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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-05-12

and kind wishes upon her head,
and under propitious skies they
would set forth together upon the
journey Of life, foot in hand.
And if the union should be
blessed with children how exhilara-
ting it would be to see her spank
an obstinate youngster. She
would snatch him up with her toes,
lay HIM across her knee and whack
the holy delights out of him with
the sole of her foot. Then she
would release him, shake her toe
at him sternly and tell him that if
ever he disobeys her again she will
make him think he has been sitting
on a red hot stove lid. AS to
kneading dough for the morning
biscuits-well, we will drop the
curtain of curiosity and pursue her
no further. Just let your magma
ton take up the thread where we
drop it, dear reader, and you will
have a bushel of fun. Imagine
her doing the ''grand right and
left" at ball, for instance.-DuluA
TriJue.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-05-12

Most Of us pass our lives in re
greeting the past, complaining OF
the present, and indulging in false
hopes of the future, when it would
be vastly better to cut a pole, dig
some bait and 60 fishing.
All observing person say; ''Some
men are like an umbrella with q
crook handle. They are always
hanging around in 0ut-of-the-way
places, and are never to be found
when they are wanted.
"Just gone to press, | see," feel
ingly observed the exchange fend
as the editor jammed his thumb il
the door Of the safe. But the Jour
nalist, equal to the emergency.
fire. t1r-d -t HE H4+eefH4a- e4H4tt-effE the window
saying, a5 he viewed the mangleC
remains in the street below, "Well
I'm glad that the edition is WORKED
of, any how"
| got a letter from Victoria" re
marked Gilhooly, to an Englisl
resident Of Austin. ''Cawn't be
lieve it, We know. You may 'av'
received a letter fwom her Males
TVS pwivate secretary, but | an
quite sure her Majesty never wrot
to a duher off ere in Texas.
but I'll bet you the drinks Nv
got a letter from Victoria, an,
that I can produce the document.
The confident foreigner took tn
bet, and Gilhooly produced a lei
ter with the post-mark Of Victoria
Victoria county, Texas, on the Ell
velope. Johnny Bull saw sit wa
a beastly sell, We know"
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-05-12
AARON RURR'S PISTOLS.
A Formidable Pair Of Weapons, with
one Of which Hamilton vas
Killed.

The Louisville "Courior-Journal"
gives some very interesting remi-
nlscences in regard to Aaron Burr's
pistols, and the number Of people
killed by them. There is quite a
difference between the firearms Of
Burr's and the present day, but yet
Hamilton was killed as dead as he
could or would have been had he
waited until our improved weapons
had come in vogue. The cores
pondent says:
Some weeks ago [ ran across
perhaps the most famous and fatal
firearms on this continent-the
superb duelling pistols Of Aaron
Burr. They are a bone-breaking
brace Of the first calibre, and the
property of Capt. Brent Hopkins
of this city. One of these pistols
fired the ball that killed Alexander
Hamilton at Weehawken. 1t is
identified on the handle. The
pistols were made by Mortimer, Of
London, England, and were i'm
ported by Burr at the close Of the
Revolutionary war. The barrels
are thirteen inches long and carry
an ounce ball. They are flint locks
and the pans for the printing are
lined with gold, and the touchholes
are pushed with the same metal.
They are hair triggers, and shoot
with force and accuracy. The
locks are very superior and Of eX
quisite mechanism. The pair
came into the possession of Capt.
Hopkins, the present owner,
through his uncle Capt. Sam Good
Hopkins of the 42nd regiment Of
United States Dragons, who pur-
chased them from Burr in the city
Of Washington in the winter Of
1813and 1914, paying $500 in gold
for them. Burr remarked at the
time that he would not let any one
else have the pistols, rs he had
used them with Hamilton. The
weapons have surely blood-stained
history. They have been used
with fatal effect in eleven duels.
Among the sangulnary combats,
Pettis of Virginia, killed Biddlc on
Bloody Island, near Saint Louis;
Edward Towns of Virginia, killed
a Frenchman near New Orleans;
Capt. Sam Good Hopkins killed a
Spanish Count near Madrid, Mo,
Hugh Brent killed a man from
Georgia on Diamond Island, below
Henderson, Ky. They were used
several times in Virginia, twice in
South Carolina, and more than
once in Kentucky, with deadly
effect. Robert Tripiett Of Owen
sboro, shot the old lawyer, Phil
Thompson, Of that city through
and through with one ofthem, but,
strange to say, Thompson recover
ed and grew as fat as q bear.
Henry Clay and Capt. Hopkins
were fast friends, and the former
was to have used the pistols in one
-Af- his dnalls- hut they arrived ono
day too late.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-05-12

