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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05
In His Own Country.
Nashville Union.

Mr.. Il. c. Campbell, editor of The Jack
sonville (Fla.) Evening Herald, was in the
city Monday, and was met by a reporter.
Mr.. Campbell spoke in glowing terms of
Florida, but when asked what the Florida
people thought of Senator Jones escapade
he was not so communicative and seemed
averse To discussing the subject
"The Detroit and Chicago papers have
written the thing up in all its bearings"
said MIR. Campbell, land some of the
Florida papers have had a good deal to
say, as well as copying from the northern
press"
''Well; what is the general feeling?"
''The opinion is held by nearly every
one that Senator Jones will not return to
Florida. He has made his home in De-
troit for the present, aud there has been
some talk OF his locating in Dakota"
''Do the people think that it was this
much talked of love affair that has caused
the senator to act so queerly!"
well, that was probably the beginning
of it. But a great many think that he is
not altogether sound in mind, and the
general feeling is more akin to pity for
him and modification too the honor of
the state than disgust and anger, although
there are mony who denounce him round
ly Why, he has not been in the senate
chamber this session, and yet he former
ly ranked with the ablest men in that
body
He stood high down in Florida:'
lie did. He was elected first for the
short term and afterward for the long
term, making ten years in ALL
Then Mr.. Jones will mot appear in the
senate again, as a member of that body?"
mo, sir; at least not from Florida. l
will be frank with you. l don't like to
talk on the subject. We feel deeply NOR
titled and the whole state shows the feel
ing"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05

search in despair when luck came my way.
As | was climbing down from the chair
on which | stood | noticed piece of
white thread hanging on the wall. This
struck me as being peculiar, and on fol-
lowing 1T up | saw that it entered the
clock Tracing the other end. | found il
in the clerks desk II or Is feet away.
Then the whole scheme was obvious. The
clerk and the local jeweler-he was the
man had bet with-had fixed the scheme
to catch me or any other such they could
catch on the time mile was walked in,
the correct running of a pet watch. or
anything of that nature. The jeweler had
fixed things so that pulling at that thread
increased the speed OF the clock about /
and this was the manner in which they
had beaten me in my race against the
time.
In about 60 days I'll be back in that
town, and that accounts for my losing so
much sleep, I'm sitting up late nights
trying to hatch up a scheme to get even
with
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05
FORTY YEARS AGO.
Port Deposit lMd.l Can.

Port Deposit (Md,) Cali.
There was time to live.
Men slept yet in their beds.
The epoch of haste had not come.
The saddle was the emblem of speed
Drawn and brains went hand in hand.
We were still nation of hand work
ers.
A days journey was very serious mat
ter.
The highways were dusty and popul-
Gus.
Not every house contained sewing ma
chine.
The canvas-covered wagon was the ark
of trade.
The turnpike ws8 still the great artery
of trade.
There was not mower or harvester in
existence.
The land was lighted with candles after
nightfall
the dairy.
The steam sawmilIs had just begun to
devour the forest.
The lord of a thousand acres sat with
his harvesters at dinner.
The day begun with the dawn and not
with the trains arrival.
The spinning wheel and shuttle sound
ed in every farmers house.
He who counted his possessions by the
square mile kept open house for the
wayfarer.
The telegraph had begun in Washing
ton and ended IN New York II months
before.
The rich were lavish in an abundance
which was not yet coveted by the keen eye
of commerce.
From east to west was the pilgrimage
OF life; from north to south was a voy-
age of discovery
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05
OFFICERS ELECTED.
THE MOUND-BIILDERS.
What Has Been Discovered in the Vicinity of
Deayan, Wis.

