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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24

S,TATE OF WISCONSIN COUNTY COURT FOR
> Iowa Couuty-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given tharat special Term Of
the Iowa County Count 10 be hoid IN and for
said county, at the Court House in the Village of
Dodgevile, in ssai county on the 5th day
of August, A. d l3rt being the first Tuesday
of said month, at 10 O'clock in me forenoon
of said day the following matters viii be heard
and considered
The application Of Jane Batten az admin
istratriXr of the estate OF John Batten late OF
said county, deceased, for Inc examination
and allowance Ot her administration account,
and the assignment of the residue OF said estate
to such persons as are uyJ law entitled to the
same.
And it is furthcr ordered that public notice
thereof be given to al persons interested by
publishing cory of this order far three weeks
successfully priG a.to said day Of hearing in the
Mineral Point T-ibune, weekly newspaper
published in said county,
by order0f the Court:
JOHN II. JONES. Judge.
Dated Dodgeville Wis. Juno 59th 1851.
REESE Il CARTER. attys for administratriX. 1913
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24
Lost To Shame.

The Democratic party is utterly
lost to all shame, and to all deceney,
and deserves the hearty contempt
and burning Indignation of every
decent, honest, Christian man IN the
land. Their platform says: "N e
oppose sumptuary laws which~veN
the citizen aud interfere with lndl-
vidual liberty" In the first place,
the declaration is an utterly Ignorant
one, for prohibition is not stump
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24
CAPITAL NOTES.

MADISON. Wis, July 9Th, 1854.
The meeting of the National Edu-
cational Association has overshad-
owed everything here the past week.
1t was in all respects a great success,
being by far the best attended and
most interesting meeting in the his.
tory of the Association. About 5000
teachers were present from first to
last, and the net accretion to the
funds is SAID to exceed $4,000. No
complaints are heard of the manner
in which the vast throng were pro
yided for. Comfortable quarters,
abundant provision and hospitable
attention were seeared to all. Moth
ing in the history OF Madison is
more creditable to her and her PEG.
pie than the manner in which they
acquitted themselves on this trying
occasion
Special feature Of the week was
the reception given to the educators
on Thursday evening. It's estimat-
ed that fully $500 persons attended
the reception, and fully 5000 par
took of refreshments. 1t is pro-
nounced by the papers the biggest
thing in the way of q reception ever
known in the city.
On Saturday evening the demo-
Gratis held their ratification meeting,
and organized Cleveland II Hen
bricks club. BY having a band pa
rade the streets most of the after
noon, cannon firing, flaming posters,
the electric lights and part of the
people left over from the education
al convention, an audience sufficient
to I'LL the Assembly chamber was
secured. Bragg, Villas and Delaney
were the orators Of the occasion,
and of course they succeeded in sat
isfying . majority Of their hearers
. Cwho were democrats of the dyed
iu-the-wool order.) But not Il few
were disappointed, and it is gener-
ally admitted that the boom fell
short cf the hopes and expectations
Of its projectors. a feature gener-
ally noticed was the lack of the us
} ual representation of Irish-Ameri
: cans-who have heretofore consti
3 tuted n considerable part of demo
cratic gatherings in Madison auC
, who furnish the majority at the polls
Hon. John A. johnson publishes
a letter in the Democrat of Sunday
5 announcing his intention of votins
c for Cleveland. lie has been nomi
$ nally arepubHcan hitherto; but fol
several years has been cold towarC
the party, so his formal declaration
of abandonment creates but it'll
surprise Evidently Mr.. johnson
! has misinterpreted the democratic
platform on the tariff question, o
else the great majority of Wiscou
sin democrats miscOnstrue it. Nh
~ johnson is protectionist and say
-, the democratic platform suits hin
T. He admits that the democratic part
I has not heretofore been in aceor
It with him on this subject, but says
=. now "the democrats have surrende
II cd to the protective doctrine" I
II prove this he quotes from the den
e ocratic platform and says, "the mos
h ardent protectonist is satisfied
Ia herewith. Mr. johnson in his lie
+, ter makes i good argument for Il
S principle Of protection, and declare
il. that chad the democrats placed the
l. candidate on a free trade platform
a should have felt compelled to SUI
.o port Blaine, Notwithstanding ii
Of very serious objections | have
him.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24

Jacob kriteh, sixty years OF age, and
well known rs president OF the Cley,e-
land Axle Company, has married ms
adopted daughter, girl Of seventeen
who was taken into his family when an
infant, aad rs he was engaged - 2
spinstor aged forty there will probals4Iy
be a salt for breach Of promise ms
young wife remained with him toT =
few days, when he took her oack to inc
school where she had been educated.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24
Republican State Convention.
MmwArKEE, Wis, June a8th, l8sL

MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 18th, 1881.
The Republican electors Of the state Of Wis
sconsin arc requested 70 elect delegates TO a
State Convention to he held at Madison,
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 81, 1884.
nj T. O'Clock noon for 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. Theconvention viii con-
sist OF 200 delegates and the several counties
arc entitled 10 DELEGATES as follows:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24
Come and See Us.

