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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-05-15
FOREIGN.

GOLD is said to have been discovered at
Dunnode in the western part of Cork
county ireland,
BrENos AYREs Grave peculdtions have
been discovered i'm the customs depart
meut here. The revenue lost 10y the gov
eminent by the embellishments is estimat-
ed to have reached the enormous sum of
$4,000, 900 annually.
Pans. Violence is being resorted tC
by the striking worhingmeu of the lsei
valley In number Of instance:
factories have been attacked in that part
of Bohemia. and the mobs have not only
compelled the weayers to leave their home,
but have also smashed the machinery.
A NEW industry in Germany is the util-
iz5tion of the young leaves Of the straw
berry plant as q beverage. Having been
carefully dried, they are used instead
of Chinese tea, which they closely APP
proagh in taste
TIE German Reichstag was opened by
Emperor William in person Tuesday. IN
his speech the Emperor declared himself
in favor of peace, expressing the conylc-
tion that he would succeed in securing the
confidence of the powers in the pacific
polcyo Germany He comseled the pass
age Of laws in protection of the interests
Of the workingman.
ONE of the greatest hardships of the
grain growers of Russia is the want of adj.
equdte means for storing and transporting
their produce. At certain periods of the
year such quantities are brought to the
railways that sufficient number of wagons
for transport is not TO be had, nor are the
railways prepared to receive IL. Piled up
i'm sacks in the open, exposed TO rain and
snow. much of it becomes damaged and
worthless
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-05-15
CRIME.

A. ELLwoOD LANCASTER a young Phil
adelphia real estate dealer, has disappear
ed. He is charged with having erubezzled
from $4,000 to $40 1000 entrusted to
him by various confding persons for in
vestment.
FoxBoRo, Mass A man nam
ed Cromack today murdered his daughter
aged l3 and then committed suicide by
shooting himself The tragedy was dis
covered by Cromack' son late Tuesday af-
ternoon when he returned from a fishing
trip. Mrs. Cromack is employed in a
factory in the village. No cause is as
signed for the deed
BosroN, Mass James Doan and Den
MS O'Hearn, burglars, have each been
sentenced to twenty-five years imprison-
ment under the Habitual criminal act.
Dolan is the convict who, by eating soap.
simulated consumption and was pardoned
by Gov. Butler from state prison only
to renew his criminal career as soon as
liberated.
ALBANY, N. "A defalcation in the
City National bank amounting to nearly
$4,000 has been traced to George z. Whit
ney, book-keeper WHO managed it through
the over-draft system in collision with d
prominent Albany firm. An effect will be
made among the defauter's friends to
settle the affair He has been in the bank
for years and occupied a high social posi-
ton. Stock speculation is the cause
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-05-15
LATEST NEWS Condensed.
GENERAL NOTES.

Dr.. GATLING. the inventor Of the gun
that bears his name, has invented torpe
do-boat
1aE Wisconsin Press Association have
decided 10 20 to Yellowstone Park for
their annual outing Superior will be the
point Of gathering and the time set is July
Odd
ATTORN W GENERAL Watson of Ohio, has
commenced quo aarrant0 proceedings in
the supreme court to annul the charter OF
the Standard Oil company for It's alleged
violation Of state laws
JAY GouLp's daily income has been esti-
mated recently at 81 .446, Cornelius Van
derbilt's at SIS, 249, John y. Rockefeller :
at SlS7l5, and William Waldorf Aston 4
at 1888.
Hos. ANDREW SHUMAN, for thirty
three years editor Of the Evening Journal,
Of Chicago. and for the past two years,
since he retired from active editorial work,
the President Of the Journal Company,
died suddenly from appoplexy, in Chicago,
Tuesday night.
EX-GovEREoR J Sterling Norton, Of
Nebraska, father of the Arbor Day for
economic tree planting out that way, says
that more than 600. 0U0 900 trees planted
by human hands are growing in that
state.
Jamestown, Penn. Five addition
al bodies have been found by work
men Two Of them were a mother and
child clasped in each others arms. The
force searching for the dead will be in
creased,
HuDsoN. S. D. - A dispatch from
Washington says parties in from the
Keeler artesian well report that at a depth
Of $50 feet oil indications are very strong
They are taking out oil at the present
time in greater quantities by 100 per cent
than was taken from the Washington
Mining company mill at the same depth
TuE body Of a woman, packed in char
coal and inutlated beyond recognition
was found in pine box in the Union
depot at Kansas City, Saturday morning
The box was checked through from st
Louis over the Wabash railroad There
IS mother clew to the CHASTITY mystery.
SPRNGFGmD, His Reports receiv
ed by the state department of agr!cui
ture from the most important wheat grow
ing counties of the state show that the area
of winter wheat destroyed will reach 3
per cent. Of that seeded last fall, and the
condition of that left standing for harvest
as not encouraging for more than - pen
cent. of the average yield Taking Tia,
state over the condition of the crop il
nearly 30 per cent. short Of the average on
Nav
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-05-15
WASHINGTON.

