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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-04
Finishing Grace Church Spire.

From the New York Tribune
Pedestrians on Broadway, yesterday
morning, stopped to look up at the new
marble spire of Grace Church with iD-
creased interest A cross of white mar
BILE had been placed in position at the
apex of the spire The cross, as it gilt
tered like snow, did not appear at that
height OF unusual size, but two black
objects like great flies moving up
on it concentrated attention. These
were the men who were putting
the last touches to the spire.
One of them stood on the very top
of the cross, the other stood at its foot.
aThe spire is not so remarkably high,
said the contractor of the work, but Its
proportions may make it seem so. .
There's not finer shaped spire IN the
country than that. 1t tapers to point
like a needle. The top of the cross
where the workman is sitting is Just
223 feet above the sidewalk. The cross
itself is one piece of marble. 1t stands
nearly five feet high, about five feet
across the arms, and weighs little less
than a ton. The entire weight of the
new marble work on top of the steeple
is almost 400 tons. 1t is nearly finished
now. and the men will begin to remove
the scaffolding to-day"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-04
She Rode the PONY,

Deacon Bodkin's daughters, Saman-
tha and Martha, have for long time
watched with longing eyes the young
ladies who frequently pass aud repass,
seated in the beautiful and fashionable
dog-carts.
They are Just too lovely for any
thing" said Samantha. We must
tease pa to buy US pony and cart
Indeed we must, " assented Martha
What on airth do you gals want of
one er them stuck-up sorter things %
inquired the Deacon. THE pesky
thingll run away with We, hkely's not
go! no, pa, we can drive him. Now,
please do say yes" cried both maidens
in unison, till importantly won.
wall, wall" said the Deacon, ''ei
you two gals will jest stop talking long
enough for me to get nap I'll think
about it."
A few days thereafter a beautiful
little white pony made its appearance
in the stable.
Now, gals" said the Deacon. I've
got the hoss, but you'll have to wait a
day or two for the cart. Don't go to
bein' Uneasy now. He'll keep, I'll war
rant We.
The Deacon had scarcely left the
house before the two young women led
the pony out into the back yard and
were admiring his beauty.
Il do really believe / could ride him,
said Samantha. Il mean to try it, any
way
"You haven't any saddle, nor habit
either. Suppose somebody should SEE
you, warned Martha.
"Who is there to see but you" asked
Samantha, as she led the pony up tc
the doorstep, and, grasping his name
| mounted "man-fashion.'
The pony sprang forward and dashed
around the yard as in ring, at the tor
| of his speed. Samantha screamed anC
clasped her arms about the neck of the
animal, and used all her powers of per
suasion to induce him to cease his per
| formance. But all to no purpose
Round and round he went, till suddenly
he turned with whirl and plunged to
ward the gate. Shrieks of horror burs
from the two girls as the gate yielded
and the pony, with Samantha, now in {
state of marvellous deshabille, clinginl
to his back, rushed out and tore dow
the street at the top of his speed
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-04

Haysville, Tenn, on the 23d, by Capt
E. L. Johnson.
THE trial of John Stagg ana wife, at
Ft. Atkinson, for poisoning their child,
closed on the 23d with verdict OF
guilty.
RICHARD LANE, known III criminal
annals as "old Dick Lane" was cap
tured at Chicago on the 22d, with $500
worth of the silk stolen from the dry
goods store of Julius Zehnter 4 Co, at
Madison. He says he took only $1,000
worth of goods, while the firm claims
the stolen property is valued at $4,000
Lane is an old state prison bird.
MM. KLUGE, Milwaukee cabinet
maker madea murderous assault on his
wife with an axe on the morning of the
22d. Her skull and several ribs were
fractured. She cannot recover.
MARGARET J. LASEARs, of Janesvlle,
committed suicide on the 22d.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-04
CASUALTIES.