A sensible young lady made the
following request to her friends:
"Do not lay me down by the rip
ping brooks side lest babbling
lovers wake me from my dreams,
nor in the beautiful cemeteries
in the valleys, lest %sightsocrs, con
ming over epitaphs, distract me-;
but let me sleep under the counter
of the merchant and the business
man generally who never adver.
tises. There is the peace which
passeth all understandings, and a
deep sleep on which neither the
bouyant football of youth nor the
weary shuttle and drag OF old age
will ever intrude."
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-05-12

Blank WARRANTY DEEDS at retail or by
the quantity, nj the LEADER Office.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13
The Old Mineral Point Min ing Co

The Mineral Point Mining com
pany which was desc we'd by mutual
consent last month was incorporated
under the state laws in 1865, hy Joel
c.. Squires, of Mineral Point, II.
Thomas and Philip Branger, of
Boston. The next year the charter
was amended aud several eastern
capitalists became interested in the
concern. The capital stock being
100000 with shares at g. each
The company at first purchased two
hundred and twenty acres OF miner
al lands situated within aud adjoin-
ing the corporate limits of the city
of Mineral Point. The secretary of
the company in his report for 1859
says: Across the land running
nearly due east and west are heavy
lodes of gslena or mineral > These
lodes are found in a bed of zinc ores
believed TO extend throughout the
tract, so that while mining for lead
the zinc ores are produced in such
quantities as to pay all the expenses
of mining and yield aside from tn,
lead handsome profit" The sec.
retaty states that during the month
of March that year about 100000
lbs of zinc ore WAS cleaned and
weighed out. The report says that IL
should be borne in mind that min
ing on an extensive scale in the lead
fields of Wisconsin is "A novelty
Not that companies have not beer
organized and st ck issued, but that
the required labor have not been EN-
ployed. For some reason the com
pany never realized their expeota
tions, and it seems that but little
mining was ever done. At any rate
it has been several years now since
the company was actively engaged
-DodgeUIHe S,tn.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13
MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY DECEMBER 49,

Mr., r. J. Penhallegou, Jr., one Of
the proprietors Of the Cash Grocery
House, Mineral Point, ard who is
one of the most promising young
men of Iowa county, was on our
streets on Monday. Dick has had
considerable experience at the "art
preservative," and we feel it our
duty TO say that he no doubt receiy-
ed his first insight to business
through the printing press.-Dodge
,jI{s Sam
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13
FRESH Oysters by the pint, quart
or can, at the City B,kery. sos

Tme Cedar Rapids, Qa.) Daily
Republican, in speaking on the
merits of band concert held in
that city recently, has the following
comments on former Mineral Point
boy:
1.-THE most pronounced success of
the evening, as gsuged by the heart
mess Of the encore, was the violin
solo, "Souvenirs de Bellui," by Pro-
fessor i. L Hoare. This young
musician appe rs to be fast growing
in ability t. interpret the masters of
musical composition and in favor of
our music-loving citizens The com
bined strength, sweetness and del
icacy of the tones drawn from his
violin last night gave 10 both the
educated and uneducated ear rare
pleasure"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13
The Local Field.

