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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-29


dian Territory. There were a great
many of these, the crime being Of
frequent committal.
This jail is attached to the court
room-an iron-bound door with
grated aperture leading thereto. A
single room, with the low ceiling
supported by four pillars, and look
ing like an ordinary police court
room; such is the little, dingy room
in which so many have received
their death sentence or have been
sent "oyer the road" Here there is
n0 appeal from The Gual mandate Of
It's Judge; no procrastinatlou or
technical loop-hoes through which
the guilty may escape; no long bill
Of costs emanaling from weeks Of
LEGAL battle Sometimes cery few
hours suffice to decide the fate Of a
/ human being. lie is not kept long
Iva suspense Judge Parker, like an
Iautocrat, rules supreme-kindly but
I firmly. With him no criminal, how
ever highly connected, or lawyer,
/ however high his abilities, can daily
or presume. Everyone has justice,
bus bis case must be plead quickly
and to the point. Criminals swear
I by him throughout the large dis
lrict over which he presides. That
quiet, swift way Of disposing of
capital cases strikes one most effect
lively.
Outside the place Of sentence,
across the inclooure and over against
/ the stone wall looms something that
looks like an old, straight board
1 barn without a roof 1t is battered
and warped, and within it might
have been used As "A corral. From a
I short distance the huge, transverse
/ beam 20 which the rope is fastened
carries still further the idea OF a
diemauted barn on a 4th class farm.
The door to this place drags heavily.
( II swags and one can look inside
from It's apertures. a long platform
/ sufficient 10 stand six or eight men
without crowding; a long drop
board like the side door to a corn
/ biu-very simple-they drop about
four feet. Aud that is the scaiiold.
I tried TO coujure up some seuu.
meuts Of awe, OF reverence, at look
ling ON this structure Whereon had
persisted SO many men, bat | could
not, il looked so ordinary. 1t was
too great a stretch for the magma
ton to convert u tumbie-dowu
slaughterpen into a place OF execu
ton Yet it did its work, and tht
skilled wardeus never blundered'
they knew their work too well, auo
would probably have felt out oil
place with a polished and painted
apparatus, draped and carpeted fol
the occasion. A few of them woulC
lead out the prisoner, take him owe
very quietly, hang him very method
ically, and there was no excitement
not even anything Of a crowd-it il
too common. BY next fall the large
and beautiful court house now
erected will be finished Then their
will be better accommodations 70
trial. For this killing business i
going TO go right on; it shows NJ
abatement. Then maybe they ma,
build a new place Of execution. Blu
though the appliances may b'
changed, yet the men engaged il
this work, which they have made
profession, will go at it in the same
quiet, everyday sort of manner
which is the most dreadful part OIL
it all. j.. A. OSBORNE.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-29

WHITE lead, Hnseed oil, ready
mixed paints, barn paints, floor
paints, turpentine, dryers, varnishes,
colors in oil, carriage paints full
line at bottom figures at Prldeaux's
Drug Store.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-29

Fast Mail g.5nc with Nestihulated Trains
between Chicago, Milwaukee, So. Paul and
Minneapolis.
Trans-ConUneutal Route between Chi
csgo Council Bluds, Omaha and the Pacific
Coast.
Greet National Route between Chicago
Kansas ,Ity and II. Joseph, NO.
5,1N'y F.ics or Road reaching all principal
point, en- Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa.
Missouri and Dakota,
For maps, time tables rates Of passage aud
freight, ect apply TO the nearest station agent
oi Tie CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE ~ Sc, PAUL RAIL
wAY.or TO amy Railroad Agent anywhere in the
World.
r. MILLER. A. v II. CARPENTER,
GEM Manager GelI Pass. Il Ticket Ag't
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-29

HHEn WANTED tQ solicit orders for Nursery
M hb hH1LUStoek. Situation pofmaaent
I'LL Only such as haze ability to earn Elad
salarv aud cam give hr.t~iass references
rCeJ snpiv Address
Ernest .. BoNden 4 30.
Avs BRIGHTON, \. !
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-29

BoNELEss ham, bacon and dried
beef at Hendra's.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-29

rrt- For information 10 reference to Lands
and Towns owned by the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE,
4 SIR. PAUL RAILWAY Company write TO II. q.
HAUGAS, Land Commissioner, Milwaukee, Wis.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-29

HEADQUARTERS for fresh oysters
at Hendra's.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05
PICNIC 1T Alto.

