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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
BcGChCr-TiIton.

The deplorable Plymouth church scandal il
again brought To the surface by Mr.. Tilton III
long open letter to the authorities of Mr..
Beecher's church, in which he says that he Is
anxious to appear before them and answer the
charges against linn Of slandering his pastor
Mr. Iilton says, in case he is cited to appear.
ne will prove the truth of his statements and
tectItude OF his motives that he is the in
Jured party. and Mr.. Beecher the guilty one
and publishes the following extract from a
letter written to nm by Mr.. Beecher. III apol-
osy for the wrong done him
BFooRLYN January 1, 1871,-I ask Theodore
I1ton forgiveness, and humble myself before
nm, as | do before my God He would have
been better man III my circumstances than
nave been. | can ask nothing except that he
VIII remember all other breasts that will ache
! viii not plead for myself. even wish that
were dead II w BEEcHER
Mr. Eeeeher and his friends it il said, have
determined net to grant Mr.. 1ilton the desired
opportunity 10 ylnllcate himself. al least fo1
tile present.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
Freak ii GENTLY

Yes, L remember that anecdote, the
Sunday school superintendent said
with the old pathos in his voice, and
the Did sad look III ! his eyes 1t was
about a simple creature named Higgins.
who used to haul rock for old Maltby.
When the lamented Judge Baplev
trlpped and fell down the courthouse
stairs and broke his neck. it was a great
question how to break the news to poor
Mrs. Bagley. But finally the BODY was
put into Higgins wagon, and he was
instructed to take it to Mrs Ba9ley, but
to be very guarded and discreet III his
language, and not 10 break the news to
her at once, but do it gradually and
gently. When Higgins got there with
his sad freight, he shouted till Mrs.
Bagley came to the door
Then he said. "Does the Widder
Bagley live here?"
The Widow Bagley? Nc. sir
iii bet she does. But have it vour
own way. Well. does Judge Baglev
live here %
eyes, Judge Basley lives here. 81
"Ill bet he don't. But. never mind
it amt for me to contract Is the Judge
in?"
"No, not at present"
Il just expected as much Because.
you know-take hold o. suthin. mum,
for LIN agoing to make little commu-
nication, and ] reckon maybe it'll lar
you some. There's been an accident.
mum. I've got the old Judge curled
upout here III the wagon, and when Won
see him you'll acknowledge yourself
that an inquest is about the only thing
that could be acomfort to him. "-NorI
IiC0in
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
Grimes and Accidents,

1HAs. BEHKEHs has been sentenced to dealt
at New Orleans, for the murder of Edward
Coleman.
JANIS GLEASON. wife and child. were burned
to death III their house. at Evart Mich. Oh
the 10Th nit
Billy DAVIS, well known river harkeeper
was shot and MORALLY wounded al Hot Springs
Ark, recently. by Capt Bill Forrest
fHE collector Of customs at san Diego. Cal
wa recently bound and gagged by thieves. anC
his safe robbed Of 3 600
&. II. sIMcFLANDs -four mill at New Castle
Ind Naa burned recently Loss. So. 00e: IN
enrmce 1Is,0 600
pglISa storm June p, lightning struck ;
man at Cucleylle. Ohio. woman at Hunting
ton West Virginia, two young men at kalama
zoe. Michigan, the Postmaster at Marion
Indiana, aud three persons near Fort Wayne
Indiana
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
Death of Mr., BeIleW.

John Chipendale Montesquieu Hig-
gin Bellew, the elocutionist, died in
London in recently the .51st wear
of his age. Mr. BELIEVE real name was
HlGgln. He was the son of a Capt.
Robert Higgin, but assumed his moth
ers name, which was Bellew. Born in
1923, he was educated at Oxford. In
1913 he took orders, and after ofliciat
ing for time in Worcester and Pres
cot, went in 1851 to Calcutta, as one of
the ministers of st. Johns Cathedral.
In 1896 he came back to England, and
for several years was minister of a
chapel III ST. Johns Wood, which soon
became one of the most popular places
of worship i'll the metropolis. He got
INTO some trouble with his bishop in re-
gard to certain practices which savorcd
OF Rituallsm, and leaving his chapel.
entered the Roman Catholic communion,
but subsequently it is said, he sought
readmlsslon into the Anglican Church.
After leaving his chapel he took to
reading III publicas an elocutionist, and
visited this country on two occasions.
His last visit, however, did not prove
remunerative and, soon after return
ing to London he fell Ill, and being in
pecuniary embarrassments. Wilkie Col
Inns made an appeal to the public to
procure for him material aid.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
TheS South.

