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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29

GENERAL business is standing up
well under the labor disturbances.
But if it had not been for the labor
disturbances, the year 1886 would
have seen business boom of mag
nifcent proportions.
A DEMOCRATIC paper intimates
that the advance OF the price Of ores
is brought about by the Democratic
administration, while the immediate
cause is the great railroad strike in
the mining regions Of the southwest.
Then is the Administration the cause
of the strike?
VANWycE, Of Nebraska, edited
the United States Senate Monday by
a speech against Jay Could and his
ayarice. "Should Gould secure an
entrance into the New jerusalem"
remarked the Nebraska statesman,
che would be conspirng there, from
force Of habit, to buy railroad, and
when he should have torn up the
shining avenues, the angels could
not restrain him from stealing the
golden pavcments."
WHAT has become of the personal
liberty association? a widow who
keeps a small shop in New Haven
has just been placed under boycott
for taking newspaper which does
not employ union printers. In
New York plumber has been
deserted because he was teaching
his two soma the ant Of plumbing,
while the rules Of the plumbers
union required that he should have
but one apprentice.
IT looks as if there would be no
lack Of great issues in our national
politics in the near future. The
Prohibitionists are organizing for an
aggressive campaign against "wet
goods" the labor organizations
threaten to carry their cause into
politics; the free-traders sre assum-
iug the aggressive; the Greenback-
ers and the silver hobby-riders are
full Of belligerency, and women
sulTragists aud the anti.secret society
agitators will be heard from, as
usual, in dus time. Wen have
lively Presidential campaign two
years from now.
IL Richmond, Va, Monday, under
the local option law of that state,
prohibition was Overwhelmingly de-
fcatrd. Tbc majority against it was
5,6sI. In Manchester, another lo-
cality where vote was taken, pro
hibiuon was also defeated. The
colored vote was cast unanimously
agamst prohibition Ina both places.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29

MINERAL POINT LODGE. No. j, F.&A.M.;
vi meets 81 and 81 Tuesdays OF each month.
MM IREWEEE. r. a. w RIGHT,
w 81. Secretary.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29
ArEofwlscoNgIN corNrY coCRr FoR

WILSON Is NeuHo>, r.aiuua At.ys
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29
DENTFSTRT
CHURCB SOCIETIES.

PRESBYTERIAN ......ARCH. DURRIE, Pastor.
Sunday services at 1880, A. II. and 1880, p. ~.
SUNDAY School al eco, p. NJ Prayer meeting
on Wednesday ut 1850, p. NJ.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29
4TTORNElS.

Reese d Carter,
A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS, Dodgevlle
a sis III practice IN an oour n the State,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-09-04
Terms OF subscription:
ASSESSMENT ROLL
OF
WHITE PINE COUNTY
For the Year 1886.

Following is the total valuation on
which the several persons herein
named are assessed for the year 1886
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12
Dimensions of Heaven.

"Did you ever read the sixteenth verse
of the twenty-tirst chapter of Reveia-
ton? No? Well, read it. and you
will get some interesting figures about
the world above the skies. 1t gives
the dimensions Of heaven, and reads
this way: And he measured the city
with o reed, $4,000 furlongs. The
length, and the breadth, and the height
made the calculation?" ayes; here it
is now," and he handed the reporter
the following: Twelve thousand fur
longs equal 100000 cubic feet, which,
beng cubed, is 436, 793, OsS, COG, OG0.-
O00,OO0 cubic feet. Reserving one half
OF this space for the throne and court
OF heaven, and half the balance for
streets, we have the remainder, 1884,
1913, ~, 000, 600, G00,000 cubic feet.
Divide this by 4,0OG, the cubic feet III
q room sixteen feet square, and there
will be so, 521, @43, $50, O0o, 900 rooms
Now, suppose the world did not always
hold 800, 100000 inhabitants, and that
generation lasts thirty-three and one
third years, making in all 1910, OOO,-
O3n, OOJ inhabitants every century, and
that the world will stand 0,OJO, 900
years, or 1000 centuries, making in al.
2,070. 1000, 100000 inhabitants. Then
suppose there were 100 worlds equal to
this in the number of the inhabitants
and duration Of years, making a total
OF 2,el:i 1000, 900, COZ persons, and
there would be more than 100 rooms
sixteen feet square for each person.
Columbus (Gd.) Enquirer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12
A Big Risk for Coffee.

