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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
DRIFTING AWAY FROM c,o..

They talk about the peror
press said the editor pubrss ias
prietor pressman and con78.il... F'
biued as be PUT his feet ON tba X, tl1-
bic and leaned back in M, snf. ,-s
toned chair, but | think I cai ,-,.
that power is on the wane. Va. s-4
it. I'm sure it has decreased "a 9-Ds
cent in the last three Years ~ ps'
In what respect" was askad
We'll, mostly in respect ia rsa.
passes. Look a-here! Five year I'D 4
had passes over a dozen differ. Z /
road lines-aunual passes upders. .-l,
while to-day Eve got TO pay M, '' t-
the same as a ditch digger. IA. '1Iv
this prove that the power of tina 80 ~
is on the waneP" 10y Pres
Possibly
Why man, its conclusive eviJ.-
and if something isn't done 10 80
our prestige the day will come w5 .,.9e
won't get burned cent knocIo5 y \
our hotel bills, nor IA free ticEe 80 ~. Ol
theater. Yes, I've seen the day tb,, +
could send a friend to New Yorg 81
back on passes by four different ran, '-'
but to-day I'd have to AXE tbe,a1
path myself. ''''
That seems sad
Its sadness boiled down sir =,
isn't the loss of the pass an mn,t 4
the spirit which withholds it. Irs4 az
breaking away of the railroads f..
INSTRUMENTATION and indepepders'
which ! bemOan. and which cam Ia
to nothing but disaster TO free NJ.
For instance, in days gone by Ia
down with a railroad guide and wri,.
to dozen different passenger aoer..
for an annual. | might have no e3rl
~ use for some of them, but IT was +,
maintain our prestige, you see. Eyery
agent would respond, and anpouna.
that he took great pleasure in 81 hi.
ing. He'd even ask if l couldn't me-
two.
And how is it nowPa
Here is a letter to answer vor,
query. / wrote to the X. and K folE,
for a trip pass to Albany and return
and it was refused. | then sent an.
other letter saying that | did not nm.
pose to pitch into the management #
the X and X. unless driven to Il I'm,
if driven to it they must abide the con.
sequences. Here is the letter In IA.
ply, and they tell me to pitch in and
be BANKED and add insult to ipiuv
by putting my circulation at 250 cope.
when / have been working 500 rigbt
along for a month past. You see fha
spirit sir 1t is one which can Nc, be-
curbed and quenched too soon and /
am thinking seriously of issuing a.cir.
cular and calling a meeting of tae
State editorial fraternity. We ars
drifting sir drifting away from ths
glory, honor and power which once
surrounded every editorial saucum
and unless we put on the brake Oh,
day viii come when even no farmer
will bring us u bag OF apples, and 40
circus feel il obligatory to leave trae
tickets ~ T. sun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

at night and pour volley after volley
into the building. The Postmaster's
son was crippled for life by one Of
these shots.
1t seems that Postmaster Finn
served in the Union army and was
"about the only Republican in the
town" At the late national election
he voted for Harrison. On receiv-
ing information that Harrison had
been elected, he raised national
flag, which was cut down from the
staff on his house and torn to pieces.
Seven out of the twelve men sus-
pected of the recent attack on his
house have been arrested and held
for the action of the Grand Jury.
1t is safe to say that not one of
the rioters will be convicted or made
to pay the penalty of his crime.
This is a section of the "New
South. "-Ez.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
HASTINGS AT JoHNSToWN


