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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
MOB LAW IN KENTUCKY.

An Alleged Murderer RiddIed With
Bullets by niasked Regulators.
John p. Martin was shot and killed
by regulators at Farmers Station, Row
an County, about forty miles east of
Lexington, KY, at o'clock on the
moaning of the 10th. Martin had quar-
relied with Floyd Tolliver, at Morehead,
Ky., last August, in which shots were
exchanged, and bystander was killed
and Martin seriously wounded. The
parties met in Morehead, December 2. The
quarrel was renewed and Tolhver drew a
pistol, but Martin got the drop, fired
and killed bIm. Martin was taken to
Mancheste: for protection from the
mob, and on the night of the 9th, was
put Oh rain under guard and started
for Morehead to be tried next day.
When the train reached Farmers it was
boarded by twenty-five masked men,
who held up the guards and riddled
Martin with bullets, killing him in
stantly. 1t is charged that the guards
were taking Martin to Morehead on
forged order.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
4 New War Missile.

A Prof Ritchie, of Bridgeport, Conn,
now comes TO the front with humane
device known as poisonous air bomb,
which he claims will revolutionize all
modern warfare. The gases before
being introduced into the bomb are sew
veral times compressed and impregnat-
ed with poison which make chem quick
ly fatal to any living creature breathing
them. When exploded the gas lies
close to the ground. The bomb ex-
plodes and the air within radius of 100
feet becomes charged with silent death.
You cannot fight it, you cannot destroy
this silent, self-destroyipg enemy. What
is the result? Why the men stay and
asphyxiate, but you will find that they
won't. Tney will run away in beaten
and demoralized condition, and this is
one of the best points about the device.
THE titled English seortsmen have
siaughtrtsd over 900 stays th,s season.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20

day intervened, allowing of the trans
mission of many messages by trains.
On Monday evening (September l the
press messages reached the enormous
number of III, 900 words, causing the
transmission of about 427 900 words,
the largest lumber ever transmitted on
ally one night from Edinburgh. After
the Waverly market speech of Tuesday
night September p 172, ,S2l words were
transmitted.
On Monday evening, when the strain
was heaviest, 130 operators were kept at
work, and in spite of the constant
stream of messages the department
kept abreast of the reporters. As many
as four towns in the same telegraphic
circuit were enabled to read almost the
same message at the same time. The
message having been punched" on
long slips of prepared paper, the plan
was adopted, instead of running it en-
tirely through on one machine, of tax
ing the slip out of the first machine af-
ter it was three yards clear. and run
ming it into a second and third.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
DEADLY FIRE DAMP.
Fearful Explosion in a Mine Near
Shamokin, Pa.
Seven Men Supposed TO ke Killed by
the AcciaenI.

A terrible explosion occurred in the
Henry Cly shaft, two miles from Sha-
mokin, Pr, on the afternoon of the Sth,
while 200 men and boys were at work
In the mne. Four of those who es-
capped the fatal damp made their way
out through manways and reached the
surface. They told story of fear
ful explosion in No. s, the west gang
way of the new slope. 1t shook the
entire mine from end to end. OF those
who still remained in the mine and
who worked in the vicinity of the ex-
plosion, we're: Richard Tuckett, Jona-
than Fox, Peter Koalman, Henry No
BILE, Joel Deezeman, Thos. G. Williams,
and Polish miner, name unknown.
Coal and iron experts promptly made
an examination and found the mine
blocked up with gas, which decided the
fate of those inside. Fans were got
to work and every means en-
ployed to drive out the poisonous
gases. About o'clock a rescuing party
entered the mine, and near the bottom
of the slope found the body of Henry
Noble. 1t was horribly burned, and
distigured almost beyond recognition.
The crowd about the mine numbered
800 or 600 persons, among them families
of the imprisoned miners. The second
and third attempts to enter the mine
were unsuccessful, the fatal damp driv-
ing the men rapidly back to the surface.
The Henry Clay slope is owned and
operated by j. Langdon & Co., of Ell
mira, N. Y, and has shipping capacity
of over 100 cars daily and gives employ
ment to between 800 and 400 men and
boys, who will now be forced into idle
ness for some time. The explosion is
described as one severest ever expert
enced In Northumberland County.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
WHIPPED TO DEATH.
Inhuman Treatment of a 5-Year. OsS
Boy In New Ham pshire.

