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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-22

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nl q lo Of ash and oysters At gran
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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-22

Plain and fancy candies Of all kinds N as n
prices at Miller & Dielmann's.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-22

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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
a Snake as a Physician,

The presiding elder of the Murfrees-
boro district of the Virginia Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, when a boy, went out one day
with his bow and arrows and loitered
leisurely along the roadside, testing his
craftsmanship upon various objects.
Coming to where shallow brook, called
in the south a branch, crossed the high
way, he observed a snake, of the deadly
species known as the moccasin, basking
in the sunlight. He shot ali his arrows
at the formidable reptile, wounding him
in several places, and repeated the pas
time, till the snake was, to all appearance,
dead. Seeing party of colored persons
approaching at distance, the boy took
the wounded snake in his hands and laid
him in cell in the middle of the path.
and then hid himself in the bushes to
see what the negroes would do when they
came to the spot. In a few moments
another snake of the same kind glided
out from the thicket and went UP to his
wounded fellow and examined him.
Then darting back into the covert he
returned with some leaves in his mouth,
pieces of which he placed carefully upon
the wounds making them adhere ike
plasters. The apparently dead snake
Immediately began to revive, and soon
recovered his power of locomotion and
crawled away into the woods. Have
the snakes doctors? This incident looks
that way.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
An UNDERGROUND Lake.

The Tlemcen Courier (Algeria) de-
scrlbes a wonderful discovery made re-
Gently at the picturesque cascades at
that place. Some miners had blasted an
enormous rock near the cascades, and on
removal of the debris, found it had COW
cred large opening into a cave, the
floor of which was covered with water.
Constructing a rude raft, and providing
themselves with candles, the workmen
sailed along this underground river,
which, at distance Of so metres was
found to merge into large lake of linn
pid water. The roof of the cavern was
very high and covered with stalactites,
the brilliant colors of which sparkled
under the light of the candles. Con-
tinuing their course the workmen had
at certain places to navigate their craft
between the stalactites, which, meeting
stalagmites from the bed of the lake,
formed enormous columns, which look
ed as if they had been made expressly
to sustain the enormous arches They
thus reached the extremity Of the lake,
where they noticed large channel ex-
tending toward the south, into which
water quietly made its way. This is
supposed to be large fssure which has
baffied exploration hitherto at Sebdon,
and which connects the cascades with
that locality, and thus with the myster-
ious sources of the Tafna. 1t is possible
that here they have found an immense
natural basin, supplied by powerful
sources, and sending part of its waters
toward the lake, while the rest goes to
Seldom. The workmeu estimated the
distance traversed by them at three
kilometres, and the breadth of the lake
at two. They brought out with them q
quantity of fish, which swarmed round
the raft, and which were found to be
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09

During storm at DoYlestown, Pa, on
the Goth, The accommodation and Bethlehem
express collided on the North Pennsylvania
branch of the Reading railroad, completely
wrecking both trainG and severely injuring
number of passengers.
Joseph McKenna, of Buffalo, slipped
under the wheels of tram at Des Moines,
Iowa, on the Gotta and was killed.
A north bound freight train on the
Denver and Rio Grande went through q
bridge over Fountain creek, one mile north
of Colorado Springs, on the night of the
25th, killing brakeman r. K. Manning, late
of Emporia, Kansas, and wounding engi.
neer Tulley slightly and fireman Martin
Lyden seriously. The engine and seven
cars went down. The bridge was rendered
insecure by sudden rise in the creek,
caused by a waterspout.
shocking acciden occurred on the Chi
cago and Northwestern railroad, near Wau.
kegan, H., on the 26th inst. A construction
train consisting of ten cars loaded with
gravel, with the gang of laborers on board,
struck a calf, which had strayed onto the
track. -Four of the cars were piled in con
fused mass burYing many of the lsborers
underneath the debris, Anthony Joyce,
Mike Sheridan, John Dugan and Pat Con-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
AhifHarV.

