The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-08-26
Miscellaneous Items.


cut for fashionably attired belle
"THRoUGH tickets to go round the
world are for sale In London at 81
$50
"WHERE the woodbine twineth "
must be in Canada. That's where all
the rascals go.
THE University of Munich celebrated
its three hundred and ninety ninth an
niversary June 26th.
The London Daily News calls New
York the third German and the first
Irish city in the world.
PHILADELPHIA youths make organ
grinders monkeys drunk by giving
them oranges stepped in brandy.
ADMIRAL Porter is sadly broken down
in health and it is said is unable to
leave Washington to enjoy Summer
tour.
A MAssACHUTTs boy cut off his young
sisters golden curls while she slept, to
get money with which TO go to the
races,
A BULnMocK press in the press room
of the Illustrated London News throws
off 5000 complete copies of that paper
III an hour.
WHAT is that which he who has il
not does not wish for, but he who has
it would not part with for any money?
A bald head
WHILE an Illinois constable was on
his way to arrest some thieves, a spark
of fire from his pipe fell into his peck
ct and burned up the warrant.
The library of the late German histo-
rian Friedrich Christoph Schlosser,
comprising about 5000 volumes, has
been given to the University of Heidel-
berg.
MAJOR Powell, after completing 300
miles of his Colorado canyons, has Re
family. He has met with no mishap to
| date.
IN the island Of Sardinia the first
railway, connected the cities Of Gag
liari and Villasor, was opened a few
weeks ago, and two other railroads are
building
The rinderpest, which caused great
rayages among the cattle in Austria for
| the past ten years has recently made its
! appearance in the vicinity of Vienna
and in that city itself.
TEXAS owns and offers almost without
price, mines of iron, copper, lead coal,
silver. salt, and salt lakes-the unde-
veloped wealth of which is not equaled
or surpassed by any known country
The wives of General Sherman and
| Admiral Dahlgren, with Miss c. Z.
! Beecher have started paper IN Balti-
! timore, in opposition to woman sui
frage. 1t is called the True Woman.
THE late Phoebe Cary had a wonder
| ful necklace which she was fond Of
showing to her friends. 1t consisted
OF stones and shells and bits of ivory,
etc, contributed by personal friends
The following advertisement appears
in the London Times TO Clergymen.
For sale in one lot, 500 MSS. and 100
/ iitho. sermons, most of them preached
by their author at Streatly, between
1899 and 1860 Price only s.. Address
&c.
THE American hallbut fisheries are III
danger. According to recent treaties
Canadian fishermen can bring fish to
American ports. One cargo has al
ready been sent to Boston, from Que
bee, and it sold so well that a company
is fitting mp to continue the traffic.
| LOUIS NAPoLEoNls now suffering from
al the ills of private life How are the
mighty fallen Last week the late
ruler of Imperial France walked about
| the English metropolis like the com
monest Of pedestrians, without train or
retinue, and accompanied by only a
| solitary friend.
| The presents given the Pope on the
/ occasion of his twenty-fifth anniversa-
~ amount to IS, 900, 900 The Queen
of Wurtemburg sent him $40, 900 in
gold and the ex-Empress $40, 900,
while an unknown American was still
more generous, for he presented the
| Pope with e2G, 900 sterling.
A DRAWING-MASTER, worrying his pu-
pil with contemptuous remarks upon
his lack of ability, ended by asking
Now, sir, ii you were aGoing to draw
me, what part OF me would You com
mence first z" The boy with mean
ing look into his masters face, answer
ed very quietly: Your neck, sir :"
AT Lawrence, Kansas, on Sunday,
while a minester was holding forth III
the church, a crowd got up a cock fight
IN the yard. The people who had con
gregated in the church went out to stop
the fight, but awaited until the battle
was over before Directing The minis
ter looked out of the window aud said
s. We are all miserable sinners-which
whipped 2"
A NEW game called the ''dot game,
has been introduced, and is said to af-
ford considerable amusement. Each
player must be provided with pencil
and paper, Let one of the party read
and not very fast
and as he or she reads, let the rest each
make a dot for every word read. When
the page is read, count the words, and
hen let each player count his dots, and
see who has been accurately sup to
time"
A YOUNG man recently called upon
the editor of paper In an Oregon
town and asked to see his file for 1869,
which request was granted. While the
editor stepped out a moment he march
ed out with the file, and used 1T against
the owner in libel suit for 1000
damages. The plaintiff recovered"six
and quarter cents, when his perse-
cuted victim turned upon him, and had
him sentenced 20 seven years in the
penitenitary for stealing books.
DURING the present summer term the
German university of Kiel is attended
by 112, that of Jena by $50, and that Of
by AS, that of Heidelberg