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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23
CRIME.

I Henry LANIER and Charles Thorpe
got into a dispute at Baxley, Ga, anC
Lanser blew Thorpe's brains out with g
shotgun.
! II. s. STEWART, alias II. S. Dale has
been arrested at Milwaukee, charged
with systematically swindling persons
whom he reached by advertising for
male help in the Chicago newspapers.
BY orders from department head
quarters $4,000 pounds OF barbine cart
ridges will be forwarded to-day from
the Rock Island (Ill) arsenal to posts in
Western and Northwestern districts
where trouble is anticipated with the
Indians.
CHAs. WILLIAMS, of Highland Home,
South Carolina, who compelled num-
Der of ladies to present him with locks
of their hair, while he flo1rished his re.
volver in their faces, was riddled with
bullets by band of masked men while
being taken to jail,
THE mob which lynched the two ne
groes at Grenada, Miss, on Thursday
completed its work by taking BARLEY
James from his home aud hanging him
to tree and killing John Campbell for
whom a similar fate had been reserved,
but who was on his guard and refused
to be taken alive.
MINNIE DAILY, the notorious cent?
dence woman of Chicago, was found
guilty in Judge Halves, court of steal
ing $10l from a shorthand reporter
named Petit on the street, near the
corner of Washington and Clark streets.
ON the evening of June is, and was
given one year in the penitentiary.
CHAs II. BOOTH a prominent citizen
and insurance broker of Kalamazoo,
Mich, until lately many years deacon
in the First Presby terrain Church, has
been arrested for embezzlement and
larceny of 81, 600 from his counsin, Mrs.
Mary A. Denslsw. He was bound over
for examination in $1,000 bail.
JOHN Ross, who was being held at
Erie, Pa, for return TO reform school,
Thursday improvlsed a hook from a
molding, reached out and secured the
keys of police headquarters, and liber-
ated himself and two burglars. lie
then robbed the prison depository of
the money and weapons which it con-
taineu. Upon reaching the outskirts of
the city, Ross telephened the chief of
police where his keyes could DO found
A mob at Marion, Indiana, visited the
Jail, overpowered the officers, and was
about to take Frank Wallace, an in
mate, from his cell and hang him, when
James Riley, one of the members, was
shot and Killed. 1t is believed that
others in the party were wounded
Wallace, the intended victim, is ne
gro, and is charged with an attempted
assault upon a white girl.
VIM WYATT, of Mount Sterling
Brown county, Ill.,, in At of drunken
ness, beat his wife about the head,
from the effects of which she died,
Wyatt had been out of jail but few
days, where had been confined under
sentence since February last for stab
bling his brother He is now again in
jail.
JOS PALMER, colored, was hanged al
Cincinnati for the murder of VIM. II
Kirk on December "a 1888. VIM. Ber-
ner his associate in the crime, is sery
ing twenty-year sentence in the Ohio
penitentiary, the verdict of manslaugh
ter in his case having been the exciting
cause of the great riot of March, 1884
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23

By new law of Illinois, any per
son who shall enter another PERSONS
premises, whether by breaking in or
merely entering an open window or
door, with intent to commit murder,
robbery, rape, mayhem, or other
felony, or larceny" will subject him
self to indictment aud conviction Of
burglary, punishable by confinement
ia the state penitentlary for from FIVE
to twenty years, and if such person
shall be found with a deadly weapon
or deadly drug or anssthetic in his
possession When thus entering an
others premises, his term of sentence
inthe penitenhary is specifically liked
al mot less than Ave years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23

AT a meeting of the Dakota Board
of Agriculture of July SO, the ter
ritorial fair for the coming fall meet
ing of September 29-3O and October
1-2 was located at Huron.
Premiums aggregating $10,0 will
bS given. The G. ~ N. w. r. r.,
and c. M, Il st. p. r. Il. viii trans
port stock and exhibits free OF charge
when originating in Dakota, and
when originating in Minnesota or
Iowa free one way. Premium lists
will be ready for the public IN few
days.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23

PRIVATE advice from Salt Lake
City report a feeling of bitterness
growing up between the Mormons and
the Gentiles in Utah that threatens a
bloody collision almost any day. All
the Mormons are said to be armed.
The United States troops in Camp
Douglas, near Salt Lake City, are IN
readiness for service.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23
a sad Death.

