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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
Gas for BURNING Brick,

The method of burning brick by the
employment of wood for fuel is as crude
and unsatisfactory as it is primitive.
The process is very costly and slow, and
does not result III producing uniform
quality of brick. In Great Britain coal
has been generally substituted for wood
in burning brick, and the result has
been a more nearly uniform quality of
brick produced at less cost The latest
improvement consists in substituting
gas for any form of solid fuel. By the
employment of gas kiln of brick is
burned in a few hours, and the entire
contents are of uniform quality and
color. The labor required to burn a
kiln of brick by the employment of gas
for fuel is very small, as the amount of
gas used and the place where it is con-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
A RATIONAL BANKRUPT LAW

Last spring the senate committee on
Judiciary asked and obtained leave
to sit during the recess to consider
all subjects pertaining to a national
bankrupt act. To consider this sub
committee was appointed, consisting of
Senators Ingalls,, Mcmillan and Garland.
In June this subcommittee, with a view
of ascertaining the sentiments and opin-
ions of persons most interested in and
competent to judge of the merits and re-
quirements of bankruptcy law, sent
out 5000 circulars. These were direct
ed to the judges of the United States
supreme and district courts. United
States attorneys, prominent lawyers, ex-
registrars In bankruptcy, boards of trade,
chambers of commerce, cotton exchanges,
all commercial and financial journals,
and to the principal commercial firms
and banks in the leading cities of the
Union. These circulars inquired whether
in the opinion of the recipients a nation
al bankrupt law was needed, and in any
law to be enacted, as compared with the
old laws upon the subject, what, if any,
changes or suggestions should be essen
tial as regards some of the most import
ant points therein mentioned The sub
stance of the heterogeneous was as fol
lows
First-Compared with the law of 1867 should
the officers be compensated by salaries or fees
Second-Should the power of registrars be
increased or diminished
Third-Whether the amount necessary for
voluntary filing of petition should exceed $500
Fourth-Shouid composition settlements be
continued?
Fifth-Should discretionary powers of Judges
IN the matter of granting discharges be en-
larged?
General responses from all classes ad-
dressed have been received by the sub
committee. The great majority of re-
sponses favor the enactment of the bank
rupt law. There is, however, quite a
diversity of opinion on the part of many
respondents, representing both CONNER
cial interests and banks, and even some of
the boards of trade. The principal cause
of complaint seems to be concerning the
administration OF the old law, in that it was
too expensive. Its mechanism, being
too cumbrous, caused too much delay,
and too small proportion of assets re-
suited from this system and operation to
the creditors. From what can be gained
from the drift of opinion in these re-
sponses, the demand of the country
seems to be for law which is simple,
inexpensive and prompt in the distribu-
ton of the assets of bankrupt. 1t was
the intention of the committee to
hold series of meetings for the purpose
of comforting with the chambers of COM
merce in New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia, Chicago and st. Louis, and proba-
bly, two or more other prominent cities.
The committee came east fer that pur-
pose in September, but the sudden
death of President Garfield and the cere-
monies pertaining to the obsequies, to-
gether with the call for an extra session
of the senate Immediately thereafter,
prevented its contamination. Sittings
were, therefore, held in Washington
Oniv
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
The Water Famine.

The deficiency in the water-supply OF New
York City has led to a partial closing Of the
gates Of the aqueducts. In all the higher parts
of the city water cannot now be obtained above
the kitchen floor. When the gates are open
from two to four inches the whole of the 95,-
900, 900 gallons that the aqueduct can furnish
daily passes into the mains. The letting down
of the gates onehalf an inch cuts off IL 900, 900
to 100000 Of the supply. 1t is estimated that
the water now in store would not at the aver
age rate of consumption last more than seven
teen days. The great drouth which has con-
tinued at the east while the west has been
deluged by the fall rains is the immediate cause
of the deficiency. The Croton river is at pres
ent running from 100000 to 100000 gal
Ions day, when, with its watershed of $780,
600 square miles 1t ought to furnish more than
200, 000,00O day. There are at at present
from 1900, 100000 to 100000, 900 gallons
within the dam, where ordinarily there are 9, 0O0,
100000 gallons. The storage lakes in Cen
trail Park have between 10000, 900 and 900,-
900, 900 gallons. They ordinarily contain /, 100.
000,0O0 gallons. Dispatches announce that
heavy rains occurred on the 30th ult., continu-
ing throughout the night. and the prospects
are that the trouble will soon be over.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
Heavy Rank Failure.

