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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-14
CRIME.

THIEVES stole a gold wa5ch and $50
from Ar. Tanner, of Portage Wis.
MISS CoRLINB TAYLOR Of indianapolis
who shot her aunt, is said to have become
insane over the study Of theosophy.
JULIA Richter, n pretty 15-year old
grl Of Green Bay. il under arrest for
theft
T oUnineendiary fires we're started at
Sioux City, Iowa. Sunday night and
property worth $4,000 was destroyed.
EAU CLAIRE burglars went through the
7. NJ. q. A. rooms at that place +
night sterling SlS tow bibles and an axe.
NJ. II. Rooms said to be from Chicago.
attempted suicide Sunday at Omaha, after
writing a confession that he had killed a
girl last summer near Mercer. Pa.
The superintendent Of the Mammoth
mine near Pittsburg, was badly beaten by
women whose husbands were killed in the
recent mine explosion.
DANIEL Brew, Of Danbury Conn, was
beaten and robbed in New York city and
thrown into treightcar, in which be was
carried to Houston Tex, before securing
his release.
The wife Of Banker Cowlos, of Clark.
Neb. was killed by burglars Tuesday
night and her husband knocked senseless.
reward Of $1,000 il offered for
the arrest Of the murderers.
w. zimmerman, stolekeeper, and agent
Of the farmers alipnce supply store in
Spartensburg, $. c.. is said 10 be short in
his accounts from sl5 900 TO $50, 900.
MISS LENT, teacher in the public
schools at Winuebago City. MINI. died
from injuries received at th hands Of The
Cuzn family. She punished a child Of
the family and was terribly beaten by the
other members
AT Clarks, Neb., the residence Of Bank
er CowlCs was burglarized Thursday NOR
ming. Cowles was knocked senseless and
his wife killed, The burg glars secured
about $50 in cash. A reward of 81 900 has
been offered for the arrest Of the murder
ers.
A TRAGEDY occurred Wednesday on the
farm of Henry Poettker, near the village
Of Smithon, Ill. Poettker shot his sister
in. law, Mary Poettker, with revolver.
inilicting probably fatal in. Jrles, and then
committed suicide.
ELRoY AVERY, a prominent citizen of
Cleveland, o., has been arrested for steal
ing a watch from IL. G. Spauding, Of
Monroe, Mich, during the war, but Avery
says that by order Of his colonel be took
the watch from Spaulding, who had stolen
it from southerner.
Ar Smithton, ILL.,, Tuesday morning.
Henry Bechtold, a farmer, discharged a
shot gun at his sister.in.law. striking her
in the leg. The wound, not proving
fatal, he struck her with the butt end of
the weapon, inhicting fatal Injuries He
then reloaded the gun and shot himself.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-14
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
WEDNESDAY,, Jan. 4.


Seuate-The Fetzer-Scoield election
was settled by the seating of FetZer. The
act repeating the Bennett law was passed
The nominations of jeremiah Dabb of
Ripon, as labor statistician and of Or. A,
NJ. Kersten, of Chiffon, as inspector Of
illuminating oils, were confirmed.
4SSembly-Bills were introduced Civ
ing national guardsmen 81 day while in
camp; giving $500 TO the State Cranberry
Growers association; permitting notary
publics to perform marriage ceremonies,
repeating the local option law; permitting
sparrows to be killed; raising the age of
consent to IA years. and creating the couu-
tn of Iron ont Of the south half of Ashland
county.
THURSDAY (Feb. 81
Senate. 49, Senators Horn, Kingston
Apple and Avery were appointed COM
mittee to consider the recommendations
made in the governors message, Bills
were introduced providing that private
and local laws need not be published in the
official state paper; repeating the Ia rs
giving weekly newspapers 500 for the
publication OF local laws, forbiddiug ped
dlers to sell clJthing, appropriating money
to the various state Institutions; the noml-
nation of J. w Hume. Oshkosh, g. w.
Cate. Stevens Point and Dr. Jacob Mende,
Milwaukee, as normal school regents, was
confirmed
Assembly.-Bills were introduced max
on state trust funds All in
stead cf per cent; appr0-
priating go. 900 to the state school at
Suarta; enabling Judges Of the supreme
court 10 retire on 5000 annual pay after
reaching the age of Is and having served
l0years; providing tbatIo highway can be
land out OF altered when tie cost will be
$500 except by a majority vote 5t the elect
Urs iu the town interested requiring rail
roads 10 carry FIRE wood in lots as small. as
a car load Incorporating the city Of
Phillips; reducing the fees Tor arrastIng
tramps and t0rbidding contract convict
labor Bilit were killed increasing the ma
tloual guard b As Companies aud one was
~assed Incorporating the city If Ioma-
hawk.
FRIDAY FEB 6.
SaHats.-A report showed the amount IF
'ogs sealed In the 4sh district for tae past
two sears Ia Be S.5l074S Bills were in-
TITO .ule1 providing for board ID world 5
fatr commissioners ana tar the agUrapria-
ti5u If $4,000 for an exMbu retea,lug
the laW io- the retief Of exc
union veterans and appyJ-
rrfaiar S2619 10 Senator Faszr t0
cover expenses incurred in his contest t2r
the seat ex-senator oeaell
.tsst,all Bills were introduced re.
QnlrIn1 al tire insurance policies 10
te identical In form requiring deaf muies
ard md children. ,o 81 educated y the
tine public expense when The parents are
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-14
THE CALL ron \ HALF-cENT.


