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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07
at Large.

MINT operations are somewhat at stand
still, pending the uncertainties respecting the
final legislation on the currency.
The Pullman Palace Car Company has paid
its regular quarterly dividend of three dollars
per share, or twelve per cent. per annum. The
earnings largely exceed the dividend the
winters business having proved better than
Last years, Notwithstanding the diminished
railroad traffic since the panic.
THE brewers of Cincinnati have held meet
ing To take action III reference to the temper
ance movement IN Ohio One brewer states
that Washington Courthouse, which took 100
kegs Of beer daily. now takes none. At
Nenia, Ohio, the citizens have subscribed a
large fund to support the woman's increment
The lat saloon III Jamestown, Green county,
Ohio, Is reported closed.
TIE Supreme Court OF New Mexico has de-
cIded that the Pueblo Indians Of New Mexico
are citizens Of the United States, under the
treaty of Gaudaloup-Hidago, with power to
sell and dispose OF their lands like other citi-
zens. This decision will add about 1900
voters to tn population Of the Territory, and
and relieve the government OF the necessity
ana expense Of supporting the Pueblo agents,
and distributing farming implements among
| them.
An indianapolis telegram states that six
boys, two named McCoIkie, two cambridge
one Peckheimer. and one Smallw God, went
| down to White River on Sunday, in a canoe to
! dis sweet flag root Instead OF getting sweet,
| they dug aud ate blue flag, deadly poison
| n IL O'clock Sunday night, Smallwood and
| rechheimer were not expected to survive.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07
The East.

TnE Massachusetts, Senate has passed ten
hour law for women and children under elgh-
teen.
MAcKAY, who gave testimony before the
Governing Committee of the Stock Exchange,
at New York, relative to the forged documents
Of the Western Union and Toledo and Wabash
comuauies has been arrested.
JUDGE LAWRENCE, OF New York, declines TO
discharge Carl Vogt, the alleged Belgian
murderer, from arrest on a charge OF theft.
L, G. DELARGE (colored), eA-member OF
congress, from South Carolina. died at
Charleston last week.
ROBERT BONNER has sold his stallion ( New
York Ledger" to Seth Irving, Of Bemu
Heights, Saratoga county, for S1O,0Oo
Two members OF the Pennsylvania House
have been arrested for circulating prohibited
documents through the mails.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07
The Burned Pantechnicon, at Lo ndon.
From the New York Sun, Feb 10.

From the New York Sun, Feb. 10.
The Royal Pantechnicon Company
was organized in 1868, and was similar
to our Trust Companies. The building
itself was an imposing block, eight
stories high, fronting Hyde Park, and
in the immediate neighborheod of the
palatlal residences of Baron Roth
schild, the Duke of wellington, Sir
Robert Peel, aud others. The front
walls were of granite, elegantly sculp-
tured. The building cost 81, 900, 600.
The basement, which was lined with
iron, was carefully guarded by watch
men while each safe had an iron
grating before it. Here were locked
up the valuable silver ware of the old
families OF England, who rarely used it
except on state occasions. These
priceless collections were carefully
numbered, the Company giving bonds
for their safe keeping, aud charging
according to the value of the property.
The first floor was a magnificent art
gallery, in which were deposited the
rarest pictures of the Turner, Rey-
nolds, and other galleries. Persons
going out of town also left their private
collections of pictures here for safe,
keeping. Besides these there were
glass cases filled with costly iewelry,
and valuable collections of coins Ad-
mittance to the Pantechnicon could be
obtained only from a deposltor or a
director. In the rear of the first floor
were collections of equipages, mostly
of foreign make, which were considered
SO costly that the owners feared to trust
them Oh their own premises. On the
floors above, besides several art gall
leries and marbles, were endless collec-
tlons of costly furniture, requiring
constant care and attention to keep in
order. The Pantechnicon was also
used for the safe-keeping of landed
titles, mortgages, aud other valuable
papers, the Company sometimes adj
vancing money Oh the collaterals de
posted.
Every day during the London season
rows of carriages could be seen stand
ing in front of the building while their
occupants were viewing the collections
inside. 1t was said that the young
aristocracy who visited the Pantchni-
con were often shocked to find that
mere sbopkeepers possessed more
wealth than themselves.
The Company owned large number
of vans and carts, and employed nearly
a thousand persons. 1t also owned its
own railroad cars, which were SO con-
structed that they could be run on to
a large six horse truck, thus doing
away with the necessity of rmpacking
The Company was generally employ
ed by families to move their house
hold goods in all parts of the country.
1t had branch offices in all the princi-
pal cities of Great Britain. The de-
struction of the building will involve
heavy losses of rare family plate and
pictures.
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ment on shore, which was heightened
nv the fact that there were no boats mt to
proeeed to the rescue. On the ice the peo-
pie seemed to appreciate their danger. Men
rushed to aud fro, wildly appealing By the
most frantic gestures to those on shore Tor
succor, but no succor came. o'n-
ers busted themselves with devlslns
some means of escape. At noon
a ortion of the ice field touched the shore OF
the bay, and 100 OF the imperiled fishermen
escaped to the mainland. Later III the day
another piece touched the shore ice, and
about 100 more escaped. The remainder OF
taa party, consisting of between 81 and iUo
persons, among them some women and child
rem. we're slll adrift. There Is, however,
prospect that they viii be enabled t" reach
the shore in safety.
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Foreign.

