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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14
Ranch Life in California.

The women often show the wear and
tear of their isolated positions, without
compromising social interests, more than
do the men, who are surrounded by men
interested in the same pursuits. Love of
luxurious clothing amounts to passion
in the women of all classes. About their
homes they go dressed as elegantly as if
in the fashionable streets of San Fran
cisco. This is the result of the wish of
husbands, sons and fathers for the visi
BILE display OF their wealth speedily shown.
Too hurried to build the good homes
which they need, all rushing along the
heated race course that leads to sudden
wealth, they deck their women as a means
of establishing their claims TO social
importance, aud to compensate them for
the real hardships of their lonely lives
during much of the time.
The religious, educational and moral
tone of The community is largely upheld
by women, and a reverential bearing is
adopted toward them which is beautiful
and very gratifying without doubt. The
Immense size of the ranches, however,
tend TO isolation, and the maddenlng
nonotony of the life is very trying to the
moral stamina-one day is much like
another during the heated season, day
after day, week after week, Suneay in
cluded. With the nearest neightor five
miles away, wnad cheer is to be found in
the latest Partisan style, eighteen months
late, or in tigers eye jewels in bracelets
and brooches, all the way from the Cape
of Good Hope and "too lovely for any
thing just sent as the latest thing out
from Tifny's; or a chased silver tea
service with accompanying pottery of
Doulton make; or lovely pug, King
Charles, with trappings to match the
Partisan suites, wheu the jewels and
the dresses will be seen only by the
Chinese cook and Mexican and Indian
vaqueros, neither of whom can speak ten
consecutive words in English; and the
tea service to be used on a pine table
built in the dining room, Ungraceful as a
Gothic deaths head and cross bones; or
of King Charles, when there is not one
feminine heat TO be wrenched "by the
beak of envym
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

SEVEN horses we're killed by being struck
by a train Hear Saybrook, Ill.
Heavy rains Surfing the past week have
done great damage to crops and bridges
in northeastern Nebraska.
THE ElwIn and Babcock Touring mill
at Laporte, near Waterloo, Iowa, was de-
stroyed by fire.
A CONFEDERATION in New York destroyed
Tommeny Hail and Tony Pastor theatre.
Loss, 100000
EtoHrEEN persons we're killed and forty
one wounded in railroad accident In
Mexico near Tampico. A COW and q
donkey on the track caused the horror.
TuE factory building Of the Wslling
ford Wheel Company at Wallingford o.,
was struck by lightning ano destroyed by
FIRE; loss, 100000.
AT Helena, NJ. r., one man, name un-
known, and several horses were incinera-
ted by the destruction of Zeigler's livery
stable.
AT Warsaw, n, y, the refinery, engine
aud pump house of the Cry Salt
Works were swept away; loss, $4,000
A CYCLONE at Evansville, Washington
county, Ark, place of 500 people des-
troyed thirteen residences and injured
5grty persons.
VA CONFEDERATION at Laingsburg the
county sest of Shiawassee County, Mich,
destroyed number of buildings, includ-
ing the Opera House; loss 500, eco,
, NEW YoRK.- Thursday morning the
south bound train on the New York d
Northern Railroad ran into gang OF
seven laborers killing two and woundiug
others
Tux city OF Hull, across the river from
Ottawa, Can, has been devastated by q
cuuhaEratiou. Between three and four
hundred houses were consumed. Loss
about 100000.
WHEAT and corn fields were entirely
ruined near Spring field, Nc, by heavy
hail storm Friday afternoon. Hail and
frost have also caused considerable dam
age in some localities in Michigan.
FonEsr fires ARE doing great damage in
WISCONSIN, sonth OF Ashland. At Thirty
Mile siding On 'hs Chicago. St. Paul
Naneapohs ana Omaha Road, the post
office, three houses thirty cars, 5000 ties
ANA 5000 posts have been burned.
Sr LOUIS Fire in the Park Flour
Mills, Two four-story buildings anc
Machinery, causing u loss OF $4,000. >
fireman was fatally injured by the break
iuy Of ladder II is thought that the
fire originated from the fireworks DIS
play last evening
Tnr second door Of the LAud anc
River Improvement Conpany's massiv'
hotel. now under construction at Superior
Wis, gave way, participating thirty work
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Attorney General Garland has been con
fined to his bed since last Friday with an
attack of rheumatism in his side and
shoulder.
Senators Quay and Cameron of Penn
sylvania say that their state will go solid
for Sherman, now that Blaine is out of
the presidential race.
The committee on public buildings has
agreed unanimously to pass over the
presidents veto Representative Sowder's
bill for public building at Allentown.
A party OF men were discussing the
various modes of eleetiRg members of a
club in Boston the other day, when Geo
". Towle said "In the Round Table club
the scheme is simplicity itself, When al
dianer the president announces the name
of the candidate; if II is received in
silence he is member from tnat mo
ment; but if any one says Oh, h
there is no election
Douglass Jerrold was once asked by an
intolera5le bore, who affected to be a
poet Of the Milton school, whether ne had
read his Descent into HE'LL mo, sir,
responded the irate Wit, "but ! should
like TO see it,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14

