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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

with Spanish capitalists for an advance of
from fifteen millions to twenty-five millions
of piastres for the expense of the war in Cuba
One hundred and fifty masons and
stone cutters sailed yesterday for Scotland,
under contract with John Coghill, to work
ON the parochial buildings in Greenock.
They are to receive pay by the hour tor eight
hours day. One hundred and fifty more
are also to sail soon for Scotland.
A girl residing in Jacksonville, H.,
wanted to visit the Centennial, and realizing
the troubles she must encounter by going
alone, she donned male apparel and started.
Her closely cropped hair and broadcloth suit
would not disguise her girlish face and small
hands, however, and she was arrested in
Chicago and sent home to her mother.
Reports about the health of the
Turkish Sultan have been conflicting for the
past two months, but reliable dispatch rep
| resents that the persons surrounding the sui
tan are determined that the state of his
health shall not be known. DR.. Liedersdorf,
in his report to the Turkish government,
says the sultan is suffering from purely ner-
vous complaint. The correspondent says
that the truth of the matter is that Murad s
brain is crazed, and the man is mere wreck.
He is never left alone. The country is really
without head.
There is mnch interest and specula-
ton concerning the probable results OF the
dissolution of the coal combination of Penn
sylvania The future policy of the operators
has not been determined upon, and thus far
there is only conjecture or speculation. 1t
| seems most probable that there will be some
decline i'll the prices OF coal in consequence
ofthe breaking up, but no such heavy decline
as some predict is likely to take place.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01
Tribute to Speaker Kerr.

The President paid the following
delicate and deserved tribute to the
memory of the late speaker Michael
Q. Kerr.
1t is with extreme pain that the president
announces to the people of the United States
the death of the Speaker OF the House of
Representatives, the Hon. Michael c. Kerr, OF
Indiana A man of great intellectual endow-
ments, large culture, great probity and earn
has passed from the position of power and
usefulness to which he had been recently
called The body over which he had been
selected to preside not being in session to
render its tribute of affection and respect to
the memory of the deceased, the president
invites the people of the United States to
solemn recognition of the public and private
worth ofthe services of pure and eminent
character.
Signed .. S. GRANT.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Crimes Criminals and Casualties

Crimes, Criminals and Casualties
James Hammel, Cincinnatian, last
week attacked his wife with a butcher KNIFE
and when she fell from loss of blood, Killed
himself The wife will recover.
A ieweler recently absconded from
Montreal, and as his family were enroute to
the States they were arrested. In their lug
gage was found hundred and fifty thousand
dollars worth of jcwelry.
Two young men named Smith ana
Hammond, confined in Jail in Owen county,
Kentucky, for the murder of highly res
pected citizen, were taken out by a masked
mob and hung upon the nearest tree, ON the
night of the DIST.
The man Adams, who has been hon
lied for saving railroad train from destruc-
ton by notifying the engineer of loosened
rail, has confessed himself to be the party
who removed the rail, and also to other
crimes of like character, causing loss OF lie.
A bridge gave way on the New Or
leans & Jackson railroad, making complete
wreck of the train. Four persons were Killed
and sixteen wounded, five or six seriously.
Very heavy rains raised the creek unusually
high and suddenly, and no doubt weakened
the foundation. Some of the passengers lost
their baggage.
An axle broke on one of the cars of
freight train on the Philadelphia, Whining
ton & Baltimore railroad, when lamp ex-
ploded and several cars were burned. While
another freight train was standing on the
track, detained by the wreck, p ssenger
train from Baltimore for Philadelphia da-hed
into it. Only three persons, however, were
injured, and those but slightly.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01
Cure for Sweeney.

