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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
A Dramatic Scene.

st q meeting of the Peace commissioners
at Los Pinos agency, Colorado, on the 9th
inst, Ouray refused to deliver up the In
dams who participated in the Meeker mas
sacre unless they are to be tried in Wash
ington. He said the Colorado people were
enemies of the Indians, and to deliver them
up to be tried in that state would be equiva-
lent to surrenderiug them to the hangman.
The scene at this point was dramatic in the
extreme, and is pictured as follows: No
one moved or spoke for q few moments, when
Colorow lighted d big pipe, the pipe OF
peace Each Indian present drew his knife
and laid it on his knees, the question of
peace or war being the one pending. Colo
row passed the pipe to the next man with
out smoking and it went round. When the
circle was finished, he Jumped to his
feet, Strengthened up to his full,
height, pulled his belt around until his
knife sheath was in front, pulled his knife
out, threw it with force on the floor, quiy-
ering and ringing. Instantly every Indian
present dropped his hand to his belt and
laid his hand on his knife or pistol, the
whites did the same and the two parties
stood fronting and defying each other for
some moments, each waiting for the other
to make a forward move. There were but
six white men, while there were % Indians
in the room and IS soldiers in the adjoining
room" Finally Oursy delivered his speech,
in substance, as above.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
A Foolish Father

A most distressing accident occurred at
Otterville, Buchanan county, six miles
northwest OF independence, Mich, on the
9th inst, by which German named Weiser,
while playfully aiming sup posed empty
revolver at his little two-year-old child, &C.
cidentslly discharged the weapon, the con-
tents entering the chiId's heart and passing
entirely through the body.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
Fatal Explosions,

By an explosion of dynamite at Tangier,
n. s., on the 10th inst, George Ferguson,
his son James and nephew Joseph Fergu-
son were instantly killed.
BY the explosion of gas in sewer at
Oakland, Cal, on the 10th, several houses
were wrecked and a boy named Johnny
Leach badly burned.
a boiler accident occurred aboard the
British war ship Pelican, by which three
persons were killed and q number injured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

Some speculative persons have formed
partnership for the purpose OF recover
ing the remains of the French vessels-of-
war sunk at the battle of the Nile, five
in number. The locality, ? out twelve
miles from Alexandria, is favorable for
such an enterprise. The would be salvors
estimate that at least eighty tons of
copper will be got from each vessel, and
this alone would make the operation
paving one.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
A Missouri Blizzard.

A very severe wind stortt passed over the
town of Reny, Randolph county, Mo-, On
the 9th inst The residence of Byrd Ryle
was torn to pieces, every member of the
family being more or less injured and Mr.
Ryle fatally. The house of Joe Patrick was
blown down, and Mrs. Wright, visitor,
fatally hurt. The dwelling of Noah Burk-
head was torn to pieces, and Mrs. Burkhead
was seriously wounded. Several other
houses were considerably Injured, and
fences. grain stacks, trees, etc, destroyed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
singular Coincidence.

Michael Flanagan, acquitted of the
charge of completely in the murder OF Mary
Gallagher, was accidentally drowned on the
9Th instant, in the new canal at Point st.
Charles, Canada. 1t is remarked that the
nour and day on which Flanagan was
drowned are the same as appointed for the
execution of Susan Kennedy, whose SEN
tence has been committed to imprisonment
in the penitentiary for life.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
A Disastrous storm.

A storm at Aspinwau damaged the Pacific
Mail Steamship company's wharf 100000,
and that of the Panama Railroad company
$4,000; three hundred and twenty-nine
tons of coal were lost by vessels sinking.
Some idea of the violence of the sea may
be gathered from the fact that the A G.
Bonner lost her radder by her striking the
bottom in six fathoms Of water, and her cap
tain says the sea was heavier than any he
has seen on the banks of Newfoundland. 1t
is expected it will be thirty days before
traffic can be fully resumed on the railroad.
The villages of Gatean and Buena
Vista were swept away, and BaiIsmono was
partiallyruined. In Matschen many houses
were ruined and in those which remain the
floors are covered with mud. In some
places on the railroad track and in the
streets the mud is foot or two deep.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
Self Murder.

