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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-23
ALBANY MATTERS.

committee representing the Conkiingite
members addressed public letter to State
Senator Mccarthy, chairman of the republican
caucus committee of the New York legislature
urging that new caucus be called, on the
ground that the one at which Lapham and
Miller were nominated was irregular, and that
the nominees are not the choice of the republi-
cans of the state. The committee also urged
that the election of Lapham aud Miller to the
United States senate will endanger the suprem-
acy of the republicans in the next house of
representatives. Senator Mccarthy has re-
piled to the committee, telling the members
that each of them, and every republican mem
ben of the legislature was invited by public
notice, by circular, and personally, to attend
the caucus at which Lapham and Miller were
nominated; that two-thirds of the republican
legislators did attend; that the caucus and the
nominations were regular. 1t is thought the
deadlock will soon be broken, as the feeling
favorable to the holding of q caucus satisfac-
tory to all is gaining ground.
The stalwarts did not keep faith with the
democrats at Albany on the 18th. The motion
in the assembly for final adjournment on the
10th, proposed by Dayton, democrat, was voted
for by forty-five democrats and only seven stall
warts, and was defeated. This made the demo
Gratis quite angry, and they threatened ven
geance on the faithless stalwarts. They threat.
ened to remain away when senators are voted
for, and thus give the administration men an
opportunity to elect Miller and Iapham. The
display of democratic indignation evidently
weakened the Conklingites for upon taking a
vote next day the resolution for final adjourn
ment on the 10th was carried by a vote of 90 to
81. The votes for senator were abortive as
usual, Miller reaching 70, with 70 necessary to
choice. The hope of the stalwarts is said to
be that should an adjournment now be carried
the governor would convene the legislature
later IN the year, when Miller and Lapham Will
not be available candidates on account of the
shortness of the time before converting con-
gress IN which event they think they can elect
COnk1InC
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-23
The WAGES of Sin.

In Wales the common people are very
much behind the age. A certain con-
fusion Id their mtellects may arise from
the fact that in many of the common
schools educational information is con-
veyed in English, of which the Welsh
children are almost utterly ignorant. In
some of the churches the services are
variOusly conducted, now in the Welsh
dialect, and now in English. The result
is happy ignorance of the meaning of
words, which is amply illustrated by the
following anecdote: In certain Welsh
village it was customary to assemble the
young people after service and eulighten
their ignorance by catechising them; the
subject being generally drawn from
small manual entitled Mothers Gift on
Sundry Points of Scripture Doctrine.
After many comparatively easy questions
put upon Sabbath afternoon came one
which fairly puzzled the juveniles.
8 What" asked the teacher, "are the
wages of sin q" There was considerable
hesitation among the pupils, ard an
elder lad being present the teacher
turned to him and repeated the question:
'fJohn, my lad, can you tell me what are
the wages of sin 90 After a pause of
consideration, John, with a glance of
intelligence, replied: "Well, sir, l
Gamma telt for certain-but-what should
you say to eighteen pence a day and find
yourself ?''
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-23
'Ghe Heated FERN.

The mercury at Dayton, O.. on the 18th inst,
ranged between 100 and LOG above and thirty
fatal cases out of one hundred sunstrokes were
reported. Ten fatalities from the heat were re-
ported at Columbus and at Cincinnati twenty
seven people were fatally stricken.
A Louisville dispatch of the Sd inst, reported
great suffering from intense heat. There had
been no rain in that section since June Both
and everything is parehed and perishing. The
season is said to be the hottest ever known in
that region.
At St. Louis on the 18th inst. about dozen
cases of sunstroke occurred, five of which proved
fatal.
Fifteen cases of prostration and II deaths oc-
Cured ut Pittsburg. Pa. on the 18th inst.
making Il deaths and 35 prostrations since the
9th. Great suffering is occasioned among live
stock. from one to Il dozen carcases being taken
from each train of live stock that arrives.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-23
Minor MiShaus.

