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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28
NTOrtuarY.

E. r. Cannon secretary of the Railroad Cou-
duct ors' Life Association Of the United State 8
and Canada, and conductor on the Little
Miami road for thirty years, died at Columbus,
o.. on the Dist inst.
Lieutenant VIM. Kendrick, of the Milwaukee
police department, died on the 10Th inst.
Ex-Gov Bullock, Of Massachusetts, fell dead
of apoplexy In the street at Worcester, ON the
18th.
Ex-Congressman A. A. Pethngill, died at
Bridgeport, Conn.,, on the 18th.
The death is announced of Lord Lurgan,
aged 81. He sat as liberal in the house of
peers. and was prominent in sporting circles.
Ex-Judge Mckenzie, the man who sent Gen.
Sherman's famous signal Hold the fort; "
are coming" died at Marshalltown, Iowa, on
the 10Th.
Mrs. Caroline Rchings-Bernard the we'll
known vocalist, fell victim to smallpox at
Richmond, Va, on the 14th inst.
Nathan Davis, the famous English writer
and traveller, is dead.
THE mother Of Gen. Geo. A. Custer, died at
Monroe, Mich. on the 14th inst. She was born
at Burgettstown in 1907, and for years has been
an invalid from the shock caused by the loss of
three sons in the battle of the Big Horn.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28
LOSSES BY FIRE.

A series of comparative statistics reIa-
tive to the damage done by fires during
last year was prepared recently by the
New York Commercial Bulletin. 1t
gives some interesting and instructive
figures of the extent of destruction
wrought during the year by fires, the re-
ported damage by which was over $780,
600. The loss entailed by fires of lesser
extent, which were more numerous than
in 1880, was $10,000,000 more than in
the latter year, and, with the exception
of the year 1777, the figures exceeded
those recorded any year since 1872, when
the memorable Boston fire broke out
OF fires causing over $4,000 damage
there were $50 in the United States, and
they inflicted an aggregate loss of S35,
100000, or an average of 800, 900 for
each fire. In seven instances the damage
exceeded 81, 100000 and in % cases it
was between $50, 200 and 100000. In
84 cases it was between the latter figure
and double that amount. In 80 cases
900; in II cases between $500, 900 and
$500, 900, and in 6 fires the amount of
damage done ranged between $500,O0
aud S1,000,000. Thus by Is fires alone
S15,000,000 worth of property were
wiped out of existence, leaving $40, 000,-
900 as the result of the destruction done
by the remainder of the $50 Charge"
fires.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin says
that one authority has placed the annual
total of fires, large and small, in the
United States at from $4,000 to $4,000,
but this total it deems open to the ques-
ton of being somewhat exaggerated, and
concludes that 100000, 900 would cover
the amount of annual loss. All this ex-
tent of damage is Just as much of an
absolute loss, although insurance will
enable the burden to be more evenly dis
tributed, and thus apparently ightened,
as though this vast amount of money
were gathered together in bulk in bank
notes and surrendered to extinction by
the flames. Further than this, the list
of causes of these numerous fires proves
that nine tenths of all of them are to be
attributed to carelessness. And, not
withstanding the repetition of costly
warning that such carelessness should be
avoided, the fire records continue to
show that the same absence of proper
precaution against the spread of the
flames, the same lack of care in the
handling and slowing away of inhamma-
BILE stuff, and the same negligence in
throwing aside articles that are liable, at
any moment, to cause an outbreak of the
flames.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28
Minor Mishaps.

