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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06
Battle Incident.

The most ludicrous figure on the bat-
tle-tield of Plevna was Gen. Powzanof,
who commanded the Thirtieth Division
until the firing began, and then skedad-
died, as Americans would say. Mr..
Forbes is SO charitable as to intimate
it was not cowardice that prompted the
Generals abrupt withdrawal from the
scene of action The correspondent
writes that the old soldier must have
lost his head rather than his heart. The
story goes that the Grand Duke sent him
away with a fine mixture of arbitrary
assumption of profound medical knowl-
edge and of genuine good feeling for a
soldier in misfortune.
Z" observe that you are very i'll, and
there is no chance of your recovering
your health without returning to Rus
STA"
" But, your Imperial Highness, ! am
not i'll at all. never was better in my
life"
"Allow me, please, to know better. |
can see you are ailing seriously, and |
must recommend you to recover your
health in the bosom of your family"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06
WAR NOTES.

THE Russian staff officers in front Of
Plevna express the utmost confidence that
the place will fall into their hands. There
is an abundance of wheat and barley in Bull
garia, and very large crop of Indian corn.
Ii the Russians can surmount the difficulty
oil obtaining fuel, they can winter in Bulga-
ria very comfortably.
AT Goransks the Montenegrins took 500
regulars prisoners, and captured three can
mons and 500rities. The Montenegrins have
also occupied Piva, captured Fort Crkvica
and now hold the whole territory as far as
Fatscha. They have totally burned Bilek
and surrounding the villages after sending
the nOn-combatants to Trebingo.
a DISPATCH dated Constantinople, the
Goth, says: "a private telegram states that
the Russian centre attacked Plevna yester-
day and was repulsed with loss of 1000
men and four guns" This report is prob
ably unfounded as no official confirmation
has been received
THE London Daily 4Ne,eS, in a summary of
the war, considers it evident that the Russian
staff has been again outwitted, and has per-
mitted important aid to reach Osman Pasha
THE Roumanians have approached by fly
ing sap to within eighty yards of second
Grivica redoubt. HIifsi Pasha was reported
to have entered Pleyna with only small
escort.
MEHEMET ALI'S reported victory at TIER
covna turns out to be defeat. The Russian
official bulletin announces: Z" At the close
of the engagement we held our positions.
4 renewal of the attack is expected. There
is no estimate of losseS.o
THE Russian minister of finance is pre-
pairing to issue new lottery loan of 80, 000,-
600 roubles.
CoHENEFrr PAsHA telegraphs from
Orchaine September 22d, that Hifsi Pasha
commanding the convoy of q provision
train for Osman Pasha, arrived at Subrck,
two hours march from Plevna, having de-
feated fifteen Russian battalions on the way.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06
Tins Vow,

Tim, this won't do; you must take
warming by the fate of your friend
OShaughnessy. Only three nights ago
he came home much soberer than you,
but in attempting to blow out candle
his breath took fire and he exploded
blew up-so that his friends in three days
have not been able TO scrape enough of
him together to hold wake over" AN
do We name to tell me that he bust up"
said Tim. " Indeed | do, upon my
honor" replied the doctor. Biddy,"
said Tim, "get me the Bible" Biddy
got the Bible, and then Tim knelt down
and said . swear by the blissid Var
gin-ye sure, doctor, that he blew up?"
/" Thin" replied Tim. 81 swear by the
blessed Vargin an the Most High, niver
TO blow out candle while Pm drunk
again."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06
LAUNDERING in California.


