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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-08
Beneficial Department


established for the accommodation of those
who are in want in any way. those who have
lost or found valuable property. and for those
who wish to sell or exchange Limit, twenty
five words. First insertion FREE, and for each
insertion thereafter twenty-five cents.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-08

WALL PAPER from IOc per roll up,
at Hanscom's.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-08
MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY MAY s. 1884

thereon some thirty to forty men on tribute or
who pay dues; that they believe some of the
lands can be sold at the schedule price by the
assignee, but that the greater portion will shrink
some In converting them iato cash.
That Mr.. Henry, in his life time, sold several
tracts OF mining land ara reserved the mining
rlghL but your committee has been unable 10
determine the value of such interest
That Mr.. Henry, In his life time, entered into
q contract with Moses Lyman, OF Warmly. n. Y
Dy which he bought in the territory OF Dakota
l9S0 acres of land, more or less, at SC 25 per
acre, and that Mr.. Lyman is TO have six per
cent interest for the use of his money principal
ana interest to be returned as the lands are sold
and Mr.. Henry is TO receive one.Sixth of the
prohts, but what II is or Will be worth We cannot
tell.
That, In the opinteu of your committee, the
assets described in said assignment viii shrink
from twenty-five 10 thirty thousand dollars in
converting them into cash to be used in paying
liabilities
The committee has opinions as to what Is the
best course 10 pursue as to an assignee, but deem
II best as committee at this time to rest their
report substantially on = bare statement of facts
ALEX. WILSON,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-08
NLkA. " iiNUN,
SAM. J. WRIGHT,
JoHN HADFIELD,
CYRUS LALYON,
III, ID. EVANS.

Mr. j. II. Gundry, the assignee of
the bank, through counsel, asked to
be allowed to resign and have a new
assignee appointed in his stead. On
motion the meeting voted to accept
his resignation and recommended
Philip Allen, Jr., to be assignee in
his place. On motion the meeting
adjourned, subject to the call of
the chairman should another meet
ing be necessary
Il. ID. PULFoRD, Chairman.
CALVERT SPENsLEY, Secretary.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-08

'OR SALE 49, Twenty-seven acres of land,
| with good dwelling and outbuildings. stu-
ated in eastern part of city. Enquire of DR..
j. II. Vivian, or of Mrs. VIM. COad, on the
premises. I1ml
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-08

II is claiu.ed that there Is a balance in the
New York Bank of s50.66 although they have re-
fused to pay several drafts.
That according to the report OF the \. w. Ma
tional Henry's BANK owes 1t 81, but on eI-
animation Of said account we find a credit Of
sl053 Is on April 18th the DAY after the assign
ment, which would make said indebtedness on
the 1lth the day OF the assignment s32s5,3J
That there are now notes and evidences OF
debt on hand in the hand Of the assignee un-
pledged 10 the amount Of 37l75.96.
That the annual income Of the mining land
At Linden Is from $500 to $500 One-hRlf Of
which to.wit $3.50 10 $1,000 belongs to Henry's es.
tate. That John j. Ross owns one-half Of said
land and that its value is somewhat speculative
depending on the amount Of ore remaining
There were upon the ground April nth about
two hundred tons OF ore, and that Henrys estate
Is entitled 70 one-half Of one-seyenth-the dues
ol the value Of said ore. There ate aOW mining
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-08

