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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
d. W. CURTIS, Sec'y, Fl. Atkins
A Tale of Four Pins

We find the following romantic warn
IN very readable letter from the Her.
dtdS Paris correspondent:
AprOpos, there is breach in the win
dow OF one OF our best jewellers to which
curious tale is attached. The breast
pm Is mounted with great art and set
with gems. 1t is divided in four parts.
and shows four twisted, bent and blunt
ordinary pins under a transparent en-
amel. Where were those four found
Did they hold a fchu, shawl or flower?
The poetry of the breach had To no
looked lnto,, and the following has been
ascertalned: a foreign count was years
ego one night hurried out of bed and
arrested for political offence. F.e his
dreams had been quite forgotten he was
dressed by those who had spied out his
abode and dragged him to prison. 1t
happened to be rather dark one. The
day after this occurrence he began to
think how terrible it would be to live
long IN such location with nothing to
do, and as he thought he fumbled about
his coat pockets. While doing so he
discovered four pins which ne had stuck
IN the lining of one of his frock tails in
case he might require one. He held the
1our Tor some moments, then flung them
right and left about his narrow cell Il
was quiet one, but, listen with all the
intensity he could, there was no wav Of
knowing where they bad fallen. He
therefore went down on all fours and
carefully felt about, sprawling in every
direction until he had recovered them.
Then he got up and recommended scat
tering them for the sake of another ex.
citing hunt. Well, readers this he did
six and seven times a day and when he
was sleepless, for six long years Napo-
leon III. died, then Victor Emanuel,
and the count was set at liberty. The
four pins were kept, and comtesse is
to wear the brooch they are enshrined in.
This story seaches that all must take an
interest in life, and the most exciting
the best under the pressure of grief.
The comte has related that had he lost
one of his four pins he could not have
endured captivity. Each time he flung
them about he fancied they were quite
lost, and the ardor with which he
crawled over his nude floor was equal to
that OF the chase. Books, papers and
pens were denied him.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Dean Stanley on America.

Speaking at Birmingham on the 10th
ult., Dean Stanley expressed some
thoughts suggested by bis recent visit TO
America. He noticed in Americans, as
a mar ed popularity, apparent almost
from the first, the singular buoyancy
and elasticity both of the national and
individual characters.
1t might be the product of their bril-.
liant, exhilarating, invigorating climate +;
1t might be the accompaniment of the
vast horizon opened by their boundless
territory; it might be partly the youth
OF the nation; but its existence was I'M
questionable. If at times there was
something almost of levity in the reali-
cation with which misfOrtunes were
thrown oft and life begun over again; if
at times the more sober part of the ma
ton was depressed by the sense of the
difficulties which they had to encoun-
ter; yet, on the whole, this spring of vi.
tallty, If turned to good account, must
be of incalculable virtue in this work
ing world, where the imagination still
played so large part, and where so much
was given to confidence of victory, even
more than to victory itself If per-
chance the United States had too much
OF 1t, we, it might be, had too little; and
this confidence of Americans in their
own political, ecclesiastical and social
system was a warning to us to rise above
those doleful lamentations with which
IN these days we oftenheard citizens, and
churchmen, and Christians of England
despair OF our country, our church and
our religion.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Students Riots in Russia

An account OF the riots OF the students
of the University of Kief, Russia, says the
students, in a meeting outside of the town,
decided to protest against the closing of
the university. a number of them,
well armed, proceeded to the university
forcing their way IN after disarming the
police, and fixed on the blackboard an en-
ergetic protest against the arbitrary pro.
ceedings of the authorities. The companies
OF local militia tried to dispense the stu
dents. a collision ensued, and eighty per-
sons were killed and wounded. A cavalry
force finally cleared the square in front of
the university. Many students were ar
rested. Similar riots on a smaller scale
broke out in other university towns. 1t is
believed there is an intention of proclaim.
ing state of siege in Kief and Kharkoff.
The police are instructed to stop the snug
CLING OF revolutionary pamphlets and pre-
vent the entrance of revolutionary emissa-
ries from Germany
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
A Fight with Thieves

Two men, Noah Williams and Modoc
Gainey, living in Green county, Ind, made
arrangements to burglarize the store of
Walls Bond, at Oaktown, 40 miles south of
Terre Haute, on the night OF the ID inst.
The citizens previously obtained informa-
ton of their intended visit, aud large
party waited in a saloon near Bonds stone,
having put cut the lights. The burglars APP
peared soon after midnight, but went first
to the saloon to get liquor. The citizens
opened fire and in three minutes over
thirty shots were exchanged. Williams
was shot through the neck and killed.
Gainey was dangerously wounded in the
breast and arm, and viii probably die.
Henry Norton, one of the citizens, was shot
in the face by the thieves and slightly hurt.
With the robbers was captured complete
set of fine burglary tools.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
The First Murderer.

