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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26

i the capital prize number being known
by the managers. What is TO prevent
liti
who can prove it, they may saw.
What is more likely than that II
should be thus arrangedl" we may re-
ply. Or one number may be drawn
and another called out, from memory
or from a convenient reminder. If
you were allowed 10 put your arm
within the wheel, and should there
find numbers Fastened to its inside,
would you re-invest in any lottery.
If you knew the man who conducted
such enterprises, denounced as they
and their business are, by the clergy.
the press. the solid business men, and
even with the laws against them.
would YOU expect such class of men
to adopt any kind of apparatus, and
mode of using the same, ex-
cept such as will enable them to take
all the prizes, large and small!'
Did you never suspect that in the
drawing one number may be drawn
and another called out. from memory
or by aid of some other convenient
reminder"
Did yon never think how likely and
certain it is that managers of lotteries
adopt such a mode of drawing as will
enable them to take care of all prizes
Did you never suspect that, if YOU
should look behind the scenes, you
could see how the lottery company
can afford to give $40 600 per month
to charity
Would ,-ot, .oin I 0Q0 ,,a,sec,,.. = - $50
in 81 each if the winner was to draw
not 81 600, but$500 only, especially if
you saw indications that the $500 was
likely to go to one of the partners in
the enterprise
Did you never think it strange that
the large portion of the prizes are small
and little more than yourmonev back
Do you think this is not for a purpose
Have you tried to undeceive yourself
and realize how slim your chance in
100,o is, even if honestly conduct
ed?
Did it never occur to YOU that, with
one of the managers controlling the
wheels and its openings. even a dis
interested person might be allowed to
draw, but would be drawing from
WHEEL OF pdfIlllOu WllIlln the same.
the numbers that the manager desires
to be drawn, there being one space for
sold" numbers, and another for ''un-
sold"
Why invest your hard earnings in
lotteries, when there are so many ways
of arranging the drawing, and such
as shall enable its managers to keep
all the prizes Such men are not like
ly to adopt a mode of drawing that
will not give them control of all
Do you consider how unlikely it is
that such men as usually engage in
the lottery business will let a prize of
So, 600 in cash go out of their hands
Can you not understand how many
ways there are of constructing a
wheel and of managing the numbers
so that the managers may efectually
control the prizes,
Did You never suspect that the ones
who draw the prizes in lotteries are IN
league with the concerns?
ONE WHO KNOWS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26
A PR0DIGIOUS FAMILY.
An Emigrant who Returned To His
Home After eIauy Days.

There has just arrived IN our coUn-
try an old man of SO years, a native
of Galicia, which he left seventy-two
years ago to seek his fortune in Amer
lea. This venerable nonagenarian.
whose name is Lucas Negreiras Paez
is accompanied by little family com
posed Of.
Sixteen daughters, of whom six are
widows, nine wives aud one unmar-
ried.
Twenty-three sons of whom four
are widowerS, thirteen married and
nine unmarried
Thirty-four granddaughter three of
whom are widows, twenty-five mar
lIed and nine unmarried.
Forty-seven grandsonS, of whom
four are widowers, twenty-siN married
and seventeen unmarried.
Fortyfve granddaughter Of
whom three are married and twenty
seven single.
Thirty-nine s,aat-grandsons all sin
gle.
Three Observation-Disclosures.
Seventy-two Sons-in-law and daugh-
ters-in-law.
A total of 279 persons.
This good great-grandfather was
three times married. and had By his
three wives thirty-seven children. the
last of whom was born in Boston in
1864, when Paez was siNty-four years
of age
His first born child is now 70 years
old. He has had seventeen children.
the Oldest being A.. and is, therefore.
p years older than his uncle. the last
child of his grandfather.
Don Lucas Negreiras Paez is quite
rich, having amassed considerable
money in the leather trade at Boston.
The business Is still conducted BY
some II embelS of the family-which
includes doctors, lawyers. engineers.
druggists, merchants, etc. The ship
upon which he came To Europe be-
longs to him and is commanded bv
his grandson. who is a captain.
The old man Is quite strong and in
excellent health Every day he takes
two hours gynastic exercise. walks
for two hours, and himself educates
the children of his grandchildren. He
has never drank wine or spirits. He
does not smoke He proposes to end
his days in Galicia He is noy at
Madrid, where he Will shortly be pre-
scented to the King.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26

