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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-16
Free for all stallions-Pnrse $40, 900.


1t is announced that the Rochester Driving
Park ass ociaton has decided to offer another
$4,000 purse, for a grand race, free for all
stations, to be trotted at the track, July 4,
1882. Commenting upon this announcement,
The Spirit of the Times says:
1.-The race at Rochester, July 4, 1881, won
by Alexander, after q severe contest of seven
heats, will live long in the memory of thou
sands who witnessed it, and its repetition will
be eagerly looked for. The prospects for such
a race are as bright as they were in 1881.
Between Santa Claus, Piedmont, Alexander,
and Robert McGregor, the question of SUI
premacy, when each is fit, twas scarcely de-
cided by the events of last season, and this
quartette may be depended upon to enter, with
reasonable confidence. The gray stallion In
dependence, has as much speed as any of them,
and is another likely candidate. Commodore
Kittson would not be disposed to shrink from
such contest with his speedy young stallion
Won Arnim; or, perhaps his new acquisition,
Revenue; Hambrino, if thoroughly trained,
will be likely to put in an appearance, and so
would Monroe Chief should he round to, and
there are others whose owners would be very
likely to think had good pretentions to start
for the grand prize. The enterprise of the
Rochester association in offering this purse in
1881, was highly appreciated, and no less will
be their apparent determination to make the
event an annual fixture 1t bids fair to become
a sort OF Trotting Derby with us, ever notable
in our turf annals
Sires Whose Get Dropped Into the 2 80
List Last Year.
The Spirit ofthe Times publishes list of
the horses with records of $50 or better, to
date, and, in connection with it, makes the
following editorial comments which will be
of interest:
The present table contains the names of 921
performers. The similar table, last year, had
79S names. We find from our list, printed last
week, of trotters that made records of $50
during 1881, that 12S of them first entered the
magic circle during that season, which makes
it evident that this table'grows very much fas-
ter by accretions than it diminishes by defec-
tions. There are less than 500 trotters in the
2:3O list all told, and the fact that over 800 of
these are still in the field, and eager for the
fray, proves, if it needed proving, that it is
only within the past few years that such re-
cords have become common.
1t will be of special interest to breeders and
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-16

Below we give list of the best turf per
formances at all distances, and all ways Of
going, to January 1, 1882, found in The Spirit
of the Times;
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07
Criminal.

A SYNAGOGUE in Paris has been robbed
Of articles valued at 10000 francs.
w. d. HoYT, telegraph operator at
Leavenworth, quarreled over the wire
with Mr.. Bailey, Union Pacific train-dis-
patcher at Lawrence. The latter refused
to retract an offensive remark, and Hoyt
travelled to Lawrence and shot him in the
breast.
TIKI Tailor at Louisville ascertained that
life prisoner, named George M. Alsop,
who had been kept heavily ironed, had
fled his shackles apart aud secured r
model key with which to escape.
TAYLOR DUNBAR, grocer at Darling
ton, Ind, was murdered by Joseph Stout,
who left the body in corn-feld. Stout
made detailed confession, and there
were such grave fears that he would be
lynched that the officers took him to
Charlottesville.
THa millinery firm of o. Il. Keith &
Co., OF Chicago, has discovered con-
gpiraeY- -hetweeH- Jeka Gtiftfs, its c1u6=
fdential bo0Bkeeper, and s. M. Munger,
n saleaman EMPLOYED on mission. by
which over 81, 900 has been stolen. Nun
ger has fled to Canada. Curtis made a
clean breast OF it. and has not been ar
rested.
FRANK JAMES was taken from the Jail
at Independence to Kansas City by Dep
uty Marshal Keshlear, on Friday, and in
the afternoon was arraigned in the Grim
inal court, where he pleaded not guilty
to the robbery of the ependence bank
and the murder Of Detective Witcher
His trial was set tor January %, and he
was taken back to Independence by the
evening train.
THE criminal court OF Washington,
having little faith in the reported illness
of Aigeow, the bank-embe zzler, ordered
his sureties TO produce him in court
under penalty Of the forfeiture of the
bond. He W ms accordingly carried
before the Judge in the arms OF his bonds
men, placed on a lounge and covered with
blankets, in care Of his physician, and lay
with his eyes closed The clerk went to
his side and informed him Of the nature
Of thirteen charges against him, TO which
he plead not guilty. When he was again
placed in his carriage he was arrested for
embezzlemeut and forced back into the
courtroom to give bail. His physician
predicts that death will follow the excite
ment and exposure.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07
DOTS AND DASHE5,
Telegraphic Intelligence Of the as;
Week Summarized into
Close Quarters.
Latest Events.

