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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-30

WHAT IS SAID AT The CUSTOM HOUSE.
Inquiry nc the Custom House as to the effect OF
the new law showed that it had resulted in large
increase IN tho collection of duties on some classes
of goods and decrease in others Silks, on which
the duty will be less after July l, have nearly all
been put in warehouses to await the operation OF
the new law and thus secure the benefit OF the re-
duction in rates. Spices and other articles which
will come In free have also been placed in Govern
ho,ss sntri.. Last week, as compared with
an average of about 1,600. On ,woolen
dress goods the tariff rates will be ad-
yancsd in some cases about cents yard
bencethere has been large increase inthe importa-
tions OF that class OF goods. The imports OF dry
goods last week amounted to S2,474, IFS, compared
with 81 230, 100 for tho same time last year. AL
the sparslng wines in warehouses have been Win,
tariff rates after this week The impoTtations OF
sugars have increased since june l. when the new
tariff on sugar became operative. In general
wav the new tariff law has added considerably to
the business Of the Custom House during the month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-30

VARIOUS ARTICLES PUT on FREE LIST.
On o number Of articles formerly included In
Schedule the duties were abolished by the now
law. These together with few items from other
schedules, which were also transferred to the free
list arc brought together IN the following table:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13
Of the lake, they would have all

of the lake, they would have all
drowned.
A prominent young lawyer of this
city about year ago. while in George
Lake, Calumet, accidentally dis
charged his GU, blowing a hole in
the bottom of his boat. 1t sank in
four feet of water. He lost his oars.
the wind and sea were heavy, the wa
ter freezing cold, and it was showing
hard. 1t was certain death to leave
his boat, and hardly less certain death
to remain, standing in the cold water
and exposed to the wintry air. There
were men shooting near him, but his
clothes were exactly the color of the
grass, and tho wind was against him.
His shouts and signals attracted no
attention. After being in the water
two hours and half he was rescued
by his companion, who was searching
for him to bring him some lunch.
When taken into the boat he was so
exhausted that he could not take the
cork out of whisky bottle. Unlim-
tied whiskey, a good supply of blank
cts and hot fire saved his life, the
physicians said. He was man of ex-
ceptionally fine physique, or he never
would have survived the ordeal. AS
it was, he was sick in bed for several
days, and narrowly escaped pneumo-
MIA.
Last week G. J. Kern and Cornelius
Libey, of Knox, Ind, while hunting
in the Kankakee marsh, came upon
the body of a man. He was stuck in
the mud up to his waist, and was ly-
ing face downward across his gun.
He had $3.50 in his pockets, and nine
mallard ducks were near him on a
muskrat-house. He was evidently
lost and had walked till he was ex-
hausted His body was taken to
South Bend for the Coroners inquest;
but his identity was not established.
The gun and money are in responsible
hands at Knox.
Many other like incidents of recent
occurrence might be given. 1t is a
well-known fact that not a year passes
but one or more bodies of luckless
hunters are found in the Calumet and
Kankakee marshes. The old hunters
and few of the scattered inhabitants
know Of it; but the news seldom finds
It's way into the papers, unless there
is some way Of identifying the body
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13
RAILROAD NEWS.

Work on the Chicago and North
Wisconsin railway is being vigorous
" prosecuted by a large gang of men
in the vicinity of what is termed the
BigSprings, about mile north Of Sa-
wanna, H., and between the high
bluffs and the river.
There is said to be no truth in the
repsrt from Newark O., that E. I.
Jefferv. superintendent of the Illinois
Central. will succeed Bradford Dun
ham, superintendent of the Trans
Ohio Division of the Baltimore and
Ohio road.
The announcement that the MIGHT
gan Central Railroad had adopted the
new standard time was premature.
The change will not take place till
next Sunday, when Central time,
which is twenty-eight minutes slower
than Detroit time, will bs adopted.
The Stockholders of the Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa Falls and Northwestern Rail
way Company, known as the Pacific
Division of the Burlington, Cedar Rap
ids and Northern Railway, at their re-
cent meeting in Cedar Rapids, voted
to increase the capital stock form So,
900, 600 to SIS, 600, 000
The Wickes branch of the North
ern Pacific has been practically com
pleted and will be placed in operation
on the 10th inst. The branch leaves
the main line at point six miles east
of Helena, Mont, and runs to Wickes,
a distance of twenty miles. The
Yakima branch, Washington Terri
tory, will be completed twenty-five
miles from Ainsworth by the LIST of
next month.
A new railroad has been organized
in Minneapolis, Mimi, to be known
as the Lake Traverse, Sauborn and
Darlington road, which will run from
the northern end of Lake Traverse,
on the boundary line between Mime
sofa and Dakota, northwest, crossing
the Northern Pacific at Sanborn, and
reaching Darlington, in Foster coun-
ty, Dakota, distance Of It's miles
The following officers were elected
President, G. f. Hatch; Vice Presi-
dent, 7. B. Casey; Treasurer J. Chris
tan.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13
Romantic and Neeromantic.

