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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-09-23
10 THE ANGEL OF COMPASSION
woLerAN prxEY. Is rnE oarIc.

Dear angel. from thy pityicg face
Small comfort may we borrow;
Not sympathy nor hope nor grace
Car turn the edge of sorrow.
But only time with perfect art,
Or sharpest grief assuages;
While DER the wretched, falnting heart,
The days wear on like ages,
oh. sad awaking, when the night
Mithdraws her somber curtain
To show no hope-no CLEAN OF light
And pain alone is certain
Oh. heavy dark. when hopeless eyes
Have closed in vain endeavor.
Would that the sun might never rise,
And we sleep on forever.
ali well we know il comes again,
Dear Angel of Compassion,
The world, all needless Of our pain,
viii alter not its fashion.
The listless moon will not forget
A shadow of her turning,
The sun will find the grasses wet
And dry them with his burning.
But not our tears his FIRE will stay
Their torrent undimlnished,
Hot grief will hold its feyered way
Until its work is finished.
Nor yet for tempered winds we hope,
No mercy's recognition,
Until this fatal horoscope
Has filed its dark tradition.
MEMORABLE law OF pain
There can be no appealing
Pride, faith and wisdom, are all in vain
Till time snail do its healing
Not sympathy nor hope nor grace
Can turn the edge of sorrow;
But downward set each smiling face,
We wait until the morrow,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-09-23
HE FELL FACE DowwwARDs

and it was at that moment | knew
that | hurt him more than l had intend
ed. | did not even then comprehend
that l had killed him. | only intended
to disable him, place him in carriage
and take him to the asylum | walked
up to his body and found that he was
dead. | then started to escape and had
gone but short distance when | met my
employer. He then paid me my money
and we went to his house in st. Louis and
spent the remainder Of the night. Early
in the morning, disguised as woman,
| took the first train br Springfield, m
The confession then details his travels
through the south and his final
arrival at Coyington, Tenn and his sub
sequent arrest. He states that he makes
this confession voluntarily and simply
because of a guilty conscience He
knows his employers name, his place of
business and could easily identify him If
he should see him again. He refuses to
declare the vice presidents name but
promises to do so when the proper time
shnll arrive.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-09-23
OFF THE BOARDS.

Where are all the bad actors' "Read
the answer in the stars, New Orleans
Picayune.
Forest firos are to be deplored, yet a lit
tie more Forrest fire in some of our
tragedians wouldn't come amiss.-Texas
Siftings.
When Sarah Bernhardt grows too old to
act she can enter dime museum. There
il always demand for living Skeletons
New Haven News.
Lolita is called little Crabtres by some
of her admirers. Well, it must be con
fessed that she has borne a good deal of
golden fruit.-Boston Transcript.
An actress in Brazil recently slapped
Sarah BeTnhardt's face. Sarah should be
arrested for stabbing the actress with her
cheek -bone.-New Haven News.
All the theatres have made improve
ments during the summer, bu SO far as
we have observed, the work of repair
didn't get as Jar as the price lists.-Bos
ton Post.
a rHEsPIAr Dirty
lie went ont to star
On gay Pullman car,
But when he came back
He walked on the track.
Boston Courier.
An American actress in London writes
home; II hsve seen the prince and prime
ess OF Wales aud they don't scare me a
Bit" Their royal highness will feel very
prond when they hear OF this hatteriRg
compliment; but then it must be admiS
ted that il takes good deal TO scare the
Average American actress Boston Tran
script
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-09-23
ATTEMPT TO KIDNAP HIM.


That evening l met the railroad vice
president by appointment, and while we
were talking together Bowman passed by
There is the man., said my
companion, that l want you to put
out of the way. He gave me his photo
graph so that l could make no mistake
On the next night my plans were com
plete, except that my accomplice had not
arrived, / stationed hack near Bow
mans house, in which it was my intention
to drive him to the asylum, whore | had
made arrangements for his confinement
then concealed myself behind lumber
pile and waited. | soon per.
ceived a gentleman walking in my
direction and when he came opposite me
l sprang out in front of him and pre-
scented my pistol before his face ard
commanded him to halt. He seized my
hand and told him let go that | was not
going to kill him nor take his money. He
dropped my hand and | stepped away a
foot or two and called police in or
der to quiet him raised my revolver and
fired.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-09-23

Bone dishes ars among the regular nc
csssories. They ars curved 80 "a to tit the
edge Of tho plate, and should be placed
close to it To receive the bones and other
debris that would otherwise cumbsr the
plate.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-09-23
A MURDERER CONFESSES,
He Says He Shot ex- Mayor Bowman, of
East st. Louis, Last November.
A Railroad Yice-President of st. Louis
Hired Him to Commit the Crime.
END OF A MYSTERY.

