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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10
CRIMINAL.

A. BLANEY, of Natick. Massachusetts, legis-
lator, was held for trial in $4,000 for ballot-box
stuffng on the I'd.
Two wife murderers pad the penalty of their
crimes at the hands of the hangman, on the
I'd -Enoch Brown (colored), at Halifax Court
house, n. c., and VIM. McHugh, at Cincip-
natl.
The Medicine Lodge bank robbers were
taken from Jail at Harper, Kas., on the I'd
inst, by angry mob. One of them resisted.
and was riddled with bullets. The other three
were hanged.
A MOB of five hundred masked men at st.
two Hill brothers, who had committed murder
IN an unsuccessful attempt to rob farmhouse.
One confessed.
RoUGHs at Montpelier, Ind, on the LIST, in
dulged in fight at an exhibition of Wallace's
circus. young farmer named Joseph Streets
was fatally shot In the shoulder.
ALLEN INGALLS,, charged with "burking"
the Taylor family at Avondale o., hung him
self IN the county jail at Cincinnati, ON the
30th.
A CoLoRED woman. known as Mrs. Doc.
Brown. fatally shot Jack Low, at Jackson, o.,
on the 30th.
Four robbers killed E. W. Payne, president,
and Geo. Geppert, cashier, of the Medicine
30th.
BURGLARS entered the house of farmer
named John Woods, near Charleston w. Va,
on the night of the 28th. Woods tried to drive
them out, but was shot and seriously hurt His
son Albert, met instant death by bullet. The
daughter, Mary, armed with a revolver, and
drove the villains out. Blood marks indicate
that one of her shots took effect.
SHERIFF ADKINS. of Boon County, W. Va.
was waylaid and brutally murdered by mem
bers of the "James gang" of outlaws, on the
2Sth.
GEO. BEDELL, proprietor of carpet-cleanihg
establishment at Chicago, was shot deau on
the 29th by Isaac Jacobson, tramp in his
employ.
MRS CHARLES SoUIREs, wife of La Crosse,
Wis, laborer, ended her life by taking poison,
on the 28th,
RUGG, the negro who murdered Annie May
bee on Long Island, is to be hanged June g.
ANTONIO MORENO, wealthy Cuban mer
chant, and Charles Vose retired cotton mer-
chant, suicided at New York on the 2Stb.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10
Felt His Blood Turn Cold.

Scarcely a week passes in the oil
regions without the recording of loss of
life or property by nitro -glycerine ex-
plosions. So susceptible is that explo-
sive to the effect of even slight jars that
the experience with load of the mate
rial which is related by Harvey McHen-
ry, torpedo shooter in the employ of
the Roberts Company, seems almost in
cleditable. Wagons are made especially
for carrying nitro glycerine. Harvey
McHenry started for Berger Hollow in
the Bradford District, with fifty quarts
of the explosive in tia cans in his wagon.
The road through Berger Hollow is one
of the worst in the district. McHenfy
was driving carefully along, and while
descending a very long and steep hill,
the pole suddenly snapped in two, and
the wagon ran against the horses. They
Immediately started on a run down the
hill. McHenry says he could feel his
blood turn cold. When he saw that a
collision between the wagon and a road
side tree was inevitable he closed his
eyes and waited. for the explosion, from
which there seemed to be no possible
escape. The wagon struck the tree, but
no explosion followed.
Believing that such unexpected and
unprecedented good fortune could not
possibly continue, McHenry resolved to
jump from the nitro -glycerine magazine
as it went flying down the hill. He
jumped and striking against tree dislo-
Gated one knee and injured his spine.
The wagon had gone but few feet
when to the horror of the helpless team
ster it was overturned. Still for some
unaccountable reason the nitro gly-
cerine did not explode. The horses fell
to the ground, and in their efforts to re-
gain and keep their feet they dragged
the wagon until it was overturned four
times. This occupied but few mo-
ments, but to McHenry, lying helpless
at spot where if an explosion occurred
there would not be a tree left standing
nor the fragments of a rock, and he
himself would be torn to atoms, the
time seemed an age of agony. The
horses finally broke loose from the
wagon and ran on. That was the last
McHenry remembered until he was
picked up and carried to house near by.
Some men working at well in lot
oUU yards away Ead seen tne runaway,
and knowing the wagon to be nitro
glycerine vehicle, they lost no time in
placing still greater distance between it
and themselves, as the possibility of
avoiding an explosion was not for an
instant expected by them. When the
horses broke loose they went to Nc
Henry's aid. No instance is on record
in the oil regions where nitro -glycerine
subjected to so severe a test ever failed
to explode. That none occurred in this
case is only accounted for by the fact
that the material had been stored in the
wagon with unusual care and regard for
safety.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10
Sig. Cherubini Shown Up.
From the San Fran cisco ArgonartI

