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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
Senate.

MONDAY, June 30.-Cameron called nm his
resolution heretofore submitted discharging
the finance committee from further considera-
ton of the bill for the retirement and recoinage
Of trade dollars. On moti.n to agree to the
resolution. Mr.. Morrill, called the yeas and
nays, which resulted IN yeas II, nays 2S. SO
the resolution was not agreed to. The secreta-
ry of the Senate was directed to ask recall
from the House of the bill to grant right of
way to the Southern Kansas Railway Company
through Indian Territory, in order that the
senate may order a committee Of conference on
it. The Senate took up the House bill to limit
to two years time within which prosecution
may be instituted against persons charged with
violating the internal revenue laws II was
amended by substituting three years for two
and passed. Bills reported favorahlv and
placed on the calendar: To provide for the
sale of lands belonging to prairie bands of Pot
tawattomie Indians In Kansas; for the erection
of public building at Akron, o.; increasing
from 300. 900 to S175.000 the amount hereto
fore allowed for public building at Fort WAYNE,
Ind. Cameron introduced a ioint resolution
directing the Secretary of the Treasury to pur-
chase, not to exceed 10, 000 900 trade dollars at
face value, paying therefor standard silver
dollars, providing the purchase be made prior
to September 1, 1884. Morrill objected to
present consideration and the matter went over.
Adjourned.
1tfsDA1s JuiN l-tOCkreIl, from the COM
mittee on military affairs, reported favorably,
with amendments. 1.-The House bill relieving
from the charge of desertion soldiers who
served until the expiration OF their term, and
are improperly charged with desertion. The
bill, after amendment, was passed As passed
1t requires that applications for relief provided
for shall be made within five years from its
passage. The House bill was passed granting a
pension OF $50 q month TO the widow of Gen
James B. Steadman. The joint resolution intro
duced yesterday by Cameron directing the secre-
tary of the treasury to redeem $40, 600 600 worth
of trade dollars at the face value was laid before
the Senate. Morrill, moved to refer the resolu-
ton to the committee on finance, Agreed to-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12
THE MORA TRACT.
Progress of Suit Against Stephen L
EIkins,

Progress of Suit Against Stephen H.
Elkins.
New YORK, july 1.-The suit of the
Land Company of New Mexico (limited)
against Stephen B. Elkins & Co., to es.
tabllsh its title to a one-fifth interest in
tract of land in New Mexico known as
the Mora tract or grant, was before
Judge Lawrence, to-day, in the supreme
count, upon motion to continue an in
junction restraining Elkips from making
any conveyance, or from transferring to
any other party any portion of the land in
dispute, about 1927, 600 acres 1t Is claimed
that Elkins had acquired more than
two-thirds of the property and was seek
ing to absorb the remainder, and was
threatening to sell the whole tract for
seventy cents an acre, which is below
the real value. By consent of counsel
the motion was postponed until the first
Monday IN September, and when Judge
Lawrence was informed of this he sug-
gested that it might be better to post
pone the motion to the latter day, as
Elklns would be Just in the busiest season
about September. By the order entered
adlourning the motion the Injunction
was continued except that it is modified
so lar as not TO prevent or restrain Elk
ms from making any conveyance or
disposition he may desire of his own
individual share or interest in the land g.,
IN 80 far as he would be at liberty to do
80 had this suit not been brought.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12
One More Lincoln Story,

