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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
European TramDs.

Wandering bands of gypsies are still
found in parts of Europe, and even in SC
well settled and strictly governed q
country as Germany. They travel with
their women, children, houses and bag.
gage, and are sometimes numerous and
strong enough to overawe the farmers.
and even bid defiance to the village con.
stabulary. Nominally they are in Ger.
many accorded permission to stop for q
limited time in the neighborhood of the
hamlets which they meet on their cratic
course, but in reality they often stop as
long as they please, with or without per
mission, while their horses Craze on the
farm lands, and game and poultry mys-
teriously disappear from the vicinity.
A newspaper correspondent, writing
from Kostheim, near Mayence, gives an
amusing account of the audacity of q
band of these European tramps who en-
camped near that place, made havoc
with the adjacent crops and fields, defied
the messengers of the burgomaster and
did not move until the military reserve
of the village had been called out, even
then not retreating without making a
show of battle and evidently giving way
only to superior force,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
THE MODEL SUBSCRIBER
BY WILL CARLETON.

"dood morning sir Mr.. Editor, bow are the folks
l owe you for next years paper-I thougbt ia
come and pay;
And Jones is agoin' to take ii. and this Ia biu
money here; - Ms
I shut down lendin' it to him and then coava5 III
to try 1t a year. "1
" And here's a few little items that banpenod Lon,
week In our town; ~
/ thought they'd look good for the nanar an ir.
jotted 'em down; just
And here is basket of peaches nv wife nick cd ~,
pressly for you,
And small bunch of flowers from Jenaie-sbe
thought she must send something too.
" You're doing the politics bully, as all of our
family agree;
Just keep your old goose-qulll happin' and oivo
them good one for me. o0
And now you chock full of business and 7
won't be taking your time;
I've things OF my own | must tend to-good dav
sir; believe will climb" ~
The editor sat in his sanctum, and brought dow,
his fist with thump;
A" God bless that old farmer, /" he muttered 4" hoe
regular jolly old trump"
And tits thus with our noble profession, and tbus
it will ever be still;
There are some who appreciate its labor and ,oroo
who perhaps never will.
But In the great time that is coming when Cab
IiePs trumpet shall sound,
And they who have labored and rested shall roma
from the quivering ground
When they who have striyen and suffered TO leach
and ennOble the race
Shall march at the head of the column each one in
his God-given place,
As they march through the gates of the cftywitb
proud and victorious tread,
The editor and his assistants will travel not fur
from the head.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
a Muscular Young man.

Slle" Brewster, Que of the workman
engaged this week in repairing the Law
renee street bridge, and in the employ
of Messrs Sullivan & Rice, is a great
character. He is young fellow about
Is years of age, six feet high, and weighs
betwc en- 100 and 40 pounds Inappear-
ance he is tall and thin, and more in
clined to the feminine then masculine,
but nevertheless giant in strength and
an athlete in action. In the work on
which he is engaged is no child's play,
it being heavy and laborious. Still to
Sile" it appears as naught. Whether
hammering rivets, hosting timbers or
carrying beams, he is ever happy, and
the-devil-may care twinkle of his eyes,
together with his many tricks of agility.
convinces the observer that hard work
effects him but little. The other after
noon the iron castings for the bridge ar
rived, some of the pieces weighing three
hundred pounds. 1t was thought at first
a derrick would have to be erected to
place them in position. "Sile' laughed
at the idea, aud coolly taking the heav-
lest piece in his arms and carried it
about 200 feet and placed it in its prop
er place on the bridge, paying little heed
to the wondering eyes that were upon
him. A moment afterward he was call
ed to spike some planks upon the bridge,
and being in hurry to execute the or
der, he..reached for the railing, which WAS
some two feet above his head as he stood,
and vaulted clear over it, striking on his
feet, and Immediately executing double
somersault, striking on his hands then
on his knees right on the spot where he
was called to do the spiking. And 80
he goes all day long; now carrying as
much as two ordinary men can lift;
again performing some feat that would
do credit to an acrobat in the ring, and
never for moment sighting or neglect
ing his work or the good and welfare of
his employers. 1t is said of him on
authority, that recently he carried a
parlor safe weighing 1,1eO pounds up
three flights of stairs with as much ease
as though it were box of so or 100
pounds. He is indeed a won ierful
young man, and no one appreciates his
worth more than Messrs. Sullivan &
Rice, in whose employ he has been for a
number of years.-Aibany Argus.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
The Indian Outbreak.

