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w. L. Douglas Congress Caters, Button
and Lace Shoes for gents at $500, worth
$500 Every pair warranted and don't hurt
your feet-at H. l.. Norris.
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SALE.

will sell on the ground all the unsold lots
of land that | have, at o'clock, p. m, on
Saturday, July "A. 1888. These lots are sit
uated partly within the city of Westminster,
have been laid out into streets and plated,
and will be sold to suit purchasers.
TERMs-One-third cash, and the balance
in six and twelve months.
july 7-2w K. b. NORMENT.
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FOR SALE
BY A. N. STEPHAN.

The finest stock of Spring Goods ever of
fered in this market, such as Hames,
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

have made arrangements with the Shreeve
Brothers at their shop, in the West End of
Westminster, to carry ON the Foundry and
Machine Business. will repair all kinds of
machinery, and will be thankful for patronage.
june9-tf E.. WAGNER.
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CANs! CANS J!
FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
SMITH & WICKS.

DIN l. IL u Wv AOO-0s
MILL AND BOWLY SITS, BALTIMORE.
PATENT OUTSIDE SOLDERED
Or
OLD STYLE INSIDE SOLDERED
AS BUYERS MAY PREFER.
Having largest facilities in the country $780,
600 per day. can insure
PROMPT FILLING OF ORDERS.
WE ALSO FURNISH
SOLDER, CASES,
SOLDERING IRONS, AND
HULL'S GASOLINE FIRE POTS
For Gaping Purposes. Our Solder is ex-
actly the same in quality as we use for max
ing cans; made of pure pig tin and lead. No
old lead, antimony or bismuth is used in its
preparation.
BaP Correspondence solicited, and infor-
nation about the canning business given on
application. feb 24-6m*
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WANTED.-Atr usty and reliable Wo-
w man, about 80 years old, can have a
good home and liberal wages, to do general
homework for small family. Apply to
MRS. DIR. BUTLER,
june 30-3t* Westminster, Md.
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Tongue, Breast, Stay, Halter,

TRACE CHAINS OF ALL GRADES, !:
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FOR SALE.

FOE SALE.
A very productive Farm Of 49,,
104 ACRES, BUILDINGS GOOD. &<GA-A
Situated on one of the best 49, -
roads leading out of, and about - azs=.a7s.y-
81 miles from Westminster. For particulars
inquire of GEO. W. MATTHEW'S,
Real Estate Agent,
sep 23-tf Westminster, Carroll Co., Nd.
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Forks, Shovels, Hoes, Rakes, Spades, SAWS
of every description, Grindstones and Hang
ers, Nises, Anvils, Bellows and Blowers.
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0ARDs AND CIRCULARS printed as
~ this Office.
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STEEL SHOVEL BLADES,

of all sizes. To any one needing such goods
it will be to their advantage to call and see my
stock. Also HARDWARE, Iron, Steel,
Coach Goods, Wheels, Leather, Glass, Oils,
Paints, &c.
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r MEAN BUSINESS. Call and see
i me. E. B. ARNOLD, Smallwood, Md,
Ready Made Clothing specially. jy7
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-07-21
ST. LOU IS
TOLEDO
A Newport Caucus.


n L.
At this informal caucus there were
known society ladies pow at Newport,
three young ladies who are recognized
bellies and four who are the wives of
prominent officials and professional
men.
The discussion, as near as | can learn,
scrupulously avoided any mention Of
name, but had ominous reference to her,
and really resulted in a tacit under
standing to get up the most unmistak-
able cooperative freezeOut II she Came.
This looked so much like an organized
movement that resolved to makea bold
break and find out who she was Il was
even reported on Narragausett Avenue
that Jim Bennett had been telegraphed
to for his opinion and he cabled back ::
"No; can't have it; never do; must keep
one spot sacred.
But these reports are so difficult of
verification that / hesitate to give them.
Yesterday l sought an opportunity to
interview one of the reigning social
powers. ! had seen an oblique inura-
ton in the local paper here that the she
referred to was Mrs. Langtry, and ] re-
solved to satisfy my curiosity. When
the afternoon cavalcade was out [ saw
Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. Astor, Mrs Kane
aud Mrs. Winthrop in their carriages,
aud after mature deliheration [ opened
the subject with one of them when the
party pulled up on the Fort Adams
Road.
A little preliminary chat and l said,
plumply:
"Oh, by the way, Langtry is com
ing here.
In a moment up went the eyebrows.
A steeIy look came into the handsome
eyes, and just the faintest grimness set
tied round the elegant mouth. Then
the lady put her gold glasses to her
eyes, leaned. back deliberately in ben
calash and looking me all over as if she
had suddenly doubted my sanity or my
identity, said slowly:
=" Langtry-who is she, pray %
This was too much, coming from the
Grupdy de We're. who had been in the
chair at the caucus. Mrs. Langtry, .
said. ''She intends 10 spend the sum,
mer here. She is a noted beauty"
| could feel the cold air emanatinq
from my companions eyes. / never saw
a human being so resolve herself into
geld ignorance.
"Langtry she repeated with 8
draEl and all unblanched stare. "Lang
try? She is an actress or something
isn't she 2"
" Madam, said, "I assure you tha
she may be something, but she is not al
actress. | speak from personal knowl
edge."
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An Italian i'm America.