The st. Louis Democrat. the leading Repub-
lican paper of Missouri, takes strong ground
in favor of a genuine Peoples Movement to
defeat what 1t calls Bourbon Democracy in
that state at the gubernatorial election next
all, and calls on the Republican State Central
Committee, which meets next month, to
recommend such movement, instead of NOM
mating a straight Republican state ticket.
THE Rev. ". II. Claggett, pastor of Pres
byteriau church III Louisville, has resigned be-
cause it = understood ore of the elders of
the church persisted in keeping his position as
book-keeper in liquor store, after remon-
STRANGE from the pastor
An Alabama Congressman, Joseph II. SlOss.
of the Tuscumbia district OH his return from,
Washington heard that one Geo. II. Long had
assailed the character of his daughter. He
lay Ill wait for Long on the second floor of a
public building. and on the latter's passing on
the opposite side of the street, fired on him,
lodging thirteen buckBhot III his body. Long
cannot recover.
ST, LOUIS, III the fulness of her gratitude,
proposes to erect q colossal bronze statue Of
Capt Eads. the builder Of the great bridge,
A WHITE LEAGUE has been formed in Saint
Mary's parish. La. and the white population
without distinction of party, are becoming
member thereof.
Mr. CREswEIL. it is said. will resume prac-
tice of the law at EIkton, Nd.
The board to report plan for the perma-
nent reclamation Of the aluvial basin of the
Mississippi will probably consist OF Gems.
Warren and II. J.. Abbott and Mai Benguard
United States engineers. The civil engineers
are ex-Gov. Herbert, of Louisiana. and Gov
Sickes. of Arkansas.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
The Valley Of the 20.

In letter to the Chicago Tribune,
Mr.. Joseph MedIll says: The valley
Of the Po extends from east to west
across the italian peninsula, from the
Apeunines to the Adriatic-a distance.
on an air line, Of nearly 500 miles
The width Of the valley between The
mountain walls which bound the plain
averages about 80 miles and it CON
tains something like $1,000 square
miles of land, as level and rich as the
prairies Of Illinois. The mountain
slopes and valleys, which are cultivated
and densely populated, will add about
4 900 square miles to the Pc valley
making in all 1000 square miles of
arabic land, or an area something
larger than the state of Indiana. On
this plain, and within these mountain
confines, there live and are srlbsisted
twelve millions of souls. This area is
scarcely as large as Ireland, but it sup
ports twice the population of that
thicl<ly inhabited island. 1t contains
as many people as the ten western
states, including Ohio and Wisconsin,
while its territory is but the size of
the smallest of them. The ten western
states, if populated as dcnsely as the
valley of the Pc, would contain DO
900, 900 of inhabitant s-that is to say,
400 to the square mile This valley
bears the same relation to the rest of
Italy, agriculturally speaking, that the
western states do to the whole union.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
POPE GREGORY AND The FEAR
TREE.

