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Csn CHALLENGES competition, and cannot be ex-
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The Directors of the Agricultural Society
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Fair, and from whom, under their eulight-
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Prof. Mathew F. maury,
Prices of Admission.

Known throughout the world as g man Of
Genius, Science and Learning, Will deliver
the Annual Address on Monday, October 18th.
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A. C. Treadwell & Bros.
WHOLESALE 6ROCERS
AND
FACTORS,
No. II UNION STREET,
STONEWALL BLOCK, : MEMPHIS. TENN.

uAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST STOCKS
= It has ever been their pleasure to OneT
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o pkgs. Tobacco /; 100 eases Sardines
o eases Oysters;
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other articles in their line too numer'
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The attention of wholesale dealers is spe-
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been gotten up with great care, and is offered
at prices that must psove satisfactory to buy
ers,
Their Cotton Department is under the
charge of A. Q. TREADWELL, who gives his
personal attention to the sale OF Cotton, and
having had Is years experience IN the bush
ness, feels competent TO do justice to shippers
in the sale OF the staple. They would further
return thanks for the very liberal patronage
extended to Them, and respect
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For Ginning Cotton, with or without pre-
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my Office. No. IL Union Street,

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Respectfully yours,
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N.B.-This Gin is particularly adapted to
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AT AUCTION.
Sale of Suburban Farms & Lots
On the Sta Of OctObsr.

TNHE beautiful country place OF the late
Gov. James G. Jones, four miles from
the city, on the Poplar street turnpike, Will
be sold at auction,
On the stu Of October.
The lots vary In area from 81 TO 10 acres.
The lot on which the residence stands is adj
mIrably we'll improved, having every posi-
BILE convenience, and the building Itself every
appliance of comfort Buntyn1s Station Is
is IN the midst OF one Of the best neighbOr.
hoods In Shelby county. b Fair Grounds
are Just north Of the property now offered for
would have q delightful country home should
visit the place before the day Of sale, Octo-
further information. apply TO
sells PAssMoRE &RUFFIN.
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Prices Of Admission.
For a f~our-hOrse coach or Omnibus ISL 90
For a tWo-hOrse hack or carriage (publc) 80
For each person, whether in carriage,
on horse or on 50
For children under twelve years Of age
and over %
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For Premium list apply to or address the
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by letter to his address.
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02
4 Massacre Of Butchers in India.

A Lahore paper reports a shocking
outbreak of fanaticism at Umr1tsur, in
the Punjaub g For some time the
HindOos have been agitating against
the butchers Of Emritsur to obtain a
decree forbidding the slaughter Of cat
tie and the sale of beef III the city.-
Their efforts failed chiefly through the
tirmness of the Commissioner and the
strength of the English and Mussulman
party in the committee Early one
morning, about / or 2 o'clock, a BODY
of armed Hindoos assembled and made
a descent upon Umritsur slaughter
| house and attacked the butchers Sleep
ing outside. The muderers were arm
ed with swords and broadaxes. and the
/ butchers, being unarmed and asleep.
were unable to save themselves. Four
butchers were literally hacked to pieces,
and two others We're SO fearfuly cut
up that one has since died and the 9th =
er's life Is despaired of The night was
a very dark one, and it viii be difficult
to recognize the murderers Accounts
vary as to the sect they belonged to
From some indications found on the
scene Of the massacre, it is suspected
hung sect. But another account states
that the Akalies are suspected. The
AkaGes are a sort of fanatic Sikhs, a
semi-sacerdotal class attached to the
temples. They are the trueulent-look-
ing fellows who wear conlcal hats about
yard high covered with small wea-
pons, and those steel chuckers or sharp
rings which they can hurl with terrible
precision and effect. Theyare respect
ed and considerably feared. The Nj
lungs again are associated with all that
is reckless and Bohemian. Their name,
indeed, is a common expression IN the
Puniaub to represent these qualities,
The affair, as may be anticipated, has
caused some excitement, as it is ex-
pected that the matter will not end
here Bad passions on both sides have
been aroused, snd natives are already
whispering that other members of the
butcher fraternity have been marked
out for destruction.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02
English Journals.

