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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-27

through, and in the copious o,g,ui-
mstter collected on the filter SOM -.
fol micro-organisms can attain q MOI
degree of vitality for weeks longer ~
have ever found. them to live ip nm.
water.
When filtering is really necessary, it i.
in general best for the community tbat -
be done carefully on large scale throD,b
saudbeds, upon which fine layer of a.
ganic and inorganic matter is expres.l-
produced by sedimeHtstion, because q.
its valuable action ia holding back tbs
great majority of the bac;eri4.
bad water is less desirable than q
pure water in its natural state, When
therefore, alteration is employed because
of real danger of infection, the filtered
water, should, as rule, be Furthermore
boiled, as the entire absence of sediment
AID cloudiness does not insure that the
bacteria of disease may have made thti,
way through the filter.
Ii is not best to place too much conf
dence in filter of am kind Itmay lead
60 the use of i'm pure water when the sun
posed security of the filter would remove
all other precautions and ia itself be in
effective. II is nat generally claimed
pure water, or that it should be relied on
to remove bacteria. Clear, sparkling
water is by no means pure water at ali
times. II may still contain disease
germs, and its clearness as it comes from
the filter may induce its use when ladne
with germs of disease.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-27
Criminal.

SEVEN men have been held at Tucson,
Ari,, for the robbery of Paymaster Wham.
ALEXANDER SULLIVAN has been bailed
out of the Chicago jail. The bail bond
was fixed at twenty thousand dollars.
In has come to light that Ben Miller,
the forger and jail breaker, committed
suicide, and did not die from exposure,
MARoNEY and Mcdonald, charged with
being accessories 10 Cronin's murder,
have been liberated in New York, there
not being evidence enough to hold them.
LINCOLN, Neb.--Mr, and Mrs. John Kea-
witt have been arrested charged with the
murder Of their two daughters, near Ores
ham, on Sunday night. They are lodged
in Jail at Seward.
BURGLARS at Lincoln, Neb, Tuesday
night entered the house OF Nj. d. Welch,
and secured money, notes, and sLverware
aggregating several thousand dollars.
They have not been arrested.
Tx the trial OF Clara Blatz for the muir
der of her lover az St, Paul, the jury,
after being out two days, were unable to
agree and new jury will have to be
drawn.
II is reported that four white men and
five negroes we're killed in a fight which
occurred about eighteen miles from Aus
tin, Texas. The trouble Is said to have
originated in the bringing OF white man
10 be tried before d coIored Justice of the
Peace.
LINCOLN. Neb.-Last Sunday night
Elizabeth and Caroline Leayitr, aged 10
and years Of age, were found at their
home al Gresham. Seward county, with
their taroats out from ear TO ear. Their
parents we're away from home. No clue
to the murderers.
CANTON Ohio.-Frank Saddle and
Frank Ryan, two young men, who
made two attempts 8 month ago TO wreck
the limited vestibule train on the Pitts
burg. 1T. Wayne q Chicago road, pleaded
guilty today and were sentenced TO 10
years IN the peuitenuary and pay nhe
of $500 each
PANS. Texas.-News VAS received at
i the United States marshafs otiioe Of
sherp combat on tire South Canadian
river Saturday night between Deputy
4 Marshal Rushing and posse and baud o.
+ Creek outlaws who we're Smuggling wis
/ Kew into the Chickasag nation. None OF
/ the posse we're injured, but 1t Is though'
/ that the outlaw known rs Black Tiger
WAS killed or badly wounded. One q
I them was captured.
KANSAS CrrY.-A bold robbery vas
pgrpetvated Saturday, and resulted IN INC
! loss OF IS 615 worth OF bonds. A. n
Waters, an investment broker, was lie
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-27
A CUCUMBER DREAM.
Astonishing Adventures of a Night that Grew
Out of the Eating Of the yerdant Fruit
Chicago Journal


