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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

a more serious charge against her -,
murder. de was advised bov.,'-..lla' o.
take those proceedings nearer uL7i' 70
crimes were alleged to have basn ~ 1hose
ted. The girls name was now 1ouiiaIt-
court calendar as Mrs. PAM mn on the
Her case was finally adjourned for --l''t s
days, and she was then renaudad 10 gT
Then she acted wildly. h. gan
more, the joil physician. svsui nan,
into the mental condition Of TIA 1'. laea
in the afternoon and then exnrassa e9i ls
opinion that she was insane. Sbs ~ 'ue
be examined by other physical" i u %
however. When the woman hired tb '-.1i
Of Nj. Whlteback she stated tba ~ Lig
wanted to go few miles in the eo1, ,t. 'le
peddle laces. Then she was well -. %
When arrested she had in her NOS .e93 ~
a quantity of choice millinery. 'siou
Mrs. Smith, proprietress Of tba,.4.p.
gence office where Halliday first engs ,,sl
Lizzie brown, says the latter told her - 80
she was living unhappily with her b s'-so
band, and that he was trying Ia oct W.
money away from her. Mrs. Halli5av b i,ei
no money on deposit in the Newburg s ',@'
ings bank, as she has claimed. II 2 So
lieved that the girl has been in this CON-
try much longer than she had admitta5
Farmer Halliday is simple rustic H.
frankly admitted to me the truth Of tbe
adage that there was mo fool ike an cIJ
one, and said that he had certainly baap
one in marrying Lizzie Brown. and fiat
he would never wed another woman as ba
had her, simply because she was 4 good
cook and laundress. Elk.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18
A TERRIFIC RIDE.
The PeriIous Experience ola Careless Pos
tai Clerk in Tunnel.

He had car to himself, and at one sta
ton up in the Allegheny mountains had
left his car for minute or two to run for
ward to the engine, which was taking
water. The water tank was directly west
of the great tunnel, and when the tender
was filled and the train started the clerk
sprang to his car. The entrance to the
car was on the side and a solitary handle
was grasped, whereby the clerk pulled him
self up to the door.
To mis- horror he found the door had
been Jared shut and could not be opened
from the outside, and the second ne dis
covered this fact the train shot into the
tunnel. With the desperation born of
terrible death staring him in the face the
clerk hammered and kicked at the door
and shrieked aloud for help, but tne noise
of the train drowned his cries, and with
both hands grasping the handle, mis- feet
on the iron step ana his body glued to
the side of the car, for fear of being
dashed off by the Jagged sides he was
carried through the tunnel
As the tunnel is a mile long and the at
mosphere therein is almost sitting this
luckless mail clerk experience can be bet
ter imagined than described. When the
train shot into daylight again the engineer
looked back, as is the custom, to see if his
train was following all right, and discov-
cred the clerk in his narrowing position.
Quickly stopping his engine, the engineer
ran back and with the assistance of the
conductor helped the almost demented
man to the ground, where he utterly col
ldpsed the strain upon his nerves being
too great.
For six months he was under a physi-
clan can, and after he became a well
mar again, said; 81 thought that tunnel
was ten miles long, and my head, | i'm
agiued was hollow, with the dense smoke
rushing IN my mouth and nostris and
coming out at my ears like steampipes.
Whenever | think of that ride my brain
reels and feel myself crouching, as did,
upon the outside of the car during that
horrible experience.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18
VERY OLD STORIES.
But Few Genuinely WITTY Stories Eui
istence.

But Few Genuinely witty stories EuiN
istence.
Genuinely witty stories are rare, says the
New York Home Journal Wendell
Phillips declares that there are but twenty
FIVE original witty stories in existence, and
that all the others are founded upon or
borrowed from these. He tells us that the
story of the man who was writing letter,
as follows; My dear friend, | should
tell You more if there was not an Impudent
fellow looking over my shoulder and read
ing every word" you lie, sir, |
have not read word that you have writ
tent comes from Egypt, and is a hundred
and fifty years older than the New Testa-
ment. So with the story of the man who
said; IL would have been a very hand
some fellow it they had not changed me in
the cradle
Take the freshman, says Mr. Phillips,
who carried around a brick as a specimen
of the house he had to sell; take the Irish.
man who shut his ewes and looked into the
glass to see how he would look when he
" as dead; take the lrishmau who bought
a COW, alleging that cows were reported
to live two hundred years and he was gor
ing to set out and try it; take the Irish
man who met friend who said to him:
why sir, heard YOU were dead. We'll,
says the man, Il suppose yoI see am
not, Oh, no. says he, 1 rather believe
the man who told me than you any day
Well all are Greek; a score or more Of
them, Of parallel character, came fro m
Athens,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18
CROPS IN EUROPE.
Bulletin just Issued Giving French EST.
mates.