In Philadelphia recently at coroner S
inquest over the body of a chill, the
iurv returned a verdict that death was
caused by the administration of pat
emit cough syrup, containing morphia.
DR.. Sam'l X. Cox, of Washington, states
that not one cough medicine in ten Is
free from this objection. After careful
analyses and practical tests he endorses
Red Star Cough Cure as being purely
vegetable, absolutely free from opiates,
poisons and narcotics. lie regards II as
a most happy and valuable discovery
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23

A sITE has been selected at Ottawa
Cor the location of the annual encamp.
mont of the First Brigade of the
Illinois National Guard, and the week
beginning August 9th Will be the
time. Our Chicago troops and nearly
all other Northern Illinois regiments
are included in the First Brigade. e,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23

THE people of New York, and many
from other states celebrated in be-
coming manner on the 18th the open
ing of the Niagara State Park. Here
after there will be an opportunity to
see Niagara without paying for it,
but the exorbitant hackman viii
still hold the fort and demand Eve
prices for his services.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23

Mrs. Henry w. Sage died the Other
dav at Ithaca, n. Y, from injuries
received from falling out of runaway
carriage.
The oyerseers of the poor of Boston
hold trust funds to the amount OF
$3.50, 1894. The public library trust
funds amount to $175, 595. ID.
The medical adviser of the English
government has reported against
sending a cholera commission to IN
vestigate DR.. Ferran's incubation in
Spain. The belief prevails that Eng
land VIII not be visited this year by
the epidemic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23

THE Iowa Supreme Court has de-
cided that hotel keeper who receives
guests knowing that there is con
tagious disease in his house is liable
for damage to any guest who may
contract the disease.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23

Results Of those portions of Illinois
where the wheat has been harvested
indicate that the total yield will fall
below 10000, 900 bushels. In many
cases thegrain is so thin on the ground
that the crop will not pay the expense
OF harvesting. The wheat crop in Da>
kota will be larger than any previous
wear.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23

are now carrying passengers Tor moth
ing, and throwing ia Turkish batt
as premium"
True, sir, as me old weman wo,
saying last night; but the stage fars
from the old mans home to the nea,
est port is a matter of Is cents ana
that's what bothers me and keeps b;~
out of this blessed country y
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23

IKE loss to the Chicago street car
companies during the recent strike is
reported to have been $75, GOO That
sum distributed among the street car
drivers and conductors for one month
only would have made fair addi-
ton to their salary, aEd had much to
do with preventing the strike.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23

EASTERN Kansas has suffered from
nine days of continuous and heavy
rains. The loss on shocked wheat is
said to be million bushels. Bridges
in all directions are gone, and all the
low land is under water. Several
towns have suffered great loss from
flooded cellars and streets.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23
What Bothered Him,
Wall Street News

pat he called to the man VINO
was leveling down at the far end of
the dump scow, why don't you bring
your father over from Irelandsp
Cant afford it, your honor"
but the steamships and railroads
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23
MILWAUKEE, Adarkar.

Milwaukee s716; SO for seller August; 91]4 for
seller September Corn-Stea y; No. 2, 46h
Oats-Tame; no. ., 31A. Bye Nominal Bar
ley-Nominal Provisions-Dull; Mess pork,
1929 for seller cash and July; 1910 for sei!er
August
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23

