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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08

CN hoHudy evening ldsL dl y
meeting of the school officials of
Milwaukee, Miss Pearl Commins,
of this city, was chosen one of six
of the reserve corps of instructors
in the manual training department
of the Milwaukee High School.
Examinations for the position were
held, and the success of Miss
COmmins in her first effort to secure
position as instructor arouees a
feeling of pride amoung her friends
and acqutintances in this city.
The prospects for a frst.class
band being organized in the near
future, and on a better foundation
than ever before, are very bright.
A committee to solicit substantial
aid has been appointed for each
ward. That for the first ward con
sists of J. A. Spratler, II. 5. We'll
aud A. Dresen, aud for the second
Mayor Peuhallegon and George
Jeuck. They are meeting with
sufficient encouragement 20 Justify
the TRIBUNE in believing that ere
long Mineral Point will have a
superior and well equipped baud
On the evening of Aug. 18th the
annual camp meeting will open al
Platteville. Rev. ID. w. Couch,
now of Brooklyn, but formerly a
pastor Of the NJ. K. church in this
city, will conduct bible read ings
altar services, etc, and besides have
general charge Of evangelistic ser
vices. "Chaplain" McCabe, one of
the most remarkable men Of this
generation, will preach on Sunday
the 23d. The 22d has been sci
apart as Epworth League Day, wher
Rev. Brushingham, Of Chicago, will
deliver the principal address Or
the last day Rev. Vaudeville, Of
Chicago, will officiate as dedicator
A small admission fee Of 10 cent.
will be charged; or Is cents for 1
day ticket. Tents can be secured
At prices ranging from $500 t.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08

THE merchants association Of
Milwaukee has appointed special
committee to attend the meetings
of the common council and to
interest themselves in the proceed.
ings, that the welfare of city and
citizens may be advanced thereby.
The action was taken upon invitation
of council. 1t is suggested that a
similar procedure in Mineral Point
would be an advantage to the city.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08
y-yzRAL POINT MARKET.

s,,,-es below are the highest that ar
me y ~, honr Of going 10 press;
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08

TuosE who attended the NJ. +.
church last Sunday were instructive
" aud pleasingy entertained by
Rev. J. q. Lawson and wife, who
are helo from India, whore they
have been for some years doing
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27

end or not When. yesterday at moor
in the district court of the thirty-sev.
enth judicial district, the cases of the
state of Texas VS.. James Mitchell,
Dan Ragsdale. William Andrews. w.
j. Mcfarland, w. R. Little and Vol.
ney Gibson, accused of the murder OF
Kyle Terry. were called, the district
attorney, George PaschaL moved to
dismiss the cases. on the ground that
the principal defendant Yolney Glib
son, was dead, and also that one OF
the principal witnesses, a cousin to
Kyle Terry was dead. The motion
was granted. and the witnesses, who
were in large numbers, left the court
room as quietly and orderly as they
came in. No one was armed
or IT he was he succeeded in
concealing his arms from the sheriff
and his deputies so successfully as not
TO be detected. and it is believed that
outside OF the sheriff and his deputies
not a single person who entered the
courtroom bore any arms outside OF
those with which nature had provided
him There was no excitement but
deep interest conferred in this case on
account OF the tragedy which occurred
at Galveston.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27
4 Wicked Wife.

ROUNDABOUT n. Y, Nov. IL
J. NJ Dapuy OF Orange county, has
about come to the conclusion tina.
marriage is failure, his wife having
eloped with his brother for the third
time in eight moaths. Last April
both families removed from New
Paltz, near this city to Montgomery,
and soon afterward the pair clipped.
one deserving a wife and the other Il
husband. and both leaving small fumi-
lies of children. The runaway vile
was found stranded in Kingston three
weeks later and she returned home
with her husband. Her clipping
companion came back afterward.
They eloped from Montgomery
again in June. and a constable brought
the woman back from Duchess coun-
~. When Matthew returned home
again he was arrested for stealing n
watch from his brother but was acquit-
ted, and the wife and husband who
had been twice wronged became re-
conciled to their erring partners. A
few waoi-z -Iah.>-.-..5 LIZ ..iE4-.-..sl
Matthew moved to Walden. where the
men got employment in a factory.
Matthew boarded with his brother, as
he had left his wife and children In
Montgomery temporarily. as said
Sunday night the two clippers again
went away together taking with them
one child Of the woman's and leaving
the other for the husband TO care for.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27
BADLY BAYONETED.
An American Gets Full in Mexico and is
Dangerously Wounded.
A METHODIST MINISTER on THE SHOOT.
Two Masked Robbers Enter an cypress Car ard
al the Poin; OF Their Rsyoyers Command
the Messenger to Deliver.

