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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-04-26
CRIMINAL

1HE body Of Ensebe Conneu. q Frenchmap
was found hanging to a tree near Chippewa
rams, Wis, on the 18th. The coroner's iurv
brought In verdict of suicide.
l. X. PEAKER, a commercial traveller. shielded
al Dallas. lex, on the 29th.
JOHN G. TELFoRD, was robbed Of S17, 500 on
train near Poplar Bluff, No., On the nth.
by Z. NJ. Bennett, who has been running as
express messenger on some Western road. but
IS said to be an Eastern crook.
CHAs. SPAULDISG, under arrest at New Haven.
ConE., on suspicion of being iewellv thief.
shot himself five times on the 18Th. ipfictins
fatal wounds
1HEo. HOFFMAN. who murdered q Jewish
peddler named Zif Marks. was bsuee1 at
White Plains, \. Y, ON the 18th.
JOHN BAUsE, German, aged 35. vas found
dead near Grand Rapids, Wis. on the 18th.
with pistol shot in his head. Foul plav is
suspected.
LOBE turner, negro murderer, sentenced to
be hanged, choked himself to death with a
handkerchief, az Greenville, Ga, on the 18th.
CHARLES JONES threw a small boy into the
rlver, at Hannibal. Mo-, on the 18th, TO have
some fun with him, and when demonstrated
with by James Foreman shot the latter through
the mead. Both Foreman and the bov will die
SERIOUS melee between Hungarian and
Pollsh steel-worh ers occurred at Braddock. Pa.
on the night of the 10Th. Three were danger
ously wounded and number hurt
BURGLARS blew open the safe of the Fox
hlver Flour and Paper Company, at Appleton
on the 10th. and secured 1896 in checks
hArrER,fAS, Reynolds and White, accused of
the schoultz murder at East Tawas, Mich, on
tne 41h INST: are II jail at that place and have
all confessed
DANIEL CAMPBELL, aged 20 years, climbed
into \ tree near Millfeld O.. on the 10th. and
ieaplnS from height Of sixty feet. was in
stsntly killed.
RICHARD SHEPARD, farmer in the town of
Algoma, "innebago County, Wis. hanged him
self on Monday
Z. }. PIERCE, living near Asotln City, ". T..
pad quarrel with James Curtiss' on the 18th,
dufInS the course of which be shot Curtiss
dead He was lynched by a mob.
NEGRO named Gibbs brutaIly murdered
the wife OF l.. P. Moore, prominent farmer in
Bureison County, Tex, on the 18TH because
she would not allow him to sit at the simmer
table with the family. The whole comnnnifv
turned ont, and after a long search .,und
ilcos, took hlrn back TO Moore's place. chained
nm 10 post and burned him to death.
B.SD Of masked men took Henry KiJburn
and Ben Strong. murderers. from the ia1 .+
JACKSON, n.y., on the 18th. and hanged them.
J. r. B. DANFoRrH killed William lands
burg, one of his EMPLOYERS at Macon 60 .,
the 15th because of disagreement in regard
to wages.
IHos. L. SHIELDS, a murderer. escaped from
jail at Charlotte, \. c., on the 18th inst.
IL quarrel on farm near Carrollton. No
on the l4th, Jesse Glover shot and killed his
uncle, Humphrey Bunch.
FERDINAND GRozMAsS, was arrested At
Aenasha, Wis. on the 14tb for an atternnt to
utter forged draft on MilEa ukse bank
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

DR. GUSTAV NAoHrIGAL will explore the Con-
go country for the German government.
DISPATCHES of the 18TH report Queen Victoria
suffering from lumbago, at Darmstadt.
Four hundred and fifty Egyptian refugees
on their way from Shendy to Berber, were
attacked by the rebels while the steamer was
aground near FL Baala, on the goth, and massa-
cred.
FIRE in Pages Bank colliery, near Durham,
Eng, on the Goth, caused damage of ESQ, 600,
ana throws 700 hands idle
MoSCURE D. CONWAY has resigned his pastor
ate in London, and win in the future make his
home III the United States.
Ell MAHDI's forces have been badly beaten
by the Tegeba tribes.
The cholera at Calcutta is increasing There
were 257 deaths there from the disease in one
week.
The French troops gained another decisive
victory IN Tonquln on the 17th.
AN English lady has offered 100000 for the
rescue of Gen. Gordon.
RASGooN and Mandalay. in Burmah, suffered
rom disastrous fires on the 18th.
PRINCE CEUN has been appointed to the con-
troll OF the Grand Council of China.
The steamship Faraday cleared for Nova
Scotia, from London, on the l6th with the first
installment of the Mackay Bennett cable, to
the amount of ], 100 miles.
YELLOW FEVER prevails to serious extent at
Vera Cruz, Mex.
HE striking miners at Auzin, France, We
decided to resume work
RIOTERS IN Mexico. on the 18th inst, attacked
the Mexican Railway, burned bridges and tore
up the track for several miles
DISPATCHES of the 18th inst. report the ST.
Lawrence River as rising and people in portions
of Montreal using boats. the water reaching to
be doors of their dwellings,.
DR.. PoGGE, the German explorer, died on
the 18th
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Ben Buffers Workshop.
CFrom a Boston Letter.l

