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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
The Sacredness of Childhood.

You never can exhaust that great truth
that is unfoldedin Jesus, the illustration
of our humanity that he began at child
hood, and showed the sacredness of child
hood as well as of manhood and has given
it prominence and distinction. And is
not this an illustration, q CARRYING CD of
what we see God has done in natural pro-
visions In regard to children? What
cares, what offices, what tender love he
sets around themi He sheathes them in
weak flesh, but throws around them the
more than adamantine armor of moth
er's love- He makes them unconscious
of life's sin, but he also makes them
happy in that ignorance, and they live
for time merely to grow, to develop,
and to unfold in the lghtuntjl they shall
be strengthened for the worlds conflict.
Oh! | thank God most especially for the
care with which he has surrounded chill
dren. In the beautiful language of
Richter, "The smallest are nearest God,
as the smallest plants are nearest the
sun. "-ReU. DR.. Chaplin.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
Tragicai.

A row occurred in gambling hall at Pendle-
ton, S. c., on the 1st inst, during which Paul
Richardson was killed and VIM. Green and
Milton Brown badly wounded.
AT Cynthlana, KY, on the Both ult., Richard
II. Brewer made an attempt to shoot his father
while engaged in quarrel with him. J. S.
Brewer lnterfered. wrested the weapon from
his brother, and discharged its contents into
Richards body, from the effects of which he
died in five hours Deceased WIS unmarried
and IS years of age. --..
Vim. Powell, of the Tenth cavalry, killed a
Mexican woman at Bario, Texas. on the night
of the 1st inst. . --..- --.... g 1900.
VIM. S. Bates and man named Cooper both
United States marshals who have been actively
engaged in ferreting out " moonshiners" were
&llled near Somerset, KY. on the night of the
30th, by roughs.
Jack Roberts. q desperado, who terrorized
southern Colorado, was captured a few days
since III New Mexico. While ON their way to
Pennington the captors we're met by band of
vlglantes. who pad the reward which had been
offered for securing the animal, and then took
him and strung him up.
At O'Neill City, Holt county. Neb, on the
18th ult., party of COW boys created dis
turbance and were partially disarmed by the
sheriff. Shortly afterwards they returned,
when enc of the number named Harry Dean
shot Sheriff hearns dead. A deputy was
wounded.
at New
Mexico, recently al Adams express agent was
killed by the city marshal
\ burglar named Chastaine, while attempting
TO escape from custody at Montgomery, Ala.
on the 29th ult., received fatal wound from
an office.
A railroad freight conductor named James
Currie threatened bar keeper at Las Vegas,
n. NJ, on the oath ult., and was shot dead by
the beer singer. The shootist narrowly es-
capped lynching, but was afterwards exonerated
by jury.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
Facts About Bunqs.
From the New York Times. |

l1TOu tIe new 1OrK Ilnes.J
The bung is a homely device, lacking
altogether the symmetry of an obelisk
and having even little of the grace which
corks often possess. But its uses are of
the most important kind, and wherever
liquids are contained In casks OF barrels
there must the bung be also. 1t is al
most impossible to estimate the quantity
of bungs made aud used annually, but
the number is well up in the millions.
They are made of wood well seasoned
and are cut by machinery which is
patented. In no country are SO many
bungs made as IN the United States, for
nowhere else are the woods which are
used SO plentiful. Oak, hickory, spruce
and pine are among the varieties utilized,
and the bung factories are scattered
about the country III neighborhoods
where the woods used are found. BY
butting the bungs before shipping the
cost of transporting the waste material
is saved A great many bungs for beer
casks are sent both to Germany and
England from this country, not because
they are better, but because they are
cheaper than those made abroad. Bungs
are cut by peculiar and ingenious ma
chinery which works against the grain Of
the wood, tapering the bung with the
grain. In many cases the taper is made
but slight in the cutting, and then the
bung is submitted to a powerful COM
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09

ACCORDING to the Swedish law, ''any bank
rupt who is guilty of fraud in respect to his
creditors, to wit, who has purchased goods un-
der borrowed name, and has not stated them
IN his assets, or under pretext of purchase or
other agreement has withdrawn property from
the bankrupt estate, or in any other way has
spent, disposed of or removed any part of his
property, or IN collision with feigned creditor
has stated false debt, is punishable with i'm
prisonment with hard labor for a term not less
than two, and not more than six years, and is
declared unworthy to enter the public service
or of exercising the privileges of an elector, or
Of becoming a candidate in any election in
which the exercise of such privileges may be re-
garded as proof of enjoying the confidence of
bis fellow citizens
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
Chicago

