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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
ELECTRIC SPARKS.
Fires and Casualties.

CoLFAx, H., was. damaged by fire to
the extent of $4,000.
PrrrsBURa had 5000 GOO FIRE on Wed
Desday morning.
A FIRE at Black Earth, Wis, Tuesday
night destroyed property to the amount
os $1,000.
THREE men were killed and number
rjured by an explosion at Staub's brew
cry a Allegheny City, Pa.
A rFRRIBLE railroad disaster occurred
near Kuox gslle, Tenn, Thursday morning.
Several lives we're lost, and many were in
iured.
A TRAIN on the Missouri, Kansas g. Tex
as railroad WAS wrecked nine miles south
of Moberly, Mo-, by running over steer.
Engineer Ritter, of Hannibal, Mo- and
Fireman mar we're killed.
PnrNoeroS, W. va.-Near Buckley 2
Mills, IN railroad tunnel a premature
explosion blast killed Michael Deuce and
probably fatally injured John Ramsey,
Joe Moore Wa. Kunz and Andrew Mar
tin.
HEAVY rains fell at Duluth, MIMI, Mon
day night, aud the city sewers were in
sumcltul 10 carry On Tue Nhbefi anu al
least $4,000 worth of damage wac done,
much OF which the city will be called upon
to pay.
ABOUT 100000 feet of lumber was de
s'royed by fire in the lumber yard Of b.
g. j. Godkin, near TonswAnda. N Y. The
loss, which amounts TO $4,000 was only
partly covered by insurance.
FIRE at ST. Catharines, Ont., Friday
morning totally destroyed the Empire
and the Pheni1 Touring mills. The
total loss is estimate at 100000; insur-
anee, $4,000
THE animal train of Barnum d. Bailey q
circus was wrecked Friday morning on
the way to Montreal. Twenty -four
trick horses, valued at many THOUSAND dol
lars we're killed.
VIOLENT storm visited Eau Claire,
Wis, Tuesday, causing considerable dam
Rge. Two residences were struck By
lightning, and the agricultural building
GU .he grounds of the Northwestern Fair
Association, which was also struck, was
destroyed, along with large amount of
grain and machinery.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
News in Brief.

INDIANS at Demersyille, Montana are
again getting demoUstrative. Houses
we're broken into and one person killed.
| The government has been call on for pro-
! lection.
! MME. DEJERISE KLUMPKE ar Ameri-
can wife % Frenonman, has VOC The
| degree Of "Doctnrt5ee" from the Paris
faculty of medicine, with high hUnors.
| WILD geese are already migrating south
ward on the Pacific coast. This is said
to indicate great suoa storms in the arc
/ tic regions.
| AT the Ger .enuial Exhibition of 1876
| the only exhibits OF electrical apparat us
we're two dynsmos and some arc lights
run by clock work. Now there are $5l0,-
| 0000 600 invested as capital IN the electric
| light business.
! A srooKuoLDER in the South Fork Fish
| ing CLUB, which owned the lake above
| JOhustown, says that the dam will be re-
constructed on asmaller scale. Property
in the vicinity, the value OF which de-
ponds on this, is worth 5000, 900.
Twenty Arabs cf both sexes are de-.
tanned at Castle GARD en-, until the Turk
| ian consul can be consulted. II is said
| there are 10000 waiting TO come to the
| Omitted States provited these twenty are
admitted.
DENVER, Col. - Zsnuf F. WILDER,
perhaps the most important witness in
the governments suit against the Bell
| Telephone company, was found dead in
bed on Thursday. Death evidently result
ed from hard drinking.
SAN FRANoI,oo, Cal.-Chsne Chang
Ping, the first Of the Chinese laborers to
test the VALIDITY of the Scout law by at
tempting to land in this country, ana
whose case was recently decided adverse
ly by the U. S, Supreme court, was or
dered 10 return TO China by the U. S. cir
cult court this afternoon.
WoRKMEs on the Columbus Southern
road ia Georgia, while digging in cuts
tnrned up an immense lot of soil resem-
bling rock phosphate. The soil contains
skeletons of very curiously formed am
mails totally unknown in these parts RI
the present day. Oy ter beds have been
discovered and sharks teeth and the
teeth If other animals have been found
in Abundance. The most curious discov-
cry Of all was two live bullfrogs, taken
from au excavation in a solid rock.
THERE will be opened at Talequah, l. T.,
in a Jew days, new female seminary, of
which the Cherokee inhabitants are very
proud. There have already been re-
oeved 1874 applications for admission
from Cherokee maidens, and but l3 out
OF LOG rooms remain 10 be filled. The
building is of brick, three stories in
height, of handsome architectural ap-
pc -rauce, and cost SIS 600. IL stands N
TIE center of beautiful park, eight
acres in * ent. 1t is handsomely fitted
up and furnished, aud is heated by steam.
The pupils having rooms are charged 50
a month, while there is large dolmitory
for those unable to pay this sum, and
the are educated free Of expense. OF
the revenues of the nation 80 per cent.
Is devoted 10 school purposes, and out of
this money the seminary was built and
viii be supported
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29