MILWAUKEE, July % Flour IN fair demand at
25oa5O0 for spring grades. Wheat Dull and
easier; No. ? l.ol. loi for seller July; 1927
for seller August; 1925 for seller September.
Receipts, 1900 bus. shipments, 5000 Corn
Weaker; No ,, 5ol new. 4G; condemned 3s-
Oats Steady and fairly active No. . 33l4; white.
1903, delivered Rye Stronger: No. I. 5,l5:
No. ., solo. Barley Higher; extra Ne. 3, 49,
PrOyisions-Lower: mess pork, 1i00 for seller
cash and August; 1t15 for seller September.
Lard Prime steam $50 for seller August. s.eo
for seller September. Hams 1880 11la; should
ers, 6.35; 1--we hogs Steady; 50o0540 for com
mon TO choice Butter-lS0@ for choice cream
creamery; l54t for fair 10 good. Cheese-Steady.
: Eggs-Firmer Receipts -Flour, 5t0o; wheat
5000 barley, 100 shipments Flour, 1900
wheat, 81 go; corn l.l0o, barley $50
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26
FROM THE CAPITAL.

THE issue of standard silver dollar:
for the week ended July l4th was 1921,
/ 400; corresponding period last year. SIS.
! 800
/ The acting secretary of the navy
( Rear Admiral Nichols. has issued in
/ structions that regulations for change
of uniforms of naval officers viii not e
into effect until the department so or
ders
JOHN MORRISON has been appointed
/ postmaster Of Sigourney, Iowa.
THE president has nominated NJ. r.
Barr. of Erie. Pa. Indian inspector, vice
George NJ. Chapman. resigned, and w
5. Hulburt receiver of public moneys al
! Cheyenne vice William McGarvey, re-
signed.
SECRETARY TELLER has reaffirmed the
decision of Secretary Schurz against the
validity Of the claim made by the State
of California and a company chartered
by the state to several hundred acres OF
land lying within the limits of San Fran
cisco. Great efforts have been made to
secure a decision favorable to the state.
1t is understood that large amount OF
stock was placed where it would do the
most good, the hope being that a decis-
ion could be obtained which would make
the stock very valuable.
THE naval ring at Washington has OBJ
tanned a temporary victory in the mat
ter of uniforms. Admiral Nichols is
sued an order yesterday stating the pro-
posed changes will not go into effect
until the navy department so orders
This is construed to mean that the Off
GERS detailed at Washington can wear
civilians clothing the year round.
THE president has appointed Henry
c. Stafford collector of customs at Erie.
Pa, vice Matthew r. Barr, resigned 1t
is understood that Barr Will receive an
appointment in the Indian bureau. Also
f. z. Freeman, register of the land
office at Redwood Falls, Mimi. vice
VIM. ID. Huntington, suspended; Chas.
+, Gardner receiver of public moneys,
Sacramento. Cal: Currie G.. Bell. re-
ceiver of public moneys. Bayfield,. Wis:
Benz. w. Thompson, West Virginia,
agent of the Indian Sisseton agency.
Dakota and James w. Willard, post
master at Wakeeny, kas.
THE President has designated Z. b.
Vance a son of Senator Vance, of North
Carolina, Charles ID. Clay. of Kentucky,
a grandson of Henry Clay, and J. Harry
DIVA, of Pennsylvania. to appear before
the Board at Fortress Monroe, ON Oct /.
for examination for second-lieutenants
in the army. THIS, with the twelve
designations from civil life formerly
made will, if the examinations are sue
cessfully passed. till all the vacancies
existing in the army up to July l. In
case these young men fail To pass their
examination. other designations viii be
made by the President.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26
CRIME

