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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14
yhe Door Shut on a Senator.
Baltimore sun.

4 few nights since an amusing in
cident occurred in which an eminent
senator was the sufferer. In response
to an invitation to an entertainment,
which included only the most distin.
guished, he appeared at the door of
the mansion of the host and pulled
the bell. The door was promptly
opened by the sable attendant, who
was radiant ia full evening dress and
immaculate shirt front. The senator
although 2 brilliant wit and converse
tionalist, therefore a great favonte in
society, is one of these eccentric public
men who make a point of going out
in the evenings attired in their every
day clothes, and with him the attire
is quite ordinary at that He was
about to enter. when the warder Of
the fortress, who had taken him IN
from head to foot with one quick
glance, barred his way, and in a very
c9ntemptuous tone, said: Mr.. ---
is engaged dis ebening, and can't see
nobody, San" Anxious to join the
revelry, the sounds Of which came
from within, the senator undertook to
explain, but the waiter declined to
listen. and repeating that AR was
not at home to miscuous callers,
closed tho door with a vigorous push.
The waiter deemed the incident of SO
little consequence that he said nothing
about it, and the story only came out
by the host meeting the senator day
or two afterward and taking him te
task for his discourtesy in not coming
after accepting the invitation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14
Sucking Colts.

There IS just as much profit in hay,
ing the colt under subjeetion while the
dam is IN use upon the farm, as when
driven upon tie road. The same
trouble, aud perhaps more frequently,
may arise from heated milk while per
forming heavy work; and, too, there
are maay chances for tho animal to
injure itself, if at liberty, by attempt
ing to jump over harrows or moving
machines while they are IN motion.
Crops are often injured by colts I'm
haltered when the mother in drawing
the cultivstor in the corn field.
Even if the colt is usually to be
kept in the barn while the dam is in
the harness, it is better to have him
subjected to the use OF the halter, for
then he may be taken, when the case
requires it, 10 tho village, and kept
where he belongs, or tied tothe fence
while the dam is in the field at work.
If colt is to be left Ina tho stable dur.
ing the day, while the mare is put to
hard work, or driven a long dist9nce,
let him fill himself before the mother
is harnessed, and on her return, kept
away, if the mares blood is heated,
until it has cooled off. The milk OF
the dam shoRld be drawn with the
fingers, once or twice during the day,
ia absence of the colt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14

CAUSE OBJ THE PLYMOUTH EPIDEMIC.
PLYMOUTH, Pa, May s. The com
mittee OF physicians reported Lass
evening that they have discovered
satisfactory explanation Of the epide-
mic. AT the headwaters Of the mount.
ain stream supplying Plymouth with
water, is q house IN which typhoid
fever has prevailed for the last three
months. The cxcreta OF the sick were
thrown into privy forty feet FROM
the stream, end were washed into the
stream by the March rains Thefsver
broke out at Plymouth about two
weeks after the stream was polluted.
BY this polluted of the water supply
1000 persons were poisoned, and
about eiRhly-hve have died with the
fever, while other deaths are likely TO
occur.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14
The Fnrmors' Prudenee.

The domestic man, who loves no
music so we'll as his kitchen clock,
and the airs which the logs sing to
HIM as they burn on the hearth, has
solaces which others never dream of
The application OF means TO ends in
sures victory and the songs of vic
tory, not less in farm or shop than
in the tactics OF party or Of war. The
good husband finds method as eff
Gent in the packing of flrewood in a
shed, or in the harvesting Of fruits in
the cellar, rs in Peninsular campaigns
or in the files of the Department OF
State. In the rainy day he builds a
work bench, or gets his tool box set
in the corner of the barn chamber,
and stored with nails, gimlet, pincers,
screw driver and chisel. Herein he
tastes an old JOY of youth and child>
hood, the cat like love Of garrets,
presses and corn chambers, and the
long house keeping. His garden or
his poultry yard tells HIM many pleas
ant anecdotes There is more differ
ence in the quality OF our pleasures
than the amount. Ralph Waldo En-.
erson.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14
Flax Not Exhaustive to the Soil.