VIM. Elliff and A. P. Sultan, of Purdy, Tenn,
BOYS, went to sleep on a railroad track, at
Mckenzie, Tenn and were run over by train.
The former was instantly killed and Sultan had
Both legs taken off.
A newspaper carrier accidentally shot Geo.
4. Hawkins, night clerk in the Indianapolis
Daily Sentinel Office. early on the morning of
the goth inst. Death was instantaneous.
A horrible accident shocked the employees Of
the car shops at Pullman, H., On the Goth inst.
N. Radley and Ed Wilson in some manner got
caught in the betting and were fatally mangled.
By the falling of a bridge in course of con-
struction at Lebanon, KY, on the 18th inst, A.
Hayden was killed and several others seriously
wounded.
At Bradford, Pa, on the 18th inst, four
pounds of tro-glycerine exploded, killing
Charles Barry.
Two fatal railroad accidents happened, on the
14th inst, in Michigan, Leman Small, we'll
known resident of Alma, being killed at st.
Louis, and J. N. Cross, an aged man, who has
rch relatives in New York, being killed at
Sheridan.
young Mexican girl while making balloon
ascension at Cuantla, Mex, on the 10th inst,
fell from the trapeze when the balloon was
three-fouIths of mile high, and was crushed
to death.
Five convicts were drowned near Little Rock,
Ark, on the 14th inst, while crossing creek
in a flat boat
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28

mouth. she does not work 80 hard as
her German sister in the same rank of
life; she does not trouble herself about
the cattle, neither does she herself fetch
the wood, coal, and water. But, never
theless, she is pattern of housekeeper.
The good arrangements of kitchen, and
stove, and all sorts of time and labor
saving machines afford an ease and
facility of work unknown in German
households. The American is not only
clever in his housekeeping in the treat
ment of his work people, and in his bust
ness, but also in the choice of the pro-
ducts which he cultivates. The same
kind Of moors that on the North Sea
coasts Of Germany are considered value
less and unredeemable are planted, on
the coasts of Massachusetts and New
Jersey, with cranberries, which yield ten
times as much profit as corn grown on
the richest soil. There are limestone
mountains in Germany that miserably
support poverty. stricken population.
The same species of country in Vermont
and Maine grows forests of the sugar
bearing maple, which yearly yield 49,
100000 pounds of sugar and 100000
gallons of treacle, both of excellent
quality.
The cooperation of American farmers
and merchants has been OF brilliant re-
sult-two classes which in Germany are
utterly careless of each others advan-
tage. The American merchant informs
the farmers what agricultural products
are most in demand in the markets of the
world, and how they must be cultivated
and packed in order to be rendered
capable of expectation. The merchants
know that they can import only when
successful export puts their fellow citi-
zens in position to buy. The Ameri-
can chambers of commerce regard the
opening and securing of the worlds
market to agriculturists as their first
task. There exists In America numer-
Gus companies and societies in which
scientific men, merchants and farmers,
each adhering strictly to his own depart
ment, cooperate unanimously and sue
cessfully. German agricultural socie-
ties certainly reverence science, but they
speak too much of learned things, of
salts and acids, and the peasants cannot
understand them. They should seek,
says Herr Sender, to facilitate the sale
and purchase of agricultural products,
which are now effected in slow and
clumsy manner, and cost much time and
money. North Americans can teach the
Germans much of the unprecedented,
bold and untiring self-help which renders
people independent of all state assist
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28
To Make a Beautiful Table,
From the Cleveland LEADER


An ordinary kitchen table can with little
trouble be transformed into quite an ele-
giant piece of furniture for the library.
The top and legs are smoothly covered
with green cloth, the se'm on the legs
to be neatly sewed and the joining made
on the inside of the leg that it may not
show. 1t is then tackled at the top to
hold it in place. The cloth is drawn
smoothly over the top and tackled all
round the sides. The head piece ex-
tending round the sides of the table
must also be covered. An under shelf
is made of pine wood covered with cloth
and fitted securely to the legs about
eight inches below the top. A heavy
cord fringe of green worsted must be
fastened round the edge of the top, also
round the shelf, with brass headed nails
about an inch and half apart. A cas-
ter fitted into each leg will finish very
handsome table.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28
Shipwreck.

