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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-05
KANSAS.

bees and Governor Hendricks in Indiana.
Mr.. Johnston in Virginia, the Western and
southern leaders Of the Democracy generally.
England, call aloud for huge schemes of more
money. In the West the Democratic party
has become party of imitation; in New Jer-
sey and other States fusions of Democrats
and Iphationists are progressing. In Maine
q large portion Of the Democracy voted an
avowed expansion ticket, and the Democrat
sets outdoes herself, and General Butler ad
vances as Caesar, with the Democracy at his
heels. Neither in Congress nor in the coun-
Try vi. OF can; gu. opponents stem the ris-
Credit, currency and business are not the
only elements in the election this year.
schemes to take money from the Treasury in
and projects, which no man can number, are
being Matched and nursed and perfected,
against the time when they can compel at.
sway I'm Congress ts given to the party and
the sentiment which now rules q "solid
SOUTH" South made solid, not by honest
minorities dominating through crimes
against God and man. That solid South
again. as of old, sends mp q majority of all
the Democrstic caucus. and must decide the
party action whenever tt insists.
In the House of Representatives there are
% committees. and already the chsirmen of
South. After next March, the South will con-
troll the committees of the Senate also. You
need not to be reminded that committees are
all powerful In legislation-more tnan ever.
now, because of the overwhelming pressure
Of business, which makes full and open dis
cussion. especially In the Hous }, impossible.
You need not to be reminded, either, that one
third of all national revenue and eXpendf-
lures comes from the State of New York.
ask whether those who are to pay 81 of every
$ taken from the Treasury have not need,
before we drift much further, to inquire,
"Watchman, what of the night?'
am for Cancellation, and reconciliation,
and concord, and peace all around; but my
belief Il that the men and the communities
who seood by the nag, and prayed for ie. and
just a good - those whe drenched the land
With blood, and covered it with mourning,
debt and taxes. I believe. too. that those who
styoye g seys the countxy Are e sase iegis.
Whe stfoYe p 1esWov H. So
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

M. uRUNDMANN, a cigar manufacturer,
hung himself at Milwaukee on the 23d.
Depression in business is supposed to have
caused the rash act.
JACOB and John Huntzeger, late president
and cashier of the Miners Trust Co., OF
Pottsville, Pa, have been sentenced each to
two years solitary confinement, to pay a fin
OF 5000, and to refund to Thomas Kerns, the
prosecutor, $4,000 with costs.
ELLA MoRTIER, aged. 10 years, daughter oil
James Mortier, of Palmyra, Wis, was
drowned by falling through an air hole in
the ice on Spring Lake, on the 21st inst
The Ontario flour mill at Oswego, N. Y.
owned by M. j. Cummings, was burned Oh
the night of the 22d inst. Loss, 1000; in
surance, $40 00O
AN incendiary fire at Carrolton, H., on
the 10Th inst, destroyed five business houses
A brick wall fell on to the roof of a one
story building upon which some men were
at work battling the flames. Richard Par
ker, Rucker Ennes and Joseph Dickson
were seriously injured and eight Others
more or less hurt
HUGH MCCONNELL was set upon in the
streets of Chicago on the night of the 19tl
inst, by two roughs, and fatally stabbed il
the abdomen. Patrick Sherry and Jerry
Conley have been arrested, charged with
having committed the foul deed.
AN establishment engaged in the manu-
facture of counterfeit trade dollars, a
Philadelphia, Pa, was seized by secret ser
vice officers on the Goth inst.
CHARLES CHAPMAN and George Williams
two boys, were drowned at Philadelphia, OF
the 18th inst, by breaking through the ice
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16
MilWaukae.

MILWAUKEE, January, 26-12 100 NJ
Flour-Quiet at S4.S7I@5.5O for choice
spring extras and S4.25@4.50 for common.
Wheat-Lower; No. l hard at S107A; No.
l regular at $1.07H; No. 2 do S1.03A@
1.04 seller March at S1.0414; seller Febrn.
airy, S1.035s. Oats-Tame at 25c for No 9
Corn-Quiet at 40A for No. 2; new grade,
26@31c. Rye-Inactive and prices nominal
at 5019@5024c for No. l. Barley-Depressed
No. cash and February at 5S12c Dressed
Hogs-At $3.50 for average lols. Live Hogs
At S3.75@3.90 for common to extra prime
Pork-Mess, $10.75 for cash. Lard-Prime
steam $7.35; kettle 1915. Butter-Choice
17@2Gc per H. medium Hottie Cheese
Stronger; good to choice 12@13c; common
to fair 9@11Kc. Eggs-Weak at l2@13c
- dozen.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16
The StInpinp Tree.