What Has Been Discovered in the Vicinity of
Delayan, Wis.
DELAvAN, WIS, July %. Rev Stephen
d. Peet, editor of The American Anti
quarian, spent two days of last week in
yestigating the indian mounds around
Delavan lake. He found some very re
markable and interesting ef1igies at Lake
Lawn, and furnishes the following re-
port:
1t may be interesting TO know some
thing about the prehistoric work which
exist in the neighborhood Of Delavan, 1t
has been my privilege to examine a few
of these, and am happy to furnish you
with information concerning them. There
is no doubt that the lake was a favorite
resort with the Mound Builders and the
prehistoric races as well rs with the
modern inhabitants. The love of beauty
and the delight in nature loneliness were
as strong with them as with us. 1t is a
singular fact that they chose the spot for
the erection of their massive earthworks
which Is now selected for the cottages of
the campers. and the efligies are now
seen in close proximity to these modern
structures.
The visitor may have noticed series
of ridges at Lake Lawn, but it is not liz e.
~ that any Of them have realized the
variety of symmetrical figures which lie
hidden back of these rude shapes. The
plotting of these has revealed the fact
they are in the shape of birds, turtles. and
other animals, and that many of them
were originally very accurate limitations.
The writer of this has discovered at least
ten ethgies in this one group, There are,
however, several etHgies which have been
obliterated. The object of the group is
unknown, and yet the number of the
etligies is in itself quite remarkable. 1t
is seldom that SO many ettigies are found
in the same space of ground. There are
here about thirty seven etligies, all of
them confined to the space of five acres,
and they are so thick together that they
make the ground extremely rough with
their protruberances.
The sizes cf the efligies vary from 90 to
$50 feet in length and 30 to 80 feet in
width, and the birds generally preserve
their natural proportions. Although the
efigies are SO large that their shape may
elude the eye and make it difficult for an
I ordinary person TO trace them out Yet
the plotting and drawing of the figure.
will readily show the design.
! 1t should be said, however, that some
/ of them have been nearly obtiterated
owing to the constant treading of cattl,
/ for the last forty years.
] The presence of campers has had Q
( tendency towear them down, It is we.
/ that one who is acquainted with the sub
ject and who knows the shapes which th,
ctigies had before they were run down j.
able 70 visit them and make plot OF
I them, for i'll few years this will be i'm
I possible for anyone to do
There are other mounds at Petersburg
and IN Seuuetts woods, one mile south q
nelayan.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05

horrible: but at last | recovered myself
sufficiently to take my hat and go to the
telegraph Office to send a message to
Furnow, telling him that it was mistake
and that he must come directly, for |
had ordered capital dinner at the
club.
got that message very cleyerly within
twenty words got out shilling, and was
Just going to hand both to the pleasing
looking young telegraph clorkess, when a
horrible thought ran through me like a
chill. and stood as if transfixed. Jack
Shorter had got Purnow's note and he
would come to the club to dinner. Worse
still, to me, as we sat together with coffee
and cigars, he would borrow another SO
note of me, or perhaps be bind enough
TO take it in two fves.
What was / to do? | dare not bring
those two men together. | did not want
Jack Oh, it was dreadful! But the din
ner was ordered and might just as well be
eaten, so went away, making the pleas
ing looking telegraph clerkess look upon
me as strange in my ways and wrote an
explanatory letter to Purnow, appointing
another day for the dinner, but he declin-
ed to come and feel sure he believed my
note was try-on for money.
But Jack Shorter came and ate my din
ner; and as | said, so he did-he borrowed
two fiyes over our coffee, which sum he will
never pay.
It's an awful posi- ION for a man to be
n, and suffer for it at every turn.
have found my gun unaccountably rusty
my fishing lines horribly tangled, and my
| top Joints broken. have found my choice
cigars mouidy, my soda water without a
| fzz left in the bottle, my tea disappear
and the number of umbrellas that have
deliberately gone away dare not enumer-
ate, for my sake-not yours.
Enough ! am the haunted man, and
my spirit will not leave me. He puts fuel
in my pockets, rubs my hat-nap the wrong
way, blunts the edges of my razor, breaks
the teeth out OF my comb, and in one way
and another reduces me into the state of
a hypochondriacal dyspeptic. As before
said, | tell it to you in a whisper lest evil
should come upon me seyenfold, for mine
is a malignant sprite, and TO you good
reader | wish happier fate.
s. Is 81 - y
Ha ha! BY joye, what fun I've just
turned this out of my desk, where it's lain
for six months. | meant to send it to a
magazine, and here it goes at last, if any
one will have it. But, say, the sprite
exercise d, gone, vanished everything in
it's place and there's place for every
thing in it's place and there's a place for
everything. Apple-pie order and sun
shine; unity, peace, and concord. Excuse
my high spirits; it's all due to st. Lydia,
who took pity upon my forlorn lot and
married me, driving all spirits away
| say, though, only think, Jack Shorter
has come in for plum, and no sooner
did he hear that | was going to get mar
ried than he clapped check for a cool
hundred into my hand, saying that he
didn't know how we stood, but we'd cry
quits, and that would pay the trip.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05
Holding ont inducements.
Wall Street News.

