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SitVENS DECIDES
AGAINST ABBOTT
IN MATTER OF ALLEGED CHANGE
OF LAND DESCRIPTION.
PLAINTIFF TO PAY COSTS
Court Hold* That Evidence Fail* to
Establish Fraudulent Alterations—
Mere Fact of Mistake by Abbott
No Ground tor Rescission.
Madison, July 18.
Judge Hloveus of the circuit court
decided lu favor of the defendants In
the case of Edgar Abbott against
George Dow, Rohe 0. Dow and Ihe llig
Bend Land company. In the Mil ling,
of fact the court directs that the com
plaint bo dismissed and that the de
loiidanls recover of plaintiffs theli
cos' and disbursements to be taxed
according to law. Abbott purchased
from the defendants land In Mercoi
county, North Dakota, and alleged that
the description of the land In the con
tract had boon altered. Following is
the memoranda of the decision:
Contradict Each Other.
“Upon the issue of the fraudulent al
teration of the contract after execution
the only direct evidence Is that of the
plaintiff and Mr Wolton (M. 11. Wei
ton), who squarely contradict each
other. Some of the circumstances
proven tend to corroborate the one
witness, some to corroborate the othei.
Giving due weight to (hr presumption
that human actions In business rela
tlons are characterized ly good faith,
the evidence falls to estahlsh such
fraudulent alteration by u preponder
ance of evidence, so clear and satis
factory as not to establish such allor
Htlon with reasonable certainly which
Is required In cases where such I rand
nleiil action Is charged, The contract
which the plaintiff himsell prepared
contains a formal description of the
subject matter of the contract. He
was a man of some experience In the
buying and selling of lands; ho was
able to properly describe the lands by
government subdivision and to locale
such lands when described lo him bj
such subdivision.
“Further, at the time such contracts
were drawn he had plals or maps of
the land In quest lon before him. The
mere fact that the plaintiff wan mis
taken as to the land to which the do
scrlpUon contained In Ihe contrnnt
applied and that lie may have had In
mind another quarter section of land
Hum that described In (he contract
written by him would be no ground for
i osclsslon.
Strong vs. Lane. (Minn.) OS N VV
705, 700.
Masters, Graves & Masters of
Sparta, wore the attorneys for Abbott,
and Olln and Butler appeared Cor the
lofendnnts.
NEW CORPQR/ETIONS
Articles of Incorporation have been
llleil in the office of Secretary of state
Houser as follows:
OU Homestead Mining Cos . Platts
'tile, i’iipi lat stock $75,000; Ineorpora
tors, F. w. Shepherd. It A Shepherd
and Joseph Shepherd.
Mul Inlng Messenger A |{.\press Cos.,
Mllwnt hee, enpltal stock $15,000. In
corporators, William C Conk ley,
Charles 1! Coakley and Catherine
Coakley.
Leland Co-operative Creamery.
Honey Creek, Sank county, capital
stock $1,500; Incorporators, Christ (!
Classer, H, lllrgen and C. Kooning.
T On the Rail
The hearing of the $150,000 damage
suit brought nearly a year ago hy J
K. Cochran against the Chicago, MU
wankeo At Si Caul railroad and a
number of Us olllclals and citizens
el Win kesha. will begin at Waukesha
tills week. The railroad officials ex
pect to pm at rest effectually the alle
gations ttiai Cochran has been mak
ing for years Cochran formerly
was car accountant for the St. Haul
road, keeping these records from 18S1
to 18SS He also alleges that' he
kept what he claims was a correct
record In his own (sissesslon. Sev
eral years after that Cochran was
discharged by the St. Paul people and
entered the employ of the Chicago
A- Alton. Then, according to his dec
laratlon. he Informed the Alton of
facials of what had been going on, and
which, ho alleges, resulted In the Al
ton recovering $19,000 from the St.
Paul road This Is strenuously
denied by the St, Paul people. Sub
sequently Mr. Cochran re-entered the
employ of the St Paul road, claiming
is r.n Inducement he was offered
IOWA COUNTY DEMOCRAT, MINERAL POINT, WIS., THURSDAY, TULA lu, mu;.