Bishop O'Brien, of Kingston, died sud-
denly at Quebec on the LIST inst.
Col. John V. d. Dubais, OF the U. ,. A.,
died at his residence near Hudson, N. y,
on the 31st ult., aged 46.
Judge w. S. C. Otis, senior member OF the
law firm of Otis, Adams & Russell, died at
his residence in Cleveland, O., on the Slst
ult., aged ~ years.
Bland Ballard, judge of the United States
Court, died suddenly at Louisville, KY, on
the Doth.
Baron Won Gait, formerly Prussian min
lister at Washington, died at Bonn, on the
2Sth.
Duke William, only brother of the grand
duke of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., died or
the 2Sth, at Heidelberg.
Robert w. Johnson, representative from
Arkansas from 1847 to 1858 and senator il
congress from that time until 1861, died a
Little Rock on the 9th.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Work OF the Flames.

A destructive confagration visited the
business portion of Hamilton, Ont, on the
1st instant, the loss footing up in the neigh
borhood of million of dollars. One lad
was killed by falling stone and one in
iured from the same cause.
At Vincennes, Ind, on the Goth, Jas. A.
Cunningham's starch factory was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss $3.50, GOO; insurance
$4,000.
A Constantinople dispatch of the goth
ult. says: \ terrific fire has been raging
since Monday at Ortakani, a village on the
Bosphorus. The Jews quarantine has been
destroyed Hundreds of families are en-
camped on the roads.
Leigh's large brewery, at East Williams
burg, N. Y, was almost completely burned
on the 2Sth.
A fire in La Crosse, Wis, on the night OF
the 9th, destroyed the paint shop of Smith
and Merrill; carriage shop of Dittmond,
Rayneduck & Co.; -four mill and repair
shop of A. Hirscheimer & Co., and seven
other buildings. Loss $4,000; insurance
about $4,000.
A fire at Louisville, KY, on the 2Stb, de-
stroyed Henry Thomas pottery and three
dwellings. Loss $25,C00; no insurance
The fire originated in the pottery.
A confagration at Seattle, Washington
territory, on the Goth, swept away both sides
Center street Loss 100000. The build
ings were all frame and mostly small stores
saloons, etc. At Kalama, in the same Ter
ritory, fire burned Pattersons hotel and 6
number of other buildings, causing loss Of
$4,000.
A fire at Kalsma, Washington territory
or the Goth, burned Patterson's hotel, rail
road saw mills and a number of stores
saloons and other buildings. Loss estimated
at $25, 900.
The Pennsylvania railroad freight depot
at Delaware avenue and Walnut street
Philadelphia, burned on the Goth.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Choice Thoughts.

A wrong done us may be forgiven, but
how we may forgive those whom we
have injured is a grave problem.-Snday
afternoon.
God has placed within our reach many
sweet natural medicines for our spiritual
distemper; the green woods-the brooks,
end the wild places of the rocks.-iSsn,
dag afternoon.
1t is in the nature of men and things
that education, no less than religion,
must be personally experienced to be of
largest baneft.-,Smaday afternoon.
The more a man knows about any
subject the greater will be his charity
for and sympathy with views differing
from his own.-Sunday afternoon,
| have no confidence in cross Christian
ity; it is not the Christianity of the
cross; and it denies the Master as openly
and effectaally as ever Peter did when
be said, " know not the ."-Sua-
day Attera ION.
Manner is one of the greatest engines
OF influence ever given to man.-iSundoy
AtterRo0n.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
What p! N Heifer2

Five bad young men took heifer to
church in Ephrata, Pa, last Sunday
evening. The animal was about one and
a half years old. One of the men caught
it around the neck, two others by the
shoulders, two by the hind quarters, and
one took hold of its tail and gave it Sd
extra twist. The heifer was very much
scared, and its "bawl" was very low
and unnatural. Suddenly, springing
open the door, they gave the heifer s vio-
lent push and twist of the tail, and the
brute yelled terribly as it showed its
white face in the centre aisle. The
women screamed, and the brave mer OF
the congregation jumped up t. put the
animal out. The Methodist mister
said it was not the devil, but leifer.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Italy's Young King,