The story of Irregular" in No. %, about
the escape of Sergeant Cummins at Frank
lin, reminds me of similar escape from
the fire of whole line Of skirmishers. It
happened this wise: At the first. or
burnside Fredericksburg, December ID.
1862, we q23d P. ", Sd Div, 5th Corps)
were in line of battle, but Us flat on the
ground as spreading viper, no one daring
to lift his head for fear of getting his in
tellect damaged. We were just back of the
city, and had been in this position since 2
a. M, and about 3 p. m. our Colonel
crawied along to our part of the regiment,
and the boys of our company asked him
how he liked it, SO far. He said he was all
0. K, but did want some coffee
badly. 1 asked permission of our COM
handing officer to 60 to house, about two
hundred yards on our left in the rear. and
make some coffee for the Colonel and him
self. did not let him know that it was
my own want of the said article that inn
PEELED me to risk my life, but he refused,
saying nearly all the on-commissioned
ofhcers were k lied or missing, and he
wanted me with the company. But at last
his desire for the coffee overcame his fears,
and telling me to take man with me, and
make some for the Colonel and himself,
could risk it. So l selected a comrade
named j. M. Courtney, and getting five
canteens, We took off our cartridge boxes,
and making ourselves into good run
ming trim, rose to our feet, and
without our guns, started for that house,
! in the lead. No sooner had we made the
first two Or three steps than the Johnnies
opened fire on us, and the way the lead
flew about us while we were making one
hundred yards was interesting in the ex-
IRENE. One mimic ball passed through
my mustache, but did not touch the skin.
think fully one hundred shots We're fired
directly at me and as many at my partner,
and not one touched either of us, and T
think not one of the balls fired at me passed
over six inches from my body; and as re-
markable as was my own case, was my
comrades, who did not receive scratch.
We rested under cover a few minutes
and then walked to the house. and there
was no more shooting at us. We went into
the house. In the kitchen was a dead
Yankee, killed by solid shot, and in the
dining room another, and in the front ward
another. We made our coffee and returned
to the line without further adventure. This
/ have always considered one of the re-
markable escapes of the late war.
r. BARTLEY,
Elizabeth, Ind
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12
Boy Volunteers.

In November, 1862, when General Bragg
made his raid into the State of Kentucky,
1 was boy of sixteen years, had volun-
teered in the, Fifty-second Georgia regi-
ment. and could not stand the hard march,
ing like other soldiers, and SO got behind
and without rations. and wanted to see
my mamma. I fell in with another boy
about my age, and We thought we would
leave the regular line of march for one
where no soldiers had been, and get some
thing to eat. After we got four or five
miles off we came to very fine house, not
on any public highway. The door was
when she saw what we were. Can we get
something to eat!" asked. I'LL don't
Know" she replied; "Ill see." She re-
turned in few minutes and said, "Come
in" We were soon faring sumptuously on
cold hogs head, potatoes, corn bread, and
the sweetest milk and butter [ ever ate.
When some one came to the door looked
up, and there stood a real, live. wild Yam
kee (the first ever saw, with pistol in
his hand started y jump up, when he
said very pleasantly: Make out your din
ner, boys. You are welcome. I am a SOL
der, too, at home on a sick furlough, and
1 know what it is to be hungry. But saw
YOU were boys, SO L have made myself
known, and l want NoTlr word as soldiers
that you will say nothing about me to your
command; otherwise, as I now have the
drop on you, you will have to do something
else"
We promised, our haversacks were filled
with grub, and we went our way rejoicing.
That was somewhere between Lexington
ard Versailles. If that soldier is yet liv-
ing, would be glad to hear from him.
FRANK V. MOOSE.
Dahlonega, Ga.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12

Federals retired, and party of Louisiana
ans went out to look at the result of
Green's bloody craftsmanship. 1t was
found by actual count that his musket had
killed seventy-two Federals. Green insist
ed that he had killed ninety, but it is
thought that some of them were only
wounded, and their friends had dragged
them off. About the seventy-two dead men
there could be no doubt They were there,
and as their bodies lay in place where
there was not single corpse before Green
commenced firing it was plain enough that
he had brought them down.
A special report concerning Green was
sent to the commanding General that
night. The result would doubtless have
been promotion but for the fact that on
the following morning "Gunboat" Green
was nowhere to be fonnd Later it was as
certa'ned that he had deserted and joined
Grants army. Nothing further ever heard
from him,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12
Young Man.

