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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09
THE WEST.

TIE changes in freights made by the
Southwestern Rate Association at its meet
ing at ST. Louis recently were as follows:
On all grain, except wheat, from the Missouri
river points the Hannibal and ST. 10.
railroad to st. Louis, 1917 cents; East St.
Louis, 20 cents !; Chicago % cents.
ARIZONA advices report the murder
of mail carriers and military telegraph re-
pairerS near Camp Bowie. Troops are in
pursuit. There Is much alarm among cit
zens, who are signing petition to Agent
Clum asking if hostiles cannot be coaxed in
to keeping the peace.
GOV. CULLUM, of Illinois, has vetoed the
bill to make silver coin a legal tender in
that state.
THE steamer Costa Rica has arrived at
San Diego, Cal, with the passengers and
crew of the steamship San Francisco
which struck an unknown rock near Tautur
shoals, on the 9th inst, and sunk.
\ SPECIAL from Leavenworth to the
Globe Democrat says: "a letter in the Dodge
City Kan Times from Sweetwater, Texas,
gives report that the town of Double
Mountain, in the Panhandle of Texas, has
DSoH Napeuicd W ApdcHt 1HuldLS, anu All
the stock in the town run off.
CHICAGO elevators contain 1919, 6O1
bushels of wheat; 1862, 061 bushels of corn :;
295,957 bushes of oats; III 1856 bushels of
rye, and 1897 bushels of barley, making a
total of 1888, 147 bushels against 6,212, 229
bushels week ago. and ?, Jas, G05 bushels at
this period last year
THE American association of Superin-
tendents of insane asylums met in annual
session at the Lindell Hotel, ST. Louis, May
29th. DIR. Nichols presided. The attend
ance was quite large, all parts of the country
being represented.
/ FAVORABLE crop reports have been re-
ceived from all points in Nebraska. The
grasshoppers do not seem to be doing any
damage. The number of cattle and hogs has
increased largely.
THOROUGH investigation by revenue of
fcers in the Pekin and Peoria districts,
Illinois, show that no irregularities exist
there.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09
SWALLOWED UP.
An Enormous Tidal Wave Destroys
Eight Peruvian Cities-Eight Hun
bred Lives Lost.

An Enormous Tidal Wave Destroys
Eight Peruvian Cities-Eight Hun
dred Lives Lost.
On the 10th Of May tidal wave
washed the state of Guerro in Mexico,
and rose as high as the plaza at Acapulco.
Considerable damage was done at Ca
lao. The docks and piers of Muelle Darse.
ma were the principal sufferers, together
with some stores along the shore line,
which were completely carried away by
water. Vessels made fast and lying
alongside the outer walls of the dock
were lifted fully eight feet by the up
heayal, but strange to say were not
damaged.
The cities of Antofagasta, Iquique,
africa, Tambo, De Moro, Pabellon,
De Pice and llo, are almost completely de-
stroyed. Although severe shocks of
earthquake were felt, they caused but
little damage. The destruction of life
and property was owing entirely to the
frightfull upheaval and ingress of the
sea.
The flourishing town of Iquique the
principal port for nitrate shipments, is
left as complete ruin now as it was
after the frightful earthquake and in
undation of 1868.
At africa the sea washed over the town
to the hill back of the church, and des-
troyed much valuable property. The
wreck of the United States steamer
Wateree, which was carried inland a
couple of miles by the tidal wave of
1868, was again foated and carried a
mile or two farther up the coast.
The lower port of Antofagasta, which
is the port of the celebrated Caracoles
mining district in Bolivia, is reported
completely destroyed. The smelling and
other works near the shore were all swept
away.
The shipping at Pabellon De Pice and
the guano deposits suffered severely, and
some half dozen fine vessels are report
ed ashore and complete wrecks. The sea
in some places is stated to have risen ovel
sixty feet.
Whether the tidal wave extended any
further south than Antofagasta, and
with what results, it is impossible tc
know. Between 800 and 500 lives are
said to have been lost.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09
Another Montenegrin Woman

Mr.. Gladstone in the Nineteenth Century
Tidings reach a Montenegrin wife that
her husband has just been slain by a
party under the command of a certain
Aga. Knowing the road by which they
are travelling, she seizes a rifle, chooses
her position, and shoots the Aga dead.
The rest of the party take to flight. The
wife of the dead Aga sends her an cpistle
" Thou hast robbed me Of both my eyes
Thou art a genuine daughter of Tserna-
CORA. Come tomorrow alone to the Dor
der line, and we will prove by trial
which of us was the better wife" The
Tsernagorine appeared, equipped with
the arms of the dead Aga, and alone, as
invited. But the Turkish woman had
thought prudence the better part of
valor, and brought an armed champion
with her, who charged her on horseback.
She shot him dead as he advanced, and,
Selling her faithless antagonist, bound
her and took her home, kept her as a
nurse-maid for fourteen years, and then
let her go back to her place and people.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09
Music al Warriors.