The lumber interest and the lumber
men sustain Glenbrook and all the neigh
boring settlements. They are seen nearly
everywhere in this beautiful region
which, once clothed from head to foot
in pines, is being denuded to supply the
Comstock mines with fuel for their
hosting apparatus and supports for
their excavations. Penetrating q pine
forest to its heart, we find an industri-
Gus gang of Nandals blasting trees out
of beds upon which a tangle of roots
seems to have fastened for eternity; and
standing upon the foothills, we hear
the sibilant grind of the saw mills, the
crash of axes, and the dull rcverbera-
tions of the blast. Following one of
many devious wagon roads-one out of
use, for instance curious litter of
chips and shavings represent a forest
sacrificed following another road still
in use, we discover the lumbermen at
work carrying the havoc farther.
On one side of Lake Tahoe steam
railway several miles long is used exclu-
sively in the transportation of logs to the
shore; the logs are towed in immense
RATS across the water to Glenbrook,
where they pass through the saw-mills;
and thence another steam railway, also
used exclusively in the lumber service, ex-
tends to the summit of the divide
Down the eastern slope of the noun
tains, leading to the Carson River,
fumes twenty and thirty miles long
are carried over valleys and ravines on
high trestle-work bridges, and the wood
is fioated through them over another
C -. L,
One morning as ! was riding through
the Iruckee Canon, great wave and
cloud of spray leaped from the river into
the air some distance in front of me.
went few PAGES farther, when, by the
merest chance, my eye caught what was
intended to be a sign-.he lid of baking
powder box tackled to pine-stump, and
inscribed with dubious letters, Look
out for the logsw In which direction
the logs were to be looked out for was not
intimated, and paused a moment in I'M
certainty as to whether security depend
ed on my standing still or advancing.
Suddenly my mule SHE'D round, and
tremendous pine-log, eighty or one hun
dred feet long and about five feet in di-
ameter, shot down the almost perpen-
dicular wall of the canon into the river,
raising another wave and an avalanche of
spray.
This was to me new phase of the
lumber industry. A wide, strong,
Vshaped trough, bound with ribbons of
iron which had been worn to silvery
brightness by the friction, was laid down
the precipice; and out of sight on the
plateau above some men were telling the
trees, which they conveyed to the river
in the expeditions manner aforesaid.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06
a RICH lady in Ningpo was unhappy

a RICH lady in Ningpo was unhappy
because she had no sons. Daughters she
had two, but this only disquieted her
the more. One night in July, after
brooding over her sorrows until she was
half crazy, she stole out of bed, crept up
to her snoring husband and cut off his
eyebrows and moustache with her en-
bordering scissors. When her lord
arose and Deheld the nakedness Of his
face he was wroth, and selling his wife
chained her up to door-post as if dog
With the strength and cunning of in
sanity she freed herself, and, falling
upon her daughteas, strangled them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06
A Summarizing Friend

This happened in Danbury One of
the women who called upon recently
bereaved wife to sympathize with her,
was singularly endowed with an expert
ence which enabled her to enter fully
into the experience of the sufferer. She
was a tall, masculine looking woman but
she possessed a delicacy of perception
which was remarkable. She had been to
view the body, and was now with the
widow She said:
g He seemed to have gone peaceful
like?"
q Yes" murmured the mourner
That's a blessing to you, and some
thing that should be comfort TO YOU
Just imagine how you'd feel if he'd gone
the other way There's no tillin'.
know woman whose man died in such
agony that his face was perfectly dread
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06

full to look at You couldn't look at it.
An she never got over it. Pve lost
three husbands. but they all, thank
heaven, went easy. | don't know how
my present husband will go. hope for
the best. But I'd rather lose hundred
husbands than to have one 60 miserable.
You don't know what an awful thing it
is to have to slip away with fuss.
Every one of my men went as if they
wanted to go, and when they were laid
out they did you good to look at them.
| Why, some folks came in twice to see
! 'em, and then wern't satisfied. Their
faces were juse as calm as could be-not
stuckup, | don't mean, but sort OF
PEACEFUL like"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06

THE syndicate at New York has made ar
rangements to meet call of $20, Zoo, 900 gold
by Secretary Sherman.
GEN. MCCLELLAN has accepted the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor of New Jer-
sey.
SIX European steamers sailed from New
York on Saturday, Sept. 22d, taking 225,00o
bushels of gram, large amounts OF butter,
cheese, oysters and Kentucky blue grass
seed for Hungary.
THE WEST.
ISAAC n. PHIPPs, the oldest merchant i'll
Indianapolis, died at Cleveland, O., on the
Goth ult., of general debility, in the 10Th
year of his age. He leaves a large family
and comfortable estate.
GEN. SHERMAN and staff arrived at Vie
toria, W. T., on the 9th ult, and were cor
daily received by the civil military, and
naval authorities, and left for Puget Sound
on the revenue cutter Wolcott.
THE Agricultural Congress, which con
vened at Chicago last week, selected the
following officers: President. VIM. c..
Flagg Secretary, Jonathan Perriam Treas
vice presidents.
THE Prairie State Loan and Trust Co., of
Chicago which has for some years been do
ing savings business, has for some time
past been quietly liquidating with view of
going out of business. The owner of the
bank, Mr.. Scoville, will pay depositors dol
lar for dollar, using, if necessary, his large
private fortune. He expects to have settled
every liability by January 1st.
THE Illinois supreme court has announced
its appointments of twelve Judges of the
new appellate courts as required by the new
law. All the appointees are circuit Judges
who were elected in 1873, and are as follows :
First district-William w. Heaton, Theo-
dore ID. Murphy and George w. peasants.
Second district-Edwin S. Leland, Nathaniel
j. Pillsbury and Joseph Sibley. Third dis
trict-James G. Allen, David J. Baker and
gazewell H. Tanner.
THE steamship California which arrived at
San Francisco on the oath inst, brought
news of deplorable state of affairs in Sitka.
Since the departure of the United States
troops the Indians have become bold and
impudent, plundering the government
buildings and committing other depreda-
tons. At present there are but fifteen
white residents who are hourly in fear OF
their lives and property.
THE estate of the late Capt. f. B. Ward,
which was inventoried at his death at several
millions in excess of his debts, has. on ac.
count of the late shrinkage in values, depre.
ciated to such an extent that the executor
/ has proposed to the smaller creditors to set
| tie their claims at 10 cents on the dollar
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06
GEN ERAL.

