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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14
CRIME.

A RIOT occurred at a circus perform
ance at Ishpeming, Mich, Wednesday af
ternoon. Because the balloon ascension
failed to come off, an excited mob of 1000
people tore the circus tent into squares OF
canvas as large as napkins. lore open and
rihed the dressing trunks, and mobbed
the circus hands. A great disturbance
was raised, and the police were powerless
ty was torn and ground into pulp.
TOLEDO, Ohio. - Specia. Pension Ex-
aminer Mayer has captured Buckskin Joe
the famous pension swindier, whom the
department has been after fol-
two years. Joe was all
through the war and in the service of the
government for seventeen years altogether
being member of Custer's regiment OF
seventh cavalry and being a famous scout
under Custer, Terry, Crook and Reno. He
represented himself to be pension agent
and got fe"s for agreeing to have pen
sions raised.
NECEDAH, Wisconsin, cold bloodeo
murder has been committed eight miles
southeast of Necedah, Wis. The
victim is Bridget Fahey, widow, living
in bed having been shot through tina back
of the head There is also an ugly cash in
the throat. The object of the murder is
supposed to be money. No definite clue
to the murderer has yet been obtained. al
though, many rumors have been started
SEVEN boys, ranging in ages from
nine to twelve years, have been arrested
at Oshkosh charged with rob
berry. The lads had been systemaiically
plundering the store of Webb & Runlle.
but curiouslv enough had confined then
depredations to rovolvers and cartridges,
of which they had fine outfit When ar
rested they were shooting at IA mark and
one of their number said that they had
intended to shoot the first policeman who
attempted to arrest them. In view Of the
high standing of their parents who made
good the losses sustained by Webb &
Rumble, the boys were dismissed with a
severe reprimand, and the knowledge that
the reform school is hanging over their
heads as guarantee of future good be-
havior.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14
latest NEWS CONDENSED.
GENERAL NOTES.

THE Census Bureau at Washington an
nounces the population of Philadelphia a
a rough count. to be GA 1874.
The British steamer Lord Ragls an, which
sailed from San Francisco February 26
and has not been heard OF since, has beer
given up for lost.
MILWAUKEE now feels certain of get
ting o., 900 900 from the government for {
public building.
THE corn crop of Kansas is now esti
mated at about onethird the usual guam
tity
ALL the original package" houses il
Des Moinss, Iowa, closed Saturday morn
ing.
JOHN G. WHITTIER has attended the
small church of the Society of Friends il
Amesbury, Mass, where he lives for fifty
years.
THE execution of kemler by electricity
at Auburn, n. Y, on Wednesday morn
ing is said to have been bunging affair
The wretch was so badly hurt however thai
he died
INFORMATION reached here from
the City of Mexico that Jay
Gould has purchased the mag
nifcent castle Of Chapultepec the pric'
paid being $1,000 900. 1t is said that he
will make it bis winter home.
The revised returns of the
Salt Lake county election show that
the liberals elected the assessor, selectman
surveyor, attorney, coroner, clerk anc
treasurer, The Mormons elected the sher
if and recorder
CLEMENT J. CHALLER, treasurer, ano
William w. Chandler, manager of the
Erie Transfer Company, of New
York, are under arrest for defrauding the
company. Challer has made confession
describing the manner in which the
fraud was perpetrated They are thoughi
to have cleared $4,000 by their trans
action.
A COMPANY to fish for pearls
and to advance the interest Of
pearl fishing generally in that sec
ton, has been organized at Georgetown
Wis. One or two Chicago men of means
are interested in the enterprise. Sales Of
pearls found in that section during the last
six days amount in the aggregate to 81, 900
Lee Jackson, of Monroe, received $500 fol
one of the gems, the highest price paid foi
any in the lot.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14
FOREIGN.