1eheral hastings teHS an eAcelenl
story ON himself Inc incident oc'
CURED III JohnstoWn Whlie ne was IN
command OF the place alter the great
llooa. one day a man came lhl0 mead ..!
quarters ana wanted TO see .Ihe VIa'
erai,
wv nat can / 90 Ior you my mann
ASKED hastings
!, w en- Sor. llVe down at MorIeu,
NliIe' me- said' IAN me ceil9f is IU'' @,
nluu anu wafer an the chiiureN aug ai
down with the sickness m won . !e
nave the pace cleaned OUT
Iet''in'l ! VIII sai', me N ~.
An "hln VIII Ae tehu TO H:e
~, l ms afternoon
Inc General kept ms Wora. he was
almost constantly IN the saduIe, aa'
early IN me afternoon ne rQde 70 MOI MOI
IelI'IIle' Two or three mics uoT ,. 'hs
Ioneulaugil' ana aIler SooV Heil ''
a,i'e"I'l Iou.u lhe n"ll9e' "e "
pucaht lof felel was waning r
"ile come to iook at tnat GgII lr,
saIu the NeheIai. II Gu wiz H''I
ny IGl - " rev iiIIlu'v - ! - "' '' ''N
sec e., " nat eau nc uole' c,,.a
ne c tn was IN u hoSl Hl'"y w,
9iVI0n' III, IIIeu WIN lne uenIi Is. VI s ..
no1u' iiG ~ "cn' uoMn vne s',s'i ,l a. ~,
rs ne e . g9' t3 TOOK nole o. 'ne ' sp'
touuulnSs ana the same u45 SEN A.. a
Eaus % il'cu - 1rG !Iace "lu ,,pr "' ~
i'' ~, ~ 7ooO O"'I''ioii ~ +.
ne udy "oIe ~ "liu 4. 'i Is , ,,s
my g'sIile Nigii ms WolH ~ ~ boro
70 Di, I'icNelI 70 Joi JOINS. L. IT,. t H,
M'9 ~ immense tnion az NJ l"0 ,.sre
sI ,.'i 10 Sue nm . on, .nou o,,,iar
enee' l:3 mn, any Noineh W uo vi
oNeI nm ue g, ~ T ,;,,, N r.tb
e, - ON cue IiiIIls p.oaeI L;L INN ,s A.
" WIeS1'H oI mowers TO WIli0" IN T Wv lad
1 5 q Que % t3aINs ~, ~ y" ra III he
HoIe Ioi 'le'il "a anu tne hli'u ioen'y
na a sp3E sen ne ueneL9' - ",. alrd
'uoo'e4 ~ Ine joNous - m tbo man
to1 Z. IN lhe !iHsl oI II an ~; 'I nav tn
rom NloIreil'nle PuSne" ms ~
Tue 'front.' q, ,..,,ndoJ
are - Solh away he ue'A"'-'
! am an j.. nay
" ell ye are NOV Soiu 'ii' -
yer honest ueols. pe Se' ,.t..1sn
W en- now, II | owe any q 4eJ,' ra5d7
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
Notice 10 Creditors.

NvrATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY COURT FOR
> Iowa County-ln Probate.
I'm the matter of the estate Of Michael Sampson,
deceased.
Letters of administration with win annexed
on the estate Of Michael sampson. deceased,
having been issued 10 John Battcn.
Notice is hereby given, that the creditors Of
said Michael Sampson. deceased, are allowed
and limited by order o this court uutn and
including the first Tuesday Of October, 1890,
their claims aud demands against said Michael
sampson, deceased, TO the county court for
examination, adjustment and allowance.
Notice is also hereby given that the claims
and demands OF an persons against said Michael
sampson, deceased, will De received, examined
aud adjusted by this court, 8t the Office OF the
County Judge at the court house in The city
of DudEeyille i'm said county ON the first
Tuesday OF July A. d. 1880, and ON the
said first Tuesday of october, 1890.
Dated this nh day OF March, 1890
BY the Court,
JOHN 4, JONES, County Judge
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
order for Hearing proof of VIII.

-TATE OF WISCONSIN, IOWA COUNTY
, Court--In Probate.
In the matter OF the last will aud testament Of
joni Francis. deceased.
On reading aud filing an instrument In writ
ing purpOrting TO 6e the last will aud testament
OF John Francis Of the city of Mineral Point in
the county Of Iowa, state Of Wisconsin, and, also
the accompanying petition of Philip Allen, Jr..
representing, among other things. that said
John Francis died testate at Mineral Point,
Iowa county, Wis on the 2lst day of March, a.
d. 1890; that said instrument is the last viii and
testament OF said deceased that the said petit
toner Is one Of The executors named in said
VIII, and praying that said Will be admitted to
probate.
II is ordered, that the proofs Of said inslru.
meut he heard before this court, at a regular
term thereof TO be held at the Probate Office, In
the city OF Dodgeville in said county, ON the
9th day of May A. ID 1890, a 10 O'Clock a. IL.
And il IS further ordered, that notice of the
time and place Of such hearing be given to all
persons interested by publishing copy of this
order fJr three weeks successively previous 20
said day Of hearing, in the Mineral Point
TRIBUNE, weekly newspaper printed and pub
lshed az the city OF Mineral Point
By the court;
1jw3 JOHN 4. JONES, Judge.
Dated, A pril %, 1890.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

hope Of the Democrats whenever an
emergency occurred, and if bis
counsel had been taken the Demo
Gratis would have occupied much
more formidable position than they
now hold. The Democratic press
called him a traitor and read him
ont of the party. Now every Dem
ocratic writer is praising him to the
skies, only deploring his zone de-
parture" from the Democratic lines
of policy. If the Democrats had
followed his lines they might yet be
in power.
For his honorable poverty, with a
chance to have amassed great wealth
in has public career, he should be
regarded as a model for American
politicians and statesmen. His
great purity Of character he carried
alike into his private and public life.
In contrast to Grover Cleveland
who went into the office poor and
came out Of it rich-he made no
gains in Office. lie was not a spec
ulator in real estate, nor did he
pursue any other course for gainful
ends. There should be more like
him among American public men.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
A Republican PoStmaSter's
Trouble,