LEXINGTON, KY x-speaker Car
Isle has declared his candidacy for 'he
seat made vacant by the death of Senator
Beck
SENATOR CUILoN has introduced a bill
amending the Interstate law so as to per
NIT railroads to give reduced rates to com
mercial travellers.
WAsmNGroN. D. ca bill to pro-
hibit the transportation of intoxicating
liquors from any state or territory of the
United States, into states where prohibit
tory laws are in force, will be called up in
the house at the first opportunity.
The members Of the senate naval com
mittee have been taken down the Potomac
on board the new torpedo boat Cush-
ing. She ran at the rate of y miles per
hour, reversed at Is miles, and turned
within her own length
WHEN General John c. Fremont was
holding the territory that is now Cali
fornid, his accounts got into such shape
that the books indicated Indebtedness 10
the government on his part Of $4,000.
The amount was never paid General
Fremont who is very old man and i'm
mth Strengthened circumstances, was in
w dNNilElbu the bilitl NdA ~ Ntt dDDut AlS
matter. and all the documents We're over
hauled. II was then discovered that in
stead of owing the government $4,000, the
government owed General Fremont S2l.
600. The error was due TO poor book
keeping General Fremont has received a
voucher for the money.
WAsurNGr,N. The President on
Thursday sent to the Senate the following
nominations. George w. Steel, of Iudl-
ana, to be Governor of the Territory Of
oklahoma Robert Martin, of Oklahoma
Secretary of the Territory of oklahoma
Supreme Court officials of the Territory OF
Oklahoma b. Green of Illinois, Chief
Justice: Abraham ] Seay, of Missouri, and
John q. Clark, Of Wisconsin, Associate
Justices Warren S. Lurty, of Virginia
United States Marshal Horace Speed OF
Oklahoma, United States Attorney Al
bert H. Jones to be United States Marshal
of Colorado. Postmasters- Pennsylvania
David l.. 5. Nicely, Sewlcklew Edwin
SOlpS MCkepspOrt
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-05-15

The difference between the Unitrians
and the UAiver.alists has been thus neatly
defined: The UniversaIist. think God istoo
good to damn them, and the Unitmiaus
think they are too good for God to damn.
TIE RAPID INCREASE or SOUTH
EIN PROSPERITY.
The cost of the war to ihe southern
states, through the decrease in the assess
ed value Of property between 1860 and
1870, was s2,l00 100000 Up to 1876
there was no marked recovery from the
loss. IN 1879 80 some improvement was
visible and from that time ON the advance
has been surprising The Manufacturers
Record Of Baltimore bas just issued a
pamphlet summarizing this advance The
war was the first quiclner Of Industrial
energy in the South, but not until after
the new conditions following reconstruc-
ton had become at least partially harmon
lied did this new energy accomplish
much. Since 1880 the Southern people
have worked hard and earned money 1t
has begun to draw on its abundant miner
al resources. TO market its lumf and to
increase its growth of cotton and tobacco
and corn and even Of rice and sugar.
Since 1880 the gain in the assessed value
of property in the South has been 81 306
729. 927. The growth of manufacturing Is
large also. There were l6l cotton mills in
1880. 355 IN 1890. with 2.035, 268 pindles
Of pig-iron the output in 1889 was 1856,
7O2 tons. or more than one-third the out
put Of the whole country; some 30 more
furnaces with an output Of 100 toms day
are now being constructed Foundries,
rolling mills and machine shops are iaul-
ipying rapidly Nearly 2G0O0.000 tons
Of coal were mined last year over 1000,
600 bales Of cotton sold j2,29l 900 BUSH
els of grain lcorn, wheat and OATS raised.
In nine years since 1880, 10000 miles of
railroad have been hdilt. The foreign
commerce has grown TO 5000 $40 pos, aud
the banking cpital 10 sac, 454,5l0. There
are 2l3 cotton-seed oil-miIls, and the
money now invested in timber lands and
saw mills is at least 5l00000,O00. The
mining Of phosphate rock and the raising
of fruits and vegetables are adding hum
dreds Of thousands of dollars to the wealth
Of the South every year The Record,
while saying that wealth and men of enter
prise are seeking the South yet Southern
energy and enterprise are mainly entitled
TO the credit for what has been accomplish.
aI "
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-05-15
Minnie Snrnr NIaI,inr-