CHICAGO, April 81: 80 P. .-Wheat-Weak
and lower at S1.0O12 for cash and seller April;
S1.O5s4 for seller May; $1.061l for seller June.
Corn-Weak and lower at 38ssc for cash; 1920
for seller May; 423s0421gc for seller June. Oats
Weak and irregular at 311sc for cash and
Barley-Unchanged Whisky-At S1.08. Pork
Weak at $155115 for cash; $500 bid for
seller May; S15.70 for seller June. Lard
Weak at $1,000 for cash; $1,000 bid for seller
May; 5000 bid for seller June. Hogs-Re-
ce1pts 5000 head steady at $5,65@6;35. Cattle
Receipts $500 head; very brisk and Zoe
higher; common to fair shipping at S4.400
Ats; good to choice at S5.00@5.50; exports at
$5.70@6.50; butchers at $2.6C@4.5O, chiefly at
50. 2003. rs; stocl9rs and feeders at S3.400D4 co.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09

FURTHER testimony to the rush of emigrants
from Germany is found i'll the experience of the
Netherlands Steamboat company, which adver-
tises an extra boat daily between Mannheim
and Rotterdam to accommodate the South Ger
man emigrants who embark in multitudes at
the former city. This fact seems at first
thought strong evidence of a great and grow
ing discomfort in the German empire than
would be furnished by corresponding emigra-
ton from Prussia, where the soil is less fertile
and the climate less genial but it should be re-
membered that South Germany has never felt
an enthusiastic love for the empire, and that
many of the people would rather belong to
Austria
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
MOrfrlarY.

D. G.. Fitch, one of the earliest Democratic
editors of the state of Ohio, died at Dayton on
the 1st inst, of pneumonia, aged So. He was
associated with Vallandlgham, the first Demo-
cratic daily paper established in Dayton, and
was at one time clerk of the house in the Ohio
legislature.
Princess Caroline, widow of the hereditary
Prince Ferdinand of Denmark, is dead.
John /. Brown, one of the wealthest lumber
man on the Muskegon river and president of the
village of Big Rapids, Mich, for the past fif-
teen years, died on the 30th ult.
The death Is announced of Weyprecht, the
explorer and discoverer of Francis Joseph's
Land.
The German revolutionary hero DIR. Heinrich
Windwart, died in New York on the Both ut
Ex-Congressman BENZ. f. Loan, of N ssouri,
died suddenly at st. Joseph, on the 30th ult.
The deceased served three terms in congress-
and was prominent Republican politician
Capt. E. P Dor of Buffalo. whose name is
familiar to everybody interested in lake marine
matters. died on the 29th in South Carolina.
Admiral G.. G. Patey of the English navy,
who was intrlsted with delicate duties in regard
to the Trent affair and the detention of belhg-
erent confederate vessels at Southampton, died
at London, Eng, on the 10Th.
The Earl of Caithness died at New York on
the 29th ult. Deceased was prominent as a
scientist and inventor.
Capt. E. G. Hall, prominent newspaper
man, and later holding responsible position
III the Enc railroad ofhce New DIRK city, died
at Salamanca, n. Y, on the goth ult.
Luther Bosworth one of the early settlers of
Western Michigan, died in Eaton county, aged
so years.
Gideon HOLSTER, author, and formerly min
lister to Havti. died at Litchfied, Conn, re-
Gently.
Capt. Charles W. Kimbeck, a navigator. well
known along the great lakes, died at Trenton,
Mich, on the 28th.
Oscar de Lafayette, French senator, and
grandson of Marquis Lafayette, died on the 9th
inst. He had but short time since been ap-
pointed one of the representatives of France at
the coming Yorktown centennial.
Thomas NJ. Halpin, aged So. widely-hnovn
Irish leader, died at Chicago on the 9th inst
Deceased was secretary of the Irish confedera-
ton movement in 1849, and was associated with
Darcy MCGEE in the publication of the New
York Nation.
Thomas J. Barr a New York politician and
uncle of Peter B. Sweeney, of Tamnlany fame.
died suddenly on the 9th.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09

