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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
Fresh Bread, Rolls, etc..
From Beloit. at Hendra's.
Why is ii

That people linger along always COM
planning about that continual tired
feeling? One bottle of BEGGS'
BLOOD PURIFIER and BLOOD
MAKER viii entirely remove this
feeling. give them a good appetite and
regulate digestion. W. II. Prideaux,
druggist.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
FIVE HARVEST EXCURSIONS.
Aug. s and 20, Sept. 0 and "a, and
Oct. &.

The Illinois Central Railroad will
run excursions 20 the Northwest at q rate of ONE
FARE for the round trip tickets limited 10 30
days. Fer full particulars. and for a copy of
- Homes for Everybody" describing the twenty
new towns and country adjoining, in North
western Iowa and Southeastern Dakota, on the
line OF the new Sioux Falls and 0nswa branches
Of the Illinois Central apply direct to the under
signed, F B. B0WE.
Gen-l Northern Pass Agent
5iw4 I2a Clark ST. Chicago IL
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
Runnies. Phaetnns and Wannns

We are anxious to close out our
entire lot of Buggies before Sept. 1st,
and will offer them at a trihe above
first cost. Now is the time to get a
Rig for the Fair. MARTIN & TOAY.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09

L am agent for the Dressmaker's
Magic Scale, by VIII c. Rood. The
entire system is in one piece, and cuts
to actual measure a perfect fit with
out changing. [ also cut patterns.
Mrs. J. L. MILLER.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
Gui&G WEST.

Passengers for Shullsburg make best conncc
ti0ns by leaving Mineral Point on freight train
at 700 II. N.
Passengers leaving Mineral Point ut 10 u IN
arrive at lattgvillo at % m.
Returning le.r.a 'ntteviIle % N ana arrive
az Mineral POM at S 10 pm.
Leave Plnltcvile nj % p m arrive at Mineral
Point at 2 40 m. ". II. SNOW, Agent
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
Farm for Sale.

The undersigned living in Lost Grove town of
Linden. desires 10 sell his farm Of forty acres.
which i well improved and wei fenced. About
p acres are under cultivation. and IS acres
meadow. There are five good living springs On
the land. Inquire On the premises.
JoEN HIGGINS.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
Buuqies. PhaetOns.

Farmers Carriages, Road Carts, etc.
a fine line kept on hand for sale
First-class vehicles, at quick selling
prices. n. TREwEEK.
North Of City Hall. 52w4
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
1 Y I Mind Mill

We are agents for the / Y l. wind
mill and have arranged with Thomas
Collins to put them up. Parties de-
string wind mills will do well to call
on us. ;. HOOKING IL Co.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09

Sell choice family groceries, provisions,
crockery, glassware, etc, and also
fresh and cured meats at reasonable
prices. Give us a trial and we viii
convince you that it will be to your
to trade with US.
GoRGEN < PITT.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
GAINESVILLE Steam [ aundrv.

This laundry does good work, and
invariably gives satisfaction. Collars,
Sc; cuffs, &C.; shirts, Zoe; new shirts,
ljc. Articles called for and delivered
free, EVERY week Mineral Point
agency at Chas. WINS barber shop.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
Summer Millinery.

Miss :. c. Cox will sell her summer
millinery at reduced prices for the
next thirty days in order to make room
for fall stock Of goods.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
j. J. HANSCOM X Co.
Business Announcement.

Having disposed of my millinery
business to Miss Lille Stanley, de
sire to return thanks to my numerous
customers for their patronage, and
would respectfully request all having
accounts unsettled, to call at the old
stand and settle them with me as
soon as possible. Respectfully,
Aug. II, 1889. JOSEPHINE ENGELs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09

The celebrated J. l. Case Threshers
are sold by Martin & Toay for Iowa
county A full stock of extras always
on hand. 5lW3
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss she chung 10 Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
Dupont Powder

The finest thing in the market at the
meat-market of Grange & Hosken.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
A Fine Line of Fruits
At Hendra's store, Mineral Point.
Interesting to Farmers !

Those having Johnston Harvesters
and binders can be supplied with re-
pairs on short notice by 5. Hooking &
40
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
N0tiCe.

Ny son John Reichling having left me before
he attained his majority, this Is notify all per
sons that viii not be responsible for a. debt
tha, may be contracted By him
July q 1893, SIcHoLAS Ri. 49,.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Proceedings of Regular Meeting held
on Monday Evening,

CITY OF MINERAL PoINT. Wis, Aug.
., 1889. \ regular meeting of the
common council was this day held at
the council room.
Present, his honor. J. F. I.aAIalIe,
mayor, and aldermen White, Gorgen,
Spratler, Foster. and Thomas.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were then read and approved.
The following accounts were aud
tied and allowed:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09

Miss Amy Hutchinson, teacher of vo-
cal and instrumental music. Terms
Apply at the residence of
Jas. IutchisOn.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
Headquarters

For Bananas, Oranges, Lemons, APP
pies, Dates, Figs and Fine Confec-
tioncTy, at Cash Grocery House.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
So. SO Will Buy
Boneless Ham.

