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The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01
Foreign Flashes.

The dominion government will ask permits
sion to negotiate $4,000, 600 in loans.
The Irish Times of Dublin says the Parnell
party will become an organized section Of the
Liberal party.
The bill to indemnify Sir Charles Upper
against the penalties of the independence of
parliament act for sitting in the commons while
holding the position of high commissioner has
passed the
Information is received in official circles ed
Madrid that no confidence is placin
in the story that United States Minister Foster
has started to Washington for the purpose OF
talking up the commercial treaty between
Spain andthe United States. 1t is not believed
IN Madrid that the United States would consent
to become involved in the disputes that would
necessarily arise if the question of bdving
Cuba should be preached.
The statement of the minister of foreign af-
fairs of Italy in the chamber of deputies that
the government had no intention of modifying
the decision of the court of cessation requiring
the conversion of real property of the Propa-
ganda Eide into Italian rentes caused renewed
solicitude at the Vatican. Cardinal Jacobini,
papal secretary of state, at once ordered the
different nuncios to point out to the courts to
which they are accredited the designs of the
ltaliant government
A messenger who left Khartoum March q
has arrived at Berber, and reports the condi-
ton of affairs at Khartoum as extremely crit
cal. The irregular troops in Gen. Gordon's
comman are IN a state of mutiny. The British
government has sent positive orders to Gen.
Gordon to withdraw from KhartOum with his
garrison as soon as possible. The latest adj
vices from Gen. Gordon are dated April He
reports IN the engagement of March 80 the
rebels lost forty men killed and eighty wound
ed, together with sixteen horses. During the
night of April l the rebels kept up desultorv
firing at the palace. The Arabs picked up a
shell, and while examining its mechanism il
exploded, killing sixteen persons.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01
How Gen. Gresham's Father Died

Postmaster General Gresham's father
was killed while he was sheriff of Harri-
son county, Ind, in 1884. The story
is thus told by a Chicago Tribune cor
respondent:
"A constable called at the little cot
tage and informed Sheriff Gresham
shat Levi Sipes, who was a notorious
character of those days, had been steal
ing, and that he Cthe constable) was
afraid to arrest him. 4 will GO said
Gresham, and, putting on his hat and
coat, he went with the constable about
ten miles, almost to the edge of the
county, where Sipes was found at a
dance. When Gresham and the consta-
bic entered the room Il company of per-
haps two or three dozen men and wOm-
en- of the lower order were on the floor
dancing to the music of two fiddles.
S1pes, like the others, had his coat off,
but when he saw the sheriff he put it
on and stepped out of another door.
Gresham followed, and when he got
outside, Sipes was in the corner between
the house and an old fashioned chimney.
The sheriffsaw him and told him what he
had come for. Sipes replied that if he
AD hONAA DLOOA ullls MIItIG
upon Gresham stepped forward to make
the arrest, when Sipes fired, the ball tax
ing effect in the temple, and as he fell
Sipes stabbed him in the heart with a
knife, the wound proving fatal, Gresham
dying without a word. Sipes was taken
to jail two days later, and after a long
and tedious trial, IN which almost every
person at the dance was a witness, the
jury rendered the following verdict the
morning of April %, 1884, after being
out three days: eve, the jury, find the
defendant, Levi Sipes, not guilty of
murder, as charged in the Indictment,
and do find him guilty Of m~anslaughter,
and award that he be punished at hard
labor in the states prison for and during
the term of t~wenty-one years, and that
he be fined the same sum of 81 ,O00."
The finding of the jury for m~anslaughter,
of murder, was upon the ground
that the law did not require the sheriff
put his life at stake to dicharge official
duties. Sipes went to the p~enitentiary,
but for some reason int short time was
pardoned by the governor"
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

The scientific officers of the United
States Signal Service at Washington
have been making close observations of
late in order to satisfy themselves as to
the theory that disturbances in the sun
aus unusual atmospheric disturbances
on the earth. Their conclusion is that
~so-called sun-spots have very little if
any connection with our great wind
storms. They give it as their opinion
that these terrific storms are caused by
a collision of warm and cold currents of
air, especially in the springtime, fol-
the advance of the warm weather
northward.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01
Rail and River News.