Mary Maxwell Cole, Of Fulda, Muir.
ray county, MINI, writes to the Tri~
bune on this subject as follows;
From a copy Of the Tribune which
CHANGED to fall into my hands lately,
rea0 in two separate items that flax
raising was very exhaustive to the
soil. Now, / beg leave To differ, for
the facts prove the reverse TO be true
in our locality. Many farmers tried
wheat raising here, and as result
ter farms and stock were soon mort
gagged to pay for expensive machinery
and to buy -four for their families.
Yes, to buy flour, for what wheat was
obtained was so foul as to be unmar-
ketahle, and wholly unfit for flour.
As soon as flax began to be grown ex-
tenslvely affairs changed as if by
magic. farms improved, mortgages
were paid off, old land that had been
foul for years was again plowed, and
the result was q bountiful crop of fax
To rejoice the heart Of the farmer, the
merchant, and even the poor railway
officials, although not SO heavy crop
as wheat. / have grown fax three
years IN succession on one plat OF
ground, the last proving by far the
best crop. BY using great care in the
selection of seed; by having 1T per-
fectly clear, and putting it in the
ground properly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14

The announcement that Mrs. Nor
gan, Of Kentucky, mother Of the late
Confederate cavalry General, has
been left property worth 1000 600 by
q deceased relative in Paris was true
Ex-Congressman Thompson arranged
all the papers in the case for II. T.
Halgey, Of Louisville, who has gone to
Europe TO settle up the estate The
late Baroness who bequeathe6 the
property to Mrs. Morgan was a aiece
OF the latter without direct descend
ants.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14
NINETY NEW Use.

The sudden rise ia the temperature
yesterday had a bad effect ON people
residing in the fever stricken town OF
Plymouth. Ninety new cases are re-
ported this morning. a raid was
made upon the physicians again.
Last night they retired early to get
little needed rest, but towards mid
night they were routed out again by
fresh cases that have just broken out.
DR.. Mckee, who has attended up
wards Of 2. 200 cases in the last four
weeks had iogive up, as ne is com
pletely worn OUT. Several other ply
eiciaus are IN the same state. -Four
wagons loaded with provisions, start
cd out in charge Of the relief commit
tee, this morning, TO supply those
who are IN destitute circumstances.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14

Mrs. Barrios has the same spirit.
When asked about monument to the
memory Of her husband, she replied
that the best monument the govern
ment could raise would be q man who
could carry out the plans Of Barrios.
But the nineteenth century does not
grow that kind OF men, to be sure.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14
A POLITICAL REMINIsCENcE.
The TumuItuous Democratic state
Convention Four Years Before the
War
Rochester Democrat.

Tie death Of Tie Hon. John Stry,
ker, Of Rome, removes one VINO has
long been prominent as lawyer and
business man in central New York,
as well as one who was for many
years very influential IN the councils
OF the democratic party. Mr.. Stry-
ker was a years old at the time of
his death, aud had filled the office OF
surrogate and member of assembly.
and also was member for several
years of the democratic state com
mittee. In political annals his name,
however, is most keenly remembered
10 connection with the notorious deme-
cratic state convention of 1857. The
writer OF this article was then boy,
residing in Syracuse, and IN that city
OF conventions was a frequent atten-
dant upon political gatherings of both
parties. Most wildly do scenes of the
convention TO which reference has
been made recur TO him. The convep-
ton was held in the old Weiting hall.
since burned The hall was crowded
upon the floor and in the galleries
There was war TO the knife between
the "hardshelis' and 'softshells.
the first faction being led in the ora
torical arena by Fernando Wood and
the second by Daniel h. SjckleS. 1t
was impossible to organize the con-
tending factions as one convention.
and so two we're set agoing at the
same time, Hon. John Stryker presid.
ed over the soft convention. and
| Hon. Thomas G. Alvord, since repub.
lican, over the hard. The war of
words went on furiously, and soon
| developed into a regular row. Both
| factions had body OF roughs Ia
the hall, aud at last pistols were
drawn, none, however, being fred.
Jimmy" Kerrigan rushed over from
the soft side and deliberately drew
pistol upon Fernando Wood, who,
however, kept his post unhiuchingly.
/ At the time %ben the turmoil was AT
its highest, one Of Mayor Woods
short boys, Nicely Woods by name.
crept quietly up the platform steps,
walked across with stealthy tread,
and putting his hands under Mr..
Stryker's shoulders hurled him from
the platform 10 The floor below, a dis
lance OF about Eve feet, Mr.. STRIKERS
onkle was badly sprained by the fall
But the lizards" were finally driven
from the hall and met at the Empire
house and nominated a state ticket
! The soft convention adjourned
until evening, and when it met Mr..
/ Stryker hobbled in on crutchcs and
took his place as presiding officer. IL
was then that Gen John Coehrane,
dramatic as ever, rose from the front
seat, and began speech, with much
pomposity oil manner, with the quota
ton.
out Of the nettle danger,
We have plucked the flower, safely"
Thenceforth the Softs had it all
their own way, nominated their ticket,
and. owing to the division between
the two wings Of the democracy, the
republicans carried tho state. The
death of Mr. Sryker revived the in
cidents of that earnest factional fight.
IL was a tumulluous occasion, and the
: r Il
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14

