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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
THE VICKSBURG CUTOFF

The cutoff at Vicksburg has greatly
alarmed the citizens. The vicksburg
Herald admits that the river is gone
and that the only hope for current
past the city is in changing the chan
mel of the YazOo river, SO as to bring
it through the Chicasaw bayou, and
thence in front of the city to the Mis-
sissippi. The Herald thinks this can
be accomplished at Il cost Of about
5000, 900 and adds:
''The main volume Of the Yazoo
river could te diverted through the
bayou, thence into Fish lake, and final
ly into the Mississippi river at the
national cemetery, by means of a
break-Water at Yazoo, by cleaning and
deepening the bayou, and by the cut
ting of canal from the southern end
of the lake to the Mississippi. The
effect of the plan proposed viii be.
to keep open a channel i'll the Missis.
sippi from the national cemetry along
the river border of the whole city, and
should this be practicable, the danger,
GUS influence of the cutoff will not
only be avoided, but Ne should be
brought into closer and more direct
communication with the rich and pop
ulous YaZoo basin, upon which Vicks-
burg mainly relies for her support
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
TOO MANY COUSINS.

Philadelphians are overrun with rel
atives from the country Just now.
Cousins of whom they never heard
have hunted up the relationship ex-
listing between them. and, in some in
stances, they have brought transcripts
from the family-record to show they
have made no mistake. Sometimes
they write to announce their coming,
and sometimes they drop down sud
denly whether announced or not, they
are sure to come. No man likes to
close his door to a relative. and SO
the strangers settle themselves into
comfortable quarters, and are enabled
to see the Exhibition with very little
expense. They ask the matron Of the
house to prepare them Il portable lunch
con, and with this they proceed to the
Centennial Grounds. and, when noon
comes, are able tosatisfy their hunger
without patroniZing the restaurants.
There are some cases where they have
borrowed 60 cents needed for passing
the gates, and forgotten to return it;
so that the city man who has a
country-couple on his hands is mulcted
for a dollar day cash, in addition to
his disbursements for food necessary
to spoil two healthy appetites. The
inrOad of "viSitOrs" upon residents
here has become very great already,
and promises to become worse as the
weeks roll on. Many residents will do
as my friend has done, and close their
houses in sheer self-defence. They
will have no other alternative, as the
rural sponge has no sentiment about
him, and will come and stay, even if
he knows he is not wanted, and if he
sees that the wife of his host is half.
dead with the trouble of keeping free
hotel.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
CHEESE IT.

There is general complaint among
dealers OF the poor quality of cheese
now being manufactured in the North,
west. On the introduction of this in
duStry several years ago the prOduc-
ton OF our factories was universally
| praised, and the fact was fully illus
| trated that with proper skill, care and
conveniences our cheese would bear
comparison with that of Ohio and
New York without suffering in conse-
quence. A few days since i'll the re-
port Of the condition of the markets,
we read, ''In fact very little cheese is
made III the Northwest that is credit
to our cheesemakers, or that would
grade better than white oak at the
East. AS Il consequence Il consider.
able proportion of the consumption
here consists OF New York and Ohio
factory. This does not speak well for
our factOrymen, who are operating all
around us, for we do not import but
ter, nor eggs, nor wheat, nor flour, nor
several other articles which we pro
duce at home. We advise persons im
charge of factories to bestir them
selves, and to improve the quality of
their cheese to the highest point OF
excellence, rather than to remain con-
tent to manufacture an article even
their neighbors refuse 10 buy if any
other is to be had, The specimens of
new so far received have sold at 10 TO
l2c. as to quality and condition.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
shall die an hundred years DID," is the basis
| NJ his calculation this time.