HGAprr tRTERs REP. STATE CESrEAL CoN-,
MILWAUKEE. June ID. ISL
The Republican State Central Committee has
opened convenient and cOmmodiOus headquar-
tiers ON Wisconsin Sc Get. near the post Office ia
Milwaukee All Republicans. and especially
those OF our own State, are cordially Invited to
call when iu the city. All Republican papers
published I'm the state, and many OF the leading
journals a the country viii bee kept on file
Come aud see MS. H. A. TAYLOR. Chm,
II. G.. PAYNE, See.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24

Oconto Reporter; The Democra-
tic party, is party Of false pretense
and "a fraud, aad as destitute of hon
or as a frogs. ear is Of hair. For
years, through its press and the
voice of its, public speakers, it has
howled corruption and dishonesty
upon the part OF the party in power,
and IL its state and national plat
forms arraigped that part for all
manner of deviitry. For the past
two years the Democrats have had a
majority Of seventy or more in the
house of representatives and the
senate has bsen. ABOUT even. Had
there been any corruption, the Dem
ocrats have had it in their power to
have ferreaod out the yascaity and
punished the rasoalo The fact that
they have not done SO, shows that
they are either liars or have been
acknowledgement in the discharge
of their d2&ies.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24
Taken Up--Heifer.

BY the undersigned. on land owned by him,
the city of Mineral Point on the north
east one red hcifer about two years old. with q
White star in tile forehead and Il hole In right
ears The owner can recover said stray bg PROV
ing property and paying charges,
Ed. JEFFREY.
Dated July 18th, lsSi-3owi
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24
a HiggIed HaggIed T5fE1ggle.

The result of the Nationals Demo
cratic Convention is before The coun-
try. The Current can NOT believe
that the party has gained by its
work at Chicago. The nomination
Of Mr.. Cleveland apparently had no
stronger motive than the hope to
Lessen John Kelly's power. placing
MIR Hendricks upon the ticket will
be regarded by large numbers of
Democrats as reward to grave per
sonal disloyalty rather than Citing
tribute to party statesman and they
will resent IL. The platform, with
all due Difference to those who con-
struoted it,. Is a higgle-haggled wrig-
gle, d9stractigg and destructive to
its interpreters. Sometime during
the present century it would be a
GOOD idea for she Democratic party
to nominate men because they are
men and construct a platform that
contained at least one clearly Gsfn-
cd principle chicago Current.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24

"FoR revenue only" the great
mammal of Democracy has given
birth to a double headed, siX-legged,
straddling thing termed Exclusive
ly for Public Purposes" At last
accounts both mothcrand child were
enthusiastic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24
For sale 4 Bargain.

House and Tot No. 80 tn Twins addition 10
the city of Mideral Point, situated in the south
crn part of the city. The same Is Tor sale cheap
and on reasonable terms. Apply to
5tf WM. BROWN.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24

Detroit Post ant T5j,ue: Union
soldiers will not fail to notice the
peculiar pbraseology Of the Demo
cratic party concerning the internal
revenue and pensions. 1t proposes
to use internal revenue to "defray
the expenses Of the care aud com.
fort Of worthy soldiers disabled in
the wars Of Ike republic, and for the
payment Of such pensions as Con
gress may from time to time grant
TO such soldiers" This does not
say pensions for Inion soldiers only;
nor pensions for soldiers who fought
under the stars and stripes only; but
any or All soldiers disabled Sin the
wars of the republic" and asuch
pensions ms Congress may from time
10 time grant" This language clear
" includes Confederate soldiers
At least 1T does not exclude them
If the solid South wins on this plat
form, it authorizes such pension as a
solid South Congress may choose to
grant to rebels disabled in war d
the republic"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24
The LeprohOn.