Thirty residents of Rock county,
Wis, are said to dodge the prohibis
ton drought by getting aboard the
dining cars Of railroad at a station,
and leaving after they have absorbed
a satisfactory quantity Of forbidden
liduids.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14

Jay Gould has appointed woman
as freight agent at Castleton, Ind, on
the Detroit and indianapolis division
Of the Wabash Railroad.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14

Oregon has a female dentist who
lately gave a handsome malepatient
an overdose Of ether, and married
him before he had fully recovered his
senses.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14

Great Britain importe d more leather
FROM France during Februsry than
eyer before in the same length OF
time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14

Mr.. SETH GREEN says that an eel
can 20 up any dana or fall when they
are young. They crawl up the dams
and fall, clinging to the rocks under
the sheet Of water the same as an
angle worm would. They would 90
up any fall, no matter how high, If
they get there before they were five
ncbes long. There are plenty of cells
in Lake Ontario, but none above, ex-
cept they have been transported or
got up through the canal. They are
SO large when they get to Niagara
Falls that they cannot get over; they
are so heavy they fall before they get
to the top.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14

Idaho will build Capitol at cost
Of $4,000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-14

Thenceforth the Soits had it all
their own way, nominated their ticket
and, owing to the division between
the two wings Of the democracy, the
republicans carried tho state. The
death of Mr. Stryker revived the in
cidents of that earnest factional fight.
II was a tumulluous occasion, and the
spectators in the gallery even felt
something Of trepidation as they look
ed upon the combatants below, with
anger in their faces and revolvers in
their hands.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-13
Table Tastes of the Great

r2GCA.CO
Gen Sherman likes rel-heal ducks and
rock-fsh- Samuel J. Rsnisl! Is dails
eater Of game. and his table l. well supplied
with pheasants and quail Ex-Secretary
Lincoln is a rather dainty eater, anI humos,
his palate with quail, terrarin. anil rocS.
fish Gen. Sheridan l. particularly foni o!
canvas-back ducks and diamoni- back term
pin. and thess mus; b very choice. Justice
Harlan. Of the supreme court, buys generally
canvas back ducks and rocx-fsh. Judge
Macarthur likes cauvas-back ducks AMI shaL
Wade Hampton likes blu. wing teal and
black bass He often goes hunting and fish
ing for thesA He /. one II the creates:
fishermen in WsshinS:on Mr.. Arthur.
when In the White House. bought large
amounts OF gams-diamond-bae ;errspEn.
woodcock. and eanvas-back ducks were q
Standing order. Secretary Baysrd is -
culiar. nothing bus salt; water spots and ter
rapin vii satisfy hun. and IL Is ssii that hs
won't let any one cook these hui himself
He pridss himself On his manner % getting
up tesrapin Ex-SecretaTy Frelinzhgy- sa
was . great Esms-sAtsr. especially 81 CD
vas-bsck ducks and paessann
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-13
Election Proclamation.

