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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14
WHILE old John Brow n soul goes

WHILE old John Brow ms soul goes
marching on, his venerable widow
and his needy daughter are said to
be living in poverty on a small farm
near San Jose, Cal Mrs. Brown is
now 10 years of age, and is wholly
supported by her daughter. who is
compelled by memorable necessity
TO do what farm work she is able to
perform in addition to her house
hold duties. The colored people of
the United States, for whose liberia
ton John Brown freely laid down
his life, ought to raise sufficient
sum to place his widow beyond the
reach Of want-aud should they
start such movement, their white
brethren would "chip in generous ly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

TIE petition OF 10000 people to
the Wisconsin Legislature for a
chance to vote on constitutional
amendment prohibiting the sale or
manufacture of intoxicating liquors
was met at every turn by the objec-
ton that the pernicious habit of
treating was the main cause OF drunk
enness, and the inquiry was made
why they did not strike at that
When the prohibitory amendment
was voted down and the antitreat
law had passed both houses in COM
pliance with the suggestion, an in
tense pressure was brought to bear
Tor veto by the Governor, but it
was approved and is now in effect.
Few persons in the State dare hope
that the law will be fully enforced;
but it furnishes him who wants a
glass of liquor good excuse to ig-
more the dozen or more gaping
mouths always turned on him by
bar room loafers who never buy
drink themselves but stand around
awaiting a call to the bar. The
strenuous efforts made to overthrow
the law are in ludicrous contrast to
the reiterated assertion that it will
prove a dead letter. 1t will prohibit
few or none from spending money
on their friends if they so desire
but it will protect those who do not
from bar-room blackmail so univer-
sal and annoying, if they care to
avail themselves of it. The law can
do no harm, and may be used to ef-
feet considerable good.-Inter Ocean.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

OWING to the premium paid de-
feated candidates for Congress fol
contesting the seats, there is likely
10 be a larger number of contestants
at the next session than there is any
good reason for. A number Of seats
ought to be contested, and the par
ties who contest them know pretty
well what the result will be. These
are justified. The end justifies the
means. But in those cases which
are not justified, it would be well
hereafter to adopt the plan of letting
the unsuccessful contestants pay
their own expenses. This would
lead to the exercise of little more
care. 1t is true that the Democrats
have set the precedent for this order
of things, but that is no good reason
why it should be continued. 1t
would be well also to decide the con-
tests as soon as it can properly be
done. In one case during the last
session, an individual who had no
right to his seat sat through pretty
much the whole session and voted
steadily. 1t happened that this gen
tlemau was a Democrat For the
privilege of keeping his vote in case
of emergency, the Democratic Con-
gress made the people pay nearly
two tull salaries. There were other
cases of less fragrant nature. If
an extra session of Congress is call.
ed, it is to be hoped that this sub
ject Of contested seats will be at
tended to right away.-Ml,caukee
Sentinel
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14
thought can be secured without

thought can be secured without
difficulty.
The lakes are still bound III ice,
and many warm days must be had
before they are opened.
Calvert Spensley, Richard Carter,
MIR. a. w. Comfort and several
Others are here from Iowa county,
in connection with the Lampe-Ken-
nedy mining case, brought on
change OF venue before the circuit
conrt of this county. w.H.B.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

TIE six persons-tour men and
two women-who were concerned
in the assassination Of the Gar,
whose trial closed Saturday, were
convicted, aud five Of them sen.
fenced to be hanged. The fate OF
the sixth - the woman Sophie
Tieofsky, who is OF noble birth
remains to be decided by the Gar.
Their trial and conviction were
merely matters of form, the accused
having confessed their gilt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

THE following comment on the
late Legislature body, from the pen
Of the able editor of the Sun Prairie
Co,mt1yman, is not every wide of
the mark, being adaptable, certainly,
to majority of the members:
MUCH criticism of the late Legis.
lature and of its acts is being in
dulged in by the newspapers.
This fault finding is not exactly
fair; it ought to be remembered
that the members of that body were
selected, not because Of their quail
fications as legislators but solely in
reference to their predictions for
United States Senator. They voted
for Sawyer or for Reyes as they
had pledged themselves to do and
then their legitimate occupation,
like Othello's, was gone and they
ought TO have gone home. They
mistook their calling when they
undertook the duty of legislation.
They deserve ceDsure, perhaps, for
trying 20 legislate at all, but not for
failing to do well that which they
were not selected to do at all.
Blame the bosses who put them
there, but don't be too hard on the
benchmen.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