The Central Iowa has abandoned the running
OF trains from Manly Junction to Northwood
Tim E. Chandler, general agent of the st.
Paul road in Chicago has resigned. Franklin
Miller will succeed him
The gross earnings of the Omaha increased
S3O,OW during the first week of April. and the
st. Paul's S2S,O O9 while the Northwestern's de-
creased 1850 and the Manitoba's $4,000.
The stockholders of the Chicago, Wisconsin
d Northern railway have elected A. L. Perkins.
president; Col H. NJ Enos, vice president; T.
w. Haight, secretary; Henry 2. Glover. treas
urer L. w. Chain, solicitor.
The Ceur d'Alene river and lake are now
open for navigation. The new steamer Ceur
dAlene made a round trip April 10th. and
works nicely. She can acc0 immediate $50 pas
sengers and seventy-fve tons of freight.
The Northern Pacific recently took out
hfty-three car loads of stock, which will be fol-
lowed IN very short order by nearly so, 600 adj
dllonal head. These are all domestic cattle,
and are being transported to Montana for
breeding purposes.
1t is authoritatively stated that the Milwau-
kee& st. Paul will shorten the time of the fast
mail train between Chicago and Minneapolis an
hour and a half, as soon as the track shall have
fairly settled after the spring breakup. This
will bring the train into st Paul at 2 o'clock,
and Minneapolis at 2:30.
AhAHS5 dSSAoNdlI 5tItEdI buDcIluIenu-
ent Of the Milwaukee q st. Paul, while walking
on Front street, "a Crosse, fell to the sidewalk
lnsensible. He was taken to the Cameron
house and Drs. Haegh and Ballard called in.
who pronouncedM Mr.. Atkins suffering from par
alysis. DIR. Haegh says there has been a rup-
ture of a blood vessel in his brain, and thatit
is a serious affair, but not more so than anv
other cases of the same nature.
The earnings of the Northern Pacific are
growing larger, each week showing
a much larger percentage of increase than the
week preceding. The last week of March the
earnings were $1,000 an increase of nearly
~ per cent over the corresponding. The first
week III April the earnings showed an increase
of nearly 100 per cent The earnings last
week were $4,000, against s165, 103 for the
corresponding week of 1883, an increase of
Mr.. Cakes estimates the months
earnings at 81 ,3OO,0 900, which is Just $1,000 600
more than that famous estimate of his, which
has caused so much comment throughout the
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01
Poor ITackenzie's Romanna-

1t is probably known to but few. savs'
a San Antonio letter of the Goth inst
that Gen. Mackenzie was to have mar
RED within a few months when his mind
failed him. His betrothed is a Mrs
Sharp of San Antonio, a lady to whom
he was devotedly attached. Some of
his friends think that the emotions in
view of this prospective happiness were
too much for the soldier. and when tho
whole story is told there is a probability
about this theory. Years age Macken..
zle was stationed here for a time and
lived in the family of Mrs. TunstaU
who Is the mother of Mrs. Sharp. Tho
young girl, just maturing into woman
hood, was a great favorite with tba
young officer, and there grew up ba-
tween them 2 warm friendship, amount
ing to a passion on the part of the then
lieutenant, his friends say. The lady
was of fine family; Mackenzie had his
stars to win. They drifted apart. Miss
Tunstall becoming Mrs. Sharp. and the
excitement of border warfare belned'
relieve the tension on the rising
offlcer's heart strings. A few
hHOlIuio ago h|IdChel2le am back here.
no longer a subordinate, but to take
General Ord's place. Frontier fighting
was a thing of the past, and before the
officer was the last half of a lifetime of
garrison quiet and ease.
he came here to find Mrs. Sharp a
widow, and the old feeling revived with
increased strength, 1t was not long be-
fore Mackenzie learned that his ardent
was returned, The course of
courtship ran smooth and even as the
promenade around the parade
ground. The day had been set for the
nuptials. But the cup of happiness was
full. The strain on heart and. mind
had been a severe one through all the
years and the camp hardships.
The relief and the rebound were too
much. His friends say the general
seemed to let go all restraint with the
sudden change in his fortunes. Strong
er grew the delirium and the excuses
until all became alarmed, and finally the
last incident made plain that the asylum
Poor Mackenzie"
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

The supreme court of Pennsylvania
has rendered a decision to the effect
that minority stockholders in a corpor-
alton have a right to inspect the books
and papers of the organization at reason
able times for Legitimate purposes, and
that such right may be enforced by man
damus. There can be no doubt about
the injustice of such q decision, and the
frequent exercise of the right in ques-
ton by minority stockholders would
have a wholesome general effect. Too
often the holders of the majority of
stock in a corporation manage its prop
erty and affairs without any regard to
the interests or wishes of the minority,
and frequently to their serious disad-
vantage.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01
Personal News Notes.

