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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17
CABLECRAMS.

THE Car has positively forbidden
Lieut-Gen Tehernaietf's proposed jour
new To England and America.
NUBAR PAsHA. President Of the Egyp-
tian Council Of Ministers, has resigned
ON account of differences with the En-
glish officials.
THE roads beyond Berber are occupied
bv the rebels. and the late dispatches
state that fears are entertained that that
place and Dong0la will be infested in a
short time.
IT is reported that an attempt was
made Wednesday night to destroy with
dynamite the magazine of Fort George,
few miles from Inverness. The
marauders escaped in boats, but not be-
fore q sentry had bayoneted one of
them.
THE CHILEAN minister TO France an
nouncrs that truce between Chm and
Bolivia has been proclaimed, the terms
of which provide that the Bolivian ter
ritorv occupied by the Chilians shall re-
main under CEilian law, and that trade
between Chill and Bolivia shall be free
4 POSITIVE proof of the connection eX-
isting between the anarchists of Europe
and their confRder9tes in the U. ., has
been obtained Nv the Swiss authorities.
The project Of BE ne recently opened a
letter VIII ch had been received at the
postotlice addressed to the expelled an
archst, Kennel. 1t proved TO be tiom
New York and was without signature,
except that Of the "Comite IL prom
Used 10 Kennel for the friends OF the
cause" official and genuine sets Of leglt-
innate papers and passports, adding the
instruction that it would only be neces-
sary to change the dates of documents
to make them ready for the use for
which they were intended, and which
was evidently perfectly understood be-
tween Kennel and the writer Inc
authorities are now awaiting the ARRIVAL
of the promised documents, and believe
that they will furnish important clews
to the identity of parties engaged IN the
anarchist conspiracy on both sides 81
the Atlantic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17
ACCIDENTS.

THE Daily Commercial Bulletin of
April gives the details of the fires IN
March, showing an aggregate of SS,250,-
OOG
THE whole east side Of the public
square at Huntsville Mass, was destroy
ed by fire Thursday morning. Loss, $685.
600, distributed among twenty persons;
little or no insurance.
A FIRE at Bear Lake, Manistee coun-
ty, Mich, on Saturday destroyed eight
buildings. Two children Of w. Il. Hop
kIns. aged and years, persisted in tie
flames The property loss is estimated
at $4,000
THE planning mill furniture factory
and saw-E4ill of S. B. Anderson at Ber-
lamont, a small station IN the Kalama-
zoo and South Haven Division of the
Michigan Central Railroad, We're totally
destroyed by fire Loss, 100000; insur-
ance, So 600
THE grain elevators of w. G. Reed
and the steam feed-mill, elevator and
grain house of S. NJ. Anderson & Co,
were totally destroyed 10y fire. w, q,
Reed loses on building and grain So. 500;
insurance, $1,000. S. NJ. Anderson &
Co.. on Guiding, machinery and grain
about $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
THE official investigation into the loss
of the steamer Daniel Steinmaun wds
begun Tuesday at Halifax. The three
passengers were examined, but their tes-
timony only showed that the weather
was intensely thick, and that there was
no drunkenness among the officers or
crew Ii added nothing to the know
ledge Of what precipitated the vessel
upon the rocks.
FIRE originated in store occupied
by G.. n Bridgman, at Hampton, Va.
The wind was blowing hard from the
northwest. and soon the building was
in flames and the town threatened with
destruction The fre-engines from the
Soldiers Home and old Point came over
and suppressed the flames, after five hours
Of hard work, butnot until thirty build
ings had been consumed. The loss is
estimated at 100000
Two cotton warehouses and seven
stores were destroyed by fire at West
Point, Ga. About 1900 bales Of cotton
were stored in the burned warehouses,
| Most of the cotton was owned by the
cotton factories on the ChattahOoche.
! The best estimate of the loss is between
100000 and $4,000, although insHr-
anco mcn place it as high as 100000
/ The losses are well covered by insur-
auce West Point is a flourishing town
of 5000 inhabitants ON the Georgia
bank OF the Chattahooche.
( THREE boys. while driving a spring
wagon across the Cincinnati Hamilton
aud Dayton railroad, at the Spring
/ Grove cemetery crossing, in Cincinnati,
on Saturday evening, We're struck by
/ the engine of a passenger tram and IN
stantly killed their bodies being horribly
mauglcd. An were the sons of we'll
known citizens The eldest, Il years
old, was a son of John O. Moore, COM
mission merchant in West Sixth street;
the second, l3 years, son OF G.
| Hopple, "a former partner of Moore, and
/ the third, IL years a son of c. w. Mac.
| kelfresh, tin and sheet iron dealer. The
engine which strlck them is the same
that killed SIX persons near the same
place last July.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17
Where Is the Federal Currency.