mates.
WASHINGTON. July ia report on
harvest prospects in France and Europe
received at the state department from
Commercial Agent Griffin of the Limoges
France, National Millers association of
France, says report has just been
issued giving an estimate of the probable
wheat harvest for 1891. Tle necessary
supply of wheat for the years. consump-
ton in France is IDS, 100000 hectoiiters
1t is estimated thai the yield is 81 779 900
hectoliters This is 81 per cent. less than
the yield of the wheat crop last year
Russia, Tunis, Egypt, Roumania, ana
some Danuhian provinces will have fair
harvests. in Hungary 1t will be below the
average this year. Estimates given 10y
milers are optimistic. They desire to
create the impression that there Is a bet
ter supply then really exists because they
want 10 buy grain as cheaply as possible IN
those countries that have an abundance 10
export. In 1890 l7,6S7,737 acres we're
sown with wheat and there was an aver
age yield of l6.7 hectolitss per acre.
liz conclusion the report says that
Not only France but all Europeis looking
10 the wheat Fl elds of the United States.
Last year many hOpeu South America
would help supply the deficit. especially
the Argentine Republic, but today no
mention is made OF these countries; all
hope is built on the United States harvest.
The fact is the bread Of Europe must come
from America,
whether You Travel by Land or sea
You need medicinal safeguard Changes o,
climate or temperature, braeSish water, unusual
diet, draughts from open windows that sarly fel.
low passengers will not elose-sA these breed
ailments against which the snrest protection Is
Hosteib : stomach Bittsrs, finest Of medicinal
tortihers sea sickness land nausea, are prompt
ly couuteracted by this agreeable corrective,
which il also = capital defense against mslAriA,
the effects Of $ tropical or chilly temperature,
damp aad exposure. Persons q seden.ry pursuits,
mill operatives, ma dners, miners, engineers front
iersmen, persons OF every calling Involving men
tai fatigue excessive bodily effort. and liability
70 unhealIhfol Influences OF any sort, regard It
an ineom parable safeguard, BilIoasness, coust..
patton dyspepsia, rheumatism, sick hezdache ant
kidney troubles, are erectuAlly sah4e ID By he
greAG Alternative
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

THE steamer Danube returned to Vic
toria, b. c., with 1900 sealskins gather
ed from the Victoria feet, which is in the
Behring Sea. She reports that all the yes
sells Will continue sealing despite'the order
in council
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

A PAPER Of the far west sympathlzes
With Elaine Goodale's grandchildren who
rue their looks and wish she had married
A white man. That paper should not
anticipate so much. But the western
spirit proverbaIly breaks through all
bonds.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

TuE peculiar ethirs of medicine are FIRE
ouently carried to such an extent rs to
provoke man to the farthest degree of in
dignation A pretty spectacle is that now
witnessed in the case Of the dying Spur
peon, London's greatest preacher DIR.
George Hugh Kidd, the famous Irish sur
geon, practitioner and writer who
attended Lord Braconsheld, is also in at
tendance on Mr.. Sturgeon. He is a man
of very broad views and is an advocate OF
homeopathy as well as of the orthodox
system Of treatment Consequently Sir
Andrew Clark, Mr. Gladstone's physician,
who was summoned in consultation, has
declined to attend, just as Sir William
Jenner refused 10 give mis- ser
vices to Lord Beaconsbeld for
the same reaon Such childish
conduct is entirely unbecomrng a great
physician. and stamps him as a silly stick
Ter for professional eustoms-uarrow jeai'
Gus, and a disgrace to the noble calling
with which it is misfortune of the pub
lie to have him associated The doctor
who fears to display to the practitioner of
rival school his methods of treatment or
10 freely consult With or TO max, diagnoses
in the presence of that rival, has no bust
ness in the profession at all Humanity
will be amply re to get along in the alb.
nee Of such wrtlehtd ntulCrutt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

THE Belgian authorities have peculiar
notions Of what fresh meat signifies when
they con6scate 500 boxes Of American
hams, under the law prohibiting the i'm
portation of fresh meat.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