Ira Miller and Seth Mckinney became en-
gagged in quarrel on the night of the 2Sth, at
Gilman. ten miles west of Muncie, Ind Miller
shot Mckinney through the heart, killing him
instantly. The murdered man was 80 years old
and unmarried.
A renegade Indian shot Daniel Kestler, a
stock raiser, at Ivanpah mining camp, San Ber-
nardino county, Cal. The Indians delivered
the murderer up to the authorities, but soon
after band of masked men took him out and
hung him.
Thomas Northam was fatally stabbed at Bal
tlmorc recently, by Solomon Byrd, in fit of
passion, at the rejection of his addresses by
Northams sister.
Texas COW bows and citizens of station near
Abilene, on the Texas Pacific road engaged in a
fight on the 28th. Three persons were shot
In row in Walla Walla, w. T., dance
house, on the 9th, Alonzo Babb was fatally
stabbed by Dick Osborne. The same night a
mob took Osborne from jail and hung him on
a fence
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
DestiautiOn i'm Dakota.

private letter received from Elk Point, Da-
kota, under date of March 21st, relates several
particulars showing the severity of the winter
A few days ago, while railroad employees were
shoyellng snow from the track. they discovered
the chimney of cabin protruding from an i'm
mense drift, by the side of the road. Digging
to the house, five persons, frozen to death,
were found. The day the letter was written a
man had reached Elk Point from distance OF
thirty miles (having walked on snow-shoes), to
procure provisions. He stated that his family
had been living on horse flesh for three weeks.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
THE MARKETS..
New Work.

NEW YoRK, April 2-12:30 P. M.-Flour-
Steady and III moderate demand. Wheat
shade easier: fair business; sales, 800 bus
No. red seller April at S1.2256@1. 221S; ~
600 bus seller May at S1.21@1. 2115; "a. 900 bus
without decided change; sales 40, 900 bus. Oats
Without important change; sales 10000 bus.
Beef--Steady POrk-Dull and lower; old mess
at $500 for spot. Lard--Heavy and lower:
steam rendered at S10.9715. Butter-Dull and
weak; Ohio at 10028c. Cheese Unchanged.
Sugar-Steady. Molasses-Firm; demand far
Petroleum-Un changed. Rice-Steady and in
good demand. Coffee-Firm and quiet. Freights
Firm. Spirits of Turpentne- at 400
1870. Resin-Dull at $1.75@1.8O. Tallow-
Firm for western. Eggs-Steady at 1715c.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
Work of the Flames,

The freight depot of the Quebec, Montreal.
Ottawa and Occidental railroad at Hocheloga,
one of the suburbs of Montreal, caught fire on
the 29th ult.. and exploded quantity of gun
powder, which was waiting shipment. The
building was blown to atoms. The passenger
depot then ignited and was burned down.
fire at Leadville, Col, on the night of the
29tb ult., destroyed a saloon, theatre and
damaged the Capitol restaurant. Loss about
525, 600.
A seven-story warehouse, stocked with goods
belonging to John Haslen & Co., cotton manu-
facturers, Manchester, Eng, burned on the
29th nit. Loss estimated at f80,000 One fire.
man was killed, and two others dangerously
hurt.
fire destroyed 81 Broad street, Elizabeth,
N. j., together with some adjoining buildings,
on the 9th. Loss $4,000; insurance 1875, 900.
Harway's cotton press ON the Boston steam
ship company's wharf, Norfolk, Va, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 9th. Loss 100000.
large fve-story building ON Home street,
Cincinnati, o., burned on the 9th. Loss about
$4,000.
Two serious blazes occurred at Wheeling.
West Va, on the 9th. One destroyed Mendel
d Co. furniture factory, and the other wiped
out the Wheeling City flour mills. Loss on the
former about $4,000; the latter 800, OOO
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
SIN all pOxs

over smallpox epidemic. A woman named
Glenn returned from the hospital too soon, and
inoculated about forty persons, who are now
down.
Late advices from Hawaii say the epidemic of
smallpox among the natives still continues at
Honolulu. There is little if any among the
white people. Natives taken with smallpox
are sent to a reef off shore. Little can be
learned from the natives themselves concern
ing the ravages of the disease. Some deaths
occurred
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
Russian Affairs.

The new car of Russia has promulgated an
ukase providing for temporary council to as
sist the commandant of the city of st. Peters
burg. 1t will consist of member for each of
the 228 districts of the city, to be elected by
the votes of all landlords and independent
tenants The measure is part of theEcheme for
the whole empire projected by the late car.
A New York dispatch says there is serious
trouble in the imperial family, in consequence
of which the Grand Duke Constantine, strangely
suspected of Nihilism, will resign in favor OF
Alexis Strict measures against the Nihilists
will be taken on the departure of the foreign
princes.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
Boiler Explosions.

