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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20
Sealing Hotel Figures.
Chicago Tribune.

An old lady, with jerky voice and a
great display of snuff box and specta
cles, got left by a train the other
night and had to 90 10 hotel for
lodgings and breakfast. A few min
utes before train time the clerk
went up to her room to notify her,
and found her sitting in chair
as stiff as a major. AS soon as he
entered she broke out with
How much a day is this hotel2n
Two dollars, madam.
How much where you don't have
supper2"
Twelve shillings."
How much where YOU sit up all
night long, expectingto be murdered
every minute2h
Just the same-twelve shilingS.'
How much where you don't eat
any breakfast for fear of being pizen-
ed2' she continued.
Just the same, madam. There is
your bed, and breakfast has been
ready these two hours.
well, don't pay it,"
But, madam
"No, not if die fur it Here I've
sot on this blessed cheer all night long,
hearing whistles and bells, and folks
running, and men whooping, expect
ing every mint would be my last on
airthw
Has this gas been going all
night"
every mint, sir. I've allus made
practice o mindin' my business, and
| didn't propose to set fire to myself
by fooling with that thing How
much is it where you sot and tremble
like leaf from s o'clock at night till
next morning, wishing to goodness
you hadn't been fool huff to start for
Illanoy alone"
Just the same. madam!'
''Not by a joyful, young man
Here's so cents, and you can take the
rest out in a lawsuit haven't mussed
the bed nor touched breakfast, and SO
cents is plenty for having a roof oven
my head Git out o the way for I'm
going!o
He had to move aside or be run
over, for she picked up her satcheI
and put on steam until nothing could
stop her. She made her way down
stairs and started for the depot and
when boy asked if she would have
her baggage toted she wheeled on him
and replied:
you meander I've been swindlec
out o 90 cents already, and if there's
any more fooling around somebody
will get hurtm
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20
He Didn't Eat with Him.

A circuit-rider in a Southern dis
trict one day rode up to a poor darky's
cabin and asked for a drink of water.
1--WE hain't got none in the house,
sab; yo' kin find hit down in de
creek, sab We doan' keep muffin to
put hit in, sab. .
you are very poor, then, my good
fellow, said the preacher, kindly.
Eyes, boss, we is kinder dat way"
Cant you get work and earn q
living2"
Il mout wu'k, sab, if dar was wu'k
to do but dar hain't none in desc
parts. sab.
my good man, you should con
tinue trying, and trust in the Lord
81 does trus' in Him, sab. "
Don't you find relief in that?'
Yes, sab, l does now, but at de fust
l didn't sab.
"Oh, yes, l see. In the beginning
you had no faith.
"Doan' know bout dat, boss, but
yo see at de fust ! trus' in Him to
ten to de family while | was fishin',
but it doan' do no good. sab. Den i
tuck anudder holt, an since dat lse
been gettin along mighty slick.
81 hardly understand
IVY, 20, see, boss, l lays low till
arter shutdown, and den goes fob de
chickens on tother side Oh de ribbah,
an trus' in de Lawd not to let me
git cotched an, boss, lie am nebbah
gone back on dis chile ouct Cit
down, sab, an come in and eat wild
us; we ain got no watah 'cept in de
kittle, but we can glib yo' oodlins Of
yallah legs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20

lady, who was a keen shrewd woman.
said with touch of mild sarcarism
in her voice, that if her husband
should get up very early next Monday
morning and go up to the capitol be-
fore the crowd arrived he might Sc
cure a seat in the upper house and
the ember'S wife actually thanked
her for the information.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20
She Didn't Know Which.

A Washington correspondent
writes: The wife Of far western
member applied for lodgings for her
self and her husband at an uptown
clearinghouse this week; she said
her husband was in Congress. She
was asked which branch-vthe upper
or lower. This newly -hedged oiiic-
ial's wife said she believed her hus.
band was a Senator, at least the peo-
pie who elected him meant to have
the best place he could get. The land
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20
She Gave Outs and Was Just as Limp
rs Dish-Rag.