Young man, word with you. You are
now upon the threshold of active life.
You have passed, or are about to pass, the
line that separates your minority from
your majority. Perhaps you will cast your
first vote this fall. What will it be? With
the past you have only passing and his
torical interest. The issues that once were
alive and prominent are settled, and have
taken their place among what are consid-
cred the fundamental principles of govern
ment. Slavery, States rights, State banks,
settled forever. No political party will
ever bring them upon the arena of politics.
They We're settled before you were born.
The tariff was an important question when
your father was young, and is no nearer
being settled than it was four generations
ago. 1t is not the property of any political
party, and all handle it cautiously. The
vital political questions are those of the
hourt. Look around you and see what they
are. Not womens rights or the Mormon
question, nor foreign relations, nor inter-
state commerce, nor education, nor many of
the things that men differ upon-these are
not elevated into distinct political issues.
But to-day we must deal with monopolies,
the labor question, civil service, purity in
government and at the ballot box, and
uoONC dAl VIC AsouCS VI SONoAAN1OA1 ti0 P4o"
hibition Of the liquor traffic. You have
been educated in the school and from the
pulpit and press, and the rostrum and at
the hearthstone to look upon drunkenness
as q vice. You pity the victim and abhor
his sin. You see that drink degrades and
destroys it's victims. You see that it pros
titutes all it touches. 1t fills jails, peniten-
tiaries, asylums, and the gallows. It de-
stroys wealth and happiness, and counts
more victims than war, pestilence, and
famine. 1t is the crime Of crimes, and the
prolific parent of disorder and crime. 1t
has intrenched itself in society, politics,
finance and the church of God. 1t leers at
you on every side. It demands as its Offer
ing the noblest and the best of everything.
To rout, destroy, and exerminate it is the
purpose Of certain political party. This
issue is alive. Some men are bound his
torically, by interest and by prejudice, to
one or the other of previously existing par
ties. It is hard for them to break away.
Not so with you. How will you vote? For
party living on its past greatness? For
party that is unwilling TO meet tie issues
of this hour? Or will yon not devote the
morning hours of your life helping a cause
that is noble, pure and godlike? A cause
that seeks to dissent rail- its victims and
bring purity, prosperity, happiness? Til;
yours to make record now that will be q
noble Legacy to those who love yon ard who
will come after you. Nov is The tine hen
good men are uniting in this crusade against
evil. Young man, make your record
clean. "-Peopte's Tabernacle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12
Confederate Coats Rare.

A gray coat has been hung m a case at
the Nat onal Museum near the collection of
relics of the Confederacy, says the Wash
ington Star. This was once Confederate
officers coat, and though such garments
We're worn by thousands Of men less than
twenty-five years ago, they are regarded as
rare curiosities. What became Of all the
old gray and butternut suits after Apo
mattoX is one of the mysteries which those
only can explain who have made deep
study of the average life and the final des-
presented to the museum by O. w. Barron,
of Danville, Virginia, formerly Captain of
Company Fl, Twenty fourth Regiment Vir-
ginia Infantry. 1t is the coat of Captain
of infantry, and is in Il fair state of preser-
Walton. Captain Barron, in o note which
he sent with the coat, said: II bought this
coat early in the year 1868, in Petersburg,
Virginia, for $500 in Confederate currency,
and kept it constantly in the army with me
in Picketts division until that command
was nearly all captured at Five Forks, lust
a short time before the final surrender,
when my colored servant, who took care of
my clothes, thinking I was killed, burned
the remainder Of my baggage, and carried
this coat home to my fathe~ in Henry
County, this State, where got it on return
from prison at Johnson's Island. I seldom
used the coat, except on occasions of dress
parade and reviews, or when sitting on
courts martial" The cloth, which is
gray, is not of very fine texture. It is a
frock coat, with cuffs and military collar
faced with blue. The sleeves are en-
broidered with gold braid. There are no
shoulder straps, but instead three bars on
the collar indicate the rank of the wearer.
The buttons are similar to United States
buttons, except there is no lettering upon
them. They have embossed upon them
the American spread-eagle, with the Union
shield on its breast, and surrounded by
galaxy of stars.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12