4 grocer in an Indiana town, who or
dered his goods from Chicago, was charg
ed by an indianapolis drummer with a
want of patriotism in not patronizing
home institutions.
"Win you give me 30 days credit" tAe
grocer asked
"Of course
"And then extend me thirty days furth-
err"
"PehaPs."
And if fail will yop compromise for
is cents on the dollar and help me beat
all other creditors That's what my Chi
cago house Is doing for me, and about
every third order they throw in dozen
bed cords or dollar CLOCK rs q free
gift"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05
The Tart and the Gooseberry Pie,
Mrrchant Traveller.

Once upon a time a gooseberry pie was
put in the show case of a restaurant.
There it lay for many years. It's life was
useful as well as ornamental, for when
working hours were over the waiter girls
would use it to crack walnuts on. One
day fresh tart, which had just made its
debut in restaurant society, said to the
gooseberrry pie:
"Of what use in the world are your
You sit there from day to day doing moth
ing, and no one calls for you
The gooseberry pie said nothing In
few minutes a hand reached in, grab
bed the tart, jammed it onto plate and
set it before customer who deyoured
it.
Again the gooseberry pie said moth
ing, but contented itself with winking
at a cockroach which had witnessed the
affair.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05
A MYSTERY.
xrw YORK 1YnEPsNDEsr.

Life held In her hands a measure
And swung il lightly and low;
And she said: viii see il my pleasure
Do rot outweigh my zoe.
And she gathered AL sbugtess laughter
Al loves that we're lasting ana sure
All lows that left memories after,
All wealth that @tngleSs ana pure
Size gathered all sunish and starlight,
All thorn less and fadeess flowers:
She gathered tbs faint light ana tue ar Ilgut
or pangless and perfect nours:
She gathered al glimpses eiyslau
That never had BLAST d the fOul,
All hopes that had held 10 ffultloni
All talents that won 10 the goal,
All wisdom that never had sa0deneu'
Al tr, tbs that never bed lied,
All ambitions that never have maddened-
All beauty that satisfied
And she flung them all all in her measure
But they nothing Unbalanced the pain,
And she said | must eds yet treasure
The kindt 81 and best IN my tram
And she REACHED out and took Death, and laid !
Al restfui and calm on the scale;
Yet pain as before, stu Outweighed IL;
And she sighed ~ she said; Gould this fail:
Then she reached up TO merciul heaven,
TOOK down, and flung over earths sulIe,
A little pale hope, all unproyen-
The hope Of n measureless life;
Flung IL down with doubling and wonder
With question and touch Of disdan,
When loi swift the light scale went under
LIES woe was outwei< hed by ife's gain
Oh! strange Oh most strange If the measure
OF all mortal days be but woe
Compared with their acme OF pleasure
life unused as she hung the scale low
Why. then should II lessen eartts sorrow,
Why magnify Death s consequence
To believe In a timeess tomorrow
And life held The scale IN Suspense.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05

SUICIDES IN LARGE CITIES.
Number Of Tables from Which Certain In.
teresting Facts are Cleaned.
Boston Globe

An investigation into the causes of sui
cides furnishes few facts upon which to
formulate any theory that self destruction
is the resultant of social conditions. Sui
eide is through individualism. The some
what empirical philosopher, Buckle, how
ever, says that I'm any given state of so
ciety certain number of persons must
put an end to their own lives Suicide is
merely the product of the general condi-
tiol. of society. The individual felon
only carries into effect what is neces-
sary consequence of preceding circum-
Stances
The following specially obtained statls-
tics give the number of suicides in each
of the leading cities in the United States
during the year 1885:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05

OF the total number OF sulcldes IN Now
York, So were native born, 152 were for
eign born, 167 were males, and 40 were
females Those who were married num-
bered rs; widowers and widows, 26; single
persons 60, and IS whose martial relations
we're unknown. The record of the occu-
pations of those who sought death at
their own hands ought to throw some
light upon the question as to whether
poverty is to any great extent the cause
of suicide. It does not however. The
statistics are as follows:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05
Number
SOME SUGGESTIONS ON HAS.


