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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06

recollection of an old employee of the New York
postoffice, stamps we're brought into use first
by Postmaster Morris, in 1s47 or 1S4S. He
issued stamps of his own at five and ten cents
apiece, those being then current rates of post
age; but postmasters throughout the country
refused to recognize them. In 1851 an act of
congress was passed which led to the introduce
ton of the postage stamps now il use.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06
The Angry EIemcofs.

In Coon valley, about twenty miles southeast
of La Crosse Wis, q storm on the night of the
goth created a regular deluge which swelled
the creeks till they overfiowed their banks and
went on a wild race of destruction. The house
of Hans Jensen, a Norwegian, who was absent
In La Crosse at the time of the storm, was sur
rounded by water and in atteml ting to escape
his wife and six children, ranging in age from
infancy 10 Is years. were drowned
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06

John W. Lowell, book publisher, New York
city, has placed his affairs in the hands of his
creditors, in order to obtain an extension until
December 8. Total indebtedness, 1926. 900
nominal assets aggregated 1850, OOO
The Blackburn and District Building Society
and the Sheffield Equitable Building Society,
London, have suspended. Liabilities of the
former corporation, 100000; of the latter
Ell IL 900.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06

AN amusing story is told of q lady, a
Roman Catholic, who, in her last illness,
promised the priest to leave him sum
of money for charitable uses. When
she was dying she begged the priest to
come nearer to the bedside, and gasped
out, " Father = I've = given = you. :"
"Stay, said the priest, anxious to have
as many witnesses as possible to the I'M
expected statement, 81 will call in the
family, and opening the door, he beck
oned them all In. I've given you, re-
peated the old lady, with increasing diff
ticulty, given-you-a great deal Of
trouble"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06

The Atlanta Constitution is doing the people
of Georgia commemorate service in warning
them against the insdious wiles of the Mormon
agents who are travelling through that state for
the purpose of making converts-a purpose in
which they are, unfortunately, succeeding to q
surprising degree. A conference of Georgia
Mormons has been called, and no doubt every
effort will be made to strengthen its members
in the shameless creed which they confess.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06

THERE is a tract of land 100 miles long and
80 miles broad, north of the panhandle of
Texas, which does not belong to any state Or
territory. On the land Office maps this land is
marked "public lands" And at the last ses-
sion of congress an appropriation of S1S. 900
was made for its survey
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06
SUM MER.
BY THOMAS HOOD.

o lady, leave thy silken thread
And fowery tapestrie-
There's living roses on the bush
And blossoms on the tree.
Stop where thou wilt, thy careless hand
Some random bud will meet:
Thou canst not tread but thou wilt frd
The daisy at thy feet.
IT'S like the birthday OF the world,
When earth was born in bloom.
The light is made of many dyes,
The air is all perfume;
There's crimson birds, and white and br,,,
The very rainbow showers
Have turned to blossoms where they fou
And sown the earth with flowers
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06
VARIOUS TOPICS.

NORTH CAROLINA is reported to have an or
gained band of outlaws, some thirty in num-
Der. regularly differed, and bound by solemn
oaths. Their headquarters are among the
mountain Businesses, and their gains from
numerous robberies are turned in the common
treasury
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06
Forged n will.

VIM. r. Dickinson and Joel yanarsdale,
Philadelphia lawyers, were convicted on the
9th inst. of forging the will of Robert Whit
taker, by which it was proposed to divert to
their own ends an estate valued at $500, 900.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06
The Deadly Roller.