SEcrErAEY BLAINE is undergoing
misery with inhaInmatory rheuma-
tism, which skips over him remorse.
lessIy. and has at last settled near
his eyes. In spite Of his suffering
he PERSISTS in working.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

TIE dread malady, known as the
cerebro-spinal meningitis, is report
ed TO he alarmingly prevalent Of
late in some parts of Northern H.
nois, often terminating in sudden
death.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

IT is estimated that the importa-
ton Of foreign gold bullion and
coin for the fiscal year will reach
S100, 100000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14
pIatteVilic Division.
Sank County Farm
FOR SALE.

I.havo for sale good farm situated in
Sauck County, between Lone Rock and
SpTing Ggeen. Consisting OF 10 acres, all
under cultivation. House, barns, grascries,
for somebody. For further particulars en-
quirc ut this Office, or DAVID BROWN.
Lost Grove.
Mineral Point, Wis, Feb. It'll, lSSl-6n
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

THE snow-storm Of Monday night
which was quite heavy and general
throughout the Northwest, has
caused another blockade in Mime
sofa and Dakota, where the snow
drifted badly, filling mp the cuts.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

TIE great overflow of the Mis-.
souri, river at Omaha and Council
Bluffs is slowly subsidiug.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

THERE was heavy earthquake
shock throughout the central part
Of California Sunday morning.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

Dp Senator Malone g.rdle "the
Tall Sycamore Of the Wabash" and
stop the flow of sap! Certain it is,
that the Indiana Senator does not
show the signs Of vitality that
might be expected at this season Of
the year.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

STEPHENS and Malone, the light
weight champions Of politics, have
formed mutual admiration society,
and a Southern Beneficial Associa.
ton. with the hope Of destroying
the solid South. They should be
encouraged.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14
CAPITOL NOTES.
MADISON, April lIth, 1881.

ial session OF the legislature is the
only remedy for the failure Of the
apportionment bill, we feel safe in
assuring our readers that no special
session will be called Whatever
could be done ar an extra session
can be as well and ecfely done at
the regular session next winter,
That a more incompetent, reckless
body will be given the trust than
the Legislature Just adjourned is not
to be feared. Senate and Assembly
districts as formed for the past five
years will elect members for next
year, and then must be determined
whether or not a reapportlonment
can be made. Most lawyers incline
to the opinion that the next legis-
lature may, and will perform the
duty unsuccesstully attempted by
the latest. True, they say such ac-
ton will be Of questionable consti-
tutionality, interpreting that instru-
mont strictly, but it is one of those
circumstances not contemplated by
the trainers of the fundamental law,
before which the constitution must
bend, or our whole state govern
ment would be in danger Of dis
ruption.
Opponents Of the anti-treating
law are happy, 1t is now generally
believed to be utterly void. The
discovery is just made that the sec
ton Of the revised statutes which
the new law was to amend and be.
come a part ot,was in effect repealed
by the Legislature of 1880. 50 that
the anti-treat.ng law, being amen
datory OF law which does not
exist is Of no effect. The principle
being that you cannot add some
thing to nothing. In brief the case
is thus:
BY chapter 312, laws Of 1850,
section 1856 of the revised statutes,
was amended; which act wiped out
said section OF statutes, and
became the la W in its stead. The
anti.treating bill recites that section
1856 of the revised statutes is
hereby amended etc, without any
reference being made to the act of
1850 which supercedes said section
1856, and Of which the anti-treating
bill should have been made a part.
a test case is on its way up to the
Supreme Court from Milwaukee, |
and there appears to be but one
opinion among lawyers as to the !
result, which is that the court will !
declare the law a nulIity.
The case Of the State vs. Simeon
Mills, which has been some time
pending before Hon. S. t. Pinncy, .
as referee, has been decided in
favor of the State, the Judgment
being for $4,000 and interest since
1874. The question involved was
whether or not Mills should dis
gorge $4,000 Of State money held
by him as treasurer for the Insane
Hospital. Mills case in brief is:
That the State Treasurer having
given him check for that
amount on his (Mills0 own
bank, just before said bank
collapsed, and which check Mills
accepted and receipted for as cash,
though he knew MS bank was in
solvent at the time, the State
should stand the loss and not he.
4 thinner defence of embezzlement
can hardly be conceived of. To an
o,l;,,,.,. mind = saams now in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