The furniture factory of Charles
Neidec & Co, at Williamsburg, L. /,
burned on the 27th. Loss $4,000
FIRE at ST. Paul, Mimi, on the 9th,
destroyed Kellogg & Johnson's boot and
shoe factory. Loss $4,000.
An engineer was killed on the 9th,
near Fulton Station, Nd, by a collision,
and by a similar accident near Dunlap,
Ill, Michael Radigan, engineer, lost his
life
An unknown steamer ran into adm
wrecked a canal boat under the big
bridge. New York, on the evening of
the 9th. Three persons were drowned.
ABOUT daylight on the morning of
the 27th, flames destroyed the Bucking-
ham Hotel at Portsmouth, n. H., sixty
guests having barely time to escape
with their lives. A force of marines
from the navy-yard rendered all the aid
possible The loss is estimated at Sl40,-
600.
4 LARGE party of undergrad labor
ers at Michigan City sprang into the
ferry boat, on the evening of the 9th,
and broke the supporting chain, the re-
suit being the drowning of two or more
persons.
The large glss works of Abel Smith
& Co, and the machine shop of Robin
son, Rea & Co., at Pittsburg, were de
stroyed by fire on the Goth. Loss about
5000, 900.
i MAN named William Hommel was
killed by the cars at Janesville, Wis, on
the both.
SAMUEL @. PBEBRN had his skull
crushed at the county fair at Erie, Pa,
on the 10Th, by the breaking OF balloon
guy.
THE property of the A. T. Stearns
Lumber Company at Neponset, Mass,
was subjected to blaze on the 25th.
which destroyed hard pine and cypress
lumber to the value of S150,00O, and
building wharves etc, estimated to be
worth $4,000, making the total loss
S240,000
CLEMENT & SoN's four-miu burned
at Neenah, Wis, on the morning of
the 25th. The building was insured
for S22, 600; no insurance on the stock.
The stock consisted of 300 barrels of
-four and a large quantity of wheat.
An infant daughter of Philip
Muench, living near Rochester, Wis,
was drowned on the 25th by falling in
a washtub.
RUsK, Tex, lost an entire block of
business houses on the public square
by fire on the oath. The loss is esti-
mated between S25,000 and 100000
AN unknown man was killed on the
Lake shore track near Milwaukee on
the oath.
WHILE walking home from ball at
Rochester. \. Y, on the morning of the
ODD, Theodore Rouleau, aged Is, was in
stantly killed by lightning. His COM
panion, Miss Hortense E. Paro, aged 16,
was badly burned on the head, one arm
and hand She has lost her reason.
BY an explosion in Eau Claire, Wis,
on the ODD Charles l.. Sullivan was
killed and Andrew Tracy severely in
iured.
Two freight trains on the Hannibal
road collided near New Cambria, Mo,
on the 22i. Three men were killed
and two fatally injured.
FIRE in the ALiddlesex Bleachery,
Somerville, Mass, on the 22d, resulted
in loss of 100000.
ALoss of $150,OO0 was caused by
fire at Portland Ore, on the 22d, which
destroyed a half-dozen buildings, in
eluding the Esmond House. Among
the guests of the hotel was Lawrence
Barrett, the actor.
Ten buildings at Eureka, New, were
destroyed by fire on the 22d. Loss, $7O,
600.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-04
The DukedOm of Wellington.


At the present moment, when the at
tention of the public has been drawn to
the ducal house of Wellesley, it may
possibly interest some OF our readers
to be reminded that the new duke of
Wellington is the great grandson of the
rustic beauty who, as every reader of
Tennyson is aware, being born Village
maiden" of Shropshire, was suddenly
elevated to the painful dignity of a
peerage by her marriage with "the Lord
of Burleigh," whom she and her parents
had taken to be only a landscape
painter" From being plain Sarah
Hoggins, of Bolas Magma, in the county
of Shropshire" she found herself count
ess of Exeter, and "the burden of an
honor unto which she was not born"
threw her into a consumption and
caused her early death, only six years
after her marriage. According to Burke
and Lodge her death took place in 1877 !;
and the "three fair children of whom
she became the mother were Brownlow,
afterwards eleventh earl and second
marquis of Exeter, Lord Thomas Cecil
and Lady Sophia Cecil. The last named
child, on reaching womanhood, married
the Right Hon. Henry Manvers Pierre
pont, of Conholt park, Hants, brother
of the second Earl Manvers. y Their
only child, daughter, Augusta Sophia
Anne, became in 1914 Lady Charles
Wellesley; and her eldest son, Henry.
has become within the last few days, by
his uncles death, the third duke of
Wellington. The reader may be re-
minded that the title is derived from
the town of Wellington, in Somerset,
| not far from Taunton, in the neighbor-
hood of which the Wesleys or Welsley,
or las they now spell their name) Wei
lesleys, held lands some two or three
centuries ago.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-04
How far were you off the wagon at