From the San Fran CISCO ArgonaCtJ
Sig. CherubiRi, when he Is under full
steam, is large-sized, many-petaled
marguerite. We are authorized in stat
ing, as the papers say, that this is also
Sig. Cherubini's opinion of himself, with
the exception that the daisy in his mind
is larger-sized and more petaled. At
the moment when he ceases to sing, he
resolves himself into gelatinous and
unmannerly Italian. A slight disposi-
ton of favor on the part of the audience
he takes for rapture-a mild clapping of
the hands for persistent encore. Ar
dit plunges ahead as if he wanted to get
through the opera. Cherubini expostu-
lates in pantomime. Further faint ap-
plause. Cherubini loogs attentive and
anxious. Arditi buriea hinseli in the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10
ROUTED BY A LADY.
Hot Fight with Burglars in West
Nirginia.

A Hot Fight with Burglars in West
Virginia.
CHARLEsTowN, w. Va, April 90
Last night three unknown persons en-
tered the residence of Jack Woods, a
farmer I'D this county, for the purpose
of robbery. Mr.. Woods made an effort
to drive the robbers out, but was shot
and seriously wounded. His son, Albert
Woods, heard the shooting and ran into
the room. He was shot dead by the
robbers. Miss Mary Woods, daughter,
ran in with pistol and shot at the rob-
bers, who ran off. 1t is supposed one
of the robbers was shot by Miss Woods,
as blood was seen in the yard the next
morning. The robbers are supposed to
be the same who shot and robbed ex-
Sheriff Adkins, of Boon County, two
nights before. There is much excite
ment and posse is after the robbers.
If they are caught they will be lynched.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10

Tue walls of Oppenhelm's wholesale millin-
cry house at st. Paul fell In, on the lst causing
loss OF s25, 600 to stock.
AT the close of the base ball game at Cincin-
natl on the 1st platform fell precipitating
| 00people to the ground. Several were injured,
j. L. Langan fatally.
The Sherwood House and several ether frame
| buildings at Engewood, Chicago suburb,
we're destroyed by fire on the morning Of the
30th. The guests of the Sherwood were forced
to Jump ftom windows, but no lives were lost.
THE county poor-house at Hartford, Mich,
has been destroyed by fire. Fifteen or sixteen
inmates perished.
MRS. LAURA WILLIAMS died at Chicago on
the 30th from the administrator of morphine
instead OF quinine by prescription clerk.
SAMUEL +. DoNNELLY, New York Sun re-
porter, died on the Both, from injuries received
at fire.
TIE boarding house of the Brooks Il Ross
Lamber Company at Schofield, Marathon
County, Wis, burned on the 29th. Loss, $4,-
009.
SwIFT's saw mill, near Crapo, Mich, burned
ON the 3Oth. Loss, $50, 600; fully insured.
FIRE in the dry goods district of New York
city on the 29th caused a loss Of $250.00
REMINGTON, Ind, was swept by fire on the
18th. Loss $4,000.
The ocean steamship Falmouth, of the In
ternational Line, was destroyed by fire at
Portland, Me-. on the 29th. Three men were
burned to death. Loss 100000.
TENEMENT house at st. Louis burned on
the morning of the 28th. Nine people were se-
rlously hurt.
SMALL building containing dynamite, at an
Elettsville, Ind, stone quarry, caught fire on
the 18th, and was blown to atoms. One man
was Killed and thirteen wounded.
The wife of Hon. Robert B. Carnahan, of
Pittsburg, while temporarily insane, on the
2Sth, escaped from her watchers at night, and
III wandering anout fell over high embank-
uent on the Allegheney River, and was instant
ly killed.
ST.. JOHNS, N. B., dispatch of the 29th, re-
ports collision at sea by which twelve men be-
longing to .he schooner Paquebot lost their
lives.
A. & W. SMITHS tobacco factory at Toronto,
Ont, was destroyed by fire on the 28th. Loss
on content, alone, $4,000.
GLENs FALLS, N. Y, suffered from fire on
the 28th. Among the buildings destroyed were
Union Hall, the Opera House. the Presbyterian
Church and fifteen stores. Loss 800, 900,
FIRE at Cedar Springs, Mich, on the 28th,
destroyed $4,000 worth of lumber and por-
ton of the village.
ARBUcKLE Bros coffee mill at Brooklyn, N
Y, burned on the 2Sth. Loss S125,000.
FOREST fires. ON the 28th, destroyed the saw
mill Of Hoover, Hughes & Co., at Snow Shoe,
Pa. Loss $4,000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10