NEW LAREDO. Mexico. Nov. 21.-
Tuesday evening while under the IL
luence of whisky. Barrett a private
soldier in the United States army. was
arrested and placed in prison. He
was not molosting anyone, but like a
drunken man was having Il good time
and making too much noise about it
He was placed in jail with Il
number OF other prisoners in a
corridor which was guarded by
a Mexican soldier About dark the
Mexican soldiers on guard proceeded
to classify the prisoners and change
them to their respective places. Bar
rett not being able 10 understand the
guard. wanted to follow. The guard
told him to remain where he was, but
Barrett insisted on following the other
prisoners. At this the guard pre-
sented a bayonet and when the
drunken cavalryman tried to get out
to where the other prisoners were he
was bayoneted in two places by the
Mexican -tsldteF.------
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27

near New brighton ten miles north
OF St. Paul. During tho great fires in
the pine country in September great
droves of wolves were driven south
into Ramsey and Anoka counties and
they have been subsisting on sheep in
the neighborhood OF the TWIN City
stock yards at New Brighton. A
drove of 125 wolves were seen
together in that vicinity Mon
day afternoon. The Gulick children
wandered away from home into the
woods at noon and were attacked and
dcvoured by the wild beasts. Their
cries were heard. but before help
could reach them they had been
killed and partly eaten. A number OF
armed men with hounds set out after
the wolves, surrounded them in a
swamp and killed eleven of them, the
others escaping northward. Three
hundred men will attempt TO surround
and exterminate them 1T their nesting
place on the Anoka line Sunday morn
ing. A reward is offered by the state
for every wolf scalp taken. and $50
will be paid the man who kills the
largest number.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27
CARA IS IN TEXAS.
forts 10 Intercept Him by United States
Troops Prove Unsuccessful.
A FARMER SHOT AND Instantly KILLED.
a Difficulty Between Two Gainesville Kegroe,
One Has His Skull Crushed BY Being
Struck With Plank.

CARRIzo. Tex. Nov. 21.-United
States Inspector A P. Spohn, just in
from the lower country, where ne has
been watching the Garza movement,
states as positive fact that Gen. Gotta
rino Cara with sixty men crossed
back into Texas on the evening Of
Thursday, Nov. u at the Ramireno
ranch, twenty-nIne miles below Car
RIO. Capt. F. H. Hardee OF the third
United States cavalry. with ihirty-ave
picked men, is in camp here trying to-
intercept the revolutionlsts as they
come from Mexico, but these Mexicans
are so well acquainted with the passes
of the Rio Grande and the different
trails through Texas that it is next to
impossible to catch any OF them.
Some Of Garza's men stated to parties
on this side that they had only left
Mexico for a short time. The Next
can government has stopped ell cross
ing Of the Rio Grande between the
different United States custom house
crossing
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27
A MEXICAN RRurE
Kicks a Helpless Fellow Prisoner
Almost 10 DaaIh

ALMOST 10 DcalIl
CoRsIcANA, Tex, Nov. 16.-Late
yesterday evening Jim Lemps the
Mexican female manufacturer, and
five drunken Mexican tcamps were ar
rested by Policemen Tom Luster and
Mish Hammond for disturbing the
peace. When searched they were
found to be armed to the teeth with
revolvers and knives. Relieving
them OF their weapons the officers
hustled them into the outer lookup
and went into the marshal's Office for
the cell keys. Lying on the bench
was poor intoxicated wretch, who
was arrested for being drunk and dis
orderly. The noise made by the Mex
icars entering the calaboose awakened
him and he turned over and made
some protest regarding the disturb
ance. This was enough TO arouse the
slumbering Mexican deviltry in
Lemps. Without q word he flew at
the defenseless man, still too much be-
uddled with drink to offer any resist
ance dragged him of the bench to
the hard floor OF the cell. and not sat
isfed with pounding him almost to
death, jumped on his head with his
heels after he was down. almost
crushing his left eye out of its socket
and nearly smashed his skull before
the officers could make him desist
from his murderous work.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27
wayIaid and Robbed