As the green cucumber season is now
at hand and complaints of aches and
pains are beginning to be heard which
bring back the days when as festive
"klds" we ate the verdant cucumber, the
deadly green apple and other uncanDy
products, it may not be out of place to
relate an experience which | had in my
youthful days. | lived in an Indiana
town, and like many boys had penohGnt
for gaining possession of green fruits.
A boy named Bill Crafts vas my CON
SAINT companion, and gu old farmer,
whom we called cola Davis" generally
was our victim.
One SUNDAY night Bill and | sneaked
into old Davis orchard and filled our
selves and otr pockets with green fruit,
and were about to make our escape, when
old Davis appeared on the scene and
gave chase. We ran for dear life nearly
half q mile and when we out winded the
old man and stopped | began to feel
sysm ptOms of collie, and Concluded to go
home and go to bed. | tossed around
and around for some time, but finally
went TO sleep and commenced to dream,
and lay in torture of all descriptions for
some time. Finally / imagined that |
was a locomotive and was drawing pas
senger train. Bill was running me, while
"Old Davis" Was firing. | looked at the
steam gauge to see sbout what pressure !
was earring, and to my horror discovered
that had on 400 pounds pressure. and
still ''0ld Davis" was firing with all his
might. txpostulated with him, but he
replied that he had run me about a half
m le that evening at a prstty good jog,
and MAS Just tiring me up to see how fast
l could 20 Iva nine ts'i'y expec =
ing to blow to pieces, and was in horrible
agony when | looked ahead and saw a
raj had been moved from the track.
In moment l It uok thu ties
and rolled completely over, sms hing old
DaAis. All was a blank for some time,
but | finally recovered and found myself
in The hands of two policeman who accus
id me Of removing the rail and causing
the wreck. l protested that [ was limo
cent, but they replied that my excuses
were too thin, and took me to the. station,
where as soon "a / was put into cell |
wac seized with desire to end my mis-.
cry by suicide. | spent considerable
time in devising some means of e1ecu-
ton, and finally concluded 70 hang myself
with the single suspender which l wore.
The bars of the window afforded good
facilities for hanging and I soon had the
suspender tied at the top and around my
neck. Then raised my feet off the floor
and the strangling process commenced.
As tn. knot was at the baSk of my neck,
my face was thrown against the bars,
and when WAS nearly out OF breath l
grasped aud ran my tongue out in the
hope OF getting little fresh air. Then
awoke, and found myself lying on my
face on the wire spring of the bed, with
the mattress on top of me and sheet
twisted tightly about by neck. vas all
right in the morning, but never stole
any more of old Davis apples.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-27
The National Capitol.

GEN Locus FAIRoHILD has notified the
president that he will accept the place in
the Cherokee commission.
he department of Agriculture, in d
statement as to the condition of the
Illinois crops, Just issued, says: The con
dition of winter grains has been lower
during the past month. Winter wheat Ia
thin on the ground. This condition
Is attributed to the cold weather. Corn
ia good and clear, but the growth Is
slow.
TUE president has laid down the policy
that democrs tic postmasters shall hold
office four years from the time Of their
first appointment. Heretofore 1t has
been supposed that they would hold till
the OK EXPIRATION of their commissions, that
IL, four years rom the date Of confirma-
ton. The period of those who were ap-
pointed in the recess of the senate, and
afterward confirmed and commissioned
will be very much shortened by this de-
cision.
The president has made the following
appointments;
Wakefield G. Eyre, of Maine, to be con
sui general at Halifax.
Joseph A. Leonard, consul general at
Shanghai.
Z. I. Sweeney, Indiana, consul general
at Constantinople.
0. Ii. Dockery, North Carolina a, consul
general at Rio Janeiro.
o. II. Simons, Colorado, consul general
at st. Petersburg.
G. w. Roosevelt, Pennsylvania, consul
general at Brussels.
Levi W. Brown, Ohio, consul at Glss-
gov.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-27
A STRIKE IMMINENT.
Laborers at Johnstown Dissatisfied With the
Scarcity OF Food

IahOTcrS al JOnuStuNn DISSATISFIED WIN the
Scarcity OF Food.
JoHSsrOwN. The local committee
presented lists of their wants and
after osnvassinS the demands the COM
mission authorized the immediate put-
chase Of 500 Chicago reauy made houses
on its account sno also the erection of all
store buildings that may be ask for by
local merchants. Norgue reports to-day
show twelve bodies recovered. They were
unidentified.
A strike is Imminent among tbs labor
ers employed on the public works here.
Trouble has been brewing for several
days in consequence; not only for a
scarity Of the food supply bat of the poor
quality OF ratious furnished Rs we'll
as dissatisfaction with the pay. This
trouble eliminated tonight st q
meeting Of the Booth and Finn
men. who are especially
dissatisfied They appointed a commit
tee which waited upon General Hastings
and requested hi- good offices IN their
behalf. Gen. Hastings promised to
brlpy the matter 20 the attention of the
contractor. but told them that was al he
could do. It Is generally believed that
she matter will end in general strike.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-27

