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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-20

The revelations Of the true inwardness
Of the character of General GEORGE II.
THOMAS that have been made during the
past two Or three days don't exactly tally
with the Democratic eulogies evoked by the
dedication Of his memorial statue. He was
sturdy loyalist, who Haunted the Bloody
Shirt in official reports to the War Depart
ment regarding the Ku Klux away back in
1868, and were he alive to-day would be q
Stalwart Republican. Now that these facts
are beginning to dawn upon the minds OF
the Democrats their eulogy mill will sus-
pend operations. In fact it is not safe
mill for them to put in operation unless un-
der the requirements Of the death Of an
out-and out rebel, and it will never do its
best, most natural and characteristic work
until Bob TOoMBs dies.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-20

TILDEN is said to be worth twenty mill
lions of dollars. If true, it might also be
said that every dollar represents crime of
greater-or less gravity, for the world knows
that he did not come by his plumber hon
estly. What with the wrecking of rail-
roads, the running OF patrimonies, the
swindling of widows and orphans, the il
legal issue of scrip money in Michigan, and
his evasion of the income tax, it is not to
be wondered at that his bar'l is crammcd
to its utmost capacity. Verify, that bar'l
covers multitude of sins, and bids fair TO
cover the next, as 1t did the last, Democratic
nomination.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-20

.deneral Thomas died suddenly in San Francisco
Ca- March % 1870
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-20

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All persons warned ngninst purrhaenn NV
PERFECr BINDER from one " Van cullen, for
merry my CONTRASTING agent, who has iraudulently
made away with, secretcd large amount of nv
property. shall attach and take possession OF my
goods wherever found. - 80
JAMES Won LAER,
inventor and Sole Manufacturer of Won Iner's
Perfect Binder Tor Periodicals Pamphlet,
G28 Street N. w,
nolplmo Washington, u. c,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-20

therefore, of little consequence to him, ex-
eept in the light of the fact that boom
may be evolved out of it as the natural re-
suit Of unjust persecution. How would the
Tribune like to see o CARPENTER boom, ell ?
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-20
SPECIAL NOTICES.


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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25

The execution at Mauch Chunk, Pa, on
the 18th inst, of Sharpe and Mcdonnell,
convicted Of the murder of George K.
Smith, coal operator, at Audenreid on
the night of November 9Th, 1868, proved a
most exciting and dramatic affair. A re-
prieve from Governor Hartranft arrived
just one-half minute after the drop feIi,
Just thirty seconds too late to save the lives
OF the men adjudged guilty of the muir
der. The telegraph messenger reached
the jail door before the drop
fell, but no heed was taken of
his knocking and ringing, the wife of one
OF the culPrits having previously been ex-
tremely violent outside. When the drop
fell the knocking and ringing continued,
aud the sheriff soEt out a man to arrest the
parties, whom he imagined to be creating a
disturbance. Ii was then found to be q
telegraph messenger with a reprieye.
Amidst this excitement the reproaches of
the maddened brothers of Mcdonnell and
the wallings of the bereavod families out
side the culprits seem to have been forgot
ten, and they remained hanging for thirty
minutes after the drop fell. There is no
reasonable doubt, however, that they were
both dead when the reprieve came.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
Disastrous Flow Office

Great destruction of property has oc-
Cured along the Kentucky river At Beat
tyville large number of boats in harbor
were sunk, causing loss of $4,000. The
steamer Stahlman was completely wrecked
at Ehzabethtown. The gorge in the Cum
berland river at this point was the greatest
ever known, extending from shore 70 shore,
and when the mass commenced to move 1t
broke the largest trees.
Immense fields of unbroken ice, reaching
from shore to shore, passed down the Ohio
river on the 18th inst, inficting immense
damage to shipping and property on the
river banks.
At Cairo the ferry boat Nebraska CITY
and several flats were carried away. A
barge of nails belonging to the tow of the
steamer Whale was sunk.
AT Cincinnati a large number of emutv
and loaded coal barges were carried down
stream. A Gazette special reports ihe break
ing or the gorge in kanawa and moving
with tremendous force several steamers and
wharf poatS harbored in the mouth of the
Elk were thrust against keystone bridge
and Knocked it down. The steamer Liber-
ty, No. 4, was so badly damaged that she
sunk in "A feet of water
At Riverside the tow boat Ed. Hobbs,
and barge loaded with nails, were sunk.
Somerset, KY, special reports that the
river rose 55 feet altogether. Seventeen
coal barges and Que ferry boat sunk above
Smiths shoals and two large ferry boats at
Point Elizabeth. All bottom lands are
under water and the destruction of property
is heavy.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
Destructive Fires,