Huge Bon Campagno was one Of the
gayest of the cay children of the south.
He had archness and vIvacity-a bright
eye and a ready tongue. He was the
favorite of the neighbors, and was pre-
destined by the monk who taught him
Latin to make him a great figure in the
world. Hugo had formed close friend
ship with youth about his own age
the son of gardner, in all respects his
inferior, save Ill that plastic quality of
temper that nodded itself to the will of
others, and which, by its docility, made
very freqently q far deeper impression
on those who knew him than the more
apt and vivacious qualities of his
patronizing companion. However.
the two lads were firm friends. and in
the day dreams of boyhood, ere the
warm impulses of our nature become
chilled III the school Of selfshness-
ere, in our progress through the world,
we imperceptibly imbibe so great a
portion of its clav-the youths had but
one hope, saw but one fortune for both
Wealth, If they gained any, was to be
equally shared by them-honors, if
they came, must be participated by
either. So dreamt they IL the delicious
time of youth SO lived they IN one OF
the loveliest spots of ltaly-at village
some few miles from Bologna. The
world as vet lay before them, an undis
.,y-,,,l Il
great navigator saw III his dreams, the
distant yet unknown land, a halo of
glory was about it was rich in fruit
and flowers, and spicy forests and mines
of gold
At length the time arrived when this
romantic region was to be explored.
Hugo was to go into the world. At the
period of which we write, the church
was the surest road to honor: and HUI
go, as we have before implied, had that
keen and subtle temperament, that I'M
firing perseverance,. that aptitude for
book-learning, which, in those DAYS,
were considered the Indispensable req
ulsites for one who, IN ostensihly de
voting himself to God, sought to grasp
In temporal sway; and who, as he bow
ed with seeming inward reverence to
the cross, leered with miser's eye at
Mammon and his heaps. Hugo was
devoted to the church he quilted his
native village, and, grown beyond
childish years, and having cast away
all childish things" he became a
monk, and in his function pored over
that awful volume. SO blotted with
crime, SO stained with tears, SO con
fused, SO scrawled with error that
mystery of mysteries the human
heart. Thus he labored, all his thoughts
and feelings attuned to one purpose
worldly ambition His home, his rel
atlves, the companions of his youth,
he scenes of his boyhood all were
forgotten-the monk had killed the
man.
Well, Hugo" said Luigi, with a
saddened air, $ tomorrow. You quit us:
tomorrow you leave the village, and
the saints alone know if we shall ever
meet again.
"Meet again, Luigi? and why not
You will come and see me. / shall
sometimes come here We shall see
one another often-very often
"Yes-see one another But You
will only be to me as the ghost of a |
dead friend y
1.-The ghost of friend Can / ever
forget Luigi my earliest playmate
the brother of my heart, though not |
of my blood ? Trust me, / shall ever
love you. |
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
A Sharp Boy.

There is clever lad "down East
who will get his living in this world.
For playing truant maternal authority
ut off his supper. Casting one fond
look at the authoress of his existence,
he paused at the door to say, Mother
| am going to die, and when | am no
more, wish the doctor to cut me open
and look at my stomach" The mater
nal mind was filled with awful fore
holdings, and the maternal heart asked
what he meant. q wish it to be
known" he answered. "that Idied from
starvation" This was enough. The
small boy was triumphant, and retired
to his little bed gorged to repletion.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
A Tale of the Olden Time.

Youth. wit and beauty, high degree,
Ellen possessed, yet was not free.
Royal of birth, she was, beside,
OF regal beauty, starry-eyed.
Then Duncan. gazing in her eye.
Said ssFor YOUR own sweet sake I'd die,
Duncan. the noblest of his clan,
Loves Ellen as no other can.
O happy youth, go tell youl mates
Ellen herself reciprocates.
Septerious Primus, Ellens dad.
Regards with evil eye the lad
And gives them both to understand
We King no nonsense viii he stand.
Moreover, Ellen's hand he bets,
Stephen of Montmorency gets.
So, broken-hearted. Ellen leaps,
In Duncan's arms, to icy deeps-
Ker-splash they went, and there they sleep;
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18

and now with sinking heart, now with
a confidence based on honest pride, he
sought the presense of the holy father.
Appearing before the servants of his
holiness, Luigi asked for an audience
with Messer Hugo Bon Compagne.
| When reminded of this unbecominS
familiarity, Luigi replied, that heknew
not Pope Gregory XIII. but was adear
friend of Hugo's, and therefore de-
manded to see his companion, not car
ing, he said, to trouble the Pope.
To this Luigi obstinately adhered,
continually urging, with great earnest
ness, that he should be admitted to the
presence of his early comrade. There
was simplicity in the old mans man
ner that for once won the admiration OF
the great; and the strange demand OF
Luigi being reported to His Holiness,
he was, with great ceremony, ushered
before the sovereign pontiff-befOre the
man who was corrted by emperors,
fattered by kings. All retired, and the
rustic and Gods vicar upon earth were
confronted.
How changed since the friends had
last met Then, they were, at least IL
fortune, almost equal. Now one was
bent beneath the load of empire-wor
81 lyoped as only one "a little lower thai
the angels the triple crown upon his
head-St. Peters keys within his hand
What has the poor gardener to SHOW
against all these? A basket of pears !
CHOW, my son. said Pope Gregory
You sought Hugo Bon Compagno
you find him il Gregory XIII. Wha
ask you at his hands p
Justice, most holy father-justice
and no favor"
"Speak."
81 made with another, in my time o
youth, mutual compact of kindness
and protection-we vowed that which
ever should prosper i'll his fortuna
should serve and assist the other
1T was a Christian promise. Well
stand you III need of succor?"
Most grievously - oppression Ia
come upon me IN my old age"
"And your friend forsalxes you il
your need? Have you witnesses to TIL
compact of which you speak ?"
Yes-this basket of pears
"Pears cried the pontiff, an
light darted from his eyes as he fixe
tHeHl earnestly Oh LUIGI.
owe planted the tree on which the
grew. Let this tree be q covenant be
tween us, were the words of my com
panion. He and the tree have foul
: ished for forty years that tree ha
, never failed /; for, every year it hat
brought forth crop of luscious fruit
and | have sat beneath that tree an
} wondered how it could be 50 beautiful
to me, when he who helped to plant il
he who was bending beneath his homo
and his wealth, had forgotten to sen
) me even a single pear. .
Luigi-Luigi Y exclaimed the por
tiff; and with aface crimson with blush
es, he threw his arms against the rustic
Their gray heads lag on each Othey'
: shouidcr. Thus they continued fo
some moments, and then Luigi, stool
ing to the basket, presented a pear t
} Gregory; he took it, and, looking at il
burst into tears.
) Luigi kept his cottage.-Dooglas DC,
yOid
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
Foreign.

