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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24

which resulted bloody tragedy. Cox killing
both the Cantrels and being seriously wounded
At st. Louis, do., on the 18th inst. Joe Ed
wards and Al. Gif1in, two negro fremen on the
steamer Porter net in q broad, open SPACE aft
the bridge entrace and renewed a difficulty
that existed beween them. Gaffin drew a
knife and EdWaTs pistol which he discharged
four times. De ball struck Gaffin in the
stomach, infilctng a mortal wound, and an
ather penetrating. the shoulder of Mrs. Clarity.
an old lady passllg along the street. Great ex-
cltemcfn ensued and q crowd of enraeed citi-
zen attempted to lynch Edwards on the SPOT.
but four pollcemn rescued him from the mob
and escorted hinto the station.
Two hundred men rode to the Jail at Oar
danelle. Ark, o the 10th inst, and took there
from two murders named Taylor and Bruce.
The prisoners we're dragged through the streets
with ropes arold their necks to q clump of
trees, where thy were left dangling.
At Marshall, Texas. on the 18th inst. Arch.
Whitman was ftally stabbed by his wife.
Sam. Ramsq was lynched at Owingsville.
Me-, for murdring John Smith.
A serious dgturbances on the leyee Mt New
Orleans, on tin 10th inst, originated in cpl
thets bestowedIpon the drivers of cotton-hoats.
pollce-sergent was beaten with clubs, and
fired on the cr'wd, killing a negro named Haw-
kins. Bullets flew thick around the officers.
and the entlreforce was called to the scene by
the fire. alarm. Women shot at policemen from
the windows, aid the newly-engaged laborers
were forced b quit work. The militia were
ordered out ust as the rioting ceased Sey-
eral of the cotton bales we're set on fire.
A number O. masked white men went to the
jail at Hot SpingS on the 10th inst, with the
intention OF ynching a negro charged with
rape. A partyof colored men learning of the
plan, gathered II a cemetery and opened fire on
the lynchers. About two hundred shots were
fired, but NOBODY was killed.
In an fray ma wheat-feld at Goodlee, ILL.,.
on the 10th inst, Marshall Roberts killed John
Adams, Jr., with shotgun, and made his
escape.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24
Condition Of The President.

The Presidents bed has been so placed that
he can Kill time by watching the surf. Tie
surgeons believe that the bullet is encysted,
and can ultimately be removed without dan
GER On the 10th inst. Secretary Window was
summoned for brief interview, and Postmas-
ter General James and Secretary Hunt went
INTO the sck-chamber, The Presidents stOm-
ach retains healthy tone. On the 18th inst,
however, the Presidents condition was reported
as not so hopeful, 1t is now admitted that one
of his lungs is affected, and the doctors do net
seem to be able to foreteIl what the result Will
be. In some quarters the situation is again
considered hopeless.
The patient experienced an excellent day on
the 18th, all his symptoms being good. The
fear of lung trouble Is gradually subsiding, no
abcess having formed, which was at one time
feared. The most interesting and important
feature Of the case has been the fact that the
President arose from his bed and was allowed
to rest for half an hour in a reclining chair
he suffered no unpleasant consequences from
the change, and enjoyed it very much.
The news from the President on the 10th was
of such a character as to excite grave appre-
tensions. There is no longer any doubt but
that he is suffering from blood poisoning, and
while the bulletins are carefully worded they
indicate that his physicians while not abandon
ing hope feel that there is renewed cause for
anxiety. The wound had resumed more IN
healthy appearance, the discharge being less
satisfactory. Bed sores had also reappeared on
the Presidents body. Col. Rockwell is author
ity for the statement that perspiration, which
has been one of the annoying features of the
Presidents case, has reappeared
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24
Ell Espiritu.

