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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
THE RAILROAD WAR.
A Grand Rush for the Ticket Offices in
1T. Paul and MinneapOlis-Furthe
Reductions Expected.

A Grand Rush for the Ticket Offices in
1T. Paul and MinneapOlis-Furth
Reductions Expected.
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 19.-The war in
passenger rates began to-day by the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, Chica-
go & Northwestern and Chicago, st.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, making
the first class fair to Chicago S., caused
q grand rush to the ticket offices here
and in st. Paul. The Rock Island met
the cut and went 50 better, placing the
rate at So. This will probably be met
by the other lines by still further re-
auctions. The fact that the Albert
Lee Route had been paying COM
mission or rebate to passengers for the
past six weeks of S. for the regular
first class fair to Chicago has been pre-
viously announced. The Albert Lee
(Rock Island) people claim to have be-
gun this as 3 measure of self-protec-
ton, because they have affidavits that
rival lines were making rebate of 50
or So on Chicago tickets, and also to
secure an equal division of all traffic.
The Rock Island claims to lave aft
davits Of reductions made by the rival
lines before it began selling at $50 re-
duction, six weeks ago, and claims to
be fighting mainly for self-preservation.
President Cable says his road has come
to stay and will have its share of traffic
and help the people of the Northwest
by lively competition, making it warm
for other lines until they effect an
amaicable settlement of differences.
A war on freight rates is not improb-
able, as the present pool between the
Milwaukee and the Chicago, Minneapo-
lis, St. Paul & Omaha, and the Chica-
go Northwestern terminates on the 18th
by the withdrawal of the two last
named lines from it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
Hymn of Pittsburgh.

Ny father was mighty Vulcan;
am smith of the land and sea !;
The cunning spirit of Tubal Cain
Come with my marrow to me.
I think great thoughts, strong winged with
steel;
csin vast iron acts,
And orb the impalpable dreams of seers
Into comely, lyric facts.
I am monarch of all the FORCES.
have solved the riddle of fire,
The Amen of Nature to cry of Man
Answers at my desire.
/ search with the subtle soul of fame
The heart Of the rocky Earth,
And hot from my anvil the prophecies
OF the miracle years leap forth.
am swart with the scots of my furnace,
drip with the sweats of toll;
My fingers throttle the savage wastes,
tear the curse from the soil,
I fling the bridges across the CULTS
That holds US from the TO-Be,
And bald the roads from the hammered march
or crowded humanity.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
The Star-Route Scandal.
FALLS STATEMENT.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Is A statement
said to have been voluntarily made by
Frank III. Fall, under oath, Oct. 10, is
made public to-day. 1t begins by as
serting that he obtained an impression
from an interview with Brewster Cam
eron, June IA, that the government de-
sired to obtain evidence of the mis-
conduct of the starroute jury, past or
future, and he was engaged at SO per
diem to ascertain if any members of
the jury were corruptible. He report
ed to Cameron every night. June "a
he talked with Thomas A. Foote, 8
colored juror, in the circuit court.
From information obtained from Rich
ard 7. Laws he concluded that Brown,
the star-route juror, was approachable,
and told Foote so. Afterward he
negotiated with Payne and Foote, look
ing to securing the control of Browns
vote. A contract was drawn contem-
plating the paying of 50 500 and pre-
scented to Brown by Payne, but the
former refused to sign the paper, say
ing it was q detective job Brown,
however. said ne would do as wanted
If paid s.. 500, and would control Juror
Martin. Fall refuEed to pay the money
without the contract being signed.
Seeing by the newspapers of Sept. %
that Brown had made an affidavit
charging Payne with attempting to
bride him, Fall sought an interview
with the latter. Payne declared
Browns statement q lie; that Blown
OFFERED TO SELL HIS VOTE
to whosoever wanted it for $500
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
DIR. Tying's Deaf h.

NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-Rev. u. A. T.
Tying, secretary for domestic missions !,
under the Missionary Society of the
Episcopal church, died at his home,
No. Grammercy Place. He was born
in Topsham, VT, on the 18th of Feb
ruary 1911. After attending Kimball
Academy at Meridian, n. H., he en-
tered the University of Vermont, where
he remained two years. He studied
theology at Burlington, VT, under
Bishop Hopkins, at the same time be-
ing teacher in the Bishops school.
He was ordained as deacon on the 21st
of August, 1886, and as preast about q
year afterward. His first charge was
Vergens, VT, where he was rector of
St. Pauls church for year and q half
He then took charge of Trinity church
IN West Troy, n. Y, and In 1910 of
Trinity church, Lansingburg n. Y,
where he continued for twenty-three
years. DIR. Tying entered upon mis-
sion work in 1864 as q secretary of
the Commission for Domestic Missions
On the death of tie Secretary, the Rev.
Carder, DIR. Tying succeeded to his
place which he has since retained.
During the first year of his secretary
ship the receipts of the Committee
were So, 5 "a; for the fiscal year ending
September last they were $22S, 3T5.
Tie 1 gree OF Doctor of Divinity was
received by DR.. Tying from Hobart
College. He leaves widow.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
Framed Like a Clothes Horse.

A very amusing trial recently came
off in the county court at Brighton,
England. A dressmaker sought to re-
cover from lady the sum of thirteen
shillings for work done in making a
dress. The defendant testified that the
plaintiff had spoiled the dress, it did
not fit and could not be made to fit.
On hearing this, the plaintiff, in an
indignant tone, said: 81 did make the
dress properly, but the lady has no
figure whatever. How could I, or any
dressmaker, make her look like VEINS,
when she has frame like clothes
horse?' After laughter had subsidized,
the defendant exclaimed: Chat is
false; have good figure; my husband
is in court, ask him." The judge did
not do this, but decided that the dress
should be tried on; and the defendant,
after retiring to q private room to put
it on, sent back word that she looked so
badly in it that she could not come into
court again. The judge presumably
took this view of the case; for after see
ing her moment he came out and
gave verdict for the defendant.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
What it Costs to Keep a Yacht.

1t is said that the owner of very
successful 40 tonner is so disguised with
his yachts success that he has advertis-
ed her for sale. The years expenses
amount, 80 the story goes, to f2, 500. 1t
is difficult to believe the cost of racing
a forty tonner could be so much, even
for winning Thirty prizes in one season,
as ! am told that the new sails, spars
and copper which the yacht had this
season would not, or ought;not, to have
cost more than $500, including the re-
casting of lead-keeI; the wages OF crew
and extra hands s400, and the prize
money $500, including bonuses to sail
ing, master and pilot. This would make
total of 81 400. and this was the exact
amount represented by the prizes won;
SO, from business boint of view, the
accounts, on my estim ate, balanced. AS
to the odd e1100 surely the owner must
have included his own personal expens-
es.-London Truth.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
CAPITAL Society, .

Correspondence New York World:
Most of the interesting people here are
Bohemians with a balance at their
bankers; for the delicious hint of Bo-
hemianism in every body in Washing
ton makes it the fascinating place il is.
One lady-a widow, of course-whose
charms of manner and person have
got her invited everywhere, delights in
the little mystery surrounding her an
tecedents, and at the houses of foreign
ministers and on the most distinguish
ed occasions lets everybody know that
she is not prepared to give an account
of herself. ''Some people say" she
says in the softest and best-bred voice
in the world, "that l was a dressmaker
because | make dresses so beautifully,
and some say WAS circus-rider be-
cause / ride so we'll" She is doubtless
aware OF the fact that she is quite as
good as her neighbors, and that they
dare not question her.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
He Wanted a Little Time.

A democrat who heard something
awful good IN the city hall yesterday
morning started for Woodward avenue
with his hat in mis- hand. Meeting .
stranger at the gate he swung his tile
and called out:
"We've met EN- y
"Yes.a
"And won a glorious victory |"
EYES,
SIT is the biggest tidal wave ever
heard of I"
"Just ss."
'And it will sweep the republican
party off its feet ~
at WILL"
s;And give us democratic presi-
dent =
Il believe it"
Then let's give three cheers u
"1-I-that's 3 little too much"
"How-why? Amt she glorious p
"1es, but you see was a republican
up to midnight last night, and it might
not be in good taste for me to utter any
democratic yells before tomorrow.
I'm with you-I'm all right-but give
me little more time to get used to the
new party"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
'Msrbles. Whisper. THE grave.
The Little Bridge.

