Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-31
NUMBER 5

back TO the day when she saw all
these hopes and ambitions ruined
beneath the sorrow he caNsed, when
he started down the wayward path.
We followed her all through life,
and at last saw her prostrated at his
feet by a blow inflicted by his
hands In the eyes of God, there
is no crime SO great as the breaking
of a mothers heart - none SO base
as The striking down of mother.
The feeble old woman was assisted
into the wagon, and by friend
taken home.- Plaqki0gton, Dd&ota,
Standard
Mrs Napoleon Graham, Of the
town of Mifiiin. met with a serious
accident on Wednesday morning of
last week. She fell down u flight
of stairs into the cellar, breaking
her wrist, and receiving several ugly
cuts and bruises about the head and
body Star.
On Monday of this week our
citizens noticed a tall, powerfully
built man, with long, unkempt hair
and fierce eye, walking the streets,
carrying two gold headed canes. A
few minutes later another chap,
dressed like Sioux Indian, came
| driving down the street in a cutter,
making the blood curdling an
nouncement that a free Indian show
would take place in front of the
! Whitman house. When n sufficient
crowd had gathered, his largeness
made the announcement that he was
from the heart of the Sioux nation,
was intimately acquainted with all
the leading braves of that tribe, and
Fighter, you bet" He then stated
that while living among the sayages
he had learned the secret of their
extreme healthfulness 1t was
peculiar herb known only TO himself,
the Indians and God; he was here
for the purpose of selling it, lie
/ had pulverized the herb, put it IN
water aud was selling il for 80 cents
per package. He then sold three
bottles, and for lack Of purchasers
was compelled to suspend business.
4 During the afternoon he surrounded
a lmge quantity of forty.rod-knock-
em.stff, and, that evening, was in
troduccd into the mysteries of a
"little game" which caused him to
drop his wad. He then pawned one
of his canes for board and left for
other fields of conquest. The action
of our citizens IN not patronixing
quacks of this description is most
commendable As rule, they are
frauds of the worst kind; as long
rs we have the class Of drug stores
that are kept in our city, it is un-
necessary for our people to buy
medicine of these genteel vagrants.
-Dariingtoa Republican.
To all of which we say, "same
here"
Mr. Joe. Stephenson, Of this
place, was badly injured last Tues
day. While mining in a drift in a
diggins about three miles from here,
a large rock weighing about 1000
lbs. fell out from just above him,
aud he hearing it starting, made an
attempt TO escape. But just before
he got out, the rock fell, portion
striking him on the head and should
ers, bruising him aud knocking him
insensible for long time. It seems
that he had u pick il his hand AT the
time, ani the rock striking the han
die (bending it almost double) was
the means of taking most of the
weight, or otherwise his head would
have been mashed to jelly. lie
was brought to this place in an un-
conscious condition, when Dr.Pearce
was summoned, who soon brought
him to and at this writing he is get
ting along splendidly.-- Cbb Cor-
respondent Ia Chronicle.