A locomotive attached to passenger train
exploded at Tyrone, Pa, ON the 1st inst, shat
tering everything in the vicinity of the depot.
The ward house and Rays tannery were badly
damaged, and windows broken two squares
distant. A score of persons were more or less
injured, but none fatally.
The manhead of the boiler at Brown, Bonnell
& Co.'S mill blew out ON the morning of the
2Sth. Three men, Dan Kelley, Ed. Clark and
Patrick Conroy, were seriously scalded and
mangled, and two of them will probably die.
There were many miraculous escapes and many
men were slightly injured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
EurOpean War Clouds.

Greece and Turkey are making extensive
preparations for war, and hosti tiles are evident
ly imminent between these two powers. Turk
sh troops have occupied Trikeri at the entrance
of the Gulf of Volo and are constructing earth
works there. The king of Greece has ordered a
grand review of the military forces of his king
dom on the anniversary of Greek independence.
on which occasion he will present colors to var-
Gus regiments. Their display is ominous.
There is rebellion against the rule of Ayoob
Kahn at Herat, led by Mahommed Hassan
Kahn. Abdurrahman Kahn proposes to take
advantage of the fight to bring the whole of
Afghanistan under his own rule
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
Rampant Streams.

Advices from Bismarck, under date of the
31st ult., state that the Missouri at that point
is higher than has been known in years. Ice
gorges have formed at various places, causing
the river to overflow and inundate the surround
ing country. Mandam, opposite Bismarck, was
completely submerged and ice from the stream
drifted about the streets. The sufferngs of the
populace were very severe as the thermometer
was down to 120 above zero. The Missouri at
this point is four miles wide and over 200 head
of live stock in tie bottom lands were swept
aways
The town of Green Island, opposite Yankton,
was devastated by the rushing stream, and it is
feared many lives have been lost. At Vermil-
hon, 35 miles northwest of Yankton, the water
was ten feet deep in the principal streets, on the
31st ult., and the Inhabitants had taken refuge
on the bluffs back of the city. Three steamers
at Iankton were totally wrecked and others
badly damaged.
Specials from Fort Pierre, Dakota, give
graphic particulars Of sudden rise of the Mis-
souri, at that point. The water subsidized rapid
ly after the ice gorge broke, and desolate pic
ture remained. Only two or three habitabe
houses were left in the village and the loss foots
upin the vicinity of $4,000. In the Platte val
ley later accounts put the loss of property and
stock up IN the hundreds of thousands. 1t is
thought the officers and crew of the steamer
Star of the West, which was frozen in twenty
miles below Fort Pierre, are all lost.
dispatch from Bismarck notes the sinking
of the steamer Western, of the Coulson line, by
ice.
Serious washouts have occurred on the Union
Pacific railroad at Fremont, Neb., and other
points. The inundation in the Platte valley is
gradually subsidng. Bodies of woman and
two children were found near Schuyler, Neb.,
and no doubt number of others will be re-
covered in that portion of the valley. On the
9th the ice in the Missouri river went out, and
for time the great bridge between Omaha and
Council Bluffs was in danger, the structure be-
ing shaken like leaf. Floods in the west
promise to be serious this season, with great
loss to railroads and individuals.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
An Important Case Decided,

An important decision was rendered at San
Francisco, CAL, on the 30th ult., in case
against the Bonanza mining firm. 1t is esti-
mated that the amount of money, Flood ct al,
viii be called upon to pay over should they con-
clude not to appeal, will be between $500, 900
and 100000. The decision will have an impor-
tant bearing on other suits now pending, in
volving several million dollars.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
Foreign.

wheat market opens strong; California club at
9s 7d@9s Sd; fair average red western at 9s 10d;
spring at IS 1d@9s Sd; floating cargoes firm;
on passage firmer. Stocks IN Liverpool Wheat,
210, 000@220.000 qrs: corn, under $4,000 qrs;
flour, 100, 000@130,000 sacks. Stocks in Lon
don: Wheat, 120, O00@130,000 qrs; corn, under
$4,000 qrs. Stocks in principal ports: Wheat
and corn light.
LIVERPOOL, April 2-2:30 P. -Wheat-Spot
advanced Id; cargoes off coast firm; to arrive,
better tone
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
Deadly Dynamite.

