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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-11-27
A Dying Chiid's Last Wish.

From the Detroit Free Prose.
At one of the public schools in t.e
northwestern part of the city the pups
are spurred to good behavior and stur
by cards of merit, a day Of perfect De-
haviOr and study being recognized by
fanciful small card Twenty-fou "
these small cards entitle the pupil 10 or
larger and more ornamental ear.
Among the pupils was sweet little gl'
seven years of age, whose pretty way
and devotion to her studies had voh u.
her the love and admiration Of all A'
school associates, and at the Close V
each day her name was certain 10 be g1-
from the roll of honor. a few d',''
since her seat was noticed to he yar4-.
and regrets were expressed from -
sides, as It was the first "absent MAJ
Ell against her. The next day one r 8
little school-mates brought word ~.
she was detained at home by ll.s''i
On the third day the teacher Ie's>gJ.
the following note: MY darling, ".
girl Is very Ill and, as l fear, dELti
She has received twenty-five OF the SUD
cards of merit, and has asked me 70 ~
to you to see if you willnot send htI u.
of the larger cards, as she Is sure -
would have been awarded the two c.
necessary to receive the larger one H. r..
she been able to attend school. -
note was read to the pupils. and i Z.
time the scene presented IL that scn.J ,i,
room was the most affecting. MOI w.. -
was one large card sent to the ayr.
child, but eight Of them were t@hel II
her by the teacher, end those cards
full complement possible for the teri ter
We're with the child, and seemed q So ~.
of infinite comfort to her up to the 10 -.
of her death. When the chilu Wv
buried, prominent among the I n.are
decorations upon the little caskel - wa.
the cards of merit, patheticaly ".
of the buried hopes, joys and aniD-, M.
Of the little one whose last dreams
of success.
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THE MARkE rs.
New York.

New IoRE, November 20-3:0O p. M.-Flour-
Strong; moderate export and light iobbing trade
demand; receipts q, 483 bbls; round hoop Ohio
at 55.10@550; choice do at S5.GO@G.25; super
western at s3.6004.40; common to good extra
do at ?48e@5.10; choice do at $3.50 c. 80;
choice white wheat do at s4.7504.90. Wheat -
1gM&c better; fairly active; sales 40, 600 bus
No. l white seller December at S12115G1. 21$i ;
24,0O0 bus 10 seller January at Sis; 10000
bus No. red seller November at S1.2340D
1.24; 100. 900 bus do seller December at Sl24$s
@1.25; 232, 900 bus do seller January at 1863
(a1.2714; $1,000 bus do seller February at
ut $l.296s. Coma shade firmer and quiet;
mixed western spot at 59lIG6u1Ec: do futures
at 5714mG2c. Oats-Without decided change;
western at ia SOC. Beef-Unchanged trade
light; plain mess at $3.50; rev extra do at
$3.50 Porl-tlrm; mess at $14 50m1i.75
Lard-STonger; steam rendered at 50. 821E.
Butter-Finn and rather quiet; Ohio at l4M26c.
Cheese Firm at 7@134c for poor to choice;
Sugar-Steady and quiet. 1Iolasses-Quiet and
unchanged. Petroleum - Firm Rice Firm
and fairly active. Coffee-Quiet and steady.
Freights- Unchanged. Spirits of Turpentine-
Firm al 47c. Resin-Strong at s1.8O@l.95 Tai
low-Seady at G5s@61ec for western. Eggs
Firm at 23@2G15c fer fair to choice.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-11-27
inspection Of the Sturgeon Bay Canal