FL
Gen. Buffers office is at Is Penn berton
square, quiet retreat opening out from
the noise and hustle of fremont Street.
It was once place OF residences and a
park still occupies the center of the
square, now given up to business Offices.
1t is but a short distance from the State
House, on Beacon Hill. Gen. Butler
occupies six rooms on the first floor,
four of which are given up TO libraries
and the young attorney who helps to
conduct bis business. The large re-
ception-room is always filed with people
waiting their turn to see the lawyer or
his private secretary, whom they must
first pass. His clients come from all
classes, and many case for poor
laborer is taken In that Office from which
there is no return and from which none
is asked. 1t is Gen. Buffers boast that
from the hundreds of pension cases that
hehas pushed through he has never asked
a cent In the way of a fee. His private
Office is model OF good taste. a Turk
ish carpet covers the floor; the velvet
plush upholstery is of the finest and
pieces of statuary add to the furnishing
A model OF his famous yacht America
always catches the eye of the visitor.
His business is conducted IN the most
systematic manner, necessity growing
out of the number of cases always on
hand. He is al early riser, although he
frequently works far into the Aight at
his home in Lowell. An early train 70
to the city brings him TO his desk before
most lawyers of Boston have finished
their morning papers. he has an iron
constitution and the fatigue he can stand
is remarkable in man of his age.
During his campaigns he has frequently
argued case il the morning and made
speeches in the afternoon and evening
far in the interior. He always ha,
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HOFFMAN is NO MORE.
The Murderer of Zif Marks Pays the p,
atty for His Terrible Crime.

y
atty for His Terrible Crime.
WHITE PLAINS, n. Y, April lS.-The
Execution of Thee. Hoffman for the mur-
der of Zlf Marks, Jewish peddler,
attracted large crowd, but only few
were permitted TO see the execution.
Hoffman slept soundly, last night, and
ate sparlngly, this morning. AS the
hour OF execution approached, he began
to grow nervous, but when his spiritual
adviser arrived he seemed to derive some
consolation. The condemned walked
firmly to the gallows with the minister.
Prayer was said, and the moose adjusted.
The rope was cut at 7:l2 A. NJ. There
was scarcely struggle. Slight tremors
|of the limbs took place, but there
were no contortions of the body.
He protested his innocence to the last.
but left letter addressed to the sheriff,
which reads as follows: " 1t is of no
use to think that would make g con-
fessIon, for l have none to make. 1t is
OF no use for me to speak of the inils-
tee done me. You have done your duty
md of that you needn't be ashamed.
Time will tell you ali, and there will be
no one to say that | have done them
wrong" 1t closes with request that
;he things he had left in his cell be de-
llvered to his parents.
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r. Lowell, or the curious invention OF
Mark Twain, il maintained an Invarl-
able purity of tone. Ii never very sub
tie, it was at any rate never slow.
If, according to our ideas of hunlor,
it was tricky, it was infinitely above
punning. One positive quality hitherto
developed by American humor is an
adroit employment of falsehood and
exsggeration. It makes us laugh IN
spite OF ourselves, it carries our judge
ment' by assault, and thus humiliates
while it amuses. Unfortunately, the
change at which we have limited Is III
the direction of depending still more
on this trick of exaggeration, with the
addition of most unwelcome impudence
and coarsepess. We should have been
delighted if to the buoyant selfcon-
fidence of the indigenous Yankee
q measure O. European refinement and
subtlety had been added; but this 1t
seems vain TO hope for.
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The VernaeIiar of the Tar.
TFrom the New York Times.I