A Swiss newspaper reports Slngu-
lar case of necromancy practiced in
the Canton of ST. Gallen, Switzerland.
The keeper Of a cemetery at st. Fiden
was Mortified to find that grave-stones
after being set up again We're repeat
ly overturned, and is the result Of
Investigations it was discovered that
three men formed a society exercise
money by acting on recipes found in
the pages of Albertus Magnus. The
process adopted was to enter the
cemetery at midnight, pull up a tomb
stone and bury in the earth five franc
pieces, repeating the prescribed for
mulas and performing the due antics /;
then two of the silly men passed eight
days naked in hut, living on bread
and water and muttering their magic
phrases. They were convinced, we
read, that such absurd behavior would,
propitiate a dark spirit named Hiss
who, for their benefit, would trans
mute the total sum buried, one hun.
dred and sixty francs, into five mil
lions. The poor wretches, it seems,
were discovered by the authorities in
a state of extreme excitement, hud-
dering, quaking, and half or wholly
insane. The third confederate, evil
IDENTIFY a business man, finding by
observation that Hiss worked no
miracle, quitely dug up the silver,
and, quite in the ordinary way, van
ished from the ken of the st. Gallen
police Experience, in this, as in so
many other cases, failed to make
fools wise" for the dupes, we are
told, uttered to renew the enterprise
upon other bases.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13
Hair. Breadth S'capes of Hunters.

a young man from this city. who
was upset recently, waded into the
marsh IN the Calumet swamp after a
duck which he had killed, taking his
paddle with him He stepped into a
mudhole, and would have disappeared
from sight, never to be found, had he
not thrown his paddle across two tufts
OF grass. His shouts attracted the at
tention of his companions. who ar
rived just as the water was up to his
chm. He was rescued only by the
most intelligent and strenuous effort.
ms companions pulling him out of his
rubber hlp-boots, which stuck fast in
the mud.
A minister in one Of the suburbs
was hunting this fall on Wolf Lake.
IN the Calumet swamp, with two com
panlons. A sudden wind raised a
heaiyy sea, which swamped their boat.
sinking i bodily under them. They
happened to be in four feet Of waite
on the sandy side of the lake. Had
me accident occurred on the other side
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13
Gen. Hancock Wins an Important Suit

A decision interesting and impor-
tant to hotel-keepers and persons liv-
ing in hotels was made yesterday in
the Court of Appeals in Albany.
During the winter of 1876, when Gen
Hancock weighed less than he does
now, and was therefore not so great
man, he lived in the ST. Cloud Hotel,
Fourty- second street and Broadway,
with his wife and daughter. While
they We're away one evening thieves
broke into their apartments and stole
$4,000 worth of jewelry, consisting Of
watches, diamonds, army badges,
rings, and similar articles. AS George
III. Rand, the proprietor of the hotel
would not compensate General Han
cock for the articles stolen, the Gen
brought suit against him for the value
OF the jewelry, in the Supreme Court.
Mr. Rand claimed that he was not
liable for the articles stolen, because
he had safe IN the hotel for the Sc
curity of his guests valuables, and if
the General had kept his property in
this safe it would not have been
stolen. He further claimed that as
Gen. Hancock engaged his apart
ments by the month, and had them at
a less price than if he had been a
transient guest, the hotels liability as
an insurer Of the property of guests
did not extend to him. Gen. NJ T.
Mcmahon, Gen Hancock's counsel,
claimed that if the ST. Cloud Hotel
was liable to transient guests, it was
also liable TO those who took their
rooms by the month, if they did pay
less for them; and, as there were no
notices posted in the rooms of tive
hotel that there was a safe in the
Office for the deposit of valuables,
they were responsible as insurers for
the Generals property.
The case was argued before a referee
in 1877, and it has been before the
courts ever since. The first referee
was Horatio +. Averill, of this city.
Mr.. Rand claimed that there were no
tees posted in the rooms of his motel
about the safe in the Office, and he
brought an aged chambermaid to
swear to this fact The referee rem
dered a decision holding all the facts
in Cen Hancock's favor, but deciding
as a question Of law in favor of the
hotel. Mr. Mcmahon appealed the
case to the Supreme Court, and a new
hearing was ordered before referee
appointed by the Court, Mr.. A. A.
Redfeld, who heard the case in 1873,
and decided in favor of General Han
cock. Then it was Mr.. Rand's turn
to appeal, and he took the case be-
Tore the General Term of the Supreme
Court, where it was re argued and
Redheld's decision was confirmed
Mr. Rand made final appeal to the
State Court of Appeals, who have rem
dered a final decision, holding the ho-
tel responsible for the value of the
articles stolen from Gen. Hancock,
basing their decision ON the failure Of
the hotel to have notices posted con
corning their safe for the security Of
guests valuables.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

