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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25
Oil Reojo1 TerrOrs

The return of the season of thunder,
storms always brings with it feeling OF
great uneasiness in the oil regions. Scat
tered about the petroleum producing
field there are probably /, ZOO iron tanks,
in each one of which are stored from
1000 to 10000 barrels of crude oil.
Most of them are situated in the midst
of populous towns and cities. 1t is not
in the fact that the tanks are made of
iron that the danger of lightning strokes
arises. Evaporation of oil contained in
them produces a vapor that arises and
hovers above them, and becomes a per-
petual attraction to the electric fluid.
The protection of tanks against lightning
is a problem that scientific men have
been for years laboring to solve. A for
tune awaits the man who shall devise a
plan to prevent or lessen the damage
that is annually caused by lightning in
the oil regions. The United Pipe Line
Company, which owns nearly all the
iron tanks in the oil country, is attaching
to number of its tanks an appliance by
which chemical action may be instantly
brought to bear on the cloud of smoke
which forms between the surface of the
ell and the roof of tank when it is set
on fire. This, it is claimed, will render
the presence of flame impossible, and
will lessen the number of oil fires. No
demonstration of the value of the extin-
guisher has been made, but if its action
is satisfactory, it will be God-send to
the oil country.
Last season, during the great oil fire
at Iltusvllle, when tank after tank was
belching itsvolumes of fame, a spectator
suggested that by firing q cannon ball
through the bottom, before the oil boiled
over the top, the oil might be drawn out
and the spread of the confagration stop
ped. A piece of ordnance was at once
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IvnOFtuary.

Geo. Bruce, prominent and wealthy citizen oil
Adrian, Mich, died on the 18th inst. aged 10
VIM f. Goodyear who rode from the Allan
tic to the Pacific in 1852, passed away at New
Haven, Conn, on the 18th inst. aged So
Geo. d. Ramsey, a well-known commission
man, died at Chicago, on the nth inst, aged
90 years.
Sir Joseph Mason, well known in connection
with the manufacture of steel pens. is dead.
Prof. Geo. Rolleston, NJ. D.. and A. r. s., OF
Oxford University, has joined the silent ma
iority.
Joseph E. Smith. prominent lawyer and
politician of Chicago. died on the 10th. Mr..
Smith was James G. Blaine's first opponent for
congress in Maine in 1868.
VIM. Boucicault. brother of Dion. the dra-
matlst, died suddenly i'll a railway carriage al
London, Eng, on the 18th.
Capt G. b. Phillips. United States engineer
IN charge of harbor and river improvements at
Norfolk, Va. died on the 18th inst.
Right Rev. James Danell Regain. Catholic
bishop of Southwark, Eng, is dead.
DIR. q. Hotdt who died in Cincinnati was for
some years at the head Of the famous insane
asylum at Riga, Russia, receiving the decora-
ton of the order of ST. Stanislaus.
Geo. Armour. of the Chicago firm of Armour,
Dole Il Co., died at Brighton, Eng, on the 18th
inst, aged 90 years.
z. NJ. Hewitt, OF Poughkeepsie, n. Y. a
manager of Adams Express company for
twenty-five years, Is dead.
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Minor MishapS.

Joseph Webb and John Harris, painters,
were fatally injured at Buffalo, N. Y, on the
18th, by fall from scaffold.
Eight cases of drowning occurred at Cincin-
natl, o., on the 18th inst. Six of them hap
pened at one time in the western part of the
city, by the capsiziug of boat load of work
men at a coal yard. Geo. Kickoff and Felix
Divine, boys, were drowned while bathing.
boat containing five young men was carried
over the dam in the Iowa river at Marshall
town on the 18th, and two of the number
drowned. Their names are Sam. S. Jones and
Den. Kribs.
Charles Davis, brakeman, caught his foot
IN frog at Cincinnati, o., on the 10th inst,
and was crushed by a train.
John Middleton and wife fell out of a boat at
Rogers Mill, Barlow county, Ga, on the 18th
inst, and both were drowned
Charles Parks, of Berryvile, Mich, died at
Jackson, on the 18th inst, from the effects of a
an overdose of morphine which he used as
medicine.
Jacob Boiert, New York brewer, was killed
by the explosion of hogshead of lager ON the
14th inst. -.- ~
flock of 160 blooded sheep were killed by
lightning on the farm of Colonel D. A. Alkert,
III Nodaway county, Missouri.
Three persons we're killed by falling timbers
while removing the old courthouse at Lafayette,
Ind.
Robert and Lowell Parago were drowned at
New Orleans on the 18th inst.
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burned on the 10th. Damage estimated at