One evening, not long ago, little girl
OF nine or ten entered a place in which
are bakery, grocery, and a saloon in one,
and asked for five cents worth of tea
"How's you motherf" asked the boy who
came forward to wait on her. awful
sick, and amt had anything to eat all
day" The boy WAS just then called to
wait upon some men Who entered the
saloon, and the girl sat down. In five
mi1ute she was nodding, and in seven she
was sound asleep and leaning her head on
a barrel while she held the poor old
nickel in tight grip between her thumb
and finger.
One Of the men saw her as he came TO
the bar, and after asking who she was,
said: "Say, you drunkards, see here.
Here we've been pouring down whiskey
when this poor child and her mother
want bread. Here's dollar bill that says
I've got some feeling left" "And I can
add r dollar" observed one. "Aud III
give another" They made up a purse
of an even FIVE dollars, and the spokes-
man carefully put the bill between two OF
the sleeper's fingers, drew the nickle away
and whispered to his comrsdes "Jist
look there-the gals dreamingw So
Ahe was. Dig TEAR nau rolleu OuV from
her closed eyelid, but her face was cover
ed with smile
The men tiptoed out, and the clerk
walked over and touched the sleeping
child. She awoke with laugh, end cried
out: "What beautiful dream! Ma
wasn't sick any more, and We mad lots to
eat and TO wear, and my hand burns yet
where an angel touched it!' When she
discovered that her nickel had been re-
placed by BILL dollar of which loaded
her down with all she could carry, she
innooently said: well, now, but ma
won't hardly believe that You sent up to
heaven and got an angel TO come down to
be orerk IN your grocery ~ San Fran
cisco News Letter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-27
AMnititnde Of Ailments.

The ailments which aflict the kidneys and
bladder are so numerous that merely TO name
them would oil a space far outrunuing the limits
Of this article. Suffice il to say that they are
both obstinate and dangerous To their proven
ton Hostetter's stomach Pi- ers Il well adapted
The stimulus which il lends IN the action Of the
kidneys when they are lethargic. serve to coun-
teract a tendency Ia them 10 lapse, nfst mt .
state # peruicious inactivity, and Afterwards
into one Of positive organic disease, which soon
DESTROYS their delicate intsgumeuts pois0ns the
blood and causes death. double purpose =
served by this depurent II promotes activity oI
the kidneys ana expels impurities from the
blood which have 10 natural channel OF outlet
except these organs. Constipation, biiicASness
fever and agut rheumatism and dyspepsia are
also remeded b This medicine OF thorough &C
ton and aide scope.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-27
rnEnEcENrRAIIzArIoY or LABoR.


The introduction of machinery with
the invention ana development OF the
steam engine has resulted in a wonderful
prosperity and material progress in the
last half century. 1t has tended to the
concentration OF manufactures, however;
the factory system has sprung mp, large
plants have taken the place Of smaller
ones, over crowded tenement houses,
crowded cities, and all the disldvantag es
OF hud3itd life and deterioration Of men
and women have followed from their
herdius IN unoou Portable lodgings, work
ing in masses as mere machines to feed
the vast machineries engaged in manu-
faoture. Economy OF manufacture has
caused this concentration of capital and
massing OF workmen. The gam in cheap
ened products has hardly compensated
for the discomfort, the tendency 70 or
game for protection, the consciousness
OF the workmen that the more wealth
their labor produce the less oonsequentiaI
they become a. social or political fac
tors, and the more rich and powerful the
capitalists became the less hey regarded
their workmen and the more precarious
we're the chances of employment and
wages OF the latter. The evils attend
ant upon the large shop system have
been manifest and M escape from them
has been sought for by many students
OF the subject.
The late discoveries OF the power of
electricity, OF the fact that energy can be
stored osd power concentrated in the
dynamo, and thence distributed, suudi-
vided aud at will transmitted 20 various
points and she force expended ia various
ways in propeluug machinery has open
ed up possibility thatin many lines OF
manufacture the budding and herdiug
OF men aud women in the great factory
may be eyoIded. "Nith the dynamo at
work the power easily transferable any.
whore within reasonable reach, thousands
of factory operatives Will be able 70
work just q Jeonyely aud more scouom-
ically away 'rom the central area, III
smaller workshops lu the suburbs of
cities or H. villages, frequently IN their
own homes. This frw years ago the
dream of lovers OF Utopia, is rapidly be
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-27