In the hill on our trip in New Mexico
was the entrance to the cave of Espiritu.
Very few white people know of it's ex-
istence and very few have entered its
forbidden portals, for in order to enter
one must crawl on all tours for some ten
feet and is shrOuded in obscurity darker
than the shadows of sin. Taking can
dies and great pine torches, we explored
this cavern, with its various halls and
chambers, for some three hours In
places on its walls we noted Indian hero
glyphlcs, and In other places spots
where the clay had been taken out pos
slbly to make pottery. In one chamber,
tradition says, the savages held their re-
hgious services. The stalactites were in
no place very brilliant. We were COM
PEELED crawl in many places and marked
our way carefully, as only one of the
party had ever been in before, and he
| only once; SO we did not feel perfectly
safe, and were glad to get back to sun
Light once more.
From the cave we returned to Dolan' s
house, then taking our trout-lines we
went over to the Espiritu Santo Creek,
which here joins the Pecos River. Never
before did l gaze upon such surprising
loneliness. Moss and ferns abounded
and the wild violet bloomed beneath our
feet. Lovely clematis trailed every
where; wild hops, with their long, light
cones, were clinging to the dainty
bushes; the wild cherry, with its deep
red clusters, relieved the eye and the
cedar spruce, sturdy oaks and swaying
willows all came within the radius OF
our view, while the mountain stream was
foaming over its rocky bed and dashine
a fine spray which glistened in the sun.
light.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24

THE great changes wrought in the methods
of business during the last twenty-five or thirty
years, says the Shipping List, have been so
gradual as to to have been almost imperceptible
to the rising generation of merchants and trad
ers. During that period the whole world has
been brought within speaking distance by ca
bles under oceans and seas, and wires on land.
while steamships and railroads have been
brought to SO high degree of perfection that
they are almost enabled to annihilate time ard
space. The increase of wealth is not the least
singular phenomenon of our times. The in
Simultaneous diffusion of commercial and tinan-
ciai intelligence has developed the business
mans faculties to the keenest point, and there
can be no doubt that business is becoming more
and more a science every year.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24
TragiCaI Tales.

At Kansas City, Mo-. wedding, on the night
of the 18th, during dance, a party of roughs
intruded and row ensued, in which DeRoy
Wlltfang, one of the gang, was shot in the head
and killed by J. B. Jones, one of the guests.
1t is claimed that the shooting was IN Self-de-
Tense. Jones and two others we're arrested.
Henry Willett, of Alton, Ohio, killed Tom
Thompson, rival saloon-keeper, with ham,
mer on the 10th.
Benjamin Beatty. of Milford, Ohio, shot and
fatally wounded Dr. J. L. Abrams on the night
of the 14th. Beatty suspected the doctor of
intimacy with his wife.
John Hooten, marshal of Corning, Holt
county, Mo-, was killed on the 18th inst,
while attempting to arrest drunken man
JEFF. Williams.
AT Okoloona, Miss. on the night of the 18th
inst, Gen. W. I. Tucker was called to his door
by an unknown party and deliberately shot
down. Houston Parish, negro boy, who has
had trouble with Tucker, is under arrest.
James A. Smith, eX-county clerk of Por tland
Oregon. was shot and instantly killed by Frank
Howard, while they were drinking together in a
saloon at San Francisco, Cal. on the 18th.
At Nashville, Tenn, on the night of the 14th,
inst, Michael O'Hallahan shot David Hunly IN
the arm and the latter stabbed O'Hallahan to
the heart with a shoemakers' knife, killing him
instantly.
A duel was fought on the morning of the 18th
inst, at Terrene, Miss, between the Hon.
Leland Leatherman, mayor of Arkansas City.
and James Rucker q prominent attorney of
the same city. The difficulty grew out of GER
tain rulings made by Leatherman in a case in
which Rucker was engaged professionally.
Both combatants were wounded at the first
fire. Leatherman receiYeda slight flesh wound
Rucker was struck IL the left side, infiicting
what is supposed to be fatal wound.
Frank OReilly superintendent of the En-
pire mine, Utah, was killed by the engineer, g.
W. Scopt. III self-defense, on the 14th inst
O'Rellly, at the time, was assaulting with a
knife.
In Canthron township Arkansas, near Boone
vile, on the 18th inst, two young men. Robert
and William Hanbey, brothers, riding homo
ward from town, while passing down the south
side of Petit Jean Greek, were fired on by an
assassin. Robert was killed. two buchshot pen
etrating his heart. William was fatally
wounded, having received two buckshot through
his intestines and two in his lett breast He
rode half mile before falling from his horse
from exhaustion and loss of blood. The assas-
sin was concealed underneath the bank of the
creek and got away unseen. Two negroes are
under arrest, and it is strongly suspected that
they know something Of it.
A Dallas, Texas, special dated the 18th, saws
that DR.. b. G. Cantrell and his son. % Bud -
Cantrell, got into quarrel near Weatherford
with J. II. Cox, about the renting of some land.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24
Political Notes,