A student named Hutchinson at Hobart
College, Geneva, \. Y, attempted some.
thing new in the suicide business. He got
upon table snd placed his mouth over a
burning gas Jet, clenched his teeth upon
the burner, and, becoming unconscious,
fell 10 the floor. He was from Chicago.
Miss Mary Kessell committed suicide at
herself in a cistern.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

freshman, Sichel & Co, hardware deal
ers, at San Francisco, Cal, have made an
assignment Liabilities about S65,OOO; as
sets $4,000. A defalcation by an abscond.
ing bookkeeper caused the embarrassment.
7. B. Simpson & Co., pork packers OF
East Greenbush, n. Y, have made general
assignment for the benefit of their creditors.
Liabilities reported heavy.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

The authorities of the British war
Office were nOnplussed few weeks ago.
An application for a pension was sent in
by the widow Of the Roman Catholic
chaplain attached to q certain regiment
now stationed in the West Indies. The
widow of priest sounded little start
ling, and the matter has been fully in
vestigated. However, the law officers
report to the effect that the widows
claim is just. Although, of course, pro-
aibited by the law f the church to
which he belongs, yeta priests marriage
is, it seems, perfectly valid at common
law, and the widow has made good her
application.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

CLEvELAND's tax rate has gone up
from sl.98 to 81 81 since 1871, and the
business men Of the city have formed a
league to procure relief by cutting
down expenses and extending taxa
tion to the saloons, churches, school
buildings, hospitals, monssteriea and
c0nvpnts
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
queer Ending of a Rebellion.

The Kashgsr revolt in Chinese Tartary is
at an end, Hakim Khan being completely
overthrown with loss of one thousand
killed. IT seems that Hakim Khan besieged
Tashkourgsn with FIVE thousand men, the
Chinese garrison numbering only two thou
sand, but all OF Hakim Kahn's Kirghis
force deserted leaving him with only sixteen
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
Heroes Rewarded.

On the Sth inst. Queen Victoria received
at Windsor Castle the officers and men who
distinguished themselves in the Zulu war,
and conferred the Victoria cross and other
decorations on one corporal and three phi
Yates of the R0rke's Drift garrisons. Gen
erals Newdigate, Crealoek and Pearson and
other South African commanders attended
the ceremonies.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
milwaukee,.

MILWAUKEE, December SIS 100 P. M
tIour-Quiet but firm; common spring at
S2.6O95 75i good to choice at 500 @6.75.
Wheat-Active and irregular; seller Jan.
uary at 81 29KQL3O1; seller February at
Sl.5lA(g1 3214; No. cash st S1.31; No.
hard at 1892: No. at $1.29@1 291a; No 5
at Sl.l413i No. at S107h@1.C9 Corn
Dull at 407ze: new at 39c. Oats-Tame
at 5474(935c for No. 2. Barley-Easier; No.
sold at 75976c; No. at 55c: extra No. 8
at 6219g62Ac. Rye-Dull al 7Sc. Pork
Tame at s13.25 cash; Si3.25 seller January
and Sl3.45 seller February. Lard-Qaiet at
S7.50@8 co for steam and kettle. HOGS
Lower at s. 3711@4 so.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

undred Sarts. With this force and fraught
with vengeance Hakim Khan repaired to
the country of the KirghiE who had desert.
ed his command, which he ravaged and
then started for Russian territory laden with
booty, but the Chinese from Tashkourgan
overlook him on the Dist of September in
the Kilel.Art defle and slew 1000 of his
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
A Severe Rattle

On the 9th inst. about three hundred
Montenegrins stationed at VeIika were at
tackled by several thousand Albanians. The
Montenegrins being closely pressed, were
reinforced by five battalions, when they
routed the Albanians. The loss on both
sides Was heavy.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
Another Illumination In Hungarx.