LET'S go fishing.
DIARIES for 1884 at the 7. D
Book Store.
REMrhBER the lecture on Burns
on Friday evening, Dec. ID.
THE II. A. G. T. Club gave a very
pleasant hop Tuesday evening.
ABE DELLER's wife has left him,
so he says; but we don't believe 1t.
TIE TRIBUNE is supplied with
some neat calling cards for New
Years.
Quite a number of our farmers are
buying the Nebraska corn In bulk
for fattening purposes.
Ir is generally understood that a
roller skating rink will soon be
opened in Graber's BLOCK
THE meetings at the Methodist
Episcopal church are quite well at
tended and are very profitable
ORANGES, Lemons, Cranberries,
Malaga Grapes, etc, at the City
Bakery. 5o-3
The Presbyterian oyster supper
and sale of fancy articles, which
took place Tuesday evening, was
crowned with success.
REVIVAL SERVICES nightly at the
NJ. E. Church excepting Friday,
when Rev. Honer will deliver his
lecture on Bobbie Burns.
JoHN GRAY is at Chicago in the
interest of Gundry, Gray d Co., so
look out for some choice holiday
goods something useful.
To exaggerate on the grandeur Of
the weather for this season of the
year is simply impossible. Wiscon-
sin history doesn't speak of its
equal.
PRoF. J. c. FREEMAN of the State
university will lecture next Wednes-
aay on Italy and the Isehia earth
Rluake. The Prof. is one of the
8best lecturers in the west.
A marked improvement has been
3made in the barber shop Of Staum &
sTerrill, under Martin q Toay's hard
ware store, by letting in light from
Sthe front 1t was a difficult job, yet
sweil done
REVIVAL meetings in two of our
8churches, a bazaar and festival at
another, a meeting of the Juvenile
q 8Pemplars, q dance, and a wedding
&hl on Tuesday evening; and yet
4 some say "there isn't any place to
d . III the evenings in this town"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

Do not fail to bear in mind that
from ten TO twenty FIVE per cent. can
be saved by buying your goods for
cash in Mineral Point. No town Of
like size carries more complete
variety, either in dry goods, cloth
ing, boots and shoes or groceries.
Our merchants as a rule buy for
cash and can give astonishing bar
gains for cash.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

A correspondent writing from
Amherst, Portage county, says that
that place has living curiosity in
the person of a little girl Is years
of age, the daughter of Max Bose,
who moved there year ago. She
has no eyes, but blue spots on her
face, which puff out little below
where the eyes should be Aside
from being blind the girl has her
other faculties as acute as anyone,
and is very intelligent in every re-
spect. Physicians declare that the
case has no equal on record.-Rich
iaad RepuJItcaH.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13
Concerning Public Educa ton.

The changes wrought in the pub
lie school buildings of the city dur
ing the past few months, have nat
urally drawn more than ordinary Mt
tention to the subject of popular ed
ucation. With the increase Of the
capital invested ii is but reasonable
to expect increased attention on the
part of the contributors, to the man
ner in which the capital is employed
And it would betoken lack of APP
probation on their part, were not
the teachers impressed with an al
ded sense Of resp visibility for max
ing the results to be secured by the
increased expense Of maintaining
school commensurate with the out
lay.
The enrolment in the various de.
partments reaches 500, and with few
exceptions, the pupils are actuated
by most encouraging degree of in
terest in their studies If this de-
gree of interest can be maintained
throughout the year, the results Will
unquestionably exceed in value those
of any previous year. In this con
nection it will not be improper to
make suggestion to parents as to
the assistance they may render in
keeping alive this spirit.
There is no class of pupils so
Jealous in the Performance Of all
school duties, so ambitious to get all
that is good out Of a course Of study,
so reliable in every test that char
acter may be subjected to, as those
whose homes are made pleasant
enough TO induce them 10 stay there
IN the eUeniHg And one very effect
ual means for making homes of this
kind is the provision of suitable
reading for the children. Nor are
the good effects Of this confined to
the mere detention Of the children
at home and away from questionable
sources Of pleasure. The knowl-
edge, and habits, and tastes acquired
from the right sort Of reading 90
far to build the character which is
most desirable in the men and wo-
men Of the future. There are books
without number, all good for the
purpose indicated, and not by any
means what the children will pro.
nounce "dry reading either. Among
children's periodicals, would name
FOR the information Of any inquirers
the following:
st. Nicholas, Monthly, tthe old
people always greet IL with much
the same intere~- that the young
feel)
Harpers Young Folks, Weekly.
Youths Companion, Weekly.
Wide Awake, Monthly.
Our Little Men and Women,
Monthly.
As the season for making presents
is at hand the thought suggests it
self that a good book or periodical
will be valued by the boys and girls
quite az highly as any other present
Of equal cost, and its good effects
may be percepti5lc long after gifts
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

themselves to apply to his court.
There ought t. be q great many
such Judges. If there were more
such judges there would be fewer
immoral divorces and a less unhappy
state of society growing Of family
disturbances and ill-tempored mari
tai unions.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13
PER ORDER OF Cox.

