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Thursday evening the news
came by telegraph that Mrs.
Vincent and her child were killed
by train near Olivier station and
that her Sister, Mrs. H. J. Walk
er. was seriously injured. Both
the ladies were the daughters of
the late Ursin Olivier Of this town.
The ladies' were in carriage and
were crossing the railraad track
just at the time special train
bearing Supt. Owens came at n
high speed and dashed through
the carriage, killing Mrs. Rose
Vincent and her young babe
which she held III hor arms and
seriously wounded her sister, Mrs.
H. j. Walker.
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Railroad From Cade to Roy
vile.

The Southern Pacific officials
have offered to extend the ST.
Martinville railroad branch to
Royville, provided the people
along the proposed route, will on
ly give the right Of way, which
will, OF course, be of great benefit
TO that section.-The Lafayette
Gazette.
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II. j. Walker.

\ good and heavy rain fell
Thursday evening. 1t came in
time for the ground which was
getting to be a little too hard to
be properly worked.
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NOTICE..
State Of Louisiana VS. No 1888
Lewis Chambers & al
~ Judicial District.
D.risb nf CT Martin

Tdilsu vi 81. MdTliu,
Notice is hereby given that Lewis
Chambers has made and filed his appli-
cation before the State Board for a COM
mutation OF the sentence OF death pas
sed upon him in the above entitled case.
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or half hose or pot of p0nlaGe etc.
All those who buy for Six Dollars, be
it pair OF ladies low quarters worth
$l,OO. | pair Of children shoes lace or
button. gentleman or by iaundried
SHIRT, ! silk handkerchief. fancy la
dies tie embroidered with finest kind Of
dentellcs. gentleman fine silk scarf,
lady fine silk pushed money and
hand bag latest style, or little hand
satchel etc.
There are many more valuable Pre-
seDts given away but they are too nu
merous to mention, II should pay you to
call around and s,e them yourself.
repeat il to you all.
My goods will not be- sOid any higher
than before. have standard prices which
you all know, and what is mi0re I will
and shall always unicrsei! M COMPETE
tors Of this town. | can do it as re-
ceive my goo,;s from the Manufactures
where by payirG cash can bny 70 per
cent cheaper tham anybody here. The
sooner y0u come the greater will b8
your choice in the gifts as a souvenir.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21
EXPERIENCES WITH BELL eoys
One Wakes Up Almost an Entire Flo.
to Get the Right Mau.

Every travelling man has had his av
peri ace with the intelligent belI bor
who calls for the early train.
Il was pounding my ear pretty Ijrs.
~ one night in a Texarkaua 6ote, >
said a Texas man, when a bio tbpw,-
ing on my door brought me up s%itljI,
in bed.
"'What is itP' l asked.
"'Boss!' said the darky, sis Won d.
man what wants to 90 on de ? o'el5ot
train to BIG Sandy?'
81 had left no call, and | made tb,,
darky understand so in q few sbor,
words. He tackled the next door. ma
| heard him ask again:
"'Boss is YOU de man what wants =,
90 on de 2 O'clock train to Bio Sandys
kl"The answer was terrific. The dar.v
was awed. For about five minute, h.
was still, as if absorbed in thouobt
Then | heard him say TO himself in
an argumentatiye tone:
OARS some 'un in dis hall who
wants to 90 on de . O'Clock train n
Biz Sandy. dun forget de number
"He went down the line repeating
the performance at seven doors befors
he reached the man who wanted to On
'on dc ? o'clock train 10 Big Saudy.@
An Illinois mar thought be couIa
parallel this evidence OF sagacity. He
said:
Il stopped one night in the hotel at
Shawneetown, and left a sure cali for
the boat which was expected along
ABOUT 4 a. m. went to bed and slept
peacefully until the racket at tine door
aroused me.
"'All right | said.
"'Mr. Jones! Mr., Jonesn sane out
the darby. You wanted to catch the
Paddock boat? Well, dey amt no use
O. you gettin' up. De boats done
gone, sab. "-St. Louis Globe Demo-
crQt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21
Retreuchm

The King Of Dahomey was sore dis
taught. The cares OF state were
pressing heavily upon him and his
brow was clouded. with white clouds,
of course
The Grand Vizier awaited the con.
mands Of the sovereign.
you say" the potentate unused,
that this expenditure is necessary to
preserve the autonomy of the realm2"
at is, your Serene Highness.
And is wal not to be avoided?'
at is not"
The puissant ruler pondered.
There is bur one way OUT
His lips were firmly set when at last
he gave speech unto his thoughts.
-"of it. We must institute a rigor.
Gus re~trenchment. Kindly tell the ice.
nan that he needn't stop at our house
again for a week"
The edict was issued and the royal
seal affixed thereunto.-Detrou IilbaRs
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21
Costa RIGA.