Americans find themselves a little
stamped in English newspapers.
There is no column of well and widely
selected news You get the editor
digest of the various matters that com
mend themselves TO his attention,
which sustains Just about tire same re
latiCn to historical record of facts as
the various catechisms do to the Bible.
Or like problems III Formulation every
new combin4 ton shows q different re
suit Now, the American won't take
time to read several pages Of leaders
more than this, he has learned to deal
with facts for himself. and he wants to
see the meaning and bearing from his
individual standpoint of interest Miss
Field says 1.-the English do not know
what a newspaper means. [ doubt If
the English have that quick scent OF
coming events that half lntuitively
sends the American into every nook
when something new Is being born
Moreover, London is itself so immense
that it would require a frightfulIy big
sheet to attempt to gather in all the To-
cal interest as we expect the papers of
our American cities to do. But, with
all due consideration for London's
''bigness," it is still surprising to me
that, what we in America should call
portentous, and hence momentous.
events often do not get into the London
papers at all
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02
A GreypOrt Legend.
1871.
BY BRET HAIR IF

They ran through the streets of the seaport town,
They peered from the decks of the ships where the,
lay.
The cold sea-fog that came whitening down
Was never cold or white as they.
'Ho, Starbuck and Pinckney and Tenterden
Run for your shallops, gather your men,
Scatter your boats on the lower bay
Good cause for fear! In the thick midday
The hulk that lay by the rotting pier,
Filled with the children in happy play
Parted its meorings and dritted clear.
Drifted clear beyond reach or CALL
Thirteen children there were in all
All adrlft in the lower bay!
Said hard-faced skipper, ''God help us all I!
She will not float till the turning tider'
Said his wife, % Ny darling will hear my call,
Whether III heaven she b1de.''
And she lifted quavering voice and high,
Wild and strange a sea-bird's cry,
Till they shuddered and wondered at her side
The fog drove down on each laboring crew.
Yelled each from each and the sky and shore.
There was not sound but the breath tEey drew,
And the lap of water and creak OF oar;
And they felt the breath of the downs fresh blown
Ger the leagues of clover and cold gray stone,
But not from the lips that had gone before.
They come more. But they tell the tale
That, when flags are thick on the harbor reef,
The mackerel fishers shorten sail,
For the signal they know will bring relief
For the voices Of children still at play
In the phantom hulk that drifts away
Through channels whose waters never fail
1t is but foolish shipman's tale
theme for poets idle page,
But still when the mists of doubt prevail,
And we lie becalm- by the shores of Age,
We be ar from the misty troubled shore
The voice of the children gone before,
Drawing the soul to its anchorage.
September atlantic
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02
Gloomy Harvest Prospects in ireland

The Irish papers report the pros
poets of the coming harvest, which a
month ago seemed promising, to be
now exceedingly gloomy. The almost
incessant heavy rain since the first week
of July has already caused immense
damage, and unless there should be a
speedy change for the better, this year
VIII, it is said, prove n disastrous one
for Irish farmers. The evil has not
been confined to any locality, but ex-
tends over the whole of Ireland. "The
hay crop has been irreparably damaged
and in many instances totally destroy
ed. The cereal crops have suffered
considerably in many districts, but
should the weather become and con
tinue fine the yield may yet prove an
average one. Another fortnight of
rain such as recently experienced
would, however, 1t is feared, ruin wheat,
barley, and oats. In any case a late
harvest is expected There have been
some slight indications potato-bhght.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02

The economy of force and of time
characterizing the substitution of the
circular for the reciprocating saw is a
fact well known. The latter occupies
as much time in rising as in descend
ing, and IS therefore effective ONLY dur
ing one half the period of the opera
ton. But the continuous action of the
circular saw is attended with the adj
dltlonal advantages that it can be run
at higher rate of speed than is posi-
bic for the older form, and that it adj
mits of heavier feed on account of the
steadlness and regularity of the contin-
uous cut. These advantages have been
secured for the saw with a straight
edge by NJ. Perrin, of Paris, by giving
to the tool the form of a band running
over pulleys of diameter sufficiently
large to allow the material to be opera
ted upon to meet the saw on the de-
scendlng side, without being interfered
with by the part which is rising The
saw must of course be made of very
flexible steel, and it is therefore com
paratively thin; but any unsteadiness
arising from this fact has been over
come by the simple expedient of placing
fixed guide-that is, a piece of wood
having a slitin 1t equal to the thickness
OF the saw--immediatelv above the ma
terlal which is to be cut A similar
guide is also usually placed below
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02
4 Lady of sixty-tiye Gives Birth to a
Fine, Healthy Child.