In accordance with the petition Of more than
tvo-nf;hs OF the resident tax-payess Of ths dty
q ss,s wo or K.o in the sss.y e sejsn ~
day OF July, A d lsss. ssd IN scccrdsscs Wild
the order OF said mayor anil counciimen, em-
bracing the terms and conditions Of said peti-
ti0n on the presentation thereof as aforesaid.
notice 10 hereby given tina. = special election
within said city, by the legal electors thereof,
on Tuesday the first day Of September "A. ID ISIS
spon the question whether said city shall sub
scribe to the capital stock OF tae Omaha.
Abilene and Wichita Railway company in the
sum Of thirty thousand doilars, and in pay
ment fox said subscription, issue the bonds Of
said city in suIns of dive hundred dollars each
to the amount OF thirty thousand dollars,
payable in twenty years from date Of iseue.
with interest payable seni-annuslly 81 the rate
Of six per cent Per snnun; rincipat AMI IN
terest to be psid ~ the scai agency Of the state
Of Kansas, In the city OF New York, the con-
ditions upon which said subscription shall be
made being as follows: That the said railway
company shall construct railroad Of standard
gauge and put in ali Necessary side track
and switches and have the sam. Ia operation
nom some point on the north lie OF said
countT to the city Of Wichita, provided that
depot In the city OF wichita, an, provided
further that said railroad snail be so Goa
strucsed and In operation from the north line
wichita. on or before The thirty-irst day Of
December, A ID. lss6- And provided further
that said railway company shall establish
maintain and keep its principal 0fices and b. I'D
quarters at said city OF Wichita
Those voting in favor OF said subscription
and the Issuing Of bonds of said city in pay
ment thereof. shall have written or printed
upon their ballots, ''for Subscription to the
capital stock Of Omaha, Abilene and Wichita
Railway Company Those voting against
said subscription shsll have written or printed
on their ballots. Against Subscription % the
cal ital stock Of Omaha, Abilene and Wichita
Railway Company
Witness my hand IS mayor Of the city of
wichita, this 18th day Of July, \. II. lssa.
d59-St b. W ALpKICH. Mayor.
Attest: A. A. GLkSS. City Clerk pro tenn.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-13


Mr.. T. H. Brown, or Fort Worth. Tex
has perfected a magnetic telephone AMI tele
graph. which does away with batteries Of
any kind II was tested over thirty h
miles Of wire and proved perfectly salts
factory to telegraph men present, both as 4
telephone and telegraph
The instrument used was composed o
two ounces Of wire and q half pound Of
steel, AMI can be made for IS cents. IL,
transmitter Is simply horseshoe MAJ net
either pole being covered with fine wire,
cooled carefully. The armature is q disk o
steel. against which the voice i thrown
transmitted through the magnet to the wire
The receiver is similar. with smaller mag
ret II is claimed by tine inventor that b.
can transmit the voice ar0mi the world o,
across the Atlantic ocean. there being ne
limit 10 distance, all that is necessary being
the increase in size Of magnet
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-13

magniticence of pomp, pageantry and
personal pride of triumph. character
istic of the ideal hero and oonqueror.
But Gen. Grant Invested the deathless
scene of all external or meretricious
splendor, and left it to speak for itself,
in sublime simplicity. to all the ages.
One writer has said, Alexander
would have demanded Lees sword:
Cesar would have claimed it as his
right: Napoleon would have been un-
happy without il. but Gen. Grant was
too great to take IL" His memorable
terms of surrender TO Lee have no
parallel i'll the annals of history. Quit
fighting and 90 home. Take your
horses with YOU for you will need
them TO put in your spring crops.
1t would require the pen of Dante,
or Milton. adequately to set forth
the true magnanimity and grandeur
Of soul. embodied in the silent humble
conaueror in that supreme hour OF
his bouudloss might and eternal glory
But to crown all this life of virtue,
greatness and usefulness Gen. Grant
was = true and earnest Christian. No
more devoted husband and father ever
breathed the breath of life. no truer
patriot ever drew the sword from its
scabbard. but first. and above all these
was his loving and devoted loyalty to
the God OF families and nations. Drs.
Newman and Tiffany, two of his
revered and trusted pastors, unite in
saving that he was not noiy man
of pure morals, but of profound
religious convictions and belief as
well. tie read and studied the Bible.
He believed and trusted in the stone
nent of our Lord. Jesus Christ. He
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-13