FBKD ROBINSON, Nebraska bully, killed
a man named Sheldon, near Cottonwood
Lake, in that state, aud buried the body
10 conceal the crime.
AT Pekin, H., Edward Shepherd, in
quarrel with John Jennings, bit off the
iat.er's nose. Both are under 10 years of
age.
w. IL. MooRE, cashier and genera
manager of the bank of Socorro, n. NJ,
has fed to Mexico, and the bank mas
closed its doors. The amount OF Moore's
embezzlement is not known.
UNITED STATES officers have succeeded
in breaking up gang of counterfeiters
operating IN and about Chattanooga,
Tennessee, who have circulated over $l5,-
600 of bogus s. silver certificates and
coin.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.--At the session of
the supreme court this morning Chief
Justice Norton fixed the day for the exc
cution of Hugh M. Brooks, Alias Maxwell,
murderer of Arthur Preller, for the thir.
teenth of July.
DIR r. q. GATLING, the inventor OF the
machine gun, has fallen victim to q
burglar His residence at Hartford was
entered and all the gold aud bronze med.
ais presented TO him during the last
twenty years were carried off.
THE young ruffian Grandstaff, the muir
derer of an old man and wife and their
two grandchildren near Viroqua, Wis, re-
Gently, WHO was arrested Friday, was TAX
en- from the Vernon County jail by mob
of citizens early Saturday morning, and
hanged TO tree in the courthouse yard.
On Saturday night the Southern In
diana "White Caps" took from his house
John Williams, a Washington county far
mer, whose only offence was his refusal
to Join the organization, and after tying
him to tree, gave him 200 blows on the
bare back with hickory switches. viii
iaIns has moved his family to another
county, and declares he will devote him
self exclusively for the next twelve
months to the work of killing the men
who whipped him.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14

be on fire. Inside we're only thirteen per
sons. only two of whom escaped alive.
DR.. w. A. Brooks, proprietor, was pulled
out of the burning building with his hair
and beard singed off and otherwise badly
burned, leaving behind him his wife
and four children who persisted.
Pemberton Pierce, representative of
the irm of George II. Seigler, of Phila-
delphia, jumped from the burning build
ing and was killed. d. NJ. Oldham, of
Dallas, escaped badly singed. The mys-
terry about the thing is that so many
should have persisted when none were
higher up than the second story and
there were galleries and exits on both
sides of the building occupied by
the slice ,ers. No one was heard
to call or scream, all dying without cry
for help, though a great crowd quickly
gathered and exhausted every effort to
afford relief. The remains of several
have been recovered from the ruins, but
they are unacceptable.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14
FOREIGN.

QUEEN LOUISE of Sweden, is threatened
with return of the canceroHs trouble
which nearly took her life year ago.
storm in the district of Ben LomoRd,
Scotland.
UNPREcEDENrED cold weather for the
season ia reported frCn Scotland. Snow
fell in one district Monday.
LoNpoN.-The English applications for
the new Canadian Pacific loan amount to
$25,0OO,0Oo,
KING HUMBERrs palace at Rome con
tains 1000 rooms, but the king and his
family occupy only 1875 of theln.
The monument to Columbus was un
yelled at Barcelona, by the queen regent.
The statue is of bronze, twenty-five feet
high.
LORD STANLEY, the newly appointed
governor general of Canada accompanied
by his wife and staff, are expected to ar
rive next week in the queens domain.
ADvIoEs from Zanzibar state that the
Italian consul at that place has hauled
down the Italian flag and has suspended
relations with the Sultan. An italian
man-of war is expected to arrive shortly.
The eleventh Worlds Conference Of
Young Mems Christian Associations is to
be held in Stockholm this summer. These
conferences are usually held once in three
ears. The last one was in Berlin in the
summer of 1884,
PARIs.-Gep Bouanger gave notice to
the chamber recently that he would sub
NIT proposal for revision OF the con
stitution and would demand urgency
therefor. He read preamble stating
the elections which had produced so many
manifestations in his favor compelled
him TO call attec ton to the suffering of
the country and to the intense crisis
which threatens to become very serious.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14
SQUIBS