Take 3-4 Of pound of fat pork and
fry the grease into a slave stir 8
handfuls of salt into the grease when
warm, until it is perfectly dissolved
then bruise well three eggs, shells and
all, and thoroughly mix with the first
two ingredients, after they have be-
come sufficiently cool to not cook the
eggs. Apply the salve to the part
affected, at intervals of three DAYS
each, rubbing the part thoroughly.
then warm in with hot iron, holding
it as near the part affected as possible.
SO that it may be well was warmed
but not burned. Three applications
will generally cure but if the sweeney
is bad, more applications Will perhaps
be needed. The following is another
cure: Take oil origanum and spirits
of turpentine, each one part; wet the
part affected sufficiently to irritate or
partly blister. This also [ have never
known to fail. 1t is also the best
remedy for cOrns | have ever known
only needing to wet the corns fire.
quently, and as fast as the surface he.
comes soft, scrape off with a knife.
then wet again, and in q short time if
will be gone. | have known it to cure
some of the worst corns.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

4 witty Persian illustrated the posi-.
ton Of England on the Eastern ques.
ton at a gathering of diplomats in
Paris, a short time ago, by telling a
story. He said, when asked what the
probable course of England would be
"She will do as the monkey did" On
being asked for an explanation, he
said that learned man of old, wish.
ing to test the power of maternal affec-
ton in the monkey, took female of
the species, with her young one. and
put them in 4 large tin box over hot
fire. When they began to feel the
heat, the old monkey seized the young
one IN her arms, and danced about on
the hot floor. Finally, when she could
not save herself from being burned bv
leaping any longer, she put the baby
monkey down and stood OF it, saving
her feet by roasting her offspring. In
like manner, said the Persian, England
will sacrifice Turkey when the heat
becomes intolerable, in spite of her
former maternal solicitude. -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01
Avoid Mixing the Wheat.

The farmers of Minnesota will do
we'll to avoid mixing their new wheat
with what remains Of last years crop.
IN many instances the old wheat IS
hadIy damaged, and an intermiXture
would result only in lowering the grade
and consequently the value OF both.
even where the old wheat is perfectly
sound it is undesirable thatit be mixed
With the new-for the mere suspicion
Of inferiority, that attaches to all
wheat of last years crop still in hand
viii tend to lessen the value OF every
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

Don Cameron has OYerruled the
finding in the case of the over-zealous
cadet, at West Point, who shot civil
ian In the night for approaching his
beat. The West Point court found the
boy guiltless, but Cameron thinks this
would be bad precedent, and turns
him over to the civil court.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

Women, it seems, are less liable to
be struck by lightning than men. OF
the $50 persons SO killed in France
during the past decade, SCI were
males. Still more singular is the fact,
that whenever a man and dog have
got in the way of thunderbolt the
man escaped the electric shock, the
dog it was that died.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

The boring ofthe shaft for the Chan
Tunnel continues with hopeful en-
management. At depth of $40 feet,
no fault in the strata had been OBJ
served, threatening difficulties in the
way of the projected work.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

The great French painter and en-
graver, Gustave Dore, is enjoying a bit
Of sweet revenge. Twenty years ago
he was Tilted by his girl, and the other
fellow whom she married is now Serv-
ing prison term of eight years for
trying to kill her. Gustaye is now a
confirmed old bachelor, and has 10 de-
sire to link his destinies to those of
the grasS-WidoW.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01
TIMELY TOPICS.

A New York theatre is about to
bring out new play entitled "Custer
and his Avengers" We know some
thing about the dead general, but tell
IS something about the avengers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

Queen Isabella returned to Santander
almost, on the eighth anniversary Of
her expulsion from Spain, and the peo-
pie were curious to see what sort of a
reception she would receive in this
essential Republican town. The people
who were SO vociferous eight years
ago with shouts Of 'Muera la Reina'
had lost their voices, but there was
speech in their dumbness.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

An enterprising st. Louis paper gives
full and particular description of
the various valuable diamonds owned
in that city. The labor of gather
ing facts for the article was not, how
ever, exhausting. The precious
stones were all in the pawn shops.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

The Pope, who has been SO many
times at deaths door within the last
few years, must have kind of mirac-
ulOus hold on life. Within the time in
which his health has been a matter of
SO much solicitude that a physician
has been constantly in attendance at
his side, seven Of his physicians have
died, tr.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

