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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-10-08
Washington GOssfn.

On the 30th ult long information was filed
IN the court at Washington by counsel for the
government, against Ex-assistant Postmaster
| General Brady, John l.. French, chief clerk,
VIM. Fl. Turner, Geo. L. McDonough and Sam.
2. Brown, for fraudulent manipulation of mail
contracts on the routes between Prescott,
Arizona, and Santa Fe, n. nj. The populations
amount it is said, to $350,0O0. The prospects
are good for an early tIial of the conspirators.
In the last six months national banks with a
capital of $5,685,000 have been organized.
The banks now hold $50, 900, 600 of per cent.
extended bonds.
The President has accepted the resignation
OF Lieut.. Fred. d. Grant, of the Fourth
| Cavalry.
Among the kilograms of sympathy and con-
| dolence with Mrs. Garfield received at the State
Department was one from Christopher Column
bus, Duke of Veragua, Spain, and descendant
and representative of the great discoverer, on
| behalf OF the American congress now in session
at Madrid. Secretary Hit. III the absence of
| Secretary Blaine, suitably replied.
President Arthur, on the 2Sth ult, removed
Postmaster Star, of Deadwood, D. T., for COM
phcty with star route contractors in defraudine,
| the government. Star had confessed his crook
edness.
Col. Rockwell is about to retire from the DO
sltlon given him by the late President Garfield
as superintendent of public buildings and
| grounds. The appointment created ill-feeling
when made, 1t elevated him over the head of
an officer entitled to the place by the rule of
| promotion.
Guiteau'S case will be given to the grand Jury
at an early day, and an indictment will promptly
| follow. The question as to the legality of the
| trial III this district, now that death has re-
suited in another jurisdiction, is about set at
rest by a long paper made public here, in
which Mr.. Robinson, assistant solicitor of the
| treasury department, cites all laws and de-
clslons bearing on the case. AT Guiteaus re-
| quest, Col. Corkhill cent a telegram for the
prisoner to his (Gditeau's) brother-n-law, G.
NJ. Scoville, of Chicago. in which he requested
that gentleman to defend his case. Guiteau
also requested Scoville to obtain the assistance
of some able lawyer, and suggested Emory A.
Storrs, of Chicago, such person.
The acting secretary of the treasury has
called in 800, 900, 900 of the bonds extended at
319 per cent, on which interest will cease De-
cember "a. Other continued bonds will be re-
deemed at the sub-treasury in New York during
the month of October, to the amount of 50,
! 600 000 weekly
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Rampant Breezes.

A wind and rain storm in Guthrie, Greene
and kossuth Counties, Iowa, on the goth ult.,
inflicted serious damage. In Guthrie Centre
several business houses were unroofed, resi-
denceS moved from their foundations. Several
farm houses were demolished and the occupants
injured. At Irvington, few miles north of
Fort Dodge, the Chicago and Northwestern
depot was fired by lightning and nearly de-
stroyed. Eighteen men in the building at the
time were Frustrated, all but one of whom re-
covered. On the same day at Perry passen-
ger train was blown from the track. The
coaches were filed with passengers and great
many were badly bruised.
On the Doth, Mr.. Dewales house, five miles
south of Centralia, Kansas, was blown down
and the family buried in the ruins. One child
was killed outright and another fatally injured.
About o'clock on the morning of the Goth
inst, a cyclone laid desolate the village of
Camden, place of several hundred inhabl-
tants, twelve miles west of Ruahville, Ill. Mrs.
DR.. Watts was killed instantly by falling walls.
There were not two houses in the place which
were not injured more or less. The building
occupied as drug store, post Office and Masonic
hall was blown down and burned entaihng
loss of about 3,00G. The total loss in the viii
lage Is estimated at $4,000 Two churches,
Methodist and Christian, were completely de
molished. Along the entire path of the storm,
dwelling houses and barns were torn and twist
ed into all shapes Fences, orchards, corn
fields and hard wood timber groves were com
pletely rlddled, and III places the corn fields APP
pear like stalk fields in the early spring. The
estimated loss to the farming country within
five miles of the village is S150,000 The storm
lasted five minutes and was accompanied by
heavy hail and rain.
tornado swept the city of Quincy, H., with
great violence on the oath. Joel Harris tobac-
co factory was blown down and one man killed
and eight injured The foundry of Bennett,
Duff Co. was almost wholly demolished,
killing three men and wounding four. Many
buildings were unroofed or damaged, and the
telegraph wires were badly wrecked. The gale
evidently covered large portion of the state,
as bridge was swept away at Joliet and other
injury wrought, and damage is reported from
several points.
Elmira, n. Y, experienced a disastrous hur-
ricane on the 25th, which was accompanied by
slight earthquake. The Rathbun House and
Palace Car Shop were unroofed man lifted
out of buggy, hole blown through brick
wall, trees snapped like pipe stems, and several
church steeples toppIed over.
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Halfway Wrecks.