"How far were you off the wagon at
the time?"
"Thirty-tive or forty steps"
What did you do after the bodies
were buried"
Il started of to deliver the news, but
after | hal gone fifteen miles / was
overtaken and told not to say word
about the killing. All right, replied,
NUNS the word We solemnly agreed
not to give the thing away, and the first
time it was told to the public, except as
a suspicion, was about year ago, when
| gave some of the facts to Senator
Wear for publication in the Republican.
but you have fuller details now than
have ever been published."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
POLITICAL

THE deadlock in the Second District
Democratic Convention at Beaver Dam,
Wis, was broken on the 9th, by the
withdrawal OF Mr.. Sawyer after 149th
ballot, and Gen. Bragg was nominated
on the 150th ballot.
THE Republicans of South Carolina
have nominated ID. l.. Corbin for gov
ernor.
The Peoples party of Massachusetts
has nominated Judge McCaferty for
governor.
ALvA ADAMS has been nominated for
governor by the Democrats of Colo
RADIO.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-04

Shrek after shrek rent the air and the
Deacon, who was quietly vending his
way to his office, glancing about, saw
the flying steed and its rider.
''Mercy's sake" said he, I'D orter
told the gals l bought that air pony
from the circus man"
When Samantha and the pony burst
iuto the circus tent and made circuit
of the ring the effect was certainly
thrilling and fully worth the price of
admission,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-04

The quadricycleis the name given to
wheeled vehicle invented by James o.
Brown, of Boston. 1t has two small
wheels in front and two large wheels
behind. The inventor says tits far su-
perior to the bicycle or tricycle.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-04

--l v - ~ ---~N -
CONNECTIONS

AT GREEN BAY-With Chicago & n. w. R'y
to and from OCONTO. MARINETTE, MENOM-
INEE, CRYSTAL FALLS, FLORENCE, ESCA-
NABA. NEGAUNEE, ISHPEAIING, 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 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 rosd.
AT GRAND RAPIDS-.with Wisconsin Division
of the Chicago. Milwaukee s st. Paul R'Y.
AT MERRILLAN-With Chicago. st. Paul,
Minneapolis s. Omaha Railway to and from
EAU CLAIRE, CHIPPEWA FALLS, ME-
NONONEE, Wis, HUDSON. SALTWATER,
ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS, and all points
beyond.
AT wINONA AND LA CBOSSE-with c. q
N W. R'y and c., NJ. & St. P. Ry 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, 1884-10-04

ADoLPH SUTRo, of tunnel fame, Is to
give San Francisco free library.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-04
CHICAGO,
kHsLWAUKEE
AND ST: paul.

It owns and operates over 600 miles Of read in
Northern Illinois, WfscOEsln, Minnesota, Iowa and
Dakota a- - it I4aln L1esr branches and eonnsc-
M1az reach su the great HusfEess centres of the
E0gE#weet and Far West, Il naturally answers the
description Of short Line, and Best Route between
Ca8caao. EziiZs aukee, ~. Paul and
minneapolis
Cnicaso. 1EstsaauAee, Portage. La
s-8sse aud - suomas
tHaSEZ8. Eis-s auaee. OrtOnyiIIe,
aberdeen and Glendale.
ta5cl@", Hh5Kyauzee. Eau Claire and
Chicago. milwaukee,, Wausau and
eEcrr53Is
.ascu-p. milwaukee, Beaver Dam.
9eB1 EiI s-ac aud DshR nsns
Es'8cs@u. TEE5lvaukee. WaukeSba and
sfCgEsos ~ - ocs
.Escag8. FE1AAs EEe. Madison and
Prairie tsn GGieNs
Chicago. milwaukee. 0yVatonna,
UusF8EalD and ERriDamiL.
4lIs-z#s EReiOET- ganesyiIle ana Min
Chicago, Eigin, Rockford and Du-
Ch5caas0. clinton, Rock island, Geo ar
sEatssas alEsd saanaa.
& Chicago. aes Holmes, Council Bluffs
Chicago, lartaB. sioux city, sioux
#aiis aWd haastou,
A8eass-1. fsEs-E ~ EE.lae. Albert lea and
sest3strss tEonesCsa Points
Shsc-l4Ee, ssls Es3f5sz"e, tuson City,
Niieaeii l.s8a Grani beTtaiu.
Bsgch asfaaa, EEubuque, 81. Paul and
ssEusst spnfi>.
sRavesnar:. 1'annar, ~ PAM and
rEBsGas eE4 BGBfa.
gEi1VaEEl.ee, Racine. ReIoit, FreepoEt
assH tsaEA F*ssaads
GatcariH, VoSegy, ashton and AOer-
GEEEa
tJtm River Valley L1ns.l
Pullman 5tSeDeT-s and the Egupst
EiRIlag grsrs isa the tyDFIG are run on the
uaEn .les II tile CBkCFG3, EFLEEAT-
hA - 4F. EaTE II sFLysrAN, and
avers attention L paid q passengers By courteous
eHLl.ges the COMPANY.
?. Merrill 4. v. n. Carpenter,
g.a. stauagsr. Gsnf Pass. agent
J. I, Clark, Geo. n. Hsafford,
Gent Supt Asst Genl Pass Agt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-04
THEPASSENGBREQULPMEN7