A star playing the guilty Thano in a
very small company, where each mem
Der had to sustain three or four different
characters. During the performance,
the man appointed to play the first muir,
derer ives taken i'll. There was not
another to be spared, and the only
resource left was to send on supernn-
merary, supposed to be intelligent, to
stand Tor the character. "Keep close to
the wing" said the prompter; "Pll read
you the words, and you can rereat them
after me-" The scene was the banquet:
the super was pushed on, and Macbeth,
strlding down the stage, seized his arm
and said IN stage whisper, "There's
blood upon thy face" otis Banouo's.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
DIVIDED Affection.

An Elmira boy is awarded the parent
age of the following composition on
Christmas: Christmas comes every
year, and it is the best day in the wear
exceptin fourth of July which is a bet
ter day to fire off guns and pistols
Hockey fired off an old gun one fourth of
July and it kicked him agin a hidrant
and an awful bunch growed on his head
and he didn't know much for two hours
Christmas is the best time to get presents
my sister Lucy hung up her stockin and
| put mud turtle in it and she was fear
full mad you bet if my aunt Rachel
should hang up her stocking it would
hold dump cart full of things William
Bradshaw eat so much Candy and pud-
din one Christmas that his folks had to
put him In grave after he died | should
like to see old Dudley the truent officer
IN grave and so would all the bows |
should ike to have it Christmas and
fourth of july all the time"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Obituary.

James 5. Rockwell, one ofthe best known
and wealthiest citizens of BROOKLYN, n. Y.
died on the Sd inst, of scarlet fever and
diphtheria. He was sixty years Of age.
Caleb Cushing died Newbury Port, Conn,
on the night of the End inst.
Judge Charles L. Sherman, a brother of
secretary and General Sherman died at
Cleveland on the LIST inst.
Robert w. Mackey, ex-treasurer of the
state of Pennsylvania, died at Philadelphia
on the LIST inst.
Rev. Samuel C. Aiken, D. D., for thirty
years pastor of the first Presbyterian Church
at Cleveland, o., died on the LIST inst, aged
S. years.
Judge Henry Smith dropped dead on the
night OF the 3lst ult. at his residence in
Memphis, Tenn. He was at one time Judge
of the Supreme Court of the state.
Mrs. Harriet Grote, widow Of Geo. Grote
the historian of Greece, is dead. The lady
was well known as the authoress of Life
of AIRY Schetfer."
Col. Edward Wilkens, late collector of
the port of Baltimore, died at Chestertown,
Nd, on the 2Sth ult
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Christmas in Morocco.

AS We sat chatting round the tea
table, to US entered Hamed, bearing
with honest pride illuminating his
brown features, great tray of richly
engraved brass, heaped up with curious
but tempting-looking cakes. Gracefully
presenting them to /" the sonora" he in
timated that this was his humble offer
ing or Christmas token Of good will to,
ward the family, and that his mother
(whom the good fellow maintains out of
his modest wages had made them with
her own hands. The cakes were made of
long, thin strips of the finest paste,
plentifully sweetened with delicious
honey, twisted into quaint shapes, and
fried in the purest of oil. | need hardly
say that the children were delighted,
and Immediately commenced to court
indigestion by vigorous onslaught Oh
the new and tempting sweets. Nay,
why should / blush to confess that my.
self have very sweet tooth in my head,
and such liking for all things saccha-
rine that my friends say jokingly that |
must be getting into my second child
hood-an imputation which, as | am
only little on the wrong side of thirty,
| can bear with equanimity. However,
l firmly decline to inform an inquisitive
public how many of those delightful
Moorish cakes | ate; truth to tell, | do
nos remember; but | enjoyed them
heartily, nor found my digestion i'm
paired thereby.-L0ndon Society.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Names Democratic Governor.

