Mineral Point tribune., May 19, 1870, Image 4

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mineral point, wis.,
THUKrfDAT. MA Y Hnh, 1870.
W. 11. BKWKTT. I Editors and Proprietors.
J. B. TK4SDAI.K. i ru "
Mkmiucr of Conuhehs.— T!io probability
that (ien. Cobb will not lit’ a candidate
(or rcnuniination ofongrena encourages
many aspirants to put in claims lor bis
neat. In laet, the political nky in Ibis
Congressional District is literally dotted
with candidates, and Home of them are
losing no opportunity of showing them’
selves before the people and parading
their claim j. Wo anticipate lively limes
before a republican candidate is nomi
nated. The liieliland County Ilepublicun
is out in a labored article favoring Ceo.
C. ilazulton of Doscobel, and figures him
ahead of all competitors. In its ca Icula
tion however, that paper has evidently
been misled,or desires,to mislead its read.
its. In estiumtingGrant County, it says
I lazulton is nun: to carry ton votes of the
I’J. W e know somethingof (Irani County
politics and are ready to go anew bat
that .I Allen llarber being a candidate,
(as bn is) Mr. Il.iZelton will ha e dilli
culiy in securing half the votes of (Irani
Countv in convention. Ibe editor of the
J{cpubllcan says Richland county will
go lor II ,which is another statement not
well founded, unless there has been a
miraculous revolution in lire sentiments
of the people over there within a very
short time. In his calculation as to Imw
lowa County wi 1 vote, he is still farther
from the mark. Wait awhile, l>ro
Waggoner, and you will see wh it yon
■ hall sec. In the meantime, don t allow
yourself to become daze 1 or duped by
glittering promises or false tongues.
Arqt'iTTEL).—To (lit! surprise of tin one,
Daniel McFarland, llio murderer of A
If Ilielmrdson, has been acquitted, and
allowed to go Scot tree, lie was ac
quitted on the plea of insanity,though no
body not even the jury,we venture, be
lieves he was rcaly insane at the time ho
fired the fatal shot. llis acquittal is un
doubtedly satisfactory to a large majority
of the people. \'c had no desire to have
hiui hung, hut think the jury might
have released him on the ground of just
ifiability, with greater propriety than
to have dodged the question as they
did .Mrs McFarland is nut in A lengthy
card setting forth the cruelties and in
dignities to which she was aujected as
McFarland s wife, giving a detailed his
tory of their married lile.
Tim Tariff bill, which has beer, before
Congress for some time, and which it was
hoped would pass in some shape that
would remedy the many glaring evils of
our present tariff system, lias virtually
been postponed for a time at b ast, and
probably will not he reached again this
session. It is generally considered to
ha a grave mistake on (he part of Con
gress to lay aside this question, which
is tlm all absorbing one ot the day
We arc pleased to observe tlt tit (ieneral
Cobb soled with those who favored con
tinuing to Work on this bill until it was
perfected, and passed.
Tur Madison Journal of Tuesday, con
tained the following
‘ Dr (ieo. If Wilber, on behalf of the
eity of Mineral Point, is here .as the
hearer of a very liberal proposition to
Nie Commissioners having in charge the
location of the new Hospital for the In
sane,
Mineral Point offers a most charming
location about a mile from that citv, at
Falling Spring, where there arc two
splendid fountains of water, and where
everything no ated for the construction of.