A leading Italian statesman, speaking
of King Humbert, says that he reminds
one of Hamlet. His opinion on things
and men are very characteristic. When
he has taken to man, and speaks out
his mind, he is most sarcastic and witty.
He likes chatting, and every joke is
accompanied by "a sort of stroke on your
elbow, which places the visitor in very
embarrassing position. The more he
talks, the more you are astonished at the
profound knowledge he has of the men
of his time, and especially of those who
surround him. If he suspects a man
wants 10 fish out information or get at
his opinion, he most cleverly manages to
talk for an hour without letting out a
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09

ners were killed and Conductor Halligan,
Tom McNally and laborer badly hurt.
A passenger train jumped the track near
Havana, Ohio, on the 9th, ditching the
engine, baggage mail and express cars and
three coaches Sames Bogue, engineer, and
a fireman named Reel, were killed. NO
passengers were hurt
A freight train on the Vandalla road was
wrecked at Plainfeld, twelve miles west OF
indianapolis, on the Goth. Some unknown
person had placed two ties and q rail on the
track at Guard, which was struck by the
engine, which together with seventeen cars
was ditched and badly demolished. }. l..
Frsvel, brakeman, was badly hurt.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
THE MARKETS.
Reported by CHANDLER, BROWN & Co., Commits
sion Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.
N eW York,

NEW YORK, August 2-3 200 p. Motion
Not quoted. Flour-In buyers favor !;
receipts $4,000 bbls; sales 5000 bbls extra
state at $4.40@4.65; extra western at $40
@4.75; round hoop Ohio at s450@5.00; rye
flour quiet. Wheat-Spring dull and NOM
inal; winter 12@1c lower; active; receipts
69c. Corn-Firmer; receipts $4,000 bus
sales 10000 bus at 43@447sc for western
mixed. Barley-Dun and nominal Oats
Dull; receipts $4,000 bus; sales %, 900 bus;
332@36c for mixed western; 361941c for
white. Pork-Steady at 1886. Beef-Quiet.
Lard-Unchanged at Sc 90. Butter-At
TIC. nchanged. Whisky--At
S1.07H. Unchanged. Eggs-At ga
l5c. Petroleum and Tallow-Unchange
Coal-Unsettled and nominal. Leather
Firm and active at 20@23c. Wool-Firm al
23@45c.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
A slippery Game On Ice.

At the G. A. r. encampment at Erie, Pa,
on the 3st ult., documents were laid before
the department staff by the committee from
McKeesport, Pa, having reference to the
petition of Eli Ice to all the grand posts of
the country. Ice is in Moundsville peni-
tertiary, sentenced for life for shooting a
rebel prisoner, who was escaping in 1868,
and for which he was honorably acquitted
by general court-martial, but re-arrested
after serving through the war, and tried and
condemned in few days by the civil au-
thorities. 1t is alleged of the two lawyers
who prosecuted him, that one has lees wife,
and the other his property.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
The Fever ScourSe.

The ship Templar arrived at San Fran.
cisco on the LIST inst, 161 days from Rio
Janeiro, where she put in for repairs on a
voyage out from New York. While in Rio
nine of the crew died and when one day
out from that port the fever reappeared,
carrying off the captains wife and two sea-
men.
There were seventy-one deaths at Mem
phis, Tenn, for the week ending July e.
thirty-four being from yellow fever. The
city is nearly deserted, camps having been
established outside the limits.
There are now six yellow fever patients
in the quarantine hospital at New York.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Distressing Accident.

A Paducah, KY, special to the Louisville
C0erier-JouunaJ says: "Our neighboring
county of Livingston, was the scene of
distressing accident OF the 30th ult. Two
young sons of DR.. A. FL. Boyd being i'll,
their father determined to give them santo-
nine, but through mistake gave them some
poison. In half an hour they took spasms,
and one died in a half and the other In
three quarters of an hour. DR.. Boyd is
one of the most respectable citizens of Liv'
ingston, and the boys were promising youths.
The santonine Will be analysed"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09

clinched on his upper lip, and up to three
days ago no suffering ensued. He was then
taken sick and grew rapidly worse until the
end came. 1t took two men to hold him
and in one of his paroAysms he bit an aunt
in the arm, but his teeth did not penetrate
the flesh sufficiently to cause much danger.
He imagined himself a dog and declared
that hair was growing all over his face. lie
showed all the usual SYMPTOMS, and died IN
great agony.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09

word which might compromise him,
quite in the style of Hamlet with Ros-
encranz and Guildenstern. He puts no
end of questions, and seems to enjoy in
formation even about things of no con-
sequence. When complimented on his
happy escape from the hands of the as
sassin, he smiled, and said "Well, real
ly, one gets SO many congratulations
that it's worth while having ones life
attempted"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Drowned.

