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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01

Damage to the extent Of $4,000 was caused
by fire in the picker house Of the Chlcopee
manufacturing company's mill at Springfield
Mass, on the 22d.
The Melbourn house, Toledo. o., burned on
the Dist. Henry Zeeman jumped from the
third story of the burning building and was kill
ed. Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000.
A lamp explosion at Brownsville, Tenn,
caused serious confagratlon in the business
portion of the city. Loss on buildings and stocks
about $4,000, upon which there was reasona
bic insurance.
Smyrna, Del, narrowly escaped destruction
by fire on the night of tie 18TH The flames
We're confined to planing-mll and several
dwellings,, the loss being $4,000.
A contagration at Rangoon, III Burmah,
caused damages estimated at SIS, 600. The
fire engines completely broke down.
The pudding and rolling departments OF the
Harrison wire MILL in ST. LOUIS. were destroyed
by fire on the night OF the 18th inst, causing a
loss of $4,000, and throwing six hundred men
out OF employment.
Nine building were destroyed at Duke Centre,
an oil town. L miles from Bradford, Pa, on the
18th inst. Loss, $50, 600
Three stores at Rockford, Ill, burned on the
morning of the 18th inst Loss, $4,000.
The dwelling of Robert Loge, at Tobrisentac,
n. b., burned on the. 10th inst, the family bare
" escaping with their lives. Ad0mestlc named
Jane Roberts persisted.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01
New AssOriate Justice.

The senate has confirmed the appointment OF
Judge VIM. b. Wood, to be Associate Justice OF
the United States Supreme Court in the place of
Justice Strong, who resigned. Judge Woods
has had distinguished public career He was
born in Newark, Ohio, and was graduated from
Yale College Ill 1915, Upon leaving college he
studied law, and was admitted to the bar He
early took an interest Ill politics, made political
speeches a Democrat of a strongly partisan
character and was elected 10 office by that
party. In 1853 and 1859 he was the Democratic
speaker Of the Ohio House of Representatives.
When the war of the rebellion broke out he
entered the Union Army as Lieutenant-CoOnelo of
the 18th regiment of Ohio volunteers His
services i'll the field were of such an excellent
character that upon the mastering out of the
Union Army IN 1865 he had been rewarded with
the rank Of brlgadier-general and brevet ma or-
general. He participated In the battles of Fort
Donelson, Plttsburg Landing, Resaca, Dallas,
Atlanta and Bentonvlllc, and in the sieges Of
Nlcksburg and Jackson. tie had served i'll Ala
bama at the end of the war, and was pleased
with the south that he began business life
elected state chancellor for term Of six years.
He resigned this Office upon receiving the ap-
pointmeut Of Circuit Court Judge
Justice Strong, who has just retired from the
bench, studied law III Burlington, n j.. but
afterward graduated from the law school at
New Haven, Conn. He practced at Reading
Pa, and was elected to congress, and then ne
came a state judge. His subsequent practice
III Philadelphia was very large. On a bench Of
the Supreme Court he was the organ III regard
TO corporation bonds. Although II he rides on
fast horse nearly every day. In religion he is
& PTe-bvterian.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01
Remarkable Accident.

A remarkable accident happened to a
train near GAINESVILLE, o., the other
day. The train was running at q
rapid rate of speed, when suddenly there
was heard sharp crack, aud IN q mo-
ment the driving rods, which had brok-
en- on both sides of the engine, went
whizZing around, making a whisthng
noise as they whirled through the air.
They beat the locomotive until 1t fairly
groaned with pain. Striking the breast
plate the rod glanced off, and, returning
to the attack like an euraged animal,
they assaulted the cab from beneath, and
with one desperate blow cut it virtually
III two. John Moore, the engineer, who
was inside the cab, was flung into the
air as if by a whirlwind, lighting on the
top of the severed cab in an almost in
sensible condition. He was badly lam
med up, but not seriously hurt, the
hrea8tplate alone having saved him from
being cut in twain Mr.. McKelvv, the
fireman, retaining his presence Of mind,
picked Moor up and removed him out of
harms way and then put ol the air
brakes, but they were useless, having al
so being cut in two by the flying rods.
He then raised the throttle of the
thoroughly wounded engine and man.
aged to get from it painful whistle of
clown brakes" and the train was stop
ped. In about forty minutes the
damage was repaired sufficiently to re-
new the trip to GAINESVILLE, the heroic en-
gineer and fireman managing the crippled
and dilapidated locomotive as best they
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01

