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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
Death on the Rail.

John Crogan fell under a car while at
tempting to get on a train at Wilksbarre,
Pa, ON the 30th ult., and was completely cut
in two.
Mrs. Tabb, with an infant in her arms,
while walking on a railway track near Ham
ilton, Ont, on the 9th, was struck by an
engine. Mother and child were killed.
An accident occurred ON the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific R. R., opposite
Atchison, Kansas, On the Goth. Engine No.
80 started to back down from DeKalb, NO.,
20 East Atchison for coal and water. There
were five persons in the cab of the engine
N. Il. Holmes, superb tendent of bridges,
d. A. Adams, telegraph operator, J. c..
Null, brakeman and the engineer and fire.
man. When near Lake, about two miles
east of Atchison the engine suddenly jump
ed the track and turned over in ditch.
The fall threw young Adams under the tank
box, and he was instantly killed. Holmes
and Null were so badly scalded that they
have since died. The engineer and fireman
escaped without iniury
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08

Major General Joseph Hooker died sud
denly at Garden City, R. l., on the 31st ult
Jacob Abbott, author, died at his resi-
dence in Pennington, Me-, on the 3lst ult.
aged 7e years.
Lady Gooch, wife of Sir Francis Gooch
well known in connection with the attempt
to palm off spurious child on her husband
is dead.
General Joseph Podblelski, inspecto,
general of artillery in the German army
VINO held the post of qusrtermaster general
during the Franco'German war, is dead.
Hon. Jarvis NJ. Cavanaugh, first member
of congress from Minnesota, after its ad
mission into the union, died at Leadville on
the 30th ult.
Ex-Congressmsn |. n. Morris, died ST
Quincy, IL, on the 9th inst, aged 81 years.
He served in the thirty fifth and thirty-sixth
congress,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
Self Murder.

James Garden blew his brains out at
Cleveland, O., on the 30th.
AT San Francisco, CAL, on the 28th, w.
H. Henderson, one of the Chronicle editorial
staff, suicided by pistoling himself.
Herbert Benton and frankie Woodward,
both committed suicide at the Nicoll house,
Oakland, Cal, on the Goth, by shooting
themselves with the same pistol. The deed
was premeditated, as both parties had
threatened to end their lives.
F. Pierce Harbach, % wears of age, sui
cided at Evansville, Ind, on the 2Sth.
At Milwaukee, Wiz, on the 28th, young
man named VIM. Clauder, a resident Of
Dakota, shot himself fatally in fit of dis
pondency.
Fred Berlekamp, a Prussian, was found
hanging to a bed post at his residence, Gin,
cinnati, O., ON the 25th inst Cause, remorse
and financial embarrassment.
Charles Andrews, proprietor of two sa
looms, shot and killed himself in his room
at Cincinnati, o., on the 25th. 1t is said he
had grown desperate from losses in bucket
shop speculation. His wife and child live
at Irwin, Union county, Ohio.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08

Mr.. W. r. Kelly, treasurer of the grand
lodge of Odd Fellows of West Virginia,
threw that body into no little CONSERVATION
at its session on the goth by stating that q
had been robbed of $1,000 of the funds OF
the order. The affair will be investigated,
The jewelry store of W. J. McMiniug. Hsr.
rodsburg, KY, was robbed, on the night of
the Goth inst, of $4,000 cash and about
$1,000 worth of watches and jewelry.
A Cincinnati fur store was broken into
or the night of the Goth inst, and twenty.
six fine seal skin sacks, valued at s., 900,
stolen,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
work of the Flames,