Residents of South Newmarket, N.
H., are greatly excited over the death of
Sydney Farmer, years old, the son of
poor widow at birmingham. The
boy was taken by William Gilpatrick,
who agreed to educate him, and it is
now said that he whipped the child so
severely that it died from the effects of
the brutal treatment. The instrument
was a heavy harness strap and the
child's body was covered with bruises.
Gilpatrick, it is charged, stripped the
lad and threw him over chair and tax
ing the strap In both hands, beat his
helpless victim until he was uncon-
scious. The next day he repeated his
brutal act, and sent the boy to the barn
where he died the following day. The
only provocation for the inhuman
treatment was the failure of the lad to
spell word correctly. After the boys
death, his body was packed in rough
box and sent to his mother. Gilpatrick
fled from his-home, but his mother re-
turned and disposed of the property.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
a FEARFUL DEATH.
Six Persons Burned 30 Death i'm n
Pennsylvania Mining village.

Six Persons Burned 20 Death i'm n
Pennsylvania Mining village.
On the morning of the 9th, an engine
crew on the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
passing Trenton, small mining town
near Shenandoah, Pa, discovered
honse on fire and gave an alarm. The
neiShbors rushed out, but it seemed i'm
possible to rouse the occupants of the
burning building. Just before the
blazing roof fell in, the head of the fam
lily was seen at a window with child
which he dropped on the ground. He re-
turned to save the others, but was not
again seen. The flames spread with
great rapidity, famed by furious
breeze, and in short time three ad-
joining houses had burned. In the
house in which the fire started, six per-
sons lost their lives: Frank Ferrill and
wife, daughter, two sons and a young
boarder named James Fitzgerald. The
child saved is years of age. The
bodies of four victims were recovered.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
BURNED TO DEATH.
Three Girls Killed During a Fire IN &
Detroit Candy Factory.

4
Detroit Candy Factory.
Shortly after 5 o'clock on the even
ing of the 18th, the employees in the
second story of Gray, Toynton & Fox's
candy factory, at the corner of Bates
and Woodbridge Street, Detroit, were
terrified at discovering fire breaking
cut in the rear of the room where they
worked. A rush was made for the front
of the building, for the fire. escape. In
descending the ladder, one girl fell and
was slightly hurt. Three were seen
near the window, but flames burst
through and drove them back. They
were not again seen until the flames
were subdued, when their bodies
were discovered lying near she win
dow. The faces were burned black,
but the bodies had not been touched.
The names Of the girls burned are:
Frances Messmore, aged IA; Annie
Lynch, aged 26; Ellen Colgase, aged
II. The loss to property was only So
900; fully covered by insurance. The
fire originated in cellar where there
was a quantity of packing materials,
but its cause is unknown. There had
been no fire in the cellar recently.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
A WATERY GRAVE.
Forty Oyster Wen Drowned in the
BappahannOCk River.

The first information of terrible loss
of life during the storm of the 9th, OF
the Rappahannock River and lower bay
was received at Baltimore, upon the ar
rival of the steamer, Mason L. Weems,
on the 18th, whose officers give brief
particulars of the catastrophe. The
victims were for the most part colored
men who had been tongueing for oysters
in the Rappahannock when the gale
burst upon them. The wind blew a
hurricane and the waves quickly rose to
a height of twenty or thirty feet, toss
ing the small canoes, in which the men
were clinging like cookie shells. The
loss IS estimated as high as forty, and
seventeen dead bodies have already
been recovered
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20

man "was couched in the most offensive
terms conceivable and ended by telling
the greatest of novelists' that, although
he had attained by good luck the top
of the tree, he would one day find him
self where he deserved to beat the
bottom of it." "For my part" said
Thackersy upon Mr.. Payn's showing
some premonitory symptoms of suffoca-
tion), II see little to laugh at What
stupid ungrateful beast the man must
be- And if ever / waste another half
hour again i'll writing to a creature of
that sort, call me a horse or worse"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
Investing His Ca0;taI

From the New York SUM-
Il am very poor, sir, and my family
Is suffering. Any assistance you"
Cant you obtain worF ?"
"No, sir. There was time" went on
the tramp, when l gave away thou
sands to sweet charity, but, like many a
better man, was drawn into the vor-
tex of speculation, and lost every dollar
] had in Wall Street"
Il am very sorry for you" said the
gentleman handing him a nickel.
Now, what will you do with that
money!"
"Well, l dunno" he replied thought
fully, poising the coin on the end OF
his finger. 81 think I'll buy house
and lot with part of it, and make nv
family comfortable for life. The re.
mainder, / suppose will be swallowed
up in Wall Street. Once a speculator
always a speculator, you know
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
THE MANDELBAUM.

