The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-05-31
General Items.

THE birthplace of Benjamin Frank
lin is to be marked by the new print
ing office of the Boston Post
N. ME1ssoNN1ER has sold picture
on which he is still engaged, entitled
"Charge des Cuirassiers," for 800, 900
francs.
GENERAL g. B. WILLIAMS, Commits
sioner from Japan, WAS recently mar
rled in Paris to young lady from Cal
fornia.
A PROPOSAL to issue the works of
Dickens in Welsh has been made to
Messrs. Chapman & Hall, and provi-
sionaliy accepted by them.
HENRY OssIAN FLIPPER, the mulatto
boot maker in Atlanta, Ga, has obtain
ed an appointment to a cadetship at
West Point.
The ex-Klng of Spain is writing a
new book, which, it is said, will bear
the title of The History of King
Amadeo written by himself
Mrs GENERAL HALPINE and family,
who have been living abroad since the
death of Gen. Halpine miles Q Reilly,
are expected to return in May.
They have a Judge III Kansas who
fined lawyer for saying sic transit
The official thought it was swearing,
and remarked Indignantly that nobody
could 6 sick him in that Court
NEWPORT has on exhibition the
largest soup ever caught in Rhode Is
land waters within the memory eff man.
1t Is twenty inches in length, and
weighs four and three-quarters pounds.
Mr.. SAMUEL CRAM, an old and
respected citizen of Wiudham, Me,
cut his throat last week being the last
of four brothers, all of whom have COM
mittcd suicide.
The Partisan sculptor, Clesinger, has
sued an American million lire for the
value of bust of the latter's daughter,
| which was not deemed a sufficiently
tiattering likeness.
GEN. FRANK GARDNER, c.. S. A., the
defender of Fort Hudson, died April
%, at Lafayette, Ala, aged 80 He
was born III New York, graduated at
| West Point, appointed III the army in
! 1913, and resigned (brevet Captain in
1861 to JOIN the forces IL rebellion.
LIGHTNING struck scloolhouse fill
ed with children. in LawrencevIlle,
Ga, one day last week, killing one lit
tie girl and badly injuriDg ten Others
On the arm of one OF the pupils an oak
leaf was pictured with remarkable
minuteness.
CONFIRMED topers may like to know
that they can detect fusei oil in whisky
or brandy by putting a few pieces of
permanganate of potash in long test
tube containing the liquid, slowly
shaking it, Ii the spirit contains to
l per cent. of fusel oil, preceptibly
light yellow color soon appears.
A MEMBER of temperance society
pleaded SO successfully with man who
sold and drank liquor III Bridgeport,
Conn, that be promised to think the
matter over, aud the result is he has
gwen mp the business entirely, and
made application to join the temper
ance society.
Mr.. HENRY w LILLIAN WHBERFoRcE.
formerly q clergyman of the English
Church who joined the Roman Catholic
communion some twenty years ago,
has Just died. He was the Youngest
son of the great abolition leader, Viii
liam Wiiberforce, and brother of the
present Bishop of Winchester.
A LONDON reporter, finding the tele-
graph Office door closed and the porter
asleep, while the operator was at work
beyong hearing the knocker, in an up
per story, procured entrance by tele-
graphing from another office to clerk
i'll Glasgow, who in turn sent the mes
sage back to London The double
process occupied but very few mo-
ments.
ERAsTUs CORNING, VIII married Miss
Mary Parker, of Albany, sailed for En-
rope on Saturday, and will be absent
two years. The honeymoon trip will
cost $50, 900. This may seem a large
sum to some people, and yet it is only
equal to Corning's income for one
month. Erastus Corning is the richest
man of his age in the world His es.
his income IS put down at 5000, 900 a
year, So, 500 week, and over 81, 900
per working day
LIEUTENANT Thomas F. Wright, who
was recently killed by the Modocs,
was IA son of Gen. George Wright,
formerly of Norwich, Conn, and was
himself a graduate of Norwich Uni
verify. He went as Captain under
Walker, on the Nicaragua fiI1bustering
expedition, from which he returned
with no less than seven gunshot wounds,
and was Colonel of the Twentieth Cali
fornia infantry in the late rebellion.
DR.. WALTER BURNHAM, a leading
physician of Lowell, Mass, and mem
Der of the School Committee, has
publicly stated that he thinks the
murderous assault by the Fits boy
was not merely somnambulist's freak
but an insane act, and that his condi
ton was brought about by over-study
IN the public schools. Two years ago.
he says, 1t was evident to him that the
boy was being overtaxed, and some
time since he recommed that he be
taken from school.
GEN. SCHoFIELD has written q private
letter to Gen. SHERMAN, giving a full
account of his recent visit to the Sand
w1ch Islands as the guest of Commo-
dore Pennock, in which he says the
people of the islands are ripe for an
nexatlon, and anxious to become part
OF the territory of the United States.
The sentiment is inculcated to a large
extent by American residents The
fine harbor at Honolulu is very desira-
bic as a cOalIng station for Pacific