Adam Badeau has resigned his Havana con-
sui generalship.
Gen. Stanley will be assigned to the command
of the department of Texas. His Headquarters
will be San Antonio. This is the department
of which Gen. Mackenzie was in command be-
fore his misfortune.
Mrs. Bissell of Cleveland offered her daugb-
ter Gussie a journey to Paris when the Young
thing guiltily informed her that she had been
married on the sly to w. H. Boardman and
would prefer to keep house for him.
Miss Sarah Althea Hill, who is suing for di-
vorce from Senator Sharon, is photographed as
understood, but ~cOmpactly built, with a we'll
cut mouth, large Roman nose, gray-blue ewes
and a most luxuriant growth Of auburn, or red,
hair.
MISS Harriet Beecher Stowe denies that she
offered Uncle Toms Cabin" for 500. Il am
not altogether such a fool" she saws. Her
brother Henry Ward has never read any of her
novels except "Uncle Toms Cabin" and seThe
Minister'S Nooing."
Alexander H. Grows, of Bradstret's Finan-
call Reporter, is in Louisville, and is the hero
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01
Great Salt Lake.

A gentleman who has been lately sail
ing on the Dead Sea of America" thus
describes it: ''Soon we were ON orr
way toward the hazy western shore.
As we passed along the sea-gulls
circled around us or lotaed on the wa
ter, their white plumage shining in the
sunllghG. Every now and then a hawk
moth would fit by or alight on the boat;
d~ragon-fys would stop long enough to
gaze at us ~curiously and then spin off
toward the distant islands. Occasional
ly a l7-year-old locust would hum past
as if to mock at us for ever daring to be-
lleve that this is the Dead Sea of
America. As the bow plowed through
the water millions of small diptera (hies)
would rise from the water where they
were resting, and cover the bow of the
boat till quarts of them could be
collected. Wherever we went we OBJ
served the same thing. The water OF
the lake is their home, and thev are rs
much at home on water as a skipper is
on an Eastern pond. In some places
where it is calm these flies darken the
water for miles. Here mot on the
beach, they lay their eggs; here they
hatch, and here the larvae live by the
million till ready for the pupa state.
when they attach themselves to the sea-
weed Noating everywhere in the water)
and remain till they emerge as perfect
flies. The Larvae doubtless prey upon
the strange little shrimps that live in
the water. There are infinite numbers
these, as there is scarcely a place in
the lake where a bucket of water can be
without taking up from twenty
500 of them. 1t is strange that
people should call this a dead sea- for.
the number of species does not
exceed ten or fifteen, there is no lake.
fresh OF salt, in the world that contains
half as many living things as Great
Salt Lake"
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

The country will soon be deluged with
congressional speeches. This occurs
every presidential year, and as usually
the case, the more new men there are
In the house the more speeches will be
printed. Not one in ten are ever de-
ivered, but the orators get leave to
print and then put their speeches in the
record, commencing "Mr., Dusenberry
than addressed the house as follows"
with applause, " continued applause"
CHEERS" and similar parenthetical
words run in through the text. The
practice has been severity ridiculed but
without apparent effect, for this year
the nuisance is more aggressive than
ever before.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01
Magnificent Distances ih Texas

From the Gree. vile, (Texas) Banner.
The distance from Dallam county. in
the Texas Pan Handle to Brownsville.
at the mouth of the Rio Grande, is 800
miles; but we can better realize how far
it is by saying that it is nearer from
Dallam county, Tex, to st. Paul
Mimi, or to Bismarck, d. T., or to He,
lena, nj. T., or to Salt Lake City, Utah.
than it is from Dallam county to
Brownsville, Tex. 1t is also nearer
from Brownsville to Guatemala in
Central America, than from Browns
vile to Dallam county. Again, it is
nearer from Liscomb county, Tex. TO
st. Louis, than from the same county
to Galveston. And ever Chicago and
Cincinnati are nearer to Texas than
pallam county is to Brownsville. It
is further from Texarkana to Ell Paso
than from Texarkana to West
Virginia, old Virginia of North Carolina.
Suppose a gentleman should start from
Savannah, Ga, on the Atlantic, to look
at a track of land at Ell Paso. After
travelling three days and nights on a
passenger train he might arrive at
Orange, Tex. Ofcourse when he put his
foot on Texas soil he would begin to
look around to see how he liked the
country, by way of deciding whether he
would buy the FL Paso land or not.
But if told that he was not half way
from Havana to Ell Paso, he might turn
back discouraged, but such would be
the fact. Again, Texas wants deep
water at Galveston. But it is nearer
from Ell Paso, Tex, to the deep harbor
Of San Diego, Cal, than from Ell Paso
TO Galveston. In fact, more than l 900
miles of the Pacific coast, extending
rom Los Angeles, Cal, to Mazatlan,
Mexico, Is nearer Ell Paso than any part
the Texas gulf coast.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01
The Northwestern.