Two passengers were killed outright, about
twenty severely wounded and five passenger
coaches completely wrecked by the collision of
an excursion and freight train near the fair
grounds at London, Ont, on the 29th ult.
On the 9th as the Canada Southern car
ferry was making landing at Crosse Island,
Detroit River, the boat struck the dock and
Jared sleeping coach overheard. No lives
were lost, the badly scared occupants of the
sleeper escaping through the windows.
An accident happened to q construction train
or the DeS Momes division, one of the Wabash
guage connections, about seventeen
miles north of Pandora, Guthrie County, Iowa,
on the Goth. The train, cars and caboose was
carrying construction party to work on the
Inc. All the cars left the rails and the caboose
WAS badly smashed. Three men were killed
outright. and thirty were more or less injured.
The names of the killed are: NJ Reardon,
John Murphy and c. G.. Gilbert. The cause of
the accident is unknown.
The boiler of a train on the Hastings and
Dakota division of the Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway, exploded on the Goth near Prior Lake,
Mimi, while running fifteen miles an hour.
The engine was thrown $50 feet forward and
off the track, two cars being derailed. Engineer
Grove Bradbury was thrown considerable dis
lance, and died soon after. No passengers
hurt.
Nine carpenters, employed by the Pittsburg
and Lake Erie Railroad Company. despite due
warming took hand-car at Beacon. Pa on
the oath inst, to so to their work. special
train filled with newspaper correspondents,
bound to Cleveland to attend the Garfield obSe-
duies, crashed into it on an iron trestework,
killing four mon instantly and wounding two
others sothat they died in a few minutes.
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draped in the habiliments of
mourning, as though each had just lost
a dear beloved relative. The favorite
view which Garfield took of humanity
was that of the great Pascal. He was
often heard by his friends to compare
the nation to one colossal man. Were
he alive again, and could he have seen
the Grape on the door-posts of
the entire country to-day, he would
have been better satisfied with the truth
of his favorite illustration than ever be-
fore. He would have seen the colossal
man with uncovered head bent in tears
and unconsolable i'll his grief. The occa-
sion is the most solemdly pathetic of any
IN modern history, and has been attend
ed by pageant in every way worthy of
its greatness.
The modest, unassumlng wife of the
President desired no display, but her
dead husband is "glorious now and
famous, andthe people must give proper
expression to their great grief She re-
manned away as long as possible from
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IsNIiIIcah.