Under the title, "The Bloody Shirt
Is Still Flapping," Democratic
newspaper relates in its Geographic
columns the story Of James Finn,
appointed by President Harrison as
Postmaster At Flynn Greek, in Ten
uessee. There was az effort TO pre-
vent him from performing the
duties Of his office. The people
residing in the neighborhood Of the
post office are Democrats of the
rebel school, and adopted kuklux
methods. The account from there
says that it was net an uncommon
thing for as many as ten or twenty
armed men to attack the post office
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
LegGl Notices.
nONS.
rnrRr. InWA cnrNrN

(uRcUrT COURT. IOWA COUNTY.
Chicago sugar Refining Company plaintiff;
vs.
Edward MOeller, defendant.
The state Of Wisconsin, to the said defendant:
You are hereby summoned 20 appear within
twenty days after setyice Of this summons
exclusive of the day of service. and defend the
above entitled action in the court aforesaid;
and in case of your failure 50 10 do, Judgment
viii be rendered against you according to the
demand Of the complaint; of tohich a copy Is
herstoit ssr0ed upon yon.
SPENSLFY & McILHON
l5w6 Plaintiff 5 Attorney.
p. o. address, Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wis
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
Ihs Best Ameucan Democra {.

The death Of samuel j. Randall
removes from the ranks Of the Dem
ocratie party rs best and greatest
man. Since the death Of Samuel J.
Tlldeu he has been the most saga
cious of the Democratic chiefs
though o,racised fer his anti.free
trade principles hepas the forelorn
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
Is Not Sectauan.

"They are strange bed-fellows,
the Lutheran and the German
Roman Catholic churches. After
years of strife, war and bloodshed,
these two churches have at last
joined hands and when united they
have succeeded in driving the bible
from the public. schools. With
their combined forces they are now
/ fighting the Bennett law"
These are the words, which fell
from the lips of the Rev. II. Stone
Richardson at the First Methodist
church last evening, in a sermon
which he delivered on the Bennett
law and the recent decision of the
supreme court, which orders that the
bible shall not be read in the public
schools. Mr.. Richardson argued
that the Roman Catholics need not
be very happy in their socalled
victory as the decision Of the court
! makes them sect and also declares
their bible to be sectarian in saying
that the King James version j sec
tartan as the Douay or Catholic YER
sion includes every book that is
contained in the st. James edition.
The Catholics, Mr.. Richardson
stated, did not send their children
to the public schools because they
were irreligious institutions, but in
their brief before the supreme court
they state that the reading of the
bible in the public schools makes
them places of worship. Thus on
one hand, said Mr. Richardson, they
are called irreligious and on the
other places of worship. Both of
these positions, he said, were unten-
able, The Catholics also object to
the bible being read in the public
schools because there is 40 priest or
teacher near by TO expouud it.
Then rising on his tiptoes and in
voice which fairly echoed from
wall to wall, Mr. Richardson spoke
these words:
81 tell you it is the same old story
the bible must not be read by the
masses, but only under the direction
of a Catholic expounder. This is
the yoke under which Martin Luther
was weighed down until that grand
man arose equal to the occasion aud
threw off the incumbrauce by trans
lating the bible from Latin into
German"
Mr.. Richardson then touched
upon Father O'Brien's wish that no
Methodist hymns be sung ID the
Normal school. That such songs
are sung there is not true, Mr.. Rich
ardson SAID, but religious pieces,
which have been composed by vari-
Gus authors including popes, are
sung at that institution. He wanted
to know whether anybody would
call Jesus Lover of my Soul" or
Nearer my God to Thee, " sectarian.
"Why they might as well call my
fiddle sectarian because it plays re-
hgious songs" continued the preach
er. Mr.. Richardson is heartily in
favor of the Bennett law because,
as he claims, there are thousands
upon thousands Of little children
who attend school nowhere and have
to work. Sometimes even to earn
pennies that their parents may in
dulge themselves with beer.-OSh-
k0Sb Northeastern.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
STArE OF WISCONSIN, IOWA CoUNrY-h
, Circuit Court

