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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-13

QdpESsBuRo. N. y, Hept. Ex-senator Blaino
addressed TN ong Of 5pO persons nc the nif here To-
day He devoted himseli largely 10 financial matters
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-13

The Cincinnati Times, abiding TO certain
denas that Gen. SHERMAN wrote aetter TO Car
dinnl McCLosKEY In reference to tho resolve OF
the Generals son to become prlost. snys.
Not only docs the letter exist hut there 10 copy ~
denusitrd WITH MI. G. W. MOuLrOS. Ten sHkRsAN's
hruthc nlaw. In this Guy who has not heaaisi reni
~ tos.ther with sHmlar letter from ten. SHrRnAN to
hlmsrl IN NNerAl Ietsnns"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-13

HAYFs's last official act before leaving
Washington to mako campaign speeches In the
Northwest. was To romovo Postmaster FILLEY
OF 81. Louis FOR talking politics out OF business
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-13

Measured by the patent medicine standard
this In not very enthusiastic pun 1t was
enough. however. to buy for the CAMERON Ring
tho zealous support OF JAr GoULD's ncws-
paper. which now speaks respectfully OF Bon
MAcKEr and NIKE Quay. urges Pittsburgh nc-
publicnns to vote for RUSSELL ERRErr and
even goes 40 far RI to express edtorally. its
enrnest conviction thM tho Widow OLIVER is
an adventurous md blackmailer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-13

The Now Hampshire Democrats. warned
by the fate that Inns oyertakcn their brethren In
Maine, give a wide berth to the doctrine that
HAYEs's title, although fraudulent. Is sacred
In their State Convention yesterday. before
nominating the Hon. FRANK A. McKEAs by ac-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-13

The Republicans Of pennsylvania are re-
ceiving through thu mails autographed fac
SMILES OF the following letter. In Don CAM
rRoS's own handwriting:
Wv DEAR SIN. You doubtless appreciate the fact that
mani VI We csen,o Of out state arc IN the habit " read
lhE the New lnrk newtpnpers, AMI csper tlli the
pFrn' am crelhly informed that that journal /, aim
nE 10 resume ia oi place sirndfAa supporter M hr
Republican party. and believe II IL our beet policy H.
encourage it, circulation. II you viii tend hrlpiny
hhud by enAsnng our friends the work forming
nbr for the weekly and srniweeklv, will nd anct
the Fooi cause. and ohlre YOURS truly
'M AsniSGfoE, u. C., Aug. 10 CisHEos"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21
a Bonanza King.

Mr.. Mackay, the bonanza king, was
born IN Dublin, in 1885, and is now in
the very prime of life. His career up to
the year 1868 was marked by many
viclssitudes. He then became associated
with Mr.. I. NJ. Walker, and to this firm
were added, in 1865, Messrs Flood and
OBrien. In 1868 Mr.. Walker retired,
and Mr.. Fair came in. The stupendous
enterprise of these four men then be-
came manifest. They having secured
the Hale and Norcross, one of the bo-
nanza mines, were enabled to procure
others, finally purchasing the CONSOLE
dated Virginia ground for about $780,,
900. Further acquisitions of territory
resulted In their obtaining the marvel
Gus deposit of Gre known as the Com
stock lode. With their constantly in
ereaslng capital, and the active and
incessant efforts made by Mackay and
his partners, the wonderful bonanza
mines were eventually opened to the as
tonished world. Mr.. Mackay has three
eighths of the profit derived from them,
and yearly adds to his overlooking ex-
chequer the almost famulous sum of
S12, 0OO,00 This is calculated to bring
MIN In exactly SO per minute, 81, 5OO
an hour, and $50, 900 day. Little over
forty-two years OF age, Mr. Mackay is
still in the prime of life, has a hand
some, commanding face, splendid
physique and fine presence, and wheth
among his miners, in the society of the
etate, or in the bosom of his family, we
behold in the boss of the big bonanza all
those attributes which go to make up the
thorough man and the courtly gentle
man.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21
About Carrier-Tigeons,

In his interesting manual of natural
history which is now appearing in small
installments, Scarpaneri says that car
rier-pigeons of good breed, although
they may be started in company and
bound for the same place, fly quite in
dependently of one another. Each one
selects its own course, some taking
higher others lower flight, and speeds
on its way without taking any heed of
its neighbors. The birds, in fact, seem
to know that they are racing, and each
one exerts itself to the utmost to arrive
first at the goal In the neighborhcod
of every pigeon-house there are always
certain places, trees, etc, which are usu-
ally favorite resorts of the birds; but
when coming in in a race the well-bred
pigeon never stops for a moment at any
OF these haunts, but flies straight to its
own particular house, frequently arriv-
ing there in so exhausted state as to be
unable even to eat the food it is most
fond of. Birds which are setting, or
which have lately Matched young, are
generally taken in preference to others
for racing; but instances have been
known in which carrier-pigeons of good
breed which have been taken to fresh
home, and which have Matched young
there, have deserted their brood and
flown away to their original home at the
first opportunity they had of escaping.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21
a Story of CfarIbaldi.