A Man Coffesses That He Killed Ex Mayor
Bowman.
CONVICTION, Tenn, Sept IA man was
arrested at this place about two weeks
ago for an offense of no great magnitude
and lodged in jail. Since his confine-
ment he has confessed, or at least claim
ed, that he is the assassin of the late ex-
Mayor Bowman, of East st. Louis. He
said he was employed to do so by the
vice president of a railroad company in
East st. Louis. The sum to be paid was
to be $4,000, of which he received from
the hands of the railroad official $1,000
before the deed was perpetrated. After
committing the deed, the prisoner re.
manned in East st. Louis until after the
railroad strike, and there committed such
depredations against the railroads that
he had to leave East st. Louis. A Yen
nessee sheriff has been in correspondence
with the East st. Louis authorities upon
the subject.
The substance of
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-09-23
A rHESPIAN Dirty.
lie went out to star
On a gay Pullman car,
But when he came back
He walked on the track.

A very protty novelty in celery dishes
il hst-bosj shaped dish. with a long
curving handle shaped like the neck of a
swan.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-09-23
HIS CONFESSION
is as follows:


During the early part of November,
1885, was visiting East st. Louis, and
while walking in the outskirts of the
town about dusk, one evening, was APP
preached by we'll dressed man of pleas
ing manners, who stopped and conversed
with me. After awhile he asked ms if |
wanted to make some money. | toll
him yes. was pretty hard up, so
| was ready to do most any
thing. He said there was man
in East st. Louis who he wanted
put out of the way. / told him l
was his man, and | could make arrange
ments to kidnap the victim. He said he
did not want him kidnapped, but put out
of the way. | said | would murder the
man for $4,000. II / was going to be
hanged at all ] wanted to sell myself for
a decent amount. / didn't intend to
commit murder however | meant to kid
nap the man and keep him in an asylum.
BY this means | could extort money from
my captive and my principal at the same
time. | made an appointment to meet
the man again, and at this second
interview | learned that my employer
was the vice president of the railroad
company and a resident of st. Louis.
Finally the arrangements were then made
and | then agreed to do the job for $500.
| bought bull dog revolver, a tive-shooter,
of a. calibre, aud two long hunting knives.
l didn't intend, | wanted it understood, 20
murder Mr.. Bowman, but only bought the
weapons to defend myself if he should re-
sist any
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-06-17

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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-06-17

Snderf scCysrg Ne others IKE WIN positively
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-06-17
Temperance Column.


A determined effort is being made
all over the State to secure a Legisla-
ture who favor Prohibition. Wash
ington county is not bringing up the
rear by any means, as organizations
are forming at various points, and we
are receiving urgent invitations to ad-
dress the people from many districts.
Friends OF Prohibition, push this
matter with vim, Get your heads to-
gether and make arrangements for
grand picnic in your neighborhood.
Invite all the ladies and children to
participate in making it success.
Let every Sunday School have pic
mic to aid in banishing the rum fiend
from the land. | shall take pleasure
in addressing the people of any com
munity on the subject Of Prohibition
whenever they are willing to meet for
the purpose of hearing what wills
ky has done and is still doing for them.
Sooner or later, victory will perch on
the banners of Temperance just as
sure as the sun shine.
believe that tho time has come
for Tennessee to take her place
amongst the other bright stars which
have banished Liquid He'll Fire from
their shores. most respectfully urge
every minister OF the gospel Of the Son
of God to take his position on this
great question, either for whisky or
against it. There is no neutral ground
on which to stand Some of you have
talked, preached and prayed Temper
ance, 10 these many years. Now, will
you go to the polls and vote it openly?
If you cannot, say so, as | want to
know who the enemies are, and whom
to engage in this great moral warfare.
! do not care to waste my shafts on an
ambushed enemy, who, bat like, ex-
pect to hide behind politics or relig-
ion, while the conflict is raging, and
announce themselves with the win
ming side, when the war is ended.
This fight against the liquor traffic
is fight for our homes, our children,
our mothers, our wives and sisters; il
is fight for our free institutions and
for the preservation of our Federal
Government 1t is fight for moral
ity, for christianity and for us as vel
as for posterity,
Ehe question is no longer, are you
for high tariff or low tariff? high ia,
Or low taxi but it is "are you for Pro
hibition or against it2" Ask it o
whom you will and every devoted
christian of whatsoever name, ever,
true hearted patriot, every philanthro
pist, every good father and HUSBAND
will give you the same answer, unles
biased by objectionable ignorence
A. M. METTETAL.
Jonesboro, Tenn, June s.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-06-17
North Carolina Division,
CONNECTIONS.