influence of his own example upon his
fellows TO the end that they. too. may
share with him immunity from the de
structive influences which seek his ruin.
Last March ST. Louis was threatened
with a smallpox epidemic, and the
Board of Health awarded a contract
for supplying virus to vaccine farm
under the management of dry
goods merchant, and of ten thousand
vaccinations not one was n success.
That is the. best virus we ever heard
of--for virus means poison-bad and
evidently that Supplied to st. Louis
was a very harmless stuff. We re-
commend it above that which takes
causing assesses, sloughs, erysipelos,
and other complications ordinarily
charged against pure bovine virus.
DR.. Foote'S Health MoHthlV
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

Last March | invented screen
that am going to have patented as
soon as | can think Of a name for it, ="
says Bob Burdette. 1.-TWO women sat
down in the seat before me. Remarking
as usual upon the closeness of the car
they banged open the window, and |
held on to keep from being blown over
the back of the seat. | took a news
paper ! was reading, folded it in half,
and, bending it into a semi-funnel
shape, laid it up at such an angle that
the blast of March bowling in at the
window, We're not only turned away
from myself, but were directed against
the back of the neck of the window
opener When that window slammed
down, which was just as soon as the
ventilator dared let go of her bonnet
with both hands, it woke up the man
asleep on the wood-box, and | got a
glare that made it warm for me for 50
miles.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

p. I. Barnum q Co., the show
have been informed that
their agent at Rangoon has purchased
a sacred white elephant for 5000, 600
in gold. But some incredulous folks
viii be suspicious of paint. or white
.r-n.b
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

Mrs. Burns Macdonald, of Glencoe,
Scotland, a direct descendant of the
chief of clan who fell in 1852, has just
erected a Celtic cross to mark the
spot at Glencoe where the Macdonalds
were slaughtered. 1t has hitherto
haen unmarked
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

The receipts of Matthew Arnold's
three lectures in Chickering Hall,
Boston, amounted to $4,000 Mr..
Arnold viii repeat his lecture on
Emerson in fremont Temple, when a
popular price of admission will be
asked.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

Before a Birmingham eng. ) audi
ence the other night, the Marquis of
Lorne lauded Canada, saying that it
posed a salubrious climate, and was
not afflicted with fevers so common in
the United States.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

WheH you visit or leave New York city. save
baggage, expressage and carriage hire, and stop
at the GRAND UNION HOTEL, opposite Grand
Gestral depot; $50 elegant ROOMS fitted up at a
cost OF one million dollars reduced 10 81 and up
ward per day. European plan Elevator. Res
taurant ssPped with the best Horse cars,
stages and elevated railroad TO all depots. FAM
lies can live better for less money az the Grand
Union Hotel than at any other hrstclass hotel IN
the city
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

Second Lieutenant Arthur G. Ducat
Jr., Of the Third United States Cavalry
(son of General a. G. Ducat, of Chi
cago), has been promoted to be a First
| iai1tanapt
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

