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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-05
HOW TO SEND AID

In consequence of reports that many
unauthorized persons are soliciting aid
for tho grasehopper sufferers Of Ne
braska, Gen. E. O. C. Ord, chairman,
has been ordered by the executive COM
mittee to issue the following:
The Nebraska relief and aid society adheres
to the policy of authorizing no person or per-
sons, however reputable. to receive moneys or
materials from eastern people. It's agents will
act only through branch aid societies. and
whatever charity the people of old and wealthy
states desire to bestow on the unfortunate
homesteaders of western and newly settled
Nebraska, suffering from the ravages of grass
hoppers should be forwarded through local or
branch aid societies. and by their officers di
rectly to Alvin Saunders. treasurer and T.. b.
Chandler secretary of the Nebraska relief and
aid society, Omaha. This notice is published
as q warning against lmDOStOrs
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-05
The West.

The grand encampment OF Odd Fellows of
Indiana convened at Indianapolis on the 18th.
GEN. ORD has received instructions from
Washington to ascertain what amount of men s
clothing will be needed by grasshopper suffer
ers this winter, and it is therefore presumed
that the department has decided to issue
soldier clothing to the needy.
THE Second National Bank of Lawrence.
Kansas, having failed to meet the calls of the
redemption agency of the treasury department
to reimburse the treasury for its notes re-
deemed. and its deposit Of five per cent being
exhausted. Treasurer Spinner has given notice
that on and after this date the notes of that
bank will be rejected when presented for the
redemption agency.
Two white girls named Germon were recently
rescued from the Indians 10y the troops. during
a fight at Mcclellan Creek The parents of
these girls were massacred in Kansas at the
time of their capture. Two other sisters are
still in the hands of the Indians
The auction sale of the Lick property. do
mated to public use, took place in San Francis
co. The sale aggregated 81, $50 925
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-05
MINISTER WAsHBURNE.

Washington dispatch of Nov. II:
"There is a well-grounded rumor that
on Thursday last the President sent a
cable dispatch to Minister E. B. Wash
burne, at Paris, requesting his presence
in Washington at the earliest possible
moment.
Later dispatch of same date:
+" While there are good grounds for be-
lieving that the President has been re
Gently in telegraphic correspondence
with Minister Washburne at Paris, there
seems to be nothing but surmise for the
assertion that Mr. Washburne has been
requested to come here for the purpose
of consultation on political subjects.
Least of all it is believed that the Pres
ident wishes him to accept Cabinet
position"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-05
SEVENTH DAY EDVENTTSTs.

The general regular meeting of the
Tract and Missionary Society of the
Seventh Day Adventists was held in
Battle Creek, Mich. Three sessions
were held during the day and evening.
The report showed that the member
ship i'll the state had increased fifty
during the past quarter. The total
membership of the state society is
1872. Receipts during the quarter,
$500. A new parer, the Voice Of Truth,
is to be started January l with 10000
subscribers. The publications of the
society are now issued in English, Ger
man, French, Danish and other Ian
guages, and have Il circulation in
America, Europe and Australia.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-05
TUE uNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.

Under the Congressional joint resolu-
ton of 1869, five citizens were appoint
ed to examine into the condition OF the
Union and Central Pacific railroads, who
reported that about 81, 900, 900 would be
necessary to supply the Deficiencies OF
both roads. Secretary Cox at that time
directed the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office to withhold from them
one half of the la4d grant as security
for the supply Of, deficiency OF the
roads. The reports of the Commission
ers who were recently examined say
the Union Pacific has since that period
expended S2,215,000 and the Central
Pacific expended $500, 900 in excess
of the sum first named. The den
ciencies having been supplied and the
roads considered as complete, reports
were submitted by the secretary of the
interior to the President, who, on the
recommendation of the secretary, has oil
rected revocation of the order of Sec
rotary Cox, Withholding patents for hall
the lands, which will, therefore, be re
leased to those companies.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-05
CANNON's SEAT TO BE CONTESTED.

