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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
MurderOus Deeds.

Clark Brown was arrested at West Win
der of his father and sister. He subse-
quently confessed the crime, and said that
he was impelled by some strange feeling to
commit the awful deed.
Theodore Daniel, black fend, in Jail for
attempting to outrage a young lady at
Union, Boone county, KY, was taken from
Jail by mob on the 9TH inst. and shot.
Theodore Smith, colored deck hand on
the steamer Cherokee, was shot dead by the
mate at Cincinnati on the 9TH inst.
Elijah Frost, Bige Gibson and Tom Nc
| Cracker were taken from the constable at
| Willis, CAL, on the 4th inst, and hung by
a mob These men were under arrest for
larceny of saddle and some harness.
John III. Calling, brother of the inventor,
was found murdered at Murfresboro on the
Sd inst.
| In melee at the Lincoln house, Worces-
ter, Mass, on the Sd inst, Thomas Callahan,
the steward, shot and killed Luke Daily, the
porter. They were rivals for the affections
OF the same servant girl.
In Allen county, Kentucky, near the Ten
nessee state line, Anderson Grover, in ft of
jealousy, shot and killed his wife and then
blew bis own brains out with a pistol.
Near Gainsboro, Tenn, James Halle shot
and killed VIM. II. Jenkins in the woods
where the latter had been telling timber
The bodies of two women and little girl
were found in a house at Waynesville,
Ohio, station on the Little Miami railroad,
on tho Oh nc{ Thor oil
murdered some days ago, as the stencil
from the bodies was dreadful. They are
supposed to be Mrs. Hattie and her sister and
sisters child. The bodies were covered by
bed clothing and had been sprinkled with
lime.
George Schwartz, a well-knOwn political
manipulation and proprietor of cigar store,
in San Francisco, Cal, was shot in his place
of business on the I'd instant, by Dudley
Haskell. Cause, vile language on the part
of Schwartz, which he refuses to detract.
The Eureka stage coach was stopped
ebove Nevada city on the I'd inst, by two
masked men, the express bag taken and
passengers made to stand and deliver. VIM.
F. Cummings, banker of Moore's Flat, re-
sisted the robbers, when they attempted to
take gold bar belonging to him and was
shot through the head and instantly killed.
Bud Oliver was murdered in the most
cowardly and unprovoked manner by
Robert Mosely, town marshal, at Camden
vile, Anderson county, KY, on the 30th ult
At New York on the 1st inst, the body of
a boy has been picked up in North river
with hands and feet securely bound.
Richard Stevenson, United States deputy
marshal, was shot to death in Kingman
county, Kansas, on the 30th ult., by horse
thief, who escaped to the Indian territory.
He had arrested the thief at Wellington
and was returning the prisoner and prop.
erty to Kingman. Both men, together with
drummer, were in the carriage, and in de-
scending sudden declivity the thief
snatched Stevenson's revolver and shot him
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
A Centipede's Deadly Claws.

Several Mexicans were in camp at the
mouth of Memphis Greek, Utah terri
tory, and were lying about the fire, when
one of them, Telstore Crucas, saw large
centipede, fully nine inches long, travel
ing slowly over his leg. Knowing that
the least motion would make it sink its
deadly claws into his skin, without
moving his leg he got out his revolver,
and waited until the beast had almost
reached his knee, when, slowly putting
the mouth Of the pistol to his head, he
pulled and the centipede was gone.
But centipede's claws are quicker than
gunpowder and Crucss began to cramp
in few minutes, the track of the reptile
along his leg turned brownish yellow,
and the place where it was killed swelled
up frightfully. Crucas rapidly grew
worse, and in a little over four hours
afterward he died in great agony. But
the most singular part of the story is
that the bullet from Crucas' pistol cut
small nick in the foreleg of mule that
was tethered near by, and at daylight
next morning the mule was also dead,
with its leg SO swollen that the skin had
burst in several places.-Ca,,on County
V7qjLdnte.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
The Haytten Rebellion.

