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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04
Cable Flashes,

ST.. PETERSBURG. -- The government
proposes to raise "a new loan, the money
TO be used in the building of strategic
railways and fortresses.
The Russian army will be equipped
with new rifles of small caliber. The
weapon will be manufactured in France.
THE French Government has stopped
General Boulanger's pension, and the
latter has announced that he will bring
suit TO compel its payment.
Inc Springfield cotton mills at Oldham,
Eng, have been destroyed by fee. The
loss IS 100000.
Sr. PH1EBsBuRo.- Owing to favorable
weather, al fears that the crops would
prove failure have been dispeiled.
LONDON. - The Earl OF Aberdeen will
preside at the grand banquet To oe given
10 Mr.. Parnel at Edinburg during his
visit there in July.
DIsAsrRous floods have occurred at the
town of Bar lie Duo, in the Department
of Meuse, France. The town is partly
submerged and many houses have been
swept away. Crops and vineyards in the
surrounding country have suffered.
NTENNA.--Ihe striking miners al hlad-
no, Bohemip, have engaged in a riot
The geHdarms fred on the rioters and
killed two OF them and wounded twelve
Further trouble is feared and three bat
talions of troops have been sent to the
scene.
THE semi-otiicial p-ess here daily at
tacks Italy, while the Gar snubs Baron
de Marochetti, the Italian Ambassador
A. the late state ball the Gear purposely
ignored the presence of the Ambassador
until Maroohetti placed himself in the
majesty's way, then the Baron ~as ac-
corded an extremely cold greeting.
BERLtN.-The North German Gazette
in another article on Socialists IN Swltzer
land, charges that the spead of social rev
dictionary doctrines is mainly due to
the facilities which the Swiss local otlici-
ais have afforded The Social Democrat
and other revolutionary prints to oircu-
late. Germapy's efforts to convince
Switzerland OF the pernicious character of
the Social Democrat were without result,
and 1t Was not until 1887, when the
Rother Tuetel attacked prominent Swiss
personages, that Swi zerlaud was induced
70 act.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04
ELECTRIC SPARKS.
Fires and Casualties.

Mrs. HAYES, wife of ex-President, has
been stricken with apoPlexy.
In hotel, at st. Paul. gasoline stove
exploded and fatally burned Misses Kate
Rynback and Kate Rynson.
SEVENTEEN workmen are entombed in a
mine at Newcastle, New South Wales,
aud little hope Is entertained of rescuing
them alive.
FIRE at Kewauns Ind, Sunday night,
destroyed property valued at Sl2,OOO,
on which there was an insurance Of $1,000.
BEssorA CAL The pioneer tannery
owned by Mckay and Chisholm burned
this morning. The loss will exceed 5000,
600. Insurance $4,000.
FINE Monday, at Johnston u, Pa, de-
stroyed twenty-five houses that escaped
the food, but small amount of the fur
niture being saved.
KAN.As C1rY-Three boys from this
city, ages ranging from twelve TO four
teen years, were drownt d in Blue river at
Sheffield, near here, while fishing.
SAN FRANoIsco.-The schooner Annie,
with a crew of II men, left this port
February 9, Tor Behring's sea, on hunt
llk ana urNiuR FOgHSo HHe HOO NV ''''eN
been heard from. IL is now believed she
has been lost in one of the heavy gales
that arose soon after she left port.
ST.. PAUL, Minn.-The largest bust
ness smash up that has occurred in st.
Paul in many years came to light Thurs
day afternoon in the assignment of the
Eureka improvement company. The
crisis was expected, and resl estate circles
we're we'll prepared to meet it, The
stockholders will lose nearly half mil
lion. The indebtedness which II about
800 600, is nearly al secured by mort
cages.
DISPATCHES from Toronto bring details
of a terrible case Of poisoning which 90
cured at picnic at Woodstock, a su.all
village IL the township Of Zorra, Ontario.
Through the care essness of a druggist
named Alexander, sugar of lead was mix
ed in the lemonade IN place of tartaric
acid and large number OF the picnic
ers were so zed with spasms. Fourteen
are believed to be dying. The enreged
crowd went to the druggists shop, broke
1t open and threw the contents into the
street. Alexander would probably have
been lyuched, but he saw the crowd ap-
preaching and fed to the woods.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04
THE LAW ENFORCED,
Racine Witnesses a Quiet sunday With Little
Drunkenness