a TELEGRAPH operator at Parker. pa-
kota, had 5000 stolen from his desk last
Thursday A brakeman named Clancy
was arrested ON suspicion,
Mrs. ALLEN CmTTENDEN, beautiful
and accomplished woman Of Chicago
who is said to have ensnared and bled
rested for larceny,
I.IZZIE ROBINSON, "A neiee of Rai-ton,
the San Francisco banker, whose tragic
death by his own hand some year, ago.
created a panic in financial circles. at
tempted suicide in Chicago, Friday. by
taking morphine
Is an alteration at Brownsboro. Tex,
between j. F. Hutton and Mr.. Van Al
styne, old citizens the latter was shot
and instantly killed During the melee
Van AlsNne had an arm broken and
three fingers shot OIL.
THE store of VIM. Weaver at Mon
louisville, Pa, was burglarizad, Friday
night. of $4,000 in Gatawissa railway
bonds. $4,000 miscellaneous securities
and 5000 in checks.
OK Wednesday afternoon as a train
was nearing Preston, jackson county
"A woman rushed from the bushes beside
u'e TRACK lal' llg ~, heVh On liie ran anu
was pehe'oe"' ne coroner jury was
uo' ap'e l" ascertain WI" she WAS
ON Wednesday night. at Baldwin,
Iowa, constable sought 10 arrest l-oul-
NethoerEeg Tor steaiu'g tles Loui'
drew knife and advanced ON the con
stable, who shot hum IN the head lo1s
is dead and the constable is in jul
Mrs. BUCK. wife of a German re,id.
ing al Grand Forks. becoming too init.
m9te Win y yonng man named Cnss
her husband fold her sbr wnuld have t,
mend her wavsor leave. She Iid ths
iausr and tbn younI ,,a, ,,e,t e5ti
bor She , ,,,- tj,. ,",,I ''', ~ ..... W. f.
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oN Tuesday i'ar H
NtFh're. Enlari tts
gan and fnhk 81
hrr e Z a
truthrF 1t )"r la1F E.E# rfp
Metui.He.E Hts4 yI rat
for two arIat taH ad ~.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26
THE LOTTERY BUSINESS.
How the Prizes May he Controlled by
Its Managers, and Generally Are.


will not content myself with call
ing the lottery business a swindle or
gambling but viii endeavor to unde-
ceiye the young and inexperienced to-
TO see how many ways there are of
conducting such drawings, and vet be
completely under control.
To realize how unlikely it is that
such men viii use any apparatus but
such as will enable them TO control
every prize
,. To realize how very slim their
chances are, even if the drawings
We're conducted as represented
Would YOU invest in lottery if YOU
knew that certain tickets or numbers
are always retained not for sale scat
tered numbers, of course. and the
balance sent ont for sale Would You
invest IN a lottery if YOU knew that.
while all the numbers may be contain.
ed within the same wheel. the sold
numbers were ia one partition. and
the unsold in another receptacle. or
IN some way fastened within conven-
icnt reach or distinguished from the
Others Nou would not then think
Eoa came 50 near i prize. because
your ticket was within one of the
prize number All approximation
prizes also might thus be taken care of.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26

OSCAR WILDE has been lecturlng IN
London about his trip to this country
and Mrs Langtry announces her IN
tentiou to of writing a book on her
observations and experience, 1t is
difficult to imagine that either of
them could say anything of enough
value to attract public attention or
criticism. Both are shallow persons,
who have succeeded in securing the
money for which they came, and why
this should not content them, with.
out the necessity of writing books ol
lecturing. is one OF those things in.
comprehensive to persons who are
not mere seekers after notoriety
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26
ACCIDENTS