- DR.. G.. w. Sutherland and E. F. Hartman
were killed by railroad accident near Dayton,
w. T., on the 18th.
Thomas Mcfarland, young man, was
drowned while bathing at Chicago on she 18Th
News is received from Junction City, Mon
tana, of the accidental drowning of Thomas c.
Raymer, brother of the editor of the Madison
(Wis.) Democrat, and formerly a soldier in the
Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteers.
Mrs. Mary King, her daughter (NIrs Alice
Morhan) ana girl IL years of age, were fatal
ly burned by an explosion of kerosene at New
York city on the 14th. The dangerous fluid
was used to kindle a fire.
John d. Jones, a miner, fell into two hun
dred foot shaft in the Deliver City (Col.) NINE
on the 18th inst, and was instantly killed.
Melville Fowler, connected with the Turf,
Field and Farm, was drowned while bathing at
Rockaway beach, on the 18th inst.
Eight children in Baltimore have recently
died of locklaw, produced by burns from the
firing of paper caps on toy pistols. Deaths
from the same cause are reported from other
sections If the country, which would indicate
the existence of poison in the Illuminating sub
stance on the supposed harmless cap.
In Van Buren, county, Mich, on the 18th inst,
little son of James Cowley was run into by a
reaper driven by his father and terribly cut
about the limbs.
William Beal, a drunken citizen of Indianap-
oils, shot himself severely while illustrating
the manner in which Guiteau fired at Garfield.
Colonel Henry III. Wood of Jacksonville, ILL.,,
was sunstruck at Quincy, and died soon after
ward. He commanded division in the Fourth
of July procession.
Included i'll the seven deaths from sunstroke
on the 10th inst. at Dayton, o., was that of Dr.
W. +. Relnn, widely known throughout the
country.
Joseph Tower and John Smith, fireman, were
killed by fire in the large shoe establishment of
James Whitman, at Montreal on the 10th inst.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-23
Condition of the President.

President Garfield continues to improve from
day to day, and the attending physicians are
almost confident of his ultimate recovery.
Suppuratlon Is progressing naturally, the
wound has a natural appearance, and there is
little to dread from the secondary hemorrhage
or blood-poisoning. The patient continues to
take more nourishment each day, and there
has been no gastric disturbance recently. Dr.
Woodward states that the patient has suffered
from circumscribed peritontis " since the
second day, but that its extent has been re-
duced each day until now it is scarcely percent
ible. He says that the abatement Of the In.
fiammation shows that the bullet is doing no
harm. On being asked if there were osher
signs of Improvement, he said that persons
without any medical knowledge could not fail
to recognize great improvement in the Presi-
dents condition by simply looking at him.
His eye Is brighter, his color better, and he
moves with less difficulty.
one evening before going to sleep the Presi-
dent asked DIR. Reyburn what was the news.
and the doctor replied by telling him that Z" the
governors of several states had III view to issue,
when the President would be out of danger, a
proclamation for general thanksgiving to God
for the answered prayers of the nation" The
patient seemed to be greatly touched and graft
fed at this information. Col Rockwell re-
marked to the president that ''the heart of the
nation was IN his ROOM" The words seemed to
impress him greatly, and afterwards he muir
INJURED in his sleep: 1.-THE heart of the nation
will not let the old soldier de-"
The refrigeration apparatus constructed in
the basement of the White House works adj
mirably. 1t supplied the sick room with 18, 600
cubic feet of pure day daily at temperature of
excellent effect on the patient. Guards are
still kept about the grounds on patrol duty and
will probably be continued until the President
is able to be about.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-23
HragIcai Tales,

