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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25
MINERAL POINT WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER % 1888

they received no better figures than
could be had here. The bait set
worked nicely for a short while, but
it was predicted, and wisely too, that
no buyer could pay such high prices
as Lee offered and keep ahoat. He
has collapsed, or in palmer words,
busted, leaving a number of eoniid-
ing customers out in the cold. And
now it's the duty of those who have
been charging our buyers with q
greed to hoard wealth, to offer an
apology.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25
Plattevflle PicIings

Editors 3Fi6ame.'-The Executive
Committee of the platteville Lecture
Association has secured the follow
ing talent for the course:
Maj. Dane. Lecture-"Up the
Rhine and Over the Alps with
Knapsack
Prof Richards will appear in his
"EIecric Wonders"
"The Madigrai Club" (Conoert.)
Hon. Geo. II. Vending will IN
his inimitable and logical style, e.
plain "Who, What, and Where =
the Devil"
Frank Beard will give one Of his
famous "Chalk Talks"
IL II. Regan will discourse on
'Paris, the Magnificent
Season tickets will sell for Sl51,
emitting the holder to all entertain
ments in the course. Onlyalimitel
number will be issued
Rev. VIM. IIowarth, Dodgeville,
and Martin NeCollins, Mineral Poini,
looked in upon Plattcyille, last week.
Plaueyille will indulge in a spori-
ing match Oct. 23d and oath. 800
birds will enlivcn the occasion.
Sunday mornings seem to be !
fayorite time for fires in this city.
At about eight o'clock last Sunday
morning r.Chapman's house caught
fire, evidently from highly heated
stove-pipe passing through the roof.
The flames were soon eytinguished
by the neighbors.
Mr.. Sanders, of this city, was
busily at work in his diggins near
Virgins mill, when a large rock fell
upon las leg. He cried Justify for
help, he being alone. For five hours
he cried, and was at last heard by
some children. Assistance was
speedily obtained. When rescued
from his painful position it was
found that his leg was broken and
he was very much exhausted,
Burglars entered the post-ofhce
last Monday night, by way Of cellar.
The American Express Company
safe was relieved Of loose silver
change, and its books considerably
disturbed. -Four new nic'Sles were
purloined from postofiice
The Congregational chcrch will
be closed for two weeks, during
which time there will take place
transforming process. Paper, paint
and skill in the decorative arts VIII
be the materials used.
DIR. Geo. T. Robertson has gone
to Darlington to practice medicine.
Mrs. DR.. A. Z. Smith, Of Darling
ton, is the guest Of Mrs. Philip
Eden.
Miss Howorth, Of Dodgeyilla,
after a few weeks soiourn in or
city, has gone 70 her home.
The Chicago q Northwestern, anI
Chicago, Milwaukee Il ut. Paul de-
pots, in this city, will be connected
by switch for mutual accommoaa-
ton,
A rumor is ahoat, that one OF or
merchants is financially embarrassed.
We think it a rumor and nothing
more
Capt. J. b. Mccoy, internal reye-
nue. collector, has been ordered %
st. Louis, where he expects to sperd
the winter. o.
Paueri.la, oct 33J, 1855.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25

VIII beat the Marks House Dodge
vile Thursday Nov. tn, and remain
only two days. ILyalids suffering
from chronic difficulty, spinal dis
cases, and deformities that defy or
binary treatment should make q note
of this date aud consult him.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25

THE following are the resolutions
adopted by Pleasant View lodge,
No. PA, on the death Of their broth
er, f A. Odgers;
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased our all
wise God to remove from our circle
our beloved brother, Albert Odgers,
therefore be it
Resoiyed, That although God do
eth all things for our good, we truly
feel that in his death our lodge loses
a true and faithful worker, and that
we have lost a beloved and honored
friend--one whose pure life, and up.
right, honorable actions we're a help
and encouragement 10 his friends
and associates.
Resoloed, That we extend to the
sorrowing relatives our sincere sym
pathy.
ReS0ioed, That as token of the
love, and respect, aud esteem IN
which our dear brother was held by
us, and to express our sorrow at his
death, that our charter be draped in
mourning for 60 days; that a page
Of our record book be set apart and
dedicated to his memory; also that
q copy of these resolutions be sent
to the Temperance Journai, Mineral
Point TRBUsE, and Iowa County
Democrat for publication.
VIRGINIA PARKINsoN,
ALEX EVANS, Con-.
JAS. WO9LRIcH,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25

