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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
FssGS. BARDoN. Editor and Publisher.
THE SMOKE NUISANCE.

The rapid growth of the manufactur-
ing interest and the increasing consump-
ton of coal in connection Herewith has
aroused among jewellers in large business
centers movement looking to fhe abate-
ment of the smoke nuisance. Scores of
furnace appliances have been tried and
large amounts of money expended, but
without satisfactory results, the expert
ence in most cases being that the smoke
consumer interfered with the draft, there
by entailing loss There is soon to be
held in London an International EXPOSE
ton to decide upon the best mode of
eradicating the evil. Every known variety
ofapparatus invented for the purpose will
be shown in competition. The most
benefieent results are confidently ex-
pected. The smoke-abatement COM
mlttee, under whose auspices the ex-
hibitlon will take place, have been for
long time testing the efficacy of numer-
GUS inventions in the great manufacture
ing towns of England, where the smoke
IS nuisance even greater than IL Gin
cinnati or Pittsburg The trials have
been made on the working scale, and are
now declared to have been surprisingly
successful. Several of the smoke-con-
sumers not only accomplish the object
for which they are designed, but do it
with a decided saving to the manufac-
turers. The state board Of health OF
New York states that the tall chinneys
of the petroleum refneries at Hunters
Point have ceased to vomit forth the
enormous volumes of black smoke and
noxious vapors which Murray Hill, in
New York has found so unpleasant when
borne to its aristocratic precincts by I'M
friendly winds. By the adoption of a
simple arrangement of metal hoods and
air-tight conduits, the smoke is reduced
to a minimum, and all the offensive
gases are again led back into the furnaces
and utilized as fuel. The oil refiners
have also found that it profits themselves
not to be disagreeable to the surround
ing world
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
ST TOTIS-
A Great Sell.

A great bell for ST. PauIs Cathedral,
Ill London, was recently cast in Leices-
tershire 1t will take its place as one Of
the heaviest bells in Europe, being
about II! tons in weight. This mass Of
metal, consisting of pure tin and copper
was about 81 hours in course of melting,
and it was four minutes IN running into
the mold. To guard against accidents
the cast-iron case for the latter was made
strong enough to bear pressure of 200
tons. There was great anxiety when the
case was being taken to pieces, the clay
mould broken up, and the mighty bell
bit by bit exposed to view. The cast
ing however, appeared to be smooth and
delicate in surface and outline. It's
skin" as the outward covering is tech
nically called, showed no flaw of any
kind whatever. The bell is s feet 10
inches high and 9 feet 81 inches in di-
ameter, while the thickness of the mid
die of the sound bow is 81 inches. The
cost, when rugged in the tower, will be
about G3, 900. 1t will be used for the
first time next Easter Sunday.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
GuiteaU'S Trial.

Thirty SeUe,ttb Dayton the opening of the
court the assassin saluted the audience with
the announcement that one of his guards had
an eleven-pound baby for New Years present
The examination of DR.. Gray, of the New
York insane asylum, was continued. The doc
tor testified that he thought that Guiteau had
been feigning i'll court throughout the trial.
Guiteau said he thought Corkhill had got a
bunghGle in the treasury to run out 100000
before the case ends, and that it was about time
President Arthur was attending to his case.
He further remarked 81 wouldn't let him stay
here week if I was President. However, I'll
attend to Corkhill in 1884," Finally the hour
of adjournment having arrived, Guiteau, who
had been listlessly following the proceedings
called OUT Tomorrow will be New Years
1882 l shall receive tomorrow in JAIL and
shall be happy to see all who can succeed in
getting in. [ wish every one happy New
Year. Come, Scoville, it Is o'clock; let's go
home"
TIa'ty-eigith Dayton the conclusion Of the
cross examination Of DR.. GRAY of the Utica, n.
Y. asylum, the district attorney rested the case
on the part of the government. The evidence
was damaging to the defense and Scoville piled
the witness with a tedious category of questions
in the hope of eiiciting something favorable to
the case. Guiteau was noisy to such an extent
as to be repremanded by Judge Cox. A bailif
put his hand on the prisoners shoulder to quiet
HIM, when the latter threatened to slap the
officers mouth. Guiteau remarked at the OPEN
ing of the court: 81 had a very happy New
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
WHAT THE CENSUS SHOWS.