learned that bills were pending ia con
gress 20 vest Ia the United States a title
TO the Oklahoma lands, they employed
him either 10 defeat the legislation
or TO secure conn ensation, agreeing
to pay him 10 per cent. on Whatever
amount he might secure, He obtain d
k2,2S0, 857 for their interest. The secre-
tary of me interior approved Crawford's
contract, after amending it TO make the
compensation 615 per cent. In Deem
Der, 1888, the aew delegates 20 the
Creeks asked for new contract fixing
the com pensation at 10 per cent, 20 be
entered into, ana to be in full for all past
future services. This new contract
was approved by ths Creek national coun
oil. In February, SO, Secy. Was inform
ed Crawford be would defeat the measure
which was then pending ia congress &c
make application 10 pay the Greeks for
their lands uulsss ne (Crssford) surfen-
dered the contract ana looked to the In
diaLs for whatever compensation they
deemed Just. Gov. Crawford says ne
agreed under protest 70 this arrange
ment and since then has had no costrol
over what com uensation the Greeks
-nould give and they liked the fee them
selves anc without his interference.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
PROMISING CROPS.
Harvesters at Work and There VIII be a
Plenty.

Haryesters at Work and There viii be a
Plenty.
ST.. PAur.. MINI. - Gratifying reports
concerning the crops come from s't
points along the line of the Omaha road.
The rains which fell generally during
MOI day night have proved highly oene-
foial to cora and prospects are very en-
oouraging "a far "a that cereal Is CON
cerued. Flax Was also greatly oeLented
by the heavy showers and the outlook
for that crop is OF the most
promising character. From all points
comes the report that crofs stll unhSr-
vested are looking wen and big yields are
Coo deptlv anticipated. Al other crops
have been scented ia good condition ana
the wheat yield is larger than usual
stacking is now about hn,-hed al over
the vast territory through which Omaha
stretches and tnrts'ug Is ~
full blast Grain is turning out well and
farmers are ID good spirits. The yield
Of wheat ranges from Is TO 85 bushels TO
the acre. oats from 40 to 10, barley Il TO
90 and hsx Is 10 is Reports are received
from Minnesota ard Iowa and South "a
kota tina, the rain viii greatly improve me
corn, hay aud Potatoes,butit has stopped
rhreshiur at some points. Corn now
PROMISES 10 be more than an average
csUr.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
Josh Billings Philosophy.