burned on the 10th. Damage estimated at
$4,000. Insurance, $50, 900.
A. p. Johnson's extensive furniture factory
Chicago, vanished in smoke on the 10th inst,
causing loss of $4,000. Insurance, ST., 900.
Several people were injured during the progress
of the fire.
A fire broke out on the 18th inst, III O ware
house on Farman street. Brooklyn, and before
1t was extinguished completely Quilted two of
the structures with their contents, consisting of
merchandise. The loss is estimated at IL ,O0O,-
600. One workman was burned to death and
another was fatally injured by jumping from
window.
Thirty-six laborers houses two saw mills and
considerable quantity of lumber burned in
Asbestos township, Theoford, Canada on the
14th
A loss of $4,000 was incurred by the burn
ing of the residence of Hon. ]. B. Bromly, at
Castleton, Vt, on the 18th.
Smith Bros. planning mill and sash factory, a
boarding house, several small buildings and
100000 feet of lumber, was burned at Che
boygan, Mich, on the 18th. Loss $50, 600, The
fire was occasoned by spark from tug.
IaylOrs paper mill at Todmorien Canada
burned on the 18th. Loss $4,000.
Dunlap Co.'S extensive tobacco manufac-
tory at Louisville, KY, was DESTROYED by fire on
the 18th. Loss about $4,000.
fire broke out in the Excelsior stores of the
Atlantic docks, Brooklyn, on the 18th, and de-
stroyed four-story brick building with con-
tents. Loss about $4,000
A disastrous fire occurred in the business
portion of Ludington, Mich, on the 18th inst.
and IN three hours damage to the extent of
1900, 900 inflicted. About four blocks
square was burned over.
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Work of the Flames.

The gas works, stable, ice-house and laundry
Of the Beebe house, Put-in-Bay proper. were
destroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss, Sic, 600.
Swepson mills, in Alannac Falls, \. -, was
totally DESTROYED on the 18th. The works con-
tanned 1000 spindles and les LOOMS and ON
ployed 207 operators. The loss Will foot up
$500, 600. Insurance, $4,000.
Terrible forest fires are prevailing i'll New
Brunswick, and the mining colony of Little Bay
is threatened. Two large steamers were in wait
ing ready TO transport the populace if neces-
slry. a
An extensive bush fire RACES on the line of
the Quebec Central railway. IN Canada. Pa
pineaus' extensive mills have been burned
Loss, $50, 600. At Kingsley Falls fifteen houses
we're burned, also 1000 cords of wood belong
ing to the Grand Trunk road.
The White Lead works near Baltimore, Nd,
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Suicidal.

At Wilmette, near Chicago, on the 18th inst,
man supposed to be o. C. Van Dyke, jumped
off bluff 20 feet high, but escaped alive. He
then waded into the lake and drowned himself.
Mrs. j. nj. McCarty, a young widow of De-
troit, who was to be taken to the insane asylum,
escaped from her guards and drowned herself
in the river.
Hugo Won Malapert, aged %. scion of a
noble German house, jumped off the tower of
the Chicago water works on thenght of the
18th, and was instantly killed. No cause is as
signed for the deed.
Benjamin Braman, of Lancaster, o., a
wealthy stock-raiser, climbed q tree in the
woods, and swung himself off with a rope
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25
Killed by Lightning.

Mrs. Fred Dittman, residing in Milwaukee,
was Filled by lightning while performing house
hold duties on the morning of the 10th The
house was injured slightly.
Lizzie Hutchinson and Miss Cox were struck
dead by thunderbolt at Galveston. Texas, OH
the 18th inst Mr.. and Mrs. Hutchinson and
another child received a severe Shock
Andrew ID. Robson, nephew of ex-Secretary
Robson, of New Jersey, was instantly killed by
lightning at Hunnewell, Kansas, on the 18th
inst. His clothes were literally torn from his
body, his watch melted and his face and body
lacerated. Mr.. Robson leaves young wife.
Jesse Coleman and his son were killed by
lightning at Russellyille, Ark on the 10th
INST, while blowing out in field.
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Railway Accidents.

