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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28
At Large.

GARNER, the billiardist, III answer to the
challenge of Rudolphe, says he viii play in
New York game of three-ball French carome,
500 points up, for 8 000 side, with 25s ball
on five by ten table, the game to take place
three weeks after his match with Maurice Da-
ley for the championship of the world.
THE ticket agents of the Erie Railway have
for long time suspected that a system of
fraud was practiced by conductors, by which
the company was losing large sums, and last
week four conductors of the Delaware division
and three residents of Port Jervis were arrest
ed and put under bonds, on suspicion of being
implicated. 1t is said that the practice has been
for certain conductors to retain, without punch
ing, q portion of the tickets collected by them
to deliver to persons outside, who sold them to
be used again.
The New York Produce Exchange held a
meeting a short time since at which speeches
were made in favor of putting steam on the
Erie Canal, and also for deepening it.
The jury in the case of the Grant Parish
prisoners have brought in a verdict of no,
guilty as to Alfred c. Leavis The jury ali
nouncing that there was no possibility of al
agreement as to the others, they were dis
charged by Judge Wood, and the prisoners
wero remanded, on the motion of the District
! Attorney. who announced that there were Other
indictments against them.
| A BREAK has occurred in the Upper Bass
| levee, miles below Lake Providence. 1t was
| 200 yards long. At last accounts, a dozen Oh
more large plantations, back of Goodrich's
landing, will overflow from the crevasse.
| The expense incurred In the pursuit anG
| prosecution of the Bidwells and Mcdonnell
| the Bank of England forgers was f16,0
| 4 MEETING i'll favor of Fenian amnesty il
HYDE Park, on March Is, was attended by 90,
! 0Oo persons. Good order prevailed.
THE inquest at komoka on the late Great
Western Railroad disaster, has closed. After
long deliberation the jury returned verdict
of manslauShter against the conductor. engi
neer and brakeman of the Inflated train, anG
censuring the Great Western Railway Company
for not having proper signals for stopping
trains, and also for using kerosene oil OF
trains
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28
he East.

NEW York spends S33. COO 600 odd annually
for drinks al the retail price. New York runs
$500 drinking places, whicl. employ some II.
600 men, and cover some 30 acres of ground
The annual report of the Pennsylvania Rail
Company shows an increase in the net
earnings of 1873 over 1872. of S1.197. S57. 60
The surplus net profits for the year were So
1875 767.1i, and the net earnings 50. 445, 793. "a
The Office Of the Adams Express Co was
robbed Of the messengers safe on March H.
Ar the Desiardines Canal, at spot where
some sixty or seventy lives were lost by the
breaking of the railroad bridge, a few years
ago, the passenger bridge gave way on March
II when three teams, with vehicles, which
were crossing, with their occupants, fell into
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28
Severe Hurricane,

4 terrible hurricane. accompanied by thunder
lightning and rain, passed over Cairo, Ill. on
March Is, causing immense destruction of
property. The center Of the storm seems to
have passed south of Cairo. The drug store
OF Barclay Bros, Louis Herbert's restaurant,
and John Andrews clothing store, on the
levee had the roofs carried away. and the
stocks considerably damaged The sun news
paper office was damaged to such an extent
that ono issue of the paper had to be dis
pensed with Several other small houses are
reported demolished in the upper part of the
city. but fortunately no loss of Life is reported
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28
Slave Uprising in Cuba.

information has been received of the III
rising OF slaves on the sugar estates in the dis
trlct Of Maret, about Is miles from Havena
and IN the neighberhood of Bahia Honda.
The uprising began in the State of Jaguirre,
fomented by poor planters, who are under the
impression that if the slaves should rise in
their vicinity, the authorities would feel bound
to arm the whites to maintain peace at home.
and thereby prevent them from being sent to
tight to the eastern portion of the island.
The captain general has ordered troops into
the vicinity of the trouble
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28
The West.

