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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Extreme Sanitary Precautions.

The plague fright at Berlin has re-
called the extraordinary precautions
taken during the cholera epidemic of
1881. A cord was drawn in front of a
house supposed to be infected. The
keys were given to a police agent, who
three or four times a day went to see
what the inmates wanted. He then
placed what he brought them on table
outside, near the door. The money was
put into glass full of vinegar, and the
agent took it out with q spoon. The
paper on which the commissions were
written down he took up with pincers.
When sick person was taken to the hos
pital police agent preceded the vehicle
with bell, and two soldiers kept every
one away from the sick person. The
doctors wore cloaks and masks of oil
cloth. The skin of dogs and cats being
deemed particularly favorable to the
dissemination of the disease, persons
were recommended to kill them, except
where they were positively necessary
For months the inhabitants lived in
trepidation, and an old lady actually
hanged herself for fear of the cholera
reaching her. The precautions gradu
ally became matter of ridicule.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
The New Savings Certificates.

On and after the first of April next the
new ten dollar, four per cent. certificates,
authorized by the act of February Goth,
1879, can be had of any depository Of the
United States. These certificates will be
about the size of ten dollar greenback,
and will bear upon their face words to the
effect that "ten dollars have been deposited
with the treasurer OF the United States,
which is convertible, with accrued interest,
at per cent. per annum, into per cent
bonds, upon presentation at the office OF
the treasurer of the United States at Wash
ingtou, in sums of fifty dollars or multiples
thereof" On the back is statement that
for each nine days the interest is one cent
and for each three months ten cents. and fol
each year forty cents. The object of these
bonds is to furnish to the laborer a safe and
reliable depository for his surplus earnings
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
HeW They Die.

Collections Of quaint epitaphs very
often find their way into print; but how
appallingly rich our language is in aphor-
isms on death, Of all styles-serious,
slangy, and CHASTITY humorous. Indeed
every deceased person may be suited
with an appropriate one, indicative of
his profession, character and manner of
death. Thus the polite man bids farewell
to the world; the merchant closes his
earthly accounts; the little child is re-
ceived among the angels; the lamp-light-
er has had his lamp of life extinguished j;
the wearied 60 to the rest; the night
watchman's hour of relief strikes; the
sailor runs into haTbor; the ferryman
pays his fare to Charon; the reaper bites
the grass; the gossip goes to the silent
tomb; the grave digger sinks into the
pitt the tippler's last draught is drawn
the matchmaker runs down; the unhappy
breathe their last signs; the wanderer
has gone to his home; the weaver's life
thread is cut by the fates; the bootblack
goes to the shining land; the musicians
wind has given out Or his string has
snapped; the dentist is filled in; the
f1utist pipes on his las hole; the Jew
rests in Abraham's lap; the smokers pipe
is put out; the sluggard goes to the
land that knows no waking; the COM
mission merchant is consigned to the
dust; the nobleman is gathered to his
fathers; the eyes of. the inquisitive are
closed by death; the scene shiftel
"shoves clouds" the learned give up the
ghost; the jockey has run his last race
the washerwoman has wrung out hel
spirit; the atheist has had to believe in
it; the general has been transferred tc
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Culinary.

DR.. John NJ, Woodwork, supervising
sulgeOn-g eneral of the Washington Marine
hospital, died on the 18th inst.
John II. Dowell, prominent cotton fac
tor, and president of the St. Louis cotton
exchange, died on the night of the 18th, of
pneumonia.
George Culver, proprietor of the Metro.
politan hotel, ST. Paul, and well-known
throughout the northwest, died on the night
of the 18th inst.
Lewis j. Highly, an active business man
of New Orleans, died on the 9th inst. His
remains were inferred at Milwaukee, Wis,
his former home.
Mrs. Gen. 7. w. Sherman died at New.
port, B. l., on the 18th inst. The general
is very low and but slight hopes are enter
tanned of his recovery.
Rev. John Weiss died at Boston on the
10th inst, after long illness with pulmon-
airy disease.
Dr.. Thomas Waddell, one of the NEST
prominent physicians of northern Ohio,
died at his residence at Toledo, on the 10th
inst, OF a congestiye chill.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Skeleton in q Nine.