The Merchants National Bank, Newark, N.
J., always considered rock-rooted institution,
closed its doors on the 91st ult, to the conster-
win was Immediately arrested, he having con-
fessed to the board Of directors of having
robbed the corporation of over two million
dollars. The actual loss will reach 50, 400, 900
it is thought. 1t is estimated that depositors
will not get over so cents on the dollar. New
ark city and county had about $40, 900 each on
deposit, the water board $4,000, and manu-
featuring companies smaller amounts prepare
tory to paying November dividends Baldwin
attributes the disaster to the policy of loaning
NugeDt & Co., a Newark firm, large sums of
money without security, on the strength of false
representations made by Nugent. 1t is feared
the bank failure will undermine the fabric Of
many manufacturing institutions, and that
other wrecks will follow as a sequel.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12

a population. Merged in the states,
with an equitable arrangement for the
respective debts and taxations, all this
would be simplifed. The st. Lawrence
basin on both sides would become ad-
ministratively what it is naturally and
commercially, single, united whole.
Against such advantages, in the eyes of
a purely industrial and agricultural peo-
pie, even the privileges of baronetcies,
knighthoods, governo1ships, and mimic
court at Rideau hall are gradually sink
ing llto insignifcance.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
"CAN I see the lady of the house %

"CAN I see the lady of the house %
inquired the peddler. "Wen, yes, you
can if you amt blind snapped the
woman who had answered the bell.
"Ohl beg pardon, madame; you are the
lady of the house, then?" Yes, [
am! What dyer take me for? Did
yer think / was the gentleman of the
house, or the next door neighbor, or
one of the farm hands, or the cat, or the
ice-chest % 81 didn't know, madame,
but you might be the youngest daugh-
ter" ooh did yer? Well, that was
nat'ral, too" replied the l. of the b.
"What dye want, sur ?" Then the
peddler displayed the wares, and when
he left that doorstep, half an hour later,
his face was full of pleasure, and his
pockets were full of money. He under
stood human nature, and had MADE a
good sale.-BoStosa Transcript.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
RiOting i'm Ireland.

Disturbances continue at Belmullet. County
Mayo. Thus far four persons who were wound
ed in the affray of the 9th ut. are dead, and
six more deaths are expected. Two hundred
military and two hundred police are on the
spot. The roads leading to Aglow are block
AIDED with stones, and the bridge has been
broken for the purpose of impeding the move
ments Of the military.
The commissioners of the Irish land court,
under the land act of parliament, now in SEES
sion, have great mass of applications from
farm tenants for redress of grievances. The
first decision rendered by the court reduced
tenants rent quite materially.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
RObberieS.

clerk at McGee's tobacco store, at Chicago
has vamosed, leaving letter to his employer
acknowledging populations to the amount of
81 900, and advising him how to prevent
similar losses in the future. MCGEE had to
close his doors owing to the severe loss.
At Lockport, Ind, thieves cracked the safe i'll
Fowler's dry goods store and secured 80, 900,
after which they fred the premises. The en-
tire business was consumed.
At Rochester, Pa, on the 28th ult, as the
treasurer of Beaver County was opening his
safe, he knocked down by two unknown
men, and $4,000 of the county funds were alb
stracted from the safe. The robbers escaped
with their booty without leaving any clew to
their identify
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
The Nations Finances,

The debt statement for October, shows re-
duction for the month of $13, 1921, 438, and for
the four months ending the 91st ult., of 1885,
100000. This is the largest reduction made
for the same four months of any year for a
long period. 1t exceeds the reduction for the
corresponding four months of last year by
twenty-five million dollars. If the reduction
for the remaining eight months of this fiscal
year equals that for the same eight months of
last year, the net reduction for the twelve
months ending June 80, 1882, will be 1928,
100000. This very favorable condition of the
national finances is due to the continuance of
large receipts from customs and internal reve-
nue., and the reduction in the annual interest
charged. The total debt less cash in the treas
ury now is 81, 785, 534, 446.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12

