Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-12-09

wrath ana INDICATION, rose up and
stretching his clinched fist half across
the room, shouted, MIR. Speaker.
whose bin is thatt Is that my bill?
That amendment is damned Internal
steal and I am going To have It kin
ed II WAS killed.
Gen Rusk once said that in the years
that Gc spent in active service in the
army, during the war. he never expert
enccd SO much agony OF mind as he
did ON the day that he returned TO
NroQua from the field, in June 1863.
Rusk had reached In Crosse. on his
way home. after the troops were
mustered ont There lac YVES forced to
take carriage aud drive 20 miles
across the country 10 NiroQua He had
reached point some four or I'VE miles
from Nrouua, when suddenly there
struck ON the generals hearing the
low moaning roar of a fearful wind.
The sound grew louder ANA of In the
direction of YiroQua could Toe seen the
funnel shaped cloud that in later years
has become familiar and whose death
dealing powers are now SO well
known rhc cycluuic cloud drove
straight towards the generals home
village II reached The town and In
an instant the air was Hllcd with the
fragments OF score of houses Dwell
lingS were picked mp and dashed to
the ground i'm fragments on torn to
spIutus as they lowered a moment
I i'm NJ Ia,
little storm stricken town were alt
whom ltu>k held dear wife, children
and friends of life time The team
was driven rapidly on and as the gen
erai approached the village Il seemed
TO him as though mono could have as
capped death In that awful blast A
/ littlC girl was seen by the road side.
Her clothes were in rags and she was
$50 covered with dust and dirt that her
features could hardly be seen. The
carriage was stopped and the little one
given a place by the bearded warrior
only q few questions were necessary
60 show that the little one was the
generals own daughter The general
found his own family safe buca dozen
OF his ncighbors had persisted. lie
spent that night searching the ruins
for about 80 dead and dying
Across Lake Monona from Madison Is
Aiouona lake assembly, the Chautauqua
of the west Rusk while governor.
/ frequently attended with his family
one Saturday they were present the
occasion being u special one. II was
the rule Of the assembly 60 close the
gates OF the grounds after a certain
IrWmbcr had passed through 10 board
ttuc of The pleasure steamers 1t SO
/ happened that Rusk and his family
land friends were about 10 go through
the tmusulc when 1t was ordered
CLOSED 10y an oycr-oflicious college stu
dent who was IN charge of The turn
stilc The number had been reached
ana there was danger Of oyercrowd-
Ing the steamer were more permitted
To- pass through.
eve wish 90 so through, said Jerry
pointing to hls family
lie was ted that he could not, that
IL was against The rules. At this he
said
II did not help make your damn fool
rules and you cannot enforce them
upon me-
Then scizlng the tmnstllc ana
i wronchiuc the scantllng from It shout.
eel to his friends TO come and the
party quietly passed through
The capitol at Madison contains d
good many rooms in the upper story
used only when the legislature Is in
/ session one summer IL leaked out
that some of these rooms were lux
|mlously furnished and richly stocked
with wines ana other liquors, and that
they were used by some Of the capitol
employees FOR gambling and with wo.
men. Jerry heard Of this aud ordered
them TO be cleaned out The super
intcndent Of public property could not
get in, as strong locks had been placed
on the heavy doors This was report
ga TO Jerry lie started for the top
of the great stone building "Show me
the place be yelled, when he reached
the upper floor This was done Jer-
ry drew back a few PAGES and IN an
instant his pondcr0us frame crashed
through the door Within ne
found all that was expected and the
harcm was cleaned out