A SUNDAY crusade il on at Racine and
there is now some chance for that oa'ad
town TO be purified.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

bonds.
SELLING young Polish girls for s. each
seems 10 have become quite thriving
business in Gotham The cases brought
to seht are of the most shocking charac-
ter. and show that there are persons as
low in the moral scale in New York as can
be found in the slave filed dens of Butte
BUFFALO now claims to drink more beer
than Milwaukee The general total was
seven glasses per day, Sundays included
for every man. woman and child. That
looks hard to beat, but we still have faith
that Milwaukee can do it.
1t is given out that the forthcoming an
nual report Of the Milwaukee road will
show an increase of about Sl,OOO,0O0 In
net earnings This is pretty good show
ing considering the fact that for some
months past grain and stock shipments
have fallen off The passenger depart
ment increase is s275, 900, and the years
business is the best since 1882. A prcdigi-
GUS business is anticipated the coming
fail, not only by the st. Paul, but all the
roads that tap the limltIess extent Of ripen-
eng fields IN the northwest The grain
hauling promises to exceed in amount that
of any single season for many years past.
The period of depression which the trans
portation corporations have experienced in
the recent past seems to be approaching an
end.
No ONE expected the unexpected would
happen in the case Of the expedition sent
out by an enterprising Chicago paper to
ascertain the exact spot where Columbus
first placed his foot when disembarking
in the new world which he
had discovered. The newspaper
men who composed the expedition
approached the group of small West In
dian islands by the same course as that
taken by the great navigator, and with
his journals in their hands there was no
occasion for doubt ON their part that Wat
ling island was first touched by him. The
original account of the topography of the
land, as written out by Columbus in his
journal, needs scarcely an amendment, 1t
is said 70 Gt the conditions of today. The
voyage, however, must have been pleasant
enough for the correspondents, and no one
ought to envy either them or the paper
they represent the glory they obtain IN
discovering that which was already
nearly as we'll known as the site of old
Fort Donglas in Chicago
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26
SALTWATER NEWS.
Organization Of the business
Mems Union Completed.

Organization Of the Business
Mems Union Completed.
About fifty business mrn met at the
city hall Tuesday evening and perfected
the organization of a business mems
union for the pdrpOse Of advertising the
manufacturing and commercial inter
csts of the city. The articles of incOr-
p0ration, soon to be filed at the capitol
IN st. Paul, are similar to those of the
Commercial club in St. Paul. The fol-
lowing committee was appointed to
complete the organization: X. >. Davis,
a. G. Schuttiuger, q. 5. WelShOns, +.
\. Phinney and \. E. + lhOln.
Owners of trOtting horses in this city
will have Il good time the coming win
ter on thc ice. The association formed,
known as the Ice Track association,
elected the following officers Tuesday
night: President. j. :. U'Bricn: Secre-
tary, {. Il. Gregory; treasurer. Z. +.
MoSer; collector. b. McSweeney; man
ager, Abe Rohrbach. The track will
be a half mile in length, and was Staked
out yesterday. The first race will prOba-
bly, occur the latter part of next week.
The board of education ut its meeting
| held Tuesday evening accepted the
lease OF the Hill school building from
the trustees of st. Michaefs church.
! The remonStrance against their .tlOn
! in this matter received from the Prot
estant ministers of this city was laid
over until the next meeting Of the
| board.
Saltwater lodge Knights of PythiaS
has elected the following officers: r.
OBJ. Freleigh. G. c.; Aug. Ryden, V.
! C.; Andrew Severson. X. Il. s.; \. o..
! Castle. DrcIate: NJ. A. ThOn, NJ. +. :;
Fred Scott, NJ. E.; Herman Lehman, NJ.
4.
The only case tried III the district
court Yesterday was that or Charles
Nelson vs.. Gust Nelson ct al, an action
brought 10 recover rent tor building
on North Main street. The matter was
argued and admitted, and court adj
! jOurned until Friday.
Company KS new armOry was opened
last evening, and despite the snow
storm which prevailed large crowd
was in attendance. The programme
consisted of a promenade concert and
dance.
Alfred Benson, of Marine. received a
bounty Of - at the auditors office yes
terday for killing wolf. 1t IS said
that wolves are numerous in the north
ern part of Washington county,
Leo Heilpern, of Minneapolis, Wi
eat his Thank sgiving turkey at the
prison today, having arrived last even
ing to serve term of six years fol
forgery.
Thanksgiving exercises will be helC
in the prison chapel at . a. IN. today
Services will also be held in the EpiSco
pal and Congregational churches.
The Paris Gaiety Girls will be an at
traction at the Grand opera house Sat
urClay evening.
Mrs. OlUnd's class in vocal music viii
give a musicale at the Presbyterian
church Dec. 3
Miss Ellen Rhyn left yesterday t
spend the winter at ChriStiana, Norway
The public schools closed last evenin!
and will not reopen until next Monday
Senator j. S. O'Brien has returne,
from trip to Kentucky.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26
Contract.