Miss Heegel, aged is, aDd sister, aged 5,
drowned in the st. Lawrence river at Rock.
vile, on the 30th ult., while bathing.
John Kranz, of East Pennington, Polk
county, Wis, drove into a lake with six
children in his wagon to water his horses,
on the 29th. The horses becoming brighten.
ed ran into deep water, the wagon was
upset and kranz and FIVE of the children
were drowned. One boy escaped by swim
ming. The Oldest child was girl of II.
John Mahoney and James Sullivan, both
married men, were drowned in Black Rock
IN. " harbor on the 9th, while fishing.
Sullivan lost his life in endeavoring to save
Mahoney who had tanhled in the water.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Floods In PENNSYLVANIA

The neighborhood OF Pittsburg, Pa, was
visited by a severe storm on the Goth, which
inflicted considerable damage TO property.
At Irwin station or the Pennsylvania road,
the food was Unprecedented, washing away
crops, fences and outbuildings. The great
est loss occurred at the village of Petrolia,
where twenty-five or thirty stores and dwell
ings were carried away. The total loss to
the railway companies and private in
dividuals will foot up 100000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
End eff n Female Faead.

Kate Webster, convicted Of the murder
of Mrs. Thomas, her mistress at Richmond,
was hanged on the goth ult., ii Wandsworth
prison, London. She confessed having
committed the murder without an accom-
plice, either in the commission of the crime
or the disposal of the remains OF the VIC
tim. Portions of the murdered woman's re-
mains were found in box in the Thames
river and the remainder secreted under q
dung heap.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Failures.

Fish, Sheppard q Co., dry goods dealers,
Montreal, have failed. Liabilities $4,000,
a large amount of which is due the defunct
consolidated bank.
Owing to the heavy demands upon the
Consolidated bank (Montreal), which it was
unable to meet, the directors decided not to
reopen for business. The failure sTill seri-
ously affect some 400 widows and orphans
who held stock.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Suicide.

J. f. Burt, a farmer about 65 years of age,
hung himself in his hay barn near Elm.
wood, H., on the 31st ult. The deceased
was in good circumstances and out of debt
He had twice before attempted to commit
suicide, and was undoubtedly deranged.
Ira Y. White, of Chester, VT, killed him
self while intoxicated in jail at that place
on the 2Sth. He was father of the young
man for whose murder Henry Gravelin was
hanged in April last.
Policeman Gaffney, of New York city
became insane from sickness and killed
himself on the 28th
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Chicago,

CHICAGO, August 2-12:O0 M.-Flour-
Very dull. Wheat-Steady; SIC bid, and
No. nominal, 75c bid; No. 2 seller August
at S6Tc; seller September at S63sc; red
about 96c: August sold at 95%c. Corn
Steady at $3.50 Oats-Dull and steadier;
seller August at 23c. Rye-Quiet at sic.
Barley-Seler September, new, quoted at
75c. Pork-Rather weak; seller September
at $500 bid; seller October at $8.27K. Lard
Weak; seller September, IS 90 asked. Hogs
Light Zoe higher, So 1908 So; packers at
$310@3 50. reights-Vessels scarce; 49Sc
paid on wheat.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09

CONSTANT READER-The expression,
''Out, damned Spot" which you ask us
about, originated with an old Swede
woman called Lady Macbeth, who used
to live at Petroleum Center, where she
did our washing and ironing for several
wears. The old woman had a spotted
cow named Spot. On night the bovine
got into the garden and made sad havoc
among the cabbages. When the old lady
observed the trespassing bovine, she
grabbed a broom and rushed after her,
yelling, "Out, damned Spot. oil City
Derrick.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
The Indians.

Gen. Terry, commanding the military de-
partment of Dakota, received a dispatch on
the 31st ult. from Gen. Miles, dated camp on
Rock creek, eighteen miles south of the
boundary, saying: "Sitting BULBS band OF
hostile Sioux fed northward to Wood noun
tain, leaving their property scattered along
the line of the route for fifty miles. The
Sioux are estimated to number 5000, with
1000 fighting men. Gen. Miles says he be-
Iieves he has force enough to deal with all
the Indians Sitting Bull can gather.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Rnrneti TO nQaIh.

