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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-02-08
FRIDAY, FEB. >,

Seuate-In the senate, Hoard presented
a petition from President Elliot and OF her
professors OF Harvard, asking that no one
but professional astronomer shall here
after be eligible TO the position OF super
intendent OF the L. ). Naval Observatory,
Alter an unsuccessful attempt by Nc
MILAN to have considered the resolution
respecting the inadequacy of the water
supply in the District of Columbia, the
tariff bin was taken up.
HouSe-On motion of Mr.. Payson, Of
Illinois, the resolution was adopted call
ing on the secretory Of the interior for IN
formation relative 10 the Leayenworth,
Pawnee and Western railrosd.
After the appointment of conferees Of
the postothce appropriation bill, the house
Went int5 committee Of the whole on the
tariff.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-11
NOTICE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ,
~ forbid any one to give credit to my law.
tui wiie. because she has left my bed and
fsaeu WILLIAM goH1VR,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-11
HARD SENSE.

For downright hard sense and practical
philosophy, the following, from the
Pittsburg Dispatch, is hard to beat, viz;
patti, telling about her successful
Western trip, frankly said concerning
her visit here: I sang in dirty Pitts
burg, and the people were just as kind
as they could be- A New York journal
seems to consider that expression a slur
on our city, and says that it remains to
be seen whether Pittsburg kindness is
equal to the rather heavy draft drawn
upon it in plain English by Nine. Patti
II Pittsburg people devoted all their
time to taking offense at those who say
that the city is dirty they would not
have much time to devote to the business
which, among other more satisfactory re-
suits. produces the dirt. That the great diva
should refer to a leading characteristic of
our city at the same time that she ex-
presses her appreciation OF our people
hurts no one here. Pittsburgers know
that their city is dirty, and, regarding
that fact as a necessary accompaniment,
and therefore an indication of their in
dustrial greatness, are even rather proud
of it,"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-11

The recent discovery Of another comet
has excited high hopes in the bosoms Of
thousands of people, young and old, who
have not forgotten how invaluable the re-
cent comet was as an excuse for late hours.
The new comet is not visible with the
naked eye, but 80 much the better; for, as
every one will want to see it and telescopes
are few, the "wee, sma' hours" may be ex.
tended into the early dawn. While wait.
ing for their turn at the telescope lovers
may blissfully talk themselves hoarse, men
who now can stay out only until the ordi-
nary limit Of a 'lodge night" will be able
to "take in" several jolly parties in sue.
c~ession, while those who have no better
excuse than "businsss down town. will
look heavenward in thanksgiving if not for
the comet. Experience has taught, how
ever, that ordinary precautions should not
be neglected in using the comet as an ex-
cuse. Unhappy arrangements have &C.
CURED because some men have persisted in
pleading comet gazing at hours when the
celestial visitor was not visible or when
the clouds were dense enough to hide
dozens OF comets. 1t is an unhappy day
for a man when the almanac or the weather
enables a comet to prove an alibi.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-11
GEN. NEAL BOWS RAT STORY.
The Story the Father Of the Prohi.
bitOry IiGUor La &c Tells.

Communication to tie Boston Congregationalist.
Ny house is supposed to be rat proof,
and was so when quite new, but at one
time, more than 20 years ago. We had a
large colony OF rodents, greatly to our
annoyance, and it WAS to us a matter of
daily wonder as to where they found a
weak spot in our defenses against them.
One evening a young lady from a friends
family, living in a large fine house nearly q
mile away, was with US, and the talk
turned on rats, as we heard ours galloping
IN the ceiling and scampering up and down
the walls. The young lady said that none
had ever been in her house, and she did
not th1ak there was any point at which
they could enter. My eldest daughter, a
great wit, said 'I've heard that if po-
ltsly invited to do so in writing, rats will
leave any house aud go to any other to
which they are directed, and l will tell
ours that at your house they will find
spacious quarters and an excellent COM
missariat."
At the moment, before us all, she wrote a
most grandiloquent letter to the large fam
lily OF rats that had so long favored us with
their presence, pointing out to them that at
No. 70 Pearl street was a large, fine house
which had never been favored with the
residence OF any of their family, where
they would find ample quarters and a fat
larder. When finished she read the mis-
sive to the company, and we had q great
laugh over it. AS an old superstition,
she then put lard upon it and carried it
into the attic, where it would probably
be found by those it was directed to.
A few days after the young lady
was at our house again, and burst into
a laugh, exclaiming: "Our house is over
run with rats!' That recalled to US the
fact that we had heard none in our walls.
My daughter went to the attic and the let
ter was gone. While we were talking and
laughing over this curious affair a friend
came in, and, hearing the talk, said that
two evenings before, in the bright moon
light, he saw several rats running down
Congress street, which was the straight
road to Pearl street. We have never been
troubled with them since, but l have not
heard how it has been with the house to
which our bene6ciaries were directed.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-11