shall die an hundred years DID," is the basis
OF his calculation this time.
The annual reunion of the Army Of
the Potomac took place at Philadelphia, on
the 9Th. The attendance was large and the
proceedings of unusual interest. Ex-Gov.
Dix was the orator, and his address was
warmly applauded. Speeches We're made by
Sherman, Sheridan, Hooker, Cows, Hartrauft
and Curtain.
The decline of Speaker Kerr S health
ince the opening of spring has been rapid
indeed On the 18th inst he was in a condi-
ton creating the greatest anxiety to his
friends, and too low to bear removal to aplace
in the country. He was in this condition
when the report of the investigating commit
tee, entirely vindicating him, was unanimous
ly adopted by the House.
Gov. Bullock, of Massachusetts, del
egate to the Cincinnati convention, in letter
announcing his inability to attend the Cincin-
natl convention, says, GOT all the candidates
for President as yet consplcuously mentioned,
| should prefer Mr. Bristow. Under no cir
cumstances would vote for candidate who,
while possessing political influence and pow
er, has failed to use his opportunities in eX-
posing and correcting abuses coming within
the reach of his observation, but for personal
reasons or for party ends has permitted them
to tester on
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
A PLUCKY GIRL.

Chicago tribune.
A few evenings ago W. Ii. Holllngs-
worth. editor of the SigOurney Review
while engaged in giving a reading be-
fore a literary society, was interrupted
suddenly by a messenger, stating that
Elva Butler, a servant-girl who had
been left at home alone, had been shot
by a man who attempted to rob the
house. He quickly put period to his
reading, and fastened home, to find
that, about o'clock, the door-bell
rang, and the girl went TO the door.
where she was met by two masked
men. one of whom put his hand over
her mouth and babe her keep silent,
while the other marched into the
house and began to gather up valuables
The girl showed fight, got away, ran
into the house, secured a Holllngs-
worth revolver, and hogan to blaze
away at the robbers, They returned
the fire, and wounded the girl III one
arm. Finding they were creating an
alarm, they fed, leaving behind all the
valuables they had collected.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
HOW THE WOMEN VOTE.

The New York World, which is not
an advocate Of female suffrage, sum
mariZes the vote cast at the last ses-
sion of the national grange of Patrons
of Husbandry, to show how women.
when called upon to vote, cast their
ballots. By means of this summary
giving the names of the married mem.
bers who voted and the fact of their
agreement or disagreement-the fact
is deduced that of 434 votes cast by
the representatives of the twenty-siX
recorded divisions of the national
grange, 308 voted alike, and but fifty
six split votes were cast. The cOnclu-
sion of The World is, therefore, that
in a community where entirely equal
rights rights are exercised or recOg-
nized. and where the women have the
very highest qualifications of position
and education, the wOmen's vote, elev-
Ell times out of twelve, simply rein
forces that of the husband, and SO in
crease his political power rather than
check or correct its exercise.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
A JAIL BIRD IN LUCK.
From the Toledo Commercial

From the Toledo Commercial
There are instances recorded Of men
in affection being killed by sudden de-
light at happy reverse of fortune,
while time-worn proverb senten-
tiously lays it down that .'ioy never
kills. 1t is very likely that were
great joys attended by any such disaS-
trous effect, Richard Lawrence"
man now confined in the county jail.
awaiting sentence for commission Of
the Young burglary, would ere this
nave met his Maker. On Saturday
morning, he received through his at
eollle! letter from his sister, appric-
ih9 nm OF the fact that he is entitled
10 70 ;'il amount somewhat in excess of
S'V'VoU. belng l-25th share of the
great Jennings estate in England.
Lawrence, whose name Inv +be nv.
is not Lawrence, is scion of good
Kentucky stock-in younger DAYS was
a verltable bluegrass 'sblood.'i His
father is prominent lawyer of that
state F.; one of his brothers a well.
known editor, and the remainder of
the family emincntly respectable
people. Richard was the bad boy
"a fast young man, at first; then
hard ease; and finally, in downward
succession, a criminal. He is a large.
good-looking man, and is known among
his fellows as Big Dick-his real name.
being in the possession Of no one ia
this city except himself and his attor-
ney. His supposed companion in the
Young robbery had been acquitted of
the charge, and there was fair pros
pect that he also would be released.
He became fearful of conviction, how
ever, and in the hope of securing
mitigation of sentence, pleaded guilty,
contrary to the urgent advice of his
attorney, who was confident of sue
cess. What the penalty may be, none
can tell.
1t is pretty hard on "a man, after
leading an impecunious life for years.
to be committed to the penitentiarN
Tor considerable term. Just as he
comes into fortune. Unearned for
tunes sometimes prove men ruin. and
Mark Twain says that if such is the
case he wants to be ruined in that way.
1t is unlikely, however, that Big
Dick will reach lower stage of ruin
alton than he has already attained, and
highly probable when he again treads
the earth, Il free man, his progress un-
der fortunes smiles, viii take quite
another direction.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
Miscellaneous News Items.