Russian soldiers upon marches sing to
while away tedium, and the solos, always
in minor key and monotonous, are
varied by lively bursts in the chorus.
The solo singer always improvises, and is
usually accompanied by man with a
fiddle, a triangle, a clarionet, or by one
who whistles The ordinary uniform of
the infantry consists of KEPT, tunic,
and pantaloons of dark green cloth, the
latter garment being inserted in the
boots. The gray overcoat is carried in a
roll at the back, from the right shoulder
to the left hip. Two cartridge boxes are
attached to the leather belt in front. A
canvas haversack hangs at the right be-
hind the bayonet, and the knapsack COW
ers the back.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09
$3.50, 3O2,211
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

TIE village of New Centeryille, Pa, on
the Chester Valley Railroad about six
miles west of Morristown, was about entirely
destroyed by fire about five o'clock on the
morning of June /.
y SPAN OF horses ran away in Rural cemc
terry, Albany, n. Y, on decorction day, and
Miss Lizzie Calhoun, one of the occupants
of the carriage, jumped and struck upon her
head, and was instantly killed.
4 FIRE at Oscoda, Mich, on the 30th ult.
destroyed a saw mill, flour mill, salt block
900; partly insured.
SIXTY houses were destroyed at Griffin
town, Canada, on the 30th ult., by fire.
\ HAND-CAR belonging to TO the Pennsvl
vania railroad, on which were four work
men, was backed into by freight train near
Hackensack, on the Doth ult., and Thomas
Hogan and Philip Goodman were instantly
killed, and Edward Henry and Patrick Don
nelly mortally wounded.
On Tuesday, May 2Sth, young man
named Mudgin, while driving in buggy
near Harrison, Hamilton county, Ohio, ran
into another buggy occupied by a Mr~Brice
and nephew An alteration ensued, dur
ing which Mudgin was beaten to death by
Brice, who used the butt end of a whip to
accomplish his purpose
THE dwelling of Henry Tower, at North
Clarendon, Mass, was destroyed by fire Sat
urday night, May Goth, and two of his chill
dren-boys, aged nine and eleven years re-
spectively were burned to death.
THE daughter of Charles Rapp, residing
at Cherubusco, Ind, while suffering from
ague, sent 10 store for some quinine. The
druggist made a mistake and gave morphine
Death ensued in six hours
DURING the progress of athletic games on
the Goth inst, at Cornwall, Ont, a huge ham
mer thrown by r. r. McLennan struck a
young girl named Ellen Kavanaugh smash
ing her head into a Jelly and killing her in
stantly. Her sister was also injured No
blame is attached to Mr.. McLennan, as the
hammer landed within the ring or Enclosure.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09
A Doomed Town.

From the Fulton (Mo.) Telegraph.
We learn that Cedar City, in this
county, is in a hapless condition. All
hope of saving the town has been aban-
doned, and the people are moving out.
All the houses that could be moved are
being pushed back toward the hills The
depot will also be moved Quite num-
Der of convicts are at work to stop the
ravages of the river, but their labors are
hardly sufficient to accomplish so diff
cult task. Capt. Eads, the great en-
gineer, has visited the place and recon-
mends deep spiling as the only thing
that can possibly stop the washing away
of the lands threatened now with speedy
destruction.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09

