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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07
MOrtuRrF.

Col. Henry S. McComb, prominently identi-
fed with southern railway interests, dropped
dead from apoplexy, at Philadelphia, Pa, on
the Goth ult. He was 60 years of age.
Lieut.-Col. Wm. Redwood Prize, u. S. A..
died at Philadelphia. on the 90th ult. He was
attached to the Sixth Cavalry.
Henry @. Wentworth, for many years general
passenger and ticket agent of the Michigan
Central Railroad, and one of the best known
and ablest men in America in his department
of the railroad business, died at his home in
Chicago on the 2Sth ult
W. S. George, editor of the Republican at
Lansing, Mich, and head of the state printing
firm, died on the 9th ult., at the age of 56.
Capt. John Gallagher. of Philadelphia,
founder of Gallagher's Weekly Marine reports
and the Philadelphia marine surveys, is dead;
age 70.
John Orville Evans, president of the Mutual
Union Telegraph Company, died at New York
city on Christmas, aged IS years.
Lucius Rice, an old and prominent citizen of
Terre Haute, Ind, died suddenly in church on
Christmas day, of heart disease.
Dir. Edward Reynolds, Boston's oldest physi-
clan, passed away on Christmas day.
James Taylor, one of the earliest settlers at
Kalamazoo. Mich, died from a stroke of apo
plexy. He left 100000 to three children.
The Rev. DIR. Leonard Bacon, of New Haven,
is dead, aged 70 years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07
BRIBERY IN ELECTIONS.

50 many cases of bribery in elections
have been brought to light of late years
that pesimists and cynics are wont to
speak OF them as evidences of the rot
tenness of q republican form of govern
ment. They see the incr ease in number
of the offenses against the law, but over
look the fact that the American system
of government is stretching out with a
growth rs wonderful rs the present age;
that as crime of all kinds increases with
the growth of a population, so offenses
against laws regarding election Will be-
come more numerous as the country en-
larges IN extent and power. As proof
that Americans are not alone in misde-
meanors OF this nature the following by
the london correspondent of the To-
ronto Globe is ofere>,: "The extensive
bribing which prevailed at the general
aud recent lIye elections has cast seri-
Gus slur upon our electoral constitution.
The elections Mt Macclesfield and Sand
wich were among the worst in this re-
spect, and yesterday in the queens
bench Judgment was delivered in the
case of the offenders at these elections.
Among the defendants were three soil
citors, holding high positions in their re-
spective towns and counties, who were
found guilty of distributing money and
of falslfving the election accounts.
These men-the bench scorned to call
them gentlemen after their conduct
had received immense sums of money
for distribution, and out of the
5000 voters at Macclesfield 5000
had been influenced by bribery.
The high position aud conse-
ouent large influence which these solicit
tors held was, in the opinion of the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07
An Indians Gratitude.
From the Denver (Col,) News.


Among those who drifted hither in 80,
during the Pixies Peak excitement, and
who have remained as hunters or pro-
prietors, is Moccasin Bill, still living III
his cabin III the Sangre de Christie
Mountains. At the age of so years this
man is as straight and active as at 90,
and when he mingles with other men
a rare occurrence-het towers above them
like some giant among lilliputians. His
long hair falls over his shoulders and de-
sends nearly to his waist in natural
curls, now slightly tinged with gray,
while a beard that has known no razor
for thirty years sweeps his breast. Many
years ago he established o hunting
camp in the Gunnison country. Having
excavated hole in the side of hill, and
having completed a warm and secure re-
treat, he was prepared to pass the winter
and brave the perils of that season of
the year. He had located series of
traps, and daily he plodded through the
snow to secure any animals that might
have been captured, and to replenish his
larder by bringing down such game as
might be obtainable. AS the winter add
vanced the snow became deeper, and
spread over the mountains and valleys to
the depth of many feet.
While making his daily round one
day, and while staggering along with a
bundle of furs on his back and his rife
on his shoulder, he heard cry, faint and
weak, yet still cali for help. With
true frontier courage he responded to
the appeal, and ere long found, half
buried in the snow and nearly persisted,
an Indian. With infinite difficulty he
conveyed the savage to his cabin and
there nourished him back to strength.
This Indian had secreted himself upon
the trail of the hunter with the avowed
purpose of killing him, but had sue
cumbed to the cold and was rescued by
the man he had sought TO slay.
Before leaving his benefactor he un-
| bosomed himself and while relating his
story pleaded for pardon. His bene-
factor knew full well the object the one
! he had rescued had in view, but had
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07
SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN.
TAes. sRRDoA, Editor and Publisher.
STATISTICS OF POPULATION.

