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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-28

A dry goods clerk who was staying
after ordering MS dinner at a Washing
ton street restaurant the other day, was
requested by the waiter to take charge
for a minute while he stepped around
the corner. Before the waiter returned,
a big, hungry-loozing customer entered,
entrenched himself behind the first table,
glared at the biz Of fare, held upside
down, and savayely demanded what
there was % eat The clerk saw that
this was an emegonoy that must be
met. and. aftel P;nping on a napkin, APP
preached and ran over the card after the
manner of the couner:
a shall be ple.sed," said he, to
show you very strlish line. We have
neat article in t,mato soups-we are
opening Il new mvoce of white fish-we
can put up superior quality of veal, or
lamb with mint sauce-and here, O.,
here is a lemon pi' that is all the rage,
and
" All the" PIT in the customer,
catching his breath. See here, young
man. | hail from Norwich, and | can't
stand SO much git-edge. You needn't
put up any veal or open any fish around
me. If you have anything fit for a
square meal trot it out, and if you
haven't Pill"
What he would have done will never
be known, 'or at this juncture the waiter
himself came in opportunely, and the
clerk dropped the napkin and retired i'll
short order TO enjoy his own dinner,
ordering an extra cup of coffee to tran
quilize his 1erves,-BinghamPtOn RePub-
Ijc1u
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white mustard seed and one ounce cloves,
fill the peppers and tie the lids on cover
with cold boiled cider vinegar.
FRENCH MUsTARD.-Two and half
pounds of mustard, one quart of vine
gar, two-thirds pounds of brown sugar.
Boil the vinegar and sugar, taking Oft
the scum. Brown half the mustard and
mix with the other half; and by degrees
to the sugar and vinegar Set in cool
place.
SWEET CORN can be kept for winter use
by cutting from the cob, either boiled or
raw, and packing in jars and sprinkllng
little salt between the layers and salt
on top, covering with a cloth and board
and weight. Soak when used, and boil
longer than pork. String beans can be
served the same way; of course they are
not as nice or as fresh, but do for change.
SILVER PIE.-One large potato, peeled
and grated; add the juice and rind OF a
lemon to the white of an egg, well beaten I;
add one cup of sugar and one cup. OF
water; beat well together, and bake IN a
dish, with one crust. When done, beat
the whites of three eggs with hall a cup
of fine sugar, and pour over the top and
set it in the oven to brown.
CELERY PICKLES. = Take good-slzed
cucumbers; slice thin, crossgraln, on a
vegetable-cutter, and let stand over
night in a weak brine; drain; then take
enough vinegar to cover them, ana put
on the stove, and to gallon OF vinegar
put a quarter of a pound of celery SEED
and quarter of pound of white mus
tard seed; boil half an hour, and pour
over the pickles; put weight on them
PEACH MARMALADE.-Take ripe free
stone peaches. Pare, stone and quarter
them; to pound of fruit allow three
quarters of loaf sugar and half an
ounce of almonds. Blanch the almonds
in scalding water and pound them until
smooth. Scald the peaches in a very
! little warm water; mash them; mix them
with the sugar and almonds and put the
whole into a preserving kettle. Boil II
! to a thick, smooth paste. Skim and stu
| it well, and keep the kettle covered as
much as possible. Fifteen minutes will
be sufficient to boil them. When cold
put up in glass jars.
/ PLUM JELLY.-Pour boiling water
over the plums sufficiently to cover
them. Pour off the water Immediately
and drain. Then put the plums in a
preserving kettle with boiling water
enough to cover them again, and boil
until they begin to open and some of the
juice is extracted; pour off the liquid
and strain it; to each pint of juice ado
/ one pound of white sugar; return to the
kettle and boil from twenty to thirty
minutes, as it may require, and you will
have the most delicious jelly you ever
tasted. The plums may be used fol-
sauce or pies and are as good as though
they had not gone through the above
operation. Common wild plums make
as nice jelly as any other kind.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-28
The Dark Day.