A characteristic anecdote of Garibaldi
Is reated in a "Life" of that general,
recently published. One evening in
1861 he was met by a Sandman shep-
herd, who was lamenting the loss of one
OF his lambs. Garibaldi at once pro-
posed to his staff that the mountains
should be explored for the little vagrant,
but, after an unavailing search, the SOL
diers retired to rest Not so, the gener-
al, however. For the next morning
Garibaldi, who was accustomed always
to be the first man awake in the camp.
was found by his attendant in bed and
fast asleep. On being aroused, heopened
his eyes In some alarm, and instantly in
quired whether the rest of the house was
awake or not. He was relieved on re-
ceiving an answer in the negative, and
stretching his arm under the counter
pane of the bed, he brought to light a
tiny lamb, which he handed to his
friend, urging him to take it with all
speed and without being observed to the
dlseonsolate shepherd. The friend had
Just time to remark that by the side of
the bed was a saucer, in the bottom of
which remained few drops of milk.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21

THE president has appointed Hon. 5.
Newton Pettis, of Pennsylvania, minister
resident and consul general at Bolivia.
ADAM BADEAU, consul-general at Lon
don, has been restored to the list OF retired
officers as captain.
COMMISSIONER RAUM informs the secre-
tary of the treasury that the internal reve-
nue. tax collections for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, last, were $104, III ,437 accounted
for, and $9,705 unaccounted for. The de-
iciencies will be made good by the default
ers or bondsmen.
THE commissioner of internal revenue
decides that medicated wines and distilled
spirits are subject to tax the same as If not
medicated.
THE treasury department has issued
circular intended to encourage the circula-
ton of standard silver dollars, which can
now be issued in multiples of 1000 not ex-
ceeding 10000 as provided by law.
GEN. LEW WALLACE, of Indiana, has
been appointed governor of New Mexico,
vice Axtel suspended.
THE treasury department directs the col
lector of customs at New York to levy du-
ties at the rate of three cents per pound on
locomotive tiers or parts thereof hereafter
imported or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, whether composed of steel or
iron.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21
FEVER-SMITTEN MEMPHIS.
The Awful Shadow That Now Rests
Upon the City,
Heart-Rending Stories of Suffering and
Death---HerOism and Self.
Sacrifice.

MEMPHIS, September 4.-Our CITY at
present is one vast charnel house. I'm
dertakers report 90 interments for the
"a hours ending at 6 P. NJ. OF these, 90
deaths were caused by yellow fever; rs
were white and 20 colored. A visit to
undertakers' establishments tonight
discovered the fact that at night
fall there were about 60 more
reported dead, that are still I'M
buried. The question of disposing of
the dead is becoming a serious one
Citizens relief committee has employed
burial corps OF thirty negroes to assist
the county undertaken and his men, and
it has even been suggested to burn the
dead if they cannot be buried more
promptly, as corpses have been known
to lay unburied for more than forty
eight hours, burthening the air with
foul odor, and becoming so revolving
that people have fed the neighborhoods,
and it is with difficulty men can be
hired to haul them to the potter
field.
MEMPHIS, September S.-Another sad
day with us has passed and nearly a
hundred fresh mounds are added to our
cemeteries and the potter's field. Total
number of interments reported up to G
P. NJ. are II, with one firm of under
takers to hear from, which will make
the deaths this day in the neigh borhood
of one hundred. Physicians are SC
pressed for time that the majority prefer
to violate the ordinance requiring them
to report, to neglecting the sick. Six
resident physicians report ninety-six
new cases, and it is safe to assert there
are nearly two hundred.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21
Games
New York.