himself removed, and will not disregard
the Executive mandate any longer. He
could not return to the Office without
bringing before the Supreme Court the
question OF the Governors order to re-
move him prior to the qualification of his
successor.
Katie Judd Escapes rOm Jail.
NEWPORT, r. l., March 10.-Katie Judd
OF Boston, who SGT FIRE to the Weaver
Villa, escaped from Jail last night, in COM
pany with George Rounds, under arrest
for burglary in New York. An investiga-
ton shows that the woman has for the
past three weeks been cutting a hole
through the wall into an adjoining empty
cell, the door Of which opens into the
corridor. After her escape from this cell
she unlocked Rounds cell with a key
taken from the place where it is kept in
the corridor. The outer door was un-
locked by an accomplish. The jsiler and
servants are suspected. A reward Is Of
fered for their rearrest.
Death of n Desperate Character.
New YORK, March 10.-At Reading, Pa,
yesterday, John Brown, a colored barber,
while drunk attacked his former employer,
y. n. Serry, who had discharged MIN.
Sorry, in self-defense. knocked him down.
In falling Brown had his skull fractured
and died. Brown, alias Wilson, was a des-
perate character, and was tried for killing
a Chinaman in California, but was &C.
quilted.
Received His Entire Salary.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-Congressman
Cook Of Iowa has received his salary of
$4,000 for one weeks services in Congress.
The question whether he was entitled to
receive a salary for that part Of the term
for which he held the Office Of Judge was
decided at the Treasury Department in his
favor. He was q State and not a Federal
officer.
Indicted.
Boston, March 10.-Harry H. Follans-
bee, the defaulting Treasurer of the Bos-
ton Relief Association, has been indicted
for the embezzlement OF SGT 900.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-11
"Shakie IL Bustel.o

Some months ago q Boston clothier
started his son in Nashville with stock to
open q retail store, and the other day q
friend who knew Of the circumstances met
the father and inquired:
We'll. how does Jake got along
"shake 10 home again." was the reply.
why. I thought he was In Nashville 2"
$50 he vhas."
"And I heard that he wa doing . rush.
ing business"
"vheil. peesness rushed q leedio on der
start. but finally 1t dropped off until It
doan't pay expenses"
and so Jake's busted ?"
"Vhell, it amounts to der same thing,
l suppose. Der fire didn't get half a
start pefore der engines vhas on hand |
Poor Shake! 1t vhas q crushing blow
when dsy found q candle in q box OF shay
iugsl Hs vhas 80 young, you ses"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-11
Attention, Richmonds.

THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF
i Richmond Hose Co. No. 8 will be held at
their Hose House on MONDAY EVENING,
March IL. 1888, at $50 O'Clock. All members are
requested to be present. By order Of
FRANK MORSE, Foreman.
NJ. BOWLING, Secretary. mhl1-1t
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-11
A Self lad Man.