| lIrOm the Denver 1rlDune.l
An amusing incident in the unwrit-
| ten history of Abraham Lincoln is told
by the Hon. Ward 81. Lamon, of this
| city:
While the gentlemen were law part
ners in Illinois, and before Lincoln
was thought of for president of the
United States, they happened to visit
an agricultural fair in an inland town
of Tennessee.
Lincoln was in high spirit and
seemed bent on fun. While casting
about for such amusement as the exhi-
bition afforded Lincoln discovered an
attraction in the shape of turned
down flour barrel containing badger.
Fifty dollars for dog that Will
haul the badger out of the barrel, u
shouted the red-faced nan who owned
the outfit. Fifty dollars, say, to the
dog that can haul out the badger"
There were few takers of the bad
ger mans offer, but the luckless dog
owners who invested % cents in the
| experiment invariably lost in the spec
ulation, for the badgers teeth were
sharp, and every dog that entered its
stronghold came out in jiffy, while
the ferocious animal inside held the
fort and grinned all over.
Mr.. Lincoln hit upon a happy
thought. Taking Ward to one side
they found lank countryman with a
still tanker mastiff.
"Want to make $50 with that dog?"
| asked Lincoln.
Course | do" replied the hayseed.
The dog was bartered for, and as
Lincoln approached the badger man,
elbowing his way through the crowd,
he said.
'I'll invest quarter in your game,
sir"
The badger man looked at Lincoln S
hungry dog and smiled as he took the
silver quarter.
Lincoln caught the dog and led it up
to the barrel. Hastily grabbing the
mastiff, he threw 1t into the opening
'tother end first. There was a pause
only for second, and then followed a
lively scrape inside the barrel.
"Hold on, there" cried the manager.
"Fair play"
But he was too late with his remon-
strance. Gut Sprang the badly fright
ened dog with the badger sticking to
his hind quarters. The crowd parted,
and away went the dog and badger
into the inner field of the race-track.
The badger stuck like brother, teams
ran away, women tainted, and the
crowd roared. Lincoln fairly went into
spasms of mirth, the fun was so enjoy
able.
The countryman owning the dog
was paralyzed, as was the badger owner,
who set up great howl and was mad
enough to fight.
Produce your $50" said Lincoln to
the badger-keeper.
Foul play, foul play" cried the cha
| grined CANISTER, "and I'll never pay it. :"
Here is where Lamon came in SER
viceable. Catching the badgers friend
by the neck, he cried:
Give up the $50 or I'll wallup you" !"
Lannon's herculean proportions were
too argumentary to be trifed with, and
the money was handed to Mr.. Lincoln,
who in turn gave it to the countryman.
The dog was well paid for, and the
badger business closed up for the want
of a badger
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12

Eastern Road fell from the door of bag
car, on the ID INST, distance of fifty feet kill
ing him instantly.
YOUNG man named John Donaldson, who
was bitten by dog two years ago, fell victim
to bydrophobia, at Cleveland on the 1st.
JOHN CRUISE, a farmer near Sandusky, O..
was gored to death by vicious bull ON the 1st
inst.
The bursting of an OIL can at Driftwood Cam
eron County, Pa, on the lst, caused the de-
structlon by fire of S75,000 worth of property.
WHILE visiting the Green County poor farm
at Monroe, Wis, on the 30th, Daniel Smiley
wealthy farmer, fell distance of eighteen
feet, breaking leg and sustaining other inju-
rles from which he cannot recover.
THREE children of Mrs. Patrick Murphy
aged 3, and years, were burned to death at
Youngstown, o., on the 30th, by fire which
destroyed their home.
FIRE in New York, on the 3Oth, involved the
Marx frame factory, Samuel's millinery estab-
lishment and Sutcliffs hat factory; also several
tailoring establishments. Loss $40, 900.
The body of VIM. Bieoerman, the aged shoe
maker who disappeared suddenly while fishing
on La Belle Lake, Oconomowoc, Wis, was re-
covered and inferred on the 30th
FIRE caused $4,000 worth of damage in the
wholesale clothing store of Livingston, John
ston Co., Toronto, on the 30th.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12
FOREIGN,