AT CHATTANOOGA with railroad lines dlverg-
ing making direct close connection for all
points Northwest West and Southwest.
AT CLEVELAND with Georgia and Alabama Ri
vision for Atlanta Calera, Montgomery, New
Orleans ard all points South, Southeast ana
Southwest.
AT KNOXVILLE with Ohio Division and Knox
vile Railroad and Main Line trains Nos. d 4
AT JUNCTION CRY with c., N. 0. 4 T. P. r. r.
North and South.
AT JEILIco with Louisville and Nashville r.
r. for Louisville and Northwestern points
AT YOUNGSTOWN with North Carolina Division
for Warm Springs, N. c., and all Western and
Middle North Carolina points,
AT ROGERsvILLE JUNCTION with Rogersville
and Jefferson Railroad.
AT JOHNSON Cry with East Tennessee ana
Western North Carolina Railroad.
AT BRISTOL with Norfolk and Western Rail.
road, connecting Ci0sely for all Virginia and
Eastern citics, Via lynehburg and all Eastern,
Middle and Northern States via Roanoke and
shenandoah Valley route.
SLEEPING-CAR SERVICE.
Nos, / and have Pullman seepers between
Memphis and New YORK via Shenandoah Valley
Forth. Also Pullman Sleeping Cars between
Cleveland alia Sew Orleans, via Caiera and
Nos 8 and have Pullman Palace Sleeping
| Cars between Chattanooga and New York via
| Shenandoah Valley route. Also Pullman Sleep
! ine Cars between New Orleans and Washington
| via Atlanta, Cleveland and Lynchburg Also
''''' B. w. wRENN, G. P. &TA.
HENRY FINK, Receiver.
FIX HDGER, Snp't.
w. DESAusSuhE, A. q, i, 4.
Knoxville. Tenn,
/
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-06-17
sLEBPING.OAR SERVICE.
B. w. wRENN, G. P. &T.
HENRY FINK, Receiver.
u. NJ HDGER, Sup't.
G. ". DESAUsSUhE, A, q. p, 4.
Knoxville. Tenn,

~ hWpnN Make soto $3.50 per month selling
Fkhhh tAn our Standard Books & Bibles. Stead /.
y work for Spring 4 Summer. Adj
dress C. MccuRDY & Co.. st. Louis, Mo.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-06-17

DR.. J. s. PEMBERToN, OF ATLANTA, GA
Some years ago, said the docter In CONVEX
sation " had a most severe attack of inham.
matory rheumatism, which brought me down
upon my bed and entirely incapacitated me for
business
1.-THE disease appeared to have lien ON my
system, and all could do did not dislodge it.
Hunnicutt's Rheumatic Cure was recommend
ed to me- and took It. In a day after begin
ming its use began to improve and in five or
six days was entirely free from pain and able
to resume my business Ibelieye What | told
Mr.. Hunnicutt at that time, that his cure is the
best medicine the world has been offered for
rheumatism
Some years ago when WASH the wholesale
drug trade, Zeilin, the Liver Regulator man."
of Philadelphia, and simmons, the Liver
Regulator man" FIST Louis, got into news
paper row in the South, and on account OF my
position toward the jobbing trade each Of them
was very DESTROYS Of getting a certificate from
me. was approached indirectly by both of
them through my friends, but refused every
time Finally one ofthem made me anindlrect
offer of $500 If would say his medicine was the
best, or equally as good, as any upon the mark
ct ] could have done so conseient iously, but
had all the money needed and gave him to UNI
derstand so in very terse language. In recon-
mending Hunnicuu's Cure believe am bene-
fitting any persons suffering with rheumatism
or impure blood, as know it the best formula
prepared for those diseases and back it cheer
fully.
Dr. Pemberton Is member OF the Georgia
Pharmaceutical Board of Examiners, and no
man ranks higher in the south as "a Pharmacist
Hunnicutts Rheumatic Cure manufactured by
M Hunniccutt 4 Co., Atlanta, Ca, cost but
one dollar bottle and is for sale by all drug.
glsis.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-06-17
WARDS WOES.