THE steamship Mongol, from London for
wellington, has arrived at Melbourne. she
had siXty-seyen cases OF illness on board dur.
ing her voyage, sixteen of which proved fatal.
The Spanish steamer MurIllo, which run
down the emigrant ship Northheet in the
English Cha9ucl and was subsequently, con-
demued hy the Admiralty Court and sold for
a nominal sum, has been rcchristenen the
Huelya.
Tue company which, issued proposals for
laying 4 light telegraph cable between Eng
land and America, has abandoned the enter
prise.
SPECIAL dispatches To the Daily Telegraph
from Central Asia say Yamud Turkomans re :
Gently made an attack npon the Russian ii
lic1tions. They were defeated. and while cross
inS frozen river during the retreat, the ice
broke and large numbers were drowned.
Gen. Kaufman Is to return to Khiva in April.
ADyIcEs from the Gold Coast repre- sent that
up to the 29th of January it was doubtful
whether tn AshaDtees meant peace or war,
news having been received that large force
of the enemy was collecting in the rear of the
British force. \ reconnaissance was made.
ana this led TO the series OF battles previously
reported, which ended in the capture of
Coomassie.
ApvICEs from the Gold Coast represent that
up to the 29th of January it was doubtful
whether the Ashantees meant peace or war.
News having been received that q large force
OF the enemy was collecting in the rear of the
British force, a reconnaissance was made and
this led to the series Of battles which ended
in the capture of Coomassie.
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New Discovery of Quick Silyer.

The most important quicksilver district
in the world, says the San Francisco Bulle-
tin, will vet be that within the limits OF
California New discoveries are of monthly
occurrence. Up to this time nearly all the
important discoveries have been confined
to the coast range. The northern half OF
Napa county and the southern half Lake
county are known to be rich in quicksilver,
and there i, greater activity just now in
that region both i'll prospecting and in de
veloping new mines.
The Territorial Enterprise gives an ac.
count of an excursion recently made by
John B. Winters and Lew Goodwin, of
Virginia City, to the southern part OF Cali
fornia to find new quicksilver lode, the
existence of which had been secretly known
for some time.
They were eminently successful In their
search, not only finding the mine, but find
ing their most sauguine anticipations far
exceeded by the reality. Leaving San Fran
cisco. they took a branch of the Southern
Pacific Railroad to Soledad, thence took a
team 145 miles south to San Luis Obispo,
and from that place to their mine. They
had with them the original discoverer of the
mine, therefore had no difficulty In finding
1t. Tie dlscoverer is a man who has had
considerable experience in mining and pros
pecting for quicksilver, and has discovered
three or four mines besides the one of which
we are now speaking This one he discov-
cred about ten years ago, since which time
he has occasionally visited it to see that it
was all right, but never remains to do any
work on it. The groupings are described as
being immense, and nearly all the boulders
and boat rock about the lead show streaks of
cinnabar upon being broken open. The
party located under the new law of Con-
gress. aud, we presume, gobbled up all they
could find. They set party OF nen at
work to develop the lead, which they believe
to be the old king bee' of all quicksilver
IaaIo
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07
From the New York Times.
The Ghost that Jim Saw.
Kansas Poetic Railudy.)