Ell MAHDI's religious claims have been recog-
nlzed by the leading Mohamedan University.
PoRFIRIo DIAZ has been elected president of
Mexico FOR the second time
AN explosion IN the Wellington coliery, Ma
naimo, B. c. on the 30th, ult., killed twenty
four miners.
FATHER CALLAHAN was consecrated coadiutor
of the Bishop of Cork ana Bishop of Lambose,
at Rome on the 30th.
FIVE deaths from cholera occurred at Mar
seilles, on the night of the goth. Capt Bellot,
of the French navy, committed suicide when
bis wife was stricken with the disease.
THE crew ofthe bark, Lady Eibank, were placed
under arrest, on the 30tb, for wrecking a Cath
Ole church at ST. Mary's Bay, New Foundland.
THREE persons were killed by lightning at
Lemberg, Galcia, on the goth.
SERIOUS snti-Semitic riots have occurred in
AIglers. The Jewish quarters were pillaged and
much blood shed.
The Theater Royal Edinburgh, was de
stroyed by fire on the 3Jth.
len thousand miners entered on strike at
Statfordshire, Eng, on the 30th, against a re-
duction of wages.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12

it turns first in one direction and then
| the other. The clock is a European in
ventlon and attracts considerable at,
tention from passers-by.
A salesman, in explaining its mechan-
ism to reporter for the Mail and Ex-
press, said: "There have been former
inventions of clocks, to run as long a
time as this, but never on any such
principle or with any success, as they
never proved at all accurate. Until
this clock was perfected no one ever
produced clock of plain construction
and general usefulness that would run
longer than a week, or a fortnight at
the utmost. A view of this wonder
would have delighted Huygens, the
father of clockmakers, who produced
the first timepiece in the shape of
clock about $50 years ago"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12
He Moved.

From the New York Mail ard ExpressI
In the press gland sat Whitelaw Reid,
Murat Halstead, Geo. Alfred Townsend,
Henry W. Grady, Alexander Mcclure,
Horace White. Joe Howard and 800
other newspaper correspondents. They
were ali very busy. Geo. Alfred Town
send had two stenographers with him,
and during the convention telegraphed
to his papers $50 columns of dispatches.
Mcclure did "the sky-rockets," as the
breezy paragraphs are called, for the
Philadelphia Times. On the day of the
nomination Leander Richardson sent a
column Of dispatches headed "To the
Boston Herald" The telegraph opera
tor made a mistake and sent them to
the New York Herald. Mr.. Richardson
did some very loud talking in the tele-
graph office when he heard of this.
"Pickaway," of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
came in late one day and found man
in his chair He tapped the stranger
gently on the shoulder and said:
My seat, sir.
No reply.
My seat, SIR
No reply.
Stranger" said the irate writer, "if
you don't get out of that chair like
lightning, you'll never know who this
convention nominate for president, for
you'll die right herer'
The stranger moved on. He was the
assistant associate editor of semi
monthly in Xenia, Ohio.
THE Kamchatkaps are ranid}v dvipo
off.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12
To RIM Four Hundred DAYS.
From the New York Mail and Express. ]

From the New York Mail and EXPRESS.
A clock that will run 400 days with
out winding is on exhibition in down
town window. 1t stands under glass
shade about fifteen inches high and is
of very simple construction. The only
apparent difference between it and a
Connecticut clock of novel design is
that in place of pendulum it has a
time measure of equal exactitude in the
shape of rotary disk of brass contain
ng springs which wind and unwind as
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12
IN A FIX.
Condition of the Rochester & Pittsburg
Railroad.