An old lady now living on the Little
Colorado, who has attained to the COM
Portable age of 128 years, was 80 years
of age at the time of the dark day, of
which she has a vivid recollection, and
recalls many interesting incidents that
took place with her people, the Spanish,
and also the Indians, who were more
superstitious. The Spaniards buried all
their saints, of which they had a goodly
number, while the Indians took to feast
ing upon dogs and other animals. The
" dark day" was 50 called on account of
the remarkable darkness that extended
throughout America. The observation
commenced about 10 o'clock in the
morning of May 10, 1880, and continued
until the middle of the next night.
Birds sang their evening songs, disap-
peared, and remained silent; fowls went
to roost, cattle sought the barnyard, and
candles were lighted in the houses. The
true cause of this remarkable pheno-
menon is not, and will probably never
be known.-Arizona Miner.
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GENERAL FOREIGN NOTES.

A RAGUsA telegram states that the Mon
tenegrins are endeavoring tc shell the Turks
out of Podgoritza.
A VIENNA dispatch says the Arnauts, an Al
bBniaa tribe. are preparing to defend their
territory against Servians who are massing
troops near Urania.
THE Constitutional says it would not be at
all surprised if President MacMahon re-
signed in October.
THE loss of the Bosnians at Seraieva is
800 killed and zoo wounded 1t is thought
many in addition were carried away by their
friends. Austrian wounded, 300.
IT is stated from Seragevo that proof has
been discovered of Seryia's completely in
the Bosnian insurrection. Montenegro is ac-
cused of like violation of international obi
CATIONS
GEN. J. OvANovICK announces that the
insurgent positions before Stalatz were ear
ried by the Austrians on the 21st inst, after
several hours severe fighting. Several in
surgent chiefs were killed. The Austrians
lost ten killed and thirty-two wounded.
The Austrians captured twenty-seven can
non at Serapud.
QUEEN CHRISTINA, of Spain, died at
Sainte Adresse, France, on the 22d inst.
PRINCE MILAN, of Servia, has issued a
proclamation announcing the independence
of Servia and a reduction of the army to a
! peace footing.
A CORRESPONDENT at Berlin tclegraphs
that Russia has determined to retain her
! positions before Constantinople until the
evacuation of Batoum is completed.
! HOsTILITIEs broke out on the goth inst
between the Turks and Montenegrins neal
! Podgoritza Five thousand insurgents have
/ been defeated near Stolatz with heavy loss
THE Russian Gen. Staetof has organized
/ $4,000 Bulgarian volunteers, to whom the
| Gar has furnished arms and officers.
RETURNS of the French bureau of elec
tons show that the Republicans have ma
! jority in 81 out of 70 councils, general Re
publican gain of s.
THE National Zeit1ng says the signatory
/ powers have addressed circumstances il
identical terms TO the Porte againstits dsre
1 gard of the claims of Greece.
A VIENNA dispatch says that Count ichy
has informed the Porte that in the event O
more bloodshed in the provinces now bein!
occupied by the Austrian troops, tina
Austria will definitely annex Bosnia anC
/ herzegovina.
GEN. TODLEBEN was fired at by younl
Greek, at a recent interview. The would
be assassin was promptly arrested.
BELGRADE newspapers allege that tire,
Austrian regiments, when near Valiki
| Lwornik, having refused TO advance, wer,
decirnated. As they still remained muffin
Gus further executions took place. The re
mainder were sent prisoners TO Austria.
THE worlds congress of the Younj
Mems Christian Association met at Geneva
Switzerland, on the 18th, with a measure 0
success highly satisfactory to its promoter
One thousand delegates were present from
America, Belgium, England, France, Hol
| land, Spain, and the Protestant cantons 0
| Switzerland.
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SOcOtra.