STATE OF WISCONSIN, IOWA COUNTY-In
= Circuit Court
John Jackson, Plaintiff, against Jane ClOwney
as Administrative with the viii annexed of
the estate Of John Clowney, deceased and
Jane Clowney in her individual capacity,
Defendant.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of and
pursuant TO Il judgment OF foreclosure AMI sale
rendered in the above entitled action on the 4th
day Of December, A. d. lSSs, and by direction of
the Plaintiffs Attorneys, / will on the 18Th day OF
May, A. ID. 1890 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
of said day at the front door of the Court
House, in the city of Dodgeville. lowe county,
Wisconsin, offer for sale aud sell at public
auction 10 the highest and best bidder therefor,
for cash, the following described morigaged
premises, situate i'm Iowa county, Wisconsin,
aud particularly described as follows, to-wit:
Lot number eighty two go In Nleits survey of
the village nov city OF Mineral Point
Dated at Sherifs Office, DJdgeyille, Iowa
county, Wisconsin, this 18th day of March, A.
d. 1890 HENRY PENGILLI,
l2W6 Sheriff OF Iowa county, Wisconsin.
Spensley x Mcllhon Plaintiffs Attorneys
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
The GrowIs Of the Greedy.

The importers at New York and
elsewhere are all free-traders. They
would prefer that there should be
no tariff. American goods come
into competition with the foreign
goods that they bring into the coun-
try, and by little protection are
able to monopolize the American
market This accounts for the fact
which frequently has been au-
nounced that importers are trying to
defeat the Mckinley tariff bill.
The cablegrams announce also
that there is the greatest opposition
in Germany and France to the Nc
Kinley bill In fact, there is some
thing like e. panic among the houses
in those countries engaged in the
American trade. The reason is
that by system Of differentiation
they have been able for years to
throw their goods ON the American
market, swindiing our revenues out
Of millions of dollars every year
and driving American manufacture
ers from the market. At the same
time the German and French gov
ernments have excluded by official
DEGREES and by prohibitory duties
our farm products from their mar
kets, and they are even now levying
higher tariffs on American beef,
pork, lard, wheat, flour aud Indian
corn. The Mckinley bill is so
framed as to prevent frauds by
underyaIuation, and it gives the
German and French manufacturers
aud exporters taste of the policy
that their authorities have been APP.
plying 10 the farm products Of this
country. If it had no other merit,
that ought to secure its passage.
The cry for Gree raw materials
is war on labor. Such raw ma
terial as wool is the product of mere
labor-labor invested in the land, in
the sheep, and in preparing their
heeces for market. The men who
make cloth want the wool free, but
they want the cloth well protected.
They do not offer TO accept a remoy-
al of the cloth tariff to offset the
removal of the wool tariff, and they
do not show their good faith 10y any
proposition of that kind.
The Mckinley bill is right in
these respects: Where it will reduce
importations that exclude American
articles from market; where it will
prevent fraud on the revenues;
where it admonishes foreign author
tiles that we can exclude their prod
ucts from our markets by the means
which they use to exclude our prod
ucts from their markets, and where
il will tend to decrease importations
and SO prevent an increase in rev
enues. ~ chicago Jo1uWal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

The best brains and the best CON
science in the Democratic party died
with Samuel J. Randall
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

THE individual who predicted the
destruction of Chicago, Milwauk ee
and other cities, has shown himself
worthy Of a position in the Signal
SERVING.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

A man at Bradford, Pa. paid oll'
Of SlS last week with the paper euTIe =
cy OF the war times >, 10, - anH &
cent sh.uplaster>. which he A4a a'"
since lsa4
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
NOTICE TO FISHERS AND HUNTERS.

All persons are strictly forbidden
to trespass upon land owned by me
in sections q and "a, town 5, range
one, in the town of Mifliin, Iowa
county, Wisconsin. All persons
found fishing or hunting thereon
will be arrested and prosecuted ac-
cording to law. l6wl*
WIN. BAINBRDGE.
Dated April Il, 1890.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
A GOOD FARM
Tor Sale a: 4 Low 7rl:a AMI On Ea.v Terms.

acres situated ~. miles southwest ~ r,a 49, ~,
ot N'Herl Point, 10 $50 per acre. su9 az
Ia.ls easy terms Tt purchasers will nay
fl'Nu a."n, " give security for that arn0iInf
US .au nave twenty .our years time On the
p5-Auet, giving notes for equal rslyfnr1fs ~
principal each year, and having privilege ~
pAA thtm On Ut before the time fhcy faII d,7a
az six per cent. interest ' '1'
The house on the farm is in good eonditf,,,
ana large containing nine rooms, and the harm
Il large and weil constructed. The land il r5cb
auQ I'D good condition; about $50 acres under
f,,i. 80 49,. uAlailee tmper aud pasture. good
..Flhg water 1n each forty acres. and fha ,,h9i9
s15M II wei fenced with posts lumber AMI
VIE. inquire ON the premises tor fnrtba+
t-'' 81 4'.i 3iilo JOHN MeARULE
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