On the 18th inst. the Maine Republicans
elected ExGov Dingley to fiji the vacancy
caused by Mr.. Frye's election to the senate.
His vote shows a large republican gain over
last year. The democrats and greenbackers
had united in supporting Gilbert, a green
hacker.
The above election adds another to the re-
publican members of the next house. Not
counting the four vacancies existing from New
York, the lower house Of the fortv-seventh
Congress now stands IA republicans, 1873 dem
ocrats, greenbackers, 2 readjusters from Vir-
glnia and one independent representative
(Smith of Brooklyn making q present mem
bership of 289 members. The elections for the
New York vacancies will be held in December
Should the republicans elect three out of these
they will then have just the number of votes
required to organize the house-147. 1t seems
to be generally conceded that the republicans
Will elect successors to Miller and Lapham
The democrats will no doubt elect a successor
to the late Fernando Wood and they claim that
they Will send member to fill the seat vacated
by Minister Morton. Should they carry both
these districts, that will leave the republicans
with only las members, but it is claimed that
Smith, of Brooklyn, viii vote for republican
organization, and that would give them the adj
dltlonal vote necessary to make a majority of
the whole house
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24
A Curious Double Deer.

From the st. Louis st-Dispatch, August 22l
The man with a curiosity was in this
morning. DIR. D. A. Lynch, of Salem,
Mo-, walked into the Post-Dispatch office
about the noon hour with a bundle
under his arm. He said he had some
thing he thought the boys would like to
get a look at, and, imagining it was a
long bottle of blackberry cordial, or
something OF that sort, they all dropped
their pencils, ran their shirt sleeves
across their mouths and crowded around
the doctor. The latter slowly withdrew
the bundle from under his arm, and,
placing it upon the telegraph operators
desk, unrolled. The article revealed to
view looked like dead cat. 1t was a
young fawn, or pair of hyphenated
fawns, the curiosity consisting of a pair
of these beautiful creatures strangely
conformed by some freak of nature into
a miniature monstrosity. From the
part OF the double barreled body two dis
tinct and well formed pairs of launches
and hind legs were presented, but above
the point of separation they looked for
all the world like one animal, with q
three ornered head, with three eyes
nicely adjusted to the exigencies of the
state. The bodies were joined so that
the backs only were visible, and the head
and forelegs were SO adjusted, as were
also the hind legs, that the animals, if
they ever did walk, had to divide up
their legs, each using a fore and hind leg
to divide up the locomotion. The two
mouths were separate from each other
about two inches, and the odd eye was
placed between them. There were two
distinct Threats, two vertebrals, and in
everything except appearance this eight
legged, double-headed and three-eyed
fawn, was twins. DR.. Lynch stated that
he had obtained the curiosity last June
from a lady in Shannon County, who
found it in the field, and, not being a
pronounced taxidermist, had only rudely
and hastily stuffed it with bran. There
WAS evidence that the animal had lived
some time after birth, as full and fair
development was noticeable in all its
parts, and besides, one of the forelegs
was slightly abrased, showing that it had
made efforts to Jump around. 1t is of
the striped species of wild Missouri deer.
DR.. Lynch will have it stuffed and then
place 1t in some museum. It has been
the wonder of Salem for three months.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24

international medical congress at London, and
graduate of Ann Arbor medical school, died
while returning home and was buried at sea-
He has SOD and daughter in Ann Arbor,
Mich.
Benoni r. Paine, who for thirty years has
been manager of the telegraph Office at New
Bedford, Mass, fell dead on the street from
paralysis.
Senator Ambrose Z. Burnside died at his resi-
dence IN Bristol, /. l.. on the 18th inst. of
spasms of the heart. Deceased was 50 years
of age at the time of his sudden taking off.
Edward Grassland, ex-member of congress
from Kentucky, died at his home in Mayfeld on
the 18th inst.
Capt. ?. r. Breeze, U. S. A., died at Newport,
r. l., on the 18th inst.
John II. Lannigan, for many years employed
IN the city treasurer's Office at Chicago died on
the 18th inst.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24

NOTWITHSTANDING the deporable condition of
the finances of Nevada, there is nothing mean
about the salaries drawn by the state officials
Three judges receive $1,000 a year each, which
Is as much as the judges of the court of appeals
receive IN the state of New York, and more than
is paid to the judges of the highest court il
California. The governor is paid $4,000 year
and the acknowledgements ami five other Off
GERS $4,000 year each. The heutenant-gove
nor of Connecticut receives only $500. The
salaries of subordinate officials in Nevada are
in proportion to those Of the higher officers
Considering the meagre income of the state and
its comparatively heavy debt, upon which 9115
per cont. interest is paid, the office-holders
seem to be pretty well taken care of.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24
Dull Bows.