On the 18th, the governor, secretary of
state, state treasurer, and attorney gen
eral, III company with Hon. Jesse
Spaulding, of Chicago, president of the
Sturgeon Bay Canal company, and 9TH
ers, went to Marlnette and across the
bay to formally inspect the ship canal
which has been i'll the process of build
ing for several years. The state officials
named returned to Milwaukee Saturday
morning, and being called upon by
WISCONSIN representative, cOurteouslv
furnished the information here reported:
The canal, as is known to readers in
terested IN the work, connects Sturgeon
Bay with Lake Michigan; Is one hun
dred feet wide and about eleven feet
deep, and furnishes short route from
Green Bay to Chicago for all that part
of the country lying adjacent to Green
Bay. 1t shortens the distance for all
the great numbering and shipping inter
ests TO Chicago about eighty-tive miles,
and avoids the dangerous entrance to
| Green Bay known as deaths Door. )"
Very many ships have been wrecked at
that point.
1t will be remembered that the general
government appropriated 200, 00C acres
of land in trust for the purpose of build
ing this work. The general government
has built a good break water to assist in
making a harbor of refuge and protect
the entrance to the canal from the lake
end.
The dry excavation made by the COM
pany In building the canal was one and
One-fourth miles in length but III the
shoal water at either end of the canal it
was found necessary to make other exca-
vations III the sand and this additional
distance makes the entire length OF the
excavation three and One-fOurth miles.
The highest point of land through
which the canal runs Is thirty two feet
IN height from the surface of the water
Although the contracts did not call for
such work, it has been found necessary
to rip-rap the banks of the canal In or
der TO prevent the sand-wash which is
depth of the canal will be thirteen feet,
allowing the largest lake vessel to go
/ through with ease.
One point in connection with this i'm
prOyement which has been overlooked
was mentioned TO the reporter while in
conversation with the governor and land
+ COL1uISSlOneT odluIudV. Inns canal
opens to the lake marine a harbor of
refuge that is perfect in it's appointments
and the only one on the west side of
Lake Michigan. At the same time the
harbor is large enough to hold almost
all the shipping on this lake.
The governor reports that tie canal il
wonderful sbOrtener of distances and
that 1t viii form part of the regular line
Of outlet for the heavy iron shipments
from the MenOmonie river furnaces.
T Governor Smith reports one moro thing
that Is interesting. The whole party
went into the lake in tug and near
ly the whole party was ter
7bly sick community. It was
interesting to see the look of disgust
creep over the governors face as he said
he had been across the oceans several
times, had also been IN storm on the
Mediterranean, and 1t seemed a little odd
that ne had to come back to Lake Mich
lgan III order to take his first suffering
from sea-siekness.
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EaytgIlry,

Brigadior General Jacob Zeiler. Of the Marine
Corps. died at Washington on the 18th inst.
Judge Samuel Cowles. Of San Francisco, Cal,
a prominent lawyer of the Pacific coast, died on
the 18th inst.
The Rev. Fielding Ewing. Presbyterian
clergyman Of Decatur, Ill, and Samuel Martin
a prominent business man Of Dubuque, passed
away on the 18th.
John Lee Chapman. formerly Mayor of Balti-
more, Nd. died suddenly on the 18th inst i,
aged 20.
Dudley Mccain. an Lonored citizen OF Urbana,
H.. expired in q street car on the 18th.
Hon. Peter SeInn. an attorney and railway
capitalist of Cincinnati. Is dead
Rev. James Il. Darlington u. D., died at the
residence of his son in st. Louis. Nc, on the
18th inst. Deceased had been III the ministry
50 years. and a quarter Of 4 century ago was
equally famous with the venerable hteT Cart
wright
:. \. OsmeT. supreme treasurer OF the knights
of Honor, died at james town. y. y. on the 18th
inst. Subordinate edges throughout the nIted
States have been instructed TO hold further re-
mittances until tie successor Of the deceased
mas been named.
Charles F. Ottiguon, famous as & teacher Of
gymnastics, died IN New York on Sunday the
18th INST.
Glenn. Gamma, negro, passed away al Gull
ford, Va. at the age Of 12l.
Henry Mouael, 4 wealthy Californian. 20
Years old. was found dead IN bed at the 81.
Cloud hotel, Philadelphia, on the 10th inst. Pa
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eNas ssUeIasyry.

On the 10th INST Dallas Texas. was thrown
into great excitement by the arrival of forty
armed farmers bringing the body OF Il dead
man and recounting the boldest robbery ever
enacted i'll this section. Marion Johnson, a
planter, met twelve miles out from the city,
bv two masked men, knocked down and robbed
Being oyertaken Icy party in pursuit, he Joined
them. Five other farmers were net who had
been robbed. and they joined in the pursuit
The outlaws were overtaken within three miles
y the city, where hight occurred, and one
rohber. recognized as Odum Curlcy, Of Nash
vile, Tenn, killed. The other escaped, carry
ing eighteen huckshot in his body. Eleven
farmers are known to have been robbed Both
men are thought TO be inn Heated in the robbery
OF Adams K Leouards bank, recently.
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The Indians.

