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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-02-28
The West.

MoNATEEs and Crock, who killed a German
nam Rolf at Nebraska City. few DAYS ago,
have been captured and ale now in jail at
Hamburg, 40.
TaERF is great excitement at Princeton,
Tod. over the attempt to inaugurate the
women's temperance crusade in that place
MOST brutal outrage was perpetrated on
Josie Mckee, q respectable young lady, living
near Niles village, by some unknown wretch
on Is. Friday. The family had gone to War.
rem. leaving Josie alone a few hours. in
somewhat secluded farm house. When the
family returned they found her almost lifeless
body under the piano. where the poor girl
must have lain fully an hour. after being
kicked there by the villain, aud, il is supposed,
left for dead.
TIE lawlessnesS IN Lincoln county, New
Mexico reported few weeks ago, continues.
Seven murders have been committed there in
ten days previous 10 the date of the letter
The outlaws threaten to kill some of the most
prominent men in the county. Many of the
farmers have left the country. and more are
to follow.
Mrs ELIZABETH BROWNIE, wife o. 4. "
Brownie, a wealthy farmer living near Daven-
port, was brutally murdered by some man IN
Known, in her house, Wednesday evening. |
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Washing ton.

Ben BUTLER ana his associate counsel have
been allowed by the court $685. 600 for fees in
the Faragut cases. The bill providing for
the award was managed in the House by
Butler. The aggregate award is $500 900,
which is now being paid.
A CAUCUS Of members of the House, repre-.
senting twenty-ono States, held a. the
capitol lately, to consider Representative Lut-
trelPs bill to amend the internal revenue laws.
so as to remove restraints on vine and other
fruit growers, that they may distill their fruits
into brandy.
The President has recently purchased a lot
of ground, containing noariy Is, coo square
feet, and which fronts the circle at the inter-
section OF and Thirteenth streets and YER
mont and Rhode Island avenues, and extends
1873 feet along the latter and 143 feet along the
former avenue. The price paid was s16O per
square foot, amounting TO 500, 3l65 so. On this
lot the President proposes to erect a fine
resident.
The Comptroller of the Currency Is allow
ing national banks to be organized in antici-
patton Of law of Congress granting addi-
tional bank circulation. new national bank.
entitled The Peoples National Bank of Pue-
bio, Colorado, haze just been organized with
10000 capital, $4,000 of which is granted
from the balance on hand of the s54 900, 900
issued under the act of July IA, 1870, and the
balance to be be made up from notes pur-
chased of broken national banks and what NAV
be obtained from g futur legislation"
SO FAR about 100000 of the new trade
dollars have been coined. The demand is
continually incrr asing.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-02-28

She was shot twice with double-barreled
shotgun, and died instantly. Her youngest
child, four years old, was fatally shot. NO
clue to the murderers, and their object is un'
known, although it is thought they were IN
tent on robbery.
JUDsE BARLOW, of Springfield, ONO, on
Wednesday, fined five saloon-keepers in sums
of from $50 to $3.50 each for selling liquor IN
violation of the Adair law.
ABuI has been introduced in the Ohio
Legislature to provide that when.a person is
indicted for crime and the defense pleads IN
sanity, special jury shall determine the
question of sanity in the evidence OF trial be-
fore the court. If they pronounce the person
sane he shall at once be put upon trial but
if insane, then he shall be committed to a
lunatic asylum and put upon trial when pro-
nounced cured.
The Supreme Court of Illinois has decided
a case involving the validity of the bonds
ssued to the Paris and Decatur Railroad
Company by municipal corporations along It's
line. The court decides that the charter OF
the company conters no power on counties,
towns or townships to issue bonds in aid of
this railroad, that instrument containing only
a vague provision authorizing persons or the
agent Of any corporate body to subscribe to
tho capital stock of the company. The
amount Of bonds issued bv municipal corpora
tons which are thus declared illegal is 1888,
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Foreign.