The Notorious Female Taken Into
Camp by the Ontario Authorities
"Marm" Mandelbaum, the notorious
New York fence" together with her
son and her private secretary, were ar
rested at Hamilton, Ont, on the 9Th.
The madam jumped her bail lii the case
against her for receiving stolen goods.
When arrested she made an effort to
"see" the chief of the Hamilton police,
but 1t would not do. A large quantity
of valuable iewelry was found in the
possession of the party.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
EXPELLING JEWS.

Harsh Measures Employed by the
Russian miStster of the interior.
A dispatch of the 18th says: Count
Tolstoi, Minister of the Interior, has or
dered the expulsion of all the Jews re-
siding in Odessa, Kietf and other large
cities. with foreign passports, unless
they also possess special government
permits of residence The Jewish firms
doing business in these cities are dis
mayed at the order, and many will prob
ably be obliged to go into liquidation"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20

The banking house of George Opdyke
& Co., New York, failed on the Sth, with
debts to the amount of 100000.
News of the Sth states that Gordon
has captured Shendy after shelling the
place. Small bodies of rebels attack
khartoum at intervals, but are invaria-
bly, repulsed.
Fresh encounters between the French
and Chinese in Tonquin have resulted
in the defeat of the latter. The block
ade at Formosa is stated to be only
nominal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
CONNECTIONS :

AT GREEN BAY-With Chicago g. n. w. R'y
10 and from OCONTO. MARINETTE, bJENOM-
INEE. CRYSTAL FALLS, FLORENCE. ESCA-
NABA, NEGAUNEE, ISHPEsIING, MAR
QUETTE, HOUGHrON. LANSE, 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 s. 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.
ATGRAND RAPIDS-with Wisconsin Division
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul R'y.
AT MERRILLAN-wlth Chicago, ST. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha Railway TO and from
EAU CLAIRE, CHIPPEWA FALLS, ME-
NoMONEE, Wis. HUDSON, SALTWATER,
ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS, and all points
beyond.
AT wINONA AND LA CBOSSE-wlth @. q
n. w. R'y and c., NJ. & st. T. R'y to and
from REDWING, HASTINGS, ST. PAUL,
MINNEAPOLIS. and all points In MINNIE
sofa, DAKOTA, IOWA AND NEBRASKA, A,
DURING season OF navigation, with steamers
for all points NORTH and SOUTH on MISSIs-
sIPPI RIVER
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20

WHILE bringing the animals of John
Robinson's circus up from the south
recently cold wave set in, and as no
blankets were to be had for the ele-
plants cocktail of whisky, molasses,
and ginger were given them, and they
all got glorious, but didn't catch cold.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
SH()R I
LINE
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE,
AND ST: PAU:

II owns and operates over 4, eco miles of road IN
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota Iowa an
Dakota and as its main lines, branches and conne@
fons reach ell the great business centres Of the
Northwest and Far West, it aturaly answers the
description Of Short Line, and Best Route between
Chicago. NiiW aukee, NJ. Paul and
minneapolis.
Chicago. Milwaukee,. Portage, La
Crosse and W ~inGnas
Chicago. riiwauaee. Ortenvile>
Aberdeen and Glendale.
Chicago, milwaukee. Eau Claire anG
saltwater.
Chicago. Milwaukee, Wausau and
Merrill
Chicago, milwaukee,, Beaver Dam,
Fond au Lac and Oshkosh.
Chicago. Wilxauixee. Waukesha and
ocOnOm0woc.
Chicago. milwaukee,, Madison an
Prairie du CbieD.
Chicago. Milwaukee. DwatOnna,
WanEatO and Faribauit.
Chicago, BeiOit- Janesyilie and Min-
Chicago. Elgin, Rockford and Du-
buque.
Chicago. Clinton, Rock Island. Cedar
Rapids and Tama.
Chicago. bes WOines. Council Rluffs
and Omaha.
Fails and XanktOn.
Chicago. Milwaukee. Albert Lea and
Southern Minnesota Points.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Mason City,
Mitchell and chamberlain.
Rock Island. Dubuque, ST. Paul and
minneapolis.
Davenport, CaImar, 81, Paul and
Minneapolis.
milwaukee,. RaCiue, Bei0it, EreepOrt
and Rock Island
Mitchell, Wolsey, Ashton and Aber-
deens
(Jim River Valley Line.)
Pullman SIPepers and the FIupsf
Dining Cars fn fhe ,COrId are run on the
main lines Of the CHFC4GO, nELW4T-
kEE d. ST. P4TE R4fLW4T, and
attention is paid to passenRe by courteous
employees of the Company.
s. s. Merrill. A. v. n. Carpenter.
GenI Manager. Genl Pass. agent
j. 7. Clark, Geo. n. Hezfford,
Gen1 SUpt. Asst Gen1 Pass Agt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20