AT the Republican convention of the Twenty
fourth Assembly District, held at Hudson, on
the 2Sth, James Hill and II. L. Humphrey
were chosen as delegates to the state conven-
ton.
on the 2Sth, Col. John c. Spooner and Judge
L. H. Mead were chosen for delegates to the
state convention From the assembly district
comprising Pierce County, Messrs. Woodward
and Randall were chosen. The Polk County
district send Frank Nye and Col Mason; from
Burnett and Barron, Messrs. Anderson and
Bradshaw are sent delegates.
A NATIONAL conference of colored men opened
at Pittsburg ON the 29th.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10
An Extraordinary Dinner.

A dinner was given in Philadelphia
recently to Mr.. Charles Lawrence as a
testimonial of his worthiness to fill the
Office of president of the Common Coun-
ell to which he has just been elected.
Nearly 100 leading men in the CONNER
cial and political interests of the city
were seated at the board. The table was
in the form of an ellipse, whose truncat-
ed ends merged into two circles. The
central part of the long oval was filled
with a representation of the Delaware
River, real fish swimming in real water
past Smiths and Petty's islands, and
brushing against the gilded keel of a
miniature schooner, whose rigging was
smilax and the deck and spars of which
were laden with a fragrant cargo of
roses. The Jersey bank of this emblem
attic river was lined with evergreen, inter
spersed with beds of roses. The Phila-
delphia shore was divided by bands of
smilax into the wards which border on
the river. Each ward of the city was
represented by bed of azaleas, shad-
ing from the palest pink into the deepest
violet. The First Ward, the home of
President Lawrence, which has always
been celebrated for Its production OF
truck, was represented by bed of let
tuce. The azaleas representing the
Fourth Ward were of deep blood-red,
Over each bed of azaleas floated tiny
silk standard bearing the appropriate
| number. The mimic river and banks
were % feet long and 8 feet wide. On
the circular end of the long table, repre-
sentlng the quarter deck of the ship,
was the heIm-wheel, worked out in bed
of flowers six feet in diameter, over
which presided the pilot of the evening,
Joel Cock, with the guest, Charles Law
renee, on the left hand, and Mr.. Law
rence's predecessors, VIM. Fl. Lex and
Joseph l.. Oaven, on tine right. At the
foot of the table was floral representa-
ton of the mariners compass, around
which were grouped number of mem
bers of the Vessel Owners and Captains
association, of which MIR. Lawrence is
president, and of the Maratime Exchange.
| The walls of the dining room were COW
cred with national flags, and on one side
we're two huge anchors, above which
were coils of rope. The decorations
were the work of the Floral Exchange.
The menus were beautifully printed
and on the satin cover of each wat 6
band painted picture of frigate unde,
| full sail.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10
Forty Years Ago.

Coffins were very plain and burial
caskets were unknown.
Tombstones had larger epitaphs and
more verbosity engraved upon them.
Eggs we're shilling dozen and but
ter was considered high at eighteen cents
per pound.
Much of the silver currency, fps,
levies, and dollars was of Mexican and
Spanish coinage.
The country retail trade was much
better, as people could not SO easily run
to the city by rail.
Business letters were more voluminous
and formal, and were written in precise,
round hand.
There was York currency, eight shil-
lings to the dollar, and New England
currency, six shillings to the dollar.
The diet was more subcharged with
grease, the winter breakfast usually be-
ing made Of salted ham and bot cakes.
Dinner was simply hasty lunch at
noon, and little Importance was attacbe ed
to the necessity for good digestion or a
period of rest after eating.
New Orleans and Muscovado molasses,
very black and thin, was the common
sweetening for buckwheat cakes. Re-
fined molasses was almost unknown.
The bank bills were Of state banks,
and the further west their locality the
shaker they were. Illinois and Indiana
bills would barely pass In New York.
Bread was home made. Coffee was
fresh ground every morning, and the
grinding of the family coffee-mill was q
familiar sound hours before the children
arose.
Negro minstrelsy was just cropping
out in the travelling circus. There were
generally but two performers, who as
sumed male and female characters. The
popular melody was "Jump, Jim Crow
People did not live as long as they
now do, nor was the average health a.
good as at present. They ate more
meat, more grease, more bread, and NOR,
heavy dishes and drank more at meals
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10
JERkE0 TO ETERNITY.
A West Virginia Desperate Lynches
InfuriafAd Rennla