The skeleton of man, found recently in
an abandoned lead mine at Ellenville, u
ster county, n. Y, which was being reopen
ed, has been identified as the remains of a
telegraph operator named David Smith,
who disappeared mysteriously from that
village in February, 1866. Smith was then
aged twenty-five years. He is supposed by
by his family to have left on account of a
love affair. His mother residing at Accord,
Ulster county, has identified the clothing.
A medical examination OF the skeleton dis
closed a stiff hip joint which was the case
with Smith. Neither watch nor money was
found with the remains, though Smith car
ried both. The general belief in Ellenville
is that Smith was murdered, and rumor
charges the crime 10 dead man whose
home was nvsr the mine where the body
was found. Just before his disappearance
Smith, at dance, had trouble with this
man, whose name was Joseph Fleicker, who
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22

fore the first rush of the food. Govern
ment authorities place the list of dead at
800.
A dispatch from Szegedin dated the 18th,
says the storm was still raging. The inhab-
itants who have not yet been taken away
are crowded in the citadel and upper stories
OF few houses, and in railway wagons.
These people are fairly provided with pro-
visions, but thousands are encamped on the
dykes, and with these it is impossible to
communicate. Four hundred corpses were
recovered ON the 18th. The government
commissioner is of opinion that if the flcod
lasts few days longer scarcely two hun.
dred houses will be left standing. The au.
thorities at Szentz, Vasarhely and Csongrad
which towns contain an aggregate popula.
ton of $4,000, have telegraphed to Pesth
for aid. The dykes protecting them from
waters are threatened. Sickness has broken
out among the refugees encamped on the
dykes at Szegedin.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Burned to Death.

By fire at Georgetown, Nd, on the
night of the Sth inst, three children of
Daniel Martin, colored, were burned to
death.
Charles Guehenbach, aged Is years and
John and Emma Seipp, several years
younger, Henry SchOepperkoetter, black
smith, and Mrs. Catherine Borst were
burned to death at East st. Louis, No., on
the eth inst. The victims were sleeping in
the residence of Mrs. Henrietta Bausch,
over wagon shop and were unable to
escape from the burning structure owing to
the fact that the door leading to their
apartments was fastened to the outside.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Travel in the Hlmalavas.

Europeans after but short residence
in the Himalayas, acquire a facility in
even cantering down roads on their sure
footed mules and ponies, which at first
might have appeared only suited to the
careful pedestrian. The widest of the
roads connecting the stations are seldom
more than about six feet broad, with
rocks on one hand and precipitous de-
scent on the other. In some places, how
ever, the roads are SO deep that precau-
lions are necessary at the slowest pace, to
prevent the saddle slipping over the
pony, neck. Occasionally, and especial
~ after heavy rain, accidents occur to
those who try short cuts" by the
Patgdundls or narrow foot paths used by
the natives. How the celebrated
Mohammedan invader of yore, after the
sack of Delhi, managed with his wild
hordes, laden with plumber, safely and
rapidly to penetrate these mountains,
and to leave no trace behind, in the short
space OF time which history records, is
still problem. They came and went
like flight of locusts; and the difficulty
OF their retreat can only be realized by
one who has actually travelled in the
few and tortuous passes of the tremen-
dous barrier interposed between India
and Central Asia Chambers Journal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
THE MARKETS.
Reported by Chandler, Brown & Co., Commission
Merchants Milwaukee Wis.
II ew York,

NEW YORK, March Is 800 P. M.-Cot-
ton-Dull at 9 1850. Flour-Quiet; re-
ceipts $4,000 bbls; sales 10000 bbls; spring
super state and western, SO 40@3. So com
mon to good extra, $3.70@390; coed to
choice, 1864 80; white wheat extra, $3.50
@5 %; extra Ohio, $375@5.0O; st. Louis,
IS 8095.75; Minnesota patent process, $500
Go.OO; rye flour unchanged. Wheat-Ir.
regular and unsettled; spring and white,
dull and lower; winter red 15@Ac better !:
amber shade frmer at $1.02. Pork-Quiet
b9.75@1000 Lard-Firm; $6.40 bid; $3.50
asked. Bulk Meats-Quiet and rather firm
err. Shoulders-At$ 1892 e short ribs, S475
bid; $3.50 asked; short clear nominally at
$500. BacOn-Quiet and unchanged
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
How To Cure Insane Cashiers.