letter from Italian in New York to the Rome
Italian News.l
Landing at New York by a ferry-boat
is the first impression / get of Ameri-
cans. To US who have no estimate of
hurry, and live longer than some of
these people exist, the scene is very at
tractiye-in one sensei The ferry boat
is crossing early IN the morning, and is
full Of business men-that proud term
of a country which recognizes the dig
nifty of labor and condemns our dolce
far nient6. No one waits for the chain
to be lowered; this chain oftimcs pro.
tects a free people from going over
board. They all.iump over it, and fre-
quently before the boat touches the
wharf. That is progressive young Amer
lea. And from that early hour until the
evening. when they go back on this boat,
they are jumping over endless chains of
commerce and coiU. The great nation
of iumpersl The republic of hurry!
Young men IN the prime of life jump
into graves; middle-aged men hurry into
collins! | live on, type of retrogresslve
liberty oh, progressl progress! On
thy altar are the sacrifices of millions of
lives, millions of luxuries, and millions
of happinessi [ am hurried off the ferry
boat and hurried into a cab: | am hur-
rled into hotel, bath, dining room
where dinner is hurried into me, and
then told that this is progressl L am
hurried into and out Of bed. and down
Broadway, the veriest gulf stream of all
hurry. Yes; it Is progressl SO is loc-
omotive on the Hudson River Railroad
at eighty miles per hour. So Is cabling
messages for the daily press under the
Atlantic, when the messages are worth
cablingl So is lobbying at Albany on
appropriation bills! Progress here is to
me paradox, because | have not yet
lost my Italian peculiarities. The Ameri-
can girl Is champagny. She is glitter
ing, foamy, bubbly. sweet, dry, tart-in
word, fzzyi She has not that dreamy,
magical, murmurry loveableness of our
Italian girl. And yet there is cosmo-
politan combination III the American girl
that makes her most attractive coquette
IN her frankness, in her pardonabie fri
volity, III her being a phenomenon OF
verbal intrigued You may lose your head
with her easily IN a week, and in the
way of recollecting what you had said to
her yesterday, for she is gifted with
memory, but your heart-jGmaist 1t
takes longer time for that But be sure
| she will have both sooner or later.
don't believe she is half as mercenary as
she talks; In the vein of what female
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-07-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK
OkkEEGN.

Two thousand weavers struck for higher
wages at Ashton-underTyne on the 14th.
CHOLERA continues to rage III Egypt, the
deaths numbering over 100 day.
The statue of "Liherty" was unveiled with
appropriate ceremonies at Paris, France, on the
14th.
TWELVE men have been murdered by Apaches
in Mexico, in the vicinity Of Oposura, since
General Crooks operations III the Sierra
AIadres.
THERE were 40 deaths from cholera at Dam
ietta, 70 at Mans urah, Il at Saman3ud and 3 at
Shlrbin.
A DISPATCH from Hong Kong dated the 18th
inst, reports that Tonquin is in q state of an.
archy. The French have captured and hanged
many maraudeIs. bands Of whom hovered
about and fired upon the outposts; neverthe-
less the latter are still fired on nightly.
THE French consul at Zanzibar has tele-
graphed to his government that lie has no
knowledge of the occurrence III TamatIye
Madagascar, complained OF by the French gov
einment and has requested that the report on
the matter be sent TO hIm.
\ TORNADO visited Apia, Samoa Islands, on
March oath, destroying fruit trees, etc. The
barks So!ido and BrazIc, barkentlnes Vene
zucia. Big Sheet Anchor, and schooners Va.
yayo, Muifana and Apia, at anchor IN the
harbor, were wrecked, and two of the seamen
drowned.
DUEL arising out OF q debate on the Ton
quin difficulty, resulted in a duel between En-
manuel Aerue, member of the French assem-
bly,, end Bonbee. a journalist at Vile dAoray
France, on the 18th. Bonbee was wounded
twice.
Ii Is reEorte the German government VIII
prohibit the importation of American lard on
the ground that ii is adulterated.
NEARLY all the cultivated land nesr Becken-
red, Switzerland, was ruined on the 10th by
storms and land slip.
ADvICEs frOm Dorian report q battle be-
tween Catewayo and Oham. The latter chief
was routed aud captured.
The English government has entered into
an agreement w,th De Le5seps for the building
of another Suez canal England agrees to
lend tho caGal company c8.C00000 at 81 per
cent, for 81 yeats The new canal is to be
completed in 1888.
a CLOUD burst early on the morning of the
11th at London, Ont, with frightful results.
The Thames River was flo oded. the bridges
between Fast and West London syept
away, bulldogs in Petersyille a subnib
occupied mainly by well -to-dO mechanics and
business men crumbled by the water or washed
from their foundations and wrecked Fifty
lives are known TO have been lost The
pecuulary damage Is estimated at 55, 600 DOO
The storm w8s also severe at Lucan Ont
washing away mile of track on tue Grand
Trunk road, wrecking 4 train, destroying
fences, bridges, etc
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-07-21