reverenced the church and was . reg
ular and devout attendant upon oil
her services. No more conspicuous
object was in his home than the fam
lily altar. In his last great battle with
a painful and conquering disease he
was sustained by the consultations of
our holy religion and went down
fearlessly into the valley of the shadow
leaning on the strong arm of Jesus.
Though apparently defeated, it was
in truth, the grandest victory of his
triumphant life. He went from q ma
ton of sincere mourners, and from the
sympathy and reverence of an on
gazing world into the everlasting
light and love and bealitude of the
eternal camping ground of God. The
man who led his fellow-countrymen to
victory and placed the crown Of free
dom upon the heads of more than
four million slaves, was himself led to
victory and crowned with eternal
glory by the great Captain of the
worlds salvation. Thus that life of
rare and almost faultless splendor has
gone out from our midst. but its in
fluence will rest like long line of
light upon the path of his country's
destiny and will increase in potential
ity as the generations 60 by. Around
the tomb of the man who reached the
highest type of American manhood,
the perfect blossom and maturest
fruit of the republican civilization of
the nineteenth century, let all sections
of our united nation meet to-day,
and grasping the hand of polit-
ical friendship swear eternal loyalty to
the land of Washington and our faith
ers, the land of freedom and of our
homes and sacred affairs. The north,
with its hardy sons of valOr. Its man
ufactories blackening every sky, its
ships of commerce whitening every
sea, its countless nerves of steel and
,ireless wings of enterprise and pro-
gress; the south with IFS children of
ardor and tongues of burning elo-
quence, its fervid suns and tropical
fruits and flowers, its orange groves
and towering palm trees, its spice
fields, loading the air with odors from
Araby the blest, its broad savannahs
and majestic streams, its pride and its
chivalry, let this calm, cOnquering
north, and that fierce, passionate south
meet around that mighty tomb, to-
day, and, forgetting the cruel marks
and scars of an unnatural and bloody
fratricidal war, forgetting the billions
of treasure and millions of precious
lives it cost them both, LET us remem-
Der only that we are brethren aud
that this is our common country. In
that spirit let us unite hand and heart
and life, in maintaining the ideal re-
public of Columbia's peerless orator,
when he Numbered from his high
place in the nations prOudest hall OF
legislation, Liberty and union now
and forever, one and inseperable''
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-13

How much is Ellison WORTH | do not
know. He certainly does not own himself.
for he has been public property, now, lol
these many years One Of these hydra
headed correspondents of half dozsn news
papers declares tina. he is worth nothing
that he has LOST "a pile Of money lately;
that his stocks are Of no value whereas they
were formerly worth s., 600 600. and that he
IS disappointed ami depressed Now, the
fact IS that Ellison is what most people
would call a rich man, even in these m modern
days lie has regular annual income
from the Western Union Telegraph oom-
psny Of s6o. 90 IN roy alties on old patents
He is the principal stockholier in five
manufacturing companies that bear his
name. with an aggregate Of s3o0. 900 capital,
and all Q: them pay large dividends every
SIX months He has put 80. ooo in cash into
tie Downtown Electrical Illuminating CON-
pany, which las earned dividend not
with landing the large expenditures which
experineits required Since the death Il
Mrs Ellison he has moved with the three
children into fat On Eightesnth street.
Gear Broadway, where the iaq1iisive co1li
probably ascertain tia: he pays his rea;
with sc-upClocs regularity. In fact. Edison
ha> very practical side. Ard suppose he
receives an moons Of from $'5,eoo to 400. :
0o0 know some hyira-Aeadsi rswspaper
Correspondents who would lie less Hiepress
ed II th-v were a. val fixed
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-13

III first cod. ever issued In tbs country
was ths Old -fashiopsd cars wheel cent Tie
frss i1us vas in i7yS, and these we're ;hres
dis mA3a With tie singh exc-Y.iou Of
the year Isis, thers has bsea 10 break a
tie i~1e Of c<nss from tssf tn. 20 tss
present. Is vAS N l1<5 TIA, tie liberty
cap Us changed 70 Tie fl;e: heai, az,t
thsss ~s0 ISSUED regularly for tsir:e-a
Year, vhsn tie Goddess q Liberty AZ
psared % ths co1n- with tsirsssa starr su--
ro1ndin1 IL A cecs Of he issue os ..ys N
good condition, Is worth - or t5a
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-13

YcuzS Arm, Oncer-Te>. The Me x q
common soldier is very hard at tina. bat
the otficeN fare much better. not only an
pad . large salary. ba, my rank ertiiies ne
to six extra rasio0x
Ni~ Smish Gn.srsssd-Aad Do ys1 "a;
aIil
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-13
Curiou. II Not Instructive.

A curious statistical fact has been di-cov
cred There are i3,O00 stamp collector,
among children 0. the New York pubic
schools, and many dealers in stamps Tha
collectors Of buttons, oil COIN. and Other
small br;c-a- hrac were NOT enumerated
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-13

a whole river in the Appsoines has been
diverted to the city OF Naples and . nou
flowing through Il. 900 fspeS and playing IN
tie Ave ornamental fountains Constructed
Toy IL
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-13

Wedding resulting from chance 80
quaintances made during summer vacations
may val Be pahlished under the bad q