The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-08
General.

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Times, of an article concerning Risleys father
who is Clerk of Court at Washington, d. c.
General.
| GEN. PHILIP ST. GEORGE COOKE, command
| ing the Department Of the Lakes. has been
placed on the retired list, and Lieut.. Cpl.
Geo. Cooke, of the Department of Arizona,
has been appointed Brigadier General. The
| Departments of the Lakes and the East have
been abolished The command is now the
| Military Division of the Atlantic, commanded
! by Gen. Hancock.
| THE officer of the Central branch of the
/ Union Pacific Railroad say they Will ask hold
/ ers of the first mortgage bonds 10 fund the
| first seven coupons maturing subsequent to
| October 80, and pay interest on them at per
cent. from date of maturity to November LIST j.,
| 1916.
The mipt business of the Philadelphia
mint for the week ending Oct, 25, 1878, was /:
Silver bars received from Chicago, s26, 167. go /;
silver bars received from st. Louis 81 2S7. so !;
silver bars received from assay Office, New
York, s58, 752 % total value, $685. 1892. Gold
shipped from the mint to the United States
assay aud sub-treasury Offices, New York,
| g, 480 053.76. Silver coin sent west from
mint, $40 500 GA silver coin sent to assay
\ office, New York, from sub-treasury, $4,000.
| Base coin sent to various banks and parties
| throughout the country, s6,11O.
The Allen-Hogan prize fight, which was so
unceremoniousy broken up by Gov. Beveridge,
is now announced to take place in Canada on
the 18th of November. The stakes have been
raised to IS, 900. Allen says that win or lose
the fight, he will fight OBaldwin, the Irish
Giant, for any amount of money.
HE Interstate Exposition at Chicago Is
drawing to a close, and Ill it's place Bazaar
of all Nations" is proposed, under the aus
pices of the Young Mems Christian Assoca-
TONS of Chicago and Boston, the proceeds to
80 toward the rebuilding of the latter CITY,
| The retail dealers of Chicago take strong
grounds against this measure, alleging that
times are dull, and al! the money now in Chi
cago should be kept there, and that they can
not afford to help Boston any more than they
have already done. war OF words as the re-
suit.
REPORTS dated October Is, received at the
office of the National Crop Reporter, indicate
the condition of this years crop as compared
with those of 1872, as follows On corn In
states producing half the entire crop of the
| United States, a loss Of 26 per cent. On wheat
in states producing over 40 per cent. of the
entire crop, gain of III per cent. On oats
in states producing 40 per cent, of the entire
crop, loss of 8 Per cent. On hay, in states
producing over one-third OF the entire crop
loss of per cent, and on swine in states pro-
duclng one-third OF the crop, loss OF 4 l.
: per cent. Indications are that largely in
: creased acreage of winter wheat has beer
sown this fall, and with few exceptions, the
condition o. the growing crop is above tht
: average.
The missing ocean steamship Ishmalia haC
had a valuable cargo and some passengers, bu
how many is not known. She was Of large
class, and carried a crew of thirty-five persons
ABOUT two months ago the German Consu
; at Baltimore, by request of the pastor an(
congregation of the German Lutheran Church
addressed a letter to the Emperor of Prussl;
tor a sufficient number of cannon captured il
the late Franco German war to cast a set O
bells for their church. The Consul has re
: ceived an autograph letter from the Emperor
granting the request, and stating that abou
2, 500 pounds OF cannon will be at once shipped
: to Baltimore, to their order.
ALBERT PIERCE, of the firm of Woodruff i
Co, New York, and Warren J. Hecox, Of SYRIA
cuse, n. y, were arrested in st. Louis, on
requistion of the Governor of Tennessee
charged with fraudulent breach of trust III
dictments having been found against them IL
Memphis.
JNO. MCLAUGHLIN was found dead in tn,
t road at Williamsp TT, Pa, with his breast anC
throat mangled by charge of shot. Th,
supposed murderer is his cousin, with whom
; he was on bad terms, and who disappeared
This is the fourth murder III the county within
SIX months.
a CATTLE dealer named Bixby had vale
5 containing 1000 snatched from him, t We
naoska Falls, but captured the thief, r cover
S ed his money, and administered such a beat
Ing that the robbers life is despaired Of