"Do you see that old man near the frog
pond on the Common"
"T~hirty-two years ago that old man
came to Boston with one suspender and .
sore toe. He also had basket Of apples
which . farmer in Lexington had given
him. He peddled the apples on Washing
ton street aud Melted 10 oents the frat
day. How much do you suppose he 10
worth now?
Zone million and q half" said one.
"Two millions" cried another.
s'Six millions three hundred thousand"
was the estimate of a third.
81 give it up" remarked No. 4. "How
much is be worth ?"
"Not an internal cent, and he still owss
for the basket"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-11
Good, but IL should be Advertised

Good, bal IL should bo Advertised.
II the vast quantity Of genius now en-
ployed in the invention Of nsuseating pat
ent medicines in America. could be concen-
trated in the manufacture Of papisr-maohe
bowels for thu millions OF credulous dupes,
the prospects, Of the country would increase
very materially.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-11
A MEMORABLE ENCOUNTER,

Mr.. Stephens was bitterly hated at times
in the South because Of his conservatism
in political controversy between his Sec
ton and the North, and he was several
times called a traitor. A particular charge
Of this sort was made in public by Judge
Core, q distinguished member Of the
Georgia Bar, in lS48, and led to the ia
nous encounter with knives in which Mr.,
Stephens was engaged, and from the effects
of which he suffered till the day of his
death. The charge made against Mr.. Ste
pheus was ~disavowed, but in demanding
the retraction he used words which after
ward led to the r%encounter. The ecene
occurred In the piazza Of Thompson's Ho-
tel in Atlanta, Ga, IN the 4th of Septem.
Der, 1S48. Mr.. Stephens was unarmed,
but his antagonist, who was more than
twice his size and weight, began the attack
with an open knife. This he for sometime
parried with an umbrella, receiving sew
ersl wounds upon his arms and breast; but
his assailant, rushing upon him with all
his superior force and weight, threw him
upon his back. One blow with the knife
aimed at the heart would have done its
fatal work but for the fortunate position
of the blade Of the knife. Another blow
on the other eide, passing between two
ribs, severed an inter costalery artery. The
strong man then, with his left hand on the
forehead Of his adversary and the knife In
his right hand, said, Now. ----, re.
tract or I will cut your - throat" The
reply was, mo, neverl Cutl" As the
knife came Mr.. Stephens caught'it in his
right hand and with his left seized the
right elbow OF him who welded it. In
this way the struggle lasted until bath
parties were on their feet again, and others
came to she rescue. The right hand, that
seized the knife as 1t was aimed ct the
throat. was horribly manglsd by the turn.
ing and twisting Of the blade in efforts 10
get 1t out Of the grip.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-11
PACIFIC COAST ADVICES,
ESPECIAL TO THE sENrIHEL.I

Spring Valley Water Company.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 9.-The writ
prohibiting the Spring Valley Water Com
pany against the Board of Supervisors
was argued before the Supreme Court to-
day. At the close it was decided to sub
NIT the case on briefs to be filed to.mor-
row. 1t is understood that a decision
will be rendered on Monday.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-11

According to DR.. luke, the English
hygienist, idlenesss and ignorance are
much more prolific causes Of disease
among women than overwork. They are
in the main causes of hysteris, and OF
many other evils, including inanity and
insanity.
The Dominion Government. supported
by the English Admiralty. is to put .
cruiser on Hudson Bay this Summer, to
ascertain how much Of the year Hudson
Strait 10 open to navigation.
The New York World publishes q letter
from Lord C~oleridge. accepting the invi-
tation Of the Bar OF New York to visit the
United States, and fixing late in the Sum-
mer as the time Of his visit.
The corner tone Of the great Saenger-
fest Music Hall at Buffalo, N. Y, was laid
recently. The building will seat $500
persons. The North American Ssenger-
bund will hold It's festival in July.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-11

A LADY TEACHER TO TEACH THREE
a months at Pinto. For particulars apply
at this cfice or at Pinto. fe1itf
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-11

"How can I leave you. my darling?"
murmured a Toledo lover in tones of dis
tressing tenderness a. he observed both
hands Of the clock approaching a perpen.
dicular on the dial. "Wsll. John" replied
the girl with wicked innocence, "you can
take your choice. II you 60 through the
hall you'll be liable to wake up father, and
il you leave by way Of the back shed you'll
be likely to wake the dog"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-11
Special Meeting.

A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE RUBY
n Hill Miners Union will be held at their
Hall at . O'Clock THIS AFTERNOON. All
members are positively requested to attend.
R. JAMES, President.
T. H. PEARcE, R. Secretary. mh1l-1t
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-13
RecoIlections of SnII,e.