ADvIcEs from Indianapolis, Ind, state that
all the miners in the Brazil section, except at
one shaft, have struck against a reduction to
a basis of seventy-five cents per ton from the
old rate of one dollar and upward A long
strike is feared as both parties are determined
A MAN named Kelly returned to his home, a
few miles below Dubuque, Iowa, recently, after
all absence of eight years, and found his wife
married to another man. she believing that he
was dead She has two children by her last
husband
THERE was an increase Of 8 4-l0 i'll the area
sown with winter wheat last fall in the states
of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
and Ohio, according to the information of the
National Crop Reporter. In Illinois the III
crease is 90 per cent. Iowa shows decrease OF
10 per cent. to be attributed to the severe
drought last summer. The condition of the
fruit trees is good, and fine yield is expected.
AUGUSTUS DAVIS, aged Is, with rifle, shot
and killed L. Smith, aged II, at Stone Creek, a
few miles from Plattsmouth, Nebraska. JIM
ME Smith, aged 6, brother of the deceased,
,rac tho onIy Witness
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28
Volcanic ERUPTION.

Bald Mountain, in the western part of North
Carolina, was III a stete of volcanic eruption
on March II, and the houses and fences on
the sides and base of the mountain have been
thrown down, and the inhabitants were 1eeinq,
IN terror from their homes. A thin vapor
rises from the top of the mountain and a low
rumbling sound is constantly heard causing
much alarm and CONSERVATION to the people in
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28
Congressional Summary.
House.

MONDAY, March 16.-Bills were in
troduced prohibiting the use Of public horses and
vehicles for private purposes i'll Washington, and
forbidding government officials to require their
servants to wear livery ; for Il commission III rela-
ton TO the preservation of forests to give land
warrants to soldiers and sailors III the late war,
and for appropratng $4,000 to be expended in the
course of the current year IN improving the mouth
of the Mississippi river. The latter passed.--An
evening session waa held for the discussion Of the
transportation bill.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28
Published March 5, 1874.l
pTER So

AN AcT to amend section l of chapter Sc of the
general laws CT 1873. relating to common schools
The people of The State of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Section / of chapter Sc of the general
laws of 1863, is hereby amended so as TO read as
follows: Section Is of chapter 155 OF the general
laws of 1878, is hereby amended so as to read as
follows: Section L. whenever any school district
SHALL for two more successive years, neglect to
maintain public school as required by law, 1t shall
be the duty of the supervisors of the town contain
ing the district attach said district to such other
adjoining district districts in the town as they
shall Judge proper, and if the district be JOINT DIS
trlct then the supervisors of the several towns en-
braelng parts thereof shall Dissolve such JOINT
district, and Immediately proceed TO attach the re-
spect1Ne towns hereinbefore provided. Ana
Whenever any district shall become sAnguished by
reason of the attachment of all its territory to some
other district districts, the supervisors OF the
town or towns embracing such districts shall take
charge OF the property belonging to the sane at the
time OF Its extlngJishsDt, dispose al the same by
grant or otherwise, and apply the proceeds to the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28
New King OF Hawaii.

PRINCE kELA kENA has been elected King of
Hawai- to succeed LunilIao. The elections were
quiet. There was serious riot threatened at
Honolulu when the election of Kala Kena was
made known. mob attacked the court
house, but men from the L. S. steamship Tus-
carora and other war vessels landed. and quiet
was soon restored. No bloodshed is reported
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28
The Ine.ia Famine.

The famine in India is spreading 30 rapidly
that the officials are becoming alarmed, and
are taking steps to avert the threatened calam-
lty as much as possible. In the Textbook dis
trict 100000 persons have applied for relief.
and other places report like condition. The
population OF some districts are actually
starving slowly to death, and no help is at
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28
led hIarch.17, 1874.J
CHAPTER 229.

