Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20

The Northern Pacific is only an
other hat-band around Uncle Sans
plug, is the Philadelphia Times con
tribution to railroad literature.
THE largest man in the British
service is Lieutenant Switzerland, OF
the FiftysixCh Regiment. lie is
eight feet four inches high, and
weighs about 3G4 pounds.
For a purse of 5000 to beat the
record of 2:l4, Jay-Eye-See, at Mar
ragansett Park, Providence, Satur-
day, trotted the mile in 2;lo4, He
showed no signs of distress at the
finish
THERE is another vacancy in Con
gress, Colonel Robert NJ, Mayo. Of
Westmoreland county, Va, a Ma
honeite member elect, shot and kill
ed himself Saturday morning on
board the steamer Virginia, which
was on her way from Baltimore to
Norfolk. There have been four
other deaths Of Congressmen since
the election last Fall.
SECRETARY FoLGER has approved
the action of Internal Revenue Com
missioner Evans in making the cir
cumstances Of the sale of certain
patent medicinal preparations, known
as "bltters," for use as beverage or
as medicine, the test whether or not
the dealer in such preparations shall
pay special tax as a liquordealer.
An eastern lecturer says: off the
Mississippi and all its tributaries
were filled with pure whisky, and
the banks were loaf sugar, and all
the low lands covered with mint,
there would be no more drunkards
than there are to-day" "Perhaps |
not" says an exchange, "but there
would be terrific emigration west. !
AND now here comes the Charles
ton Is. Co. Ne'oS and Courier, the
leading Democratic paper of that
State, and says that the large sum of
money that was called for in 1876 as
a bribery fund was never furnished,
but Mr.. Tilden did agree, earlier in
the year, to contribute $4,000 tow
ards the legitimate expenses of the
canvass in South Carolina, And
then it ad DIS:
Another fact Is that $4,000 were spent ON the
faith of Mir Tilden's promise, and to this day
Mr.. ridden has not repaid solitary cent Of that
which was expended in his name. So the story
goes, and we have every reason To believe that
it is nm lower true tale"
Well, perhaps, "the old man" used
the money in The fruitless effort to
get that much-needed electoral vote,
TnE Sunday Telegraph has Mad
ison correspondent who says SIN
regard to the Senatorship to succeed
Angus Cameron, it is now thought
that Gov. Jerry Rusk will have n
walk away, if he should be a candi-
date"
The TeiegrapHS informant is evil
IDENTIFY either a Democrat or one of
a few Republicans who wish to de-
feat RuSk's denomination or re-elec-
ton for Governor. 1t is thought by /
these, of course, that an impression
prevailing that Rusk, if reelected !
governor will use the place only to
help himself into the Senate, it will |
impair his chance of denomination
by his party, and weaken him in
canvass before the people if nomi-
mated, But they have started their |
roar-back too soon. Before the Re.
publican conventions of 1854 are
held the people will have assurance
that if they wish to re-nominate and
re-clect Rusk for governor, they may
do SO with confidence that he will
not resign the Office to Lieutenant
Governor for the purpose of accept
ing the Senatorship, or any other
position
High License, Low License,
No License.