THOSE vino have entertained fears
about the hexioility OF the Presi-
dents backbone need not lose any
sleep on his account. He is serene
aud determined to do right. 1t is
the other fellow who is nervous and
III AT ease.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

Il is suggested to Senator David
Davis that if he wants to distinguish
himself as an Independent, he might
use his influence to break the dead
lock in the Senate. He has already
sicuifed hi, opinion that the major
ity should rae in that body. lie is
professionally Independent, and just
now his peculiar quality can be made
very valuable.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

LATEST advices from the earth
duake-affiicted Island of Chaois,
which contained a population of 10,
600, state the number of killed ut
six or seven thousand, and that %
per cent. of all the population were
injured
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

\ PARTY of armed and masked
men rode into Toledo, Ark, at day
break, surrounded the Court House,
broke into the Treasurer's office,
ana stole about $4,000. They
then remountcd and escaped. y
large number OF officers and citi-
zens are in pursuit, and it is
thought the robbers will certainly
be captured.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

INDIANA will have an interesting,
not to say an exciting, election by
and by, when, as the State Legis-
lature has Just ordered, propositions
for constitutional amendments for a
prohibitory law and for woman suf-
ferage shall be voted upon by the
people. These two questions are
making things lively in Hoosier-
dom. and will continue 70 do SO for
some months to come.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

SITTING BULL beats Dr.. Tanner
all hollow rs food-abstainer. For
the last five years he has been re-
ported to be in a starving condition
and ready to surrender to the
whites. And still he seems re-
markably healthy for man who
has been fasting SO long
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

SrocEMEN in the vicinity Of the
Black Hills estimate their loss by
storms at 20 per cent, In the Vel
lowstone valley the only loss Of any
account was that OF the Anglo
American Company, who miss 80
pei cent. of their herd OF 5000 un-
acciimatized Texan steers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14
IL. ". Gill. NJ

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Linden wi. A.,
L calls bc.n day and night promptly attended -
4t,.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND suRcro,
III Late Of c Cleveland. Ohio: has sermanently I,
Gated in Mineral Point. ONCE one ,oor -, =
Appel's barber shop.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14
W. Eastm an, VI. ID,

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office IN
i ahsns block, up stairs. first door to left Ri
dence first dpor west from NJ T. Church Mis-,
Point. rs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

Tht Tribulte.
THURSDAY, APRIL IA, 1881.
So -
w.g.as. BENNETT, Editors,
THERE was a heavy earthquake
shock throughout the central par
Of California Sunday morning.
TIE great overflow of the Mis-
souri, river at Omaha and Council
Bluffs is slowly subsiding.
IT is estimated that the importa
ton Of foreign gold bullion and
coin for the fiscal year will reach
800, 100000.
TIE dread malady, known as the
cerebro-spinal meningitis, is report
ed to he alarmingly prevalent OF
late in some parts of Northern III
nois, often terminating in sudden
death.
SECRETARY BLAINE is undergoing
misery with intlammatory rheuma-
tism. which skips over him remorse.
lessIy, and has at last settled near
his eyes. In spite Of his suffering
he PERSISTS in working.
THE snow-storm OF Monday night
which was quite heavy and general
throughout the Northwest. has
caused another blockade in Mime
sofa and Dakota, where the snow
drifted badly, filling up the cuts.
STEPHENS and Malone, the light
weight champions Of politics, have
formed mutual admiration society,
and a Southern Beneficial Associa,
ton, with the hope of destroying
the solid South. They should be
encouraged.
Din Senator Malone g.rdle "the
Tall Sycamore Of the Wabash, and
stop the flow of sap Certain it Is,
that the Indiana Senator does not
show the signs Of vitality that
might be expected at this season of.
the year.
THOSE vino have entertained fears
about the hexibiIity OF the Presi-
dents backbone need not lose any
sleep on his account. He is serene
aud determined to do right. 1t is
the other fellow who is nervous and
Ill at ease.
LATEST advices from the earth
duaks-affiicted Island Of Chaois,
which contained a population of IO,-
600, state the number of killed at
six or seven thousand, and that %
per cent. of all the population were
injured.
SITTING BULL beats DR.. Tanner
all hollow rs a food-abstainer. For
the last five years he has been re-
ported to be in starving condition
and ready to surrender to the
whites. And still he seems re-
markably healthy for man who
has been fasting SO long
SrocEMEN in the vicinity Of the
Black Hills estimate their loss by
storms at 20 per cent. In the Vel
lowstonc valley the only loss Of any
account was that OF the Anglo
American Company, who miss so
pei cent. of their herd OF 5000 I'M
acciimatized Texan steers.
II - ..,,r-a,astal - Sanatnr David
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