The tapping of the frees is generally
done by an inch or an inch and half aug
er; a smooth hole being bored in the trunkot
the tree, about three feet from its base
The hole is bored through its bark and
about an inch beyound, That is, through to
the SAP vessels Thy scars Of former tap,
may be plainly seen in the form of ringed
hollows When the hole has done its duty
it fills up, but not quite to the level of the
old wood, which unltes with 1t and form;
the ridgid ring that attracks attention.
As the holes are bored, pieces Of sheet
iron. >uch as stoyepipes are made OF. and
which are selected IRON the refuse Of the
village tinsmith's yard, are formed into
spouts. These are about six inches long
and two inches wide. slightly turned up at
the sides. Bya smart tap of malet one
of these is punched into the bark beneath
the hole, and Immediately, or in time. the
sap, clear as spring water. trickles. drop
brop by drop, or runs in tiny stream into
the pail or trough beneath.
The sap tastes just like slightly warmed
spring water well sweetened with the
best of graduated sugar. 1t was well
named by the North American Indians
who first discovered its virtues, sweet
Water
When the weather keeps favorable one
gallon and half Of syrup can be made
from twenty-eight gallons of sap; but 1t
storms, and snow and rain get into the
sap, despite all precautions, it requires
thirty or more gallons to make gallon
and a half of syrup. While boiling 1t m
the woods everything is done by careful
workers. to keep the syrup clean and un'
contaminated by smoke, but ashes VIII y
up into it am twlgs md leaves VIII "
down into it, necessitating a division OF
labor. After a pail or two of syrup
carried home, it is strained and set upn
the stove. in a bras or enameled preserving
kettle. by those detailed for t1at purpose
generally the mother and eldest ala1a
ter. While the syrup is thus being i9flAsI
reduced, milk is poured into 1t to ciafll
it. As it foams up it Is SKINNED. ~
pioneer DAYS the settlers were glad 10 So.
any odd mugs and jugs to store away lAeH
syrup in. hut now it is universally en-
ned. and kept in the cellar. Il usua,l
keeps very well there, but sometimes. hn5
preserved fruits, it is fond OF 'Worhi,i Il
and if Its surroundings are damp ana v'.t
it protects itself by DOMINIC a e2al e
mold, as Jelly often does Such sooIlcljJall.
for its own comfort is not appreciated y,
those who eat it. sol has to be ssimtA.-
and rebOiled and Immediately useu " sA'-
it from further deterioration The ,'-lF
is sampled very often in the process OF u.
ducing it. That is the only way @. ~.
inc it and knowing just when 20 'a4s ~
OFT. The consequence Is, that those WI.
help to make it care very lltt.e i3- \.
after it is first put up Good HoaseaseF
inc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-05-15

" destroyed, and the FIRE is spreading
rapidly. 1t is likely that the entire fac
tory will go, in which case the loss will
amount to several million dollars. Great
excitement prevails in the city, and
thousands Of people are viewing the FIRE
SCRANTON, Pa Wednesday evening
: fire broke out in Bloom carriage man
ufactory on Eighth street The fire
spread rapidly 10 the adjoining property
and destroyed eighteen private dwellings,
the pattern shop and boiler house Of Finch s
foundry and the screen works Of Brock
a. Ross. For two hours the FIRE ragged
with great fury. Most of the furniture in
the burning dwellings was removed and
their effects The loss will reach $500
600, only part Of which is covered by
insurance
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-05-15

