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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06
The National Capitol,

WAsHINGroN.-Dor NJ. Fox, OF Des
Moines, Iowa, has been appointed by the
president this evening to be register %
the land office at Des Moiues.
ApJr. GIN. DRUM has been formally re-
tired from active service in the regular
army and the assistant adiutant general
will ill the position until another ap-
pCintment
THE President has appointed John B.
Cotton, OF Lewiston, Me, as assistant
attorney general, Woe Robert A. Howard,
of Arkansas, resigned. he will have
charge of all government business before
the court Of claims.
THE Presidents recognition of Malone
as the Uoss spokesman in Virginia has
created a great commotion in the anti
Malone camp. Tney have sent q delega-
tioA to the president with their griev-
aEces.
ORLow W. CHAPMAN, Of New York, has
been appointed by the President as SO
icitor General, and John B. Cotton, of
Lewiston, Me, has received the appoint
meut of Assistant Solicitor General.
Iris regarded here" says q Washing
ton correspo udent, "ss very creditRble 70
Mrs. Harrison's good feeling that she has
on the mantel of her boudolr a photo
graph OF the amiable mother and daugh
ter who preceded herself AND daughter
ss the ladies Of the white house. It -
picture taken by Prince several years
ago only for prigate circulation and nov
er allowed by Mr-. Cleveland 20 be sold
A CERTIFICATE for a pension has been
granted to Phillip Flood, formerly
q private in Company +, t2d Ohio
Vol. Inf. The amount of arrears al
lowed by the pension office in his case
is Sl5,2s9, his disability dating back
20 November a. 1862 This is the largest
FIRST paymeu, on record IN the pension
office.
WASHINGTON d. c. - A gentleman
named II G Dodge, OF Bar Harbor, Me,
while waiting u Haltord's room for
chance 20 see the presidsut Ihursdsy was
taken SICK and fell to the door IT, faint.
Assistance was rendered him and when
sufficiently recovered he vas removed 10
his rooms Il is understood he left
sick bed to 20 to the White House, aud
when informed the president was too
much engaged TO grant him an Interview
Go dav, the shock was so great that be
fell in q tt.
WASHINGTON advices credit Mr.. Blaine
with an intention 20 strictly enforce
American rights ia BehrinE Sea this sum
mer The contention is made that the
United States acquired supreme rights
in the seal fisheries by the purchase o.
Alaska snd should England persist II
protecting with her warships the Canaai-
an fishermen poschins on these preserves,
grave International complications may
result
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06
cnRRLrr PomncAL MArnons.
Madison Democrat.

Madison Democrat
Senator Edmunds contributes an in
terestirg article to the June number Of
the Forum, enc OF the best magazines of
the day, upon the -ubiect of corrup, po-
litical methods. He expresses the be-
lief that large sum was spent for pur-
poses which both the laws and general
moral sense OF the nation condemn" He
thinks that these things should
rouse the great body OF citizens, 70 what
ever party they may belong, TO a more
earnest study OF the causes tina, lead 20
such events, and more earnest and per.
sistent efforts to eradicate them he
admits that in the close and doubtful
states there Is purchasable element
not embarrassed with the possession Of
any particular principles tina, this
element can be purchased and that the
election may aud sometimes does turn on
the purchased vote of this class. lie
thinks that "the corruption Of the fran
ehise can much more largely be repress-
ID" The methods he suggests are simi-
lar TO those which the DrMocRAr has suS
ge-ted, as far as they go. They are:
T. Improved registration laws administered
hy Intelligent. reputable ami responsible uep
taken fromal PARTIES
Thceee.eus to be- conducted hs officers o..
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06
News in Brief.