THE Russians attacked Batoum on the
3Oth ult., but were repulsed after an engage
ment of 10 hours leaving large numbers OF
dead and wounded on the field.
VIENNA dispatch says that Coarbia was
shelled for eight hours on the 2Sth ult, nine
sailing ships were destroyed and also Il
steamer of the Austrian Danube navigation
company.
THE Car will, on his arrival, formally
take command of both the Russian and Rou-
manian armies. All cause of jealousy VIII
thus be averted. This, however, does not
alter the arrangement by which the Rou-
manian army remains on the northern bank
of the Danube
SoHERiF of Mecca has placed the treasure
OF the holy shrine, the accumulated money
gifts from pilgrims, at the Sultan's disposal.
The treasure aggregates two hundred million
piasters
THE Russians have succeeded in blowing
up another large Turkish monitor on the
Danube
The Car has issued proclamation for
bidding the granting of letters of marque,
and guaranteeing the free navigation of the
Daube to neutrals.
The popular demand in Constantinople
that the Sultan should join the army of the
Danube is growing louder daily, but it is
deemed imprudent for him to go and leave
such revolutionary element behind as ex-
lists III the present parliament, and which
has the whole population of Constantinople
with it,
THE Russians attacked two villages in
Abchasia, district lying between the eau
casus mountains and the Black Sea, and
were defeated with loss of $50 killed and
wounded
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09
FOREIGN.

GEN GRANT was among the spectators at
the Epson, London races, June 1st The
horse Fiacida won the Oaks stakes.
SAN DIEGO dispatch says parties just
from Mexico say flibustering movements
will prove failure. The people will fight
for DiaZ rather than have Lerdo installed by
foreign power.
The government intends TO prosecute the
president of the Paris municipal council for
remarks, insulting to President MacMahon
during a speech at st. Denis
NJ. JULES SIMON has assumed the manage
ment of the Paris Echo newspaper.
THE gross value of the products of the
Canadian fisheries for 1876 was Sl1,147, 800.
A DESTRUCTIVE confagration occurred in
the business portion OF Lima, Peru, on the
1st inst. The large hardware establishment of
Less Denegri and several adjacent buildings
were consumed. Loss upwards OF Sto0, 600.
\ TELEGRAM from Madrid says the gov
eminent has decided to forbid pilgrimages
or religious manifestations which may form
a pretext for Carlist propaganda.
IT is asserted that the Pope has indirectly
requested the good offices of the emperor of
Austria and the Gar in behalf of Catholics
in Poland
CATHOLIC census in Germany shows that
the number of adherents is 53,640 against
49,S0S last year.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Paris says
President MacMahon, speaking at Com
piegne on the Goth inst, said that the re-
cent change of the cabinet officers only as
sures the stability of the interior and the
peace of the exterior of France; he will not
interfere with outside policies.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09
WAR NOTES.

\ TELEGRAM dated June LIST, SAYS the
Russians are cannonading Caradagh, and
that the Turks are replying. An important
movement is being carried out by the
Ottoman forces from VAN The Russian
left wing has made a fresh movement upon
karakillissa and Prak Raleh A detach-
ment of the Russian right is seriously threat
ening Olti and hartman. Mukhtar Pasha is
falling back on Kheobassan
THE Russian army on the Danube is to be
increased to 100, 600 men. The crossing will
he attempted on the day after the arrival of
the Car, probably about the 9th inst.
RUMoRs of a possibility OF peace are
floating about Vienna. Semi-official papers
ut Berlin intimate that an armistice has
already been concluded.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09

Mcdonald and Henry Wood, on their
way to Bogus Cave, in the vicinity of
Newton, Vernon county, killed within
the area of an half acre, in crossing the
point of a bluff, nine rattlesnakes, vary
ing in length from three to five and one
half feet, and one blue racer, also seven
feet long. Two of the rattle snakes car
ried eighteen rattles. The boys said
that while they were killing these, more
than twice the number escaped to their
dens.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09
Welded.

Some quick and bitter words we said,
AND then we parted. How the the sun
swan through sullen sea of gray!
A chill fell on the summer day.
Lies best and happiest hours were done,
Friendship was dead.
~" proud we went our separate ways,
ana spake no word, and made no moan;
81 3le braided up her flowing hair,
nat had always called so fair.
as though she scorned my loving tone,
MY word of praise.
anu watched her scorn with scorn.
| hated her with all my heart,
oiltii-we CHANGED to meet one dav;
saw TWO pretty tear-drops start.
Lo! Love was born.
Some fond, repentiug word | said
She answered only with a sigh
But when ! took her hand in pinc
a radiant glory, half divine,
Flooded the earth and filled the skv-
Now we are wed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09
NEWS IN BRIEF.
THE EAST.