AN ACT to authorize counties, towns cities and
villages to levy a tax for the building and aiding
in the building and construction of bridges in
certain and to issue bonds in aid thereof
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Any county, town, city village
bordering upon any of the navgable rivers of this
state, or rceandered streams rivers, are hereby
authorized to vote and levy tax not to exceed two
per centrm on the assessed valuation of the prop
erty in such county, town, city or village, the
same appears from the last assessment roll, rolls
i'll such county, town, city village for the pur-
pose OF building, erecting, constructing or main
tanning bridge across such Tfavigabe or meander-
ed stream river, for the purpose Of aiding in
the construction, building and maintaining such
bridge.
Section q Any county, town, city or village in
this state is hereby authorized to issue the bonds of
such county, town, city village to an amount not
TO exceed two per cent upon the last assessed Yalu
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28

the canal, a distance of nearly seventy feet be-
low. Strange to say, all the people escaped
with their lives, though limbs were broken and
other severe injuries received. Four horses
were drowned, and two of the men were res
cued lust in tirue to save their lives.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28
Published March 6, 1874
CHAPTER 10.

AN Act relating to telegraph companies.
The people of the State of Wisconsin. represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section !. Any telegraph company that has been
or hereafter may be organized under and by virtue
of law this state, and doing business therein
is hereby authorized and empowered, acting by Its
board of directors to borrow any sum or sums of
money, from any person or persons, corporation or
body polite of any kind: and 1t is fully authorized
and empowered to make, execute and deliver in or
out of the state, all writings, notes, bonds, mort
cages, or other papers and securities, in amount
and kind as may be determined by the board OF
directors thereof; not, however, exceeding IN
amount it's capital, and to make, execute, sell and
deliver at private public sale in or out of this
state, any such bonds and to the payment of
the same with interest may be agreed not to ex-
coed ten per cent. per annum by mortgage, bonds
deed other conveyance. of all and singular, their
property, real, personal or mixed, with all appurte
nances, rights and franchises, relating pertain
ing thereto, or any part or portion thereof or to
pledge, mortgage or otherwise convey any all of
the revenues of said telegraph company, for the
purpose of securing the payment of any such bonds
notes, other obligations and interest thereon
and may provide sinking fund for the redemption
Of said bonds out of the earnings of their property
and franchises.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved March 4, 1874.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28

Air Line Railway Company shall fail to file said res
uuion and to give said security, provided in the
preceding section then said lands shall vest in the
North Wisconsin Railway Company, upon that COM
pany ming with the secretary of state resolution
of its board of directors and executing and deIiy-
erlng to the state treasurer bond, required by
section four OF this act and i'll the said North
Wisconsin Railway Company shall fail to file such
resolution and to execute and deliver such bond
within twenty days after the forfeiture of its rights
to SAID lands by the said Chicago and Northern
Paclhc AIR Line Railway Company, then it shall be
the duty OF the governor, the agent of the state
to proclaim forfeiture by said company of all its
right and privileges under this act, and thereupon
any other railway company that shall first, after
said proclamation, file with the secretary of stated
resolution of its board of directors accepting said
grant upon the terms and conditions of said acts of
congress and of this act and shall deposit with the
state treasurer security, to be approved by the gov
ernor, to construct said road i'll accordance with the
provisions of said acts of congress aud of this act
shall succeed to the rights and privileges herein
eonditionaly granted to said Chicago and Northern
Pacific AIR Line Railway Company, fully as
though this act had in the first instance applied to
said company.
Section IA. Any person who, prior to the first
day OF January, 1874, may have settled upon any
quarter, or subdivision less than quarter section
of said lands and improved the same a farm and
who has since continued to reside thereon and oc-
cupy the same as his home, may proving such
settlement, improvement and continued residence,
acquire the title to the by paying to the state
treasurer of Wisconsin, for the of said North
WISCONSIN Railway Company, the sum of two dol
lars and nifty cents per scre for such land, such
proof and payment to be made within one year
from the passage of this act.
Section Is. This act snail take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 4, 1874,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28

