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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28
Third Distrio. Prohibition Convention.

The Prohbitionists Of Third Congressional
District of the state of Wisconsin are requested
TO send delegates 10 district convention To
be held at Madison September f. 1881, at II
O'Clock noon, 10 nominate candidate TO be
supported at the ensuing election, for repre-
sentative in Congress, and To transact such
other business as may be proper
While all who approve of the object Of the
convention are invited to be present, the vot-
ing basis of the convention will be as follows
One delegate for each fifty votes given for
the prohibition candidate in 1882 This will
entitle Dane County TO 81 delegates Grant II ;
Green Ii Lafayette 5 and Iowa a.
Regularly elected delegates from organized
counties will be voting delegates from such
counties, and Others present from such cOun
ties will be recognized as visiting delegates
Those present from counties not organized
in large numbers that the county is entitled,
viii meet after reaching Madison aud select
those who shall represent the county in vot
ing By ORDER OF DIST. Con-.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28
Notice 30 Creditors.
NTATE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA

~ County Court-In Probate
In the matter Of the last will ana testament
of Isaac VIM deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate of Isaac
Winn deceased, having been issued to Jane
Vim and Bennett Vim.
IT Is ORDERED, that six months from and
after this date be, and are hereby allowed, for
the creditors of said Isaac VIM de
ceased, 20 present their claims for examination
and allowance.
ORDERED FURTHER, that the claims and de-
mands of all persons against said deceased be
received, examined and adjusted by this court
at regular terms thereof, to be held at the Court
House, in the village of D0Ggeyille, in said
county, on the first tuesdays of January and
February. a. d 1885, and that notice thereof be
given by publication of this order for four weeks
successfully in the Mineral Point TRIBUNE a
weekly newspaper published at the city Of
Mineral Point, IN said county.
BY the Court:
JOHN T. JONES, County Fndge.
Dated Dodgeylle Wis, July LIST. 1854. lSw4
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28
II1sh-American Sentiment.
DR.. Charles Egan, q Life Long
Democrat and Prominent Irish
man Pr0n0unceS for
Blame and Logan.
Ind addresses an open Letter Gio.
ing Ills Reasons for REFUSING 10
Support Cleveland.

From the Richland Center Republican.
Mention was made in the columns
of this paper two weeks ago, that
DR.. Charles Egan, of Highland, Iowa
county, a prominent IriShmen and
lifelong Democrat had pronounced
for the nominees of the Republican
party. The announcement was re-
ceived with great satisfaction by Mr..
Egan's many friends in Richland
county, who knew him intimately
and well in his youth, one of whom
wrote him a congratulatory letter on
the stand he had taken, and his re-
ply is published herewith. The
espousal of the cause of Blaine and
Logan by such a staunch friend and
worthy representative of the irish
race, should and will have great in
fluence with his counrymen where
ever he is known. His earnest,
straightforward appeal to the intelli-
gence and manliness of his race to
take a more independent stand OH
the great question which affects
them as good and true citizens, is
worthy of most careful consideration
and should move every Irish Demo
crat TO leave the party that is com
mitted against their individual inter
est as a race and the general welfare
of the country of their adoption.
Following is Mr.. Egan letter:
HIGuLAND, Wis, August l4th,
lsS4,-Aug. s. Ripley ESq DEAR
SIR: In reply to yours of the 10th
inst. will say that | congratulate
YOU upon the stand you have taken
in the contest between Blaine and
Cleveland for the Presidency.
Up to the present time my vote
has always been cast for the nomi-
nees of the Democratic party for the
office Of president, but the last ma
tional Democratic convention sew
cred the bonds that bound the men
of my race to the Democratic party,
and with thousands of my fellow
countrymen / renounce my allie
glance to the remnant of that once
grand old party, and viii vote for
that brilliant statesman and tribune
of the whole people, James G.
Blaine, and that fearless and brave
soldier statesman, Gen. John \.
Logan.
will review a few of the many
reasons that impelled me to this
action. As indicted in your letter
the tariff question is one of the main
issues in the present campaign; the
action of the present Democratic
Congress in its recent attempt &c
pass the Morrison bill shows swift
drifting Of the Democratic tide
towards the English shores for free
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28
NTATE OF WISCONSIN. COM