DoDD CITY, Tex. Nov. 19.-Wed-
resday night as L. R. Richardson was
returning from Bonham, where he had
leen to dispose of cotton. he WIS held
Up on the highway on the north Paris
and Bonham road about three miles
northwest OF here and relieved OF
a4S so, the amount of his cotton sale.
There were two roadsters in the
gang and with drawn revolrers they
demanded Of Mr.. Richardson to stand
fni deliver" and Mr.. Richardson
promptly complied with the request.
iIr. Richardson says that the men
were either negroes or whiae men with
their faces blackened, he could not
tell which. This is the second time
he has been robbed within the last
twelve months.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27

There are 1900 Germans in London.
Crime IS very rare among women in
Scotland
Only one Englishman in twenty
seven rays income tax.
An English peer cannot resign his
peerage.
There are thirteen regiments OF
heavy cavalry in the British army
Throughout the entire world about
$1,000, 900 people die every year.
A man in Missouri has twenty seven
pet rat,lesnakes which come when he
calls them.
About 5, 500 women are employed IN
the British postotfice, or one to every
eight men employed.
A gourd. with a neck coiled like
serpent in the act of striking, IS
boosted curiosity in Mount Holly
NC
After a brief and unaccountable Ill
ness a horse in Sherman, Mich, died.
The stomach was opened and IN IL
was found Il half-bushel of sand.
An eauivocal compliment is perplex-
ing young man of Hallowell' Maine.
A fascinating girl to whom ne has been
paving considerable attention has
named pet calf after him. ---,
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27
Fen Thirty Feet.

BRENNAN. Tex, Nov. 20.-At ESQ
o'clock Wednesday night persons liv-
ing near the high bridge on the Santa
Fe railway at the north end OF the
yards were startled at bearing a man S
voice and the sound of horses hoofs
On top of the bridge. They ran out OF
their houses Just as n man came tumb-
ling down, a distance of something
over thirty feet. He fell all in a
heap. They thought him dead, but
that providence, which watches over
drunken men and children. was in his
favor He was only badly stunned.
IN Il rev Iirrrrtlrvs got panu Ueggeu
that some one would get his horse.
Just tnen the headlight of the South
bound passenger came in sight A
futile attempt was made 10 flag the
train. i struck the horse, grinding
him into mince meat and scattering
the fragments all the way to the depot
The man refused TO give his name and
1t was so dark none could tell whether
he was white or black.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27

COLORADO. Tex. Nov. IS.-James
Creel shoemaker about 60 years of
nge, who came here from Fl Paso
several days ago, was frozen to death
on the edge OF town Monday night
He had been drinking hard and from
the mud on his clothes it appears that
be must have wandered TO the river
bank and fallen into the shallow
water and after crawling few feet
away lay down to sleep and died from
exposure. He was buried yesterday
by the county. He LEFT no relatives
here and no one knows the wherea-
bouts of his family if he had any.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27

GUTHRIE o. r. Nov. ia cou-
rier from the new town of Chandler
brings news of row there at 3
o'clock yesterday morning in which
three persons were probably fatally
injured. Three soldiers from the
camp OF the United States infantry
stationed there got into a row
in i saloon and after assaulting
and terribly injuring the keeper left
and went to their camp for their guns
Returning they opened fire into the
crowd in front of the saloon. The
front of the building was riddled with
balls and Sheriff C. F. Parker and
Matthew Reeves each received bad
wounds in the legs. A soldier stand
ing near by was shot through the
body and will die. Prompt action on
the part of the military authorities
prevented the soldiers who did the
shooting from being lynched. and
they are now in the guardhouse under
heavy guard.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27

(the ann of God.)

(the ann of Cod
On the two days following the Har-
Dor Open ng, tine 10th and 18th of De-
cember, the public auction will be
held Every other block of Velasco
has been reserved to sell at this time.
Each visitor will be able to buy-the
man who only wants to pay 500 for n
lot and the capitalist will each have
an opportunity. The Velasco Com
merciaI Club will promptly answer all
INQUIRIES
The most saIubrious cllmate-alr
pure as the breath of the mountain;
fertile soil-eyery foot of it mine of
vegetable wealth; locatIon-it viii be
the storage-in- transit-depot for all
commerce of the trans Mississippi
The future traffic OF the great West
will be sent to export via this port.
Velasco is on IN average 565 miles
nearer to the surplus producing har-
vest fields of America than are Allan
tic ports.
1t costs 12A cents per bushel to haul
grain that SOS miles. The farmer row
actually loses this TX cents bushel
on all the gram he sells
The great advantage of shorter dis
lance insures the future of Velasco
o. W. CRAWFORD. z
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27
stabbed in the Head.