In the course OF the negotiations with
France with reference to Zanzibar, Lord
Salisbury apologized to France for his
overlooking the existence of the treaty of
1862 IN concluding the Anglo-German
agreement.
THE western and central portions of
Bohemia hav. been visited by Sc
we're storms and waterspouts. The damage
is great, the crops in those sections being
ruined.
FRANCE has sent an utimation to Daho-
mey, demanding the cession of ketonou
and Whyday. If the demand is rejected,
an expedition, to be composed chiefly OF
Senegalese Arabs, will start for Dahomey
in October.
A SAN SALVADOR dispatch says that
General Miranda. an accomplice of the
traitor Rivas, who aspires 10 the presiden-
cy of San Salvador, has been routed and
San Salvador is now freed from the ma
rauding bands.
PARIS. - Eyraud, the murderer OF
Notary Gouife, has attempted suicide.
He tore his shirt into strips, twisted them
together to form Il rope, and with 1t at
tempted to choke himself to death. But
for "a timely discovery he would have sue
ceeded.
A DISPATCH from San Salvador says
that General lrungaray, at the head OF
lne Guatemaan revolutiOnists, has taken
Chiquimaa, near the capital. and that the
loss of this place has obliged the Guate-
maan government to concentrate Its
troops toward the capital.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14

CANADA is becoming pretty thoroughly
Americanized in the matter of monopoies,
trusts, combinations and kindred organ
izations for private gain at the public ex-
pense About year ago four large dis
tileries controlled 10y capitalists in On
tario, formed trust, and demanded of
and received from the government an order
that all whisky distilled within the Do
minion should be stored for two years be-
fore being offered for sale at home or being
shipped to a foreign market This at
once shut off the competition of all smaller
distilleries that could not command UNI
limited capital In the course of the year
the great trust of four secured control OF
the whisky in store in the Dominion. and
a few days ago raised the price 10 cents a
gallon. One individual holding stock
representing 1000, 900 gallons, sold out at
once and pocketed 100000 over and
above the commercial value of the whisky.
If our American trust had been handling
that whisky it would have slapped on loo
cents INSTEAD of 10 cents a gallon Our
monopois,s don take things on install
ments-they take it all at once. But the
Canadians are advancing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

THE Eagle Glass 4 Metal Company OF
st, Louis. has assigned for the benefit OF
its creditors Assets 30, 000 liabilities
$4,000.
A Destructive rain and wind storm
passed over Hot Springs, Ark,
Wednesday night doing considerable
damage to crops. Several houses and
barns were blown down. Several men
are badly injured.
MURRAY HAIL, a handsome summer
hotel at Pablo Beach, near, Jacksonville,
Fla, was burned to the ground Thursday
morning. There ware fifty guests i'll the
hotel all of whom escaped without diff.
Guilty. The loss is over 5000, 00O
The British ship Lord Raglan is posted
on the Maritime Exchange as missing
The Lord Raglan is large full rugged
ship and left San Francisco February 2t
last for Cork, Ireland Since that time
she has not been heard of and her owners
have about given her up as lost.
CHARLES MCCAFFERY, the champion
bridge jumper of Canada, who was
anxious to out-do Steve Brodies peril
Gus leap from the Brooklyn bridge, Jump
ed Tuesday noon from the Dover street
bridge into the fort channel. distance of
Seventy-hve feet, and an immense crowd
Cheered him for the success of his effort.
Two hours later he eSsayed TO jump from
the Atlantic ccmpany's derrick at East
Boston, distance OF 1870 feet. and when
he struck the water he was paraly7ed and
sank to rise no more.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14
Illiteracy of Nations.
st. Louis Republic.


The census Of the illiterates IN the vari-
Gus countries places the three Slavic states
of Roumania, Russia and Servia at the
head of the list, with about 50 per cent.
of the population unable to read or write.
OF the Latin-speaking races, Spain heads
the list with AZ per cent; France and
Belgium having about Is per cent. The
iliterates in Hungary number 43 per cent,
IN Austria 80 per cent, and in Ireland q
In England we find Is per cent, Holland
10 per cent, United States white popu,a-
tion) 8 per cent, and Scotland 7 per cent.
unable to read or write When we come
to purely Teutonic states we find marked
reduction in the percentage of illiterates.
The highest is in Switzerland, 2,5; in the
whole German empire it is but per cent.
In Sweden. Denmark, Bavaria, Baden and
Wurtemburg there is not a single person
over ten years of age unable to read or
write!
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14
Everything Goes Wrong