•r use in such au institution can bo easily
and cheaply pMcim I
1 UK people of Uiehmoiid, \a, appeal
■ the benevolent people of the country
1 r contrih utions of money for the relbT
*! the surviving victims and the families
mi the killed by the recent disaster by
ftic lulling i-i the court room tl iSixtv
five p rsons were killed or have since
s ed, and many of the families of the
dead and injured are now tslfuring bu
shy necessaries of life
V proposal to reduce the internal tux
*■- .* tien-re Congress, whiidi, if adopted,
w II lighten taxation in that deportment
out iT, 000,(10(1 per annum A prom
inent fcatnr 1 ol the measure Is a clause
1 rov idiug for a continuance of the income
ut, and fixing the amount exempt at
11.5(H)
Ki viii.i tion vuv demonstrations tire re
ported m various parts if Italy, but the
cause or extent of them is not stated
Whether they result (rotn general disit
lection Tow ard the t Jovcrnment. or wheth
er they arise fum temporary causes,
does not yet appear With disaffection (
ki France Spain and Italy, Kurnpe-eeun* i
almost uiiti die g-neral revnllitlnn—l
Son.f o* • I ‘sliiin •ii.-urgents are said
( Is (iun Laid ( aiu. {
Mali road Disaster,
Two trains, a freight and a passenger
came in collision on Missouri Pacific U.
It. last week near f.ureka, Mo., hy
which nineteen persona wore killed out
right, and about thirty wounded, some of
them mortally. The following account ol
the disaster is as full and graphic as any
Wi* have seen:
The express tr-.in had five passenger
cars a baggage car. and the freight train
wis a long, heavy one. At the point of
collision theie is an rinbnkmcnt fifteen
lie! high, w l ere the road eorves so sharp
ly ||,m two approaching trains cannot see
each other until close together. A hoy
standing besido the engineer, Mr. Jack
son, was the first to descry the smoke
Htaek of tin approaching freight engine
entering the curve at the east just as the
express entered ttro west. He directed
tbe attention of Mr. Jackson to the
danger. 'I lie breaks immediately whistled
down, the engine reversed, and the speed
of the (r tin somewhat cheeeked, hut no
application of human power could break
up the heavy freight train and bring it to
a halt under half a mile Toe two en
gines rushed at each other like malig
nant and enraged monsters, with a tre
mendous crash, reared from the truck in
a mortal w restle, and fell into disjointed
Irai'inems on the ground. The shock wm
terrible. Ihe tender, hargage car and
the two forward passenger cats of the
express train on one side, and the tender
anil Severn* box cars of the freight train
on the other, rushed into the crash with
I,(ifir respective engines, leaving (right-
Ini mins, sputtered with the blood ol
forty human beings entrapped and mu
tilated beneath its shapeless mass Ibe
two engines were diiven with such form
inio each other that it was almost im
possible, after the collision, to distinguish
parts of one trom the other The crushed
ears were jammed together, the cars
shivered into long slivers, and the seats,
w heels, trucks and irons blended into an
mdeserihle heap that rolled off down the
, embankment. The three rear cars ol
the express t p 'uiii shared the concussion,
hut escaped the fate of the two forward
ours A lot the collision they were lound
-landing stiff and still on the track, with
I tlicir brakes close up, showing that the
brakesmen hud dene their duty well in
' responding to the engineer s whistle,
before they leaped from tbe train.
‘•The spectacle was one impossible to
vi w without absolute horror. Asa
I soldier passenger said, ‘ I have been
; through many battles, but never saw
' Mali a sickening sight.’ It was chaos
ami ilfntli combined. The engines, both
* on the same side of the embankment,
were but a heap of battered fragments
I while around on all sides was the con
* fusion ol ruin twice confounded. The
j baggage ear and the one next to it were
I shivered as if by an interna! explosion,
and the mass ol broken timbers, iron
rods, wheels and other portions of the
i ear looked like the frantic work of some
! infern il agency "
Ueklrnettve Fire at !.( romio.