| Miss B6EwOoD. an American lady, has per.
| formed the perilous feet of attaining the sum.
NIT Of Jungfrau Mountain.
| Rev. ROBERT MoFFAT, the celebrated Eng.
! lSh missionary to South Africa, is still in
| doubt as to the correctness of the report Of
DR.. LvingStoue's death. He thinks it hardly
credible that Livingstone could have reached
the place where he Is said to have died. He
says, also, that the Doctors supply of pro-
visions was ample The Foreign Office also
entertains the same doubt.
HE Madrid Government intends taking a
piebiscite OF the country to authorize the re-
peal OF section 80 of the Constitution of 1880
relating to the monarchy, as imperativelv
necessary for the stability of the present gov
eminent. It also contemplates substituting
the ordinary for the constituent cnrtes with
Marshal Serran0 as President of the Consery-
atlvsRepubhc. Senior CASTELAR,, in the event
Of plebiscite, will support Marshal Serrano's
candidate for the Presidency of the Republic.
IN the German Reichstag Gen. Won Moltke
in the course of speech in support of the
new military bill, said what we have ac.
quired in six months We shall have to protect
with force of arms for half century to come.
France, notwithstanding majority of her
people are convinced Of the necessity of peace.
Is initiating our army organization He con-
Guided: We have become powerful. but re-
main peaceful. We require an army for de-
Tense, not conquest" The bill was referred
to q committee.
THE elections for the English Parliament
are complete, and the following is the result
Conservatives returned 35l, Liberals and
Home-rglers, 500. OF these, 400 were elected
after a contest. The total number of votes
polled IN the United Kingdom and Ireland
was :, 500. eco. This is considerable falling
OF from the figures of the general election.
and indicates that ASSERTIONS from voting
were numerous.
The steamer City of Melbourne has arrived
ut San Francisco, and brings particulars OF the
death of the Hawaiian King Lunalilo on the
81 instant, of bronchial disease, aged 80 wears.
His demise had been expected several DAYS,
Members Of tim Cabinet were called together
at once, and ordered meeting of the Assem-
bly, for the 18th OF February, to consider the
condition of affairs At mass meeting on
The 4th the people OF Kawahias declared in
favor of David halakua as the Kings success |
,or Queen Emma, widow of Kamehameha, is |
so named as successor, and there viii prob |
.bly be a severe contest in the Legislature |
wee the succession.
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The East.

JOHN MORGAN attended ball at the Willard
House, Hyde Park, Boston, Saturday last, and
wandering INTO one of the private rooms took
a draught from a bottle which he thought
contained liquor, but proved to be poison,
GERRITT SMITH has Internationally donated
$4,000 to Hamilton College, New York, his
anna mater.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
decides that, under the constitution a woman
can be a member of the School Committee.
THE wife OF Ezra Cooper, one of the wealth.
est men in the county. was arrested at Erie,
Friday, on SpIcicn of numbering a servant
girl. Ii is said she was jealous OF the girl,
imagining too great intimacy between the de-
ceased and her husband
THE striking ship carpenters at Cooper's
Point, Camden, n j., have resumed work,
having obtained the increased pay demanded.
TIE estates OF Stephen and Abbey Kelly
Foster. Sarah Wall and Marietta Flagg, who
refused 10 pay taxes until women can vote,
were offered for sale by the tax collector at
Worcester, Mass, on Friday, to pay the taxes
OF 1872. The last named were bought in by
friend but no one bid for the other estates.
FRETGHT-TBAIN on the Lehigh and Sus-
quehanna Railroad ran into landslide near
State Dam station, on February Is. The en-
gine jumped the track, and six cars were
piled upon each other, smashing freight O
all descriptions, which was strewn along the
road and hurled into the river. Not one of
the traIn-hands as tar as could be ascertained.
escaped injury. The body of the ENGINEER,
d. Shannon. was found under the engine. |
considerably burned. Otto shannon. fircnaau
ana Frank Ryan, brakeman, were badly
burned and scaIded. Others are reported
killed. \ stove III the caboCse fred the
frelght-train, aud nine cars were burned.
TIE New York Geographical Society gave
a reception to the officers and crew of the
Polalls. Addresses were delivered by Dr. !
l. l. Hayes, Capt Buddington, Capt. Tyson, |
nnl others
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A Strange Wedding Guest.
From the Denton (Md.) Journal.