without speaking word drew revolver and
shot him dead. WEIGH surrendered himself TO
the officers.
Granville Harrel, negro who killed David
Simmons with an axe. near Jackson Miss, was
on the 18th lynched Y a masked party.
George Nldrisch has been arrested at Crown
Lake Ind, ON extradition papers from Switzer-
land where he murdered an old woman and
her grandson, and burned her house
\ terrible tragedy was enacted in Monroe
county, Mss, on the night of the 18th
Two miscreants begged lodging on at the house
OF family named Brown, who granted the re-
quest, and all retired in seeming security
During the night the tiendIsh tramps arose, and
after choroformine the family, ritied the house
of valuabes. They then scattered cotton about
the promises, and after saturating it with oil set
the place on fire. Neighbors discovered the
blaze III time to rescue the helpless people and
the chalred and blackencd remains Of father,
mother and child were taken from the
RUNS. Afterwards one of the miscre-
ants was run down by a mob. He confesse
the crime of the night previous, when the en-
ragged people burned him at the stake The
prospects We're that his partner would not escape
a like fate.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01
From Land and Water. !


The very peculiar formation Of the
lions tongue did not escape the notice OF
our anatomist, but be does not say much
about It, ] have now IN my hand the
dried tongue Of lion; ii Is covered with
sharp pointed horny papilla. set very
tbickly upon its surface. The papill@
on the front portion Of the tongue are
much larger than those in the rear part
of the tongue, but the smaller ones are
set much closer together than those in
front Each papill@ consists Of a horny
spine, the point of which is curved and
set directly backward, reminding me
much Of the spine on the tail of the
thornback ray. On applying this lion ;
tongue TO the cheek, | find that the
rourhness is so great that with a little
pressure q wound might easily be made
IN the human skin. The use OF this is
10 scrape Oft the meat from the bones Of
the ANIMALS, for the hon is not great
-eater-he leaves the bones for the
hvenas 70 crack, those animals having
teeth especially constructed for the
cracking Of bones. This peculiar rough
mess Of the tongue II also present, bat II
q loss degree, IN the common eat. and II
can ne seen when the cal is tapping milk
bat still better II the tongue o. a defunct
specimen he clken ou6, put ron e While
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01
4 Crooked Los,

An insurance and steamboat agent at London
Ont, named ]. Nattrass, has absconded, with
heavy liabilities.
c. L. Wilson and r. W. Hail. were captured
III the act Of manufacturing counterfeit silver
coins al Cincinnati o., on the 22d. The moulds
and other apparatus were confscated.
j. J.. Ayere, prominent citizen of Cincinnati
has been arrested for forging school bonds rep
resentng large amount.
Joseph Lattus, q prominent democrat of
South Bend, VIII spend two years IN the Indiana
penitentiary for Duplicating his vote at the Octo-
Der election.
The bondsmen of the defaulting county treas
urer, A. NJ. Whitaker of Metamora, H., have
paid in $4,000, which makes good the school
fund.
Perry Holloway, an entry-clerk IN the employ
OF Murphy Il Erwin, dry-goods merchants of
Indianapolis has been arrested or the charge
Of having Systematically pilfered from his en-
p!Oyers for several yedrs past. One Of the
members estimates the amount Of HOllOway's
theft at several thousand dollars.
Paducah, Ky, dispatch makes the startling
announcement that the recent robberies OF the
Postottice at Princeton, Caldwell county, Ky.
have been traced to Vim. CT. Bradley, the post
master at that point, and that he has confessed
the crime. His accounts 1920 short, ex-
elusive of $3.50, the amount stolen. Bradley
had just been married, and bore spotless
reputation.
T. +. O'Brien, who owns large amount of
real estate in Montreal has been arrested for
several fOrgerles.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01
Chicago.