from the New York Evening MALL
Parents with dull boys should take
heart. Ounces have done fairly well in
the world after all. Sir Isaac Newton,
for example, was a Ounce, low In his
class and by no means fond of study
Indeed, If he is to be believed, it was due
to the unamiable spirit of revenge that
he ever learned at all. The "show-boy F"
of the school kicked him, and as a retail
alton Isaac determined to beat him in
lessons, and succeeded, but owed his
success both then and in later life rather
to perseverance and persistence than to
inherent capacity. Oliver Goldsmith
was pronounced a perfect idiot by his
schoolmates. They never tired of teas
ing him, and he was for years the butt Of
rldlcule. A wonderful amount of pa
tience was needed by the old school dame,
who at last dinned the alphabet into his
unwilling mind Sir Walter Scott WAS
nlcknamed at school :" the great block
mead" Hutton, the antiquarian, WAS
slow to learn, and details his experience
IN his own way: "My MASTER he
writes, took occasion to beat my head
against the wall, holding it by the hair;
but he never could beat any learning into
1t. Sheridan was introduced to school
by his mother, with an apology for his
dullness. Adam Clarkes father called
him miserable Ounce" Doctor Chal-
mers was put down by his teacher as an
incorrigible blockhead, and Chatterton,
unfortunate even in early life, was dis
missed from school by his master as
:" too great a fool to learn"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24
A CENSUS bulletin just issued presents statis-

A CENSUS bulletin just issued presents stGtis-
tics of the fishing industry in Lakes Superior,
Michigan, Huron. st. CLAIR, Erie and Ontario
for the year 1879. The business employed
5000 fishermen with vessels, apparatus and ac-
cessories valued at 81, 345, 900. The fish caught
during the year weighed 68,75O,0 900 pounds,
and were worth 81, $50, 900. The leading kind
was whitefsh, of which 1000, 600 pounds.
valued at 3778,OOC, were taken; S22O,OOO
worth Of trout were caught and over 500, 900
of each, herring and sturgeon. OF the whole
amount of fish obtained 81, 10000 were sold
fresh, $780, 900 worth were sailed, S12G, coo
frozen and 100000 smoked.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24

INVESTIGATIONS made III Canada and Michi-
gan show that the destructive forest fires gen.
orally start and spread in the branches and
fohages of trees that are left on the ground by
the lumbermen. The resinou5 boughs of the
pine, hemlock, spruce and fir WILL when dry,
kindle with the touch of spark, and produce q
heat so intense Us to give fire great Roadway.
1t VIII then DRY the wood in living trees to such
an extent that they will burn readily. After a
forest fire has been raging for a considerable
time 1t heats the air that moves before it, so
that it prepares the trees through which it
passes to feed the advancing flames. A fire
once under Roadway will generally continue in
its course till an extensive clearing or body of
water is reached
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24
Washington GossiD.

On the 10th inst. DR.. French Lugenbeel,
brother of Mrs. Christiancy, sent a challenge to
the distinguished ex-senator to a duel with pis-
tolls at any point within twenty miles of Wash
ngton. The ex-senator politely answered the
note, declining to settle existing differences in
such an unlawful manner. Lugenbeel viii be
arrested.
The official report of the agricultural depart
ment gives poor outlook for corn and spring
wheat-especially the former, which is reported
at only about half crop.
The civil authorities have taken no steps to
proceed against Sergeant Mason, who shot at
Guiteau. The military authorities have there
fore, preferred charges and forwarded them to
Gen. Hancock. 1t is expected Il courtmartial
viii be summoned.
Sergeant Mason, of Battery b, Second Ar
tillery, when relieving the guard at the Wash
ington Jail, on the 18th inst, shot at Guiteau
through the window of his cell and came near
killing him. The ball grazed his head and was
imbedded in the cell wall. Mason was promptly
arrested and incarcerated IN the arsenal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24