About one hundred houses, COMPRISING
the business portion of Parker, Pa, were
burned on the 30th Estimated loss over
$30v,0O0; insurance about 100000.
A fire at Manistee, Mich, on the 29sh
destroyed the snw mill owned by R. G.
Peter, together with large amount of lum.
Der. Lots $4,000; insurance $4,000.
The extensive shoe factory, grocery and
supply store of c. s. Woodruff Il Co.. Lock.
land station, on the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton railway, burned at an early
hour on the 28th. Loss about $50, 900; in.
sured for $4,000
IRE In Pinkerton tunnel, on the Pitts.
burg and Connellsville division of the Bal.
timore and Ohio railroad, has burned all
the timbers of the tunnel and it is supposed
vein of coal in the mountains above the
tunnel has taken fire, as the smoke is issuing
from the mountain at several points above
the tunnel Chief civil engineer of the
road and assistants have begun building a
temporary track around the mountains,
which will be completed in two weeks.
Over thousand bales of cotton awaiting
shipment on the wharves at West Point,
Va, were burned on the 28th.
The Chinese quarter and one block in the
business portion of Colfax, Cal, was devas-
tated by fire on the 2Sth. One Chinawoman
lost her life. Loss $4,000
A fire at Little Rock, Ark, on the 18th,
destroyed $50 bales of cotton.
Trosbud i Arenson's furniture factory at
Chicago was burned on the ooh. Loss $15,.
600.
The German orphan asylum near Rose
Hill, Chicago suburb, was destroyed by
ire on the 27th. All the inmates escaped
unharrced. Loss $4,000.
1onia, Mich, suffered loss to the extent
OF $4,000 by ire on the night of the Goth.
McKendrie's Methodist church, at Nash.
vile, Tenn, was consumed by fire on the
10th. Loss s36,000, insured for $25, 900.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08

INTELLIGENCE from China indicates
great activity among merchants and cap
italists of the celestial empire. 1t is
stated that the Chinese Merchants
Steamship company is about to place
steamers on the route from China to the
Sandwich islands, to be followed by
others to ply between the islands and
San Francisco. The stockholders of the
above company are mandarins and mer-
chants who own all the steamships of
the Shanghai Steam Navigation COM
pany, besides many other steamers. 1t
Is said to be corporation possessing
great wealth. The manager of the COM
pany is reported very rich and speaks
English fuently. He is spoken of as a
capable and shrewd business man, anx-
ious to promote the commercial interests
of the empire
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
Forgery and Embezzlement.

The bank of Wheeling, and the National
bank of Bridgeport, suffered the loss Of
$4,000 on the 30th, on forged check.
Captain Cannon of the schooner Floretta,
collected 81 400 freight money at Buffalo,
n Y, recently, and has not been heard oil
since.
At London, Eng, on the 25th inst, in the
Central criminal court, VIM, Ringgold
Cooper, the American who committed for
geries ON Glyn, Mills & Co. and the Bank Of
England, was sentenced to five years penal
servitude.
Frank Brinton, receiving teller of the
First National bank, Boston, pleaded guilty
on the 25th to embezzling $23,751 and was
sentenced to FIVE years at hard labor.
las. 81. Riddle, of Riddle. Coleman & Co.,
Pittsburg, Pa, president of the Franklin
savings institution, and his son George
cashier of the latter concern, were found
guilty of embezzlement and conspiracy on
the 25th inst. Their populations sum up in
the neighborhood of $4,000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08

NEW YORK, November 1-3 100 p M-Cot
ton-Firm at II Is for middling uplands.
Flour-Quiet and unchanged; receipts 25,-
Wheat-Feverisn; receipts 900 bus
sales 208,000 bus; No. seller November al
B1.48. Rye-Quiet. Corn-Quiet; receipts
$4,000 bus; sales 5000 bus at 5914@59Ac.
Barley-Dull. Oats-Quiet; receipts $4,000
bus; sales $4,000 bus at 39@41c for mixed
western; 4O@4OHc for white. Pork
Steady and unchanged. Butter-At $50
33c. Cheese-At 7H@13c. Whisky-Un-
changed. Sugar-At 104c for crushed
Eggs-Unchanged. Petroleum-Crude at
SIZE; refined attic. Tallow-At7H@715c.
Coal-Active. Leather-Firm. Wool
Active.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
MilWauRee.

MILWAUKEE, November 5: 100 P. M
Flour-Very quiet but held firmly; choice
spring at $6.50@6 rs; fancy extras at 81 GOA
SEQ; common at $5.OO@5.50. Wheat-Ac
tive and firm; No. hard at $1.19; No. l
regular at S1.1S; No. 2 hard at 81 1870
1873; No. 2 regular at $115A@1 1873; No.
at $l.04H; No. at &c; No seller De-
cember at $1.1826@11ek: seller January
at $l20@1 20A. Corn-Dull but firm at
425sc. Oats-Quiet at SEE. Rye-Steady;
73c; No. at Tic Barley-Active at 7211@
73c; December at zoe; No. at Acc; No. 8
extra at 571z@58c Pork-Tame at SO 80
cash; seller January at $1025. Lard-At
1926 cash. Hogs-At So. 40@3 90.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
Happy Relief.