y crowd of about fifteen or twenty
Ray'il!ians, IN company with the
writer, left last Tuesday morning to
attend picnic at Alto, about twelve
miles south of here. On arriving at
the picnic grounds we found crowd
Of two hundred and fifty or three
hundred people, and were welcomed
by the good people of that vicinity.
About one o'clock, Capt. H. F.
Vickers introduced Miss Drago, of
Monroe now teaching school in the
lower part of this parish, who de-
livered an essay ON Life and Allie
gory," which was attsntativeiy
listened to by the audience.
Next introduced was Prof. Ray,
principal of teAlto high school, who
deiffered a thirty minutes address
on "EducSion." Dinner was then
announced aRs she crowd repaired to
the tables, which sste supplied with
everything good to es!:. After din
ner was over, ssvera; CAKES were
raffled off for the benefit of the
Ladies Aid Society.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05
LETTER FROM OUR LITTLE
DAUGHTER

Mt Lebanon, La, April 22J, 'Ss.
Der PArA,-I received your lotte,
20 ia, and was glad to hear from
you. l also received the clothes
you sent me apd was glad to get
t"eml ASK mama if she wants us to
get Aunt Lgla to make those dresses
y'on sent me-! Aant Lula got me a
pink dress and Iruas a buff one in
the place of n uniform = Papa, there
was p ymng man expelled ssam the
University; they have changed the
college TO University. Aunt Lula
went to Arcadia Frida!. Papa beg
mama to como when You come.
Papa, uncle Tom dni moi get his Of
flee. Mr.. Warren beat him. Mr.. w.
L. Tooke is clerl.
PAPA, Mr. Moon is wei satisfied
now with tie Mt Lebanon Univer-
SHY MI. Reese has built new
house fol the art room and Mrs.
Morrisons and Mrs, Rudy's depart
'nent1. They call it tho Kindsrgar-
ten. / will be play ing working bird
when / come homo and variations of
home sweet home. / know home is
sweet.
T viii know bow TO clean up the
house when / come home and then
l can help mama 1 know how to
cook TOO. / know how to make up
biscuits and cakes too.
Your daughter,
EUNICE AfANGHAM.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05
An AttrOcieps Murder.

Hor SPRINGS, AK, April 3O.-A mos,
horrible ard brutal murder was committed in
this city last night,
Two German visitors. named Clarsen and
IIine, were rooming together AZ lodging
house IN the southern portion OF the city last
night Cline murdered Clanscn in a most cold
bluodcd and brutal manner for the purpose
of robbery, j, 5 said. While his victim was
asleep the assassin brainsd him with an ak
and then cut his throat from eas to ear with
bu'cherkni:e, almost severing the head
from the body. Cline was shortly afterward
arrested, and his clothing was bloc ", and
money foGUt III his possession was also
stained with blood. Cine now occupies
cell in the county lail-Times- Democrat
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05
4 Petition 10 Have the Inn.
prtS0neN Anarchists
Parsl0Red.

CHICAGO, May IA local paper says a
petition 10 Governor Oglesby for the pardon
ing Of the anarchists, Schwab, Fielding and
Neebe, has been in circulation for four DAYS
a'..ong the socialists, anarchists and radical
laborites of the city. 1t is said TO have re-
ceised thousands of signatures. Iir intended
to submit it soon to a mass meeting OF work
men for ratification. The text Of this ne,
tito: is almost word for word the same which
was circulated fe ~ days before the execu-
ton of Spies, Fischer, Parsons and EnseI
The thing has been very quietly engineered
and nobody has been approached with the
document not believed to he thoroughly in
accord with the radical principles, as 1t was
feared the premature publication of the facts
nigh, somehow ipjure the cause-Shreve.
port Times.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05
impeachment to immigration.