THOMAS l.. TrLLoCH has been appoint
ed postmaster at Washington. ia place OF
d. B. Anger.
THE Canadian Pacific company voted
Friday to raise the capital stock from 49,
100000 to Sl00.000,000.
THE Peoria horse and cable railway
has secured charter at Springfield, with
a capital Of 5000 coo.
CHICAGo's lat reg iment il considering
the propriety Of an excursion to the sea
board cities in July. at an estimated cost
of $40 per man.
ANNA N. SHEARBR, dwarf residing at
reading, PennsYlvania. who was 10 years
Of age, weighed only lO3 poands, and was
blind and unable to walk, died Friday.
A CONTRACT has been let for the cor
structioa OF suspension bridge across
Niagara river, below the falls, for the use
Of the Canada Southern road, to be COM
pleted next August.
A TRACT of $500 acres in Logan county,
Arkansas, has been purchased by residents
Of Peoria, at 81 IS per acre, 2nd it ia ia
tended to colonize twenty families from
lllno5 next spring.
Col. L. d. Fam, Of Nevada, Iowa, has
for ak months been confined to his house
from injuries received from an open sewer
at Dee Moines and ia about to bring suit
against that city for 81 800 damages.
A PARTY of six wealthy ladies and
gentlemen Of Boston have left ia aepecial
train OF Pullman coaches, to spend FIVE
months in California, at az estimated
cost of $3.50 each
THE inmates Of Joliet prison, to the
number Of l,474 were given dne musical
and literary entertainment and bounti-
ful Thanksgiving dinner.
TIE managers Of the Vulcan steel
works Of St. Louis, threaten TO close noxt
month for year. Steel rails have fallen
from $50 to S45 per ton, while pig-iroR
has decreased only from s2G to 1924. The
works would be kept running on pig-iron
at s20; otherwise a payroll Of $l5O0OO
pei month will be stopped.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07
CaOlegraIns.

TIE River Cologne has reached the
height Of Gas metres and is still slowly
rising. Express trains are obliged to ira
verse the left instead Of the right bank OF
the river.
ACAIRo Dispatch announces the defeat
of the rebels at Beerweer with great loss.
Uncontirmed advices state that the False
Prophet has been defeated and captured.
DURING the funeral of Detective Cox,
at Dublin, traffic was suspended. Several
hundred constables and many citizens fol-
lowed the remains TO the place OF inter
meut.
GLADSTONE stated ia parliament that
the cost of the Egyptian campaign oggre-
gated Is. 500 600 up TO October /, since
which date the expense has been borne by
Egypt.
The council Of the University Of Russia
has decided to expei forty-six students for
participation in the late disturbances and
place their parents under police super
vision,
A MILITARY tribunal al Odessa found
Colonel Stavrsky guilty OF emhezzling
l25. 600 rubles and sentenced him to ban,
ishmept.
AlTuouGu the food in the Rhine j,
subsiding, there are six feet Of water il
the streets OF Cologne, Cob'eutz, anC
Bonn, and in the latter place 400 house
have been submerged.
Tx rivers Rhine and Main are still
rising, causing widespread inundation
Mayenee, Coblenlz ana Bonn are sub
merged, the water rising to the secou,
stories in the latter city. The Empires
of Germany, telegFspAiRS ffeh GoAiertz
saws It is impossible to see what the en-,
will be.
TIE Irish privy council, after pro
tracted meeting Thursday morning de
cidtd TO proclaim Dublin under the cur
few section Of the repression act, which
| authorizes arrest on the streets during tn
greater part OF the night. Ii was resolve,
to offer 5000 reward for the apprehen
sion OF the assailants Of Field.
Jusr after the murder of Detective Cos
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07

the control of the road is concerned,
we are on very friendly terms so far
with Mr.. Vanderbilt and the North
western Road, and are perfectly willing
10 be On friendly terms with any of
their neighbors who treat them fairly"
WHEN COMMISSIONER ALBERT FINK
was seen he claimed to know nothing
at all about the northwestern war. He
deeply regretted it, and hoped q settle
ment would soon be arrived at. He
does not anticipate any spread of the
war.
WHAT ALEXANDER MITCHELL SAYS.
To the editor of the WWld-SER:-I
have to say in answer to your inquiry
by telegraph, that | cannot possibly tell
how long the existii G and inexcusable
railroad war here may last. 1t has
been begun because we refused TO sub
NIT to what we deemed very unreason-
able demands, and after we had offered
to leave all points in dispute to arbitra-
ton. 1t augurs badly for future rail-
road prosperity in this country il great
corporations are to act in this manner.
After submitting without retaliation for
some weeks to unprovoked hostilties,
we are now simply trying to defend our
selves. ALEXANDER MITCHELL,
President c., NJ. & st. P. r. r. y
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07
s1hicnrn market