$l5O a month for life. He again was
discharged, and after some time had
elapsed, brought the suit. The offi
cials of the St. Paul road declare
that his story Is manufactured out of
whole cloth, that their records will
disprove his allegations, and further
declare that when the case comes to
trial his motives will be shown to
be other than what appears on the
surface.
MUST OBEY LAW.
Minnesota Town Reads Riot Act to
Gamblers.
Crookston, Minn., July 18.—The
court and county attorney of Polk
county are determined to put the lid
upon gambling, and announced today
that a special grand Jury would be
called if gamblers persisted in defy
ing the law
The agitation started through
activity among the gambling frater
nity In East Grand Forks, and es
pecially through the Dan Sullivan
case of that city, Sullivan now await
ing the action of the next grand Jury.
The court has signified its Intention of
Imposing a straight Jail sentence up
on all offenders convicted under gam
bling charges, and County Attorney
Maybury states that he will prose
cute 111 ost vigorously any cases that
come up. There Is no doubt but
that gambling will cease, as public
opinion Is strongly on the side of the
conn I y officials.
The Sunday saloon has been
brought before citizens again through
a letter written to each saloonkeeper
by the mayor. The saloons had
jumped over the traces and had, to
a large degree , defied the closing
laws. The mayor became cognisant of
of the fact, and, without waiting for the
reform clement to petition him, at
once served notice upon proprietors
that the law must he obeyed or li
censes placed in Jeopardy. The action
of the mayor has brought to his suit
port the law enforcement element,
and his praises are sounded through
out the city. The order will he
obeyed by the saloon Interests, for
Mayor Cheslorinan has (ho reputation
of carrying Into effect any order ho
issues or -policy ho stands for.
PUBLIC LIBRARY
GIFTS FOB HO
SHOW REMARKABLE GROWTH OF
THE MOVEMENT.
219 NfcW BUILDINGS
There are 8,000 Collections of Books
in America for the Use of All the
People—Contributions Almost Lim
itless Wisconsin Well Remem
bered.
From various sources data have
been gathered, as ooutplolo as may bo
had, covering Rills To libraries la the
United States and Canada for the
year 11)05. It. seems to be Impossible
to reaeh the 8,000 public libraries, for
that in round numbers Is the generous
provision for the American people
All ibis luformaTlon regarding gifts
of various sorts has been arranged
Into a report which was submitted to
the American Library association at
H recent' meeting at Narraganselt
Pier 1 1 proves the wonderful gener
osity of the American people, ih well
as the trend that generosity Is piking
for the public good
Ton gifts are ro|K>rtcd lit Canada
ami 080 in the United States. The
080 represent 234,049 volumes, 111,107
pamphlets, 0 collections, 0 sites, 4,581
pictures and other objeels, buildings
and sites valued at 13U1.1000, and
$5,00!),200.
An analysis of the gifts In money
shows that $058,722 were for endow
men! funds for general library pur
poses; $81,7)00 for the establishment
of book funds; $1)0,879 for the cash
purchase of IhioUs; 211 amounting to
$3,102,140, of which $2,274,740 Is list
ed as accepted, from Andrew Ca,
aegle, for buildings: $1,492,253 from
ether,, donors for buildings; SSOO for
sites, and $21,571 for objects largely
unknown
Heretofore It lias not been the cits
lorn To report gifts under SSOO, but
this year everything was Included
Tills shows a large number of small
contributions For example: Out of
$90,879 for books, $7,420 was made tip
id' small sums. Out of S7,C>t(! volumes
contributed bj Individuals, i.oot were
In gifts e,r less Than 250 volumes
There Is an interesting study In the
localities in which these benefactions
were placed The North Atlantic
states received 297: the North Cent
rat division 232. while the South At
lantlc states were given only 40. Mr.
Carnegie's gifts. In volume of money,
came nearly half into the North Cen
Iml division In the matter of en
dowments The New Kn gland states,
with New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania got more than five times
all the rest of the country combined.
