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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06
The South

THE next matt onal Sunday school convention
will take place in Baltimore May II. 10, and 10
Delegates viii be present from different parts
of the world.
EDWARD SPANdLER one of the Lincoln as
sassination conspirators, died at the residence
of Dr. Mudd, in Charles county Md, Sun
day, the 21st inst. AIudd is now the only one
living of the. participators in the plot.
THE Mississippi steamer Flora Belle was
burned near Pochantas. Ark, on the 23d nit,
together with 155 bales of cotton.
TORNADO struck the town of Hastonia
No., on the afternoon of the 23d. demoshng
twenty buildings and injuring seventeen per-
sons. five of them seriously. A merchant
named Porter had his back broken. and Will
certainly die. The TORNADO made path 100
yards wide.
NAVIGATION in Chesapeake Bay is much i'm
peded by ice.
THE Georgia Legislature endorses the Texas
Pacific Railroad. and fayors congressional aid
for the work.
WEST VIRGINIA is taking steps to settle the
disputed boundary line between that state
and Maryland. The line is about 81 miles
long, reaching from point called Fairfax
stone, directly north to the Pennsylvania line.
The controversy involves about forty square
miles, and is now mostly held by Maryland
Gov. Jacobs is instructed by the Legislature to
proceed forthwith to resist entertainments by
citizens and officers of Maryland.
FEW nights since a negro was found near
Memphis placing distractions on the trestle
work over the Hickahola bottom on the Mis-
sissippi and Tennessee Railroad After his
arrest he confessed to having thrown a train
off near there recently. This time he expected
the train to be dashed to pieces and then rob
the bodies 81 The passengers
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A Thief ImpersOnateS a Ghost.

In a little village in France 'dwells a
good dame named Leremois, who
believes firmly in ghosts, and in all the
old superstitious notions. The other
night, hearing 4 loud noise at her door,
she descended and found herself in the
presence of a ghost clad in white and
crowned with circle of gold. "Jesus.
Mon Diem, stammered the poor woman.
None of your nonsense CURLY re-
piled the phantom. 81 am the King of
the Moon, which will forthwith appear,
notwithstanding the ! bad weather,
and in order to make room for his
beams she must repair to the
cellar, go and quick about it, cried
the ghost Trembling with terror,
Madame Leremois hurried down into
her cellar in which the phantom locked
her up at once. On the following morn
ing the house was found completely
ransacked and plundered The ghost,
whose name was Levasseur, was arrest
ed IN wine shop, where he was found
slightly inebriated.
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"A Large lobby has been here to argue

A large lobby has been here to argue
the question of establishing, by bib,
the Eagle Rapids Flooding and Dam
Co. at Eau Claire. The Eau Claire
delegation has reported favorably upon
it and it will probably pass The bill,
az it now stands, slnakes the toll so cents
per thousand feet, board measure.
"a strong effort was made to pass the
bill making twenty days full teachers
month. 1t failed by large majority.
The bill requiring all railroads to
fence their line, under severe penalty,
passed the Assembly.
A bill rendering it an offence to leave
the tumbling-rod of threshiDg ma
chine uncovered, has passed the As
sembly.
- LIE bills; approprlatipg money to the
various charitable INSTITUTIONS have
passed the Senate, and will probably
go through all right, although several
of them met with opposition.
A bill to encourage narrow-gauge
railroads has passed.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
Calkins' claim has been, as | antici-
pated in my last letter indefinitely
postponed, and Will probably, 4" Phpnlx-
like, arise from its ashes next winter.
AS the Colonel has no member of the
Washburn family in public station now,
on whom to vent his righteous indigna-
ton, there is considerable speculation
as to who will be charged with the aw
full responsibility of defeating his little
grab. Meanwhile the redoubtable ex-
cayalrymaO has the floor
Pump Carpenter who thought the
boys did a "d-n smart thing" when
they prevented the delivery of bis mes
sage to the sovereigns, by military in
reference, now says he knew all about
the job, and was not at all discomfitted.
The public, however, were not deprived
of the production, as it has since been
published in Carpenters paper, and is
quite funny. WALL.
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lee i'm the Lower HarbOr at Boston.