I've had ana awful discussion, -
said Boston wife, coming into the
room where her husband was
"With whoml' he asked
"With a woman over our back
fence"
"What about2n
"The functions of transcendenta-
lism, and we talked and talked, and
talked and talked, and"
did she beat your
mo, SIR she didn't
did you beat her"
"Weli-no-I can't say did.
"'You didn't give in, did your
mo sir, ] didn't
''You didntf
"No, sir; l gave out, and I'm just
as limp as a dish.rag after hard days
washing" and she hung herself
over the back of chair to recuper-
ate.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20
A Case of Corrosive Poisoning Cured.

agg Philadelphia Ledger.
Before the Alumni Association Of
the Philadelphia College Of Pharma-
CIV recently, a prominent physician
related rather unusual circumstance
in which a case Of corrosive poisoning
was treated and cured. lie stated
thata baritone singer took three oun
ces Of aqua ammonia in mistake for
some other medicine. When the ply
stefan arrived he administered diluted
acid in large quantities, followed it up
with oil, placed ice around the pa
tiert's neck and administered hypo-
dermic injections Of atropla and NOR
pbia combined. the proportion icing
one seventy-fifth of a grain Of the for
mer ond one-fourth Of a grainof the
latter. symptoms Of nervousness
and so or were treated as they arose
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20

being lost in a body; and if these
were not killed III the Sully fight at
Long Lake, then he is at loss for an
explanation of the affair.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20
A Singular Suit.


A very lauPbable trespass suit was
commenced Tuesday, at Genoaee
Court House, before Judge Malcolm
Der. Two wealthy and highly respec-
ted widows Of Caledonia were engag-
ed in dispute over a line fence, and
while the plaintiffs workmen were en-
gagged in making a hole for a line
fence post the defendant came and
put her feet in the hole to prevent
them from working, being very care
ful to keep her bodyon her own prem
ises so as to commit no trespass. The
plaintiff then came, and in passing by
kicked her in the back. Among the
witnesses were the two Irishmen who
dug the hole. These made consider
able sport. Altogether II was as
amusing a suit as he had tried forsome
time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20

Eyes. SAID the farmer, that COW
is badly hurt and wouldn't bring S..
But ! shall get more for her a party
Of swell city fellows are coming down
here 10 hunt, and ! shall put her up
fl the scrub pine lot and then tell
them that deer abound up there On,
she's as good as sold for $50.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20

Thrilling escape Of young woman.
"A Young lady had narrow es-
cape at fire a few nights since.
About half her back hair was harmed.
Fortunately she was not in the build
ing al the time, having put on her
other hair and left the house only
half an hour before the fire broke
out.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20
Ventilation Of sIeering-Rooms


No time could be better than the
present for beginning the practice of
house ventilation by the window,
which is still, ina the majority of
houses, the readiest and safest means
of obtaining regular and constant
supply of fresh air This practice,
begun in warm weather, may be car
ried on, with proper care, through
autumn and winter The constant
~ accommodating impurities derived
from breath, from pcrspiration, from
eXcreta of other kinds collected in
sleeping-rooms, from the use of gas
or lamp light, and too often even now
from suction of sewage gas from
water pipes by the heat of house fir;s,
etc, render it as necessary for health
as for comfort that these should have
free egress, and that they should be
substituted by the pure outer air.
Fresh air from without may very
easily be had without draught, and
without risk of cold even to delicate
persons, il few simple rules be oh
served. The cold air of winter Of
course enters with greater force and
in greater proportional volume then
the more equable summer an intAla
warm room The aperture Of ingress
must be corespondingly diminished.
Air from window is preferable to
that from an open inner door, no mat
ter how roomy the house. from its
more reliable purity. If the window
be the inlet, the fire, fire -place, or it
may be the door of O room in summer
acting as an outlet, or it may be open
ed from the top, the extent being
regulated according TO the outer tenn
perature. There is then a direct in
ward current at the upper part, which
follows the roof of the room, thus
mingling with any heated waste pro-
ducts which require to be removed,
and an interrupted currentat the mid
die, the previous line junction Of the
upper and lower sashes, both are
broken and difiused by the blinds or
curtains. Venetians for this purpose
should be turned upwards a win
dow should never be made to ven
tilate by opening il from below, I'M
less the open lower space be filled up
in some way, and ventilation be car
red on at the middle, where the
sashes JON; otherwise draughts are
unavoidable. The ventilating pane
is a hardly less simple and equally
efficient and safe method with either
of the others. Window ventilation
I is especially useful IN bedrooms, and
its efficiency or otherwise cannot fail
to affect the vital powers Of the occu-
pant, who, in has slunbers, must
trust to other energies than his own
for the removal OF the impurities and
morbid germs which his every breath
multiplies around him
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20

