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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
How Silver ThimbIes are Made.

The manufacture Of silver thimbles is
very simple, but singularly interesting.
Coin silver IS mostly used, and is obtain
ed by purchasing coin dollars. The first
operation strikes a novice as almost
wicked, for 1t Is nothing more than put
ting a lot of bright silver dollars into
dirty crucibles and melting them up in
to solid ingots. These are rolled into
the required thickness, and cut by a
stamp into circular pieces of the requir-
ed size. A solid metal bar of the size of
the inside of the intended thimbie, -mov-
ed by powerful machinery up and down
III a bottomless mold of the outside of the
thimble, bends the disc into the thimble
shape as fast as they can be placed I'M
der the descending bar. Once in shape,
the work of Frightening, polishing and
decorating is done on lathe. First, the
blank form Is fitted with rapidly revolv-
ing rod. ) slight touch of sharp CHS
ell takes thin shaving from the end, an
other does the same on the side, and the
third rounds off the rim. round steel
rod, dipped In oil and pressed upon the
surface gives 1T a lustrous polish. Then
a little revolving steel wheel, whose edge
is raised ornament, held against the re-
volving blank, prints the ornament just
outside the rim. A second wheel prints
a different ornament around the center.
while a third wheel with sharp points
makes the indentations on the lower half
and end of the thimble. The inside is
frightened and polished III a similar
way, the thimble being held in revolv-
ing mold. All that remains to be done
is to boil the completed thimbles in soap
suds to- remove the oil, brush them up,
and pack them for the trade
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
Their Last SDrpe.

Three bodies were found in the woods near
Lawrenceville, Ill, on the 8th inst They
proved to be the remains of the men who at
tended funeral in the lower part of Crawford
County three weeks ago. They must have per-
ished from hunger and exposure, as they were
under the influence of liquor during the flu
neral, and INDUCED in some of the most dis
graceful conduct imaginable. which was wound
up by one of them being pushed into the open
grave. The friends complained more or less at
this lawless state of affairs, and strong talk OF
arresting them was INDUCED in. The young
men became acquainted with the feeling en-
tertained by the neighbors, and stealing a skiff,
started for Cairo. They were undoubtedly
capsized, about fourteen miles down the En-
barrass River, and swan ashore, where they
were found few rods from the bank. Marks
and tracks were plainly visible where they had
ran around trees near by in their endeavorS to
keep warm.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
One of the West Indies.

st. Lucia is one of the smaller Of the
group OF windward islands, formerly
owned by the French, and captured from
them by the English. The Pitons, Oh
Sugar Loayes, rise to height of 1,00C
feet, shooting directly from the surface
of the sea and standing like two sentine1s
to guard the bay of Castraes. These
mountains are of solid rock covered with
shrubs. When the British captured the
island, two English sailors clambered tc
the summit OF the higher Piton and
planted the English flag there They
never returned, however, and it is be-
ieYed they fell victims to the deadly CO.
bra, which abound 10 this island. The
highest peak is a volcanic mountain call
ed the Soufriere, rising to height OF
1000 feet above the level of the sea.
Within twenty miles of this island is st.
Vincent.
The approach to st. Vincent is more
impressive in its grandeur than any other
islands of inc .windward group. Both OF
It's windward and leeward coasts are
guarded by chains OF rocks. In
some places the rocky cliffs rise
upward of 500 feet. The feet OF
these cliffs are constantly washed by an
immense ocean swell, which on the wind
ward side sounds like thunder, to which
the stranger must become accustomed
before be can sleep at night. SO power
full sometimes, is the shock of the sea as
1T strikes the rocks, that it shakes the
houses many yards inland. The upper
part of the bordering cliffs are honey
combed by the effect of the sea breeze
and constant rains; and in these cavities
vast numbers of owls have their haunts,
and make the night hideous with their
fr1ghtful screams. Time and again when
L have been riding all night, my horse
has been startled by these sounds. Most
of the roads Of st. Vincent fringe
the sea, in many instances not leaving
more than two or three feet to spare be-
tween the level and the precipice. Ac-
eldents are common, and [ myself have
have seen a team of mules and a cart
tumble a distance Of several hundred feet
to the rocks below, where they were
dashed to pieces and washed out to sea.
st. Vincent is oval IN shape, and about
twenty-five miles in length by fifteen in
breadth. A large chain Of mountains.
rising IN the center to one grand peak,
stretches from north to south, the entire
length OF the island. This central peak
is also called the Soufriere. It is a vol
canic mountain, extinct since 1872.
From the ocean level are visible the rug
ed edges of the, crater, which vomited
forth fire and lava that year, devastating
large tracts of country and burying
many human beings III its track, also cut
ting for itself a deep gulley down each
side OF the mountain to the sea coast.
This gulley is of an enormous depth. In
some parts it is over half a mile in
breadth. It is now called the Dry River
NOT that it is dry-but because In the
rainy season it is filled from bank to bank
with rushing torrent, carrying all be-
fore it, and each year increasing its
breadth, to the detriment of the propri-
etors OF plantations on either bank.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
work of the Flames.