Lieut.. hlngsbury reports. under late Nov. 7,
that his command at the mouth of the Mussci
Shell had been attacked by the Indians. Tie
firing was upon his scouts who fell back with
the loss Of three horses. He expected the at
tack would be renewed General Miles states
there is at that point a log hut and stockade
large enough to hold Kingsbury'S command,
with their animals. Inc position Is also
strengthened by rifie-pits. General Sheridan
does not think anything serious liable to occur
there.
The Lipau Indians, who have lately been pill
laying both sides of the Rio Grande III Texas
and Mexico, have been badly punishedby band
of Mexican volunteers.
Sitting Bull, who some time ago evinced a
disposition to surrender, now bids defiance to
the United States government, and SAYS he will
fight to the bitter end. that he will die rather
than surrender, and his warriors seem TO share
his hostile sentiments and dare Gen. Miles to
attack them, threatening him with Clusters fate
il he does. Gen. Miles Will take the redskins
al their word, and has probably taken the field
against them by tits time. The hostiles cannot
retreat into Canada now, and viii probably
have to die or surrender before MANY months
Lieut.. hiAlenburg, of the Eleventh Infantry.
and twenty-five men, We're fired upon by an am
pushed party Of Sioux near the mouth of Mus
sClsLell river Oh the 7th inst. None of the com
mand we're injured. Reinforccments were sent
10 the Lieutenant from Fort Keogh, and he
that some Of Sitting Bulls band viii reinforce
the Sioux.
Gen Ord, commanding the department of
Texas, reports that nine men were killed and
two men wounded and one captured by the In
dams since the LIST of October, 1879. The gem
eral complains of large number of desertiOns
from the ranks. He recommends that a large
force be maintained on the Rio Grande to pre-
serve order III that turbulent, robber-infested
quarter
Gen. Pope, III his annual report. predicts that
there viii be no trouble with the Indians III the
department OF the Missouri this winter, although
the differences between the redskins and the
United States have not vet been settled. Tie
holds the interior department responsible for
NlctOrla's outbreak, and intimates that there
was no good reason why the department should
insist SO strenuOusly on the removal of the
Alaches to the San Carlos agency lie also
censures the Indian agents and holds that they
have frequently caused much trouble by refus-
ing the wards OF the nation " food IN order tO
punish the said wards for supposed INSIDE
meanors. He advises THAT the right of Capt.
Payne and his followers to settle III the Indian
Territory be submitted to the United States
courts as soon as possible.
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Death i'm the Wines.

TIE cause of the Stellarton NINE explosion
remains as much Of n mystery as ever. Ii Is
now certain that fOrty-four men were killed
Only q few of the bodies have as vet been dis
covered. The first accounts indicated that none
of the persons who were at work in the mine es-
capped. Later accounts show that this is not
the case. One of those who escaped, while
making for the mouth Of the pit, stumbled over
a boy, who proved TO be his son, and afterwards
over the PROSTATE body of his father. He res
cued both, but the father IS in so exhausted a
condition that he VIII prohabiydie. Onthe 18th
inst. frequent explosions occurred, creating
havoc with everything within reach. Immense
volumes of smoke were ascending from every
opening of the pit, and great fears are enter
tanned that the whole workings viii be destroy
cd. trench was dug from the river 10 the
mine, and tue pit is being flooded slowly.
Joseph McCorkey, miner of Leadvile, fell
through the shaft of the Chrysolitc mino at that
place on the 9th inst. ard was killed. Alex.
McHardy a brother miner, descended to recoy-
or the body, and when OH the point Of having
accomplished his purpose he was overcome by
the foul gas, fell backward, and was killed. The
brave fellow deserved a better fate.
A fifteen year-old boy was killed on the 18th
in the Grove coal mine at Ma sllon, O., by the
falling of huge rock. 1t required eight men
to remove the stone from the body.
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Chicago.

CHICAGO. November 20--1:30 P. M-Wheat-
Strong and higher at S1.0s}5 for cash; $1,000
for seller January; S1.lOI for seller February.
Coru-Strong and higher at 1880 for cash and
seller December; 1885 for seller January; 1890
lid for seller May. Oats--Firm and higher at
328Ic for cash; &c for seller December; 33c for
for seller January; 3735c for seller May. Rye
Higher at 8G19c. Dariey-Lower at 97c. Whisky
At Sill. Pork-FiIm and higher at S13. 25@)
1875 forcash; S12. 50 asked for -ellel December;
$3.50 for seller January. Lard-Firm and
January; $40 for seller February. Hogs
Receipts 30, 0J0 head; for the week 100000 head;
largest on record; moderately active, light at
54.60@475; mixed packing at S4.50@475;
heavy shipping at S4.70@495. Cattie-Receipts
5000 head; for the week $4,000 head: largest
on record: exports at S5.SN06.55: good TO
choice shipping at S4.G0@5.00: common to me-
dunn at ;S360@4.40; butchers at S2.85; stockers
al % 7O(d33O
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-11-27
Power of SYmnathY.