by count for iowa C0uniy-m PROBATE
Notice is hereby given that at general term
of the Iowa County Court. to be held in and for
said County, nc the Court House, in the village
OF Dodgevile, in said county, ON the ID day OF
September, A, D. 1851, being the first Tuesday OF
said month at one o'clock in the afternoon of said
day, the following matters viii be heard and
considered
The application Of Albert PrdeauX. for the ap-
pointmeut OF an administrator de honis non
with the will annexed of the estate of stephen
PrideauX late Of tile city Of Mineral Point, iu
said county, deceased.
And 10 is further ordered, that public notice
thereof be given 90 all persons interested by pub
fishing a copy of this order for three weeks sue
cessively prior to said day of hearing, in the
Mineral Point Tribune a weekly newspaper pub
lished in said county.
By order of the Court
JOHN n JONES Judge
Dated Dodgeville Wis, July 10th ST. 8Jw3
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28
The Veto Candidate.

While Mayor of Buffalo he vetoed
an appropriation of $500 passed by
the common council for the proper
observation of Decoration Day. As
Governor of New York he vetoed
the bill passed at the last session of
the Legislature which made it a mis-
demeanor for any person to wear a
G.. A. II. badge who was not an hon
orably discharged soldier. The pc
tition for the bill had been signed
by all the G. A. r. posts of the state.
A measure ;assed the same Legisia-
ture allowing G. A. r. posts to use
state muskets if they gave bonds for
their return and safe keeping, and
Cleveland vetoed the bill. The q.
A. II. as an organization, had asked
for the privilege. Grover Cleve-
lands fourth exploit in opposition to
the Grand Army of the Republic
was his veto of the bill passed by
the Legislature allowing a gratuity
of 81. 200 to John Young. Young,
who lost an arm in the service, was
made hopeless cripple by an accl'
dent which happened to him while
working on the capitol building at
Albany. All the Grand Army of
the Republic posts of Albany peti.
toned the Legislature for the relief
they extended, which Cleveland We
toed. The soldiers are asking II
such a record as this can command
Ill. ,.n4ns - ArtinnnL It.ihllne.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28

BUFFALO ErpreSS, There is only
one thing that honest men at the
North can do to rebuke, discounte-
nance, and punish the monstrous
crime by which the South is made
"solid" for the Democratic party.
That one thing is to resolve never to
cast vote that will aid in putting
into power the party which excuses
and encourages the crime because it
profits by it. When it shall have
been made clear that no party which
holds the South solid by force and
fraud can ever have Northern votes
enough to make it successful in the
nation, then all will have been done
that can be done in this part of the
country to break up the criminally
solid South.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28
sd Con6reSsionaz Dist. Conun

The Republicans Of the Third Congressional
District OF Wisconsin. comprising The counties
of Dane, Iowa, Green, Lafayette and Grant,
will meet in convention at Dodgeyie on Tues
day, September 9, 1884, at IL O'Clock NJ, for the
purpose of nominating a candidate for mem
Der of Congress to be supported at the ensuing
fall election. Each assembly district will be
entitled to two delegates and each senatorial
district TO four delegates in the convention.
by order of the committee,
NJ. p. RINDLAUB,
a. G DODGE.
ORGN BACON,
s. w. Reese.
GEO. W. RYLAND,
G.. f. OSBORN,
w. III CHANDLER,
HENRY S. MAGOON.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28
Come and See Us.

HEADPuARTERs REP. STATE Central Con-,
MILWAUK EE. June l5 1881.
The Republican STATE Central Committee has
opened convenient and commodiouS hcadquar-
tiers on Wisconsin st Get near the post. Office. in
Milwaukee. All Republicans, and especially
those of our own State, are cordially invited to
call when in the city. All Republican papers
published In the State, and many OF the leading
journals q the country, viii be kept on file
Come and see us. II. A. TAYLOR, Chm.
II. &. payne, Sec.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28

round and October made to precede
April in the stately procession of the
year." And yet all the small dogs,
Carlo, Ponto, and Pithero, Of the
Democratic pack will keep up the
howl, no doubt, until the people set
their everlasting seal of denial upon
the charge at the ballot-box next
November.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28
ReD. Senatorjaz Convention.