Advices from Hayti to August 20, states
the liberals captured two mail steamers.
The provisional government of Port au
Prince sent troops against the liberals at
Gonaives. After bloody struggle Gonaives
took fire. Two-thirds of the town was
burned and the remainder pillsged. After
the defeat at Gonaives, Boier Bazelais and
adherents embarked for Jeremie, which pro-
nounced in his favor, and where he intends
to make a stand. General Monpoint, aided
by national troops from Port au Prince, re-
captured Cape Haytien, thus depriving the
liberals of two strongholds in the north,
Gonaives and Cape Haytien. The country
is in fearful condition. Fire at Jacmel
caused Immense losses,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
The Fatal ScaffOlding,

On the 9Th inst, while several workmen
on the new bridge over Jones' Falls, at the
intersection of Calvert street, Baltimore,
Md, were at work, the scaffolding gave
way, causing the death of Thomas McCarty
and James McNally. John Walsh had his
back broken, ana Christian Hesserhoff and
John King, received internal injuries, sup,
posed to be serious. VIM. Durkin was also
hurt and taken to the city hospital.
By falling of the scaffolding Oh the new
Opera House building, at Leayenworth,
Kansas, on the 4th inst, four men were
precipitated to the basement floor, sixty
feet below. Charles Brown and William
Yodkum, the latter the contractor for the
building, was probably fatally injured and
will die. Archie Turner had his leg broken
and shoulder dislocated.; Hugh Muloaney, a
boy of sixteen, was only slightly injured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
Destructive Hurricane.

terrible storm ragged around Morgan
City, La, and along the Teche river on the
I'd inst. The steamboats, Sammie and AL
breta were sunk, a portion of Morgan's
wharf and an ice house blown down and
The gale was so furious that it carried plates
from the iron warehouse On Morgan wharf
clear across the bay into Berwick City.
The Teche warehouse was carried across
Front street and smashed in the fronts
of stores, carrying away galleries, etc.
At Berwick City saw mill and round
house, the Presbyterian church and school
house were demolished. The damage to
crops along the Teche is immense. Sugar
houses are entirely blown down or damaged;
in fact scarcely q place has escaped be
tween Morgan City and New Iberia. The
loss by the destruction of cane and fruit is
enormous, larger than ever known by any
previous storm In the location. Forty five
coal boats mooTed above the city, sank
during the storm. The loss is esti-
mated at 100000; no insurance. Many
trees, fences and chimneys were blown
down and several houses unroofed. The
only loss OF lie reported Is Geo. 5. KuntZ
pumper on the coal feet.
Later--The following additional casual
ties are reported: Steamer Trenton, laden
with cotton and live stock, eapszed and
sunk eight miles below Baton Rouge; no
lives lost. The lighthouse at Tichefurneta
river was destroyed. The Mississippi val.
ley transportation company of st. Louis,
loses heavily. John Gilmore, was
caught with FIVE barges, at Mulatto
Bend, hundred miles above New
Orleans; three barges were sunk
and one of the pilots was blown out of the
pilot house and killed. 1t was estimated
that there was at least 5000 bushels of
wheat in the barges sunk. The loss to the
company is about $4,000, and to the insur-
ance companies holding risks on the cargo
nearly 100000
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
PIIHSteRa RRfQS

Minnesota Republican state ticket nom.
mated at st. Paul, on the I'd inst: For
governor, John S. Pillsbury; lieutenant
governor, c. A. Gilman; secretary of state,
Fred Won Baumbach; state treasurer;
George Kittleson; attorney general, Charles
Nj. Start; railroad commissioner, w. R.
Marshall.
A. B. Cornell was nominated for governor
by the New York Republicans at Syracuse
on the Sd inst; for lieutenant governor,
George G. Hoskins; for secretary of state,
Joseph B. Carr; for comptroller, James w.
Wadsworth; for treasurer, Nathan D. Wen.
dell; for attorney general, Hamilton Ward,
and for state engineer and surveyor, How.
ard Soule.
The New York prohibition state conven-
ton at Saratoga, on the Sd inst, nominated
the following ticket: For governor, Prof.
John W. Mears; for lieutenant governor.
James II. Bronson; for secretary of state,
Alphonso a. Hopkins; for comptroller,
Caleb w. Ali; for treasurer, Stephen Mer.
rift; for state engineer, John j. Hooker;
for attorney general, Walter Harrington.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
keturn of Gen. Miles

Col. n. S. Miles arrived at Fort Keogh on
the 2Sth ult, with his command, consisting
OF seven companies of the Fifth infantry,
bringing with him nearly 1000 half breeds,
who have been furnishing arms and ammu.
milton to the Indians between the Yellow.
stone and the boundary line. He had
cleared the country of all rowing bands, and
driven Sitting Bulls followers across the
American line, besides breaking up the
illicit traffic in arms and ammunition be.
tween the half breeds and hostile Indians.
The campaign was very successful, consid.
ering the small loss to Miles.
A terrific hail storm at Fort Keogh on the
30th, completely destroyed Company H's,
Fifth infantry, quarters, snd uproofed sew.
eral other buildings.
Demands command, with Lieutenant
Farrow's Umatilla scouts, struck a small
band of renegade Indians near Big Creek
on the 18th, snd captured their camp,
horses and supplies. One soldier killed.
Troops are pursuing the Indians.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
Financial Disaster.

