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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21
New lork's Bride Money.


To Sessions 81, 600 continues to
bother the authorities of New York
State. An Albany County jury has
decided that no bride was offered as
semblyman Bradley as charged, and
Sessions, who was on trial for tamper-
ing with the legislators virtue, has
been aquitted, but the money actually
paid by Sessions and received by Brad
ley remains. 1t is a crisp roll of new
bills, harmless enough III themselves,
but in this case an enduring and con-
vincng evidence of a crime on some
oody's part Sessions denies that the
money is his, In fact, he never saw
it. for he is innocent. Bradley says
he took it to expose Sessions, and for
no other reason, and that 1t is not his,
for he is not bribe-taker The mon
ey thus appearing to be without an
owner, the legislatures must decide to
whom it shall be paid 1t is probable
hat it will be converted into the state
treasury, although Al bany County
thinks it should have az portion of it
as an offset for the expense of the
Sessions, trial. 1t is quite likely tina
one way or other the matter Will be
settled soon. 1t has been found i'm
possible to bury the scandal OF the
Stalwart Half breed fight over the SEN
atorship so long as this money remain
ed unclaimed. The court and jury
did their part in the great act of white
washing, but the money itself was IN
honest hands, and its presence could
not be ignored or forgotten. If it is
to be voted into the state treasury, New
York will present the curious spec
tacle of declaring through its min
listers of justice that no bribery was
attempted, while at the same time it
will appropriate to its own use money
which everybody knows could have
been used for no other nnrpose.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21
CABLEGRAMS.


MOUNT ETNA, in Sicily, is in a state of
eruption.
Ell MAHDI has sent $500 sterling to
the guardians at Mohammed's grave, at
Medina.
A MADRID journal says the CONNER
cial treaty between Spain and the UNI
ted States will be signed shortly.
AT banquet in Paris, Saturday, De
Lesseps stated the scheme for creating
a sea in the Desert of Sahara will short
ly be realized.
TEwFIK BEY and 400 followers, who
attempted to force their way from Sin
kat to the coast were cut to pieces by
FL Mahdi's insurgents.
AT banquet in Paris Saturday De
Lesseps stated the scheme for creating
a sea in the Desert of Sahara will short
ly be realized.
THE Egyptian Government, in adyis-
ing Gordon of Baker Pasha's defeat,
leaves him full powers to evacuate or
retain Khartoum as he thinks best
THE Arabs gave no quarter to the
panic-stricken and pleading troops OF
Baker Pasha in the massacre near rokar
either deliberately cutting their throate
or traRsfxing them with spears.
THE Liverpool corn merchants, John
Herd, Jr,, aud VIM Mullens, convicted
of obtaining by false pretenses E16,0
from the Northwestern bank, were
Wednesday sentenced TO Imprisonment
Herd for eighteen months and Mul-
lens for three months.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21
ACCIDENTS.

FIRE in the village of WalCott, n. Y,
Sunday, caused a loss of 100000.
Mrs, MARY LYNCH residing in War
rem Township, Brewer County, Iowa,
died Sunday al the advanced n &c of
l05 years.
JACOB SHULEN was seriously, and it is
feared fatally injured while coasting at
Dubuque, Sunday evening.
WHILE crossing the Mouongahela riv-
er at Port Perry in "a skill, Frank Heinz
berger and John Seeman were dawn
under a coal flat by the strong current
and drowned
THE Bluffs house at Council Bluffs
was burned Tuesday night at II o'clock
together with all It's contents. All the
guests were saved except one young
lady, who was burned TO death. The
cause of the fire is unknown. Loss,
$4,000: insured
a CONSTRUCTION train, carrying n large
force of laborers, had eight fiat cars
overturned near Port Gibson, Miss,
Thursday. Fourteen men were wound
ed, one fatally and three dangerously.
TROUBLE is appreheRded at Eagle
Pass, Texas, the MeNicans claiming that
the recently captured train robbers muir
dured Mexican citizen and a raid is
threatened FOR their capture. The Uni
ted States authorities have made pre-
parations To reael the invaders should
they cross the line.
TIRE second section of train Nc. l3,
bound west, on the Northern Pacific
ran into the rear of the first section thre
miles east of Moorhead, demolishing
three cars and badly breaking she front
of the engine No one was injured.
The wreck was cleared away in time to
prevent amy serious delay.
Mas IA1us Of New York, has iusti-
tuted a suit in the United States court
before Judge Benedict against the
Providence and Stonington steamship
company for $4,000 damages for the
loss Of her husband, who was killed
June III. 1880, in a collision between
the steamers Stonington and Sarrasan-
Sltf
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21
A Fortune From six Inches of String
Springfield Mass.) Republican.

