Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15
CAPITAL NOTES.

On Tuesday a noted character claim
inc to be the celebrated Sam Jones,
who has for several months been
firing the southern mind with re-
ligion, dropped down on Madison
and advertised himself as intending
to give a course of sermons in Wis
consin. He spoke at the M. h.
church on Tuesday evening, and
promised to repeat the same kind OF
an entertainment on Wednesday
evening. During the day, however,
somebody questioned him quite
closely as to his personal record, ETC.,
and he then admitted that there was
another Sam Jones who is now
preaching in the south; but he as
serted that lie was the Sam Jones of
renown himself, of course. About
two o'clock in the afternoon of
Wednesday, report flew about the
streets that a telegram had been re-
ceived from a gentleman in Fond
du Lac, who had heard the original
genuine Sam Jones at St. Joseph,
Missouri, three days before, and on
close pressure for Identification, Mr..
"Sam Jones, of Alabama made up
his mind to migrate, and consequent
ly took the west-bound train for
Richland county, saying as his ex-
cuse for leaving, that Madisonians
were not charitable. Well, they are
not exceedingly hospitable toward
such quaint theologians as Sam is,
nor do they appreciate his apparent
talents as much as the religious peo-
pie of Richland county seem to do.
The State Board of Supervision
met at the Capitol on Monday. They
presented several bills against the
different counties in the state for
persons kept at the various state in
stitutions from those counties. The
charges for insane patients are $l.50
each per week, and Sl.00 per week
for each boy at the industrial school.
The figures are:
state Hospital for Insane 994 10
Industrial School for Bnys..,.......... s7l9 &c
Milwaukee's share or the fund to he paid to
the state for the Industrial school is sI,1Ol.
They also adopted the plans drawn
by Jas. Douglas 81 Co, of Milwau-
kee, for the new state school for in
digent children'at Sparta. At pres
ent the board has decided to build
two cottages, which are to be two
stories in height with Easements.
These will embrace the dining
rooms in the basement, and the class
rooms, reception room, etc, on the
first floor and the Two dormitory
parts-one for girls, the other for
boys-in the second story. They
will be begun this fall and will cost
about $1,000. AS soon as these
buildings prove too incapacious for
the demand made on them, others
will be made and the easements Of
the two already built will be used
for some other purposes than for
dining rooms which will then be III
the class rooms of the cottages now
in contemplation Each of the cot
tages will have capacity for ao-
commodating thirty children,
The Ashland Harbor d Great
Western Ry. filed articles of asso-
citation with the Secretary of State
last week. This company is to build
a road about two hundred miles in
length, extending from Ashland
Harbor to Saltwater, Minnesota. Its
capital stock is $5,0Oo,oOo; or $780,
600 shares Mt 800 each. The di-
rectors are Messrs VIM. Dalrymple,
Of Milwaukee, Oliver Dalrymple, OF
st. Paul, Geo. Noyes and Daniel c.
Millett, of Milwaukee, and d. f.
Glover, of bayfield,
The Bowden & Murray Lumber
Co., Of Clark county, filed amended
articles of association, changing cap,
ital stock from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Chicago u Northwestern Ry
depot at East Madison will soon be
ready for occupation. The building
is two hundred and ten feet ia length
10y thirty-tbroe feet broad. The
rents and ladies' WAITING rooms are