delegate convention Of the Republicans Of
the Twenty Eighth senatorial District, compris-
ing the counties of Iowa and Richland. will he
held at Lone Rock, Friday, September 18th.
1881, at o'clock, p. m. for the purpose of nom
mating candidate for State Senator for said
district and the transacting of such other bus
mess as the convention may deem expedient.
Each county viii be entitled 10 twelve dele
gates in said convention,
o G.. MUNsON,
o. L. UNDERWOOD,
A. NJ. CRuMBECKER.
District Committee.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28
ReDu5liccn Suite Convemtton

MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 2sth 1884.
The Republican electors of the state Of Wis
consin are ,equcsted TO elect delegates 70 a
state Convention 10 be held at Madison,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, 1884,
at II o'clock noon, Tor the purpose of placing
in nomination candidates Of the Republican
party for the several state Offices
The last Republican state Convention having
changed the basis of representation for future
conventions, delegates win be elected, not by
Assembly and Senatorial districts as hereto
fore, but by counties.
II. a. TAYLOR, Chairman.
II. G. PAYNE, Secretary.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28

HENDRICKS was a noted copper
head during the war; seeded from
his church because the minister
preached loyal sermon. lie once
said, "eyery soldier should wear a
collar with a tag on it marked A.
Lincoln
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28

said to have been the unanimous de-
cision of this tripartite council, that
recent developments rendered it i'm
peratiye that mastery silence be
maintained upon this and kindred
subjects. The tariff, according to
information received, excited much
discussion. The ex-mayor Of Buffa-
10 contended, that while individual
ly he had no wei defined views up
on the subject, yet he was convinced
that with those who read little and
think less, Hurd's English free trade
policy was most satisfactory, and
consequently commended itself to
Democratic approval.
The hermit of Grammacy Park
advocated absolute free trade, with
such Incidental protection as might
naturally follow from it; but Daniel
Manning Enthusiastically quoted
scripture, and insisted that the tar
if plank in the platform 30 com
pletely agreed with st. Paul's iujunc-
ton to be "All things to all men"
that the letter need not refer TO it,
and so the subject was dropped. In
treating of civil service there was a
unanimity of sentiment which form
ed expression in the following words
and which also, in substance, was in
corporated in the letter of accept
ance: "That the selection of sub
ordinates in government employ
should depend upon their ascertained
fitness, which should always be con
strued to mean allegiance to the Dem
ocratic party" The free whisky
plank in the Democratic platform
received their prompt endorsement,
and to which they further added,
that the free and unrestricted use
and sale of intoxicants was neither
Inconsistent with good citizenship,
nor offensive to the moral sentiment
of the civilized world, and that any
interference Herewith was unwise
and vexatious."
The letter itself is one in which
public questions are handled with
such skillful uncertainty, that even
party managers are unable to con
strue its meaning, and the object of
this article is, to present such Incl
dents and circumstances connected
Herewith, as will, if carefully
perused, materially aid in giving it
a proper and rightful Interpretation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28
Taken Up--Heifer.

BY the undersigned on land owned hy him
adjoining the city of Mineral Point on the north
east one red heifer aoout two years Old. with
white star i'm the forehead and q hole in RICH
ear The owner can recover said stray by prov
ing property and paying charges,
ED. JEFFREY.
Dated July 18th, 1SS4-50w4
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28

PrTrsBURG Times Tilden's health
is again q matter of soicitude in
certain quarters. Some of Cleve-
lands friends are afraid Uncle Sam.
my is not strong enough to tap his
barrel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28

CTATE OF WISCONSIN COUNTY COURT
> for iowa County In Probate
Notice is hereby given that at regular term
of the Iowa County Court, TO be held in and for
said county, at the Court House, in the village
of Dodgeyille In said county on the I'd day Of
September, A. y. 1884, being the first Tuesday OF
said MONTH at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said
day the following matters will be heard and
considered;
The application of John T. Argall to adj
nit to probate the last will and testament of
Robert Bennett, late of the town of Linden,
in said county, deceased,
And it is further ordered That public notice
thereof be given to all persons interested by
publishing copy of this order for three weeks
successfully, prior to said day of hearing, in the
Mineral Point Tribune weekly newspaper pub
lished in said county.
BY order of the court;
JOHN Il JONES, Judge
Dated Dodgeyile, Wis. July lst, 1854 Slw3
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28
4 Few Prices.