Springfield (Mass.l Republican.
You see that factory2 1t covers an
entire block. Half million of mon
ely wouldn't buy it, Well, it was
built by little piece of cord no more
than inches long" Here the speak
er paused and scrutinized the reporters
countenance for indications of incred-
ulity, not to say establishment. But
the narrator was talking to man
who, since the introduction of the
telephone, has made ii point, to be
ready for anything and to believe ali
that he hears The speaker added
Eight years ago there lived on the
West Side, in the third story of a
cheap tenement down near the North
River, a poor mechanic, because he
had passion forinventing, it amount
ed to passion. He didn't drink and
didn't travel with the politicians, and
all who knew his family wondered
why they were so poor. Time passed
on and still the man was poor But
at last he perfected an invention
the simplest thing on earth-and with
town one day and called for the head
of the house whose check was current
for five figures any where in the street.
The inventor offered to sell two thirds
of his patent for 5000 if the house
would bind itself to put 800, 900 into
factories FOR producing the little thing
that he had invented The firm sign
ed papers in less than an hour from
the time of hearing the proposal, and
in another hOur the inventor had con-
verted the FIRMS check for 500, 600 in,
to greenbacks. Lots We're bought, and
q factory was erected. The business
speedy grew to gigantic proportions,
and at length the firm acquired all
the rest of the block, and covered it
with brick and mortar, and now the
inventor is able to associate with
the millionaires. The little glove
fastener piece of cord about SIX
inches long and dozen little metal
hooks or buttons-is the thing that
was invented.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21

Tn, TT.,,-o - Ie-,,-,,---.,, I7I;,-.- ~
,,S 900 :. T - 30 .,, '','' ~,
~ Wv 5000 ,', on5 So ~ 49, 10y A.
Pria'ou f'oo'ouo IoF '"e Iei'e' %, '"e
sufferers oy uoo"S IN ONO V"IIey'
There was some questions about the
constitutionahty of the measure, but
orly dozen OF the members present
yielded to their qualms on that point.
Mr.. Eaton. Of Connecticut, said,
the mead might but me heart would
act. Sunset Cox SAID II to give the
unfortunate sufferers the amount
proposed was any oreach OF lhe con
StltuVon Uoo Almighty IN MS KIND
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21
TELEGRAPHIC.
GENERAL NOTES.

TEXAS university has forty female
students.
THERE is a vast robn-roost near Char
lotte, n. G.
SOUTH Carolina negroes are exodusing
to Texas.
The census Of Boston shows $4,000
more women then men.
ANTHONY KAArM died in the Buffalo,
n. y, Poor House from too much sleep
claiming the Lord ordered him to sleep.
THE Connecticut legislature is asked
TO prevent the use of tobacco III public
schools.
RANGERS have Leen called out TO pre-
vent Mexican raid at Eagle Pass,
Texas.
Two handsome negroes attended a
fashionable white folks masquerade in
Stamford, Conn, and two pretty white
girls tainted when they unmarked.
JOHN RICE, aged 100, asks the aid of
Kansas City authorities to prevent his
wife, aged thirty-five years from leav-
ing him.
THE New England agricultural Society
has unanimously voted to prohibit the
sale of Intoxicating liquors at all future
fairs of the society.
A PROMINENT doctor of Oakland, Cal,
saws that the generation of gases is gen
orally the caustof corpses turning over
in the collins and adds that body has
been known TO rise partly up, the head
and shoulders bending up toward the
middle of the body, from these circum-
stances.
A MUTUAL benevolent society was or
ganized in ST. Louis recently for the
colonization of Jewish refugees from
Russia on lands in the West, to be &C
CURED from the government
SEVERAL of the clerks employed in
the sixth auditors Office, postoffice de-
partment, where great many of the
postal notes are handled, have been
poisoned by constant contact with them.
Arsenic is said to be one of the ingred-
tents used in the coloring of the notes.
THE Pennsylvania Railroad company
are TO put weather signals on their trains
for the benefit of farmers. Red and
blue suns, red and blue crescents and
red and blue stars will indicate the sorts
Of weather that are predicted.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21
Col. MosbY's Case OF Wine.