A census bulletin, just issued, pre-
sents the final official figures of the pop
ulation of the states and territories &C.
cording to the census of 1880, and also,
for comparison, the figures for 1870.
The total population of the United
States and territories, according to these
figures, is 80, 155, 783, consisting of 25,-
518, 800 males and 24,636, 963 females.
OF our population of over fifty million
people in 1880, 6,679, 943 were Of foreign
birth. Our population is composed of
43,402,9 whites, 6,5SO,793 colored
men, los, 465 Chinese, 148 japanese, and
6,407 Indians. tits interesting to COM
pare these figures with those of 1870,
when the white population was 33, 592,-
245, the colored 1886, 387, the Chinese
Sc, 179; the Indians (estimated), Ill, 165.
The white population has increased
nearly ten millions in the ten years, and
the colored population about 100000
The Chinese have nearly doubled in
number during the decade and the In
dams have lost almost half their number
III the same time.
One OF the interesting features OF the
census is the large increase of the colored
population. The colored men outnum-
Der the whites in the states of Louisiana,
Mississippi and South Carolina. The
following shows the relative increase of
the two races in these states since 1870:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07
She Took No Risks.

From the Cincinnati Musical PeoplcI
"Have We any gud piannies? She
asked, as she stepped into a piano store
ware-room on East Fourteenth Street
the other day, displaying a prosperous
looking pocket book. 81 want one for
me datter, who is comm home from the
semetary wild finished eddication."
"What style of instrument do YOU
prefer ?" said the clerk, displaying an
upright. "This piano is double patent
Observation-Disclosures never stay
in-tune and celluloid keys"
"Och! niver happerth do I care
about the sthoile, so long as its strong
case Have We any wild iron cases ?"
"No ma'am, but all our cases are
made extra strong"
Glow much'll We take for that plan
nie?"
-Four hundred dollars, ma'am."
"Do you sell on the slow-pay plan %
Eyes, occasionally we sell to reliable
purchasers on the installment plan. The
installment on this piano would be SIS
O month.
"Will you throw in cover and
sthule?"
Hardly fair to ask in maam; but
well throw in these articles this time. .
can buk o music ?"
eyes; We won't be mean about it.
"Now, if yell insure the piannie I'll
take it."
"Well, really, ma'am, the purchaser
usually insures the instrument; but to
close the bargain we'll insure this piano
and agree to take all risks"
Ye see, betwane me and you," said
she, after she had made her mark on the
necessary papers and deposited the first
ipstallment receipt in her bosom, "I'n
glad to be aisy about the insurance, as
want to get the better of me ole man,
who took an oath that if [ brought 6
piannie into the house, he'd smash it ur
wild an AK An faith he's the bi to do il
the next time he gets dhrunk"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07
COMMON TIME FOR THE WORLD.