CHARLES HAYWOOD STRATToN, better known
as ''Tom Thumb" died at his home. at Mid
dleboro, Mass, on the 18th. He was born i'll
bridgeport, Conn. January 4, 1888. At the
age OF Ii he entered the service OF p. /. Bar
mum and has been before the public ever
since.
MAcHEcA & Co.. fruit dealers, New Orleans,
La, failed on the 14th. Liabilities 100000.
MISSOURI has 70 railroads with valuation of
S36.S7l, 1856.
Mrs. ALICE HoUGHToN, well-known canta-
trice OF Mattoon, H., died on the 18th.
JESSE II. MooRE, of Illinois, U. S. consul at
Callao. Peru, has died of yellow fever.
THERE we're 159 business failures through
out the country during tie week ending on the
18th against 1873 the week previous.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, has experienced a TO
nance. 4 young man who left hcme when he
was Is years of age and who wss never heard
from thereafter. has suddenly turned up at the
age Of 4S to secure an estate Of $40, GOO left by
his father i'll case the young man should clam
1t within three years after MS death. The sou
appeared in time to receive the money.
ABOUT two months ago a four year-old
daughter of James Wilson, a well to do farmer
of Westmoreland County, Pa. wandered from
home. Search was instituted and the child
passing through the bushes about twelve miles
from Wilson's home, heard a human cry and
caught sight of the missing girl She had
grown wild, was entirely naked and fled when
she saw tie boy approach. He pursued, cap
tured and restored her 10 her parents. 1t is
b =heyed that with proper care she viii 1e-
cover.
A TORPEDO boat shaped like cigar was tested
at New York on the 10Th aud proved satisfac-
tory. The boat can run eighteen miles an
hour. The experiments made show that moth
ing known to scierce can resist destruction
when struck by this torpedo, which Is q feet
long, Is inches in diameter aud filed for about
three feet from the tip with dynamite.
STILES, Colby & Co., commission mer-
chants, Chicago, failed on the 11th. Liabili-
ties $50, 600.
THE board of aldermen of New York City
passed over the mayors veto on the 11th
resolution giving laborers in the employ Of the
city Saturday afternoons as balf holiday until
September 18th.
IT being surnIsed that SPECTATORS were buy
ing up the despised trade dollars at bullion
value, with view to have congress pass the
necessary laws next winter redeemIng them
in full, the New York chamber of commerce
held meeting on the 10th, and pledged their
influence against the passage of such law.
ARTICLES of association were filed on the
10th in Milwaukee, Wis, by c. l.. Colby, VIM.
Z. McLaren and Nathan E. Woodward 1t is
intended to found q college equal TO any in the
couutIy and also 10 establish academies at vari-
ous points in the northwest, which are to serve
as feeders to the parent Institution. The cap
Ital stock is II, coo, 900.
Oh the 9Th the time-lock in the sab-treasury
building a New York got ont of order and the
safe could not be opened until the Sth.
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Cincinnati's Nickname.