The "hard times that have closed
50 many of the cotton mills of New
England have had, seemingly, no de-
pressing effect on those of the South.
There are now forty cotton mills run
ming in Georgia alone. None have
ever been closed, and most of them are
paying handsome dividends.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

The Rev. Horatius Bovar, D. D.,
takes strong ground against the wear
ing of a cross as a matter of personal
adornment. He considers that a
Christian lady 'whirling through a
giddy waltz" with cross on her neck
or in her hair, is trifing with that
which is the emblem of the most
solemn event in the history of man.
kind. stt s ---.-.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01
The Hottest Month for Sixty Years.

New York Sun, Aug. Q. 81 s FL
According to the records carefully
kept of a trustworthy Instrument
hanging in a shady place. and not ex-
posed to reflected heat, the month just
closed was the hottest we have had III
New York for nearly sixty years. The
mean Indicated is SOILS degrees. The
nearest approach to it was in 1866. 1T
was then 1910 degrees. The lowest
mean since 1916 was in 1907, which
was 1928 degrees,-a difference OF
7.75 degrees. Until the 22d ult. the
mean temperature was above 80 de-
grees, except on the lst, 9th, and I6th,
and was above 70o until the 3Oth.
On the 9th, the maximum was 100 de-
orees. and on the oath the maximum
was 81 degrees. a range of 80 degrees.
Rain fell on thirteen days. On the
Both and 31st 2.45 inches. The mean
temperature for 81 years (1S55- ~ was
74.64 degrees; last month was 5.54
warmer. The mean in this city for
fortv-three years is 55.14 degrees.
oC>1
When drinking interferes with
mans business, the common way IS to
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

In breach of promise of marriage
case tried at Liverpool recently, Mr..
Baron Bramwen expressed an opinion
that it would be a good thing in the
majority of instances if actions Of this
kind were abolished, for men were
goaded into marrying women whom
they did not like, and then there were
unhappy marriages.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

Prof. Seelye. the man who was
elected to Congress from Massachu-
sets by the expense to himself of a
three cent postage stamp, says that
Congress is not a place congenial to
him. He has not been able to find an
other three cent man in that body, and
he is going to retire to the Presidency
of Amherst College.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

The London Missionary Society's II
dian missionaries say there are indi ca
tons ON every hand that Hinduism is
declining. Yet the great mass of
the people, especially in rural districts.
live in undisturbed acquiescence in
their ancestral faith"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

bushel of new grain with which it
may be mixed. We repeat the in.
junction-Keep the two crops apart.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01
Rebel Publications.

The Hayneville (Ala.) Examiner
spoke as follows few days ago: Tho
true and good men Of ColleTine, not
wishing to be servants Of the radical
party by sitting down all day Just to
receive the votes 300 or 400 negroes
were anxious to cast against the peace
and welfare Of the State. wisely conf
Guided last Monday that if the Radical
negroes wanted TO have an election
they might hold it themselves, and II
they didn't have sense enough to hold
il thew didn't have sense enough 10
vote at all, and therefore the county
would be all the better for it. This
was a Just and sensible conclusion, for
nothing can be more foolish and ridic-
uIous than for men to aid this villain
Gus party to carry OFT its schemes of
plumber by acting as their agents to
gather in the votes of a blinded and
prejudiced people. And 10 man who
has carefully thought over the matter
would be guilty fsucha crimeagainst
God and his family if he could help
himself. Therefore the patriots Of
Collerine are hereby thanked for the
splendid manner in which they struck
at dagger and negro rule in this
State
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

The following remarkable piece of
exclusive information appears in the
Milwaukee Sentinel of Monday 'sSome
Of the newspapers censured Gen. NJ.
G. Butler for killing halfa dozen color
ed men at Hamburg. To show that he
has not forfeited the respect Of his
party, the Democrats of South Carolina
have nominated him for governor. . ~
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

When drinking interferes with a
mans business, the common way is 10
give up business.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-09-01

The Lutherans are strong III Kansas.
There are about twenty thousand of
them In that State, including German
Swedish, and Norwegian Lutherans.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-19
From the San Antonio (Texas) Herald l.
Is a Paint Mule a Horse?