New York Tribune
lis the hat that makes the man ana
want of it the fellow. Not that the entire
absence of hat is necessary to mark the
fellow that is indicative of the savage.
Ii is want in the sense of shortening
III the headgear that makes the fellow
The lower a fellow falls in the social scale
the moro glazing do these shortcomings
grow. As he climbs up from fellowship
to manhood the more does his head
matching coincide with the standards OF
taste. This is shown in the EXTREMIST
case that of the savage. The moment
the dawn of civilization breaks upon HIM
dc breaks for hat Generally It Is q
battered specimen of the genius stove
pipe" that first falls into his hands and
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05
SUICIDES TO POPULATION IN 1885. ;

Ine above STATISTICS snow two curious
facts: l. That the number of suicides to
population is greater on the Pacific coast,
and decreases in almost an arithmetical
ratio, city by city, until the Atlantic coast
is reached 2. That Brooklyn, which is
practically n part of the city of New
York, has less than half the suicides that
the latter has. The census of 1880 places
the number of suicides in the United
States at one to 10000 of population,
while the statistics above show that the
average in the twelve cities named is one
to $3.50, which indicates that self destruc-
ton is nearly two and half times great
er in the large cities than in the towns
and villages.
Research shows that the details of sui
cides in New York apply generally TO the
other cities mentioned, and in fact TO the
whole country. This is shown by the fol
lowin record of the ages of suicides in
New York during 1885 compared with
those in the United States for the census
year;
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05

The number of suicides to population,
which is the only comparison of value, is
given below:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05
some 30 years

The methods of self destruction were
various, bat the principal means compar-
ed with those shown in the census record
NuRrn Is fnllnWs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05
Charities and Reform.

ST. PAUL, July 23.--At to-days meeting
Of the national conference of charities
and corrections reports of the various
states were read. DR.. Vivian, of Wiscon-
sin, read report that the state manage
ment of three semi-state institutions had
been changed. The poor houses with
their management and general surround
Ings compare favorably with those of any
state in the union. The poor houses and
jails are models for the class which they
are intended for.
Mrs. Sam. A. Spencer, read report Of
the District of Columbia, (she is vice
president of the charity organization So
ciety,) and ridiculed the action of con
gress in providing for the payment of
cold tea bills, while they threw into
waste baskets the womens' petitions which
asked them for reform legislation. The
report was very eulogistic of MRS. Hayes
for her action in producing temperance
habits in the white house. w. L. johnson,
of Chicago, read the report OF the com
mittee on the organization of charities
socities too numerous to even give syn
opsis of their labors and operations
Not many new departures were made, but
the best features of the work in the var
ious cities has been copied and adopted.
Mr.. Fred. II, Wines, of Illinois, read
the report of the committee on statistics
on the causes of pauperism and crime.
Ignorance, idleness, disase and all forms
of insanity, poverty and crime are the
causes of pauperism. These causes lie
away back in the human constitution, in
the constitution of society. We can not
deal with the subject without taking all
causes into consideration.
Mrs. Van Cleve, of Minneapolis, spoke
of the work done in that city for fallen
women and deserted children. Many
girls who were as low as they possibly
could be- are now lifted up and their feet
firmly placed on the right way.
A. O. Wright, of Madison, Wis, read a
paper ON the construction and manage
ment of small asylums for chronic insane.
He discussed plans followed in erecting
buildings and hospitals separate for the
sexes.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
In the afternoon the committee on or
ganization reported the following officers
and committees, for the ensuing year:
The report was adopted.
President Hon II. II. Giles, Wis.
Vice Presidents Rt Rev. Geo ID. Gil
lespie, Rev, A, g. Byers, Ohio. Rev. S. II.
Sonnenschien, Missouri.
Secretarys Rev. II. IL. Hart, Mimi, Q.
f. Mccullough, Indiana, Mrs. O. G. Dens-
moor, Nebraska.
Executive Committee-P. G. Garrett,
Pennsylvania, L. B, Sanborn, Massachu-
sets, VIM. p. Letchworth, New York, VIM.
Howard NeG, Ohio, II. H. Giles, Wiscon-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-05
THE VALUE OF GOLD DIST

