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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
Lost I'm the Snow.

On the 9th of December, mail driver
named Casey left for Sun river in mail
cart for Fort Benton, Montana. Not reach
ing Spring Station, half way to Benton (2S
miles, and binding snow storm prevailing
at the time, it was supposed he was lost.
Search was made and on the 9Th instant,
Casey was found seated in his cart, which
the horse was drawing slowly along, about
twenty miles north of Spring Station. Dur
ing all this time, he had wandered on the
prairie in nearly a circle, picketing his
horse and camping out of nights. His feet
were frozen, but it is believed not seriously,
and he will not lose his limbs. The only
things that passed his lips were tobacco and
snow, the thermometer during the whole
time being below Zero
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
Destructive Fires.

The extensive carriage trimmings and
saddlery establishment of Wilson & Sons,
St. Louis, together with an adjoining build
ing were destroyed by fire on the 10th. The
buildings were erected twelve years ago at
cost of 100000
Portion of the Troy Co.'s mills at Cahoes,
n. Y, burned on the 10th inst, causing a
loss of 1000. A stampede occurred among
the employees, many jumping from the win
dows and becoming injured thereby.
Timothy O'Hearn was fatally burned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
Not Much of n Joke.

Some employees of a Middletown, o.,
paper mill attempted to play a practical
Joke on colored tramp who crawled into
the engine house on the 8th inst and went
to sleep. They placed kettle filled with
chemicals near him in order to annoy the
darkey with the fumes, which soon suffo-
Gated him.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
The Distress In England.

The weather in Great Britain is again
cold, and the increase in the ranks of the
distressed is noticeable. A. Manchester, on
the Sd, there were three Thousand applica-
lions from heads of families, representing
1850 persons, TO the relief committee, and
on the 4th inst. there were four thousand
fresh applications. During the week twelve
hundred families have been relieved in
Wolverhampton. a considerable increase
of distress is also reported from Sheffield.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
Cold Snap AT the south,

cold wave swept over the southern
states on the 4th and 9Th inst. At Vicks-
burg, MISS, on the 4th, the mercury ranged
at about 210 above with about six inches of
snow on the ground. At Shreveport, La.
the thermometer registered 1S0 above with
snow the entire day. AtJscksonville, Fla,
the mercury went down to 800, the lowest
point reached for over thirty years. Snow
fell in considerable quantities at Du-
mont Ga
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
Obituary..

Hon. Morton McMichael, senior pub
Usher of the North american, ex-mayor of
Philadelphia, and president of the Park
commission, died at Philadelphia on the 9th
inst, of heart disease.
DE Elias r. Beadle, one of the most dis.
tngulshed clergymen in Pennsylvania, died
at Philadelphia on the 9th inst, of heart
disease.
Princess Caroline, wife of Prince of Hesse,
died at Treeves, on the 9th inst.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
The Loss TO the KeYenne.

The senate committee on finance on the
10th inst. heard Gen. Raum, commissioner
OF internal revenue, in opposition to the
pending house bill on a reduction of the
tobacco tax. He asserted that the enact
ment of the bill would cause an annual loss
to the revenue of not less than S, OOO, 900 in
the receipts from taxation on tobacco, and
OF at least 100000 in the revenue from
pipars
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
AfghaDfstan.

A telegram from Calcutta says: On the
9TH inst. General Roberts, fndi & hostile
tribes collected in considerable numbers,
attacked them with three small columns and
was completely victorious. Forty troops of
the Punjaub cavalry charged mass of the
enemy, killing nearly three hundred. Skin
mishers of the Tenth Hussars drove the
enemy from Brouen Gromo. One hundred
prisoners, quantity of grain, and large
number of cattle, were captured. British
loss trifing. The victory is expected to
have great moral effect
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
A Falling wall.

While the fire department were working
at coniagraton on Vesey street, New
York, on the 9TH inst, falling walls buried
group of iremen, killing John Irving, and
badly injuring Chief Rowe, foremen Reeves
and Van Horn and fremen Mcclure, Ryan,
Jones and Hogan. 1t is feared that Chief
Rowe and foreman Reeves will die
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
A Substitute for Kerosene.