SATURDAY evening two loads of
Good Templars Of this city visited
with their brothers and sisters at
Edmund They report very pleas
ant time and warm reception, and
hut for an accident which overlook
them near Jas. Spensley's residence
when returning home, the ride
would have been in keeping with all
else-grand At this point, how
ever, Just az they had got fairly de-
cending the hill something happened
to the neck-yoke, letting the carriage
onto the horses, causing one to kick
viciously, and but for The proper
steering of the driver it's more than
likely a runaway would have result.
ed. Nevertheless it was bad enough
as it was. All comprising the load
had to get out and test their walking
abilities, which proved equal to the
emergency. No special damage
done only to shoe-leather.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25

former Mineral Point boy; "John
Cummins, an artistic sign painter, of
LeMars, is in the city, and is ready
to do all work in his line As Dir.
c likes Kingsley SO well we hope
he may find profitable employment
here for the winter, and finally con
clude to make this place his perma
nent abiding place"
Postmaster Allen started Tues
day with a carload of stock, some
graded, for Dakota, where he in
tends planting them on ]. B. Teas
dale's claim to have them multiply
and grow up with the country,
Hon. Rich'd Kennedy, of High
land registered at the IT, 5. Monday,
and remained that night
Mrs. Chas. llornung is back
from her visit with relatives in Iowa
We are glad to announce that
Miss Eliza Bowden, who has beea
sick for some weeks, is sufficiently
recovered TO appear upon the street.
THE following, found in an ex-
change is sensible, and is given as
an apt expression of our sentiments;
1--WE are willing to give place in
our local columns TO the mention of
any visitors, the absence of any cit
izeu, his wife or his daughter, but at
the same time we would be glad To
have the item written out and hand
ed in or mention made of it at this
office. 1t is not snobbery to do this;
it is nowisc improper. People are
always much interested in knowing
the absence of friends, and equally
gal to know the presence of any
visitor upon whom they wish to call.
Some very sensible people say they
don't want their names in the papers.
This may he true as to puff or a
bit of evident hattery; but it can
hardly lac true of the simple an.
nouucement of q VISITORS name or
the temporary absence of a gentle.
man or a lady. So bring in the
items, We ara always glad to get
them No visitor is more welcome
to our sanctum than one who brings
in an item"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25

OK Tuesday morning as Eddie
Webb, pop manufacturer, of this
city, vas on trip to Belmont and
Platteville, he met with 4 serious
accident between the two towns.
As yet no particulars have been re-
ceiyed. 1t seems that he was driv-
ing a colt which got scared of the
cars and became unmanageable and
started to run, throwing Eddie out
and the wheels of the wagon run
ming over him, iniuring him so se-
verely that there are little hopes of
his recovery. lie was taken to
Platteville and his wife sent for,
who, accompanied by Alfred Wal
lace, brother of Eddie's, left
Immediately upon receiving the
news.
p. S.-Since the above was put in
type a telegram has been received
announcing his death. This sad
ness falls heavily upon his wife and
many friends, and especially on his
father, who now lies at the point of
death at his home, on Brewery street.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25
Tuesday evening:

Music by the Mineral Point Cor
net Band, Prof. S. T. Osborne, and
others. Admission, 25 cts. Re
served seats 35 cts. for sale at the
post-ofice.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25