CHICAGO, December 24-1:30 P. M-Wheat-
Weak, heavy and lower; declined 2]s@216c;
$3.50 for cash; 9ic for sci er January; 95c for
seller February. Corn Heavy; &c lower; $500
for cash; 3Gc for seller January; 361.c for seller
February; 4lc for seller May Oats-Weak at
291s@2914c for cash; 29$sc for seller January;
3i4sc for seller Nav. Rye-LoSer at &c. Bar
ley-At S1.07. WLisky-At Sill. Pork
Heavy and lower at SlI.O0 for cash; So. 30 for
seller January; S12.45 bid for seller February.
Lard-Weak and lower at 1925 for cash; s.. 30
for seller January; S3.421E for seller February.
Hogs-Recepts %, 600 head; slow; 50l0c lower;
light at S4.40@4.G0; mixed packing at $4,000
4.65; heavy packing and shipping at 54.70@
40. Cattie-Receipts $500 head; strong and
unchanged; exports at S5.25a5. 80; extra nornl-
many aG al 99o% aeon common 70 o eoG d al 35oa
50 25M350
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01
THE MARKE rs.
New York.

NEW YORK. December 24-12:30 p. A.-Flour
Dull: strongly in buyers favor; receipts, 49,
352 bbls round hoop Ohio at 81. 25@5. %; choice
do at s5.30@6.75; supertine western at 1915;
common to good extra do at $40; choice do at
S5.OU@G.75: choice white wheat do at 5000
600. Wheat-]13@112cl lower; heavy; sales "a
900 bus No. white seller January at Sl.213 "a
d12l&L; s., 900 bus do seller May AZ Sl.161SQd
S1.14fs Oils; 10000 bus do seller February at
S1l71sG117@4; $4,000 bus do seller March at
s1.19!!4@1.2o; 5000 bus do seller May. at
S1193B. Corn-4G &c lower; duli; mixed
western spot at 5414s; do futures at 55@57c.
Oats @8sc lower: western at 4452@45c.
Becf-Steady; moderate demand; new PLAN
mess at $3.50, new extra at $3.50. Pork-Dull
and nominal; spot mess at S13.25 for old.
Lard-Heavy and lower; steam rendered at
$3.50. Butter-Dull and heavy; Ohio al l3a
&c: CheeSe-Steady at 7@l84c for poor to
Dull and unchanged. Petroleum-Duu and
nominal Rice Quiet; about steady. Coffee
Unchanged and dull. Freights-Flrn. Spirits
OF Turpenuue-DuIl at 4514@455Ic. RESIN.
Steady at F1.00@1.S713. Tsllow-firm at Ga
GD614c for western. E9gs-Dul at 26Q31c
for fair to choice.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01
Railway Accidents,