NITANTED--A boy or man to split five Cords Of
w ood in trade for photographs Inquire of j.
L Hosking, at gallery over Mohetts.
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The man who curses luck hasn't
the courage to kick himself for his own
bad management Troy Times.
"A popular poem in the West is en-
titled .sThe boy who kissed his mother"
Its great rarity is what makes it so
popular.-M z. Graphic.
81 caught acold somewhere yester-
day. she remarked. "Probably it was
in your head,n he said, and he woke
three times that night to laugh over it
and congratulate himself on his success
rs a punster.
"A Texas man has invented q ma
chine for washing dishes. If it doesn't
demand five nights week out, nor sur
reptitiously borrow its mistress best
bonnet for an afternoon promenade,
the probabilities are that it will be in
demand. ~ NorTistotC7s Herald.
"A little girl sat on the floor crying.
After awhile she stopped and seemed
buried in thought. Looking up sud
denly she said: Mamma, what was j
crying about ?'' because | wouldn't
let YOU go down town. I" 30, yes"
and she set up another howl.
"A pretty girl dropped to the floor
in faint the other day while she was
playing the piano in the parlor Her
life might have been saved if q ply
sician had been called in time, but her
mother was washing dishes IN the
kitchen at the time, and did not hear
her fall. Philadelphia Call. 4
-"Is it possible!'' exclaimed the new
chaplain to the worst thief in the peni-
tentiary. "Are you fifty-two years old2
NV unfortunate friend, you don't look
| thfrty!n - No." replied tho thief,
humbly, /" I don't show my age, but
| that is because take things SO easy. =
And the good chaplain told him that
was right; that care and worry made
men old faster than hard work San
Francisco Exchange.
"A good story is told Of the Roman
Catholic Bishop of Atlanta, Ga. he
recently addressed large assembly oi
$ 1nday School children, and wound up
by asking in a very paternal and con.
descending way, ''And now, is there
a-a-n-y little boy or a-a-n-y little gir
who would like to ask me question:
After a pause he repeated the question
4sIs there a-a-n-y little boy or a-a-n-y lit
I lie girl who would like to ask me ques
| sionP'' A little shrill voice called out
'sPlease, sir, why did the angels wall
up and down Jacobs ladder when they
had wings?" 20, ali, yes-I see" sale
The Bishop; ''and now, Is there a-a-n-,
little boy or a-a-nSy little girl who wonll
Ike to answer little Mary's question:
-QhicaTo artbstas.
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03

grown to gigantic orb of fire, so close
as almost to touch it. Long before he
approached so near the comets rider
beheld astonishing appendages about
the sun. Instead of q smooth, dazzling
white globe, he saw the sun ringed with
scarlet flames, while shooting out on
every side, hundreds of thousands, and
in some cases, perhaps, even millions
of miles, were huge fans and shafts of
wonderful light, like fiery spokes
radiating from the glowing hub of the
solar system.
And now, as the comet darts closer
in, he sees the whole surface of the
melting pot of the elements surging
and swirling in the mighty rush of con-
tending solar forces. People have lost
their heads by gazing too long at the
Niagara Whirlpool. That would tear
ship to pieces. But there are mael-
stroms here in the sun that would
shatter and swallow world. Iron and
copper and zinc are here reduced to
vapor and spouted heavenward thou
sands and even hundreds of thousands
of miles, and down they come again,
ceaseless and awful rain of molten
metal. Aye, masses of sun substance
are hurled from beneath the glowing
surface and go hurtling out into space,
scattering white-hot showers of frag-
ments, and cooling and condensing as
they go, never to come back again,
flung forth by the tormented sun ts
wander until they fall perchance upon
the earth or upon some other planet, OF
join the system revolving around dis
tant star. What a gigantic Calling
gun of the universe, belching fire and
smoke and fearful missiles, must the
comet face now!
At the perihelion swing the tremend.
Gus globe of the sun seems to fill the
whole expanse of the sky, a boundless,
raging, tossing and spouting sea of un-
quenchable fire, universal conhagra-
ton wherein iron and all the metals
calcium and all the elements of the
solid rocks, flaming, lick the heavens
There are no words invented that car
describe the heat, the glare, and the
roar of it.
This terrific passage around the SUI
is the elimination of the comets career
the fiery Cape Horn of its voyage
Flung OFF by the storm giant, it speed
away again, back through the realm 0
the planets, and out into the blacl
depths from which it emerged.
Even though furnished with the wing
of Imagination, the rider must lool
alive and leap quickly as his race
passes the earth, unless he would b
carried back again into the outer dark
ness Garrett P. SerUiss, IN N. 7. Sun
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