In San Antonio, Tex, some young
men, returning home at late hour,
found drunken man in a vacant lot,
and, being in jovial humor, they de-
cided to have some fun. One of the
party produced a pair of scissors, and
in few moments the countenance of
the sleeper was changed so that his wife
would not recognize him. His bushy
side-whiskers were closely clipped on
one side, while the hair On the front of
his head was cut in notches, leaving lit
tie tufts standing up like sentinels all
over his Uranium After the completion
of their work, the young men silently
stole away, leaving the unconscious
sleeper enwrapt in his dreams. What
his family and friends said next morn
ing has not been ascertained, but it is
said his story about being initiated in
the secrets of popular order did not go
down worth cent.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
Another Mississippi River Disaster.

A disaster similar to the Jenny Gilchrist hor-
ror at Rock Island, recently, occurred at Keokuk
Ia, on the 4th inst, when the steamer War
Eagle struck the bridge at that point and sunk
shortly after in seventeen feet of water. I'M
mediately after the crash panic ensued among
the largo number Of passengers on board the
disabled steamer and they commenced leaping
wildly onto the bridge, a number falling into
the water. Others were rescued after the
steamer grounded. Four passengers lost their
lives. The steamer Is valued at $500 and
has on board large cargo of produce and
merchandise, most of which will be ruined.
One span of the bridge was carried away, to re-
pair which it is estimated 100000 will be re-
oI1ir
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
ShiDxVreckS.

In terrible storm at Manzanilla, four large
vessels and all small crafts in the harbor we're
lost. The custom house and several stores
were completely destroyed. No additional loss
of life is reported.
The British ship Ombak, from Batavia for
Melbourne. foundered in late gale and all on
board persisted. The steamer Calcutta is also
reported lost with all on board.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE.

SATURDAY, October 29.-On the opening of
the senate, Hill. of Georgia, offered a resolu-
ton that appointments to federal officers ought
not to be made for the purpose of influencing
elections in the states, but objection was made
to its consideration. In executive sessions,
several senators who had been arrested for alb
senting themselves were arraigned and repri-
manded. Sherman and Bayard were appoint
ed to wait on the President and learn if he had
any further business to place before the senate.
On their return from the executive mansion,
Bayard offered resolution of thanks to Presi-
dent pro tenn. Davis, which passed unanimous
w. and an adjournment sine die took place.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
Minor MishapA.

VIM. Farwood and John Quigley were killed
in a railroad accident at Chester, Pa, on the
4th inst.
By the capsizing of sail-boat off Presque
Isle, Lake Huron, on the goth ult., four per-
SONS lost their lives. The bodies were found by
party of hunters, recently, entirely nude and
despoiled of yaluables. One of the unfortunates
is said to have had $500 on his person.
Bridget Murray and Thomas Malone died
from burns received at fire in Rourke's board
ing house, Lowell, Mass, on the I'd inst.
Policeman O'Donnel, who jumped from win
dow. is thought to be fatally injured.
AS four workmen were ascending an elevator
with load of pig iron at the Vulcan Steel
Works, South st. Louis, on the 31st ult., the
elevator gave way precipitating all to the pave
ment below, distance of thirty feet. James
McGrai was crushed to death and James Mar
rion and man named Daily dangerously hurt.
Mrs. Bethune. of Halifax, accidentally
ignited her clothing at stove and rolled on
the floor to extinguish the flames. Her babe
crawled toward her, and both persisted.
The boiler of threshing machine exploded
at Martville, N. Y, disemboweling Frank Will
man and injuring eight others.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
Railway Wrecks.

Three fatal railroad accidents occurred on
the LIST inst. land slide wrecked train at
Safe Harbor, Pa, damaging locomotive and
seventeen cars and killing Ellis Ouvett, engi-
neer. A collision between freight trains at
Carlinville, Mo-, demolished both engines,
wrecked eight freight cars and killed Charles
W. Payne, brakeman. The new limited ex-
press on the Pennsylvania road struck and killed
two men near East Liberty, Pa.
train on the Kansas and Iowa railway was
wrecked at the Usage River bridge by striking
mule. Engineer Wagner was killed, and his son
had his right thigh broken.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
A CHASTITY Sight.