AMONG the Injuries of the last
Congress was the Democratic Door
keeper Silcott. A Republican Con
gress has had to vote $72, 200 of the
peoples money to make good his
steallngs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

I'VE ''i''7'F'' hpt tliC
money.
The members Of the Three Amer
ica's Congress were much pleased
with the military review here this
afternoon, which was gotten up in
their honor. All branches of the
regular army and of the militia were
represented and there was also a
battalion Of cadets from the Wash
ington High School. The foreign
ers will start on their southern tour
next week.
A special committee Of thirteen
Republican Senators is engaged in
preparing a silver bill at the request
Of a conference of Republican Sen
ators. 1t is believed that the new
bill will deal more literally with
silver than any measure now before
either House or Senate.
Representative Butterworth's bill
TO levy special tax of 1000 and a
tax Of 5 cents per pound and 20
cents per bushel upon the articles
which are the subject matter Of
sales under futures and "option"
contracts has been fayorably report
ed 10 the House. The report says
the bill is intended to apply to spec
ulative gambling in fictitious farm
products, aud does not injuriously
affect any Legitimate trader or dealer
in farm products.
There is a movement on the part
of the opponents of the present
civil service law in the House to
defeat the appropriation for the
support Of the Commission. This
is not a manly way to fight, and it
is hardly likely to succeed. There
are a nnmber of gentlemen who
would gladly vote for the repeal Of
the law. who wonId NOT resort to
amy such method as trying to cut off
the appronriation When = law is
obnox;ons Cen Gra,t,s me,bod !.
the hest wav to daaI with it-onforee
y .,rio,ly
Gen Raum pomn;..ionar of
Pensions in q renort inst made 10
the Sa,.ret,ry of the Int.rior shows
ms office ~ be in = be,ter condition
,b,n ayar hafore Eyarv ,nnIicatio,
nm file ON tba first If last L,uary
uill bave bao, a,.ami,ad no ~. frst
If Nav
Tho Democrats of the Hon.a are
afraid to ottemnt to oat mn ra,iF
hin If their own and hava an.
noupcsd thai tbav will sinnly an.
nose the Mckinley hin II viii be-.
come a law all the same
Tho preliminary stems are beino
take, 70 secure the Grand ARMY
enc,mnment for lsol for Wa.bipg.
ton. PLEDGES have been gwen that
oil rho monav recass,rv r. antartain
the visitors will he subscribed by
onr citizens
An attempt was made this week
TO SUSPEND the rules of the House
and nass a limited service pepsion
bin as = substitute for the depend.
ent pension bill which recently
passed the Senate. BUTT failed owing
10 the lack Of a few votes 10 make
the necessary two-tbirds Repre-.
sentative Boothman, Of Ohio. has
introduced a new service pension
hin
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

j. A. SPRATLER has the finest dis
play of canned goods in the city.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

HENDRA's is the place to secure
pure maple syrup.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

A SMALL but choice galaxy Of
idiots residing at bridgeport CT,
formed themselves four years ago
into au organization known as the
Bridgeport Suicide Club. 1t was
agreed that one member should
end his ufe each year, not because
of any great dissatisfaction with or
WEAKNESS of life, but merely for the
excitement the agreement brought.
The members lived up to their com
pact. There were five of them in
all and ia January there were only
two of them left, the Secretary and
President The former, whose
na.ay was Wendell Baum, sold his
property the other day, turned it
over 60 his wife, and then cut his
throat leaving the chief officer of
the club alone in his glory. In or
der 10 keep faith with his departed
comrades, the Sole survivor must
kill himself within year, and
careful study 40 tbc situation pro-
due ,he conviction THAT Jhe sooner
he does It the better
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

In buying S3ll,9ls,665.9f worth
of bonds for retirement, the Treas
ury Department has saved tax pay
ers 500, 76A,ll8.25. The course to
follow seems plain buy bonds. It's
. pity We can't all do it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

Scum DAKOTA has $4,000 square
miles and Rhode Island has ,250.
An eastern paper makes a boast that
"Rhode Island will balance Dakota
in the Electoral College" But just
give South Dakota few years to
grow. Rhode Island has been at it
quite spell
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

TUE United States Supreme Court
on Monday affirmed the judgment
of the California Circuit Court ex-
onerating Marshal Neagle for the
shooting Of Judge Terry, at Lathrop,
Cal, last August, when Terry as
saulted Justice Field.