UmcAeo. Dec, {. ~ Flour Dull ana IN
changed. wheat Unsettled and geserally
lower regular, a32G9i for seller December
g47.a95 for seller January, 95}s for seller
February; 1OlN for seller May, No. red
winter, 9tA No. . Chicago spring, 9SHasi
for seller casa and December, No. 3 Chicago
spring, 59H. Cora Active, but weak and
lower; sex .or seller cash. IS for seller De
ccmber; 53H Tor seller January; SIX for sell
Ter February, 6l'. for seller May; rejected, As
Oats-Dul weak and lower; S5Ha56 fer sell
Ter cash; IS for for seller December; SAX for
seller January; So. for seller May rejected
S5s Rye Steady aud unchanged. Barley
Easier; s0GSl Butter-Steady and in fair
demand Eggs - Dali Flax Seed Stronger
Is. Pork STEADY and in fair demand; ac-
tive; l7.25El152 for seller cash 174OG
l7.42s for seller january; lZ50G1752H for
seller February. Lard Unsettled and generally
higher; 1o.70Glo75 fer seller CASH lO.6O6
10 t2G for seller pecenb2-i 1881 : 10. 50 Cor SCI
Ter January; lo.qoel062. for seller February.
Bulk meats--Active, Gtm and higher, shoulders,
6 60. short ribs, $40; do clear $50. Whisky
steady aud unchanged l.l7
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07

in Dublin, Saturday sight, seven judges
Who had been dining together in Mount
Joy square passed The spot ard the police
now believe that the assassins lay in wait
for them. A man leaped from car in
Frederick street, and inflicted fatal
wounds with sword upon Dennis Field,
a Juror in the case of murderer recently
executed. A bailiff named Mellon, while
serving a writ in Gardiner street, received
a shot in the head. a mob fercely at
tackled the Jervis street hospital, evident
j. with the object Of removing Dolan,
who killed Detective Cox, but the police
scattered the rioters Mr.. TreveIyan
stated in parliament that the conflict be-
tween the police Of Dublin and organized
lawlessness seet1ed 70 have been inaugu-
rated and the government would use al
its resources to suppress disorder.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07
From the Capital.


THE postoffice department has directed
that the free delivery system be establish
cd at Keokuk, Iowa, Jan. !.
IT il understood that the engagement OF
Senator Jones, Of Florida, to Miss Mosely,
Of Newburyport, Mass, has been termi-
mated.
REPRESENTATIVE KAsSos. OF Iowa. has
purchased handsome residence on Fiji
teenth street, opposite Mcpherson square,
ami has moved into it.
TIE Hon. Nathan Gof, j., West Viz
ginia, has been appointed TO assist in the
prosecution Of highway mail robbers re-
Gently arrested in West Y irginia, who be-
long to the band Of red men.
IT is understood that Secretary Chand-
Ter will AJAX that the revenue marine and
the lighthouse and Iife-saving service be
attached to the navy department.
IT is reported in army circles that an
effort will be made at the next session OF
congress TO amend the existing law re,
lating 10 compulsory retiremenls in the
army, 40 as to exclude Gen. Sherman
from It's provisions. Il is said petition
for such an amendment is being quietly
circulated through the army Tor sigma
lures, which will be forwarded to congress
A LgTTsR from Wayne Macy eagh to
President Arthur, written Just previous
to the formers retirement from the cabi-
net. il given 10 the public now. Il APP
peara that on the day before the assassina-
lion President Garfield determined to APP
point Riddle district attorney at Wash
inglon and remove Corkhill, and instruct
ed MacVesQh to see if Riddle would &C
Cept the position.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07
Accidents.