4 recent number of the New York
Times contained very valuable census
tables. They indicate pretty clearly the
states and territories that are marching
onward with rapid pace, those that are
growing slowly, and those that are stand
ing still. The increase In population in
the last decade has been IL, 597.4 12
which Is equal to a gain of 80 per cent.
In some sections of the country, how
ever, the gain has been very small, while
IN others it has been very large. YER
mont shows the smallest increase, the
gain being only one-half of l per cent,
while the territory of Dakota stands at
the head of the list, with a gain in popu-
lation of S53 per cent.
The figures show that the eastern OF
New England states all fall below the
average increase in population. Maine
comes next TO Vermont in her slow pro-
gress, with q percentage of 81: New
Hampshire follows, with a gain of 9 per
cent, Connecticut Is, Massachusetts y.
and Rhode Island 81. The middle At
lantic states do not present a much more
favorable showing, all, with the excep-
ton of West Virginia, being under the
average. New York, strange to say,
stands at the bottom of the list, with a
gain of only Is per cent. in 10 years,
Delaware comes next, with II per cent,
Maryland 20, Pennsylvania %, Virginia
%, New Jersey IS. West Virginia is
above the average, hav ing an increase of
40 per cent, and the District of Column
bia shows the respectable gain of 80 per
cent. The central states, with the excep-
rion of Minnesota, cannot claim any IN
usual advance in population, as the in-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14

crease in two-thirds of their number falls
below the average. Tndiana's gain is
only Is per cent, Ohio's reaches only
20, Illinois 81, Kentucky 25, Wisconsin
25, Missouri 26. Iowa runs above the
average, her increase being SO per cent. :;
Michigan is slightly better, with gain
of 38 per cent, and Minnesota stands at
the top of the list, with a gain of 7S per
cent.
The southern states present hopeful
features. In six of them the increase in
population is equal to or about the aver
age, while in the others it does not fall
far below. Tennessee's gain has been %
per cent, Alabama has %, Louisiana %,
Georgia 80, North Carolina 81, Missis-
sippi 81, South Carolina Al, Florida Al,
and Arkansas heads the list with a gain
of 66 per cent. The Pacific states and
territories, including the western
plateau, exhibit, with slight exceptions,
an extraordinary gain in the number of
their inhabitants. The population of
Dakota, as already stated, has increased
653 per cent. Colorado comes next, with a
gain of 380 per cent, Arizona 319, Nebras-
ka 268, Washington Territory pa, Kansas
173, Wyoming Territory 1913, Idaho Ter
ritory III, Texas "a, Oregon go, Montana
Territory 80, California "a, Nevada AZ,
and New Mexico 80.
The outlines here given of an analysis
of the census tables indicate clearly that
the tide of emigration is flowing to the
great northwest and the states and terri
tories west of the Mississippi. Not alone
have natives of the eastern and middle
states left their homes for the western
plateau or the prairie states, but very
large proportion of the immigrants from
Europe have settled in that section of
the country.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
CHINESE IMMIGRATION.

The last report of Consul Bee will
allay somewhat the apprehensions of
those who saw in the Chinese immigra-
ton movement the beginning of a human
torrent that would lay waste the hopes
and prospects of workingmen and the
smaller class of trades-people in Ameri-
ca. The hue and cry against -" cheap
Chinese labor that rang out over the
land has subsidized in a measure, and
when thinking people ponder the figures
of last years immigration the excitement
will be wholly quoted. Consul Bee es-
Inmates the total of arrivals at 17,767.
During the same period SITS Chinese
returned to Asia, leaving a balance in
favor of their colony in San Francisco of
$3.50. OF this number many were old
residents returning from visit to their
relatives III China. The majority of the
new arrivals were laborers, who had
been hired to work on the Southern
Pacific and Dragon railroads. Latterly
there has been an active demand on the
Pacific coast for Chinese labor. and there
are three agents in Hong Kong and Can
ton purchasing labOrers and shipping
them here. Contracts can be readily
made for Chinese labOrers at 81. so q dav.
whereas two years ago that class of
workmen could be had for 80 cents a
day, without board Owing to the high
rate of wages ruling on the Pacific slope
there has been no emigration of Chinese
TO the eastern states, where the demand
for cheap skilled labor has several times
been increased by strikes among cigar
makers and others. A large number of
Chinese have sailed from San Francisco
to Honolulu, but the emigration In that
direction is accounted for by the refusal
of the authorities at Hong Kong to clear
ships for Honolulu. There are no
Chinese government students in this
country atpresent. All Chinese students
who have been III American colleges have
been recalled and apportioned 10 the civil
service of their own country. The Chi
nese authorities seem to be satisfied with
the experiment of sending their young
men abroad TO learn the languages and
arts of the white races, for the system
will soon be ampliied, and another dele
cation Of students dispatched to the uni
versities and factories of this county and
E'11r0pa
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
Baked,