In consequence OF severe snow storms the
river karos has inundated the city of Cross
warden. Hungary, many houses have been
destroyed and thousands of inhabitants are
fugitives in search of shelter.
Pesth dispatch says six villages
have been ruined by floods near Arad.
Many entire families who had found refuge
in neighboring woods were frozen to death.
Several hundred persons are missing.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

THE MARKETS.
Reported by CHANDLER, Brown & Co., Commits
sion Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.
N ew York.

NEW YOBK, December 1873 80 ?. NJ
Cotton-Nominal at 12Ac. Flour-Ouiet
receipts $4,000 bbls; sales 10, 600 bbls at SIS 90
@650 for common to extra western; hoop
unchanged; rye flour firm at IS rs. Wheat
AT 12a1c lower; receipts IS 900 bus; sales
10000 bus; No. l white seller December
at 81 53M. Rye-Quiet at 96@97c. Corn
Dali; receipts 10000 bus; sales 10000 bus
at 60065Hc. Barley-Quiet and unchan ged.
Oats Dull; receipts $4,000 bus; sales 3d..
N0 BUS at 49@52G for mixed western; 5l@
54ac for white. Pork-Dull st $12.75. Beet
Quiet Lard-Easier at 1916. Butter and
Cheese-Unchanged. Whisky-At S1.170
Lis. Sugar and Eggs Unchanged. Petr0.
leum-Crude unchanged; refined at sac.
TalloW-Unchanged Coal-Duu. Leather
S eady. Wool-Firm.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

HERE is sect in Russia called the
Chrysty, who bid fair to rival the Amer
lean Adventists in their zeal and taste
Tor human sacrifices. A certain woman
named Prascovia Koshemkoff has become
a leader among them, and like the poor
fanatic in Massachusetts, VINO offered up
his child the other day, was convinced
tat Christ called for a victim in order
to raise him up again. She ordered her
followers to seize a woman who was pass
ing and murder her, which they did.
Prascovis drove her cart over the body
two or three times, and then proceeded
to bring it to life; failing in which she
was banished to Siberia for eighteen
years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
RUrne6 10 Rpash.

Five Cinnamon were burned to death at
Lovelocks, New, on the 18th. They were in
a stupor from opium at the time.
A tollgate house near Rochester, New
York, burned on the 10th inst, and the
keeper and infant child persisted in the
flames,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

The bel-punch has been sc much of
failure in Virginia that Governor Holli-
days message recommends its repeal,
unless measures can be adopted to secure
its proper enforcement.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
BeHeaded,

intelligence has been received that Pra
Peecha, son-in.law of Thomas G. Knox, late
British political agent and consul general
at Bangkok, has been barbara usly beheaded
at Pechim, Siam, and that Pra Peecha's
father and brothers have been imprisoned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
IHRRp McCrRrY.

Without further debate Or division the
senate, on the 9Th inst, confirmed the nom
nation of Secretary McCrsry to be United
States Circuit Judge for tie eight circuit.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
Fire, Water and Smoke.

The Touring mill of Sam Hill & Co.,
Athens, H., burned on the 8th inst. Loss
S25, 900.
The main chapel OF the Wesleyan Chapel,
London, was much injured by fire on the
Sih inst, and the historic building, Wes-
ley's Morning Chapel, was Quilted. Wes-
ley's pulpit was saved. The beautiful fres-
coed ceiling is irreparahly injured, and
great doubts are entertained whether the
roof can be restored.
at Troy, n. Y, on the 18th inst, Suther-
lands boiler shop, Browns machine shop, q
laundry, and several shirt and collar manu-
factories, six tenement houses and the Ger
man Lutheran church we're destroyed by
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
Drowned.

Mrs. Neault and two children were
drowned in North Nation river, Can, on the
18th
At point thirteen miles north OF Nash
viii, Tenn, on the 10th inst, the dam on an
ice pond broke and torrent of water swept
down on cottage occupied by the McCroy
family. McCroy, with two OF his children
in his arms aud leading tn ird, the Young.
est, and followed by his wife, attempted
to wade through the food from his house,
which was surrounded by water to the depth
of six feet. Floating timber OF old ice
houses knocked the little boy out Of his
fathers arms and tore the little girl from
his grasp and they were drowned. hcCroy
and wife and their remaining child escaped.
Wash. Winaus (colored) was drowned at
Cairo, H., on the 10th inst by his team
backing into the river.
A Halifax dispatch of the Sth saws
Michael WrsyloD, of Emerald Isle, his
daughter Cassie, his son Lowell, and man
named Jacob Sears of Woods Harbor, left
Shag Harbor in a small shallop for Pubnico
to attend church the vessel foundered en-.
tering Argyle sound; all drowned"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
Promoted.