The engine of threshing machine operating
on the farm of W. S. Sneed, about six miles
north of Napa, Cal, exploded on the the 18th
ult., instantly killing Willis Grove, Geo. Plat
and Robert Davis. Harry Gilman was slightly
injured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06

The chief exodus of Germans is from Prus-
STA. Bismarck has submitted to to the bundles
rsth tables showing that during the year 1880
1l,454 young men liable to military service
quilted the fatherland for America, and that
this year the military service will be deprived of
at least 10000 young men. The period of
military service is from the age of twenty to
forty-two, and if this emigration continues the
army will be greatly weakened by it. The
worst feature of the case is that the emigration
of this class means two-fold loss to the coun-
try-the sinew and backbone of the land are
leaving 1t, and the aged, infirm and children
are left behind
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06

VERY few people, even those who are actively
engaged in mining comprehend the magnitude
of the traffic in blasting powder Last year
the sales were the largest ever known in Colo
RADIO, aggregating sixty carloads of 800 kegs
each, or $4,000 kegs of black powder, and forty
cars, or 100000 pounds of high explosives
The average price of the black powder per key
was 1886. and of the high explosive SO cents
per pound, the whole aggregating something
over half million of dollars. The largest con.
sumner of these explosives is Leadville: Gilpin
is counted second, and Clear Creek third The
sales this year will exceed those of 1880 about
80 per cent, because of the very large con-
sumption for railway building
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06
ShiDWreCk.

Cape Town, Africa, advices are to the effect
that severe storms have swept the southeast
coast, especially in the neighborhood of East
London. large number of vessels were
driven ashore, and forty persons drowned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06
Probable Disaster.

1t is probable that sixty-three persons per-
ished in eleven Shetland fishing boats which
haxe been missing since the 21st The report
comes from London
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Shipwreck,
Highway Robbery.

terrible gale in the vicinity of East London
South Africa, sunk three vessels and drowned
three persons.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06

A CORRESPONDENT of the Public Ledger,
Philadelphia, attributes the first use and issue
of postage stamps to John Lorimer Graham,
postmaster III New York. in 1912. These
stamps were, he says, about the size of the
stamp now IN use, bore the head of Washing
ton, and were of the value of three cents. The
poStmasters o. ST. Louis, Baltimore, Alexandria,
Va, New Haven, Providence, r. l., and Battle
boro, Vt, followed about in the order named
ID 1916 and 1916. According, however, to the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06

THE Ecumenical Methodist conference which
will meet in London, England, September 7th
to Goth of this year, will be one of the most
important religious gatherings of the decade.
1t will be composed OF 400 delegates, repre-
senting all branches of Methodism in all parts
of the world. Two hundred will go from this
side of the globe to meet 200 from the other
side. In America alone there are fifteen differ
ept Methodist bodies. These will all have a
part in the conference, and it will be the first
time they have all come together. The confer
ence may prepare the way for the ultimate or
ganic union of all these bodies.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06

On the night of the 25th inst, Chicago thugs
overpOwered a stranger named William John
son, and robbed him of $1,000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06

Iris announced that the government of Spain
has nearly completed its plans for establishing
IN Cuba military colonies composed of officers
and soldiers whose term of military service has
expired. Married men will be selected and
Will receive grant of land and money for the
OUTFIT aud for the purchase of agricultural
stock They will be partlS exempt from tax on
condition of being ready at any moment to
serve when Cuba Is menaced by foreign or civil
wal. Marshal Campos hopes i'll few years to
set about $4,000 military colonists in Cuba as
the best check on all sutonomist or secession
attempts OF the creolcs. Chinese or coole i'm
migration will also be actively encouraged in
Cuba under the treaty made between Spain
and China for that purpose.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06

THERE are upon the island of Jersey $4,000
head of cattle, which is about 2, 400 head to
every square mile. This is after deducting the
land occupied by buildings, gardens, roads,
etc. Perhaps there is not another tract of land
OF the same dimensions in the world which
sustains so large number of cattle. jersey
has exported for the last eighteen years an an
mlal average of 2,049 head. Her ability to do
this Is owing TO the high cultivation of various
kinds of grass and roots. Among the latter
the parsnip is considered the most valuable
and the islanders consider that the color of
their butter is due in a great measure TO the
feeding of the rarsnip. They do not contine
Its use to the winter season, bat feed it alike
the year round.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06

TOBACCO was first carried from Virgin
is to England In 1853.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06

the west co JOIN the party.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02
Vital Statistics.