The Pennsylvania railroad carries
passengers from Chicago to New York for s12
The Toledo, Wabash & Western rail.
road has been sold to the bondholders fol-
50, 100000.
The American Medical Association
has again refused to admit female practition-
ers to membership.
The number Of magnificent steam.
ships lying idle in English ports is unparal
leled in the history of commerce.
The Erie road on the 9th made a
further reduction in fares from Chicago to
the Centennial and all points east
All the Fenian convicts committed
to Western Australia, lately escaped in the
American whaling ship Catalpa.
a Vienna dispatch Of the 9th says
six weeks armistice had been agreed upon
between the Turks and the insurgents.
Goldsmith Maid again attempted to
beat her famous time of 2:l4, on the 9th.
She only succeeded in recording 2:l64
The Anti-ChineSe clubs have been
demoralized by the arrest of the leaders, and
no further trouble is anticipated from them
The Brewers Association of Ameri-
ca, in session at Philadelphia, last week,
adopted resolutions appealing to Congress fo1
protection.
The Ohio Falls car works, the largest
III the world, have been sold under mortgage
foreclosure to secure creditors
Rev. David Edwards, Bishop of the
church OF the United Brethren in Christ, died
at Baltimore, on the 18th, aged 81.
On the 8th inst. dispatch was re-
ceived at Omaha stating that Gen. Terry had
met the main body of the Indians and had aUl
all-day fight with them.
A secret organization in San Fran,
cisco is pledged to the slaughter of Chinese.
1t does not, however, receive the confidence
or support of the Anti Chinese Club.
Twenty-seven teams, bringing $l0,-
900 in gold, arrived in Bismarck from the
Black Hills, on the 8th. This would be about
three dollars for each man in the Hills.
st. Augustine's Church, in Washing.
ton, built by and for colored Catholics, was
dedicated last Sabbath by Archbishop Bailey
The music was rendered 10y one hundred
voices.
Queen Victoria wrote to the Wo.
mems International Temperance Association
which met in Philadelphia, declining to send
representative. She said she preferred to
leave the subject with the public of England
The fight in New York against excise
law IS growing very bitter. The proprietors
OF Gilmore's Garden obtained an injunction
restraining the police from entering unless
they pay the regular admission fee, like 9TH
er men.
Ira Francher, of Sandy Hill, n Y,
who has 10 times set the time for the end O.
the world, and 10 times proved bad calcula-
tor, is now sure beyond peradventure that
the final end will come before or on July 18th
next. The verse in Isaiah, ''For the child
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
SHOT BIZ HORSE HIEV ES.

4 special to the Dubuque Herald
from Ackley says; For the last two
or three days a farmer named John
Fahey living two miles north OF
Ackley has had suspicious of
two men who have been lurking
about his premises, and had his
son man % years Of age, sleep III the
barn to protect his horses. About
II o'clock last night the young man
was awakened, and upon going outside
discovered two men with their horses
about to leave. He ran to the house
and awakened his father, and then
went back to The barn, procured his
gun and fired at the thieves, without
Serious effect. He then mounted
another horse, started for a neighbor
and revolver, and then started down
the road to head them off. He noticed
two men on the road, but suppOsing
them to be his friends paid no atten-
ton to them and rode up to them, but
as soon as he was up within close dis
lance of the thieves, one of them
Jumped off and engaged hand to hand
with Fahey, soon OVerpOWerlng HIM
The other then came on him placing
his revolver close to Fahey's heart and
fired, the ball passing through the
left lung. He Immediately fell, but
being full of pluck regained his feet
One of the thieves told the other he
was shot, and to hurry up and get out
Fahey then fired five shots at them as
they were going, with no effect, and
then fell where he was found by his
father III great distress, and taken tc
his home. The country is wild witt
excitement about the matter. 1t il
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
EXPOSITION Notes.