All the ore handlers at Marquette,
Mich, are on q strike for higher wages.
THEBE are more paper mills running
more machines ia the United States than
In any other country in the world. Gec-
many has uea-ly as many, but no other
country has half as many.
An English syndicate has purchased
he largest brewery IN Dstroit for $1,000,
600. Edward W. Yoigt, from whom 1t Is
purchased, will act as manager,
IuE 800 prize offered by the Ameri-
can Humane Society for an essay on the
Effects OF Education in SURPRISING
Crime open 10 all AHeriean colleges,
was won by Ralph W. Time, Of Knox col
leee at GalesburS, III.
In is estimated that &C per cent. Of the
anthracite coal Is wasted before 1t gets TO
market. Fifty-hy per cent has 10 b.
left IN the mines for pillars, and II per
cent. is lost after it gets above ground.
LAURA BBrDaMAs deaf, dumb and
blind from two years of age, who was
made widely famous by Charles Dickens
IN his American Notes" also by many
public references to her wonderful intel
krAttt GASl vi 4 tNht ~ WV A'NaaAs
Boston asylum where she has long dweit,
aged go
Nil gAUKEE.- News reached here Mon
day afternoon from Oak Creek, twelve
miles from Milwaukee, that big flow of
natural gas was struck there 20 day. The
dow IS sufficient 70 blow stones, sticks and
mud 10 an altitude OF POO feet.
As unknown woman about 25 years of
age, richly dressed, while walking in an
aristocratc part of Wichita, Kan, was
seized by two men, bound ami gagged,
and taken away in closed carriage.
Nothing further has been heard of her.
THE presence OF the state guards a.
Bradwood, H., has had the salutary IT
feot Of depressing any attempts at inter
ference ou the part OF the Italian strikers
st the mines, and everything Is quiet at
the scene OF the late disturbance. II i
NOV believed that any violence will be Of
fered now, even when the new hands pre-.
coed 20 work in the shaft,
A PROMINENT citizen of Parsans, kss..
determined TO sup with party Of friends
against the sill OF his wife. lie was re-
solved that be would, and she that he
should not 20 h. did not 90 His
t-euds missed hin and found him ana
bis vito sitting in their chairs fast asleep.
I'll had giysn her an oPiats that he might
slip away, aud she had given him one
that he might not
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06
Cable Flashes.

EsoRMoUs deposits Of copper have been
found in the State Of Chiapa, near the
City Of Mexico.
LONDON Gen. Boulanger's follower
decided at meeting held here to cont Sd
all elections in France.
IT ia reported that the Gar will dismiss
General Gourko from the governorship
of Warsaw, owing TO his unpopular sys-
tenn of administration.
WOMB from London has been received
TO the effect that the assembly of the
island OF Crete has adopted resolutions
fayoring the annexation of Greece.
All members OF the committee ap.
pointed 20 represent the striking miners
at Bohemia, have been arrested and their
papers seized.
II is said that the French government
has decided TO interfere in the Hsytian
civil war, and that Secretary Blaine will
oppose such a violation OF .he Monroe
doctrine.
CRY OF MEXIoo.-Heavy rain and hail
storms as Huejutla Gave, has caused the
river 20 mandate that town, drowning
many persons and cattle, Washing away
many houses and destroying crops.
A HURRICANE at Sydney, N. S. W., has
prevailed for the past four days, the
railroad traffic has has been suspended,
many land slides have occurred and a
number of lives lost
LHE Land League books, about which
80 much have been made by the london
Times, mas been produced before the Par
nell Commission by Mr.. Parnelps counsel.
The Commission will adjourn on Friday
until June rs.
BERLIN Six thousand masons in Ber-
lin, who resumed work under the belief
that the employers would grant Their de-
mauds, will strike again on Monday.
Nineteen thousand men employed IN
building trades are now out here.
OTTAWA, Ont.-Reports received here
4ta'e that the Mormon influx into the
Northwes, continues. Though mounted
police are in the vicinity OF Tees Greek,
no proof has been obtained that the new
arrivals, wao already form considerable
colony are given to the practice of polyg
amy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06
FOUNDATIONS OF FORTUNES,

Senator Farweu began life as a sur
veyor.
Cornelius Vanderbilt began life as q
farmer.
wanamsker'z first salary was $125 a
week.
A. I. Stewart made mis- start az a school
teacher.
Jim Keene drove milk-wagon in a Cal
iforDis town.
Cyrus Field began life as clerk in a
New England store.
Pull. zst once acted as stoker on a Miss
issippl steamboat.
Lucky Baldwin worked on his fathers
farm il Indiana.
Dave Swintou sold sugar over an Ohio
counter for 81 a week
Moses Taylor clerksd in Water street
New York, at 81 q week.
George W. Childs was an erraud boy
for q book seller at 81 month.
j. c. Flood, the California millionaire
kept a saloon in San Francisco.
PIT. Barnum earned a salary IS bar
tender in Niolo's thester, New Y ork.
Jay Gould oauyassed Delaware county,
New York, selling maps at $3.50 a piece.
c. p. Huntington sold butter and eggs
for what he could get q pound aud dozen.
Andrew Carnegie did mis- first work il
a Pittsburg telegraph Office at So week
Whitelsw Reid worked as pond
emit of a Cincinnati newspaper for S. a
week.
Adam Forepaugh was butcher in Phil
adelphia wlen he decided to go into the
show business,
Senator Joe Brown made his first
money by blowing his neighbors fields,
with pair of buli calves.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06