\. c. Bausman. respondent against Credit
Guarantee Company, appellant Order
affirmed. MITCHELL, j.
Where the complaint alleges the execution
of written contract upon which the action
j brought. a general denial i'll the answer.
though not verified, i not a denial of the eX
ecutiOn under oath of affidavit, such as is re-
CURED by General Statutes 1878. chapter a.
section 80 following Cowing against Peter
son. 81 Min, 1913 The admission of the exc
cutiOn of contract 10y a corporation in
cludes an admission of the power of the cor
poraton TO make the contract. and of the
authority of the officers or agent
who executed il i'll its behalf. The
defendant having agreed TO indemnify the
plaintiff rs indorser of "A promlssOry note,
the maker having failed TO pay it, ana, the
plaintiff : liability rs indOrser having become
absolute he took up the note pv executing
his own prOmissory note for the amount,
which the holder of the original note az
cepted. surrendering the latter to the plant
if Held that if the holder accepted plant
ifs note. not as collateral, but as payment
and satisfaction of the original note, this was
equivalent to payment in money, and an
action would lie against the defendant on his
contract of indemnity. although the plaintiff
had not paid his own nOJe.
Held, also, that upon the facts above
stated prima facie at least the holder ac-
cepted the plaintiffs note in payment Of the
original one
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26
SCHELDKNECAT GUILTY.
Assistant County Attorney Butler
Hubs 1t Into Mr. McCaffertV.

Adclph l.. Scheldknecht was last
evening found guilty Of the larceny of
drugs from the wholesale house Of
NOyes Bros. Il Cutler. In his charge to
the Jury Judge Otis said that the state
had been limited in its proof of articles
stolen to vanilla beans and antipyrine
in so far as outside proof had been con-
cerned, and in finding q verdict outside
of the confession of the defendant the
jury would not be warranted i'll cOnsd-
ering the various other items mentioned
in the indictment. The court called
attention to the fact that the
young man had been employed for
two years in the order department of
the house. and that a quantity of drugs
had been foundAnpOil searching his
room. The prisoner had confessed, TO
officers in Milwaukee, as well as rep
resentative OF the firm, that he had
stolen varlOnS articles from the store.
Judge 0tS carefully charged the jury
further that they could not use this con
feSSlOn unless they should first find be-
Yond a reasonable doubt that the lar
ceny of the vanilla beans or antipyrine.
or both, had been first proven, as alleged
in the Indictment, and that such proof
must be first made by the state aside
from the alleged confession of Scheld-
knecht. But the corpus deficit being
first fully established, then the alleged
confession might be considered.
When Assistant County Attorney
Butler was closing the ease to the jury
he made Il statement that Il remark had
been made outside of the court house 20
the effect that there were men Oh the
jury who would not bring in verdict
against the defendant.
This remark brought out strong OBJ
lection from Judge McCatferty, who de
Tended the prisoner. Mr.. Butler then
made remark implying that he had re-
ferred TO counsel for the defense in his
remark.
Judge McCafferty took exception tC
the statements made in the presence OF
the jury.
The jury was out bnt short time be-
fore returning with verdict of guilty
Motions in arrest of sentence and fol
a new trial were made 10y he defense
and the state moved that sentence bt
pronounced. The hearing on the mo
tions was deferred for 4 few days.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26
GETTING DOWN TO WORK
Commercial Club Directors I'm
decided About Il Secretary.