THE three electric light com panles
of Boston have consolidated, with a
combined capital of $3.50, 600.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23

y -
johnson had his case nolled.
-~-
All Queen Victorla's children are
fond oil the theatre and go there fire.
quently
The German government has order
ed the preparation of engineering
plans to connect the Rhine and Ems
River.
Dom Pedro, of Brazil, is the oldest
living sovereign. He has reigned fifty
three years, or since he was six years
old.
A noted physician of London, in
his lecture on children and diseases,
calls attention to the fact that childs
rens parties are dangerous affairs.
Lightning struck a Chinese res>
taurant in Helena. NJ. r., and Ong
Ong Jonk's face was changed from
copper color to black, but he was oths
erwis0 uninjured.
Mrs. Labouchele writes 20 an init
mate friend that Mr.. Labouchere and
she will probably visit the Uaitsd
States in autumn.
Some of Richard Doyle's quaint
conceits have as yet existed only in
manuscript. One of the most bril-
liant Designs for Comic History Of
England" will shortly be engraved
and published.
There is disposition among the
louder class of young men and women
of the season to return to the intenser
perfumes and to use them in liberal
quantities.
Edm und Hoyle, the patron saint OF
oldSfashioned whist players, was born
over 200 years ago, and lived to the
advanced age of 81, dying in CavenN
dish Square, London, ia 1863.
General Scott conquered Mexico
with 10. coo effective men. He fought
six battles and was victorious in all OF
them.
They are talking about introducing
the electric light on the farms in Al
geria, so that the harvest can be gath
cred at night, the heat in the daytime
being too intense for the farmers to
work.
Theodore Thomas says that every
singer and musician should be tald-
headed. 1t not only adds dignity TO
their positions but is natural mark
Of superior smartness
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. was
not an Egyptian. She was of NJ ace
DOMAIN extraction. Her great grand,
father, was one of the generals o.
Alexander the Great.
A currant grape that mas no seeds IS
grown to a great extent in many parts
of Greece, the annual product being
about Sc, 600 tons, of which the Unit
ed States buys annually about l7,0OO
tons.
The people of Crawford County.
Penn, give queer names to some OF
their towns. The following are specl'
mems Sringtown, Valonia, Kerr
town, Goose Haven, Liberty and Frog
pert.
The Sanltarian says: lnaSmuch
as persons who have had cholera are
not exempt from its recurrence, We
are at a loss to perceive how inocuia-
ton though it be with the true microos
can have any prophylactic effect, now
ever successfully inoculated persons
may pass through the process.
DR.. Chlbret, a French ocuIist, re
ports to the Academic de Medicine
that having been obliged to remove z
diseased eye from a young girl, ne
replaced it with one taken from 3
rabbit. At the time of his statement
fourteen days had elapsed, and the
eve had retained its vitality, and was
doing well.
Mr.. Smiley Better let me carry
the poodle, my dear, and you may
carry the baby Mrs. Smiley-"No,
no; you carry the baby; can no.
trust you with Gyp; you might drop
him"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23

A SEVERE shock of earthquake was
felt at Calcutta on the 14th, the shock
lasting several minutes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-23
Heavily MOrtgaged,
Merchant Traveller

Two money lenders were in love
with the one woman, and each thought
he was the favored one. The other
night Jones went TO see her and found
johnson with his army around her,
and both seemed quite happy.
Hello, said Jones in surprise, 81
that had mortgage on that proper
ty.'
you did have" replied johnson,
''but it was only a second mortgage.
| held the first and have foreclosed it.
If you want to go to law about it you
can do so. I'll go as far as the pro.
bate court with you and get a license
Johnson had his case nOlled.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-08-26
Blaine's Story.