The British flag now floats on another
island SocOtra, which lies off the Gulf
OF Alden, was reoccupied two months
ago. In 1884, when steam began to be
used in the Indian seas, the island was
coveted as a coaling station, and a de-
tachment Of Bombay sepoys was sent to
annex 1t, despite the opposition of the
sultan of keshin, its owner. On the ac-
QUESTION of Alden, five years later, So
cotra was abandoned. When the Sue2
canal shares were purchased its reoccu-
patton was again decreed, and the sultan
OF keshln was this time induced to be-
come teudatory of Great Britain for a
consideration. The present landing is
the result OF that arrangement. As the
island lies almost directly in the line of
communication with India from the Red
Sea, it has acquired additional import
ance by the construction of the Suez ca
nal, and this consideration has, it is I'M
derstOod, determined the action of the
British government. There are about
5000 inhabitants, consisting of two dis
tlnct races-namely, Arabs who have
settled on the island, and the aboriginal
inhabitants, who are BedOuins, wander
ing from one part of the island to an
other with their fiocks and herds. The
principal commercial products are aloes,
of the finest quality, the dragons blood
tree, tamarInds, tobacco, and various
fruits and gums, besides some cotton and
indigo. The civet cat and chameleon
are distributed all over the island.
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GEN Err AL.

I COURTNEY and Hanlon, celebrated oars.
men, have signed articles for five mile
race with a turn for 81 800 a side, to take
piece October l. Course not yet agreed on,
The yellow fever still continues it's work
OF death in the south and mortality is in.
creasing in all the infected cities. The peo.
pie OF Memphis, Tenn. who are able to
move are ordered to leave the CITY, and the
mails have been discontinued from different
points in the South.
OWING to the prevalence of yellow fever,
John ". Stokes, NJ. W. Grand Sire, issues
an order that the approaching session of the
grand lodge OF the United States, |. o. 0. F.,
will be held in Baltimore, Md, on the third
Monday proximo, instead of Austin, Texas.
as expected.
AT the annual convention of the National
Amateur Rowing Association, at Newark.
Nj, on the Dist instant, Q. NJ Remington
of Providence, f. L. Reyes, of Philadel-
phla, and W. H. Allen, were elected men,
bers of the executive committee for three
years.
HE Cincinnati city council has formally
announced the result of the vote on the is
suance of 100000 funds to complete the
Southern railway. This formal action will
permit the immediate resumption of work
on the unfinished portion Of the road.
Hon. BAILIE PEYTON died at his resi-.
dence in Gallatin, Tenn, on the 10th inst
of etfusion of the brain. He was a repre.
sentative in congress from 1882 10 1897
served on the staff of Gen. Taylor in the
Mexican war, was subsequently made minis
ter to Chill by Pr Mt Fillmore. and
afterwards United States district attorney
for Louisiana, and practiced law in San
Francisco in 1860
HE standing of each base ball club in the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-28
a FEW of the county fairs to come of,
with location and dates, are:

LAST Friday a man by the name Of
Shafer was found dead at Pine Grove.
He had few days previously escaped
from the county Jail, where he had been
placed in default of bail in a suit brought
against him for bastardy by a girl in this
city by the name of Bolte. The man
evidently came to his death through the
effects of poison, and it is supposed that
he took it himself, in order to end his
troubles Shafer was a man about sixty
years of age, and there many who THINK
that he was made to suffer for the SIN OF
Tw0 Rivers ChrOn1cle
The Madison Journal says, in reference
to a severe storm Saturday evening:
''The farm house of Washington Com
stock, near Syene, was struck by light
ming bolt and badly demoralized, MANY
Of the rafters and shingles being literally
torn to splinters, and the entire frame
work badly racked. Several of the fam
lily were stunned, and one boy quite
severely hurt. A stack of tame hay on
the farm of Mr.. Darmody, in the town
of Fitchburg, off the Oak Hall road,
was struck during the storm, and was
soon in blaze of fire. The entire stack
was burned, but none of the adjoining
farm buildings were injured. Several
persons lying in their beds IL this city
were more or less injured by the light
ming shocks. a notable case was that of
Mr.. Reuben L. Garlick, who was made
i'll, but recovered.
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Chicago

