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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
Minor MiShaps.

Annie Martyle, young miss, of Racine, died
from the effects of skipping rope over one
hundred times consecutively.
Andrew Jackson was fatally Frustrated at
Cleveland, on the 18th, by the suns heat. Six
deaths are reported in New York city from the
same cause.
While cleaning a vault at Cincinnati O., on
the 18th, Benjamin Althotf was suffocated by
foul air
An explosion of sulphur in the Palmer Vein
colliery, at Pottsville, Pa, John 0. Horn and
Daniel Dougherty, miners, were killed.
Beware of soda water. Jas. r. Turner, q
druggist of Nashville, Tenn, was killed by the
explosion of fountain which he was charging,
on the 18th.
A Swede died from sunstroke at Cleveland, on
the 18th inst. He had only been i'll this country
ten days.
A magazine containing explosives on Iron
Hill, near Leadville, Col, took fire on the 18th
inst, and terrific explosion occurred. Three
men we're badly injured and others slightly.
Buildings i'll Leadvile received thorough shak-
ing up.
Two children of Frank Levevre, of East
Rochester, Mimi, aged and 5years respective
ly, were drowned in a mill race on the 18th inst.
Four negro laborers on the Alabama and
Great Southern road were covered by land
slide and killed.
On the morning of the 10th inst, two men
named Browscombe and Spindler, while repair
ing an old well at hlncardlne, Ont, were as
phyxiated by foul air.
An unknown man was run over by the cars
and killed near Erie, Pa, on the 10th inst. In
his pocket was handkerchief marked g Fred.
B. Dodge"
Lizzie Yelton, 3-year old child became
entangled in a swing at her home in Lincoln,
ILL.,, on the 9th inst. and was strangulated.
The first case of sunstroke for 1881 occurred
at Erie, Pa, on the 9th inst, when Mrs. Culhare
received fatal injuries.
Mr.. John Hopkins, an old and respected bust
ness man of Chicago, was suffocated by illu-
mlnating gas. He was found dead in his. bed
room on the morning of the 9th.
Mrs. Emeline Gould, a widow of Eaton Rap
ids, Mich, living alone, was recently found in
her bed after having been dead week.
vehicle containing three persons was de
molished by railway train at a Bordentown,
n. j., railway crossing, on the 4th inst. AL
three We're killed.
James Delaney. a veteran of the Soldiers
Home at Milwaukee, Wis, was run over and
killed by the cars near the Home, on the night
of the 7th inst
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
Suicidal.

]. R. Gaintreaux, an ex-confederate officer,
who was jailed at Toronto for stealing money,
cut his throat IN his cell on the night of the 18th
inst.
An inmate of the Elmira, n. Y, reform
school, shot himself at the police station rather
than return to the reformatory.
Maj Or Edwin A. Kendall suicided at Hot
Springs, Ark, on the 18th inst, by taking
morphine. The major was SIS years of age and
formerly resided in Milwaukee, Wis. He was a
martyr to rheumatism.
Arch N. Devoe, formerly private secretary to
Governor Robinson, of New York, killed himself
at st. Joseph, Mo-, with morphine.
Louisville moulder named Jacob Smith
drowned himself in a drunken frenzy on the
18th inst.
Edward Frill, a wealthy resident of West
Reading, Pa, scattered his brains over the floor
on the 9Th inst, by rigging up shotgun on a
door-frame, pulling the weapon toward him and
letting spike strike the trigger.
Karl Mink, of Mansfield, o., hung himself to
a fence with his handkerchief at Pittsburg, Pa,
on the 9th inst
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21

On the night of the 9th inst. party of four
men approached the dwelling of VIM. Knox, sit
mated five miles south Of New Madrid, Mo-, With
the intention of killing Knox and a half sister
against whom they possessed an old grudge. A
man named Coleman, who was walking the
floor of the house with a child III his arms, was
mistaken for Knox and fired upon, both he and
the child receiving wounds a sheriff and
posse started after the villains and overlook
them In the woods, from which they poured a
volley into the pursuing party, killing Robert
Lafargo. The sheriff. force were compelled to
retire, when the renegades rihed Lafargo's
body and fled. In the evening Pat Rhodes, one
of the miscreants who had received wound in
the scrimmage, went in and gave himself up,
whereupon party of vigilantes promptly hung
him. Hundreds of men are securing the coun-
try for the others, and if captured their bodies
will decorate trees in short order.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
The Yorktown Celebration.