A IRE N Grundy Centre, Iowa, DESTROYED
eight business houses, including two banks
and the postotfice. Loss estimated at $4O,-
600.
A fire in New York on the 18th instant,
destroyed the wholesale cloth house of Van
Valkenburg & Leavitt, 81 Worth street, and
several adjoining buildings with their con.
tents. The loss is in the neighborhood of
81 800, 600.
The keithfeld rice mills, on Black river
Georgetown county, S. c., was burned on
the 18th inst. Total loss $4,000
A large block extending between Broad
way and Crosby streets on Grand street,
New York city, was totally consumed by
hre on the l4th inst. The loss to occupants
was as follows: Naumberg, kraus & Lauer,
cIothers, estimated 81 100000, insurance
heavy; Howard, Sanger & Co., notion
dealers, estimated at from $500 600 to 81 ,0O0,-
900, with heavy insurance; Edwin Bates
d Co, ciothlers, $3.50, 0G0, which was fully
insured. One fireman was killed and sever
al badly wounded. More arc missing and
1t is feared they have persisted.
4 fire on the 18th inst destroyed the
Evansville, Ind, Furniture company's fac
tory, together with the machinery, stock
and tools the workmen who had stopped
work for week and were about ready to
commence. Loss $50, 900; insurance SIS, 900.
Hauck's extensive brewery at Newark,
\. j., was burned on the 18th, with mault
houses, ice houses, etc. Loss estimated at
e1OO 600
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
The Crack Journalist.

The crack journalist ought to be "good
all round" He may have to write at
the shortest notice on any one of the
widest possible range of subjects He
must have any amount of information
at his fnger-ends, for hunting a fact
through books of reference not only
wastes valuable time, but throws you
out of easy swing of composition. He
ought to have the sort of pettifogging
intimacy with dates, names, and triffing
matters of facts" that Sir Arthur War
dour so strongly objected to in the
Amtiqun7y. He should have a sense of
humor, grim orplayful, that will come at
call, even if he has taken up the pen
with an effort or is laboring against the
grain. 1t is all the better, of course, if
he has these brilliant gifts of epigram
and singing satire that belonged to the
late Mr.. Albany Fonblanque, with
knack of memory for appropriate anec-
dotes and the art of adapting them to
point his arguments. He has to turn
the night into day, to sun and breakfast
at abnormal hours and prOlong the dull
strain on his brain power when nature
has long been craving for repose. The
willing horse is too often spurred to q
breakdown, and then the difficulty is to
replace him. For it is one or two of its
best men that make the backbone of
journal. They are but vaguely appre-
ciated by the public while they are alive,
although the average subscribers may
begin to be dimly conscious of loss
say within month or couple of moths
of their departure.-BtockaOood'S Maya
zine
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25

was ordered and the amendment yas de-
feated-yeas 70, nays 125. After refusing
TO lay 1t on the table, the house passed the
bill by a vote of 164 to 43 "A bill WAS re.
ported to facilitate the refunding of the ma
tional debt. journed.
THURSDAY, January 16.-The speaker
announced the regular order to be the con.
sideration of the bill reported Yesterday
from the committee on ways and means to
facilitate the refunding of the national
debt, the pending the question being on the
passage of the bill. Passed. The house
then went into committee OF the whole ON
the bill organizing the Mississippi river inn.
provement commission, and providing for
the improvement of that river and the pro.
lection of its alluvial lands An appropria-
ton OF $4,000 IS made for payment of
salaries, and the committee which reported
the bill has an amendment added appro.
priating 1881 GOO for STRENGTHENING
Mississippi levees. Robertson proposed
that debate shall be continued
next Wednesday evening, the pre-
vious question be then seconded and a
vote taken Thursday. The committee rose
and the order asked by Robertson was made
by the house. ..... Cobb introduced bill to
authorize the local taxation of legal tender
nOtes......Senate amendments to the house
district of Missouri were taken up and con
Cured INA recess was then taken until
:45, when memorial services in honor of
the late Prof. Joseph Henry were held in
the presence of vast audience. The pres
ldent and his cabinet, chief Justice and
associate judges of the Supreme Court, the
United States senate, the alumni of Prince
ton college, and members of various socie-
ties were present......Adjourned.
FRIDAY, January 1.-THE house
went into committee Of the whole on the
private calendar. After laying aside sew
eral bills to report to the house, the bill
was reached for the payment of the $500, 900
to the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal
seminary and high school in Virginia, for
rent of buildings during the war. Quite
lengthy discussion ensued, opponents of
the bill asserting that it was a war claim,
and friends of the measure stating that it
was just bill for rent of property, and the
government was as much bound to pay rent
for this building as for any other building
occupied by it. Without reaching vote
the committee rose and the house ad-
Journed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
Kew to Burn Coal.

