Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-24


1877 bicycle with bal bearings was
built and ridden, az well as publicly ex.
hibited at the goose fair at Nottingham,
and duplicate machines were also in use
at that time. The justice before whom
the case was tried declared this evidence
sufficient TO destroy the patent. This case
will be appealed, and if the present lie
clsion be sustained it will have important
bearings upon several American patents
for similar devices
ANOTHER CONSUMP fION CURE.
Another cure for consumption riyaling
Or. Koch's lymph is announced from
Detroit, discovery Of DR.. II l.. shurley
who has been aided in developing it by
Or n Gibbs Of Michigan university.
DR.. Shurleys theory is that the disease is
caused by the powerful ptomaines which
the human body is capable of producing,
AID chat bacillus tuberculosis Is simply
result, a byproduct Of these poisonsi so
while Or. Koch has sought a remedy by
attacking a result Of the disease DR.. Shur-
lev has aimed to strike at what be con-
piders the cause itself The experiments
have extended over several year, The
disease has been communicated TO animals
by injecting into their food the spittle Of
consumptiyes For a cure the doctors
found that hypodermio injections Of
solution Of chloride Of sodium and chloride
Of gold with inhalations Of chlorine gas
produced the required result Of neutrali2.
ingthe poison Of the ptomaines in a re-
markable way With this treatment
animals TO which the disease has been
communicated have been cured while
others similarly diseased have died II
there is any truth TO these reports, here
then we have at least that home industry
which the heavy tariff leyi,d ON DR. koeh's
lymph seems designed to protect
CASTLE GARpEN
The famous old Castle Gerden, which
has so long been the gateway to the new
world for thousands upon thousands of
immigrants, has passed with the coming ct
the new year from the Omitted States am
thorities 10 those of the city of New York,
and the question is now, What will be-
come of il? No longer will it be a field
from which household servants and New
York Herald editors can "a recruited at a
moments notice, but it ought still TO
serve some good purpose and certainly
ought not, on account of it's historic AS
eociations, to be demolished Castle
Garden was built eighty-four years
ago in response made to a demand Of some
Tilden Of that generation for better coast
delenses Il was intended rs the twin TO
Castle William ON Governors Island but
was never equipped and vas consequently
never devoted 10 the uses Of Mars twas
originally built sixty feet from shore, and
was reached by a drowhridgc which could
be instantly drawn mp, as in the castles of
old For many years il served mo special
end and was then used for the fairs Of the
American institute which fifty years ago
were as much of am event to the metropolis
as the New York and New England fair
now is to Albany more so, in fact, for
the interest was deeper and The result it
is supposed. more profitable In 1852 1t
was make famous the country over by the
Jenny Lind COMFORTS, which we're given m
the presence of enthusiastic thousands
Other interesting operate and theatrical
events took place there, and Sept 6, 1852,
what was supposed to be the centennial of
the introduction Of the drama in America
was there celebrated by the repetition Of
the bin played 10y the Haliam ompany IN
Williamsburg, Va, Sept 5, 1855 namely
'The Merchant Of Venice. and "Lethe. ~
a farce by Garrick Since then, however
il has been demonstrated that there were
theatrical performances given by regular
companies some years before that date.
Castle Garden became an immigrant bu
reau in 1858, and since that 9,720677
persons have passed tlroughits portals 70
q home ii the new world nearly one.thiri
ottlem being from ireland and as many
more from Germany It viii now be
placed under control of the department Of
uarks and the World j, making an earn
.st effort tt ave .beoId building rs an his I
torIaI museum, Or something Of the sort /
There are many reasons why this should /
be done The Battery will always 0e a
beautiful place of resort The meeting Of
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