r. n. Baskin has given notice that
he will contest the seat of Elder Can
non as delegate from Utah in the House
of Representatives Baskin charges
Cannon with being an alien; that he has
violated the act of Congress of 1862
regarding polygamy, and has married
Eliza l.. Young, Martha Zella, Eliza
beth Hoagland, and Sarah Jane Young;
that he has married one woman since
the passage of the act of 1862; that he
regards his obedience to lis church as
superior to his obligations to any law Of
Congress, that he has not only violated
its law in regard to polygamy, but in
duced others to do the same, that he
cannot take the oath required of Dele
gate; that the House of Representatives.
April 3, 1874 passed bill to the effect
that thereafterno bigamist or polygamist
should be eligible to seat in Congress,
and that his constituents voted for him
knowing such facts. In reply, Cannon
states that at this election he received
some "A, 900 votes to ZOO cast for his
opponent; that he has been naturalized.
He denies that, by being Mormon or
otherwise, he has entered into relations
with any woman of such character or in
such manner as to subject himself to
punishment for any offense under the
act of Congress of 1862.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-05

A YOUNG lady in Baltimore, on the oc-
casion of her seventeenth birthday, was
presented by young fellow with a loaf
of bread measuring seven feet in length,
and weighing fifteen pounds.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-05

IN hospital in Montpelier, France,
is patient who has just swallowed a
thermometer left on his table, while
suffering from temporary delirium.
They have a great deal of trouble with
him now. When he drinks hot coffee
that thermometer rises up against the
roof OF his mouth hard enough to lift
his hat off, and when he eats ice cream
it gets down in his boots and worries
his corns. E.G
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-05
THE PENSION REPORT.

From the report of the commissioner
of pensions, Just issued, we take the fol-
lowing: During the year, ., 1908 new.
for army invalid pensions
were allowed at an aggregate annual
rate of 500, 332, so; the pensions OF S,063
pensioners of this class were increased
at an aggregate annual rate OF SILT, 2oi.-
80: the losses to this roll from death and
other causes were 6, 105, whose pensions,
with the annual amount OF reduction OF
the rates of other invalid pensions,
aggregated 1917, 452. So annually.
On the Both of June, 1874, there were
102. 457 army invalid pensioners on the
army pension-roll. The aggregate an
nual pay of this class was SlO,O5S,377,
81
The increase in the number of this
class was 2,653, and the aggregate IN
crease of pensions was $43l, 1914
During the year, 3,05l new pensions for
army widows and dependent relatives
were allowed, at an aggregate annual
rate of SAG, 433, and the pensions of r.
932 pensioners of this class were III
creased at an aggregate annual rate OF
S403, Ill %. There were stricken from
the roll Of this class of pensioners, 1873
names, whose pensions aggregated ST.
go, 1905. On the Both of June, 1874,
there were on the roll of army widows
and dependent relatives 107, SIG names,
at an aggregate annual rate of $13, 3d.
1876 IS, the decrease for the year being
4, 572 names, and the decrease of pen
sions of this class being 1924, 56S.O3.
On the Both of June there were ,55l
| navy invalid pensioners. at an aggregate
annual rate of $3.50, 1872, an increase II
the year Of 121 J. n Of he s. "';m her ,n of Per,
rate of pensions of this class On the
Both of June there were 1,795 pension
ers on the navy roll of widows and de
| pendent relatives, at total rate OF
$2S7, 534, an increase for the year of l.
IN the number of names, aud IS, 9S4 IL
| the rate of pensions.
The names of GIL new pensioners
were added to the roll of the survivors
of the war of 1912, and 1,217 of this
class We're lost by death, leaving on the
Both of June II, 500 pensioners Of thi!
class at total annual rate of 81 ,691, 52(
"a decrease for the year Of GIG in til,
number of pensioners and 500, 061 il
the rate of pensions of this class. The
names of S43 widows of soldiers of tn,
war of 1912 were added to the roll, ant
224 were lost by death during tina
period, leaving Oh. the Both of June 5,
3l2 pensioners of this class-an increase
for the year of 259 in the number o
pensioners and $24, 864 in the rate o
| pensions.
The total number of pensioners of al
classes on the Both of June, 1874, was
| 236, 81, decrease Of 2, 40 during The
year; the aggregate annual rate of pen
| sions of all classes on June 80 was 500,
254, O71.10, n decrease from the preced
| ing year of s., 745. -. Theroll contain,
the names of 40 widows of soldiers il
the Revolutionary War.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-05

THERE is great deal in gravity. 1t
looks like wisdom. Many great man
owes his reputation to his serious as
pect and to his quiet tongue We are
easily misled by appearances. Without
intending to pun, we involnntarily fancy
that man with Il serious countenauce
is 'Esolemn 'un.'
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-05

WE learn from Philadelphia paper
that gentleman . in that city recent
" beat his wife to death.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-05
W God County.