NOSBURG IL BAKER, well known ship
chambers of Buffalo, have suspended.
Liabilities $4,000; assets nearly the amount
of liabilities. Depreciation in the value Of
vessel stocks supposed to be the cause The
firm owns two large sailing vessels, supposed
to be encumbered to their full value.
j. b. REED, Chancellor in the Catholic
diocese of Hartford, Conn, died in that city
on the 1st inst
THE ffty-two ton gun to be mounted in
New York harbor was successfully cast on
the 30th inst, at Boston.
EX-Goy. WARMoTH, of Louisiana, was
married at Newark, n. j., on the 3oth ut,
to Miss Sallie Durand.
THE President and Vice-P President of the
United States, Cabinet officers, and Justices
of the Supreme Court viii be invited to at
tend the celebration of the centennial ami
versary of the establishment of the New
York state government, at Roudout. on the
30th of July.
FLETCHER HARPER, senior member of
the firm of Harper Bros, publishers, New
York, died on the 29th ult., aged p years.
SEVENTY thousand tons of Pittston coal
was sold at public auction by order of the
Pennsylvania Coal Company, at New York,
on the Doth ult. The following prices were
obtained: Lump, S2.75; steamer (stored)
$2.75; CRATE, S2.67H to $3.50; egg, $3.50;
chestnut, $2.6719 to $3.50; stove, $2.75 pea,
81 80.
THE United States Supreme Court has
rendered a verdict of $4,000 against the
New York, Boston and Providence Railroad
Company, for loss of life resulting from
the Richmond switch disaster
A DEFICIENCY of about $4,000 has been
discovered in the department OF civil engi-
necring of the Pennsylvania railr DAD, OF
which Ezekiel Howell is the head
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09
The Remains of J. Wilkes Booth,


To dispose of certain absurd stories
that have lately appeared in the public
prints, the Baltimore Gazette says that
President Andrew johnson ordered the
remains of J. Wilkes Booth to be delv-
cred to his family, and that they sent
John H. Weaver, a Baltimore undertaken,
to Washington to receive them A box
was taken up from the Arsenal building
and delivered to him. 1t was found to
contain a skeleton wrapped in an army
blanket. On the right foot was an army
shoe, cut open at the top its entire
length, as if to accommodate swollen
foot On the other was a large cavalry
boot. A reporter Of the Gazette examin-
ed the bones in and above the shoe, and
found that the leg was broken Just above
the ankle. Still, the identity of the re-
mains was not satisfactorily established,
especially as there was no portion of the
spinal vertebre missing, and no mark of
any bullet upon them. A brother of
Booths was sent for, who said that
Wilkes had his tooth plugged with gold
in peculiar manner. He described the
location of the tooth, and drew with
pencil the shape of the plug, which was
of unusual size The teeth were taken
out, and the tooth was found plugged as
described The remains were buried in
Greenmount Cemetery, i'll the same lot
with his grandfather, father, and children
of the family.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09
GENERAL.

THE following is a statement of the re-
ceipts and disbursements ut the Michigan
state treasurer's office for May: Balance
April 80, $S7S. 23.59; receipts for May,
Sl23,274.73 total, S1,o02, 1922, disburse-
ments for May, $l26, .93, balance, $50
$3.50
\ CHARLESTON 5. G., special says The
house, by a vote of SO TO %, has refused to
admit the entire Charleston delegation of
II members, 10 eolored and two whites, in
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09
Guiding Mackes. speaker Of the chamber

Guiding Mackey, speaker of the Chamber
lain house.
Maj. CHARLES f. POWELL, United States
consul at fquique, died of fever at that port,
on the 9th ult.
THE South Carolina state senate has struck
out the fifth section of the house appropria-
ton bill, which provided $4,000 for the
payment of interest OIL the bonded debt OF
the state.
THE steamship City of Brussels, with a
number of pilgrims from Canada and New
for whose safety great anxiety was at one
time felt, arrived at Liverpool, England, on
the Doth of MAY.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09
Cold Iron.