Few newspa. .ers of the North
west have been so greatly improved
during the past few years as the
MSisoaukee Sentinel 1t is now one
of the very best of our great journ-
ais, and compares favorably with
those of Chicago, St. Louis and st.
Paul. No journal in this tate, past
or present, bears comparison with
the Sentinel of to day. We wish
every reader of the TRIBUNE could
read the Sentinel for a year, as he
may do for one dollar.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

APPLES by the barrel or less san-
lities, At the City Bakery. 1913
SMOKE "IIello Bub" cigar, lor sale
at J. a. Spratler's.
A rSg selection of Chronos,
Olegraphs, oil Paintings and Steof
Engravings at the 7. o. book store.
LARGE assortment Of toys ard
holiday goods At the City Bakery
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

MARRIED - On Dec. IL, at the
residence of the bride, by Rev. c
Dawson, Mr.. j. II. Ellery and Miss
Jennie Mitchell; all of this city. A
large company of invited guests
partook of most sumptuous repast,
and left behind fine set of presents,
beautiful and good. A number of
girls outside serenaded the newly
married coup with sacred songs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

ATTENTION SoLDIERs There will
be a meeting of the Ex-Soldiers who
have signed application for Grand
Army Post at this place, at the Good
Templars' Hall in this city, on the
evening of Dec. Goth, 1888, to which
signers are requested to attend.
Organization will be completed al
that time.
Dup nDnup nu Cp1t
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

DURING the burning of the busi-
ness portion of the village of AL
bany, in Green county, Tuesday
morning of last week, an explosion
occurred from powder stored in one
of the burning buildings and a
young man named Eddie Dodge
was instantly killed by the falling
walls, and several others wounded,
one fatally. Thirteen business
houses were destroyed, leaving but
four standing in the business por.
ton of the town. The village news
paper, the Journal, was among the
burned ont, and the unfortunate ed
itor loses his all, having no insur
ance whatever on his property. The
total loss reaches 100000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

WHAT Ak IDEA.-The other day
an out.of-town subscriber came into
this office and said pompously,
"lIow much do | owe here? / want
to pay up and stop the paper Too
much putting and blowing for Min
eral Point and the fair to please
me-" We couldn't convince him
that we were in the right by so
doing, and had to take his name off
our list. If there are any others
taking the TRmUNE who are of the
same opinion, we would ask them
to give the matter a second thought,
Is it not a feather in our cap to up
hold our city and its enterprises? !?
What would you think Of Us if we
were to run it down by ridiculing
and trying to bury alive every ac.
ton If 0ur citizens? Not much.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

On every hand our Circuit Judge
is receiving commendation. His
dismissal of a case for divorce re-
Gently at Prairie du Chen, has at
tracted wide attention, and is favor
ably referred to by the press of the
State generally. The Sunday Zele-
graph Of Milwaukee thus notices it:
"Go and live in peace" was the
salutation Of Judge George Clement
son, in denying the suit of quar-
relsome couple who invaded his
court and wanted a divorce based
on incomptability Of temper The
Sunday telegraph has before had
occasion to mention Judge Glenn.
entson's healthy opinions on the
subject Of loose divorces. lie is
Judge Of the 9Th Wisconsin circuit
composed Of Grant county and two
or three other good counties in the
southwestern part Of the state. The
locality Of his circuit is given that
people who desire to be unwedded
for trivial causes need not trouble
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

1t appears that the fellow who
caught w. IL. Phillips on the roof
paint trick has been operating IN
other parts. 4 farmer near Cross
Plains got stuck for Sl2o in pre-
cisely the same manner
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

THE Lady Evangelist, Mrs. Wat
son, of Toronto, Canada, is meeting
with some success in her revival
work at the p. NJ. church in this
city. She is lady of pleasing APP
pearance and attractive manner, and
while she does not enthuse by "the
power of oratory" yet the earnest
ness with which she pleads the cause
of religion carries with it an infu-
ence for good. She dispenses food
for thought rather than the per-
fumed flowers of elocution. The at
tendance at each meeting is large,
and the members Of the church have
in general rallied to her support.
Our city is no doubt a god field for
labor, and we hope the lady's efforts
with those also Of all our churches
will be abundantly rewarded.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

MARRlED-At the residence OF the
bride, in this city, Dec. z, Mr. Geo.
and Mrs. -- Gruntman
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

Tue long winter evenings offer
a good opportunity for patronizing
the circulating library at the p. o.
book store. You can read any book
in the library for l0c and have two
weeks to read it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