CHICAGO, August pa 30 P. NJ Wheat
Weak and lower; No. red at 94c for
cash; 94Hc for seller September; No.
spring at 923{c for cash 9OAc for seller
September; soc asked for seller October.
Corn-'Veak and lower; 3793715c for cash;
373sc for seller September; 3S14c for Octo-
Der Oats-FIrmer at 21Hc for cash; 2l1@
@2l5sc for seller September Rye-Un-
changed. Barlay-Firmer at $L04% for
cash !; $685. for seller September. Pork
Weak and easier at s.. 711@9.60 for cash
80 7O@972H for seller October. Lard
Firmer at $7.22I4 for cash; $7.2712 for seller
I October. Whsky-At S1.07. Hogs-Re-
ceipts $500 head; fairly active and frm &c
higher; light at $41O@4 %; heavy packing
at $4.0O@4.35; shipping at $4.30@465.
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A French Horror.

On the 18th ultimo a lettering old
man, who proclaimed himself a centen-
arian, was securing repeated treats from
ardent Republicans by declaring that he
had been a prisoner in the accursed
Bastlle, whose demolition they were
celebrating. The sympathizing crowd
figured it out: "17S9 from 1873, he
was only II years old. O, the horrors Of
the anclen regimen. Hoia, garcon; pose
les en- ham encore (Hi, boy; set 'em up
again They asked him, as he was
wlplng his mouth, how long he had rot
ted IN that loathsome place. " Thirty
years, he said, in a sepulchral voice.
Horrible" exclaimed the crowd. " At
the age of II years the unfortunate child
had already been 30 years secluded from
hight and air. A bGs les flJr0nsn'
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-28

GENERAL W. II. II. DAVIS, one of the
United States commissioners to the Paris
exposition, has presented the several in
teresting souvenirs of LAFAYETTE and
Rochambeau's revolutionary exploits to
their descendants in Paris. which he
carried out with him as gifts from
friends and admirers i'm America. The
souvenirs presented to the MARQUIS de
Lafayette consist of a beautiful gold
mounted cane, made from the hand-rail-
ingo the stairway of the old Bethlehem
house where General LAFAYETTE Law
wounded after the battle of Brandy
wine, and two small paintings; one rep
resents the house where General Lafav-
cite lay wounded, and the other the
house in Warwick township where
Lafayette reported to Washington's
headquarters in August, 1877, for duty
in the Continental army. TO Count
Rochambeau General Davis presented
ali inkstand made from a block Of wood
out of the old Lafayette house in Beth
lehem. In tlfe elaborate carvings of the
inkstand are blended the feur de lis, the
stars and stripes, the shield with coat of
arms of the Rochambeau family, the
shield of the United States with cannon,
muskets and other implements of war,
the stopper representing a miniature
carving Of the old Bethlehem house in
which Lafayette lodged, and all mount
edon Tennessee marble.
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Careful of Her Sash.

A California paper says: "In the
palace car on the Central Pacific railroad,
the other day, was little girl whose
dress was adorned with a sash. In seat
ing herself she happened to sit down on
a portion of the sash, but suddenly
bounced up, and, with an expression Of
pain on her features, exclaimed: Oh.
goodness What is the matter. little
girlT asked a passenger in seat near
by Oh, there amt much the matter :,
was the reply, but you Just bet your
bottom dollar that | amt going to sit
down on that sash again in hurry"
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THE EAST.