Augusta SOlke, the Hungarian dancer.
who made the sensation in the first "Black
Crook" has been dead and buried, as far
as recollection is concerned, for many
years. She has suddenly, however, turned
up as an object of charity. The letter
that she wrote to the New York papers,
claiming that she was dying slowly of
poverty and would commit suicide by
starvation, reused flood of recollection
in old theatre-goers' heads. Everybody
who attended the first ''Black Crook
and who did nOt?-1emembers the
Hungarian dancer. She was the
pet of men about town and the vast crowd
of spendthrifts who hang around the
heels of actresses, and she lived like a
Princess for several years. 1t is incredi-
bic that she should be brought down at
last to absolute want. For few wears
she taught dancing to ballet girls, but
barely made aliving. Most of the leading
bankers and brokers, who knew her when
she was the pet Of the city, sent her
money when they saw her letters in the
papers, and it is probable that she will
have an easy time hereafter. Her prayer
for help was little dramatic, and it is
proved that it was also somewhat
untrue, for she has been in the
receipt steadily of IS week from the
actors fund, and that was enough to keep
her from positive want. Her career is i'm
marked contrast to that of Miss SOmmer-
dyke, another of the 'Black Crook pre-
mieres, who recently married Million
aire in Philadelphia. He fell in love with
her when she was dancing there, but his
parents sent him away to China to cure
him of his infatuatiOn, as they could not
bear the idea of his marrying an actress.
The dancer was true to him, however,
when he came back, after an absence of
eight years, and found that his love was
as strong as ever, and the pair are happily
married.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-13
A WAR STORY.
StantOn's Opinion of Lincoln. in Which
the Latter COncurred


Among all the sturdy heroes of the war
who were mentioned in speech and song
at the late reunion of the Grand Army
all mention of Edwin NJ. Stanton
Lincoln's Secretary of War, was omitted
by orators and writers. AS an evidence
of the high esteem in which he was
held by the President it is related
that during the early part of the war the
Western men. as they were then called
had poor opinion of the fighting qualities
of the men Of the East, and, headed bv
Owen Lovejoy, of Illinois, devised a
scheme which they thought would prove
this theory and be at the same time of i'm
mense service to the army in the East.
Armed with all the details of the plan. a
committee headed by Lovejoy proceeded
to Washington, and, calling upon Presi-
dent Lincoln, unfolded to him the wonder
full scheme of transferring $4,000 Eastern
troops to the army of the West. and sun
plying their places with an equal number
of Western men. Their eloquence and
plausible arguments convinced the Presi-
dent to the extent that he gave them an
order to Secretary Stanton to carry ont
the details of the plan as proposed On
entering StantOn's office, he was found
busily engaged in writing, and without
looking up he desired to know the object
of their visit.
LOvejoy explained the scheme as he had
before done to the President, but was met
with a fiat refusal by the Secretary.
''But we have the Presidents order.
sir,' said LOvejoy.
'Dld Lincoln give you an order Of that
kindp' quoth Stanton.
"He did, SIR
''Then he is a - fool" said the irate
Secretary
''DO you mean to say the President is a
id fOOl?" asked LOveiOy in amazement.
eyes, sir; if he gave you such an order
as that"
The bewildered IllinOisan betOok HIM
self at once to the President and related
the result of his conference.
"Did Stanton say / was a ID foOl?'
asked Lincoln at the close of the recital.
"He did, sir; and repeated it."
With that peculiar far-away look for
which the President was noted, he looked
up after moments pause and said:
IF Stanton said | was a id fool then
| must be one, for he is nearly ALWAYS
right and generally says what he means.
/ will step over and see him."
This he proceeded to do, and Stanton
convinced him in a very few moments
that the plan proposed would be taken as
an insult by the whole East. Her SOL
diers would stop enlisting and her cap
italists withhold the solid assistance they
he'd been previously furnishing the North,
thus adding largely to the confidence
which the President had previously re-
posed in him.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-13

NAVAL STORES. Resins opened and closed
ann. with sales Of 1859 barrels. We quote:
40 d and f 81 %, r 81 27lz. 81 33, II
SKI ISL s.. Il 81 -, VI - Is, - 80, window
-i--. s. lZ.s. water white 50 y. Turpentne
5r4u..I quiet at 81 81. for regulars, and closed
-f.aIv 900 - b.. for regulars. There were no
-Iie--
~
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-13