BooMING.--I have just returned
from Chicago with a choice line Of
millinery goods, embracing the larg-
est stock and finest display ever
made in the city. Trimmed Hats
and Bonnets the most exquisite and
perfect in taste which elicits the ad-
miration Of every one. The latest
styles in Velyets Feathers, and
Birds and prices as low as can be
guaranteed. | will not be under
sold. have a fine selection of ey-
erything pertaining to millinery to
suit each and every one.
Thankful for the liberal patronage
which | have received, | cordially
extend a general invitation for all
to call and examine my stock.
Nv SUSIE l.. MILLER.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25

LARGEST display of pattern hats
and bonnets ever brought to Miner
al Point, may be seen Oct. 10Th and
20th at KATE LENAuAN's.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25

DEAp.- Monday evening, about
5 O'clock death visited the home of
VIM. Friday, five miles east of this
city, and siezed his beloved wife,
who only few hours previously be
came the mother of a bright little
babe. This blow of afiiction strikes
the bereayed husband and family
with great severity. It's sad, and
we sympathize. The funeral, yes
terday, was largely attended.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25

PROGRAMME of the "Hidden
Hand" entertainment for the benefit
of the poor, at the Opera House next
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25

Our best local talent takes part in
the entertainment for the benefit of
the poor.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25
city officers.
County Officers.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

METHDIsT EPISCOPAL-E. CLoUGH, Pastor.
Sunday services at 1890. A. NJ. and 1900, p. NJ.
Sunday School at eco, p. NJ. Prayer meetings
ON Mondays and Thursdays at 400, p. NJ
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25

pRIMTTIVE METHODIST. c. DAWSON, Postor.
Sunday services at 1880, A. NJ, and 1900 p. NJ.
SUNDAY School at 200, p. NJ. Prayer meetings
ON Mnndays md Thursdays at lUO. y NJ
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-12

ties. The result of the deliberation OF
the subject was shown in the subse'
auent action OF the Secretary OF the
treasury, who telegraphed instructions
10 the Collector OF Customs at New
York to cooperate with the Commits
sioners of Immigration at that port tc
prevent the landing of all immigrants
found to be paupers within the meaning
of the law. In the event such paupei
immigrants may have already landed
the Collector is instructed to take al
practical measures to have them re-
shipped to the port from whence they
came.
ALEXANDER SULLIVAN and twenty
other representative Irishmen, waited
upon President Arthur and submitted
facts showing that the British Govern
ment is assisting inmates OF poor.
houses to emigrate to the United
States. The delegation alleged that fol
this purpose fl0, 900 was voted by Par
lament, and that helplessly poor peo-
pie are steadily arriving on our shores
The President replied as follows
"The subject you present will receive
NV careful consideration. 1t has been
already under consideration by the
Secretary of the State, correspondence
in regard to it has been had with our
diplomatic and consular representa-
tives, and investigation into the facts
is now being made by them. 1t is, OF
course, proper that this Government
should ascertain whether any nation
with whom it holds amicable relations
is violating any obligations of inter-
national friendship before calling at
tention to any such matter. In the
meantime the law now provides that
the officers of the Treasury shall e1-
anime into the condition of the passen-
gers arriving as immigrants in any
port of the United States, and if there
should be found any convict, idiot, lu-
natic or any person unable to take
care of himself without becoming a
public charge, they shall report the
same in writing to the Collector OF
such port, and such persons shall not
be permitted to land. The investiga-
ton will be thorough on this side OF
the Atlantic and on the other, and in
the meantime the law will be strictly
enforced. Col. d. B. Parker, a prom
inent official in the Postoffice Depart
ment, has been appointed Postmaster
at Washington. Gen. Brady has
given bail in $4,000 under the new in
dictment.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.
East.