All the property of Jefferson Borden,
one of the founders of the Fall River man.
ufacturing industries and an officer in many
banks and other corporations, has been at.
tached at the instance of the Fall River
Savings bank, his largest creditor. The at
tachment has been made in consequence
of complications growing out of the down
fall of Borden's sons-in-law, Walter Paine
and George r. Durfee. The Metscomet
bank, though a sufferer, will not be ruined.
The loss to the Fall River Savings bank is
serious, but not fatal. The books of the
banks are selling at Is per cent. less than a
month ago.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13

The excursion steamer Alaska of the De.
troit and Put-in-Bay line, while one mile
from the mouth of the river in lake Erie on
the down trip, on the 5th instant, exploded
the dome of her boiler, instantly killing
both engineers-the brothers Stevens-and a
fireman named John Boyd. Ten other deck
hands were badly scalded, two fatally. OF
the large number OF passengers on board
only one was severely scaIded. The steamer
City of Detroit, but short distance from
the Alaska at the time of the accident, i'm
mediately went to her assistance and took
of the passengers and crew, and towed the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
Personnel of Pope Leo.

Pope Leo is said to look taller than he
really is because of his extreme slender.
ness; his figure, however, is elegant, in
spite of his leanness. He has a splen-
didly-shaped head, fringed with silver
hair, and kindly face, healthy in color
ing. His mouth, chin and jaw express
strength and irmness, and there is said
to be in his expression beautiful light
of inward JOY" He wears a soutane,
or close redingote of soft, white wooden
cloth, taking the form of the figure at
the waist and held there with band of
embroidered silk, and buttoned down in
front, showing the slippers of red silk,
embroidered with gold cross. 4 cape
of the same color and material falls from
the soulders to the elbows, similarly but
toned to the coat in front, with some
soft substance, like down or ermine,
edging the cape around the neck, resting
on the shoulders, and depending in front
is golden and jeweled cross. His white
hands are narrow, and the fingers long
and beautifully rounded, and the nails
are perfectly almond-shaped and pink
tinted. On his head he wears 9 white
skull cap.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
Tribute to The Gallant Custax

A large number of people assembled at
the unwilling of the Custer statue at West
Point on the 30th. Among the distinguish
ed persons present were General Hancock.
Hamilton Fish, General Schofeld, General
N. P. Banks, Algernon S. Sullivan and John
Mccullough, the tragedian. Algernon s.
Sullivan delivered the presentation address,
transferring the work of art to the academy
on behalf of the Custer fund society. Mr..
Mr.. Wilson Mcdonald, the sculptor, then
unveiled the statute amid applause, the
band playing Clusters charging tune,
" Garry Owen" after which Major General
Schoheld made an address of acceptance,
and was followed by General N. P. Banks,
the orator of the dav,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
THE MARKETS.
Reported by CHANDLER, Brown Il Co. Commission
Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.
New York.

NEW YORK, September 6-3: 100 P. M
Cotton-Strong at 12Hc. Flour-Rather
more steady; receipts $4,000 bbls; sales 49,
600 bbls; $4.20@4.50 for common 10 extra
state and western; $4.25@5.75 for round
hoop; rye flour unchanged. Wheat
Spring firm; winter Z@Hc better; quiet;
receipts 263,00O bus; sales 5000 bus; No.
red seller September at $l.10A. Rye
Steady and unchanged. Corn-Quiet; re-
celpts $4,000 bus: sales 1000 bus at 1870
46Kc: Barley-Dull. Oats-Firm; receipts
mixed western; 32@38c for white. Pork
Firm at $500. Beef-Steady. Lard
Steady at 1918. Butter-At 6@2Oc Cheese
AT 2@6c. Whisky-At $1.O5A. Sugar
At 6A@7c. Eggs-At 13@16c. Petroleum
Crude at 2Hc; refined at 63Sc. Tallow-
At 1880. Coal-Very firm. Leather
Quite strong. Wool-Fairly active.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
Killed by the Cars.