The sad news of the death by drown
ing of brother Of Mrs. Judge Hayden,
has been received by telegraph TIL
facts reported are, that the family were
Ell route for St. Croix county, whittier
they intended to settle. When few
miles north of Portage City,a small herd
Of cattle, which the deceased was driv-
ing, in crossing bridge, turned upon
and crowded him off into the current,
where he drowned before aid could be
rendered. The body was received
here on Tuesday.-Gra,1d Rapids Re
porter
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-05

VI Soi'AhiSo "'N' w Oii' Pi'JSIo ~ t1'A anu
loan.
Kenosha County.
A LADY of KenOsha (name not given)
who has been in the habit of drinking
vinegar, made a mistake recently and
swallowed a dose of concentrated I've.
which caused her death. Miller's
jewelry store in Kenosha was entered
by burglars recently, and the stock of
iewelry worth 8, 900 stolen, The bur
glars escaped with their plumber Sub
sequently Mr.. Miller recovered the
whole of the stolen property in Chica-
go, by the payment of $500 to the rob
bers through middle men. This aD-
peared to be the only course left him TO
save his goods.
Marathon County.
Regular trains are now being run be-
tween Wausau and Tonah. The rail
road company recently gave the people
along the line a grand excursion. The
excursiOnists numbered 5000 people.
who were entertained at Wausau. whose
citizens We'd with each other in efforts
to make the excursion one to be long re-
membered
Milwaukee County
AN eccentric thief stole a 800 set of
false teeth from show case in front of
dental Office in Milwaukee recently
The total amount of real estate
sales IN the county for the year ending
Sept. / is 4,241 ,015.- marine on
board the revenue cutter Andrew John
son, named James Moran, has been ex-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-05

The sheriff of the county recently
started for the insane asylum at Osh-
Sanborn. While awaiting train at
Green Bay, the crazy man ran from the
hotel and plunged into the river. He
was rescued by some sailors. Sanborn
is from Bailey's Harbor, and seems in
tent on self-destruction.-
dogs were recently brought into the
county for the purpose of running deer
into the lake. The people i'll the neigh
borhood disappearing of such sport,
scattered poison around, and the enter
prise was a failure.
The Grange advance., 1874-03-04
For the Advance.
The Coming Council.

Mr.. EDITOR II hope that you and the
:'rest of mankind" Patrons in particular,
will remember that every Grange in Good
hue county should be properly represented.
in the Council. There are some oranges
in our county that have never been repre-
sented in the Council. Let us remember
that, In Union there is strength - it is
as true now as on the day it was uttered {;
let US come laden with Faith, Hope, Charity
and Fidelity, full Of kind words and good
cheer for all. There Is business of i'm
portance to be transacted, and We need the
united wisdom of all. The Council is the
place to combat errors that may creep into
our business affairs. We want to get &C.
quainted with one another, and see if our
wants, and our aims are the same we want
to pull in the same direction, work for the
same ends, use the same means, in fact we
want to be one.
Ibelieve the south western part of the
county, and the western part have neve,
been present at any Of the meetings of the
Council. We want to see Pine Island
Cherry Grove, Kenyon, Cannon Falls and
Lillian present and fully represented; lei
no one forget the time and place the
third Friday Of March (2O) It tho Town
hall in Feathsrstone 1t 10 o'clock 8. N.
.s.. UNCLE TOM. {
The Grange advance., 1874-03-04