Wisconsin was a favored state, re
eelving 20 gifts large enough to have
specific mention Muskegon. Mich,
lias bestowed a fund of $150,000 for
pictures from one citizen alone 219
new buildings were provided for.
The railroad Is held responsible for
the express wreck at Salisbniy, Kng
land.
THE RED MAM'S
GREATEST GIFT
OUR LANGUAGE IS ENRICHED BY
INDIAN NAMES.
BIG JOB FUR COMMISSION
Expert Has Been Appointed by the
Government to Give in English the
Original Significance— Mush Poe
try and Romance in Them— More
Than 6,000 Place-names.
Kansas City Star—The commission
appointed by the government to
translate into concise, correct English
all Indian names found In the geog
raphy of the United States has on
Its hand a job of great magnitude,
us may he comprehended when if is
considered that more than 6,000
names, now affixed to various points
between Maine and California and
the Canadian line and the Rio
commemorate the fact that the red
man was once sole itossessor of the
land. The names of his chiefs and
of his tribes are forever fixed In
memory. Indian traditions are per
petuated and musical Indian words
have been Incorporated Into our
tongue, a legacy of poetry and ro
mance even in this practical age
Every name the Indian gave meant
something. Ho left to his pale faced
brother, the absurdities of prefixing
to 2.700 towns and settlements the
stale descriptive terms, east, west,
north, south; he left to the white
man the confusion of thirty-three
Sprlngflelds In one union, not a fifth
of which were ever built in a field
or by a spring: of Plnevilles without
•u pine, Oakdales without an oak,
Weymoutbs and Plymouths that are
not at the mouth of the Wey, the
Plym, or any other river; of Mt.
Vernons twenty five strong, many of
them not even a hill to their
credit, and of 1,100 New Havens,
New Yorks, Newtowns and Now
every-thlng-else, all of which have
long since ceased to bo new.
Not so with llk' Indian. He pitched
his wigwam beside the stream.
Through the curling waters the long,
dark stones on the river’s bed looked
like otters at play, and forthwith the
camping place received the name It
bears today Kalamazoo “Stones
llke-oiters" In the Indian tongue.
Again, he saw on a river bank a pine
tree wreathed In flames; for hours it
threw Its torchliko glare over the
landscape, as would have beamed the
glow of some council tiro fed by at
tendant. warriors, and Potomac that
region became, a literal translation of
which Is "(lie place of the burning
pine, that resembles a council fire.’’
Poughkeepsie Is "a safe harbor for
small boats;” Norrldgewock, "tbo
place of doer;" Ontario, ‘‘the village
on the mountain; ’’ Saranac, “the
river that flows under rock," and Sar
atoga, "the place of the miraculous
waters In a rock.”
Anllarly. Schenectady ts ‘‘the river
valley beyond the pine trees;" Scho
harie is the tributary that throws Its
wais strong over and across fhe
main stream;" the Wabash Is ‘‘a
cloud blown forward by an equinoc
tial wind;" Monongabela is "Hie fall
ing-lit Inank river;’’ Rappahannock,
“the river of quick-rising water," and
Toronto, "oak trees rising from the
lake." Such words show a wondrous
skill in the art of word painting, and
the expressive Indian longue reflects
their impressions with a vivid mi
nuteness Impossible to more cumber
some English.
There is no commonplace In Indian
mimes. All of the Indian’s terms are
picturesque, because they are alive
and full of meaning to him. A thous
and examples could be given Once,
before the white man’s day. a caving-
In of a river bank revealed the huge
fossil tusk of some prehistoric mon
ster. At once the river received
the name Chemung, “Big Horn." and
generations of squaws told to genera
tions of papooses the traditions of
the big bones and white jaws that
once had been found there. In 11>75
a portion of Maine was visited by a
most devastating lire. The Indians
at once gave the region the name of
Schoodle, “the great burnt lands."
perpetuating forever the memory of
the terrible disaster, Orinoco Is
"colling snake,” possibly a reference
to tlie crooked course of the stream,
but more probably marking the not
able killing of some venomous reptile.