GEORGE HESS was killed by lightning
in ms house near Muscatine, Iowa,
On Thursday Thomas Mccullough was
killed lay the runaway of his team near
Iowa City. Iowa.
THE s o'clock train from New Ulm.
ran over and mangled a little child near
st, Peter. Friday morning.
A BARN belonging to Gus Nattimier.
near Valley City, was struck by light
ming, and burned, with its contents. in
GLIDING six horses, cow, buggy and
tools.
A HEAVY thunder storm visited Clear
Lake, Wis. Wednesday evening, light
ming striking house belonging 10 II. A.
schultz, occupied by O. d. Jones. tear
ing out the whole west side of the build
ing, being a marrow escape of TIE Jones
family.
A TERRIFIC cyclone. accompanied by
hail visited Elkhart Ind. Saturday
afternoon, uprooting trees. blowing
down buildings, and doing immense
damage to crops.
Mrs Edmund Buckley of Maukota
was killed on Saturday, her neck being
broken by being thrown out of the wag-
on 10y runaway team. Mr. Mcnamara,
who was driving. was severely injured,
but viii recover.
TNJ young girls. Hattie Arnell and
s;@e Morley, were drowned while
s@tH.aE IN the lake at Port Stanley,
M saturday Mrs Arnelrs brother
s-3.sii died suddenly in London Mon
aas
Al Mtehr'lville Iowa. +. Leighton IS
four mill just completed alta cost of
IS GOO $500, completely wrecked bv Fri
day storm and viii have to be rebuilt.
Mrs. ~ w Galloway. an aged lady, was
fatally injured by falling down stairs,
the storm having made her so nervous
and excited that She did not have the
proper use Of her limbs
THOMAS OEUMFY. "a brakeman ON the
Milwaukee * st Paul. was instantly
BILLED saturday, in Milwaukee, hy fall
lnG h"tNeeu two ears Of freight and
being crushed beneath the wheels He
was tmrty-uiue years old, and leaves q
wife and three children
Mas jaime Hoye. 3Q wears old was in.
,tdutly killed I'M Milwaukee, Friday. by
being run down hv backing freight
tram ou the Lake Shore n Western road
The body was badly maugled Ii being
So ground INTO the wheels that they had
lo be lifted With jack screw from the
rail
\ ERl heavy rain storm visited Kan
e saS city saturday, continuing about al
! hour. during which time two and three
. quarter inches at rain fell Many eellar
s were Hooded and several houses wer,
S oirucN hN lightning Ihe damage i
Z roughly estimated al $1,000 q, report
/. ei that the storm WA, zely severe I'll th
country west ii Wvandlttp
TIE town at Mnan,htne Bi- Srop
county, Mluu,, w.A> Visited on Suniat
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26

"fnG New York Times has published
several pages OF reports from all the
states. as to the presidential prospects
OF the two parties. The politician
who reads it will simply confuse his
perceptions, and come to the conclu-
sion that he knows less about the mat
ter. than he did before he attempted to
get at the purport Of so many contra
dictory echoes The gistof the whole
is that Blaine is ahead among repub-
leans, with Arthur a hopeful second,
and Tilden is ahead among democrats,
with Mcdonald next Ii needed no
wizard nor correspondents in forty
states and territories to find out these
facts
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26

The colored journalists, at their re
cent convention in st. Louis, adopted
"A resolution recommending that the
word negro be written and printed
with capital M Two g's" were
long ago abandoned by all consider
ate people in pronouncing the word.
There is no reason why Negro should
not be spelled with a capital IN "
We use a capital letter in spelling
Yankee, Englishman German, Iris h.
man and even Indian. why not
Negro,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26
TELEGRAPHIC.
GENERAL NOTES