The Boston Advertiser has the fol
lowing in relation to the ice in the lower
harbor:
Dorchester Bay is one sheet of ice
smooth as glass, and skates, sleighs and
ice boats are freely brought into requi-
sition for pleasure. From the Point to
Castle Island the ice has formed solid
causeway, over which men, women and
boys pass to and from Fort Independ-
ence. 4 narrow channel between Castle
and Spectacle ISLANDS has been kept
open. Swampscott Bay is frozen over
solid; Lynn harbor is blocked up, and
fishermen are Respondent over the fact
that their occupation is temporarily
gone The report from Gloucester is
to the same effect. Steamer Chaffee
became bound there but with the
help of some tugs, after four hours
hard work, she got to sea-"
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AN ALABAMA MEMORIAL.

A memorial has been presented in
Congress of the Republican members
of the General Assembly of that state,
addressed to the President and Con
gress, claiming that the change made
by the Alabama Legislature in the penal
code of the state made system of in
voluntary servitude for African citizens,
that 81, 900 Republican voters were dis
franchised by political legislation, that
the Democrats proposed acts amount
ing to the practical notification of the
constitutional amendments, and finally
asking Congress to empower the Pres
ident to suspend the writ Of habeas
corpus, is c-rtain contingencies, in or
der. to preserve the public peace in the
southern states. Referred to the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections.
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A RURAL swain, visiting Dayton with
his doxy, were observed at evening
standing near the ticket office at the
depot waiting for their train. 1t was
cold and dreary, and the temperature
was touching up the girls ears and
nose With blending of purple and red
Look here Josh :" she exclaimed, pet
nlantly, ''I'm tired standing mp here,
m half froze. Let's go to that place
lladies room Everybody else goes
III there" ''No you DON'T said Josh
ono stree! I've spent enough money
now, and | amt agoin' to pay to go in
there
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An Invention 10 Prevent the Spread
Fires

Bangor man has invented fire
shield to prevent fires from leaping
across a street ON to adjoining build
ings, and also to protect the firemeD.
The device is light and portable-two
men can easily handle it-about fifty
four inches in width by six and one
half feet in height, with protecting
curve at the top, the whole being of
galvanized iron. Near the center, and
on a level with the eye, is an orifice
some eight inches in diameter, which
can be wholly closed, or opened suffi
GENTLY for the Introduction Of the noz-
zle of the hose when playing. The pat
ent also includes the insertion of
small window of mica, through which
the hoseman can watch the action Of
the flames while fighting the hottest
fire III safety.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Senate,
MONDAY, February 22.@Petitions
and memorials on varions subjects we're PRESENTED
and referred, and at the expiration u tho rnernine
hour, the Indian appropriation bin was THEN up
and passed. The military Appropriation bill w1s
also passed, when the military academy BILL
considered, and finally passed. also the bill
making appropriations for invalid and other pen
sioners.-The postofice appropriation bill was
then considered, and pending discussion, the Sem
ate adjourned.
House.
Bills were disposed of as follows: The river aud
harbor appropriation bill-passed. The bill appro-
pristes $1,000, 600. The bill regulating the selection
of jurors in the District of Coumbia-passed -
Mr.. Houghton moved to suspend the rules to set
apaft Wednesday evening nsxt the eonsideya=s
ton of the Texas Pacific Railroad bill. Tellers
demanded and lis voted in the affirmative
aud O. Ill the negative. The yeas and nays were
called, resulting in yeas III, nays 128-two-thrds
not having voted affirmative the motion was lost
This is looked upon defeat of the bill for this
Congress. Under suspension of rules the follow
ing bills passed The bill supplementary to the
migration acts; providing commission to restore
the writing on the original declaration of indie
pendence: and the bin re organizing the quarter
master department. Efforts to suspend the rules
and pass several other bills, failed and the House
adjourned,
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relating to highways; amending the Oshkosh char
ter: to- encourage the construction Of railroads In
this State; and the Following approrfission oils
ion Of the statutes $2628. to Carl Busack; appro-
priating sf2 500 to Dixon sloanand orion for legal
services. Several bills were ordered to third
reading and considerable other business OF no gem
eral Importance WAS transacted, when, the Assem-
adj rlapd
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Yeas-Cameror. Conover, Cragin, Flanagan,
Frelinghnysen. Mitchell, Morton, Patterson,
Pease, Sargent and Sprague.-11. -
NaysEAlcern, Allison Anthony, Bayard,
Begy, Roreman, Boutwell,, Carpenter, Chand-
Eaton, Edmr1nds Ferry of Michigan, Gold
thwaite, Gordon. Hager, Hamilton of Maryland,
Hamilton of Texas. Howe. Hitchcock, Ingalls,.
Johnston. Kelly, Logan, McCreery, Merrimon,
Morrill, of Maine, Morrill, of Vermont. Nor
wood, Oglesby, Pratt, Ramsey, Ransom, Rob
ertson, Salisbury, Schurz, Scott, Thurman,
Spencer, Stevenson, Stockton, Sherman, Tip
ton. Wadleigh, Washburn, West, Window and
Wriebf
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On Tuesday night, when Sixth
street man had to go to Wyandotte on
business which detained him all night,
his wife hardly slept wink from fear
that he would get hurt; yet he hadn't
been home over ali hour, yesterday morn
ing. when it took two policemen to IN
clasp her fingers from his hair and pry
her teeth OF his ear.-DetrOH free
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erous act az M. Case VIII save the tax
payers of Cleveland over 81 ,000, 900,
besides giving the city offices a more
desirable location than would Otherwise
be obtained Fl
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THE PACIFIC MAIL SUBSIDY.