THE Richland county board of
supervisors, at their last session, vot-
ed $40 TO each paper in the county
for publishing their proceedings
The pitiful sum of Sl5 was voted
for the same purpose in Grant county.
The papers of Lafayette county get
$35 and those of Iowa county $25
for regular and $l5 for special meet
ings. This is an insufficient amount
for so much work. Over in Grant
county the proceedings of the board /,
recently held, amounted to twenty
TWO columns, or something over SO
feet of solid type, mostly nonpareil,
which is equal to about 10000 ems.
At the rate of thirty-fve cents per
900 ems, a standard price for day
work on all the daily papers of the
state, it would amount to $3.50 for
type setting alone, besides the labor
performed while reading proof, max
ing up, mailing, and a great many
Inconvenience necessary to do the
work as it should be done. If the
proceedings of the board of super
visors are worth publishing at all
they should be paid for at reasonable
prices, and the money earned thus
is obtained at starvation rates, The
newspapers should combine and
''strike" for higher prices in this
matter.--D DodgeviIIe San.
There's one feature the San failed
to take into consideration. We are
supposed to furnish newspapers, and
Its with that understanding parties
subscribe and take the paper Are
not the proceedings Of the Go. Board
in one sense nelos.| And doesn't
a respectable percentage of the sub
scribers Of a country weekly take it
for the news that to them is of i'm
portance and personal interest?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13
city Officers.
County Omcers.
CHURCH DIRECTORY

METZ. EPISCOPAL T.. E. CLoUGH, Pastor.
Sunday services at 1880. A. N. and 100, r N.
SUNDAY School at 200 Pm. Prayer meetings
on Mondays and Thursdays nj 1900, p. N.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

PRIMITIVE METH'DIST. C. DAWSON, Pastor.
Sunday services at 1880, A. NJ and 7:UO. p NJ
SUNDAY School at s.00, p. NJ. Prayer meetings
on MONDAYS and thursdays at ;OO, y. NJ
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-18
LIGHT SPARKS.

"A paid fire department is now necessity
The Geistinger audiences prove the neees-
| sity of an opera house.
If fine hotel is built we can claim it as the
| EVENING LIGHT hotel:
w. A. Lake was this morning fined S25 for
carrying concealed weapon.
The city engineer should not be allowed TO
do any private surveying ut all.
The Hook and Ladder fire company are in
needIof horse which, it is believed, should be
supplied them.
Professor Chase will give series of con-
Houston street.
The leasing of the river front north of Com
merce street bridge has been postponed. Ii
should be given up entirely.
The Nolan street engineer middle is long
distance from settlement. The man who made
the mistake is asked TO prove it.
Six thousand $50 marriage liceeses have
been issued in this city since 1885, when the
recording of marriages was begun.
A colored boy named Mat Henderson, aged
H. ran away from his home i'm Guadalupe coun-
ty, and is supposed to be in this city.
-Brignoli, the world-renowned, and Miss
Fanny Kellogg. appear in II TrovatOre on the
oath and in the Bohemian girl on the 18th inst
at Turner Hall.
American counterfeiters are operating in
Mexico. The queer they are showing is mostly
Mexican 81 gold coins, though some attention
is paid TO $50 gold pieces.
The United Brothers of Friendship will
have public installation service at Krish hall,
Tuesday night, January Jlth. An admission
fee of fifty cents will be charged.
In the early morning hours pedestrianism
is rendered unpleasant by the water carts,
which not only sprinkle the streets but the
sidewalks and whatever may he on them.
Extensive preparations are being made by
the Turner Association for a grand bal masque
10 be held on the 9th inst. 1t promises To be
one of the most enjoyable affairs of the season.
The Rev. Mr.. Strasburger, who died of
pneumonia on Garden street yesterday, will be
buried tomorrow morning. The funeral SER
vices will be conducted by Rt. Rev. Bishop
Elliot MIR. StraSburger was an Episcopal mis-
siOnary to Mexico and highly esteemed.
1t is reported that detective Price started
TO Nashville to-day to present his claim to u
portion of the 5000 reward paid 10 deputy
marshal Joe Shelly and conductor Morcll for
the capture Of Polk. the defaulting Tennessee
treasurer.
The council of the British association will
meet this evening To investigate charges
against II. W. l.. kay-HOdges, a member who,
il is said, falsely represented himself to be the
recipient of 5000 annuity and was thereby cna-
BLEED TO contract various small debts he has
failed 10 discharge.