1873.
Why, as 10 that" said the engineer,
I" Ghosts amt the thing we are apt to fear;
Spirits don't fool with lovers much,
And throttle valves don't take to such;
Aud as for Jim
What happened to HIM
Vas one-half fact and tother hall whlm!
Running one night on the Inc, he saw
A house-as PLAIN as the mortal law
Just by the mooniit bank, and thence
Came drunken man With no more sense
Than to drop on the rall,
Flat as fail,
As Jim rode by With the midnight mail.
Down went the patents. Scam reversed.
Too late! for there came thud. jim
cursed.
As his fireman. there III the cab with him,
Kinder stared in the face OF Jim,
And says, What now !?
Saws jim, What now
I've just run over man-thdt . no"
Tn fl eman stared at jim They ran
Back but they never found house nor man, >
Nary a shadow within mile.
Jim turned pale but he tried to smile
Then on he tore,
Ten miles or more,
| Ia quicker time than he'd made afore.
| Would YOU believe it the very next night
| Up rose that house in the moonlight white
| Out comes the chap and drops as before,
| Down goes the brakes, and the rest encore
And So la fact,
| Each night that act
Occurred, till folks swore jim was cracked,
Humph! Let me see It's year now, most
| That met jim, east, and says, 'How's you
| ghost?'
| Gone says jim; and more, it's plain
| That ghost don't trouble me again;
| | thought shook
| That ghost when [ took
| A place on an eastern Iine-but look;
| What should | meet the first trip out,
| But that very house that we talked about,
| And that self. same man! Well" says |, d"
| guess
It's time to stop this yer foolishness.'
So | crammed on steam,
| When there came a scream
| From my freman-and it broke my dream
< You've killed somebodyW Says |, " No
| much
| Eve been thar often, and thar amt no such,
| And low I'll prove it," Back we ran.
| And-darn my skin but thar aGdS a man ,
| On the rail- dead
| smashed i'll the bead
| 9 Now [ call that meanneSS !" That's all jim
| said. = Bret Hd}fe.
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Johns eyes as large as soup-plates, and the
sun was shining in at the window.
What to do we couldn't tell, for we heard
the head OF the house having family wor-
ship in the kitchen.
John looked out of the window and said
we could get down over the porch TO IF.
"Get up" said he, "and dress as soon as
possible.
SO in my hurry my foot got fastened in
the bed-clothes, and tumbled head fore
most, turned over, and down the steps
went until | struck the door, which was
fastened by wooden button, and it giving
way, | rolled in front of the old man.
He threw up his hands and cried out
" Lord save us J" for he thought l was the
devil.
The old lady screamed until she could
have been heard mile.
l was 80 scared and bewildered that
could not get up at once. 1t was warm
weather, and [ didn't have nothing on but
shirt.
When | heard the girls snckering i,
made me mad, and jumped up and rushed
out of the door, leaving the greater part Of
of my shirt on the old iron latch.
Off | started for the barn, and when hall
way through the yard the dog set up how
and went for me.
When | got to the barn yard had to run
through a flock of sheep and among them
was an old ram, who backed off little and
started for me. With one bound I escaped
Ills blow, sprang into the barn, and began te
climb up the logs into the NOW, when al
old mother hen pounced upon my legs
picked them until they bled.
| threw myself upon the hay, and after
John had slid down the porch into hogs
head of rain-water, he came to me with one
my pants.
He found me completely Frustrated. Part
of my shirt, my hat, one leg of my pants
| my vest, stockings, necktie, and one boo,
was left behind.
| vowed then and there that | would
never GO to see another girl, and I'll die be-
fore | will.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07
Extraordinary.