The half-cent has become a necessity in
American trade, and the American news
dealers association will petition Congress
20 establish halfcent coinage. On the
oneeent papers the dealers profit Is only
half a cent and III many instances the
half cert is lost because there Is no com
of tins value An appreciable loss arises
from this SQUIRE in the course ola year
Ii isa iavorite way in making retail
goods Of all kinds TO rate them In such a
way That the hall cent comes IN, aud ~
every case goes to tine dealer This ODD
cent IN o large establishment certainly
amounts to several dollars daily, which
the buyers lose and the seller gains, for
want Of the half-cent coin, The in6uiiesl-
mai divisions Of industry and retail sup
rhed long aro made these small COINS a
necessity in Europe A centime IS fifth
Of a cent. Switz rlaud has CeutlWe piece.
Berlin two-Ceutime piece, Germany has
the pteumg equal 10 one fourth Of q cent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-14
sMnKEI.Ess powpER .

The 1oard Of army officers that are con-
sdering the problem O, q new magazine
rife for the United States army discussed
smokeIess powder the other day. They
decided that smokeless powder should be
officially tested at the national armory
with a view to its introduction into our
military system. Such action has been a
forcgone conclusion for some time, else
the smokeIess powder cartridges would
not have been making in such quantities
at the Frankfort arsenal in Philadelphia.
The board seemed to think that the new
powder will help the artillery, which gains
everything by operating in clear, open
field, but that its introduction will compel
infantry to foce d fire teniold more appai-
ling than anything seen at Antietam or
Gettysburg.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-14

mo, Augustus, wrote kind and in.
dulgent parent to his son at college, !
cannot grant your request ! have al
ready cashed your drafts for the breecn-
loading shotgun, the Indian clubs, the
S300rdcing shell, the dumb-bell TIE bicy-
Gle, the sailing yacht, boxing gloves, sand
bags. fencing foiIs, and the silver-mount-
ed revolver But cannot pay for the
gambling instruments which you suggest
! draw the line at faro chi~s.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-14
A NEM srNAM NANnIAoE.


The problem Of making a light steam
carriage has been attacked in a promising
way by NJ Sepollet the French engineer,
whose instantaneous steam generator was
brought to notice year or two ago This
generator consists Of a strong spiral tube
from which fine jet Of water issues over
FIRE ami instantly expands into steam, ex.
plosion being impossible, ard the steam
being brought at once to full pressure.
Such boiler is especially adopted for light
vehicles, NJ Serp2llet has been expert
meuting with it on tricyeles, and in his
latest effort he employs is on large phae-
ton capable of carrying six persons on its
two seats, with seventh passenger on a
stool in front The carriage is elegant in
appearance, and very comfortable The
boiler is under the rear seat, and the fire.
boxes receives fuel automatically from
chcsta on each side, while the water reser-
volr and the engine are placed under the
front seat. The normal horse power Is
four, which may be simultaneously in-
creased to six. A speed of fifteen miles an
hour is obtained and tho grades Of one in
twelve are easily surmonnled with a full
load. Water may be carried for trip of
about twenty miles, and fuel for thirty five
miles, and with full charge Of fuel and
water the total weight Of the carriage is
1850 pounds. Coke Of which about thirty
pounds is consumed per horse power, rs
preferred for fuel ON city streets on ac-
count of It's smokelessress, This novel
vehicle is readily guided through crowded
thorougnfares, and is permitted on the
streets of Paris with no restriction except
that the speed shall not exceed ten miles
an hour
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-14