III
At Zion, Cecil county, Nd, last
week, a fashionable wedding was cele-
brated, and the house of the bride was
crowded with the friends of the happy
couple, composed OF the youth, beauty,
and wealth of the county. Suddenly,
IN the midst of the marriage ceremony,
a huttering noise was heard at an open
window, and in flew a good sized
pheasant, which lighted upon the car
pet about the middle of the room. At
ter calmly cycling the astonished guests
a few moments, the bird flew out of
the window again and disappeared.
The circumstance is avery curious one,
and has puzzled those who witnessed
1t not a little. Pheasants are very
scarce in this locality, and are very
wild and timid, SO as to make it almost
impossible to believe that one would
thus deliberately fly into room full
of people. The bride and groom and
their friends are therefore undecided
whether to regard the occurrence as a
presage of coming good or an omen Of
impending evil.
IT has often beeL stated that siIic-
ious infusorial earth is a poor con-
ductor of heat, but it is only recently
that any direct researches have been
made in that regard. 1t was found
that during the time it took to melt
100 parts Office IN a cylinder surround
ed by infusorial earth, there was
melted 235 parts which had been sur
rounded with an equal thickness of
dry garden earth. Moist earth gave
still more unfavorable results With
coal ashes 142 parts were melted tan
bark ana sawdust allowed about 100
parts to disappear. In addition to its
non-conducting power infusorial earth
is completely fhcombustible, and
weighs about half as much as coal
ashes, and about one-quarte1 as much
as ordinary dry earth.
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was SO much openness and honesty in
his manner, that felt prejudice in
his favor, and could not but assent to
a renewal of our acquaintance We see
each other every day, and only wait
until our circumstances enable us to
combat the cares of life together l
see him always busted in some useful
and worthy employment and SO OBJ
serving is he of whatever may promote
our mutual interest, that / should be
ungrateful indeed not to return so sin
cere a youths affection. This, sir, is
my story and I should not have pre-
sumed to have troubled you with it,
but from the hope that you would not
attribute my refusal of your goodness
to any want of respect, but to its real
motive-an affectionate esteem for Mr..
Murray's son."
Having so said, she was about to re-
tire, when Mr.. Warner called her
back. and told her he was charmed
with her righteousness, and could not
refuse any assistance that it was in his
power to bestow. He then desired
them to send for young Murray; and
as Mary was conducting him along,
Mr.. Warner, in company with Jones
and his wife, went out to meet him.
The generous Squire took the hands Of
the two lovers, and joining them in the
presence of the old people, told them
that he was then making a sacrifice of
his own heart, but was glad, neverthe-
less, that he could by that means add
to the happiness of two deserving
young persons.
He told them to let the marriage
take place Immediately; that he would
give away the old mans daughter, and
would present her with one hundred
pounds to begin the world with. The
young man prayed heaven to pour its
blessings on their mdulgent master :;
the mother was happy in her turn :;
their labor was suspended; The mar
rage speedily took place; and Mr.
Warner confessed that it was the hap
piest day he ever spent in his life.
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A New Hampshire Hero.
From the Boston Journal.

There is true hero living at North
Boscawen, n. H., and his name is Jon
athan Plummer. 1t will be remem-
bered that in the summer of 1871 an
old building at that place suddenly
settled, and one corner of it swayed
over on the railroad track. The pas
senger train was due IN few minutes,
and this Mr.. Plummer, young and
active trackman. discovering the dan
ger, promptly seized an Ak and cut off
a post of the building in order to swing
the structure from the track. He
accomplished his purpose, and en-
deavored to leap from his dangerous
position, but was crushed and mangled
IN the ruins. In moment the train,
behind time, swept by with the passen-
gers in safety. The brave section
man was found to have been terribly
injured in his spinal column and lower
limbs, and to this day has never been
able to leave his bed. The railroad
company has furnished cottage at
North Roscawen for himself and wife,
and continue him at half-pay upon the
section-roll. Mr.. Plummer is free from
pain only small part of the time, but
IN his misfortune be exhibits patience
and cheerfulness that stamp him with
the highest nobility.
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At Large,