NEW YORK, September 800 P. M
Cotton-Quiet and unchanged. Flour-Dull
and unchanged; receipts 10000 bbls; sales
5000 bbls. Wheat-Dull; receipts $4,000
bus; sales 5000 bus; No. 2 red, seller Oc-
Der at $l.0SH. Rye-Steady. Corn-Ac-
tive; receipts $4,000 bus; sales 100000
bus at 47@4954c Barley-Nominal. Oats
Quiet; receipts.8, 900 thus; sales 1000 bus
at 26@331ac for mixed western; 2S@37c
for white. Pork-Quiet at $S60@8.70.
Lard-About steady. Whisky-Unchanged.
Petroleum-Crude at 55sc; refined at 10Hc.
Coal, Leather, and Wool-Firm.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21

CHICAGO, September II 80 P. M
Wheat-Heavy and lower; No. 2 red at
69Ac for cash; 90Ac for seller October; No.
spring at 86Ic for cash; 865s@S6s4c for
seller October. Corn--Weak and lower at
35Ac for cash 37c for seller October. Oats
Weak and lower at 1911c for cash; 21@
q sc for seller October Rye-At 45c. Bar
ley-At $l.O2 for cash; S1.02@1.03 for seller
September Pork-Weak and lower at $3.50
for cash 1917 for seller October. Lard
Weak at $6.67H for cash; $670 for seller
October. Whisky-At $1.07. Hogs-Re-
ceipts 5000 head; quiet and steady light
at $3.90@4.O0; heavy packing at $500
$50; heavy shipping at S3.90@4.1O.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21
GEN ERAL,

GEN.SPRAGUE, L. s. A, died at New York
city on the night of the 9th inst
THE reports from the fever-strickeu cities
OF the south increase in terror. The Mem
phis Appeal says of the situation at that
point "But three short weeks ago our
city was active with business of all classes.
our people were happy and prosperous, and
the entire business community was in cheer.
full temper over the prospect of heavy and
lucrative fall trade. Now our streets are
deserted, our stores and residences empty.
and out OF a population of more than fifty
thousand barely five thousand remain, and
of these nearly five hundred are in the
grave"
The executive council of the national
board of trade closed two days session at
Portland, Me-, on the 9Th instant. The
council decided to hold a session in Wash
lngten early in December for the purpose
OF pressing upon congress the executive
action taken by the board at Milwaukee
and previous meetings, looking to the ex-
tension of our trade with foreign countries
and to the negotiation of commercial trea-
ties, to the revival of American tonnage in
0oAOeiS anu Inhlntalnance or the currenCy
on coin basis. The presidents of all con-
sttutlonal boards are invited to the Wash.
ington meeting.
RETURNS from $50 towns in New Hamp-
shire indicate majority of II 900 or Is, 900
for Proctor and the Republican state ticket
on light vote.
FREDERICK GERIKEN, proprietor of the
st. Lawrence Hall Hotel, Montreal, has
failed. Liabilities $500, 900; secured claims
$4,000. Difficulties are from real estate
speculation.
REPORTS in Texas papers of revolutions
in Mexico, are untrue; the country never
was freer from anarchy than now, and no
president has been SO universally popular or
so strong as Porfrio Diaz
ABOUT sixty clerks, mostly female, were
discharged from the Office of the commits
sioner of the land Office at Washinston. on
the 31st. Lack of funds is the cause.
IKE awful pest of yellow fever is still
ravaging the south. The number of new
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21
Real Courage.

1t was in the corner saloon, and he
had just been invited to take a drink,
and stood leaning on his elbow on the
counter when the avalanche of water
during the recent food struck South
Main street, and the alarm was sounded
by the shrieking whistles and the frantic
ringing of the fre-bells. Men and wo-
men went nearly crazy and the widest
excitement prevailed, but he did not
waver, or for moment lose his pres
ence of mind. He called for whisky
sour, and drank it with GOODNESS and
rare presence of mind deserving of hon.
orable mention.~Eureko (Nev.) Sentinel.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21
THE WEST.