One day a high official passing
through a government Office saw a
man standing before the fire reading
newspaper. Hours afterward, re
turning the same way, he was shocked
to find the same man, legs extended,
before the same fire, still buried in the
columns of newspaper. Halo, sir 2!
cried the indignant head OF the de
partment what are you doingY'
Cant you see what am doing" was
the answer. Sir, ! came through this
office four hours ago, and found you
reading the paper; return, and you
are still wasting your time in the
same manner. " Every true; you have
stated the case toa nicety." Hereupon
the head Of the department naturally
fires up. What is your name, sirf
he says. "Well, ! don't know that
my name is any affair Of years what
is your nameG" Sir, / would have
you know that / am the 50 and-so Of
The postofiice Indeed well, ] am
very glad to hear it. / am, sir, sim
ply one Of the public, who has been
kept waiting here four hours for an
answer to a simple question, and /
shall be much Obliged if you wall use
your influence to get me attended to.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20

The Southerner is becoming grim
ii his humor. When Andy Taylor
the day before he was hanged in
Knoxville, asked Sheriff Foots for
drink Of whisky. the Sheriff said, y
will give you a drop tomorrow
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20

a doctor says the best cure he knows
for a cold is the old fashioned sweat
"Take ten grains Of quinine, hot
mustard foot bath, and stiff glass Of
toddy. Jones believes in this remedy,
bat nine times out Of ten he will for
get the quinine and the foot-bath.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20


Gen. Sibley said the information
contained IN the telegram from Ellen
dale was not explicit enough to en-
able one to form an intelligent opinion
and determine just what the discovery
amounted to. He was inclined to be-
lieve that the whole thing was a hoax,
or at least exaggerated from very
insignificant basis and inflated into
sensation. If the finding of the skele-
tons was true, as reported, then they
must have been those Of members Of
Gen. Su,iy's command of Indians kill
ed by his troops. Gen. Sully had
very severe fight in the neighborhood
of Long Lake (Which is shown on the
map as not far from Ellendale), and
lost quite a number of men. These
must be the skeletons-if any were
really found. Gen Sibley, co-opera-
ting with Gen. Sully in this campaign
against the Indians, was to the north
of Ellendale-at Devils Lake and
Bismarck-and none of his command
We're in the section noted Without
having a map to refer to, Gen. Sibley
would not speak with certainty as 70
locations, but taking the report for
granted as true, he was of the opinion
that the skeletons found were those Of
troops or Indians killed in the Sully
fight at Long Lake. Gen. Sully's re
portof that campaign made note of
more than fifty as being killed IN the
various fights. Gen. Sibley has never
heard Of any such number Of whites
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Col. A. Coward, State Superintendent Of E.lu-
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Administrators Notice.

A Ii persons having claims againt the estate
N Of Lucy Shelton, deceased, are requested
10 present them to the undersigned, properly
attested. All persons indebted TO the deceased
arc notified that payments must be made TO me
as early as possible.
J. NJ. HENDERSON,
Adm'r, est. Lucy Shelton.
Augu.t 8 81 4t*.
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The State of South Carolina.
COUNTY or UNION.
Court of Common Pleas.