Alonzo Garcelon, Democratic, was elected
governor, by the Maine legislation on the
Sd inst, receiving twenty-one votes to ten
for Joseph l.. Smith. Every Republican
senator voted for Garcelon. The vote in The
house stood as follows: Alonzo Garcelon
50; Joseph L. Smith IS; Seldom Conner ga
tredk Robbie 81: one absent on each side.
At the convention of both branches of the
legislation for the election of the states
officers, the nominees of the Democratic.
Greenback caucus were elected as follows
Secretary OF state, Edward II. Cove; state
treasurer, Chas. A. White; attorney general
VIM. A. Mcclellan; adjutant general, Sam.
uel D. Ieayitt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Furnishing Prisoners With Electric

Some philosophers contend that cleo
tricity is life, the cause of all things.
Every month or two we see that it is APP
piled in some new way as a helper of
mankind. Recently it has been used as
a punishment in the Ohio penitentiary,
at Columbus, and the method is thus de-
scribed: The apparatus is in box ten
inches long, three high, and three wide,
and contains an electromagnetic. The
prisoner is taken to the ducking- box
formerly used in the insane department;
is stripped and blindfolded before COM
ing in sight of the water box, then led
around a corner of the interior cell
building and put in the box handcufed
though not shackled at the feet. He
sits down-the room is warm-in three
inches of water, in which one pole of
the battery is placed, a sponge being
fastened to the other pole. While a
crank attached to the apparatus is
turned, the bare flesh of. the prisoner is
touched with the sponge, and being
blindfolded he has no idea when or where
he is to be touched, and consequently is
not nerved against it. The application
often makes the convict scream, though
it does not hurt him, and has proved so
effective as to reduce, it is said, visitors
To the room As per cent. The dungeons
in the prison have been diminished to
five, about one convict week being sent
there. Electricity has been substituted
for the ducking-tub and the report that
prisoners exposed to it suffer mere than
by ducking is authoritatively denied.
Physicians say that its application is
often beneficial physically.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
THE MARKETS.
New York.

NEW YORK, January 4.-S 90 P. m.-Cot-
ton-Dull at 7-16c for middling uplands.
Flour-Unchanged receipts 5000 bhls; sales
5000 bbls; rye flour dull. Wheat-Quiet;
spring steady; winter a shade frmer; re-
ceipts 900 bus; No. 2 red seller February
at s11OI. Rye-DulI. Corn-A trife
frmer; receipts 100000 bus; sales 10000
bus; prices unchanged. Barley-Dull.
Oats-Dull; receipts 5000 bus; sales $4,000
bus; mixed western unchanged; 31@34c
for white. Pork-Steady at 1920. Beef
Quiet. Lsrd-Quiet at $5.87K. Butter,
Cheese, Whisky and Sugar-Unchanged
Eggs-At 15@30c. Petroleum Crude un-
changed; refined at SIC. Coal-Quiet.
Leather-Firm; demand steady. Wool
Quiet aud Firm.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
The Hard Times.

The London Times, its financial summary
OF 1878, says: Industries have been disor-
gained, credit shaken and failures multi
Piled on every hand. The failures viii be
nearly FIVE thousand more than during last
year. Not only have wages been reduced
and many thousands of artisans thrown out
of employment, but many thousands OF
those above artisans wages are either in &C.
tual want or on the confines of it. The in
creasing numbers driven to grant bills OF
sale on their effects is one significant proof
of what is going on in the lower middle
ole
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
A substitute tor Kerosene.

AT village called GAINESVILLE, in Mercer
county, Kentucky, on the night of the 28th
ult., Mrs. Diekerson, in attempting to light
fire which she had kindIed, seized keg
containing some blasting powder and threw
a handful on the fire. The fash reached
the keg and tremendous explosion follow
ed enveloping her in a sheet of flame. She
was so badly burned that she died.
Three of her children who were
in the room ut the time of the explosion
were also very badly burned. Two of them
are not expected TO live.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Chicago.