1t is acknowledged that most women
possess the quality of sympathy to a re-
markable extent. Mrs. Browning pos
sessed this gift: it vibratcd on the chord
of poetic expression in her. Jane Aus
tin and Charlotte Bronte led retired lives,
but they had the power perpetually to
pass ont Of their circumscribed Individu-
alty to that OF others, aud the genius to
retain and turn TO account the tieeting
impressions Of their passing contract
with individuals The darlings and the
ornaments of society are the women who
can throw themselves best into the inter
est of the moment: if TO this sensitive
nature belongs a native sincerity, conf
dence is attracted, friendships are made
and retained. Nine. Recamire is, per
haps, the best type Of this gift OF social
sympathy allied to q certain reality Of
nature. She attracted the best and most
gifted of her time, When age had
marred her beauty, poverty succeeded
wealth and partial blindness rendered
her intirm. her salon in the Abbaye aux
Bots was still the resort Of eminent men
and women of the period. She was not
q wit, she was always somewhat shy; but
she had the wish to win love rather than
admiration, and possessed the tact OF
drawing out the best gifts IN others.
She had the genius Of friendship, her
steadfastness could not be shaken. Sym
patty gives an angelic grace to virtue
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-11-27

Wales, on the 10th. Six bodies were washed
ashore.
The schooner E. NJ. Carrh,gton, lumber laden,
filed with water and rolled over when twenty
five miles from Milwaukee. Wis, on the 10Th
inst. Her crew of five men were all lost.
The barge Morning Star, Capt. ]. ". Thomp-
son, has been lost on Lake Erie, with all hands,
seven in number. She WAS valued at $50, coo,
and had cargo Of 40, 600 bushels of wheat.
Tie steamer Monitor, plying between Pough-
keepsie and New York, ran on the rocks near
Genwood, ON the night of the 18th and viii
prove a total loss. No lives lost. The steamer
was valued at $4,000
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-11-27
The Great Rowing Watch.

The sculhng match between Edw I'd IIanIan
" Toronto, and Edward TricLett, Of Sydney, n
s. ", over the amcs championship course
from Putrey to Mortlake, for the championship
Of the world The Sp0rtSmdn'S challenge cup and
Gioo came off Oh the 18th, and vas won by
lianlan The race a mere procession from
the start to the finish Hanan rowed III splen-
did form. He stopped several times, allowing
Trlckett to come up. Tremendous crowds OF
people witnessed the affair. The river was
perfectly still and the weather also favorable
Hanlans time, rs min, II sec; Iucketts, rs
min. q
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AsnsiXNiHSel.

When Daniel Burr. Waterman IN q rail mill at
Cleveland, o., left home tor work on the night
Of the 16tn inst, his wife and three children
we're we'll and his three-vear-old daughter fol-
lowed him to the gate to kiss him. When he
returnednext morning the house was locked and
there was no sign Of life. Climbing through a
window he was Mortified to find the whole fam
lily diving and senseiess. a powerful odor of gas
from base-lurner stove pervadiug the air
The little daughter who last kissed him was
dead and the mother, an eleven-year-old
daughter and an infant were unconscious. 4
uelghbcrs daughter. VISITING was aIso.nsenslble
and woman friend of tie family was sitting
At the foot Of the led il senu-comatose con-
dgtIon. The last-naEod may recover The
others Will probably die
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Foreign War Notes,


sheiH Ahiulah, at the head Of a large body
q kurds had battle with the P,reilns at
Crumlah on tie 18TH inst. The slaughter on
both sides was great. The Kurlls were defeated.
On then retreat they burned a village and muir
dered geo Of its inhabitants.
The Turks are terrifying the Thessaian iron
tier aud have issued call for a. O00 recruits Ia
strengthen the gaTisons in the forts near
Greece and Roumania. In the meantime, Dull
cl6no has not been surrendered, and Greece is
armipg.
Fifteen tattahons OF Turkish troops have left
van, Armenia, for the Kurdish country. To sup
press the rebellion there.
Tie horrors of the Chihan-Peruvian war have
been added 10 by band Of Chinese seourdrels
who follow The Chilan army and complete the
work Of plumber, andrariuc. and murder of tht
CHILEAN force.
The Chilians are raiding tho defepc. less
northern towns and valleys OF Peru. and the
people are panc-9trlcken The ClilL8ns werf
defeated IN q sklrDish near Moqueza recently.
Two thousand bodies are lyirg buried in fht
enviIons Of So-uj-Bolak, Persia. The death 81
the Persian comuander-in-cbicfis confirmed
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SeIf.MsIrder.