While freight engine on the Cedar RAPIDS
and Northern railroad was attempting to reach
Rockford station, Floyd county, Ia, against
time, collision occurred with the regular pas
senger train going south. resulting in the killing
OF Engineer George Mcclellan and seriously IN
Jurlng Fireman EurgusOn. OF the freight en-
6ne, and also seriously mi uring Engineer Whit
man, OF the passenger engine. The freight en-
gIneer undertook to detach his engine from the
train and reach Rockford in advance Of the
departure Of the regular passenger. for orders.
intending to return and procure his abandoned
IRON tram. The collision occurred while round
ing sharp curve almost within the limits ofthe
town Of Rockford. The passenger train was in
charge OF Conductor Harry Wolcott
An entire passenger train except the engine.
which passed over safely, went through tres
tie fifty feet high, near LinCOlnton. Y. c., on
the 22d. There were very few passengers, hap
ply, a far a. could he learned two persons
Penshed-David Bloom, mail agent and ]. W
Good~On, passenger, who were injured and at
forwards burned With the ruins.
Ldte5..-It has since been asceItained that
New York salesman named Smith and two brake
men, Bill Mckenzie and James Warlick, persisted
in the wreck. Conductor Johnson and several
passengers were slightly injured.
In q railway collision near Leeds, England.
one man was killed and fiftv persons injured.
As the Washington express train on the Penn
sylvanIa railroad passed Bristol Pa. on the
2lSt, two hours late. It ran into q number of
passengers about to enter the train for Phila-
delphla. Three. and probably four, were fatally
injured.
wrecklnG train gu the indianapolis, Decatur
and Springfield road 40 thrown from the track
near North Salem. Ind, on tie 18th and Gen
erai Freight Agent Spellman, Engineer Beatty,
and Fireman S1haudogf were seriously injured.
4 switch engine coililed with a train of four
freight ears at the Harrison street crossing,
Chicago, Of the p. 1T. Wayne and Chicago
road. Fred Dwyer, engineer of the switch en-
ginc, was fatally injured, and John Byre. his
fireman, had his foot and leg badly smashed.
Thomas. brakeman on the freight, was thrown
fifteen feet On a pile OF bricks and received
fatal Injuries. The switch engine was demol-
lshed aud the train dltched.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy freight
tram colhdei with a Wabash freight al CaIin,
ten miles west OF Jacksonville, H., on the both.
The c. b. Il Q. engine was badly wrecked and
four Of the Wabash cars demolished.
tram on the Nashua and Rochester road
struck kenrall at EastDerrv, \. H.. throw
ing two coaches from the track. -Four persons
were more OF less injured.
An express and gravel train coIlided at Cam
den, \. J., on the 10Th. At a crossing. Three
train men were badly hurt. An investigation
resulted ID the dismissal Of John Mckee eng,
peer Of the express, yarCimaster Stanbry and
Flagman RuTkett.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01
Winey G1Suasties.

BY the giving way Of pulley in the ceiling
OF Sirongs marble-WoIks, III Cleveland John
Berry and Hiram Winchester were killed.
DIR. James Nj. Vest and C. Il. Morrison,
druggist of Richmond. Va. went out duck
shooting on the James river on the 21st. and Us
they did not return it j. feared they are
. drowned. The steamer Ariel picked up boat
and broken oar III the fierce snow storm which
prevailed.
brick building in Charlostcstovn. ?. T. l.,
collapsed on the 22d, owing to overwhelming
the top floor. Frank TRAINER killed and
James Mcmillan and McNutt seriously injured.
VIM. r oberts Of Ridge Valley Fulnac e,
Georgia, accidentally shot his tVo-year-old
nephew dead While cleaning "a revolver, on the
22d.
Ell. Huffman, a little boy, was mortally
wounded by a toy pistol at Reodsyille, Ind, on
the 21st inst, and on'the same day at Stanford,
KY, VIM. Murphy, boy of fourteen. died from
wounds accidentally inflicted while handling a
gun.
\ singular accident befe!l farmers wife III
Blue Mound township, H. Mrs. Charles Dyer
Was watering cattle at a well in the pasture,
when pet COW suddenly turned its head and
brushed her into water seventeen feet deep,
where she struggled four hours for life, and IN
stantlv expired on being released.
Conductor John Manley slipped of the foot
plank of the Plattsmouth bridge, IN Nebraska
falling sixty feet to the frozen ground, and sur
vived the accident but two hours.
The body of Gabriel Charpln, who wandered
away from his home III Smithfeld, Oakland
county, Mich, i'll fit Of temporary insanity,
/ about eight weeks previous. was found on the
Goth frozen in a marsh near Royal OAK. The
knees were sticking up through the ice.
Francis Parsons, a respected citizen of Ra-
VIENNA. o., was killed by switch engine on the
Goth. He was 70 years Of age.
Thomas Kelly, a planter near Smithfield.
" c.. has died from the effects of n white
powder administered by conjuror. The char
latan has fled the country.
The giving way of a cylinder-head in the
Granger foundry at Providence, r. l., scattered
the brains of Timothy Mullen in all directions
child named Mary Z. Gurd was killed by a
street car in Toronto, blow which rendered
her mother a maniac
John c. Calhoun, an inmate of the insane
asylum at Stockton, Cal, who bad recovered
his reason and was about to be discharged,
accidentally drowned on the 10Th He was q
nephew Of the late Senator Calhoun.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01
sslIfs sIiZen.