The ocean steamship City of London, Of the
Centaur line, has not been heard from since
November 12th and is supposed to have oeen
lost at sea. The steamers Henry Edge and the
Constantine are also reported lost. The loss
Of these three vessels involves about one hun
dred lives
The steamer City Of Dallas, from Balize,
brings news of the loss of the British schooner
Weather Gauge of Colron's point in a squall
She was Loaded with twenty-five mules and ten
passengers, and on her way from Omoa for
Balize. She was running under light breeze
at II o'clock at night, December 81, with all
sails set, when she was struck by whirlwind.
down by the bow and sank. Eight lives were
lost, and two of the crew managed to get
ashore.
The American whaling bark Pacific capsized
and sunk in Panama harbor, recently. All on
board escaped.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28

craggy hill; build stone walls; swing an
axe over pile of hickory or maple; turn
grindstone; dig bitches; practice
"ground and lofty tumbling;" pour
water into sleeves with the Danaides, or
with Sisyphus; cup high hill heave q
huge round stone in short, anything
that will start the perspiration, and you
will soon cease to have your brains lined
with black, as Burton expressed it, or to
rise in the morning, as Cowper did,
like an internal frog out of Acherone,
crowned with the ooze and mud of mel
oDoboJyo
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28

At Lewis, near Clinton, No., on the night of
the 18th inst, mother and four Of her chill
dren-one Of the latter being young lady, an
other young man and two little ones-perished
in the flames of their burning house. The
father and two other children narrowly escaped
with their lives.
A fire broke out in the Circus Kremsier, at
Bucharest, on the 18th inst, spreading SO
rapidly that the occupants escaped with great
difficulty. The beasts in the enclosure opposite
the hippodrome received a severe scorchlng
and their struggles were fearful. Several men
and horses were roasted to death. The loss of
property was heavy.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28
SynaII-nOX.

Smallpox is now epidemic in sixteen of the
states of the union, and is spreading rapidly,
especially in the east and south.
curiously complicated case is reported from
Ludlow, ky. A convict there. who is under
sentence of death for MURDER has been stricken
with smallpox. The governor of the state
says that this fact must not interfere with his
execution, and the prison officials are afraid to
approach the criminal for fear of contracting
the disease with which he is affected. Added
to this, the physicians say that he cannot live
until the day appointed for his hanging.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28
TraQlCal Tales.

Miss Betsy Bland, residing near Lancaster,
KY, was murdered by dissolute nephew
named VIM. Austin. Robbery was the motive.
A mob took Henry Wagner, who murdered
DR.. Beynes paymaster of the Ironton, o., iron
works, from Jail at that point on the goth inst,
and hung him.
Seattle, Washington Territory, had sensa-
ton, on the 10Th inst, when mob took Benz.
Payne, accused with murder, from the officers
and hung him.
Mrs. VIM. Smith, a crazy woman, shot her
husband, at Mt. Joy, N. j., on the night of the
18th inst, killing dim instantly.
James A. Wilmot. farmer, living near
Louisville, KY, in moment of insanity, on the
night of the 18th inst, killed bis aged mother,
his wife and two daughters and then hanged
himself. His oldest son had terrible struggle
with his father and barely escaped with his life.
In shooting affray at Jackson, Texas, on
the 18th inst, Lester Upham was instantly
killed and P. Walworth, seriously wounded.
During a saloon row at Rayville, La, on the
! 18th inst, VIM. T. Little, white man, blew off
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28
THE ancient device of pouring oil upo

THE ancient device of pouring oil upon
the troubled waters is to be revived. A
Mr.. Shields, of Perth, has invented a
piece of apparatus for the smoothing of
broken sea by means of oil, and recently
the continuance was tried at Petershead,
in Scotland, with considerable success
The oil was conveyed to the North Har-
Dor entrance by means of a pipe about
200 yards long, The pumping soon took
effect on piece of rough water. The
Oil spread and rendered the surface of
the harbor quite smooth over a large
area.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28

A PRUDENT theatrical company tele-
graphed to Springfield, Mass, to learn
if they would be safe from smallpox IN
that city. The city physician replied
"Our patients arc all safely lodged in
the hospital, and none of them care to
attend your performance"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28