In the current FoTtnightly Review there
n a stirring article by Gen. Wolseiy on
the value and pleasures Of soldiers life,
which contains these pregnant sentences;
1.-THE mad and reckless longing for
wealth at any price, and for the luxury
wealth can purchase, is eating away the
manly heart Of the English nation. II
has become q religion with its apostles
and it's writers, aye, even with IT. poets'
A specious rhetoric tries 20 blind men to
the efeminancy its teaching engendsis
but seeks to hide. It derides the lessons
which the history Of the rise and fall Of
the great nations Of antiquity conveys.
Its one great commandment is, BE
rich"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06
DOES NOT FAVOR PROHIBITION.

Cardinal Gibbons Thinks High License the
Most Effective Way of Controlling the Traffic.
BALTIMORE Cardinal Gibbons is an
earnest advocate of high license.
In communication on the subject he
says: 81 am decidedly opposed to pros
hioltion as a means of preventing in.
temp erance, because it does not prohibit.
Experience has shown that in those
states where prohibition mas been tried
1t Is not an effective means OF
preventing the vice of drinking.
Prohibition is to be discouraged also
because it confounds drunkards with
those who use liquor in moderation,
making out sin where there is no sin.
The only places where prohibition might
be enforced are thickly settled country
districts. | regard high license, with
moral suasion as the most efficient way
of diminishing the drinking vice. In
order 10 make high license effective, only
a limited number OF licenses SHOULD be
Issued for each ward, and they should be
given only to persons of good reputation.
The cardinal Is also in favor of a severe
police Sunday law prohibiting the sale of
liquors on Sunday. and would have that
law rigidly enforced.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06
MORMONs IN MONTANA.

Q Their Way 10 Form Colony Of Saints"
in the British Possessions.
HELENA, Montana. ~ II has been
ascertsined that a considerable numbe
sf emigrants have been passing through
Montana On route to the British posses
sions travelling by wagons. II was found
they we're Mormons from Utah and
Idaho and their destination is the couR-
thy through which the Gait railway passes.
The Alberts railway and Coat company
was approached by an Mormon agent
with a proposition to buy several
thousand aoresot the company's land in
the Northwest territory, upon which TO
settle q colony of saints. The negotia-
tious were finally com pleted about a
month ago, but it Is not known what con
siuerstion nor just how many acres of
land have been purchased The deal was
a large one, however, and the province is
likely to have a very considerable Nor
moi population soon.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06
ELECTRIC SPARKS.
Fires and Casualties.

RoBr. MCLEOD, dealer in engineers and
machinists supplies at Chicago, assigned
with liabilities of $4,000.
CUr-woRms are doing great damage in
the corn fields around WABASH, Ind. In
some cases whole fields of corn have been
destroyed.
INDArsApoLIs.-Tbe American Starch
Manufacturing com pany, located at Col
umbus, has made an assignment for the
benefit of creditors. Liabilities are stated
at 800, 600 which are covered 0y assets.
MEMPH1s.-A skif containing three
men and two ladies, was caught in
a wind and rain storm, this afternoon,
while crossing the river, iust south of
this city, and eapsized. All occupants
we're drowned.
Two freight trains on the Housatonic
Road collided early Tuesday morning
near Bridgeport, CT. Two train hands
we're killed outright and two othera scr
iously injured. Both engines and trains
we're totally wrecked.
LIMA, GA south- bound passenger
train on the Cincinnati, Hamilton g. Day
ton road was wrecked a. Perrysburg
Thursday morning by an open switch.
Several passengers we're slightly bruised
and cut, but no one was seriously in
jured.
DAsvmLE, Wa terrible accident oc-
CURED here on Thursday. j. G. Penn
was building large brick tobacco fac
tory nearly two hundred feet Icua and
six stories high. The walls had been com
psted and the carpenters were at work
~ - 49, a
on Thursday afternoon the entire bnild
ing came down with a crash. Robert
Hooper and d. n. Collins we're killed.
Henry Oaks will die and six others are
badly injured. Seyera! men were buried
ia the ruins and considerable time elapsed
before they were extricsted.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06
Az IMPORTANT CAPTURE