The Michigan state building will be
formally opened on the Fourth Of July next.
The prize contests of the military
bands will take place on the 9Th and 9th OF
July.
A large mosaic from the ruins of
Carthage is on exhibition in the Tunis de-
partment.
There is fine exhibition of coal
from Ohio in the annex to the main building,
including block over - feet high.
Nothing received for exhibition
after the 18th inst, except live stock, vege-
tables, fruits, plants, and the like.
Louis Henri, born in France IN l176,
and an old soldier under Napoleon l., attend
ed the exposition last week. He now lives
in Burlington, Vt.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
Personal. Impersonal and Political.

George Sand" Nine. Dodevant, the
we'll known novelist and social philosopher,
| is dead.
1t is now reported that the eldest
son of the late sultan of Turkey has COM
mitted suicide.
Young Mccormick, son of the reaper
man, was lately married to the daughter OF
Joseph Medill, editor of the Chicago Tribune.
The affair was quite notable in Chicago society
matters, and the number of distinguished
guests present at the ceremony was large.
Senator Morton having been publish
ed a physical wreck, for the purpose of les
SEEMING the CT ances of his nomination at Gin
cinnati, his family physician, DR.. Bliss, an
nounces that his prospects for long lite are
as good as those OF any other man OF his
years
Democrats of Indiana have bOlted
the nomination of Buskirk and Petit and
will hold convention for the nomination of
candidates in their places. Petit is the can
didate for Justice of the Supreme bench, who
SO shamefully interrupted religious meet
ing, not long since, and cursed the minister
while the latter was praying.
AS Mr.. Blaine, in company with Mrs.
Blaine, was entering the vestibule of the Con-
gregational church at Washington, on Sun
day, the 18th, Mr.. Blaine put his hand to his
head and exclaimed, ooh, this painp' He
soon became unconscious and was taken to
his home where prompt attention from
physicians was procured. The attack was
pronounced to be hyper excitement OF the
brain and nerves, superinduced by recent
events in which he was a prominent actor.
After remaining unconscious over six hours
he opened his eyes and asked his wife what
was the matter. His symptoms were then
more favorable, although he was not fully re-
stored to consciousness. There was no APP
oplectic symptoms.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

Affection never come singly. Min
nesota has suffered from grasshoppers
in the southwest, its great lake port
in the northeast has been blockaded
by icebergs, and now a visit from
George Francis Train is threatened.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Crimes, Criminals and Casualties


An unprecedented rain storm visited
Syracuse last week Over eight inches fell IN
three hours and half.
The foot and mouth disease has
broken out among the swine near Montreal,
and thousands have died.
The store of Hospes & Co., OF Still
water, was entered on the night OF the 10th,
and five hundred dollars worth OF cutlery
stolen.
On the 18th inst, the ice blockade
in the west end of Lake Superior was six feet
deep and extended out twenty miles from
Duluth.
An old gentleman was crossing a
bridge on the railroad track, near Albert Lea,
Mimi, when train struck him causing in
slant death.
The deputy L. S. Marshal for middle
Tennessee while on trial for obtaining money
under false pretenses, drew revolver and
Eshot himself dead He was originally from
Dayton, Ohio.
complaint of Gov. Hartranft Tor an attempt to
detraud the State out of $4,000 due from the
city of Scranton.
A duel was fought at River Bend,
near Denver Col, on the 6th inst, between
two men named Jessup and Davis. The
former was armed with a Winchester rifle
and the latter with Colts navy revolver Jes-
sup was killed on the second round.
Two Well-dresSed men calling them
selves R. and F. Griswold, We're lately ar
rested in st. Louis, for carrying on bogus
commission business. They sent circulars
all over the west and northwest soliciting con-
signments of butter, eggs etc, and offering
extraordinary inducements.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

The wheat harvest i'll Georgia was
unusually good, averaging over ten
bushels to the acre. Cotton looks
promising, and Georgians are happy in
consequence
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