There is health in sunshine-taken in
proper quantities-but our American
mothers would rather shrink from ad-
nlnlsterlng 1T to their babies In such al
lopathlc doses as the Hindoo women do.
A missionary in India visited house
one day where there was a newborn
baby which was about the color of a pink
sea-sheIl.
GLOW pretty +" said the visitor, to
the mother.
cob" was the reply, ''she'H be
black like the rest of us after I have put
her out III the sun for few DAYS -
And sure enough, when the next call
was made, the poor baby was found bak-
ing IN the hot Indian sun, stretched ON
a bit of board, with only a piece of cot
ton to cloth under its head for a pillow.
Its body had been first smeared with
mustard oil, according to the strange
fashion OF That land. The mothers are
much surprised to learn that American
children are not treated in the same way.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
What TO Try.

[From DIR. Foote'S Health Monthly.J
Try popcorn for nausea.
Try cranberries for malaria.
Try a sunbath for rheumatism.
Try ginger ale for stomach cramps.
Try clam broth for weak stomach.
Try cranberry poultice for erysipelas.
Try gargling lager beer for cure of
sore throat.
Try a wet towel to the back Of the
neck when sleepless.
Try swallowing saliva when troubled
with sour stomach.
Try eating fresh radishes and yellow
turnips for gravel.
Try eating onions and horseradish to
relieve dropsical sweIlings.
Try buttermilk for removal of freck-
les, tan and butternut stains.
Try to cultivate an equable temper,
and don't borrow trouble ahead
Try hot dry flannel over the seat of
neuralgia pain and renew frequently.
Try taking your codliver oil in to-
mato catsup, If you want to make it pal
atable.
Try hard cider-a wineglassful three
times day-fOr ague and rheumatism
Try breathing the fumes Of turpen-
tine or carbolic acid to relieve whoop-
ing-cough.
Try taking nap in the afternoon if
you are going to be out late in the even
ing.
Try a cloth wrrlng out from cold wa
ter put about the neck at night for sore
throat
Try shutting powdered borax up the
nostrils for catarrhal "cold in the
head"
Try au extra pair of stockings outside
OF your shoes when travelling III cold
weather.
Try walking with your hands behind
you if you find yourself becoming bent
forward.
Try a silk handkerchief over the face
when Obliged to go against a cold, pierc-
ing wind.
Try planting sunhowers in your gar
den if compelled to live in a malarial
neighborhood
Try a saturated solution of bicarbon-
ate of soda (baking soda) in diarrheal
troubles; give freely.
Try a newspaper over the chest, be-
meath your coat, as q chest protector in
extremely ccid weather.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
Solidifying Petroleum for Transporta
[From the London Times.l

According TO st. Petersburg paper,
a German, Herr P. n. Dittman, has
practically solved the problem of render
ing petroleum solid-a problem consid-
derably studied by chemists of late in
view of the large question of transport.
A company has been formed in Russia
to work the patent when completed.
The transformation of the substance
will not cost more than about Sd per So
pounds (six kopecks per pood), whereas
the casks now used increase the cost of
petroleum about IS Id for the same
quantity (55 kopecks per pood), leakage
not considered. The mode of treat
ment is not yet disclosed, and chemists
to whom small samples of the solid pc
troleum have been sent have not been
able to make out the nature of the for
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
z Bows Luck

The Norristown (Pa.) Herald in re-
cent issue referred among others, to the
following cases of special interest. They
are their own commentary. Mr.. Samuel
G. Nyce, resides at 30S Marshall Street,
and holds the responsible position of
Journal clerk IN the Pennsylvania legis-
lature at Harrisburg While Mr.. Nyce
and family were In the country recently,
his boy, aged 3 years, fell and broke his
leg. He recovered, but a very trouble
some stiffness set in and he could scarce
ly use the leg. The injured limb was
rubbed several times with st. Jacobs
Oil, and the stiffness was so much re-
duced that the boy was able to use his
leg freely. DR.. Knipe said it was the
use OF st. Jacobs Oil that cured the stiff
ness. Mr.. Nyce himself used the great
German Remedy for toothache with good
effect, and also for sprain and pains of
a rheumatic nature, and always with good
effect. Mrs. Nyce also says she thinks
the Oil is a splendid thing, and she al
ways keeps it on hand.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14