Condition of the Rochester Il Pittsburg
Railroad.
New YORK, July 1.-Walston Fl.
Brown & Co. say the plan to foreclose
the Rochester & PittsbHrg second mort
gage bonds and reorganize the company
without change of management under
the home Of the Rochester, Buffalo &
Pittsburg Railroad has not been fully
resolved upon. Ia this scheme the
stockholders VIII be given preference on
subscription for their stock. Walston
FL. Brown & 90. have endorsed all the
paper of the company, and have been
carrying it on credit. If friends do not
assist, foreclosure must ensue. New
stock has been disposed of for Is per
cent. in cash of the old stock and the
transfer of the old certificates.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
POLITICAL

The Illinois Democratic state convention
nominated Carter Harrison, mayor of Chicago,
by acclamation. The remainder of the ticket
is as follows: For lieutenant governor, Henry
Setter, of st. Clair, secretary of state, Michae
]. Dougherty, of Knox; state treasurer, Alfred
Orendorf, of Sapgamon. tariff for revenue
only platform was adopted, but clause bind
ing delegates to work as a unit for like plat
form IN the national convention was stricken
~
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12

The Bostons continue to hold first place in
the National League championship race, Provi-
dence fol owing with one game less to their
credit, and the Gothsmltes FIVE games behind
the Rhode Islanders. Buffalo is now in fourth
place and Chicago holds tenaciously to fifth,
although Cleveland is making strenuous efforts
to reach peg higher. Philadelphia has
fallen back to seventh position, and Detroit
brings up the rear. Following is the schedule
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12
EVENING
CONNECTIONS

AT GREEN BAY-With Chicago s. N. W. R'y
to and from OCONTO. MARINETTE, MENOM-
INEE, CRYSTAL FALLS, FLORENCE, ESCA-
NABA, NEGAUNEE, ISHPEMING, MAR
QUETTE, HOUGHrON, L'ANSE, and all
points in the iron and copper region, also AP-
PLETON, MENASHA, NEENAH, OSHKOSH,
FOND DU LAC. MILWAUKEE, CHICAGO
and all points south and east.
With Milwaukee & Northern Railway for MIL
wAUKEE and all points north and south on
that line.
AT NEW LONDON-With Milwaukee, Lake
Shore & western Railway to and from all
points on that road.
AT GRAND RAPID5-With Wisconsin Division
OF the Chicago Milwaukee & st. Paul R'y.
AT MERRILLAN-With Chicago, st. Paul,
Mlnneapolts & Omaha Railway TO and from
EAU CLAIRE, CHIPPEWA FALLS, ME-
NONCNEE, Wis, HUDSON, SALTWATER,
ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS. and all points
beyond.
AT WINONA AND LA CBOSSE-wIth G. q
n. W. R'y and c., NJ. & St. P. R'y to and
from REDWING. HASTINGS, ST. PAUL.
MINNEAPOLIS, and all points in MINNIE
sofa. DAKOTA. IOWA AND NEBRASKA,
DURING season Of navigation, with steamers
for all points NORTH and SOUTH on MISSIS-
SIPPI RIVER
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12
$SIIIOR I
| lNlE:.'
CHICAGO,
milwaukee
AND ST: I:PAyLL:

It owns and operates over 4, 800 miles Of road in
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa ana
Dakota and its main Hnes branches and connec-
lions reach al the great business centres OF the
Northwest and Far West, it naturally answers the
description Of Short Line, and Best Route between
Chicago. Milwaukee, st. Paul and
Minneapolis.
Chicago, Miiwaukee, Portage, La
crosse and WinOna.
ChIcagO> milwaukee. Ort0nvtlle,
Aberdeen and Glendale.
Chicago, Milwaukee. Eau Claire and
Chicago, Milwaukee,, Wausau and
Merrill.
Chicago. Milwaukee, Beaver Dam.
Fond du Lac and Oshkosh.
Chicago. milwaukee,. Waukesha and
Dcomomow0c.
Chicago. milwaukee,, Madison and
Chicago. Milwaukee. Owatonna,
naukatO and Faribaults
Chicago. ReioIt, Janesviiie and Min
Chicago, EIain, Rockford and Du-
Chicago, Clinton, Rock Island. Cedar
RrpIHs and Tama.
Chicago. Des Mosnes. Council Bluffs
Chicago, canton, Sioux City, Sioux
Fails and xanktOn.
Chicago, milwaukee, Albert Lea and
Southern Minnesota Points.
Chicago, milwaukee,, Mason City,
MiIchen and Chamberlain.
Rock Island, Dubuque, ST. Paul and
Davenport, GaImar, st. Paul and
minneapolis.
milwaukee,, Racine, BeIOtt, EreepOrf
and skOck island.
Mitchell, WoI.ey, Ashton and Aber.
deem.
(Jim River Valley Line.)
Pullman sfeeDers and the Fi.sest
Dining cars i,l the ,CorId are run on the
main lines Of the CHICAGO, MTLWA u
II EE a, NJ. PAUL RAILWAY, and
eyery attention Is paid to passengers by courteous
employees of the Company.
s. s. Merrill A. v. n. Carpenter,
Gen Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agent
]. T. Clark, Geo. n. Heafford
Genl Supt. ASST Gen1 Pass All
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12