not, and ! think, dares not, specify. Who
are the !" leeches and vampires upon the
workingmen? 2" He tells us they are the
" non-producing .ristocracy Of Church and
State" But who are they Why does he
link Church and State together! Who are
the non-producing aristocracy Of the
Church Does he mean the ministers?
Then why does he not say so?' Perhaps
he did not want to wake up the prejudices
Of that great " heterogeneous mass" the
public, who are so grossly under the de-
fusion that the ministers are and have been
the best conservers Of liberty and the tru-
est promoters Of civilization and morality,
a class of citizens that have always been
terribly over-worked and under paid and
even under-valued.
Until Mr.. S. ''rises to explain we
shall certainly believe that the weapon
was aimed at the preachers, and that there
was tinge of cowardliness in the manner
of the attack that was wholly unworthy Of
q brave defender Of liberty.
If these surmises be correct, then it
seems to me your Lake Champlin cores
pondent is not only doubtfully compliment
tary, but terribly sarcastic when he calls
The GRANGE ADVANCE "Our Whitfield,
Spurgeon, Demosthenes," for were not those
men '' Leeches and Vampires ~
So: Messrs. Editors, after carefully pc
rusing " What know about Newspapers"
I have come to regard it as one of the
strangest productions of the nineteenth
century. An advocate of freedom, its
spirit is unmerciful and overbearing.-
Processing to speak in plain and burning
Words" without fear or favor, it stoops to
throw sop of fattery to THE GRANGE AD-
VANCE, and aims poisoned stiletto at
class Of citizens whom it dares not openly
specify. Bold, fierce, caustic, inconsistent
and cowardly. 1t presents perfect pat
tern of what it says newspaper should be,
namely, "equally varied, mixed, conglom-
Grated and heterogeneous
T. c. HODGSON.
Hastings, MINI, Feb 28th, 1874.
The Grange advance., 1874-03-04
WHY don't our liyerv stable men. O.

WHY don't our livery stable men, or
our hotel keepers. OF in fact, any body but
ourselves, 60 to work and build good car
riage road to the top Of Barn Bluff and
then make nice drive way on the top.
We understand that the right Of way can
be had free. No ono ever comes to Red
Wing, who is not seized with desire to
place that bluff beneath his feet. II has
done more than anything except the wheat
business to make Red Wing famous A
good carriage way to the top, Of Barn Bluff
would do full as much as first class hotel
to make Red Wing .fsyorite resort for
tourists, and health seekers. Let souebGdY
swaks up upon this matter at once.
The Grange advance., 1874-03-04
RED WING AND VICINITY.

On Tuesday night last, Mr.. Hart
Perkins of Featherstone, had 35 fine sheep
mangled, wounded, and killed outright by
dogs. Many of them were so terribly mu-
tilated that they had to be killed at once.
Mr.. Perkins bought these sheep on account
Of their superior stock and merits, and
would not have suffered this disaster, prob
ably, for three times the value of the sheep.
At the last term of Court our jury found
the value of dog to be $50. At this rate
sheep are absolutely worthless, for, gentle
men, it is law as fixed as the Laws of the
Medes and Persians, that as the value of
dogs goes up the value of sheep must
come down.
No more will the genial countenance
Of David Watson be seen behind the grated
windows Of the jail-no not Jail, but post
Office, we mean. He has deserted the SER
vice of the United States, and ought to be
arrested Immediately in his wild career by.
some young eharmer capable of detecting
his merits, led to the altar, and there hand
cuffed and bound in the clanking chains of
matrimony, and sentenced during the term
of his natural life, according to government
survey, or words to that effect. In order to
aid his discovery and arrest we would say
that our reporter found him among the bolts
and bars of C. Betcher & Co.'S hardware
store.
SAD indeed have been the tidings to
many a heart in Red Wing that Martin
Rockwell is dead. Kind, genial, Social
friend to everybody but himself We need
not now refer to the terrible habit that like
strong man bound him in chains Of iron,
and led him captive through Life, and finally
plunged him into premature grave Many
are familiar with the Intellectual struggles
which he made to regain his freedom and
establish his manhood. It was probably
with view to avail himself of the assist
ance of the stern discipline of the army
that he enlisted on the Goth day Of June
last. He was admitted to the hospital
about the middle Of December last. On the
first of January erysipelas set in, followed
by q large tumor, which finally ended in his
death. He died on the 18th day of Febru-
ary. The attending surgeon was satisfied
that he had long been addicted to the use Of
opium to fearful extent, superinduced,
undoubtedly, by the terrible craving of his
system for strong stimulants. During his
illness he received every attention which
the many warm friends he had made could
bestow, and was buried with military hon.
ors. If his faults were grievous, most
grievously hath he answered them.
The Grange advance., 1874-03-04

