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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15
WAR NOTES.

THE St. Petersburg, Gd=ate'S Tashkend
correspondent writes that the Emir of
Bohhara, considering that Russia, by attack
ing Turkey, threatens the whole Mahometan
world, has placed his army on war footing.
Russia has advised him to disarm. In the
event of his refusal, Russia will attack Box
hara, and hopes to defeat the Emir in few
weeks.
On the 9th inst. the Russians were defeat
ed and had to re-cross the LON in disorder
They abandoned their fortified positions
near Kichlawa. They lost 5000 killed and
wounded. The commander of their cavalry
was killed. The Turks lost 200 killed and
700 wounded.
THE Turks from Widdin attempted, on the
night of the 9Th inst, to reach Chupere-
cheni, near Kalafat, in boats, but were
driven back by a Roumanian battery.
AN official dispatch from Prince Mer-
ietinsky says: 'Laftscha has been taken after
II hours fighting despite its strong fortifca-
lions and the Stubborn resistance Of the
Turks. Skobalotf was the hero of the day
Our loss is not exactly ascertained. Gen.
Kasgildiieff was wounded"
MEHEMEr ALI has gained an I'M
doubted strategetical success by his victory
at karsan. All depends OH how he will use
it.
VIENNA correspondent telegraphs that
hopeless condition at New York city. His
death is daily expected. Extreme JUNCTION
has been administered by Coadjutor Arch
bishop Gibbons.
The national Masonic convention color
ed met at Chicago on the Sd inst. Some so
or 10 delegates were present, representing
nearly every state in the union The object
of the convention is to unite the colored
Masons in this country
THE Louisville Industrial exposition and
the Russian general Richter has ordered the
purchase of building material for barracks
for 100000 men, half of which are to be
erected in Bulgaria.
RUSSIAN official dispatch, dated the 4th
inst, announces that the Russians have re-
occupied Sukum Kaleh. The Abehasian
ceast is now clear of Turks, and the insur-
reetion in the interior has been suppressed
SEVEN battalions made a sortie from
Rustehuk on the Sd inst, defeating the
Russians
THE Turks acknowledge the loss of 1000
men in Schipka pass. Two thousand
wounded reached Adrianople on the I'd inst
THE Turks began to evacuate Sukum
kaleh on the I'd inst.
BAKER PASHA, under whom tie Turkish
cavalry charge was made, at the engage
ments on the LON, and who had two horses
shot, is, with Capt. Briscoe, one of his staff,
reported missing.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15
THE EAST.

! THE coopers' strike at Pittsburg, Pa, is
practically ended, most of the men return
ing to work at 6 cents. They demanded 20
cents. 1t is said if they had asked for II
cents they would have got it.
A BAD state of affairs exists in the Penn
sylvania mining regions. Barns, orchards,
stock-yards, ETC., are being indiscriminately
plundered. Gov. Hartranft has determined
to place regiment of threemonths men in
the disturbed districts to cooperate with the
regulars.
AT New York city, on the 9th inst, Presi-
dent Sloan, of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railway company, informed a
delegation of striking miners, who asked an
increase of wages of % per cent, that he
would not negotiate with strikers. When
work was resumed the company would be
prepared to treat with the men, and when
the prices of coal warranted would make
an increase of wages, or if the men so de-
sired, would pay upon the sliding scale.
The men returned to Scranton.
IN the practice shooting at Creedmoor on
the 9TH inst, the American team scored 500,
British 800
establishments, New York, made an
assignment on the 9th inst. Liabilities esti-
mated at 100000. He has lost heavily on
real estate investments.
THE Perry cotton mills, Newport, r. l.,
suspended operations on the 4th inst, owing
to financial difficulties of the Newport Manu-.
featuring company. Benz. Finch, the en-.
dorser of the latter's paper, is the principal
owner. A large number of hands are thrown
out of employment.
! Dr.. L. r. HERRICK, of New York, of
patent medicine fame, died at Rochester on
/ the 4th inst.
THE Philadelphia and Reading and Lee
/ high Valley companies have advanced the
| price of coal 50 to 90 cents per ton.
| SHERIFF COFFIN, of Clark county, Ohio
arrived at Philadelphia on the I'd inst, hay.
ing in charge the boy supposed to be Charley
| Ross. Mr. and Mrs. Ross failed to recognize
| him, and say it is not their child.
! EDWARD B. WHITE, metal broker, New
| York city, suspended on the LIST inst. Liza
bilities $4,000; assets $4,000.
! THE Sandwich Savings Bank, Boston
Mass was declared insolvent on the LIST
Total amount of deposits about 81 100000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15

THE Richmond (Va.) State tells of a
young lady of that city who has just re-
ceived from the across the ocean col
lection of valuable mementoes, including
jewelry to the value of $3.50, which
her father, when dying in the African
gold region twenty years ago, left in
trust with a lady to be delivered to his
daughter when found. The father and
daughter were ignorant of each others
whereabouts at the time, and it was but
a few months ago that the trustee, after
her twenty years search, discovered the
whereabouts of the lady for whom the
legacy was destined.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS.