THE latest news from Brownsville, Texas,
is that President Diaz, instead of accepting
the resignation of Gen. Trevino, as has been
reported has granted him leave of absence
for four months. One reason why Diaz has
declined to accept the resignation OF any of
his officers probably is that by giving them
a furlough they incur the danger of becom-
ing traitors. Should they plot against him
while in service they could be tried by mill
tary rule A state force of Texans, 900 in
number, is organizing at San Antonio for
active service on the Rio Grande
n DISPATCH from Fernandina, Fla. dated
the 9th ult., says " Five new cases of
yellow fever but no deaths are reported
Among the number is Capt. J. f. Grossman,
collector of customs, and most active on the
sanitary committee. DrMacFarIand thinks
the worst is over, if the people can be pre-
vented returning before frost. At Oldtown,
suburb of Fernandina, over half of the
population is down with the fever"
THE corner in No. winter wheat, Sep
tenber delivery, which commenced at Baitl-
more the 18th inst, was adjusted
at S1.53 as the price for that day. Two
gentlemen were appointed to name the
price each day for the remainder of the
month.
LUCIUs c. NoRTHROP has been appointed
United States District Attorney for South
Carolina, vice VIM. Stone removed,
SENATOR MORTON was visited at Rich
mond, Ind, on the 18th inst, by a delega-
ton of prominent Methodists, and presented
with series Of resolutions passed by the
Indiana conference.
Ten companies oil the Third infantry ar
rived at Omaha on the oath, over the Rock
Island road and left for Montana. They
are Ell route from the scene Of the recent
riots in Pennsylvania To the scat Of the
Indian war.
THE Newton Booth has arrived ri San
Francisco from the Arctic ocean, and reports
that of seventy men left on the abandoned
whaling fleet last year only two (both Kama
kaS) have reached Point Barrow. All the
rest are supposed to have persisted in the ice
pacl-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06
WASHINGTON.

THE cabinet session held at the close of
the Indian council, on the 2Sth ult, was not
long. The character of the message to be
sent to the extra session was considered,
and each member Of the cabinet requested
tOascertain matters in his department upon
which action was desired. The message will
be brief, and consist mainly of the reason for
calling the extra SESSION, and reference to the
special appropriations needed for immcdi-
ate use
I'VE President received the Sioux and Ar
rapahoe delegation from the Red Cloud and
Spotted Tail Agencies, in the east room OF
the executive mansion, on the 9th ult The
chiefs objected to being removed to the
Missouri Valley, and expressed desire for
cattle, wagons, farm implements and schools,
so that they could live like the whites.
SECRETARY SCHURZ has appointed a
commission to make an investigation into
the cause of the late fire. The commissioner
of patents thinks about 81 900 models were
burned, exclusive of about II 900 models on
which no patents have been granted.
THE Presidential party returned to Wash
ington on the 18th inst. The visit of the
president to Richmond is postponed till next
month.
THE value of property lost by the burning
of the patent Office will aggregate a,out
81 100000. Thirty thousand models were
destroyed.
On October 1st the postmaster general will
establish 152 new money order offices.
Among them will be the following in Wis
consin Arcadia Aliens Grove, Maiden
Rock Medford, National Home, Milwaukee.
In Wright, Mapleton Station.
Iowa-Beloit, Calmar, Carpenter, Colfax,
Elkfort, Essex, Harper, Ida Ladona, lie.
grand New Hampton, Onslow, Pomeroy,
Riverside, Sheffield, Shelby, Vail, West Side.
THE secretary of the interior decides that
Ohio voters in the department, who have
not exhausted their yearly leave may go
home to vote, but cannot receive pay during
their absence.
4 SPECIMEN of the alleged counterfeit $50
legal tender note, circulating in Chicago has
been carefully examined and found to be
genuine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