John Gibson, farmer, was shot dead by
Richard B. Chandler IN bar.room at Lebanon,
KY, on the 18th.
james Erby, a workman who had been dis
charged from saw mill at Crawford County,
Ark, deliberately shot dead Lebe Washington,
who had been installed in his place.
Don. G. Mcleod was shot dead recently at
the Silver District near Yuma, Ariz., by Ger
man named Billick. Blllick has surrendered
himself to the sheriff, and claims that he acted
III self-defense. Macleod, ii is claimed is well
connected in Chicago.
Road agents relieved Japanese traveller and
then tied the unfortunate Monaghan to tree,
near Tombstone, Arizona. He managed to es-
cape and notify the authorities, who surprised
and killed both robbers near Engle Station.
Desperadoes boarded the Rock Island express
near Cameron Junction, Mo, on the night of
the 18th, killed the conductor and robbed the
passengers and the mail and express cars.
Mrs. Joseph Voorhees, attempted to suicide at
Jerseyvile, ILL.,, on the 18th inst, by taking
strychnine, but was saved by timely medical
aid. Soon afterward Truman Landon, uncle
of the unfortunate lady, called on Mr. Vor-
hees, her husband, and after some words was
shot dead by him. Bothwere young men high
ly connected.
colored man named Lewis White, intoxi-
Gated at Leadville, Col, en- the 18TH fatally cut
Kate Armisted an abandoned colored woman.
AT Rockport, Me-, on the 18th inst, Willie
ty-ive cents to two companions aged IL and
IA years respectively, and was deliberately
drowned by them.
Henry Smith, a colOred man, who ravished
and murdered an orphan girl near Little Rock
Ark, was hung by a mob on the 9th inst, and
his body thrown into the river.
Della POrlur slew her unfortunate companion
III misery at the Tongue Point insane asylum
near Montreal, on the 18th inst.
Two brothers named Milton and Charles
Coleman, the former under sheriff of Dunn
County, and the latter deputy sheriff of Pepin
County, Wis, we're shot dead by two desper-
does named Edward and AIonzo Williams, at
Dmand Wis, while attempting to arrest them.
The Williams are notorious characters, and it
will so hard with them when captured by the
party now in pursuit Of them.
The body Of L. r. Pugh, son of ex-senator
PuGh, was found by a scout of Mexican troops
near CorreZal, Chihuahua, Mexico. horribly
mutilated. He was tortured to death by In
dams IN terrible manner, and after death
three shots were fired into his body
A question regarding the rights of tenants
Frank Conway farmer of Little Rock, Ark,
by Walter Palmer, tenant. The tragedy oc-
CURED on the 18th inst
An alteration occurred on the 9th inst. at
Chester, Choctaw County, Miss, between D. B.
Archer and J. E. McCofferty, in which the lat
ter was killed.
man named Waldron, who ravished and
murdered Mrs. Mitchell, in Randolph County,
Ga, recently, was taken from jail and hung on
the Sth inst
VIM. J. Rigger struck his wife on the head
with shoe on the 10Th, from the effects of
which she died.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-23
Missing WhaIers Found

The whaler Thomas Pope, Captain Willard,
arrived at San Francisco, on the 18th inst,
from the Arctic seas. She left the straits
jane 21st. The day before leaving she spoke
the whaler Progress, Captain Barker, and from
her learned that the Indians near East Cape
had found the two missing whaers, vigilant
and Mount WOllaston. The Indians found
three corpses only on board the yigilant
From their appearance it was evident that they
bad died in the first year of their captivity in
the ice. The Indians brought away from the
Viglant some money, a spyglass and bomb
gun. No one, dead or alive, was found on the
Mount Wollaston. The revenue cutter Corwin
has sent sledge party in search of the Indians,
to recover the articles named and obtain further
information. No further news has been heard
from the Jeanette"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-23

The largest body of people in the United
States keeping themselves separate from the
rest of the population are the Mennonites in
Kansas. They are German in language and
customs, though they came from Southern
Russia. They undertook to establish village
life in Kansas similar to that which they had
left in Europe, the farms running off from the
village IN long, narrow strips; but this plan was
not found practicable, and the farming is now
done III the ordinary American manner. Where
the land is owned in quarter sections, however,
four houses are built IN the adjacent corners,
enabling the inhabitants to become near neigh
bors. As rue, the Mennonite are richer
than the average of western farmers They
are not communistic, as has been said, though
clannish and opposed to mixing socially or in
business with the people around them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-23

does not dissolve it. IF fine, common
salt is put into trough for them, rain
dissolves it and the cattle are apt to take
too much at time; but of the rock salt
they lick just as much as is necessary
for them and as required for. Their
health. rs
MONEY is made in stock keeping by
exercising the greatest skill and good
management. Here is an example 1t
relates to poultry which, considering
that it is livestock and of great in1por-
lance to our interests, may perhaps be
made the subject of note hero. A Mary
land farmer recently sent AS capons to
market, the total weight of which was
1,625 pounds, average over II pounds;
the heaviest pair weighed 293 pounds
and the sum realized by the sale was
500. This certainly puts the cap on the
business of stock raising, What other
kind of flesh would sell for $500 for the
weight OF a moderate steer ?-barring
Alphea Jerseys, of course. But these
capons actually brought for their value
as meat as much as is given for Jersey
COW with her valuable pedigree included
and her black switch and escutcheon to
boot. rgf GOO g.Is -s.
Z EIGHT quarts is considered a fair
yield of milk from one COW per day in
Orange county, although some of
superior breed are known to yield thirty
quarts daily. In summer the COWS arc
allowed to roam in the fields all night.
while III winter, when the thermometer,
is very low, they are kept i'll a cow-house
for twenty hours out of twenty-four.
During milking farmers provide them
with little feed made from sprouts of
barley mixed with water, which so
pieases their palates that they stand i'm
movably and submit to the operation.
The milk of Orange county finds its
way to the city of New York in us origi-
nal condition, that being a more profit
able way of disposing of it than by first
churning it into butter. Most of the
farmers make only sufficient butter for
home consumption. A good business is
done IN and near Monroe in bottling
milk III Theoretically sealed bottles, in
establishments there known as "cream-
cries, many persons in the city beliey-
ing that the milk reaches them purer in
such way.-N. y. EUening Mail.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-23
RRilNYaX WrncES