A Leavenworth (Kan.) colored
preacher recently baptized thirty people
in fifteen minutes.
English inspectors have reported
the most practicable way of teaching
history is to begin with the present
time and go backward. Century.
Since 1868, London, which was
formerly considered u gravefor Method
ism, and at that date had only sixteen
chapels, has increased to sixty-four
sanctuaries and ninety-seven smaller
places of worship.
The largest Protestant cathedral in
the world is that at Ulm, Germany.
When completed it win be surmounted
by the highest spire in existence. The
building is the finest piece of Gothic
architecture in Germany.
The collections for the ''Luther
fund.- of the Lutheran Church in Russia
amount to $130,000, the interest of
which is to be used for the education of
ministers and parochial teachers and
the establishment of new pastorates.
The Benevolent Fraternity of (Bos-
ton Unitarian) churches has voted to
accept the chapel and other property
bequeathed to it by the late Rev.
Henry Morgan. One of the stipulations
of the will is that the chapel pulpit
shall be filed by Methodist preacher.
Boston Transcript.
The New York Mission and Tract
Society has compiled statistics showing
that lower New York is very poorly
supplied with Protestant churches.
The Catholic churches are plentiful
enough, but there is only one Protestant
church to 5000 inhabitants. The State
of New Hampshire has one church to
every 500 inhabitants.-N. 4. Tribune.
Therein is one of the faults of the
| public sehools-a lack of education of
| the heart. Steering clear of the Scylla
| of sectarianism, they have not found a
middle course, but become wrecked on
| the Charybdis of heart ignorance. Chill!
dren are not sufficiently trained to
know the utility of the hearts noblest
sentiments. Respect for authority, for
parents, for elders may be quoted.
/ Veneration also suffers. Rabbi MeRdes,
| of NeW York.
--In the English Contemporary Re-
View, DIR. Plumptre, dean of the Es-
tablished Church, advocates the recog-
nition of encouragement of women as
preachers. Curiously enough, the
weekly organ Of English Methodists
does not back up the dean, but con-
cludes: There is ample room for the
ministry of women even in these days
of extended feminine rights and de-
veloped feminine powers, without their
| mOuntino the nulnit -
The frst-elected professor in the
Chicago Theological Seminary was
Rev. Franklin w. Fisk. He alone OF
the original faculty remains. An ex.
tremely pleasant throng of friends
filed his home on a recent Tuesday
evening, to celebrate the twenty-ffth
anniversary of his connection with the
Seminary. An incident of the evening
was the presentation of valuable
watch, gift from the alumni, by the
hand of Rev. w. L. Bray.-JowrpoI OF
d. E1Lt1kcutSon
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03
Living Poinpeii.

Our Naples correspondent writes.
ga project is on foot for three days
artistic festival at Pompeii, under the
direction of Professor Petra, director of
the museum, some other distinguished
arch8ologists, and some of the first
artists of Naples. The proceedings will
day Circensian games will be executed
in circus erected on the outskirts of
Pompeii, on ground not yet excavated,
with two-wheeled chariots and all the
ancient customs. Before the games
there will be procession, and mock
Emperor will proceed to his seat in the
Imperial stand. Various factions, with
their respective colors, will take part
in the races. Afterward the city will
be visited, where several shops will be
restored to their ancient semblance, in
which victuals and wine will be sold in
antique vessels. On the second day
there will be a mock wedding procession
from the house of Cornelius Rufo to the
street of Mercury, and funeral pro-
cession will proceed from the house Of
the Faun to the Herculaneum gate,
where the mourners viii perform funer-
al rites. During the intermediate time
between these professions extravations
will take place at various points of Pom
peii; and on the third day gladiatorial
games will be executed in the ampi-
theater in presence of the mock En-
peror. The departure of the Emperor
by toreh-light will conclude the festiv-
tiles, the different scenes of which will
be careful copies of antique customs.
Pieces of music will be specially COM
posed for the occasion, and performed
on instruments of antique devices. The
period at which this festival will take
place is not yet decisively fixed, as the
preparations will of course take some
time. London Daily Ne1os.
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03
Wouldn't Give Him a Chance.