The treasury department has re
ceived a statement from the collector
at New York relative to the case of
Madeira wine sent by John S. Mosby,
United States consul to Hong Kong,
China, to Mrs Mary Campbell, at
Warrenton, Vt, and said to have
been appropriated by the custom ofli-
GERS of New York The wine Consul
Mosby says, was shipped by the Con
quest and the manifest, as stated by
the collector, did not contain an entry
Madeira wine" A box of curios, it
is said was struggled ashore, and the
collector suggests that the WINE may
have been in the box so marked or
else consumed on the way from Hong
Kong by the men on the Conquest.
The secretary of the treasury says
Consul Mosby must give proof of for
mer cases of plundering referred to in
his complaint before further action
can be taken.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21
Snnth Sea Dndes.

The Pdpuans are the most success
full dudes. Consul Griffin is quoted as
saying; THE men are noted as slen-
der waists which approach almost to
doformity, brought about by drawing
tightly around their bodies a girdle
made of native cloth. The process is a
very painful one, but it is mono the
less practiced on that account. The
women on the contrary, delight in
large waists The women are always
sure to be ON the contrary"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21
FROM TttE CAPITAL.

AT st. Petersburg it is proposed to
create ministry of Imperial police,
under the direction Of Gen. Tiehervof
which sbAll deal especially with internal
politics.
THE Public Lands Committee expects
to take action this week on bills to pro-
vide for the forfeiting Of portions OF
the Immigrants Of the Northern Pacific
and Atlantic q Pacific Roads
THE excess in the value Of the exports
over the imports of merchandise for the
month ended Dec. 81. 1888, was S2l, $685.
142: for the SIX months ended Dec 81,
1888. SOL ,gSS. 665: for the twelve months
ended Dec. 81, 1888, sos, OIL, 5S4
THE president sent the following nom
nations to the senate, Wednesday: Post
masters-Jeremiah Mickle Brownwood
Texas; lee II. Randall, Oxford, Miss.
VIM Mckee, Montezuma, Iowa; Ben
iamin II. H. Tucker, Monroe City, Mo.
VIM. r. Porter. San Bernardino, Cal
The president has withdrawn the nom
nation of VIM. Ii. Hobbs, to be receiv-
er of public moneys at Taylor Falls,
MINI.
THE Hon. Barney Caulfeld, ex-mem-
Der of Congress from Chicago, now liv-
ing in the Black Hills country Dakota,
IS one of the delegates from that Terri
tory to Washington TO secure the open
ing of the Great Sioux Indian Reserva-
ton. He said he thought this was the
most feasible thing to be done this ses-
sion Of Congress- He thinks there is
little prospect that bill will pass to di-
vide the Territory, and no likelihood at
all that the Territory or any part of it
will be admitted into the Union during
the present Congress.
THE secretary of the treasury has
written to Mr.. Morrison, chairman of
the ways and means committee, with
respect to the practical operations of the
tariff act of March B. 1888, and pointing
out many difficulties in administration
connected Herewith. He suggests that
il would be we'll for congress to declare
the order in which the various parts 0f
section 2449, shall be applied and the
correct meaning of section of this act
The secretary refers at length to the var
ious provisions of the law, as fOuad in
the numbered paragraphs of the tariff,
and shows how extremely difficult it is
to administer them without involving
litigation as to the meaning thereof.
MANY paragraphs dlt bOulllSbllS Nhd
confusing and IN some there appear to
be two rates of duty for the sane
goods.
On Wednesday the senate confirmed
the following nominations that had been
made by the president: Henry d. Ly-
man, Ohio, second assistant postmaster
general; William Christy Wilson, La,
assayer of the mint, New Orleans;
Thomas B. Knapp, postmaster, Iowa
Falls, Iowa
Register of Land Ofices-Myron II.
McC0rd Wausau, Wis; Henry Esper-
son, La Crosse, Wis; b. N. Johnson, Fer
gus Falls, Mimi; Henry w. Lord, Creels-
burg, Oak.
Carrie G. Bell, receiver of public
moneys, Bayfield,, Wis.
The president also sent in the follow
ing nominations; Henry M. Lawson,
Texas, agent Quapaw agency, Indian
Territory; Daniel b. Dyer, Kan, agent
Cheyenne band, Arapahoe agency, In
dian Territory; James II. Stewar., post
master, Charleton, Iowa.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21

