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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11
LATEST KILOGRAMS.
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

SEVEN structures at Charlotte, Mich,
were burned Tuesday, creating a loss Of
$4,000.
A CONFEDERATION in Jackson, Miss
DESTROYED several stores and other bust
ness property-loss $7S, 900.
A SPAN of tn bridge being construct
ed over the Des Moines river at Pitts.
burg, Iowa, fell Monday, carrying down
five men, one of whom was fatally
hurt and two others were seriously in
jured,
WHILE plugging leak in The boiler
Of his locomotive near Durand, H., es-
Gaping steam burned the arm Of Chas.
Stetson, an engineer on the ST. Paul
road, so that the flesh was literally
boiled, a portion of it falling from the
bone.
COCHRAN 81 LANES large planning rnill
at Cleveland, Ohio, was burned Mon
day, entailing loss of $4,000, with ia
surance aggregating $4,000.
a SNOW SLIDE near Telluride, Col,
demolished four cabins at the Sheridan
mine, burying twenty-one men under
seventeen feet of snow. -Four were
killed, two fatally hurt, and two badly
Injured.
FIRE broke out at 630 Saturday night
in the large chair and coffin worF- of
Buckstaff, Edwards 81 Co., at Oshb 5h,
and completely destroyed the factory.
Less in the Geighborhood of $35, GOO;
well insured.
A POWDER house Of the New York
aqueduct on the Fordham Landing
Road exploded early Wednesday morn
ing, seriously injuring two men and
causing heavy damage in the surround
ing district. The man who was in
the charge of the magazine is missing.
SWIFT Bros. butterine factory, at the
corner Of Ashland avenue and Forty
seventh street. Chicago, was complete
ly Quilted by fire, and upward of $751;
600 worth OF property destroyed. The
eHtira department of the town of Lake,
several engines from Englewood, and
eve engines from the city went to the
fire, but owing to the scarcity of water
it was impossible for more than one.
half OF them to do any work, and
they were returned to their stations.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11
CRIME

DURING a family quarrel in New York
city Saturday night Frank Med onald
stabbed John Kiernan, with pen
knife.
G. III. KICK, railway agent at Auburn
Junction, and j. B. Barnett, telegraph
operator, have been arrested FOR extract
ing valuables from trunks and express
packages.
CLIFFORD c. STEVENS, a grover Of
Aurora, H., who vas shot by Chas. w.
Ross, while the latter was being detain-
ed for burglary, died Monday merning,
leaving aged mother, a widow and three
children.
EDWARD CROwL, a Cleveland forger,
VINO is said TO have two years ago per-
petrated fergeries in that city to tho
extent of $4,000, has been captured
in New York.
THE mysterious tragedy at Nashville
developed by the discovery of head
less body two weeks ago has been solv-
ed. Frank Arnold, prosperous farmer
was beaten to death by five men, who
divided his effects. The murderers
and the two wives OF them have been
arrested.
AT Aurora, H., Sunday night, Cliff
ord Stevens found in lis store Charles
NJ. Ross, aged II, who had forced an
entrance with burglarous intent, Mr..
Stevens undertook to take the youth
to the bridewell, but the latter drew a
revolver and fired three shots. one bui-
let entering his cwn leg, while the third
wounded Stevens so badly that he
died Monday afternoon. Ross was
taken to Geneva FOR safe keeping.
A RoBBER entered S. S. Barker's jew
elry store at Kansas City, Thursday
evening, and Selling tray of diamonds
and drawing revolver, attempted to
leave with the jewels. To one clerk,
who grappled him, he dealt three muir
derous blows with revolver, and also
fatally shot a citizen who attempted to
stop him on the street. TIE robber
then disappeared. 1t is thought he
failed To secure any of the diamonds.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11
FOREIGN.