I.aCkossi;, Wis., May 15.—A terrible
midnight lire occurred on board the
Northern Packet Company’s steamer
War Kagle, at 1;)H) a. in. While stop
ping for h eight, one of tb deckhands
noticed a barrel of kerosene leaking and
the oil spreading around the flooring.—
Just as lie, bad stopped the leak another
deck-hand passed by. swinging a lantern,
and by some strange, unfathonahle dis
pensation of Providence, the bottom
dropped out just as be passed the satu
rated floor, which ignited and spread
with great, rapidity. The dreadful warn
ing wus re-echoed from one end of the
boat to the oilier, to awaken the slumber
ing passengers, who leaped, terror-strick
en, from their births, to see the flames
shooting out in ail directions, cutting oil
the avenues of escape from the warf side
and also cutting off the stairway, w hich
leic no other way than to jump from the
.hurrimm deck into the water, which a
number did, and reached the warf in
safety The Captain manned a yawl
boat, and saved the balance, with tlieex
eeplion of the negro barber and a young
lady of this city, named Ulrich, whose
bodies have since been recovered. An
old gentleman from Kentucky is rep. u I d
missing, 1 lie passengers barely escaped
in tlieir night clothes, and lost all their
baggage. After the passengers had got
away, it was made known that there were
eight kegs of powder in the hold, Tina
created u great panic, and prevented any
determined efforts being made to extiu
gmsii the tl.uues Due hose com piny, of
Cut rosse, regardless of personal danger,
poured a stream of water upon the burn
mg float, which soon sunk, before the
powder ignited, thus saving one of the
most terriid ■ explosions,sod perhaps loss
ot file over town Tbs flames from the
limit eon in tinioutvl to the dock, and to
tin* Mi.,vaiik.re k, St Paul depot building
and the gra>u elevator, sweeping them all
clean oil’ Tee elevator was valued at
about v■ d,' ao ami hud out) live thousand
hiisbi Is u’ wheat in a it the time
file do> ot buildings were worth S'KUI(
to v-ipij, and included passenger,
freight, ii i.gage, Ac,, which was all con
sumed; to a a thing saved lint West
w ir 1 bound p issenger train had ju<t iir
nved, an lu t been disconnect 'd from
tflit etigMi , ami is is the custom,want on
j the down grade to the dock willuut
au edgin'* lienee, wnen the depot burn
ed there was no way of moving the train
nut Here were the p ssenger con 1 1 .
baggage and ■ r-s- tlir burned, and
seven empty freight car- The steamer
Keokuk mid a lew other boats were some
wtiut scorched. There were probably
fifty or sixty passengers in all on the
War Kagle. Chi\'ju Trihunr.
Ski Kii.vi hundred Fenians have left
New York city within the past few days,
northward and westward, with warlike
Intentions on Canada. It is supposed
that the Ked Uiver country is their
destination.
\V acousln Editor*’* mid FnblUUer>
Akftwriullon.
The Fourteenth Annual Convention of
the Wisconsin Editors' and Publishers’
Association will be held in Prairie du
hien. at U o’clock A. M., on Tuesday
.lunn 21st, A. J). INTO. -
1 he Address will be delivered by Geo.
Vim Waters, editor of the Lean WolJ,
Menomnnie, Wia.
Thu Poem will be read by IT, N. Ross,
editor of the Sheboygan Times.
Obituary Notices of deceased members
will be presented by friends who have
accepted that trust.
lirief and pithy contributions from the
various members of the Association, on
matters of professional or pnblio interest,
are invited.
The arrangements for the Convention
are entrusted to the Corresponding Hec
rotary, W. (1. Merrill, editor of the Prai
rie du Chion Courier, and his brother
editors and publishers residing at Prairie
du Cbien.
Arrangements for an excursion across
the of lowa, to and from the Mis
souri River by different routes, within
the week, will* accompanying festivities
of a social and liberal character, have
been nearly matured, and a pleasant
time is anticipated.
Those who design to attend the Con
uuition and participate io the excursion,
me requested to send to the President,
by the Istof June, printed sips stating—
-Ist. Name and location of publican
tioL.
2d, Isy whom edited and published.
3d. ly whom to bo represented,
4tb. Nearest Railroad Station.
;nh. Any topic deemed worthy of the
Consideration ot the Convcntio; , in rel
ereiico to which a printed article of ton
minutes' reading will lie supplied on call
—tin! object being mainly to invest with
public importance any subject, measure
or enterprise of general interest, Hint
may have been neglected or overlooked,
through the ignorance of the press and
people.