New York Weekly
The great mistake ov American life IL
that We discount every thing-all orr hep
piness, all our desires, all our expektas-
huns.
Emmy man who will spred Islander IL a
sekondhanded liar, mutch NEARER If posi-
bic, than the one who originated it.
Menny people are like an old hen with
one chicken; they display CRATE deal ov
fuss and hurry, bat very little dispatch.
All lies, before they beBum current,
pass thru three hands, the fust IL sum
very diskreet person, who looks vie, and
only hopes that things amt so aud soi the
sekoud IL a iawless gossip, who haz nc
doubt but what things are so, or even guss
the third il a malishus vampire, who fully
iudorses the foul blot, and spreds 1t broad
cast thru the land.
Pride and anger are closely allied.
d skreshuu u the smartest thing emmy
man possesses. If he haz got plenty ov
braines with it. he il a giant; and If he
hai'nt got mulch oy emmy, he IL a respek-
table pigmy.
Ny opiuyun ov strikly honest men is
that they are skaTse.
He who haz got nothing to DO in this
life but TO amuse hisself, haz got on hand
the hardest kind ov job know ov.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
CHINESE FLOATING GARDENS

HOW These Queer Specimens OF CELESTE,
Ingenuity Are Hade
In the month of April bauboo
ten to twelve feet long and abont S., saI
broad, is prepared, says the Cnioa as
veg. Inc poles are dashed tovetss.
with interstices of gu inch betseen asos
Over this layer of straw an inch tb,at
Is spread, and then coating two i,as.A
ihick of adhesive mud, taken from, ~
bottom of canal or pond, which recsi,-s
the seed. The raft as moored 70 -
bank in still water, and reauires no sa
thsr attention. The straw soon oiv.s -
and she soil also, the roots drawlny a.,
por5trom the wa r alone. In auout t,gers-
Gays the raft becomes covered With ~
creeper ppomoi reptans), and its srerrs
and roots are gathered for cookiny n
Autumn it's small white petals and veloU
stameHs, nesting among the round Ieavas
present very pretty appearance. n
some places marshy land is proftsbIv cnI
tivated IN this manner. Besides AZ.
floating vegetable gardens there are al.o
floating rice felds. Don RATS On
sJruoted as above weeds and ad5er.rt
mud we're placed as flooring, and VIII,
tue rice snoots were ready fer trans plant
in. they we're placed in he floating sou
which being adhesive and held il pises nv
weed roots, the plants were maintain
IN position throughout the season Ths
rice thus planted ripeued in from sixty n
seventy in place of 100 days The RATS
are cabled 20 the shore, floating on lakes.
pools, or sluggish streams. These float.
ing fields served to avert fsmines, whether
by drought or flood. When other zelda
were submerged ard their crops soddep
or rotten these hoated and hour,shed. and
when drought prevailed they subsidized
With the falling water, and when the soil
around was arid advanced to maturity.
Agricultural trea.ises contain plates rep.
reseHtInB rows o. rice fields moored 10
sturdy trees on the banks of rivers or lakes
which existed formerly in the lacustrine
regions of the Lower YaDgtse aud yellow
river.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
Criminal.

THr famous bank robber, immy Hope,
was discharged from prison AZ Auburn,
N. Y, Friday, his time having expired.
WILLIAM JONES, the trusted employe {
J. II Buuer d Co, educational publishers,
Philadelphia, has disappeared and his
accounts are $4,000 short.
Bun RENAuD was found guilty OF par
tioipatiug in the Sullivan Kdraiu prize
fight, and was sentenced TO pay fine Of
$500 He appealed 10 the supreme court
a, d was placed under $500 bonds.
PfrrsBuRa d. j, simmons, the noted
furker, wanted in Reading on the charge
OF passing forged checks a. the Read
iuy bank, was arrested Thursday.
FuuR murderers, Patrick Packenham,
JacG Lewis (colored), James Nolan and
Fr8iuend Carotn, were hRug,d in the
yard OF the romb-, New York Clty, this
morning.
KANSAS rY-Informatiou has been
received of the arrest az Bentonvihe, AIR.
uf J.. Il Cut niugh am, the postmaster OF
Cufrevsburg, Mo-, who absconded win
IS 600 Jrnp 1 IT, last, since which time dc
teclves pursued him as far west rs san
Francisco, east OF Illinois and nor 4
Manitoba.
TaFAsuaEa BaowN, OF the Riverside
Mills, who has been missing since toe
failure OF B-owu, Steezs & Clark, has been
located ia Toronto He has notified his
wife 20 realize as muca as possible by
she sale of her private property and
ollow him, With his three daughters, into
exile.
PuRvls. ss--The grand uiry made Its
du,i report and was discharged after
having found twenty eight true bills, aud
examined ei9hty-dve witnesses. Ial-
csrrte, out the prediction made some
I DAYS ago that neither Charles Rich, Capt
/ Jamisuu. Superintendent Tyler nor Gen
eral Manager Carroll, OF the z leen aud
/ Crescent, would be indicted District A.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
The Lopdon Strikers.