A HUGE block of buildings in Man
chester, Eng. valued at $500 900, was
destroyed by fire Wednesday.
ADvIcEs from uandalay. the capital
of Burmah, say that the dacolts have
had several engagements with the Brit.
ish troops since the LIST, and in every
encounter the dacOlts We're defeated
with heavy loss. Ire officials at Man
daily believe that order will soon be
completely restored throughout Bur
NAH.
Mr.. GLADSTONE has determined to at
tempt an independent solution Of the
Irish problem. Speculation is rife as to
whether he viii form a strong cabinet,
and is is certain he viii call some OF
the prominent Liberal statesmen. 1t is
thought Sir Charles Dixie viii be offered
the British Foreign Office. John Nor.
ley 10 almost certain to be offered a
Place in the cabinet
AN election for member OF parliament
is proceeding in the middle division of
Armagh, Ireland, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of John McCane.
conservative. Sir James Cory is the
conservative candidate, and Mr.. Dick
son is the candidate of the liberals.
The conservatives expect a majority Of
500. Severe rioting Is reported i'll Tan
derage. The election booths were
stormed by a mob.
GLADSTONE discussed the Greek diff
Guilty with Lord Salisbury. Mr.. Col
liugs will be given an Important part
in the new cabinet. Mr.. Chamberlain
will be the first lord of the admiralty
Mr.. Morley chief secretary for Ireland
Charles Russell attorney general, Mr..
Cohen solicitor general, and Earl Rose
berry has accepted the foreign port.
| folio.
THE principal landlords in Wales
/ haze combined to resist the demand Of
the Farmers League for a reduction OF
25 per cent. in farm rents. In proclaim
ing their decision the landlords declare
they regret that the Farmers League
1 has adopted the false assumption that
there is natural antagonism between
landlords and tenants. The landlords
add that waile they are willing to re.
duce individual rents, according to this
exigenciss of each particular case, they
are determined to absolutely decline t
recognize the league,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11
GENERAL NOTES.

THE public schools ia the vicinity Of
Pierce and Albany, Wisconsin,, are
closed on account Of the ravages Of
scarlet fever,
EIGHT carloads of imported laborers
we're sent into the coke region of Penns-
ylvania, but the striking Hungarians
persuaded them not to commence
work.
HYDE CLARK POST, G. A. r., Of Du-
buque, has petitioned the Iowa legisla-
ture to establish a soldiers home ia the
state, 1t is stated that there are over
three hundred old soldiers in county
poor-houses,
THE iron market continues steady,
with fair demand reported Old ma.
tCrial is in brisk request, and orders
have been cabled for old rails steel
| scraps, etc.
AT Rockford, H., Tuesday, Northern
Illinois and Southern Wisconsin coal
dealers organized the Northwestern
Retail Coal Dealers Association. A
delegation from Chicago were retired
from the gathering by resolution, and
thus frozen out.
THE biennial directory Of millers and
furaishers shows a total of Il, 967 flour
ing MILLS in the United States and
Canada, being a decrease, as compared
with 1854, of Sl2 The mills in the
United States number 16 Sj6.
REPRESENTATIVES, of twenty rail
roads operating between the Mississi-
pPi river and Buffalo ana Pittsburgh
met Wednesday in Chicago, elected
George r. Blanchard commissioner,
and instructed him TO form subpcols at
minor points. A significant fact was
the absence Of. the officers of the Chi
| cagO and Atlantic road.
FHE snow throughout Kentucky and
Tennessee ranges from six iushes to
two feet in depth, while fall of four
teen inches is reported at Wilmington,
! Del. Country roads are impassable.
Another cold wave prevails throughout
| the South, the temperature ranging
from 8 to IS degrees below the freezing
point
THE census OF Nebraska, just COM
! pleted, shows and increase of POS, las in
! population in five years, The value of
live stock is $50, 100000, against $33,
100000 in 1880, that the acreage under
! cultivation has doubled. The value of
farms has been increased from $685.
100000 10 $2S5,000,000, and manufacture
ed products are valued at $l3 000 600,
( against less than $4,000, 600 at last re-
port.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11

WEsToHEsTER county, ". Y, is
considering Continuance for tramps
which would seem to be we'll calcul
ated to rid the country Of tramps by
one way or another, The contnvance
consists Of building so situated that
it can be flooded with water to the
depth Of six feet, and so arranged
with apparatus and platforms that all
persons committed as tramps and va
grants can be placed therein, and
VIXEN the water is turned ON bocom-
PEELED 10 bail or be submerged there
by. In other words, whoever finds
himself confined threin Will have to
work or drown, Tramps are suppos-
ed to be ccnshtutionally opposed to
either, so it is presumed they win
give Westminster county a very wide
berth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11