The centennial commission have purchased n
tract of 500 acres for the site of the Yorktown
memorial shaft. The selection of the ground is
said to be excellent. and the particular spot on
which the shaft will be erected commands a
view of the river for several miles. and other
parts of the ground will afford ample accommo-
dation for encampments. A committee is now
devising WAYS and means for landing the
nations guests and others who come by water
who are to participate in the celebration. The
cornerstone of the monument will be laid on
the 18th of October by the Masons of Virginia.
Gov. Halliday will deliver The inaugural address
the same day, and the president will make the
speech of acceptance on the part of the nation
on the following day. The house in which
CORVALLIS signed the capitulatlon viii be fitted
up for the headquarters of the president. Every
thing points to this celebration being a complete
success.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
BENJAMIN Disraeli Under Attack.

From the London Lancet.
When the onslaught waxed furious,
he would, as though with all-engrossin 6
intent, fix his gaze at the toes of his
boots, moving them slowly so as to
bring all points under observation. II
the taunts or reproaches hurled at him
were of SO grievous nature as to make
any other man furious, he would
straigthen himself and brush some
particle of dust from the front of his but
toned frockcoat or from the sleeve of his
left arm. Then he would examine his
nails, and as a climax, when few states
men SO assailed could avoid some token
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
Bank rIIpfsy.

". J. Roseby, IRON master and coal merchant,
Lincoln, England has failed, with liabilities
estimated at -e100,000
Arbinth & Co., insurance oil and seed brokers,
and Theodore Il Rawlins, tea merchants, of
London Eng, have suspended.
b. III. Schroeder Il Co., an Amsterdam firm,
failed on the 9th inst, and on the following day
the London house of 4. and B. Schroeder sue
cumbed III sympathy. The liabilities of the for
mer house are estimated at el00, 900 and of the
London concern e500. 900
The roling-min at Atlanta, Ga, has been
forced to suspend by the failure of the Citizens
bank. It's operatives, four hundred and fifty
in number, have attached all the material and
machinery to pay their wages for April.
A Cincinnati carriage manufacturer, G. L.
Simmons. made an assignment on the 18th inst,
with liabilities estimated at $4,000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
Nominations and Combinations.

On the 18th inst. the senate confirmed STAN
lev Matthews as associate justice of the Su-
preme Court by vote of % to II. Several
senators were absent.
The senate confirmed the following appoint
ments on the 18th: VI. J. Kramer, of Kentucky,
now charge d'afTairs at Denmark. to be charge
d'affairs to Switzerland, vice Nicholas Fish,
resigned: Geo. p. Pomerov of New Jersey, to
be secretary of the LATED States legation at
Paris; Thomas A. NJ Morris of Colorado. to be
member of the Ute commission, vice John Is;
Bowman, resigned: Geo. w. Atkinson. United
States marshal of West Virginia; John d.
Stickney United States attorney for the north
ern district of Florida.
The following nominations were confirmed by
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
Turkeys Ey0Eshses.

On account of heavy taxation and other
abuses by the authorities, the Christian popula-
ton of Koritreba, Macedonia, have revOlted
against the Turks. Some fighting has taken
place and number Of people killed
The Austrian consul at Kieff reports that the
warehouses Of Jewish merchants at that place
and at the other points in southern Russia have
been prey to piage recently. The loss by the
loss by the Elizabethgrad riots on officially
stated at 100000 roubes.
Atelegram from Kieff Russia, dated the 18th
states that the Jewish quarter of the city was
burned. and that crowds of Jewish refugees are
crossing the Austrian frontier. The damage
by the fire amounted to $4,000, 600 roubles.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
ST. LOUIS.
TOLED
Women Never Tbipk.,s