Old Simeon had been employed 70
work in Colonel Hatcher's garden. The
Colonel noticed that the old man spent
the most of his time at the kitchen
window, talking TO the colored lady
who condescends to the menial Office of
cook While the Colonel was standing
at the front gate, Simeon came around
and was in the act of passing out, when
the Colonel observed the gentleman's
coat bulging and his arm raised in a
rather suspicious manner.
''Simeon, what's that you've got
under your arm?'
''Dis heah arm, sah?"
eyes, that there arm.
''Dis 'un?" placing his right hand on
his left breast.
''Yes, YOU know which one mean"
''Yas, sab, yas. Use got a powerful
swellin' un er my arm, sab. ="
There was nothing the matter when
you came this morning"
''Nor, sab, dat's fack, but de
swellin' wuz mighty suddent. l don't
think dat my bloods right, sah.'
''No, and | don't think that your flesh
is altogether above suspicion -
"Doan think it is, sab. Use had dis
swellin' seberal times, sab, in de last
week ur two
81 don't doubt it in the least"
"Nor, sab, nor. Wuz er workin'
'roun' dar jes' now an de fust thing l
knowed, dis arm gunter go up, an
pains gunter shoot down dis laig. 1t
wuz de fust time dat sich thing hab
eber happened an it skeered me-"
Thought you had been affected that
way several times in the last week or
twop"
80, vas, but it wuz un'er de udder
arm befo'. Kep on er swellin ies like
/ tells yer, till | got skeered. so Use
now goin' ter see doctor, fur 1 doan
wanter let it run on.'
Il am physician. Let me examine
you.''
''Hole on, boss" stepping back.
"Yerse'f doan un' 'erstan' dis case. Yer
mout be good doctor wild de chills,
but Use erfeerd ter trus' yer wild case
like dis. My regular family 'zishun is
de only man what un' erstan' dis case. y
''Who is your physician?"
doctor Pillings."
'sHe's out of town. You'd better let
me make an examination"
''Huh?" shifting uneasily.
s'Let me see what's the matter"
''Boss, my doctor tole me dat ]
mustn't let no udder man tech me,
case if l did, de swellin' is APP ter
| strike in an kill me. 'Twan't fur dat,
I'd put myself un'er yer charge in el
mint. Use heerd dat yer's mighty
fine 'zishun, an eff yer had tuck dis
case at fust, WY yer mout er been q
good ham at it by dis time"
II have treated many case like
this,n said the Colonel, ''and l dom
think that l would be discharging my
sworn duty as q physician If were tC
allow you to leave my premises withou
having first attempted to relieve you.
''Boss, heah is de fack in de case
hab promised ter take it out il
doctorin' Now, eff he finds out da
Use 'ployed some udder man, he'll ge
mad, sides dat, I ain got de money
ter pay yer wid.''
81 won't charge you anything"
"Yer's a powerful 'bligin' genner
man, but doan' wanter take de want
age o yer. Use allus made it er rul'
not ter pose on kind man"
81 cannot allow you to go withou
exerting my Skill" taking hold of oil
Simeon.
"Heah.. take de pieer meatp' lifting
his coat and exhibiting ham. EYER
de wust pusson eber seed. Won't gil
er man chance nohow. .n-ArkG9SGt
ITGUeteT.
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03
MEYER TALK BACK.

...,.ov salk backl such things is reprehensible;
fess sSaiIer only corks hisse'f that jaws man
Quarrel mar eff you'll only keep your mouth
y shet and be sensible,
rhe man that does the talkin' II git worsted
every shot!
xsver talk back to feller that's abusin'
last lot him carry on, and rip and cuss and
4,s when he finds his lyln' and his cussin's
~ lest amusin' you,
Won We got him clean kafiummixed, and you
want to hold him there!
never talk back, and wake up the whole com
and cali a man liar howsomever that's
his hx;-
Van can lift and land him turder and with
lracefuller impunity.
with one good Jolt of silence than half q
dozen kicks!
u. W. Riley, in Indianapolis Journal.
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03
He Got an Opinion.

While Officer Pierce, of the City Hall,
was rubbing his back against the wall
in the lower corridor yesterday,
strange young man kept moving
around and watching him so attentive
ly that the officer finally asked if he
wanted anything.
"Yes; I'd like to talk to you" was
the reply.
"All right-what is itp''
"WiIl you give me square up and
down honest answer to question:"
why, of course | will"
The young man shifted about un-
easily, turned shade and half paler,
and hesitated a full minute before he
said:
'.If you were walking along the street
and boy called out for you to get of
that tunnel, what would say he meant
to insinuate?"
"Why, he meant to insinuate that
you were bow-legged.
"And am I? Look me over and give
me an honest opinion"
STRANGER said the officer as he
stood off and squinted at him, ''you are
bow-legged man, and don't you for
get it!''
''In both legs?''
Eyes, and you've got it bad! l think
| it's the worse case l ever saw" :"
''Now, as face away from you and
| step off, do look as if was riding on
a tunnel?"
"Exactlyi If you had seat on top of
big boiler the crook in your legs
would hardly be worse
''How is my gait as approach you?"
''Well, l should think you were
walking on each side of sawlog / am
sorry to tell you these things, but you
asked me for an honest opinion. :"
Certainly | did, and am glad you
have given it. / am twenty-four years
old. For the last fourteen years have
had suspicion that was bow-legged,
| but never had manhood enough to
settle the question. Every time I've
been in the city for year past the
boys yelled at me to get off that tunnel,
and finally decided to settle the mat.
ter. I'm much obleeged.'
80, no thanks. Hope you don't feel
bad over it. y
Feel bad! Why, sir, it's great
burden off my mindi For dozen years
I've been walking sideways and corner
ways to make myself believe that my
legs were as straight as bean poles. I've
wondered why | had to cover so much
land to Jump six feet. I've seen the
gals winking at each other and didn't
know what was up. I've seen strangers
halt when was working alongside the
road and gaze at me till clubbed EN-
off, I've wondered why always landed
sideways in a puddle when l tried to
jump over it.
''And now?n
.'And now I'm perfectly satisfied.
I'm young man on tunnel, and peo-
pie can like it or lump it! The tunnels
going home goodbye" Detroit Free
Prsss.
IA grateful friend sent the Boston
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03
A Reasonable Excuse.