/ As an evidence Of the false ideas that many
! people residing in distan, States entertain
relative TO Louisiana, the Lake Charles Echo
! reports the receipt Of a letter from a cen,le>
man in Kansas who, after making enquiry as
to soil, climate. crops, etc, says that he has
often heard that al!iga.ors, rsis.esnakes aud
other poisonous reptiles were quite hume
rous in Lou. ana swamps, aud desires to
know the facts relative thereto
: The want of correct Information as to this
State, or rather widespread misinfor nation
as to lis physica; characteristics, has been the
chief impeachment to immigration.
The people in the Northern and Western
with the South are impressed wiki the be-
lief that Louisiana, owing to lis geographical
position, is vast swamp, filed with lakes,
iayOons and bayous of s,asnant water,
swarn,lng with aIlicators, snakes and mos
quitccs, sending forth { malarial stencil tia,
is almost certain death to the unaccli>
mated.
Another great irnpediment to im,nigr alton
was the political troubles tina, prevailed in
this State for years Immediately after the
war. These iroubles we're generated by the
carpetfas and scalIawag' miscrcan,s who
Hooked to tli- State for the purpose Of stealing
what little was left, ty the msloI,unes Of
war, TO the impoverished people. |, is true
that much better condition of governmental
affairs Las prevailed since the triumph OF the
Democratic parry and the installment in
o!hce OF hOrored ciIzens who have the true
interests Of the people d; heart, but wrong
impression still exists among many as TO the
temper anG spirit Of our people. 1t is in
cum'cnt upon MS (our people to do all we
can to counteract these false impressions A
great deal can be done in this direction by
individuals writing letters 10 their friends
living m distant states; thus diiusirg
knc" ledge OF the true condition of governs
mental affairs, as well as making known the
fesiiity OF oar soil and salubri,y of the eli .
mats.-Home 4 dvocate.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05
Approved by the President.
w. p. III.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-The president has
approved the act making appropriations for
The SUPPORT OF the military academy for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1859; the act to
secure the accomplishment Of the Indian title
10 certain portions Of the reservations Of the
Sioux i~iians; the act laiifying an agreement
with the eros Veu,re, Blood, Blackfeet and
Crow River Indians, in Montana; the act for
the construction OF an arsenal for the repair,
storage ind distribution Of ordnance and
ordnance stores for the use Of the govern
ment at Columbia, Tenn, act providinf Tor
AL extension Of the sy stem Of beacon lights on
the Illinois river, aud The act au,horiZin. tie
Kansas, Texa,kans & Gulf Railway company
to LliIgc the Red and Li,tIs r.vers in Ar.
kansas. -Vicksburs Herald.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05
Saturday. May 5th. 1883.
OFEICLAL DIRECTOR1
STATE ORIGINS.

y W. A.ANHs
Governor: s. ID. 3icEnafy, Of Onarhi'a.
Lent Gov. Clay Enobiock, of Lafourrle.
Sec. OF Stare, Oscar Arroyo, Of PlaJuemnc..
Aud Pub Acc1s q. L. Steele @! U,ion.
State Treasurer r.. A. Burse of Orleans
Slry Gen. ~. J. Cunningham nj Natc!,ocles
Sup, Of Pub Ed ". Ea.ron, Of Orleans.
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
RI Gibson Of Orleans. J.BEus,is OF Oreans
lUD5Es OF TIE SUPREME COURT.
Cheif Justice Edw Bermudrz, of Orleans.
Associate " T.. p. poche, Of :, James.
&. f. Fenner Of ORLEANS.
r. b. Todd Of Mor.hou>e.
ID. q. Wa'sns Red River.
CIRCUIT CT. OF APPEALS IND CT
A. a Gunby, of Ouachira,
!. y. Ciin,on Of 81 Helena.
CONGRESSMAN 9Th District.
{. Newton If Morehouse.
DfsrKIcr )rDCE 27th Jud DistriO
RIP Williams of Richland.
r. n. ioief Di4i Ary
PARISH OFFICERS.
CeEk o. Cour Jno $. Sunimerhn.
sheih Lem Scor. Assessor Geo C. Purvis.
Primer, Wiley p. Manaham
Parish TREASURER, j. W. Sirnms.
r.. Scot, Returning Office.
POLICE JuEoRs.
President, G. p. Balfur; Members. s. S,cir
y. o. Edwards, H. F. Vlckers. Vim. A.
Bcugh'on, q. A. Macs, J. T. S'otcs
Clerk Of the Police Jury, Jno +. Lovcless.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05

The New York Times prints gu
exhaustive editorial, 10 its issue Of
Thursday, April 26th, to show that
Mr.. Blaine will, 10 the nature of
things, be surely nominated at
Cbiraso. 10 closing the Times says:
"The various men who have tried to
keep alive some hope that, at the
last moment. the lightning of the con-
vention would strike them, have
abon given it up, even Mr.. Sherman
being an exception moue in appear
ahce than in reality. As for those
who have nursed the illusion that
Blaine was really out, and that the
better element was rid of him and
could chose some one worthy of the
place. they have become pretty well
discouraged II any of them have
the heart to go to Chicago, we shall
admire their faith aud tender them
our sincere sympathy. Mr.. Blaine is
the man"
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05
GOV. S.i.u N EMERY.
Jadg or Senator-Which2