Though the tropical shrubs of Queens
land are very luxuriant and beautiful,
they are not without their dangerous
drawbacks, for there is one plant grow
ing IN them that is really deadly in its
etfects-that is to say, deadly in the same
way that one would apply the term to
fire, as If certain proportion of ones
body is burnt by the singing tree, death
will be the result. 1t would be Us safe
TO pass through fires as TO fall into one
OF these trees. They are found growing
from two TO three inches high to ten and
fifteen feet. la the old ones the stem is
whitish, and red berries usually grow on
the top. 1t emits a peculiar and disa-
greeable smell, but is best known by its
leaf, which is nearly round, and having
point at the top, is Jagged all around
the edge like the nettle. All the leaves
are large--some larger than saucer.
Sometimes, says a traveller, while
shooting turkeys in the scrubs / have en-
tirely forgotten the singing tree, till
warned of its close proximity by its
smell, and have then found myself IN a
little forest of them. | was only once
stung, and that very lightly. Its effects
are curious; it leaves no mark, but the
pain is maddening, and for months after.
ward the part, when touched is tender,
in rainy weather, or when it gets wet in
washing, etc. [ have seen man, who
treats ordinary pain lightly, roll on the
ground In agony, after being stung, and
l have known horse so completely mad,
after getting into a grove of the trees
that he rushed open-mouthed at every
one who approached him, and had to be
shot in the scrub. Dogs, when stung
will rush about, whining piteously
biting pieces from the affected part. The
small singing trees, few inches high
are as dangerous as any, being SO hard to
see, and seriously imperiling ones ankles
This scrub is usually found growing
AMONG nalm trnaS y
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16
How African Dogs Love Their Mas
farS

There is reason to believe that there
are different degrees of civilization
among animals as well as human beings,
and that, too, corresponding to the de-
velopment of the race with which the
animals come in contact. Nothing is
more common among higher civilized
people than instances of the faithfulness
of dogs to their masters, whose lifeless
bodies they often watch over until al
most famished from protracted absti-
hence from food But among the bar
barous tribes in south Africa the conduct
of their dogs is quite different Among
the many horrors of the war now prevail
ing there it is common sight to see a
dog feeding on the carcass of his master
who has been killed in battle-a sight,
we venture to say, unprecedented among
civilized nations.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16
House.

FRIDAY, January 25.-Some bills
having been introduced and referred, the house
considered the bill revising the steamboat laws
Harrison offered amendment providing that
rome but citizens persons actually residing IN the
United States shall be employed as pilots ana en-
gineers Adopted. The bill was then passed
yeas 173, nays 3d.. On motion OF Tucker the house
went into committee of the whole Tor the consd-
Grafton OF the bill extending the time Tor the WITH
drawal OF the distilled liquors now IN bona uhtll
July l, 1879 The amendment reported by the com,
mittee on ways and means, adding the words : ana
acknowledging their liability under the terms Oh
said bond for the period for which SAID extensions
are granted" was read and adopted. roster oHereu
an amendment declaring that reduction OF tax on
distilled spirits is inexpedent Butler oiferen an
amendment providing that the tax ON all dislllleu
spirits in bond should be paid at the same rate as
existed when they were placed in bond season
oil warm debate, confusion and excitement 1olo~-
ed, and the committee rose without action on the
amendments by Foster and Butler Adjourned.
SATURDAY, January 26.-To-day
being for debate only, in committee OF the whole
the speaker appointed Mr.. Mayham chairman fol
the day Durham spoke in favor OF the remonetl-
zatlon OF silver and the repeal OF the resumption
act He was followed by Deeriug, Humphrey and
Upton in the same strain Adjourned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