In the bodily mechanism when the liver gets on
of order. Constipation, dyspepsia, coutamina
ton of the blood imperfect assimilation are Ger
tain to ensue. But it is easy 10 prevent thest
consequences, and remove their cause, by cours,
of Hostetters Stomach Bttters, which stimulates
the hillary organ and regulates ITS action. Tn,
direct result Is . disappearance of the pains he
meath the ribs aud through the shoulder blade
the nausea headaches yellowness OF the skin
furred look of the tongue, and sour odor of th'
breath which characterize liver complaint SOM,
Gi..es ion and regular habit of body are bless
uys also secured by the use of this celebrated
restorative of heslth, which imparts degree o
yi-gOr to the body which j. its best guarantee o.
safety from malsrial epidemcs. Nerve weakness,
and over-tension are relieved by it, and it improve
both appetite and sleep.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14

has no color Yet eyervbod, -.
eltrer through hearsay or by the ev;do"s'
or his own eyes, that the ocean ; i T
] Why the ocean looks blue is a onos viue
| That few who have crossed it hars Sol N
sought to solve, and there are nrol esef
many travellers who though they hanoaaoly
most of the famous rivers and AK CO. seen
world, have failed to notice the Iile
dlnerences IN color which their watare
present. Even the ocean is not rn;fo- MIS-
IN color; In some places its water. ara -
green or even yellowish. Some lake. aug NC
distinctly blue; others present varionS
shades OF green so that in some cases tbas
are hardly distinguishable from Their l ny
grass covered banks; few are aynoet
black. "''-iOst
The lake of Geneva is azure,hued II.
lake OF constance and the lake "a
Lucerne are green; the color of the N al;
terranean has been called indigo tn.
lake OF Brlenz is greenish yellow. and ~
neighbor. Lake Thun is blue. New Yors
has both green and blue lakes. The colora
OF rivers differ yet more widely IT,
Rhone is blue, and so is the Danube Will
the Rhine is green The st. Lawrence !.
blue. 'N'e "
These various hues are not caused h.,
mud or any Opaque sediment such as thai
which makes the Mississippi coffee.coIoredl
but belong to the waters, ike the podor'
color OF tea, without greatly imparing
their transparency. The cause of tn, difs'
ference in the color of lakes and rivers bas
engaged the attention of many celebrated
Investigators of nature, such as TvndalI
and others.
Recently Prof. Spring of the University
of Liege has carefully investigated the
question: of the color of water, aud has
reached soiue interesting conclusions. Ac.
cording to him, absolutely pure water
when seen In masses of sufficient thickness
is blue, and all the varieties of colors OK.
hibited In lakes and streams arise from the
presence in the water of mineral salts of
different degrees of solubility and in vary
ing quantities. Water containing car
Donate OF lime In a state of almost complete
solution remains blue. but if the solution
Is less complete the water will have a tinge
of green which will grow stronger as the
point OF precipitation is approached. Prof.
Spring concludes that, if lime is added
to blue water in which so much carbonate
of lime is already dissolved that the point
of saturation is approached, the water will
become green. In proof of this he cites
the fact that the water near the shores of
lakes and seas, where it comes in contact
with limestone, is generally of a greener
hue than elsewhere
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14

THAT the proposed anti-lottery bill now
before Congress will be in large measure
effective if passed, is confessed by the
angry protest against it by the lottery
mouthpiece, the Times-D Democrat of New
Orleans According to that newspaper
this Bingham bill for dissolving the part
nership now existing between the lottery
companies and the postothce is measure
of ''hrst-class despotisla;' lit seeks to
override the rights of citizens and of cor
porations as SUCH" it is 'sheer despohsm
and the grossest invasion of individual and
corporate rights and more of the same
sort. All this means that the lottery peo-
pie are hit hard, and that they propose to
defeat this legislation, if possible, by any
means. A powerful lobby is already in
Washington, and there is also a strong
local influence there in favor of lotteries
1t is claimed that next to New Orleans
Washington is the most important lottery
center in the country the sales Of tickets
by the agencies located there being eSti-
mated at at least 10000 per month. From
these facts it becomes apparent that the
congressman who really desire the passage
of the Bingham bill will need all the as
sistanee it is possible to give them by the
pressure of public opinion. Congressman
should not be allowed to forget that the
honest people of this country of all classes
demand the closing of the mails to. this
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14

A WRITER in the last number of the
Arena gives a dismal forecast of mundane
affairs during the next quarter of CEN
Jury He predicts revolutions all over
Europe, and social upheayal, followed by
a war lasting from 1906, to 1926, in the
United States. But antedating that event
there will be great tidal wave that will
submerge the Atlantic coast from New Or
leans to New York. All the great sea-
board cities will be engulfed. This will
certainly be a heavy calamity. But its
horrors will be measurably mitigated by
the reflection that the Arena writer and a
great many other cranks and dreamers
will join McGinty when the catastrophe
comes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14