If the Grabbed old bachelor who uttered this
sentiment could but witness the intense
thought, deep study and thorough investiga-
ton of women in determining the best medi-
cines to keep their families well, and would
note their sagacity and wisdom III selecting
Hop Bitters as the best, and demonstrating it
by keeping their families in perpetual health.
al a mere nominal expense, he would be forced
to acknowledge that such sentiments are base
less and false-Picd4g1e
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
MN. Pann3s HSemasnS

The Pennsylvania state senate has passed a
resolution which provides for the transfer of
the remains of william Penn from their present
resting place III Buckinghamshire, England to
Philadelphia. The resolution also provides for
securing the cooperation of Peter Penn Gas
kill, of Cork Ireland, and William Stewart of
England, the epresentatives-at-law of the
ilustrious founder of Philadelphia; also, the
cooperation of President Garfield should such
cooperation be deemed necessary.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
EsHrCIarioUS.

An organized band of burglars and safe blow
ers has been operating through Arkansas the
past six months Safes at Princeton. Danville.
GAINESVILLE, Benton and Toledo have been
cracked at different times. Several parties are
under arrest, charged with being implicated in
the robberies.
On the night of the 9TH inst. the safe in Frank
Mays brewery, town of Cascade, Iowa, was
open and 50, 900 extracted therefrom.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
A kSObber Detected.

A book-keeper Of the Lafayette (Ky.,) Ma
tional bank, named Henry White, has been ar
rested for the theft of box containing S14,-
00C worth of bonds which were missed about a
month ago. Prof. White, father of the young
man, was for a long time president of the col
leGe of arts of Kentucky university The
young man has hitherto stood above reproach.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
COmmendabIe Economy.

thus far Postmaster General James has cut
off sufficient useless star route service to save
the government 1896, 600 per annum, and other
routes will be discontinued as their contracts
expire. This has been done without affecting
bhe efficiency of the service.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
Escaped From Jail.

fifty-three prisoners escaped from Jail in the
Caucasus on the 18th. They were pursued by
officers who killed seventeen of the fugitives
and re-captured three. The Others made good
their escape.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
HALLWAY MisI,auS.

Twelve cars were demolished by being de
rallied on the Cincinnati Southern railroad, on
the 9th inst.
Some miscreant fired a bridge on the Green
Bay and Minnesota railroad, between Elm lake
and Dexteryille. Wis. freight train coming
along shortly afterwards, crashed through the
weakened structure. The entire train went
down and all the cars were consumed by fire.
Loss heavy. The engineer was dangerously
hurt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
kkOyal NUDtiaES.

The marriage of Crown Prince Rudolph of
Austria with Princess Stephanie of Belgium,
was most lmposingly solemnized at the church
of st. Augustine, Vienna, on the 10th inst At
the moment the rings were exchanged peals
broke forth from the bells of the city and salyos
of artillery were fired.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
Published March 81, 1881
CHAPTRR 90

AN ACT to amend section one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-two Of chapter eighty-seven Of the
revised statutes, relating to corporations.
The people Of the state of Wisconsin, representedi In
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
section /. Section thousand eight hundred
and sixytwo of chapter eightyseven OF the revised
statutes il hereby amended to read 90 follows:
Section l, &c., Corporations for constructing, NAM
tanng and operating street railways may be formed
under chapter cighty-sx and shall have powers and
be governed accordingly. Any municipal corpora
ton or county may granite any Fuch corporation I'M
der whatever law formed, or to any person who has
the right to construct maintain and operate street
railways such and upon such terms as the proper
authorities shall determine, Of any streets or bridges
within its mts for the purpose of laying single or
double tracks and running thereon for the car
mage OF freight aud passengers, ~ be propelled by
animals or such other power shall be agreed on,
with all the necessary curves urnouts, switches and
other conveniencee. Every such road shall be con-
s:ructd upon tie moetpproyed plan for SUCH roads,
and shall be subject to such reasonable rules and
regulations, and the payment of such license fees, "a
the proper municipal authorities may by ordinance
from time to time prescribe. All such grants hereto
fore made shall not be deemed invalid by reason OF
any want of power in such municipal corporation to
grant any such railway corporation or such per-
son to take the same but to such respects are here
by confirmed.
Section q This act sh III take effect and be il fores
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March IS. 1881.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21

the senate on the 10th: James Longstreet,
United States marshal for Georgia: Absalom
Bhthe, United States marshal for South Caro-
lima; Samuel W. Wilton, United States attorney
for South Carolina, P. H. Emerson, associate
justice of the Supreme Court of Utah.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
StOneNValI Jackson.