j. IL. vivian, VI. ID,
DHYsICIAN AND SURGEON, Mineral poip, VI.
i Office In drug store. A'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-04

Promising PROSPECTS. 1t is cheer
ing to note the rays of sunlight bursting
forth IN so many points of the Southern
horizon, both politically and materially.
Here are two illustrations. An English
company has opened offices in Georgia to
lend millions of dollars on real estate,
at low rates. Philadelphia company,
with one million capital, has organized
to build a powerful iron works at Roam
oke, Virginia. Mr.. Edward L. Steel
is President. Another company with
equal capital has formed to improve the
locality adjacent to the Iron Mills. They
will lay out a city at the intersection Of
the Norfolk and Great Western Railroad,
" h the Shenandoah Railroad, bulldog
houses, public ediices, etc. The Nor
folk Road has ordered 5000 tons Of
rails to re lay its tracks to be ready for
q tremendous ore hauling business.
Philadelphia Record reports as fol
lows:-Car works are to be located at
this point; the PENNSYLVANIA Steel
Company, operating furnaces at Har-
risburg, has consulted with land owners
with a view to locating two furnaces
there, and General +. Burd Grub, who
is o operating a furnace at Lynchburg,
will also locate one there. The mana
gers of the Norfolk and Western Rail
road Company are to penetrate the
country along their line which abounds
in coal and other milerals, and at points
not far from Roanoke a road seven
ty miles IN length has been built
into Mcdowell county, where coal is
satisfactory measures. The veins are
found in from eleven to thirteen feet in
thickness, and the coal burns so thor
oughly as to leave only | per cent. of
ash. John Leisenring, Of Mauch
Chunk, and Mr.. Samuel Dickson. Of
this city, are interested in acompa-
ny that is building a line of road
forty miles in length from Bistol, Tenn,
60 Imboden, w. Va. The company
will develop tracts of iron and coal at
Waynesboro, on the Shenandoah Val
ley Railroad, near Staunton. Joseph
Scranton, one of the best known iron
manufactures in this State, will erect
Bessemer steel works, and a Philadel-
phia company, of which Mr.. Johu
Mines, the we'll known coal operator on
Walnut street, is the head, is putting
up a blast furnace at the same place.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company has bought wei a mile of
water front at Norfolk, where immense
coal piers are now in course OF erection,
and will make that place one of impor-
lance In coal shipments.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-04
For the Farmer and Mechanic.
DURHAM, \. c., July %.

y. u, july ~.
M. Edition. Durham | find to be
quite a large town. and a lively bust
ness place. The citizens are clever, So
ciable, agreeable and courteous, as any
| ever met, and | can say that [ am
much pleased with my new home. There
are a considerable number Of new build.
ings in process of erection. Messrs.
Stokes q Gear, will have a large thea
trlcal hall on the second floor of their
new buildings. The artesian well is now
over 1900 feet deep, and going deeper !;
for they expect to 90 on until they
strike ill., or bottom rock. Speaking
of strikes, Messrs. w. T. B. & co. had
a small one the other day, and at once
sent North for % new. first class ciga-
rette makers, who have made their APP
pearance. They are all Jews. and can
make a cigarette before you could say
Jack Robinson The firm can turn
out now about one hundred and fifty
thousand per day. The Durham band
will go to Oxford to the Grand Hop, at
the completion of the Railroad to that
point which will be on the 18th of
August.
The Democratic convention of Dur
ham county met on the 18th, and nom
mated W. I. Patterson for Judge Pro-
bate Thomas Stephens for Register of
Deeds, and j. n. Link for surveyor.
Big sales in tobacco yesterday and
to-day at the Banner, and Parish and
Blackwell's warehouses.
Lumber is the scarcest thing on the
market, the builders aud contractors
are almost at a stand-still for lumber,
can't somebody supply us regularly?
w. r. Il.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-04
-Four or five interesting communi-