Two construction trains colIided at full speed
near Troy, Kan, on the 18th inst, owing to a
blundcr of the telegraph operator. A caboose
containing party of workmen was demolished
and two persons killed. Three others we're ser
iously hurt.
An accident occurred to a passenger train
near Reading, Pa, on the 10th inst, by which
Charles Matthew, fireman, was instantly kill
ed, and james Herburne, engineer, frightfully
injured. Some miscreant placed log on the
track and caufed the mishap.
Some boys pushed car from siding on to
the main track at Willimantic Comm yards on
the 18th and caused the wreck of a freight
train which came along soon after.
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procured and the experiment. tried. 1t
was successful. Several tanks were
drawn off in this way, and the destruction
of a great part of Titusville was pre-
vented. Now the Pipe Line Company
has large cannon ready for use at an
instant's notice, fixed in position at all
tanks where fire would ieopardize con-
tiguous property.
The experiment of placing lightning
rods above the tanks is being tried this
year. One hundred and fifty men have
been putting up rods, seventy feet above
the tanks.
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Terrific Explosions.

Just before the launch of the steamer CITY of
Rome at Barwa, Eng, on the 18th, the boiler
of donkey engine on her deck exploded, kill
ing three persons and injuring ten others,
several very seriously.
A patent watcrback in the grape sugar works
at Buffalo exploded with such force on the 14th
as to kill one man and wound several others.
The boiler of a wrecking steamer lying
alongside a wreck at Cape Henry, exploded
on the 18th inst, killing the fireman. and fatal
~ scaldng two others.
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Lost at Sea.

The schooner R. J. Hart. from St. John, N
f., for Labrador, laden with fishing supplies,
and large number OF people, was crushed by
Ice and sunk when about % miles from Cape
st. John on the 14th inst. All hands were res
cued.
The schooner Edward Lee arrived at VINEYARD
Haven, Mass. and reports that on the 14th
OF May, while IN the latitude of 17:42 longitude
as, the captain and six seamen started in a boat
from the ship to chase school of whales, since
which time nothing has been seen of them, al
though vigorous search was prosecuted. The
boat was supplied with compass and lantern.
There is faint hope that the waits were picked
up by some passing vessel. The names of the
missing ones are: Capt. C. A. Sparks John
Baker, Charles Leslie, Manual Govia, Peter
George, and Manual Fogo.
Particulars of the wreck of the steamship
Tororna on the east coast of New Zealand have
been received. The ship struck on the rocks at
point between the port of Dunedin and the
bluff. The crew and passengers hudded up
In the forward part of the boat and were gradr-
ally washed off by the sea, which became
bolsterous Immediately after the disaster.
About 100 lives were lost
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25
The Treasury Crooks.

The preliminary report of the committee in
yestgating the affairs of the treasury depart
ment has been submitted to Secretary Window.
The investigators report that they found a
regularly organized ring which had been in ex-
istence for years, and which had misappro-
prlated money and defrauded the governments
The officials and employees who were connected
Herewith will be Immediately dismissed. A
moe complete and thorough investigation will
be orderedi
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25

never reached $40 year. He says in a
letter to the postmaster general: 81
have been postmaster here for nearly
fifty years. [ am getting old and feeble,
and l wish to be relieved OF the care of
the office, and should like, as soon as
may be, my discharge. I cannot find
any one here who is disposed to take the
office for the compensation L have re-
ceived." The office has accordingly been
discontinued.
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GUESS.

see two lilies, white as snow. : e..
That mother loves and kisses So.
Dearer they are than gold or lands. ...
Guess me the liIies-baby'S hands,
know n rosebud fairer far
Than any buds of sorrow are;
Sweeter than sweet winds of the gonth,
Guess me the rosebud baby's mouH
I've found place where shines the Gun.
Yes, long, long after day is done; .-.
on, how II loves to linger there
Guess me the sunshine-baby's haiy,
Ihere are two windows where see
My own glad face peep ont at me;
Ihese windows beam hike June's own skies.
Guess me the riddle-baby'S eyes!
-ChriSfiGu at U'orE
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25

In the United States Court at Brattleboro
Vt, on the 18th inst, Silas NJ. Waite, ex-presi-
dent of the First National Bank of Brattleboro
pleaded guilty to the charge of having made
false returns to the government officers under
the national banking act, and was sentenced to
SIX years imprisonment in the house of correc-
fioD
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WariIke Indians

Trouble has broken out between the Sioux
and Crows and resulted near Woody mountain,
IN the British possessions, in which twenty
eight of the former tribe were killed. The
Crows object to the Sioux migrating further
west. Hence the difficulty
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25
AnnihiIated.