ONE building Of the Geneva worsted-
mill at Providence, Rhode Island, was
burned Tuesday, causing loss of 5000.
A FIRE in the residence of Sir Arthur
Elton. near Bristol, England, wiped out
the building aud destroyed a portion of
the library.
Hon. j. 7. UPDRGRAFF, who was re-
Gently reelected TO congress from the
seventeesth district of Ohio, died at Mt.
Pleasant Friday night. He underwent an
operation for stone in the bladder,
A GREAT panic was caused at Monaco
by the explosion OF a cartridge NJ the en-
trance TO the Monte Carlo gambling
saloon. One official was wounded. An
Italian is in custody for connection with
the crime.
The steamship Cedar Grove, from Lon
DON struck the rocks off Cape Canso, No
va Scotia and sank in ten fathoms of wat
er within an hour. Two boats with thir-
teea eeafaen rcSctred the shore, but Y Is
feared that one was lost in the breakers
with nineteen lives. The vessel was new
and carried $4,000 insurance.
NEuBoUSR & Sons, Wholesale clothing
dealers at Milwaukee, have made an as
signmert to George Tracy, to cover liabit-
tiles of nearly $4,000, They have been
somewhat cripplrd since the outbreak of
the panic in 1878 Their assets are believ-
ed to be about 100000.
BY the explosion of a tank at Green
point, Long Island, the BROOKLYN oil
works were damaged 100000, and Derives
refinery 800 900. The bark Thison was
burned. Churche's soal-soda works were
scorched to the amount Of 100000, and
Smiths box factory lost $4,000. Two
men were drowned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07

MILWAUKEE,, Dec. {. - Flour Quiet and
nominaly unchanged Wheat-Dull and lower;
No. hard, lO5; No. ., 9l6, 94}4 for seller
December 9js for seller January; No. 3, IS;
No. 4, 63. Corn-Dul and lower No. 2 co.
new on track, 81. Oats-Quiet; No. 2, SO;
white 80. Rye-Quieti Nov, 1. IS; No. ., 81.
Barley-Dull and lower; No. ?, rs; extra No.
g. cash and December, 81. Observation-Disclosures;
Mess PORK -1735 for seller cast; 1885 for
seller November; 1745 for seller January.
Lard-Prime steam, 1895 for seller cash,
December and for seller January. Live Hogs,
Slender 6.OO&G.3j Butter 49, Quiet but
steady. Chcese-Steady; light demand. Eggs,
Quiet but steady. Receipts - Flour l2,Al6i
wheat, 2t25oi barley, 1880. Shipments
Flour, IS 1885, wheat ,975 barley, p 0i0.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07

SENARoR JOHN A. LOGAN, in q pow
erful and able letter, replies at great
length to Gen. Grants recent magazine
article justifying Fix John Porter and
pleading for his restoration to the
army. Gen. Logan makes the point
that if Gen. Grants sub.commanders
had obeyed his orders no better than
Porter obeyed thse OF Pope, the hero
ofAppomattox would have hardly as
been successful as he was He says also
that he was first confirmed in his own
conclusion as to Porter's guilt by the
opinion of Gen. Grant, he must be e1-
cused from chaning his belief simply
because the ex President has altered
his.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07

In spite Of misfortune aud failure
Arab Pasha still remains the idol OF
the Egyptian army. The Khedive has
ordered column to move to the Sou
dan to check the onward march Of the
False Prophet, but it is said the troops,
well knowing the dangerous character
of the expedition, and mindful Of their
comrades who have been slaughtered
by the barbaric legions Of the pretend
ed successor Of Mahomet, refuse to
proceed unless they are given Arab Rs
their leader.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07

Mr.. OSCAR WILDE has reached the
conclusion that life is after all only a
hollow thing. He is tired out with it,
and yearns for something new, some
thing real, something earnest that he
can grip and hang onto. He is panied
by the drearv emptiness of the dusty
present, and is ecstatically worn out
and enthusiastically done for. II is
said he is leading a rather seedy ex-
istence in New York, having his man
drogora dreams in very commonplace
lodgings, where three frayed Japanese
parasols sway anonymously against
the unaccentuated walls. The swell of
glorious adulation seems to have sub.
sided, vnd the heshy poet is uncertain
what to do. He has vague idea that
Australia would offer some definite
comfort to an exhausted soul, if only
he could get some one to accompany
him there, but he does not know about
Japan. He viii not go there at once,
for he has an idea that Japan will keep,
Mr.. Wilde should study George Eliot
He has striven after a self-twarted per
lection until the bottom has fallen out
of bis idealsm, and has got down tc
the vulgar requirements of roast bee
and baked potatoes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07

A RECENT census bulletin shows that
of the 3G761, 407 inhabitants of the
United States and territories over ten
years of age, 4, 923, 451, or over 10 per
cent. we're returned as unable to read.
The number returned as unable to
write is {, 239, 958, or II per cent. of the
whole. The percentage of illiteracy is
at its height in New Mexico, where it
ranges from GO to G5 per cent. In Ala
bama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi
and the Carolinas the percentage is
from so to 80 per cent. Iowa is atiliot-
ed with only "a per cent Of illiterates
over the age named, and Nebraska
occupies an equally enviable position.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07