LONDON -Memters OF other trades are
joining the striking dockmeu. The car
men OF Pickford & Co, general carriers
and agents of the London g. Northwestern
and other railroad companies, have al
ready gone ont, aud the railway car-men
are j)iniug them. The leborers at
Spratt's biscuit factory have struck, caus
ing an entire stoppage OF work. All
classes Of unskilled labor in London
threaten to join in the strike, and trouble
is feared. The police are making prep
arations for an emergency.
Thousands of vessels lie idle in the
London docks, and the Iudian mail steam
ers are detained In port -Four thousand
lgbtermen have struck. Mounted police
patrol the streets, and the situation is be-
coming critical.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29

torney Neville says be will keep mp tbs
nunt, and that the grand jury OF the
regular term will keep up the prize light
case.
New YoRK-The police have fouud
an important witness to the origin
of Mondays fassl tenement fire in the
person of a IL year old boy named los
Popa, VINO swsars that on the morning OF
the Are be saw man throw a number OF
burning sticks upon the foor OF the res
'aursnt kitchen and then cast pan OF
haid of some lind upon the burning
mass, which caused il to binze mp bright
iy. Snyder, the owner of the restaurant,
and his cook are under arrest.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
HURLED TO ETERNITY
A Horrible Railroad Disaster Near
Knoxville, Tenn.
The First Train Over the New Road
a Wreck.
Business and Professional Men Crush
ed to Death

KsoxvILLE, Tenn, Aug. % A horrible
wreck occurred on the Knoxville, Cnm-
berland Gap d louisville railroad az Fiat
Gap creek, ~ miles from here This morn.
ing The train was the FIRST over the
new road and carried q seleog excursion
party of business aud professional men
of Knoxville. train of two cars left
the track at the crossing and the rear
car went down the tresHe. The
dead are Judge Geoi re Andrews, one of
the most prominent lawyer of East
Tenn; S L. Powers, a leading merchant
and former president Of the E4st Tenn.
Fire Insurance company; Alexander
Rseder, a leading politician VINO has held
many Offices of trust.
The injured are: Alex. A. Arthur, pres
ident of the chamber of commerce
Gsham Young, president, and Hector
Kern, q member of the board OF public
works; John L. Hearn, editor of the Sen
tinel; w. w. Woodruff, a leading whole
sale merchant; Charles Seymour, attor-
ney, and Alexander Wilson, assistant
CHER engineer of the road;
County Judge Maloney, Aldermen Berry
and Perks, Gen. ii. s. Shubert, of tho
governors staff; A. j Aiberts, Wholesale
m merchant; Rev. R. j. Cook, professor Of
the U. S. Grant university; City Paysi-
clan West, Judge II. H. Ingersoll. II. B.
Wezell, W. B. Samuels @. Ahbie, Capt.
II II. Taylor, S. McKe!den, Ed. Barken,
J, +. Kinsoll, John B. Hal, Philips
Samue!s, aged ten; R. Schmidt, W. A
Park and one of the train crew. Out of
fifty tx persons on the train, forty one
were injured. The mcst intense excite
ment and sadness is apparent here to.
uight
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29