: The ship County Of Aberdeen, which arrived at
reports that on August 9th, in latitude 81 de-
grees Sc minutes south, 81 degrees 80 minutes
west between 8 and 10 o'clock in the morning,
she passed ten eorpses. Some of them, from
their clothes, appeared to be seamen. The
others were nude
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
The Mississippi Flood.

All inhabitants of the Sny Valley have moved
to high grounds, many of them taking refuge
in Quincy, Ill. The water is steadily spreading
over thousands of acres of fertile farms, pro-
tected by embankment, and the loss to farmers
will be very heavy. All the levees in the vicinity
of Quincy have been broken by the great pres
sure, and the low lands are now completely
flooded This is the greatest flood known at
this season of the year, and there is no record
of higher stage at anv time, excepting during
the spring freshet of 1851.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
Fatal Boiler Explosions.

portable steam saw mill boiler exploded
near Cotton. Jackson County, o., on the ID
inst, fatally injuring John Davis and badly
wounding David Griffiths.
At Gertville, KY, on the I'd inst, John T..
johnson, Pleasant Hensley, David Hoover and
James Hall were mortally wounded by the ex-
plosion of the boilers in Samuel Johnson's saw
mill. -Four or five others were badly hurt.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12

Archibald King, the well-known dairy pro-
prietor of Findlay, Ills., sulcided on the Goth
ult., on account Of family troubles.
The Rev. j. M. Spargrove, aged 60 years,
committed suicide by hanging himself to bed
post in the West Pennsylvania hospital, Pitts
burg, Pa, on the Both ult. Financial trouble
is assigned as the cause of the deed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
Another Crock cd Cashier

William l.. Gibson, cashier of the Citizens
National Bank, of Flint, Mich, in 1879 was ar
raigned at Detroit, on the 31st ult., before the
United States commissioner, On two indictments
found some months age, charging him with
making false entries in the books of the bank
and embezzling $4,000 of the funds of the
bank. Col. Lockhead, book-keeper of the bank,
is already in prison on five years sentence
growing out of these same Irregularities Glib
son has kept himself away from the officers for
some time, but has now surrendered voluntar-
lily. He gave bail in $4,000 for his appearance.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Terr;hIe Los. If life.

1t is feared that great calamity has over
taken six fishing boats, with one hundred and
nineteen men on board. They went out to sea
from Boulogne fortnight ago and it is believed
they persisted in the terrible storm of October
18th.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
CRANBERRY ROLL.

Stew quart of cranberries in Just
water enough to keep them from burn
ing. Make very sweet, strain and cool.
Make paste, and when the cranberry is
cold, spread it on the paste about an inch
thick. Roll it, tie it close in flannel
cloth, boil two hours, and serve with a
sweet sauce. Stewed apples or other
fruits may be used in the same way.
MUSTARD PICKLES.
One ounce each of cloves, allspice,
black pepper and turmeric, one pound
mustard, one gallon vinegar, of which
reserve one quart to mix with the mus
tard. Put the spices in thin cloth and
boil in the vinegar, then take out the
spice and stir the turmeric and mustard
smoothly into the boiling vinegar. Pour
this on the pickles. Bottle and cork
tightly.
PORK AND APPLES.
Pork chops fried and served with APP
pies are not to be frowned upon; put
the meat in the frying-pan, and then
scatter little sage and pepper and salt
over it; cook thoroughly; if it is fat
enough so there is plenty of gravy, fry
the sliced apples in that; if not, add q
lump of butter, brown the apples and
lay them over the pork.
TURKEY DRESSED WITH OYSTERS.
For ten-pound turkey two pints of
bread crumbs, half a teacup of butter
cut in bits (not meited), one teaspoonful
of powdered thyme, or summer savory,
pepper, salt, and mix thoroughly. Rub
the turkey well inside and out with salt
and pepper, then fill with first spoonful
of crumbs, then few well-drained
oysters; strain the oyster liquor and use
to haste the turkey. Cook the giblets in
the pan, and chop fine for the gravy. A
fowl Of this size will require three hours
in moderate oven.
MEAT AND POTATO PIE.
For the sake of variety and to please
children who seem sometimes to be
fascinated by pie, make once a year q
for chicken pie, and fill it with pieces of
beefsteak, either partly cooked or raw;
season it well and make a gravy of
melted butter and water. thickened with
-four; pour over the meat and then put
in layer of mashed potato and the crust
on the top of that. If it is too much
trouble to mash the potato, put in small
cooked ones whole; be sure and have
enough gravy so the pie will not be dry.
Do not make the crust SO rich as to be
unwholesome.
SUPPER DISH.
A nice dish forsupper is made of sweet
or Irish potatoes, which have been left
from dinner (either baked or boiled).
Slice them, but not in very thin slices,
lay in baking tin or pudding dish, and
cover each layer with little Jumps of but
ter and with pepper and salt. If you
Ike the favor of pork put two or three
thin slices of salt pork on the top. Bake
for half an hour. Raw potatoes may be
prepared in the same way, but will re-
quire a longer time to bake them. To
give an excellent flavor to warmed over
potatoes take some of the fat that you
cut from slices of beefsteak, fry in the
pan till you have as much as you need,
then take out the scraps and put in the
potatoes. This is better than butter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
DIR. HOLLANDS LAST POEM.