An lnsurgent tribe was annihilated by the
native Algerian forces recently. The insurgents
left sixty-six dead. but succeeded in carving
away the wounded. Five hundred camels were
captured
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25

SILAs CUTLER, of Burlington, Mass,
next to the Oldest postmaster in the
United States, has resigned. He was
appointed IN 1892, and his salary has
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Failure.

The suspension of the old Boston firm of Z.
T: Cutler d Co., iron dealers, is announced,
with liabilities of nearly 100000. They may
pay zoe on the dollar.
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rH0S. BAR00h, Editor and Publisher
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Resigned.

The letter of resignation of Commissioner of
Pensions Bentley has been sent to the president
and made public. His successor is Col. w. w.
Dudley, of Indiana
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The mother of George Eliot is 80 years
old, and resides at Hobart, Tasmania.
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or TINS cIrcuIar the greatest pubhclty.
By order of the Secretary of War:
L. C. DRUM. Adintant General.
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WHITE bonnets are worn with black
and sober toilets,
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Correspondence Solicited.
For irformation apply to any Agent of the Conr
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king" The boys have Anglicised
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don't care whether they write with
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r.~..-A. e. ron--4s,dent. In all the
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Day TOT LIaL UISIaWCG Ut IuAu'
t. 80 ~,-ar,. 1t 80 reraitU- saiaar q
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Ii is untortunatel
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EHU II not sold in your town, You 00t
can get them BY mail 81, Drop Drop lUUl

Iogue and Prices The Oldest and Wos extensive SEED
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-09-03
Total
AN ORDINANCE.

The following ordinance was Their
adopted:
Be 1t ordained, by The Police Jurl
| Of The Parish of 81. 1ammony, That
there shall be levied for the yeai
1881, a tax of mill on the dollar,
for the public school fund; further
tax of 2 mills on the dollar, levied
for expenses in. criminal matters;
and further tax of 81 mills on the
dollar levied for the general ex-
penses of the parish.
BE it further ordained. That the
Sheriff and ex-officio Tax Collector
be and he is hereby instructed to
collect, on all the taxable property
of the parish, tie corporations OF
Covington and Mande rifle included
| the | mill tax levied for the school,
fund, and the 2 mill tax levied for
expenses IL criminal matters; and
that said taxes be collected in cur
rency and paid into the hands of
the Parish Treasurer, whose duty
it shall be to keep them separate
from the general fund of the parish,
l mill to the credit of the Sheriff,
and l mill to the credit of witnesses
in criminal cases.
Be 1t further ordained, That the
Tax Collector shall receive, in pay
ment of the 81 mill tax levied for
the general expenses of the parish,
the certificates CT Grand and Petit
Jurors, and all approved bills of the
Police Jury of the current year
1881.
The following bills were issued to |
members:
NJ. Burns, 2 days and mileage
16 miles. :.............: 6 so
W. B. Rogers, 2 days and
mileage, "a miles. $500. Z 20
J. NJ. Allison, / day and mile
age, IA miles .......... 3 20
W. E. Parker, / day and
mileage, 80 miles. 49,. 4 60
P. WEIGH, day and mileage,
40 miles. ............... 5 90
G. Aubry, 2 days and mile
age, 40 miles. ........ s 90
A. Cousin, 2 days and mile
age, 60 miles ........... 8 90
III. H. Crary, l day and mile
age, 80 miles. 81 so
On motion, the Jury then ad-
burned, to meet subject to the
,all of the President.
A true copy of the minutes.
j. M. ALLISON, President.
W. G.. KENrzEL, Secretary.
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IA ~ Outfit sent free to those who wish
SD to engage in the most pleasant
II and profitable business known.
EVERYTHING new. Capital not required.
We will furnish you everything. $40 a
day and upN ar Is is easily made without
stay ing away from home over night. No
risk whatever. Many new workers want
ed Mt once. Many are making fortunes
ut the business. Ladies make as much
rs mer. and Young boys and girls make
great pay. No one who is willing to
work fails to make more poney every
lay than can he made In week at any
ordinary employment. Those who en-
gage at once will find a short road to
.ort ane. Address H. HALLErr & Co.,
Portland. Maine. de1S "
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a1n Outfit furnished free, with
full instructions for conduct
II ing the most profitable bust
ness that any one can engage in. The
business is so easy To learn, and our iu-
structions are SO simple and plain, that
any one can make great profits from the
start. No one can fail who is willing to
work. Women are as successful as men.
Boys and girls can earn large sums.
Many have made at the business over
one hundred dollars in a single week.
Nothing like it ever known before. All
who engage are surprised at the ease and
rapidity with which they are able to make
money. You can engage in this busi-
ness during your spare time at great
profit. Yon do not have to invest cap,-
tai in it. We take all the risk. Those
who need ready money should write to
us at once. All furnished free. Ad-
dress TEuE 4 Co, Augusta, Maine.
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ST. TAMMANY PARISH.
IT'S LOCATION = HEALTH :
FRODUCTS-MANUFAC-
TURING AND AGRI-
CULTURAL AID
VANTAGES.
ETC.