POSTMASTER TUCKER, of Vaughn's Sta
ton, Miss, killed T. B. Raoul, telegraph
operator at that place, on the 10Th.
JOHN W. CARR, of Mound CITY, Ill.,, sui
cided at Cairo, on the 25th.
AT Chicago, late on the night of the 25th,
hre broke out in the roof of the buildings.
chiefly saloons, on Kinsie street, and Nos
~ and So were burned, with most of their
contents; loss $500. Henry Mueller, aged
Is, was burned to death
CALDWELL, a freight conductor on the
Marietta railroad, was instantly killed, on
the 25th, by falling from moving train,
near Hamden, Ohio
A CYLINDER containing gas exploded at
he Holiday Street Theater, Boston, on the
night of the oath, and one man was killed
and two others wounded. All were en-
ployes of the theater.
MISS ELIZABETH SAYLOR killed her
seducer, William Liller, of Newells Run,
Ohio, on the oath, by cutting his head open
with an axe.
DURING quarrel at Boston, Kansas, on
the oath, between two brothers named
Prather, one shot and killed the other. The
murderer escaped.
AT Milwaukee. Wis, on the evening of
the 23d, as carriage, the occupants of which
were Misses Helen and Emma Jacobs,
daughters of Col. VIM. II. Jacobs, and Gustav
Falk, son of Franz Falk, the brewer, was
crossing the railroad track on Reed street,
train struck the vehicle, killing young
Falk and Miss Helen Jacobs, and severely
injuring Miss Emma
THE oil refinery OF /. Warren & Co, of
Wheeling, West Virginia, was burned on
the 23d. Loss, $4,000; insurance about
$1,000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

New York,

NEW YORK, January 26-S 100 P. M.-Cot.
ton-Qulet and unchanged. Flour-Quiet
receipts $4,000 bbls; sales, 10000 bbls at
$5;lo O@5 Wheat1l9 92c lower; receipts
for No. . spring seller January. Rye-At
71@74c. Coma trif1e lower; receipts 112,-
600 bus; sales $4,000 bus at 49@6lA4c for
western mixed. Barley-Unchanged Oats
Quiet; receipts 10000 bus sales Is, 900 bus
at 33@371zc for mixed western; white un.
changed. Pork-Heavy at $12.0O@12.25.
Lard-Heavy and lower at $40. Whisky
At Sl.06K. Petroleum-Crude at 634c; re-
fined at 12Hc. Coal-Quiet. Leather
Dull at 22@23c. Woo.-Quiet at 33@54c
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

THEY have a peculiar feature of dead
headism IN Germany, where, in fact, it
IS made compulsory by the government.
Not only is every theatre in Germany
obliged to admit military officers and
men at reduced rates, but the manager is
also bound, by clause in his license, to
reserve certain number of free tickets
Tor each representation for the disposal
OF the military authorities. In Berlin,
where there are ten theatres, from forty
to fifty officers and from two hundred
and fifty soldiers tickets are distributed
daily among the regiments of the gar
rison.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

IN northern China people of all ages
are dying of actual starvation by thou
sands. The famine extends over dis
trict which includes at least 5000 vii
lagos, and it is said that at least 500 die
daily. Houses are pulled down in every
village to sell the timber and thatch in
order to get food. Those who can get
husks and dry leaves, ordinarily used for
fuel, are considered well off. Most of
the poor young girls have been sold;
old men, middle-aged men and young
men, and children, die daily of sheer
starvation, and others freeze. The dead
cannot get burial; they are too many,
and none can afford the expense; so they
are cast daily into large pits. The peo-
pie at Shansi are said to be living on the
eorpses of their fellow beings who die Of
starvation. And the strong are killing
the weak for the sake of obtaining their
flesh for food. So
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

IT having come to the knowledge of
the Kentucky legislature that certain
owners of thoroughbred cattle had Sc
lected their most valuable animals as
work beasts, and COWS and calves ex-
empted by state law from execution, at
tachment, distress, and fee bills, bill
has been introduced declaring that no
animal shall be catalogued as work
beast which is worth more than $3.50.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

a REPORT comes from Munich, Bava,
ria, that colored pictures have been pro-
duced by new Photographic process.
Three photographs are taken. The first
is on plate which is sensitive to yellow
rays only; the negative of this is printed
by photo-lithography in yellow ink.
The second photograph is from a plate
only sensitive to blue rays, and the print
ing from this is with blue ink, OVERLAPPING
the tirstprinting. The third photograph
is of red, and the printing is done with
red ink. The colors thus blended in
printing are said to give the natural tints,
though of this we should require ocular
proof before believing SO broad state
ment.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