Captain Dodge, of the Ninth cavalry,
who, with his company of colored soldiers,
so CALAMITY rescued Captain Payne few
weeks ago when beleagured by the Ute In
dams, after Thornburgh's death, has been
promoted to major and paymaster.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
Our New Secretary of war.

On the 10Th inst, the president sent to the
senate the nomination of Alexander Ram
sey, OF Minnesots, for secretary of war;
Without reference to any committee the
nomination was unanimously confirmed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
TIE Lost Found.

The ship Caliope arrived at New York on
the 10th inst. She picked up the missing
boat of the foundered baak Edith with the
captain and four seamen. They were
previously reported lost.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
Buried Alive.

At Plattsmouth, Neb., on the 18th inst,
near a new railroad being constructed, a
bank eaved in upon ten or twelve men.
Three men were taken out dead and seven
badly injured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

Frederick Hay, John Reckler and q boy
named James, were killed on the 18th inst,
by the falling of top slate in the Forest
colliery, at Pottsville, Pc.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
a New Bonanza.

Uranium, mineral found in Bohemia,
but never before in this country, so far as
known, has been discovered in the Sacrs.
mento mining district in Colorado. The
ore runs so per cent. uranium, worth about
81 900 per ton,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
Jncle Sam Robbed.

While the Grant procession was passing
the custom house of Cincinnati on the 10th
instant, and the clerk temporarily absent,
thieves carried off $500 to 81 COO.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

SPEAKING of the premature, publica-
ton of the message, MIR. Secretary
Evarts, who has a dry wit, observes:
/" 1t will come to this, that we will have
to send our reports to congress in manu-.
script, and have them read at the CLERKS
desk. and God help the clerk wh0 will
be compelled TO wrestle with the manu-
script"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
HAYDEN SOf lIutlfY.

In the case of Hayden, charged with the
murder of Mary Stannard, on trial at Wor-
eester, Mass, the jury returned verdict
OF "not guilty" The verdict was received
with loud cheers. The prisoner wept like
child.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
Deaths DOtn&e.

tix-member Of congress Amos Turck died
at Exeter, n H., on the 18th inst.
Jon Sigur Disson, an Icelandic savant, is
dead.
DR.. Enoch Cable Wines died at Cam
bridge, Mass on the 18th inst.
Brevet Major Rosencrans, Of the Six
teenth United States infantry, died at Fort
Riley, No, On the Eth, and was buried with
military honors. During the civil war he
was an aide-de camp at the army of the
Potomac headquarters.
John S. Cuttings, Baltimore banker, died
on the Sth inst, aged 81 years. He was
worth several millions.
Congressman Alfred NJ. Lay, of Missouri,
is dead.
Hon. VIM. Ketcham, Judge of the United
States District Court Of the Western district
of Pennsylvania, died of apoplexy at the st.
Charles hotel, Pittsburg, Pa, on the 9TH
inst.
The deaths of the Duke of Portland,
George Crawley, q distinguished English
engineer, and Sir William Boxall, of the
Royal academy, are announced. Crawley
was killed on board New York packet of
Froptera by being accidentally thrown into
the hold.
Ira Garfield, Of the firm Of Garfield, Bros.
& Co, jewelers., did suddenly on the even
ing of the 9th inst, aged 81 years. He was
widely known in business circles, and took
an active interest in benevolent works.
| For a quarter of century he has been a
jealous member of the Presbyterian Church.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

fire. Fitzgerald's malt house was damaged
to the extent Of $4,000. The losses aggre
gate $4,000, with an insurance of about
$4,000. Eighteen hundred employees,
fifteen hundred of vhon are girls, are
thrown out of employment.
The works of the Consumers Gas compa-
ny, Cantou, Md, were burned on the 9th
inst. Loss S26 600
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
Swallowed UD,

During the recent heavy cyclone in the
Bay of Bengal the storm wave swept over
Monkishkai island, drowning several hun
dPed persons
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
NEWS IN BRIEF,
Logs Lost,


One hundred thousand logs have been
swept out of Little river, n. B., and lost.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
VARIOUS TOPICS.