What building the Northwestern will do will
depend greatly on the Milwaukee & st. Paul
If the latter should take any steps looking to
the extension of its Black Hills line, the North
western will do likewise. The announcements
so far made, officially and otherwise, are that
the Northwestern will build from Redfeld, on
the James river, west to the Missouri; from
Fallport to Galena, and from Belle PLANE via
What Cheer to a point near Ottumwa. The
Milwaukee & st Pauls intentions are not vet
known, but it is very likely it will do no build
ing of any consequence during the coming
season.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

Grain freights from Chicago to the
seaboard are at the lowest point ever
known. The fifteen-cent rate per
hundred pounds is for the time being
the regular one, the twelve-and-a-half-
cent rate is reported, and is not re-
ceived with incredulity. These rates
barely pay tue cost ofhauling, and leave
nothing of interest charges or the low
est conceivable returns for capital actu-
al invested. This is said to be in ac-
cordance with the predictions of twelve
years ago. As suggested with much
force, that the stock watering and APP
parent monopoly could be remedied by
lhe building of certain lines of state
railways, which, though likely to be a
burden to the state, would Justify their
cost by the fact that they would fix the
maximum rates beyond which the cor
porate companies would not be able to
go. The forty millions of water" in
Jected into the so-called capital of the
New-York Central and Hudson River
Railroad was the indirect, if not the di-
rect, source from which sprang the
West Shore Railroad, and that road
with all its embarrassments, is to-day
h most important fact with which the
Vanderbilt direction has to deal.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

Since the Cincinnati riot, one of the
branches of the Ohio Legislature has
passed a law repeating the exemption of
those belonging to military companies
from jury duties in important criminal
cases; reduced the criminals right to
peremporty challenges of the jury from
twenty-three to six, and raised those of
the prosecution from two to four. The
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette g
two more-the relief of the Supreme
Court from b erevision and reversion of
verdicts; and the reduction of the time
between a murderer's sentence and his
execution from 100 to thirty DAYS.
The Legislature had already passed a
law prohibiting his intelligence from
disbaring a man from jury duty; so that,
altogether, it will be observed that the
new from Cincinnati has reached Co
lumbus.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01
Two Very Hard Citizens.

Ben Thompson and King Fisher, the
two Texas cowboys who were recently
killed in a San Antonio theatre, were
probably the hardest characters in tie
Lone Star State, and it is said that
Thompson, at least, would certainly
have met his death in Dallas, where he
was going, had he not been killed at
San Antonio. Many quaint stories are
told of the men. Fisher was the man
who was presented to Horace Greeley
in 1870 or 1871, when the venerable ed
itor was in Brennan. Mr.. Greeley had
expressed a desire to see a typical Tex
as desperate, and Fisher good humor-
eddy posed before him in that character.
Mr.. Greeley looked at him searchingly,
and said he did not like to ask an I'M
proper question. but he would really
like to know how many men Fisher had
killed. "Only one," was the prompt
reply. why" said Mr.. Greeley, with
a look of surprise, II was told that YOU
had killed five Mexicans at a fandanga
on n occasion, to say nothing about
many other like crimes" 'Mexicans!"
calculated Fisher, with a string of oaths
which startled his inquisitor; Il don't
call Mexicans men," Among othe.
stories of this mans murderous exploitI
in Mexico is one to the effect that ho
charged through a town on the Other
side of the Rio Grande with nine pairs
of Mexican ears strung on his bride
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