There is nothing consolatoly for the
patient suffering frem a severe cold in
the head to be told that "oolds attack th 9
weakest spot"
The church belle is sometimes found
in the choir.
matches left lying around loose caus-
ed 626 fires in New York last year" Par
Tor matches" loosely made, caused more
sorrow last year than $50 fires.
Art dealer (descsnting on the virtues
OF the picture You will observe, sir.
that the drawing Is free, that" Agri-
culturist-"Wen. if the DRAWN is free,
an you don't tax me too much fer the
frame. b'gosh I'll take it."
II wish knew what TO preach about
next Sunday said Rev. Mr.. Snootbfext
Preach against the evils of riches -ug
gested the elder; "there isn't a man q
our church worth over $4,000"
Disappointed amateur author-"t have
Just received my drama back with thanks
have sent poems, essays and stories,
but everything gets returned. What can
| send that will meet with acceptauces
Sympathetic ana practical friend-"Try
a twelve month, : subscri ption.'
Room for Improvement: Minister
And do You expect to be lawyer vheu
you grow up, Ike your father, Bobbyl'
Bohhy-"Yes, sir; | expect to be a
lawyer, but ma hopes | won't be one like
pa
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.

A Wife Leaves Her Husband Because of Fail =
ure to support Her lie Follows Her M and
Stays Her and Himself.
EAU CLAIBE.-Geo. @. Herkimer, a
knit goods manufacturer of this city on
Wednesday afternoon at Fairchild village,
shot his wife through the lungs and himself
in the right temple. Herkimer died in
stantly, his wife is still alive but will die.
Mrs. Hirkimer recently left her home
here with her four months old baby and
went to Fairchild to live with a married
sister. Herkimer went TO Fairchild to
induce his wife to return, her refusal pre-
cipitated the tragedy. She clair1 Nd to
have left her husband because he did
not support her properly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14
THE GRESHAM BOOM.
1t pleases WASHINGTON Republicans.

IL PleaseS washington bepuDlcahs'
WASHINGTON. - The Gresham boom Is
rapidly gathering headwsy among Re
publicans. The favorable comments
evoked by the mention of his name in
connection with the Presidential nomi-
nation throughout the country, find sub
stantia! echoes in both halls of Congress.
Greshams candidacy is regarded with
special favor by those Republicans who
have either been lukewarn in their sup
port of Blaine in the past, or who, in con
sequence of his public declarations, have
come to look upon the plumed knight as
out of the race. Those republicans IN
the House, who for one reason or another,
have been hostile to Blaine have suddenly
exhibited willingness to place wonder
ful degree of confidence in his written
and spoken utteranoes on the subject of
his candidacy and, with an implicit faith
in his sincerity which contrast oddly with
their past attitude towards him, have az
cepted his dictum as final and have turn
cd eagerly to Gresham.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14

ROLAND DuER IRVING, who recently
died at Madison, Wis, was an able special
ist in geological research. He had been
professor of geology in the university OF
Wisconsin for IS years, and since 1882 he
had had charge of the Lake Superior
division of the United States geological
survey. Prof. Irving Was grand nephew
of Washington Irving, and vas born III
New York in 1871. He graduated from
the Columbia school of mines in 1869, as
mining engineer, and soon after became
an assistant on the Ono geological sur
vey He had published monographs on
his speoialties under che auspices OF the
Wisconsin geological survey, and had
made a large number of reports to the
United Suites geological survey. lie
was also frequent contributor to the
transactions of the various learned sooie-
ties to which he belonged.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14
IN GENERAL.
THE CARNEGIE PARTY OFF.