Charles Lonely, of Nicholasville, KY, at
tempted to light fire with coal oil lamp
when the lamp exploded, fatally burning
himself and one child, seriously injuring
another and completely destroying the
dWelIinp
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
Skating at Atlanta. Ga.

An Atlanta dispatch of the 7th says
" Skating in Atlanta for the first time in
twenty years. Thousands of pounds of ice
cut and packed here, the first time such a
thing was ever known. Great suffering
among the poor. The city relieving the
suffering"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
Suspension of Work.

The Consett Iron Works company, the
largest makers of ship plates in England,
employing 5000 to 1000 hands and owning
nine colieries, owing to duIlness of business,
have been obliged to temporarily suspend
work at most of their mills and FORCES, and
discharge 800 miners
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18

SEVERAL years ago a minister in Ken
lucky, while preaching upon the " Bar
rem Fig-tree," described the blossom of
the fig as " white, beautiful, and as fra
grant as the orange" At the close of
the sermon an old lady said to the
preacher: Brother, the ig-tree ha. no
sign of blossom" which is true.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
Failures I'm England and Scotland.

The business failures of Great Britain and
Scotland during 1873 were 15,O59, of which
2,643 were in financial aud wholesale manu-.
featuring branches of trade The increase
is 4,057 failures last year over the proceed
ing wear
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
Married.

The king of Holland was married to
the Princess Emma of Waldeck- Prymont,
with great solemnity, at Arolson, on the 9TH
inst. The duke of Saxony and Prince Will
liam OF Wurtemburg were witnesses. Prince
Henry OF Netherlands, brother of the king,
was unable to be present on account of i'll
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
Up In a Balloon,

At Jonesbore, Ark, few days since,
Prof Henry Dierk, while performing in
mid-air, suspended from balloon, fell
from the trapeze, a distance of 1 1000 feet,
and was killed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
BOgardus' Feat.

Captain Bogardus concluded his attemnt
to break 5000 glass balls out OF $500, at
Glimore's Garden on the 9th inst. He
broke 5000 in 6,013 shots, feat never be.
fore accomplished.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
Cut off with Loss

The band OF Mahoud Wazris, vino re-
Gently made an incursion into British terri
tory, has been cut off with heavy loss The
British attacked Suleiman Khel's marauders,
killing seventy. Khyber Pass is now quiet.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18

A cavern of sever | acres in the Pennsvl.
vania company's mine at Point Griffith, Pa,
has closed the mine for several weeks, an d
caused considerable damage to property on
the surface.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
The Plague.

The plague has caused a general panic In
Astrachan and Saratow, two Russian prov
inces. A correspondence of the Golos writes
that the plague commenced in village in
the district of Enotarcisk. Precautions
against the disease were at first neglected,
as it was mistaken for typhus. When the
weather became warmer the people died
like flies. The dead lie unburied in the
streets. Infected districts have been sur
rounded by troops and communication with
Moscow has been stopped. General anxiety
prevails throughout Russia 1t is supposed
the deaths have been more numerous than
stated
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
Fatal Boiler ExnIOsious

An engine on the New York Central road,
sent out from Buffalo with snow plough
on the 9th inst, burst its boiler near Bata-
via. William Lawler, fireman, was badly
injured it is feared fatally
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
He SkiDDed.

James w. Quick, treasurer of Pike couu.
ty, Pa, whose term of office expired on the
9th inst, is missing, He has evidently All.
seconded with $4,000 of county funds.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18

would be more in accord with the political
views of General TrujiIlo, president of the
republic. The scheme was exposed by one
OF its supposed friends, and in the attack
friend and foe suffered alike.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
.Iexauder Sfenheus

Representative Stephens had an attack of
neuralgia OF the bowels on the night of the
9TH inst. and is worse physically than for
years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18

Juan Moncasi, who attempted to assassin.
ate the king OF Spain on the 18th of October
last, was executed on the 4th inst
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Cattle Lost
Drowned While Skating.