William C. Gist, Administrator
~ P'ai"'g Summons,
William Faucet and ]. Rice renew
Rogers Defendants. Execution.
To John Faucet, Isnnc Faucet, Victoria Me-
Creight, Mamie Faucet, Salie Faucet,
Thomas Faucet, Mamie Faucet and Adlie
Faucet, heirs at law of William Faucet, de.
ceased. and j. Rice Rogers.
XXTHEREAS, judgment was obtained in the
w Circuit Court for the County, then Dis
trct, of Union and State of South Carolina, on
the fourth day of March A. D. 1867, in the
above entitled cause. against William Faucett
and j. Rice Rogers defendants, and execution
was duly issued thereon, but the active energy
thereof has now expired, and it is desired to
have the same renewed. And the above named
plaintiff being dead. application for renewal is
made by Francis Nj. Farr, administrator of his
estate.
Now, Therefore, You are sum monel to appear
at the next Term Of the Circuit Court, 80 be held
for said County, at the place Of holding the
same, and then and there show cause, if any you
can, why said execution should not be renewed
according to law.
Dated July 26, 1888
JAMES b. STEEDMAN,
Since ARTHUR s. STEEDMAN,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
:@st@s:} Clerk.
To the Defendant. Isaac Farcett:
Please take notice that the original summons
OF which the above is copy. was fled in the
office of the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas for Union County on the 18th day OF
July, 1888.
J. d. STEEDMAN,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Aug3 81 Ct
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Dental SURGEON.
Administrators Notice.

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indebted to said estate are required to make
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-09


ADVICE TO MorHERs,~Are w,
disturbed at night and broken of
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SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEErH1Se is
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female physicians and nurses in the
United States, and is for sale bv all
lrngglsts through out the world
rice 20 cents bottle.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-09

HE GAME IAws.-For the benefit
OF all concerned, the dates in which
certain game cannot be killed under
penalty OF $50 fine for each oftense,
are as follows:
Deer, from March LIST to September
ISL; turkey, from April 10Th to October
is.; ducks, from March lst to ,Oetober
Der 1st. u 1'' 70 octo-
Parties killing, chasing with in.
Ten! TO XIII, or having the same in
snelr possession after having caught
or Killed them, are liable to the ahoss
fine of $25. "'o'e
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-09
lCoMMUNICATED
GOVERNOR McENERY'S DEFENSE

t The persistent attacks made h,
e the New Orleans Picayune upon til,
,anl contract to which Mr.. Johr
McEnery is a party, have natul all,
attracted public attention, bot tn,
; attempt made with equal zeal to fos
T ter upon the Governor responsibility
Tor the contract, or for the manner
Of its execution, have happily come
to grief. The Governfr's statemen,
appeared in the Picayune since our
last issue, and is a vindication at
once complete and timely.
The contract was legacy from
the Jobbing administration of Gov.
ernor Witt. He made it, and il
alone responsible for it. Governor
McEnery found it In full force and
progress when he came into office.
ana had no connection with it, He
could not annul it, for twas made
with the sanction and by the author.
lzatiou of the Legislature, but whe,b.
er't was good or bad, the fault did
not lay at his door. No one who il
.ne least acquainted with the probi
ty OF Sam: McEuery's whole life. no.
ted as he had always been for inteo.
r,ty' with record unstained by anv
OF those smirches that are 80 oftev
found upon the garments of men who
have habitually dabbled in politics,
could have believed for moment
that ne was a participant in anv
"rong.dolng to the State. He had
not, like bis predecessor, a gang Of
camp followers 'clamoring for loot.
nor did ne have that loose notion If
public duty which permitted him to
parcel out offices as rewards for per
sonal services. ~
Governor McEnery has thus far
hlled his office, and performed its
duties, with conspicuous fidelity and
siogleness of purpose, and there is
no reason to believe that be will ever
10 otherwise. We think the stri, |
lures so freely made upon his broth.
er's connection with the land con- !
'ract are not just either. to the Gov
,rnor or his brother. Mr.. John Ma
anery accepted the employment of.
cred him by Governor Wilt a. on.
norlzed by the, Legislature. If the d
was larger than others t
we're willing to undertake it for II II
vas not for him to suggest that !,
mould be reduced. The mannar af y
o .,' the land Office appears to c
e the same system adopted under t.
ne previous administrator ~ p
.oange was made for Mr.. John NJ" L
.nery,s benefit, none to give him p
dvantages that were not admitted -
ave been enjoyed by Others. and ~ ~ v
10 say The least unfair to eadd,o CT
I'm with the blame that belongs sD IN OF
'A0lSs Oh
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-09
VI "ILhINSUN.
President Nolan B. B. G,
.. RUMsEY DUKE, Secretary. "