New ENGLAND's fishermen say that
they have no reason to complain over
the seasons catch, which has been fairy
profitable, although hardly up to the
average. The mackerel fleets returned
with not more than half the usual num-
bers, but the herring, cod and halibut
hauls were up to the former standards
The Bank and George fleet have already
landed $4,000 tons of green fish in
Gloucester, and vessels are arriving at
the rate of fifty week. Prices are well
maintained,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16
Chicago.

CHICAGO, January 25-1 BOP. M.-Wheat
Heavy and lower at S1.02A for cash;
S1.02 1a@1025s for seller February; $1.031s
for seller March. Corn-Weak and lower
3934c for cash and seller February; 80 VI for
seller March. Oats Easier at % q C for cash
24c for seller February. Rye-At SOC
Barley-At SOC. Pork-Weak and lower al
$10.75 for cash; $1O.92k for seller March
Lard-Weak at $7.27% for cash; 1871 for
seller February; $40 for seller March
Whisky-At S1.03. Hogs-Receipts 5000
head dull, Zoe lower; light at s3.90@3.95
heavy at $3.S0@3.95.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

THE annual income of the church of
England is $50, 100000 The church has
10000 religious edifces, including 80
cathedrals, 10000 glebe houses, 81 Epis-
copal palaces, and 100000 acres of
land, much of it in good condition for
tillage.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

The fount of health appears to be at
Acworth, n. c.. The town has over 900
inhabitants, and yet last year not a
woman died. Six old men died, each
over seventy. The married men are pro-
posing colonies for the west.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16
Foreign.

soils at 95Ac Liverpool wheat market opens
quiet. California club at lbs 10d@13s Id !;
average California at rs 7d@12s 1Od spring
at los 8d@11s Sd. Floating cargoes steady
with a fair demand. Good cargoes red win
ter wheat off coast at 55s. Politics more re-
assuring
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

STANDING Rock AGENCY, on the
Upper Missouri, takes its name from a
bottle-shaped bowlder about two feet
high and about eighteen inches through
at its base, on the prairie two miles north
of this point. Every day it is visited by
members of the tribe, who paint it red,
green or yellow, as fancy dictates. In
summer wreaths of flowers are thrown
over the rock, and in winter the upper
portion is wrapped in flannel
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

THE historical island of st. Helena is
said to rapidly going to decay, owing to
the opening of the Suez canal, the use
of steam condensers, and the accelerated
speed of vessels plying between Europe
and India. There are now only 1851
males left on the island, of whom 1,154
are children
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

A CANAL across the state of Michigan
is talked of. As the state law prohibits
the undertaking of public improvements
of this character, it will have to be prose-
cuted by the general government, if at
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

THE socialistic press of Germany has
been increased by the publication of ten
new journals, started in various parts of
the empire. Der Socialist has also been
started in Vienna, and another new
organ of the same character in Zurich.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

in the Paris International exposition
of this year there is to be chess congress,
which will probably exceed in import
ance any previous thing of the sort. An
apartment in the main building is to be
fitted up, and the French government is
to give an object of art worth 5000
francs as prize to the champion.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16
"sHoPIJFTERo was arrested tn,

A sHoPLIFTER" was arrested the
other day in Paris, who bore under his
arm a very innocent looking box, SEEM
ingly done up in paper and tied with a
cord, but this box had false bottom,
opening and closing with spring. Its
owner would set it down on two or three
small articles while pretending to exam
inc something else, and when he took up
the box again the articles that had been
under it were inside it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

A QUEER death took place in York
State last week. It was the demise of a
savings bank of sheer old age. The Che
mango Valley Savings Bank died because
a quorom of trustees could not be OBJ
tained-six of the thirteen were dead,
and the other seven were SO old that
they wished to retire from banking. 1t
has paid everything, and has S130.65 on
hand. The balance is not overwhelm-
ing, but it is on the correct side Of the
ledger
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16
GENERAL.