YARNALL d Co., pickle and canned go s
manufacturers, st. Louis, Mo-, suspended on
the 1st.
THE Marsh Binder Company, OF Sycamore,
H., assigned on the 30th ult. Liabilities
$500, 1000.
SLUGGER SULLIVAN disappointed large New
York audience on the 1st, by indulging in big
drunk.
The President has ordered court martial to
meet at New York, September IL, for the trial
of Judge Advocate General Swain. Gen
Schofeld viii be president of the court.
FAIRBANKS PALMER & Co., subscription book
publishers, Chicago, were closed by the sheriff
on the 30th.
Gov. RUsK has appointed Chas H Moves
sheriff of Florence County, vice Readmon, re.
signed
d. Il Fl. MERRILL, dry goods, Montreal as
signed, on the 30th.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12

On the authority of the Valley (Cal.
Record it is stated that the remedial
properties of the water at Gilroy hot
springs have doubtless been increased
by an earthquake on the 2Sth of last
March, which increased the flow of the
water and raised the temperature 10
degrees. The water also seems to be
more strongly impregnated with min
erals than previous to the earthquake.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12

DR.. HARGIs, now a prominent Meth
odist preacher, chose for the motto OF
his college society The devil take the
hindmost," and graduated at the foot
of his class.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12
Observation-Disclosures

of this road has laleiy been improved and in
creased, and now embraces all the modern i'm
provements and conveniences that tend to
make travelling by rail safe and comfortable,
IF YOU are travelling between any of the above
named points, see that your tickets read over
this line.
For time cards, rates, and Information not
obtainable from local agents, apply to
TIMOTHY CASE,
Genl Passenger Agent,
GREEN BAY WIS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12

The use OF the term
" Short Line" In connec-
ton with the corporate
name Of a great road, con-
veys an idea Of just what Is
required by the travelling
pub ic-a Short Line, Quick
Time and the BEST of 40
commodations-all Of which
eat R1ilwIy in America.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-22
Nickerdemus QuadrilIe.

Choose yo' pardners, times er-fying',
Take yo' places on de flo';
Don't you hear dat fiddle cryin'
"Nickerdemus Ebbermo'w
S'lute yo' pardners, how perlitely,
OATS de motion through en- through:
Swing dem corners, step up lightly,
Hail Columby Hallaloo!
Fus' fo' forward, keep er-diggin';
Now you sasshay back agin.
Nebber mine yo' ragged riggin',
So st don't show de naked skin.
Lawdy! see dat Peter Slater,
How he bow en- scrape aroun'
Head look like peeled pertater-
Slick ez-glass up on the crown.
Ladies change, en- keep er-scootin',
Cross right ober, now you swing;
Hole dem hands up highfalutin',
Look permiskus, dat's de thing.
Mussy! look at Winny Jeeter;
Dat gal filings soople toe. Q
Crack yo' heels, dar, Tom, en- meet her,
Bow en- smile, en-"so en- So"
Balance all Now, don't git lazy.
Fly aroun' en- tar yo' shirt,
Stomp dem feet, but don't 60 crazy
,TIs~s ~o-. el-I--- 49,. =
Fiddler got his mouf wide ope'm,
Holm down dat music tight,
Teeth, dey settin' sorter slope'm-
Look like tombstones in de night.
All sasshay I 'clar' to gracious,
Nebber seed de like befo';
Nggers sho'ly dance ou'dacious
Sid'rin drouth an oberfo'.
Hsb'nly Kingdom look at Mary,
Bofe eyes shinin' like de moon,
"Oon't git wary, don't git wary"
OATS de way to change the chune.
Promenade? Now, dat comes handy.
Hunt yo' seats en- take q res.
Gentermens will pass de candy
To de gals dey love de bes'.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-22