English papers are telling story OF
the venerable Archdeacon Thorpe, of
Bristol, which is very extraordinary,
if not improbable. The reverend
gentleman was very corpulent, and, IN
preaching an ordination sermon III the
old fashioned country church, it Is said
that he had to be hoisted into the pull
pit over the side before the services
began, the door being too narrow to
admit him. Curiously enough his ser
mon was on "The Importance of a
Right Introduction in the Christian
Ministry" and he founded his dis
course on the parable in which it is de-
clared that che that entereth in at the
door is the shepherd of the sheep,
while he that climbeth up some other
way the same is thief and robber. :"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07

ries of county officers relating to hen on logs to
amend the charter of Portage authorizing town
insurance companies !: amending the law relating
20 the authority of county boards of super
visors in levaing tax for road purposes -
The joint resolution providing for an amendment
to the Constitution for Biennial sessions OF the
81 900 to the Milwaukee Orphan Associations was
coucurred In.-Bills were passed prohibiting
quacks from practicing medicine or surgery; reia-
ing to proceedings against debtors by attachment
to prevent the spread Of noxous weeds relating to
change of times of holding court in the Eighth CIR
cult relating to the trial of criminal actions IN
justice courts relating to re-surveys of land to
offenses cognizahle before justices of the peace
appropriaing S31, 900 to the Industrial School for
Boys, and $500 to- S. V. Shipman for losses sus-
tanned in making improvement on the Capitol Park.
a long discussion took place on the bill making
railroads responsible for al damages resulting from
the careessness of employees which was indefinitely
postponed also all bills looking to that purpose
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Legislative Summary.
A SSemblv.

MONDAY, February ga resolution
of the Senate Cor firing thirtyseven guns i'll honor
OF Wash,ngton's memory was concurred n.--Bills
were passed: Providing for piers and booms on
the Wisconsin river; prohibiting counties from
voting aid to railroads. repeating the act for the
preservation of fish in Lake koshkonong; granting
10000 acres of swamp land TO Eau Claire, Chippewa,
Bayfield, and Ashland counties fixing the fees of
the lumber inspector in district No. = for the pre-
servation of fish in Dell Greek for the construction
of fish ways in the lower Fox river; approprating
money to the Asylum for the Blind, for expenses of
1865 appropriating 100000 to the Northern Hos
pita for the Insane.-Senate bills were concurred
in Amending the charter of Grand Rapids for
applying license moneys to the support of the poor
i'll counties; amending the charter of Eau Claire
amending the game laws in certain counties re-
pealing the law of 1873 relating to the incorporation
OF villages vesting title to unredeened lands in
counties
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DAN RICE is inst now under an

DAN RICE is INST now under an evil
star. " He has been sold out" says
Wilkes Spirit, at the Sheriff's sale.
horse, foot, and Dragons His farm,
and even his newspaper the Cosmopo-
Titan, edited by Charles Stow, did not
escape his creditors. Col. Rice had a
beautiful home in the centre of Girard.
III iront OF which is public square
containing handsome monument to
the soldiers of the township who fell
III the rebellion. 1t is of white marble.
and the cost, SIS, 600, was wholly borne
by Col. Rice. The grounds about his
place were extensive, with rare plants
and shrubs, while the house contained
many interesting and valuable works
of art.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07
The Bird Of Gold.

Upon Whitley bossomed spray
Chanted a golden bird one day.
A strange. sweet bird, with rosy wings,
Which only in the sunshine sings.
Its voice rung as spirit clear
Might vibrate through crystal sphere,
And, when high hope its heart would stir,
1t swept the air, a coDqueror
lis silent now. No more, in sooth,
Returns the golden bird of youth
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07
Thrilling Adventure on Saginaw
Hly

Advices from Bay City state that at $50
4. NJ Monday tine ice in Saginaw Bay cracked
OF in line extending across the bay and
down the east shore, and village OF fisher
men which is located there each winter was
carried cut on the Bay 1t is estimated that
not less than 800 men, together with shauties,
cams, wagons, etc., were on the Ice, which
was swept out into the bay by heavy south-
west gale that was blowing. At II O'Clock
the field had been carried five miles.
The affair caused intense excite
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07

In Paris they are taking their cod
liver oil in bread, three hundred loaves
being used daily in the children's hos
pitfalls alone.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07
House.,
House.