The appointment of Pierce NJ. B.
Young the other day to be Consul
General at st. Petersburg reminds
me of a story | heard Mr.. Blaine tell
not long ago--a story liz which
Young played a prominent part,and
which illustrates the kindness of
heart and generosity of feeling for
which old "Thad" Stevens, notwith-
standing the roughness of his man
ner and abruptness of his speech,
was known.
Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Stevens were
seated one day in committee room
of which the latter was chairman
when the door opeued and in walk
ed young man with what seemed
to be troop of his friends at his
heels. Stevens looked up inquir-
ingly as the young man walked up
10 him.
What can | do for you? he said.
There is bill in your commit
tee in which ] am interested, ana
which | wish you would report to
the House." answered the young
man, and he added; my name is
Pierce NJ. B. Young"
swell, what is it all about?" Ste
vens asked.
Its a bill to remove my political
disabilities"
"Ahem J" broke in Stevens, guilty.
Fought against the Union, sup
pose ?n
"Yes. sir"
'Ahem w-still more gruffly.
"born South ?''
"Yes, sir, in South Carolina
"Ahem ! Educated at West Point,
l dare say?"
"Yes, sir
Graduated there ?"
mo sir. / left West Point when
the war broke OUT
Then you got your education at
the governments expense and after
ward turned around and fought
against it, eh?" exclaimed Stevens.
almestsavagely.
"Yes sir"
"Well, where did you servePn
"In the Army of Virginia"
Under Early?" Yes sir
Where you at Chambersburg ?p
"Yes sir"
Il suppose YOU were enc of those
BANKED fellows who came up there
and burned my iron foundry, eh?n
"Yes sir
Stevens, Mr.. Blaine said, took a
look at Young. Then bringing the
cane which be always carried down
on the floor with good deal of
force, he exclaimed: "Well' sir II
admire your blanked cheek ?n And
after moments pause be said
iaugbingly: 'T1lreport your bin To- |
morrow"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-08-26
Grant and the Great Editor.

To-day l heard another anecdote
of the great commander, SO charac-
beristic that, aside from the authori-
ty, one can easily believe it. On
one occasion, so it ran, Deacon
Bross, of the Tribune, who had be-
come tired of managing the cam
paigns of the Potomac and Missis-
sippi from his sanctum, concluded
to run down to Cairo, catch Grant
as he was going by on a gnn-boat.
and shed upon him the light of his
military genius. The interview
took place, and, as was his wont,
the General listened quietly while
the editor gave in detail the plans
that must be pursued in order to
open the Mississippi River. When
he had concluded, General Grant
asked: "Mr. Bross, ! understand
you are the managing editor of a
great paper in Chicago ?" Il am,
SIR" responded the Deacon, in his
most pompous manner. "Now, amt
you afraid that the business of YOUR
paper might be neglected during
your absence Editor Bross evil
IDENTIFY conceded with that view of
the case, took an Illinois Central for
home, and never after appeared in
the role of military adviser.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-08-26
Preserving the Pastures.

1t is not common to find, all
through the country, pastures which
are not yielding half the forage they
ought 10, much less sufficiency for
the animals obliged to crop a living
from them. One gets out slender
interest from such lands, where, if
they were properly handled, they
ought to be largely profitable. After
the pasture is about worn out is
" hen we first realize that something
must be done, instead of giving it
an annual seeding and refreshing
with the proper manure, which will
keep it in good wearing condition.
1t is rare meadow that will ferti-
lize and reseed itself, besides nour-
ishing a number ofsheep or COWS.
Usually we are 10th to break up
the green turf Of an old pasture
ground on which we have been de-
pending summer after summer for
the tender forage for our stock, and
this largely accounts for our allow
ing them to wear threadbare before
We change them. Moreover, we do
not care to spare the time necessary
for the new seeding. where plough
ing is necessary in order to bring
the land again into grazing condi-
ton. But after all, it is hardly ever
necessary TO destroy the old turf in
orde- to rejuvenate an old meadow.
A practice is followed by many and
highly recommended by Youatt, of
fertilizing and reseeding without
breaking up the soil. This is done
by spreading first upon the meadow
such manures as can be best pro-
duced-barnyard or bone-then fol-
lowing over this with a rolling cut
ter. The incisions of the cutter will
carry down to the roots of the grass
much of the manure, and supply
immediate nourishment. Then if
the desired seeds are sown the rains
which follow will wash them into
the loosened turf together with the
liquid strength of the manures. BY
this process the old sward is revig-
GRATED and loosened up from its
moss-bound condition besides insur-
ing to the seeding immediate growth.
Lire Stock Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-08-26
Cure for Piles.