unable to furnish an education; ra,,;..
licenses 20 sell liquor to be pr3 isl'io z
pharmacists on applications; redneip' mo. y 2
rate Of interest,on tax roll certi6l5te.s T.. -
. to IL per cent; forbiddine ann ,,a : u
other than a pharmacist from sellir, "a
toxieatlng patent medicines and antbo.l
ing sheriff. to offer 800 for the capn,a y !,
home thieves. U
Both houses voted to receive No
business after Feb.l T. and adjourned - n
Feb. 10. I'D
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-14
Killed six Peopie

SAVANNAH, Ca. Feb News was
received here tonight Of the explosion q
boiler in Giles saw mill, near Reeds,
vile. kilmg six men, four colorcd ana
~ white
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-14
nnEs. nnroRMlN LArNN.

The people and Government Of japan
continue to nuke commendabIe progre
in their efforts 60 adopt full measure of
so-caled civilization The nation is now
rejoicing in brand-new constitution, a
legislative assembage, under the name Of
a Diet, and other paruphanaia of popular
government. No Car Reed has as get
dawned on japanese politics. lie wl,l
doubtless appear, however in due time.
when their legislative institutions attain
the same high development that chWacter-
ICES own. II is true that an honorable
member Of the japanese house Of rcPrcseu-
tatiyes, emuating the example of certain
contemporancous republican statesman,
helued himself to certain funds iutrustCd
to his ,huge, He was however, eonsign-
ed to dursnoe vile by the criminal tribun.
ais, without even being asked TO vindicate
himself Moreover, political associates
who endeayor TO raise the question Of
privilege in his case were met by the rude
cejoiuder Of the stouy-hearted minister Of
justice 20 the effect that such oonsidera-
tious bad nothing 10 }owi.h the admins
Gation Of criminal law While the Jap
aucse are thus Smuggling with the i'm
tritate principles Of representative mstitu-
tious, they have failed TO solve one of the.
first problems Of civilization which they
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-28

Among the latest attempted solutions Of
the cheap fuel problem is the method of a
German inventor, who proposes to manu-
facture gas by dropping a stream of crude
petroleum through blast of cold air from
a force pump. The gas thus obtained will
be confined in regular cylinder open at
one end, where it will be lighted This
produces an intensely hot flame of several
feet in length. By means of this flame the
inventor proposes to heat boilers, and he
maintains that the heating of large blocks
can thus be reduced very considerably
New York Commercial Advertiser
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-28
a Missing Car.

'Up in Wisconsin, when / was assisting
J. NJ Whitman to raise the Chicago, St.
Paul, Mir neapolis and Omaha out of the
mud and make a railroad of it," remarked
the gentleman, I'VE had piece of several
miles of the crookedest track on earth. 1t
was bad grade, bad curve, bad track and
all bad. One day freight train started
from Hudson for Eau Claire with forty
seven cars When it reached Eau Claire
the conductor had only forty-six cars. His
way bills called for forty-seven cars, and
he remembered starting out with the iden-
teal car which was missing. No car had
been switched, and the affair was mysteri-
GUS. suspended the conductor and his
crew, and telegraphed to every agent on
the line to trace the car
1.-TWO days later i received a reply from
an agent near the worst curve He had
found the car lying in the ditch by the
track. In running over the bad track at
high speed the train had broken in two
and the missing car had jumped the track
and rolled down the embankment. Then
the rear section had overtaken the first sec
ton and bumped into it with just jar enough
to force in place coupling pin which had
remained up when the train broke. The
train was then coupled again, and the car
was never missed until the train was
checked up at the receiving station."-
Chicago Herald
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-28