gotiating the sale Of the securities, and
during the conversation with his custom
err laid the bonds on his desk and retired
TO a rear room. During his absence a
well-dressed stranger who had been stand
ing outside of the railing was seen by the
clerks TO step 10 Waters desk and then
leave the office. Ga Waters return the
bonds had disappeared. Two detectives
have been working on the case, bat can
get no ttece of the thief.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-27
HER TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
An Aged Woman Tells How She Murdered Fer
Husband

An aged woman lels HOW she Murdered l. tf
Husband.
On November -, 1888, Richard o. Al
len, an aged farmer living five miles
south vest of Washington, Ind, was found
tied to tree near his house with his
throat cut from ear to ear. The death
was thought to be case of suicide and
no inquiry was made. few days ago,
while laborlng under religious excitement,
Mrs. Charlotte Allen, the 7O-year-old
widow of the dead man, con fessed to two
colored servants that she committed the
crime. she said that she and her hus-
band had trouble as the ownership of the
farm, and IN order to settle the dispute
she gave her husband morphine in his tea.
Alien fell asleep in the garden. She then
procured a tableknife and a rope, and
tied the rope around his body; and max
ing several slsshes at his throat, half
severed the head from the neck. She
then dragged the body to tree and tied
il there
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-27

In Stamford, Conn. bays the King.
ston Freeman, two children attended
service at the church of which Rev. Mr..
Vail is pastor. Mr.. Vail repeated the
words: "There is nowhere, no place,
where God is not" In an audible 9his-
per Pauline said to her brother: He don't
know much about it, does her But I'll
tell him after church" Just as the
preacher descended the pulpit stairs, a
breathless little figure caught hold of him
and said pentinRly: "You don't know all
ebout God, Mr.. Vail, an must tell you
He isn't everywhere Ike you think he il,
cause the Bible says: God is not IN
the thoughts of the wicked That's why
he don't always got into me. but I'm go
ing to try to be very good this week, SO
he'll come" And rs Mr.. Vail took the
bright eyed little one in his arms she
added naivsly, lyon don't know every
thing, do YOU, Mr. Vailf'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-27

The religious cranks of Europe have
Just discovered that Gen. Z. Boulanger is
the Great Beast of the Revelation, his
initial and surname in Greek characters
making up the total 66G.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-27
Caused b, the Green Eyed Monster.

INDIANAPOLIS. June 20.-This morning
AZ Carbon, Clsy county, Conrad Bauman,
German, shot and killed his wife and
then committed suicide. Cause, leal
ousy,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-15
Poisoned by a Calf.

MY little boy broke out with ulcers and
sores, the result Of the saliva from calls
mouth coming in contact with cut finger
The ulcers were deep and very painful, and
showed no inclination to heal. | used quite
a number of remedies with no benefit, but
got Swift's Specific, and he improved with
the first few doses, and in a short time was
sound and well of the poison, and his gen.
eral health much improved.
JOHN I. HEARD.
Auburn, Ala, February 49, 1899
In 1883 / contracted blood poison of bad
type and was treated with mercury, potash
and sarsaparilla mixtures, growing worse
all the time. | took seven small bottles Of
S. s. s., which cured me entirely, and no
sign of the dreadful disease has returned.
j. c. NANCE.
Hobbyville, Ind, January 10, 1889.
SwIFT's SPECIFIC is entirely vegetable and
cures blood poison by forcing the faint out
through the pores of the skin Send for
treatise on blood and skin diseases, mailed
free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-15

SPECIAL We have made
arrangements with DIR. b. j. Kendall Com
pany, publishers of "a Treatise on the
Horse and His Diseases which will enable
valuable work free by sending their address
enclosing a two-cent stamp for mailing the
same) to DIR. b. j. Kendall Company, Enos-
burgh Falls, Vt. This book is now recog-
nized as standard authority upon all dis
eases of the horse, as its phenomenal sale
attests, over four million copies having
been sold in the past ten years, sale never
before reached by any publication in the
same period Of time. We feel confident
that our patrons will appreciate the work
and be glad to avail themselves of this op-
portunity of obtaining valuable book. 1t
is necessary that you mention this paper in
sending for the' Treatise" This offer will
remain open for only short time.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-15
Marriages.