--IHE Weekly Press, of Baton
houge' which claims the largest cir.
cu'atlon OF any paper in that CITY,
"modestly suggests" the following
ticket:
Gen. Jas. Fl. Cosgtove, of Yatch;tooh
son 20, ' of a. governor; Hon. w. A. Robert
s spn, OF 81 st. Landry, for Lieutenant Gov
laana Lean, e. non u r; Dudenheiffer, of Or
l athis, ior state Treasurer; Hon, A. l.
a a.kln, OF Claiborne, for State Apd;tn 49, !.
f noo; . robert Nash Ogden, of Orleans , )
r1r attorney General; Col. M. A DaM'
G Ga,'e e OF orleans, for Secretary Of State
;n ,n. y. Il. Kidd, of Jackson. for Snnsr'
'h'ehdent of Public Education pei-
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-09

--JUTE is twice as productive az
cotton, and requires only half as
much labor. Planters should enter
upon its cultivation, especially as the
use OF it in the making of sacks,
bale covering and other manufac.
lures is steadily increasing, and it is
not likely that the cultivation oft in
'his country will break down the
price.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-09

M. DE LEssEps returned home
from his months journey in Africa
enthusiastic upon the subject of the
proposed Sahara Sea. He thinks the
canal OF communication, $50 kilo.
metres, can be cut through in five
years, and at one sixth of the cost
estimated by the Government Com.
mission, which reported against the
scheme. Wv
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-09

The following Base Ball cbal
lenge to the Rapides "picked nine,
appears in the last issue of the Don
aldsonville Chief:
The Nolan Base Ball Club Of this
town hereby challenges the Rapide.
Picked Nine of Alexandria to NAV y 70
turn match game upon the Nolan
grounds, in Donaldsonville, within fonr
weeks after the resumption of through
trains on the Texas and Pacific railway
Tor prize of One Hundred Dollars of,
Tered by merchants and citizens Of this
town and vicinity. Game to be- nlavaS
according to the rules of either The
american Association or the National
League, together with such "sronnd
rules. as may be agreed upon bv tha
captains of the respective clubs, Lists
d players to be exchanged is accented
'uoJect TO such alterations as circum,
stances may render unavoidable. I'd he
accepted and approved by the club Can.
aims and Managers.
W: g. WILKINSON. |
President Nolan R. re
J. RUMSEY DUKE. Secratarv
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-09

The mutilated body of a we'll
dressed man, a portion of whose face
appeared to have been eaten awav
was found on the Saltee Mountains
Ireland, 5000 feet above the sea, late.
~ 1t is surmised that be was
stranger who had lost his way,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-09

"A LITTLE 8 yesr.old girl in New
York one afternoon last week, in a
skipping rope contest, jumped log
times, a1d a short time aflerward
died of congestion of the brain
oroug ut on by the violence of the
exercise.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-09

-.ok and after the LIST of Jp,v
. oeA., 1he law abolishing the stamns
on checks and proprietary goods ui N
20 lo'o effect and holders of snch
s stamps can hsTe the same redeemed
collector. 'o'shue