n the history of Ireland the7e is
4 legend Of Barney Castle, and up
on'this, legend are based the follow
.ng- lines, not Inappropriate to- 1h'
lines, we live in:
Meath Sidewalks OF Blarney Castle,
Wherg the moudering ruins fail.
SITS the little fairy cobhler
In tbe0laideserted hail;
Witha measured constant cadence
ON his laps tone falls the blow.
While he sings Il know where gold is;
Where the gold Is hid know"
Tota tabc OF fairy story
Charts the irish leprohon.
Egut of treasures hid and buried
He for ages singeth on;
Mortal eye Aath never seen them,
Or for moment caught the glow
Iut he sings II know where gold is;
Where the gold lies hid know"
Not alone in grim old castles,
" the Leprohon's retreat
Sven on this side of ocean
Many leprohons do meet
Putting on their looks of wisdom
Whispering everywhere they go,
Ehat old song, Il know where gold IL;
Where the gold is hid l know"
Sour, suspicious politicians.
Always on the weakest side,
Lost in al3 but accusations,
Have on these for facts relied:
Preach corruption. theft and treason,
As they mutter quick and low,
'NeighbOHs all, we know where 9oiG.is;
With Jssabe you sure 10 GO"
10, on yolder barren hillock,
With 'douzing stick in hand,
Goes the Old deuded miner
Leprohon of mining land;
Though he talks of "Electromancy,
As he waRders to and fro,
Ne sings, ~ know where the load Isl
Where che gold is hid / know"
Out though fools may listen wildly,
To such sweet, seducing notes
And though Leprohons may ever
With ialse music crack their throdts-
Men of sober heads and senses
Smile go hear them wurDle so.
The new song, ~ know who'll be electcdi
When lected. were sure to know.
WRINKLE Wrinkle
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24

M0N0NA LAKE ASSEM- "a. The
fifth annual eucampment of this As
sembRy, will open on their beautiful
camp grounds at Lakeside, on the
shore. Of Lake Monona, w;thin one
mile of the State Capitol at Madi-
son, on Tuesday, the both INST, at >
o'clock p. m, and close on Friday,
August Sth, 1854. The programme
this year is unusually rich and at
traetive. There will be concerts I'M
der the direction of Prof. w. f.
Sherwin, and the WilbeFforce Con
cert Company will be N attendance
during the entire session and furn-
ish daily musical entertainments.
The lecturers embrace some Of the
ablest speakers in the land among
whom may be namea Miss Frances
T.. Willard, Hon. Geo. 81 Vending,
Robt. j. Burdette, Esq, Bishop G.
ID. Foss, Bishop Sam'l Fallows, DIR.
Washington GLADDEN., Rev. DR.. Il.
j. Leak, Prof n w. Wheeler
President John Bascom, IL. d.,
President p. Is Raymond, d. D.,
Sau Ahbrah, Row, Judson Ellsworth,
Prof. f. l.. Wilson, Rev. DIR. Z. 5,
Henson, Rev. Chas. Caverno, and
others. All the principal railroads
in the state viii carry passengers to
, the Assembly at excursion rates
Programmes, giving all needed in
! formation, can be had free, on ap
plication to SAMUEL j. HASTINGS
1 Madison, Wis.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24

H.C.PNNE, Secretary.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-04


The denial of the colored mem
bers Of the Virginia House of Dele
gates of the charge that they had
ever visited the kitchen, or even the
stable of the readjuster congressman,
Jno. S. Wise, seems to be full and
complete. His notifications of his
testimony, given under oath on that
subject, which appeared in our dis
patches yesterday, to the statement
that one colored member, whose
mother was in his employ. visited
the kitchen and talked politics with
him, is quite come down. It is
very much like the declaration of
the school-boy that he had just seen
a thousand squirrels up one tree,
and who finally reduced his estimate
to the point that he had only seen a
limb snake. Perhaps Mr.. Wise might
modify many other statements he
made while on the witness stand.
He was evidently mad and excited,
and was hardly responsible for what
he said. Mr.. Wise is far above the
average of the witnesses examined.
He has made quite an aspect of him
self before the country, and has GER
tainly lost the respect of both the
white and colored people of Virginia
What he needs now is vindication..
Let him resign and appeal to the
people of his district for a reelection.
There is no doubt, should he do so,
that they would give him all the
vindication he deserves.
There has been quite a cloud of
swift witnesses before the sub-com-
mittees, both at Washington and
NewOrleans. They have had pleasant
excursions and liberal compensation
at the public expense. They worked
for all they were worth. If they
will not follow the example of this
congressman, who has been success
fully contradicted by the negro
legislators, and reduce their state
ments somewhat, the country pos
sesses sufficient common senss and
Justice to do it for them Savannah
| News.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-04

The Cunard line of ocean steam
ships is to have an immediate adj
dition in two improved and spacious
vessels. Any enlargement Of this
admirable international service will
be hailed with satisfaction by thou
sands of people on both sides Of the
Atlantic who have had occasion to
test the safety, comfort and regu-
larity of its ships. The Cunard line
has been singularly exempt from the
disasters which beset ocean travel,
and it is a well-founded conviction
that this exemption is owing in 10
small degree to the care, foresight
and admirable dicipline of one of the
most admirably organized compan-
les in existence,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-04
THE PANAMA CANAL.

