The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-10-11
Miscellaneous Items,

his children have step-mother
IT was Sheridan Knowles who first
said, Its too thin ~
ADELINA PATTI wears ye-glasses, but
whether as necessity or an atfectation
is not known.
II takes seventeen minutes to trans
nit Geographic message from Eng
land to India.
BECAUSE one Tennessee editor libel
led another he is expected to pay S10,-
900.
The health of A. T. Stewart has so
much improved since he arrived
abroad that he will return home in
October
HYDRoPHoBIA having broken among
the hounds Of the Marquis de IAlge,
near Compeigne, France, a veterinary
surgeon administrut-d otryuIlniuu to
the whole pack Of 80, which was valued
at 81, 600.
AMONG its wholesome reform of GUS
toms, Japan has been overbauling its
criminal code, and substituting i'm
prisonment for life in numerous in
stances where death has hitherto been
the penalty.
A NOVELTY ut the Crystal Palace III
London is the letting off of comic fire
works for the benefit of the young
sters "Margery Daw and Froggy
Would a Wooing Go have lately been
rendered with tremendous effect.
A LONDON DREssMAKER, a Miss Ellis,
has, upon the P,atonic theory, been
bound over to keep the peace toward
| herself for the next four months. This
precautlon was taken by Judge d'Eyn-
court against fourth attempt at
suicide by the young woman.
THE two Bidwells, Mcdonnell and
Noyes, the forgers, have been removed
| from Newgate to one of the convict es-
tablishmentst to undergo their sentence;
before leaving they were shorn of their
whiskers and clad in prison garb.
The telegraph line to the top of
Pixies Peak has been completed and
communication opened with Wash
ington. A stone house will at once be
| erected OH the summit for the use of
the signal officers, four of whom Will
be stationed there during the winter.
A NEWPORT, Rhode Island, lady, sup
posed to be on her death-bed, made
the singular request, few days since,
to hear the brass band, which was
complied with, the band appearing in
the evening and playing several sacred
pieces, which appeared to comfort her
much
A NEW sect, styled g lions Travel
lers, has appeared In South Carolina.
They profess to be Immediately guided
by the Lord, and to have frequent
| revelations from above. They recently
supposed that the Lord ordered them
TO remove to North Carolina, and they
are now on their way thither.
REPORTS from Vienna speak of new
needle gun 10y Dreyse, on exhibition
there, which is said, with regard to
simplicity and solidity of construction,
especially Of the different parts of the
lock, to be superior to the Mauser
rifle. Its capacity is twenty four shots
Il minute.
The proposed railway between Te-
heran and Resht is to be begun under
the superlntendence of Mr. Machair. M.
/, G f. This line is to be followed by
operations at IspahaD, thence to the
Persian Gulf, and probably to the Tur-
kish frontier. The former would open
direct line IN India, aud the latter, if
1t can be accomplished direct line
to the Mediterranean.
PRINCE CRoUY- CHANEL who claimed
descent from the ancient royal house
OF Hungary, recently died in Paris.
Though for many years of his life he
was writer on public law he was pre-
vlously concerned IN a number of revo-
lutions. He fought for Greek indie
pendence, was joined with Louis
Napoleon In the Strasburg attempt and
was one of the Roman revolutionists of
1913.
The Sierra Madre Col. tunnel.
upon which considerable work has
already been done, Will be twelve
miles long, and its greatest depth
at James peak-wilI be 5000 feet.
The objects of this stupendous work
are to afford means of working the
discovered mines rapidly and cheaply,
to discover and open new veins, and to
afford track for a railway
The best-paid family OIL earth. from
the pubilc purse, Is the royal family of
England. The Queen receives 1855
0oo year, which is about s., 900 per
day. The Prince of Wales has 5000
900 per annum, besides $500, coo per
'i'h"hi iIOul t1t DutHN OF CORNWALL.
The Duke of Edinburgh has 1926, 900
per annum. and each of the married
daughters mas been pensioned by the
government.
A YOUNG LADY just from Europe res
marked 10 veteran politician. the
other day cit is of very little CON
sequence what kind of men YOU send
out as foreign ministers. The thing
OF real Importance is, they should have
the right kind of wives ANY man can
sign treaty, / suppose, if you tell
nim what kind of treaty it must be.
But all his social relations with the
nations to which you send him viii
depend on his wife"
FROM lhege there comes a report of
q duelsuch as Charles Lever MIGHT
have narrated from his active jmagina.
ton. Some German officers, dining at
restaurant, grew impatient at a d1la-
tory service, and one of them exclaim.
ed Are there no French officers to
walt on us = Instantly captain In
the Belgian Guards, of Irish descent,
took up the insult, and said tbonob
there might be no French officers pres.
ent there were Belgians ready to guard
the honor OF their brethren IN arms
meeting followed, and the German was
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