AN anti-lreating bill has passed one
braAck OF the Washington territory
legislature. 1t prohibits any person
or persons from treating or entertain
ing 'gratuitously any other person or
persons to or with spirituous or matt
liquors, wine on cider, or any bever-
age whatever in any public bar room,
saloon, beer hall, or grocery Ia this
territory, or in any other public place
of resort or amusement" The penalty
is fine OF not less than S. or more
than $25, or Imprisonment not Less
than FIVE or more than twenty days,
or both.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11


THE dangers Of deficient ventilation
have repeatedly been shown in Mont
Gents tunnel. The ordinary freight
train leaving Modane at 9p. m, Dec.
81, was observed TO stand still at about
two miles from the mouth of the tun
mel, and did not start again. The con
ductor Of the freight train from the
opposite direction was informed OF the
fact, and when coming up TO the
stading train he found tbs trainmen
of the latter IN a dead stupor They
were taken off and transported with
all possible speed TO Bardonechia,
where all of them were soon revived.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11
ENGLAND'S NEW CABINET.

The Official Announcement of It's
mensbers Causes Great Surprise In
British Political Circles.
LONDON, Feb. 3.-The new cabinet
is officially announced as follows:
Gladstone, prime minister and first lord of Tn
treasury.
Sir Farrer Herschell, lord high chancellor
Earl Spencer, lord president Of council.
II. @. II. Childers, home secretary.
Earl Roseberry, secretary for foreign affairs.
Earl Granville, secretary for the Colonies
Earl Kimberley, secretary for India.
III. Campbell Zimmerman, secretary for war.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, chancellor Of the
exchequer
Marquis of Ripon, first lord of the admiralty.
j. Chamberlain, president Of the local govern
ment board.
G.. o, Treylyan, secretary for Scotland.
A. j Mundel, president of the board of trade.
John Morley, chief secretary for Ireland
The following appointments have
been made under the new administra-
ton:
Earl Sydney, lord steward of tbs queens house
hold.
Arnold Molrey, patronage secretary.
Charles Russell, attorney general.
The composition of tie cabinet has
caused great surprise. 1t is thought
to show marks of a compromise.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11
AndI@ested Rooa

10 the stomach developes an ascld which stings
The upper part OF the throat and palate, causing
"he3rtburu.' 10 also involves a gas which pro
tuCeS wind Cu the stomach and feeling ant
appearance of distenSon 10 that organ after eat
Jag For both this ascidity and swelling Hostel
Ter stomach Bitters Is a much better remedy
ihau alkaline salts, like hartshoru and carbonate
OF soda. a wineglaSs'ul OF the Bitters, after or
before dinner, viii be found 70 act as a reliable
cSvmiuatve or preventive. This fine specific foi
dyspepsia, both m its acute and chronic FORM, also
prevents and cures maralial fevers, constipation
liver complaint, kidney troubles, nervousness
and debility. Persons who observe in themselves
decline of yigor should use this fine tonic with
out delay.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11

liz the case of the Mexico grant of
Laeuna de Tache, in Fresno County,
California, wherein application was
made, for the United States to bring
suit to set aside the patent on the
grounds that the grant was fraudulent
and Improperly located, the Secretary
of the Interior declines to recommen d
sucn a suit holding that the decree of
the court deterEairlng the utility of the
grant should not be raoRencd for the
purpose Of again raising the same issu d
and that no fraud, imposition, or de-
ception appears to have been practiced
in order to secure the location of the
grant. and that relocation of the same
in 3 more compact form is not now
practicable About forty thousand
acres are involved.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11
Wicked Doings.
STABBED BY A CONVICT.

STABBED BY A CONVICT.
PITTsBURG, Feb. At is reported
that a revolt occurred at the RIVER
side penitentiary this morning, IN
which three deputies were injured.
LATER "A serious ARRAY occurred
this morning, in which Deputies Nc
Kahn, Greaves and Edwards were in
iured-the two former dangerously.
a. prisoner named James Clarke, who
had been serving a sentence of seven
years for burglary, had been ordered
to a dungSon for an infrachou Of the
rules. McKain ard Greaves escorted
him to the dungeon. He promised TO
70 quietly, but in an unguarde-d mo-
ment turned upon them with a
large knife, which he had secreted
in his coat. He first made
a desperate lunge at McKain and
plunged the knife into his neck, and
then also thrust the weapon into
Greaves' shoulder-blade twice. Dep
uty Edwards, hearing the noise, came
TO their aid, but before he could rem
der them assistance he was felled to
the ground with tercible blow, aud
Clarke, jumping on him, beat and
kicked him IN frightful manner. By
this time the guard had been alarmed
and Clarke was overpowered and
placed in the dungeon.
The injured men we're removed to
the hospital. An examination showed
that McKain had been MORALLY
wounded, and Greaves and Edwards
seriously wounded, but the two latter
will recover.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11