At a convention held in Milwaukee on the
29th ult., the prohibitionists of Wisconsin
nominated the following ticket: Governor,
Theo. d. Kanouse, of Outagamie; lieutenant
governor, Harvey S. Clapp, of st. Croix
secretary of state, Edmund Bartlett of Green;
state treasurer, John Sutton, of Columbia; at
torney general, E. G.. Comstock of Milwaukee
superintendent, Robert Graham, of Oshkosh
railroad commissioner, John Nader. of Dane;
insurance commissioner, Thomas Bracken, of
Lafayette.
The following ticket was selected by the
democrats OF Wisconsin in convention at Mil
waukee on the 2Sth uit.:
For governor-N. ID. Frat, of Racine For
lieutenant governor-W. A. Anderson, of La
Crosse. For secretary of state-Mlchael John
son, of Dane. For treasurer-W. II. Jacobs,
of Milwaukee. For attorney Ceneral-M j
Briggs, of Iowa. For school SUPERINTENDENT
Robert Graham, of Winnebago. For railroad
commissoner-AmbrO5e Hoffman, of Clarke.
For insurance commissioner-LewsK 9pIer, Of
Manitowoc.
The Minnesota republicans nominated the
following ticket on the 28th ult.: For governor
Gen. Lucius Hubbard, of Red Wing. For
secretary of state-Fred. Won Bombach of
Alexandria. For Observation-Disclosures Setteison,
of Albert Lea. For auditor-W. W. Braden, of
Rushton. For attorney general-W.J. Hoehen,
of Lake City. For railroad commissioner
Gen. ]. II. Baker, of Mankato. For supreme
court judges-Chas. Vanderburg of Minneapo-
lis; VIM. Nutshell, of Winona; d. A. Dickinson,
of Mankato.
The prohibitionists of Massachusetts, nomi-
mated the following ticket on the 2Sth ult:
For Governor-Chas. A. Long.
For Lieutenant Governor-Timothy n
Earle.
For Secretary of State-Solomon T. Root
For Treasurer-Gen. Thos. j. Bathrop.
For Auditor-Jonathan Buck.
For Attorney General-F. Fairfield.
The Pennsylvania democrats have nominated
Orange Noble for state treasurer.
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The PAGER, Little Brown jug. gave brilliant
exhibition of speed on the Both ult., at the
Louisville, KY, fair, when an effort was made
to beat the fastest trotting record of Maud S.
The first effort was spoiled thirty feet from the
wire by break, and the gelding was sent off
again. This time he paced squarely. with the
thoroughbred at a rafting pace just at his
head. The pace was slow around the turning
quarter, being madein 3i4. Down the stretch,
however, the black wonder stretched his head
straight out and flew over the ground at light
ming speed, pacing the half mile at 2:07 gait
The three quarters we're made in 1:35, and down
the home stretch with the wind square in his
face, he paced the last quarter in "a seconds,
and the mile in PIP. He was heartily cheered
as he went under the wire, and it was prolonged
when he came back to the stand, and the time
was announced at 2:12A; but it was officially
half a second faster.
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est. There is something about the life
of such man to-day buried, beginning,
as it does, as low as that
of any man who can be born
on free soil, rising through all the
stages of the scholar, teacher, soldier
and statesman to the highest pinnacle of
fame, and ending in high tragedy
that takes hold of the popular heart as
nothing else can. The effect of
this was seen in the demeanor
of all to-day. Soldiers, statesmen
of high degree, and the great mass of
common men, all turned out to honor
one of their loved, and it is safe to say
that every state in the Union is repre-
scented at the funeral. The day has been
all that could be desired. A gentle
shower fell during the night, which had
the effect of laying the dust, and the
bright September sun shone out through
the fast dispensing clouds. All night
the park was carefully guarded by
soIdiery, and up till the hour Of
midnight a throng was constantly pass
ing through In regular, solemn process
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ST.. LOUIS.
TOLEDO.
Mans Three Friends.

| have read of man who had suit,
and when his cause was to be heard he
applied himself to three friends, to see
what they would do. One answered he
would bring him as far on his journey as
he could; the second promised him that
he would go with him his journeys end;
the third engaged to go before the Judge,
and to speak for him, and not to leave
him till his cause was heard and deter
mined. These three are mans riches.
his friends and his graces; his riches will
help him to comfortable accommodation,
while they stay with him; but they often
take leave of man before his soul takes
leave of his body; his friends will go
with him to the grave, and then leave
him; but his graces will accompany him
before God. They will not leave him
nor forsake him; they will go to the
grave and to glory with him.-Brooks.
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Bede1, of the Episcopal Diocese of
Ohio: Man that is born of woman is
of few days and full of trouble, he
cometh forth like flower and is cut
down. He heeth also as a shadow, and
continueth not. Lord, Thou hast been
our dwelling place in all generations be-
fore themountains were brought forth or
ever Thou hadstformed the earth, and the
world even from everlasting. Thou art
God; thou turnest man to destruction
and sayest, Return We children of men;
for thousand years in Thy sight are
but as yesterday when it has passed.
watch in the night. But now is Christ
risen from the dead and become the first
fruits of them that slept; for since by
man came death, by man came also the
resurrection of the dead; for as in Adam
all die, even 50 in Christ shall
all be made alive. But even man in
his own order. Christ that shall be
destroyed is death. But some man will
say, how are the dead raised up, and
with what body do they come? Thou
fool, that which thou sowest is not quick
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sion, and with uncovered heads beheld
the casket in which the dead was held.
1t is noticeable that not more than half
the people went to bed at all. At any
rate they were out again before the sun
and moving about through the city.
Some dissatisfaction was expressed when
it was known that the crowd would not
be admitted to the path during the
funeral exercises, but no attempts were
made to break through the guard, and
all contentedly accepted the poor salts
faction of beholding the sublime funeral
pageant as it passed along the streets.
Promptly at 1870 o'clock, the ceremo-
MES at the pavilion began. The imme-
date members of the family and near
relatives and friends took seats about the
casket, and at each corner was stationed
a member of the Cleveland Grays, each
of whom stood like a statue during the
programme. The committee men,
bers about the pavilion were al
most cloaked in Grape, their
drapings being very heavy. DR.. j. P.
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ShipvyrcCk.