A dispatch from Gen. Merritt dated
October 2, on Milk river, has been received
by Gen. Sheridan. 1t says: awe relieved
Captain Payne's command at $50 this
morning. We found the command much as
reported in original dispatches. The casu-
alties were IL killed and % wounded. All
the animals of the command were killed
except twelve mules and three horses of
the four companies of cavalry. Captain
Dodge with his company arrived on the LIST
inst. into Captain Payne's intrenchments,
but all his horses were killed by the enemy"
Lieut.. Marrow telegraphs via. Lapwai,
from northern Idaho, that the band of hos
tiles who committed the murders at Raines'
ranch, and have been depredating in that
section, have surrendered Internationally.
They number thirty-nine. He is bringing
them in.
courier from the White River agency,
sent by Chief Douglas, says the women and
children of the agency are at his house and
that he turned the money and papers over
to the agents wife. 1t is reported that two
Indians entered Agent Meeker's office,
threw him ON the floor and shot him dead.
The employees took refuge in the building,
which was fired, and when the poor fellows
attempted to escape they were shot.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
Ivueh Law in Tennessee.

On the 9th of September, Dick Woods,
storekeeper on the line of the Cincinnati
Southern railroad. was found murdered in
his store and the store robbed. A negro
named Tom Jones was arrested while trying
to sell sleeve buttons belonging to the muir
dered man. Jones implicated another ne
gro named Bill Pearson, who was arrested.
Both confessed the murder saying they kill
ed Woods by hitting him on the head with
car coupling pin, while he was in the act
of drawing beer for them. Also confessed
they had other murders in view if they had
got off with this one. Jones and Pearson
were taken from custody on the night Of The
9th, by unknown parties, and hung from a
railroad bridge at Whites Creek.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
Chicago.

CHICAGO, October 11.-3 100 P. M.-Wheat
Strong and higher; No. 2 red at $1.16H
OILY; spring at $112I for cash; $1.14H
for seller November; $l.16H for seller
December. Corn-Strong and higher; $3.50
for cash $3.50 for seller November 1890
for seller May. Oats-Stronger at Csc for
cash; 2SHc for seller November. Rye-At
zoe. Barley-At 74c. Pork-Weak and
lower at $l000@10.25 for cash; 1925 bid
for seller October; $8.S5@S.9 80 for seller No.
vember. Lard-Heavy at $6.10@6.12X for
cash; 1856 bid for seller November; $3.50
asked for seller January. Whisky-At
$1.07. Hogs-Receipts $4,000 head; fairly
active and steady; packing heavy at So 400
$40; shipping at $3.60@3.9O; light 1Oc
lower at So. 4O@3.75. Cattle-Receipts 2,C0O
head; very dull; shipping 5@10e lower
butchers and stockers slow.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18

company, at Wilkesbarre, Pa, by which
four miners named Nolak, Moran, Smith
and McGroarty, were seriously burned.
At six o'clock on the Attn instant, as a shift
of men was being lowered in Tioga mine,
Bodie, CAL, the engine escaped control of
the engineers and the cage was precipitated
with great speed to the FIVE hundred foot
level. The unfortunates were: John
Cassidy, both legs broken. Pat Barron,
dying, mashed to pieces. Sam Marston'
both legs broken; French, both legs broken;
Manuel Alvers, injured internally; Harry
Richards, killed; Joe Roderick, injured Sc
riously; Pete Pluf, one leg broken. 1t is
the opinion of the physician in charge that
all the INJURED will die.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
DfsastrOus Rlaxes.

dispatch from Dubuque, Iowa, says the
damage by prairie fires around Cherokee,
Fonda and Newell, Iowa, is estimated at
$4,000.
A portion of large cotton mill at Ten
dres, France, 81 900 spindles, burned. Dam.
age FAC, 900.
great fire occurred at Riga, Russia, on
the Sth inst, destroying forty houses and
the new government building.
A great fire in the French Concession,
Shanghai, China, destroyed nine hundred
and ninty-one houses. No lives lost.
Wood land four miles about Madrid, N.
Y, is on fire and farmers are rapidly remoy-
ing produce. In Louisville and Massene
great damage has been done.
Prairie fires are doing considerable dam.
age and creating much alarm in Dakota.
The woods along the Missouri river are on
fire and the town of Mainland was only
saved by the activity of the citizens. The
country between Bismarck and Fargo, is
burned over thoroughly. Four miles of
ties and a bridge at Crystal Springs were
destroyed. The telegraph operator at Dead
wood reports the woods all atire thereabout,
and several saw mills reported burned, or in
great danger. The inhabitants are busy
using means of protection, telling trees, ETC.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
Fearful Railroad Wreck