Charles A. Van Schaick, lieutenant of
company F, First regiment, Illinois state
militia, while attempting to jump from q
moving train at the camp grounds, near
Chicago, on the 4th inst, was instantly
killed.
George Raymond, Missouri Pacific
brakeman, was caught between bumpers
and almost instantly killed at st. Louis, on
the 4th inst.
An old man named Charles Morris, was
run over by the cars at Indianapolis on the
4th instant and killed.
AT Brigton, a suburb of Cincinnati, dur
ing fog on the Both, night express on the
B. & O. road ran into the rear of the Short
Line New York express, badly smashing
the end of g sleeper and passenger coach.
One passenger killed.
The iron bridge over the Blackwater
river at Carthage, n. Y, gave way on the
30th, while freight train of the Utica rail.
road was crossing, and five cars went down.
No life lost.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
Obituary.

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Charles
Fletcher, military secretary to Lord DUFF.
ferin during his Canadian vice royalty, is
dead.
Major 81. Brent Kelly, associated with the
Louisville Daily Commercial since its founda-
ton, died suddenly on the Sd, aged thirty
six years.
Gen. R. T. Bowen, representative of the
Ninth Virginia district in the Add congress,
died at his home in Tazewell county, on the
I'd inst, aged II.
John Ulrich Windisch, leading member
of one of the largest lager beer brewing
firms of Cincinnati, died on the 31st ult.
aged 40 years.
Capt. Abe Fl. Carroll, former well known
boatman and prominent citizen, died sud-
denly at the Gait House, Louisville, on the
3lst ult.
John Adams Jacuson, the American
sculptor, died at Florrnee, Italy on the 3lst.
Gen. j. B. Hood, prominent in the rebel
lion as Confederate leader, was one of the
victims of yellow fever at New Orleans on
the 30th ult
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13

Mr.. JENNINGS writes that American
tourists returning to the United States
find it impossible to secure cabin passage
in the steamers unless they have applied
long in advance. Many neglect this pre-
caution, but leave the engagement of
passage to the last moment in the easy
confidence that the steamers at this time
of year are not at all crowded. "The
consequence is that several friends of
mine have had to put with berths fitted
up for them in the steerage, where the
bad smell, heat and dirt will test their
powers of seamanship in a way which
they are not likely to admire. It is all
a part of this same business of not taking
proper time to do so or see everything"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13

But finding that he did not improve 50
rapidly as he had hoped to, he informed
her of the facts and sent to Maine for
her. She reached Waupun "Wednesday
evening, and neither Mr.. Gushing
nor Miss Raynes expected his immediate
death. They were married the same
evening. Friday night the new-made
bride was lefta widow. We are Informed
that Mr.. Cushing left no children. We
are also informed that when his accounts
are settled there will be very little prop
erty left for his widow.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13

A DENTIST in Augusta mitigates the
suferings of his patients in warm wealth
er by the use of fan of his own inven-
ton, which runs by water. The inven-
ton consists of tin dish, about eighteen
inches in diameter, cut in four sections,
the ends of which are turned up some
what in the shape of q child's whirligig.
The motive power is supplied by a small
wheel, operated by tiny stream of
water not larger than match. By turn
ing small faucet the water is thrown
on and the fan Immediately revolves
with tremendous velocity, casting a
strong current of cool air, which in this
instance is directed upon the dental chair,
keeping the operator and the patient
cool.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
Run Over by an Engine.

-Four boys, Henry Poth, John Goebel,
Richard Kept and Henry Reinbold, ranging
from six to thirteen years, were run over by
freight cars on the Iron Mountain road at st.
louis, on the 18th ult. They were lettering
ebout the track when a switch en- CINE moved
down upon them suddenly and caught them
all. Poth had both legs cut off, one above
and the other below the knee. Goebel lost
both legs below the knees. Kept had both
legs badly mangled, but not entirely ampu-
tated. Reinbold had his right leg crushed.
Poth and Goebel will die.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
" Hoe Cake in de Mornin, y

The hoe cake of Kentucky, which
meets with general and welcome recep-
ton at home, has also acquired an ex-
ttenslVe fame elsewhere, though but few
know how its fame was derived. The
Oldest Inhabitants explain that, owing
to the scarity of cooking untensils among
the earliest settlers, they took their hoes
from the handles, and on their surface,
polished by the work of the day, they
cooked the bread which has become
proyerbial as the favored food of Ken
tuckians, and hence it received the name
OF hoe, cake, and still retains it, though
thls mode of preparing it has long since
passed away.-OeoenSboro (Ken.) Aes8en-
Ger
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
COpiOus Floods,

a dispatch from st. Petersburg, Russia,
dated the 9TH inst, says: evident storms
in the gulf of Finland have caused the river
Neva to rise to level OF the streets. The ca
nails in the center of st. Petersburg have over
flowed and the faubourgs are ander water.
Iron roofs have been blown from houses and
churches in all directions. The guns of the
Citadel have been firing all Thursday night,
and to-day notices have been issued warn.
ing inhabitants to take precaution against
tho 40, 4
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
VARIOUS TOPICS.