AT the hreman's tournament at Chicago
on the 4th inst, the Barnes of Burlington,
VT, won the first national prize in the hose
cart race. The Alerts, of Big Rapids, Mich,
took the second. Dixon, of Dixon, H.,
third national and first state prize Rescue,
of Decatur, second state prize; aud Shoofy
OF Jacksonville, third state prize. Besides
the belt and two wheeled hose carriage, the
first national prize includes $500 cash the
second prize is $500; third prize is $3.50; the
first state prize is 5000 and the championship
belt; the second 500; the third is $75.
A REUNION of participants in the late
war, from both sections, was held at Mar
ietta, Ohio. Good fellowship existed
throughout the exercises.
CHAUNCEY r. FILLEY, postmaster at st.
Louis, was removed on the 4th inst, and
Samuel Hays appointed. The president de-
cided upon this change before leaving for
the northwest.
The grand lodge of Good Templars of
the state of Wisconsin elected the follow
ing officers: G. w. c. t., Phil. Allen, jr.,
OF Mineral Point; G. A. c.. T. d. Kanouse,
Waterfowl; q. w. V. T., Mrs. NJ. A Wilcox,
Victoria; G. A. S. and T., B. 7. Parker,
Mauston. The salary of the Grand Worthy
Chief Templar was fixed at $1,000 per an
mum, and expenses.
THE Grand Lodge of Good Templars of
Wisconsin met at Madison on the Sd inst.
All the officers were present. and represen-
tatives and visitors to the number of 800
and upwards. The reports of the G. w. c.
T. and the G. w. S. show $50 lodges,
with membership of 20,S77 the net gain
of lodges for the year was 81; number of
members, 1868; balance in treasury, 81, 300.
The members of the order are jubilant over
the years successes.
THE supreme court at San Francisco, Cal,
on the Sd inst, rendered decision cover
ing the protested tax cases, by virtue of
which 100000 held by ex-Collecter Austin,
pending decision, will be turned into the
city treasury
HENRY II. HAIGHT, ex-governor of Cali
| fornia, died in San Francisco, Cal, on the
I'd inst, at the office of his physician, where
he had gone for medical assistance in case
of sudden illness. Cause of death not fully
determined.
ASSISTANT SURGEON A. B. CAMPELL, aged
| 5S, died at Chicago, on the I'd inst He
served honorably in the last war and the
Mexican war.
HENRY HEARTT, convict at the Ohio
penitentiary under sentence for assault with
intent to rob, was released on a writ of
habeas corpus, under peculiar circum-
stances, on the 5lst ult The penalty under
Ohio laws for this crime is sentence to the
penitentiary from two to fifteen years, but,
owing to mistake of the indge, Heart was
sentenced TO but one year, and on account
of this mistake secured his discharge.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
GENERAL FOREIGN NOTES.

SIGNOR AvEGANEf, minister of war I'M
der the Roman republic of 1S49, made a
speech at Tovre Maggiore, urging prepare
ten for war with Austria. Garibaldi has
again written a letter to the Papalo, agitat-
ing the same question.
LATER estimates of the number of persons
drowned by the collision in the Thames
are higher than those previously given. 1t
is now stated between 600 and 700 were
lost, the majority of the estimates favoring
the latter number. A diver says he felt
corpses packed four and five deep in the
cabin of the Princess Alice.
IT is said France and Italy jointly notify
the porte that they will not permit the
bombardment of the Greek coast in the
event of war between Greece and Turkey.
Turkish troops are encroaching upon Greek
territory.
THREE hundred soldiers and firemen were
killed by water spout at Miskolez, Hun
gary. They were buried in one grave. Two
hundred are still missing.
The steamer Princess Alice bound from
Gravesend to London, with an excursion
party of eight hundred on board, was run
into and sunk by the steam collier Bywell
Castle, on the evening of the Sd inst. The
loss of life was fearful, only about $50 per-
sons escaped.
TURKISH troops, after eight hours fight
ing, defeated the Adona insurgents and re-
captured the town. Six bands of Hellenic
insurgents are reported in Macedonia and
the neighborhood of Javina. Several Turkish
battalions have consequently been ordered
to Mavaster from Salonica 1t is reported
that two Turkish men of war have been or
dered to cruise off the Greek coast.
The anniversary of the battle of Sedan
was observed at Berlin as a holiday with
celebrations and Examinations.
1T is reported that negotiations has been
opened between the Russian ambassador
and grand vizier in regard to war indem-
nifty and expense of supporting Turkish
prisoners. The Russian demands are said
to be moderate.
ALL the property of the late Queen Chris
tina of Spain, valued at S,000,0 900 francs, is
left to her children by the Duke of Rian
zares, having in her lifetime given their
portions to Queen Isabella and the Duchess
of Montpensier.
The town of Meckalez, the capital of the
Circle of Baroodi, Hungary, has been al
most entirely laid waste by storm. One
thousand houses were destroyed by rainfall
and five persons killed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21
Negroes and Watermelons.
Norfolk Cor. Chicago Inter-Oeean.