WALKING costumes OF Scotch and
Irish plaid are very much in fashion for
young girls, although many old girls
TO net hesitate TO wear them
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20
Observation-Disclosures

Of this road has laleiy been improved and in
creased and now embraces all the modern I'M
proyements 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 net
sotainable from local agents. apply TO
TIMOTHY CASE,
Genl Passenger Agent,
GREEN BAY WIS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-20

The use Of the term
- Short Linen in connec-
ton with the corporate
name of a great road, con-
yeys an idea Of just what is
required by the travelling
pubic a Short Line, Quick
Time and the best of ac-
commodstions-all of which
sat Bsilwsy in America
The Arizona champion., 1884-01-26
GRAINS OF COLD.

The superiority of some men is mere ly local. They are great because their associates are little.
 If you pursue well trodden path way for long while, you will finally pursue it alone.
 Youth without pleasure is like a flower that comes up too early in the year and is frozen half blown.
 Simplicity, of all things, is the hard est to be copied, and ease is only to be acquired with the greatest labor.
 l never knew of but one man that was not spoiled by being lionized-the prophet Daniel.
 Tie down a hero, and he feels the puncture of a pin; throw him into bat tie, and he is almost insensble to pain.
 Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many-not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
 It is all very well to talk of and write long articles about the Mormons. Nor monism allows many wives at once. Divorce simply allows them in sue CtssiOn.
 During the active period of their lives, men who live to please are more popu- lar than any of their fellowmen, yet these favored beings are almost sure to be forgotten in their hours of trouble. Human nature can be detestably mean to those who touch only its seli-loving side.
 am not Protestant. l will never be one. l regard all Christians, of whatever faith they may be, as my brothers. At the invitation of my Protestant brothers l come to speak of God, of Christ, of the Christian faith, but am not in communion with them. If l scandalize any Christian by ths statement, l cannot help it, Pere Hyacinth.
The Arizona champion., 1884-01-26
LATEST NEWS ITEMS.

The postolice deficiency for the cur rent year is estimated at 30 ,000 ,00O. John w. Garrett of Baltimore sent his check for S4 ,000 as a Christmas oft to the Poor Association of that city.
 The headquarters of the swlndling lotteries of the North are at St. stephen, N.B. There are legions of victims m the New England States.
 Guiteau's skeleton, which is hidden in private room of the Army Medical Museum, has been polished and bleached until it looks like an ivory figure.
 The New Orleans newspapers severe lv criticise the Treasury Department 8 rejection of Mrs Mary Miller's applica- ton for a license as master of q steam boat.
 Bishop Marty, who is looking after the parishes in the vicinity of Fargo, Dakota, says that sitting Bull will not become member of the Catholic Church at present.
 Young Walworth, who killed hls father a few years ago, was married re- gently at Mechanicsville, N. I., to a daughter of eX-Governor Bramlette ol Kentucky.
 The Galveston NelcS declares that there is no considerable sentiment m Texas in favor of dividing the State, and that the talk about it K the idle frothing of politicians.
 There is a magistrate in Gwinet' county, Ga., who grants dlvorces to parties who will swear that they cannot live peaccably together, and pay the cost of the proceeding.
 On account of the fact that many O. the Jews do not understand the Hebrew | language, and therefore do not take in terest in the services in that language a Rochester, x. Y., synagogue has de cided to adopt the English translation ol the ritual.
 They have begun to enforce the "fou mile" law in Tennessee. It is virtua prohibition. As result the river steam CTS are freighted with jugs of whisk,
  Johnson recently steamed away iron Paducah with 500 jugs for distribution along the river bank.
 In Baltimore theatre one evenin! recently spectator in the front row O the gallery shook out dozen silve spoons from his pocket in putting on hi oVcrCoat, greatly to the astomShment 0 a baldhcaded man in the parquet, wh' received the descending silver on hi caput.
 The publishers of the daily papers il this city have now had three months ex pcrience under the cut-rate system, an' taken as a whole they are not happ. set of men. Talks with newspape men in all branches of the bushes bring about Mgorously-worded opinion that the whole scheme of reduction a carried out was grand blunder.
The Arizona champion., 1884-01-26
EXERCISE.