tOlive Logan in Harpers.l
,Ghe nickname of Porkopolis is of
English origin, and was the brilliant in
spiration of a sponsor who never saw
Cincinnati. In the year 1926 there
fourished in the Queen City a gentle
man named Jones. He was president
of the United States Branch Bank, and
was locally known as "Bank Jones. :"
The pork trade had already taken such
proportions as to rouse the financial en-
thusiasm of Bank Jones, and in sue.
cession of letters he dilated upon the
prosperity of the pork prospects of the
Queen City. These letters were ad-
dressed to the Liverpool correspondent
of the Cincinnati bank, and this gentle
mans imagination at length became
fred by Bank Jones' enthusiasm. In a
moment of wild generosity he hied him
to the studio of some Liverpudlian
Thorwaldsen and ordered the construc-
ton of what is set down III the annals as
"a unique pair of model hogs" These
noble effigies were made Of papier-
mache, aud were sent out to Cincinnati
as present, accompanied by the in
cription-destined III part at least to
become famous-"To Mr.. George w.
Jones, as the worthy representative OF
Porkopolis." The hogs have still local
habitation and name. They add to the
burden of life in the office of one of the
largest "slaughterers" of Cincinnati,
having passed by inheritance from Bank
Jones down, from hand TO hand, among
the pork monarchs of Porkopohs for
nigh upon half century.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-07-21
SPORTING.

The American rihemen will be allowed
to use the screw wind-gauge only IN the
international match at Wimbledon.
THE championship mile race between
| the Scottish champion and John Ralne,
of Ottawa, was won by the former by s
yards; time, 4:39s.
LOUISE ARMAINDo, the bicyclist. made
a record at Chicago of 1495 miles III five
minutes less than twelve hours. Her
record fer two days was DAT miles.
FRED ARCHER, the great English
Jockey, rode ten winners at the Ascot
meeting, landing three of his mounts
first past the post IN one day.
DEXTER is in the fine stables of Rob
ert Bonner. He IS now 20 years old and
is in fine condition. He is given daily
exercise and looks as II he could go
race and win it.
In the native American aud English
resident cricket match, at Phlladelphla,
on the Sd inst, the Americans, III the
first inning, got 24S; Englishmen (un-
finished inning), four wickets down, III.
THE Rochester Bicycle Club opened
their new track on the 5th inst. with
tournament. Eighty. three wheelmen
were present, including twenty-on
members of the Buffalo Club. The
three mile race was won by WestprooB,
the Canadian champion, Leu PIersop,
of Cincinnati, second.
A DISPATCH from San Francisco notes
the following item: The equine wonder
belonging to ). Trefy, OF Sacramento,
was sold Wednesday to Horace Eldred,
of that city for 1000. After the sale
the horse was driven around the Agrl.
cultural Park course and made remark
ably fast time. The quarter was made
III 0:30, the half IN 1:O4, and the mile III
2:092.
IN the inter collegiate race On Lake
George, n. Y, on the 4th, Cornell was
in the rear at the start, but quickly
passed the others and won, seven
lengths ahead of the Pennsylvania Uni
versity crew, PRINCETON thirty and Wes-
leyan with a wonderful squirt at the
close, almost tapping the New Jerseys.
Time. Cornell 1857; Pennsylvania,
1929; Princeton 12:40; Wesleyan l2:41.
LEE won the professional scullers'
match on Charles River, Boston, on the
4th, Plaisted, Elliott and Mckay.
Plaisted took the lead from the start,
with Mckay second and Lee third. But
before the stake was reached Lee bad
passed both, and held the lead to the
finish, which he reached in 20 minutes
so seconds; Mckay second, nearly ten
lengths behind, 81 minutes is sec
onds. Plaisted and Elliott much TO
the surprise of 10000 spectators,
dropped out of the race at the turn. The
second race, single scull working boats,
three miles with turn, was won by s.
Gookin in % minutes 4 seconds. The
third event, amateur scullers' race, was
won 10y John Murphy in % minutes 81
seconds. The double scrll race was won
by Lee and Mckay in 81 minutes and ]
second.
The following table shows the stand
ing of the league clubs at the close of the
games on the 9th inst:
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As.

band of nine wives, was arrested at Sweet
wster. Texas, ON the 9Th.
CARL RGMER attempted suicide by cutting
his throat with 4 hatchet on the 9th at Milwau-
kee, Wis. His wife had procured divorce en-
account Of Ill treatment.
PAT DEWITT burglarized the house Of j. NJ.
Harris, at Milwaukee. Wis. on the 9th, and was
seriously shot in the knee by Chas. Harris as he
was escaping.
CRAZY man named Henry Seager, of Swain,
\. Y, terrorized Des Moiues, Ia, hotel on
the 9th, by firing a revolver, smashing furni-
Iure, etc. He finally made his way to the roof
where he WAS captured after he had made fu-
tile attempt to put bullet into his own
brain.
AN attempt was made on the 7th to poison
TIE family of Charles Lewis, at Mitchell, Ind.
Some one unknown sprinkled strychnine over
the cold victuals.
POLICEMEN John Donovan and Chas. Rey-
nol1s were seriously wounded at New York on
the 9th IN capturing a burglar. The burglar
was killed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-07-21
A Curious Couple.
Rome Cor. Philadelphia Bulletin. J