A very common mistake is made and
much fuel wasted in the manner of re-
plenishing coal fires, both in furnaces
and CRATES. They should be fed with
little coal at time, and often; but SER
wants, to save time and trouble, put on a
great deal at once, the first result being
that almost all the heat is absorbed by
the newly put on coal, which does not
give out heat until it has become red
hot. Hence, for while the room is
cold, but when it becomes fairly aglow
the heat is insuferable. The time to re-
plenish coal fire is as soon as the Goals
begin to show ashes on their surface.
then put on merely enough to show q
layer Of black coal covering the red,
This will soon kindle, and, as there is
not much of it, an excess of heat will
not be given out. Many also put out
the fire by stirring the CRATE as soon as
fresh coal is put on, thus leaving all heat
in the ashes when it should be sent to the
new supply of coal. The time to stir the
fire is just when the new coal is pretty
well kindled. This method of managing
coal fire is troublesome, but it saves
fuel, gives more uniform heat, and pre-,
vents the discomfort of alterations of heat
and cold above referred to.-Leuis' Rurxk.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
L1ncOln's Carelessness.

Ex-secretary Usher says that he
once spoke to Mr.. Lincoln on the dan
ger of assassination. Lincoln was too
careless" be adds. 4" He would go out
Of his house at night and walk over to
the War Department, where Stanton
was receiving dispatches, unattended.
| said to him: Lincoln, you have no
business to expose yourself in this way
1t is known that you 60 out at midnight
and return here sometimes at 2 o'clock
In the morning from the War Depart
ment. 1t would be very easy to kill
you" The President replied that if
any body desired to assassinate him he
did not suppose any amount of care
would save him"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
Correction.

We perceive that the S-ntinel has reit-
Grated the statement that Mr.. Rublee
has severed his editorial connection with
the Erening Wisconsin. In justice to
Mr.. Rublee we should state that he has
not severed his connection with this
journal, and that from the time, in
the early autumn last, when he formed
an editorial relation with this newspaper,
he has acted as one its editorial con
trlbutors, and We have every reason to
suppose that he desires to and will con-
tlnue that connection, as his relations
and his residence in Milwaukee have
proved agreeable to him, and the persons
with whom he is associated OF course,
Mr.. Rublee is gentleman of independ-
ent mind and has his personal views and
preferences, which he at all times ex-
presses, and acts upon those convictions.
EUening Wieconsin
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
Explosives as Fire

Year alter year warnings are publish
ed In the newspapers against the prac-
tlce, IN which some house-servants and
fewer housewives indulge, of kindling
fires with coal oil. Sometimes the warn
ing is simple account of a fatal acct
dent, sometimes it is in comments there
on. The warnings, however, do not
seem to be needed, and now comes the
story OF woman who used blasting
powder with which to kindle fire, and
caused an explosion, fatally injuring
herself and two children. The use Of
powder for kindling fires was not usual
IN the army during the war, but the
hres were IN the open air, and the
powder was used by men familiar
with It's properties. They were, indeed,
SO well acquainted with the danger at
tending its use, that they never tried the
experiment until all other means had
tailed to quicken a fire, and then with
extreme caution. 1t is scarcely neces-
sary to say that all explosive compounds,
and all buroing fluids, should be kept
away from the stove, and that, under no
circumstances, should an attempt be
made to add powder or oil to fire. It
Is BAD enough to saturate wood with ell
before lighting it, which is a practice
very apt to lead to carelessness and
danger, but the attempted pouring of
OH on tame is an act of suicide.-PhH-
ocIGlphl0 Led0er.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
whisky Did 1t,

A brutal murder was committed during
the night of the 10Th inst, at Browns roll
ing mills, South Chicago. Frank Donahue,
aged 26, arose in the night from the bed in
which he was sleeping with his friend and
felow-workman Martin Houston, and taking
pocket knife stabbed him some twenty
times about the head. When found in the
morning Houston was dead Donahue,
who was under the influence of liquor, adj
mits the murder and says there was no
cause for it except his own condition, he
having been almost delirious with drink for
some weeks past.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
Butchery.