A correspondent of the London
Daily News, who has lately visited
the works, says that large villages
have sprung up along the line of the
Panama canal where before was only
a tangled wilderness. The machin-
cry and stones necessary have nearly
all been drawn from the United
States. The value of these now on
the Isthmus is estimated at fifteen
million dollars, and the entire cost
of cutting and completing the chan
mel at about one hundred millions.
The ship railway of Captain Eads,
the rival scheme, would cost about
the same as the channel of the canal
and could be completed in two years.
In our day the time and labor of ma
lions are spent on such works as
these instead of pyramids and stat
ues. Civil engineers and inventors
are the natural outgrowths of our
era, as other ages produced warriors,
poets, sculptors, architects and pain
tiers. We are not among those who
aesthetieally sigh for the "good old
+ivoas -
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-04
The Philadelphia Times.
J - - 4.
THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES, 1884.

THE TIMEs will enter upon the new year
stronger and more prosperous than ever be-
fore in its history-mOre widely read and
quoted, more heartily commended. and more
fiercely criticized. with more complete or
ganizatiOn, and an able ssOff of contributors
and with the same independence and fearless
ness that has made 1t successful and powerful
in the past.
THE TIMES has no party to follow, no candf-
dates to advance, but will meet every issue, as
it has ever done, with consistent devotion to
the right to honest government, and the pub
lie welfare. And while maintaining its posi-
ton as the leading journal of Philadelphia. it
will aim to be continually in the advance in all
that can add value to a newspaper.
The value of a newspaper is not in its size or
display, but in the intelligence and care, the
concIsenesS and freshness with which it is
edited. THE TINES spends lavishly for news
from all parts of the world, but all its dis
patches are carefully edited and condensed. in
order to give the complete news of the day in
the most concise and attractive shape. and with
II a large variety of entertaining and instruc-
tive reading. The best writers at home and
abroad are employed to enrich its columns,
and TO make it journal adapted both to the
busy man and TO the leisure of the home Cir
Gle, welcome visitor TO intelligent and honest
citizens of every political, religious and social
taste.
THE WEEKLY TINES is altogether different
from the weekly newspapers of twenty years
ago. The day OF those papers have gone by.
The telegraph and better local newspapers
everywhere, especially in the thriving centres
OF rural population, nave made the Old weekly
metropolitan newspaper unsatlsfyIng. Those
that cling to their ancient usages have lost
their hold on our fOrWaTd-nOyIng people; they
are but shadows of their former greatness and
they have but a shadow of their former power.
Those papers have had their usefulness, but it
is gone: and, with it, they are going, too. 1t
was not the fault of the papers; it was the i'm
proyement of the country that brought about
the change. Men and women. wherever they
live. now require fresber news; ana they re-
quire more than news.
THE WEEKLY TIMES gathers on the types or
every passing week whatever has lasting in
tereSU to the people at large, and sets II before
them in such generosity of paper and print as
would have ast0nished us all twenty yeors ago.
DAILY-Twelve cents week. fifty cents Q
month, Sc 4 year, two cents copy.
SUNDAY-FOIIr cents a copy, 81 year.
WFEKIY-One copy. s. a year: five copies,
IS a wear: ten copies. SIS a year; twenty cop
les SIS year, with one copy free to the getter-
up OF every club.
THE TINES,
pryTT 4pET.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-04

The death of Marshal I. Polk ex-
Treasurer of Tennessee, is announced.
He was a member of one of the
most distinguished families in the
Union, man of fine education,
polished manners and pleasing adj
dresses. He was a gallant soldier,
and lost a leg in the late war.
Elected to the high trust, as treas
urer of his State, an honorable career
was open to him. He became in
fected with a mania for speculation,
appropriated to his own use the
funds in his hands as treasurer, alb
seconded, was arrested and taken
back to Nashville, where he was
tried and convicted of embezzlement
and sentenced to long term of i'm,
prisonment in the penitentiary. His
appeal to the Supreme Court was tC
have been heard Tuesday, but was
postponed on account of his inability
to be present.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-04

There has been a most interesting
correspondence during the past month
in the London Times as to the adj
vantagcs of sighting with both eyes
instead of one in rifle shooting. The
use of both eyes in using such in
struments as the telescope and mi
croscope have long been recognized
by some of our most distinguished
workers. The Graphic thinks if the
difference in correct aim is so great
as the advocates of the twO-eYed
system maintain, there should be an
authoritative test trial at once, for
it is evident something is wanting to
perfect the shooting of the English
soldier. Probably our teaching
should be changed too. When it
requires so much marching and pow
der and lead to secure stray Indian
on the plains, one must take it for
granted, that there is room for i'm
provement in our soldiers also some
where. But the only practical bear
ing of the question, is who will make
a fortune by getting the first patent
on gun with sights for both eyes.
We are glad we only use army rifles
as presents to our pets of the plains,
and perhaps it is better for US that
they should not have the latest agony
in destructives. England can keep
her new gun, for if there had been
anything in the idea, the thing would
have struck Uncle Sam long before
John Bull.