A conference of delegates appointed by
the governments interested in the inter-
national geographical congress held at
Venice, Italy, recently, viii take place in
Washington about the first of Nav next,
for the purpose of adopting first meri-
dian that will be common to all nations.
The system sought to be established was
presented to the congress by Sanford
Fleming, chancellor of Queens Univer-
slty, Canada, one of the American dele
gates, and may be summarized as fol-
lows:
l. To establish a standard time which NAV
be common to all people throughout the world
for ali common as we'll as scientific purposes,
this standard time to be known as cosmopolitan
time.
2. One particular meridian to be selected as
tlme-zero and first meridian, the time to be
properly determined by the suns meridian pas
sage.
3. Twenty-four secondary or standard hour
merldlans, including in the number the first
meridian, to be established fifteen degrees or one
hour distant from each other
/. These standard hour meridians to regulate
time in all places of the earth's surface.
.. The twenty-four hour standard meridans
10 be designated by letters of the English
alphabet, emitting ] and V, from east to west,
the zero meridian being lettered z.
8. Tie hour of the day at any place on the
earth's surface to be regulated by some one of
the standard meTidians, generally by the stand
ard nearest such place in longitude.
Z. The interval of time between two cOnsecu-
tive passages of the sun over the prime meri-
dian to be called the cosmopolitan day.
4. Local days to commence twelve hours be-
fore and twelve hours after the suns passage
over each of the standard meridians, the local
days to be designated by the letters Of the
twenty four meridlans which determine them.
8. The hours Of the cosmopolitan day to be
known by the letters OF the alphabet in their or
der, corresponding with the twenty-four meri-
dams. When the sun passes meridi ms H or n
II will be II or n time Of the cosmopolitan day.
10. The present division Of the day into two
series of twelve hours each to be abolished and
one series Of twenty-four adopted, or the after
noon hours to be designated by letters.
II The time determined directly from the
prime meridian TO be cosmopolitan time, and
local time to be known by the particular stand
ard meridian 10 which it is referred, as that
from meridian would be standard time.
Il. Each town of Importance to have pub
lie time signal station electrically constructed
with a central observatory for the purpose of
receiving and disseminating standard time with
precision.
-. All railway and local public clocks to be
connected electrically from the public time sig
nal stations.
General ". B. Hazen, chief signal
officer at Washington, is at the head OF
the executive committee, and will furnish
Information to all who take an interest
IN the matter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07
Minor Tishaps.

Mrs. n. t. Coppege, of New Orleans, took q
loaded revolver and taught her 4-year-old child
how to use 1t. The little one soon took aim at
her, and the bullet entered her brain.
A collision between runaway team and a
street railroad car, at Dallas, Texas, On tie
9th, resulted III killing John Spencer, MORALLY
y+orinaiHaet Samuel A.as.-os, orad broohtng tlIr
hip of JEFF. Newman. driver Of the car.
A passenger train killed George Valentine and
wife at a crossing near Toronto, on the
29th nit.
Mr.. Pinkerton, of Ironton, o., tainted and
fell into the fire with his child in his arms and
both we're burned to death.
John Murphy, aged go years. while intoxi-
Gated tumbled into coal pit near Decatur. H.,
on the 9th and fell to the bottom, distance OF
$50 feet. Death was instantaneous.
At Jacksonville, Ind, on Christmas night,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcclellan we're terribly III
jured and Miss Berry killed by the accidental
explosion Of some bottles of powder which Mr..
Mcclellan had filled for the purpose of making
" celebration to amuse his children.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07
Fatal EvDlOSIAnS.s

A terrible disaster occurred to the steamer
West Point, plying between West Point, Va,
and Baltimore. The West Point arrived al
West Point early on the morning of the 26th
and the gang began TO discharge her cargo
An explosion occurred, which blew off the side
of the vessel into the river and set fire to tho
ship. Nineteen persons, including four OF the
crew and nearly all the stewards hands per-
ished. The crew were mostly from Baltimore
and laborers from Richmond and West Point
The West Point was new ship, having only
made few trips. She was valued at $50, 600
and was insured.
Twins shade factory at Oswego, n. T., was
damaged $4,000 worth and fireman killed By
tue explosion OF boiler.
One man was killed and four wounded by the
explosion Of boiler in Watson's mill, Gurdon
Ark, on tue 9th. The mill was badly wrecked
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07

Preston's child from drowning, is now clerk in
the agricultural department
The Christmas greeting prepared for the
press by Guiteau has been published. 1t is @
repetition Of bis 'ansPirstion' theory, and con-
tains nothing new. He thinks, however, that
he would not repeat the tragedy for a milton
dollars.
Guiteau spent Christmas quietly, receiving
only few callers at the jail. He has pre-
pared another statement for publication for
which he wants 800.
1t is reported from Washington that nqtnr-
les from various parts of the country have
been received, asking III regard to the prospect
Of trouble on account Of South American com
piications The state department gives assur-
ances that there lie no reason to believe any
present complications antw here would lead TO
actual trouble. There is, however, reported to
be anxiety at the navy department to hear
definitely about the Alaska. The report that
che had been fired into il not credited; but
there is general interest to hear to what extent,
if at all, the movements Of the Alaska have
compromised our relations with Chill
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07
On the Trek.
vi tHo tTCNs
from Blackwood's Magazine.