The ceremony of unwilling a statue of Stone
wall Jackson occurred IN Metairie cemetery.
New Orleans, on the 10th inst, in the presence
of vast assembage, among whom were the
widow and daughter of the ilIustrous soldier.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee delivered the address.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
Marine Disasters.

The schooner Trinidad, owned by the Shaw
Bros, of Chicago, ILL.,, foundered off Annapee,
Wis, on the 18th. The vessel and cargo were
valued at $16,500 The crew escaped in small
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
For the Arctic Sea,

The schooner VIM. Barrents sailed from Am
sterdam on the 9TH inst, on her fourth voyage
for arctic exploration. 1t is expected that she
will return before winter
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
kHOrribEPa

Letters from Algeria state that the French
Sahara expedition, driven into cave, became
SO reduced in provisions that they devoured fif-
teen of their number
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
TH0S. BAR00N, Editor and Publisher.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A KIciOHS Chr,

Eleven persons were bitten by a mad dog at
Halifax, N s., on the 7th inst, and it is feared
most of them will die.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-21
Published April 9, 1881

AN ACT to provide for conferri1g autbort.
the governor to fill vacancies and mako ~, upon
ments to Office in certain cases. Plont
The people of the state of Wisconsin, repres0,.
senate and assembly, do enact as follows. u"a n
Section l. Whenever the governor shall in a.
be authorized by any law of this state to NAL S
appointments to Office by and with the vat Ely
consent of the senate and the Legislature SHAH a9d
in session at the time when such Office or llS os
should be filed the appointments therrto r ly "a
to governor may and shall have authority N
offices and make all appointments thereto spbi
the approval of the senate at the next surcas %
session of the Legislature, and all such
shall be as valid and effectual from the time & s
the same may be made until twenty days afts s.sl
meeting of the legislature at its next succeadi us
sion as if the governor possessed the absolute - '
of appointment; and in case of vacancy in wei
Office before the expiration of the term Of scb cl
the governor may fill the same for tbs residue os ~
term only. w
Section 2. This act shall take effect and be IN g.,
from and after its passage and publication
Approved April 2, 1881.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-08-11
In the Colorado Desert

Letter 10 tbs Cincinnati Commercial.
There is much to see in the COlOra-
do desert. The numerous varieties of
cactus, with their gorgeous red and
yellow "roses;" the yucca or Spanish
bayonet, with its tall flower stalk, and
the mesquite and palo-verde trees
unique in their appearance. The
changes in their appearance are very
sudden and noticeable, and from thick
and great variety of growth it soon
dwindles down to occasional stunted
bushes and grass tufts, which form the
nucleus around which large and small
mounds of sand accumulate. These
finally disappear, and we strike sea
level, and we enter on an eXpanse OF
alkali flats, sun baked and crusted ovel
with mud formed during the last rain
fall, which may have been months ago
For fifty miles or more we run along
below sea-level IA fact perhaps un.
known TO many who pass over the
road), on what must have been once
the bed of an inland sea or gulf, fol
we see many, in fact, myriads of bleach.
ing sea shells, more particularly just
about at sea level, where the waves
formerly must have washed them ur
along the shores. AT Dos Palmas we
are 260 feet below sea level, the lowest
point on the railroad. of to the left
at this point we can see outlined
against the foot hills a dark belt OF
vegetation, standing out in bold relief
against the barren sand hills. AL
though indistinguishable to the naked
eye, closer inspection would reveal the
fact that they are palm trees, some Of
them forty TO fifty feet in height
They are of the fan-leaf variety, ant
this is the only place besides Florid'
where they grow indigenous to thu
United States. Near the Colorado
River the country gives evidences, il
shape of deep gullies and immense ex
cavations in the fat surface, of thu
frequency of those strange and terrible
natural phenomena, cloud bursts. The,
are equally us troublesome to the rail
road people as the snow blockades arr
on the Central Pacific. il not so fro
quent or regular
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-08-11