THE Pennsylvania Republican State Con
vention at Harrisburg on the 9TH inst, nomi-
mated for Supreme Judge, j. b. Sterret ;
State Treasurer, VIM. B. Hart; Auditor
General, j. A. NJ. PassmOre.
TIE following state officers were nomi-
mated by the Massachusetts, Greenbaek
party at Boston the 9TH inst: Gov
ernor, Wendell Phillips; Lieutenant
Governor, Dyer d. Lum; Secretary of State,
Nathan Clarke, Jr.; Auditor, H. NJ Bearse
Treasurer, w. w. Whitney; Attorney Gen
eral, Israel w. Andrews.
The Minnesota workingmen and green
hackers met at ST. Paul on the 9Th inst. am
put in nomination the following ticket: l..
Banning, for Governor VIM Meigher, for
Lieutenant Governor; Isaac Stables for
Treasurer; A. L. Rice, for Secretary of State ;
S. L. Pierce, for Attorney General
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15
THE MARKETS.
N ew York.

NEW YORK, September S-3 80 p. NJ
Cotton-Steady at He for middling up
lands. Flour-Firm; moderate trade; re-
Quiet; futures lower; receipts IS 900 bus
sales $4,000 bus at 81. 4014@1l. 4015 for No. 2
winter red and spot. Rye-Frm. Corn
shade tirmer; receipts $4,000 bus; sales
10000 bus at 57@5S12c for western mixed.
Barley-Nominal. Oats-Steady; receipts
$1,000 bus; sales $4,000 bus at 32@39c for
mixed western; 34(d44c for white do. Pork
Firm at $13.10. Lard-Firmer at 50. 12L
@9.15. Whisky--At $113 Petroleum
Crude at nc; refined at 1890 for seller Oc-
tober. Coal = Unsettled at $30OM4 90.
Leather-Firm at 22M25c. Wool-Good in
quiry at 2S@2S3sc
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

THE steamer Queen, of the Ottawa River
Navigation Company, caught fire at Ottawa,
Ont, on the 9th inst, and was almost totally
destroyed. Loss heavy.
THE Pennsylvania Board of Pardons rec
commended that a pardon be issued to James
Thomas, of Northampton county, convicted
of arson in the fall of 1871, and sentenced to
the Penitentiary for thirty years and six
months, and to pay fine of $500. The
pardon was recommended on the belief that
Thomas was not guilty of the crimes charged.
The Board have also recommended the com
mutation of the death penalty in the case of
Thomas Campbell, of Luzerne county, to i'm
prisonment for life.
EIGHT miners were burned, three serious
~, by the explosion of gas in mine at
Minersville, Pa, on the 9th inst.
AT Wapakonotte, Auglaize county, Ohio,
on the night of the 9th inst, the county
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15

THE Monitor is the name of new lc-
connective of peculiar style built for the
use of the Superintendent of the Hudson
River Railroad. 1t is only about half
the size of an ordinary locomotive, and
has the engine and tender built togeth er
on one frame 1t has cow-catcher at
both ends, and draws no cars; the cab /,
which covers the entire boiler, being di-
vided into two apartments, one for the
engineer and fireman, and the other tit
ted up with upholstered seats for the u Sc
of the Superintendent There are only
two drive Wholesome on each side.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15
Chinese Cookery.

Americans who dine with the Chinese
are surprised at the perfection to which
they have carried their cooking During
a recent Chinese banquet at San Fran
cisco an orange was laid at the plate of
each guest. The orange itself seemed
like any other orange, but on being cut
open was found to contain within the
rind five kinds of delicate jellies. One
was at first puzzled TO explain how the
lellies got in, and giving up the cham OF
reflection, was in worse quandary to
know how the PUPPY part Of the orange
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15

THE Privy Council of Great Britain
consists at the present moment of 207
members. Of these . are princes of the
royal blood, II are dukes, 8 marquises, 80
earls, 9 viscounts, 80 barons, y younger
sons of dukes or marquises, younger
sons of other peers, and - baronets.
Nine other members are in the success
sion to titles. Thus the proportion of
"noble" to commoner members is l37 to
20, or as nearly as possible , to |, In
the Cabinet the proportion is to /, if
Lords Beacons6eld and Cairns are in
cluded, and to if thew are not
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15