AN Indian woman while bathing at Veto
ma, w T., last week, was seized by an oeto-
pus, or devil fish, and drowned. Her body
was discovered by Indians the next dav,
lying at the bottom of the bay in the grasp
of the octopus.
THE schooners Emma t. Coyne and Hip
pogritfe cOllided about 20 miles east of
kenosha, Lake Michigan, on the night of
the 9th ult The Hippogriffe almost i'm
mediately sunk and become a total loss.
She had on board $4,000 bushels of oats.
No lives lost.
a LOCOMOTIVE on freight train on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, exploded
at Rocky Hall, KY, on the 9th ult killing
Chas. Wilson, engineer; Thos. McCrea, fire.
man; Mccormick, brakeman, and wounding
several others.
Two of the Union Pacific train robbers
were oyertalien by a sheriff near Wallace,
Kansas, on the Goth ult sThe robbers made
stand and were both killed Sixteen
thousand dollars in coin was recovered from
their persons.
A FIRE at Providence, K. l., on the 10Th
ult, destroyed a number of the best bust
ness blocks in the city. The loss is variouslv
estimated at from 100000 to 81 ,0G0, 900. In
surance 100000 to S50O0
SIDNEY MYERS, president OF the Mer-
chants, Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank,
Chicago, which suspended recently, was
indicted by the grand jury on the 10th inst,
or the embezzi ement of 500, 600 and was
subsequently lodged in jail in default of
5000 bail. The grand Jury also indicted
the officers OF the defunct Protection Life
Insurance company on n charge of defraud
ing its policy-holders
THREE trunks, containing in the aggregate
$4,000 worth of securities, deposited in the
safe of the Cambridgeport National bank,
have mysteriously disappeared since the
18th inst. No clue has yet been obtained.
A FIRE broke out in small building add
joining Harris Touring mill, at North Ian
sing, Mich, on the 18th inst, destroying the
mill, Parmalee d Co.'S wooden mills, SEQ
fields saw mill, and several other smaller
buildings, and for some time seriously
threatened the greater portion of the city
Loss estimated at 100000
THE bark Cricket with Z 400 bags of coffee
consigned to Baltimore and New York has
been lost near Rio Janeiro. Loss 500, 600.
Insured
A PACKAGE containing government and
railroad bonds, certificates of stock, mort
cages and promissory notes, estimated at
100000, was stolen from the First National
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06
. Chicago.

CHICAGO, September 29-l 80 p. NJ
Wheat-Irregular, cash higher; options
lower; S1.1S for cash; $1,06 bid for seller
October. Corn-Steady and easier at 4235c
for cash and seller October. Oats-Un
changed at 23l&c. Rye-Unchanged. Bar
ley-Easier at 602Ic. Pork-Weak and easy
at $13.62H for cash; $l3S7 q Tor seller the
year. Iard-W eak and lower at $3.50 for
cash $3.50 for seller the year. Whisky-At
S1.0S Hogs-Receirts $500 fairly active and
firmer; light at S5.i0@5.60; heavy packing
at $5.75@5.S0; heavy shipping at S5.50@560.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06
THE EAST.

ARCHBISHOP BAYLEY is lying AT the point
of death at the residence Of Bishop Core
gan, Newark, \. !.
THERE was some exceptionally good trot-
ting nj Fleetwood Park, New York. on the
18th ut. The special purse of $1,000 best
three mile heats in FIVE, was won straight bv
Rarus, a bay-gelding owned by John Splan.
in 2:l715, 2:1G}5, 2:1934.
BENNETT, SCHENCK 4 EARLE, New York
city, for forty years in the tea business, but
lately cigar manufacturers, failed on the
9th. Liabilities $500 assets unknown.
THE Barnstable Savings Bank Province
town, Mass, closed its doors Sept. 9th. 1t
is thought to be able to pay dollar for dollar.
THE annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Northern Pacific Railroad was held
at New York on the Goth. The annual re-
port showed an increase OF near % per cent.
i'll earnings over last year ChaS B. Wright.
OF PENNSYLVANIA, was elected president:
Geo. Stark, OF New Hampshire, vice presi-
dent; Sam Wilkinson secretary, and Geo.
Beebe treasurer.
About 5000 miners of the Lehigb and
Wilkesbarre Coal company met at Wilkes
barre, Pa, on the 18th inst, and accepted
the offer of an absolute 10 per cent advance.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06
Milwaukee,.