ApMRETs Of Henry Ward Beecher
filed the Brooklyn Academy Of Music
TO its utmost capacity on the evening
of June 20, in honor Of his 10th birth
dsy and rose to their feet as he made
his appearance. Letters OF regret
from many representative men were
read. and resolutions of respect and
affection were adopted by the gather
ing. Mr.. Beecher reviewed the pro-
press of the world since his birth, and
remarked that whatever fault have
marred the symmetry Of his life were
his alone. John Stryker, the we'll
known New York millionaire, was
drown in Saratoga Lake while bathing
He leaves bride Of two months.
Tho intention of the senior Wander
derbilt to retire from the Presidencies
of the Central and Lake Shore roads
was not known even to his wife, his
sons or his attorney. After urging his
best friends to purchase stocks in the
family enterprise, he slipped the moose
of responsibility from his neck, and
next day sailed for Europe. Gould and
Sage were in the remote Southwest,
and it is stated that they were com.
PEELED to sustain Central at l2O and
Lake Shope at 100 to avert disaster to
their interests. They received some
aid from w. X. Vanderbilt, who had
been ignorantly buying stock placed
on the market by his father.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-12
Knows Everything Except About Poker.


The portly form of Ex-Governor R.
B. Hubbard, of Texas, has been a
prominent figure at the Grand Gen.
trail hotel for several days. The ex-
governor is in the city partly on rail-
road business and partly on a tour of
pleasure with his family. A reporter
of the Sun asked him last night about
the poker legislature. But although
the governor was full of information
concerning the great cotton belt of
Texas, the great timber belt of Texas,
the great grain belt of Texas. the
great mining belt of Texas, and the
great sugar belt of Texas-the COVER
nor weighs 800 pounds, and his meta
phors naturally run to great belts-he
could give no information concerning
the great poker belt. He said:
81 did not attend the last meeting
of the legislature, and therefore
know nothing about it. / have heard
that some of the members know how
to play poker quite as well as some of
the members of the New York legisla-
ture. Of course a member Of the
legislature might do that provided he
did not bet his vote on his hand.
But all / know about it is what /
have seen in the newspapers. What
We are mort thinking Of is the COM
ing Southern Exposition at Louisville.
". Y. Sun.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-12
General.

SECRETARY LINCOLN has ordered
Gen. Crook to Washington, to consult
as to the best plan of dealing with
the Chircahua captives. The Indians
at San Carlos reservation were sum-
moned by the commanding officer to
meet the prisoners and interchange
views. Speeches were made by Loco,
Bonita and Mana, who asked permits
sion to 60 to the Apache country and
live with their friends,a peace with the
whites.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-12

will establish its headquarters in
Southern Missouri and colonize the
cotton States. At the same time
however, the climate Of the Mid
die and Northern States will become
more agreeable, namely, dryer and
milder. Excessive clearings have
thus modified the climate of all Gen.
Europe.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-12
South.

The Planters Cotton-Seed Oil
Works, in Algiers, La, was struck by
lightning during q thunderstorm
recently and entirely destroyed. This
was the largest cotton-seed oil mill IL
existence. The loss estimated al
Sl,OOO,OOO, including buildings. e.. The
examination into the shooting of Rev,
J. Lane Borden, at Mansfield, La. by q
clergyman named Jenkins, resulted in
the latter and his brother being in
dicted for murder.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-12
Europe.