Samuel Fl. Ward, q prominent and wealthy
citizen Of Port Huron, Mich, ended his life on
the 7th inst, by taking strychnine. No cause
is assigned for the rash deed
At Bradford. Pa, on the 7th inst, J. H.
Smedley, aged 81, member of an oil-producing
firm blew his head off with shot gun. The
deceased was single man aud in good circHm-
stancas
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28

The census returns just given in Bonn
bay are quite interesting. Asked to
state their profession or calling the
simple Hindoos have filed up the paper
with an accuracy that might in vain be
sought for in any other country. In
Bombay there are, upon their own con-
fession, 26 gamblers and swindlers,
dog-poisoner, 16 wizards and 698 tattoo
ers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28

the head of colored man named Milus Mat
theus, with shotgun.
pawnbroker named Frank Sermons was
found murdered in bis store at Kansas City, on
the morning of the 10th inst
Daniel Smith, of Richmond, Ind, has con-
fessed that he murdered his father and threw
the body into the well
William Brocksmit. of Cedar Rapids. Ia,
aged 10, was murdered on his sheep rancho, in
New Mexico on the 14th inst, by unknown
parties.
A drunkard named FL. o. Cormick cut his
wife's throat with a razor at Mason City. Ia. on
the 14th inst, and then made an unsuccessful
attempt to take his own life. The murderer
will recover
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28
Suicidal.

BY the explosion of boiler at East Liberty
o., on the Goth inst, Albert Grouse was killed
and several other persons seriously wounded
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Death i'm a Mine.
Fatal Explosions.

An explosion in Cross Keys colliery, Eng
I'D, recently, killed four men and fifty horses.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-22
The Russian Hangman.

The Russian hangman is convict who
was sentenced to death for robbery and
murder, but the penalty was computed to
imprisonment for life upon the condition
that he should perform the duties of ex-
ecutioner whenever called upon. He
has been confined in Nose ow duringthe
past fifteen years, and is sent from there,
under a strong guard, to Kief, Odessa
and st. Petersburg, as his services may
be required in one or the other of those
cities. A visit to this man is described
by Victor Tissot, French author, in q
work on Russia and the Russians, recent
ly published in Paris. He found the
executiOner repOsing after the exc ton
If hanging the two nihilists, Presnakoff
and Kiviatkoswki. Ayoung woman of
attractive appearance, with child in her
arms, was with him. She was his wife.
The comforts of matrimony had not
been denied him, and he seems to have
had no difficulty, Notwithstanding his
condition and work, in finding a woman
to marry him. The hangman's face is
described as stOlid rather than terrible
or repulsive. He has abnormally long
arms, and is said to be possessed of her
culean strength. He was spoken of as
having " the strength of twenty men,"
One day there was revolt in the prison,
and he was summoned to help subdue
the prisoners. He rushed in among
them, and killed three with his bare
hands.-London Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-22
Sure Death to Lice.

Take bar of common soap; place in
pan containing little water; then
heat until me ted down; then add car
bolic acid crystals (carbolic acid CT s.
ta's can be had o a drugg st in one
ound DO ties at seventv-five cents
each). at least one ounce of acid tn
each pound of soap used; there is no
danger ii used stronger. To reduce
the crystals to fluid state remove the
cork from the bottle. place in water and
heat the water, when it may be easily
poured out and M xed with the soap.
When cool. a strong suds made with
this soap viii be s ire death to all in
sects that live on domestic animals. 1t
will cure mango. barn itch, and all Gu
taneous d seases. and make cheap and
e fec ual sheep dip. When cattle are
hide bound. or the hair does not appear
healthy, wash of the suds will prove
q benefit. as it is cleansing and healing
in cases of sores. 1t is valuable in the
poultry house 1t is coed and sure
disinfec ant; is cheap, sa and effect
ual. and will tie found useful for q great
variety of purposes. -Psnna. Farmer
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-22
Setting Out Blackberries.