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.
IL difficulty at Atlanta, Ca, on Thursday.
James Chisholm shot and killed Ben Beddel.
Both gamblers.
The brewers of Cincinnati have held a meet
ing to take action in eference to the temper
ance movement in Ohio. One brewer states
that Washington Courthouse, which took 100
kegs of beer daily, now takes none. At
Xenia, Ohio, the citizens have subscribed a
large fund to support the woman's movement.
The last saloon in 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-EiidalSo, with power to
sell and dispose of their lands like other citi-
| zens. This decision will add about 1000
voters to tn population of the Territory, and
and relieve the government of the necessity
and expense OF supporting the Pueblo agents,
and distributing farming implements among
| them.
| AN old man, dressed in the English style of
a century ago. known az the Baron, alias Sir
| Morton Peto, was arrested in st. Louis, Fri
| day, on suspicion of being implicated in bank
| forgeries at Keohuk, Davenport, Hannibal,
| Quincy and Rock Island. Among the papers
on his person was draft for 1880, signed by
Sir Morton Peto. He will be held for identi-
| ication.
An Indianapolis telegram states that six
| boys, two named McCorkie, two cambridge,
one Peckheimer, and one Smallwood, went
| down to White River on Sunday. in canoe to
| dig sweet flag root. Instead of getting sweet,
| they dug and ate blue flag, deadly poison.
At II O'Clock Sunday night, Smallwood and
Peckhemer we're not expected to survive
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Patrons Of huSbandry.

THE Missouri State Grange of Patrons OF
Husbandry met IN Bonneville on Feb. 49, and
adopted the fol. owing resolutions on the Goth:
First That we fully endorse and approve
the declaration of principles adopted at the
late meeting Of the National Grange at ST..
LOUIS.
Second. THAT as cultivators of the soil we
have been too long governed aud controlled
by the great mOned powers OF the land and by
rings, who are against us, simply because we
have been ignorant OF our own strength, in
our defence. or have wasted 1t III wranglng
with tach other.
Third, That, as retTenchment and reform is
our motto, as true patrons, We should begin
at home, al while we demand, we have a
right to, that our legislatures and rulers shall
be economical in expenditure of public
NOR ey, let us not be prudigal III the eXpendl-
ture OF our private means. bile we condemn
the extravaganza OF public off 3ials, and COM
plain Of the wrongs inflicted upon Us by those
whom we have lntfnsted with power, let us
not sull further wrong ourselves by living
above our means, and involving ourselves III
debt, thus sacrificing peace, comfort and in
dependence at the shrine Of fashion and
SHOW.
Fourth. That we invite the hearty support
and cooperation of the sisters or our order In
our refOrmatOrY movement; that woman s
true position is the God given, divinely sane
toned one Of helpmate to man that there
fore her place is by his side. Hers Is q noble
position, and If rightly improved Will rear to
her memory monuments more durable than
marble, and leave an inheritance to those that
will me after her more to be priced than
wealth or houors.
Fifth. That in a Republican government,
all power IS vested IN the hands of the people,
ana in ours, majority OF the people belong 10
the producing class, yet the power ami
strength Of these classes have been used by Il
numerous aud more interruptions class, for
the advancement Of their own selfish puT-
poses.
Sixth. Although ours is not political or
santzatlon, and especially ignores political or
partisan questions, yet we call upon our rep
resentatives IN Congress and the State Legls-
lature TO listen to the appeal OF more than one
hundred thousand Patrons of Missouri, TO
economic tue resources OF government and
to stop the currents Of extravaganza and cor.
rupIon, which have borne Us to the very
VERGE Of bankrupteY and min.
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inquiry as to the amount of gas used in cau-
casing on the liquor bil--The bill re-
lating to the powers of the trustees of the Northern
Hospital for the Insane laid the table, as no
compromise with the Senate could lie effected by
the conference committee---Bills were ssed Tor
the preservation of fish in Waukesha aud Walworth
counties for the protection of the banks of Lake
Michigan in the counties of Kenosha and Racine
relating to appeals in wris of error, &c; repeating
chapter ls9 OF the laws of IS73.--The following
Senate bills were concurred in Providing for dis
organizing school districts which neglect to main
tain a school for two successive years; requiring
county Suparintendents of the Poor to give bonds
to regulate the capacity of apple pear and potatoe
barrels naming trustees of Wayland University.
Memorials to Congress were also concurred III
for dredging the haTbor at Ahnapee; for the I'M
provement of lake harbors; for the equalization OF
bounties and relating to the construction OF an
Eastern through transportation route.--Bls were
indefinitely postponed relating to the public print
ing in Door county; returning to the
commissioner system of county government;
providing that incorporated villages of less
valuation than $4,000 shall not have representa-
tive on county boards authorizing the Judge OF
the eighth circuit to change the time of holding his
court to provide for the assessment OF railroad
property for taxation repeating the Graham Law
(AIr. Vogel's bill doing the work provided for by
this bill. - Considerable discussion was had on
proposition to adjourn over Monday out OF respect
to the memory of George Washington, but the As
se,nbly refused, and adjourned til Monday morn
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hanaka Simplicity and Hospitality.