A horrible murder was committed in
Bells Bend, of the Cumberland river, II
miles from Nashville, on the night of the
14th inst. The deed was not discovered
until O'Clock in the morning, when the
corpse of John Whittemeyer and wife were
found side by side in bed. They had been
terribly beaten and dis6gured with billerts
of wood. Between the two dead bodies
were found an infant and child two years
old, VINO were growing needless of their
tragic surroundings. Knox Martin (colored)
is suspected of the murder. He had mis-
understan ding with Whittemeyer about the
pay ola days work.
Later.-Knox Martin was captured on the
10th and confessed the crime.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
Alarming Mortality.

1t is reported by the friends of Represen-
tative j. A. Hubbell, of Michigan, that it
has been necessary to send him to his home
in Michigan in charge of an attendant on
account of quite serious threatened illness.
Representative Thornburgh, Of Tennessee,
according to latest adviceS, is still danger
ously i'll of pneumonia. Representative
Finley, of Ohio, had a very danger
Gus hemorrhage of the lungs which may
possibly prove fatal, and on the 18th the
funeral of Representative Schleieher, the
fourth member who has died within thirty
days, was held in the House of Representa-
lives
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
Business Troubles.

James Fl. Prentice, owner OF two large
hat factories in Brooklyn, failed, and made
an assignment Liabilities 100000; 700
employees thrown out of work.
The City Savings Bank of Oswego, N. Y,
closed its doors on the 14th inst.
jenkins, Lane & Sons, boot and shoe
dealers, Boston, have failed. Liabilities
about $225,000. The failure is owing to
heavy losses in the south by bad debts during
the past few years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25

she stayed on the farm at Clyde Station,
New jersey, with their two adopted
children, the key to the safe containing
$1,000 in money and bonds, one J. w.
Sweet, the ex-husband of circus-rider,
and an educated goat worth $4,000.
When the Colonel returned he found
the farm and buildings all right, but his
wife, the bonds and money, Sweet, the
literary goat, and some minor articles
were MISSING
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
Street of the Withored Tree.

Baron Rausmann and his successors
have left undisturbed, thus far, in the
heart of Paris, street which has an air
about it of very old antiquity. The
time was, remarks the London GLOBE,
when Paris was the most difficult and
awkward city to drive through in the
whole of Western Europe But the
wonderful changes in late years make it
very curious that in a quarter the most
frequented of the city, and where inn
provements have been the most general,
there should remain a street dating from
the seventh century, and famous for its
association with Queen Bruphild, the
contemporary of the not less famous
Fredegonde. 1t is called the "Street Of
the Withered Tree" and it was there at
the place where the street is crossed
by the modern Rue de Rivoli that the
execution of Brunhild took place in the
year 613. She had fallen into the hands
of Clothaire, the son of Fredegonde, who
accused her of having caused the death
of ten kings, or sons of kings and ar
raigned her before the officers of the
army, by whom she was con-
demned at the age of eighty, or, as
some assert, ninety, to punishment
considered worthy of her crimes. For
three days she was exposed in mean and
ragged garments on the back of camel
and on the fourth was attached by her
hair and one of her legs to the tail of an
unbroken horse, who as soon as he was
let loose, instantly dashed her to pieces
against the stones of Withered Tree
Street" Throughout the middle ages
the street was the resort of seditious
Parisians, and the scene of constant dis
orders. There was in i. three noted
coffee-houses, which in the later half of
the eighteenth century were frequented
chiefly by the encyclopedias fraternity.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
Another Gallery Horror.