Although Costa Rica is only about
half the size of New York state, its list
of birds number $50 species. 1t is A
country of forests and of all sorts Of
climates, from the torrid sea coast to
that found at an elevation of 1880
feet, the top Of the volcano Irazu, where
ice forms.
The trees are not deciduous, although
their leaves fall in part during the dry
season, which extends from October to
May. At the end of the rainy season
many North American migrants APP
pear and as the dry eason advances
they retreat to the coast region and
are not seen again till another wear.
Bird life is abundant during The
wet season for the reason that fruit
and insects abound at that period. The
breeding season nearly corresponds
with that of the United States.
Near San Jose, Mt an elevation Of
5000 feet, are what are called "the
prairies," about five miles square.
They become flooded to the depth Of
about an inch from September to
February and on them are found q
number Of species of Waterfowl and
waders. - WaUeriey Magazige.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21
The Generals Fellow-C Creatures.

Alexander Dumas was dining one
day at the house of q wealthy banker
in company with Gen. < Aides
sert the conversation turned on the
existence of God.
Come now, gentlemen" said the
general, show is it that people bother
themselves about such trifes at TINS
time of day? l, for my part, can not
imagine the existence OF such s
mysterious entity as the Supreme
Being" :,
General" replied Dumas, Il keep
at home two hounds, q couple OF mon
keys, and q parrot which are exactly
OF your lpinion. st LOUIS RepA0Ie.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21
Waste in the Pension Office.


Evidence is coming from every
quarter, and, without exception, it
is evidence detrimental to the char
acter of the National administra-
ton. Mr.. Cleveland went into
office pledged to purge the pension
list" purge" in the vocabulary
of Northern copperheads and of
Southern secessionists means re.
duce, when applied to a list Of pat
riots. Among his first demands of
the chiefs of departments appoint
ed by him was that which required
the Secretary of the Interior TO "re.
move lOO, 900 names from the pen
sion rolls during the first fiscal
year" He had appointed a man
who was the proprietor Of the most
rabidly sectional newspaper in
Georgia and the son Of a ConfeG-
crate officer to preside over the de-
partment in which the claims of
Union soldiers to pensions are
heard and determined. This APP
pointee, Hoke Smith by name, was
ready and willing to do the Presi-
dents bidding. BY his own con-
fession 1900 pensioners we're "sus-
pended" i. e., dropped from the
rolls, during the first four months
of his incumbency of the Office of
Secretary Of the Interior.
The misery, the absolute suffer.
ing entailed upon $4,000 meu and
their families suddenly, without
hint Of danger, deprived of their
sole means of sustenance, may be
imagined. In not a single case
was proof Of fraud or misconduct
existing against them. One and all
were suspended on suspicion of ir-
regularity" What airy stuff was
considerei ground of suspicion" is
known Only to che Almighty, the
puuisner Of cruelty, to Satan, the
iuspirer thereof, and 70 Grover
Cleveland and Hoke Smith, the
gIad pro thereof. The basis
of "suspicion,' however, was So
very fimsy that Smith himself
though not until driven by a storm
Of indiguation-has reinstated 5000
of the suspened $4,000 without dar-
ing to allow q court to judge Of
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21
Hens Used 10 Hatch Fish.

The latest indignity practiced on the
hen is found in China, where the
spawn of fish is delicately placed IN
side of an eggshell, from which tns
contents have been blown, aud WINE
The mother-fsh is darttng OF through
cool waters in pursuit Of a good tlMs,
and the eggs which she longs to os12l
over have been taken awsv, the IT,
suited biddy is forced to sit on W.
hsh-eEgs until they are ready 70 T.
placed tn warm water. where lasl
hatch at once. Then the ish-steF
mother Is allowed b cluck her s"ss.
and patient way back to her iaM.i
until her services are again req2'F7''
~. \. Leager.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21
Literary Language of the Hindoos