The politicians are all agog tt
know whether Gov. McEnery will &C
on the bench or make fight for tn.
United STATES Senate. The governor
Is The unweighabie Gaantum in the
situation, and he upSets the calcu
ia'lons of the most as:ute. Ga one
i'and, the high moral ground is
taken ihnt ."r h,m to keep the exist
ing vacancy on the Supreme bencl
open fora couple of months of Iii,
OWN term, then accer. an appoint
NETT thereto from E:a successor
won!l smack too much Of po.i,ica
bargaining to crmpnrt with the hi5l
Indiciai position involved: OH til,
other, il IL contended that the bencl
is place suited to lis talents aus
requirements and fifty rounds off /;
career Of long and valuable service t.
the State.
Still others claim that Gov. Ne
Enery's yComan achievements in the
late campaign stamp him rs the &;
man ana natural political clieftai
Of his party, ond that lac must no;
therefore be retired FROM the arena
10 send him 10 the Senate would be
10 keep him III active political HE
and at all times available for party
requirements.
Now that the returns Of members.
elect to the General Assembly are a..
in, and 50 many % them found to be
new men with leauin"s regards t.
various aSpiralts unknown, the prob
lem Of Where viii Gov. Sam. Nc
Emery come ih?' grows quite inter
es:ing.
There is ore consideration in con-
nection with the governor and the
senatorssii2 that may not, perhaps,
be overlooked He is a poor man,
and the Office has come to be gen.
orally regarded as the private pap-
ticular plum of the rich.-City
Item.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05

A farmer named Smith Stewart, a
very poor NAN with a large family,
while digging on his rented farm iu
the neigbborhood of Holman station,
lud., cane upon q jar containing $I2,-
coo in gold aud silver coins. His
landlord, man named Sweet, claimed
The lrea>ure-trove on the ground that
il had been buried by bis deceased
sister, who died in 1888, and tie case
is being contested. A tact which
seems to make against the justice o:
the landlords claim is that there are
many rare French, Mexican and
American coins 10 the collection
ranging in amounts from silver quar-
tiers t. $40 gold pieces. Sou:e of the
dollars and fifty cen, pieces are over
200 years old, and are os bright a.
they we're when first coined.-Ex.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05
Hair Spring Of Watch.

The making of the hair spring is
really the most delicate operation
about the manufacture of the watch
The wire is received III spools, and is
nothing more than a round thread
This is run between hardened steeI
rollers and flattened, and, being
wound on the roll, is then drawn be.
tween diamond dies, which give the
required thickness and Width. The
spring must be of exactly tho same
width and thickness, and lefore being
used is tested on register which
marks down to one two hundred and
fifty tbousandths of an inch.
To show TO what fncness this
measures, a hair placed between the
jaws marked 400 and moved for
ward hals an inch registered 1861.
fcourse, every ore knows that q
hair varies in thickness, but that it
should be 80 exactly measured is q
surprise; and when it is remembered
that the hair spring Of a watch cannot
vary even so much as the variance in
hair from the human head, the
delicacy of the operation will be en-
phasized in the Imagination. The
wire is received in lengths of 1900
yards. ane in this entire length must
not vary 3 or one-tbirtielh of what
hair varies in half au inch. The
spring is then cut into lengths OF
twelve inches, and these are wound.
four OF tinre, and very quickly, the
tool resembling a large penbolder,
and turning from the end, into the
shapd Of a spring and Of seventeen
coils. The wire is hardened, but
winds very easily, and is removed
from the winder in copper boxes
Globe Democrat.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05
BILIOUS COLIC.
DTARRHEA or FInX.

Typhoid. Scarlet aud Yeiiow Fcrers, Measles,
Dpatheria, Snail -pof, Cholera, c!c
DARBys Propbylactic FuiI will destroy
the Infection Of all fevers and all contagious
and Infectious. Will Keep the atmosphere Of
any s;ck-room pure and wholesome, absorb.
ing and destroying unhealthy effluvia and
contaaion. Will neutralze any bad smell
whatever, not by Disgusting it, bu, by dis.
troying it. Use Dar6ys rrophylaciic Fluid il
every sick-room. ap7-Im
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05
We Tell You Plainly

that Simmons Liver Regulator will I'D you Of
Dyspepsia, Headache Constipation, and
Biliousness. Ii will break up chlls and fevee
and prevent their return. and is complete
antdo'e foT all malariai poison-yet en,irely
free from quinine or calomel. Try it, and
you will be astonished at the good results OF
the genuine Simmons Liver Regulator, pres
pared by J. II. Zeilin & Co. Md,
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05
Weekly Weataer-Crop Bulletin,
or He Louisiana Heather Scrrice.
New Orleans, April 28ih, 1883