Il Providence steps have been taken to build
memorial 20 the French soldiers of the revs-
luton who lie buried in the North burying
ground of that city. The men to be comment
GRATED were amongst those who took part in the
siege Of Yorktown. The minimum cost of the
memorial is set at $500, but it is designed to
allow & greater sum to be expended if it is sub
scrlbed. The memorial is designed to bear on
its top the ie,n de lis in relieve; on the front
of the ledger-stone, ''Our French allies in the
revoluion;' or the diverse, in French. a motto
(to be selected expressive of the gratitude of
America; on the head of the ledger-stonc; in
relieve, cartridge-box bearing on it the date
1892; and on the foot of the stone, in intaglio.
the record: ERECTED 1891"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24
A Poetic Reconciliation,
From Harper's Magazinel


Some time ago man came into Bal
tlmore lawyers Office in a state of great
excitement, and asked him to commence
proceedings for divorce. Mr.. Dobbin
heard him through, and then said, 81
think have something that will exactly
suit your case. Sit still, and 1 will read
it to you"
The man remained seated, all ear, sup
posing he was to listen to Blackstone or
Kent, when Mr.. Dobbin began to read
"Betsey and are Out" By the time
he had ended the mans eyes were full of
tears.
81 believe I will go home, he said.
And he and his wife have lived happily
ever since.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24
The Eurf.

Iroquois won the st. Leger stakes on the 14th
This victory was an easy one Geologist, who
came in second, was length behind. Archer
rode the winner. Since his easy victory Iro-
quois has become second favorite for the Cesare-
Nitcn stakes. This is the second time since the
foundation of the Doncaster st. Leger in 1776
that it has been won by a foreign-bred horse
The first foreign winner was the French horse
Gladiateur.
Thirty thousand people were present at Beacon
park, Boston, on the 18th. to witness the races.
In the great stallion race, there were but three
starters: Piedmont, Wedgewood and Santa
Claus. The latter won the first heat in 2:173L
Piedmont second. Piedmont won the second
heat Santa Claus second time. 2:2014. The
third heat was won by Santa Claus. Piedmont
second; time, 2:18. Santa Claus won the
fourth heat and ace, Piedmont second time,
2:l9. The pacing race was won by Matte
Hunter, Lucy second Bay Billy distanced /;
Rowdy Boy drawn: time, 2:1615. Trinket
trotted for a special purse Of $500 to beat her
own record of 2171l, and made a mile in
2.l6l5
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24

The southern states are awaking to a realza-
ton Of the riches which exist in their vast for
ests. The New Orleans Democrat estimates
that Louisiana contains more than 170OO,0 OO
acres of wooded land. The saw-mills have
made little impression upon this vast supply of
timber, which comprises a large variety of val
liable woods. Most of it, too, can be easily
marketed, thanks to the bayous and water
courses with which the state is literally provid-
ed. Since the increasing scarcity of western
timber became apparent large purchases of tim
bered lands have been made in Alabama, Ten
nessee, Georgia and North Carolina.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24

THE French patent laws provide that " no
foreign invention can be patented in France ex-
cept under the condition that the article in.
vented and the machinery necessary 10 its fab
rcatlon be made in France; that the inventor
who manufactures the article in any other
country and imports 1t for sale, loses his right
to the invention, which then becomes public
property" 1t is easy to see how disadvanta-
geously this law has operated to American IN
ventors. But the French people are now be
ginning to see that it acts equally to their dis
advantage A United States inventor now takes
up his patent in France simply to secure the IN
yention in case of future requirement. He
does no: do so with the idea of utilizing his IN
vention in France. As a consequence the vast
majority of our useful and labor-saving ma
chimes are practically unknown TO the French
people.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-09-24
Hallway VETsh3nS.

A coach and sleeper left the rails at Edward S
depot near Vicksburg, Mass, on the 18th.
Many persons were injured.
At Wilmington, Ia, on the 18th inst, a wild
freight train ran into the rear of regular
freight train, cutting off the legof one-legged
express messenger, and disabling the engine
and several cars.
Thirty coal cars and an engine were wrecked
by passenger train, near Mount Carmel, Pa,
on the 18th. ON the Shamokin and Pottsville
road. The passengers were uninjured.
Two passenger trains on the Richmond and
Danvilie Railroad, collided near Richmond,
Va, on the 18th inst. The engineers were bad
ly injured.
A freight train of thirteen cars was wrecked
at the bridge near Brattleboro, VT. on the 10th
inst. One brakeman was killed and another
fatally injured. The loss to the Valley road
will be vely heavy.
Near Cincinnati, o.. on the 10th inst, two
freight trains collided, killing James Simon, a
fireman, and wrecking a locomotive.