The Germans and the English esteem
the goose about as highly as the tur-
key. But in France the former is look
ed upor as a vulgar bird, unfit to set
before epicures. An English journal,
writing of the change of taste with re-
spect to eating birds, says: To-day we
never see a poulterer's shop adorned
with rows of peacocks, and should one
of these beautiful birds appear upon
the table at some grand public or pri-
vate dinner, none of the guests would
90 into ecstasies over the dish, as if its
delicacy was a fact universally known.
But in Rome, no banquet was complete
without the presence Of q peacock
Among the other large birds the cranes,
the swans and even the ostrich wore
held in high esteem. Geese are very
highly priced, and they were eaten, not
with sauce but stuffed with small green
apples. The duck and teal were served
with the juice of the orange and moi
that of the lemon; and they were pre-
ferred to the heathcock and woodcock
As for larks and thrushes, they werC
usually eaten at the end of a meal
with the idea that it would prove 9
sovereign remedy against affections Of
the bowels. But the bird most in es
TEEN with the subjects of the Cesar
was the common thrush. These birds
were raised and fattened in large es
Establishments near Rome and brought
very high price. The artificial rearing
of these birds, which are excellent fol
the table, would prove an easy matter
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-08-11

and rooted out, even if it takes pater-
nal government to do it. II may be
possible in an absolute government for
wealth, refinement and learning to eX-
ist side by side with poverty, brutality
and ignorance, but in Republic never ;
one or the other must yield. Justice
and equality must reign or the Repub-
lie will die. The presage of this is,
gentlemen, that the wrongs to the peo-
pie, under existing political parties and
methods are endangering the Republic,
that instigates the movement through
out our land toward a new order OF
things. 1t is this feeling that has
found expression feeble and weak
though it is, in placing me before you.
AS essence of a weak Republic, is that
all however weak or low, or Ignorant
or oppressed, shall have full, fail and
considerate hearing, and just and
Quitable adjustment of their wrongs
if any exist, and as the essence of a
citizen consists in obedience to the call
Of his fellow men, when consistent
with law and order, ! should be false
to myself, my neighbor, my country,
and my God, if ] did not accept the
nomination which has beeh rendered
to me.
can take no part in the canvass and
ask no mans money, influence or even
vote, to elect me, and / expect the day
of deliverance from the old party rule,
is still far off, but to whomsOever it is
pleasing to enter his protest against the
lash of party-the rule of rings-the
greed of spoils-and the lust of power,
the ticket, in this state, of which am
the honored, but unworthy head, offers
the opportunity.
EDWARD p. ALLIs.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-08-11
In Rural Church-Yards

The custom was in former days to
bury the dead with their heads toward
the west. Perhaps the practice grew
out of the idea that the Lord will come
in the east, and the bodies of the saints
will rise at the resurrection to see him
in the air. In long-ago letter from
Easthampton, L. l., L told you Of the
remarkable request made by Rev.
Thomas james, the first pastor of that
church, who died nearly 200 years ago.
His dying desire was complied with,
that he might be buried with his head
to the east, and his feet to the west,
that he might be laid on the eastern
border of the graveyard. The reason
that he gave for his request was his
wish to meet his people face to face in
the morning of the resurrection. 1t is
not probable that Mr.. James supposed
that such a meeting would literally oc-
cur; for if his mind had been filled
with that belief, he would have more
probably preferred to look upon the
king at his coming. But he desired ID
make an impression on the people, tC
whom he had ministered nearly fifty
years, that they would meet him again
with the responsibilities Of an improved
or neglected gospel resting upon them