CONSIDERABLE attention has been
lately directed to the commercial and
industrial value, at least prospectiyely,
of the tupelo gum and willow oak
iimbers of Mississippi, After various
and thorough tests the first named
has been pronounced almost as sof.
and light as cork, and the whilest
timber in the valley. 1t is extremely
light cannot be split, while at the
same time is very tough, tenacious,
and will bear heavy strain, its var
ious qualities rendering it specially
valuable for buckets, pitchers, trays,
oX-yokes, and alnost all kinds of
water vessels, as well as for many
other purposes The water or willow
oak is said to be second only to the
live oak, is almost as hard when sea
soned as is the latter, and for the rim
and spokes Of wheels is almost to
have no superior, while fl snipbujld-
ing il viii almost equal The live oak
IN its frmness and durability. Tests
have been made Of the crushing cap
acity OF this wood, and also Of its
transverse strength, with remarkably
favorable results, the published data
showing that it is one-third stronger
than any white, red, or black oak, and
only one-eight less than live cen oak.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11
Wiring Passengers on Moving Trains.
Boston Herald


You have probably seen IN the
newspapers from time to time some
rather vague illusions to a new tele-
graphing scheme which is to enable
persons who are stationary to com
municate with friends who are tray
cling on railway trains while they
are IN motion. / had been regarding
/ this scheme as rather ephemeral, and
even visionary until yesterday, when
an acquaintance of mine to whom it
was mentioned, broke out most en-
Enthusiastically COZ corning it, and he
finally induced rae to go up town to
| where the concern is In active opera
tIon. The company which is under
taking to introduce this flying tele-
gram has a number of lines laid
down to illustra to the workings Of
the machine, and nearly every day
some railroad magnate or other per
sonage OF influence in the community
is Shown the result of these expert
ments.
The scheme is worked simply
enough. A wire is laid down along
the ground between the tracks on
which the cars run, and underneath
the floor of each vehicle, is a coil of
wire, which takes up the sound as it
comes along the ground. The coil
does not touch the other wire at all.
but picks up the sound through the
air, no matter at what speed the train
may be going. The value of the
scheme, according to the promoters,
lies partly in the accommodation it
would be TO railway passengers. and
partly in the chance it would give the
people ia control of railroads to avoid
accident. For instance, let us say
railroad train runs off the track. In
an instant 8 message can be sent in
each direction the full length of the
road, conveying the information and
preventing other trains from follow
ing on. Beyond this, it is claimed
that cables may be laid as far as 400
miles out to sea, and that any vessel
over them and supplied with this
machinery can communicate with
the shore. To successfully accom-
plish this four or FIVE cables would be
laid, seperate from each other at
considerable distance and duly locat-
ed in this chart. This would not only
give an opportunity 10 accurately
foretell the arrival of steamers. but
would enable passengers to communi-
/ cate with their friends on shore on
any important matter The scheme
is in the hands of some heavy capt
talists, and will undoubtedly be in
operation before long on each one Of
the big railways running out OF New
York.
Toe same seople have struck an
other novel idea, though whether it
will ever be of great material value
is still an unanswered question. BY
ts,use, If you sit in Boston and write
your name with a pen attached to
one end OF the wire, the other en- d of
which is in Worcester, your sigma
ture will be exactly reproduced at
which ever point may be desired.
There is no immediate means of de-
termining the utility OF the invention.
which is yet entirely crude, but it is
proposed to give the use Of it, for the
time being To some magician who
may mystify his auditor by the de-
vice,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11

GERMANY has just celebrated the
fiftieth birthday OF her FIRST railroad.
The little road, some three or four
miles long was completed at Christ
mas time, 1885. aud ran between Nur-
emburg and Firth. It continues to
run and to pay very nice divid ends.
II is a medieyally-managed affair,
and only wants a Faust as conduc-
tor and Mephistopheles for an en-.
gineer and fireman to make 1t classic
ally poetic
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11