BGO Once upon a time woman died /;
and as the mourners were carrying her
to the grave they tripped against a
stump and let the coffin fall. She re-
vived, having only been in deep
trance. Two years after she really
died, and as they were carrying her
down the same road near the same
stump the disconsolate widower sobbed,
"Steady, boys; steady there. Be very
careful I"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-22

off somewhere and there was no hell
for it but that one of us should answer
the summons.
"You go, Katy" I whispered, in
dismay, 81 can't appear"
Katy glanced serenely at her own
frizzled head in the looking glass, gave
pull at her overskirt and a touch to
her collar, and opened the door.
Immediately afterward I was shocked
by hearing her utter genuine femi-
nine scream and seeing her drop to the
floor, and man, perfect stranger to
me, gathered her up in his arms and
began to raving over her in manner
that astonished me. He called her
his "darling" and his "own Katy"
and actually kissed her before could
reach her.
was surprised at myself afterwards
that didn't order the gentleman out !;
but it never occurred to me at the time;
and when Katy "came to-" and sat on
the sofa and heard his speeches, she
seemed pg DIS SO o.omnu ouch c;llo pleased that left
room, feeling bewildered all over.
What shall I say further? Only that
Katy lived in pretty house in town
known as DR.. Craig's residence, where
we three "factory girls" have home
whenever we want it. And there are
no liquor found on her sideboard nor
at her table.
One day l heard Arthur say, "You
were silly child, Katy, to run away
from me. l should have given up the
point at last, 1 know"
"But there would have been the
splendid cellar and the ten thousand
year," answered she. ''It would have
been such temptation. We are safer
as it is, dear"
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Sleeping Together.

Somebody has said that more quar-
rels occur between brothers, between
sisters, between hired girls, between
clerks in stores, between apprentices
in mechanics shops, between hired men,
between husbands and wives, owing to
electrical changes which their nervous
systems undergo by lodging together
night after night under the same bed
clothes, than by other disturbing cause.
There is nothing that will SO derange
the nervous system of person who is
eliminative in nervous force than to lie
all night in bed with another person
who is absorbent in nervous force. The
absorber will go to sleep and rest all
night; while the eliminator will be tumb-
ling and tossing, restless and nervous,
and wake up in the morning fretful,
peevish, fault-inding, and discouraged.
No two persons, no matter who they
are, should hab1tuaily sleep together.
One will thrive and the other will lose.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-22

STANDARDIZATION kind it was Of
you to print such nice notice of my
wedding. 1 told you, didn't l, that l
made my wedding cake MYSELF
Editor-Yes; but it was unnecessary.
1 knew at once that it was made by your
fair hands.
Arabella-Then the piece | sent you
arrived safely. Did you take it home
and dream over it?
Editor-Well, no. You see l need it
in the office.
Arabella-Why, what for2
Editor-It makes an excellent paper
weight.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-22

B@-As drug clerk the female is not
a brilliant success. When you wink at
her across the soda fountain she don't
know whether to put little balm of
Gilead in your soda or to hang her head
and blush.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-22

R0r Absence will conquer love, pro-
viding it is accompanied with another
girl. Ye fellows who want to shake off
old, firmly gripped love, don't forget
this.