On the morning of the 1st inst, as William
Hensley was engaged in fixing percussion cap
to charge of dynamite in the Heidelberg shaft
of the Lehigh Valley coal company, near Wilkes
barre, Pa, the charge exploded, and simulta-
neously with it, ten pounds more of the deadly
stuff, which was standing near by. The effect
was frightful, the engine house and hosting
works being reduced to atoms and scattered
broadcast. Hensley's body was torn to shreds
and Engineer Williams probably fatally hurt.
Windows were broken in Pittston, and miners
at work in the subterranean chambers describe
the racket as having been appalling.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09

The Massachusetts Supreme Court has de-
clded that a country surgeon is not bound to
the exercise of that high degree of art and skill
possessed by eminent surgeons in larger cities,
and making speciality of the practice of sur
gerry, but only to that reasonable degree of
learning, art and skill ordinarily possessed
by others of his profession, having regard to
the advanced state of the science.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
BurgIariZed.

The residence of Justice Field in Washing
ton was entered by thieves while the mother
OF Mrs. Field was dying, and robbed of 5000
worth of valuables.
The Office of Geo. W. Higgins & Co., pork
packers at the stock yards near Chicago, was
burglarized on the night of the Goth inst The
men who were masked overpowered the night
Waterman and cracked the safe, securing
20 600 o
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09

An Indianapolis merchant drove into town
every morning, left his horse in livery stable.
attended to business until night and then
drove home. The beast was by no means over
worked III this light service, yet it grew thin
and Ill, as though from hard usage The owner
at length discovered that it had been hired out
nearly every day by the lveryman. A jury has
awarded damages to the amount of the money
earned by the horse
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09

GEN. EATON, the commissioner of education,
calls the attention of American scientists and
engineers to prize of $4,000 francs offered by
the king of the Belgians for the best work son
improving ports established on low and sandy
COASTS" the award is to be made by jury of
seven, three of whom will be Belgians and four
foreigners of different nationalities.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
Monetary Affairs.

The March statement of the public debt
shows a decrease of $6,192,S59, during the
month, and since June 80, 1880, Of 500, 4Os, 7O1.
The III total debt, less cash in the treasury is s1,-
1878, 1853, 593. The total coinage at the minis
during March foots up $13, 900, of which
81, 300, 900 was silver.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09

preston to increase the taper. Bungs
of ale and beer barrels are of q standard
size, measuring Ii inches, while bungs
for oil barrels are 2 inches. Whisky
barrel bungs are used over and over
again. Beer and oil bungs are always
picked out, because hammering the
slaves to start the bungs is sure to injure
the coating of the barrels.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
Patrick Carroll, aged 16, was killed by the

Patrick Carroll aged &c. was killed by the
cars at Urbana, O., on the 29th ult.
An intoxicated man named Murphy lay down
in car of oats in Cairo, on the night of the
27th and smothered to death.
A team while being driven over the Division
street crossing of the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad, at Chicago, on the 28th, was struck
by an incoming passenger train. Both horses
and the driver were killed,
The body of Rev. Abel Silver, aged so, a
well-known Swedenborgian clergyman of Rox-
bury, Mass, was found in the Charles river on
the 9th
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
Railroad Accidents.

The passenger train which left St. Paul,
Minn., on the night of the 30th ult. after reach
ing point six miles north of Rothsay ran into
a delayed freight train going in the same direc-
ton, during slight snow furry. The passen-
ger locomotive upset the caboose of the freight
train which Immediately took fire and was con
sumed. One man was burnt to death, another
was so badly injured that his death resulted
soon afterwards and several received serious in
iures
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-09
&EHfri6at.

Mrs. Albright. widow living four miles from
Youngstown, o. bung hershelf with skein of
yarn to beam ID woodshed on the 30th ult.
She was in her usual good health and spirits,
and no eauseis assigned for the fatal deed. On
receipt of the news, her uncle, John Elizera,
living two miles away, fell dead. Mrs. Albright
leaves five children.
John 7. Davies, prominent citizen of Har-
rodsburg. Ky, suicided by blowing his brains
out ON the 28th. Cause. temporary insanity oc-
easoned by pecuniary difficulties.
Moscow papers announce that the father of
Roussakoff, the young man who assassinated
the car of Russia, shot himself