A Gang VI Couuterfeiters Taken In by the
Officers
CHcAGo.-A posse consisting Of two
sherifs, deputy marshal and eight
oi,izens, made raid upon gang OF
couuterfeiters. who have bee operating
in the ueighboThood o. Versailles. III.
-Four men were captured and besides
counterfeiting tools and coins, large
quantity of Illicit whiskey was found.
Capt. Porter, of the secret service, today,
took the four men 20 Springfield, where
he had them bound o~erlu $1,000 bonds
each for counterfeiting. Fields, one of
the couuterfeiters, turned states evidence
and the capture bids fair 70 be of more
importance than the officials originally
thought
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06

OoosIo, Wis.-The frosts of tuesday
night did great damage TO fruits OF all
kinds, especially to- apples, strawberries
and blue berries. The frequent rains we
have had for the past week had thorough
Is soaked the ground, and therefore the
fr st did more damage than it would
have done If it we're dry.
DETROIT, Mich.--The heavy fall OF snow
for this season of the year is reported
from several parts of the state. At
Schoolcraft the snow is four inches deep,
while at Portland and Flint the average
depth is two inches, but owing to the
heavy wind it has drifted to much great
er depth. Damage 70 crops Is very great.
BARABo0, Wis.-The hardest frost of
the prevailing cold spell fell here We'd
nesdsy night, and reports from different
sections show that the corn aud grain
crop is entirely ruined. The tender vege-
tstiOn was all cut down, and in some local
tiles ice formed one-eighth of an inch
thick.
II was long thought that blood oranges
were produced by grating an orange
tree with q pomagranite slip, bat IL is
now said that there is not the slightest
foundation for this belief. The blood
orange, which is merely variety of the
sweet orange obtained by cultivati N, was
first raised by the spanish garJners in
the Philippine Islands. When 1t was
first seen in Europa it created a sensation
among the superstitious, who saw all
sorts Of disasters foretold by the bloody
frat. Ia the last century blood orange
trees brought exceedingly large prices.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06

THE three electrical machines with
which the State Of New York will execute
the murderers will cost s., 100. They will
do their work very c1peditiously, mas
much IA the death stroke Is administered
in the both part Of second, too soon
for a man to know what killed him or to
feel any pain. current OF 1900 volts
will be used, which is five times as many
az are required And although it takes
only the 15Oth part OF a second for the
current TO kill a man, it will be kept on
from fifteen to thirty seconds, to DO the
work absolutely beyond peradyenture and
TO prevent reflex action. which follows the
rightly resulting from first application
Of the electric current. Nobody, Of course,
can tell from their own experience which
is the more painful, death on the gallows
or in electric char; but If science is good
for anything it cannot be wrong in assert
ing that such a death as this by electric
ity is painless.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06
verdict in Bishop Case.

NEW YoER.-Much interest was aroused
in the Bishop inquest Wednesday, by the
presence of DR., Edward z. Spiizks, the
famous specialist ss an expert. He said
he had known of cases of death during q
a catsleptic state, and had known of a
case of catale psy when the rightly of the
patient during the attack had lasted two
months. He favored an early psst NOR
tenn after death from catalspsy, but said
even the experienced eye could be de-
ceiyed by the indications Of death. The
coroner's Jury in the Bishop case found
the case of death was coma, and that
the doctors acted in good faith though
hastily. The doctors were then dis
charged
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06

sniped the palm of sis hand, amongst
Others and propesisd that be should
not outlive hisforty birth
day. Il is stated that all her other
forecasts have been realized,
one after another, greatly to the Dispute
tude of Alexander Alexandrovich, who is
notoriously superstltious. The Gear en-
tered his forty fifth year on the 10th of
last March, and has appeared to suffer
from more than usual severe depression
of spirits since his birthday anniversary.
His consort, whose health has been deli
cate for some time past, is SAID to be
deeply distressed by the gloomy state of
the Emperor's mind, brought about by
brooding over the gypsy's dismal pro-
phecy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06

wosEwoc, visa fire broke out IN b.
A. Mslcher's general store "Wednesday ana
spread with great rapidiiy, destroying
the Bank Of Wouewoc. the harness shoP
OF NJ. F. Duncan, Dewey's blacksu y. .
shop and j. 0. Pierce's wagon shop nc
losses and insurance we're ahont q ~
lows: Bank OF Wouewuc $500, insurance
5000, F. A. Melcner $1,000, insurance
$4,000. NJ. f. Duncsn 5000 insurance
1880. John Dewey $500 no 1nsqi e ~ :,
5. O. Pierce $500. insurance 500 n ~, 7 -
$500. insurance 500. About s3ooo o.
the insurance wa in the Concordla' oI
Milwaukee. The ire Is attributed 70
pontaneous combustion.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06