HENRIETTA. Tex. Nov. 2O.-J. A.
Frazar. citizen of this place. came
into the county attorneys Office a few
days ago and swore out complaint
against one Post Hardeman, charging
him with knowingly causing horses
and mules to go within the inclosed
and of j. A. Frazar. The case was
.ried Wednesday evening late and Har-
leman was found guilty. the fine
and costs amounting to about
if42. After settling up most OF
he fine and costs Post Hardeman. in
company with his father J. I. Harde-
inun, left the. court. house end went
over to j. A. Frazar's Office. inquirin2
Tor him. and not finding him in started
out and up the street. At the corner
Of Bridge and Gilbert streets, in front
Of NJ. Shlosberge & Co dry goods
store, tho Hardemans met Frazar, and
utter few words between them. Post
lIardeman stabbed j. A. Frazer in the
lead, inficting an ugly, but it is hoped
rot dangerous wound. The Harde-
mans are in jail here. awaiting an -
;ming trial Great excitement prevails
i,cre over the matter.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27

THERE Il no element of dopravity in
the lying Of highly imaginative chill
dren. 1t Is not an index OF immoral
fly. It is merely the natural exercise
OF instincts as yet unframed in self
control and unrcstrained by the edu-
cation OF the mind Unfortunately
the problem Of correcting the habit
and preventing IFS becoming a caulhsr
OF character IS usually dealt with very
ignorantly. Tho parent sets out with
the assumption that a lie is an i'm
morality OF fixed turpitude, without
reference TO the ago Of the person tell
ing it. The assumption Is as danger.
ously unsound as It would be If the
false statements were made by pa
tent In brain fever. When the child
lies. the problem Of education Is to
teach discrimination between fact and
fancy and to-implant moral principles.
so that the practice Of lying shall moi
be continued into manhood. es the
statements Of some persols sugsesi
that If ssms5nss IL
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27
COSTLY BLAZE.
The Largest Establishments of 81.
LouIs Reduced 90 AsheN

The Largest Establishments of 81.
Louis Reduced 90 Ashes.
ST. LOUIS. Mo. Nov. 1s.-Sonnen-
feldt's millinery store, Penny & Gen
ties dry goods, Crawford & Co.'S dry
goods, and the Famous dry goods
-iIuusrs, tho largesr houses in the west,
and probably in the country. and the
Union market were consumed by fire
yesterday. The fire stlrtel in the
furnace room of Penny & Gentle's dry
goods house, southwest corner of
Broadway and Franklin avenue and
the entire block o; four-siory buildings
on Broadway to Morgan street was
destroyed. The heat WIS so intense
that the entire front OF The immense
dry goods stores. incIudiI the display
windows and show cases on that side
WAS damaged with confer IS to the ex-
tent OF $50. 900. On Franklin avenue
the entire row from Broadway to the
alley was badly damaged. The total
loss is over 81, 600 600.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27


WHEELING. W Va, Nov. 19.-After
an extended correspondence the
police here have gathered up the his
tory Of the forger Col. Isaiah J. Por-
ter, arrested here week ago and is
now in Jail at Nariensburg. The story
reads Ike i romance. and shows Por-
ter to be one of the most versatile
rascals and extensive operators known
tc the criminal history OF America.
Born in York, Pa. he joined the Con
fedcrate service and rose 20 be a
colonel He was shot through the
body twice during the war. After the
war he fell in with Sill Robson. a
well-known confidence man. An
extended foreign wandering trip was
taken. which embraced England
France Germany and Italy. Both
men spoke German AID French and
they pissed as American magnates
cutting vide swath into the European
capitals, being wined and dined by
bankers and noblemen and shown
every attention. A Mexican railroad
enterprise was theJ snap work ana
they did it 20 much profit for when
they returned TO New York they had
barrel of money, which they spent so
lavishly As to attract much attention
even in the metropolis. After going
through the pile Porter went to Wash
ihgton city, where he used his insinu-
ating ways TO get into political swindlcs.
While in Washington Porter studied
law and when he left he went 10
Missouri. where he was admitted
to the bar. He got into trouble
at Palmyra, Mo, and then went west,
swindling a lot of people out of large
sums in Nevada and California He
then went to Mexico and piled his
crooked trade with much success.
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he operated in Texas, Louisiana and
other southern states. He was ar
rested in Nashville Oct. 4, 1882, ana
got three years on each OF five charges
Of forgery, etc, but after serving three
years was pardoned. While in the
penitentiary he contributed to tho
Century and the Southern Bivouac.
He served q term in Massachusetts and
another in Illinois. His operations
extended to most every state and he
is now wanted by the police in about
twenty cities. his embellishments and
forgeries aggregating an enormous
sum.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27