The steamer Sheke, from Boston for Liy.
erpool, lost 140 head of cattle on the voyage.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
S8,O31,628 90 1850

Had the assessment been at actual value
the rate of taxation would not have ex.
ceeded one per cent, and the direct state
tax, which is less than one-twelfth of the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
MOncast Executed

Gardner Tingley, of East Attleboro, Mass.
killed himself and wife or the 4th inst.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18
Murder and Sutctdo

Three boys were drowned while skating
on Lake George, N. H., on the 9TH inst.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18

Il VA IN VOI GU uHU PI TUT
pal on loans from
trust funds to coun-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18

The increase during the year in the
amount of interest is $43,066.56, and the
decrease in the amount on hand is So, 498. "a,
net increase of 1913, 567.72.
CONTING ENT FUND.
On January Z, 1873, the balance to the credit
of the governors contingent fund was 81 $780,
10. The expenditures from this fund from that
date to January /, 1879, were $9242S, leay-
ing the balance to the credit of the fund at
the beginning of the calendar year, S3S1.91.
INDEBTEDNESS.
The Indebtedness OF the state remains as
at the close of the last fiscal year, and con-
slsts of:
Bonds outstanding. ..................$ 1000 90
Currency certificates .............. 81 90
Certificates of Indebtedness to
trust funds ....................... 2,23S, 900 90
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18

total tax, would have been less than nine
tenths of mill to the dollar.
The entire state tax, direct and indirect,
for the fiscal year ending September 80,
1878. represented by the receipts into the
general fund, amounts to $1,12O, 1897 81, and
if levied upon the taxable property of the
state would amount to one and one-tenth
mills upon the dollar, or. about one-eighth
of the total tax paid by the people. The
amount is $79, 900 less than was received the
year before, which with the large deficiency
existing in the general fund Janury 1, 1878,
and the expenses of the publication of the
revised statutes, accounts in part for the in
crease in the state tax now being collected.
1t is confidently expected that this tax will
pay all the expenditures of the year 1879
and in addition very materially reduce, if it
does not entirely extinguish, the deficiency
in the general fund which has appeared on
each irstday of January for several years
last past.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-18

State tax.....................S 648,153 80 .153t
For interest and princi.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-21

few hundred dollars. The express pack
ages contained valuable paper which they
can not use.
Rufus Lyman's little son, aged seven, was
thrown from mule at Litte,on and
dragged to death by the vicious animal.
VETERINARY SURGEON SUICIDES.
PERU. ILL.,. Oct 21.-Dr. Porter Waite a
well-known veterinary surgeon of this
place committed suicide by shooting him.
self in the head with q revolver, yesterday.
There is no cause why lie should have thus
ended his life. He was considered to be a
man worth $4,000.
FIERCE FIRE AT PARAMOUNT.
PARAMOUNT, ILL, Oct. 21.-A fire destroy.
ed the American Hotel at this place yester
day. Loss, 10000; insurance, $1,000. The
fire is supposed to be the work of an in
cendiary.
BORN TO BE DROWNED.
VEvAY, IND, Oct. 21.-Four years age
John Irwin, with five of his brothers and
sisters, were crossing the river here when
the skitf sank and all but John were
drowned. The other evening John and a
friend named John Revo attempted to
wade the river, when both were swept away
and drowned.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-21

a week, TO one knowing where he was.
He seemed conscious of his mental condi-
ton all the while, but hadn't the will
power to 60 to his home. When he did
go it was to hear of the death of brother,
and that caused him to awake from what
he supposed was trance.
When he was started for home last
Monday evening, he says, he got off the
car and went over to the house where he
was boarding, when something told him
not to go in. He came back down town,
hired room in an obscure German ho-
tel, where he remained for several days.
He says he knew what he was doing all
the while, but had no control of himself
when he thought of going home. Thurs
day evening he came down town, and
stood in front of the Globe-Democrat Of
flee for two hours. He came into the
business office, bought paper, and look
ing it over he saw notice of his disap-
pearance. He read it over twice, and
then said to himself, "That's me; | am
missing" He went back to his hotel,
and Friday night returned to his home,
but gave no explanation of his absence
further than is here related.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-21
A WAKING TRANCE.
The Strange story of Man Who
Loses Himself Occasionally.
lst. Louis Globe Democrat