WHETHER hard winter in Eng
and, Scotland and the north of Eur
ope necessarily means a season Of
floods ia France, Italy and Austria,
has not yet been determined as mat
ter of fact, but several such instances
have occurred IN recent years, though,
perhaps, not enough to establish a
rule. Heavy snow il northern Eur
opc means heavy rains in the south
ern part, and these are the direct
cause Of the floods now ravaging parts
of France, Spain and Austria.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11

TEE Louisiana sugar crop last year
was larger by 10 per cent. than the
average for previous years, and was
cultivated and manufactured at a
greatly decreased outlay, thus en-
abling planters to discharge some Of
their previously contracted obliga-
tons. They entered upon the bust
ness of 1886 with light hearts, and the
coming crop promises them heavy
purses and a large share of experience
in economical methods.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11
Disaster
THREE MEN KILLED IN A RAILROAD COL
LISBON

LITTLE Rock, Feb. 5--This morning
passenger train collided at Williams
vile, No, with fast ST. Louis pas
senger from the Memphis. Engineer
Wallace, of Memphis train
and his fireman, name unknown, were
instantly killed. Engineer Walker,
of the st. Louis train, jumped from
the train and was badly injured. de
is from Aurora, HIS. His fireman,
name unknown, was caught between
the engine and tender and crushed to
death
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11
important.

Wien you visit or leave New York City, ssvS
Baggage Expressage and s. Carriage Hire, and
stop at the Grand Union Hotel, oppoSIt'
Grand Central Depot.
Gi3 elegant rooms, fitted UP at a cost OF one
million dollars 81 aud upwards per day. EHro-
paan plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied WIZ
the best. Horse cars stages and elevated reSi-
road TO all dep1ts Families can live better Tor
less money az the Grand Union Hotel than a.
any other first class hotel in the city.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11
lie Was in Poor Luck.
Fllerende Batter

Lieutenant (toa brother-officerl -
have i'll luck IN getting married. a
fair one without money my father OBJ
iects to. 4 homely one with money
NV personal feelings objects to. a
fair one with money her father objects
to. A homely one without money.
why naturally every bedy objects to.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11

sald he did not care to make an argu-
meut. Mr.. Dexter closed on behalf
Of Mrs. Storey. The case was taken
under advisement
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11
Stranger addressing nativel-Wha.

Stranger addressing native) What
is the matter with that old, grAy-head-
ed msn3 Is he drunkl Native-O
no; he was never drunk in his life.
Slrauger-Well, why does he kick up
his heels that wsyl Native-He' S
happy. nger-Lottery prize2 Ma.
two no. His grandfather wrote
an article for a magazine and il has
been published.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11

Col. J. d. Williamson, gu 4rtrr-gas
t4r U. S. A., and ex-U. 5 CoRsul al
Callao, Peru, spent 500 600 in e ght
years in trying to cure hjnself Of
rheumatism, but got no relief until hs
used St. Jacobs Oil, which cured him
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11

THOMAS F. GILL, in the North
American Review, proves by figures
from ethcial sources that there are in
the United States to-day $50, 600 more
tenant farmers than in Great Britain
and Ireland
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11

The New York World says a child in
that city was poisoned by cough
syrup containing morphia or opium.
There is no such danger in Red Star
Cough Cure. 1t is purely vegetable,
prompt, safe and sure. IS cents.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11

GLADSTONE has announced the
members of his new Cabinet, which
seems 10 be regarded as a strong one.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-01-28
A SLEEK SCOUNDREL.

An Omaha, Neb., special saws A
sleek-looking young man arrived in
Omaha last night on one of the trains
from Iowa. As he stepped on the
platform Of the depot Sheriff Cor
man, of Wayne county, Indiana, step
ped up and placed him under arrest.
The man was George Washington
Harry Claire 4Feu6n6r, anu CANNED
to have a knowledge of law. He
went into the best society ofthe town,
and in the course of time gained the
affection of Miss Nettie Dorsey, a
near relative OF Congressman Dorsey.
In Jane he left to visit his old home
in Indiana, but instead of paying a
friendly visit, forged check on his
mother for 5000, and stole span of
horses from a livery man in Richmond.
The authorities have since been on
his track, and finally traced him to
North Bend. Before the officer ar
rived, he had married Miss Dorsey
and gone to Iowa on visit. In adj
dition to the other crimes, it was
found that he had another wife and
two children living in Indiana. Miss
Dorsey heard the facts while on the
wedding tour and returned home
She was induced to state his where
abouts, and by ruse he was captur-