II life awake and viii never cease
On the futures distant shore,
And the rose Of love aud the lily OF peace,
Shall bloom there forevermore- .
Let the world go round and round.
And the sun sink into the sea
For whether Pm on or under the ground,
Oh, what will it matter to me?
Youths Companion.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
TraRicRI Tales.

At Pttsburg, Pa, on the 4th inst, Lawrence
Kennedy, while suffering from deirum tremens,
shot his wife in the back and then perforated
his own miserable carcass. His wife Will re-
cover, but Kennedy will die.
Crazed by unrequited love, Chas. Midder, q
divinity student at Heidelberg college, Tifin,
o., shot and killed Miss Phoebe Bernard on the
4th inst.
Col. G. Murphy, leading attorney of Hot
Springs, Ark, shot and MORALLY wounded Geo.
SadIer on the Sd inst. Sadler who was &C
quilted in trial for murder in December last,
had threatened Murphy's life for prosecuting
him at that time, hence the tragedy.
In Sharkey County, Miss, on the LIST inst,
several colored men were fred on while on their
way to attend a meeting. Perry Thompson
was killed and two others dangerously wounded.
Geo. Buydke, aged % was killed at Louis
vile, KY, on the 30th ut., by Ben. Eichen-
berger, with club. Buydke was fighting
Eichenbergers father when he interfered as
above.
The Italian who murdered Hobletzel at
Gunnison, Colo, was lynched by the citizens.
Mary Lewis, of Lexington County, s. c., re-
Gently married negro named Law when her
brothers pursued them and killed the dusky
bridegroom. They then searched for the
preacher, but he made good his escape.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS.

The following table shows the number
or acres OF land disposed of under the
homestead, timber culture and other acts
each fiscal year from 1871 to 1881:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12
Work of the Flames.

Mowat's large Touring mill WAS burned and
several stores Quilted at Stratford, Ont, on the
4th inst. Loss $50, 900.
A fire wiped out four stores at Monticello,
Miss, on the 1st inst, causing loss of $780,
900.
The Allegheny mill and Oliver Bros. carpen-
ter shop furnished food for the flames at
Pittsburg, Pa, on the LIST inst. Loss about $780,
600.
The Ohio and Mississippi elevator with a
stock of grain IN store was consumed by fire on
the 1st inst. The loss foots up to about $780,
900.
Geo. Keller's picture frame factory at Chi
cago vanished in smoke on the LIST inst. Loss
on building and machinery nearly $4,000.
Mayer & Bachman's brewery, Clifton. Staten
Island, was entirely consumed by fire on the
31st ult. The loss foots up $780, 00 Hundreds
of workmen are out Of employment on the
threshold of winter.
A. J. Mullane & Cos elevator, at Cincinnati
was burned on the 31st ult. Loss $75, 900.
The John Mitchell building, Cincinnati, Ohio,
burned on the 28th ult. Loss $50, 900.
The business portion Of Edgefeld, s. c., was
wiped out by fire on the 30th inst. Loss esti-
mated at 100000.
Manila, the capital of the Philippine Islands,
suffered a loss of 100000 by confagration
last month
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-12

Now comes the economical time of
wear when solid overcoat covers null
titude of sins; when an old and faded
morning coat can be worn without fear,
favor or affection.