Commercial Club Directors I'm
decided About Secretary.
The board of directors of the st. Paul
Commercial club, composing the bright
est business talent of the city. is already
in active work. They met at the Wind
SOr last evening, and the fact that TWEEN
ty-seven Of the tWenty-nine members
were in attendance is an OQuent
pledge Of the earnestnesS with which
they accept the duties with which they
have been burdened for the common
veal. progress and prosperity Of the
capital city.
one OF The first duties is the selection
of Il secretary. and there are many APP
plicantS. From the many one Is to be
chosen, and each member realizes the
importance Of selecting a man for this
position who has ready tact, experience
and literary abilities. They believe he
should at once be familiar with St.
Paul's material interests, and combine
the tact and facility of the successful
correspondent and statiStician. TO
clUthe dry statistics with the interest of
an entertaining narrative is the peculiar
talent that is wanted.
The question was debated for fully an
hour. and then the matter WAS post
pOncd for one week, when selection
will be made.
The committee to select rooms for the
club reported progress. \ great deal OF
work has been done, but the committee
was undecided and was consequently
granted further time.
The committee on mail. railway and
telegraph was instructed to visit thl
railway COMPANIES and endeavor to Ar
range fer more ready facilities fol
transporting fire department apparatu:
from one city to the other in cases o.
disastrous fires. and then the board al
jOurned for one week
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26
A BROTHERLY TILT.
The Appellate Judges Pass
Upon an Interesting Will
Suit
Arising Out Of the Disposition
of Some Valuable
Property.
The Supreme Court Roundup
Trial Judges in
Style,
And Give Lawyers and Liti-
giants Food for Re-
Election.

The question of mental capacity in
the matter of executing contracts is al
ways reconcile theme for legal con-
troverSy. The supreme court yester-
day dealt with such 4 case. 1t is related
in decision filed that Jacob Trimbo,
the father of George and Michael Trim
DO, the two latter being the litigants.
owned farm of 2G6 acres, upon which
he resided until his decease, the eighty
acres upon which the dwelling was sit
uated being his homestead. He was
taken quite i'll in November. 1885. and
he made his will; but shortly afterward,
having concluded that it was better to
divide his property among his children
during his lifetime. so as to save the
cost aud trouble of administration. he
destroyed the will, and about Dec
executed two deeds, ms wife join
ing-one to Michael. conveying 100
acres of land, including the home
stead 50, and another to son named
Henry, covering the balance of the
farm. The conditions of the deeds
were that the grantees should pay GER
tain sums of money to other children,
and support the grantOrS during their
lives. Jacob died in 1856 and his
wife in 1855 George then brought &C
ton to have the deeds. the conditions of
which having been fully complied with,
set aside on the ground of the mental
incapacity of both grantOrs. The trial
court found that Jacob, the father, was
of sound mind, but that his wife was
mentally incapable of executing the
deeds. and held that SO far as they at
tempted to convey the homestead
eighty acres, they were void, and as to the
other were void as to an undivided one
third. The supreme court reversing
this, inditeS the following syllabus.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, RAMSEY

THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, RAMSEY
Il County-District Court, Second Judi
cial District.
In the matter of the assignment of William
NJ Bushnell and Alvin Il. Bushnell. CO.
partners as Bushnell and Bushnell, insolv-
ents.
Assignee's sale of stocG of goods, wares and
merchandise. consisting of groceries aud
provisions dry goods, hardware, etc. etc,
contained in general store lately owned by
Messrs Bushnell d Bushnell, at Inyer
Grove Park. Dakota county, Minnesota.
Notice is hereby given. that The 81. Paul
Trust Company, as the assignee of William
NJ and A. II. Bushnell, late cO-partners as
Bushnell & Bushnell, will offer and expose
for sale at public auction TO the highest bid
der Tor cash, on Saturday. the 18th day of
November 1901 at ten o'clock in the fore
noon. at the general store lately occupied by
said Bushnell d Bushnell, on north half OflOt
4 Iuyer Grove Park Dakota county, Mime
sofa all and singular the stock OF goods,
wares and merchandise groceries and pro
visions, dry goods, hardware, etc. etc. con-
tanned in said store, the property of said
Bushnell & Bushnell
At said time and place. the whole Of said
stock will be first offered in bulk. and will be
sold if Il satisfactory bid can be obtained
therefor when so offered, the assignee re
serving The right TO reject all offers Tor the
stock in bulk; butif not sold in bulk. the said
stock will be then offered and sold TO the
highest bidder, in separate articles, or IN lots
TO suit purchasers. Terms cash on delivery.
The said stock of goods NAV be examined
at said store, at any time before said sale
and the inventory and schedule thereof may
be examined at the office OF The ST. Paul
Trust Company, Endicott Block, Fourth
street. 81. Paul.
TIRE ST. PAUL TRUST COMPANY,
Assignee.
BY CHARLES W. EBEELEIN, Secretary.