Business is again resumed at Memphis
Tenn, and the inhabitants are returning to
their long-deserted homes. Jack Frost has
dispelled the fever for the season, there be.
ing only one case reported on the 9th.
In Japan the scourge of cholera is rapid.
ly subsiding, owing to the unprecedented
energy of the government. There have
been 10000 cases since April and $4,000
deaths
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08

A body found on the 25th inst, on the
shore of Lake Michigan near Miller's Sta
ton, Ind, was identified as the remains of
George Burr, who assembled with Prof.
Wise in the balloon Pathfinder" from st.
Louis about three weeks since. No traces
were discovered of the balloon or of the
remains of Prof. Wise, who probably met
death in the lake at the same time as his
companion
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08

On the 18th ut, a regular hurricane
swept over the eastern portion of Nova
Scotia, inficting immense dsmag to build.
ings and wharves. Four schoouers were
driven ashore at Hastings and one al Cape
Jack.
Later news shows the storm to have been
more severe and destructive than at first
supposed, AT Guysboro bridges on the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08

Two young medical students of Cleveland,
o., named Daykin aud Hoyt, were captured
at Ashtabula on the goth. They had been to
the county infrmary farm, opened the grave
of Mrs. Goodrich, an old lady rs years of
age, packed the body in a trunk, and when
Cleveland
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
Stern Justice.

The British military are melting out the
fullest measure of justice to the rebels at
Cabul. Five men were hanged for COM
plicity in the massacre, including the Kot-
wei of Cabul, head of the city OF Wollahs,
and two generals, one of royal blood. One
of the generals, it was charged, dragged the
head of Major Cavagnari from the British
residency to Baia Hissar.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
The Cnampton Btlltardtst.

The great billiard tournament between
George Slosson and Jacob Schaefer for
$4,000 side, ended at New York on the
night of the 25th inst, Schaefer winning by
1896 points in game of 5000. Fully 1000
people were present to witness the close of
the great match.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
Disastrous Explosions.

The boiler in the tug boat Daniel Brown
exploded when that craft was in East River
New York, on the 29th, killing the fireman
and deck hand, and seriously iniuring the
engineer and cook. The boat was blown
into fragments.
The Corning mill of the Oriental powder
mills at Gorham, Me-, exploded on the 9th
man named Stokes was killed and Clinton
Maberry seriously injured. Cause Of the
explosion unknown.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08

upper and lower Salmon river, were swept
away, wharves damaged, houses and barns
blown down, number of schooners driven
on shore, and Hugh N. Frazer and Mrs.
Flavin killed by falling roof and chimney
st. Hawkesbury and Canso the damage done
at sea and ashore was very great, buildings
in both towns being levelled with the
ground, while wrecks of vessels strew the lat
ter beach. 1t is computed that seventy yes
sells are ashore in CansO straits.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
Thirteen Days without Food or Water.

The steamship England arrived at New
York from Liverpool on the 2Sth, and when
the cargo was about to be unloaded q man
was found leaning against crate who faint
ly gasped out "water." He WAS asked if he
hsd been all these days, while the ship was
at ses, without food or drink, and he nodded
once, shuddered and died. The England
left Liverpool October 18th and the s.owa-
way must have been IS days without food
or water
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
Remafns Discovered.

The body of w. S. Bodie, the original dis.
coverer OF the Bodie mining district, and
who persisted in q snow storm November
14tb, 1859, was discovered on the 9th about
mile southwest of the town of Bodie. The
deceased is believed to have been a native
of either Rochester or Poughkeepsie, N.
Y, where he left a family.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
They are Safe.

United States Peace Commissioner Adams
has informed the department at Washing,
ington that the captured women and chill
dren of the Meeker and Price families had
been turned over to him by the Utes. The
captives were unframed and mad not been
subjected to any insult or injury.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
Fatal Accident ON Shspboard.