THE magnificent steamships of this Com.
Il pany are appointed TO sail as follows:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-13

Local Sleeping Cars on all night trains be-
Tween savannah and Augusta, Savannah and
Macon, Savannah and Atlanta.
Pullman Hotel Sleeping Cars between Chi
cage and Jacksonville, Fla, via Cincinnati,
without change.
Connections.
the Milledgeville and EatOnton train runs
daily Except Monday between Gordon and
EIatonton, and daily Except Sunday between
EatOntOn and Gordon,
Eufaula train connects at Cuthbert for Fort
Gaines daily Except Sunday.
Inc Perry mail train between Fort Valley
and Perry runs daily Except Sunday
The Albany and Blakely mail tram runs
daily Except Sunday between Albany and
Blakely.
At Savannah with Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway; at Augusta with all lines
TO North and East; at Atlanta with Airline
ana hennesaw Routes to all points North,
East and West.
Tickets for all points and sleeping car berthe
on sale at City Office, No. 20 Bull street
q. A. WHITEHEAD, WILLIAM ROGERS.
Gen. Pass. Agt. Gen. Supt., Savannah.
d. Z. SHAW, w. +. SHELLMAN,
Gen. Trav. Agt. Traffic Manager. Macon C,4
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-13
- sroREs srArENENr.

stock on ndnu anu on snlpDOdru
this day, By actual count 1881 1o.OSS
Rerc.uts same day last year - 40 g25
FINANCE AL.-AIOney market continues easy,
with fair demand. Domestic Exchange
scarce. demand greater than supply The
banks and bankers are buying sight drafts
SO s per cent. premium and selling az lf'gas
Der cent premium. Sterling Exchange
Market dull; sixty day bills, with bills lading
attached, bankers, s. So commercial a $50;
ninety days, prime. 81 sls4; French franks,
SIS zHS; Swiss franks. s. 30.
~ECURITIEs.-The market Tor stocks Is very
-a..f Baud- neglected.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-13
Anecdotes of Notables.


Mrs. HoustOun was disappointed in
WOrdsworth's talk. He made to her
these peculiar revelations of the sources
OF poetic inspiration:
81 have never written line of poetry
without dictionary by my side, in readi-
ness to look out for words. NV inspira-
lions have been chiefly drawn from ma
lures glorious works. On the mountain
side, where possibly heap of stones Law
thrown together by the streamlet's edge.
/, ready for the work. sat and wrote, with
only my own thoughts and thesaurus
for companions i'll my sOlitude.o Many
of Shelley's family detested him. and
could not speak of him with tolerance
eleven years after his death. Mrs. Hous-
toun asked his sister if it did not seem to
her that "BySshe's" ideas and words were
both prompted by spirit more than HUI
man, ''POssibly, my dear" was the
sOberly-spoken reply; "but, if there was
inspiration at all, | am afraid it proceeded
from down there" pointing With extended
finger to the floor "and not from the
realms above"
Mrs, HOustOun relates how, before she
became convinced of Miss Shelley's entire
lack of sentiment or admiration for the
poet, she took her some violet plants from
shelley's grave in Rome, and bore them
carefully In good condition to ElcOtt
AAouSG. lG an Olu IdIlllN ser
want, was summoned, and to his care,
with the following Injunction, the cadeau
of which L had been so proud was given:
You know what a poet is, don't you,
ChallisT said the dignified mistress of ali
the lovely things by which she Was sur
rounded. well, these We're brought from
poets grave long way off, so you
must and place for them somewhere.
and take care that they don't come to
grief"
John Wilson Croker, the crusty critic
of that time, one day, with characteristic
modesty and good breeding, entered upon
dispute with the Duke of Wellington on
a question of gunnery practice, and kept
it up until the patience of that illustrious
warrior gave way, and he expressed him
self as follows; EWell, don't pretend to
know how the French Revolution began,
or the exact hour when Marshal Ney was
shot, but do know something about cop
per cans"