THE Brooklyn courts have been fur
nished an opportunity to test the act
which gives the wife of drunken hus
band an action against those who sell
him liquors. A Mrs. Lucas has begun
suit against two saloon-keepers and the
landlord of one of them to recover
damages in the sum of $4,000 for the
loss of her husbands improving society
and his services as bread-winner, alleg
ing that the loss is due to inhibition OF
intoxicating drinks furnished him by
the defendants.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13

SIR ROWLAND HILL, the founder of
the penny post, who just died in Eng.
land at the age of "a, had lived in re.
tirement SO long that many supposed
him no longer in the land of the living,
and it is said that Spiritualist conven-
tion in London three years ago had a
communication from "the spirit of
the late Sir Rowland Hill " recommend
ing half-penny postage. The adoption
of uniform cheap postage in this coun-
try is directly traceable to the labors OF
Mr.. Hill. In 1916, and for many years
afterwards, the rates of United States
postage varied from eight to twenty-five
cents, according to distance. In 1915
moved by the success of the new British
system, law was passed reducing rate:
to five and ten cents; and finally, in
1856, the uniform three-cent came in.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13

The amount of gold in existe nee s
the beginning of the Christisn era is esti.
mated to have been fS5, 400, 900; at the
time of the discovery of America it had
fallen to Ell, 400, 900; it then gradually
increased till in 1000 it reached e21.
1000; in 100, e7O,O0O,OOO; in 1900,
100000; in 1S43, e4OO, coo, 600, and
in 1858, e600,000,OOO. At the present
time it is estimated at Ct, 200, OOO, 900,
which welded into one mass could be
contained in cube of twenty-six feet.
OF this amount eS00,000,000 are
reckoned to be coin and bullion, s2OO,-
600 in watches, and the remainder. in
jewelry, plate, etc. A cubic inch of
gold at f3 lis 104d per ounce is worth
s42; cubic foot, e72 ,562; cubic yard,
f1,959,552.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
The California Election.

A San Francisco dispatch of the 9Th inst.
says: Three-fourths of the vote in this
city and state are counted. 1t is now prob.
able the Republicans will elect all the con.
gressmen, though it is very close in the city
district. Republicans elect railroad cont
missioner in the northern district, and the
workingmen theirs in the city, and southern
district. The Legislature is still in doubt.
Kalloch continues to increase his lead, and
is elected beyond doubt.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
Chicago.

CHICAGO, September 81 80 P. M
Wheat-Stronger; No. red at 9311@94c /;
spring at SIC for cash, seller September and
seller October; 875sc for seller November.
Corn-Strong and higher at 355sc for cash A.;
341sc bid for seller October; 331lc for
seller November. Osts-Higher at 22Ac
for cash; 23Nn bid for seller October /;
23Ic for seller November. Rye-Un-
changed. Barley-At 76077c. for seller Oc-
tober. Pork-Suong and higher; 1886 for
cash; $8.37I bid for seller October: $500
asked for seller January. Lard-Easier
S5.7212 bid for cash; 1915 bid for seller De-
tober; $40 bid for seller January. Whisky
At $l.O5. Hogs-Receipts, 5000 head /;
active and higher; light at $3.60@3 20 ;
packing at $3.10@345; choice shipping at
S3.4O@3.8O,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
From the Arctic Region.

A telegram has been received from Prof.
Nordenskjold, Swedish Arctic explorer,
dated Yokohama 8, as follows: Gall are
well. We left winter quarters on the 18th
and doubled the East Cape On the 10Th of
July, proceeded thence to Lawrence Bay,
Port Clarence, and Behring's Island. Have
had no sickness and no scurvy. The Vega
is in excellent condition"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
Postal Matters.

The postmaster general has ordered an
actual daily count in all postofices from
the LIST to the 9TH Of November of all let
tiers, packages, postal cards, etc. The pub.
fishers of newspapers are requested to fur
nish postmasters with the number of papers
mailed the same time.
The free postal delivery system begins at
Topeka, Kansas, October 1.