Sanskrit is the name of the ancient,
and now literary, language Of the Hin
docs. 1t was originally a yernacular
in Hindostan, and has for 1000 years
past been kept |artiicially in use, like
the Latin in Europe, by the labors Of
grammarians and photographers, and
the transmitted usages Of an educated
caste, to serve as the means of a learn
ed intercourse and composition. Its
name, sanskrita, means completed,
or perfected, and denotes it as "the
cultivated, elaborated and perfected
form Of speech" in distinction from
the uncultivated dialects, called pra-
crit, which sprung from or were con-
temporaneous with it. --HGrrtsoH's Nag
dzLug
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21

the I'm worthiness Of his pretended
grounds of suspicion. But not the
less have 10000 brave and worthy
men been made to suffer without
cause by order of Hoke Smith, who
was ordered by Grover Cleveland
to "reduce the pension rolls by
100000 within the year" More
than 5000 still are suffering son
suspicion"
The rule of law and humanity is
to presume 2 mar innocent until he
is proved guilty. The rule Of Pres
ident Cleveland is to hold a pension
er guilty of fraud until it is proved
that he cannot be otherwise than
innocent.
II costs something to N |aintain an
army of spies engaged in trumping
up grounds of suspicion" against
pensioners. The last Congress APP
propriated 100000 TO be used by
the Department Of the Interior for
investigation and prosecution of
pension frauds. Mr.. Cleveland's
administration of this department
has spent every penny Of this
liberal allowance in four months,
and has not proved half a dozen
cases Of fraud. At this rate it is
more costly to reduce the pension
list than to increase it. But those
who hate the veterans of the Union
armies have been pleased-and
every one of such voted for Mr.,
Cleveland.
Having expended his years al
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21

members, will be in immediate
charge: Representatives Draper, of
Mass; Hooper, Of n. Y; Hit, Of
H.; Sweet of Idaho, and Settle Of
n. C., and Senators Henderson, of
Nebraska, and Perkins, of Califor-
MIA.
The alleged Investigation of the
New York Custom House may turn
out to be a very bad investment for
Secretary Carlisle and the rest of
he administration. The so-called
Commi ssioners, ex-Secretary Fair.
child, ex-Congressman Dunn, of
Ark, and a New York politician are
each drawing a salary Of S25 a day,
in addition to a liberal allowance
for expenses, and the whole bust
ness is eating up the "fraud fund"
Of the treasury at the ate of $3.50 a
day and absolutely nothing that will
ever benefit the country is being ac-
complished.
1t required a democratic caucus
decree to get the bill for the repeal
Of all laws providing for Federal
supervision of elections through the
House, but it is not believed that
any known power could get the bill
through the Senate in its present
condition. Democratic Senators are
reported to have declared the bill
to be entirely too sweeping and to
have intimated their willingness to
see the bill very much modified be-
fore it passes the Senate. There is
n rumor, too, that Mr.. Cleveland
would veto the bill if it were sent
to him in its present condition, but
its authenticity is doubtful.
Owing to a hitch In the cOnhrma-
ton of the nomination Of Mr.. Horn
blower to succeed the late Justice
Blatchford of the U. S. Supreme
Court that court is holding its pres.
mt term with one vacant seat. 1t
is not thought that the hitch will
resultin defeating Mr.. Hornblower's
confirmation, although q number Of
protests against it, on account Of
his age and lack of legal experience,
have been received by members Of
the Senate judiciary committee.
It seems to be settled that Van
Aliens nomination to be Ambassador
to Italy is to be confirmed by a party
vote.
The House has taken up the bill
providing a substitute for the Geary
Chinese law, which is the result Of
the negotiations of the new Chinese
minister with Secretary Gresham.
Although opposed by Represen-
tatlve Geary and some of the other
Pacific coast members it will pass.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21

lowance in four months, Mr.. Hoke
Smith is waiting for Mr.. Cleveland
to ask Congress to give him an
extra allowance of 100000 more
for prosecution of the nasty work
of pension-hunting. If asked for
it is likely to be granted. A Demo
cratic Congress hat begrudges a
dollar to a needy soldier of the
Union is quite likely to multiply by
two and a half the usual allowance
for prevention of real or pretended
pension frauds.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON. d. c., Oct. rs, 1893