A fire destroyed Scofield's carpet house at
Philadelphia, Pa, on the 10th inst. Loss
$40, 900.
Doe & HunniwelIs furniture factory. Boston.
Mass, was damaged to the amount of $50, 600
by fire, on the 10th inst.
Gasnel's East Side Flour Mill at Ell Paso.
H., burned, on the 10th inst. Loss S35, 900.
Frank Hardy u Co.'S dry goods store, Grand
Street, New York, was damaged to the extent
of $25, 600 by fire on the 9th inst.
The Nicely & Hambleton grain elevator at
Chicago caught fire on the 9th inst, and was
badly damaged. large quantity Of corn was
| ruined. Loss $4,000
fire at Vrgennes, VT, on the 9th, destroyed
the National Nail Company's works. Loss $685.
600.
Shalltek & Sons furniture store at Cincin-
natl, o., was damaged to the extent of 500 600
| on the 9Th inst.
Eight business houses and two dwellings,
were wiped out by fire at Casey, H.. on the 8th.
Loss $40, 900.
McCulloch & Lees furniture factory. and
| Elwel d Co.'S bank, at Minneapolis, Mimi,
were destroyed by fire on the 8th inst. Loss
$4,000.
Several buildings were destroyed by fire at
Johnstown, s. c., on the 7th inst. In one Of
the structures $25, 600 in bonds were consumed.
large cotton factory at Jarzeno. Russia,
burned on the 9th inst. Insured for 5000, 600
roubles.
The Jefferson school-house located on Virginia
Avenue, in Washington, valued S135, 0y0, and
which accommodated sixteen hundred pupils,
was burned on the 4th inst.
A lamp explosion in the oil town OF -Four Mile,
N. Y. caused the burning Of three hotels and
other property valued at 100000.
The glass-works at Brilliant, O., en- ploying
over one hundred men, were swept away by
fire, causing loss OF $4,000.
The ancient Catholic Church at Rappersweil,
Switzerland, containing many precious relics,
burned on the 18th inst.
A cotton warehouse on Greenwich Street, n.
T., was damaged to The extent Of $4,000 by
fire on the 4th inst.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
TraUiCaI TaIes.

At Chicago, on the 10th inst, Geo. Robinson,
30 years of age, shot his sweetheart, Mary
Bacon, aged %, and then. ended his own ca
reer by putting a bullet through his head.
Cause, unrequited love.
At Padua township, Illinois, in a notorious
locality known as Hell's Neck on the 10th inst,
Geo. ". Jackson plunged jack-knife into the
breast and stomach of one son and into the
back of another because they intsrAred when
he came home drunk and attempted to beat
their mother.
fight between school-boys occurred at Keo-
kuk, on the 10th inst. which ended in tragic
manner. A. T. Graham, one Of the belligerents,
struck a companion named C. Hopkins with a
baseball bat, killing him.
|. T. ScEoor, dancing master. was shot and
killed by two highwaymen, while riding in his
buggy near Davenport, Ia, on the night of the
8th inst. No clue to the criminals.
A row occurred In sae Office of the National
Republican, Washington, ID. c.. on the night of
the 9th inst, in which A. NJ. Soteldo, clerk of
the senate committee on railroads, was fatally
shot. Clarence Barton, the news editor was
also slot in the side, but his wound will not
prove fatal. The shots were fired by Bart on and
the two Soteldo brothers, and, as the row was
for a time in the dark, ii is not known who shot
Soteldo. Tie difficulty grew out of the publ
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
Nearing the End.

Guiteau is becoming very much depressed.
The jail warden says he no longer assumes the
confident air which he always has had except
in the presence of newspaper people. He is to
be cut off from all outside communication, and
that fact depresses him very much. There are
no indications of insanity. The parting with
his brother John was very affecting
A rope suggeshveIy noosed was received by
the district attorney, the 9Th inst, from
Versailles, KY, with the request that it be
used in the execution of Guiteau. Ropes have
been coming daily for months from all parts of
the country, and there is quite a museum Of
CHASTITY tributes, expressing the wishes of the
the senders, now stored in Col Corkhils office
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
Suicidal.