Springfield Republican Correspondence.
DR.. Shepard pointed out to be the po-
sition of Gen. Gilmore's Swamp angel"
battery, and said that only recently his
workmen dug up one of the unexploded
shot in the Medical College yard. 1t
was rather large for war souvenir, and
about as dangerous as rattlesnake
The cap was set, all ready for the light
tap that would explode it. No soaking
would ruin the powder filling, and after
looking it over he had it carefully and
deeply reburied, hoping beyond resur-
rection. A negro some time ago found
one of them, and thought he would de
stroy it and sell it for old iron. He got
a sledge hammer and struck it on the
point. 1t exploded, blew the house roof
off, and dealt destruction in every direc-
ton, but strangely, Sambo was not in
jured beyond being stunned by the con-
cuSsion. He reused himself, looked
wildly around and exclaimed "Lordy,
massy, whar's dat iron?'
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09

A HUGE sarcophagus cut from block
about ten feet in length and four in
width and thickness, is being constructed
at the sand blast factory at West Rut-
land for soldiers cemetery at Cold
Harbor, Va, where are inferred a
thousand braves whose names are I'M
known. The work will cost $4,000 1t
is a curious fact that one in every five of
the soldiers monuments manufactured at
the works contains the name of Smith,
Jones or Brown
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09

KENTUCKY has 1900 square miles
more coal measures than all of Great
Britain; superior iron ore and more of
it; good grazing and cattle; fine wheat
and corn fields; large water communities
tions; an excellent climate. Limonite
ores, hukes, hearth stones, fire clay, and
coal and lead are found contiguous in
five counties and the tensile strength of
her PIC iron smelted with a local fux is
said to exceed any other.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09
VARIOUS TOPICS.

Two THOUSAND sheep were lately sold
II Adelaide, South Australia, at twenty
fva cents head. This is the effect of a
droucbt. Drought and flood are the
curses of that country.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09

Coon authorities estimate the last cot
ton crop in the United States at 4,1oo,-
600 bales 1t turns out to be 100000.
The crop in Egypt and India was larger
than expected, and there is enough of
tho raw product to last until the begin
mo Of the new crop year
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09

4 GREAT number of Russian ladies in
St Petersburg have pledged themselves
mutually neither to wear silk nor satin,
nor costly ornaments, nor to give balls,
nor to indulge in other Injuries during
the present war, but to devote the money
which they would otherwise have spent
upon sucn objects to the nursing of the
sick and wounded of their country.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09

JrsTrcE is made to pay her own ex-
nenses in Strafford County, New Hamp
Shire The Supreme Court there has
lust closed session of eleven weeks,
and the imposed in liquor cases have
more than paid all the costs of the term.
Iudoe Foster congratulated the juries
and LAWYERS upon this good stroke of
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09

THE use Of cotton seed, for a non-heat
conducting cover of steam boilers has
been tried in Florida, and gives good
satisfaction. The cortical parts of the
seed is used. A layer of these cotton
seed hulls is put around the boiler with
the aids of Stats, and then the whole is
covered with layer of plastering. On
trial, with twenty-five pounds of steam
on, the surface of this casing was barely
warm, and we are assured that both in
the engine and fire-rooms the temper
allure had been greatly reduced.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09

JAPAN Is one Of the natural markets
Ter the products and wares of the United
states. OF the civilized industrial
nations OF the world the United States is
me nearest She is only 5000 miles dis
lalt' while England is $4,000. and other
industrial European countries are from
9'ooo to 1000. The United States has
me advantage also of two lines of
steamers to Japan, 50 that there is no
oar to trade for lack of direct steam
transportation, as there is in the ease of
South America. Nevertheless. look at
the position of the United States in the
trade OF the empire. OF the exports Of
Japan we take only seventeen Der cent.
ana OF her imports we furnish only four
per cent. England six thousand miles
further away, tai es thirty-tive per cent.
OF the exports and supplies sixty-two per
cent. OF the imports. The English have
scrutinzed the market of Japan closely
ana have sent there the things that can
be sold. They have made thorouob and
determined effort To capture tho ,,7a,1-,+
and have succeeded. The Americans in
their free and easy style are waitin,, Cor
the japanese to come here as bnvars
They will never come and that i the
way a trade is secured
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-09


IN addition to the war with Russia,
the Turks have begun a war on female
vanity. Hamid Pasha, Turkish Minister
OF Police, has issued decree ordering all
Turkish women to discard the European
costume and return to the national one;
thus obliging them to sacrifice on the
altar of patriotism the fuired robe, high
heeied boots, the Paris hat, and the CHG
non Itself. But the Constantinople
Official does not appear to have succeed
ed' Tor correspondent writing from that
city states that the ladies make their APP
pearance At the Valley Of the Sweet
Waters with boots the heels of which are
higher than ever, and other articles of
attire IN accordance.