Armand Heine, a wealthy banker
who recently died in Paris, France,
made his first start in New Orleans
He was the first man to ship cotton
from this country direct to North
Germany. He married Miss Cohen,
of New Orleans. who brought him a
fortuna of S200. 600.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

Their is no animal in the world SO treacherous
as man. "a remark easily credited OF the authors
OF the vile compounds sold as tOnics. Aliens IRON
Tonic BtterA however, does not belong TO this
class but is the best medicine of les kind known,
An genuine bear the signature OF j. Z ALLEN, st.
nnnl- MINI
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13
Cured CIergymeu

Rev. L. S. Caultan, OF Circlevllle Kansas says:
DR.. Warner, your White Wine of Tar Syrup has
been in my family and found to be all and even
more than you claim OF it. II is a speedy cure for
all Threat and Lung diseases
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

Buckingham Palace is known as the
Queens London home. Yet, accord
ing to Mr. Labouchere, she has only
slept beneath its roof 100 nights dur
ing the last twenty years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

Major Ben. Perley Poor weighs 300
Some twenty years ago when ne was
a correspondent Of The Chicago Jour
nal, he didn't weigh half as much
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

Az one having used Fly's Cream Balm
would say Ii is worth It's weight in gold as a cure
Tor Catarfh one bottle cnred me. s A Lowell,
Franklin, Pa. (See adv'U
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

FOR nearly 81 years l have been victim
OF Catarrh. l have tried many remedies, receiv
iag little or no relief bought one bottle Of ElyS
Cream Balm and derived more real benefit from
that than all the rest added together. You can
recommend ID as being a safe aud valuable medi
cine--A J.. FULLER, Dandy n. y
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13
WI VIC nnd CIliIdren

Rev L. A. Dunlap, of Mt Vernon says My
children were afflicted with a cough resulting
from Measles, my wife with a cough that had
prevented her from sleeping more or less for years
and your White Wine Of Tar Syrup has cured
them all
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

Prince Henry, second SON Of the
Crown Prince Of Germany, arrived
at Santiago, Cuba, last Sunday.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

Eor Throat Diseases, Cougars, colds,
etc, efeCtua relief is found Ian the of Rrutt ,
Bronchial Irochss' Price 21 Gus sold ONLY d,
b1rcS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

FIRsr effectual then good 70 take then cheap
piso's Cure for CONSUMPTION
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

Pure Cod Liver OIL nader selected lyers,
on the seashore, by gAswELL, HAZARD d Co,
New YorS lr H. absolutely pure and sweet
Patients who have once taken Il prefer 10 70 all
Others Physicians have decided It superisr 10
any of the other oils Ia the market
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

25c buys pair Of Lyons PateHt Heel Stineners
Makes a boot or shoe last twice as long.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

A cheese three feet eight inches
thick, five feet four inches in diane
ter, circumference 16feet eight inches,
and weighing 8, 233 pounds, is on ex-
hibition ia Boston.s
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

A clergyman had favorite and
very intelligent dog who committed
a grievous fault.one Sunday morning.
HIS master, on returning from church,
did not beat him, but took hold of
him and talked to him most bitterly,
most severely. He talked on and on
for "a long time in the same serious
and reproachful strain. and the dog
was so deeply impressed with his own
total depIavity that he refused all
food, pinned away, and died in the
course of day ortwo. This story is
told in the London Spectator by the
reverent gentleman himself.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

Hon. John r. Buchtel, of Akron,
Ohio. has made another bequest to
the college in Akron bearing his name
Some time ago he purchased a parcel
Of Michigan timber-land, worth fully
5000 COO which he made over to the
college. His requests to the iustitu-
ton now reach nearly $500, 600. Only
about a year ago ne gave the college
300 900 ia cash
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13

The Rev. DIR. Belts, of ST. Louis,
who will be remembered in connec-
ton with the Irish Land League
movement. is mentioned as probable
successor to the late Rev. DR.. Ever in
the rectorship Of St Ignatius Church
very High Church'1, in New York
CITY.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-12

ator for conspiracy to defraud the
Government is probable.
In the Seminole Nation, indian
Territory, "A dispute arose between an
Indian and three white men VINO
were playing cards, the Indian killing
two of them, while a spectator was
accidentally hut fatally shot; FRIENDS
of the dead men persued the Indian
and riddled his body with bullets.
Edward Mobiles, who, with his
father, was recently acquitted at'Pe-
oria, ILL.,, of the murder OF Walmlagot'
while driving stock to their new farm
was shot from his horse and killed by
an unknown assassin. Mobiles was
accompanied by a younger brother
and neighbor, but no attempt was
made on their lives.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-12
An Old and Good Legend.

