The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-01-03
GLEANINGS.


high.
THIS country eats one-third of the
Turkish opium crop.
1T is proposed to retire army officers
after 40 years service.
CORK soles have become an important
industry in Williamsport, Pa.
WARM feet and moderately cold body
are better than warm body and moder-
ately cold feet.
GovERNOR-ELECT Witt, of Louisi-
ana, is spoken of as one of the ablest
public men of the south. He is only sc
years old.
AN Austin, Tex, fruit vender and
sport had difficulty on the street be-
cause the latter took peanut from the
stand, and both were arrested.
IT is found that California is we'll
adapted to raising peoples for opium, as
well as tea, figs, oranges, lemons, BAN
anas, olives, dates, and even the cinchona
tree, the source of quinine.
"PLEAsE omit flowers" is becoming
frequent a notice in the "deaths7
column as ono cards" cards in the mar
riage department. "Please send flowers
to the hospitals" might be better way
to put it,
a GOAT took possession of the entrance
to the entrance to the Baptist Church in
Port Byron, n. Y, last Sunday, and
rearing on its hind legs, butted at all the
corners so vigorously as to disperse the
sheep and scare the shepherd.
AT Kansas City billiard player was
10 ~ h 81 &c
of match games. On losing, he turned
savagely upon two unoffending specta-
tors, and beat them with the butt of
cue until they were dangerously hurt.
A YOUNG man named Dovey died at
Shenandoah recently from the effects of
swallowing his false teeth. The phy-
sic;ans endeavored to melt the plate by
administering alcohol, but this failed,
and he died in terrible agony.
AFTER the girls in Boston clothing
house had presented their two employers
with handsome album each for Thanks
giving, they found that the pay of half
an hour, the time occupied in making
the presentation, had been taken from
each girls wages.
New YORK physicians are clamoring
for hot-air bathing housesfor the poor
of that city. Three million free baths
were taken in the summer, and now,
when the condition of the atmosphere
greatly augments the necessity for bath
ing, there are no bathing places.
WHAT'S in name? Pennsylvania
has town named Congruity, and fam
lily there were recently poisoned by
drinking cider in which a copperhead
snake had been drowned. It is not easy
to think of a more incongruous beverage
than that.
VIM. r. LANSING put a cartridge
which was loose in his pocket in his pipe
On Friday at Rochester, and commenced
to smoke peacefully and converse with
several friends. The pipe was blown to
pieces and Lansing knocked unconscious
ly on the floor, but not seriously injured.
BELFAST, Me-, can boast of boy of
nine, who year or two ago pushed a
little girl into a bonfire and caused her
death. Subsequently be caused the
death of his own father by the simple
process of tying a string across path,
over which the old gentleman fell. He
died. This precious child would make
an excellent playmate for Jesse Pomeroy.
A NEW YORK csrriage-making firm
sued Rufus Hatch for landaulet whose
springs broke 16 times in six months.
Mr.. Hatch's defense was that his groom
was bribed to recommend the vehicle,
and the groom admitted receiving "pres-
ents" from the firm, whose head acknowl-
edged that they regularly made gifts to
all the grooms they knew. The court
ruled that to fee the coachman of prob
able purchaser does not come under the
head of undue influence.
A GENTLEMAN hard pressed by his
tailor was recently at Brighton, when
he suddenly met his creditor. On the
tailor's arm was lady, who very evil
IDENTIFY did not know that tailor's arm
supported her. How are youp ex-
claimed the debtor, taking the tailor's
hand; "of course | shall see you to-
morrow at Lady--'s." The gentle
man has not since heard from the tailor,
proving that tailors are an appreciative
race"
THERE is child at Richland Station,
n. Y, two years old, that looks like
baby of six to ten months, being stunted
in growth, and somewhat malformed.
She is spiritual medium, so the mother
says, and she has had hard time with
the spirits. Visitors pay twenty-five
cents for admission to the seances. The
little ones hands are placed on stand,
from which come sounds like the tapping
of a light hammer The people there
abouts are considerably excited.
AMONG the articles exhibited at fair
in Lincoln, New, is an autograph letter
from Abraham Lincoln, dated April
10Th, 1859, in which he says: GAS to
the other matter you kindly mention, l
must in candor say / do not think my
self fit for the presidency. / certainly
am fattered and gratifed that some par
tial friends think of me in that connec-
ton, but l really think it best that no
concerted effort such az you suggest be
made. Let this be considered confiden-
tial"
THE Boston Shipping List says: So
far as the leading lines of manufactured
goods are concerned there is very little
falling off in the volume of trade, but
raw materials are not moving 80 freely.
Still business in all departments is far
ahead of what it was at this time last
year, and there is every prospect of a
general increase after the opening of the |
year. The mills and workshops are all |
in full operation, and preparations for
the coming year are noticeable on every
hand.
BEHOLD a brain-worker," said he. |
You think brsin-work is a great thing,
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