Piles are frequently preceded by
a sense of weight in the back, loins
and lower part cftse abdomen, ,caus-
ing the patient TO suppose he has
some affection of the kidneys or
neighboring organs. At times,
symptoms Of indigestion are present,
as fiatulency, uneasiness of the stom-
ach, ect. A moisture, like perspira-
ton, producing a very disagreeable
itching, after getting warm. is a COM
mon attendant. Blind, Bleeding and
Itching Piles yield at once to the ap-
plication Of DR.. Bosanko's Pile Rem
edy. which acts directly upon the
parts affected absorbing the Tumors.
allaying the intense itching, and eff
fecting permanent cure. Price so
cents. Address, The Dr. Bosanko
1edicine Co, Piqua, o. Sold by
c. N. BOYD, Druggist, Somerset,
Pa dec.3-1y.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-08-26
Caught IL all Alone.

On the boat coming down from
the Flats the other evening was a
young man and a black bass. They
were pair. That is, in some way
the young man had accumulated the
fish, which was dead. He was such
guileless-looking young man that
several parties thought to guy him
and bis catch. The fish was hang
ing to peg, and with it a pair of
small balances which enables a fish
erman to weigh his victims, provid-
ing they don't go over twenty
pounds.
Catch it all alone ?p asked one.
No reply.
Pull very hard ?" asked a second.
No reply.
Were you much over three days
about it ?" queried a third, and SO it
went on for ten minutes, while the
fisherman had nothing to say. At
length one of the remarked:
The bass will weigh all of half a
pound"
81 doubt it, replied another.
Say, fisherman, what are the fig
ures ?"
Two pounds" was the solemn
answer.
"Get out !"
The man pulled $40 bill from
his vest and laid it on his knees and
said:
"If he don't the money is yours ;
put upl"
After some hesitation a shake
purse of so was raised, the fish
hung to the scales, and he showed
an ounce over. The crowd kicked
on the scales. and the fish was
weighed in the steamers pantry.
The figures held good, but he was
weighed again when the boat landed
and the money had to be passed
over.
How did you do ii? asked po-
liceman when the crowd dispersed.
Simply poured seventeen ounces
of bird shot down his throat" was
the reply; and he let the fish's head
drop, and the shot pattered out on
the wharf like a young hail storm
Detroit Free Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-08-26
Beginning ofthe End.

FANNErTsBURG, Pa, Aug. 13.-All
work has been suspended at the
west end of Kittatinny tunnel on
the South Pennsylvania Railroad.
By the suspension of work at this
end of Kittatinny 100 men we're
thrown out of employment. All of
them accepted their discharge good
humoredly, and left with the prom
ise to return in case work was re-
sumed. This end has been driven
1873 feet, and the other end of the
same tunnel more than 2,300 feet,
Scarcely 500 feet yet remain between
the headings. Work is still going
on at the east end ofthe Blue Noun
tain tunnel, but it is being pushed
with reduced forces and in a very
dilatorv manner.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-08-26
Graura Indifference to Music.

The appreciation of music was to
him a lost sense; the musicians
score was a sealed book. He used
to say he knew only two tunes one
was Yankee Doodle, "and the other
wasn't. In the days when he was
received on all occasions to the mus
ic of brass bands he would say with
mock pride that he really believed
he had added a third tune to his
repertoire-"Hail to the Chief"
When the headquarters were
pitched at City Point. at the time
the armies sat down in front of Rich
mond and Petersburg,a general OFF,
Ger who commanded the brigade
stationed at the place wanted 70 do
something that would afford the
commanding General especial de-
light. so he sent the brigade band
over to the headquarters camp to
play while the mess were dining.
About the third evening the Gener-
al remarked: 1--we noticed that
that band always begins its noise
just about the time am sitting
down to dinner and want to talk %
A staff officer at once went to sup
press it. and see whether it could be,
made to obey an order to "cease fir-I
ing" The broad-b -belted band.mas-
ter was putting with all the vigor of
q quack-med;cine advertisement.
His eyes were glued to his music,
and it was not so easy task to at.
tract his attention. Like q sperm-
whale, he had come up to blow, and
was not going to be put down till he
had finished but finally he was
made to understand that. like the
hand-organ man. be was desired to
move on. With look of disipher-
itance on his countenance be march,
elk off his band to its camp, feeling
that Mozart and Beethoven had liy.
ed in vain.-GEN. HORACE PORTER,
an Hdrper's Magazine for Septem-
ber 4