West Virginia Desperate Lynched by
Infuriated People.
POINT PLEASANT, w. Va, May g.
News has been received of the capture
and llynching. Thursday night, of Jake
Dodson, the accomplice of Scott Hill in
the murder of Sheriff Adkins last week,
and member of the gang of thieves
and assassins who nave terrorized Lin
coin and adjoining counties for year
or two past. Dodson was captured in
the woods near Grifithsville, Lincoln
County, Thursday, and taken to town
and placed under a strong guard. The
people were much excited over the
prisoners arrival, and in the evening,
when the news of the lynching of the
Hill boys at Adams reached Griffiths-
vile, mob marched to the jail, took
Dodson from the officers, and hanged
him to tree. But one of the party of
robbers-Shurlock-is now alive.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10

Oar ain nothing much sadder dan de
acks of coward what is tryin' ter make
folks think dat he is a fighter.
Nuthin' pleases ole nigger'oma so
much as fur pusson ter tell her dat de
remedies dat she recommended had
he ped him.
doan like too much hum mbleness.
De worm is SO small dat he crawls an he
eats yer airter yer dead.
Natur doan make man proud. Some
trees are taller den de udders, but de
sap flows jest de same.
Use looked aron' ober dis lam heep
an eff Use eber foun' any use fur de
grasshopper doan know it, but den l
doan know dat the grasshopper hab eb-
er foun any use for me.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10

score and holds his baton in air. Grad
ual subsistence of applause Cherubini
gets very wild; salaams to the audience,
with the intimation that he would like to
honor their rapture with an encore if
Arditi would permit him. Arditi shakes
his baton as if to say: "You just wait
till schools out and see if don't thrash
you" Cherubini salaams to Arditi and
seems to say: 'They insist upon my
singing again. What are you going to
do about lt?" Arditi waves his baton in
despair and says: "Blank you, go
aheadp
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10

THE curiosity of child of had been
aroused by seeing magnifylng glass.
"How many times does it magnify 2"
asked gentleman, thinking to puzzle
him. Gas many times as you look
through it," was the quick reply.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10
Sh()R 7
! IluEE
are fnruishad bv ty,a err
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE,
AND ST: paul:

1t owns and operates over eco miles Of road in
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and
Dakota; and its main lines, branches and connec-
iions reach al the great business centres of the
Northwest and Far West, il naturally answers the
Chicago. Milwaukee, St. Paul and
Winneap0iis.
Chicago. Milwaukee,, Portage. La
GTos>e aslG NiDOna.
snIc4go. Hlwausee. OrtOnvtIle,
Aberdeen and Glendale.
ChIeago, uiiwaukee, Eau Claire and
Chicago. milwaukee, Wausau and
Merrill.
Chicago, Milwaukee,, Beaver Dam.
Eonu Gu Lac and Oshk osh.
Chicago. miISsaukee. Waukesha and
sscOuoEBos
Chicago, milwaukee,. Madison and
Prairie du ShBen.
Chicago. milwaukee,. OwatOnna,
Fiauksto and Earibauit.
Chicago. SseIoIt, 5nnesviiIe and Min
erai Point
Chicago- Eigin, Rockford aud Du-
Chicago. Clinton, Rock Island. Cedar
Esaysas :and Eama.
Chicago. s'es Homes, Council Bluffs
and Gnszaha
Chicago. canton, Sioux City, Sioux
Fails and xauSion.
Chicago. TllN& N&aahee, Albert Lee and
Southern TiHaesossNsP0ints.
Chicago, UiiwauRee, Mason City,
uiIcheIl and Chamberlain.
Roek island, dubuque, ST. Paul and
B'iyenp"rf, Casmar, st. Paui and
minneapolis.
milwaukee,. Racine, BelOit, EreepOrt
ana EsOTE ISLAND
Mitchell, WoI~ey. Ashton and Aber,
deem.
(Jim River Valley Line.)
Pullman S!eepPFs and the Finest
Dining cars Ef, FIie tCOrfI are run on the
main lines Of the CHSCs uTLJFAT-
II ssE ~ &T. P4EE RAsLIV4Y and
every attention = paid to passengers by courteous
employees OF the Company.
>. Merrill A. v. n. Carpenter,
Gem Manager Gen'IPass, hgent
!. J. Clark, Geo n. heafford
dtnI SGpt. ASST Genl Pass Agt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10

