The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-16
ODDS AND ENDS.


1T is hard to tell which is the more
popular now-Governmen fours or
"Pinafores."
THE Superintendent OF the ONO In
sane Asylum is accused OF drunken
ness and opium eating.
GRAIN is carried from Davenport 10
ST. Louis, 374 miles, for 10 cents per
hundred by the rival steamboat lines.
A NEW industry in Lynn is the tan
ming of human skins for the manufact-
ure of ladies' gloves. 90 gravel where
is thy ctory?"-Chicago Commercial
Advertiser.
1T is seriously asserted by an English
physician, as result of his professional
experience, that every healthy person
may, with entire safety, make trial OF
total abstinence.
THE Scotch have reputation for
gravity, yet Punch receives more Jokes
from Scotland than from any other part
of the United Kingdom. The Scotch
| also do more laughing at theaters than
| either the English or the Irish.
Mr.. A. A. BONNER, the eldest son OF
Mr.. Robert Bonner, the editor OF the
Ledger, is about to wed Miss Jeanette
Fitch, the daughter of prominent In
diana lawyer. The marriage will take
| place in Cincinnati.
ROBERT HELD eloped with Denver
| widow, and his own wife aided him in
| the exploit. The object of the Helds
was to get the widows 81 900, and after
| doing that Held deserted the widow
and returned home.
| The total number of men that will be
called out this year to do military SER
| vice in France is 796,140, thus distrib
uted over the three branches of the SER
vice: The active army, ATS, 100; re-
| serve, 144,570; territorial army, $4,000.
OF eleven female candidates who pre-
| scented themselves for the first examina-
| ton for the degrees of the University OF
| London, six were placed in the honors
| division, four were declared entitled to
exhibition, and one was second in the
whole list of candidates. The standard
| of the London University is very high
| one.
| THE misrepresentation of funds by the
Treasurer of the Home Missionary So
ciety, according to the official report to
the Massachusetts Congregational Asso-
citation, amounts to $4,000, and in
cludes all of the society's investments.
He destroyed his correspondence and
books, SO that his operations cannot
be fully traced.
| JOHN RAFFERTY, was on his knees in a
front room of his residence, in Boston,
Mass, saying his morning prayer, and
the noise of children playing in the
street disturbed his devotions. He
arose, got revolver, opened window,
and fired five shots into the juvenile
gathering. Maggie Murphy was hit in
the leg, and probably famed for life.
| WANTED HIS MULE.-The Carlisle
| (Ky) Mercury says: A gentleman from
Rowan county, named Stewart, went to
the Methodist Church last Sunday and
sat with his feet upon the benches, and
| just before the preacher went into the
| pulpit he arose and said: "Say, did any
| of you see stray black mule with his
head tied to his feet if he hasn't got it
loose YETI"
| Two MILLIONS of eucalyptus trees
have been planted in Algeria. The
| French Government has granted sub
vention to company for the planting of
| q yet larger number. In Corsica more
than !, 0OO,0 900 trees have been planted.
In Cyprus 10000 have already been
planted by the British authorities in the
fever-infested localities. The Italian
Government is planting forest of these
misunderstanding trees on the Gam
pagna, in the vicinity of Rome.
| The British peers VINO are a. present
| owners of race horses, and who take an
| active interest in horse-racing, are the
| Dukes of Westminster and Hamilton.
| the Marquis of Harrington, the Earls of
Falmouth, Rosebery, Wilton, Rosslyr,
Cork, Fitzwilliam, Seton, Strathmore,
| Viscount Dupplin and Lord Vivian.
In 1864 the Jockey Club had as mem
| bers twenty Privy Councillors, of whom
seven were Cabinet Ministers, and two
| had been twice Prime Ministers, DERBY
| and Palmerston
BETWEEN Leesbury and Sumteryille.
Fla, is rich strip of hummock
land, about four miles long and half q
mile wide. In this strip is large basin
which suddenly went dry a few days
| ago, leaving myriads of fish in the bot
tom. Many loads of fish were hauled
away, but the remainder being exposed
to the. sun there arose stencil that was
offensive for miles around It is SUD-
posed, by the Leesbury Aduance, that
subterranean river flows under the strip
of hummock, and that the lack of rain
caused the basin to lose its contents.
business is picking up, and no mis-
takel" began Woollenburgher the other
night; "why, I put thousand pairs of
gloves in stock this morning-onIy this
morning, gents-and, would you believe
it, when I locked up this evening there
were only 500 pairs left; yes, sir, only
500 pairs" Of course all felt encour-
aged, and of course all congratulated
Woollenburgher warmly But You
should have seen the mob go for him
as he hurriedly shot through the door
after remarking, THE other 500 pairs
were rights, you know" Boston
Transcript.
A REMARKABLE suicide is reported In
the Philadelphia newspapers. Harry
Ackley, aged only II years, hung him
self in the House of Refuge there. For
attempting to escape from the institu-
tlon he had been placed in solitary con-
hnement, on bread and water, in a dark
and unfinished cell. He had been
kept there week, being taken out each
day for little air and exercise. He
had piteously entreated for release
when last locked up, and when the door
was again opened he was found hanging
by his suspenders and dead. He had
taken his own way of obtaining release.