Tie past week has been marked
/ by weather slightly cooler than the
corresponding week of former years
with an average rainfall of over one
half inch below the normal for the
week, and a nearly normal percen
take of sunshine.
In the parishes of Caddo and Ten.
sas rainfall exceeding one inch i.
reported for the week. In the north.
central section the rainfall aggre-
ated one-fourth Of an inch, and il
the southern section of the State
from one-fourth to three-fourths o!
an inch is reported. Generally, the
rainfall was greatly insufficient
throughout the State, although the
showers of the 23d and oath were
greatly beneficial in certain local..
ties, materially importing the con-
dition of all growing crops.
The rainfalls Tin inches) reported.
were as follows: Farmerville, %:
Shreveport. 1.33; Liberty Hill, .l6;
Vicksburg, Miss, II; Point Pleasant,
LIS; Alexandria, 81; Clinton, %;
Baton Rouge, 90; Grand Coteau,
80; Kenner, SIS; New Orleans, IS;
Abbeyille, SIS.
TEsIPRaTURE:-The mean tempera-
ture for the week was about the
average throughout the State
Slight excuses are reported from the
interior and slight deficiencies in the
eastern portion Of the southern Sec
ton.
The threatening weather Of the
past three days lessened the average
percentage of sunshine for the. past
week in the western and southern
portions of the State. An excess is
reported from parishes in the north
and northeastern portions, but the
general average is about the normal
for the week, and Was beneficial to
the growth of crops.
EXTRACTS FROM REMARKS OF OBSERVERS:
Farmerville: Crops looking fine
and the farmers well up with the
cIops for the time of year.
Liberty Hill: Farm work almost
at a standstill owing to the drought;
bad stand of cotton from that cause.
!. Vicksburc, Miss: Light rains
south and east of this place; very
beneficial; more rain needed.
Point Pleasant: Rainfall very
beneficial to cotton and corn.
Trinity: Crops in fine condition,
although rain is needed badly.
Alexandria: Rain too light to do
good; drouth has injured crops.
Franklinton: Weather unusually
cool; considerable hail fell in some
sections of the parish; cotton plan.
ting late owing to dry weather.
Clinton: Light local rains, but
insufficient for wants of crops.
Baton Rouge: Crops very much
in need of rain.
Grand Coteau: Field work pro-
crossing; country looks its best.
KenDer: Still need rain; what we
bad did great deal of good but was
insufficient; hail and wind on 23rd,
injured the oat crop.
Abbeville: Rainfall of 23rd very
oppoHune; has benefited the young
cotton which had begun to suffer
from the dry weather.
K. E. KERKAM,
Signal Corps, Director.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05
EUNICE NfANGHAM.


Col. Waid r. Young announces
himself a candidate for Representa-.
two of The fifth congressional district
10 tifiy-iirst congress. Col. Young is
gentleman of considerable ability
and political experience; but Hon. c.
Newton is making such an efficient
and faithful Representative, that we
doubt IL the people of that district
TO exchange him for an untried man,
he bis talent and popularity what
they may.--Bienville New Era.
Hon. c. Newton, we are pleased
to know, is making a record second
to no new member.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05

The State Central Committee oil
the Democratic Conse, vative party
has been called to meet in New Or.
leans to day (May 5th), for the pur-
rose of fixing the time for holding a
State convention TO elect delegates
to the National Convention at St.
Louis. AS soon as the day is fixed,
President Kohlman, Of the Parish
Committees will convene this CON-
Mittee and fix time for holding
primaries to elect delegates TO the
State Convention.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05
WATCHES!
ONLY ONE DOLLAR.

(Remi'ianccs should be made by Registered
mail, which is positively safe) for a New
MCKEE PLATED SEN WIsDER and STEM
sETTER WATcB, just patented. make this
Special Oiler so as to Introduce this Watch
into every home in the land, knowing where
one is ordered hundreds " III be sold, because
everybody seeing it will wan, one. Do no,
hesitate and loose the grsadest opportunity of
your life, tut wiite at once and you will never
regret il. Address, ROY JACKSON. Box
10, 3ll East 10Th ST., New York city.
Please mention this paper. sr.s-l,
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-05
CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED.

To THE EbIroR-PIe,se inform your read.
ers that have positive remedy for the
above named disease. By its timely use
thousands Of hopeless cases have been per-
manen'ly cured. sha be glad to send two
bottles OF my remedy FREE TO any Of your
readers Who have consumption il they will
send me Then express anil pos, office address.
Reepcciluii,. I A. SLOCUM, NJ. D.,
Isl Pearl ST.. New York. Nlo-6m