THE immense bronze statue represent
ing the genius of America now surmounts
the new Army and Navy monument in
Boston, and the figures Peace, History,
the Army and Navy have been uncover
cd. The bass-reliefs to be inserted in the
panels are four in number. The first one
represents Governor Andrew and staff on
the state House step, reviewing troops
at the outbreak of the war. The second
aiscloses the troops passing by Governor
Andrew and staff on their return from
the war-ladies with wreaths of laurels
waiting to adorn the brows of the CON
querlhg heroes. The third depicts the
sanitary Commission making bandages.
win soldiers putting their wounded com
pahlons INTO the ambulance wagon. The
fourth portrays q naval engagement. in
winch monitor and man-of war are
coming up river and firing upon the
fortificatons... --
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15

When the beautiful buildings and
wonderful monuments of art in the cap
ital of France were destroyed by the
communists, many thought that they
would never be replaced. Undoubtedly
MANY art treasures that suffered from the
vandalism of that time can never be
restored, but Paris has almost repaired
the rayages of the commune so far as
buildings are concerned, and is again the
cav. bright city whose architecture graft
fes a critical taste.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15

A DUTCH seaman, being condemned tc
death, had his sentence committed to
Punishment for life upon st. Helena. On
being landed there he stole a coffin, and,
having made rudder of the lid, ven
tured to sea in it. When his guards on
the ship, which had become becalmed
within league and half of the island f.,
saw the strange craft floating slowly
over the water, they at first imagined Il
spectre, but on recognizing the fugitive,
they took a vote of the officers and crew,
and it was decided to show mercy to the
courageous fellow. He was picked up,
taken to Holland, and supported by the
crew until pardoned through the inter
cession of the late Queen.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15

THE Egyptian convention with Eng
land for the suppression of the slave
trade was signed at the beginning of this
month, but this does not help the
wretched subjects of the Viceroy, who
are entirely his slaves, and liable at any
minute to be torn from their homes at
his will, and sent to work IN the barest
nittancc which will support life.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15

got out. Colored eggs were also served,
in the inside of which were found nuts,
jellies, meats and confectionery. When
one of the Americans present asked the
interpreter to explain this legerdemaln OF
cookery, he expanded his mouth in a
hearty laugh, and shook his head and
said: Mclean man heap smart, why
he not findee QUIT
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15

THE poet Stoddard began life at fiji
teen as an office-boy; served while as a
cloth-sponger in tailor shop; tried
blacksmithing with poor success, and
then was apprenticed to an iron-moulder.
Meanwhile he wrote poetry and burned
it. At last he made money enough to
publish book of poems, one copy OF
which was sold. He now lives in little
house on East Fifteenth street, New
York. Among his treasures are box
of manuscripts of English authors, and a
lock of John Milton's hair.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15
THE WEST.

THE Mitchell divorce case at Milwaukee,
Wis, was settled on the 9th inst. As the
result of negotiations, all papers, complaints,
and answers were withdrawn and a
petition for divorce by Mrs Mitchell enter
ed, charging cruelty and inhuman treatment.
No defense was made, and a decree was
granted by Judge Mann. Alexander Mitch
ell gives bond to pay Mrs. John Mitchell
s., goo per year during her life, he to retain
custody of the child, allowing weekly visits.
THE latest California election returns indi-
cate that the Democrats have elected ten
senators and ffty-seven assemblymen. The
Republicans elect ten senators and twenty
three assemblymen. Including hold-overs,
the democrats will have thirty-eight majority
on joint ballot
CRAZY HORSE, who was badly wounded
at Camp Robinson, Neb,, while endeavoring
to escape from the guard house, died from
his wounds at midnight on the 9th inst
His people took his body. All is quiet this
morning.
THE latest reports OF the condition Of af-
fairs of the bankrupt State Savings Institu-
! ton, Chicago, H., is that the assets will be
\ S'-AiA W P'Ng VIZ pOolbOio ~ tSHtS OH tIC
dollar.
/ ABOUT seventy-five members of the Army
! OF the Tennessee were present at the re-
union at st. Paul ON the 9Th inst The re-
/ ports show the society in good financial con
/ dition.
CRAZY HORSE, who escaped alone in the
direction of Spotted Tail agency, was
captured at that place on the 9th inst
CAPT. j. w. WHITE, of the United States
revenue marine, who was sent to Alaska tc
investigate the condition of the people. re-
ports to Secretary Sherman that no trouble
exists, and none is likely to arise, except
/ from the excessive use of intoxicating drink
/ distilled by the Indians and half breed Rus
slams. He recommends that the troops be
removed and an armed vessel visit the
4 principal villages on The coast every two OF
/ three months.
/ LANE DEER and Fast Bull with five or six
/ hundred warriors surrendered at Camp Rob
/ inson, Neb., on the 4th inst.
/ THE general freight agents of the western
lines met at Chicago and made an advance
on freights on the 4th inst, by reclassifyine
the articles which have been shipped al
thirty cents per hundred, such as grain
meats, etc, putting them in the fourth class
of which the rate is 50 cents from Chicago
to New York. This advance is contingent
upon corresponding advance from ST
Louis The rate to Boston is 40 cents, to
Philadelphia 33 cents, and Baltimore 80 cents
ALBA w. BENNETT, confined in the Mil.
waukee Jail for child murder, escaped with
one Keegan, an old Jail bird, on the night of
the 3lst ult., by saving the bars of the prison
window.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15