Europe
At Sea.
One does not seem really to have
cot out of doors till he goes to sea.
On the land he is shut in by the hills,
or the forests, or more or less housed
by the sharp lines of his borizou.
But at sea he finds the roof taken of,
the walls taken down, he is no longer
in the hollow of the earth's hand, but
upon its naked back, with nothing
between him and the immensities.
He is in the great cosmic out-of-doors,
as much so as if voyaging to the
moon or to Mars. An astronomic
solitude and vacuity surrounds him;
his only guides and landmarks are
stellar; the earth has disappeared; the
horizon has gone; he has only the sky
and it's orbs left; this cold vitreous,
blue.black liquid through which the
ship plows is not water, but some
denser form of the cosmic ether. He
can now see the curve of the sphere
which the hills hid from him; he can
study astronomy under improved con-
ditions. If he was being borne
through the interplanetary spaces on
an immense shield his impressions
would not perhaps be much different.
He would find the same vacuity, the
same blank or negative space, the
same empty, indefinite, oppressive
out.of-doors.
For it must be admitted that voy-
age at sea is more impressive to the
imagination than to the actual sense.
The world is left behind; all standards
of size, of magnitude, of distance, are
vanished; there is no size, no form,
no perspective /; the universe has
dwindled to little circle of crumpled
water, that journeys with you day
after day, and to which you seem
bound by some enchantment. The
sky becomes a shallow, fitting
dome, or else pail of cloud that
seems ready to descendupon you. You
cannot see or realize the vast and
vacant surrounding; there is nothing
to define it or to set it off. Three
thousand miles of ocean space is less
impressive than three miles bounded
by rugged mountain walls. Indeed
the grandeur Of form, of magnitude,
OF distance, proportion etc., are only
upon shore. A voyage across the At
lantic is a ten days sail through va
cancy. There is no sensible progress;
you pass no fixed points. Is it the
steamer that is moving or is it the
sea; or is it all a dance and illusion
of the brain? Yesterday, to-day and
tomorrow, you are in the same pa
renthesis of nowhere. The 800
or more miles the ship makes daily
is ideal, not real. Every night the
stars dance and reel in the same
place amid the rigging; every morning
the sun rises behind the same wave,
and staggers slowly across the sinister
sky. The eye becomes hungered
for form, for permanent lines, for a
horizon wall to lift up and keep off the
sky, and give it a sense of room. One
understands why sailors become an
imaginative and superstitious race;
it is the reaction from this narrow
horizon in which they are put-this
ring of fate that surrounds and op-
presses them. They escape by invok.
ing the aid of the supernatural. In
the sea itself there is far less to slim
ulate the imagination than the varied
forms and colors of the land. How
cold, how merciless, how elemental it
looks!-John Burroughs IN the Century.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-12
The Man to Watch.
The avowed scoundrel.
The nretentiously good.

The avowed scoundrel.
The pretentiously good. ,r M.
The man who conspicuouSly +
rades his integrity. .,ec;.l
The man who offers you sP'
advantages because it is you I'll.
The man who puts down nis
eion as a basis of honor In trade md
The man who promises you ~
so upon the honor of a mason p. orss.
The man who pretends 70 sty;,i
wickedness generally, but V hsfor.
honesty in the particular case
you.- Indianapolis Berald.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-12
Foreign.

The New Zealand passenger vessels,
the Aurunia and Waitara, collided in
the English Channel, and the latter
went to the bottom in two minutes.
The Storage and second class passen-
gers, numbering twenty five were all
drowned. .......
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Young Mans Dilemma.

A number of young men went
bathing in the Mohawk river at Sche.
nectady on Sunday. Objections had
been made to their choosing so con-
spicuous place for their swimming,
but the objections were ignored. AT
ter getting into the water on the &C.
casion, A Mr.. Van Voast swooped
down upont he various articles of wear
ing apparel and took them to the po-
lice headquarters. One tall young
man was more unfortunate than his
companions, for all his alticles of
clothing were taken, with the excep-
ton of a paper collar and a pair OF
shoes. The others had lost their
pants, some of them had been relieved
of shirt, but the tall young man
was in distressing dilemma. His
companions donned whatever gar
ments they had and departed for
home in their exceedingly unique tot
let. The tall young man set his wits
to work. He secured flour barrel,
broke the head out and got IN. A
paper collar, pair of shoes and the
barrel constituted his suit. In this
manner he skunk home, hiding in the
fields whenever he heard the noise of
an approaching wagon. The acme of
his distressing predicament did not
arrive, however, until his unique ap-
pearance attracted the attention of
several dogs. The CANNES barked and
snapped at his heels rendering pedes-
trianism anything but pleasant to the
occupant of the wooden suit. The
tall young man, however, trudged
along, now and them making an
awkward gesture with his legs at the
CANNES who were bowling and snap.
ping at his shanks. He finally reached
home and went through the back
door. The plan of breaking up Sun
day baking BY Mr.. Van Voast viii be
successful, IT is believed.-Troy Press
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Hashing1ou.

Ara regular Cabinet meeting last
week the principal question considered
was in relation to the alleged shipment
Of pauper immigrants to this country
from ireland by the British authori-