AT Hartford, Conn, on the 23d inst,
Rarus trotted the fastest three successive
heats ever made-2:l5, 2:13H and 2:13M.
The conditions OF the trial were a purse of
81 800 if the three heats averaged 2:1S or
under, and 5000 extra if 2 IA was beaten.
THE will Of Montague, the actor, leaves
all his property to his mother.
AT Erie, Pa, on the 22d instant, c. NJ.
Reeds horse Midnight trotted one of the
fastest miles evermade on a half mile track.
He trotted without skip, going to 1T the 1 9P 5:
ana ne ii lille in :23H.
b. ). BENTLEY, of Williamsport, Pa, has
been appointed judge of the Lackawana
district by Gov. Hantranft
THE liabilities of John f. Trow, publisher
of the New York directory, who failed some
time ago, are S2l7,0 900; assets $41 900
The remains of II. }. Montague the actor
who died in California recently, while on a
tour with his troupe, were buried in Green
wood cemetery, New York, on the Dist.
Two deaths from yellew fever occurred
at New York quarantine on the 10Th, one
OF the victims being VIM. REILLY, young
blacksmith who arrived from New Orleans
week previous. The brig Lemon from
Trinidad de Cuba was sent to quarantine on
the goth, a seaman named DELL having been
found suffering from yellow fever.
HE breaker boys employed in Dr. Pro-
versts mine, at Centralia, Pa, who struck
for an advance of wages recently, resumed
work on the 10Th on the basis of wages for
merly paid.
AFTER the body of John Teneyck (the
hanged murderer) reached Chester, Mass,
1T vas exhibited for several hours in the
freight house at ten cents admission IRE.
ceipts $3.50 by two colored men, one of
them father-in-law of the deceased
O'LEARY finished his 400 mile walk in
l22 hours, at Boston, Mass, on the 18th
inst, having 20 minutes to spare
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a HINT to Growing Employees.

John Brown, the trusted servant of
the Queen, Is said to owe his popularity
to the fact that the majority of English
servants, from the palace to the plain
residence in England, are great sticklers
about their peculiar duties. The butler
would see the kitchen on fire and the
cook the pantry flooded before inter
fering in saving the property of their
employer, simply because it was not IN
their department. John Brown is above
such narrow prejudices. If her Majesty
has to go anywhere, have anything done,
from cup of tea to the packing of a
trunk, from the selection of horse to
the purchasing of a book, John Brown is
always on hand, ready, able and willing
to bound over all the barriers of red tape
and formal departments, and get and do
these things, or see that they are done
promptly and properly. In this readi-
ness and untiring attendance he has in
gratiated himself with the good queen,
who fully values his honest energy and
integrity, and who has thus made him
her fayorite giIlie. He knows his place
and keeps it. He earns his pay and
pockets it.
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THE MARKETS.
New York.

NEW YORK, August 24-3 100 P. M.-Cot-
on-Steady. Flour-Steady; receipts 49,
900 bbls; sales $4,000 bbls at $4.O5@4.20 for
extra state; $400@5,75 for round hoop.
Wheat-Dull; receipts $4,000 bus; sales S.
900 bus; No. 2 winter red seller August
at $110; 10000 bus do seller September at
s1.O9. Rye-Heavy and duh. Corn Low
er; receipts $1,000 bus; sales 10000 bus at
47@4SMc for western mixed. Barley
Nominal. Oats-Firm; receipts Y, 900 bus;
sales $4,000 bus at 26@33c for mixed west
ern; 29@371zc for white. Pork-Heavy at
Sl020@lO.60. Lard-Steady at $7.25@7. 50.
Whisky-At $1.14M. Petroleum-Crude at
&c; refined at 1922. Coal and Leather
Firm. Wool-Heavy.
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League, at the close Of the week ending
August 18th, can easily be seen from the fol-
lowing table:

THE railroad running from Brockton, n.
Y, to Cory, Pa, and known as the "Cross-
cut" was on the 18th inst, sold with all the
equipments to William c. Lewis, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, for $4,000.
The ninth quadrennial convention of in,
structors of deaf and dumb of the United
States and Canada met at the Ohio institu-
tuition for the deaf and dumb, at Columbus,
on the 18th inst, President A. l.. Chaplin,
of Beloit, Wis., in the chair.
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THE WE ST.