serious and painful accident occurred
on the Michigan Central railroad short
distance east of Jackson, Mich, about one
O'Clock on the morning of the 10th inst,
The Pacific express train, bound west, which
left Detroit forty minutes late, collided with
switch engine on the main track at thar
place, telescoping the baggage and express
cars and piling the remaining coaches,
eleven in number, one on top of the other.
The first coach was filed with emigrants.
most of whom were killed or seriously in.
Jured. Many occupants of the other coaches
were also killed or injured. 1t is supposed
that there are about twenty or twenty-five
killed and an equal number wounded. The
majority of the number is thought to be
emigrants and second class passengers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
South American Commuu,.,s

On the 9th of September an uprising OF
Communists occurred at Bucaramaua, in
the state of Santander, New Grenada. The
Alcalde, Pedro Collszos, headed crowd OF
rutfians in en- attack on several wealthy es.
adjustments, among others the only bank
IN the place, completely sacking them,
killing and woundirg the defenders and
burning the building. Among the wounded
was the German consul Gen. Witches,
president of the state with small disci.
pinned force, attacked the Communists in
an intrenched position and completed rout.
ed them. He killed many of the leaders
and took many prisoners.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18

The Democrats of Louisiana have nomi
mated the following ticket: For governor,
L. A. Witt; lieutenant governor, S. D. Nc.
Emery; attorney general, J. c. Egan; secre.
tary Of state, w. A. Strong; auditor, Allen
Jewett; superintendent of public education
f. Hay.
The Massachusetts, Democratic state con.
ventlon on the 9TH inst, nominated the
following ticket: For Governor, John
Quincy Adams; acknowledgements, W.
T. Plunkett; Secretary of State, Gen. NJ. T.
Donohoe; Treasurer and Receiver, Gen.
David N. Skillings; Auditor, VIM. r. Field
Attorney General, Richard Olney.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
From AfghanIstan.

Sir Frederick Roberts telegraphs from
Charasiab, the 9th instant, at o'clock in
the evening, that the Afghaps advanced
from Cabul in force and there was heavy
fighting all day. The Afghan position was
carried, and II guns captured. The British
loss is about 80 killed and wounded Gen.
Roberts hoped to he able to march close to
Cabul the next day.
Independent hostile tribes attacked the
British camp at ShutsrgarIen on the Sd
inst. The natives were repulsed with a
loss of twenty killed, while the British loss
was six wounded.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18

rible, the seething water was escaping
from the boiler with kissing noise. and
scalding the horses feet, but none OF the
brave threshers we're there to release
them from their perilous and painful
position. Luckily, in the fall, the
safety-valve was thrown open, and the
anticipated explosion did not take
place. In the course of tedious delay
the threshers one by one sneaked back,
released the horses, and each swore that
he knew nothing of the accident
Columbus Democrat.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18

George R. Young, father of John Russell
Young and James Rankin Young, well.
known Journalists, died at Philadelphia, on
the 9th inst, of heart disease.
Sir Anthony Clearly, baron of the English
Court of Exchequer, is dead.
James FL. Metcalf, prominent in the pork
and provision trade at Buffalo, N. Y, died
On the 9Th inst.
John w. Keene, inventor of the Reming.
ton-Keene magazine gun, died at lion, N.
Y, on the 4th inst, aged 53years, of Bright's
disease.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18

THE Mexican volcano of Orizaba, IT,
800 feet above the sea level, has been
assembled by M. Alfalfa, resident in
Puebla. Thirteen persons accompanied
him, one of whom died at the top from
rarefaction of the air, and another few
days afterward from erysipelas caused
by the reflection of the sun ON the snow.
Seven thousand steps had to be cut in
the snow to gain the summit, and the
expedition occupied four days, one of
which was blank owing to rain and
snow. Baron Muller, in 1859, first made
the ascent, and he has had very few sue
cessOrs.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
The Public Lands.