A gentleman in Richmond. Va, had
a servant named Joe. One morning he
lay in bed till nine o'clock, but no Joe
and no fire. The inpossibility of shay
ing with water thirty degrees below
freezing point brought imprecations on
the tardy domestic's head, when the
door opened and Aunt Polly leisurely
began to light the fire.
"Where in thunder (the historian is
nothing ifhe is not accurately sis that
son OF yours? I've been waiting for
him two blessed hours"
"Now, Marse Tray, you must 'cuse
Joe,'' said his mother in her most con-
oiliating tones-'you really must 'cuse
Joe dis mornin'--Joe dead. ~ Tor-
per's Magazine.
"A negro soldier had his nose COM
pletely taken off by bullet at Fort
Stockton, Tex. and the Same ball
striking a German rendered amputation
u big limb pacessary,
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03

The man in Macon, Ca, who
bought of a confectioner for twelve
dollars the right to eat all the candy he
wanted for month, has reluctantly
seen the close of the thirtieth day, Not
30 the confectioner, for the eater con.
sumed s2l,76 WORTH Of his goods,
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03

"a grateful friend sent the Boston
Herald five dollars lin recognition of
what that paper has done for him. "
The publishers sent the money to a
charitable institution.
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03

The Japeness live almost wholly
on fish,
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-11
AN INDIGNANT FAruEH.-Gco.

AN INDIGNANT FAruEH.-GcO.
League, a white man Of 10 or 90
years Of age, has for some time
past been paying very marked at
.tentions to 4 daughter Of Berry
Pool, at Piedmont. The father
did not favor the arrangement and
gave Mr.. League very emphatic
orders to dcsist from his matrimo-
rial manifestations. The culmi-
nation Of the affair was reached
Sunday, when young League had
made arrangements to take to him
self the daughter without the con
sent Of the father. He met his ur-
tianccd ut Sunday School and was
consummating the final plans ut
his leisure when the father. who
had received intimntions Of the
proposed clolcmcnt. came on the
scene. lie started to take his
daughter out OF the church and
away from her bctrothrd. but was
met at the door by the aforesaid
frustrated League, who at once
proceeded TO Ncmoiish his Icsircd
fathcr-in-]aW. A short sculiir en-
sued, which was ended IVY the by
ISLANDERS separating the combat
ants. Young League left town
yesterday afternoon. The dau4ht-
or is safe at home. and her father
has sued out Il warrant AGAINST
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-11
For Clerk,

Ne5Ap The many friends Of !. !.
LEWIS respectfully announce him rs
4 candidate for rc-clcction to the office
Of Clerk Of Court for Pickrns county,
at the next election, subject to u nom
ination by the Democratic party.
apr 1 tdt
Ns1S. ,Ihc many friends Of Maj. T. NJ.
STEW ART, feeling that he will be the
right man in t he right place, respect
illlN present his name to the voters OF
flcN"nS county as candidate for the
Office OF Clerk Of Court. subject TO the
action OF the Democratic primary r}cc-
tinn. mar 2S-tdt
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-11

MI~The many friends Of j.
MONROE KING respectfully an
nounce his name rs a candidate for the
office Of County Commissioner for
Pickcns County, subject to the action
OF the democratic primary election.
DACUSVIIL.E.
Jun - tu.*
MG The friends of JAMES f..
BORDUGlIS respectfully announce
him as u candidate for County Com-
missioner Of Pickcns County, at the
ucNt ensuing election, subject to Il
nomination by the Democratic party
at the approaching PRIMARY election.
jun 2Otd
neAa- The many friends Of John VI
Barr respectfully announce his ramc
as candidate for County Commissions
en- for 'ickenS County. subject to the
action OF the democratic: primary clcc-
ll0n. -maN . tu EASLEH.
Ri~s5'" The many friends Of Elias Day
respectfully announce his name as Il
candidate for County Commissioner
for Iirli"nS County, subject to the nc-
tion OF the next democratic primary
election. may 9 lN*
NfsEF" The many friends OF 4. Il.
Tallry respectfully announce him AZ Il
candidate for the office of County COM
missioner for pickrnS county. Subjrr,
t" tn" action OF the next primary rlcc-
ton. aDr Il tI*