A passenger train on the New Jersey Southern
railroad jumped the track near Lakewood N
j., on the 18th inst, and plunged into a creek.
Conductor Andrew Robbins was fatally and
several passengers seriously injured
An accident on the International road &c
miles west of Galveston, caused by the splitting
of wheel, injured twenty-four persons.
of East Carondeet, Mo-, on the 10th inst, Geo.
Stevenson, fireman, and John Moriarty, 12-
year-old boy, were killed. Several others were
injured.
Fourteen heavily laden cars broke coupling
and became detached from the engine near
Wisconsin Central junction on the st. Paul
Minneapolis and Omaha line, on the 10th inst
Near Willow River bridge the fugitive cars COL
hded with freight train of forty-tive cars, and
a fearful wreck ensued. Geo. Flider, engineer,
was killed outright and many of the freight
rArs wrecked
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-23
ST. LOUIS.
How Strong Drink Affected Him.
(From the Providence. Journal

tfrom the Providence. Journal
The barkeeper was about to close ND.
He had said SO several times, and had
put out all the lights but one. Only q
stranger remained-a dark, saddened
man, who sat demurely on a stool and
kept his thumbs revolving around each
other like white mice turning q wheel.
When the coast was clear he stepped
up to the bar and said softly:
May whisper word in your ear 2
"You may, mister, if you'll be quick
about it." replied the drink mixer with
his hand on the lamp-screw.
g want you to fill me flask of your
best whisky for family Sickness" said
the stranger, drawing out an ancient
wallet with twenty fathoms of leather
string wound around it-a well-worn
wallet that looked as if all the waves and
pillows of bad luck had been upon it.
gone over and through it, and f1attened
it, and washed it out clean.
The bar man filled him up pint.
showed down the cork until it squeaked.
wiped the bottle dry, and sat it upon the
counter.
The air is getting little tartish,
sol1loqulzed the stranger. "Would you
have any objections to my taking a little
refresher from my bottle?''
He filed the trmbler quite full. took
it as he did paregoric i'll the days of his
infancy, and then remarked:
Perhaps, ON the whole, as the night
has far waned, and my family are on
their spiral springs ends in their
trundles, you had better put my bottle
away on the upper shelf, and when
Phoebus Apollo begins to canter his
golden prancers along the avenues OF the
purpling east, | will call for it, and you
may then assess me the appropriate
amount of ducats."
The barkeepersprang overthe bar and
began to kick him.
what, he said, sweetly, "you kick
me after | have drunk? Don't you
know better than that? Kick me with
both feet-I cannot feel you even then
Before [ took that glass if you had but
shook your fist at me you would have
wounded me-hurt me; but now | scoru
the physical punishment. Good night, "
said he, as he stood on the doOrsteps.
-" see by the shadow on the sidewalk
that you have kicked me again. You
should remember, my irascible publican
what the dear old poet said: "Fate
cannot harm me now; | have dined to-
day" So say ]. / have drunk tonight.
Good night, taverner? How much the
sparkling armament looks like far-off
city, lit up for festal night ! Farewell
| shall see you later"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-23