A recent letter writer in Honolulu
says: ''In travelling about these
islands the observer is struck with the
simplicity and generosity of the Ha-
wallan people, 1t seems pity that
such a race of people should perish.
4 man may journey from one end Of
the archipelago TO the other in open
day or in the midnight darkness, and
he is as secure as in his own house. 4
foreigner never thinks of carrying fire
arms, for there is no one to modest
him. He never goes hungry, for what
ever the Hawaiian has, whether poi.
taro or fish, is shared with the stran-
ger. When they were a wealthy and
powerful people, when almost every
foot of land was cultivated, and there
were from 800, 600 to 400, 600 inhabit-
ants, they killed fat hogs for their
guests; but those halcyon days are
nearly passed, because in nine cases
out OF ten they'a are too poor to afford
that laXurv. But the aloha dove to
you) is as hearty as ever And hearing
this aloha and seeing the miserable
surroundings are contrasts indeed
The surroundings, generally speaking,
are poverty-spricken in the extreme
The majority of those who meet you
and greet you are but the wrecks of a
people healthy and powerful in their
barbaric state, but diseased and help
less IN the civilization brought to their
doors But even to this day, like an
oasis IN the desert, there are now and
then families to be found whose blood
is untalrted with the poison which has
nearly decimated the Hawaiian people.
This is especially true of the chiefs and
chlefesses, some OF. whom are splendid
specimens IN physique, prlncelylook
ing men and queenly-looking women. .
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ThiStIed0Wn.
AN ENGLISH RURAL CUSTOM.


Long ago-a little girl,
Smooth of cheek and dark of curl,
Like my daughters, nearly
/ gathered for my bridal bed
Many a hoary tbistle-head
Before the flying TUFTS were shed,
And saved them up so dearly
Oh, the happy DAYS and dreams
Endless Present,-iit with CLEANS
OF a wondrous Future
Day, and week, and month, and year,
Glide and what h2oW you, my dear?
And what know L? Oh, little sphere
0i every mortal creature
Life has pleasure, life has pain,
Passing, not to come again.
Blacklist hours and brightest.
Time takes all things, all must 60:
Bygones yanish-is 1t soT
Gone and lost forever z No!
Not the least and lghtest.
In age we laugh at dreams of youth,
are ages dreams more like the truth
And what is life but feeling
The world is something, none can doubt,
But no one finds its secret out.
TO childhood, and to souls cevout,
Comes the best revealing.
Cav are you at heart, my child,
Gathering downy thistles wild
Cares nor fears Cypress thee.
Gathering up, for joy. for moan,
When all these aUtumns, too, are flown,
The bed that you must he upon.
God protect and bless thee!
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Statistics of the Crops.

The National Crop Reporter publishes esti-
mates in relation TO the percentage OF the hay
and potatoe crops Of 1875 in producers
hands on February lst, in the States of ILL.,
nois, Iowa. Kansas, Minnesota, Ohio and Wis
consin. The following is an extract of the
man features presented; The States named
produced last year over 5000, 600 tons of hay,
of which there was on hand February 1st a
little over 48 per cent, or about 4500, goo tons.
Illinois ret5 ms the lightest percentage, trife
less than As; and Wisconsin the heaviest,
nearly 81 per cent.
The average price Of wheat and potatoes in
some of the states, relatively considered. are
somewhat anomalous. In Illinois, potatoes
average five cents per bushel higher than
wheat in Iowa seven cents higher, and In
Kansas ten cents higher.
The prospects r fruit IN southern Illinois
and southwest MI souri, are iattering.
The prospect for large yield OF peaches
in Delaware il excellent