The cashier Of western bank became
insane last fall, and was sent 10 the water
cure at Clifton Springs, N. Y, with a
constant attendant, with whom he ocou-
pied room in the fourth story of the
house. One afternoon, as his attendant
was in a doze, with the front window
down at the top, be seized pillow from
the bed, threw it out of the window, and
jumped out after it. His attendant at
once awoke, but too late to stop him, and
rushed down stairs to gather up the sup
posed mangled remains. He found that
his patient had struck on the piazza roof,
thirty feet below, and though badly
shaken up he was not seriously hurt
and still more remarkable was the fact
that the shock brought him to his reason
and he has continued rational ever since.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
a Herd of Buffaloes Engulfed.

An army officer who arrived in this
city from the Yellowstone valley a day
or two ago, told a story of what happen.
ed to a herd Of bufaloes that were
migrating southwark. The herd number
ed $500 head. They had been driven
out Of the Milk river country by the
Indian hunters belonging TO Sitting Bulls
band. The herd struck the river near
Cow Island and yentured upon the ice
with their customary confidence. The
animals came upon the river with a solid
front, and began the crossing with closed
ranks. The stream at the point of cross
ing was very deep. When the front file,
which was stretched out quarter of a
mile in length, had nearly gained the
opposite shore, the ice suddenly gave
way under them. Some trappers who
were eye witnesses OF the scene said it
seemed as if trench had been opened in
the ice the whole length of the column.
Some four or five hundred animals
tumbled into the opening all In heap
Others fell in on top of them and sunk
out Of sight in twinkling. By this
time the rotten ice was breaking off short
under the still-advancing herd. The
trappers say that in less than a minute
the whole body of buffaloes had been
precipitated into the river. They were
wedged in SO thickly that they could
do nothing but struggle for a second and
then disappear beneath the ice and
the swift current. Not beast of all
that mighty herd turned tail and tried
to escape when the ice began breaking
up. In solid phalanx they marched to
their fatal bath in the "8ig Muddy"
In a minute from the time the first ice
broke not buffalo head or tail was to
be seen. Chicago Times.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Fatal RpSSAfancp-

II. Fl. Vickery, sheriff of Douglass county,
Missouri, went with posse to the house OF
Shelf Alsup to arrest him on the 8th inst.
Alsup resisted the process, and fired mum.
Der of shots at the sheriff's party, one OF
which killed the sheriff. Alsup and his
little girl, FIVE years old, were then killed
by the sherif's posse. The child's death, o
course, was not designed.
Geo. w. Pankey, a conductor, was shot and
instantly killed at Tuscumbia, Ala, on the
18th inst, by Arthur w. Moran, night train
dispatcher. Moran was tried for the of.
ense and discharged, it being proved he
acted in seIf-defense.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Chicago.

CHICAGO, March ID so P. M.-Flour
Dali and prices weak; choice winters,
S5.25(95.50; good to choice winters, $4.50M
5:25; fair to good winters, $375@425;
choice Minnesotas, $4.5O@500; fair to
good Minnesotas, $400@6.00; fair to
22.50@S.25; patents, $6O0@8.0O. Wheat
Active, unsettled and lower 8955c for cash :;
9O1sc for seller April; 9415c for seller May.
Corn-Weak and easy; Size for cash !;
5l1sc for seller April; SEC for seller May.
Oats-Weak and lower nc for cash and
seller April; 25Ic for seller May. Rye and
Barley-Unchanged Pork-Firm and high
err $3.50 for cash; 1921 for seller April !;
1921 for seller MAY. Lard-Firmer; SIS As
for cash and April; $6.521z for seller May.
,Whisky-At $l.04. Hogs-Receipt 1850
head; active and frm Sc higher; light at
$3 6O@3.8O; heavy packing at So 45G3.75;
heavy shipping at So s0@425.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
IncendiSrssnl.

Columbus, Ohio, is in state of excite
ment, owing TO frequent incendisry fires
and the discovery of an organized plan to
burn the city. On the 10th rags and paper
saturated with coal oil were found in numer
Gus buildings. Military and extra police
are on duty with strict orders to arrest al
Notwithstanding personages, and to shoot
all providers found lurking about alleys, if
they refuse to halt when challenged.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Fatal Explosion.