HE prominent women of Oregon have pre-
scented Mrs. Z. P. W. Packard with an ELEGANT
gold watch and chain as a testimonial to tb,
great good she has accomplished for the eman
elpatlon of the married women of the state bv
her bin entitled IAN act to establish and pro-
feet the rights of married women" passed this
last Legislature at Salem. The bill is as follows:
Section |. All laws which impose or recognize
civil disabilities upon a wife which are not i'm
posed or recognized as existing to the husband.
are hereby repealed: ProUidei That this ret
shall not confer the right to vote or hold office
upon the wife except as Is otherwise provided
by law, and for any unjust usurpation of her
property or natural rights she shall have the
same right TO appeal in her own name alone TO
the courts OF law or equity for redress that the
husoahd has. Section2 Henceforth the rights
and responsibilities of the parents. in the alb
sence OF misconduct, shall be equal, and the
mother shall be as fully entitled to the CUSTODY
and control of the children and their earnings.
as the father, and in case of the fathers death
the mother shall come into as full and COM
plete control of the children and their estate as
the father does in case of the mothers DEATH
All laws and portions of laws inconsistent with
the foregoing are hereby repealed. Section 3.
This act shall take effect aud be in force from
and after its approval by the governor.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-23
Work of the Flames.

The "Blue Mill at Slatersville R. l., was
damaged to the extent of 100000 by fire. on
the 18th. Insurance $4,000.
Dodge Il Sons cork factory at Lancaster. Pa.
was totally destroyed by fire on the 18th Loss
100000; insurance $4,000.
A serious contiagration broke out at Brad
ford, Pa, at O'Clock on the morning of the
18th. Sixteen buildings were burned The
loss will foot up $500
The Yankee saw mill at Lindsay, Ont, burn.
ed on the 18th inst. Loss. $4,000.
John Canfeld's "Schrigley" lumber mill, on
Manistee (Mich.) Lake, burned on the 18th
inst. Loss. $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Fuley's stove foundry was destroyed bg fire
at st. Louis, Mo-, on the night of the 18th. to-
gether with the large ice-houses of Huss.
LOOMS Co. Loss estimated at $4,000
The A Sherman Lumber Companys large
gang-saw mill burned on the 18th inst, togeth-
er with 2, 100000 feet of lumber and eighteen
houses. Loss 100000.
fire at Jefferson. Texas, on the night of
the 18th inst. caused a loss of S24. 000
The stables of the Black Diamond Steel
works, containing fifteen mules, and Watson
4 Utlam's pickle factory were consumed by fire
at Pittsburg, Pa, on the 18th.
At Petersburg, Va, on the 18th inst, q tobac-
CO factory and some cooper shops we're the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-23

Rev. Henry Octavius Coke, the well-known
author, died on the 18th inst, aged TO-
Hon. George Davis. prominent merchant
and philanthropist, died at Cincinnati, O., on
the 18th.
Judge James L. Giles, who was buried AT
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, on the 10th inst. served
In the battles of Plattsburg and Queenstown
and was taken prisoner by the British at
lnndys Lane. He was indicted for complicity
in the abduction of Morgan, the expeser of
Masonry, but was acquitted. He was appoint
ed by President Buchanan to the Pawnee agency
on the Loup fork of the Republican river.
Rev. J. B. Kerfoot, the Presbyterian bishop
of Pittsburg, Pa, is dead.
The English Lord Hatherly has joined the
silent majority ~
Mrs. Eliza Bridgen1an, of Chicago, sister of
Gen. Mcdowell, fell dead on Broadway, N. Y,
on the 10th inst. of heart disease.
Gardner Phippss, prominent pork dealer of
Cincinnati, asd dead. Sc 1T& -i1a,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-23
Destructive storm.

10 On the 10th inst. heavy rains and water
spout caused great damage in Marshantewn,
Iowa. Linn creek rose to SO great height as
to float about forty houses. Some thirteen
manufacturing establishments were more or
less wrecked. In the city the damage amounts
to 800, 900, while outside the loss in crops and
farm implements is very large.
A storm in Central Iowa on the night of the
10th inst. was principally destructive to the
railroads. Miles of track and many bridg es were
washed out on the North Western road between
Des MONIES and Anes and Ames and Grand juno
ton. Three miles of track on the Rock Island
road were washed out in the vicinity of Colfax,
also the greater portion of the track between
Pello and Eddyville. The Des MONIES and Ra-
coon rivers rose rapidly, the latter swelling into
veritable lake three miles south of Des
MONIES. The storm Just east of the centre Of
the state partook of the nature of water
spout. .y3s.l] .ss G' .gTos E,.-