Norfolk Cor. Chicago 1nter-Ocean.
once saw newspaper paragraph in
which was expressed the amazement of
a community that colored man in their
midst should commit suicide at the
height of the watermelon season, but
never appreciated the point OF the para
graph until to-day. One-third of the
population of Norfolk are colored. The
male portion of this element is seated
to-day upon the docks, upon scattering
dry goods boxes in streets and alleys, in
every place that offers a rendezvous, and
every one of them, man and boy, is eat
ing watermelon. The colored women
folks are seated on their door steps, in
groups around the pie and fruit stands
kept by their race, and in shady places
on the pavements, and they, too, all of
them, are eating watermelons. Water
melons are piled up in the corners of
warehouses like cordwood; they are
stacked along the pavement outside of
market houses, hundreds in a pile, with
n 'paulin thrown oyoI them as protec-
ton from the heat. Every boat at the
wharyes is loaded with watermelons.
saw a New York steamer a couple of
hours ago, and looking down upon her
lower deck | saw stack of watermelons
as big as house. The clerk of the boat
told me they had 10000 watermelons
aboard, consigned to dealers in Fulton
and Washington markets, New York.
The cutters are full of watermelon rinds:
the rinds are floating like a scum on the
surface of the river; there are piles of
them in every alley | have seen, sur
rounded by swarms of flies. You can
buy melons at every street corner, from
groceries, or wagons or fruit stands.
You can buy one as big as beer-keg
for ten cents-a bigger one than you can
comfortably carry-and the smaller ones
are sold at a graduated scale of prices,
from nine cents down to two cents.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21
THE EAST.

THE car drivers of New York city are on
strike, and the few cars that are running
are in charge of policemen. The drivers
exhibit riotous tendencies, and in one in
stance car was overturned and the driver
maltreated.
VIM. c. ROGERS and j. Jarvis Jones, sta
TONERS, have been arreste on suits begun by
New York city to recover nearly one million
dollars paid during the reign of the old
ammany ring, upon alleged fraudulent
warrants. Bail has been fixed at 1856, 900.
The defendants have claims against the city
which have been audited for about s.. 600. :
600.
THE New York Republican state conven.
ton will be held at Saratoga on the 9th
instant.
SUIT has been entered in New York CITY
against Alfred Il Young TO recover S427. 900
for alleged fraud in weights on importations
of sugars, and against Durant & Durant to
recover $67, 900 penalties for alleged im-
proper classification of imported goods.
ORVILLE GRANT, brother of the ex-presi.
dent, was sent to the insane asylum at Nor
ristown, n. j., on the 4th inst. His mind
runs on immense speculations.
THE second annual exhibition of the
Pittsburg, Pa, exposition, under the new
management, opened on the Sd under more
favorable auspices. All the leading mer.
chants and manufacturers are represented,
and display is considered to be the finest
ever made.
The House OF Bishops in public session
at New York, on the Sd inst, unanimously
deposed Bishop McCoskrey, of Michigan.
THE steamer City of Chester arrived at
New York on the 1st inst. Jno. Reming,
an officer of the Pullman car company, died
on the passage from Liverpool.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21

AT low tide at Monterey, Cal, part
of the wreck of vessel, formerly in the
Natalia, can be seen, though very few
who see it are aware that she is or was
the ship on which Napolean Bonaparte
escaped from EIba 63 years ago, to re-
vive his broken power by his immense
personal magnetism, and lose it forever
on the memorable field of Waterloo.
The old vessel, now slowly going to pieces
in the Pacific, has local history. She
brought to California, in 1924, from
Mexico, the colony of Hijas, whose mem
bers intended to settle in what was then
Sonomo, they returned to Monterey and
gradually dwindled into indistinction,
being typified by the ship that had trans
ported them thither
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21

SERGEANT Boston CoRBETT, who
shot John Wilkes Booth, writes to the
postmaster general from Camden, n. j.,
requesting that officer to interest himself
in securing employment for Corbett in
the Camden postoffice. He encloses in
his letter of application his article
printed more than year ago describing
the pursuit and killing of Booth, and
says he has never been in any govern
ment position, although he thinks he has
earned some consideration for his SER
vices. He says very modest situation
will satisfy him.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-21

THE air-brake has been successfully
tried on freight train at the Veta Pass,
on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad.
On down grade of 2l1 feet to the mile
the experiment was made with a train of
twelve fat cars loaded with green lum-
Der, and weighing nearly 200 tons. The
train was running at a good rate of
speed, but by the application of the
brakes was stopped short in a distance
OF $40 feet in % seconds, and with the
throttle of the engine wide open. The
air at the Veta Pass only sustains a col
ume of mercury of p inches, so that the
pumps of the brake had to compass 'ne
air through nine-thirtieths of the strike
to get air of the same density as the
humps take in at the sea level.