi Z
claimed for them - Ii1tBae
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13
WashingtOn'S Personal Appearance

WashingtOn's looks are described as
follows ;-"W ashington was six feet,
two inches i'll height, with a very erect,
robust, stalwart frame. He had fine
breadth of chest; long, well-shaped and
very strong arms; broad large hand,
with a grasp like a vice, and very
straight, well-rounded lower limbs.
He had large head, set on a strong,
full neck. with a commanding car
riage. His hair was brown, or dark
auburg; his eyes a grayish blue, set far
apart, and his complexion ruddy or
tiorid, Stuart, who painted him, de
clares that the sockets of his eyes were
larger than he had ever met with be-
fore, and the upper part of his nose
broader and fuller. All his feelings
were indicative of the strongest pas
sions, although his judgment and great
selfcommand made It seem very
different in the ewes of the world
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13
wrongs,


The severe cold snap experienced
carly last week reached the New Eng
land states and the south during the
closing days of the old year and the
beginning of tia new In Virginia The
weather was phenominally cold, aston
ishing even the oldest inhabitant'
with its untoward severity. The lowest
point reported from that state was at
Riverton, in Warrenton, where, on FRI
day morning the mercury marked 80
degrees below zero. Along the Hud-
son river, in New York, the mercury
ranged on New Years all the way from
= degrees to 80 degrees below, and III
the towns on either side of the Green
Mountains, in New England, the mer-
curry persisted III resting in the eos and
SOS below the single cipher From the
report Of the signal service il is quite
probable that we have not fully eScap-
Cd from the frost kings icy lash and
another iuaiction of polar torture may
lie confidently expected
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13

WHITELAw REID is authorized to rise
and remark, in stalwart style, that the
incoming administration will not per-
nit the gentlemen who finally voted
for Garfield at Chicago to suffer 70, it
or lose by it. The gale seems to have
originated at Albany, where some per-
sons have been shown a knife ard a
milestone by the Conkling crowd.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13

TURKEY and Greece have boa declar-
ed that they do not want any arbitra-
tion--cxcept that of the sword, but the
Powers have not abandoned nes0tia.
tons for a peaceful compromise. If
the Great Powers were not SO jealous
Of each other, both Turkey and Greece
would be as obediant as spanked babies
and do WI. they are told without II
moments DELAY.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13

PRESIDENT BUCHANAN tried his hand
with small armyim Utah. President
Hayes has tried courtesy and moral
suasion, and the presidents between
have devoted more or less attention to
this "twin relic of barbarism." They
have all been failures The time has
come to tackle the monster and end
this disgraceful exhibit Of polygamy.
If congress would expell the delegate
from Utah because of his criminal
practices, abolish the territorial organ
ization because of its plain violation of
MI law, sacred and profane, rs interpret
ed 10y every other state and territory,
the crimes against decency migL. be
redrcssed and the wrong arrested The
arm that arrests must have nerve, and
strike quick and hard; every year in
creases the danger and multiplies the
wrongs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13

BLAINE will resign his senatorship in
February, to become the leading spirit
in Garfeld's cabinet, and Hale and FRYE
viii represent Maine in the upper
house. The fact will soon develop that
Blaine is negotiating with the conserv-
alive confederates on basis which will
rend or absorb the solid south, and put
to shame the puny efforts Of Hayes to-
ward practical reconciliation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13

A PROMINENT attorney from New
York city is now in Columbus, O., col
Letting evidence calculated to reflect
upon the character of Mrs. Kate
Chase Sprague before her marriage.
The details of all the affairs are being
collected with scrupulous care, and, if
the lady ever did anything which
the laws Of good society forbid, it Is
quite safe to say that the world will
know it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13

SOME of the paupers at the kanawha
sounty CIV. Va poor-house manifest
I'd their disapproval of the appoint
ment of the superintendent of the IN
stitution by setting fire to the building,
which was totally destroyed, together
with the adjoining smoke-house con
tanning a large quantity of bacon, beef,
-four. etc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13

The lurcomans are giving the Rus
slams some pretty warm work in Cen
trail Asia. Four thousand of them re-
Gently made raid on Buerma and
captured 800 camels. The Russians
pursued them and retook some Of the
animals near Cock Tepe, where fight
ensued. The Russians lost two canons,
which, however they afterward recap
tured
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13
>lilwaukee Market.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. ll.-Flour.-D and n5s-
lected. Wheat-Opened firm, "a higher; closed
firm No. l hard, nomnal No. /, nominal,
No. 2, 9si,; 9S}4 for seller January; 80 for
seller February; 1905 for seller March; No.
3, IS; No. (, n; rejected, nominal. Corn
Fimer and quiet; No. ., aO7s. Rye--Quiet;
No. ], S6]s. Barley Higher and inactive;
No. .. 81.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-13
WISCONSIN.
MINERAL POINT,
INNOVATIONS.

THE people of Petersburg, Va, are
having an extraordinary amount of
winter. After experiencing intense
cold last week, they have just bad a
very heavy snow storm, followed by a
hard freeze, anG skating has taken the
place of navigation.