By an explosion on the 18th inst, at the
powder mill near st. Clair, Jones Hine was
killed apd Samuel Messersmith seriously
burned.
inst. at the Mahoning powder works of P.
NJ. Gallagher & Co., near Danville, Pa, com
pletely destroying the building, and instant
ly killing Willis L. Lloyd, one of the pro.
prietors, John ]. Evans and John c. Now.
rer, their mangled remains beng scattered
in every direction. Cause OF the explosion
unknown
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Destructive Floods.

A storm in the vicinity of Humboldt bay,
California, inflicted great damage. The
rivers overlooked their banks carrying
away bridges, fences, outbuildings and
dwellings. Two lives were lost and several
persons were injured. The loss of live stock
is very heavy.
The southern suburbs of Buffalo, New
York, were submerged on the 10th instant.
Several small bridges on the Casenozia
creek were swept away. A family of four
living on the flats had their house swept
away and took refuge in trees until rescued.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
The Whistling Oyster.

The shop was first established by a
Mr.. Pearkes, in 1925. at appears"
says writer in the Daily Telegraph,
THAT about the year 1910 the proprietor
of the house in question, which had then
as it has now, great name for the supe-
riOr excellence of its delicate little ma
tives,' heard strange and unusual
sound proceeding from one of the tubs
in which the shell-fsh lay piled in layers
one over the other, placidly fattening
on oatmeal and awaiting the inevitable
advent of the remorseless knife. Mr..
Pearkes, the landlord, listened, hardly at
first believing his ears. There was, how
ever, no doubt about the matter; one of
the oysters was distinctly whistling, or,
at any rate, producing a sort of 'sitfie-
ment' with its she'll 1t was not difficult
to detect this phenomenal bivalve, and
IN very few minutes he was triumph
antly picked out from among his fellows
and put by himself in a spacious tub,
with plentiful supply of brine and
water. The news spread through the
town, and for some days the fortunate
Mr.. Pearkes found his house besieged by
curious crowds. Douglas ,Jer-
old's suggestion was that the said oyster
had been crossed in love, and now whis-
tied to keep up appearances, with an
idea of showing that it did not care"
Thackeray used to declare that he was
once actually in the shop when an Amer
lean came in to see the phenomenon, as
everybody else was doing, and after hear
ing the tai ented mollusk 60 through bis
usual performance, strOlled contemptu-
ously out, declaring it was nothing to
an oyster he knew of in Massachusetts,,
which whistled Yankee Doodle right
through, and followed its master about
the house like a dog" and New
London, Th0rabury.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Milwaukee.

MINIATURES, March 1880 P. ii. -
Flour-Firm; choice spring at s425@45O;
common to good at $3.5003 1917. Wheat
Irregular in futures; seller April at 89M
9OAc; seller May at 9325@941ac; No. / cash
at 99c; No. 2 at 90M9ONc; No. 3 at 7834c;
No. 4 a. 721a@73c. Corn-DulI at 331Ic
Oats-Tsme at 2414c. Rye-Quiet and weak
at 45c. Barley-Steady at re; No. at
42c. Pock-Steady at 1915 for cash. Lard
At $3.50 cash. Hogs-No demand, NOM
nal at IS 50O375.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
RNnlOrspIeSS &aNacAs.

A Victoria dispatch says: The steamer
Grappier arrived from Fort Wrangel Her
commander reports four men who left
Wrangel for Sitka about three years ago on
prospecting tour, ascertained to have been
murdered by the Indians. No news from
Sitka. The long absence of the British
gunboat causes grave fears for the safety OF
The settlement
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
&uiPiIPS.

DR.. John Hugh McQuillandean, of the
Philadelphia Dental college, who was found
dead on the Sd inst. in the laboratory, it
now transpires suicided by taking dose of
eyanite of potassium. His death was first
attributed to paralysis of the heart.
John f. Clay, New Orleans broker, COM
mitted suicide on the Sth, on account of
financial embarrassment.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Fatal Termination Of n Feud.

4 Clarksyille, Texas, special says that an
old feud between the billiards and the
Jones and Murphy factions, eliminated on
the night of the 10th inst 1t seems that
two billiards and two friends met Henry
Jones and friend near Jones bridge, all OF
the parties being fully armed. Firing began
at short range with shot guns and pistols.
Jones was instantly killed and billiard
fatally wounded.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
1t Was a Hoax,

A Walla Walla, Washington territory, dis
patch says: The reported massacre of 80
Indians, month ago, did not occur. 1t
was hoax played on an up-country paper.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22

and ejectment by the railroad company,
have formed battalion of six companies
regularly Differed, mounted and armed, to
resist the action of the company. Most OF
the men have seen actual service, and aver
| that they mean business.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Coming West.