THE Spanish Field Marshal Concha was kill
ell ON the 29til ult. IN an attack on the Carlist
mtreucnments at Alluo. The republicans lost
/, GOO men In the attack, and Withdrew on the
death of CouCha.
Tar personal Septennat has triumphed in
the French Assembly on the question of the
appointment of commissioners to draw up a
constitutional bill.
BrRnTrCHER, Prussia. has been visited by a
destructive fire, which destroyed between
welvo and fifteen hundred houses. The pace
was principally inhabited by jews.
THE North German Gazette in the article
headed, fresh combinations III Asia, SAYS
Caravans arriving from Central Asia, bring
reports that Ysrkoab Rey Is arming against
Russia 1t l. believed that he Is prompted to
this by the agents of Great Britain. There Is
also possibility Of collision between Russia
and China
IT is reported that the Catholic bishops in
session at Fulda. have sent concihatory pro-
posals to Berlin.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18

The President does not intend to abandon
the civil service system, but viii continue the
commission and subordinate boards. notwith-
landing Congress made no appropriation to
perfect and enforce the rules
IHE appointment Of Mr.. Bass as Secretary
Of the Treasury. Washington gossip SAYS. was
merely complimentary. with the understanding
that he would decline It is said now that
Congress has Adjourned, no haste will be
made to fill the vacancy
THE Secretary Of the Treasury has instructed
the Assistant Treasurer at New York to sell
81 000. 600 III gold ON each Thursday during
July.
THE customs receipts during the past month
(Junel were larger than during June. 1873.
There is also an Improvement in the Internal
revenue receipts.
IHE public debt statement ON the first of
July showed slight decrease. The govern
ment VIII pay 80, coo, 600 in gold for the July
interest.
Mn. CEEswELL saws rumors of his appoint
ment to the Austrian mission are groundless
GEN. McCooR has received his commission
aud taken the oath OF office as Governor of
N"iVlduo- Tie VIII leaCh Denver early LII July
TO enter upon his duties.
IHE District viii be practically without any
government. except by the police department.
until the organization of the board of commits
Rionere, but two Of whom have vet accepted
the position. The third, Blow, of Missouri,
viii probably accept
TTE resignation Of Postmaster General Cres-
we'll has started Tho ll.1raI ,4,n,,rs Of otba,
changes IN the Cabinet. The latest story is TO
the effect that Atty.-tien. Williams will soon
discover that he has private business suffering
from lack Of personal attention. and thereup-
on proceed TO tender ms resignation.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
The West,

LIEur. Cot. DAVIDSON. commanding at For
sill, reports recent attack by Indians ans
lays. Now that | have received authority tt
punish these Indians under certain restrie
tions, for acts Of aggression, | trust not t.
annoy the General with details, but be enabled
ID show sone results.
THE railroad company has further reduced
the hours Of Labor at its shops n Fort Wayne,
to five hours 4 day. Tins reduction GUS the
wages Of the men down less than one-hslf and
wipere, day laborers, etc. viii now only receive
about So cents per day. The men are nearly
desperate. and some appieheusious Of serious
trouble are felt.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
The Gid Man Goes to School.