A barge grounded in the river above
Sacramento, Cal, an the 10Th, and in at.
tempting to get her off the capstan broke,
MORALLY wounding Pilot Stanley and killing
two deck hands
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
FOREIGN,

LONDON, November LIZ 80 P. M.-Liv-
erpool wheat market opens strong. CALI
fornis club at lis sd@12s Id; average Cali
fornia at lis 7d@11s Cd spring at los 1d@
los lid. Floating cargoes improving; on
passage improving. Good cargoes No. 2
spring wheat off coast at SIS; good cargoes
red winter wheat off coast at Sos; fair aver
age quality No. Chicago spring wheat, for
shipment, etc at 52s@52s 81 fair average
California wheat just shipped at SOS; nearly
dino eff S6s
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08

Benedict Prieth, leading German editor,
died at Newark, N. j., ON the 29th.
Admiral Abernethy, for many years
medical director of the United States navy,
died at New York on the goth, aged rs years.
Hon. A. L. Brown, Republican senator
elect from the district of Ross and Highland
counties, Ohio, died at Hillsboro on the
night of the Goth.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
LOVE-SONG.
AFTER THE ANTIQUE BY W. M. BRIGGS

AFTER THE ANTIQUE By ". III. BbIGHs
Call the facets of the devil
Bid them sparkle for thine eyesl
Bob the violets tender blue.
Borrowed from less azure skies!
And charm the Rose, that sof ly CLOVIS
To lend thy cheek its changing dyes
But deem not, Maid, an honest mind
Such tickle toys as these may win;
The painted rind may charm and blind
YET dare not show the chart within,
Dear Maid, a sweet, shy Rose thou art
Ah-tau mel hath the Rose hearth
-S1tbHs-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
Steamboat Misnaps,

The mammoth propeller Amazon, plying
between Milwaukee and Grand Haven,
stranded at the latter port during a heavy
northwest gale on the 28th and became a
total loss. Her crew and passengers were
saved by the United States life saving sta.
ton crew. The Amszon's cargo consisted
of 1886 barrels of -four and sundries which
was all lost or badly damaged. The steamer
was valued at $4,000
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
Ehe Coming Horse.

r. G. Morrow and o. O. Hickox, owners
of st. Julian, the horse that made 2:12A al
San Francisco, Cal, on the 25th, refused
$4,000 for the animal. st. Julian will
probably be taken east next spring.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
Death of Zach. Chandler.

On the morning of the LIST inst, Hon.
Zachariah Chandler was found in his bed
at the Grand Pacific hotel, Chicago, dead.
Cause. apoplexy,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
GOred TO Death.

A tramp, about forty years old, unknown,
was gored to death by bull while sleeping
in straw stack near Columbus, Ind, on
the 18th.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08

The following instance illustrates the
evil working of the present English
system of land management: The vii
lage of Everton twelve years ago was one
of the most prosperous in the country.
The farms, eight in number, were let to
well-to-do tenants, most of them were
born upon the soil they cultivated
But since then there has been a total
change, both in tenants and landlords.
Some years ago, when the land hunger
was at its height, the estate, comprising
seventeen hundred acres, was sold; all
the old tenants were evicted; the land
was let TO strangers 1T an advanced
rental, and an entirely new system of
management wss inaugurated by the
gentleman who took the management of
the estate. The farms were not long oc-
cupied. The advanced rent, like the
last straw, made itself felt, and tenant
after tenant found himself obliged to
give up his holding; they were succeeded
in some cases by other tenants, who, like
their predecessors, eventually succumb-
ed, until at last the village has become
almost deserted by farmers. Seven
farm houses are unoccupied by farmers,
one or two are shut up, and the others
are occupied by either bailifs or laborers
The whole of the land, with the excep-
tion of one farm and some garden land,
is in the hands of the estate agent, who
is carrying on the cultivation at the ex-
pense of the landlord. The landlords
used to clear $4,000 year from this
estate, but for the last four years they
have lost $4,000 q year,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Epidemic.

Typhoid fever and measels prevail at
Cape clear, where forty cases and thirteen
deaths have been reported within week.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08

4 NEW arrangement of "Pina ir,
has been put upon the stage, witt the
" hardly ever left out j. will 1raT
like plaster.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08

THERE is something strangely parallel
in the tragic fates of Donaldson and
Wise. These men were intimately asso-
ciated in former years. Donaldson went
up from Chicago, and Wise from its
rival city, St. Louis. Each had with
him one companion. Neither of the
balloons were ever found, and the exact
fate of each is matter of conjecture,
although it is thought that both were
engulfed in Lake Michigan. Each of
the companions were ound some time
after the occasion, each on the shores of
Lake Michigan, one with a copy of q
Chicago paper in his pocket, the other
with st. Louis paper. Donaldson was
never found, and neither has anything
been heard of Wise. Up to the pres ent
time the cases are wonderfully similar.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08