AN ACT to appropriate sum of money to the lnstl-
tuition for the Education of the Blind, for the cur
rent expenses for the year 1874.
The people of the State OF Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. There is hereby appropriated out of
any money the general fund not otherwise appro-
priated the sum of nineteen thousand dollars III
full for the payment of current expenses at the
Institution for the Education OF the Blind, for the
year 1874.
Section O. All sums for current expenses shall be
drawn from the treasury, not oftener than quarter
ly, i'll advance
Section g. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication,
and shall be printed i'll the volume Of general laws
for the year 1874.
Approved March 10, 1874
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28

FRIDAY, March 20.-A number of res
olutions and memorials were presented and read
THE committee public lands reported unfa-
vorably the Senate bill granting aid to the Allan
tic and Great Western canal company, and the
mttee discharged from its further consideTa-
ton. At the expiration of the morning hour the
army appropriation bin taken ny aud passed,
with amendments The Fertilization bill was then
considered aud passed.-Aftcr a brief executive
session the Senate ad lodrned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28

discharge of its debts, paying the remainder,
any, to the treasurer of the district to which the
territory has been attached in proportion to the val
uation Of the property attached to EACH appears
from the last assessment roll of the town towns
Section 2 This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
A,..,r rl.rnulA u Il. n tarI
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28

The consideration Of the bill to promote the min
ing resources of the United States resumed, but
in short time the bill was laid aside and the legB
lative appropriation bin taken up and occupied the
remainder of the session.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-28

passed, amendatory to the act to prevent the exer
mination Of fur-beariug animals III Alaska III re-
aton TO the employment of aliens as engineers and
penses of the Joint committee to investigate into the
management of affairs i'll the District OF Columbia.
Bills on the calendar were next considered, and at
the expiration of the morning hour the army ap-
preparation bill vas considered Pending the dis
Cussion the Senate went into executive session and
adjourned.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-01-27

ROBERTFLORENCF'sA Administration de oonis
non, with thc Will annexed.
WALTER SHIRLET'S Administrator and Adj
mrnistratrIx. &c.
(ELt from Decree, in Term, Oct. IS, '73 }
Sc A ND on consideration thereof tie Court
IA doth afiuGce. order AMI decree tlat this
cause be referred TO Gee. ". T. Rcarsiev. a Com
missioner of tins Court, f. settle tho 4Ccon1rS
of Solomon A. Bates aud Elizabeth 8. Shirley
personal representatives. Of Walter Shirley. de-
ceased, and to audit ali the debts or the saId
Walter Shirlev, ard to ascertain ard rerort to
this Court the quantity ami value Of tire zeal
ard personal estate Of winch Walter Shirley died
seized or possessed. ana The annual Yaire OF the
said real ate, and also whether it Is nTactiCa-
bic Or dPSlTab be. regard beng had to the infer
FStS Of al parties, to have the dover of EliZ:-
beth :. Smiley, widow Os Walter Shirley, laid
eff bV mcteS and bounds. have the whole
of the real estate or said Walter Shirley. decd.
sold. and SnIn of ciOneV equivalent IL value to
the d-wer paid to III said Elizabeth s. Shirley
ont of the prOCeedi OI sale But hciOr" said
CDU.mIssICncT shall execute this decree, snail
give notice of toe tIInc OF eNeCUfIn this decree.
for north. in newspaper printed in
the town of CharicStown, IN fms county, as IRE
scrIbcd by Section IF Chap:c. ST Dt the Code,
HS amended by Chapter 10 Of Acts "f 1873, Which
snail be- equivalent 20 Tcrs"I to al par
ties and pHrsOTS Interested"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-01-27
COMMISSIONERS ENTICE.