GRAPELAND, Tex. Nov. 1s,-Drr-
ing tho heavy rain Monday two OF NJ.
l. Tvely's daughters. aged about s
and years were going home and
the youngest while crossing u small
stream, was overcome by the fast cur.
rent and was washed about $50 yards
down the stream. The Oldest crossed
the stream first aui did not miss her
companion Until she got to the house
and then q search was made for her
and she was found lodged on drift.
Her neck and one arm we're broken.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27

As LONG as men havo gone out upon
the sea IN ships that long at frequent
intervals have come from the desert OF
waters tales of self-abnegation, OF
heroism shown By humble men equal
ing any that war ever saw upon tho
froat line OF battle. But now we have
story surprising any that has ever
been told before se have the fact Oh
woman c, only 2 years, whose song
Of cheer sounded above the Toar OF
wrecktng waves and made men who
we're weak with fear strong enough.
daring enough to wrest life from
what but for that song would have
been certain death.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27
Ah,, from, Ambush.

GoLDTHwATrE, Tex, Nov. 19.-W.
a. Moore, 4 stockman, living on the
Colorado river about twelve miles
west OF town, was shot at by some
unknown parties Tuesday night. The
statement msde by hhr. Moore Is that
he bad been to church and was return
ing home In buggy about 9 o'clock.
He csme to o pasture gate and got
out opened the gate led the team
through and was in the act OF getting
into the buggy when he was fired into
by two men a short difunoo away.
BE jumped behind his buggy to protect
himself A number Of shots were
Cred. When he finally jumped in
the buggy and pHt whip 10 his team,
the parties continued shooting ct him,
one ball striking him q CHANGING shot
in the cheek tearing the flesh, but not
seriously inrlring him. When he got
home he made an examination OF the
buggy and team and found one horse
wounded and fourteen bullet holes in
tho buggy. Mr.. Moore says the moon
was shining and the two men who did
the shooting were standing near the
shade OF tree.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27

NEW ALBANY, Ind. Nov. II
James Jackson, the night operator at
the depot was held up and robbed by
a masked man at o'clock yesterday
morning. jackson opened the Office
when a revolver was thrust into his
face and ne was compelled to open the
cash drawer and pile 1855 OF the COM
pany's money on the desk. the robber
keeping him covered all the time.
After securing all the funds the rob
Der backed out of the Office and dis
appeared, warning jackson to keep
nuiet.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27
Commnnned 70 nslirer.

MIssoULA. Mon, Nov. 21.-Thurs-
day afternoon two masked men enter
ed the Northern Pacific express car OF
the Missoula and Ceur d'Alene rail
road and at the point of their guns
made Express Messenger Case open
the safe and give up all the money it
contained $1,000. The robbery oc-
Cured between Dorsey and Mullan,
near the Montana and Idaho line with
a mountainous country surrounding.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27

CoRPUs CHRISTI Tex. Nov. 10
While hunting ducks at Flower Bluffs
yesterday morning Charles Gallagher,
AIRED II years was accidentally shot
il the arm by his companion, john
Hall. Physicians amputated the arm
above the elbow Gallagher nearly
bled TO death before the operation
was performed, but will recover.
The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-11-27

GAINESVILLE Tex. Nov. 21.-Paul
Semeroy, a negro about 80 years Of
age, was struck on the head with q
long plank by Jim Martin. also a ne
gro. about l 80 Thursday night and died
yesterday morning about 4:40 o'clock.
His skull was crushed in at the base
Of the head and his scalp torn foE
about nine inches around TO the front
Of the head. The cause OF the assault
Is not known definitely, but It g re-
ported that robbery was the Incentive.
HIS sssailsnt was arrested immediate
ly after the crime and Is now in Jail.
Both men were negro hostlers.