THE Pennsylvania Railroad Company
is preparing complete record of the
tramps killed or injured on their line
since the tramp business began, to IN
cludo names of all the unfortunates as
far as thew can be determined.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15

SAVINGS banks in New York are man
aged at great expense for book-keepers,
accountants and the higher officials, and
complaint is made of their extravaganza.
One bank, with deposits amounting to
$4,000 900, expends s34, $50 per year for
salaries and other expenses; another.
with so, 10000 on deposit, spend S62,-
466 per annum for similar expenses
The Bowery Savings Fund has expenses
amounting to 500, 200 per annum, but
its deposits reach the large aggregate of
100000
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15
VARIOUS TOPICS.

AT Cairo, Egypt, there is an extensive
printing establishment containing SIXTY
nresses for books in Arabic, and for a
daily gazette in Arabic, Italian ana
Il,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15

treasurer, on his way home from Catholic
festival, was captured almost in the center
of the town, gagged, carried down an alley
and tortured with fire until he was conf
PEELED to divulge the combination of the
county safe. Some $4,000 were stolen
therefrom. So
A FIRE in Minneapolis on the 9Th inst,
destroyed the Union House, 100000 feet of
lumber nd 100000 shingles. Loss S22,-
600.
c. FUTILE, of Deadwood, was shot dead
on the 9th inst, while attempting to blow
up the tunnel of Keets' mine. Two men
were injured by the explosion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lockwood, of Geneva, o.,
were killed on the 9Th inst, by train
striking their buggy while crossing rail-
road track
THE bodies Of Simmons and the three
Goodrichs, lynched at Newcastle, KY, were,
on the 9TH inst, buried by negroes. Public
opinion in that section justifes the hanging.
THE steamer Montreal owned by the
Northern Transportation company of
Whitehall, was burned at Marquis harbor, Vt,
on the night of the Sd inst Loss $4,000; in
surance $4,000
ROBT. HOWELL, of the grain house of
Depuy & Howell, Philadelphia, drowned
himself in the Schuylkill river, on the Sd
inst Howell was recovering from typhoid
fever.
j. P. HALE's piano factory, on West
Thirty-ffth street, New York city, was en-
tirely destroyed by fire on the morning OF
the Sd inst. The flames extended to the
south side OF the street, destroying the entire
block between Tenth and Eleventh avenue
also NJ. Connolly's board factory, Graham &
Burr's silk factory and several houses ad
| Joining south, Walker & Co.'s charcoal fac
tory, north of Thirty fifth street, and a block
of frame houses on Tenth avenue, between
| Thirty-fft and Thirty-sixth streets. Tele
grams of the Sd inst. were conflicting with
regard to the loss of life, some placing the
loss as high as 100, and others at lower fig
ure. One report was that % or 80 girls EN-
ployed in the upper story of Hale's factory
had persisted The loss Of property will
amount to over half million.
IN the excavation of Longworth street,
Cincinnati, on the Sd inst, below the foun
ddtion of dwelling No. "a and building adj
joining, the walls of the latter dwelling, were
undermined and the structure fell, buryine
a number of people in the ruins. Mrs. Sue
Kean, John Finnegan and Hugh Quighley
were killed; James Dawling, John w
Dustin and Lottie Williams seriously wound
ed.
MAN named L. NJ. Stein, of New York
city, Suicided at NIAGARA Falls on the Is
inst, by jumping from the suspension bridge
/ MRS. HoGEBoOM, a highly esteemed lody
and an old settler, died at La Platte, Cal, OF
the LIST inst, from the effects of burns re
ceived by the upsetting of lamp.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15
Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, September S.-Flour-Un-
changed; fancy spring extras, S600@6.50;
common, $5.2595.50. Wheat-Inactive and
lower; No. I spot $l.17@1.1SA; No. 2 do
Sl;l5tal. l6E seller September 81 .07Ca1.073s;
seller October $1.02 4@1.034. Oats-ln
fair demand at 2311@24c No. q Rye
Nominal at 55@5512c. Barley-In good
demand at Csc for No. 2. MiIlstuffs-In
moderate supply; bran, SS.25@S.75 per ton
mlddling, S9.75Gl6.00 Professionalism
heavy mess pork, $500; light do. Sl2.75
Butter-ln active demand; good to choice
.16@lsc; common, 10@12I. Egss-Stesdy
at 11(d12c per dozen.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15
WASHINGTON.