A THRILLING story is told of the mar
row escape Of Peter Scanloe and Tim
Horn from being swept over the Amor
lean Falls at Niagara. They were at
work on a mill-race trying to raise an
ice blockade, when they were thrown
by the springing of some planks into
the water In moment they were
carried in the swift current above the
Goat Island bridge toward the falls.
Near where the men were working,
and below the bridge was a large cake
of ice, toward which they were car
ried. In their desperation they at
tempted to catch hold of the ice cake,
and when found half an hour later
they were hanging on to it for dear
life. Ropes were procured and they
we're hauled ashore.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21

THE Ohio floods are awful to con
template. Never before since the set
Element of the country have the floods
in the Ohio and its tributaries pro
duced such widespread ruin and suf-
fering. To hundreds Of thousands
the condition is simply appalling, and
calls for prompt sympathy aud aid.
Congress and the state legislatures, as
well as the benevolent individuals
from every town and city, should b.
prompt in sending bountiful aid. Ch-
cinnati is rich and generous, and will
take care Of the poor in her Immediate
vicinity, and there is a multitude Of
them to look after But the smaller
towns aud cities along the Indiana,
Illinois and Kentucky shores will
suffer and perish unless promptly
aided
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21

THE wire-fence controversy IN Ne
braska, is the antithesis Of that in
Texas In Nebraska it IS a ranch COM
pany which has fenced IN, as it is al
legged, 50 900 acres Of grazing land be
longing to the public domain, and the
u. S. District Attorney has begun
suit for the removal of the fence, aver
ring that settlers have been prevented
from taking up the land.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21

THE river at Cincinnati is higher
than it has been for century. Hun
dreds Of towns aad vast stretches Of
country along the Ohio are now mum
dated. The water is slowly eucroach
ing upon Louisville The loss Of
property is alroady enormous, Famine
is threatened in many places. When
the floods have subsidized 1t is safe to
say that malaria viii carry off Run-
dreds of human beings. For disre-
garding natures laws the punishment
is swift aud terrible. Ohio and West
Virginia have been robbed Of their
forests. Now a deluge has come upon
both states. For the present, Of course,
relieving the distress should absorb
all attention; but when the floods
have subsidized, every day in the year
should be aH arbor day. Thus only
can a recurrence of these disasters be
averted
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21

and he read almost inaudibly 1t was
evident, however, that he Yves pepu-
lar favorite, and when he had con
cluded, the vociferous cheering of the
assembled thousands was echoed by
the firing of cannon and the music of
The hand
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21

THE advent of cold weather tends
to mitigate the food disaster in the
Ohio river valley, but threatens the
thousand Of homeless victims with a
worse fate than Of being drowned out,
namely, that of freezing to death.
The condition Of affairs in that afiilct-
ed region is indescribably pitiful.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21

a PROMINENT doctor Of Oakland,
Cal says that the generation OF gases
is generally the cglse Of corpses turn
ing over in tsr6f4 collins, and adds
that body has &een known to rise
partly up, the head and shoulders
bending up toward the middle Of the
BODY. from these circumstances.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-21

Miss Martha Jellison. who died re-
Gently in Ellsworth, Me, aged IS
years, had taught school in that city
for sixty years.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-02
A Point for Pollllcal Candidates.