Judge John p. Putnam, Of the Massachusetts
supreme court, died at Boston, on the 4th inst.
The death Is announced at Paris of Francis
Michel Pascal. the sculptor.
DR.. William A. Peck, one of the surgeons at
the Indianapolis Surgical Institute, died on the
5th inst.
Charles G. E. Prussing, the well-known VINE
gar manufacturer Of Chicago, died in Germany
on the I'd inst, Of Bright's disease, aged Sc
years.
The Hon. C. C. Clay, who was United States
senator from Alabama, before the war, and
confederate states senator during the war, died
at Henrietta, Ala, on the Sd inst.
1912, died in Kentucky on the 1stiust. Samuel
Beckley, aged 100, q native Of England, died at
Flint, Mich, on the 4th inst.
Dr., John w. Draper, the eminent scientist
and author, died on the 4th inst, at Hastings,
on the Hudson.
The death is announced of William Harrison
AinswOrth, an English novelist whose works
were widely read in the circulating libraries of
America and England.
John r. Circuit, prominent and wealthy
citizen of Detroit, Mich, died on the Sd inst,
aged rs.
Michael McFadden, chief of the Memphis,
Tenn, fire department, died on the Sd inst.
L. +. Burgurs, ex-president of the old Trans
vaal Republic, South Africa, is dead.
Samuel G. AIallette, treasurer of the city of
Omaha, died suddenly of epilepsy, on New
Years day.
DR.. ]. w. Allen, one of the leading ply
sicIans of northern Indiana, died. on the 31st
ult., at Elkhart, where he settled in 1S48.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
The EientS ArrpSteS.

Through the confession of one of their
number the three villains who SO cruelty
murdered the Gibbons children at Ashland
Ky, recently, have been arrested. George
Ellis, in his confession, states that on the night
of the urder he was induced by William Neal
and Ellis Craft to join them On their foul mis-
sion to the Gibbons homestead They entered
through awindow, and Neal and Craft outraged
the girls, who recognized their despoilers and
threatened to expose their doings. Robert,
the boy, attempted to escape but was struck
down and killed by Craft. Then, notwith-
standing the most piteous appeals, Craft killed
Annie Gibbons with an axe, and Neal finished
Emma Thomas with the same horrid weapon.
The two murderers attended the funeral of
their victims, ore acting as Fall-bearer and the
other driving the hearse. The prisoners were
lodged in Cattlettsburg jail. Lynching is
almost certain
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
The Fire Record.

Fire in the wooden mills of I. Sch0feld, at
Manayunk, Pa, on the 9th inst, destroyed
property to tho amount of $4,000.
Whitaker & Sons pork house burned at St.
Louis on the 9th inst. Loss S60,000; insured
for $4,000.
The furniture store of John A. Baldwin, at
Williams burg, N. Y, burned, on the 9th inst.
Loss $75, 600; insured for $35, 600.
The Texas Pacific Railroad lost Their depot
and offices at Marshall, Texas, by fire on the 3D.
inst. Loss $50 600.
An entire square of buildings at Greenville,
Texas, was converted into a mass of smoking
ruins on the I'd inst. Loss $50, 600.
number of stores and dwellings,, together
with fourteen horses, burned at Batesvile, Ark,
on the Sd inst.
New Years blazes: Eight firms suffered by
fire at st. Paul, MIMI, the loss amounting to
$40, 600 The Waternall building at Philadel-
phia, Pa, was damaged to the extent of $685.
000 Hendricks livery stable. with twenty-four
horses and accompanying outfit, was swept
away at Worcester, Mass. lighter and 391
tons of cotton at Jersey City wharf vanished
in smoke.
Hadfeld & DucLers cracker bakery at Brook
lyn, was destroyed by fire on the I'd inst. Loss
$75, 000.
John A. Lords steam tannery, at Peabody,
Mass, valued at Sj25, 200, was burned on the lst
inst.
The steamer Rosa B., laden with 300 bales
of cotton, burned at Boyou Baritone, on the
Mississippi, on the ID inst. The steward
drowned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
Warrington Gossip.