THE figures of the postal service fer the
past year show a falling off in amount of
money-orders issued of about s., 000, 900, and
the excess of receipts for this branch of the
service over the expenditures has been re-
duced to a very small sum.
EFFORTS have been made recently on the
part OF claim agents to get the Treasury De-
partment to reopen number of the cotton
cases which We're rejected under previous
administrations. Thus far Secretary Sher-
man and Assistant Secretary French have
decided against all these applications, and
refused to refer the cases 10 Solicitor Raw
nor for an opinion, which the persons were
very DESTROYS should be done.
THE president has pardoned number OF
persons convicted of violating the revenue
Law, t4mpering with mails etc.
OWING to reforms having been made, it has
been concluded 10 make changes in all the
principal Offices in the New York custom
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15
Foreign.

LONDON, September $3.50 P. NJ
Consols % 5-l6. Liverpool wheat market
opens firm: California club at 13s013s Sd );
average California at lbs 9d@13s; floating
cargoes strong, on passage firm fair average
California wheat Just shipped at SIS; nearly
due at Cos. English country markets gener-
ally dearer French firm,
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Chicago

CHICAGO, September S-3 100 p. NJ
Wheat-Weak, dull and lower; SLIP for
cash; 81 o58 for September; S1.015sfo Oc-
tober. Oats-Weak and easy at 23Ac for
cash; 24c for October. Rye-At 55Mc.
Bariey-At Csc. Pork-Steady and firm
at $3.50 for cash Lard-Firmer at 1915.
Hogs-Receipts, $500 head active, &c high
er; light at S5.30@540; heavy at $470@
49,; packing at 5.00@5371l
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15
GENERAL.

THE German Synod of the east of the Re
formed Church in the United States began
its annual session at Baltimore, on the 9th
inst, with the annual sermon by the Rev.
DIR. J. kneling, of Lancaster, Pa. The
Synod represents forty-fye churches, with
about s 900 members
THE convention of colored masons in SEES
sion at Chicago, adjourned on the 9th inst,
to meet in Cleveland in May, 1873.
THE funds in the Carolina National bank
of this city, payable on certificates of deposit
$4,000, have been attached. Owens is
surety ON the bond of ex-state treasurer
Parker, and is largely indebted to the state
Owens died in Baltimore on the night of the
5th inst.
DR.. BLISS expresses the opinion that Sen
atOr Morton will be able to attend the rcgu-
lar session of Congress.
ARCHBISHOP BAYLEY continues to lie in
the Pittsburg exposition opened on the 4th
inst.
THE army worm has appeared in large
numbers in DeSota county, Miss, Fay
county, Tenn, and Lee county, Ark and
serious damage to cotton crops is feared.
JUDGE HOPKINS, of the u. S. District OF
Wisconsin, died at Madison, Wis, on the Sd
inst.
THE Paper Trade Journal announces that
the commissioner of patents has extended
for seven years Henry Velter's patent for
reducing wood to paper pulp. 1t also states
that the patentees will raise the price of such
pulp to 81 cents per pound, instead of 3
cents, which has been the general rate here.
tofore.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15

Invented in the 18th century by DR.. William Grace,
Surgeon in King James army. Through its agency
he cnred thousands of the most serious sores and
wounds that baffied the skill of the most eminent
physicians Of his day, aud regarded by all who
knew him as public benefactor. 25 cents box.
For Sale by Druggists generally. Sent by mail on
receipt of price. Prepared by
SE;i n " F<sSyLE ~ SONS.
Sc Harrison Avenue. Boston. Mass.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-09-15

THE PUBLIC DEBT.
The following is the debt statement fo4
August:
Six per cent. bonds S144l 030
Five ner cent bonds .. 703 266, 65p
- LIE 900