Racine Witnesses Quiet sunday With Little
Drunkenness.
RACINE, Wis. The proelama-
ton of Mayor Mitchell TO the saloon
keepers of the ethyl regard to the sun
day closing Jaw, was very generally OBJ
served here Sunday last I he sentiment
of most of the people seems to be in
accordance with the proclamation, and
the report that drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct were the rule yesterday
are false. Oocasio nally a man trltie
the worse for liquor was seen, but cases
we're rare, If much drinking was done 1t
was kept quiet. fhe saloons were all
rigidy closed and did not attempt to
evade the proclamation. A movement is
on foot by the saloonkeePers to compel
cessation of all other business, but It has
not yet acquired much head way and 1t Is
impossible to predict now what the result
will be- The opposition to the closing
of the saloons will probably eIdeavor to
make the mayor and his associates all the
trouble they can, and extended litigation
and conflict will probably follow.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04
The National Capitol.

WAsHINorON.-The War Department is
in receipt of dispatches confirming the
press reports of trouble with the Flathead
Indians near Missoula.
REAR ADMIRAL GREER informs the navy
department that he surreuders the com
mAnd of the European squadron and will
return at once to New York with his per
sonal staff; also that the Lancaster has
left for New York.
SEoBErARY Proctor today accepted the
offer of Mont Gretha as camping ground
for the Joint euoampment of the United
States troops and the Pennsylvania state
militia.
THE President hes appointed John l..
Stevens, of Maine, Minister Resident TO
the Hawaiian Islands; George Money, of
Tennessee, Minister Resident of Para
quay, and John Martin Crawford, OF
Ohio, Copsul General at St, Petersburg.
WASHINGTON j. d. Hollender, who
claims that he has been improperly
treated by the Guatemala Government in
being expelled FROM thatscountry, was at
the Department of State Wednesday pre-
senting his case to the officials. As there
Is no Guatamalsn minister here, 1t Is
probable hat the matter will be held in
allegiance until one who is now on his way
to this country reaches Washington and
can be communicated with upon the sub
iect
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04
VS. in Brief.

GrNERAL SIMON CAMERON is dead.
MAaam MtroHELL Is about to become
Mrs. Abbott.
THERE are 1000 Ioelard ers in the city
Of Winnipeg Manitoba.
MBs RuruBFoRp b, HAYES, wife of e1-
President Hayes, died at her home in
Fremont, ONO, at ESQ o'clock Tuesday
morning.
MRs. JFssIE BKNroN Fremont Is engag
ed in writing the biography OF old Kit
Carson, General Freemonts favorlte
scout IN pioneer days.
Tur proposed abolition of the 30 cents
pou-tax qualification for voters, voted FOR
Tuesday IN Pennsylvania, was defeated 10y
agood majority,
MISS MILDRED FULLER, fourth daughter
OF the Chief Justice, Is going To study
law under the direction of her father
after her graduation from Wells College
Tur relief committee from Johnstown
Inns issued an appeal TO the country not
to delay or withhold contributions for
sufferers, as il i greatly needed ard
should be sent at once.
TuE Eureka Improvement Company,
Of S. Paul, Mimi, which has been oper-
atug IL electric motor enterprises and
real estate, has made an assignment, The
creditors will probably lose very little
but the stockholders, it is said, will lose
about I 600 600.
Ptrr-puBG church people propose to re
build the churches destroyed at Johns
town, each dero.niuation taking care OF
its own. This is practical charity such at
Putsburg people have been noted for
ever since the frs, news of the disaster
/ <g4 sent over the wires.
TBR ONO Republican State convention
+ in session 1t Columbus on Monday re
nominated Governor Foraker for Cover
i nor. after 'wo baliots, in which the anti
/ Foraker votes were divided among nalf Z
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04
Criminal.