CHICAGO, January Al 80 P. M.-Wheat
Good demand and higher; No. 2 red at
S61ac No. 2 spring at 8278c for cash; S355
@83Ac for seller February; S42sc for seller
March. Confirm at .2934c bid for cash !;
304c for seller February. Oats-Firm and
unchanged. Rye-At 42@42Hc. Barley
Firmer at 96e. Pork-Easier at $7.42H for
cash; $7.52H for seller February; 81 6219
for seller March. Lard Firm at $5.45 for
cash; So. 52% for seller February; S. 60 bid
for seller March Whisky-At $l06 Hogs
Receipts $4,000 head; quiet and steady
packing at 50, 10; heavy at $2.6O@2.95.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Milwaukee,.

MILWAUKEE January 400 P. M
Flour-Very quiet and unchanged; choice
spring at $4.2504.50 common to fair spring
extras at SO. 25g4.O0. Wheat-Better; No.
l cash at SIC; No. 2 at 831zc; No. at zoe
No. at Gle; No. seller February at $500
845sc; seller March at 854@8513c. Corn
Dull at 2911c; new 25Ac. Oats-Tame at
1870. Barley-Quiet at SIC. Rye-Dull at
42c Pork-Very quiet at $3.50. Lard
$3.50. Hogs-Strong at $2.65@2. so; dressed
S312Ia.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Nitro SslyPprIna

Three men were killed by an explosion of
the nitro giycerine works at Upper Freak
ness, i've miles from Paterson, \. j., on the
2oth inst. Houses were shaken as if
by an earthquake. The three men killed
were torn into fragments and blown in every
direction. Each leaves a wife and family,
one OF nine children, and another of seven.
and the third five. The conclusion COM
pletely ruined another building, but work
man in it escaped injury.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Terrific Boiler Explosion.

On the afternoon of the 1st instant, a
battery of three boilers in the Huffman &
Fairbanks distillery at Terre Haute, Ind,
exploded with terrible force. colored
fireman, William Day, aged %, married,
and Franklin Hughes, white, aged 10, a
slop tender, were killed. Herman Myers, q
fireman, and a teamster named Brooder,
were also badly injured. A horse was also
killed, and one of the cattle sheds caught
fire and was destroyed. Total loss about
$4,000; insured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11

James L. Armour, pensioner, and wife
burned TO death at Brockton, western
suburb Of Toronto, Ont, on the 2nd inst,
while intoxicated
BY the burning of barn at East Orange,
N. j., on the 2Stb ult., two young men lost
their lives
An old woman and the Waterman were
burned TO death by the destruction OF a
small house attached to the Irving Hotel, at
New London, Conn, on the 2Sth ult.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
The Ameer,s Situation

lhe ameer of Afghanistan has fourteen or
seventeen regiments at Herat, and if he can
retain ms mold over them and maintain his
supremacy in Afghan-Turkistan, he may
still offer formidable opposition to Yakoob
Kahn or whatever ruler England sets up in
Southern Afghanistan. The ameer released
1akoob under pressure from the Ghizai
chiefs who would not allow him to leave
Cabul without appointing his successor.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Scarlet Fever.

Scarlet fever is decimating the miners on
oliver islet, a mere rock in Lake Superior
with rich silver mines. OF 100 there IS
died in a month
One hundred and eighty deaths from
scarlet fever occurred in New York city
during the past week, ending Dec. 28th, an
increase of eighty over the previous week
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11

George Einsig murdered his wife at Y ork,
Pa, on the Sd inst, because she would not
live with him, owing to his dissolute habits
On New Years day at party in the vii
lage of Middle Greek, Floyd county, KY, a
dispute arose between Noah Watkins and
Greene Wade Hamilton, when the former
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
a PRAYER Meeting.

AT prayer meeting at Stone Lodge vii
lage, Michigan, on the night of the 2Sth ult.,
adesperate affray took place between VIM
Myers and four other roughs, who attempt.
ed to break up the meeting, and Jacob Crow
and Charles Wade, who attempted to put
them out, were both stabbed with long
hunting knives. The blades entering their
lungs and abdomens. Neither of them can
possibly live. Myers party are under ar
rest
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
The Housewife

CUP PLUM PUDDING.-Take one Gun
each OF raisins, currents, -four, bread
crumbs, suet, and sugar; stone and cut
the raislns, wash and dry the currants,
chop the suet, and mix all the above in
gradients well together; then add two
ounces OF cut candied peel and citron; a
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Liberty or DEATH.