Mr.. Blaine starts on the Coaching Tour in
Excellent Health and Spirits
LoNpoN.-The Carnegie coaching
marty left the Hotel Moteropole Thurs
dav at II O'Clock for their proposed tour
OF England and Scotland Among the
marty we're Mr.. and Mrs James q. Blaine,
Miss GAIL Hamilton, Dr. Eaton and
Walter Damrosch, the young operate
conductor OF New York. They started IN
fine weather, and large crowd of Ameri-
cans saw them of n their coach and
four The party proposes 20 be gone
twenty days, winding up at Cluny castle,
Scotland, which Mr., Carnegie has rented
for the season Mr.. Blaine was ID excel
ent spirits ana healthy, and appeared to
be quite active.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14

THERE is a bill pending in the British
Parliament allowing newspapers more
liberty in publishing accounts of public
meetings. There are many disabilities
under which the Engll-h Journalist la
bors that must be eventually swept away
As general proposition there is more
harm than good done by the suppression
of news by order of the government
The German censorship is more offensive
than anything known in England. A
curious bit of police interference was
reported at Berlin Sunday. An audience
had gathered to hear the performance OF
Luther aud His Times" a drama written
by Pastor Trumpelmann to be preform-
ed by university students. At the last
moment student appeared before the
curtain aud announced that the the text
had been 40 mutilated by the censor that
tho play could not be acted.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14
mn sfnns nfnn Orgnn.

Nth -lch important functions as the liver are
at course productive Of serious bodily disturb
s9.e When IL relaxes ijs secretiye and distribu-
,e activity. bile gets into the blood, AMI tnges
ln' skin and white of the eyes with yellow. thr
.owrls becomes constpated, the tongue coated,
fH. breath sour Then come headaches, vertigo
ana congestion Of tile organ, accompanied WITH
Gtjn boo lis vicinity or under the right Shuuiier
nla le Shall blue pill be the remedy sousHty No,
for mercury in any form is peruiciOus Nhat
thruf Experience indicates Hostetter's stomach
GiiterS as the true remedy for inactivity OF thc
liver Ii not only reiaNeS the bowels without
.ain. but has q direct stimulating effect upon the
hepatc gland itself, the seat and origin OF the
trouble An mAlarial complaint involves dis
order of the liver and OF these the Bit;ers IS the
most popular curative lt also conquers of >.
peusia, nervousness, rheumatism sna Kidney
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14

MILWAUKEE,, with its large German
population, has naturally had German
taught in the public schools, but sen
hment is developing in the CITY which
MAJ lead TO the abolition of the study to
make room for more generally useful
courses. st. Louis has only recently
abolished German,-th high aud normal
schools OF course retain the study, and
the falling of in attendance which had
been predicted has not taken place. On
the contrary there was gain IN the
total enrolment and in the average daily
attendance. Twelve per cent. Of the
school time was formerly given to German
Sutis now used for writing, language les
sons and arithmetic. The teaching of
foreign languages in the lower grades OF
public schools is wholly opposed TO
American ideas, and must go sooner or
later.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14
.a,YDn. DA CosrA, rector of the E pi,

.aygDR. DA COSTA, rector Of the Epis-
copal church of St. John, the Evangelist
of New York, geefully announced the
other day that every labor organization
in the city had adopted resoluiio ps
against the Charity organization society,
pronouncing it "a device of capitalists
to insure their hold upon "a basis of
highpressure political economy 1t Is
an unhopeful thing to see organized ia
Dor indorsing DIR. Da Costa's senseless
movement against socisty which is
based on the idea that every one should
work for his living.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14

men into the ruins. g. W. Batcheldor,
II. j. Fray and II. B. DALI were fatally
injured. The cause of the accident is
attributed 20 the defective architecture
of the outer walls.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14
Az APPALLING DISASTER,

Only Two Out Of Thirteen Persons in Burn
ny Hotel Escape None We're Above the Sec
end Floor.
RooKpA1H, Texas.-Monday, morn
ing ahout O'Clock the Mnndine hotel, 8
three story brick building was found to
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14

Mother And DO you fs ~. "a
80 ~ M. Bobby BobbY- {, rsdi
amt quite sick enou9h = s,ek 70 20
cine. but I'm q little 'oo
school
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-14