The forthcoming annual report of the
commissioner of the general land Office, will
contain an interesting comparative state
ment of the disposals of public lands to
actual settlers during each of the late FIVE
fiscal years. The totals range from about
100000 to 100000 acres each for the
fiscal years of 1876, 1876 and 1877, to 1885,
974 acres for the year ended June 80, 1873 +;
S,650,119 acres during the twelve months
ended with last June. The totals of the
entries under the homestead and timber
culture laws, contrast as follows: For the
fiscal year of 1877, 2,69S,771 acres; for do
1878, 6,2SS,771 acres for do 1879, S,026, 685
acres. The cash sales show a decrease Of
255,OO0 acres since last year, when they
aggregated about $4,000 acres, but the net
increase in the amount of land taken by
actual settlers the last fiscal year is found to
have been nearly one and half million
acres
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, October 1880 p. M
Flour-Held higher; good to choice spring
at $5.25@5.75; common at $4.75@5.C0
Wheat-Active and higher; No. hard at
$1.14H; No. l at $1.13I; No. 2 at $1.11A@
LIZ; No. at $1.05H@1.C6H; No. at 81 &c;
No. seller November at $1.12X@1.14X;
seller December at $1.14H@1.16X. Corn
Quiet at 38Ac. Oats-Dull at 28c. Rye
Steady at 69c. Barley-Firm at 68Ac; No.
3 47c. Pork-Dun at $1025. Lard-At
1918. Hogs-Dull at $3.25@3.50.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
Rusfupss Wreeks

Thomas j. Borden, treasurer of the Amer.
lean Print works, md Richard B. Borden,
treasurer of the Troy and Richard Borden
Manufacturing company, Fall River, Mass,
it is reported proposes making assignments.
Personal liabilities of Thomas Borden about
100000. His endorsements about $780,.
COO; his unpledged assets about $4,000.
Richard B. Borden's personal liabilities
about 100000; endorsements about mil
lion his unpledged assets about $4,000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
A Biscuit Race.

Among the countless forms of walking
and running matches now in vogue, there
is one which was a great tsvOrite at sea
in the day of long voyages, and still fire.
quently to be met with. Thirty pieces
of ship biscuit are laid along the deck a
yard apart, and the man who can pick
them up and bring them back to the
starting point, one by one, in the short
est time, wins the day, a very well con-
tested "biecuit race" of this kind took
place on board South Atlantic steamer,
between two of the second class stewards.
The first who started, a slim: active
fellow of twenty three, was the favorite
with the majority, but some of the
" knowing ones" shook their heads at
his commencing with the nearest pieces,
and thus leaving the hardest work to
the last. He made good time, however,
though showing visible signs of exhaus-
ton toward the end; but his weary op-
ponent, knowing himself to be the
weaker man, few at once to the far end
of the line, thus making each successive
journey shorter than the last. As the
race neared its close the excitement be-
came intense. Many of the passengers
shouted and gesticulated as eagerly a.
the sailors themselves; and the motley
crowd swaying too and fro in the lantern
light might having already fallen), the
shouts OF encouragement from one side
and outspoken ridicule from the other,
the loud and frequent appeals from the
timekeeper, and the flying figure of the
runner in his stripped shirt and jaunty
white pantaloons, leaping, turning
backward and forward like scene, max
ing very picturesque scene. The Sec
ond man proved the conqueror, but only
after hard struggle, his time being
nine minutes fifteen seconds, to his an
tagonist's 9:25.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18

INDIA ranks fourth among the coun-
tries of the world for the extent of coal
deposits. She hss 10000 square miles of
coal telds; the United States 100000;
China, 100000, and Australia 100000.
Only 5000 tons of Indian coal are now
consumed annually, and this quantity is
mined at Ranigunj, Kurhurbali, and
Daltongunj in Bengal, and Mopani and
Warora in the central provinces. But
there are 100000 tons used every year
for locomotives and factories, the other
100000 being imported, mainly from
Europe and Australia. Indian coal is
almost all bitumnous, and its structure
is ANIMATED, presenting alternate bright
and dark layers. Its heating quality is
inferior to English coal, but the native
coal gives good results when mixed in
equal proportions with the latter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
THE MARKETS.
Reported by CHANDLER, BROWN Co., Comm
sion Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.
New York.