Boerhaave, the great Dutch physician, inscribed on the wall of his lectureroom, 'I gave the medicine, God cured the disease" He was far in advance of the doctors of his era, and promulgated ideas which were then novel, but which science has since made commonplace. In an age of dosing, when quantity was as much thought of as quality, he said
 "When 1 reflect on the immunity of hard working people from the effects oi wrong living and over feeding, cannot help thinking that most of our fashion able disease might be cured mechanic ally, instead of chemically, by climbing Underwood tree .4r chopping it down, if you like, rather than swallowing d decoction of its disgusting leaves "
 Each schoolboy now knows that phys ical vigor is the basis of bodily health, and may only be retained by exercise. But in those days few physicians cared to utter the truth, even if they them selves knew it. The ancient Greeks, knowing that an eileminate man is half sick provided gymnastc exercises. They used these to promote health and pre- vent disease An old Greek doctor, Asclepiadese, is quoted as an authority by Dr. Oswald to enforce the idea--and d good idea it is--that gymnastics will cure disease The philosopher had found that health could be preserved and if lost restored, by physical exercise alone, and not only discarded the use o internal remedies, but made public declaration that he would forfeit al claim to the title of physician if hC should ever fall sick or die but by vio lence or extreme old age. AsclepiadcsC kept his word, for he lived upward of ; century, and died from the effect of al accident. He used to prescribe a course of gymnastics for every form of bodily complaint,
The Arizona champion., 1884-01-26
FRESH FASHION NOTES.

Crushed orange, q pale shade of vel low, is reported as among coming colors
 Children's dresses are all made loose about the waist, in the late revived English styles.
 The best dressmakers no longer put puiIed waistcoats or Moler fronts on corsages,
 Fichus, jabots and scarls are worn with house dresses. They are attached to narrow velvet dog collars.
 Ladies' cards are of generous size, cut almost square, while those for gentlemen are narrow and short.
 The new and lovely little theatre bonnets of black velvet and white tulle embroidered with pearls, are worn with out strings.
 The picturesque riding habits of the Amazonian Empress Elizabeth of Aus tria are being copied hy the Parisians who ride in the Bois
 White dresses are the chosen wear for all young ladies at evening enter tainments, any material, tulle, the love- ly silk muslin, surah, serge, the exQui- sitely soft crepe cashmeres, or even nuns yelling, so that the effect and floral trimming are altogether white.
The Arizona champion., 1884-01-26

Whilst the gendarme was leading the prisoner away the advocate whispered to him:
 "My dear friend l have not been able to establish your innocence this time, but l hope when you come here agaln charged with theft that shall be more lucky H'- French Fun,
The Arizona champion., 1884-01-26

There were made in the United States last year l7 ,000 ,O0O barrels of beer.
The Ottawa free trader., 1884-04-26

Since the meeting Of the canal commission
Iers In Ottawa week or so ago, the hoard
have "resolved" that the high bridge on La
Sale street ought TO be replaced But the
gentlemen composing the board are not quite
explicitc enough in their further action
Something was suggested ahou, the city do
ing so and So The truth is the people OF Ot-
tawa are Of one voice in the matter the pres
ent structure is not only unsightly but un.
sound, as anyone win say who will examine
the center pier. A large crack can be seen
from top 10 bottom Of the pier, while the
superstruc,urc itself plainly shows tie effects
of time II can hardly be supposed the
board are hesitating in the matter in the eX.
pectation Of the city's doing anything in the
matter. The state has always owned and
controlled this bridge and should ia all fair
ness continue TO do it, for the city has all the
bridges she can afford to own, having built
two over that ditch" Nor should the pres.
ent Board throw the responsibility over upon
any future Board, for the structnre evidently
requires Immediate attention.