THEPASSENGBREQULPMEN7
ef 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
tllas lie.
For Time cards. rates, and information no,
obtainabl5 from local agents, apply to
TIMOTHY CASE
GeuI Passenger Agent,
GREEN BAY, WIS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-04
Green Bay, Viinona &
St. Paul Railroad.
FAVORITE ROUTE

FOND DU LAC, OSHKOSH, MANITOwAO,
TWO RIVERS, NEENAH, MENASHA, AP-
PLETON, DEPERE, GREEN BAY AND ALL
POINTS IN EASTERN WISCONSIN AND
NORTHERN MICHIGAN
AND
STEVENS POINT. GRAND RAPIDS, VINO
Ma, LA CROSSE, EAU CLAIRE, CHIPPE
WA FALLS, STILLWATTR, HUDSON, ST.
PAUL. MINNEAPOLIS, FARGO. GRAND
FORKS, CRoOKSTON, WINNIPEG. JAMES,
TOWN. BISMARCK. WALLA wALLA,
PORTLAND; ALL POINTS IN MINNESOTA,
DAKOTA, NORTHERN IOWA. NEBRASKA,
AND ALL POINTS REACHED BY THE
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD ST. PAUL,
MINNEAPOLIS & MANITOBA r. r. AND
CANADIAN PACIFIC r. r.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-04
THE BENDER FAMILY.

The Killing OF the Old Man and Woman
ana John and Kate Related by Capt. j. &.
Reeves, AN Eye Witness OF the tragedy
~. .Il..ar.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-04-10
Guiteau Alone Responsible.

Mr.. Charles Fl. Reed, of New York
city, who was counsel for the assassin
Guiteau during the latter part of the
trial, was interviewed by a reporter. He
said: Eyes, have read in the papers
the statement of ex-Postmaster General
James before a committee in Washing
ton, which conveys the impression that
the star route prosecutions were in some
measure the cause of the shooting of
the late President Garfield. am there
fore willing to have published for the
first time some conversations which oc-
CURED between Guiteau and myself
while / acted as his attorney.
"On several occasions when alone
with Guiteau asked him if he had any
accomplice, or if any person knew that
he thought of shooting the President.
He always answered in a most emphatic
manner. No; no one but God and me
knew anything about it, On the day
before he was executed, when l saw
him for the last time, 1 said to him,
'Guiteau, all hope of saving you is gone,
and you must die tomorrow. Now, 1
ask you again, Had you any accomplice
90 did any person beside you know any
thing about your intention to kill the
President?' With wild light in his
eyes, which was impossible of simula-
ton, he replied, NO, no; no one but
God and me knew anything about it, as
1 have often told you. That is the truth,
as / expect to meet my God to-mor-
row ;"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-04-10
A Hint for England.

When Napoleon said that che could
conquer the world with French infantry
and Mameluke cavalry" he let fall hint
worth bearing in mind. His plan of
mingling European and Asiatic troops
was also that of Give, Lally, Yelling
ton, Napier, and other Generals trained
in Eastern war. Were England to send
up country in the Soudan an army of
sepoys from Western India, reserving
the British to guard the coast, the
Mahdi's boastings would be rudely
tested. The Nubian waste would have
no terrors for the Rajputs, familiar as they
are with that frightful Indian desert,
hundreds of miles in extent, over which
they hunted Tantia Topee in 1853. The
Sikhs of the Punjaub would match both
in bodily strength and fanatic vaIor the
hardest warriors of Kordofan. Above
all, every outlandish mole of Eastern
fighting would be well known to them.
An Englishman, used to the routine of
the parade ground, is bewildered by
enemies who lie on their backs to spear
cavalry horses that are leaping over them,
or dash in under bayonet and slash
through the kneejoint of its holder, or
fall down as if dead to start up the next
moment and stab their opponent in the
back. Bat all these ruses are house
hold words to the swarthy soldiers of
Hindustand, and such a qualification can
hardly be over-estimated in a contest
like the present.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-04-10
Imported Dresses.