To speak of the cat as humorist in any
shape or form sounds, we admit, some
thing very like a contradiction in terms
There are hundreds of people-and by peo-
pie we mean, of course, only those who be-
long to the fraternity of cat lovers, and are
bound by that subtle tie of freemasonry
that unites all the adherents of the white,
the black, the tortoise shell, the gray, the
mustard and the tabby-who are prepared
to maintain that the notion of humor must
be altogether ASSOCIATED from the cat, and
that dignity, degenerating in a few excep-
tlonal cases into pompOsity on the one
other. is her special quality, and indeed
the only one marked enough to deserve
particular attention.
Though we do not altogether agree with
this theory, we are prepared to acknowl-
edge that it is the one ordinarily enter
tanned, and further to admit that up to a
certain point there is good deal to be said
for it. Looked at merely from one point
of view, cats are all dignity and reserve,
and display hauteur of demeanor which
marks them off as the aristocrats of the
animal world-their absolute refusal to
hurry, even under the greatest provocation,
Is alone enough to earn them the right to
rank as natures nobility. We have seen a
tabby with black muZzle who, for cold,
calculated and yet perfectly we'll bred in
science could have given points to spite
full dowager duchess whose daughter-in-
law wasn't one of US, you know. London
Spectator.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-28
He Would Travel.

Once in a while one sees in some New
England village people who have scarcely
set foot outside the narrow limits of their
own township in the course of their lives
These people, even in their most wide
awake and vigorous years, have a way of
measuring the outside world by their own
simple standards which is quite refreshing
what should you do if you had money,
William" inquired one of the group gath
cred around the big fireplace in the little
inn or tavern at Hilltown of the tavern
keeper, who was counted a man of wide
experience and wisdom by his friends.
THE first thing | should do" said Will
lam judicially. sis what | would advise
any one to do; fix up my home bit, make
a few Improvements in the old place,
and then" impressively, then | should
travel.
Eyes" he added, with an air as of one
already started on his journeyings. Il
should certainly travel. I should 60 to
Keene, which, as some of You know, is up
ward of thirty miles from herer'
Here silence, born offthe mere sugges-
ton of such mighty undertaking, fell on
the group around the fire Youths Com
paniOn.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-28
Great Antiquity of African Pygmies.

There has been no change or progress of
any kind among the pygmies of the forest
since the time of Herodotus As the bird
has tuildt its nest, the bee its cell and the
ant It's new colony, the pygmies have sur
vived the lapse of twenty-three centuries,
and have continued to build their beehive
huts after the same skilless fashion as they
built them in the days when Herodotus re-
cited the story of his travels before the
council of Athens, 445 years before the
birth of Christ. The reason for this is OBJ
vIous from my point of view, which is that
the same causes which operated before the
time of Herodotus to drive them out of
their original lands continue to operate to-
day TO keep them III the low, degraded
state they are now in.
Africa, more than any other continent,
has been subject to waves of migrating
peoples, who have been continually dispos-
sessing their predecessors. Many centuries
before the Asiatics came to lower Egypt
the ancestors of the pygmies must have oc-
cupied the delta of the Nile, possibly while
the cave men inhabited Britain and west
ern Europe.-Henry NJ. Stanley in Serb
ner's
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-28
A Woman o Discovery.

Another wonderful discovery has
been made, and that, too by lady in
this country. Disease fastened its
clutches upon her and for seven years she
withstood its severests tests, but her vital
organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months she
coughed necessarily and could not sleep.
She bought of US bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for consumption and was
so much relieved on taking the first dose
that she slept all night, and with one
bottle has been miraculously cured. Her
name is Mrs. Luther Lutz" Thus write
W. c. Hamrick & Co., of Shelby. N. G..
Get free bottle at Hartz & hnsen' g
drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-28

As IN other professions, the woman" in
theatricals is rapidly advancing TO a
sphere of prominence, excelling the
man" in point of wealth, accumu lation
and ability to retain the dollars. In a
great many instances, and in some of the
largest cities, the opera houses are either
managed directly or controlled By women,
and many Of the theatrical organizations
now On the road, has a manageress in
stead of q manager. 1t seems odd
enough, but it is nevertheless true, that
there are not half dozen managers in
the whole profession worth half million
dollars, yet there are certainly five women
who manage their own companies who
can boast of wealth even exceeding this
amount, namely: Lolita, Sarah Bernhard,
Lily Langtry. Modjeska and the late
Emma Abbott.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-28

The year 1912 is famous in history as that
of the terrible retreat of the grand army
from Moscow, in which Napoleon's forces
were weakened by the loss of 900 men,
This year saw some exceptionally severe
snow storms in the southwest of England.
Bray, a local magnate of Tavistock, return
ing from Exeter by way of Dartmoor,
found the snow so thick at MOreton Hamp-
stead that it was impossible to proceed
farther on his homeward journey. At
Moreton Hampstead he was obliged to re-
main for no less than three weeks until
the snow had cleared off sufficiently for
him to resume his travels-London Tit
Bits
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-28
Fire and Hood.