Two sacks of Elegant Flour at the
Cash Grocery House.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
81 90 BUYS
The Rood Tailor System.

q lbs of the best Turkish PruneS at
the Cash Grocery House.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
Fine Teas and C0ffees
Choicest of Everything
Music.

OF those fresh Rolls and Doughnuts
at Gales
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09

of every grade-Brewer s. PeRhalle-
gon, agents.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-08-09
Goruen & Pittz

For Choice Fruits
If all kinds go to J. A. Spratler's.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28
NO IL

ing In his hand heavy revolver stood out
upon the granite steps A moment later
tall, fnely-formed man, clad in the red and
black suit of the prison, passed out in
front of him. As he came slowly across
the prison yard l saw that his face
was handsome and an intelligent
one. There was something in his ap-
pearance and bearing which, despite his
prison garb, proclaimed the training and
the instincts of a gentleman. watched
him as he came up the steps to the guard
room, and moment later through the part.
ly open door of the warden's office / saw
him clasp to his heart the little woman who
had been our fellow passenger and who
threw herself into his arms with a passion.
ate love. Then the door was closed to shut
out from curious eyes all further sight of
that interview. 1 looked again across the
prison yard, but there was mist before nv
eyes that seemed to shut of every thing.
Later learned that the man was a forger.
''He came from good family, 1 believe"
said the guard in answer to my inquiries
''That little woman is his wife. She has
been true as steel to him through it all.
He's one Of the best.behaved men in the
prison, and will get considerable time of
his sentence on that account. He has two
years more" Somehow couldn't help feel
ing that when that man came out from
prison he would go to that little woman and.
with her help, lead an honest life. ANY
community which would deliberately add
one pang to those already endured by that
woman would be worse than heathen.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28

And Its Owner Used to Having 1t Stepped
On in Street Cars.
Michigan avenue car stopped at Second
street recently to permit young lady and
gentleman to get on, says the Detroit
News.
AS the former, who was young as well as
pretty, passed forward to accept seat
offered her, she tripped over the out
stretched foot of an individual who was sit
ing at the rear of the car.
In an instant she was almost at full
length in the bottom of the car. The ex
clamations of the passengers and the black
looks they directed at the extended STUN
bling block should have caused its owner
to sink through the seat Quicker almost
than she went down, however, she was on
her feet again, and gracefully acknowledge
ing the courtesy of the gentleman who sur
rendered his seat. She was greatly en-
barrassed, and her escort looked like a
thunder cloud and as If he would like to
punch the head of the fellow who had
caused all the trouble. But he didn't, He
contented himself with occasionally stem
ping vigorously on the still extended and
offending foot. There did not seem to be
the least sign of consciousness from its
owner, while the passengers awaited the
denouement. Finally, with lurch from
the car as an excuse, the foot received an
other ferocious dig that was so pronounced
as to almost twist the man out of the seat.
Thinking that perhaps he had really in
Jured the man, the escort muttered an ex-
cuse that was received in great equanimity,
with the gratifying explanation:
'Oh, don't apologize; it's a wooden one
and used to being stepped on,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28
THE DEAcoN's WIVES.
One Good AnecdOte Brings Out Anoth
Equally Amusing.

One Good Anecdote Brings Out Anoth o.
Equally Amusing.
The amusing little story going the rounds
OF the newspapers about the Engnsh
lawyer who in defending q case remarked
that he had married three wives, all for
money, and insisted that nobody ever
married for love, reminds the Boston
Posts ''Taverner' of well known deacon
Of the olden time, who was much respected
here in Boston, but who, as I have been
told, often related, with pride, what every
one Of the period knew, that he had married
four wives. In narrating his matrimonial
history he would speak in this wise:
II married Miss - for her beauty. She
was indeed, very lovely, with her eyes
like blue water-lilies and her form the per-
lection OF grace; but she died young and
afterwards married Miss -, who was not
handsome, but she was very literary. Why,
she often answered my letters for me, and
could write sermon as orthodox as any of
DR.. Lyman Beecher's. She was only the
mother Of one child and died soon after its
birth. can not tell you how much missed
her. But somehow or other had to be con-
soled, so married again, and this time /
don't pretend to say that did not marry
for consideration. My third wife had q
handsome inheritance, and / must do her
the justice to say that she did not use it
grudgin gly towards me-"
Here he wept as he said: 81 had the
misfortune to have this one called away
also-and-and-well, after a time / be-
came united in a fourth marriage with
Miss -, who yet lives, and you all know,
my friends, how supplementary she isl
think this is as good story as that of the
Wiltshire farmer, who, having married
80. 4 - L
the fact that each bride brought good
jointure. He did not dispute the fact, but
insisted that 1t was not all gain, for he said {:
"What with bringing on 'em in Ii. O., the
wedding outlay and carrying on 'em out
(the funeral expenses), I do assure you
there is very little left on the right side of
the ledger"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28