They parted on the little bridge
Which spans the running water,
The bright-eyed youth with fluent tongue,
And she-tne yoeman's daughter.
A few fond words, stolen kiss,
A little golden triHket,
Twas all but that his heart could change
She did not dare to think i.
He journeYej to bright Southern lands
Where tropic skies bent DER him,
And wooed blind Fortune till she cast
A shower of gold before him.
Then Fame took up her trumpet, tuned
To sound his praise in story,
For much that to his life belonged
Was what the world called glory.
A ribbon marked his high degree,
His name had added letters,
And not on him was any sign
OF hfeis more CALLING letters.
The maiden's path lay toward the north
She toiled for daily guerdon,
And meekly bore her low estate,
Nor felt her task a burden
TIL hope deferred he spirit broke,
And thorns seemed springing round her
Auu buOuSuAe kHdk tICC WSHC
Had only power to wound her.
A poor old maid with fading cheek
Tolls on from early morning,
With scsnty thankE, and little praise,
And sometimes heartlsss scorniDg.
And yet sometimes she sees the bridge,
And hears the liver flowing,
And memory lifts the shroud Of years,
The dead past Almly showing.
Aud sometimes ne, In idle mood,
Mid silence all unbroken,
Just wonders If the bridge still stands
Where their last words were spoken.
The bridge still lightly spans
The ripping, running water
But no bridge spans the gulf 'tuixt him
And she, the Joeman's daughter
&C han5er's Journal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
The BARNS A. At Hest

FROM UOou w orus.J
There was din. as ye meier heard the like,
'Mang our BARNS the NIGHT roun' the fire-en';
A were busy as bees in bike;
AZ were blithe as the birds in the glen,
What wi castles and kinks built VII stools,
What wi rhyming at spellings a. roun',
What wi playing &. ball and at bools-*
But there's peace now, they're a cuddled dun.
Moo, the BARNS are asleep and calm
Has fan roun' like cleaning shade,
And kind Hand unseen sheds a balm
Ger their wee limbs in WEAKNESS laid.
On their fair chubby faces we see
Sic an evenly sweetness O. rest,
That ye'd doubt but they'd borrowed wee
Frae the far-awa' realms O the blest.
Like wee birds in a nest do they cow'r,
By ilk other so coy and kin;
0, their beds, like rose-bed in fiow'r,
And our glances O. love on it shine.
O, AVA wi your glairy gowd crown,
Frae the cunning cauld fingers O. Art
But, hurrah for the BARNS that hae grown
Like = living love-wreath roun' the heart!
Ha. let's wheeshtf As we warm in their praise,
We MIGHT waken some fiaxen-haire loon;
See, already shot out frae the claes
Just as 1.-THE wee limbs in the toon!
Hap it Ger, hap it DER. Bonnie BARN,
Whaur ava may that wee footie pace!
The RIGHT gait O the worlds i'll to learn,
And fair Fortune is tickle to chase.
There are hid meath these lashes so long,
The full cen that are stars O. the day;
There lies silent the nursery song,
On these lips fresh as mornings in May;
And there beats in these blossoms life
More o promise than Spring buds are gi'n
That must meet the worlds favor or strife,
Aud shall make them or mar them for heav'n.
Will We guard them, ye angels O. Peace,
In this haven in the curtains O. night?
Will ye guide them when dangers increase,
Heaving out in their day ocean fight?
For o, wb aur, frae the bairnie wee
To the barnie the biggest of a,
Is the ane we'd first part wi. and see
To bed in the moods taen AVA?
sMsrbles +Whisp.r. THE grave.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17