Rome Cor. Philadelphia BulletDJ
We Romans have lately seen, with
some surprise, singular looking couple
driving about the streets of the Eternal
City. l say "we Romans" but must
hasten to add that, i'll my own very nm
Roman person, have the advantage of
being able TO explain what has been a
mystery to many.
The strange looking couple are
Chinese Ill native costume and negro
III European dress. The former is his
excellency Tong King Sing, director of
the China Merchant Steam Navigation
Company. He is considered one of the
most intelligent and active business men
IN his country. 1t is the first time that
he has visited Europe, and he is now
visiting all the maritime states, in order
TO study matters connected with navi-
cation, naval construction and maritime
industries in general. The negro is
gentleman named Butler, secretary to
the company, and said to be person of
high intelligence. But negroes and
Cinnamon are not as common at Rome
as at New York; therefore the oddly as
sorted pair have attracted some little at
tentlon here
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-07-21
A HpII-ToIii Lie
GFrom The New York Timep.l !

FL
The old saying that liars should have
long memories finds new exemplifica-
tion of a neat little Lincoln story"
which first appeared in Boston paper
and is now travelling on its mendacious
mission. The tale Is that " a reliable
gentleman called on President Lin
coin, lust alter JEFF Davis had been
captured" and asked what would be
done with the rebel President. To this,
says the narrator, Lincoln replied with
a story about coon which boy had
captured and which ne could not sell, or
kill, or keep at home. The only weak
point about this historical anecdote is
that Lincoln died April Is, 1865, and
that Jefferson Davis was not captured
until May 18th of that year. Otherwise
the intense realism of the tale might de-
ceive the very elect.
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Took the Risk.
From the Wall Street News. !

FROM tne wan street news.
When Brigham Young was alive he
collected his tenth of the farmer with
persisteucy that baked at nothing. On
one occasion he called before him a sub
ject who has since removed to this state,
and said:
Brother Blank, you have not
brought in my wheat this year.
&c didn't raise a single busheI, A" was
the reply.
"TheD I'll take it in oats.
81 have none.
"Well, hay will do."
/" I have no hay"
"Then bring in potatoes or corr"
Both crops were failure, oh, wise
prophet. All have off my farm are
ten bushels of onions, and of course the
Lord doesn't eat onions"
'' Maybe not" growled the old man,
"but you bring me in a bushel and
we'll take the risk of it.
Mr.. Blank said it was that busbel of
onions that convinced him that there
was something suspicious about old
Brigham's inspirations. 1t was too
strong a religion.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-07-21

ARTHUR HAGAN, the new Philadelphia
pitcher, although not more than twenty
years old, has wonderful record thus
far this year, not more than two or three
hits per game having been averaged of
his delivery. In one game of six innings
he struck out twelve of the eighteen
men at bat. He has been troubled to
find a catcher who could 90 up under the
bat and hold the third strike. He
pitches a ball hot aud swift over the
plate, but has all the curves.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-07-21
Very Emnhatic.

Mrs. Olive Logan, in speech at a
women's meeting, said: Il reject the
trousers with contempt aud scJFn. Men
cut sufficiently ridiculous figure in
them themselves The truth Is they
don't like their own costume, and are
envious Of our laces, iewelry, frill5 and
dresses. Trousers, forsootb, trousers; !;
shake not the ridiculous garment at me.
No, so long as We can have our silks,
satlns, and shawls, we repudiate your
absurd bifurcated unwhlsperables.
Lock at your swallow tailed coats,
stove pipe hats; and you wear your hair
50 short, some of you, that you look
precisely like monkeys; aud | dou't won
der that one of your number has writte2
a book showing that animal to be the
father OF his race" This speech was
greeted with laughter and applause.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-07-21

A PARIS correspondent writes: "I
met Mr.. Henry L. Abbey to-day, fresh
from Italy and well satisfied with the
work he has accomplished at Milan. 4
never worked so hard in my life as 1
have during the last fortnight, said he
with smile. | asked Mr.. Abbey when
Mr.. Henry Irving was to leave for
America. He will sail the 18th of Oc-
tober, was the reply. He opens in
New York the goth of that month, but l
open the Lyceum Theater with Mary
Anderson early In October"