What has become Of all the frac-
tional currency2 In 1868 something
over 100000, 600 was issued, and
the amount outstanding was in
creased about $5,000,00 a year, until
IN 1874 the highest aggregate was
reached, and the books Of the Treas
ury showed nearly $40, COO 600 in cir
culation The redemption was then
begun, and has continued until the
present time; but since 1879 the
amount outstanding has remained al
most stationary, with a balance of
5000. 600 in favor Of the government
at the end of the fiscal year, June 30,
1883. During the nine months Of the
present fiscal year, only $4,000 has
been offered for redemption, leaving
outstanding $6,9S4000, the greater
quantity of which is either lost or de
stroyed or in the hands of curiosity
collectors. Some of it is hanging in
frames in the offices of bankers, and
coin and postage stamp dealers fur
nish it to customers at a premium Of
about 200 per cent. The government
will probably be the gamer by the
scheme of Secretary Chase to the
amount of Sc, 500, 600, as the Treasury
officials do not believe that much
more will be sent for redemption.
Clean are never received nowadays,
and that which comes i'm is so ragged
aud soiled as to be worthless as GU
FlOSlty
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17

is en- route to Washington to confer
with the government in regard to the
basis of definite treaty of COM
merce.
SEN BLAIR's education bill, as passed
by the senate. will give to Illinois
schools S11S5, 600 during the next sen
years: to Iowa, Kansas and Michigan,
$500, 600 each; and to Wisconsin, $780,
600.
Mr.. II. NJ. EWING and Miss Kate d.
Frye, Of the United States Treasurers
office, have gone to Helena, NJ. T., to
appear as witnesses in a suit concerning
the loss by theft. while in transit, OF
package containing $500 in National
bank notes forwarded by the Treasurer
to the First National bank at Fort Ben
ton, IA i.
THE senate in executive session Thurs
day passed resolution authorizing the
president to recognize the African In
ternational Association as the ruling
power in the Congo region; and the reso-
/ luton will be certified to the president.
/ The injunction of secrecy was not re-
moved.
/ A PETITION, signed by about $4,000 of
the Andersonville Survivors Associa-
ton, asking that the soldiers confined
in rebel prisons during the late war be
pensioned, was received by the house
| Wednesday The autographs We're
neatly bound in book form, and attrac-
ted a good deal of attention.
THE New York Times says that Emery
Storrs, who is now in Washington, will
be delegate at-large in the national con
vention, and will present the name OF
General Logan as candidate for presi-
dent.
AFTER an exciting and at times some
what acrimonious debate on Tuesday
the house refused to consider the bill of
Mr.. Conversv, Of Ohio, to restore the
duty on wool to the figure before the re-
ducton of 1888. by "A vote of 1876 to 1l9.
Thirty-five democrats voted to restore
the duty, while ten republicans voted
against restoration.
THE postmaster general received q
dispatch stating that from and after the
. 10Th inst the Central Pacific Railroad
company will run fast mail train from
Ogden west, covering the distance be
tweGn Ogden and San Francisco il
thirty-nine hours. This will complete
the fast mail system between New Gorl
and San Francisco, and save twenty
four hours between these points.
CONTRIBUTIONS by the senate during
the week are as follows: William j
. Anderson, receiver of public moneys
Grand Forks, Dakota; Chauncey I
Sabn, United States district judge 70
! the Eastern district of Texas; J. G. Bur
rows of Michigan, solicitor of the treas
ury; j. II A. Marsh, postmaster, Pres
7 colt, Ari.
+ THE body cf the late Minister Hun
r arrived in New York from st. Peters
2 burg on Saturday and was brought her
? Monday. The funeral will take plac
r Wednesday afternoon with militar
honors. The pallbearers will be Chic
Justice Wait, Adm raj Porter, Rear Aa
! mira Rodgers, ex-Secretary Blaine
Senator Gibson, Judge Bancroft Davis
Judge Peabody, of New York, and ex
\; Postmaster General James.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17
AM U, satisfaciory Interyiew.