st. Tammany parish is located
twenty-five miles north of New Or
leans. CoyingtoL, the county site,
is ten miles further north, in the
interior, and is delightfully."- located
on the Bogue Falia.
IMMIGRANTS,
with small amount of capital and
a fair supply Of industry and perse-
verance, cannot possibly do better
than locate in our parish. The eli
mate is as fine as any in the world.
The winters are generally mild, and
snow rarely falls. Spring opens
early in February, with blossoms
on the peach and qGince trees, and
vegetation comes rapidly forward.
The beat of summer is moderate.
and the unfailing breezes of the
evening refresh man and beast after
the labors of the day.
THE SOIL
is very productive, and admirably
adapted for raising sugar cane, cot
ton, oats, corn. rice, peanuts, etc.
The vine is indigenous, and yearly !
bears large harvests of delicious
frult. Oranges. pears, peach, plums, |
ounces, figs and pecans thrive we'll. |
CATTLE AND SHEEP
Craze upon our pine lands through
out the year, and seldom are fed in
winter, thus making st. Tammanv
the sGock-growers' home. Farming
and stock lands can be purchased at
rates VARYING from 81 to So per
acre, and Government lands to
actual settlers
WATER POWER.
There is an abundance, of water
power, already improved, inviting
he attention of manufacturers. We
lavc no doubt small factory, such
IS already abound in Alabama and
Georgia, for the purpose of con-
-ertlng our cotton crop into yarn,
would prove a paying investment.
FIRE CLAY
S found in abundance. as well as
Laws suitable for pottery ware of
he very finest texture, purely white, =
nd free from sand or grit. Per-
ons having a practical knowledg.
t such business would soon realize
fortune in manufacturing and
hipping such wares to the New
'rieans market.
OF GLASS. I
Sand suitable for the manufacture ]
glass is also abundant all along !
ne banks of the Bogue Falia, above
re town of Covington. 1t has been :
ractically tested by Pittsburg :
anufacturers, and found to con-
I'm all the necessary properties to
reduce the finest glassware. L
CONVICTION,
he comfy site, contains about
ght hundred inhabitants, and is
e pest business point III the par
b, commanding much of the trade
both st. Tammany and Washing
n parishes. The mail from New
rleans arrives three times a week
n steamer New Camelia, and
ere is some talk of building
legraph line.
At present there is no mill or
anufactory of any kind in Coving-
n. Building sites for marufac- c.
ring purposes can be had on the "
ost favorable terms, and every -
cility will be offered for immi- :
ants to this parish.
To all honest and industrious i'm
l9rants who may wish to settle in
. Tammany, a hearty welcome is
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Notice to TAXPAYERS.
Tax CoLLEcToR's OFFICE,

State of Louisiana-Parish of st. Tam
many.
Tax COLLECTORS OFFICE,
Covington, La, June IL, 1881. {
The taxes assessed in the year 1881
are set forth in the tax rolls now on file
In my office, and in the mortgage office
OF this parish. They are now due, and
If not paid, will become delinquent on
the 3lst day OF December, 1881, and will
draw eight per cent. Per annum interest
from that date until sold, in accordance
with Article 2lO of the Constitution.
W. b. Cook,
Sheriff and Ey-Officio Tax Collector.