Payne pleaded poverty and asked for
the loan, which Fall refused unless he
would make sworn statement. Payne
promised, but did not appear. al
efforts to find him failed until Oct. 2,
when he was encountered In the Baiti-
more and Potomac depot. He then
reported that the failure to keep the
engagement was due to overtures
made by Charles Jones and Mr.. Mall
for meeting between him (Payne)
Detective Miller, Major Richards and
Brown, looking to getting statement
from Foote, who, meantime, had gone
to Newark. Richards gave him $40
IN response to demand. Richards
and Payne started for Newark Rich
ARDS paid all bills. They saw Foote
and got an affidavit. Foete wanted
two thousand dollars for the affidavit
and wanted it left In Payne's hands
until he got his money. Foote finally
wrote a letter, which Payne brought to
Washington, addressed to Brady, Dor
sey & Co., demanding $1,000 before
the affidavit should be delivered.
Richards threatened to get Payne to
make an affidavit which should agree
with what Foote had said in his.
Payne said he wanted $1,000 for his
affidavit, and he denied the making of
it until that time. Payne wanted the
advice of a lawyer before he would
make an affidavit. They wanted him
to 60 to Col Cook and make an affi-
davit in his Office. Payne wanted to
ADVISE WITH COL. NGERsoLL.
Richards telegrabhed for Col. Ingersoll,
and Richards and Miller took Payne
to Col. Ingersoll's house Sunday, Oct.
l, and then Col. Ingersoll read the aft
davit, and said the afidavits were
wanted for the purpose of downing"
the attorney general, Brewster Cam
eron and Corkhill, ali of whom would
have to go when congress met and be-
gan investigating the star-route bust
ness. 1t was agreed that Foote should
make his affidavit and give it to Payne,
and that Payne should hold the aft
davit until he made his own, or till they
got 81 900 which Foote demanded for
his, but Major Richards got possession
of the affidavit in Newark, aud refused
to give it up. He was discharged
from the department of justice July II,
while acting for the government. Fall
says he spread the impression that he
was working in the interest of the de-
tense, and authorized Skivington to say
SO. The result was that John G. Cox
approached him repeatedly and said
he had two jurors for sale. aad when
ever Fall had the money Cox engaged
to Dring in the men. Richard T. Laws
claimed that through Brown he
brought about the disagreement of the
jury. Laws says he was employed by
defense to influence Brown, and did so,
being neighbors and on terms of
brotherly love, while a man named
Ludington also claimed to control
vote, and offered to deliver it any time
the money was forthcoming.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
Miss NelIie Arthur,. seheoling.

President Arthur has yielded to the
wishes II his little daughter Nellie, and
will allow her to pursue her studies In
select school In Washington.
When it was decided that she should
reside at the white house this winter.
the president decided 10 employ q gov
erness for Ter, but the little lady plead
30 hard to be allowed to compete with
ether girls that he decided to start her
off to school the next morning. She is
said to be remarkably intellectual for
her age and very ambitious. During
her brief visits she has formed several
agreeable acquaintance who win be
delighted 10 welcome her as school
mate
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
Dolores.

1.-the armed and with satin soft shoulders,
As white as the cream-crested wave;
With gaze dazing every brhslder's,
She helds every gazer slave.
Her hair, a fair haze, is outfoated,
And fared in the air like a flame;
Bare-breasted, bare-prowed and bare throated-
Too smooth for the soothliest name.
She wiles you with wine and wrings for you
Ripe juices of oitror and grape;
She lifts up her lutte and sings for you
Till the soul OF you sees no escape;
And you revel and reel with mad laughter,
And fall at her feet at her beck,
And the scar of her sandal thereafter
lou wear like gyve round your neck.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
Iowa County Democrat.
MINERAL POINT, WIS.
NEW VERSION OF JAoK srEArr.

snail little fellow had such fat wife,
Fat wife, fat wife,
God bless her.
She looked like drum, and he like NE,
And il took all his money to dress her,
God bless her,
To dress her,
To wrap uu her body and warm up her toes:
Fat toes, fat toes;
God keep herr
For hornets and bows and slken clothes,
To eat her. to drink her, and sleep her,
God keep her,
To drink her.
She grew like a target and he like sword,
A sword, sword,
Gsd spare hcrl
She took all the bed and he took all the board,
And il took whole sofa to bear her,
God spare her!
To bear her.
She spread like turtle, he shrank like pike,
pike, pike,
God save him
and nobody ever beheld the like,
For they had TO wear glasses to shave him,
God save him
To shave him.
She fattened away till she bursted one day,
Exploded, blew up!
God take her.
And all the people that saw it say
She covered over an acre,
God take her!
An acre.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
Charity the 8ond Of Pertectness.

Governor Littlefield, of Rhode Island,
in appointing Thursday, the S0th in
slant, rs q day of thanksgiving, says:
81 request the people of the state on
that day to lay aside their usual occu-
pations, and, assembled in their places
of worship or gathered about the fam
lily fireside, to offer the homage of de-
vout and grateful hearts to Almighty
God for the manifold mercies which
have filled the year. The blessings of
peace, prosperity, and good health
have attended us. 1t is fitting time
with gratitude and thanksgiving to re-
call the memories of the past. and
with firm confidence in the overriding
Providence that shapes our destinies
to invoke divine aid for the faithful
discharge of the duties of the present
and the future. Nor should we be I'M
mindful of our obligations to those
who suffer with want and misfortune.
Let us, by kindly ministrstions to their
necessities, bring giadness to their
hearts and Joy to their homes. And
as they rejoice with us we shall our
selves be deubly blessed, for charity is
the bond of pe-fectness."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17

A PhiloSOnher,S Astonishment.

