The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-07-01
Miscellaneous Items.

ltecture IS fast coming into favor In
New York
The Emperor William has eongratu-
loted the Pope on the occurrence of his
jubilee.
FREDERICK HAHN, the eminent Ger
man dramatist, is dead He died of
inflammation of the lungs.
THEY cure delirium tremens in italy
By the administration of solution of
ammonia in heroic doses.
THE Montreal Daily News says that
the population of that city now amounts
to about 1000
GRAPES are sold at a cent and half
pound In the vineyards in California,
and would pay handsomely at half the
price.
Two GIRLS at Saginaw, Michigan,
made wager that they could take five
grains of morphine without injury.
They tried it and died together
A RIVAL line of steamers has been es-
tabhshed between New York and Troy
The fares are ranging from up to SO
cents
| AN inventor has discovered a method
OF manufacturing the fibre of the
Canada thistle into cordage, textile
fabrics, and paper.
The Fourth will be celebrated at Nj
agara by sending an old scow over the
falls. If they would only load her with
Niagara hackmen
CANADA IS very much pleased with
its new postal cards. They save
vast amount of time and paper, and are
appreciated by every class except the
stationers.
EDWARD MERRILL, of East Lynn,
Mass, is reported to have found, in a
pork stew he was eating, diamond
worth 50, 500. How the diamond got
into the stew Is mystery.
They say if the grog shops of Phila-
delphia were placed in a row they
would reach just % miles. Fifteen
millions of money annually are spent
in these places
BEAUTIFUL dollhouse peaches are for
sale in New York Price Sc dozen,
or $50 basket. They find purchasers,
as would the tongues of birds of para
disc at a hundred dollars a mouthful.
THE New Orleans Times says: An
Ohio farmer is said to be planting bar
ley that cost him five dollars a kernel
Down South he could. for less money,
buy any number of Colonies, full of
barley corn.
A RICHMOND druggist has invented a
soda water powder by which every man
can carry his summer drink IN his peck
ct, and the leading druggist in New
York has taken hold TO Introduce It
everywhere.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Journal of
Agriculture states that the leaves of
the common basket willow(sditu ntgru)
make an excellent yeast, if treated in
the same way as Is usual with hops.
A NEW style of chandelier consists of
a double set of globes, the upper ones
being over the gas tubes, while another
one Is suspended underneath filed with
gold fish aad small fish of every de
scriptiOn.
1t is now positively known that the
Emperor Francis Joseph was firmly
determined last January to overthrow
the liberal constitution OF the empire,
and that only the urgent circumstances
of Count Won Beust prevented him
from carrying his purpose into execu-
ton.
A New YORK telegram states that the
new horse distemper is spreading with
alarming and fatal rapidity among
! horses One gentleman has lost six
horses, valued at $4,000. One hun
dred and thirty horses have been at
tackled on Second avenue
THREE heavy golden vases were re-
Gently found at POmpeil IN the middle
of a street, only a few feet under
ground. 1t is believed that they were
carried by priest II procession TO pro-
pltlate the gods, and that they were
killed while moving through the
streets.
An Indian paper gives the following
highly satisfactory explanation of what
are known as the late OK ookie" raids
In British territory in India: A daugh-
ter OF the Rookie chief having died a
number of mems heads were wanted to
/ burn with her dead body, and his sub
jects loyalty proceeded across our from
tier to collect the requisite material.
The rice planters of Louisiana have
not attempted to extend the culture as
much this year as i'll previous recent
seasons. The New Orleans Picayune
says. IN fact, that the planting this sea
son was not larger than last year. and
that it will be idle to look for a crop of
over SO, 900 barrels, or 16, 900, 900 lbs.
A SEAL, weighing $50 POUNDS, was
recently captured III the Delaware
River, near Bordentown, by two fisher
men. They at first tried to secure it
in their net, but failed. A rifle was
then used, and, after an exciting chase,
lasting half day, the seal was killed,
having received 10 balls III different
parts of its body.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, is fast running
ahead of all other cities in the country
LII the business of refining petroleum.
Philadelphia and p, burg are no
where IN comparison, although the
crude oil refined at Cleveland is found
in the northwestern part of Pennsyl-
vania, and is carried thence a long way
west from the market to the city on the
lake.
THE copyright law now in force
enables every artist to secure the sole
right to sell and reproduce his works
for % years, by simply sending a pho
tograph of his picture, statue, or draw
ing to the Librarian of Congress, en-
closing one dollar.
A CURIOUS mode of bringing to the
surface drowned corpse was success
fully tried in New Jersey creek by
two Canadians, last week. A number
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