The schooner Guy c. Cunningham, of Glou-
cester, Mass, with fourteen fishermen On board.
Is supposed to be lost
small vessel which collided with the Anchor
Line steamer Anchoria sunk with all on board
The crew of the Anchoria could render the
unfortunate people no assistance. The num-
Der lost Is not known. The disabled steamer
reached New York on the 28th ult
The ship Alice Buck, from New York to
Oregon, with cargo of railroad iron, struck on
Hoviana Beach, on the Californian coast, at
midnight on the 2Gth and went to pieces. OF
crew of twenty-four, nine men and the cap
tain were lost. A boy aged thirteen, who was
on board, persisted also.
The ship Calcutta, from the East indies for
Boston, was wrecked near East London. Only
the mate, carpenter and one seaman were
saved. The crew numbered sixteen.
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the park devoted to the obsequies as her
grief seemed only aggravated by what
was done there. A mass of anxious
people sixteen years ago, In the same
place, be held the form of the martyrcd
Lincoln. That was at time of excite
ment and war almost. 1t took but
spark to ignite a great fire: but the
crowd of to-day, while it was far greater
than it was ever before in the city, was
decidedly solemn and seemed only de-
sirous OF contributing its small mite
towards properly burying dear one in
whom it had more than passing inter
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THE ENDLESS REST.
Details of the Garfield Obseuuies al
Cleveland.
A Grand Pageant---CeremOnies at the
Cemetery.

CLEVELAND, September 26.-The
morning opened cloudy, but by o'clock
the heavens were cloudless and the day
now bids fair to be perfect one through
out. The streets are thronged with
surging crowds of human beings and with
the different military organizations arriv-
ing nomentarily. The scene at present
is one of confusion and hustle. The ar
engagements for keeping the route of the
procession clear are said to be as near
perfection as possible. Thousands upon
thousands of persons are gathered about
the public squares awaiting the com
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Robinson, president of the ceremonies,
announced that the exercises would be
opened by the singing by the Cleveland
Vocal Society of the funeral hymn by
Beethoven, whereupon the hymn was
sung as follows:
Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not depore
thee,
Though sorrow and darkness encompassed the
tomb,
Tho Savior has passed its portal before thee,
And the lamp of His love is the light through the
gloom.
The following passages of Scriptures
were then read by the Right Rev. Bishop
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Work of the Flames.

On the 30th ult. a fire broke out in Roberts
Opera House block, Eldredtown, twelve miles
northeast of Bradford, Pa, and before it could
be controlled, burned sixty buildings in the
business portion of the town. Loss estimated
at 100000.
The steamboat Elizabeth J. Irving, while on
trip to Yale, took fire at the town of Port
Hope, on the Frazer River, British Columbia,
on the 30th nit, and vas totally consumed.
She had on board the mails, eighty passengers
and a full freight of railway and other goods.
All the passengers were saved, but a number of
Indians are supposed to be lost. The boat cost
$50, zoe.
J. NJ. Robinson & Sons furniture warehouse,
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A HEAVY Contract.

At meeting of the directors of the Paramore
Narrow Gauge Railroad, at Little Rock, Ark,
on the 9th, the Missouri and Arkansas lines
were consolidated and a contract for 40, 900 tons
of steel rails made. This is the largest pur-
chase of steel rails ever made in this country.
The City of Mexico will be the terminus of tie
line which will be over 1000 miles long.
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brow

young man named Newkirk, whose mother
lives at Elizabeth, ILL.,, and Miss Flora Tuttle,
aged about Is years. daughter of David r.
Tuttle. of Hanover, ILL.,, were drowned in
Apple River, at Gillett's ford, 10 Davess County,
ILL.,, on the 25th ult., while attempting to cross
the river in buggy.
BY the sinking of a ferry-boat that plies be
tween Isle of Hope and the Subway Islands,
Georgia. on the 9th, twelve persons, colored,
ten women and two men, were drowned. The
people were taking marketing to Savannah.
Collins were taken from Savannah, and all
were buried next day.
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MOFfUHrV.