The pleasure steamer Lew Clark, burned
on Geoquac lake, near Battle Greek, Mich,
on the 31st ult. Also the dwelling of james
Cleveland and three boat houses. Mrs.
Cleveland and her infant persisted in the
flames and two other children were so
badly injured that they are not expected to
live. Cleveland saved his own and one OF
his children's lives by jumping with it from
the second story of his burning house into
the lake. The fire originated in the steam
er's engine room.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Killed by Lightning.

John Kline, % years old, living in the
town Of Buchanan, four miles from Apple
ten, Wis, was instantly killed by lightning
on the 29th, while going from the house to
tke barn. His father and mother, the
former insane, were dependent upon him.
At Brockville, Ontario, on the 9th,
lightning struck tree under which George
Hutton'S wife and child had taken refuge.
Both were killed. A man named Larocque
was also killed on an island near by.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Heavy DefaIcatIOn.

Prescott G. PiIlsbury, cashier of the Law
renee (Mass.) national bank, is a defaulter
to the amount of $4,000. Pillsbury tookS
bank funds to speculate, and lost. The
stocks which he held and turned over to
the bank are worth about $4,000, making
the loss to the bank of $4,000. The
stockholders made good the amount of the
deficit
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Mad Anthonx,s Monument.

The corner stone of the monument to
Gen. Anthony Wayne, was laid at Erie,
Pa, on the 31st ult., with imposing ceremo-
MES. Gen. Wayne's remains We're exhumed
in 1909, the flesh was boiled from the bones
and reinterred, the bones being taken to
Chester county, Pennsylvania. The monu.
ment is to be on the site Of the original in
terment and whore a portion of the re-
mains now lie.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
They VIII Spend II.

The cabinet on the 10Th uIt. decided the
money appropriated by the recent act max
ing appropriations Tor rivers and harbors
should not be withheld. The full amount,
near 100000 will therefore be expended
this year. warrant placing this money to
the credit of the war department passed the
treasurer of the United States.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Bold Attempt at Robbery.

Gen. E. Bouton, of Los Angeles, Cal,
while going home from Cotton to San Con
gonio, on the 9th, was stopped by three
men, taken off the road and tied to his
wagon wheels. He managed to get hand
loose, drew his pistol, killed one of the men
and wounded the other two. Robbery was
the aim of the captors.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Another Naval Engagement.

The Peruvian minister at New York, re-
ceived the following official telegram from
Lima on the 2Sth: "The Huascar entered
the blockaded port of Iquique, fought the
CHILEAN squadron for two hours, leaving
horS de combat the Cousino and Abto. The
Huscar is unhurt.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Another Expedition to tne North

By the exertions of Commander Cheyne
in London, an Arctic committee has been
established at the head of forty-nine other
committees throughout the country. The
projected expedition for the discovery of
the north pole will in oil probability leave
England in the spring of 1890, and will CO.
operate with those sent out by Sweden,
Holland, America, Austria and Denmark.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
A Plague I'm Iowa.

The vicinity of Center Point, Lynn coun-
ty, Iowa, is being ravaged by a disease, the
symptoms Of which are about the same as
III cholera. Fully twenty persons have
died from its effects during the past thirteen
days and an equal number are Frustrated
by it. 1t is also raging at Walker, q little
town seven miles from Center Point, where
several deaths have occurred. An order for
forty collins was received from Center
Point on the 2Sth by Dubuque under.
taker. The physicians of the scourged
district are worn out and the residents are
fleeing from the place.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Sad Fate of Two Excursion Parties.

At Clayton, N. Y, on the 31st ult,, two
steam yachts dashed together, containing q
pleasure party, had not proceeded more than
twenty rods from the dock when the head
fastening loosened and one yacht capsized
and sunk, drowning Mrs. Persells, of Bing
hamton, Mrs. Sarah Bostwick, Mrs. and
Miss Burkelew, OF Kirkwood, and Miss
Hattie Pollack, of New York.
rowboat containing pleasure party oil
five persons was run into by the schooner
Hayes in Rariten river, N. j., on the 31st
ult, and capsized, drowning two ladies'
Mrs. John Dunnigan and Miss Kate Koran.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-09
Another Dtshonest OectaI

1t has transpired that George B. Durfee,
of the Mechanics Mills, Fall River, Mass,
became involved by speculations in cotton
and used the money of the mill His losses
were $4,000, but he only had put up $780,
600 margins. The matter has been settled
by relatives who secured the corporation
against loss.