THE wheat harvest has begun in Mich
igan.
GOLD is reported to have been discov.
cred near Aurora, Ind.
THE latest bulletin states that Comte
de Chambord is apparently improving
JOSEPH VI. j, CLARKE, coal operator
Pittsburgh, Pa, made an assignment
Wednesday. Liabilities, 700
A CUBAN Club was organized at Phil
adelphia, on Wednesday the object of
which is to work for the independence
of Cuba.
THE cable road over the Brooklyn
Bridge is rapidly approaching compile
ton.
THE colored people of Ohio met in
State Convention at Columbus Satur-
day.
THE war department announces that
the military encampment of White
River, Col, will be abandoned in a few
days.
THE Central Labor Union Of New York
Sunday refused Denis Kearney permits
sion to address the meeting by large
majority.
A JURY was sworn in on the Polk
trial at Nashville, Tenn. Tuesday. and
the examination Ct witnesses Commenc-
ed
THE druggist Of Kansas City met and
passed resolutions to sell nothing but
medicine on Sunday-not even liquors
on prescription.
THE Commissioners Of Internal Reye-
nue. have appointed lsham Young of
Knoxville, Tenn. Revenue Agents. vice
c. NJ. Horton, Of Boston, removed
All the French reinforcements sent to
Tonquin have arrived. Owing to rains
and the great heat operations will not be
begun before the end Of September
THE Massachusetts committee on par
dons will report in favor of granting
pardon to $. A. Chase, the Fall River de-
faulter, now serving term in the state
prison
PRIVATE Bockelman, Of the Four
teenth New York Regiment. recently
'drummed out of the State camp at
PeekslSill by order of Colonel Austin,
has brought suit against the Colonel
laying damages at S25. 600.
A BARK laden with rags arrived at
WV lldNtut Abli.s fpdAuiudNs lAOin I
Egypt, via New York harbor. where the .
vessel had been quarantined. The Off 1
'ers of the bark say there was no chol- .
IRA at Alexandria when they sailed No .
communication is allowed between the .
vessel and the shore.
SECRETARY Teller has received an
,tiicial dispatch announcing the arrest
If Mitchell, the receiver of the Duluth
and office, who is accused of fraudu
cnt operations in connection with land
ales. No action was taken in the mat
er, and win not be till U. s. Land Com
missioner Mcfarland returns from Deer
Park.
The steamer Beauharnais with
pleasure party of 300, ran upon a reef
n the river at Montreal. aud being
backed off. made water So fast that she
lad to be run ashore. and sunk in eight
Get of water A panic seized the peo-
BE. mostly women and children, bat all
we're safely landed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26
C}ABLECRAMS S.