HE new wo-cent postal card will be
ready for distribution to the postofic es
in a few days. A large number of SAM
pies, on different shades of paper and
printed with different inks, have been
sent to Washington for the department
to select from. The color CT the paper
will probably be different from the pres
ent cards, The universal postal union,
to which the new cards can be sent, in
cludes Great Britain, France Germany,
Greece, Italy, Belgium, Russia, Spain,
Switzerland, Turkey, Norway, Sweden,
Portugal, the Netherlands, Austria-Hun
gary, Servia, Denmark, the Argentine
Republic, Roumania, Luxembusg, Mon
tenegro, the British, French, Spanish,
Portuguese and Netherland colonies,
Egypt, British India, the Falkland
islands, Ceylon, Greenland, Honduras,
Hong Kong and other places in China,
Jamaica, Japan, Liberia, Mexico, New
foundland, Peru, Persia and Trinidad
Canada belongs to the union also, but
the special arrangement between that
country and the United States remains
in force, letters and postal cards passing
between the two at domestic rates.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08

RUSSIAN jurors make up their verdicts
without the slightest reference to the
evidence. Toward the close of 1877 and
the beginning of 1879 frequent COM
plants were made to the chief postal
authorities in st. Petersburg of letters
not having reached their destinations,
and, inquiry being made, lettcr-carrier
named Alexeyef was arrested on sus-
picion. In his lodgings were found,
among other things, about 220 opened
letters. with over thirty money orders,
in consequence of which he was brought
to trial. 1t was proved that he had
gradually stolen large sum of money F,
which he did not deny; but he excused
himself on the double ground that he
was very often drunk and had no time
frequently to deliver all the contents of
his bag. These pleas must have seemed
of oyerpowering cogency to the minds
of the jury, for the pronounced him
not guilty" and he was acquitted.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-08

New York

Reported by CHANDLER, Brown Il Co.. Commits
sion Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-09
CONTEMPLATED TURF MEETING.

Anumber OF our prominent citizens. lovers
of the turf and like sports. propose to hold a
spring meeting here In April next. under the
rules and regulations OF the Louisiana Jockey
Club. and a subscription list has been opened
with this object. the whole project being under
the direction OF Messrs. r. w. Simmons. J. A.
Morris and G. W. Mott. The organization will
be formed as sufficient number OF subserip-
ions have been obtained. One hundred and
fifty subscriptions of s25 each have been al
ready sent in. and the books are In the hands Of
the following named gentlemen: Thomas l..
Airey. r. W. Simmons, /. T.. Glenny, A. Freilsen.
n. .. Wallace. Capt =: A: Yorke. G. W. Mott, j.
A. Morris. George A. Williams. Carneal Burke
An enterprise OF this description designed as
7 is to contribute to the gaiety OF the city and
the pleasure of the numerous strangers ex-
pected here In April. will doubtless receive the
hearty support and encouragement OF the COM
munity. No effort will be spared by the public
spirited directors above named to make the
meeting" here announced q complete success
All persons disposed to unite in giving eclat to
the meeting are requested to send In their
names ut once to either OF the gentlemen above
designated.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-09
The Railroad MeetIng-Freight Discrim-
inatiOn Against New YOrk-The Daven-
port estiKatIOn-A CnckIng Main.

New YORK, Feb. Sowing to the absence
of Pool Commissioner Fink, sick, and Presi-
dent Garrett, out of town, the meeting Of the
railroad presidents for the reapportionment
of westbound freights was not held to-day.
committee OF the Produce Exchange will
next Thursday begin to take testimony In the
matter OF the alleged freight determinations
against New York by the railroads. especially
on through freights from the West.
At the investigation Of the official acts Of
Commissioners Davenport to-day. Daven-
port took the stand again in his own behalf
His evidence was principally a repetition OF
what he testified to yesterday, concerning
fraudulent naturalization papers issued In
1868. The investigation will probably close
next Monday.
The icocking main between Kentucky and
Westchester was fought to-day In thirteen
battles. Kentucky won seven to six. The
stakes were $50 each battle, and $500 on the
odd fight.
The flag at the Custom House was at half
NEST to-day, out Of respect to Thos. Lord,
deceased, naval officer for about forty years.
He retired from the service In 1871. The fu-
neral will occur next Tuesday.