l horss " We Ell, must have your clothes and
WI, ~. VINO are you? Evidently Won or.
I snAs' al least Your tone so nroc,a;,ms
no Um af 81, on dangerous ground, bows: here
IN o.ners; you are my prisoners"
Not much" said sam &C ,,o s,,a..
p,,,nuIo n ~ !fom his horse and stuck the
il nu1~ie OF ms revolver in his mouth. Yes
poys, actually into his mouth and fold h;n'
20 Sh!' and he obeyed. minrta 1a+ 1.ri.,
ooS1sh voice called out N'''N- -
helloo!" "i0 sous 'sh' Oh, Jeb,
as ne came near us Instantly had him a
prisoner alongside of the other, both gagged
anu pound: Once again the tramp Of a
Il horse was heard. He came along SLOWLY.
na1,; ;Ioef giving short whistling notes, as if
=" ~ some ones attention. He seemed
t ~ ue ols man; SO Sam and jumped out
o,i1 Each stuck a muzzle in his face,
anu soon had him alongside. We found
. upon inc horses haversacks we'll filled with
LOU ana some whisky. We made square
l .lieai 81 ana felt great sight better than we
h h'u LOT o three days. will briefly say in a
La tal. nours time we had six prisoners, and
by their "braid" we Judged them to he nm
high in rank. I remarked to onr f;rst
prize: WI Ia 81
",1ou'uns seem to be big'uns. Guess
We've made big thing"
lie made motion to take out the gag.
Sam drew his pistol close to him, ready for
emergency. The captive thus addressed
us:
Men, you can never carry out Won,
scheme; our troops are all around YOU; GU,
plckets are three deep. You would be sho1
inside OF twenty minutes. Still, YOU have
four brigadiers as your prisoners. You
can murder us if you like, but first listen
to my proposition. Free us, and we will
give you pass to your lines. Hooker's
army IS camped where you see those camr
fires. L will pledge you the honor of all
that you shall not be molested. You arc
| braye-too brave and venturesome. / car
not help admiring you. Am 1 right, gen.
| and Harvey?'
They all nodded assent. Sam and ]
conversed while and concluded we were
getting off cheap. Yes, mighty cheap, bu
we could not help laughing at the peculiar
situation of five Of the Confederate's best
chiefs.
We accepted the terms, and, boys, here is
Sam, here am l, and here is the pass:
HEADQUARTERS, June 10, 1868.
LIEUTENANT SINCLAIR: Pass the bear.
ers, Will and Sam Burk, beyond the cute,
plckets. Direct them nearest way to the
ford and United States army.
81. Z. B. STUART,
General Commanding.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12

rate than the population of the country. Is
it not time to coll halt? Is it not time to
set bounds to this increase? There is but
one way to do it, and that is, to stop the
rum traffic. Prohibit the manufacture and
sale, and enforce the prohibition. Stop
the manufacture Of drunkards, of Grim
inals, of maniacs, of idiots, Of paupers.
The people will do it, when they realize
the fearful burden it now lays on their
shoulders. They will unite as one man to
pulveriZe the rum power.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12

The summit Of the great Mexican
volcano, Popocatapetl, is 1880 feet
above the sea. The crater, which is
completely obscured within by sul-
phurous vapor, is about q miles in
circumference and 1000 feet deep.
The entire center of the top of the
mountain seems to be solid sulphur,
which is deposited at the rate Of ton
day,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12

FORTY editors from Texas, recently on
press excursion, proved to be all prohibi-
tionists, and only three smokers among
them. No wonder the Lone Star State is
booming for the temperance cause.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12

EVIDENCE showing that Atlanta has
grown in prosperity under prohibition still
accumulates. In spite of the attempts OF
the liquor men to depress business, trade
has increased and building still goes on.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12

"JusT yeep once more, please, remarked
q chicken-thief, hunting about in the toll
grass for stray chicken.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12
ANECDOTES.
=. If Both Belligerents Tell Of
,.s Bullets, Bayonets, and
Boiled Beans.
and Sailors Stirring Stories
said shot and Screaming
Shells.
The Cross of Honor.