The silk dresses imported for spring
and summer, Harper's Bazor tells us,
are composed of two materials, chosen
with reference to each other; black
dresses alone are made entirely of satin
or of silk, but the jetted fronts and jet
ted nets used for garniture are in such
profusion that these serve as a second
fabric. The two materials in one dress
must have the same color or the same
changeable colors for the background,
but one is figured and the other plain,
or else one has merely line stripes on a
changeable surface, while the other has
brocaded figures added to these stripes.
The newest silks have small figures,
such as palm leaves an inch long, clover
leaves of natural size, clover heads, dia-
monds, square blocks, quills alone and
in clusters, etc. Sometimes these fig
ures are of velvet, even on the ightest
summer silks, such as dark brown velvet
palms on pale mushroom or ecru surah,
or else copper red trefoils on dull olive
green Sicilienne. The brocaded figures
look like hand EN- broidery, and are most
seen on smooth lustrous taffeta silks,
that may also be changeable, striped, or
checked, or, indeed, they may be all
these at once. Striped silks promise to
be largely used for gay little dresses for
the house, for visits, afternoon recep-
tions, and, when made with a demi
train, for dinner dresses also; these are
very effective in alternate inch. wide
stripes of satin and silk, such as copper
red with rose pink stripes, separated by
a pencilled line of blue or olive green.
Velvet in the piece, velvet ribbon, and
lace both in the piece net and as
gathered frills, are the trimmings for
such dresses. There is no longer any
settled rule for combining plain and fig
ured stufs, as the plan now in vogue of
using figured stuffs for the lower skirt
with plain goods for the waist and dra-
perry is frequently reversed in the new
French dresses.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-04-10
Henry Wizards Intentions,

A New York letter says: I have seen
Henry Willard within few days. He is
looking better, and is now able to sleep
reasonably well The trouble with him
was insomnia. He had attacks of that
for year before the collapse. He lost
forty pounds of flesh during these
troubles, but that does not dissatisfy
him, as he had tendency to become
feshy. He will go to Europe in short
time and stay there until his health is
restored. Willard is man of genius,
and his errors were those of genius.
His big house he calls his mausoleum.
and he says if he could only sell it he
might have something to live on. While
notan extravagant house it is in admirable
taste, and like it better than Wander
bnt's house. His wife has shown dur
ing his trials nerve and courage anC
quietness that make her much admired
and she is altogether above the line O
wives ofrailroad men and promoters. Sht
was the daughter of Lloyd Garrison, ant
well becomes her fathers force of char
acter and moral courage.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-04-10
Lucky Joe Wilson's Escape.

A North Carolina paper says: One
of the most .adroit escapes known in
criminal history was effected by Lucky
Joe Wilson, the chief of gang of des-
peradoes who have infested this State.
Wilson was, after many fights, caught
and sentenced to ten years in the peni-
tentiary. On Tuesday his counsel OBJ
tanned an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Early one morning the warden of the
jail entered his cell and found Lucky
Joe lying on his mattress, which was
covered with blood, as was the prison
ers shirt and mouth. His eyes were
wide open and staring, his jaws fallen,
and his limbs cold. Help was sum-
moned, and the body was carried from
the cell into an outhouse, laid out for
burial, and placed in plain coffin. The
mother and sister of Wilson stood by
the coffiE> ans HeH=ailed Ie55 uahHaely end.
At dusk when every one had left the
apartment, save his sister, she was hor-
rified to see the corpse rise from the
coffin, put his hands omniously to his
lips and bolt from the room. She
screamed and tainted. The ruse was
not discovered until an hour afterward
and Lucky Joe had succeeded in elud-
ing all pursuit.
A visit to the cell showed how artfully
the escape had been planned. Wilson
had killed chicken and saturated him
self with the blood. Then ripping open
the mattress, he concealed the chicken
in it. He had scraped in lot of snow
and ice from the cell window, and kept
his hands and feet we'll frozen in it, and
when he heard footsteps in the corridor
he threw the snow into bucket. There
fore, when the jailer entered, he found
Wilson's feet and hands so cold as to
leave no doubt of his death.