A benevolent old lady met a scrubby
looking little colored girl on Sixth
avenue the other day, and stopped to
say a kind word to her.
whats your name, little glrl2'
asked the old lady.
!" Dat amt none o yo' bithness, "
replied the brunette.
"Oh, that isn't at all polite, said
the old lady, looking reprovlng y
over her Spectacles. Perhaps | viii
give YOU something if you tell me.
What is it nowl is it Jane or Marla''
NO, faint Its jeth plain Lille
Langtry Sniff. Whatever goin' ter
gimmesn
ION, | see, said the old lady evasive-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17

THE failure of the Calumet and
Hecla Copper Mining Company topay
its regular dividend is the most inter-
esting mining news of the day. Elk
cept the big bonanza this was
the most valuable mineral deposit
ever found in America. The com
pany which worked 1t has been in eN-
istence seventeen years, and never be
fore missed a dividend II has dis
bursed in all $4,000. 600 IN dividends
and has made scores of fortunes for
its stockholders. The shares are nom
inally S25, but never cost original
owners but SO. They have for many
years uetteG am income Of $50 each
per anuum, and were rated in the
market at from 1928 to $500. 1t is
given out that the cause of the turn
in the company affairs is the dcpres
sion in copper and the difficulty in
marketing the product, but it IS posi-.
bic that there is also a 'petering" Of
the mine. No mine can be worked
for years on the American plan with
out sooner or later exhausting ma.
tures deposit.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17

GRAINS Of the different kinds pro
duce alcohol in about the following
proportions; Corn affords 40 pounds
Of the specific gravity Of 0.9427, con
tanning 45 per cent Of absolute alec
hol foreach 100 pounds Of grain wheat
40 to As pounds of spirits; barley, 40;
oats, SO; rye, 36 to AZ buckwheat, 40.
Now, forty pounds Of such spirits
equal three and a half gallons of Gov
ernment proof spirits. Taking corn at
Sc pounds per bushel, rye at 56pounds
wheat at 60. barley at AS, oats at 81,
and buskwheat at -, these grains
should afford the following quantities
of proof spirits per bushel: Corn and
rye each, 1886 gallons, or almost two
gallons; wheat, 81 gallons; barley
les gallons; oats, 1.12 gallons; and
buckwheat. / 50
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17
Ont in Arlzona.

Hon. A. w. Sheldon, Associate
Justice, Supreme Bench Of Arizona
Territory, writes as follows. 1T at
fords me great pleasure to say, from
my personal observation, and you
know the scope Of such has been very
extended, that St Jacobs Oil is the
great and wonderful conqueror OF
pain, the sovereign cure for all bodily
aches and pains, and / cheerfully bear
this testimony
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17

A SUBMARINE boat which ought to
be able to destroy the navies of the
world has been made at Stockholm. 1t
was tried on the Malar lake, and will
shortly be brought over to France
The boat has the shape OF cigar, is
Ga feet long, 6 feet wide, and has an
engine of 30-horse power. 1t IS sad
that it can be navigated under water
goes at the speed of ten nautical miles
the hour, and that four persons can,
without any danger remain in it for
six hoursrunniug The funnershaped
cylinder is the only part OF the boat
which is visible. A winding stair
leads to the boat which is steered
from the top of the cylinder, where a
glass roof enables the man at the
wheel to see the surface of the water
and direct the course of his strange
submarine eupine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17

IL Austria, where capital offences
are punished by hanging, the eXecu-
toner is a government official with a
fixed salary and certain perqulsltes,
and a staff of helpers under him. lie
is attired in snowy uniform, with Il
cooked hat and jack boots, and rides
up to the scatrold on a prancrng steed
under military escort Conspicuous
are the new white gloves worn in per
forming his functions, and thrown,
oil afterward never to be used again.
This functionary is not chosen from
the scum Of the population, nor IS he
treated with contumacy As was the
case in France, the office is confined
very much to one family, descending
FROM father to son. A clumsy eXecu-
ton or an unseemmgly exhibition at
the gallows, such as we in this country
are too familiar with, is a thing i'm
possible in Austria The Henkcr, as
he is stiled in other parts Of Germany,
combines with his CHASTITY duties the
business Of capturing all stray dogs
found in the highway aud streets un.
muylled
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17