MAxEXs, Ga, january lSS6.
For twelve or fourteen years | have been
great sufferer from aterrble form of blood poi.
son which ran into the secondary, and finally II
was pronounced tertiary form My head face
and shoulders became almosta mass Of corrup-
ton, and finally the disease commenced eating
away my skull bones, ] became so horribly re-
pulsive that for three years absolutely refused
TO let people see me- used large quantities of
most noted blood remedies and applied to near
ly all physicians near me, but my condition
c0ntinued-to grow worse, and all said that
must surely die. My bones became the seat Of
eXcruciating aches aud pains; my nights were
passed in misery was reduced in flesh and
strength my kidneys were terribly deranged,
and'life became a burden to me
chanced To see an advertisement of b. Il. y
and sent one dollar to w. G, Birchmore 4 Co.,
merchants OF our place and they procured one
bottle Tor me. 1t was used with decided bene-
IT, and when eight or ten bottles had been
used was pronounced sound and we'll
HUNDREDS OF sears can now be seen on me,
looking like man who had been burned and
then restored. MY case was well known in this
county, and for the benefit of others who may
be similarly affected | think it my duty to give
the facts To the public, and to extend my heart
felt thanks for so valuable remedy. | have
been well over twelve months, and no return
OF the disease has occurred. ROBERT WARD.
MAXEY's, Gas January, 1SS6.-We, the under
signed, know Mr., Robert Ward, and take pleas
nre in saying that the facts above stated by him
are true and that his was one of the worst
cases of Blood Poison we ever knew in our
county and that he has been cured 10y the use Of
B. b. B,-Botanic Blood Balm
A. T, BRIGHTwELL, Merchant
W, c. BlRCHMoGE GsCo Merchants
J. II. BRIGHTwEll, NJ. d.
JOIN T. HART,
W. b. CAMPBELL.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-21
ooRooRAN ART Galley.

proof as possible to attain. The interior
is finished and furnished in style of SUI
perior elegance. There are wide stair
cases of granite, with bronze balusters,
long, spacious corridors, and apartments
richly frescoed and adorned. The apart
ments of the secretary of state on the sec
ond floor, looking south over the Poto-
mac, and the adjoining reception room
in which the foreign ministers have audi
ence with the secretary, are sumptuous in
their appointments. The latter room is
GO feet long and 20 feet wide. A great mir
ror in an ebony and gold frame, reaches
from the floor to the ceiling; the furni-
ture is of ebony, and the upholstry of
bluish-brown brocade. The walls are
painted in Egyptian style, and the floor
is tessellated and partially covered by
Oriental rugs. Paintings and busts adorn
the walls and mantels. A corresponding
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-21
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
AS 1T WAS AND AS
= 1T is.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS = SOMETHING
ABOUT THE STATE, WAR AND
NAVY DEP BUILD
INGS-PENSION OFFICE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. IA, 1856.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. IA, 1856.
Thousands of people who were in Wash
ington during the war, or shortly after
its close, still retain the impression then
obtained of the place. All Others who
have not visited the. capital within few
years and they constitute vast majority
of scarcely realize what beau
tiful city it has come to be. 1t may be
said, also, that comparatively few people,
even among the well-informed, exactly
comprehend the magnitude of the gov-
eminent machinery kept in motion here,
or know anything about the details of its
movement. When the formal transfer of
the government from Philadelphia to
Washington took place in October, 1900,
single 'packet" sloop transported all the
Office furniture of the departments, be-
sides seven large boxes and five small ones
containing the "archives" of the govern
inert. The officials numbered tifty-four
persons, including President Adams. the
secretaries and the various clerks. They
came to tae city in various conveyances,
and as they had left pleasant, comfortable
quarters in Philadelphia, the crudeness
and discomfort of Washington at that
OliiiO piONuSOu VI hlS
Adams spoke of Washington as "this will
derness CITY," and Secretary of the Treas.
urY Wolcott in letter to his wife said
'There are but few houses anywhere, and
most of them are small, miserable huts.'
A striking description of the city as it ap
peared at the time the government tool
possession of it was written by Hon. JOIN
Cotton Smith, then member of congress
from Connecticut He says: "One wing
of the capitol only had been erected
which, with the presidents house, a mil
distant from it, both constructed of whit
sandstone, were shining objects of disma
contrast with the scene around them. In
stead of recognizing the avenues an
streets portrayed on the plan of the city
not one was visible, unless we except
road, with two buildings on each side @
it, called New Jersey avenue. Penn
sylvania avenue, as laid dow
on paper, from the capitol
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-21
GENERAL PosToFFICE.