The Dutchman inspans his Is or Is
oxen at daylight, packs his wife and
children under the tilt which covers the
hind part of his wagon, takes son OF
more to drive half dozen horses along
side, gets up in front himself with q
long whip, gives the word to the blac
foretooDer and away creaks the wagon.
Madame works, the children play or go
to sleep, and the Boer smokes and cracks
his whip. There are buck along the
road, and now and again he gets down
from his perch, and goes after them with
his rifle, bringing in as many as he
wants for the days food. Ten miles or
more, and the morning sun grows hot,
so he chooses the first running water,
outspans the oxen, lifts Mrs. Boer down
from behind, and goes off to have a
wash. The Kafr boys collect dry cow
dung, almost the only fuel of the
country; Mrs. Boer pulls out the Kafir
pot-Just such another iron affair as we
see stirred round by the witches 10
" Macbeth cuts up the venlson,
throws in handful of beans, and sets it
on the fire to stew. The invariable COT
fee-pot is filled and made to boil, and in
the fresh air of the Uetdt the whole
family sit down to breakfast. The Katirs
finish what is left, or make their own
Skof from mealy-meal; and all loll about
aga:n-some to shoot, some to wash
clothes, some to sleep. Then; when the
afternoon Is come, the oxen are driven in
after good, free feed OF grass, the
wagon is packed, mynheer sits down
again on the box, the horses are collect
ed, and the family once more set out on
the trek. Evening follows with fresh
outspan by handy spruit, second
meal, more coffee, and general bed.
Some 70 miles have been done, and will
be done IN the same easy, patriarchal
way till the journey is finished.
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sanity in the points of tho case as presented by

sanity in the points OF tho case as presented by
the defense W.T.
TRi,.ty-stath Day. DIR. Kennpster, OF WlScon-
sin was cross-examined. He said ne ala not
believe in temporary insanity in the sense that
persons conld be insane and wholly recover
from il in an hour. DIR. John L. Gray, OF tno
New YofI State Insane Asylum, was put on the
stand and related conversations had with the
prisoner in the jail. Guiteau told him ne
would not have murdered the President had
the latter given him the Paris consulship. The
prisoner shouted out from the dock that he said
Il he received She appointment after the first
of June il would not have altered his purpose.
Witness had treated or investigated 12,0OO
cases Of insanity IN his time, and did not be-
lieve in what is called "moral INSANITY"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07
ANCIENT AND MODERN ExTRAvAGANcE

The lavish manner with which modern
men Of wealth entertain company is
often noted and commented on by the
press Of the country. Occasionally q
rich stock broker of the east electrife s
the world with an illustration of the pow
er OF wealth in the setting of a princely
banquet or the adjoining of a private
residence of palatial extent, while from
the far west come notes regarding men
still habited ID miners garb, who toy
with millions and spend money with
seemingly no thought of its value.
During the oil excitement in Pennsyl-
vania years ago, the same exhibitions of
princely extravaganza were made by men
who became rich in a day. This ten
dency to display is as old as the human
race, and will continue as long as the
world lasts. The London Quarterly Re
view cites few instances of ancient ex-
travagance which will be interesting in
comparison with those of the present
time. Crassus, when a candidate for the
consulship, gave feast of 10, 900 tables,
to which all the citizens of Rome were
Unfortunately invited. Caesar, to Gel
citrate the funeral of daughter, gave
one OF $4,000 tables, with accommoda-
ton for three guests at each. In the
course of the festivities in stituted by
Titus to celebrate the colosseum, {, 900
wild beasts were let loose and killed
by gLadiators. The Emperor Pro-
bus collected for single show
100 lions, 100 lionesses, 100 Libyan
and 100 Syrian leopards, 800 bears
and 600 gladiators. Having caused the
circus to be planted with trees to re-
semble a forest, he let loose 1000
ostriches, 1000 stays, 1000 does and
1000 bears, to be hunted by the popu-
lace who were to keep whatever they
could catch OF kill Tiberius, whose life
at Capri was disgrace to human nature,
was fonder of saving money than spend
ing it, and be left an immense sum IN
the treasury, which his successor, Cali
gula, managed to dissipate in two years
by extravaganza of the most senseless
kind. Az if in rivalry of Cleopatra, he
swallowed precious stones dissolved in
vinegar, and caused his guests to be
helped to gold (Which they carried away
instead OF bread and meat. One Of his
favorite amusements was showering gold
among the populace from the Basilica
of Julius Caesar. He built galleys of
cedar, covered with iewelry, and large
enough TO contain vines and fruit trees,
and had canals cut for them along the
coast. The stable of his favorite horse,
which he talked of naming Consul, was
marble, the trough of ivory, the harness
of purple and the collar of pearls. The
set OF emeralds and pearls worn by one
his wives, Lolita Paulina, was valued at
e400,0 900 sterling. The principal ex-
travagance of Claudius was In public
games. One of the shows organized for
him was a naval combat on a lake, in
which the galleys were manned by 49,
900 men. He was fond of good cheer,
and was in the habit of inviting himself
to the tables of the rich. He came on
one occasion with 600 persons in his
train. The utmost excess in gluttony
was reached by Vitellus, who gave feasts
at which 2, 900 fishes and Z, ZOO birds were
served up.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07
Railway Wrecks.