"CoPFN is the rather suggestive
name of the commander Of the Arctic
steamer Alert.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10
THEPASSENGER EQUIPMENT

IHEPASSENGER EQULPMEN7
ef this road has laleiy been improved and in
creased. and now embraces all the modern i'm
provements and conyeniences 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, 1884-05-10
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, HOUGHTON. 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 s. Western Railway to and from all
points on that road.
AT GRAND RAPIDS-With Wisconsin Division
OF the Chicago Milwaukee s. st. Paul R'y.
AT MERRILLAN-Wlth Chicago, ST. Paul,
Minneapolis s. 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-with C. s.
n w. Ry and c., M. s. 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, 1884-05-10

} The use Of the term
" Short Line" in connec.
ton with the corporate
name Of q great road, con-
veys an idea Of Just what ts
required by the travelling
pub ic-a Short Line, Quick
Time ard the bsst Of ao-
commcdations-all Of which
eat Railway in America.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-10
Plantation Philosophy.

WHEAT-No. Red sd..........-....
CcRs-Np- Z-.- .---...
OArs-No.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-02
A PRUDENT PRIEST
For God and Their Country.

CINCINNATI, O., April 1.-THE Munich
pal Reform Association, composed of citi.
zens of all parties, have issued mani.
festo to the voters of the city stating that
they believed the occurrences of the past
few days more than ever demand a sever.
ance of party politics in the Municipal
Government, and also stating that they
will place in nomination for the various
offices to be filled at the approaching mu-
ncipal election men of irreproachable in.
tegrity and undoubted qualifications for
the positions, who have consented to
accept the nominations merely from
consideration of public duty They are
selected without regard to political
views, and all good citizens are called up
on to unite with the association in the at
tempt to place pure and reliable men in
charge of the city government. The as
ISOLATION has determined to call a mass
meeting at Music Hall soon to ratify their
ticket.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-02
Opinions of the Press.

CINCINNATI, o., April 1.-The Volks.
bldh (German) says: "The calling of
the militia on Friday night can only be
characterized as great mistake Our
militia know and can do nothing else, it
appears, but shooting. If reliance had
been used in place of force, order might
probably have been restored without loss
of life"
The Free Presse says: "The indigna.
ton of the people is increasing on &C.
count of the rough and wholly unpro-
vokcd shooting upon peaceful citizens
and upon women and children, and the
increase of indignation is becoming more
and more fearful. 1t may be dreaded,
too, upon reasonable grounds. The
shedding of blood is not yet ended, but
will begin afresh." 1t blames Sheriff
Hawkins, Mayor Stephens and Governor
Hoadly; the first two for mismanagement
and the latter for not coming here to see
for himself what the situation required.
The Commercial Gazette in an editorial
to-day upon the situation speaks in the
strongest possible terms of condemnation
of Sheriff Hawkins for calling on the
militia, and takes an account of the sal
wage from three days of terror. The re.
suit it declares to be the saving OF a jail
full Of murderers. It adds 1.-THE reign
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-02
An Affecting Scene Over the Re
mains Of the Duke
Of Albany.
England's Heir Apparent Melted to Tear
in the Presence of his Dead
Brothers Body,
Victoria, Though None the Less Queen
Yet More, "A Desolate and
Sorrowing Mother"
France.

CANNES, April 1.-The remains of the
late Duke of Albany, Prince Leopold,
were conveyed this afternoon from the
villa Nevada to the railroad station, en-
route for Cherbourg The funeral cor.
tege was escorted by several companies
OF military and others lining the streets
along the route of the procession. All
business was suspended and many build
ings were draped in mourning.
Previous to the removal of the remains
from the room in which they lay a sor-
rowful scene was enacted. The Prince OF
Wales, who is here to accompany the
body to England, threw himself upon the
coffin and kissed the lips of his dead
orotherrepeatedly giving way to his feel
lnss IN suppressed sobs. The scene was
extremely affecting. Those witnessing
II were unable to repress their tears.
The Prince was finally led away and the
casket closed. On the casket was large
wreath from the Queen, inscribed with
the words "From desolate and sor.
rowing mother"