Ex ATTORNEY GENERAL MACNEAGH
has made public letter addressed by
him TO President Arthur just before his
retirement from the cabinet. In this
letter Mr.. MscNeagh insists upon the
acceptance of his resignation and gives
his reasons for declining to reconsider
II. He states that President Garfield
became satisfied early in his admins
tration of the enormity OF the star
route iniquities and was earnest in sea-
son and out Of season to get to the bot
tom Of the cases and secure the pun
ishment of the guilty The day before
President Garfield was shot he directed
Mr.. MacVeagh to offer Mr. Riddle the
district attorneyship, but this arrange
ment was prevented by the assassin's
bullet. Mr.. MacNe8gh directs the at
tention Of the president TO the policy
of abuse pursued 10y BrsGy's papers,
and insists that his remaining in office
or assuming any special responsibility
for the star route cases in any shape
would be construed in the District OF
Columbia as notice that the presi.
dent was not in sympathy with the
prosecution, and intended that the ad
ministration Of Gen, Garfield, and not
his own, should be responsible for it.
further conduct.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07

OSCAR WILDE, the long-haired crank
who came over to this country to teach
a benighted civilization that eisenhower
is the symbol of esthectic beauty, says
that he is thoroughly exhausted, and
that he will 60 to Australia. The pnblic
are also tired, but will remain here
while Oscar illumes the Australian
darkness with the light Of his gilded
cOuntenance.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07

road, sent the following letter to the
Inter Ocean:
I'm addition to the points given you
last night, Ee shall cut the rates to the
following additional points on the c. NJ.
& st. Paul road tomorrow
morning: Plymouth junction and
Spirit Lake, rate 81 to each point
Mankato, Sioux Fall, and Sheldon,
rate $40 to each point. And if this
foolishness ON the part Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul road continues
] promis to give you list Of points
next week that will astonish the ma
tives."
1t was currently reported all day
Tuesday that the Milwaukee & St.
Paul road was selling through tickets
from here to Council Bluffs for any
thing over s. so, but
THE TRUTHFUL TIM CHANDLER
denied this statement at the local
Office. 1t was stated also that these
cut tickets were being sold by scalpers
for the company, and not In the office
of the road.
1t is understood the G. NJ. & st. p.
road will announce a rate of 81 from
here to Des Moines.
The cut of so cents by the Rock
Island road to Cedar Rapids allows
passengers TO get to Council Bluffs 70
SS.45. The Rock Island and North
western roads enter one der OF at Cedar
Rapids, so that travellers can persue
their journey by paying the North
western road $805.
The Rock Island announced that it
would carry freight from here to Fart
bault, Mimi, at the rate of 10 cents
per 100 pounds, and to Sheldon, Iowa,
for Is cents.
The Milwaukee and st. Paul road Is
considerably handicapped in its bust
ness, because it has an insufliciency of
Pullman sleeping cars, being obliged
to borrow them from other lines.
FROM NEW YORK.
There appeared to be more than the
usual number Of railroad men gathered
at the Windsor hotel Tuesday, notice
able among them Messrs. Marvin
Hughitt and Albert Keep, of the North
western; Sidney Dillon and Manager
Clark, of the Union Pacific; Messrs
Porter and Flower, of the Omaha Elk
tension; General Manager Hopkins, of
the Wabash; Mr.. George NJ. Pullman,
of the Pullman Palace Car Company;
President ]. r. Devereaux, and others.
The main topic of conversation APP
peared TO be the great Northwestern
war, and rumoIs innumerable were
af1oat about secret conferences and
pending difficulties which had in view
an early settlement of the difficulty.
MIR. Keep, of the Northwestern, said in
answer to inquiries:
81 cannot tell you when the war will
be at an end. 1t is certainly very dis
astrous to ali parties engaged in it, and
am sure that our road is inclined to
be az fair az possible, and will do every
thing that is right. My visit here has
nothing whatever to do with the war,
however. | am here to attend our
regular directors meeting. l expect
that tomorrow VIC will declare q quar-
terly dividend of per cent. on pre-
ferred stock, and semi-annuai divi-
dend OF 81 per cent. on common
stock"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07

AT the coming session Of the Michi.
uan legislature, the newly. elected fus-
ion Governor will probably have some
lrouble. The state senate which will
have to confirm his appointments be-
fore they become valid will be strongly
republican. In fact, both branches Of
the legislature and all the state officers
except the governor will be republican.
4twftt he tine field against BsgOle.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-12-07

Two Of the nembers-elect to the next
congress-General Heron, Of Louisi-
ana, and Updegraff, of Ohio, died Sat
urday, and one other, Orth, Of In
diana-is seriously i'll.