There are hundreds of women clerks
and accountants in this country, some
holding positions of great trust, and it
IS said that no one has yet heard of one
of them being guilty of embezzlement
or defalcataon. There are several
thousand m employed by the
government but not one has ever proved
unfaithful to her trust. Many have
been discharged for incapacity and
for other reasons, but never one for
dishonesty.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

of an unpleasant romance. He married a Miss
Marquet Of Iowa in 1859 He soon afterward
enlisted in the army and was reported killed.
When he did not return after many years his
wife gave him up for dead and married a man
in Jacksonville, Ind. Mr.. Grows met her on
the street a few days ago, and the recognition
was mutual. The lady was so shocked that
she has been very sick ever since, but in the
meantime continues to live with her husband
in Jacksonville.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01
Casualties of the Week.

c. l. Willard of Charleston, Va, while as
sending the mountain near that place with a
party of ladies and gentlemen. attempted to
assist a lady up a steep place with a rifle cane.
1t exploded, the ball entering his heart.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

Judge J. 6. Abbott, of Massachusetts.
is one of the few men living who were
fitted for college by Ralph Waldo Emer,
son.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

English railways kill between thirteen
and fourteen times as many people as
those of Massachusetts,.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-09-11
DAIRY BOARD.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1884.

SEPTEMBER 4, 1884.
The main feature of the board was the
great offer in Flats with no great decrease
in Young Americas, and little increase
in Cheddars, Is factories offered: Ched-
dars, 65 boxes; Flats, 1896 singles, Y.
A., $50 boxes. Prices increased little.
Liverpool returns of Wednesday were
Cos. 6p. dull, against sos. on Monday.
New York reports 9-34 active, and
creamery butter 22!-23; being an in
crease.
Sheboygan Falls prices were: Ched
dars, 81; Flats, S4-9f; Y. A, 10-IO!.
Trading here was mostly on Flats and
Y. A. with following prices: Flats 81
Y. 4. 105, which is small increase over
Sheboygan Falls prices.
The Board desired to give a premium
of $40 for cheese exhibited at the county
fair, September 80, October l and 2,
1884, and appointed committee of 3
factory men to confer with the County
Agricultural Society. The committee
will report next Thursday and all mem
bers are expected to participate in the
fair. g. H. SCHMIDT, Sec.
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CONCERNING THE FAIR

From frequent inquiries in regard to
exhibits, it appears that it is not gen.
orally understood that all articles
paintings, pictures of any kind, flowers
or any other article and also animals of
all kinds, in short anything and every
thing can be brought to the fair and will
be admitted free, excepting only stands
rented by business houses to exhibit
wares for advertising purposes. The
directors request all persons who may
have anything that might be of interest
to the public no matter what it is, to
please send it on.
The committee canvassing for the
county soliciting subscriptions for shares
to the stock of the fair association are
meeting with continued success, but it is
impossible for the canvassers to see every
farmer who is abundantly able, and who
would be willing to take share if asked
to, therefore it will be considered a spec
ial favor if these would call when in town
on any of the directors and subscribe.
Every town in this county should be
represented by shareholders in this
society. -
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MANITOWoC, Sept, 3, 1884

The assembly district convention for
the Bird district was called to order by A.
y. Schmitz, who was chosen chairman,
and q. A. Gielow secretary. The chair
appointed as committee on credentials,
NJ. ii. Murphy, c. W. White and Albert
Becker
After the committee reported, the con-
ventlon proceeded to elect delegates with
the following result: To the state con-
vention, w. A. Walker, P. W. Wieboldt.
10 the congressional convention, Hans
Christensen, John Franz. Adjourned,
G. A. G1ELow, A. j. ScHMrTz,
Secretary. Chairman.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-09-11
NOTICE.

We want to say to you that we
have a new spread to offer. We
have gone into the hardware bust
ness. Have bought out Martin.
Nelson IL Slye, and will continue
the business III the same building
besides having a stock at each one
Of our other stores. Remember
you can get anything you want at
any Of our stores and you can get
the goods at the same margin of
profits as you pay on groceries; and
that means saving to you on hard
ware of about one half. We are in
position now to furnish you any
thing you need about the house.
We have everything both useful and
ornamental belonging to the Gro
Gerry, Crockery, Glass or Hardware
trades, and ali Of these goods are
marked at one percentage of profit
and that as low as we can live at.
When you want Sugars, Coffees,
Teas, Syrups, Dishes, Lamps,
Woodenware, Stoves, Tools. Table
or Pocket Cutlery, Tinware, Nails,
Wringers, Flat-irons, CisternP Pumps
Building paper, Paints, Glass,
Doors, Windows, Blinds or any
thing else you can think of. Come
and price us up before you buy.
PLUME & NELSON.