1t Scranton, Pa, on the 18th INST, Charles
Slckler accidentally poisoned Lis wife by giving
her carhoHc acid instead OF choral. Sickler
went crazy at the fatal mistake.
William Perde~ an old resident Of Lyon De
catur county, Iowa, helped himself to what he
supposed was whisky, at the village drug store,
and discovered, when too late TO save his life
that it was poison. He died ia a few hours.
Ah Yong, chinese aundryman, ended his
earthly career at Chicago, on the 10th, by con-
yerting his stomach INTO powder magazine
The police report him as saying the cause of his
trouble was too muchee gambIee: too muchee
poker too muchee opium"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01
Shippiou iepPrs ia China.

Cal, on the 21st, for Hong Kong, via Yokoha-
ana, having on board fourteen Monaghan
iepers. Secrecy was observed IN preparing for
their departure for fear of writS of habeas cor
pus being obtained by their friends Each one
vas provided with a small sum Of money for
his immediate necessities on reaching Hong
Kong. The consul, Bee has telegraphed the
Chinese authorities. and they viii be taken d.
rect from the steamer to the leper's hospital at
Canton. It is believed all III the city are IN
cludcd in this shipment. The lepers presented
h.deous appearance and their countrymen on
board the steamer refused to go neal them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01
Milwaukee,.

MILWAUKEE,, December 24-3O0P M.-FlOuI-
Tame and weak; Milwaukee standard extras at
53.9O@410; common extras at S3.5Ja3. IS;
choice extras at S4.25@4.50; fancy extras at
S5.0o@525. Wheat-UnsetJled; No. 2 cash
at 934c: No. l at soc; No. ! hard
al 91.U41x; No. . hard at 6llc; No. 3
at 1870, No. 4 at 70c No. seller January
at $3.50; seller February at 81 ze; seller March
at SO &c; seller May at slice Colu-Duu at
SIC. Oats Tame al 293c. Barley-Firm at
soc for cash; seller February at 81 &c. Rye
Quiet at SIC. Pork-Lower at S12. 70 for cash /;
seller seller February Sl24 40. Lard-Tame at
$3.50 for cash. Dressed Hogs-At 5000 s. Is.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01
Snu1H i'm the soaf

Tie first snow storm Of any account that has
occurred this season, was experienced in the
eastern states on the goth and 21st, the fleecy
particles falling TO a depth Of from twelve to
fifteen inches on the level. Two locomotives on
the New Jersey southern railroad, were buried
i'll snow slide at Branchport, where the drifts
measured ten feet III depth. Freeport, L. l..
reports fifteen inches, and Bordentown, n J.,
twelve inches on he level and three foot drifts.
At Long Branch the great pier vas damaged to
the extent Of 100000. The storm continued
for 30 hours in northern Virginia, without IN
terrHption-an experience without a parallel in
that vicinity for Is years. Travel mpeded, and
trees broken down hy the weight of the snow.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01

general warehouse merchandise and bank
business and was regarded as strong.
Gardner, Stone & Co., Chicago, H., and
Mason, Barthalow & Co., st. Louis, produce
and commission firms. succumbed to the pres
sure caused by the rapidly failing markets on
the 21st.
Hopely, Woodhead & Co., general merchant,
Liverpool Eng, have failed. Liabilities placed
at f21, 900. Cause. the drop in coffee.
Carter, Pympton & Co., dealers in millinery
and straw goods, Boston, Mass, have suspend
ed. Liabilities, $4,000
Jones & Mcdonald, produce and provision
dealers, Chicago, failed on the Goth inst, with
liabilities of from S500,0 900 TO $685. 900. Assets
about $3.50 900,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01
Breadmakinq in Norway.