-Four or five interesting communi-
cations on file.
Col. Ike found his voice at the
eleventh hour, and made two speeches
a hours before the election.
We know one of the future states
met of North Carolina who wrote a
speech in favor of Prohibition, and one
against it. He then tossed up a penny
to decide. 1t went for the Wet
speech but his sweetheart put in a veto.
And yesterday he had both speeches in
his pocket. This is fact.
The Baptists of Rutherfordton
had the largest church in the town;
but it was too tar out for walking when
the Presbyterian skies were ''sprihk-
ling" earth. SO a new and stately
edifice Of brick. 60 feet long, with a
80 foot spire, is being erected in the
centre of the village. This we CLEAN
firm the "Mountam Banner," a good
and newsy parer just started at Ruth
erfordton, 10y Thos. a. Hayden ESQ,
assisted by Maj. Lawson p. Irwin, two
veteran journalists. We are glad to
note the fact, as the Banner will give
us the news from a wide and rich sec
ton Of the State, whose entire business
and travel gravitates to Spartansburg
). c.; consequently is in a measure
isolated from the great body of the
State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-04

THE PlsToL.-Two brothers, aged 10
and II. son OF Harvey Burke, neal
Edcnton, the Clarion tells, quarrelled
over some trivial affair, and one mortally
wounded the other. Reloading his
pistol, he blew u his own brains, and
the world owes him thanks; for youths
with SO uncomfortable passions ought
not to to allowed to reach the unac-
countability Of manhood.--In the
Farmville, Pitt county shooting scrape,
Mr. John King, prominently known as
a member of the State Grange Execu-
tive Committee, was fighting, fist and
skull, with a darkey named Oscar JOY
ner, about an old grudge. John w.
Hooker fired at the negro, but hit Mr..
King in the head breaking the skin of
the SC lip. Hooker fed, and other
whites supposlng Oscar to have fired
the shot, set upon him with clubs, and
ba lily battered his corpus. Such is life
in Pitt. --On Saturday Policemen
Greenwood and McKeel of Greenville,
Pitt county, were taking Elias Hemby
and Henry Blandford to the caliboose
for street fighting. Henry Moore ran
at Greenwood and slashed him three
times with a knife, and got severe pom
melting from the policemen's clubs. -
Henry Parker, the alleged murderer of
Gen. Grimes went to Williamson, in
tending to stay for good, we mean for
Il ~pernanency. But the atmosphere
did not suit him, and now no man
knoweth whether he goeth.-A small
white boy at Newbern peppered a large
black boy. No cards. - Hickory
Press: John Sparks, who was shot in
the neck on Saturday, the 10th, near
BakcrSville, Mitchell county, by Pat
Aberuethy, died Oh Thursday last.
We learn that the shooting WAS in self
defense.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-04
PERSONAL.

A. W. Graham, Esq, aud family,
have been spending a month at Prof..
Horrors In Oxford.
Mrs. Capt. Tom. Armstead Is visit
ing Mrs. Hayne Davis IN Statewide
Mrs. NJ. c. Williams with Misses
Margaret and Annie Williams, L)ttie
Thomas. aud others, went to Morehead
on Saturday.
Col. w. T. Blackwell presided at
the Durham AUTHORIZATION meeting
Col John Staples, Z. NJ. Briggs, and
others, made speeches.
Glad to see that card from Sheriff
A. j. McBryde, of Watauga. Even II
we differed with his sentiments we
should admire his square attitude, not
w~ithstanding its probable defeat of his
re election.
-Messrs. James, VIM. b. and A.
L., sons of Prof. Charles Phillips and
grandsons of the late Prof. James Phil
lips, have established the Phillip
Mathematical hedal at the University,
Of the value of $50, which will be given
to the student who reaches the hlghes,
proficiency above a certain absolute
standard in the mathematical studies d
the second year.