All linen table linen 20 cts.
Lawns 5 cts.
Misses and ladies hose, worth l5ets.-at ) cts.
Childs ready made SUITS worth $3.50 and s. 80
for 81 80 and Sl.75.
Ladies suits worth So 10 $7-for So to 81.
Best prints made--not trash prints-at cts.
Very best glnghams made in this country
nj s cts.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28

If the Greedy party had had a
Democratic editor or two along,
they could have Toasted on cheek
for a year or more.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28

GATH; Their the Democrats
hunger for office reminds one of the
old negro minstrel joke, when in the
burlesque on "rhe Stranger" lu-
gubrious fellow enters in funeral
garments saying: 81 have not tasted
food for 10000 years" "Then, g."
says the cheerful moko who is play
ing the banjo, "you can't come to no
boardn,house of mine"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28
civ Residence for sale.

The undersigned wishes to sell
his residence, located back of the
Z. 5. Hotel; roomy and in good con
dition. II. /. OSBORNE.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28
D. DE III. Es .
LeydI Notices.
Notice 20 Creditors.
NTATE On WISCONSIN. COT

a u VI w loCONSlN COO ~ e.
~ ty Court for Iowa County-ln Probate
In the matter of the estate of Joseph Stevens
deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate of Joseph
Stevens deceased, having been issued to Philip
Allen, Jr.
II is ordered that six months from and after
this date be. and are hereby allowed, for the
creditors of said Joseph stevens deceased, to
present their claims for eXamnatiOn and allow
ance
Ordered further that the claims and demand.
OF all persons against said deceased be received
examined and adjusted by this couc at regular
terms thereof TO be held at the Court House, in
the village of Dodgevilie, in said county on the
first TUESDAYS Of February aud March, A. d.
1850, and that notice thereof be given by publ
cation of this order for four weeks SUCCESSFULLY
in the Mineral Point Tribune a weekly news
paper published at Mineral Point, in said coun-
ty BY the court
32w4 JOHN 4. JONES Comfy Judge.
Dated Dodgeville Wisconsin, August B. 1881
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28

SECURE Ir.-A good Singer Fam
lily Sewing Machine, in frst-class
will be sold cheap. In
quire of j. +. LaAIalle, at Gundry,
GRAY n Cos store.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28

81 KILLED Print Matthews. | told
him not to vote, and he voted and l
killed him. 1t was not me that kill
ed him lit was the party. If l had
not been a Democrat I would not Of
killed him. It was not me, but the
Democratic party; and now if the
party is mind to throw me off,
d--n such a party. e b. Wheeler,
Of Ha-ellwst, Mss, afterwards
elected marslal By the Democratic
party
New YoEK SIN: If man is i'm
moral in his life, if he has deceived
and betrayed woman or abandoned
his illegiGmate children, he is a
wretch who ought not to be tolerat.
ed, much less promoted to stations
Of official trust If the facts are es-
tabhshed that a candidate has been
guilty of these things, no decent
citizen ought to give him his suf-
frage, no matter how great his poll
teal ability or how successful he
may have been in performing the
duties of any public post. ~
THE late Jere L. Black, of Penn
sylyania, was as good Democratic
authority as any man could wish for
and he said in relation to the so
called revelations of the "Mulligar
letters that "Mr. Blaine's letters
proved that the MulHgan charge was
not only untrue, but impossible, and
will continue SO to prove until the
Gregorian calendar can be turned
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-01-14
CARE OF THE HORSE.

A stiff whisp broom. is better to
remove dust and dirt from a horses
legs than a currynoH Many hors-
es with thin H. exceedingly
nervous in the s.elD a careless
groom, and this often
degenerates into vicl6 r.
Check-rains are generally an "a l. ;
tion of great severity, and their use
should be slight, if permitted at all.
More horses are injured, both physic-
ally and in appearance, or style of
movement, by an excessive applica-
ton on the check-rein, than most
people are aware of.
Backing the outside of horses
hoofs to make them shine and show
well is an injurious practice, for if
done, as is u with mixture of
grease aad 90 soon as
the hof44 ~us o.i'trio "a,
dust begins to adhere to the hoofs
which are naturally porous, and thl
stops the circulation of air in them,
causing disease. The best treatment
of the hoof is to keep it clean and
leave it in its own natural color.
Filling a horses rack with hay as
some do, and permitting a constant
supply to remain before the animal,
is one of the most probable means of
producing disease, and the most pos
tive in rendering animals unfit for
fast work. Large supplies of hay
have the effect of making the stom-
ach large and weak, the belly in
course of time becoming pendulous.
Not only does the stomach increase
in capacity, but the large intestines
also become enlarged.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-01-14