Nothing is more remarkable than the IA
cility with which the colored population be-
come acquainted with the forms Of law and
the practical management OF q case in court.
There was a striking Illustration or this fact
in the Recorders Court the other morning.
The prisoner was accused of riding across
one of tine bridges at gate faster than q
walk, and proof was that he galloped q
paint mule over Hudson street bridge. He
managed his own case.
His Honor said IL think I'll have to fine
you, Johnsing.''
MAY Ak few questions?"
'sYou may"
s'Isn't thar a sign over the bridge, warm
ing people how dey must rIde?'
''There is, and that makes you all the more
guilty"
ssIt does, does it? Now, Mr.. Recorder, is
dat sign what I has to go by? Is dat The
law?''
CIV ell, den, dat sign reads: sWak your
horse or YOU will be fined Don't it-don't
it, boss?''
'sIt does, Johnsing."
ssWell, de proof is, | was gallopin' q paint
mule. wasn't boss %
eyes, believe so,'' replied his honor,
beginning to smell u rat.
ssNow, if your honor is willin' to admit a
mule amt no lloss, I'll rest de case hcah, be-
cause you see dc law is l shall walk my hoss,
an as it was paint mule, dat is fatal in de
Indictment. You is a lawyer. and you ought
to know de points most Us well as myself.
Recorder-Ahem For the purpose Of this
suit I'll regard that paint mule as a horse.
Prisoner-Yo honor will please note my
'ception. l jess wants to make one mere
point. Allowin's for the sake of argument,
dat paint mule is q hoss. de sign reads :
''Walk your boss" Now has de witnesses
here in court to prove dat paint mule boss
was not nv boss at all. De law say walk
your boss.
Recorder--I'll fine you $40, Johnsing.
And as johnson was conducted to the
lookup he expressed great sympathy for the
taxpayers, as he intended to bring suit for
100000 damages for false imprisonment.
Hc is now, however, at work owths street.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-19
THE VALLEY VIRGINIAN
$. M. y0sT Il son. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
Issued Every Thursday Morning.
$500 A Year. Invariably in Advance
Democratic liberation.

The Republicans of Rockbridge county,
were addressed OH the I'd inst by Col. D. }.
Woodiin, Of buckingham, q lawyer by pro-
fesson. Il gentleman by practice 'tfiid T ma
tive OF the State. In abiding to the event
and the incidents attending it, u corrcspon-
dent of the Dispatch says: ''Two or three
Radicals who are in business here, and ne
ceire their patronage Of the Conservatives,
snealed up 10 the hotel last might mnder core,
of darkness 10 hare II chat ariM Woodfn.'
Substantially the same statement is made by
the correspondent of the Whig.
Col. Woodfn is a gentleman, equal in So
cial standing, intellect and culture, to
say the least, of the Dtspatch's corcspon-
dent. The Radicals referred to, are doubt
less Woodworking, honest mechanics, who.
acting from conviction, are identified with
the Republican party. Yet these men, for
fear of losing patronage" were compelled
to quietly visit Col. Woodlin, at the hotel,
not vcnturing to encounter the prejudice OF
| the community by prociaiming their politi-
cal opinions, as our old friend John Patler-
son does. We think they are mistaken in
their policy. The best way is to be fearless
in the expression of any opinion you honest
" entertain. But some men cannot'do this,
and it is such who are very frequently fore
ed into the support OF Il party they secretly
detest.
The paragraph very plainly indicates What
kind of q road Republicans have to travel in
Lexington. Prescription for opinion sake
and consequent intimidation and ostracism,
have never built up q party upon 2 solid
| foundation, and the time will come,
when it will fall by the weight of IFS own
mcaniiess and corruption.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-19
What Tilden Has Reen.