Sometimes It was the physical
features that were name reflected
Thus—Wetumpka is "tumbling wa
ters;" Sandusky, the "cold spring;”
Katahdin. the "highest place;" Tioga,
the "swift current;’’ Niagara, the
"neck of water;” Nahaiu Is "at the
point:’’ Passumpsick Is much clear
water." and Chautauqua Is the "foggy
place." Sometimes the Indian’s
names reflected his superstitions.
Thus. Manlto Is "spirit," Montauk I s
"a manlto or spirit tree." and Min
newaukon means ihe "devil s lake.”
Sometimes his names celebrate his
hunting or flshlnf exploits. Macki
naw ts an abbreviation of a longer
word meaning “the great turtle place.”
Qulnsig&mond means "the fishing
place for pickerel.” There are sev
eral Ammons, which, as the govern
ment has a peculiar penchant for lop-
ping off the termtnatlve syllables of
Indian words, may not unreasonably
be taken to represent Ammonoosuc,
an expressive Indian word meaning
"fish-story river,” a proof positive
that the red man, as well as his suc
cessors, was given to telling tall
stories about his lucq in fishing.
Even the Indian hates and heredi
tary feuds found expression in names.
The members of a certain Indian
'tribe, despised for their peacefulness,
were In contemptuous parlance Ot
tawas, “traders,” while a fiercely
fighting tribe were admiringly termed
Eries, or “wildcats,” by their en
emies. Our lowas are a corruption
of a derisive word signifying “dropsy
or sleepy ones," a term given by the
warlike Sioux of the north to his
quieter red brethren of the plains.
The scornful Iroquois called each
Algonquin of the New York moun
tains an “Adirondack," signifying
“he eats bark.” The latter retorted
by dubbing each Iroquois a “Mo
hawk,” or “man eater,” a grim testi
monial in its way of the fierce and re
lentless Iroquois character. The
family of the Sioux, the famous fight
ers of the northwest, divided as they
were Into eight great branches or
sub-trlbes, gave to themselves the
comprehensive name of Dakotas,
“allied together in friendly compact;”
but their Indian foemen called them
by the bitter term of Sioux, "cut
throats.”
The India! as a born story teller,
Every lake and river, every rock and
every plain had Its story, its incidents,
its legend. The Indian gave ever those
names that recalled these legends to
his mind.
Winona, Minn., has a beautiful leg
end. Winona, “first born daughter,”
was the child of a stern warrior. He
bade her marry one of the notable
braves of his people. She loved an
other. Rather than marry the brave,
whom she hated, she threw herself
from the Cliff of the Maiden’s
that overlooks the point where in the
Mississippi’s waters found the peace
that was denied her In her in her
father’s lodge. Another Minnesota
legend, that of Minnehaha, recalls to
most minds Longfellow’s famous
poem. He, however, took the usual
poet’s license In the matter. In the
real legend Minnehaha, “laughing
water,” did not become the bride of
Hiawatha, but was crossed In love.
In her despair she sought the falls of
Minnehaha, after which she had been
named. Here, over a precipice Sixty
feet high, she took the fatal leap,
j All Indian traditions are not sor
rowful. Quite the reverse In many
cases, as the story of the naming of
i Wakarusa, Kan,, will show. Once a
party of Indians on the trail were
stopped in their, progress by a swollen
i and angry-looklng stream. “Deep
■ water, bad bottom,” grunted the
: braves, hesitating at the brink of the j
I river, unwilling to turn back, doubt-1
ing that they could cross. At length!
an Indian crept up behind his squaw,
who was seated on a small Indian '
pony, ami deliberately pushed pony, j
squaw and all over the bank Into the j
rapid muddy current. He meanwhile
looking stoically on to see whether
she would gain the opposite bank in
safety or drown before his eyes. The
astonished and enraged squaw struck
out for mid-stream, and lo! the waters
had but spread over a shallow basin
and the danger had been but appar
ent, not real. Derisively the squaw
rose and scornfully shrieked at her
liege lord, who had been so willing to
have been summarily rid of her:
“Wakarusa! Waugkarusa!” (Thigh
deep, thigh-deep.) And Wakarusa
the region has remained until ibis
day.