FIGHTING continues in Zululand. II
is reported that Cetewayo has been de
feated
SEVERAL officers in the northern part
of Spain have been suddenly arrested
1t is believed that they are charged with
conspiracy.
FOUR warehouses containing grain.
fax and OIL were destroyed by fire at
Hull, Eng Loss, 100000.
SwEENY, charged with the murder of
Lord Mountmorris in Ireland, has been
liberated from custody. The police
have another clue to the murderers.
ZENN1Nd, the German-American stu
dent who XII led fellow-student in a
duel near Wuzburg. has been arrested
in Switzerland.
/ THE tifty-eighth regiment has been
ordered from Moretzburg to Durham,
South Africa TO protect the British in
terests Of that locality.
I THE public prosecutor has withdrawn
the charges against the Hungarian Jews,
so long on trial for murderous sacrifices,
the government witnesses being so CON
Trajectory to each other that their testi-
mony is regarded as worthless,
CARDINAL HOWARD has left Rome for
England. II said his mission is to learn
the tendency of the views of the Eng
lish government in regard to founding
diplomatic relations between England
and the vatican.
THE Queensland executive council
has forwarded a memorial to Earl
Derby, secretary for the colonies. arg
ing the government 20 reconsider the
decision to forbid the annexation of
New Guinea to Queensland, and inYit-
ing them to- take steps TO provide for
federal government for Australia.
THE government telegraph lines of
Venezuela were opened Tuesday to the
frontier OF Columbia, where they con
meet with the land lines of the govern
ment of New Granada, which are in
direct connection with the lines of the
Central II South American telegraph
company via Galveston.
is THE executive council of New S0nth
Wales has forwarded 81 memorial to Earl
Derby, secretary for the colonies urging
the government TO reconsider its decis-
ion To forbid the annexation of New
Guinea to Queensland. and inviting them
To- take steps 10 provide a federal govern
ment for Australia.
The revenue OF France the first half
of the present year was 2S, 900, 600 francs
below the estimate of the budget. which
anticipated there would be an increase
ON the estimate The imports for June
increased 81, 600 0lO francs. as compared
with June, 1882. The exports for that
month decreased 81 900. 600 francs, COM
pared with the exports for June last
year
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO July 23 = Flour Nominally mn
changed Wheat Dull, weak and lower: LOIS
for seller July; lG2sS0 ore for seller August;
1913 for seller September; 1.0s for seller Octo-
Der, 1864 for seller November, l.olts for seller
the year; No. ,, Chicago Spring. 1893 d10llS;
No. Chicago spring, 81; No. ,, red winter, los
Coru-lu fair demand but unsettled, aud closed
shade higher; 505l@5l for seller cash, 81 for
seller July; 5l65ls for seller August; 5oSs for
seller September 509s for seller October 40 for
seller the year Oats-Quiet aud weak $50 33l4
for seller cash 884s for seller July: 2Sls for seller
August 2,ss for seller September; 2i2s for seller
October. 27ls for seller the year Rye Steady
and unchanged; 3jl6 Flax seed-Weak and
lower l.33 Timothy unchanged Pork - Fair
demand at lower rates; 140DGlll4la for seller
cash and July; 1906 for seller August; a 22i60
l4o5 for seller September; 1900 for seller Octo-
Der; 1900 for seller the year Lard In fair de
mani; opened weak and lower, and closed firm
at outside prices; s,9l6Gs75 for seller cash, July
and August; soo8s 92ls for seller September;
S97i6Qa0O for seller October; 5 51ls@S50 for
seller the year. Bulk Meats-In fair demand
shoulders, 60; short rib 555; do clear, 80.
Butter Unchanged Eggs-Unchanged. Wits
ley-l -nehAngpd
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26

last by a terrible hail storm. which de-
stroyed the entire wheat, oats and other
crops of D. Donovan, VIM. Morris and
a man named Tracy, and part of the
crops Of Andrew Levene. Gallagher and
Ross and many others. Monday morn
ing hailstones could be scraped up by
the handful on the prairie. it having
hailed three-quarters of an hour the day
previous.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26

TIE telegraph operators Of this
countryon the 18th, inst, formally car
ried into execution their threatened
strike. To what extent the telegraph
companies will be crippled in their
operations, remains to be seen; but
whatever embarrassments may result
viii no doubt be of a temporary char
acter
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26

The yellow fever RACES as an epide-
mic in the gulf city of Vera Cruz,
Mexico. During the month of June
there We're 26l deaths, and thus far in
July IA No case of the disease, ex-
cept on board ofquarantined vessels at
New Orleans and Pensacola, have as
yet occurred in United States ports.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26

O'DoNovAN Rosa says that 800,
900 of the money sent from America
to aid the no-rent movement in Ire
land. was not used for work in Ire
land, and that Patrick Egan knows
all about it. Is it possible that Irish
patriots have been investigating the
bewildering mysteries of draw-poker?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26

Miss Ada Ward the English actress,
has come over to stay. During for
mer visit She conceived so strong a
liking for America, the people and
their ways of living, that she has come
To on hack no more
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26

A young man Of Macon. Ga. while
camping with party of friends. was
heard 10 eXclaim in his sleep: For
heavens sake stand aside that picture
viii Kill YOU 1t was afterward as
certained that his sweetheart at about
the same time narrowly escaped being
killed by a falling picture under
which she was standing.