no agreement was reached The silver
men refused to accept and support a bill
containing a clause which will permit
the redemption Of purchase nc.1s in bull
lion under any conditions. As one Of them
expressed it: 1--WE refuse to give away
the money value Of silver. planting our
selves squarely upon the platform of the
party. If any Republican Senators want to
betray the party it will not be the silver
men. Sen Jones who had been expected
10 open the debate on the bill when it came
up in the senate, is in New York He
was telegraphed to yesterday by his coll
league. Senator Stewart In his answer,
SEN Jones did not fix any time for his re-
turn and stated that he would make his
speech when he came back 1t is said he
will be here Saturday morning
FRIDAY, March g.
Senate.- The anncal appropriation bill
was taken up, the question being on the
amendment offered yesterday by Sen.
Sherman, increasing the number Of PEN
sion agents SALARY 1000 from Is to 20.
1t was agreed to, yeas, 20; nays, 10, be-
ing a party vote, except that Payne voted
aye, and Ingalls,, Allison, Plumb and Tel
Ter, no The army appropriation was
then taken up. Among the amendments
agreed to was the Paragraph appropriating
100000 for buildings at military posts
for Libraries, gymnssiums and canteens.
Sen. Hale moved an amendment that no
alcoholic, liquor, beer or wine should be
sold or supplied enlisted men in any such
building. Sen. Cockrell moved to amend
the amendment by striking out beer and
wine. Ne quorum voted and the senete
adjourned, leaving Sen. Hale and Cock
rells amendment pending.
Hoase.-In the house today the Nc
Kiney tariff bill was again taken up.
SATURDAY, May TO-
SeHaie.- The senate passed the army
appropriation bill and l95 private pension
bills and then adjourned.
Hopse.--rhe tariff bin was warmly dis
cussed in the house today ia Toilette OF
Wis. and Springer Of H.. made the lead.
ing arguments.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-05-15

The taking of the llth census Of the
United states VIII begin June and will
end in the towns within H. days and in
the rural districts W thin 30 days Some
time in August if Superintendent Port
crs new electrical calculating machines
work well, the people may eNpeo' TO hear
announced in round numbers the popula-
ton Of the country What was 3929.2l4
in l790will probably bc about $1,000 900
in 1880, or gain of 100000 during
the last decade. The increase will be dis
rimted of course throughout the states,
hut In various ratios lthas been estlmot-
ed that the New England states win show
a population of 4.5O0000; the middle
states. $1,000. 600; the western states in
clr>ng the Pacific and Rocky mountain
groups 23,500OO0. and the southern
states 22.000.OO0. These figures would
indicate that while New England has
gained since 1880 about onccighth and
the middle group one-ffth, the western
states have increased 10y two-6fhs. and the
southern states by oue-third The center
of population. therefore, which i'm lsS0 was
found at q point in the state OF Kentucky
eight miles west by south of the heart of
the city of Cincinnati, will doubtless now
Ne located number Of leagues nearer the
Mississippi river, possibly in southern
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-05-15
How senator spooner Made

Senator Spooner is worth tod
neighbOrhood of S25OOO F. 40 i14
ago he was worth $50. 900 les. tI.- y5l.
ing. He was earning salary Of si0 5 -.5-2-
wear as lawyer for one of the leadin,
road systems of the Northwest b-t l4.-
penditureS were always more than e.
come. He bought everything he M, r- 10,
and hunted around the corners aA,ei
things TO spend money on. Hi.5al,3 ll1
up on him before he knew it and III 15N
reached the $40, 900 limit he bern -tl ls
worried about them. He had 81. y e
as a poor boy, had received a GOOD "a pug
tion and bad inherited from FL g., gtued'
wonderful legal mind. He had don
to make others wealthy before he Is...''...'..I
make money for himself, and II N.Y.
little head that had conceived tba n 4s
railroad system and it was his brain. , .a-a
aided IN carrying 1t out and maxim, +.
success. In doing this he was throw 49,
contact with a Mr. Porter, the suuaria., 'l,'
ent of the system and was made its i ,,r-
at the above salary. One day. abont XXI,
years ago, Spooner was sitting In Partss.G
office talking business when the latter IN
denly said: ''
John, how much do you oweY
Lawyer Spooner looked up a litHg .r.
prised and said: SUP
My debts amount to about $50. GOO ,.s
! do not know what under heaven AM =,
ing to do to pay them
Twenty thousand dollars. said po-...
"Why we pay you 5000 a week and bo-
is it that you have got SO deeply n
debt?" ~
Il don't know said Spooner. "a h,,.
never speculated and | can't think wEe,.
a.. the mischief the money has gone h. /.
has just gone,
"Well. Spooner said Porter. IL am Or,
ing to give you a chance TO start anew md
| will pay your debts, and with that E,
wrote out a check for 500 600 and h3nIsi
it to Spooner.
The future senator grasped the cde.,
eagerly, and his face lit up. Then 4.
eyes filled with tears IN d he broke ,r
crying His first thought had been The Inv
at being relieved from debt and the ,as.
ond had shown him the impossibiity Of
his maintaining his self-respect and taking
the money.
Il cannot take this, Mr.. Porter" he
Dlubbered out. ~ am sorry TO be in delft
but cannot sacrifice my manhood by he.
ing an object of charity to any one. and
with that, still very much affected h
handed back the check.
From that time, however, the million.
aire railroad superintendent kept his ewes
on Spooner. He counselled him as to tba
spending of his money, and advised him
as to its investment Within wear
Spooner had made enough to relieve him
of his indebtedness and to have a little
ahead He cut down his extrayagances
and continued to make money until he got
the nucleus of fortune. He has now
learned how to invest his money and TO
save it, and though he is by no means a
stingy man, he has become a good pract
cal business one, and the prospects are
that he will die like the other money-bags
who sit around him, with a good pile OUT
side his coffin. The turning point in bis
life was that interview with Porter and
the railroad superintendent, who has made
fortunes outof Spooner's brains, had the
satisfaction of turning him into the road
of making a fortune for himself
FRANK G.. CARPENTER
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-05-15