IL is shown by the reports Of Health
Boards, and other authorized Bodies, that
diseases Of the Kidneys and Bladder are
largely on the increase; a sad fact, due per-
haps, to the foolish habit of drinking lager
beer and other liquors, without Knowing
what they are made OF. Is there remedy?
Decidedly. yes. First. stop drinking; sec
ono, use Hunts Kernedy-a potent and un-
failing specific for kidney, bladder, liver
and urinary complaints. Hunts Remedy,
the great Kidney and Liver Medicine, is in
dorsed 10y eminent physicians.
sold by all druggists. Trial size, seventy
five cents
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02

DIR. Edwins introduced In The House yes
terday bill compelling the registration OF
mortgages In the Auditors Office for taxa
ton. The bill, - says the Doctor will catch
ovfr a half million dollars for taxation
above what II now taxed In this County.
Dr. Edwins Is after some large mortgage
holders In his own County. Dr. Elwins l.
authority for the ststement that there Is a
gentleman living in Henry County, who u a
great money lender, that holds mortgages
on Madison County fnrRs- 10 the amount az
so, 0o6 and has never paid n cent Of sssss
on any Of the mortgages.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02
Oueru,s Cod Liver ON Jolly

Approved by the Academy of Medicine OF New
York for coughs, colds, bronchial and tubercular
consumption, scrofula and general debility. The
most mild bland and nutritious form in which
Cod Liver Oil can be used, and with more benefit
secured to the patient by a single teaspoonful of
this Jelly than by double the quantity of the
liquid oil, and the most delicate stomach will not
reject it For sale by all druggists, and h. n
TRUCK, Platt street, New York.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02
See To IL Now.

Trining with n cough Is self-murder. I'M
mediate relief will follow the use OF -Hale's
Homer of Horehound and Tar" Con
sumption, bronchitis and pneumonia are
impossible IL il Is taken In time Nothing
ever VFsrcribed by the faculty will compare
with Il a. a remedy for coughs, colds and
hoarseneSs. Sold by druggists.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one
minute
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02
Fees of DsrtoFs.

Post
The fee OF doctors II an item that very
many persons are interested in Just at
present. We believe the schedule for visits
Is 81. which would tax nosn confined 10
his bed for = year, and I'm need OF daily
visit, over Sl,OOOa year for medical attend
ance aloncl And one single bottle of Hop
Bitters taken in time would save the 81 900
and all the years sickness
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02
You Never Heard aDentist

say that SOzodont was not a good article TO pre-
serve the teeth and gums. This fact is not TO be
controvcrted. What gives It such prominence as
a curative wash? 1t is compounded after years
of scientific plodding, of materials calculated to
harden the gums. remove the septic acid, and
avoid putrefaction.
So all ladies say Of Spalding's Glue. They use
il TO make lovers stick.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02
A CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and in
discretions of youth, nervous weakness, early de-
cay loss of manhood etc, viii send recipe that
win cure you, free Of charge. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in South America.
Send self-addresse6 envelope TO REV. JOSEPH T.
lNMAE, Station d, New York City. noy10
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02

Write to Mrs. Lydia T., Pinkham, 30
Western avenue, Lynn, Mass, for names Of
ladies that have been restored to perfect
health by the use OF her Vegetable Com
pound. Ii Is positive cure for the most
stubborn cases of female weakness.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02

charlie. he Instituted Qserics with rsfcso,>e "a
him, aud the result Of ihe.- inyestigauons blows
rorn Indians Ia 1874. B0uu will convey the chfid
% the home ~ his supposed f~gents In Philadst
uhln
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02

DIR. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer is the
marvel of the age for all Nerve Diseases
All fits stopped free Send to 98t Arch
straet, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Who Are Better on by Having Bough
Prudently?