In the annals of medical science few
cases-and only few-are recorded,
where women past three score years
have given birth to children. These
occurrences are considered extraordin-
airy, and always awaken lively utter
est among scientific men. In one OF
our exchanges we find the statement
that lady named Mrs. Betsy Hudson,
living six miles north of Warren, Pa,
on the jamestown and Warren road,
aged SirtyJiCe gears, presented her
husband, few days ago, with healthy,
bouncing baby. This is one of the
most remarkable instances on record,
and should receive the attention of the
medical fraternity.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02
The Tax on Interest Of CO-p0ns and
Dividends.

The Secretary of the Treasury on
the oath ut, addressed a letter to the
late Commissioner Pleasanton, trans
uniting Solicitor Bamtteld's opinion in
favor OF desisting from the collection
OF the tax due from corporations on the
interest Of coupons payable within the
last five months of 1870, when such
companies had, under the Commissions
ers decision, paid such coupons in full,
without deducting the tax prior to May
-, 1871, the date of the Secretary's de
cision revising that of the Commission
er. in the letter referred to, the Secre-
t@ry announced his acceptance
of the Solicitors conclusions as
to the tax on such interest
coupons paid prior to the 18th
of May, 1871, but stated that his decis-
ion had no reference to the tax on divi-
dends or stock, adding that that ques-
ton had not been passed upon him.
To-day the Secretary informed the
Commissioner that no question remain
ed before him as to tax due on divi-
dends declared during the last five
months, the period referred to. This
also, III effect, applies to the tax on I'M
divided profits of corporations assessed
and added to any surplus, contingent
or other fund during the same period.
Under section Is of the act of July IA,
1870, these taxes will be assessed and
collected.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02
The Great Fish Battle.

The Council Bluff Times tells the
following story:
Last evening we got an invitation to
a cheap ride on Spoon Lake, on the
confines Of the city limits, and went.
Spoon Lake Is appropriately named
from It's resemblance to spoon. The
bowl IS nearly circular, and about
seventy-ive yards in diameter. The
handle is nearly half Il mile long, and
crossed by the Chicago and Rock
Island railroad bridge near the neck.
The water along the handle is very
deep, and below the surface water as
cold as ice. The bowl seems to be IN
fathomable, for a five thousand feet
line with a plummet failed to touch the
bottom.
a remarkable fact III regard to the
lake now IS that is literally packed with
hsh, while heretofore there was not
more than enough to crafty the sport
Ing practice of our anglers. The fish
come toward the shore in shoals, gasp
ing Tor air, and dying IN myriads are
cast upon the banks to decay. The
water of the lake heretofore so hmped,
has assumed a dark brown water
color
An eddy III the middle of the bowl,
ebbying and flowing with tidal regular
1ty, indicates that Spoon Lake is in di-
rect subterranean communication with
some vast body of water, and is sub
lect to It's influence. The water some
time bulges up in the middle of the
bowl to twelve or eighteen inches abe We
ph of hn hI.j,, Il
again Is seen to form a miniature cup
OF whirlpool, as if the water was all
leaking out through hole in the CEN
ter. The circumstance leaves little or
no doubt of a subterranean channel
Another strange fact IS that, like the
Caspian Sea, it is fed by several small
streams and, as there Is no visible
outlet, and the water retains it's fresh
ness, there must be an underground
communicative.
1t was ebbing when we visited the
lake, and we were filled with curiosity
to see the little maelstrom at work, 50,
procuring a bottle, we enclosed scrap
of paper inscribed with the date, lOca-
ton and circumstance, cOrked, tied and
sealed the bottle, and cast it into the
eddy, when it lnstantaneOusly disap-
peared-was swallowed up by the whirl-
pool.
There is no getting over the fact that
III the flow of the lake large quantities
of fish have been introduced to It's wa
ters by this underground passage, I'M
til the lake has become overstocked.
The native fish, no doubt jealous Of
their piscatorial visitors, made war on
them no doubt with the 1ntension Of
repelling the invasion. But the invad-
ing armies seem to have been more
powerful, to Judge from the dead and
dying strewn alon the margin, for the
great bulk of those found are buffalo
fish, cat fish, perch and pike, but with
a difference of color, showing at least
different species. We picked mp some
Of the dying fish and examined them.
Some were bitten ON the lower part of
body below the gills, and others bat
tered along the sides as if receiving
chastisement from an opponents tail
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02
Valuable Accession to the British Mu-
scum.