DURING the last ten years the United
States government has expended near
" so, 900, 600 IN caring for the In
dians. The total number of Indians
attached to agencies is only 10000
and Of these so, OOOin Indian Territory
7700 in Wisconsin, and 5000 in New
YORK.. are said to be at least partially
selfsupportng.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17

QUITE a scare was occasloned AT
Braidwood, H., ON Saturday by the
partial flooding of the Albright coal
shaft. A quantity Of surface water
broke through iato the mine, bat the
amount Of water was not sufficient to
do much damage. 1t accumulated
gradually at the bottom Of the shaft
while the men were at the higher
workings. On being alarmed the
miners quietly evacuated the mine, to
do which necessitated their wadlng
Trough water up to their waists. No
one vas drowned or injured.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17

1t is stated on the authority Of a
traveller that buzzards will not eat the
dead carcass of a Mexican on account
of the pungency of the flesh, when
is due to the large quantity Of req
pepper he eats on his corn cakes anu
baked beans
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17

Tue Gloucester fishing schooner
Melton Y. Mcfarland and It's crew OF
five men were lost in recent gale
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17

HEAVY rain and snow has fallen IN
Los Angeles, Cal, and trains are
bloc<aded by washouts.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17

Peach blossoms have made their ap-
pearance in Thompson, Ga, ana lue 5
FIRST plum blossoms of the season arc
to be seen at Franklin, Ga
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17

Mr. Childs of the Philadelphia Leg ga
Ger. saws he will teave his paper at ms
death to the son of A. J. DreX SS
when | was young, he SAYS, al ~
Drexel came forward and offered "
put money into my paper ana nol =
interfere in any way with 1t.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-17

President Arthur's friends are
alarmed because he viii 60 out alone ne
at night. Mrs. Chandler sha ,a ,'.s
him with two young naval oillcei'
when he leaves her evening parties
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-07-03
Good Advice TO tile Sick.

If the doctors sometimes make us
uncomfortable, they can also cheer us
up occasionally. If they frequently
sadden us by telling us that there is
death and disease in the pot, the tea
kettle. the beer-bottlc, and the cigar
case, and that most of the things that
we eat, drink, wear, or do are I'M
healthy, they console us by showing us
that the human organism is great
deal tougher than is often supposed.
Everyone will be gratified TO learn
from DIR. Mortimer Granville that there
is good medical authority for the popu-
lar belief that u man is rs well as he
believes himself to be. DIR. Granville's
advice to the sick man is, in brief, not
to believe the doctor or anybody else
who tells him that he is very i'll and
likely to die. Even the patient who
has an incurablc disease, says the
doctor rather paradoxically, may live
just as long rs anybody else. Only let
him hope. More things are done by
hope than this world wots of. Let q
sufferer only firmly make up his mind
that he is going TO get well, and in
many cases his confidence will be justi-
fed, and he may throw physic TO the
dogs. We do not quite grasp the sci
entiiic reasons for this; but it is ut any
rate consolatory to hear it. If the
medical men would always talk like
this how grateful we should be to them.
So. Janes's Gazette.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-07-03
A CONNECTION at Sea.

A passenger on the just arrived
steamer from Australia says that on
the second day out from Melbourne the
passengers were amazed TO behold o
little swarthy-faced, black-eyed man
emerge from his state-room in full
jockey costume-boots, whip, spurs,
silk jacket and all. In this attire he
solemnly paced up and down the deck
for an hour and then disappeared.
The next morning the same party
appeared attired in the half armor of o
knight of the middle ages, and the
same afternoon emerged in gorgeous
Cardinals dress and continued his dig
nified promenade without speaking a
word to any one.
The fact that all these costumes were
world too large for the wcarer made
this masquerading the more grotesquc,
and the passengers watched each trans
formation with increasing merriment
until it was suddenly whispered around
that the fellow was n mailman who i'm
agined himself going to perpetual SER
les of masked balls, and that any oppo-
sition to his delusion would provoke him
to fury.
The strange passenger ratified the
nerves of the company very much the
next morning by appearing as Bedouin
Arab, armed with a cruel-looking CHM
etar, but when shortly after dinner he
showed up as Pluto Indian, carrying
blood-curdling tomahawk and scalp
ing knife. the women and children
locked themselves in their state-rooms,
while committee of gentlemen hunted
up the captain and filed an indignant
protest against allowing the maniac to
remain at large.
maniac be blowed!" growled the
sailor. Don't you know that David
son, the actor, is on board?"
What of itp"
"Why, that's his body servant. He
is simply airing his masters wardrobe
to keep it from molding."
And the committee ''set 'em up. ~
San Francisco Post.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-07-03
plug Whisky"