Chaiu.ks Srymour,
President Wisconsin Editors and Pub
lishers’ Association.
La Crosse, Wis., May 9, 1870.
One Hundred Thou-uud Dollar Chan
cery < use.
In the United .States Circut Court,
Judge Miller presiding, the case of (J. Jl.
McCormick and Leandcr J. McCormick
ot Clrcago, against John Stracbun ol
Mineral Point, in equity, came up yes
terday ou iiution oi complainants for an
injunction against defendant and appoint
ment >1 receiver; and the same having
been argued by Finches, l.yndc aud.Miller
lor complainants, and Messrs. Palmer,
llovker and Pitkin for defendant—the
Court thereupon allowed the injunction
and also appointed Fredrick G.i-uiyth, of
.Madison, receiver.
This is a very important case, involv
ing nearly SIUU,UUU in amount, and grows
mu ol transactions while defendant was
acting as the agent ol complainants in the
sale ol their harvesting machines during
tiie years I'M)?, lßoSandlßt)9. The order
appointing the receiver requires the do
iciidant Mrachun iorlhwiih to turn over
all notes, accounts, machines and other
property in his bauds, belonging to th i
] complainants,to the said receiver Smyth;
! and the injunction allowed restrains the
delendant ritrachan from intermeddling
with any of the property in any way or
manner. Thus all who are owing for the
machines sold by Stracbun must make
payment to the receiver, Smyth.—Mil
waukee Sentinel.
liAt'K. —One of these brutally dis
graceful cases occurred about four miles
from this place on Sunday evening last.
The following arc the circumstances as
disclosed by the evidence given at the
examination : As Mary Mosgrove, a little
girl of 12 years of age, was going from
to r mother's house, m the old fort at this
p ace, to Mr W ard's, al out four miles
iroiu town, where she has been at work,
she was overtaken by a man named John
.Morgan, who also resides in the old fort
'lie accompanied her to within a short
! distance ot Ward's house, when getting
her upon a piece of by road, he proceed
ed t>) ravish her person. Her cries at
tracted the attention ot a hoy, who soon
came upon them, and thougn fearing to
interfere, his presence frustrated the ras
cal's design. Although the hoy rode
away again before Morgan had lei: the
girl, lie let her go upon her promise not
to divulge what had happened, thrett oil
ing her life in case she betrayed him.
lie w as examined before Justice LeUlerc
on Wednesday. The girl s testimony
being corroborated by that of the hoy,
and the prisoner's attorneys attempting
no defence, ho was committed to jail in
default of 11,000 hail fur his appearance
lat the Circuit Court. Morgan is about
I .17 years old, has a wife and several ohil
1 .Iren here, where lie has been employed
i ibr several years in the Car Shop; is a
! good mechanic and an industrious man,
j and will make a useful hand in the .State
prison. —Truuae tiu ('Men Tress.
U K S ID S A T 1 O M or UltK-IHKN P CtlAl>- I
not;it s k —Though the Regents ol the
I Diversity wished for the present to
avoid publicity, it has become a matter
of notoriety that thw connection ol I’res
: Jent < Imdbrornc w ith the State 1 ili er
sitv, for the upbuilding of which ho has
done so much, ceases with the end ( the
present term at his own reguots.and that
lie returns to a work involving less re
sponsibility and arduous labor The
committee of the Regents having the
matter in charge have for some time
been on the lookout for a suitable man
to take the place ol head of the institu
tion. W c shall have no re to say on the
subject hereafter State Journal.
Htsitor SiMfsos says of President Lin
rnln's religious views, that whatever they
might have been in his early years, ho
experienced ft great change later in lie,
slid was doubtless an svangclical man.
Tub Oshkosh Northwestern brings out
Governor Fairchild as a candidate for
Membtr of Congress at large next fall.
Taken up—Mare Colt.
/TAME Into my enclosure, In the town of Unites, n v.
tj the tilth day I.r May, IsTU, u dork brown, Mare
Colt No marks noticed. The owner Is requested lo
csll. prove property,pwy ehsryes and ink in r away.