JouEr, llI.-A huge sensation was un-
earthed in the penitentiary Wednesday
afternoon. TIE officers became aware
that conspiracy was being Matched and
brought into the Office convicts Burke,
Schel who is an eX-pOiCemau of Chicago,
kavanaugh and Meyers, alias Muldoou
the four We're stripped and ON each was
found "a big roll of money and on Burke
bottle Of whisky. Mayors also had Il
letter TO his friends asking for money to
be sent in care of Mr. Barrett, who has
been there fourteen years. Barrett is
foreman for Winterbotham Il Son, owners
of the cooper shop in the prison
Mayors said that Barrett had been
supplying the convicts in the cooper shop
with letters and carrying letters from
them to outsiders and also furnishing
them with dehcacies for which they paid
Bauett's horse and buggy was in q shed
locked up, he only having a key. In this
buggy were found several packages of
sugar, sardnes, whiskey. cake and other
stuff for the couyiCts Warden Berggren
ordered Barrett from the prison. Barrett S
friends say it is put up job by the con-
victS because he is severe with them, but
this is laughed at by the officers II is
well known That the entire affair has not
yet got out of the prison, and it is said
that a conspiracy for a wholesale escape
including the three Cronin murderers was
about TO be made, and that the solitary is
full of prisoners.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-05-15
nRorTH IN cuBA.
Crops and Cattle suffering From ine
tinued Dry weather ..as

tinued Dry " Gather ..-
HAVANA. The drouth s5n'!s.5
throughout Cuba. Lately strong w.
nave been blowing Many fire, e.l''.l .t
To be reported, not ou.y on cane ae-. .--.
also On catte-breeding pastures ANS --.l.....,
and even in tine woods Inc A.i
among cattle is daily increasing,
be said that there is not a single a-l5
ton ia the island that has not - .ss,
more OF less from hre. In many '',a.....
the pond, and brooks have canls}g5 a..
dried mp, and the water IN the
fallen considerably. u,ebir.
The damage to buildings aho ~ 81
cry caused Is the recent eA9.os ... e.i
the Harmony estate is so great UNA ma lii
be impossible to resume grinuiNs
year.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-05-15
The Government Owed Gen. Fremont $40
600 for Forty ears.

WAsHINGToN.-Am most curious incident
of delay in correcting official mistakes
in the departments has just come TO
light as a sequence of the passage of bill
placing John G. Fremont, upon the re-
tired list of the army with the rank Of
major general In l84S, when a heuten-
ant in the army, Fremont 5 accounts with
the government were left in such state
that he has always been regarded as an
official debtor TO the government to the
amount Of $4,000 The other day Gen
Fremont called at the office Of the second
comptroller of the treasury and at his re-
gust that official investigated his accounts
Greatey to the comptroller surprise he
discovered that instead of Gen. Fremont
being a debtor to the United States, the
government had actually owed him for
over forty years $4,000. 1t was proven
beyond doubt that through amistake in
bookkeeping Lieutenant Fremont had
been charged with $4,000, for which a
voucher was on file, and that by another
clerical error he had not been credited
with $4,000, which he expended under
the direction of the war department.
Cen, Fremont was so unprepared for the
glad news that he tainted. Yesterday a
warrant for the amount due him was made
out, duly approved and signed