WINE railroads in the United States
are showing great depression nd
shrinkage in earnings, and in the Western
section falling off of S73.00O,000 in
earnings. the English railroads appear
to be having remarkable prosperity.
The London Economist of Aug says
that during the las6 few weeks the
home rallwsy-share market has been e1-
tremely active and prices generally have
advanced very sharply;" that one reason
for this is the favorable dividendP, while
these have resulted from increased earn
ings, in spite OF the advance in price OF
all railway material, GOAL and of wages of
workmen THE price of coal alone has
advanced from 20 to % per cent. The
British journal adds that while these ad
vanoea may out down the net earnings for
the last half of this year, sill the fact re-
mains that the condition Of the roads Is
highly prosperous one, in marked con
trsst TO that of ours.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29

In tie Revue d'Hugine Therapeutiyue
Blanche Howard, female doctor, gives
statistical proof that the mortality from
diphtheria is rapidly increasing. Twenty
years ago in France this mortality wac
between 36 and 45 deaths in every lOO,-
600 inhabitants; now it amounts to no
to 12l in every 100000. In Eagland the
deaths in every 100000 number 22i in
America, go to 80; in Germany, $40 to
1876; Christiana, $40.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
AN AWFUL TRAGEDY.

A Father Accidentally Shoots His own Son
While Hunting
MARsHALLTowN, Towa,-A fatal acci-
dent occurred near Eidurado Wednesday
afternoon While out hunting a banker,
l.. f. Wisner, accidentally shot
and killed his own sou George,
about % years of age. Mr.. Wisner
was president and principal owner OF the
Hardin county bank and owned several
thousand acres of land, and was the
weathiest man in central Iowa, being
very popular aud widely Known, His
wife and young sou ere almost crezsd
over the tragedy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
WANT 1T BAD.
Although Not Prohibition States the Dakotas
Want Water

Although Not Prohibition States the Dakotas
Want Water.
HURON, S. d. - Reports from so
towns in various parts of North and
Soath ID 4kota, forwarded to s. w. Glenn,
in charge o: the United $ ates signal
Office, and manager of the Dakota crop
and weather service, in this city indicates
for the week ending Aug. IS, that the
crops generally needed rain. E9rly
planted corn III the southern counties is
rapidly maturing, and in the north where
showers have been frequent Of late, corn
and fax, also grass and all the root crops
are greatly in need OF rain. A majority
of the reports indicate thai the wheat
yield is much better than expected and
is of a high grade. Much of II is begin
ming to fad it's way to market.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
ADytcEro NEWSPAPER WRITER'S