lSt Louis Globe Democrat
A physiological event is Mr.. w. G. De
Fries, the merchant from Columbus,
Ohio, whose mysterious absence was
chronicled in these columns few days
ago. He has come back from his trance
wandering, and, although he is not ex-
plicit, he has said enough to put him
down in the category of curious human
transformations for whose actions there
is no accounting. He was put on an o.
i've street car Monday night at l o'clock,
and the conductor was told to put him
off at Thirty-fourth street. He lives on
Thirty-fourth and Pine streets.
He was not seen any more that night,
nor the next, nor the next following, and
did not turn up until Friday night, when
he went home, rang the bell, was admit
ted, and in response to the numerous in
quiries of his distracted wife and daugh-
ter, he only replied, "That.s all right;
that's all right" Subsequently he was
induced to tell little story about him
self as follows:
Some years ago he was in California,
and started home one evening, when he
was suddenly seized with the notion that
he wouldn't go home. He retraced his
footsteps, and wandered about for nearly
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-21
Yellow Fever.

Special to the Star
MEMPHIS, Oct. 21-12 M.-Two new cases
to-day: Jacob Kaufman and Mrs. Perry,
white. Eight deaths reported this fore
noon: Annie Quigley, Willie Voss, H. J..
English, R. D. Jones, Mrs. Julia White, A..
Cook, white, and one colored. PICKETT.
THIS MORNING AT MEMPHIS.
National Associated Press to the Star.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 21.-The weather is warmer
but damp and threatening. Yellow Jack is
evidently in lhe last throes, and all that is
needed is that the impending fall storm
clears off cold. Most of the late cases are in
the suburbs so that the actual number of
new cases do not appear in the day'srepori.
Altogether, in the city and suburbs, there
were thirteen YESTERDAY, though several
were not heard of in time to be put on the
books. The Knights of Honor have but
eight cases, all doing well.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-21
TERRIBLE TRIPLE TRAGEDY.


BLOOMINGTON, ILL, Oct. 21.--Wm. Hogg,
one of the oldest residents of this city and
one Of the most respected citizens, on re-
turning home at noon yesterday shot his
daughter Mary, aged eighteen, in the parlor
of his house. Then passing out into the
yard he called for his son Willie, aged
twelve, who was playing in the yard with
other children, placed pistol to his head
and fired, the ball passing entirely through
the head and coming out under the ear, but
missing the brain. ..
Then stepping into wood-shed behind
his residence he placed the pistol to his
own head and fired, the ball lodging in the
brain. He fell upon the floor, where he
was found soon after by passers-by. Hoge
is dead and Mary dying, but the son is like
lv to recover. The reason leading to such
a terrible deed is unknown. but is undoubt-
edly insanity. Hogg recently married a
Young wife, his second and was apparently
living in contentment. His wife was alb
sent at the time, and so probably escaped a
like terrible fate. Hogg was from Cadiz,
Ohio.
CANADIAN BANK PRESIDENT CONVICTED.
MONTREAL, Oct. 21.-The jury in the case
against Sir Francis Hincks, President of the
Consolidated Bank, who, together with the
directors was indicted by the Grand Jury
for misrepresenting tine standing "f the
bank in annual report to Parliament
brought in a verdict of guilty last evening.
BLAIR MURDER TRIAL.
The Jury in the Blair murder trial are
still out. Nothing new has transpired.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-21
A Shooting Butcher.

About o'clock this afternoon a striking
butcher named Charles Busch, went to H.
Verhage's packing-house, No. 2G9 Walnut
street, and being slightly under the in
fluence of liquor, commenced abusing sew
eral of the hands at work there.
The foreman attempted to put him out,
when he drew pistol and commenced
shooting at every body in the place. He
had full sweep until officers were teIe-
graphed for at the Ninth-street Station.
house.
Officer Duffy was detailed to arresi
Busch. AS snon as the latter saw Duffy
come in the front entrance he darted out
the back way into Lodge allev. After {
chase Of four or five squares he was cap
tured and lodged in the Ninth S rect Sta
tion-house. Luckily nnne of the shots fired
by Busch struck ANYBODY
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-21
POLITICAL.
LOUISIANA REPUBLICANS.