The Pennsylvania State Editorial Asso-
citation has adopted a resolution urging Con.
gress to oppose all bills providing for the
official supervision of the press, The asso.
citation also approved the libel bill, recently
introduced in the state legislature.
FIVE of the Reading, Penn, railroad
rioters have been sentenced to six months
Imprisonment EACH
IHE contested election case of Dean
against Field, of Mississippi, has been con.
Guided. One of the democrats on the sub
committee decides with The republican
members in favor Of Field.
HANLocy, OF Toronto. CHALLENGES Fgan
Morris, Of Pittsburg, Pa, to row a four mile
race, with one turn, for 81 900 a side. OF
such larger stakes as he may desire and the
championship OF the United States.
PHILADELPHIA is agitated over the
troubles affecting the housesin the morocco
trade. The principal house in trouble is F.
and a. Stokes, importers of hides and skins
The firm attributes its embarrassment to the
fall of Geo. w. Hummel & Co., who were
indebted to +. & {. Stokes over $780, 900.
The following houses are also reported in.
solvent: John Deemer & Sons, 100000
William Il. Stewart & Co., $4,000; Ham.
mend !, Devicer, $4,000; Harvey Linch &
Co., $4,000; Stewart Allen, ST., 900; Edward
Evans Co, $4,000; C. Bockins, $4,000: |,
6. Baker Manufacturing Company of vii.
mington, 100000. f. & C. Stokes are credi-
ors for about three-fourths of all the liabli,
ties OF the above-named firms.
IL
}. Iilden, to recover $4,000 back tax, with
interest, has been decided in Tilden's favor.
THE Iowa legislature, OH the 22d inst, re-
elected United States Senator Allison.
OWEN MURPHY, the fugitive excise com.
missioner, is reported to be dangerously i'll
at Ottawa, and his wife is said to be insane.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16

THE cordwood in the other mans LOT
is just about ripe enough 10 gather.
The dark Of the moon is considered the
best time to harvest il.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16
SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN.
CURRENT TOPICS.

The Georgia Legislature is considering
law prohibiting the selling of tobacco
to minors.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.
GENERAL FOREIGN NOTES.

THE Earl of Carnarvon, colonial secre-
tary, and Lord Derby, foreign secretary,
have rendered their designations. The
formers resignation has been accepted.
There is reason to believe that Derby Will
reconsider his withdrawal.
A PROVINCIAL journal says the Duke OF
Cambridge, field marshal commandments
chief, who was visiting in the country, was
Unexpectedly summoned to London by
telegraph.
A PORTION of the town of Pesth is mum
dated by rise in the river Danube. A re-
currence of the disaster of 1875 and 1876 is
feared.
THE French chamber OF deputies, has
adopted bill granting amnesty for press
offences. Two thousand and seven hundred
persons were convicted of such offences
under the De Broglie cabinet.
THE marriage rites of King Alfonso and
Princess Mercedes were performed al
Madrid on the 3d. amidst great public re-
joicing.
TOMAS WESTON i Co., merchants, ship
owners and insurance agents, London, have
failed Liabilities $275,OOO.
THE steamship Ponce has been sunk in
collision off Liverpool, and two persons
drowned.
THE French Chamber of Deputies, by a
vote of 434 to Z, approved the annexation OF
the island of st. Bartholomew.
THE question between the Argentine Re.
public and Chill, concerning the Patagonian
frontier, has been arranged by an agree
ment to submit to arbitration in accordance
with the provisions of the treaty of 1856.
CLEoPATRA's NEEDLE arrived at Graves
end on the 21st inst
THE Fenian McCarthy's funeral took
place at Dublin on the Goth inst. 1t is
estimated that 10000 people followed the
remains to the grave.
1T reported that the Chinese have cap.
tured the city of Kashgar.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-02-16
WASHINGTON.

THE secretary of the treasury has refused
to receive drafts issued by bankers and 9TH
ers, in payment of subscriptions to the four
per cent. loan.
On the 18th inst. Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines
was at the land office to ascertain to whom
was issued patents for about &c, 600 acres Of
land granted TO her father, Daniel Clark,
between 1901 and 1904.
THE president entertained ex-Secretary