Near Newburn, III, on the night Of the 18th
ult., caboose was detached, and John Beer,
and Harry, alias Kelly, killed. Thee persons
were seriously and others slightly injured.
regular smash-up occurred on the Penn
sylyanla road, at Christiana, Pa, on the 10th
ult A freight train parted, the severed end
finally catching up and running into the main
train causing a general wreck. Shortly after
wards freight train came along and piled into
the mass of ruins. Two men were burned to
death and two others badly injured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07
THE Knights of Columbia ar,

The Knights of Columbia are west
ern secret organization of colored men.
Two lodges In st. Louis use the same
hall, and owing to misunderstanding.
they both met for "work :" on the same
evening. High Sovereign Holland of
Missouri Union Lodge was seated Cd
his throne, arrayed in purple regalia.
when High Sovereign Andrews of the
Future Great Lodge entered and de-
handed the place. Both were armed
with big swords, and with these a fierce
combat was fought. The members
Joined the fray, the throne was demol-
ished, and the police had to break in to
restore peace.
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nobly saved him from horrible fate.
The savage and wonl1-be murderer de-
parted from the cabin of his benefactuf
with a changed heart and returned to his
tribe, where he. related his adventure.
From that day the hunter tses honoted
by the Indians and many days were
spent in their wigwams by one whom
they had once sought to destroy. His
traps were never molested, and when he
left for the settlements he carried with
him the love of his savage neighbors.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07
UaxhinQf0n GOSsin.

Attorney General Brewster, in letter to Mr..
Bliss, outlines his policy and purpose IN regard
to the Star route cases. He states that the
prosecutions must be earnestly pressed, and the
trials must be prompt and cases well prepared.
He states that he has resolved that his duty
will require him to take an active part In the
trials in court, and he proposes to be present
and in person lead In the prosecution.
Judge Riley, ex-consul to Zanzibar, who was
Preston, of the British army. because he saved
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07

AT Kanawha, W. Va, Oh the 23d, Peter Her
ring and his Two sors were swept over the gov
eminent dam and drowned.
Henry Burke, John Hapes, Archie Mcdonald
and barnard Glenn were caught out in dories
off Gloucester, Mass, during heavy gale. on
the 23d and drowned.
AT New York, on the 22d inst, tug with g
tow of barges became disabled, and six Of the
barges swamped. Capt. Wicks was drowned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07
Fatal stampede.

Apick-pocket arrested in crowded church
in Warsaw, Russia, on Christmas, cried ont
Fire, which caused terrible panic, in which
forty-six persons were crushed TO death by the
crowd. The cuIprit proved to be a Jew. and
several Jew shops in the neghborhood were
mobbcd by the angry multitude who escaped
from the church. Military was called into
requisition to guard the disturbed quarter.
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AGothef 1nterestln3 TACT IS That the states
of New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Ohio con-
tam the largest number of foreigners, in
the order In which they are named, and
the six states together have within their
borders considerably more than one-half
OF the total foreign population of the
whole country III 1880.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-07
Heavy Eniiure.

Fred Lauer, the well-known Reading Pa,
brewer, failed on the Gath. Liabilities $780,
900; assets S250,900.
Owing to clog in country collections the
firm OF Knowles, COyes & Co., wholesale gro
GERS, Chicago, failed. Liabilities $685., 900.
Their assets are placed at $1,000