The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-03-18
Miscellaneous Items.

len thousand acres OF 1anQ III Z III
were recently purchased by Scotch
man for slxpence an acre.
"THE OLD MINIS DRuNE AGAIN, is
The title Of the latest temperance song
in San Francisco.
IT is painful to see how many men
wind up the week by Keeling home at
midnight on Saturday.
A FRIGHrFUL amount of drunkenness
is complained of in both Liverpool and
Manchester England
Miss EMMA SWAN, of Indianapolis,
extensively known as a lecturer, Is
studying for the ministry.
4 MEMBER of the Illinois Legislature
wants a law passed to provide for teach
ing plain sewing In the public schools.
4 MEMBER &C the Virginia Legislature
is demanding legislation to protect the
people against paper and chip-botton6
shoes
IN 1863 sixteen OF the English rail
ways carried each upward of FIVE mill
ions of passengers, exclusive of season
ticket holders.
The Chattanooga Times asks:
"Whither are we drifting?" To which
the Knoxville Whig replies at wettla
be profane III us to say"
SOME youths affect boutonnjere on
each lappel Of their double-breasted
coats They ought to be spoken to.
An aboriginal usurper has assumed
the crown of Abyssinia, calling himself
the Emperor Negus.
GENERAL ROBERT B. VANCE has been
elected Principal of the North Carolina
State Institution for the deaf dumb
and Blind
ENGLISH ladies wear plain skirts 81
quilted satin as lower skirts for walking
costumes. A few have been worn here,
bordered with fur.
PROF HUXLEY has been elected to
succeed Mr. Charles Dickens as Presi-
dent of the Birmingham and Midland
Institute
The Fourth Presbyterian Church OF
Chicago has been organized by the
union of the North and We8tminsteE
churches They elected Prof David
Sweeney pastor, with a salary of s6, 900.
The latest invention III mufs consists
of a small circular mirror placed on the
back Very convenient to ra-arrange
crimps by.
4 NEAR SIGHTED friend of ours tried to
walk through valuable mirror while
calling the other evening. He Is hav-
ing a new elsss made-for his eyes, of
course,
Gov GEARY has signed the death
warrant of Lloyd Britton, convicted of
numbering Jacob Bay on November
10th last. He is to be hanged at vii
Transport, March 22d.
Ex-Gov. Michael Hahn has with
drawn from active duty as editor of the
New Orleans Republican, but still re
tains his Interest as part owner OF that
prosperous journal
kNofHEH lev village las been rlali,
ned on the line of the Kalamazoo and
South Haven Railroad, Michigan. 1t
is called Irvington. At present the
town consists of grocery and large
quantities of hemlock stumps.
GIN. 6. W, CURTIS LEE will be for
mally inaugurated as President of
Washington end Lee College this morn
ing, and will at once enter upon the
discharge of the duties of the Office. a.
successor OF Gen. Robert T. Les:
VIZ hope the young ladies ale enjoy
ing the trailing street dresses now we
are having such charming walking II
the vile weather of last week only re
suits IN the abolition OF these filthy
trails we ought to be most thankful for
it.
The San Antonio Herald, one of the
most Democratic of Texas newspapers,
says that under the circumstances the
election Of Gen; Joseph J Reynolds as
United States Senator has it's cordial
approval, and it earnestly hopes that
he will accept the position.
Mr. john GRUMMET, an old Califor
MAN bear hunter, had good luck one
day last week. While hunting near the
north fork of the Arroyo Salado he en-
countered four grizzly bears, all to
gether, and killed them all before
breakfast with his Spencer rifle.
AT small party, the other evening.
every lady present wore black silk.
The general effect was intensely sombrH
and funereal The only reliefs were
the neck ribbons - all the bruettes
wore bright scarlet, all the blondes
light blue, which gave variety.
A NEW machine for taking off the hide
of dead cattle will shortly be tried at
Buenos Ayres. The operation is short
sharp and decisive, requiring only
minute for each hide. Cold air is forced
by pump between the flesh and the
hide, and the thing is done.
The California pitcher plants said tn
resemble in shape the appraised head
and body of an excited cobra. 1t pos
esses an extraordinary attraction for in
scots, especially flies, who enter the
hollow body, and being unable to extri-
cate themselves, die there.
At one time it seemed as if the pre-
dictions of bad dancers were going to
be fulfilled and that the German was
going out. 1t has not been much danced
till lately, bit now in the thickest of tbs
season it has regained all its old popu-
larity, and no party is complete with
out it
In one of the London churohes-St.
Martin sin the Field-are buried side
by side Nell Gwynn, Jack Sheppard,
George Farquhar, and, we think, Sarah
Siddons. Few things could more clear
ly illustrate the equality of death than