Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-01-14

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have one here? The outfit for the
year costs about $500.
The members of the Library As
sociation of the Mineral Point High
School met last Friday evening for
the purpose of electing officers,
with the following result:
President j. jenkins.
Observation-Disclosures Burgoype.
Secretary George Bennett.
Treasurer David Ross.
Librarian-Isaae Deller.
Assistant Libr Fannie Ansley
Executive Committee Albert Horn Albert
White, Alex. Bennett. Inez Eastman. Pearl
Cummings and Ella Hendra.
This association intends giving
public entertainment in the near
future.
Ar Palmyra, this state, the pastor
of religious society ordered fast.
believing that in this way the society
would receive more power to convert
outsiders. One of the members
tasted for sixteen days, but finally
succumbed to natures cravings and
commenced eating again. The
whole congregation seems to be on
the point of starvation, some being
scarcely able to walk owing to weak
ness. They are expecting to be
sanctifed. Several members of the
society have withdrawn from the
meeting thinking the matter is being
carried too far.
The following is taken from Fri
days Chicago Egening Journal.
"The vinegar factory of Spielman
Brothers, at 90 to lO3 Erie street,
was badly damaged by fire. The
blaze started in the basement of l03
and spread to the roof. This por-
ton of the building had just been
fitted up for the manufacture Of rye
flour at an expense of $4,000, and
was to have been started tomorrow
for the first time. After a lively
fight the firemen extingushed the
flames, but not until after the build
ing and machinery had been dam
aged to the extent of nearly $4,000.
The firm carry an insurance of $40,
900. The fire is supposed to have
been caused by one of the workmen
who is though to have dropped a
lighted match or spsrl, from his
pipe into some shayings. The vine
gar portion of the building was not
injured to any great extent.
THERE are few more crying evils
in this country than the carrying of
reyolvers. While there is law
against carrying concealed weapons,
it is every day disregarded, and if
the district attorney were to prose
cute all cases that could be reached,
the county treasury would receive
quite an addition TO its revenues.
The small boy has one, and plays
with it among other boys. The
young man who never bad . dollar,
and probably never will have ten,
has one to keep off imaginary burg
lars. The nervous man carries one
and shoots himself or somebody he
ought not. The excitable man has
one, and he shoots through the door
at a strange sound without and kills
a servant girl or some other limo
cent person; or in cleaning or hand
ling the weapon shoots his wife or
baby. If the list Of revolver casu
alities for the last year was made up
it would shock the whole nation
Let public sentiment, which is the
higher law, take the matter in hand
and fro,cn doUn the reyotcer.
FRoM every quarter-east, west,
north, 'and even south-come ac-
counts of the severe cold within the
past week. Almost without excep-
ton the thermometer has marked
below zero throughout the country,
generally from 10 to 80. The COM
pleteness Of the spread of the cold
wave is very uncommon. West and
southwest of here much snow has
fallen blocksding railroad and all