Herbert Spencer is sstonished to find
sn much civilization in this country.
He probably supposed from what he
had heard of New York that he would
be knocked down and robbed three or
four times on the way from the dock
to the hotel, but he was not nolested at
all. New Workers mistook him for 8
newspaper man. Philadelphia Nesrs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
Venture, Gwen.

From the Welsh.
Thy loyeliness is known,
Fairsst Gwen, fairest Gwen;
From Mynwy unto Mon,
Fairest Gwen.
Oh, stay tonight and rest thee,
IT'S loves own voices hath pres'd thet
IT'S loves own heart hath blest thee,
Thou must venture, venture, Gwen!
Thy road is long and lorn,
Fairest Gwen, fairest Gwen;
Then larry here till morn,
Fairest Gwen.
The mountain top is dreary,
And thou art cold and weary,
But here tits bright and CHEEKY,
Thou must venture, venture, Gwen!
This castle old is mine,
Fairest Gwen, fairest Even ;
1t might be also thine,
Fairesv Gwen.
Here, far from care depressing,
Crogen's great lands possessing,
Come, reign, my bride, my blessing
Thou must venture, venture, Gwen
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
Dreaming Eyes.

You sit with far off look in your eyes,
AID your thoughts are far away;
In warld of dreams that can not know
Your fancies forever stray.
lis the longing of lo7esin your eyes I see,
And, sweet, know you ure lost to me.
fancied awhile that those violet eyes
Were beaming alone for me;
And now my hopes to tine earth are dashed
And it's OH for the years to be);
But the wearyful world will never know
That my life forever has lost its glow.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17

The Hon. Henry B. Lowering, why
has just been elected to congress from
the Sixth Massachusetts, district, is by
trade shoemaker. He entered the
Union army at the outbreak of the re-
beliion, and remained on active duty
until he had a leg shot off ut Winches-
ter, where he was under Sheridan's
command.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17

*.*"Help yourself and others will help you.
But don't fail to use Kidney-Wort for all liver
kidney, and bowel complaints, piles, eostiveness,
etc. The demand of the people for an easier
method of preparing Kidney Wort has induced
the proprietors the well known wholesale drug
gists, Wells, Richardson & Co., of Burlington,
w. to prepare it for sale in liquid form as well as
in dry form.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
Summer Lonsings.

All, my heart is weary waiting,
Waiting for the May
Waiting for the pleasant rambles
Where the fragrant hawthorn brambles,
With the woodsine alternating,
Scent the dewy way.
All! my heart is weary waiting,
Waiting fer the May,
Waiting sad, detected. weary,
Waiting for the May.
Spring goes by with wasted warnings,
Moonlit evenings, sunbright mornings;
Summer comes, yet dark and dreary
Life still Gibbs away.
Man is ever weary. weary,
Waiting for the May
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17
4 NOTED RUT TTNTITLRD WOMAN.

Aessrs. Edftors-
Inc above is q soo0 likeness OF Mrs Lydia e. I1nS'
man, OF Lynn Mass VINO above all other human beings
may DC truthiuuS ea4iedthe Dear Friend of woman,
as some OF her correspondents love to call her She
Is jealousy devoted to her work, which is the outcome
OF mestudS, and Is Obliged to keep six lady
assistants TO hep her answerthe large correspondence
winch daily pours In upon her. each bearing Its special
burden OF suffering, or JOY CT release from It, Her
Nesetaple Compoundl Is a medicine Tor good ana not
eVn purposes nave personally investigated 1t and
am satisfied OF the truth OF this
On account OF It's proven merits IL Is recommended
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17

DR.. Pierce "Fayorite Prescription is not ex
tslled as a "cure-all," but admirably fu6ls a
single purpose, being a most potent specific in
those chronic weaknesses peculiar to women.
Particulars in DR.. Pierce's pamphlet treatise on
Diseases Peculiar to Women, SO pages, sent for
three stamps. Address WORLDS DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo N. Y.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17

Colonel Gustavus Coward, of Chica--
go, recently appointed consul-general
to Madrid, will soon leave Washington
for his post Of duty. He stops in Eng
land and Paris on business of the state
department.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-11-17

President Arthur arrived IN Wash
ington Saturday night by way OF the
Pennsylvania railroad He was alone.
excepting, of course, his faithful body
servant, and without stopping for .
moment in the depot, he went to bis
carriage and was driven out to his tenn
porary quarters at the Soldiers Home.