On the morning of the I'd inst. ten convicts
in Anomosa, Iowa, penitentiary broke out
II the stone cutters she'd and made a des-
perate effort for liberty, the yard being
closed Only by a board stockade. One of
the convicts was sho dead by the guard,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
= Southern California zenhxr

A tornado struck tho city OF Santa Bar
bafa' Cal, on the I'd inst, and, occupying
a narrow path, tore through several blocks,
unrooting, blowing down houses and out
buildings and uprooting trees. VIM. Goss
was Killed by falling chimney. About
ninety feet of steamer wharf was carried
away.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Floods in Great Britain.

A sudden thaw caused numerous floods in
England and Scotland. The country
around Darlington and Wrexham was sub
merged for miles, and at Nottingham the
Hood was the greatest for fourteen years.
Much damage is reported at Berwick and
Aberdeen
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Fatal EEnlnsinn

DR.. ;. I. Brooks, on the morning of the
Sd inst, was found in his room in Green
vile, H., with one hand roasted and large
hole burned in the floor, Indicating the ex-
Plosion Of the lamp; but the fire had evi.
IDENTIFY gone out for want of air.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
OIeary Wins

O'Leary and Campsna brought to a close
on the night of the 2Sth ult., their six days
walk in Gilmore'S Garden, NY. O'Leary
stopped at l0:45 and made 400 l-9 miles !;
Campana stopped at 1916 and covered 35714
miles. The former appeared quite fresh
and agile, which the latter was utterly used
p. The gate money, il is said will amount
to $4,000; $500 of which goes to Campana
and the remainder, after expenses, to
OIeary
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Murder and Snfeide-

A Sacramento, Cal dispatch of the 2Sth
ult. says the bodies of Allen Reynolds and
wife were found in their house. They had
not been seen since the 26th. Cause of
death, poison. Supposed case of wife muir
der and suicide.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11

then" was the prompt. Lost ana "a
Notwithstanding never SPOKEN III us
life before upon the stage-by the tr tSa
edian's intense yet natural tones, seo
fellow, initiating them in the most conf n,
Dental manner, answered, " Is there, "
God?" put his hand up to his foreneap'
and, finding it stained with rose pun,
added, "Then the property man >
served me a trick!" Belqrdrld.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Failures in England and Scotland

The business failures of Great Britain and
Scotland during 1878 were 1909, of which
2,643 were in financial and wholesale mann.
featuring branches of trade. The increase
is 4,037 failures last year over the proceed
ing year
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
DrOMneG.

A team crossing on the ice between Rich.
mond, Va, and Melbourne, broke through
and were carried under by the rapid eur
rent. The occupants, Messrs. Rowe and
Kemp, Of Kingsbury, and Mrs. Sadler, of
Melbourne, were drowned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
AfyblaIEIGfan

Adispatch from Calcutta says: News from
Cabnl IS to the effect that Yakoob Khan re-
CURED his officers and soldiers TO swear on
the Koran to stand by him, but finally
withheld their pay as their general declines
to become security for their fidelity.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Ten Thousand Dollars Stolen,

thief entered the government printing
office, and watching his opportunity took
from the safe of the disbursing clerk a
package OF currency containing $40, 900 in
tended for paying off employees and for the
purchase OF material, and made his escape
without ebservation
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
a Plague

plague has appeared among the Cos
sacks of Astrachan. The sufferers are iso.
lated. Many doctors have been summoned
to their relief. OF 1875 persons attacked
since the first instant 143 died.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
Burst,

dispatch from Ismid says thirty-eight
tun gun burst during practice on the British
man-of-war Thunderer. The vessels turret
was destroyed, seven men killed and 40
wounded
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another shot through the bowels and viii
die, and two dropped with broken
legs. The FIVE others were soon recaptured.
John Donahue, three year man, being the
only one now at liberty
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They Must Go.

About lao railway postoffice clerks, route
agents and local agents viii be discharged
and the pay OF those remaining reduced to
bring the department expenses within the
appropriation.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11

During the past year 917 failures were re-
ported in New York city, with liabilities of
$63,958, 403, and assets at SIS, 695, 531. This
exceeds the record of any former year. but
large number is mainly due TO the repeal of
the bankrupt act,