Among the drawers OF tenths OF the first capital
prize 81 slo0.0ao were Mr.. Joseph stiekel of $50
Grand street. :williamsburgh, y. ", Messrs ,. II.
Wilder and y. r. Boetz, Fort Wayne, Ind, and
Mrs. =. G. NeCaslin, G. Fourth street, Chelsea,
Mass.
Among the tenths OF the second capital prize OF
$4,000 were Benj. T. q. Clark OF Brighton, Iiy.
ingston County, Michigan; r. +. Phillips G22
Chestnut street Philadelphia, Pa, ana A. ".
Chardayoync. Courtland, Ala.
Among the large prizes Others sent TO
w. $. Rogers, Democrat Office, Little Rock, Ark;
]. l.. Lockwood, i,2i2 Eighth street. y. w., Wash.
ington. ID. G.; A. II. Kassing, I.iiI Second ave.
nue., New York City; Ferdinand Major. Tunis-
burg La; James McDougal, Wilmington. n. &. !;
J. J. King. New York City.
The names aud addresses are not all given. as
the Louisiana Stale Lottery Company only gives
publicity when the consent Il given. For
further information anyone can write 10 VI. A.
Dauphin, $40 Broadway. New York City, y. Y. OF
to same person M New Orleans, Ia.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02
4 POSITIVE CURE
MANHOOD RESTORED

debility premstnre decsy. etc. having tried I'm
vain every known remedy. has discovered n sim
plemeans OF selieure, which he win send free 70
his fellow-suffeTers. Address J. II. REEVES, -
Chatham street. New York.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02
Forty Years Experience of an ola Nurs

MRs. WISsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP is the pre-
scripton of one of the best female physicians and
nurses in the United States, and has been used
for forty years With neyer-failing success by
millions of mothers for their children II relieves
the child from pain cures dysentery and diarrhea.
gripping in the bowels and wind collie. BY giving
health 10 the child. IL rests the mother. Price,
twenty -fivecents a bottle.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02

G7O week Twelve dollars day at home
YES Rt easi Aupnss os' Ha, oeth' iree Al
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02

0ce . week in your own town. Terms and S.
VuU outfit free. Address II. HALLETT & CO..
Portland. Maine
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02

boWaIu b1oke down early an uie uayr anu re
tired Hughes wins IS, 200 and 81 900 extra for
beating Rowells records Albert, 81, 4nas Vint,
81 200; Krohne, $500; Howard, $500.
Further particulars are 10 hand as to The finding
of the supposed Charlie Ross. Mr.. McCallum,
the gentleman who is reported as having found
him, states that while attending circus in ST..
Thomas, couple of years since, ne saw the wax
figure representation of Charlie Ross He after
ward noticed the striking resemblance between
Ii and lad who was stopping at John Bour's, on
the Twenty-frst Concession OF AldborouQh near
Eagles. Convinced that this lad. who appeared
! to 10 about eleven years OF age, was the lost
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02

vcloes "a with the bills he approved. lie was
gifted with plain comu0n-fcnse. liked his
Simplicity, aud hope the young men OF Indiana
may pattern after him IN his straightforward
course, his habits Of economy, his regard for
truth his fair dealing with all, and his sympathy
with and Identity with the people as he under
stood their Interests.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02

There was quite large assembly OF Wis
itors TO the floor aud galleries, with the ex-
ception OF the ladies' gallery. The addresses
were listened 10 with marked attention
throughout, and were as follows;
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-02

Senator Woollen said: desire TO add my hum
bic testimony 20 the great worth Of our deceased
Governor. That he was honest and discharged
faithfully every Official duty imposed upon him,
IL denied by none That he WAS moral and up
right before God and man is conceded by all.
That his educational advantages were limited,
and that many of the accomplishments of the
world were unknown TO him, Is admitted by
every one. If his views of State policy
were narrow and contracted by reason of his
limited education and humble surroundings, IL is
true that those narrow views IL such indeed they
were. tended to promote economy and retrench-
ment I'm the State S expenditures and to conserve
the interests of the people of the State. There
fore as cirzen of this State, I thankful that
such a man once lived and governed Indiana. IL
ever the institutions of this country shall be
overthrown: II ever the people shall lose part
of the liberty they now so hap
PLY enjoy (which God ferbid). IL win not be be-
cause capable. honest men. though OF limited
education. have held positions Of trust aud power
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-14
The 99aiIy argus.
ROCK ISLAND. .......rELINo1
New Years Calls ir: New York,