1t Was Not known to the Earliest Miners 8.
California - Varied Devices for Adnltera
ton.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

rs the village of Fremont. In Feb
ruary. 1859, the State Legislature
changed the name Of the village from
Fremont to Alpena, but no mention
was made of the township. Ossineke
was formed out Of said township in
1866. In 1871 the city of Alpena
was Incorporated. In 1873 the terri
tory, now forming the townships OF
Long Rapids, Maple Ridge, Green
and Wilson was taken from the town.
ship of Fremont, or Alpena as it was
known and is still named. There
does not appear, however, to be any
record of the changing of the name
from the township of Fremont to the
township of Alpena, and on this sub
ject the Secretary of State wrote as
follows to county clerk O'Brien, con-
corning the matter:
Will you have the kindness to fur
nish this office with a certified copy
of the proceedings on the original or
ganization of the township of Alpena,
in your county? We are, at this
time, unable to find on file in this of
fee. certified copy, which is requir-
ed by law to be here, and in order to
fully organize the township, should
be published in the session laws. If
you are unable to do this, give us the
date of organization and territory en-
braced when first was organized, as
we wish to publish the fact in the cen
sus.
An early answer will confer favor
upon,
Yours Respectfully,
II. A. CoNANT.
Sec'y of State.
The county clerk examined in
to the matter and, as yet, has found
no records showing the organization
of a township of Alpena, The State
authorities have no record Of the
name being changed from Fremont
to Alpena, and if they ever were in
the county records, they were burnt
some fifteen years ago when the old
court house burned. 1t would thus
appear that there is no legal township
of Alpena, but that the part of the
county now known as such, is still the
township of Fremont. The matter
should be examined and if no records
showing the change of name can be
found, then the Legislature should be
asked at their next session to legalize
the matter.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03

The Wisconsin Woman Suffrage
Association are sending out circular
which contains series of propositions.
The first sets forth the idea that as
there is no distinction of sex in Chris
tianity, there should be none in poll.
tics. The second desires to know
wherein the Government of the
United States differs from despotism
when it denies recognition of the
rights of women. The next two or
three claim for the women the same
rights to 'life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness" as men. The seventh
proposition queries whether taxation
without representation is not a just
ground for complaint on the part of
women, and the next one whether,
being amenable to the laws, they
should not be granted a voice in the
fixing of penalties for violations there
of The remainder asks whether wo-
men do not appear as well in all mat
tiers political as men, and whether Il
mistake has not been made in trying
to get along without her.-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-03-03
Council Proceedings.

The Common Council Of the city Of AL
pena met in regular session In tho Council
Room. on Monday evening, March lst
and was called to order at 1880 o'clock, by
the Mayor.
PREsEST.-Andrew Harshaw, Mayor
John s. Mcvicar, Recorder, and Aldermen
Kimball, Cunning, DAigle, Campbell and
Daoust.
Journal of session hold Feb. 18th, 1886
read and approved.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From Jesse Jones, asking permission Ia
erect post and sign in front Of his place
Of business on Water street.
Moved by Alderman Campbell that the
petition he granted, providing said sign is
erected in accordance with the provisions
Of the ordinance governing the same Car
ricd by unanimous vote.
From Geo. F. McRac, proprietor Of the
roller rink, as follows, al do most respect.
fully ask your honorable body to with
draw the licence against the Alpena roller
skating rink as the skating business is
barely paving expenses"
On motion Of Alderman Kinball the