Breadmaklng, writes correspondent,
was another industry which we had a
good opportunity OF seeing while we
changed horses at one of the stations.
Contrary to our expectations, we found
white bread almost everywhere, but the
common bread is heavy brown bread,
whose chief ingredient is rye. 1t Is al
ways sour: the good housewife intends
ito be 50. They also have "fiat bread, :"
made OF potatoes and rye. 1t was this
kind of breadt that thetwo women, whom
we CHANGED in upon, were making. They
were IN a little underground room, IN
lighted except from the door. The walls
were of stone and The floor was of earth.
They were seated one on either side Of
a long, low table, upon which were huge
mounds of dough. The one nearest the
door cut off piece of this and moulded
II and rolled 1t ont to a certain degree
Of thinness, then the other one took II.
and with the greatest care rolled it still
more Al her right hand was the fire
place, and upon the Goals was q red
piece of iron, forming n huge griddlc
more than half yard across. The
bread matched this very nearly in size
when it was ready to be baked, and it
was spread out and turned upon the
griddle with great dextority, and as soon
as it was baked it was added 10 a great
great heap on the floor. The women
said she should continue 10 bake bread
for thirty days. She had large family
of men VINO consumed a great deal; they
had TO bake very often in consequence.
In many places they DO not bake bread
oftener than twice a year. then 1t is a
circumstance ike having OF harvesting.
We heard an Engisbman say of this
bread of The country, Zone might eat
an acre Of 1t and then not be satisfied. "
The Norwegian peasantry thrive on II
for 1t constitutes most OF their food.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-01

Louis Mueller, a s.. Louis. Mo. saloon-t.
suicided On thy 10th IN n tit of despondency.
Charles Jones. Who was incarccrated in the
iaIlat Charlottesville, Va. for shooting woman.
vas locked IN a cell with another prisoner. on
tile night Of the 9th inst, Jones wrapped his
bedeothes about his neck. saturated them with
kerosene SIT them on fine, and persisted from
Inhanng the flame. The female he fired at has
nearly recovered
Jesse i. Marshall, an old farmer residing
midway between Aayio and Dayton. O.. sh6t
himself fatally on the 18th INST. IN fit Of grief
over a mistake IN selling ms homestead
Or. b. Grafton. IF Wyaudotte Kan. com
United suicide III his office, by morphine lie
lett letter declaring mis- reasons for the deed
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Work of the Flames.

Fire destroyed the fourmg-rllll OF Alexander
Ware. AT Lapeer. Mich. on the 22d causing a
loss Of $50, 600. The Marshal house, at Lud-
ington, Mich, has also been burned,
The Pacific tlour-mill, st. Louis. 40, was
destroyed on the 23d. together with 500 barrels
OF -four. 10000 bushels Of wheat and some
S15, 600 worth Of new machinery waiting 70 be
put up. Total loss estimated at SleU.000.
Henry Carroll, fireman. Wa killed ly ia filing
walls.
DYER & cos block al Providence, Z. l.. wa
damaged 10 the extent u -Go.H, by tiIe on the.
ID. Waite Il Co.. manufacturing Jewellers,
suffer to the extent ot SI5.eCn
Three stores N CoIsIgana, Texas. burned on
the 23d. The losses exceed tlla insurance Is
so, coo.
book and stationary house, burlington, Ia, on
the sd. The inside Of The buiidluS wss luj7l-
"a. Il i not known nos b. irt ariglnG',@
Ic-@s. @2T.5sif- f,lllv covered ~ iGs1ubr.e-