d
Ho,sse-This morning the mouse d.
an, horizipg the construction OF of'- ~,
over the Missouri river, near Ou losar m
passed. The tariff bill was then 'a 49, al,
/ in the commit'e e of the who're Wy s.;or.
paragraph being under cOnsio l!I.,.tsi
After an extended debate, psIl0'P .r5
nv n large number of the members -.
without developing any inoiden' .,
/ .a-ast cote was taken on the uo''s
made nv Mr.. Burrows 70 strike o'' Tss
parae raph, and it was reJec'e1. y
amendment offered by Mr.. 6'os'sl0tt, ice
Or IN aTclude b ak salt from me ~. III
| list, admitting only dairy anu no. con.
met with q similar fAtT' -, Para.
cluded the consideration OF 'No 80 Of.
oraoh. Mr.. Bsy ne, of penns! = -, .Issr.
/ fsrea an amendment 70 insert i''' p t..t
"a and uncleaned, in the free lis', = re
"a Tho four lines relating 70 nsA I'D
rea5 ana Mr.. Browne, of Iuaiana' 'p.r3.
~ strite them out of the free ls' M.
in the debate the COMMITTEES lOss s,ter
! p9r..y. az n Nebraska, called up ~ alnsE71.s
j brief s1planatiop " It's tell. ~ sss q
passed be blh prove dug iof y Jpais1
/ a norton of the NlnneO14r ~. boasa
/ reservation in Nebraska. 49, tae
then took recess until .o,v,.iss..
avs-ing session to be for the o' !, tss
a.fon If private pension buns sss.sd
I'm, session of me house, f16.1
I 81 private pension bills aDo'
O'Clock, adjourned .a- f.el %
Mother And DO you w. ". "a I
va-s MAJ Bobby BobbY-- ~ ned
amt quite sex enoash ~. 4 sick 70 g =
, 1888-01-05

vi location is su efficient to insure rapid
and permanent growth, without hav-
ing u resort To brass bands, hand-bills
and banners. We would far rather
have II population of $4,000 contented,
active, wide awake people here II year
hence, people who have been drawn
here by desire to make home in u
promising, growing city, with every
natural advantage to- justify the
growth, than 25,OOO people attracted
hither 10y the notes of u brass band,
WHO only come for the purpose OF
cleaning up stake on real estate, who
never expected to remain and who are
always ready to- follow the band to the
next place inflated by this kind Of
booming. We believe that Spokane
Falls will better prosper without this
style of advertising.
, 1888-01-05

THE wool growers of northern Cali
fornia enter II gentle protest against
the removal of tariff from that staple.
There are numerous other industries
that would languish if free trade was
carried into effect, and none to such Il
great extent as the galena mining
interests of the northwest. If congress
wants to paralyze the development of
this section let it make ~ sweeping
change in the tariff. 1t would knock
the country silly.
, 1888-01-05

The Murray Record says that "ii
the Spokane REVIEW would pay AZ
much attention to obtaining accurate
information respecting the annexation
opinions OF the people OF Occur
d'Alene us it does to di,courteous crit
icism Of papers that fail to fall into
line with nll the views it sees Sit 10 ex-
press. its readers would obtain II better
knowledge OF the true state Of feeling
here" In its pique over the growing
sentiment in favor of annexation in
the pan handle the Record is inclined
to look at all the papers differing with
it with jaundiced eyes. To the charge
of "discourtesy" the REVIEW most
emphatically protests, as it has nevet
INDUCED in censurous criticism OF a
paper for taking sides against this
proposition. The only possible way
that the REVIEWS position could be
construed into "discourtesy" Is
that il has not considered the
Records opposition of annexation as
voicing the sentiment OF the entire
population Of the Ceur d'Aleno ooun-
try. While the REVIEW may enter
tain very little hope of annexation, or
indeed any legislation at all for the
benefit OF this or any other western
territory, yet the editor fec Is confident
if an annexation bill were passed it
would meet with the hearty approval
Of IL large majority of the people OF
northern Idaho. II there existed a
unanimous sentiment in that orphan
piece Of territory against joining with
Washington, for one, we would not care
to have it appended, but in supporting
the proposition it is believed that the
REVIEW has the hearty endorsement
Of the best people OF the mining dis
trict.
, 1888-01-05

DOwN in Kansas when two rival
towns are fighting for county y seat the
campaign becomes hot enough to sat
sfy the most pugnacious. The ballot
does not prove an arbitrator by any
means. The town thus defeated does
not bow subnissively to the will OF the
majority. but its people clean up their
Winchesters, buckle on the persuasive
revolver and fall in to oppose the re-
mOval Of the records. A couple of
towns in that state are thus situated
ut the present time. The inhabitants
glover Mt each other and threaten
total annihilation to the crowd max
ing the II rst advance. IL is an inter.
esting situation and further develop
ments are looked forward to with ex-
pectancy OF IL neighborhood war to
the knife.