The indications are that the authorities
in Cuba are using greater efforts to sup
press information concerning the extent
and seriousness of the epidemic of yellow
fever now prevailing there than to eradi-
cate, or at least prevent, the spread of
the disease itself At Cieninegos, accord
ing to private advices received in New York
by commercial houses, al the hospitals are
full, and special buildings have been fitted
up for the care of new patients, while in
Havana from forty to fifty new cases are
reported daily The local press is practical
ly muzzled, and speaks very guardedIy on
the subject. The disease seems to be of a
bad type, and many deaths are reported.
1t is to be hoped that the national author
tiles are fully cognizant of all the facts in
the case, and that steps will promptly be
taken to prevent the introduction of the
epidemic into this country. Here in the
north we are comparatively safe, but the
cities of the south are especially exposed,
and the governmint owes it to them to
leave nothing undone that will protect
them Prevention is a thousand times
better than cure, and the time to set up
the most rigid safeguards is now.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14

THE census attempt to obtain complete
directory OF the living veterans of the war
is said to be a partial failure. All the
names are recorded, but IT'D has been inn
po..ibe in thousands of cases to get infor-
nation as to the time OF service and the
brigades and regiments where performed,
through the inability of soldiers to recall
the facts This will be disappointment
to the Grand Army, which was especially
anxious that the work be done.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14

The bunko man appears to be perlnaii
nent figure in our civilization. Local
ordinances OF he despises, and his victims Hl,.
are legion. Only the other day, at New
Jersey seaside resort a retired builder lost
s. 900 by sbarpers whose devices were
almost transparent. Two weeks - oo1
Pennsylvania farmer was robbed u ill, ~
by bunko men in New York. Ana al ~ 10
despite the fact that the farmers reau '''
papers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14

The elecIi ightc companies which
have long and bitterly fought the in
auguration of the lawful taking of human
life by means of electricity achieved their
greatest victory at the moment of their
greate.t defeat. No legal or logical argu
ment against electrocution can equal In
potency the material one presented by the
actual application of the new method.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14

CAIRO, Aug. S.-Troops have been SEW Sna
to guard all the points on the l nsu PC !"
where persons from Arabia are il l'1a, ~
land. The cholera mortality al Jeu''"'
continues at about 100 daily.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14
THE COLOR OF WATER.
Why Different Seas. Lakes and River
Have Different Shades.

London Truth presents an interesting
dissertation on the color of water 1t says:
What is the color of pure water? Al
most any person who has no special knowl-
edge of the subject will reply at once: 1T
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14

report was adopted 100; nays, SO.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on the general deficiency bill,
but without disposing of the bill the COM
mittse rose, and the house adjourned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14

SeHdte-After routine business of little
Importance the senate proceeded to con
Sideration of the tariff.
House. Mr.. Reed of iowa presented
the conference report ON the original
package bill. The report leaves the hill
exactly as it passed senate and is dissent
ed from by Mr.. Oates (Ala.l one of the
copferees. After a debate the conference
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-20

Furnished Room,
fE=sA With or without board, for two gentle
EM.;sl men, $50 HOWARD AVENUE.
.M8sA $40 2t*
FOR RENT,
1FFss> A pleasant suite of rooms on second
NH;; floor, unexpectedly relinquished, at
MAssA $50 3t* 81 WALL STREET.
FOR RENT,
xEA Six rooms, modern improvements,
WH::; 244 FERRY STREET.
4!.l sort
mop SATE
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-20

One Killed In AfKaMsas.
PINE BLUFF, Ark, Sept. ia fata
wreck occurred on the Valley road yester
day afternoon few miles from this city
A north-bound train jumped the track
Frank Sweet was killed and six person
were injured
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-20

FOundering of a Turkish Man.Of-
War-LOss OF Five Hundred Lives
Osman Pasha Among the Victims
Loss of a Mail steamer and Her
Crew.
LONDON, Sept. 19.-Advices from Hiogo
state that the Turkish man-of-war Erto-
groul has foundered at sea and that 500 of
her crew were drowned.
Osman Pasha and Ali Pasha, ENJOYS of
the sultan to the emperor of Japan, were
passengers on the Ertogroul and were
drowned.
The Ertogroul was wooden frigate-
built cruiser of 2,344 tons displacement.
She mounted forty-one guns of small cal
ibre and was built in 1858.
Advices from Hiogo state that the mai
steamer Musashi Maru has been lost of
Cochi and that all of her crew, with the
exception of one Japanese, were drowned
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-20
EyASGEIrNE
STATE CORRESPONDENCE.
Snnthtnptnn