A dispatch from Cardiff, Wales, dated the
l4th inst says: An explosion occurred in
the Diyas eolliery, Rhondda valley, last
night. About sixty persons are believed to
have been killed. The greatest excitement
prevails in Ponty Pridd and neighborhood,
a 1ensely populated district. 1t is said
there are 6fty-eight men in pit. The ex-
pIosion was very violent and it is feared
none of the men escaped. The bottom of
the shaft is temporarily impossible. No
attempt at rescue can be made yet.
Eighty yards of the roof of the Dnas
mine al the shaft have fallen since the ex.
plosion, stopping ventilation. Explorers
cannot enter the mines. There is no hope
of rescue for the sixty men entombed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
ROBERT ROBINSON q negro 81

hUBEKI hUBINbON, negro CLAIMING
to be 20 years old, has just died at Sum
ter, Fla. According to local tradition he
was brought to Florida in 177S by an
African slave trader and landed near St.
Augustine with number of other Afri
can slaves. When nearing the shore he
escaped from the vessel by swimming,
and secreted himself in hollow log,
amid the thick foliage of dense swamp,
but his pursuers placed bloodhounds on
his trail and he was recaptured. He
was the father of ten children. His fffh
child, son, who is seventy-four wears
old was with Colonel Hanson, at the can.
ture of Osceola. He says his father
cauld live no longer, and Gust dried
up"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
Chicago.

CHICAGO, January 49, 20 P. M.-Wheat
Steady and firm at S234c for cash; S314e
bid for seller February; S4Hc for seller
March. Confirm and steady; 29Ac bid
for cash; 30@301sc for seller February; $685.
for seller March Oats and Rye-Dull and
UNCHANGED Barley-Weaker at Gle for
seller February Pork-Excited, active and
higher at So IS for cash IS 20 for seller
February; $S.S3k for seller March. Lard
At s5.S7H for cash; S. 90 asked for seller
February; $6.O5 for seller March. Whi-ky
At $1.O4. Hogs-Receipts $4,000 head !;
moderately active and firm and 5@l0c
higher on heavy better on light: light at
$2.75@2 80; heavy packing at $275@3.1O;
shipping at $2,90@315.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
THE MARKETS.
New York.

NEW YORK, January 1S.-3 900 P. M Cot
ton-Quiet at 7-16c for middling uplands.
Flour-Quiet receipts 1000 bbls; sales
bus; No. 2 red call seller January at $1.10
bid Rye-Dull. Corn-Quiet; receipts
II 900 bus; sales 10000 bus at 44H@4Ic
for western mixed. Barley-Unchanged
Oats-Quiet; receipts $4,000 bus; sales l5,-
coo bus at 301I@321ac for mixed western !;
33@36c for white. Pork-Firm at $40.
Lard-Firmer at Sc %. Butter and Cheese
Unchanged. Whisky-At Sl.1O. Eggs
Unchanged. Petroleum-Crude UNCHANGED;
refined 9Hc. Coal-Firm. Leather-DulI
at 19@22c. Wool-At 27@43.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
Powder Mill Explosion.

The Giant powder works of Baudmann,
Nelson & Co., situated near San Francisco,
Cal, exploded on the 18th inst. Oscar
Carlson, Edward Morez, Samel Thayer, and
Chinaman, were killed. Several China
men and whites were more or less hurt.
The works We're completely demolished
Loss about $4,000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
A Beautiful Jewess.

Miss Rosa Solomon, beautiful Jewess of
Hopkinsville, KY, was on visit to friends
in Nashville, Tenn; she was engaged to
man OF high standing at Cincinnati, and the
nuptials were to be performed on her return
TO Hopkinsville. On the 18th inst. she re.
ceived a letter from her betrothed saying he
had changed mis- mind. She imme diately
took poison and died.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
Blow N sp.

A blasting fuse in lie factory of Rockford
& Co, Sim,bury, CT, was blown up on the
10th, aud LIZZIE Wallace, aged 90 Ann
Wall, II, and Nellie McNuily, II, were
killed. Mrs. Alexander Kerr and Peter
Dolan were slightly injured. The accident
was caused by friction OF machinery.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-25
"A Giants TROUBLES

Even giants have their little Affections.
Col. Goshen, whose genial countenapce
has looked down upon SO many of his
puny fellow creatures. has begun pro-
ceedlngs for divorce. The trouble an
pears to have begun with her declining
TO go west on an exhibition tour. She
had travelled already, if not from Dan to
Beersheba, certainly from jersey City to
Jerusalem, and she was tired of it, So