MILWAUKEE, September 99.-Flour---
Inactive; choice city spring extras at S6.S7N
@S.00; common at S5.15E@5.40. Wheat
1A@2c lower; No cash at $1.13@1.13H;
No. do. at 1.12@lI2E: seller October at
81. 06 13@1.065I; seller November at 81 03
BE for No. 2. Barey-In fair demand and
lower; No. regular and seller October62 re
Corn-Lower; No. . Age. Rye-Steady at
50 20, for No. 1 and 81 i for No ,.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06

THEnew reformatory prison for women
convicts in South birmingham, Mass, is
divided into three sections, the strongest
being for the most intractabIe inmates.
Those who have children under eighteen
months old will be allowed to retain
them, and occupy special apartment;
and for those who are too depraved to be
placed side by side with unburdened
women, twenty rooms are provided in
which they must work alone.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06

THE officers of the United States army
stationed at Atlanta, Ga, have bought
the plot of ground upon which General
Mcpherson was killed. The spot has
been marked with Parrott gun firmly
set in the ground, and the lot has been
inclosed with substantial iron fence.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06

ONE of the boldest features Of the day
is the tunneling of the straits of Gibral-
tar. 1t is seriously entertained. Span
ISL engineers are preparing boring
machines for the purpose, like those now
employed in the excavation of the st.
Gothard tunnel, in Spain, and terminate
in Zeuta, on the African coast. 1t is
estimated to cost $20,000000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06

MILLER & Lux, California firm,
own 700, 600 acres in alan area nearly
equal to that of Rhode Island. They
own about $4,000 cattle, and last year
their newborn calves numbered $4,000.
Of sheep they have a vast number, as
well as of hogs, and they furnish the
largest share of fresh meat for the San
Francisco market.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06
LATE FOREIGN ADvIcEs.

LONDON, September 2S.-A banquet
was given in honor of Gen. Grant by the
Mayor and corporation of Sheffield, last
night. The proceedings were very en-
thusiastic. Mundells, NJ. F., in cordial
speech, proposed the health of Gen.
Grant, who, in reply, referred to his con-
slant aim to establish good understand
ing with England
SICKNESS AMONG THE TROOPS.
Fever is prevalent in the Czarowitch's
army, and dysentery has increased much
with the bad weather. The spirits of the
troops, however, are unchanged; they are
always cheerful
CUT OFF.
A correspondent at Constantinople
telegraphs that a rumor is prevalent in
that city that Suleiman Pasha has sue
ceeded in intercepting the communica-
lions of the Russians occupying the
Schipka pass with the town of Gabrova.
Also, that the Turks have succeeded in
cutting off the retreat of the Russians,
surrounding them on all sides.
MORE HONoRs.
LONDON, September 29.-Gen. Grant
was to-day presented with an address by
the corporation of bennington, and
dined with the Mayor He spoke of the
relations between England and America
and looked forward to their going hand
in hand, honorable rivals in producing
what is necessary for the comfort and
support of man.
SHARP TURKS.
The Times, strongly pro-Russian, prints
prominently: 1t is said that the Turk
ish soldiers have received strict orders
not to fire at the Russian general, lest he
should be killed or disa bled and replaced"
THE WOUNDED.
The wounded from Plevna over-crowd
the Russian hospitals, and the wounded
suffer much in transit to Russia.
ABOUT ENDED.
The Times says: "The end of the
campaign must be near, and it promises
to present something like drawn
battle. The powers will attempt to
avert another campaign by diplomacy
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06

THE European watering-places have
been crowded this year, The New York
World announces no fewer than 10000
visitors at Wiesbaden; 10000 at Baden,
despite the withdrawal of the gambling
tables; 1900 at Aix-la-Chapelle; more
than II coo at Ems, and 10000 at
pyrmont
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-06

BRIGHAM YoUNG's mother, now
ninety-eight years old, is said to be liv-
ing at Martinsville, Indiana. Her facul-
ties are yet bright. She is in very hum
bic circumstanc, 5, and dwells with some
bitterness upon the fact that her son,
who so greatly prospered in this worlds
gear, should have forgotten her, leaving
her to an old age of penury and want.