JrFFENoN, TEN,, Sept. /, 1854
no tho Editor OF the Gazette.
Candidates for the legislature would
do well in making their canvass this
fall to consider the unjustness OF the
law as il now IL in respect 10 the liabil-
ity of railroads for accident to en-.
ployes when OecasioHed by the negll-
genoe of fellow servant. Should an
accident occur on any road in the
state wherein SIX passengers We're
slightly injured and siN employees
were killed, the formerco could maintain
AN action against the road whilst the
representatives of the latter would be
Declared from seeking redress in the
courts on account of this infamous
law. The only ground upon which
this unjust law Is predicated Is that AN
employee accepts the situation with
all the perlls incident thereto. Does
not a passenger also assume the ha1.
ards and perils of tTavelp lsn't the
reason illogical and unjust? Does the
employee accept the situation with It's
dangers, or is II not fact that nearly
every railroad man Is compelled
60 work for the road on
account OF no uther employmente a
law making railroads liable for acol-
dents 10 employees, whether occa.
stoned by the gross negligence of a icl.
low'servant or not, ought % be On,
acted by our Legislators In Justice t.
the laboring mau. \ bill OF similaI
import was brought before the legisla,
ture OF Massachusetts In 1857, tut wa.
defeated by the railroad lobbyists.
Should any of our representatives
bring forth such n bill IN the leglsla
turo In January, 1855, Il would be mel
10y the. same opposition, and perhap,
share the same fate, But still ia,
effort should he made, "a Il Is nothinl
hut fairness To the ltborlng man WHIT
Is the foundation of our government,
| lISpIrE
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-02
PARTISAN NOTES.


Special TO the Gazette.
PARIS, TEX, Sept. l. Mrs.
Beachamp was greeted with n large
audience ON last night at the Baptist
church, and she delighted the people
with her address upon Bible Wines.
Mrs Beachamp is visiting the differ
emit towns and cities of Texas organ
i2iag aud developing the Woman's
Christian Temperance union in the
state. In behalf of the unions Of the
stute she dlsavowed any desire to
introduce woman's suffrage.
The Paris Dry Goods company move
INTO their new quarters to-day. They
wi have one of the largest establish
ments Of the kind In Northern Texas.
Mr. Geo. Settle OF the firm of Me
Bath, Settle & Co., dry goods, returned
to-day.
Miss Annie Dohoney returned from
Hot Springs yesterday, after pleas.
ant visit OF several weeks.
Mrs. BeRchamp will speak al Bon.
ham on Tuesday evening, and on
Wednesday evening at Savoy. We
beYpesk for her good audiences AT these
places and promise them r treat.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-02
HILLSBoRo.

Special to tho Onzetto.
HILLsBoRo, Ten Sept. To-day
opened the fall season; IL also was
estray sale day, and large crowd was
in town. some twenty-five OF thirty
head of stray stock were sold, bringing
from $50 to $40 per head.
Six bales of new cotton were also on
the streets. II sold for nine and thirty
five hundredth cents per pound Gin
ming and picking will lie in full blast
In one week.
The popular grocery firm so long
known az y. Stroud now unfurls to
the commercial breeze the name Stroud
& VERIFY as "A handle. Long may that
haudle last, IL our sentiment.
So many business changes have
taken place in the last two or three
days II Ia impossible 10 keep account of
n mans location. When you put your
finger on him, he IL like the Irish.
mans flea, he amt there.
Mr.. ROdman, our eN-postmaster, has
taken charge of the IGwell house and
will hereafter endeavOr TO wait on GUS
toners in the best style.
MIR. Brya young gentleman from
Tennessee, has lately arrived and To-
Gated amongst us We heartily well
come all such new cOmers.
Miss Annie Bond, who has been at
tending school In Tennessee for the
last year, returned recently, much to
the delight of her parents and friends.
DIR, Knox Of Milford has recently
moved 10 Hillsboro TO make IL his
home. II Is thus one by one they
come, attracted by the advantages OF
our bright little city.
Rev. Mr.. Boyd has been conduct
ing protractcd meeting in the Pres
byterian church for week past,
much to the satisfaction of our good
citizens.
A new cotton yard mas opene d uD
under the auspices Of Mr. II. H.
Grimes, who proposes TO do the fair
thing by all OF his customers.