A man was walking along one road
and q woman along another. The roads
finally united, ahd the man and woman
reaching the junction at the same time,
walked on from there together. The
man was carrying large iron kettle
on his back in one hand he held live
chicken, in the other cane The was lead
ing goat. Just as they were coming
to deep, dark ravine, the woman said
to the man:
ct am afraid to go with you through
that ravine; it is lonely place, and
you might overpower me and kiss me
by force"
eff you were afraid of that" said the
man, ''you should not have walked
with me at all. How can l possibly
overpower and kiss you by force, when
have this great iron kettle on my
back, cane in one hand, live chicken
in the other, and am leading this goat"
eyes," replied the woman, 'but if
you should stick your cane in the ground
! and tie the goat to it and turn the kettle
bottom side up and put the chicken
under it, you might then wickedly kiss
me in spite of my resistance"
Success to thy ingenuity, o woman!"
said the man rejoicing to himself;;'I
should never have thought of this ex-
pedient."
And when he came to the ravine he
stuck his cane in the ground and tied
the goat to it, gave the chicken to the
woman saying, Hold this while 1 cut
some grass for the goat" and then
lowering the kettle from his shoulders,
imprisoned the fowl under it and wick
edly kissed the woman as she was
afraid he would. -CTcdssid1l Le1e1dS.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-12
Salaries of Railroad Men.

There is much speculation as to
the salaries paid railroad officials and
employees filling important positions
in railway arrangements. For van-
Gus reasons it is difficult to determine
the amounts received by this class OF
men. The pay-rolls can not be taken
as evidence, as in many instances
the vouchers drawn from time. 10
time for what is classed special ser
vice" fully equals the sum named on
the pay-rolls. In the West, Genera
Managers receive from S1O,OOO TO
$4,000 per year; General Supelnmn-
tendents, from $4,000 to $1O,Ooo'
Assistant General Superintendent
from $4,000 to $4,000; General IraI-
fc Managers, $4,000 to $1O,O0O;Aua-
itors, $4,000 to $4,000; division Su-
perintendents, $4,000 to $4,000; gen
eral master mechanics, 5000 per
month; master mechanics, 9lZO'
general foremen, 500 to S125; mas
ter car-builders, $500; car foreman
S1OO. In addition to these Salaries
the officials are provided with one OF
more business cars, which are IuI-
nished with all necessaries and pro-
visions, the company paying Tue
expense of all including lne
salary of an attendant. These caII
and the contents are at the disposal
of superintendent, managers anu
the general agents. In Official s:aM-
ments, frequently among the OlLS
rendered against the departments aLs
found those reading: One ooLen
Mumm's Extra Dry, $50, BUSHES
car"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-12
Grimes Criminals.

Peter Ward, farmer living near
Scranton Pa, killed his mother-in-
law because she made his life miser-
able.
The Equitable Trust Company of
New York, has lost $4,000 through
peculation of J. B. Marston, one of
It's clerks.
Katie A. Judd, for robbing and
burning her employers house, was
sentenced at Newport, R. l., twenty
five years in States prison.
Duncan Doles, an aged farmer
living alone near Byer's Station,
Ohio, was robbed and strangled, and
his house set on fire to destroy the
evidences of the crime.
Jealousy of her husband impell-
ed Mrs. Thomas Parks of Herkimer N.
Y, to murder her two young children
al d herself, the other night. She put
the little ones to bed, and lying down
with them, she shot them, and then
herself, with a revolver.
The Indians now raiding and
marauding in Arizona, are said to be
White Mountain Attaches from the
San Carlos reservation, and number
800 divided into small bands.
The persons killed at Clarks
coal camp number four. The same
band are now in the Milestone
mountains, and on their way muir
dered a Frenchman and three Mexi-
cans.
Walsh, the Star-route contractor,
has again been before the Grand Jury
at Washington, and the report has
gone abroad that the indictment of
ex-Second Assistant Postmaster Ger
eral Brady and q prominent ex-sen-