The BRUSH Museum has Just COM
pleted an importantpurchase OF II vases
es found recently at Ca@us They are
fine examples of a rare and beautiful
class, generally assigned to an epoch
little lower than that of Alexander,
and distinguished by large size subtly
varied elegance of form. They are
principally amphorae and crateres, with
out figure designs, but with their bod
les painted black, and fiuted IN the
manner which indicates an intention OF
mating the forms OF metal vases. The
neck is generally adorned with wreath
OF leaf-sprays picked out in gold.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02
The Old Comedian.
How many years had the old actor saen

How many years had the old actor seen
Since, first boy, he trod upon the stage
Year after year had passed. and each had been
full OF ripe art and full of coming age;
And now twas his last night and his farewell
Must now be said to scenes he'd loved so we'll
In the vast crowd, although his eyes We're dim.
races he saw, not seen before for years:
Ana younger faces that had grown with him
To know the joys of laughter and of tears
All had come forth to hear the last farewell
That he must say to scenes he'd loved so well
The oldest meier had seen him play so well
All hearts all hands confessed his wondrolIs noyysr
And, as i'll slow descent the curtain fell
Loudly they called the hero of the hour
He came not forth for him the last farewell
By death had come to all he'd loved so we'll
Old and NelC
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02
Slightly So.

Country Gentlemen (eyeing his
gardener suspiciously)-"D Dear, dear
nae, Jetfries, this is too bad After
what l said to you yesterday, [ didn't
think to find YOU"
Gardener You can't say-hic-I
wash drunk esht'day, sh-"
Country Gentleman (sternly)-"Are
you sober this morning, sir
Gardener" I'm slightly shober,
shir?"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02

A WELL was recently dug to the depth
of six feet at Newmanville, Pa. While
the digger was at his dinner, a stream
about SIX feet III diameter, burst
through the bottom, filing the well,
and soon overlooking the adjoining
field. 1t still continues TO flow, and
there is now quite a large run formed
where before was dry land
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02

THE great spot on the sun was OBJ
served again last week. 1t forms, with
the large group very near it, striking
object through telescope. The UNI
bra is pear-shaped, and it's length was
estimated at 40, 900 miles, or five times
the diameter of the earth This spot
can be seen without a telescope, through
dark colored glass when the sun is near
ly obscured
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02

CARLYLE, in brief and cogent terms,
informs the world that he does not IN
tend tocollect materials for an autohiog-
raphy. His is hero worship, and he
could not consistently waste time on SO
commonplace person as himself.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02
DAYBREAK AT THE WRECK.

With the first glimmer of dawn a
large party were at the wreck, and
search was again resumed for the miss
ing woman All the available boats
We're brought into requisition, manned
by stont hearts, and after about one
hours faithful work her body was found
IN about six feet of water, at least Il
rods above the wreck and 10 rods from
shore. She was conveyed to shore and
taken to the house of Norman New
bury, followed by her grief stricken
husband A medical examination re-
vealed the fact that death resulted from
drowning, only one wound being found
upon her person-her lower jaw broken,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-02

The number Of deaths in Paris last week
was IS, including one from cholera.
A FLORENCE telegram states that the Arno
River, by the melting of SHOWS in the Appe-
mines. has overlooked the banks in many
places, causing great destruction to crops
THE Canadian government schooner New
England seized the American schooner Frank
lin for violation of the fishing laws. She has
been ordered to Quebec for adjudication.
A CASE of Asiatic cholera has appeared in
London, and creates an extraordinary sensa-
ton among the people. A letter from Berlin
says the cholera is increasing i'll KWnigsberg
but no cases are vet in Dartzig.
A POSTAL conference is in session in Berlin
TO suggest a conclusion to international trea-
ties between ali the great powers, including
America, establishing a uniform rate of post
age on letters, regardless of distance
DISPATCH from Serwalki. Poland. saws the
cases Of cholera are decreasing in that town,
whose population does not exceed six thou
sand, about one-haf of whom are Jews
There have been four hundred and forty-three
cases, eiShty-three of which were fatal
DISPATCH from Strasbourg states that dis
turbances have occurred there between Prus-
sian troops and the inhabitants. Much ami
mostly is shown by the inhabitants towards
the troops, and many attacks are made on
them without opportunity for repusal A
number of Prussian troops became involved
IN quarrel with several inhabitants. and a
nSAt ensued. during which q number belong
ing 10 both parties were killed and wounded.
FRESH strikes have broken ont among the
workmen in Leeds. who demand a reduction
of the hours of labor. Hundreds of new hands
have arrived at Newcastle to supply the places
OF the engineers on tbs strike there.