q ..nsi,ANT HARRY C. DuvAL.
.,,cnn, boyp why did the blood
-: n. cieek aud my Dyes grow dim
aiha W. y. they pinned on my faded coat
elf %. bronze with its ribbon trim?
h., -, ike n raw recruit
III s,nlly grasp the colonel's hand,
.irnirg n prompt salute
A. ;,. the next command?
ON -. "a wonder that one SO old
ho, |ss AS | should forget to stand
LA ~ ,b6nld, and not move an inch
MS .,,ar lives command.
IN you've heard what my feelings
er n.art was humping within its cell ;
ma, .ot the past came before me there,
Nec sr.sent like mists, from around me
net f''''''' '''> ''S' -N-'
rso,y tho crowd once more
- grpadway in the April sun:
zoo ~ ,hcers that denfening roar
az we marched in "Sixty-one"
% ia. Nsw York was in the fight
, M W. nni would do her part
r. MI her royal might,
= y ,,1e blows at the nations heart.
Ny then, scarce eighteen;
link that what happened SO long ago
!; svo slept i'll peace. but that April scene
N cncii year to brighter grow,
'f, lgh. as the cross on my breast was
Sonraaes gathered on every side,
tbo mos how III mory's feet retruced
and SO filled with O soldiers pride.
bon 1sc we're offered of ton years more
H.. exGh ,nge for that famous day
Ae Capitals heart went up in thanks
Die, .,o the black and gray
net nj, or torty-Id still say no;
Urn, on deep on my inmost soul,
sn. il there when ut last so
,ol. Ege. tho call of the silent roll.
be- through the years that have passed
MI ICE then
r., lthpnsand memories warm and bright
dlu scenes that We Seventh men
W, enoratc by our cross to-night;
o IN again the waiting throng
D :" ado the air with its cheering ring,
e. .Aimcut proudly marched along
0ll..ilne Seventh swing"
tor Ellen mob has been made to feel
,.o ot for play arc wo taught alone,
Wv message borne in our shining steel
= that the city will guard its own.
so fancy thon that my heart was stirred
n. kmes ike these, for the time "Droke
't' lks,
" coonel's words proudly heard:
mr. lnur and faithful Saryiro thaOks ~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12

-,,ce,,,Sr HARRY c. puvAL.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12
rough the years that have passed
Two Blues.

'lonels words I proudly heard:
+ long and faithful service, thai
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12
.ow tho crowd once more

sov tho crowd once more
'n.j broadway in tho April sun;
y, rhcers; that denfening roar
az we marched in "Sixty-one,"
ia. New York was in the fight
W. anl would do her part
f. iii her royal might.
T. ,,,e blows ut the nations heart.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
An Asian California.

A letter from St. Petersburg in tho
journal des Dedats gives an interesting
description of the new California, rs the
new gold mines discovered in the valley
of the Djolgutc river arc called. This
valley is upon the Chinese bank of the
Amoor, opposite the Russian colony of
T~gnachino and, as the soil is very marshy
and there arc no roads, it is accessible on
~ In winter. Gold was first discovered
there in May, 1884, and it soon attracted
a great many Adventures, the earliest
corners being Russian dcscrtcrs and es-
capped convicts from Siberia, and by the
month of January in last year there was a
colony of 8, 200 Russians, the total having
been very much increased since, while
there arc also about G, 900 Chinese and $50
adventures Of different nationalitics, the
last named of whom have joined the Rus
slams, the organization of the colony be-
ing altogether Russian. The gold finders
are divided into 722 artcls (small groups)
OF workmcn, all of whom arc absolutely
equal. These artcls elect 10 elders (star-
china) who do not work themselves, but
supcrintcnd the diggings, and receive a
salary of 200 rublcs a month. They are
selected from among the dealers in gold
and tavcrn-kccpers, and form a sort Of
district police corps. They do not meet
with any interference from the Chinese
authorities in this remote valley, the laws
OF which are very simple but severe, the
penalty of death being inflicted for cheat
ing at play, for adultcrating the gold-dust
or for theft; while fiogging is inflicted
for drunkenness during the hours of Ia.
Dor or for bringing females into the colo
ny. Since the foundation of the colony
there have been only three murders and
two infections of the death penalty, a
Russian having been hanged for adultcr-
ating the gold dust, and a Jew logged to
death for having spread false news as tc
the approach of 4 body Of Russian troops
hoping thereby to send down the price Of
gold owing to the panic. There arc 81
%taverns in the colony, and, owing to the
competition, the prices arc not high, ex-
ccpt for spirits. The gold fields, which
are 25 miles in length by 3 miles broad,
are said to be very rich, and seven pounds
of gold are obtained from 80 hundred
weight of gravel, evcn with the primitive
mode OF washing adopted there.