Sergeant Bush, of the Tenth Cavalry, on be-
ing reprimanded and ordered to the guard
house at Galveston, Texas, on the 10th inst,
blew his head off.
Mrs. Chadb0urne, wife and mother of the
murderers of Alvin Watson, at Parkhan Me-,
in June last, suicided at Bangor, in that state,
on the 9th inst.
Charles Miller, condemned to be hung on the
10th of March for the murder OF Franklin
Hamilton, committed suicide in his cell at the
Benton, Mo-, jail, on the night of the 7thinst,,
by hanging himself with strips Of a bed bian,
ket.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
ShiDWreck.

The ship Nevada was abandoned at sea Feb
ruary 9th IN terrible gale. One seaman was
washed overheard and several OF the crew bad
" injured.
St Johns, N. F., advices state that the brig
antine Lizette was burned at see, her entire
crew perishlng.
The British steamer Cosmo, bound from
Sebastapol for Galveston, foundered in the
Back Sea. Ten cOrpses were washed ashore.
The Swedish bark Hendricks was run into and
sunk, 100 miles north of Cape Antoine, Calf OF
Mexico, on the 4th inst, by the steamer T. B.
Ward, Jr. The second mate and five sailors of
the bark were drowned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18

seat in case of a railroad collision, as he
wishes to settle a controversy with some
friends. From long and painful study
in this matter, and calling to our aid a
ripe experience, we would say, without
fear of a successful denial, that the
safest seat in case of a railroad collision
is the top rail of reliable fence about
four miles in a northeasterly direction
from the collision. -Laranaie Boomer
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
WOriuRry.

Joseph De Caisne, the distinguished botanist,
is dead.
Berthold Auerbach, the celebrated German
novelist, died at Gamers On the 9Th inst
VIM, Miller, who had been a Free Mason for
81 years, died at Caldwell, o., ON the 9Th inst
Judge Charles Fox, the oldest member of the
Cincinnati bar, died on the 8th inst.
The Earl of Lonsdale is dead
Sir Henry Palliser, inventor of the Palliser
projectile. is dead.
Gen. VIM. w. Bullock an old historian, and
prominent IN military circles before the war
died at Mt. Everett, Mass, on the 9th inst.,,
agen 62 years.
Ezra Wilkinson, associate justice of the
superior court of Massachusetts,, died at
Dedham, Mass, on the 9Th inst
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
A sTUPENDOUS PROPOSITION.

Senator Warner Miller, of New York,
is the father of a gigantic scheme which
is evidently intended TO enrich the printer
and paper manufacturers. His PROPOSE
tion is to supply the head of every family
IN the country with a copy of the Con-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
skrHtRE Prize EIohf

Fifteen hundred sporting men from all parts
of the country assembled at Fort Mac0mb,
near New Orleans, La, on the 7th to witness
the pugilistic encounter between the notorious
brulsers Ryan and Sullivan. The mill opened
at las amidst great enthusiasm, and after a
brutal struggle of 2G minutes Sullivan was de-
clared the victor, Ryan failing to come to the
scratch, having been knocked senseless in the
ninth round. Ryan was terribly punished about
the head and was completely exhausted at the
close of the encounter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
An Unfaifhfui Serxant

Business circles at st. Paul. Mimi. were as
founded, on the 10th inst, by the revelation
book-keeper Of the First National Bank. for
embezzlement. 1t is charged that he appre-
priated $4,000 of the banks funds. OF the
sum $12, 500 was madeg good in various ways and
it is expected that the balance will be secured
from enterprises in which Vanderpool was in
terested.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18

The heaviest snow storm of the season was
experienced throughout the eastern states on
the 4th inst. At New York all the surface lines
of transportation are seriously embarrassed
The ferry boats were greatly impeded by float
ing ice all day, and the severity of the storm
delayed the departure of ocean steamers for
several hours At Washington, D. c., the
aeecy substance accumulated to the depth of
fourteen inches on the level, and at Petersburg,
Va, perfect blocade existed
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18

The finestcountry residence in Florida
is that of Frederick de Barry, the Ameri-
can agent for Mumms champagne. His
house and grounds near Enterprise cost
over $3.50. 900, and make magnificent
country seat. Nearly fifty people are
employed about the place as cooks,
gardeners, porters, etc. The yield of
oranges was about $50, 900 this year, but
will amount to over 1900, 900 when the
trees are full grown. De Barry dispenses
here princely hospitality. He is about
70 years old. and is fond of sampling the
wines he deals In.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
Fatal ExDIOSiOus.

