The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-02
GLEANINGS.

home with, it is said, the comfortable
sum of $4,000 in his pocket.
The Queen has granted the three
Misses Defoe, lineal descendent of the
author of " Robinson Crusoe," pensions
of 1878 per annum each
AN interesting problem of the war has
been solved at Poti by Turkish divers.
They experience no difficulty in destroy
ing number Of the Russian torpedues.
a GENTLEMAN caught 292 drum fish
in Cave Sound, Va, in one evening.
They ranged in weight from twenty to
thirty pounds.
SENATOR CHRISTIANCY'S son was one
of the unsuccessful candidates exam
ined recently for position in the pen
sion office.
The man who invented the process of
vulcanizing rubber died the other day.
He was William Henry Towers, of Bos-
ton, but was a native of Piqua, o.
THE inhabitants of Mineral City, Col,
look down upon the rest of the habitable
globe. They are $4,000 feet above sea
level
"BUY your own toilet soap and pen
knives hereafter" That is what the gov
eminent says to the clerks in the War
Department.
A CLERGYMAN in Lowell, Mass, is of
the opinion that children now living will
see the day when Intoxicating liquors
will neither be made nor sold in this
country.
Gov. HENDRICKS has lost, says cor
respondent of the Troy Times, 800, 600
IN western gold mine, and may be
under the necessity of sending more
good money after it.
ALEXANDER FERGUSON is a Scottish
mason who has rescued fifty-six persons
from drowning in the Tay, Clyde, Dee,
Mersey, Tyne, Ayr, and other streams of
Scotland, and once swan fifteen miles in
seven hours.
Miss MILDRED LEE, the daughter of
Robert E. Lee, was presented, at her
home in New Orleans, recently, on be-
| half of the army of northern Virginia,
with magnificent pyramid of flowers
and gold badge.
A WRITER in the Baltimore Bee thinks
he knows all about them, for he says
that black eyed women are most apt to
be passionate and jealous. Blue eyed.
n f1I
fiding. Grey eyed, philosophical, liter
AIRY, resolute, cold-hearted Hazel eyed,
quick-tempered and tickle.
WILLIAM n. SAGE, of Rochester has,
Just received a check for $4,000 from
John B. Trevor, of New York city, to
be equally divided between the univer-
ssty and the theological seminary Mr..
Trevor has already donated $1,000 to
the university, besides large amount
to the seminary.
A RESIDENT of East Arcade, n Y,
has IN his possession Il live American
eagle whose wings measure seven feet
from tip to tip. The bird was captured
IN the woods near by, recently, by boy
OF fifteen years The eagle when discov-
cred was in the act of eating a lamb. The
boy sprang upon and secured the eagle
before 1t was aware of his presence.
A TALL, handsome woman, with a
frank smile, a pleasant voice, beautiful
hand. She wears a close-ftting black
dress of some soft stuff. 1t is not fash
ionably made, and yet there is nothing
grotesque about its plainness. An iron
cross hangs on her breast; its purple
ribbon and the thin black net veil that
droops from her high comb are her only
ornaments. So looks Nine Loyson, the
wife of Father Hyacinthe
\ NAUGHTY student of Rochester
University has made Prof. O. H. Robin
son very unhappy. The publishers of
80 or 40 newspapers received postal
card with this message: please send
daily for one year VIII remit soon.
Address Q. III. Robinson, Rochester Uni
yersity." The Professor was somewhat
alarmed when he found these newspa-
pers swelling his mail every day, and
still the wonder grew when bills for the
years subscription were presented.
Two Nimrods of Auburn, n. Y, had
a dispute about the ownership of a wild
duck, at which they both fired as it was
on the wing. One took the bird, and
was sued by the other A trial was had
before Squire Freese and jury, during
which the duck was stripped of all its
feathers that the manner Of the killing
might be made more apparent. 1t was
then evident that both charges of shot
had entered the fowl, but as the jury was
unable to decide which struck first, or
from which gun it came, they returned
verdict of q no cause of action"
Dion RoUCICAULT tells the following
story; A great many years ago, longer
than I care To remember, L went to
Philadelphia to try one of my pieces,
. Jessie Brown at one of the theatres.
4 small actor was cast for very small
part. that of Ashmet, | believe. He had
only six lines to speak, and he took the
stage and spoke them like tragedian.
| called down and said, See here, young
man, you're not playing Othello.,' Il
know ] amt, he replied. but | will
some day.' and then walked off mutter-
ing. His prediction has come trne. That
bad Achmet, but good Othello, was
John Mccullough"