In Montpelier, May 8, by Rev. A. j. Hough, Frank
A. Howe to Ella Il. Kenerson, both of Barre.
In Calais, May Q, by Rev. Grin Davis, Oscar
Thomas of Woodbury. to Lucetta Reckard of Calais,
In Wamstown, May s, by Rev. f. w. Hamblin,
Frank II. Nichols Of Barre to Della NJ. Belknap of
Berlin
In Thetford, April IL. by Rev Harry Brickett,
Ernest l.. Eastman to Lila L. Clogston, both Of
Norwich
In Moretown, May |, by Rev. H. Webster, Percy
W Bailey of Montpelier to Nellie G. Sleeper of
Moretown
In Thetford, May s. at the residence of the bride $
father, by Rev. Harry Brckett. Charles H. Davis of
Alton Bay, N. H., to Fannie M Stevens of Thetford.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-15
MASON HALLS ESTATE.

" STATE or NEkMqNI' washington DstT tS n S.
trict on the 10th day of May A. D. 1889;
Dean s. Han sHinistTa59r Cabot Of the estate S
District, deceased presents his administration
account for examination and allowance and
and partition of the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon it is ordered by said Court that said
thereof, to be held at the Probate ONCE, in said
Montpelier the It'll day of June, A. ID.
lsSq for hearing and decision thereon And, IL is
further ordered that notice hereof be given to all
persons interested by publication of the same three
weeks successfully IN the Vermont Waterman e.
State JoUrHal newspaper published at Montpelier,
previous to said time appointed for hearing, that
they may appear at said time and place, and show
cause il any they may have, why said account
should not be allow we'd and such decree made.
BY the Court.-Attest,
Ogll FREDERICK Y. CARLETON, Register.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-15
NIsLANE,s ESTATE.

~ STATE NERMONT. Washington District, S.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in said
District on the lIth day Of May, A. d. lss9
p. Y. Pitkin and Oscar g. Barron, Administrators
of the estate of Dennis Lane late of Montpelier in
said District deceas ed present their administration
account for examination and allowance, and make
application for decree of distribution and par
tition of the estate of said deceased. Whereuponi
1t is ordered by said Court, that said account and
said application be referred to a session thereof,
TO be held at the Probate Office, in said
Montpelier on the sth day of June, A. ID. lSSg,
for hearing and decision thereon And, IL is further
ordered that notice hereof be given to all persons
interested by publication of the same three weeks
successfully in the Vermont Wafchman a. State Jour
nal, newspaper published at Montpelier, previous
to said time appointed for hearing, that they may
appear at said time and place, and show cause, II
any they may have, why said account should not be
allowed and such decree made.
Nv the Court.-Attest.
Oqll FREDERICK L. CARLETON, Register.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-15
gegal Notites.


Il STATE Of VERMONT, WAshIngtOn DISTRICT, 80.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District, on the 10th day of May, A. d. lSSq:
An Instrument purporting to be the last VIII and
Testament of Fred A. Richardson, late of Middle
sex. in said District deceased being presented to
the Court for Probate 1t ordered by said Court that
all persons concerned therein be notified to appear at
a session of said Court to be held at the Probate
Office, in said Montpelier, the 18th day of June.
A. d. lSs9, and show cause, If any they may have,
against the Probate of said instrument: for which
purpose it is further ordered that notice of this
order be published three weeks successfully in
the Vermont Waterman g. State .iourHdi newspaper
printed at Montpelier, in this state, previous to
said time appointed for hearing
BY the Court-Attest
COLL FREDERICK L. CARLETON. Register.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-15
Advice to Mothers.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for chill
dren teething, is the prescription of one of
the best female nurses and physicians in
the United States, and has been used for
forty years with never-failing success by
millions of mothers for their children.
During the process of teething it's value is
incalculable. 1t relieves the child from
pain, cures dysentery and diarrhpa, gripping
in the bowels and wind-colic. By giving
health to the child it rests the mother
Price Twenty-Five cents bottle.