The Senate.o on the I'D insts,s in con-
sidering the Postal bill, refused to
strike out the clause repeating the law
authorizing the subsidy to the Pacific
Mail steamship company, by the fol
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-03-06

SPEAKING of differences, said Judge
Lord, of Boston, "when We see crowd
at the Charlestown Navy Yard, We infer.
not that there is to be war, but an cleo
ton"
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senate.
senate.
THURSDAY. February 25.-A remOn

IHUKSDA1, TtUTUaTy Zo.-A TtHOH-
STRANGE was presented against church taxation, also
one against exemptiug North Wisconsin Railroad
lands.-Bills Were then disposed of follows
Amending law relating to district meetings-passed
allowing insurance companies to elect boards of
managers instead of trnstees-passed; in relation
to pay of employees and officers of State prison
laid over till tomorrow; allowing women to hold
school otfices,-ordered read a third time to
pei ST. Paul Railway Company to elect full board
OF dlrectors-laid over till tomorrow; for the
couragement of inventions i'll steam wagons-or-
dered 10 third reading: the Boscobel boom bill
was also ordered read third time, and the Senate
adjourned till evening, when business in committee
of the whole transacted. The bin transferring
the Orphans Home to the University referred
and the matter of printing Lapham's geological re-
port was indefinitely postponed.-The bill order
ing State census ordered read third time.
and the Senate then adjourned
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Assembly.

The usual nuIAber of petitions and resolutions
We're presented, and the claims committee made a
report, favori the passage of the bill appropriate
ing Sl2 800 to the attorneys who defended the Pot
ter aw.--The bill authorizing the esta Enlistment
of an institute for feeble minded children, and
motion to reconsider the vote by which substitute
was adopted for the bill appropratng SCI $50 to the
institute for the blind called forth some discussion,
but We're laid aside for the special order being the
bill extending the exemption of the Wisconsin Cen
trail land for two years, which after considerable
discussion finally tabled.--The vote by which
the amendment giving Milwaukee county treas
urer $4,000 for clerk hire killed. was reconsid-
cred, the amendment adopted, and the bill ordered
to a third reading.--Adjourned till evening. In
the evening the railroad committee reported the
commissioners BILL which was ordered printed
Senate amendments to the Spring street improve
ment bill We're concurred in, as also the bill
for Especial tax in the Fourth ward MilwauEee.-
The Wisconsin Central tax exemption bill then
came up reconsideration, and the House refus-
ed to order it to third reading.--The bill to en-
courage the building of narrow gauge railroads
ordered read third tine ana the bin for
buiding the blind institute was passed. The APP
preparation bill for the deaf and dumb institute
was concurred in, and bills passed to regulate
registers fees, and bill incorporating City of Wau-
pacca--Bils making appropriations to Milwau-
kee charities ordered to a third reading: so
were bills to rotect the rearing of furred animals
relating to Wisconsin farm land mortgage COM
pany; for the formation of town insurance compa-
Mes for furnishing chairs to State officers by the
State prison; for photographer III the Municipal
Court of milwaukee.
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Resolutions were presented, instructing the At
torney General to inquire into the consitutionaity
of the commissioners railroad bill-adopted; re-
questing board of charities to visit and
port Taylor's Home Racine county; OF dering
the pGblicat on OF 800 copies of the railroad re-
port-adopted. The bill appropriatIng 81 900 to st.
Roses orphan asylum was then taken up, and con-
siderable debate followed pending which the rail-
road commissioners bill, being the special order,
was called, and occupied the balance of the after
noon and the whole of the evening session. The
House finally adopted puinby's bill as substitute.
and ordered 1t toa third reading. Adjourned.
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Assembly.