In the Circuit Court Of Jefferson County,
Vest Iirgi"iD, OtfoLer Term, 1878:
ARMSTEAD OREM. Plaintiff
Against
N. s. WHITE. Joseph TrapnnlI : ~ CrAHCrRY.
and, Georgo II. Turner, De-
(Erf from Decree Of October Term. 1879
IS 7 is ordered that this cau<o he referred to a
i COr'n'iSSIoner, who i il -truct.T to asrer-
tain and report the naIarre dine the lard of
said Orem and Others to y. :. White attorney
III fact, ard now held b. George H. Turner Sc
cured by the Deed of Trust in FL" brii nleii-
TONED. and any other lIeus on tLs tract of land
Ill the proceedings Inentoneh, and report to the
next term of TITS Court"
A CCpT-'TcSte.
ROBERT T. BROWN. Clerk.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-01-27

SIX thousand Cigars of all erade., from for sc TO
~ SC each embracing All the popular brands Of
the day. Just received. &c BELLER
EAD'S Compound Syrup of Blackberry Root
- for the almost lnstantAneous cure of DiarThPa,
pysentery, Cholera 1Eorbus, Cholera In fantum. and
Tor children teethins. F. BELLER.
EOiERCE'S Pursative Pellets or sugHr-coated Root
and Herbal Juice-a pleasant and 3 fe remedy
for hcad ache, dizziness, bilious attacks. &c. for
sale by c. E BELLER.
RlSCoIISE for Infants suffering from looseness
~ OF the bowels. BisCotine will be found to gire
health and str"ngth with more certainty than tho
crud" substances in use aud not la HE to sour
on the st"Enach For sale by C. F. BELLER.
NRAVELES'S Chewing TOBACCO. Golden
Twist and a frst- rate article at twenty cents a
lug-for sele bv c. F BELLER.
eI'oR the Picking season Spices of all kinds-
fresh and reliable. CT BEIIER
PAugust l9, 1873.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-01-27
HUE Q r U s .

n DEFINITION OF AN EDIroR We have
Reen many definitions of many names. words and
phrases. bur the following Of an editor, given
by Josh Billings. is abour the hest We have yet
encountered: "An editor Is n male being
whozs hiziness IL to navigatc nuze paper
lie writes editorials, griuds out poetry, inserts
deths and weddings. sorts ont manuscripts.
keeps waste ha~ket, blows up the devil"
steals matter, ftes other peoples battles, sells
his paper for dollar and fifty cents a year,
takes white beans and apple sass for pay when
he kan git It, ra'z's large ftmily. works 10
hours ont Of every a knows 10 Sunday. gifts
damned bi everybody, and once in while
whips by sumboddy. lives poor, dies middle
aged and often broken hearted. leaves no mo-
ney, IL rewarded for life ov toll with a short
but free obituary puff in nuze papers,"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-01-27

To the Creators Of Cuthmine IT, Ra,rlins,
licensed:
pursuance to a d"creee OF the circuit Court of
L the County OF Jctf.rann, made il cause there
IL pending to suhjtct the real estate of the sad
CathHrlne NJ Rawlins to the payment OF her debts,
you required present your c la ms
said Catharinc NJ. R.wIjps for adiuai, : tirn to
Cleon Moore, Commissioner at his office in the
I'd county, before the 10Th DAY Febru.ry
1874.
Witness Robert T. Brown. Clerk of said Court,
this 23d day of December l-73.
RORERT T. BROWN,
Doc %, IS73-6t Clerk o. the Circuit Court.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-01-27
JEFFERSON FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
SHOPS.

A FTER an experience CT l6 years in bust
- nc7s, VIC have at Inst found out that cannot
carry ON our business without money: and the it,
fcu!tE in collecting money these tiniPs makes it
necessity Tor adopt the Cash sysieTn. We will,
therefore, after January 1913. do work Tor Cash
only or Country Produce down delivery of the
work. We will erdCavOr to put down Ourp ices as
low as can be done in the county, and the work
mHnship superior to any, aud will strive to accom-
mrdate al who will favor with their patronage.
Our New Plnughs. of which making .
large lot of different sizes, will be sold time
good responsible men. by giving their notes pa va
bic at such time specified in the contract. Re-
member, however, guarantee satisfaction in
every case sale. Our old accounts now
ready for settlement and muIt he cloFed up without
delay. wEIRICE L WELLER
January Il, 1873