A Pittsburg man has discovered n
way OF making solicited whisky, FORM
ing it into pocket plugs just like tobac-
co. Besides that, he says he can also
distil it in liquid form so that it will
be the exact equivalent of two and three
year-old whisky when it comes out of
the still.
Said the inventor to \ reporter: ITO
make my solidified whisky must have
the pure alcohol, and that's where the
difficulty comes in. | can do nothing
with the stuff that is in vogue. When
l laid my claims before the government
they sent inspectors from Pittsburg
out to my place with alcohol for me TO
demonstrate my ideas. They said the
alcohol was perfectly pure. 1 have
separator that have patented and
with it showed them what impurities
existed in the stuff they brought. Sub
sequently went to the city myself and
tried everywhere to get pure alcohol.
Finding at last reliable drug store
they sold me nine gallons of what
they guaranteed pure, unadulterated
alcohol. took it home, put it in
my separator, and what do you think
found it was made of? Well, in one
gallon of it found four ounces of vi
triol, two ounces of essence of cayenne
pepper, and God only knows what the
other fifth in it was, don't, and was
a distiller the most of my life. In all
Pittsburg can't get drop of pure al
cohol. / offered Westmoreland coun-
ty distillery $15 for gallon of the pure
stuff. but he refused TO make it for me.
So you see my solidiiied whisky will be
the pure article, and reform the ter
rible authorizations of the present day."
1t was further learned that a man
could carry plug of this whisky in
his pocket, and when thirsty can pull
it out, dissolve off chip of it in tum-
bier of water, or else take u "chaw" as
he would of tobacco. 1t would be es-
pecially valuable over the present Ii
quid. as it would save leakage. Dur
ing battles the whisky carried by the
armies for medicine or stimulants has
been lost ut the time when needed most
by the barrels or vessels being riddled
with bullets. The boxes about solid
whisky might be shattered, but during
or after the battle the cakes of alcohol
could easily be gathered up uninjured.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-07-03

lovely face. and Blanche stood by in
mute surprise.
'.Miss Merle" Allan went on abb
ruptly, ~ have known ever since you
promised to be my wife that l have no
hold whatever upon your heart. To-
day have heard what leads me to
suppose that you entered into your en-
gagement with me in q moment of
pique. Is it truep"
Blanche sank down into chair, and
covered her face with her hands.
At the same moment Charley Leon
ard confronted her with white and
desperate face.
TELL him the truth before it is too
late!' he said hoarsely. "You love me,
Blanche. You belong to mep'
"Yes!" she gasped, flinging herself
upon his breast, and bursting into
tears. "Oh. Charley, Charley! Why
did you take me Mt my word? Why
did you 60 awayP"
A look of unspeakable relief came
over Allan's face.
THANK God it is not too late!" he
said fervently. blanche, you are
free. Forgive me, but l have never
loved you. I-ah-Miss Lindsey, are
you ill?"
The slight graceful figure swayed
forward, and fell half-fainting into his
arms.
"Come awayr Charley whispered;
and Allan was left alone with that
lovely white face resting upon his
breast.
Her delicate eyelids Enclosed in a
moment, and she struggled to support
herself.
"Sit down." he said, drawing her
into chair, land tell me, once for all,
did you mean what you said in this
letter?h
Then he gave her the sheet to read.
"There was some mistake" she
faltered. II wrote to you and to
Blanche on the same afternoon; sent
you part of her letter, and her part of
yours; but indeed l did not say this
that-that- Oh, there was some
thing left out! am sure there was
something on the other sheet. for
got"
Allan caught her hand in his.
MORA" he said in deep thrilling
tones, 'the loss of you nearly killed
me, for l worship you with my whole
soul! There has been some mistake;
but ono thing you did say. You said
you would not marry man you did
not love. Darling, may dare hope
you will marry me?"
He gathered her into his arms rs he
spoke, and her lips were so close he
could easily hear the half-whispered
"Yesr"
(Which means?" he asked tenderly.
THAT love you very much"
The last ray of doubt was cleared
away when Blanche brought her letter
to patch out what she called the
"epistolary puzzle"
"You know me too well to think that
l am only flirting with Mr.. Westlock,"
ETC., was the way the letter read then,
and Allan was wholly satisfied.