BY JOHN H. YATES
know I'm too old to learn, wife my lessons
and tasks are done;
The dews of lifes eyenin' glisten IN the hight
of life's settin sun
TO the grave by the side of my fathers They'll
carry me soon away;
But wanted to see how the world had Sro"h'
so | hobbled to school to-day.
T couldn't a told twas school house; 1T tow
cred up to the skies.
7 gazed on the noble structure till DINNER
grew these old eyes.
Nv thoughts went back to the log house-the
school house of long ago,
Where | studied and romped with the merry
bows who sleep where the daises grow.
| was startled out of my dreamin' by the tones
of its monstrous bell;
On these ears that are CROWN deaf the sweet
notes rose and fell.
| entered the massive door, and sat In the
prOffered chair
An old man wrinkled and gray in the midst OF
the young and fair.
Like garden of bloomin roses, the school
room appeared to me
The children were all 80 tidy. their faces so full
of glee.
They stared at me when | entered, then broke
DER the whisperin rule,
And said. with smile, to each other, the old
mans a-comin' to school"
When the country here wasnew, wlfe-when
was scholar-lad
Our readin' and writin' and spellin were bout
all the studies we had
We cleared up the farm through the summer,
then travelled through woods and snow
To the log house in the openin-the school
house of years ago.
Now, boys go to school in palace, and study
hard Latin and Greek
They are taught to write scholarly essays they
are drilled on the stage to speak;
They go into the district hopper. but come out
of the college spout;
And this is the way the schools of our land are
grindin our great men out.
Let EN- grind! let EN- grind, dear wife. the
world needs the good and the true;
Let the children out of the old house and tlot
EN- into the new.
I'll cheerfully pay my taxes, and say to this
age of mine
All aboard all aboard go ahead If you leave
the old man behind !
Our system of common schools Is the nation =
glory aud crown;
May the arm be palsied. ever. that Is lifted to
tear 1t down,
If bigots cannot endure the light of our CLOWN
skies,
Let them go to Oppressions shore, where
Liberty sleeds and dies.
I'm glad I've been to the new house. large and
grand;
With pride | think of my tolls Ill this Liberty
lovin' land;
I've seen a palace arise where the old log
school-house stood
And gardens of beauty bloom where the shad-
ows fell in the wood
To the grave beside of my fathers they'll carry
Lie soon away;
Then LII go to a higher school than the one
I've seen to-day;
Where the Master of Masters teacheth-where
the scholars never grow old
From glory to glory III climb to the beautiful
college Of gold.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18

Observation-Disclosures statistics of the job
hing and commission trade of Detroit show
that they employ about 50, 700, 600 in capital
553, 100000. In the jobbing-trade, proper,
there is IS, 900 of capital invested, and this
s turned ON the average more than three times
ia " ar, giving aggregate of sales of 928, $50
600 The pay of the 1,058 persons who find
employment III the various stores and offices is
about $3.50 900 per year.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-07-18
ROughing 1t.

few evenings since Detroit chap
was sparkling West side girl who wore
an Ell2abethan ruff. Expecting his
coming, she had dressed herself for the
occasion, and her ruff, stiff rs an unre-
stricted use of satin gloss could make
it, was Of the most stunning character.
The lover came at the orthodox time,
and was ushered into the parlor, where
the enchanting maiden and her father
and mother were seated. He was cor
daily received, and the evening passed
pleasantly, although the old folks set
up a good deal longer than the Young
sters thought necessary. FINALLY they
went to bed, and the twain were left
alone. Alter certain amount of pre-
lminary hashfulness, the maiden as
scented to her lovers request for a kiss.
He es6ayed to take It, but was met at
every point by bristling wall of tarle-
tan and starch He came up to her III
front, and was gouged in each eye. He
sided up to her and the Iight-hand
prong cut on of his ears half Off He
attempted to reach the prize over he1
shoulder, and chevaux de frise of lace
tickled his nose till he was obliged to
take a seat and sneeze. Then the
maiden came to the rescue, and held
down one side of the provoking ruff,
and again the lover advanced just as
he had all but reached her blooming
cheek. the dalnsel lost her grip, and
the ra1or-like decoration flew up with .
force that took an 'tunderbit out of his
night ear p" Then he got mad. Then
she got mad Then they both got mad
and an anticipated wedding has come
to premature end.