The Nation announces the dictinct de-
cline in New York, and one may say the
extinction Of the visiting custom of New
Years Day, in what is called good
society" The Nation says: Most
ladies now close their doors altogether;
some are at home to gentlemen to whom
they send cards. Ia fact. the thing has
been pronounced vulgar. and will in another
year have got down wholly among the
boys. Various agencies have contributed
to this result. The city has grown to large
to make many visits possible. and the cir
Gle OF most ladies, acquaintance ia too large
to make receiving agreeable. Then the
custom had begun TO have very course
associations; every kitchen had it's visitors
who staggered from basement to basement
in grotesque imitation of the doings ia the
parlor, and the boys and the politicians
seized on it as an occasion foi drowning
their sorrows or celebrating their victories
in sweet campaigns and new whisky. In
fact, the old Dutch simplicity and domes-
ITCHY had departed from it with remarka-
BILE com pleteness, aud it is we'll that it's
should be at last formal
ly recognized"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-14
FngEDRECSSESAsL
BIr.rI-ER|IA1ER
The ONLY Pure and Reliable.

Owes It's great reputation to the happy proportions
of its ingredients. which have constituted it
approachable and indispensable remedy for
Constipation, Indigestion, distractions, Piles,
Chronic Disorders of the Stomach, Liver and
Bowels Gout, Plethora, Rnsh of Blood to
the lead, Hypocondria. Melancholy,
LGssitude. Impurities Of the Blood
AMI Skin, Eruptions and
Blotches.
1t improves the appetite, keeps the head clear.
the blood cool: but never debilitates.
Its efficiency be proven by the testimony of
hundreds of tn" beet physicians, including the
most emient ones of this day.
For want of space we here give the certificates
of Sir HENRY THOMPSON aid PROF. Won LIEBIG:
las occasional aperient and corrector of d.
gestion. L know nothing equal to FRIEDRIcHsHALL.
1t leaves the patient. rule, less copstipated af
ter disseminating than he was before, and may be
taken habitually without lowering the system."
SIR HENRY THOMPSON.
The testimony Of Baron Won Liebig places the
Bitter Water of Fredrichshsll among the eff
carious in Europe, and whose great value must be
recognized by all who have experienced its salu-
tarY and beneficial effects
DOsE-0ne two glasses full before
breakfast. For sale by G7ocers and Druggists.
The trade supplied by the Sole Agents.
BOUCHE Fills 81 90.
81 Beaver Street. NEW YORK.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-14
Russia sALYE
LiIIv White, for the Complexion

Rendering it smooth and snowy white. Price, &c
cents per box
ITALIAN INDICATED SoAP.-Cures Salt RheuTn
Ervsipelas, Ring Worms Flesh Worms. Chafed
and Chapped face and hands. and COED shaving
compound. Price. % Cts per cake.
PoUDRE SUBTLE, er DEPILAToRy PowDER.-Re-
moves hair from low foreheads, upper lips. arms
and hands, &C. instantaneousy. single applica-
ton. and positively without injury to the skim
Price, 81 per bottle.
LIQUID VEGETABLE RoUaE.-Imparts delicate
roseate tfnge TO the complexion so closely 1inta-
ting nature to defy detection. and immovabie by
rubbing with cloth or handkerchief. 50cts bottle
NINE. nj. b. T. GoUEAuD,
Sole Proprietor, As Bond St. New York.
Sold by Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-14
Free of Cost.

DR., Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, Asthma.
Bronchitis, etc, is given away in trial
bottles free Of cost to the afflicted. If
you have a severe cough, cold. Difficult
ty in breathing. hoarseness or any affec-
ton of the throat or lungs by all means
give this wonderful remedy trial.
As you value yonr existence you cam
not afford to let this opportunity pass.
We could not afford, and would not
give this remedy away unless we
knew it would accomplish what we
claim for it. Thousands of hopeless
cases have already been completely
cured by it. There is no medicine in
the world that will cure one-half the
cases that DR.. Kings New Discovery
will cure. For sale by c. Speidel.