NEW YORK, October 1850 P. M
Steady and Unchanged rec eaSI $1,000 bbls;
rye flour firm. Wheat-Spring quiet and
firm; winter about 1zc better; quiet; re.
ceipts 4S1, 900 bus; sales 100000 bus; No. 2
amber cash at $1.38. Rye-Firm. Corn
Firm; receipts $4,000 bus; sales lie, 900 bus;
unchanged prices. Barley Unchanged.
Oats-Dull receipts Is, 900 bus; sales 10000
bus; at 37X@40c for mixed western; $500
43c for white. Pork-Quiet and unchanged.
Beef-Steady. Lard-Dull at $642H
AT $.10H. Sugar-Unchanged Eggs
At 16@20c. Petroleum-Crude Unchanged;
refined at 7ac. Tallow-At 61s@6Lc.
Coal-Jn good demand. Leather-Active.
Wool-Very firm.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18

WHEAT buyers at Portland, Oregon,
are freely taking all lots offered, and in
the interior holders are standing on what
is equivalent to $1.75 at Portland, sacked,
and it is reported that sales have been
made on that basis. The export trade
has now fairly set in, and the abundance
of cereals in sight taxes the utmost
capacity of transportation facilities to
bring it to tide-water.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
Daring Train Robbery.

On the 8th inst, band of twenty masked
men stopped Chicago and Alton train at
Glendale, a station fifteen miles east of Kan.
sas City, Mo. The express messenger was
knocked down and his car robbed. 1t is
estimated that $4,000 was taken. The
Glendale station agent is missing.
Ldter.-It is ascertained that the loss to
the express company will not exceed St, 900
in cash. The rest of the valuables were not
negotiable.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18

The people of these United States
have an undeniably sweet tooth. Last
Last year they consumed 100000 tons of
sugar and $50, 1000 hogsheads of molasses,
to say nothing of honey and maple
sugar. Each man, woman and child of
our population consumes forty pounds
of sweetness. Great Britain only uses
twenty nine pounds, while France shows
only nine pounds, and the Fatherland,
where lager beer, Rhine wine and sour
kraut don't mix very well with saccha-
rine matter, something less than ceven
pounds. Somebody remarks "Hence
the superior sweetness of the America
disposition" Hence, too, we may add,
the torpidity of the American liver snd
the Effectiveness of American teeth.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
MurderOus DEEDS,


John Norris, city marshal of Sulphur
instant.
In the Faubourg Saint Honore, near the
Palais Elysee, Paris, on the 9th instant, 9
chemist named Lagrange and a female do
nestle were found murdered. The proba
bic murderer is Swiss apprentice, named
Arnold Walker, who, tits thought, escaped
to America.
John Meirhoffer, a farmer near Newark,
N. j., was shot dead in his house on the 9th
instant. His wife and hired man, Frank
Lannon's, were arrested. When the arrest
was made Lannon's and Mrs. Meirhoffer
were found occupying the same bed.
Ex-Mayor Jos. P. Hyde, of Harrisburg.
Va, was shot on the street at that place or
the night of the 9TH inst, by ex-chief of
police JOS. II. Kelly. One ball entered his
right shoulder from behind.
Thos. Decamp, son of prominent mer
chant of Cincinnati, O., shot, and it is
thought fatally wounded, hackman named
Jackson, on the morning of the 9th inst.
The parties had been drinking all night.
jackson finally taking DeCamp where the
the shooting occurred, in the latter's parlor.
The exact cause of the shooting is unknown.
Ats negro "shin-dig at Bridgeton, ST..
Louis county. Mo-, on the 5th inst, Charles
France was shot dead by Robert Crosley,
who afterward tried to shoot one Valentine
Walker, but missed. He was promptly
arrested.
Geo. Long, a Baptist preacher, and Frank
Goddy, both driving heavily laden teams
met on road about four miles from Spring.
field, Mo, on the 5th inst. Neither would
give way and let the other pass, when both
leaped from their wagons and engaged in a
fierce fight. The Rev. Long, with huge
knife, succeeded in disemboweling his an
tagonist, who died from his horrible wounds.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
Rurnetl tn heath

The dwelling house of James O'Neill, half
a mile from Stockton, Cal, was destroyed
by fire on the night of the 9th. The wife OF
O'Neill was drunk and unable to escape
and was burned to death. O'Neill was
found leaning against the fence, also intox.
icated. Cause supposed to be the bursting
of a coal oil lamp.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-10-18
The Perfls of BaIIoOning.

Prof. Colgrove and c. 81. Williams, man.
ager of Woodward's Garden, San Francisco,
CAL, attempted to make an ascension from
the garden ON the 5th inst. The balloon
was cast loose when imperfectly inflated,
and high wind which prevailed swept the
balloon along the tops of buildings, ripping
telegraph wires, chimneys, etc., in its fight.
Both occupants were thrown from the car
to the street and injured fatally, the inflated
bag collapsing shortly afterward with loud
report.