Prof. James P. White, president of the faculty
OF the medical department of the university of
Buffalo, is dead
Tiger Tail, a native Indian chief, died at
Miami, Florida, on the Goth, aged 90 years.
Captain David Wood. master of the steamer
Massachusetts,, which carried Gen Scott and
staff to Vera Cruz at the beginning of the
Mexican wal, died on the night of the 26th,
aged 81.
William 0. Bartlett, OF New York, who
studied law with Daniel Webster but of late
years has been engaged III journalistic pursuits,
is dead
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EEeayV Rank FaiFnro

The doors of the National Bank of Luxem-
bourg have been closed by the government
Notes of the bank will no longer be accepted at
the public treasures. The bank is obliged to
go into hbuiqation in consequence of holding a
quantity Of bad bills, and it owes the govern
ment 100000 francs. The working class hold
100000 francs in its notes. There is great
excitement and the bank building is guarded by
gen d'armes
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Terrific Explosions.

The boilers of HUFF & Hartman's saw-miis,
at Traskwood, Ark, exploded on the Goth inst,
killing John n. HUFF one of the proprletors,
and b. Holiday and A. Johnson, workmen.
A car loaded with dynamite exploded on the
Goth inst, opposite Omaha. and DESTROYED sew
eral cars loaded with merchandise and demol-
ished the round house of the Rock Island Road.
The car was on the track of the Rock Island,
end had been refused by the Union Pacific
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Elmira, N. Y, burned on the goth. Loss. over

Elmira, N. Y, burned on the goth. Loss, over
100000.
Hollands tobacco factory, at DanviIle, Va,
valued at 500, 600, was burned to the ground on
the 28th.
The extensive barns of John Winters. near
Mount Pleasant. Iowa, were fired by lightning
while protected by six rods. Among the blooded
trotting stock burned to death were the stallion
Stonewall and mare Mollie
The Stoney Creek Woolen-mills, located about
five miles from Reading, Pa, valued at $780,
900, were struck by lightning and DESTROYED on
the night of the 9th ult.
The large Touring mills owned by Amos
Strand, five miles west of Wooster, O., were
totally destroyed by fire on the 26th Loss on
mill, $4,000; on grain, 81 200. No insurance.
fire broke out at Ottawa. ILL.,, on the 24th
inst, in the factory of Weiss & Wolff, and
quickly spread to Harris & Co.'s machine-shop,
the Ottawa creamery, and the sale stables of
Degen Brothers. Sweeping nOrthWard, the
city hall, Egan's fivery-stable, and number OF
residences were destroyed. An area of SIX
blocks was burned over, causing loss of
S150,000 or more There was but one fire-en-
glne ut Tor duty, and aid was summoned from
Joliet and Chicago.
Clark's hotel and barns at the crossing of the
Platte River on the Deadwood stage read were
swept away by fire on the 24th
Ten business houses and dozen residences
were burned at Colllngwood, Ont, during the
heavy gale on the 25th inst
An explosion in the laboratory of the Swath
more, Pa-) College, on the night of the 24tl
inst, set fire to and destroyed the entire
building.
The Mohr & Mohr distillery at Lafayette
Ind, was consumed by fire on the 25th, togeth
er with the Evry wooden mills adjoining. Two
hundred head of cattle belonging to the distil-
lery were roasted to death. Total loss over
$780, 900.
Newmans steam saw mill at Larabee, Pa
was totally destroyed by fire on the 25th. Loss
$25, 900.
Fully half of the business houses in Paw
Paw, Mich, were swept away by fire on the
18th. Loss, 1871, 900.
Flames invaded livery stable at Gilman
H., on the 23d, and roasted fourteen horses.
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A CHINESE witness in a Philadelphia
court, after taking an oath with pa[tlc51
ularly loud kiss of the Bible, Us aSkcu
If he considered himself boun, thereDS
to tell the truth. He compla9 entity "lI-
swered that the Bible was nomore 70
him than the lawyers old vile h"v'
The only form Of oath that he WOO re-
spect, be said, was to cnt off a cticlMa
head while repeating certain words III
Chinese. A chicken and knife we're pro
vlded by the opposing counsel, but the
Judge said that, though inclined to per-
mt the ceremony, he would adjourn the
trial for week to consider the question:
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ONE of Napoleon Bonaparte's char
acteristic savings was in praise of ener-
gy: "Use dispatch" he said. ere
member the world only took six days to
create. Ask me for anything you like
except time; that is the only thing that
is beyond my power to grant.