Several petitions and resolutions were intro
duced, and the joint resolution to pay the state
librarian 81 800 year was tabled. a number of
bills were ordered to third readng-Bills to
declare Baraboo river navigable; amending the in
corporation act of Fort Howard to provide for de-
posting the funds of county treaeurers, pass
ed.--Considerabe business then transacted
III committee of the whole, and when the commit
tee rose thei0llowing bills ordered to third
reading: To allow district attorneys money for
clerk hire; relating to discipline in house of
rection; to authorize improvements of certain
streets i'll Third ward, Milwaukee,; to provide for
the letting of county printing in Milwaukee county.
Also bill to allow the county clerk money for
clerk hire.-The bill to provide for the support of
the poor i'll Milwaukee county, and to ii the salary
of the clerk of court, were indefinitely postponed
and the bill allowing towns To form insurance COM
panies, referred. An adj iournment then took
place till evening, when the vote by which the
luton to pay the state librarian 81 800 tabled,
was reconsidered and the resolution adopted.
motion to reconsider the vote the Wisconsin
Central lands exemption bill lost, the biennial
session resolution Indefinitely postponed.
also the bill to pay school district clerks; in relation
to tax deeds. amending the limitation act of tax
certihcates relating sherifl's fees.Adj ourned.
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senate.
FRIDAY, February ga resolution

4 INIII1fIy L VIJI tttII ~ - 1'1t'OI tVIOII
was presented to transfer the state prison TO Mil
waukee, and to change the prison into hospital
for the incurably insane-The resolution relating
TO the Winnebago Indians adopted, when the
following bills concurred in: To legaliZe the
acts of the board of aldermen of Manitowoc; to
amend the game law; for the preservation of the
flags of regiments in the late war; for the safe
keeping of court reports in Milwaukee, TO erect
soldiers monument III Calumet county; the steam
wagon bill: for the election of full board of di-
recors of the st. Paul road i'll June, 1885, relating
to appeals from justices courts to render won
eligible to become school officers The Senate blls
incorporating the Sparta Gas Company, and APP.
propriating $685. 9S5 to the state prison. passed.
After going through the general file III
mlttee of the whole, recess taken until even
ing, when the Quimby railroad bill ordered to
third reading, and the Senate adjourned.
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Senate.

WEDNESDAY, February PA resolu-
ton to appoint special committee to consult and
decide on the formation of new counties in the
were concurred in as follows: Regarding Spring
street (Milwaukee) improvements; prohibiting
gambling in cars.-Bills were passed. Appropri-
atjng ST., 90 to publish proceedings of Northern Ag
ricultural Society; and one approprating $500 TO
sist in the geological survey.--The bill creating
the new county of Colby was then discussed, but
before reaching decision the Senate adjourned till
evening; and at the evening session discussion
resumed on the bill, which indefinitely post
poned. 1.-The Senate then, in committee of the
whole, disposed OF number of unimportant bills
and thereafter took up Blacks bill in relation
hgious freedom in State institutions, which
passed, and the Senate adjourned.
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Assembly.

An unsuccessful attempt made to reconsider
tie vote on the bill in relation religious meetings
N school houses.-Tho following bills were pass
ed: To protect public libraries; to amend the
charter of Milwaukee in relation to viaducts: to al
low the county board Of Milwaukee to give money
to district attorney and treasurer for clerk hire;
to protect rearing of furred mails: relating to
Wisconsin Railroad Farm MortgageCOmpany; fixing
the marriage birth and death fees OF the register of
Milwaukee; giving money for clerk hire TO MIlwau-
kee county clerk; defining the liabilities OF railroad
companies TO employees injured by such road; to
provide for photographic reporter in the municipal
court of Milwaukee; relating to the Supreme Court;
OF inquests OF the dead to punish crueltyto animals
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senate.