notable Instance where an alleged inebr1ate
was hanged was cited by DIR. Crothers to IL
lustrate the impression, erroneous he
claimed, that criminal under alcoholic in.
fuence is cognizant Of and responsible for
bis misdeeds.
John Il. Swift shot his wife July 2, 1857.
at Hartford, Conn. In December of the
same year he was tried and sentenced to be
hanged a year later, April 5, 1889. The
Legislature was appealed to to commute his
sentence to life Imprisonment. The Judi
ciary Committee made an exhaustive ex-
animation of all evidence and new test1mo-
ny offered, and reported in favor Of commu-
tation. Both houses Of the Legislature
voted to sustain the report, and commute
the sentence to life Imprisonment. An ad-
verse wave Of public sentiment caused the
Governor to veto the action Of the Legisla-
ture, and so influenced the members of one
body that they failed to sustain their former
vote. Hence Smith was hanged April Is,
1889. He was chronic inebriate, and had
been drinking to great excess for weeks be-
fore the murder. The defense claimed that
Swift was incapable of deliberation and pre-
meditation at the time of the crime, from
the effect Of continuous intoxication. No
medical testimony was called. The prose-
cution claimed premeditation, malice and
full comprehension of what he was doing
DR.. Crothers cited this case as an in
stance of hereditary alcoholism. Swift's
father, who was an erratic man, had an
apoplectic seizure at twenty-four years of
age. Swift's grandfather on his mothers
side was drinking man. His only son was
chronic inebriate; the other four children,
of which Swift's mother was one, were all
exceedingly nervous and some of them
hysterical. Swift himself was always a
weak child; had brain fever in infancy,
scarlatina and violent nasal hemorrhages
in youth. He had been in the reform school
at Aeriden, Conn, and in manhood was an
excessive drinker.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28
READING IN BED.
A Delightful Pastime Which Plays the
Deuce with tho Gas Bill.

a OeHsnuuA Hastime Which Plays the
Deuce with tho Gas Bill.
And who is there so cold -blooded and cal
culating as would rise from communion
with treasured book for the purpose Of
putting out cheap and worldly illuminatori
asks Eugene Field in the Chicago News,
There are some, we know, who shrewdlj
avail themselves of an ingenious patented
arrangement which IS attached to gas jet
1T has appended thereto two slender CHAINS,
one OF which turns up and the other of
which turns down the gas. II the reader
does not get too far gone in his delightful
avooation, tits easy enough to reach one
hand feebly up and pull at the chain which
abates the light. Still, the confirmed, the
simon-pure, the glorious bed-reader, never
extinguishes his light; 'twould strike him
as kind Of PROCLAMATION to turn from a
feast with Horace or with Donne to the vul-
gar and debasing occupation OF putting out
gas or blowing down lamp chimney or of
putting at candle. He lets the light blaze
away, God bless him and presently his
wife patters in fom 4 yonder chamber deter
mined this time that she win wake him
upand give him a round scolding for his
heartless extravaganza; but when the dear
lady sees HIM slumbering so peacefully,
his precious book just beyond his fingers,
his face illumined by the smile that &C.
crues from sanity dreams-she relents,
she extinguishes the blazing light herself.
and conscious Of having done her duty as
a wife and as an economist she patters
back again to that yonder chamber There
10 no doubt or trouble about this, every
wife will do it seven times q week, provid-
ing she has been caught young, well broken
and discreetly trained.
To become q true lecto- -bfhhophile one
must rid his mind of all such paltry and
worldly considerations as seem to consti-
tute Mr.. W. Davenport Adams insuperable
objections to the practice of reading in
bed. The man who discourages the prac-
tics because gas is s1.50 thousand, OF
kerosene oil thirty cents a gallon, or can.
dies fifteen cents dozen-that man was
never meant by the gods immortal for @
iecto-bibliophile. Xenias was reproached by
Erictheus for having attended one OF
M3cenas' feasts.
t'Why do you chide met" asked the Ole
man.
Because" said Erictheus, "you, being g
philosopher, have encouraged by your pres.
ence a profigate that wastes his sesterces
upon phessants and Falernian."
''By the gods," cried Xenias, 81 had nc
mind to those things, but do remember
with exceeding joy that we had five hours
Of the pOet Horace,,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28
The UNKNOWN DEAD.