the presidential mansion, was nearly the
whole distance a deep morass, covered
with elder bushes, which were cut through
to the presidents honse."
Probably our entire navy would not now
be sufficient to carry the effects of the
government department, with all their Of
fees and employees from the capital to-
day. But the growth of all this machin-
cry and all its appliances has been, though
rapid, gradual, like that of the country at
large. The transformation which the
city If Washington, however, has under
gone within the last twelve or fifteen
years must have been witnessed "before
and after taking" to be fully appreciated
Down to the outbreak of the war it could
not have been regarded in any sense a
modern city. There had been some in
crease of population, but little else. News
papers everywhere spoke derisively of
the town, and for many years the capitol
building was called 1.-The palace in the will
derness," and Pennsylvania avenue "the
great Serbonian bog" When the civil
war began in 1861 Washington had 62,-
600 people, and was still what Webster
had previously denominated it, "a city of
magnificent distances During the years
of the rebellion the city was an extensive
military encampment, and for several
years after the war closed il continued to
be very unattractive place. About this
time an English tourist wrote of it: "The
whole place looks run up in night, like
the cardboard cities Pattenkin erected to
crafty the eyes of his imperial mistress
on her tour through Russia, and it is
impossible to remove the impress
sion that when congress is over the
place is to be taken down and packed up
till wanted again."
1t was in 1870 that the boom began
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-21
FROM THE NORTHWEST.
RANGE CATTLE SAFE AND SHEEP
DOING WELL.

Ever since the intensely cold weather
of last week, cattlemen here interested in
stock on the northwest range, and sheep
men, whose focks roam in the western
and southwestern counties, have enter
tanned
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-21
ORDER OF DANCES.

The order of dances, said to have been
originated by popular cattleman
and Austin land brokers' wife, was as
follows:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-21
WILD tuERRY And TAR.

Every body knows the virtues of Wild
Cherry and Tar as relief and cure for
any affections of the Throat and Lungs,
combined with these two ingredients are
a few simple healing remedies in the COM
position of DIR. Bosanko's Cough and
Lung Syrup, making it just the article
you should always have in the house, for
Coughs, Colds, Group and Bronchitis.
Price 80 cents and 800. Samples free.
Sold by Alexander Bros.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-21

No crowd turns out TO see him come; no
bugles drown the echoing drum; no
plaudits fall in vocal showers; no maid
ems strew his way with flowers; no POI
lice sergeant's phalanx stood to hold in
check the multitude; no delegation came
to meet; alone he hoofed it down the
street; alone before the clerk he stands
and pens his name with trembling hands.
Awe-struck he hears the magnate say:
Front! Nine-ought-fortyl Right away"
Alone he climbe the distant stairs, and no
one knows and no one cares to what lost
room he has to climb-the baseball man
in winter-time.-B Brooklyn Eagle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-21

judges "How did you come by these
fish?n Prisoner: II hooked them.
Judge: what have you to say, Mr.. Off
cert" Policeman: "He tells the truth,
your honor; he did hook 'em and l saw
it." Judge: "Then why do you bring him
here? Discharged. Next CASE Boston
Beacon.