~ rs ~ 80 -N''
Had Mr.. Cleveland the tact which
experience should have given to
any man old enough TO have been
elected President Of the United
States he might nave at any time
during the last three or four weeks
dictated the terms of a compromise
by which the purchasing aust of
the silver law might have been
repealed. But he knew more than
all his advisers and insisted that
the Senate should make the redic-
ulous test of physical endurance
which began on Wednesday night
Of last week, the failure of which
was openly predicted before it be.
gan by a majority Of the Senators
who took part in it. About the
only thing so far accomplished by
the continuous session is the weak
eniug Of the Presidents influence.
Unless all signs fail the compromise
which will result, if there be any
result, will be arranged without re-
gard to Mr.. Cleyeland's wishes, not
w~ithstanding the almost continual
presence of his personal represents
tive, Secretary Carlisle, at the Capt
toll. BY the way, many consider
that Secretary Carlisle's action in
this matter has been in violation of
good taste; it looks as though he vas
there to prevent the administration
Senators going astray, The Sena-
tors are very, very tired aud the end
of the business is not far off.
1t cost a lot Of money to keep de-
t]ectiyes hanging around the homes
Of pensioned veterans, in search of
some excuse to deprive the pension
erv Of all or a portion Of his allow,
ance. In the regular pension appro-
priation bill for the current fiscal
year there was an item of 100000
for the Investigation Of pension
cases; that is, to pay expenses in
Cured outside of the regular ma
chinery of the Pension Bureau. Al
though only a little more than one
fourth of the fiscal year has gone
all of that 100000 appropriation
has been expended and Secretary
Hoke Smith has asked Congress for
an additional appropriation Of $780,,
coo to be used for the same purpose.
Although the elections are more
than a year off the Republican Con
gressional campaign committee has
organized for business and will at
once open headquarters in Washing
ton and begin the work that is eN
pected to result in giving the re-
publicaus control Of the next House.
The following experienced cam,
paiguers will run the machine;
Chairman, Hon. J. A. Caldwell, of
Ohio; yice-chairman, Hon. j., w.
abcock, Of Wis; secretary, Hon.
S. $. Odds, Of Mich. assistant secre-
tary, Col. 4. II. Mckee, Of Indiana.
An executive committee composed Of
the following senators and repre-
>eutatives, in addition to the chair
man and secretary who are ex-oficio
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21

realize the cost of their folly
They owe money for which their
farms are mortgaged, and as the
mortgages mature, they find it i'm
possible to renew them on any
terms. Heretofore, the money lend
ers have been willing to grant ex.
tensions in such cases, but now
they insist that payment shall be
made. The reason for this change
Of policy on their part is frankly
stated to be a feeling that loans are
not safe or desirable where public
sentiment is so plainly inimical to
the rights and interests of capital.
They do not propose to invest an
other dollar in securities that are
likely at almost any time to be d.
unfinished in value by hostile legis-
latou.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21
Boots and Shoes.

Some lines l offer at cost, any
thing in stock very close to cost
to make ready for spring goods.
Am also prepared to do any re-
pairing or mending of boots or
shoes, at the lowest prices.
Aft DAVID JACKo.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21
Instruction in Instrumental Music.

am prepared to give instructions
on Piano, Organ, Violin, Guitar,
Banjo, and all band instruments.
For terms, etc. call on me over
Economy store.
soft J. w. NJ. ALDERsoN.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21

THE Chicago Times is n of the
few democratic papers that has the
courage to talk plain to the demo
cratic party concerning its duties
and responsibilities respecting tinan-
cial legislation. 1t tells it's party
leaders that "thc time for arraign-
ing therepublican administration has
gone by because there is no longer
such administration. The time for
active formative work has come,
and the duty of its performance de-
wolves upon the democratic party.
1t is said we have an unsafe currency
system. Let us make it sonnd. It
is said that the Mckinley law is a
curse. Let us repeal the Mckinley
Most democratic papers are
engaged in denouncing the republi-
can minority fer the delay. The
people know better, however. They
know that the fault rests with the
majority party.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21

IT was the workiugman who gave
the Democrats a chance. He forgot
that the. Democracy doesn't believe
IN reciprocity.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21
Cheap Fare.

From and on Oct. 10, until 3lst,
the c. NJ. & St. P. Ry. will sell ex-
cursiou tickets to Chicago for one
fare for the round trip, return cou-
pons good until Nov. Is.
N. II. Snow.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21

In order to collect a pound Of el2ss.
honey s, 75J,O0J bees must dePtl,e
$1,000 clover blossoms of their neesat'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21

IT is not true that the u. ,. Sen
ators are leo busy to eat.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21

TuE Indian also seems to have
derived some advantages from civil.
izatiou. The red man only got 8
cents per acre for the Illinois prairie
upon which Chicago is located. He
got more than fifty times that for
his dreary prairies in the Cherokee
strip. A SHORT lifetime ago it
would not have sold for a horse
and saddle, and now the Indians
get for it $lo,u0O,Ooo in good
money.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21

DEMoCRArs in Iowa aud Ohio
no longer wear roosters in their
hats and "paiut the town red" As
a rule they are painting a town blue
and then blow out the gas when
retiring. Democracy seems to have
made a bad 90 of it in 1898.
UNDER the ree-trade party's idea
Of a new tariff the price Of sugar
will be increased % or 80 per cent,
also their tea and coffee, This adj.
diuou 10 the household expenses,
coming atthe same time as a reduc-
ton iu wage. Of 10 or % per cent,
will be very sorely felt,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-21

If Uncle Sam could trade his pre-
sent Congress for a good, old-fasb-
Toned Republican Congress, and
then supplement it by a wide-awake
Republican President, the Nation
would resume business at once.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-11-02
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