A boiler exploded in the Kirkham mill, Doc
tortown, Ca, on the 9th inst, killing David
Mitchell and wounding three other men.
vat in the st. Louis Rendering Company's
works exploded on the 5th inst, killing John
Cozela, fatally scalding John Myeroffer and
Jerome Tyler and totally destroying the build
ing
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18

Dispatches from st. Johns, N. F., recite q
painful story of the perils of navigating a
frozen sea. Nine open fishing boats, manned
by about fifty men were caught at sea by a
sudden change of weather and surrounded by
fields of ice. After almost superhuman excer-
tons seven of the boats reached port. Two,
however, were carried away to almost certain
death to those on board.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
MiU0r MishaDs.

A special from Helena, Mont, saws Colonel
Clendennin was accidently killed on the 10th
inst, by the cavins in of portion of the Bar
ker silver mine.
VIM. Jones fell from the top of mill chimney
at Cleveland, o., on the 10th inst, and was
fatally injured.
Mrs. Baker, Of Bloomington, ILL.,, died of
fright on the 10th inst, occcasioned by the AT
tempt Of burglar to enter her home in her
husbands absence. She wascnciente.
A passing tram frightened team at Palmyra.
Mo-, on the 10th inst, and they ran away. in.
stantly killing Joe Wright and seriously iniur-
ing Robert Tate and man named Crabell.
While workmen were repairing some fallen
smoke stacks at Browns mills, IrondaIe. O. on
the 9th inst, they became senseless from gas
and were with great difficulty removed. Dan
Fitzgerald, one of the men, died soon after.
| and two others are not expected to live
While skating on Commerce Lake, twenty
miles from Detroit, Mich, on the 9th inst.
Frank Wix and Miss Dickens. school teacher
were drowned. On the night of the 9th E. f.
Curtis, prominent citizen of Spring Lake,
Mich, was drowned while skating.
Manner Washburn, engineer, and superin-
tendent of part of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
and the wife of W. Stoll. contractor. were
killed by hand-car accident at Waco, Texas.
on the night of the 18th. Mr.. Stoll was serious
ly injured.
Two men were fatally and two men seriously
injured by the fall of an elevator in the Wig
giles factory, Newark, N. j., on the 9th inst
Joseph Mahlolm, Of Cleveland, found hand
some powder-ho on the knob of his hall
door, and hung 1t about the neck of his little
son. An explosion soon took place. two chill
dren losing their eyesight. 1t Is thought that
the horn was an internal machine placed bv
some enemy.
VIM. Wayne and Lloyd Hunt aged u and 10
years respectively, ran into deep pond while
coasting at Cincinnati, o., on the 4th inst, and
were drowned
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
Railway Wrecks.

Three freight trains colided at Huntington,
Pa, on the 95h. Engineer David Coulter and
Conductor Stonebraker. were instantly killed,
and Fireman Kennedy fatally injured. The
loss on rolling stock was heavy.
Near Windsor Junction, n. Y, on the 7th
inst, Alex. Cameron. fireman, was killed and
two others injured in a railroad collision.
The east and west bound freight and emil
grant trains the Southern Pacific Railroad
collided at Sangerino Pass, Cal, on the night
of the 9TH inst. Both engines and thirty cars
were demolished. Fortunately no lives were
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
AHorrjd Axyakep;ry.

John horeland's house, in Huntingdon town.
ship, Ont, caught fire on the night of the 9th
inst, while the family were asleep, and the
flames spread so rapidly that the unfortunate
people were unable to escape. Mrs. Moreand,
her stepdaughter, and three children we're
burned to death. Two men named Rambough
and Hun were probably fatally burned
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18

IN small grove which adjoins the
Schoenberger residence, near Cincinnati.
an army of crows take shelter every
night. They assemble by thousands an
hour before dark, and an old man living
near the place says, to his personal
knowledge, the same grove has been
their dormitory for sixty years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Sentenced.