LATE failures: John 4. Ellsler an actor
at Cleveland; liabilities $4,000; assets
$1,000. c. Clark, at Chicago; unsecured
debt $l07 200; no assets. At Pekin, Ill
Henry Z. Westerman, distilIer; liabilities
$250,000, of which 100000 is due the United
States. Assets nothing beyond cucumber
ances.
HE Julia mining company has contracted
with the Sutro tunnel company for a branch
tunnel from the main exit to the Julia shaft
The convention of deaf and dumb in.
structors at Columbus, Ohio, adjourned on
the 22d instant, to meet in four years at
some point to be selected in the interim
ROAD agents " went through" the Chey-
eune stage about 90 miles south of Dead
wood on the 22d instant, stripping the pass
engers and appropriaung the registered let
tiers from the mail bags.
FERDINAND 7. BREWSTER, dramatic critic
of the San Francisco Daily alta, and son
OF ex-Attorney General Brewster, of Penn
sylvania, died on the Dist instant, from in
juries received by the collision of a ferry
steamer with the wharf at Alamado, LAYING
off Dumbarton railroad, on the 18th.
y / MA VI E'ttttLl say tdFi L. L OIdnuy OF
ordnance department, I. ). A, died sud-
denly on the Goth inst
A HELENA, NJ. T., dispatch of the Goth
says: Indians last night stole the stage
stock from Pine Buttes and Spring Hill
Stations, few miles south of Pleasant Val
ley, Idaho, and eight head from near Camas
Greek, thirty miles south of Pleasant Val
ley. They are also said to have stolen
horses from a rancher near Spring Hill.
They are supposed to be Bannocks from
Idaho, and viii probably pass through Vel
lowstone Park"
f. B. MARBENDALL, of indianapolis.
Ind, filed his voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy on the 10th inst His liabilities.
amounting in the aggregate to $4,000, are
all secured by mortgages on his real estate
and valued at S503, 600.
o. P. BROOKS, treasury expert, has dis
covered considerable quantities of spurious
coin of dangerous character, at Indian
apolis, Ind The weight is exact with
genuine coins, and, until the thin coat of
silver, which soon wears of, is broken, the
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Milwaukee,

MILWAUKEE, August 24.-3:OO P. NJ
Flour-Demandlight, but prices firm; choice
spring at $5500600; medium extras at
$500@540; common spring at $1,000
AS. Wheat-Irregular No. 2 seller Au-
gust at 97Ic@$l00; No. ? seller September
at 947s@96c, seller October at 93@94Ac ;
No. 3 cash, see, and rejected at &c; old No.
sold at $1.O4; nothing done in new No.
or No. ? grades. Corn-Dullsand lower at
SIC for No. 2 and Soc for rejected. Oats
Duh at 21Hc. Rye-Quiet 4Sc. Barley
Tame at Sill for cash and SLIP for seller
September. Pork-Dull at 5975. Lard
Quiet at 7I@7Hc. Hogs-Duu at $3.50
APO
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HE great bonanza mines that lfave
played 50 stirring a part in recent Cali
lorna history seem entirely exhausted
and about to vanish from the scene, not
withstanding the tenacity with which
their leading owners try to keep up the
belief that there is still paying ore in
them. The Sutro tunnel, that has Just
been completed at an enormous expense,
alter years Of labor, looks like a wasted
achievement. SHARES in the California
NINE, that at one time were worth in the
market nearly thousand dollars each,
nave fallen to nine dollars and an eighth,
ana Consolidated Virginia, that was
nearly as valuable, to eight dollars and
quarter. Many have grown rich
through these mines. but thousands
have been beggared by them. Their
wealth has been curse and not bless
Ing to California.