Gen. Fitz John Porter has sent a letter to
President Arthur asking that the President ex-
anime his case and take steps to reinstate him
III rank and pay in the army. The letter is ac-
compamed by one from Gen. Grant and an
other from Gen. Terry, both favoring Porter's
case.
President Arther has issued a special mes
sage regarding the alarming spread of small
pox in this country. He urges more stringent
qua Tantino regulations at the seaports and
more effective Interstate regulations for the
restriction and repression of contagious
diseases.
President Arthur has accepted the resignation
Of PriEate Secretary ]. STANLEY Brown.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
Deadly Dynamite.

While some workmen were thawing out a
can of dynamite by immersing it in a kettle of
of warm water, an explosion took place, killing
a Swede named Quilberg and seriously lnjuring
Charles and S. NJ. Nelson.
On the 3lst nit, King Smith, boss of gang
of railroad cCnstructIonists, near Wampum, Pa,
foolishly placed quantity of dynamite in an
old powder keg near a stove IN order TO dry it..
At noon, and while the men were gathered
about the stove eating their lunch, the deadly
substance exploded, fatally injuring MILFORD
Cunningham, and seriously wounding seven
others.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
Burned to Death.

The poor house at Decatur, H., burned on
the 4th inst, three insane inmates perishing in
the flames. The unfOrtunates were: Isaac
Franklin, aged 80, Martin Casey, aged so and
FRANKLIN Fletcher, aged IS. The pecunary
loss amounts 10 $15, 600.
By the burning of the boarding house of Gar
ret Abers, at Richburg, N. Y, on New Years
eve, three children, aged -, II, and 10 respec-
lively, persisted in the flames, and their mother,
Mrs. Abers, WHO was Frustrated with fever
was carried out into the snow, and will die
from the exposure. Another inmate of the
house IS expected to die of his injuries. An
overheated kitchen stove was the origin Of the
fire.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
BONN Id EIeafh.

An appalling calamity occurred at Shanes-
vile, o., on New Years eve. The Knights of
Pythas were holding festival when the floor
gave way precipitating about 300 to the first
floor. The hot stove fell with the crowd and
the oil from broken chandeliers saturating the
clothing of the unfortunate victims, the whole
mass of humanity was soon enveloped III
flames. The widest excitement and confusion
prevailed and the scene which followed is de-
scr1bcd as beggaring description. The first
report was that thirteen were killed, but later
accounts reduce the number to six, with large
number terribly injured
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14

Year yesterday, and hope everybody else did:
had lots of visitors. high-toned, middle-toned
and low-toned. That takes them all in, | be-
leve. They expressed their opinion freely, and
none of them want me hung. They all, with
out dissent, expressed the opinion that [ shall
be acquitted"
Thirty-,ai1aht Day. An attempt was made by
Scoville to have his case re-opened in order to
allow two experts, Drs. Mcfarland and Beard
to testify. The prosecution objected and
Judge Cox ruled against Scoville. The prison.
er at the outset stated that be had promised
Marshal Henry to keep quie5 and he was going
to do it, but before the day was over he grew
quite boisterous as usual. Just before o'clock
Scoville announced that the defense had closed
its case, and the prosecution presented to the
court its prayers for instruction. Adjourned
till the 18th inst
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
Fatal EIEniASIOnS.

At Oskaloosa, Ia, on the 9Th inst, three boys
caused explosion of five hundred kegs Of
powder, by firing at the wooden magazine con-
tanning it with a breech-loading rifle. The boys
were instantly killed, and nearly all the the
plate glass fronts in the business part of the
city were blown out. Many persons were in
jured by falling glass. The damage will reach
$4,000. The names of the victims are John
Phillips, Gerald Joyce and John Sledman.
A boiler in saw mill at Winamac, Ind, ex-
ploded on the I'd inst, killing John Helm, and
fatally injurlng Daniel Duit; a third man was
hadlu hurt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14
Fearful Stampede.

A frightful stampede occurred in the Salem
Church at Quincy, H., on the afternoon of the
9Th inst. by which forty persons were injured.
several, it is thought, fatally. The funeral
services OF a minister were being held, and the
church, which is one of the largest in the city,
was packed to suifocation. A seat in the gal
lery broke down, which was the immediate
cause of the panic. Men, women and children
rushed for the doors, and many were thrown
down and trampled under foot.