Something novel in the way of a cause for
suicide was developed III North Carolina. on the
18th where young lady hanged herself through
modification at the defeat of her father for the
legislature.
I. Q. Close closed his life and his worldly
troubles at Leadville, on the night Of the 18th,
by cutting his throat.
Herman Schmidt, 36 years of age a Nil
waukee saloon keeper, committed suicide III his
room at Gruener's hotel, Buffalo, on the 18th
INST, by blowing his brains Out'with revolver.
Ills alleged wife, a German actress, recently de
serted him and married Prof. Wahle, muoi-
clan residing in Buffalo; hence Schmidt's de-
spair Mrs. Wahle denies ever having been
married To the deceased.
James b. Ferguson, well-tO-dO farmer iy
ing about four miles west of Bedford Ind,
hung himself on the 18th inst, in an ut-build
ing attached to his farm. The cause of the
suicide Is supposed to be the seduction Of his
handsome and accomplished daughter, by a
young man named Kern. Young Kern married
her on the 10th, and, after the ceremony, left
for parts unknown.
An inmate Of the insane asylum in Essex
county, New Jersey, hanged herself With rope
made from her stockings and carriers.
John Drew, private soldier of the ID artillery.
under arrest at Fort McIIenry. Baltimore, Tor
sleeping at his post, blew out his brains with a
rife which had been carelessIy left a. the door
OF his CELL
William II. Baars, a bank bookkeeper at
Grand Rapids, Mich. shot himself through the
heart in the family lot at the cemetery, on the
18th inst.
Thomas Pryor prominent citizen OF New
ark, o., shot himself fatally on the 18th, while
laboring under a fit of mental arrangement.
Christian Calk, tired of life, hanged himself at
Corning, o., on the 18th.
Nicholas Gedalin, New York broker. the son
of g Danish nobleman, committed suicide at
New York on the 18Th
Thomas ". Somcrs shielded by shooting
himself on the doorstep of his divorced wife's
at Cleveland, o., on the 18th.
Jennie Spencer, daughter Of a prominent
citizen Of Burlington, Ia, suicided by hanging
on the 18Th.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-11-27
EkuSinpSs WRECKS.

Messrs. J. q ". Hooaac, of Odoll, N, the
cage and Alton road, have failed. The liabili-
ties are placed at $500, 900, Of which 4110,0J
are due to Chicago parties. The assets viii
hardly pay 80 cents on the dollar
Doxey' Chicago grain and provision "bucket
shop followed the weodbire on tie 18th inst,
OWING TO a sharp advance in values of these
commodities. Iialihties alcut S5u0C0
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NssNaIIs<ee.

MILWAUKEE, November 20-3:00 P. M-Fl0m
Movement hight but prices strong; choice
spring extras at S5.25@5.75; standard extras at
S4.25(G4.35; common extras at S395@415
choice patent sprlng at S7.25@775; common to
and higher for futures; No. seller December
at 21.08; seller January at 91.O94; No hard
at S1.1413; No. / at s1.O9: No. 2 hard at Sill
No. 2 regular at SHOTS; No. at 94c; No. 4 al
33c. Com-Tame at 1850. Oats-Quiet al
32c. Barley-LTegular; opened at 90c 70 cash
seller December and January and sold down tc
Sic, closing at SIC for futures and Soc for cash
Pork-Steady at $500 for cash new Lard
At 81 35 for cash
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eEin0y Casrt3sUtes

Lcnaei killfoyle and Michael Reilly were
killed at Sylvan Lake ore-beds near Poush-
keepsie. n y. on the 1othh inst, by the cavlng
OF an embankment.
While oiiin6 shafting in a mill at Column
bia City, Ind. on the nth inst, John Brown
was caught in the ty-wheel and dashed 10
pieces.
Three children died last week at Wilmington
Del. after having eaten uncooked sweet pota-
toes. the vines of which had been snrinkled
with Paris green.
D. J. arnold. 10 wears old. while DaTnysssnc
his team ia the passage way q : grain elevator