Is This the cars Last Year
NEW YoHE.--A S. Petersburg cable
gram says:
The recen. discovery Of 6 conspiracy
To assassiua'e the Car has struck with
terror the Imperial household. II be great
conservation Is no. caused so much by
the coutem plated attack on the Cz4r as
by the fact that strange prophecy
made many years $40 Is now recalled.
Some twenty years ago The present Gar,
u that time heir apparent 20 the Russian
throne, had his fortuBe told by gypsy
woman, whom be met by accident waIle
on. shooting. The GYPSY totally unaware
OF her casual CLIENT exalted rank, &
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06

SUPPORTERS TO the Monroe doctrine IN
its broadcast application will be disturbed
to learn that France virtually established
a proteotorate over Hayti. Under treaty
signed March T. the large island Of Coma
ives, which Lies in the great gulf of which
Hayti virtually forms but q fringe, is
oeded out and out TO France: a site for
cooling station ia also oeded 20 the
French at St. Nicolas Mole, on the main
land, in the extreme northwest of the is
land; France secures trading privileges
which will give her perpetual advant-
age over all other foreign countries, and
will make Hayti, commercially at least,
once more "a French colony; and more
than that all this, France undertakes in
return for the advantages ceded, to sup
press all Haytian revolutions ia the fut-
ure, and grants the Haytian Government
q perpetual subsidy Of 100000 francs.
Az the 'Slack Republic is a disgrace TO
civilization, it Is absolutely necessary
that some nation should take it in hand,
and France might as well have the job as
any other
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06

Mrs. Prim stylish boarding house
keeper)-It cannot be d.layed any
longer. We must have new set OF dish
IS.
Daughter-f es, ma; he old set was very
handsome in its day, but it's all out Of
fashion now,
'Well, my dear, go 10 Brickaback d
Co.'S and select new elmer service;
take nothing but Royal Windsor china
or Dresden wars, no matter what the
cost
"Yes, ma
And, by the way, on your return atep
into the market aud ordc twenty pounds
of corn-bsef and forty pounds of liver
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06

"Why DO you wear such q mannish-
looking cloak?' asked one fair damsel of
another as they strolled down State strest
this morning. "Well, you see" was the
reply, ~ ride on railway cars great deal
and like 70 have seat all to myself So
! sit down and fling this cloak over the
back of the seat beside me. Every enc
thinks it Il a cloak belonging to some
gentleman VINO will soon return from the
smoking car and act as my eecOrt In
consequence l am always comfortable
without having to De impolite."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06

Recent discoveries made By the use Of
the spectrosoope show that all the heaven
ly bodies appear to be composed of the
same chemical elements.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06

Captain John L. Duncan, formerly
editor OF the Darlington Republican.
lies ST the point Of death at Ames, Ia
from the effects or dose Of belladonna
that drug clerk gave him instead of
some preparation of dandelion.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-01

Some political prophets that shall Be that as
it may the battle waged by medical science against dis
ease will never until we arrive the utopan epoch
when the human family shall to be alic ed with
bodily ailments. One of the most potent weapons
VIII Oh the armory of medicine furnishes is Hosteters
Stomach Bters which is of special utility as family
remedy, it is adapted to the immediate relief and ut
of those disorders of the stomach liver and
bowels which OF commonest occurrence Indiees
ton, bilionsness and constipation insepnrabe com
panon and these ailments completely eradicated by
the Bittes But the remedial scope this superatjyely
wholesome and NAL medicine Ia in also nervous all
ments rheumatism and kidney troubles it, action in
these in the other complaints being characterized by
Qualed thOrOughntss
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-01
TOO COSTLY.

" 1t is jolly knite"' said Ted, admir-
ingly.
"There are three blades, besides the
cork-screw," said Tom lit could not
have cost less than half dollar"
"What made him give it to yon ?" said
Ted. 81 wish he had taken it into his
head to give it to me-"
"Why, Pll tell you," said Tom, laugh
ing. Hes so green, you know. gave
him my red alley for it and the medal |
picked up in the road, and l told him the
medal was silver and the alley was raj
marble and worth lot Of money and he
thinks he's got great BARGAIN
"Oh," said Ted, "that alters the case
l would not have 1t at that price if you
gave me hundred pounds as we'll"
"Why not" said Tom, /" if he's such
a soft as to believe everything you tell
him %
I" He is welcome to sell his knife how
he likes" said Ted, turning on his heel,
"but would not sell my character for all
the knives in the world "-Boys' and
Girls Companion.