National Associated Press to the Star.
New ORLEANS, Oct. 21.-The Republican
State Convention assembled here yesterday.
A. J. Dumnnt was made permanent Chair
man, and Taylor Beattie nominated for
Governor by acclamation. A committee of
fifteen was appointed to select candidates
for other State offices.
Mr.. sToRrs' SENTIMENTS.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-Hon. Emery A. StorRs
returned 10 Chicago yesterday, after two
weeks absence in New York, during which
time he made five speeches at Elmira, Cort-
land, Ithaca, Auburn, Syracuse and Nor
wien. In an interview he said that the
Republican party so-day in New York is
more thoroughly united than it has been at
anv time since 1868, and possibly since
1864.
Recent utterances Of President Hayes
concerning the canvass in New York and
that he desired the election of Cornell i S
effectually healing any differences that did
exist. Moderate Republicans put Cornell's
majority as high as $4,000 and enthusiastic
Republicans claim 100000 On Presiden-
tial questions Mr.. Stores said there is no
essential difference between the feeling in
Illinois and New York. The drift is all in
one way, t wards Grant.
TO OFFSET THE GRANT BOOM.
NEW York, Oct. 2l.-A Washington
special reports ex-senator Vance, of North
Carolina. as saving that the general senti-
ment of North Carolina and of the South is
unfavorable to the nomination of Tilden
for the Presidency. He thinks that prior to
the Ohio election Thurman was the favorite
Of the majority Of Southern Democrats,
but the defeat of the Democracy in that
State has taken Thurman out of the Pres-
dental race.
Speaking of the chances of Senator Bay
ard and Gen. Hancock for the Democratic
nomination Vance said: "Bayard's opposi-
ton to the silver bill had fattened him.
Hancock is our man. am heartily tired
Of soldiers and would prefer to see civil
Ian in the Executive Chair, but we need a
Union soldier to offset this Grant BOOM.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-21
The Lahorers.

The cabinet-makers held another meet
ing to-day, Mr.. Herschel presiding.
A discussion ensued about the treatment
received from Mr.. A. Mitchell, of Mitchell
T. Rammelsberg, and resolutions OF censure,
etc, passed.
The sausage-makers who struck Sunday
held meeting this morning at 563 Vine
street.
1t was reported in writing that Hoffman.
Verhage, Fraut and Seifert promised to
make twelve hours instead of eighteen a
days work. They also promise to pay for
over or extra work.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-21
MEN OF MUSCLE.
Movements of Striking MoIders,
Miners, Etc.
Specials to the Star.

Specials to the Star.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 21-Yesterday morning
non Union molders assembled at Bridge
ford & Co.'s to resume work. The Union
men, get ting wind of this action, endeav-
Ored to deter them from carrying out their
purpose and it is said threatened violence
II they did so. In order to prevent any in
timidation Messrs. Bridgeford & Co. in
formed the Chief of Police, and several Off
eers were detailed to guard the foundry.
Before seven o'clock large number OF
Union men had assembled along Sixth
street, near Main, and when those who had
agreed to resume work put in an appear
ance, several of them were stopped and
threatened, but no violence was committed,
and they were allowed to go on about their
business {. A cheat was effected at the
foundry, and, after lapse of three weeks
work was resumed. Messrs. Bridgeford &
Go, had their place guarded all day, but no
interference was made, and all now moves
moothly.
ST. LOUIS CIGAR MAKERS.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 21.-Some 80 or 40 strik-
ing cigarmakers go to work to-day. The
busy season of the trade is about opening
and number of manufacturers are treat
ing with the strikers for the purpose Of ar
irving at some terms whereby they may be
enabled to resume work.
ILLINOIS MINERS STRIKE.
Rational Associated Press to the Star.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 21.-At Harmony, eight
miles from st. Louis, yesterday, the coal
miners of st. Clair County, H., about one
thousand in number, met in mass meeting to
consider the question of striking for an ad-
ditional half cent per bushel. The strike
practically began two weeks ago, but yes
terlay it was made formally and it is ex-
pected that to-day all the miners will be
idle
coopERs' AND MoLDERs' STRIKE.
TERRE HAurE Oct. 2l.-The moders em-
ployed in the Eagle and Phoenix Foundries
and the Terre Haute Car-works struck yes
terday for an advance Of 25 cents. The
.coopers in the several shops have struck for
an advance of % cents on -four barrels.
MINERS OBTAIN AN ADVANCE.
PoMERoY, O., Oct 21.-The miners en-
ployed by the Pomeroy Coal Company yes
terday demanded an advance of quarter
Of a cent per bushel, making two and a
quarter. Their demands were acceded to.