SATURDAY, February 27.--The resolu-
Milwaukee was adopted, after amendment by max
Ing the Governor and State Board Of Charities
commission to report on the subiect.-The bill to
provide for the Incorporation of villages passed. also
the following: Erecting the new county of TAYLOR
ont Of portions of Clark, Marathon, Lincoln and
Chippewa counties: amending charter of Milwau-
kee; and the bill for taking the Census--The
commissioners railroad hill was referred to the Ju
CARY Committee to be reported on Monday and
Quimbys bill was laid over till that time-Ad-
journod.
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WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.


TUESDAY, February 23.-The Senate
concurredin the bill authorizing the use of swamp
land money in Portage county for drainage pur-
poses, and passed the following bills: to appropri-
ate $500 to st. Josephs Orphan Asylum, Milwaukee,;
to appropriate 500 10 L. 8. Dixon, attorney for
The State against the West Wisconsin railroad: to
secure joint distribution of school tax in joint
school distriets.--The bill appropriating money
for propagation of fish was amended by making the
amount =. coo and ordered TO third .,eading, as
also the bill for Improvement Of Spring street
milwaukee,, and bill in. relation to narrow gauge
ralroads.--The bill repeating the West Wisconsin
railroad aid bill referred. and the bin TO carry
out the provisions of the bin for the relief of s u.
Carpenter by appropriain s. 2l6 to him, if found
due was amended to enable Carpenter to carry the
case to the courts ii the next legislature refused
pay the award of the Printing Commissioners. The
bill was then referred TO the Judiciary Committee
The amended bill authorizing the Milwaukee
County Treasurer to receive from the county s3,00n
for clerk hire, caused considerable debate in which
Messrs- Fagg and kershaw took part. The amend
nlent was finally lost.---AdjourGed.
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number of petitions, remonstrances and reso-
lutions were presented, when the vote by which the
reform school bib was killed, was reconsidered and
the bill ordered to = third reading. were
passed: To appropriate So, $50 to the Northern
Insane Asylum; to authorize the construction of
dam across the Milwaukee river above Humboldt.
to appropriate Sl4,H0O TO the Waukesha Reform
School; TO amend the act relating to the sale of
lands to minors to compel railroads to fence their
tracks; to Incorporate the Wisconsin Odd Fellows
Association of Milwaukee,; to compel the construc-
ton OF railroad side tracks to warehouses WHOM
erected in any place where there IS no regular
station; memorial to Congress Tor bounties to
soldiers of the Black Hawk war: to appropriate
81 Zoo to the Northern Wisconsin Agricultural As
socaon 10 appropriate 81 900 to the Governor for
contingent fuLd to appropriate sufficient
amount to increase the library and transfer the
State Library books to the State Historical Society
The Assembly, then, after u session in commit
tee of the whole, took recess till evening the only
Business of Importance transacted during the
evening session being the defeat of the bin making
an appropriation for rebuilding the Blind Asylum
at GAINESVILLE.
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The memorial to Congress regarding
the Wisconsin and Fox river improve
ment, asking the Government to push
forward the work of constructing a canal
from Green Bay to the Mississippi (aI a
cost of from 81, OOO,0 900 to IS, 900, OOC)
has passed both Houses In order to
reach Congress before adjournment.
The bin compelling county treasurers
In the counties having valuation of
$50, 0O0,0 900 to deposit the funds of the
county, has passed the Assembly.
Ahvely debate on bill to make the
amount of an insurance policy 1orin7a
acie evidence of the value of the
property, resulted in the defeat of the
bill.
A bill to allow fifteen persons in ad-
joining towns, owning collectively S25,
900 of property, to form protective in
suranee associations, was killed-but
resuscitated and referred to the Judici-
ary Committee. There seems to be
merit in the bill, and it may pass.
The bill limiting the rate of interest
90 seven per cent. was killed and there
by good thing was done.
The bill prohibiting gambling on
cars has passed both Houses.
A petition from many citizens of
Brodhead, requesting the Legislature to
pass a stringent law prohibiting the
manufacture or sale OF intoxicating
liquors, has been received.
The Assembly Committee have re-
ported adversely on the compulsory
education bill.