Goethe asks, ''How shall you learn
to know yourself . Just ask your
servant what the neighbors say of you;
but if you have no servant the desired
information may be had by becoming
candidate for President.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

The little girls of Washington dec
grated the Hall of the House of Rep
resentatives, at Washington, last Dec
Grafton Day. They probably thought it
as appropriate to bestow flowers upon
political as a soldiers grave ward.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

The Chicago Times sympathizes
with the children of the late sultan
because there will be SO little left of
their fathers wealth after each Of the
l,200 widows get their ''thirds.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

The ''world moves" even down east
in New Hampshire. The governor of
that State, in his late inaugural ad-
dress called attention to the ''religious
test which places New Hampshire
even behind Spain in the matter of
liberty of conscience.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

Thomas Mast is illustrating the
complete works Of Josh Billings.
Of course it will be called 1.-The Cen
tennial edition - at least it seems like
a hundred years since Josh first COM
menced learning to spell. At any rate
it is quite spell.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

Indianapolis will make a ''fool-kill-
ers'' day Of the Fourth. Sixteen bal
looms will be sent up, each containing
one person. Why not finish the job
and get rid of all the dictionaries
while they have their hands inl
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
ANOTHER PEST

At the office of the Illinois State
board of agriculture are to be seen
specimens of an insect which in great
numbers infests and kills the soft ma
pie trees here. The insect appears to
be of the family of hemiptera, and it
destroys the trees by sucking the sap
larvae. appears on the branches like a
bunch Of cotton. US large us a bean.
Specimens have been sent to Cyrus
Thomas, Of Carbonate, state entomol
ogiSt, for examination and report.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
TIMELY TOPICS.

The grasshopper plague has appeared
in Spain and change of government
is talked of already.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

1t is generally supposed that the
business Of life insurance has greatly
declined in the past five or six years,
but official figures prove that with the
exception of the knickerbocker and
one or two other companies. there has
been a great increase. People have
come to recognize life insurance as a
legitimate business transaction to be
sought rather than to encourage solic-
iting agents, therefore the greater
amount of insurance with less fuss.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

Cranberry culture in Wisconsin is
becoming an important industry. A
company at Appleton have marsh of
over fourteen hundred acres, of which
upwards of three hundred are i'm
proved.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

y great fuss was made over the men
tai condition of young Walworth, who
shot and killed his father some three
years ago, and it was said he would
pine away and die. Prison fare seems
to agree with him, however, and he
weighs about fifty pounds more than
when he was first incarcerated.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

Miss Gertrude Carbett, formerly of
st. Paul. has achieved a great triumph
on the New York operate stage, in
Norma. Critics unite in the decision
that she has voice of great power and
much sweetness, and that rs an actress
she stands unusually high. In St.
Paul she was known as Mrs. Winnie.
but the court granting her a divorce
gave back her maiden name.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

very doubtful whether Fahey will re-
cover, the doctor having no hopes for
him. The thieves have so far escaned
but if captured no mercy will he
shown to them. The horses have been
found
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

Ex-senator Sprague is now a hard
working laborer. He is superintend-
ing the work of building dam, and is
the first and last man on the job every
day, frequently working until ten
o'clock at night
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

Gen. Robert Orr, a veteran of the
war OF 1912, aged Oh, died in X ittn.
ming, Pa, last week. He was a mem.
Der OF congress during the administra-
ton OF John Quincy Adams, and the
oldest surviving ex-member of the
Pennsylvania Legislature having serv-
ed in that body during the session of
lSl6-l7.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

This country has been severely
blamed for not making Henry Clay
president, but it is not generally known
that he parted his hair in the middle
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16

a Milwaukee man on the witness
stand, the other day swore that he did
not kiss the complainant-tha he had
never kissed anybody, nor anything,
and would not kiss dog.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-06-16
The Markets.

June 14.-Wheat in New York, No.
/, 81 80, No. ?, sl.2'. Chicago, No. .,
sl.O4. Milwaukee, No. /, si,l2, No. ., sl.O6.
St. Paul, extra, Sl.03, No. /, sl.O0,
Gold in New York, 112H.