At the Little Guinea Debating club not
long since the following question was up
fordiscussion: LOB de two great c'Iami-
ties, fire an flood which am de mos clam
itOUs?"
The club debated the question at great
length, and it was finally referred to Uncle
'Rastus for settlement
II tell yo' what am de fac" said Uncle
'Rastus frankly. ''YO' speakers done dis
combobberated me so dat | cayn' tell which
am de bes' at argufyin' but l can tell
which am de mos c'lamitous c'lamity, an
de reason amt been teched on by de Gray
tors oh de ebenin'
'De fac am dis: De flood am de mos
c'lamitous, case we can put de fire out by
pumpin' de flood onter it, but We cayn't
put de flood out by pumpin' de fire onto it
MISUNDERSTANDING
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-28

1T is quite important, when speaking
of the longest day in the year, to say what
part of the world YOU are talking about.
The latitude o. place changes the
length of day to a remarkable extent
At Stockholm, Sweden, il is eighteen and
a half hours in length. At Spitzbergen
the longes day is three and One-hal:
months. At London, Eng, and Bre men.
Prussia. the longest day has sixteen and
one half hours At Hamburg. in Ger
many. and Dantzig, in Prussia, the long
est day has seventeen hours. At War
doe. Norway. the longest day lasts from
May "a to July % without interruption.
At st. Petersburg, Russia, and Tobolsk,
Siberia, the longest day is nineteen hours
and the shortest FIVE hours. At Tornea,
Finland. June 81 brings day nearly
twenty-five hours long. and Christmas
one less than three hours in length. At
New York the longest day is about if
teen hours and at Montreal, Canada. it is
sixteen hours.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-28
THE fondness of Americans for kpieb,

THE f0ndness of Americans for knight
hood is as remarkable as it is amusing
TheIe are today IN active operation in
this country Knights Templar, Knights
of Pythias, Knights of the Forest,
Knights of the Key, Knights of Old,
Knights of Charity, Knights Of the Gold
en- Circle, Knights o. the Silver Cross.
Knights of Temperance. Knights of La
Dor. Ten Nights in a Barroom." and
many others. All have gorgeous uni
forms ana thoroughly love to strut in
them after the manner of an army drum
major at a grand review.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-28
TAKING COLD.

you have taken cold" you
say. That means that the little
blood vessels in your side, your
back, or your shoulder have
congested. The blood ceases
to flow and you feel chilly. BY
and by nature sends an alarm,
and Inflammation of that part
sets in, you then "feel feverish "
The blood vessels carry the con-
gested blood to the lungs. If
the system is in a condition of
perfect health the whole thing
is attended to thus. The lungs
oXygenizs the over loaded cor
puscles and there is ali end Of
it, but if the lungs are not per-
fectly healthy the work is too
much for them, and the ovar-
charged tissues become in
famed in their turn. Then a
cough sets in, this being natures
sign of distress, her red flag of
danger. In the meantime the
lungs labor away. and if they
are successful the waste matter
is finally thrown off and the
cough then stops. But if this
is not the case the cough deep
ems, until finally in a convulsion
the tissue is torn and the
patient has a hemorrhage.
'rubercles, or little sores like
boils, form in the lungs. The
patient is then pronounced in
durable from the consumption,
as, indeed, at that stage he is,
and he dies. If, however, he
had at the outset, or even after
his cough had set in, taken
Reid's German Cough and Kid
ney Cure, he would have been
able to have conquered the
malady at the start without
difficulty and without pain. In
this particular it is invaluable.
People with weak lungs can
take any amount of it that they
require, for it is perfectly pure
and perfectly harmless. In this
Reid's German Cough and
Kidney Cure forms a striking
contrast to most cough RENE
dies. For they are based upon
opiates, and proceed upon the
assumption that a cough must
be stopped by paralyzing the
tissues instead of stimulating
the system, and thus assisting
it to throw off the morbid mat.
ter
For sale by all druggists.
SYLVAN REMEDY Co.,
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