A party of "a New York street boys was
started on the 18th inst, for homes on farms
in Kansas, by Whitelaw Reid, who used
this portion OF the fund of 81 900 given him
by stranger from the interior of New
England for any charitable use he might
select. Mr.. Reid also sent west six destitute
families, numbering in all AZ souls. These
families mostly intended also to begin life
again on FARMS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
a RECIPE.

Said iG'e sr MS tools ofrust, you know"
4" The ros slPia1rkiing bon mot shsper,
10 pSa ' sd.lill thinks it worth his while
he said wiz iia men memorandum book,
So1 T'sSg T, Oh mental rust. use
7oiue memory paper, TOO -
l'''"g and Mechanical Nelgs.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
OR1ParX RPRfpn.

The celebrated pedestrian O'Leary was
compelled to withdraw from the interna.
tional tramp at Gilmore's Garden, n. Y, on
the 18th instant, owing to a general physi.
cal break up. His friends attribute his de-
moralization to an immoderate indulgence
in stimulants
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
etXhtptl.

The floor in Mechanics hall, South Ber-
wick, Me-, gave away on the 10th inst, dur
ing a town meeting, precipitated nearly
fifty persons to the floor below. No one
killed but many were fearfully and probably
fatally injured. Public sentiment is bitter
against the builders of the hall, which it is
claimed was built in criminally careless
manner
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22

A violent wind-storm, amounting almost
to a tornado, passed over the southern part
of Macoupin county, HI, on the 18th inst,
destroying houses, barns and other prop
erty. Edward Mcdonald, living near the
southern line of the county, and his little
grandchild were killed, and several other,
members of his family severely wounded.
The storm is said to have been about quar-.
ter of mile wide, and came from the north.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Germany Can Not DIsarm,

At a parliament soiree, at Berlin, on the
8th inst, the chancellor said that partial
disarmament was impossible; Germany at
least could not begin; unfortunately she
had to show front in four different direc-
tons, and could trustnon of herneighbols
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Wholesale Drowning,

Mrs. John Taylor and two sons, Willie 10,
and Johnnie 5; were browne ed in the Mantle
ice company's pond at Mantle, Conn, on
the 18th inst. The children went for pail
of water and fell in. Mrs. Taylor, hearing
the cries, ran to their assistance and was
also drowned
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Decidedly Peculiar.

The hanging of Devlin, the Lowell Mass. J
murderer, is likely to be deferred for short
time, owing to the sudden death of Sheriff
Kimball and the unwillingness of the exec.
utive council to assign Deputy Sheriff Fiske
to the duty, as he is troubled with heart dis
ease.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
EAENInR.

The Pail Mall Gazette says private letter
from high Indian official states that the
people of Cashmere are dying of famine
like flies, and at the presentrate of mortality
the province will be nearly depopulated by
he end of the year.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Cold journey.

A party of fifteen men arrived at Petos-
key, Mich, on the 18th inst, in most pitt
able condition. They had been at work in
lumber camp on the upper peninsula, and
were cheated out of their wages. They
started to walk to their homes in Canada.
Coming across the straits they became ex-
hausted, fell asleep, and nearly all of them
froze their lower limbs to the knee. Some
of them viii have to suffer amputation, or
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
burglars Surprfsea.

AT New York, on the night CT the 9th
inst, John P. Richards surprised two bur-
glars engaged in ransacking his parlor, and
Immediately began to shoot, with fatal eff
feet to one of the thieves. The other vii.
lain was secured
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22
Another Channel Horror.

The British steamer Severn, from London
for Quebec, ran down, offDungeness, pilot
cutter having twelve pilots and crew of
eight on board, on the 18th inst. Ten pilots
and five of the crew were drowned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-03-22

was of violent temper and cruel to his
family. Three years ago Fleicker became
insane, and before being confined, frequent
ly visited the old mine, and pointing to the
mine he would say; "There he goes; there
he goes" seeming to see some one going
down the shaft. He was taken to Willard
asylum at Ovid, N. Y, where he died. Re-
morse is the supposed cause of Insanity.