” KIOIUI‘.J> UAMMIM..
Msy 1-th, IS7O, _ VOw-t
Selection oi Jurors.
The attention of *N> Hoard of Bu7*rvlsorv of tire
(tltrefelil lowni, and the Aldermen of ll.e Ist and 2.1
wards of ihe city of Mineral I‘oint, li reaped I ally
called to the prorklsus of chapter H‘i, (J. I. iMlfl,
relative }o the aeleclion and return of lial of persons
quail flea lo act as .larors. Said lists should be fur-I
warded lo my oltlce on or before lire ftrst Monday in
Jane. IsW, OKVII.LK BTHONO,
•i Clerk of Bond.
Templars’ Retreat!
JOSEPH VIVIAN
Wants bis raaay friendstb knowthat he has opened
anew
33ATUNTO SALOON
A * D
CONFK (J T 10 N T EK Y STORE,
At Ktmp’s om stano, next door to P. Allen k Go’s,
whefe he will always keep a good assortment of
FRUIT, CANDIES,
OAK KM, PIUS,
TO RAUCH), CIGARS,
TEA, COFFEE.
ICE CREAM'
SODA WATER,
LEMONADE,
OVvSTKRS,
Always ready for caatmners in Ibelr proper seaaona.
yi; ksn risit kki*t coN-tantly on iiani;.
[ dT Gome and see me.
JOSEPH VIVIAN.
36th,n 1889 HU-84-.
iilS f&k 13SI
SOMETHING NEW
HARNESS,
SADDLES.
TRUNKS.
VALISES,
BABY WAGONS,
itC , &C
MV STOCK is one of the largest In loan, consist
ing of Harness saddles, Bridles, Collars, Whips
and hashes, Curry (Cmbs, Brushes, Cards, Baby
agons, 'I runk- Valises, 4c. All of which 1 will
ell at cost for cash. If .too dor.’ l in'lie re it, come
nd try me. That’s what I call business.
ALL WORK VV AR R ANTE I),
Twill SKI.L good Collars for $2.26, and sweat
pads fur .6 cents pair. Those wishing harness
In do their Spring work will save money by calling
and learning my prices before purchasing elsewhere.
Repairing and me on sh ot notice, at reasonable rales.
Blaster Hair always on hand.
( HAS 11. LA2VVON.
Comm reel MineralPelnt. l->tf
A CHANCE TO MAKE
5500.00.
A NYlperson or persons that will biTn<! me a Sewing
Mach line that will excel the calehraltd Singer
Sewing Machine, or i Knitter that Is equal to Im
proved I.amli Knlliin- Machine, cm hau- an oppor
tunity of clearing five hundred dollars for his trouble
The Sinner Sewing Machine.
Thin Machine Mill Hem, Fell, Tuck, Gather Braid,
Kmhrolder, Cord, Bind. Kullle, Seam, and Stitch
equal to any in Ihe market.
Go not ie persuaded to purchase a Sewing Machine
that uses a ('rooked needle. The Singer is a straight
needle Machine. In addition to the Singer, 1 also
deal in the Gil fc BAKKH, FLOKKN* K and
WHFKI Kit A W ILSON Sewing Machines,all of which
1 will sell m a considerable dl-count from the regular
prices.
LAMB'S FAMILY KNITTING MACHINE.
The l.amh Knitting Machine Manufacturing Cos., of
Chicopee Falls, "hsn,, now confidently offer it to
the Public .is the “PKUFK* T KNIT t TKK. M It
Knits Four entirely distinct weh
Whatever may i e said to the contrary, I will sell
Machines ns cheap -'llll on as good terms as any deal
er in the .vest. If I fait to fulfill agreements you
have sure redress. 1 warrant every Finger Machine
for five years. If it falls within that time, with fair
a image, 1 will make il good. I am also agent for
Keapers, Mowers, Seeders, Threshing Machines, and
all kinds of Farming Implements.