There Is No Record of Them, Save In tho
Book Of the Recording Angel.
"Found in the water the body of an un-
known man'-''found dead in an area an
unknown woman"-''died at the station
house, where he had applied for shelter,
man; name unknown" Announcements
tothls effect, though a little more circum-
stantial, appear daily in our public journals,
says the New York Ledger. An unfortu-
nate human waif drops dead in the street;
his corpse is taken to the nearest police
office; twelve individuals, in great hurry
to get back to their business, say "acci-
dental death, and the coroner pockets his
fee; whereupon the body is hastily thrust
into pine coffin and hurried of to the
home OF the homeless and nameless-Pot-
ter's Field. 1t can not be helped, perhaps,
yet it is, nevertheless, very sad.
But little time is given for Identification
especially in summer, when the safety of
the living demands the speedy intermept of
the dead. Sometimes the only parties who
view the body' ale the jurors, the cor
oner and the police. Once cast into blank
grave in the pauper Golgotha, the dead an
known may be considered as among the
"things lost on earth" There is no record
of him thereafter, save In the book of the
Recording Angel. Friends may mourn his
loss-for sometimes the ''unknownn have
friends. They may learn his fate and even
trace his clay to the Cemetery of the Desli-
tute; but only to the gate-no farther Who
shall designate his particular moldering.
place amid the undistinguishable hosts of
mounds, as like each other as the pillows of
the sea!
This is not as it should be. Some relic of
the unknown dead should be preserved,
whereby they might, if search should be
afterward made for them by friends or rel
atives, be identified; and the graves should
be numbered and catalogued, so that on
such a relic being recognized, the dust of
its former possessor might be discoverable.
But who cares for the ''unknownr'
Rattle his bones over the stones
He's only pauper whom nobody ownsr'
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28
Lie &C sandrlpgham.

Nothing can be happier and more peace
full than the life at Sandringham, and
whether alone or entertaining their friends
the Prince and Princess of Wales are an
ideal host and hostess. They do not, as a
rule, appear at breakfast; but shortly after
eleven o'clock they come down and spend
the rest OF the day with their guests. In
winter luncheon is generally taken at some
cottage near where skating is going on,
and the Princess and the guests join the
skaters and walk with them after lunch
con is over. Tea is always ready in the
hall at five o'clock, and every one appears,
the men in velvet suits and knickerbockers,
and the ladies in tea-gowns. Dinner is at
eight o'clock, and the evening is passed
either in dancing or games, and about
twelve o'clock the Prince and Princess give
the signal for retiring, and those who go to
bed early can get to rest; but the majority
of the guests go to the smoking room till an
early hour in the morning.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28
SPEED OF A BULLET.
How the Government Learns the Rapidly
of Rifle Ball.

OF 2 Rtf10 Ball.
How fast does bullet travell II it is in
proper shape for travelling Colonel Flagler
and his officers say it ought to go at rate
OF ,275 feet second upon leaving the rife.
This matter Of speed is very important,
and if cartridge is five or ten feet too fast
or too slow the quantity of powder must be
changed. This matter of speed is tested in
very interesting way.
At the northern end of the arsenal
grounds is a long wooden shed, in which
distance of one hundred feet has already
been carefully marked of, says the Phila-
delphia Record. At either end Of this space
is stand something like target, with a
large circular opening where the bull's-eye
would be.
Across each opening is stretched a small
electric wire connected with a delicate in
strument in another room.
The rife from which the firing is done is
so aimed that the bullet which flies from it
cuts both wires. Obviously the difference
In time between the cutting of the first and
OF the second wire will mark the speed of
the bullet through one hundred feet
The measurement Of this brief space of
time is done by an instrument of French
invention called the Boulinge chromograph.
When the first wire is cut an electric circuit
IS broken and rod which is suspended from
magnet falls short distance, touching in
its descent a point which makes mark on
its side.
The breaking of the second WIRE lets drop
second smaller rod in the same way. By
means Of the difference in the marks on the
rods 1t is possible to estimate the differ
ence in the time of their. falling, and from
this the speed of the bullet per second
There is provision for detecting any er-
ror, and nearly absolute accuracy is Sc
cured.
If it is found that bullet has Travelled
too fast or too slow that means that there
is too much or too little powder in the
charge, that tue compression is wrong, or
that the atmospheric conditions are unfa-
vorable.
The charge Of powder varies from sixty
i've to sixty-nipe grains, aud is varied by as
little as tenth Of a grain to secure Just the
right speed. The compression may also
have to be changed.
These tests of speed are made throughout
the day, eight cartridges being fired at .
time, and If any er ror Is detected the neces-
sary change is made at once.
II 1t is found that the speed is all right,
then the accuracy of the bullets in hitting,
an object must be determined. For this
purpose they are fired over five hundred
yard range at . twelve-foot square target,
near the river bank.
BY an ingenious device by which the aid
OF photography 10 called in the exact point
OF each bullet is rapidly noted, and the gen
eral average OF accuracy is afterward as
ceItained.