The Indian has left behind him
hundreds of musical alliterative
names, In which the consonant and
vowel sounds are doubled. Good ex
amples are Wawaka, Wawasee, Kanne
kee, Kennekuk, Tuscaloosa, Tallahas
see, Ochlocknee, Ohoopee, Oshkosh,
Minnetonka, Massabesic, Contoocook,
Loogootee and Hatchechubbee. We
like to roll bis Kenebunk and Cutty
hunk, his Nantuckett and Wacbusett,
his Kickapoo and Tetonka over our
tongues and it would be deplorable.
Indeed, if they should have to go and
be translated into “correct and con
cise" English.
"the south deluged.
Heavy Rains Put a Good Part of
Dixie Under Water.
The greatest downfall of rain for
many years in the south came last
week, For 24 hours the precipita
tion was violent and widespread, cov
ering nearly all the cotton-produc
ing country. Official reports show
rains fell during the 24 hours while
the downpour lasted as follows;
Batesburg, S. C 1-60
Clanton. Ala 1-54
Oalnesllte. Kla 3.10
Corinth, Miss 1.90
Malvern. Ark 1-50
Texarkana, Ark --Ok’
New Orleans, Iji 1-80
Abilene. Texas 1-20
Ardmore, I. T 1-36
Raising Steamer Quincy.
La Crosse, Wis., July IS—The work
of raising the steamer Quincy neai
Trempealeau has been started. Divers I
have begun their work around tbs
packet to determine the extent of the
damage
Killed by Train.
Racine, Wis., July IS.—Phlllippto
Paura. 26 years old, who went out to
flag a passenger train coming south
was killed by a train northbound which
he did not see.
CASTORIA
The Kind 1 on Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over .JO years, lias borne the signature of
/ntf ood has been made under his jcr
f7*. * sonal supervision since its infancy.
• ‘ Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits. Imitations and “ Just-as-good” are but
Experiments that trille with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment*
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea— The Mother’s Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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Health authorities say It’s necessary to boil clothes to preserve purity.
None bettor than ours when you boil your clothes.
F. W. STRATMAN
MANUFACTURE!; OF
Carriages m Wagons
Plows anil Harrows,
AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
Agricultural Implements.
Our Wagons and Carriages
are made of the best material.
Had a big - trade on Milk Wag
ons; made hv the hundred and
could not supply the demand.
Our Surrevs are known to
be handsome, best made, and
easv riding.
If in need of Walking or
Sulky Plows, he sure and call.
Tiger Seeders, Dowagiac
Drills, Steel Lever Harrows,
Disc Harrows, Fanning Mills,
etc., etc. on hand and sold as
cheap as possible.
Repairing in wood and iron,
painting and trimming done
promptly.
F. W. STH ATMAN,
Dodgkville, VVxs.
n, iiAim:nr.
Agent, Mineral Point.
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Many Sawing Machines are made to sell regard
less of quality, but the ‘-New Horn,-"
'.o wear. Our guaranty never runs out
We make Sewing Machines to suit all conditions
7 ■ ■mm** mads at ths
tead of a! HUh-graile family w.r.g machines
Sold by aalhurlied dralm only.
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Mineral Point. Wisconsin.
Mineral Point-Dodgeville Stage Line.
Morris Proctor, Proprietor.
Hinge run* dally, except Sunday, lealn
Mineral Point at 7:45 am.. and Dodgevllis
between 1 and 2 p. m.
Connects at Dodgevllle with train of
O. 4N. . K'y. for Madison, Milwaukee,
and at Mineral Point with 4:30 train of
0. M. 4 St. Paul H’y. for Plattevllle, Dar
lington, Shullsburg, Monroe and JanegTllle.
Call* left at the boteta. Mineral Point *UJ
receive prompt attention.
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who will take two or three
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shall be relieved before morning.
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crude gums and resins ob
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have been recognized by the medical pro
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