ATLANTA, Ga.--Tom Voolfolk, who mur-
dered nine of his family, has been con
yicted in the superior court of murder
in the first degree.
For winning $1,000 from a Methodist
minister in a game of faro, George B
Dear, the "ligbtning calculator" was on
Monday, at New York convicted OF grand
larceny in the first degree.
WILLIAM MoGLAoLIN, OF Madison, Wis,
was sent to Jail Monday for one year Tor
forging the name of City Clerk Corscot,
of Madison, TO a check for 500
WILLIAM L. Howard was sentenced at
New York to nine years and elk ht months
imprisonment at Sing Slug, for compli-
city in the Electric Sugar Refining Com
pany frauds.
SIX years ia the penitentisry WAS the
sentence of Cashier Voigt of the defunct
Farmers and Mechanics bank of Pitts
burg for embezzle meut
BIG pouch OF mail matter, which left
the Nashville Post Office on May Z, has
disappeared. 1t is impossible to learn
how much money was in the mail. 1t was
destined for large and important terri
tory, ana the presumption is that the
pouch contained much valuable matter.
BURGLAR entered the house of John
Webber, az La Crosse, Wis, Wednesday
night, and while in the room of Mr.. Web
ber's two daughters, Kate and Lena, the
girls awoke and tried to escape. The
burglar seized and stabbed Lena fatally.
After an intellectual thrust with his knife
at the other girl, the assassin escaped.
Several arrests of suspected persons have
been made, and il is suspected that the
murderer will be lynched when his iden-
ty IL established.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04

Manchester and Dublin. France has two
gsrdezs in Paris, each devoted in par, to
z geological collections, besidss those IN
Marsellles and Tours. Belgium has two
geological gardens, one at Client aid the
other at Antwerp, while Holland has
three, one in each of the cities of Ans
terdam, The Hague ana Rotterdam. The
German cities provided with these gar
deus are Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfort,
Dresden, Dusseldorf, Hanover, Munster,
Cologne, Breslsu and Leipsic; Italy has
one at Turin, Austria one at Vienna,
Hungary one at Pesth, Russia one &C st.
Petersburg and another at Moscow,
Portugal one in Lisbon, Spain one
in Madrid Denmark one in Copen-
hagen, and Switzerland one in Basle.
India has three geological park-at Cal
cutie, Bombay and Madras; Java one in
Singapore, and Australia boasts of four
at Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, and
Brisbane. Chill, South America, has a
200" at ST. Jago. The greatest z0olog-
ical garden IN the world, says the Boston
Transcript, is that In london, being sit
uatei in the very heart Of the city and a
public street running through it,
Walls are erected along the street and
visitors go from one section to the other
by means of a tunnel passing under the
street. The grounds comprise about
sixty acres and are well filled with build
ings, ponds, etc. There are real beaver
ponds, ayiaries, bear pits, monkey
houses, and really place for everything
in the animal line. This park was opened
in 1928, and during the last five years the
annual number of visitors has averaged
about 100000, while in 1885 there were
added to the collection of animals 1888.
The Berlin park is ranked by natural
lists next to that of London aud the two
in Paris if combined would make one
as extensive as any IN the world. In
America the Philadelphia Zoo" il the
most extensive so far as building ana
collections &C. and the enclosure com.
prises thirty three acres of Fajrmount
Park. In NV York the C, lection OF
animals Is kept in General Park, and has
become so extensive that many people
object to heving the park used for shis
purpose, and there are pending q the
Legislature tive bills for placing the in
stitution on a proper footing.
The Cincinnati biological park en-
braces sixty five acres of suburban land,
and was opened in 1875. The Chicago
gardens are in the northern part of the
city, and have one of the finest herds of
buffalo to be seen. projec is on foot
for establishing another geological gar
den at Rock Greek Park near the city of
Washington.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04

dozen other candidates. I he choice was
made unanimous amid great enthusiasm.
Ii is announced that the Offices of the
traffic department of the Chicago, Mil
yankee and st. Paul Railroad will be re
moved 70 Chicago at an early date. The
change will involve the transfer of about
dozen officials from Milwaukee to Chi
cego.
JoLIEr, In.-A committee sent from
this place 20 ascertain the condition OF
affairs among the striking miners in the
Braidwood district, reports that they
found many cases of actual want in the
households of the miners, nearly all Of
whom have large families. There are
about 5000 persons without means
Livelihood
GENERAL j. G. FREMONT may now be
seen on fine days on Broadway, New York
1t was thirty three years ago when be
was A years old that he stood as the first
republican candidate for president of the
United States, his wife, Jessie, being as
rt mantle a figure in the campaign as he
himself Wa. General Fremont bears his
years we'll, aud enjoys life with Jessie on
his ranch in California. His figure is ct
straight and his movement spry. He has
not forgotten his old home up in Ninth
street, where the Wide Awakes awoke the
echoes in the oldeu times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04
HIGH COURAGE.
Two Noteworthy Examples of It Furnished
by Brave Men.