Mr.. TiIden not only belongs to the party,
not only has been a leader Of the party. but
has been one of the foremost advocates OF
state-rights, and has pushed the doctrine Of
personal independence Of the individual
States even so far as to claim the right OF re-
bellion. Now, what would be the conse-
quence OF a doctrine like this? It would be
to make rebellion constitutional; to give us
instead of the country we have. q Mexico in
which every discontented politician puts
himself at the head of an armed movement.
/ am not exaggerating. Such things have
happened, and such things might happen
again, It seems to me that this is a consd-
Grafton which might well have turned the
scale in the mind Of any man who was de-
batting with himself toward which side he
should turn his influence, and for which
party he should give hisvote. | confess that
for myself prefer to be the citizen of a great
country. prefer to feel in my veins the
pulse Of powerful and indissoluble nation.
ality.-James Russell Lowell.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-19
A Bad Sin ON His Mind

A priest was hearing confession, and q
boy came to him and said he had a bad sin
on his mind.
swell, me good boy, come Oh wild it, ;" said
his reverence
"Augh, den, your reverence, | do be saw
in BE the Holy Father y
You do?-that's very bad, me boy. Now.
how often do you be sayin' that?',
"begar, more than forty times day, your
riverence.'
go home now, ''said the priest, ssand
get your sister to make you a bag, and hang
it around your neck, and every time YOU say
BE che Holy Father drop a little stone
in it, and come to me this day week. That
day week his reverence was in his box.
and he heard all awful noise in the church.
so he looked out and saw his penitent drag
ging sack. III
"redy Mulloy,n says he, '.what do You
name by such conduct as that in the church?''
''Shure, yer reverence. says the fellow,
dose is all BE the Holy Fatllers,'' and the
rest Of um's outside on the dray.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-19
Long John Wentworth said in speech he

Long John Wentworth said in speech he
delivered the other day in Chicago:
Somebody came into my office, the other
day, and wanted to look up Hayes record.
He said, Wentworth, didn't yeu oppose the
Northern Pacific Railroad steal?' Yes,
said |, don't oppose all steals?' | know
what you are after. You are hunting up
something about Hayes. can tell you.-
whenever there was steal in Congress, we
always said, Hayes joins with us to FIGHT
it., and not one of those railroad iobs eyer
got his vote''' r4.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-19

j. c. johnson, U. S. Guager, in the Pc
tcrsburg District, was fined $1,000, with six
months imprisonment, for neglect OF duty,
in not making proper returns of tile liquor
guaged. This is the minimum punishment,
and it was determined upon by Judge Bond,
because there was no evidence OF S'moral o.
liquty.." or intentional fraud, but simply
negligence. Sentence has been suspended
for the present,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-19

Charlie Ross has again been discovered,
this time at Farmville, Va. The child was
brought there by an old woman from Bed
ford 'county, who suddenly afterwards died.
The child remembers to have lived in city,
was stolen by two roughs, who ran him Off
in a top buggy. Oldham Ross has been tel
eglaphed to, and Mr.. P. A, Huppard pro-
posed to take the child to Philadelphia.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-19
Hotels.

A Immediately at c. & Ohio Railroad Depot,
STAUNTON, VA.
McCHESNEY & NADENBOUSCH, Proprietors.
The Proprietors in resuming the management
OF this well known and popular hotel so long and
favorably known to the travelling public, promise
in the future to retain the reputation the Ameri-
can has borne, as q FIRST-CLASS HOTEL.
It's locality Immediately at the Railroad Depot
renders it convenient stopping place for persons
on business or in search of health.
Bar and Barber shop in the House.
All the Offices OF the Telegraph and Stage lines
running to this town are adjoining this house.
RJ- first-class Livery Stable, conducted by
Pat O"Toole, is connected with this house.
McCHESNEY & co.
N.B.-Citizens of the county will be furnished
dinner at so cents, and Horses fed by Pat O'Toole
at 20 cents.