SATURDAY, February 2S.-The Com
nlittee ON Elections made majority report in the
Georgia contested election case that Rawls the sit
ting member, is not entitled to a seat and that
Sloan, the contestant il. minority report taking
an adverse position, made by Mr. Speer-
After dlsposing of the bill on patents the House
spent some time in Committee of the Whole, and
then adjourned.
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Nenatbt
TuURSnAx, February 26.-Ihe bill

repeating the registry law being the special order.
was discussed at some ength an Indefinitely post
poned, by vote of 10 to 15.--The committee on
education reported against the bi making election
day legal holiday for schools.-PCtter's joint
resolution requesting the Secretary of the Interior
to withhold patents of land from the Central Rail
road was discussed at great length aud adopted.
- The resolution for furnishing 500 copies Of
the statistical portion of the Manual was tabled.
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The Tichborne Claimant.

The trial Of the Tichborne claimant on
charges of perjury, which has lasted $50 days,
resulted, on February 28th, in ms conviction
on all charges, and he was sentenced to four
teen years PENAL servitude. The jury were
IL +iInr
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07

Blils were introduced, TO regulate the service OF
col ection Of customs; to regulate the duties on inn
ported wines to enable the Mennontes, of Russia.
to effect permanent settlement public lands
to abolish the offices of commissioner of internal
revenue, commissioner of customs, etc; to =
crease the currency and provide for its intercon-
version with government bonds, and TO abolish
the sinking fund to abolish capital punishment.
The ways and means committee reported bill
to facilitate the expectation of distilled spirits,
which passed.-The BID to provide for the distri-
button of documents was then debated, but went
over --AdIourned
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SUPERIOR. WIS.
Fatal Railroad Accident.

A FEARFUL accident. occurred on the Great
Western Railroad on February 28th. The
Sarnia accommodation train left London at
G:2O P. NJ, and consisted of empty tank cars,
baggage aud second-class cars and coach
When seven miles west Ct London the coach
took fire in the saloonat the forward end, it is
supposed, by falling lamp, for 1t was not
discovered until the interior of the saloon was
completely filed with flames, which spread
through the coach almost instantly. The
passengers were compelled to jump from thu
rear platform aud through the windows. Tue
train was stopped as quickly as possible, but
before they could be extricated eight persons
were fatally su1ocated and sburned. Such OF
the injured as were unable to proceed to their
homes have been made as comfortable as pos
GjbIa tbg hotels in K0p1aLa and London
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Congressional Summary.
Senate.

TUESDAY, February 24.-Seyeral petit
tons, memorials and resolutions were presented.
"A communication from the Secretary of War
read in relation to the brcakwater at Duluth.
The Senate then considered private bills, and
at the expiration of the morning hour resumed
consideration of the bill to equalize the dstribu-
ton of currency. Senator Schurz delivered an
able argument against initiation. and followed
by Senator Morton.
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Senate.
TUESDAY, February pa resolution

requiring committees to report all bills in
their hands Oh or before Saturday adopted
This being day set apart for the special consider
alton OF bills relating to railroad taxation and tariffs,
the session was mostly occupied in general discus
sion. Last night, bills were passed Appropri-
ating 900 each to the Home of the Frendless st.
Amehanus Hospital, st. Rosa's Orphan Asylum,
and Milwaukee Orphan Asylum authorizing county
boards of supervisors to levy tax for county road
purposes for the removal of criminal action from
justices 1.-THE peace authorizing county boards of
supervisors to investigate the affairs of the probate
Judge; preventing the vitiation of tax deeds on
account of informality i'll assessments repeating
laws for the improvement of Yellow river to amend
the law relating 10 ilcn logs for labor amending
the charter of Portage City; repeaing the charter
of the Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company
egalZing the lease of the Northern Railroad Co
for the safe keeping of the geological survey
Assembly bills were coDcurred in: Providing for
the re-assessment of property which has been set
aside in consequence of Illegal assessments amend
ing the charter of Stevens Point; relating to tue
charter of Buffalo City; authorizing Racine to adj
just its corporate Indebtedness; relating to courts
IN Pierce county, increasing the duties of the state
board of charities and reform, being "A substitute
for the Assembly bill aboshing that board.
The bill repeating the law exempting church and
other property from taxation indefinitely post
poned.-The several railroad bills were consider
ed committee of the whole, and reported back
with amendments.