Two Noteworthy Examples of It Furnished
by Brave Men.
A story is told OF the famous English
admiral, Sir Sidney Smith, whose ship,
the Antelope, 10 terrible storm in the
North Sea, vas driven among the rocks.
Sir Sidney summoned his Ulcers to the
cabin.
Gentlemen, Won know our condition.
We are driving onto the breakers. ac-
knowledge that can do nothing more.
If any OF you can make suggestion,
now is the time
There was unbroken silerce.
Then there is nothing to be done but
to await orr fate" He touched the bell.
"Pierre, bring up .be coffee"
A story came from Switzerland year
ago of a mountain guide whose name was
not preserved. He with two Others, was
leading a party over one of the most pre-
cipitous passes of the higher Alps The
men, as is usual, were tied to each other
by long rope.
A thew scaled the wall of ice they
slipped on the edge of frightful chasm.
This man WAS at the end of the rope
without his weight there was chance for
the others TO regain their footing; with
IL there was uoue.
He cast a glance down at the dark abyss
filed with fathomless SHOWS, then drew
his knife from his belt, saying quietly, 10
the man next him:
Tell mother how it was, Jose.'
He Ont the the rope and fell, never to
be seen OF mortal man again.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04
A Question of Street Etiquette,

New 1DIh sun.
"The question Is often put to me, said
a lady whose opinion in matters of ETH
qJette is wholly competent, whether it is
permissible to take young lady's arm III
acting as her escort on a promenade after
nightfall. Unhesitatingly and peremp-
tOrily, no. Not after nlghtfall, nor by
daylight, nor at any other time. An in
valid may lean upon young woman's
arm; grandfather, if he is inarm, may
avail himself of a similar support, and q
Broadway policeman seems TO have &c
quired the right to ptopel his charges in
petticOets across that thorOug hfare by a
grasp upon the arm, bat these are the
only male persons 20 privileged. For an
acquaintance, a friend, or one Who
as 1ifvs 90 a still nearer place, TO take
the arm OF young woman when
walking with her on public highway Is
inexcu sable You may be sure nothing
will so quickly offend her good taste, al
though she may lack the social skill to
resent and avoid IL. And the spectacle
in itself is most unpleasing To see a
young woman pushed along, a little In
front OF her escort, by the clutch upon
her arm Is Mother suitable or picturesque.
It reverses all preconoeived ideas of gal
lantary. The fair should lean upon the
brave. Virile strength ought ever TO
support feminine frailuess. Offer her
your arm, young mau, every time, and
never under any circumstances commit
the familiarity and offeuse of taking
hers
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04
A Paragraph That Never Appeared.


Some reminiscent gentlemen were SIT
ting together in front of the Arlington
hotel last evening, when one of them
said:
"The best paragraph that ever appear
ed iu the Cincinnati Enquirer never APP
peared.
"What do you mesnYN asked another.
"Wtll one evening on that paper a
writer was struck with an idea which he
thought was funny, and so il vas, save
thai it was indecent. Indeed, it was 80
funny the' he couldn't rests. he tempta-
tion TO write II and send 1t 70 the printer.
Il happened that Mr.. Mclean remained
in the office that night until the paper
went 70 press, and II also happened that
IN CHANGING over the paper he saw the
paragraph. Rushing to the press-room
he had the press stopped and ordered
that paragraph chiseled out of the plates
He destroyed the portion OF the addition
which had already been printed, and that
mornings paper appeared with clean
white spCce where a worse than wicked
paragraph had been"
Did Mclean discharge the writer!'
asked one.
NC. be said that ID was the cleverest
paragraph that ever had been written in
the office, and expressed the fear that If
he himself had thought of it he would
probably have write n il and been unable
70 Withstand the tenn tatiou 10 print II.
Instead of dlscharRing the writer, he con
graduated him on having written classic,
aud said 10 wss 100 bad that he had not
lived a Queen Z zabeth's day, when snch
an idea would have made MIN famous.
DO you not know what the paragraph
was nask ed a man with a beard and
mooih upper lip.
No II vas effec.ually squelched. But
/ good many persons tried TO ind H. and
TO this day copies OF that paper are pre-
served by many who have not Jet given
up hope of some time learning ehs' the
paragraph vas
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04