TwENVY-E1GHT states in this country
have regularly appointed fish commits
sioners to execute the Laws.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
F0THtQn.

LIVERPOOL, December III 80 P. M
Wheat advance penny per GENITAL all
round and better tone. CarRoes advanced
six pence per quarter. Country markets g
shade higher.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

These are the manufacturers prices
until the next meeting of the association,
which will occur the first part of Jan
uary, at which time another advance
NAV be expected.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

The board of examiners of San Fran
cisco observed, during a recent session,
that one young woman, candidate for
certificate to teach, was particularly
apt, answering the most difficult ques-
tions with readiness. One of the exam
liners watched the young woman to find
that once in a while she cast her ewes
down towards her cuffs. He stepped
up to her at the close of the session, and,
as though DESTROYS of congratulating her,
took her hand. On both cuffs the exam
iner found ABOUT $50 words, written in a
Saint hand and with authorizations.
Once upbraided with the cheat, the
young woman of the tell-tale cuffs con-
fessed that she had paid one Of the clerks
of the board fifty dollars for set of the
questions and answers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20
The Advance in Paper.

Within a period Of sixty days the
prices of print and book papers have
advanced over so per cent. Paper that
was being sold in September at 81 cents
per pound is now put upon the combina-
ton price list at 10 cents per pound.
At meeting of the Chicago division of
the American Paper Makers association,
held in Chicago on November 25th, the
following prices to dealers in car load lots
were fixed upon
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

In addition to the great national fes.
tival by which it is intended next year
TO celebrate the fftieth anniversary of
the independence of the kingdom of
Belgium, it is also designed to erect 4
monumental building as a permanent
commemoration of the event. 1t is re-
commended that sn edifce should be
erected in the Greek style of architec-
ture on the Kockell hill, the highest
point of Brussels The reliefs. sculp.
lures, paintings and other ornamental
ton are to represent the chief incidents
ana personages concerned in the events
of 1880 and of the first fifty years of
the history of the kingdom. The cost
OF the building is estimated at 5000. 600
frsncs, the ornamentation alone being
set down at 100000 francs. The build
ing is to be designed by the Belgian
srchitect, Bslst. At the festival itself,
among other things, d series of operas
by Belgian composers is to be performed
al the expense of the state.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-20

POCKETS are always ripe enough 10
pick.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-07

Judge llarl Ian says he has not yet made an,
decision in the case 0t the e. e. Il IC. L. L.
against the PENNSYLVANIA Company nor has
he determined how hr would decide.
SrOCHS-ThC market was in the nnin strnn,
and higher throughout the day. Prices r,r,.
',0l 4 per cent, and the highest quotations Of
the day were current NJ the close. except for
coal shares, which reacted l,aa4 per cent The
features in the upwardmuvrmrnt were North
western, St Paul, Pittsburgh Lake Shun,,
Canada Southern and Erie.
Transactions aggregated lI7.OOO shares NJ
which 900O were Erie, 1900 Lake Shore,
ll,O0 Northwestern common, 7,OO0 preferred
l!,OO st, Paul common, 5000 preferred, ~,
00 lackawanna, 1900 New Jersey Central V.Un
Michigan Central. 5000 Western Union, 3.OOO
81. Louis 4 Iron Mountain, and 2,OOOS,. l.uui-
Kansas City 4 Northern,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-07
NEW YORK.

THURMAN WILL not GO TO COLUMBUS.
NEw York, January q. The Poa',
Washington correspondent telegraphs that
Senator Thurman told him this morning
nna1nU