Mn. CHAs. BEroHER has just pur-
chased the vacant lots on the corner Of Third
and Fulton streets. Mr.. Betcher seems to
have an abiding faith in Red Wing real es-
tate. z.= l
The Grange advance., 1874-03-04

palpable absurdity, and not because of it's
simplicity. No, no, Mr.. S., we cannot con-
sent to forsake the blessed religion that
opens wide its arms to all the world, say-
ing. "Come unto me all ye ends of the
earth and be ye saved" to follow such
gospel as you have given US.
But the manner in which Mr.. 5. assails
the press is truly astonishing. Take his
unqualified assertion that there are no
free presses in Minnesota. This is a verv
grave charge. How does he know "there
are no free presses in Minnesota Where
is his proof? Is he personally acquainted
with all the papers in the State! Doubt
less the entire press of the State would re-
sist the imputation as q calumny of the
grossest sort. Then observe his consist
ency. A few lines further on he tells US
Of the free, uatrammeled GRANGE ADVANCE.
Is Mr.. 8. aware that The GRAxaE ADVANCE
is published in Minnesota Is he consist
ent, or is he only ignorant: Lastly, Mr..
Editor, I have been led to question. Mr..
spaidings courage in defense Of abolished
freedom. Notwithstanding he claims to
speak in Z. plain and burning words. " .
These doubts have been rsised IN my mind
by the fact that he seems to be aiming /
missile q ts class Of persons whom be doe,
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-25
snOr rOR CAnDAGE PLEAS.

As soon as our readers begin to work in
the garden we shall begin to hear COM
plants of the injury being done by cabbage
and turnip feas. In time let us say that
dusting Of the plants with SCOT is not only
an excellent preventive of the ravages of
these insects, but it is also first-ratc
method of stimulating growth. Now, when
you have occasion to clean out your CHM
neys, stovcpipe or stoves, where SCOT ac-
cumulates more or less. save all you can
and put it aside in some dry place for time
of need. Put all your fine, dust-like ashes
in with the SCOT and in spring sift out all the
Jumps, adding ar equal quantity Of dry
earth or sand to the pure article. TO every
barrel of this compound add one pound of
powdered sulpher, thoroughly mixing it
through the heap. Keep dry and under
cover until wanted for use. This mixture
will also be found excellent for busting over
melon and cucumber vines as well as upon
the cabbage and tomato plant.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-25

The following unique plan, which we find
adrft without credit, is said to be the one
long in use by man who has had remark
able success in growing melons. We sup
pose it would answer equally well with
squashcs and similar plants 81 dig holes
twelve inches square, eight or ten inches
deep; fill up with well-rotted horse manure
to the surface. On this put two inches of
soil. Then take a four-inch flower pot; set
in the centre draw the remainder of the
soil around the pot, until the soil is about
four inches deep, then giving the pot n
twist round withdraw it. This leaves a
hole four inches deep by four wide. In
this drop five or Six seeds, and cover to
the depth of three. quarters of an inch.
Over this place pane of six-by. eight
glass, pressing it lightly to fit close. l
then give no more attention till the plants
are touching the glass, Then go through,
taking small stone, raise up the end of
the glass with it; this admits of a circula-
ton of air over the plants and hardens
them. III about three days more remove
the glass entirely. By this time they will
/ be in the rough leaf; thin out TO three plants
in hill. draw little fine soil around then,
up as high as the seed leaf, and the work
| is done
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-25

ed on in agricultural pursuits will be album
dainty rewarded for their steadfastness to
the farmers calling. Stick to the farm,
young man. Let the "fustian and feathers"
gol They will never put either clothes up
on your body or money in your pocket.
Don't trouble the "old folks" any more
about your going off to seek your fortune
in some doubtful speculation or idle fancy.
Give the air castles to the winds and come
up to plain, honest toll on the farm, and a
few years will convince you of the wisdom
of your choice. This is our word YER
mont journal
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-25
ARE PLANTS IN ROOMS UNHEALTHY.


We have answered now number oftimes,
but the question still comes, probably from
new subscribers. The atmosphere of
greenhouse crowded with plants has been
analysed, and found to be not essentially
different from ordinary air. II it were un-
healthy to breathe the air in which plants
were growing, we who live in the country
would show it, and those who during the
summer camp out in the woods would hard
ly find the health they seek. There is no
danger in sleeping in the room with plants.
\ whole roomful cannot affect the air near
ly as much as an additional person or the
burning of night lamp. The fact that GER
tain cdors Of flowers are unpleasant to per-
sons particularly sensitive to such things is
another matter. 1t is usually a case of in
divdual popularity, and easily remedied
by removing the offending plants. Amcri-
can Agricultural.