A tidy, neat man In q neighborhood is
a perfect god 20 the community in
which he lives. Example does an i'm
mense deal Of good or evil, as the case
may be, in this world, and there are a
great many things besides the measles
that are catching.
When the tidy man oegius to clean mp
his grounds, and dispose OF the rubbish in
his door yard, all the neighoors watch
him and note how he does il, and before
long al the people on thst street will be
picking up and putting on their bsssout
door looks.
It is curious 70 note hos the example
OF enc man viii affect so many others,
and nov Mr.. Smith and Mr. Jones, and
Mr.. Brown will clean up their premises,
simply because Mr. Robinson has put his
place 10 order.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04

In ia not TO the credit of the religious
press that it has sedulously avoided all
adverse criticism Of modem evangelism,
such a. we see exemplifed by coarse
wits like Sam Jones. The Arkansas Meth.
odist, the official organ of the confer
ences OF the Methodist Episcopal church
south, is among the first to see that good
cannot come 10 the methods OF the class
TO which we have alluded. The Metho-
dist declares it is opposed to modern
evangelism because it Cannot believe 1t
is good for oar church. IL ia not nec'
essary. IL Is not expedient. II would be
little remarkable TO hear professional
evangelists going INTO waste places, where
the people brs poor and without pastors.'
The Methodist goes on to condemn the
method which brings TO the pulpit "unsate
men whose e1posisions of the Scriptures
no intelligent congregation can heartily
indorss, whose thsologies would make a
Babel of Methodism, and whose smart
saying tickle ungodly cara and shock
decent respect for dignity in the pnl pit
and soemnity in tbs sanctuary # Cod
These are wise words and well spoken.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04
INDIGNANr G. A. R. WEN.
VIII Hold a Meeting in Chicago Previous I,
the EnCampment

viii Hold a Meeting in Chicago Previous TO
the Encampment
CHIcAao, Il.-Owing to the grow
ing dissatisfaction in Grand Army
CIRCLES throughout several departments
caused by the refusal of the railroads TO
give the rate of one cent per mile estab-
iished by precedent during the past
years, and confidently expected when
The encAmpment was located, Gen.
d wis, commander the department Of
Nebraska, and General Martin
commander of the department
Of Illinois, have united IN request 70
those department commanders who are
adjacent to Chicago, and all Others who
can possibly attend TO meet IN Chicago
Tuesday, July 9Th, for consultation re
vardiug the question of railroad rates to
the national encampment to be held st
Milwaukee during the last week IN
August.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04
FOOD ADULTERATION.

The subject of food adulteretion is
occupying much attention in these later
days. A. chemical and medical know
ledge advances, the subject is better
understood the deleterious effects of
adulteratiou are better known and the
prevalent diseases or tendencies to
disease are more clearly traoeable to the
poisons or non assimilabie In the pre-
pared food We buy. The tendency Of
legislation IL toward the protection of
our food supply from the 1upidity of
those who for pay will -lo Wy but surely
poison their neighbors. S,rioter laws
are being enacted, with severe penalties,
but nowhere has the administrative
power been supplied with adequate ma.
chiuery to break up the various methods
by which adulteratcd ind deleteriou
food pounds ara sold. Probably IN this
country owing 20 our greater liberty and
disposition 20 let private business be I'M
hampered by police reg ulation as much as
possible, there is more harmful adulter
alton of food than elsewhere Probably
the farthest advance has been made in
France. There il in Paris an institution
of very systametio character designed
TO detect adulteratiou in food and drink
and the penalties for such practices are
SO severe AZ 90 make the scrutiny Of the
officials yeay unpopular with the de-lers
The city ic divided into twenty DISTRICTS
each with It's inspector under direction Of
the central bureau. These agents 70 over
their respective territory each week, aud
can enter any shop OF store aud look over
all the goods. II suspicion attaches to
any article, It as az once seized A part
of 10 ia taken TO the laboratory aud the
rest left with the shopman 10 prevent
substitution. II the an lysis yeudes the
suapiciou, the pubic prosecutor takes the
case aud criminal proceedings are had.
Any purchaser who buys an article and
thiuka Il Is adulterated, may take II to the
officials, who wlu institute investigation.
Theiuspector- are KEPT active Among
the penalties attached TO hakrant
offenses is the loss otc.yil rights, as we'll
as Zines Oae of the chief articles Of
adulteratiou Is wine Jt has been -up-
posed that they shipped all the bogus
stuff 70 this country and irauk the