Ellis Croft, another of the Ashland, Ky.,
murderers, was sentenced, on the 7th inst, to
be hung April Ia. the same day fixed for the
execution OF his companions in crime, Geo.
Ellis and VIM. Neal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18

cation of an article Soteldo's visit to the Office
being with view to securing retraction. One
of the Sotedos was an employe in the Repub-
lican Office.
Mrs. Adam Lonax was killed by VIM. Jacobs.
her brother n-law, at Troy, N. Y, on the 4th
inst. The murderer suicided.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18

No WONDER that Guiteau, who is a
total abstainer, found Porter too strong
for him. PUCK.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18

SURAH petticoats, lined with plush, are
handsome balmorals.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-02-18

A correspondent writes us to know
which, in our Judgment, is the safest
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-28
Birthday Party.

The B.zoo acknowledges the r-ceip, ol
the following invitation:
EDITOR BAzoo You are respectfully
invited to- attend Joel +. Gentry, twenty
seventh birthday party. April Sth. 1882,
II his residence. Gentlemen expected
Judge o. NJ. Harris, +. j. Wallace. T. y.
Allison. Wesley Mcclure, T. W Clun-y,
j. NJ Ohield, J. y Hopkins, Gen. Bacon
Montgomery, Capt. J. &. Higgins, Johnnie
Higgins, Capt. J. VI. Sneed. William
Sneed. ii. Clay Higgins, j. ) Hughes.
Sam'l + Scott. III Il. Scott, Big T.. r.
Scott. Little T.. +. Scott. Judge VIM. Gem
try, W. NJ. Gentry, y. ii. Gentry. +. L.
Gentry. J. X. Gentry. X. W. Gentry. John
HouS. Bob Barnhart, John Henderson.
Addison Walker.
No ladies expected.
The BAzon man will be there with 4
front sea, and a tab 10 wish the genial
Joel sixty more returns of the day
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-28
Recruits for the Hospital.

Three men were brought i'm ior the rail
road hospital AT this point on the east
bound Pacific this morning. \. L. kim-
ball had badly swollen hand, which was
caught and bruised while setting brake
on the Central Branch oi the L. Z. last
Thursday, AT Atchi,on. Thomas Jone,
had a sprained knee which ne received OIL
the 18th while putting new bench in the
machine shop at Atchison.
T. j. Remour, oi Clyde. Kansas.
was much more seriously injured
than either oi the Others. He Is a laborer
in the bridge gang. aud was employed on
the Central Branch OF the L. L. While
loading piles on 8 wagon Yesterday, the
skid gave wav and the pile tell on his leg.
above the ankle. and he sustained a pain
iui fracture oi the tibula and ii,location
oi the tibis. His leg will not require am
putatiun. however.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-28
A Too Utter Joke.

Some weeks ago the Democrat gave an
account of a greenhorn who got married ON
application for license under the miscon-
ception that the blank application was the
real document In this ease. as soon as
the mistake was discovered. the ignorant
vet honest swain made all haste to set mat
ters right. lie went and procured license
and was married over. But there is a case
in the country southwest OF Nevada which
involves something more than a rustic ig-
nurance of the formalities of law. Several
week, ago Young man procured an appli-
cation Tor licrn>e which had to I've signed
by the girl, father certifying his consent to
the marriage. But this progressive blood.
either through dense ignorance or through
sheer meanne>s. had the old gentleman to
sign the paper and then represented To the
girl that they were already married without
priest or Judge and they went To keeping
house The happy groom has been informed
directly nj the mistake. but he has
not vet taken any steps To
correct it, In this ease il looks
more like a well laid plan to deceive an
ignorant girl than aything else. The young
Don Juan had better look 'ieedle oudt"
or he might get into serious trouble
Nevada Democrat.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-28
Married.

VI the residence oi the brides parents,
on Cooper street. at hslf-past seven o'clock
last night, Mr.. Willard Meyers and Mis-,
Matte Goodrich, Rev. X. III. Miller. oi
Galveston, officiating.
The attendants were Mis- Clara Vaughn
and Mr. Geo |. McCar,en.
The wedding was private. ouly lew in
inmate friends ri the bride and groom he
ing present. The happy couple lett at
lO::5D last night Tor Jefferson City and
other points.
Among the many handsome presents
were silver table castor, by Louis r.
Goodrich silver pickle castor aud set Of
silver Spoons, by l.. :. like and wife
china chamber sett. by J. e.. Movers and
wife glass tea set, MIS-. John y. Corey.
linen labe cls;h, Miss Kate A. Tritt hand
worked pin cushion, Miss Lydia Tritt,
water set. J. NJ. Arthur and Samuel Elbert :;
pair chain stitched pillow cases, Mrs Il.
q. HASTE pair embroidered pillow ,ham>,
Miss Fannie l.. Owens