A THANKSGIVING BLUNDER. 1t oc-
Cured in Windham county, Conn.,,
and is indisputably true. 1t chiefly
concerns a spruce young city lawyer,
who led a blushing damsel as bride
from her rural New England home
and returned with her to the hospita-
BILE mansion of his father-in-law to
enjoy the thanksgiving festival. He
was given the post of honor at the
table and called upon to carve-ac-
cording to the time-honored New
England custom. The turkey was
baked pretty hard and was somewhat
tough withal. The spruce young
lawyer struggled. The baked bird
would not yield. An enormous pud-
ding stood beside the turkey platter
and was somewhat In the LAWYERS
way. Finally he took up the pudding
dish and placed it in his chair behind
him, and then renewed his attack on
the turkey with redoubled vigor. His
face was red with effort and embar-
rassment, his glasses steamed with
perspiration-still he struggled. At
last he made tremendous effort and
succeeded-in landing the impervious
bird on the other side of the table.
.'There," he said in despair, snow
I've done it." and sat down in the
pudding.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-01-14

order, OF ask for explanations, was
the clergyman of an Episcopal church,
who said that the ritual of his de-
nomination contaired a prayer for
the President which, under the cir
cumstances, embarrassed him. 'sWho
do you regard as your President !?
asked Sherman, bluntly' "We look
upon Mr.. Davis as our President"
replied the minister. every well !;
pray for jeff Davis if you wish. He
needs your prayers badly. 1t will
take great deal of praying to save
him." ''Then I will not be compell-
ed to pray for Mr.. Lincoln ?" ''Oh,
no. He's a good man and does not
need your prayers. You may pray
for him if you feel like it, but there
is no compulsion," answered Sher-
man, instantly divining that the
worthy clergyman wanted to pose as
a martyr before his parishioners, and
had hoped that he would be ordered
to use the prayer for the President
of the United States. The next Sun
day the prescribed prayer was SO
modified by the preacher as to leave
out all mention of the President,
and to refer only to "all in author
itv -
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-01-14

that consort, not riches, was his
sole purpose. Since her wldowhood
Mrs. lifts interest in the Methodist
denomination grew very strong, and
she had repeatedly expressed a de-
termination to her intimate friends TO
devote a large portion of her wealth
at the end to church cause.
The Singer sewing-machine people
have never forgotten the young lady
who made that bold strike out into
the far west. and have always taken
every opportunity that presented it
self to pay her great respect and at
tention, although their interests were
severed when the cattle king came
along and claimed her for his bride.
Shortly after her husbands death
Mrs. Tiff went to Europe, and dur
ing her long tour the Singer represen-
tatiyes in every great centre were in
structed by the home company to
seek her out and do everything in
their power to entertain her during
her stay there
These are but skeleton facts in the
romantic life of the once poor girl
who is now one of the richest women
in the trans-Missouri region, or in
the entire west for that matter; who
by her own industry and native worth
stepped up from poverty to the pos
session of a fortune estimated at
above $4,000. 900.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-01-14
AN ANECDOTE OF GENERAL
SHERMAN.

Many good anecdotes of Sherman
were current during the war. Some
of them he once said, when they were
brought to his notice, had been told
of every general since Hannibal.
Here is one of unquestionable au-
thenticity, which shows his sagacity
in dealing with the population of con-
quered towns. After he occupied
Memphis, the people kept the
churches, schools, and places of bus
mess closed, so that, save for the
movements of the soldiers, the place
looked like city of the dead. He
issued an order directing that the
stores and shops be kept opened dur
ing business hours, the schools re-
sumo their courses, and the churches
hold their customary services. A
mong the people who called at his
headquarters to protest against this