Blackberries can be set out in the fall
as well as in the spring. hut a ways
when in a dormant state. Nearly all
late planting in the spring are failures.
But if late planting is unavoidable. the
sets must be shaded an kept continu-
ously moist until all danger of willing
and shr:veiing is over. They do best
on light soils and in sunny exposures.
With partial shade on moist, heavy
land, the canes are apt to grow too late,
and the hea Y frosts ind them un-
ripened an unable to endure the win
ter. Warm. well drained, but not dry,
compost soil is the best. On dry, hard
soil the fruit often either perishes be-
fore maturity, or is only a bunch of
tqsteless seeds. In the preparation of
the soil, pillow deem. thoroughly loosen
ing, if possible, the su5soil. If an OBJ
portunity is given, the roots of the
blackberry are great fora ,ers. 1t de-
mands mellowness rather than richness.
With the lat er it grows too rank.
In field culture the rows of b ackber-
ries shol Id be from six to eight feet
apart, and the pants setthree feet apart
in rows. 1t will take about 300 p ants
tor an acre. 1t is best to give the canes
support. This can be do bv posts
and fence wire, and grown in CO itinu-
Gus bushy row. In May and June the
roots send up vigorous sprouts. which
grow with amazing rapidity, alta NJ
from five to ten feet high. The black
berry requ res and will amply repay !or
management and culture. both of which
it needs. Ii the canes are allowed to
grow tall, and then cut of W tn shears,
they have few, if any lateral branches
and produce meagre crops. The best
way is. when in rapid growth and about
three or four feet high, pinch off with
the fingers the terminal bud. Then
lateral branches will start out. They,
too, must be watched and pinched so
soon as long enough. In tlis way good.
safe. stocky canes can be had which W IL
support themselves in W nds and forms.
Blackberr es sprout, but those which
come up between the rows can be re-
moved if taken in time. as easily as
weeds. But if left to their wild i'm
pulses the farmer or gardener will soon
find branble wilderness in the m DIST
of his premises, VIII CHI will require
strength and patience. They can be-
come very easily very unruly and d s.
agreeable tenant. With care and watch
fulne,s they are asource of pleasure and
profit. -IoWa State Reg ster.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-22

Brother Gardner recently discoursed to
the Lime Kiln Club upon the likes and
dislikes of the individual as follows:
Ode man who expecks leas' Of de world
km de one who hasde fewest complaints"
said the old man, as the sound of rafting
hoofs died away in the hall. "De man
who imagines dat friendship will borrow
money at de bank am doomed to disap-
pointment. My friend may lend me his
shovel, but he expects me to return his
hoe in good condishun. He may inquar'
arter my wife's health, but it doan' foller
dat can turn my chickens into his gar
den. If am sick 1 doan' expect de world
to stop movin' right long. If my mex
doah naybur whispers to my wife dat he am
willin to sot up wild my corpse he am
doin' his full duty. If l am in want
OATS muffin to the people that have
plenty. If am in trouble, that's muffin
to the people who have sunthin to re-
joice ober De world owes me only what
l can arm. 1t owes me room to pass to
and fro, space fur a grave, and SIGH a
funeral as de ole woman can pay fur an
keep the bin full o. Eaters. De worlds
friendship reduces man to rags as often
as it clothes him in fine rainment. De
worlds friendship blisters a mans back
as often as it warns his heart. De
worlds charity excuses the crime of
hoss-thief an am horror stricken ober de
stealth OBJ loaf of bread by an orphan.
De world promises eberything an per-
forms only what am convenient.
ode man who relies on de honesty of
the public instead of de vigilance Of
watch dog will have no harvest apples
fur sale. De man who pauses at each
stage of his career fur de world to ap-
plaud or condemn will become football
fur all men to kick. Expect no friend
ship to las beyond the moment you want
help. Expect no sympathy to endure
longer than it takes fur the tears to dry.
Expect no praise from men in de same
trade. We will now proceed towards de
usual programmy of business. "-Det. oft
Free Press.