•2y DAVIS, Mineral Point.
nr Town, County agents wanted for
ZOOK i BRAY'S FAMILY RECORD.
REPUBLIC
Insurance Company
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
CASH ASSETS - - 1,367,000.00
I 8 entirely free from any combination of under
-1 writ. 11 Hint secures the people insu.sure l lir
tc.
JOHN V. FAHAVKU, - President.
IINTIIOSV DTDIiHOM, - Vice I’resL
J. 11. PAYTON, .... Secretary
ALKX. WILSON, Agt.,
Minenl i’olr. Branch.
December, 14, 1569. Mil
jYow for a Picture I
C. F. HOYT,
Pliotograplaor.
piiwa g the prices of Pictures to correspond with
the low prices of Wheal. Pictures as l- was Fifty
vei ls a doieu. Haring taken charge of # R MoiTetl’i
Photograph Uooms, I am perpsred to execute work
in all I t* different branches known to the art on shri
nutice Old plcfuresct'pied ttid enlarged . speciality
unde of India Ink ami v\a'er • olors Solar work
.1 .rie on short notice All work warranted lo p’-ase
Also an assort merit of frames, cams and lockets con
stantly on hand.
D. W. AVERILL.
I
I
SURGICAL &
DENTIST
Jliurral Point, - - • WIM"
Office Over Hooking s Hard ere tor*,
High Street.
Who wants cheap
Dry Goods? Every
body. W here can
yon get them ? At
Gundry & Gray’s.
Extra inducements
offered! The Largest
stock. Best goods and
Lowest prices, liv
ery article warranted
as represented, One
price to all. Large
lots of New Goods
received Week 1y I
Great Bargains in
Dress Goods, Shawls,
Cloakings, Cloths,
Cassimeres, BI an k
els, Flannels, Jeans,
Prints, I) e 1 a i nes,
Domestic, Cottons,
&C., &C. Our Mer
chant Tailoring De
partment, in charge
of Mr. Amberg is un
rivaled in this section
tor style, durability
and cheapness. A
choice assortment of
our own manufacture
always on hand.
Call and he con
vinced that you can
save money by mak
ing your purchases ol
us.
GUNDRY & GRAY,
Miner. 1 Point, Win.
-Fits.--Fits.-Fits.-
H.S, CLAIIEI,
Mcrcliant Tailor
AND DKAI.KR IN
DRY GOODS,
BOUTS AND SHOES,
HATS AND CAPS
RE A D Y-M ADE C LOT 111NG,
High Street. Mineral Paint, Wiscontte'
MY STOCK OF Dfi v GOODS
li well delected and embrace, everything
usually kept in a first*class Dry
(luodn house, and my
priced will lie found to he ns
low a. any in the t'ity. Como and
My Custom Department
Is cornpleic, and all garment. turned ant
are warranted to lit perfectly and
give entire satisfaction in
u 1 respects.
Jan 1,'70 11. S, CLAKKK
THE MINERAL POINT
HIGH SCHOOL,
lint oprii.il under Hie the .u|>rrvllon ol
Fitor. . ii. lavioiiD,
lai* r f the Wlwaukfe IMgh School.
rpIIOgK >cl ••lan, Id (he i mm> •' airin'/ m fit
I iH?f for ifHchinfi nr fort '*n nl'laiß ••
l*jod iimtruclinn h*re a* iiv where In iht Mate.
BOARD AM) ItOOMS
•an s obtained at rcuunable ra'.n
TUITION MODKHATB.
Aeplv l. J. UANS<'()M, Puperlnt.ndel 1*
ai S. li (,'AYI,oi(D. I'rlnclt*
GO TO
D. N. LANYON
TO (IKT VOUE
PAINTING
If JVM w.h It don. In the neatest •
CARRIAGES, WAGONS,
BUGGIES, SLEIGHS,
i CUTTERS, 808-SLED*
j SIGNS, BANNERS,
Gilding on Giant, Decorating,
1 AJD ALL JTUHI WORK ON SHORT MTU*
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