Sept l9-The farmers in the vicinity of shut
tie Meadow having been much annoyed by
thieves and tresspassers for some time past,
have formed an association for mutual protec-
ton and will hereafter prosecute all parties de-
tected in pilfering from their respective prem
ises.
Dr. c. A. Dorman OF New Haven will give a lee,
body" at the Methodist church Sunday evening.
DR. NJ F. Sullivan will locate in Jersey City.
Mrs Mary Rand died at her home on South
Main street. Plantsville, Friday morning, AFTER
an illness of several weeks.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-20

stitute with an amendment offered by Mr..
Ingalls) were discussed at much length by
Messrs. Evarts, Vest, Dolph and Morgan,
and at the close of the discussion the bill
went over till tomorrow without action.
Mr.. Blair introduced q bill lin behalf of
the Woman's National league) prohibiting
the sale of cigars or cigarettes and the use
of tobacco in general by minors in public
places under penalty of fine mot less than
$5 nor more than $50 or of imprisonment
mot less than one nor more than twenty
five days.. Referred to the committee for
the District of Columbia.
The senate at $50 adjourned until to-
morrow at noon.
Gave Birth to a Child I'm Her CONN.
VIENNA, Sept. 19.-The body of a woman
named Goeda WIS exhumed at Szegedin
to-day for an autopsy. When the coffin
was opened it was found that the woman
had been buried alive and that she had
given birth to a child in the coffin.
Thirty Buildings Destroyed.
WHITEHALL, Mich, Sept. ia fire
early this morning destroyed thirty build
ings in this town. The principal losers
are: Lyman T. Covell, brick block and
drug store; NJ B. Covell, brick store; Rug
giles opera house and rink; E. ]. Smith, of
the Whitehall Forum; Reed & Sons and
Masonic and Odd Fellows halls. The
losses aggregate over S100;000; insurance
about $65, 900.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-20
Thirty Buildings destroyed.
RACES Ar PHILADELPHIA.

Belle Hamnn ana Justtna TrOt
Mile In 2:15 l.2-The Double Team
Record BrOken-Other Events.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19.-Two thousand
people saw the double team trotting record
for mile of 2:15a made by Maxey Cobb
and Meta Medium in 1884 beaten at the
Philadelphia Driving park to-day. The
team that broke the record was G. ]. Ham
Inns Belle Hamlin and Justina. They were
driven by Mr.. Hamlin himself and made
the mile in 2:151 on the second trial. The
mile trotted to-day equals that made by
Maud S. and Aldine in New York in 1888
when they were driven by William H.
Vanderbilt mile in top wagon in 2:151.
The record made to-day is disputed by a
number of turfmen who were present and
they claim that the mile was only trotted in
2:16t. Following is a summary of the
days events:
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-20
FOLDING CHAIRS & STOOLS TO RENT
For Funerals. u1s
ROYAL LIBRARY

At Paris has 1874 600 volumes, British Museum,
London, 100000; st. Petersburg library,
Russia, sos, 600; Berlin Library, 100000,
but these cannot compare with the vol
umes than can be spoken in favor of the G. o.
TAYLOR Old Bourbon and Pure Rye Whiskey, that
the literary world will accept as the standard
stimulant and your druggist will indorse it as me
dicinally unequalled, while your Grocer will say
it is superior to all others. 1t is bottled by CHES
TER H. GRAVES g. SONS, Boston; and is guar
anteed. 1t
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-20
Great Damage by Floods I'm Halifax
Namage TO a Ship Railway.

HALIFAX, Sept. 19.-The freshet in
Cumberland county is the worst for TWEEN
ty years at this season. Fullerton's dam
at Athol has broken and the loss will be
$4,000. On the ship railway the damage
is heavy. Considerable water has flowed
into the cuts, carrying with it large guam
ties of mud, to remove which will take
some time and money. McCann and Am
herst marshes are flooded and the Lawson
coal mine has a large quantity of water
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