A large number aud probably a major
ity OF the contributions sent 30 newspa-
pers by oesual writer's are excluded be
cause they are too long. As 3 rule, those
unaocustomed to writing for publication
never write until they become specially
interested in some particular abuse or
public question and then they commit
the natural error Of assuming that the
world ia il entire sympathy with them on
their hobby. The result Is that they write
column after column which would never
be read il published, and their laoors
achieve only place in the waste basket.
Persons who have never been trained TO
the coucisenses necessary to a popular
rewspaper, should hrst OF all consider
that the readers of paper must have all
the news of the world in brief, and that
they have no time and less inclination for
prosy contributions on any Subject. Such
articles are now limited to few class
journals Of the smallest circulation, and
they are unseen and unfolt by the people
Of this progressive age. Only the
tersest ard most pointed oontri-
buttons can be given space in the
popular newspaper OF to-day and they
are aiways the most useful and CON
vincing as well as the most attractive.
Only the trained editor thoroughly under
stand the rare art of sayiRV the most il
the least space, and the pulpit, the ros
trum and even the magazine are gradual
ly earning something OF the art; but the
casual writer who dashes for publicity
only when he or she Is wildly excited
over some public question usually de
stroys many valuable ideas 10y ditfusiug
them over multiplied pages. Ia some
oasts the editor oau make such contribu-
tious passably 10y the reckless use Of the
obl'terating blue peuci', but as a rule all
dltfuse articles must be rewritten to make
them acceptable. bet every casual news
paper writer start ON the resumption that
the briefess aud most incisiye articles
are always acceptable because most popu-
lar, and there is only one way to make
practical application of the theory. First,
write what you have 10 say on the chosen
subject Second, study over carefully
and then write 1t ever again. THIRD,
study it over again with equal or increased
care, and re-write it again, BY hat time
the original article viii De from one
fourth 90 oue-third the leugth of the ori-
giual. and the author can't fail 10 see that
it Is more alratcive, more logical and va
ever, way more useful aud creiuable.
Editors have no time for SUCH re-
writing va their dali! wofk, bu' there are
no suecessfu editors who have not
Thoroughly learned to write frat hand ss
most men would write after repeated re-
visions. Many orators in pulpit and
forum wrg-de under their midnight lamps
to write their sermons and orationS,
and thus mase them pointed, finished
and impressive. and The sooner that ca-u-
al writer's understand that forcible aud
attractive expr, ss,ou is the fruit OF the
eey.rest labor, the sooner viii they have
ready access 10 the columns Of popular
newspapers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
U. 5 CANNON UNEARrHED IN MEXICO.


Captured by Confederates and Buried to Pre-
vent Recovery.
AJBUQUFRQUE, n. NJ. - Last Friday
Capt, Jack Crawford aud Mi. 1.
I. Teel arrived ia this CITY for the pun
pose of having Mi. Teel locate the place
where he had barred some cannon in
April, 1862. A. that time Albuquerque
was In the possession OF the rebels and
Teels' battery wa, a part of Gen. Sibley's
command. To prevent the cannon from
falling into the hands of the g aion forces
Mti Teel and some of his officers buried
the cannon 81 the dead Of night. Tns
common soldiers knew nothing of il,
other officers have 7itCe q or were
killed, and Major reeI alone knows che
soot where the cannon we're inferred.
de- pointed ont fhe 90 aB0 went on his
way TO L Paso today. Digging was
commenced aud but a few feet from
where he indicated the cannon we're
found. Eight we're uutartned and 10 Is
supposed others will be found.
They were some six feet deep
when taken ont after y years of
burial were AS bright as the day when
buried. They quickly turned black at
exposure. They are u pound brass
hositzsrs, probbbly. three feet long,
stamped Il >" showing that they had
been captured frcm Uncle Sam and bear
the mark Of the msuufsc,uier, &C, A. 4
CO., Boston Il Is supposed they were
part OF the MoCrea battery captured st
Fort Craig.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
STILL ON THE CRONIN MYSTERY.
sullivan Further Implicated by Recent Dis
cOYerieS

CHIoAGo.-The police have secured
some important evidence in the
Croniu case. Il is said to be 70 the feet
that on the night of the murder pair of
horses belonging to O'5ull1van the ice
man now in jail, as one of the CONN
murderers, were attached 20 one of his
ice wagons and were driven rapidly in
he vicinity In which the murder was
committed by three excited men, and
sere driven IN front of the saloon in Lake
view at about 8 o'clock; that they were
covered with foam ana that the men IN
he wagon went in and hNd drinks. II
has been supposed, evet since tbs mur
der that these horses remain cd in the
barn all that night. The police admit to
the substantial correctness of these
statements, but decline to speak further
about the matter except TO sey that
neither of TIE men in the wagon is in
Jail. The police claim TO have dis
covered n tin smith who has identified
Martin Burke as the man for whom he
sOldered a tin box the Monday following
The tragedy, and which il Is thought, the
police say, to have contained Crouin's
clothes. second box solderea is snp-
posed TO have contained the missing
instrument case.