There is technical name for every
thing on board ship, but the sailor has
succeeded IN iDventing corruptioDs for
manv of these terms. Instead Of say
ing "abaft" he prefers to say "Deaft,
and ''fornst" does the duty of forward
Of" The proper term for an implement
used in cleaning the decks is "squegee,"
but this is usually known to the sailor
either as a ''screegee" or "scootagee
The carpenter is spoken of as "Chips,"
while the lord of the galley has his title
added to his Christian name. If his
name happens to be Joseph, he is known
as Joe, the cook" No other function
ary on board ship has his title used
in connection with his name on ordinary
occasions. The captain is invariably
known as the 'fOld Man." To each
sailors Christian name is prefixed either
the name of the port from which he
halls or an adjective expressive of some
popularity of his. Ii sailor coming
from Liverpool is named James his
shipmates are apt to speak OF him as
"Liverpool jim" Jack often speaks
of his bunk as his pew" and when
about to retire expresses his determin-
alton to "turn into his pew" The
officers frequently speak of an old sailor
as "whale." A drunken man is de-
scribed as being about ''three sheets In
the wind" because his motion then re-
sembles the staggering movements of a
ship which has been forced by gale
to shorten her sail to three sheets of
canvas.
Many of these expressions, however,
which the ideal sailor is popularity sup
posed to use are obeolete. The stage
sailor GALES his wife his ''igre- head, )"
and speaks contemptuously of landsmen
as ''lard-lubDers" and "swabs." The
real sailor never uses these expressions
in the sense referred to. He speaks of
being married as ''getting spiiced" or
"getting switched" and women he re-
CARDS affectionately as ''the Judies. !"
When he wishes any one to move he re-
quests him to "slew round.
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American HumOr,

from the Whitehall QLondon) Review
There seems some danger that a
change will come over the tone and
character Of American humor, and that,
instead of the half-unconscious comi-
cality of the early school OF American
humorists, we shall have the audaclous
buffoonery of literary clowns. Hitherto
American humor has not lacked refine
nnent, Whether it resided in the quaint
phraseology Of Artemus Ward, the
ronph LONELINESS of Bret Harte and j.
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something fresh to say. He catches
maps on the cars or in a carriage while
being driven from one town to another
and comes up smiling the next morning
as fresh as the flowers on the lapel of
his coat. The abuse heaped upon him
in every campign does not worry him
and apparently has little effect upon the
masses who flock about him whenever
ha sDesks
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-04-26
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE
AND ST: PAUL:

1t owns and operates over 4 600 miles Of road in
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and
Dakota and a. It's main lines, branches and connec-
lions reach al the great business centres Of the
Northwest and Far West, II naturally answers the
description Of Short Line, and Best Route between
Chicago. uiiu aukee, ST. Paul and
NruneaDofIss
Chicago. milwaukee,. POrlaQe. La
crosse and SiEona.
Chicago. milwaukee,. Ortonvtne,
Aberdeen ana EIleRdale.
Chicago. milwaukee,. Eau Claire and
Chicago. milwaukee, Wausau and
Merrill
Chicago. milwaukee,, HEAVIER Dam.
Eonc au LAC and Oshkosh.
Chicago. milwaukee. Waukesha and
econosnowoe.
Chicago. Milwaukee,. Madison and
FrairTc uu CnieD.
Chicago. milwaukee. OwatOnna.
TsankafO and Faribauir.
Chicago. ReEoiI. JanesyilIe and Min
eraI Foint.
Chicago. Eigin, Rockford and Du-
Chicago. clinton. Rock Island. Cedar
EepIas and rama.
Chicago. s'es Holmes. Council Bluffs
assd Omaha.
Chicago, canton, sioux City, Sfoux
fnit~ aud Nankton.
Chicago. AIiss auEee, Albert Lea and
Southern minnesota Points.
Chsca20, milwaukee,, Mason City,
HsIIcheEi ana amberiain.
Rock Island, Dubuque, st. Paul and
minneapolis.
Davenport, Jaimar, 81. Paul and
SstnEeapo polls.
aziiwnukee, Racine, BeIoit, Freeport
and Rock ISLAND.
Mitchell, HOI%ey, Ashton and Aber-
deem.
Jim River Valley Ltne.)
Pullman EieeDers and the FYuesS
Dining cars ara fIse tCOrId are the
main lines Of tie CBFC4 4GO, nILWAU-
n EE ~ ~. P4TL RAILWAY, and
every attention is paid to passengers by courteous
employees Of the Company.
s. S. Merrill. A. " H. Csrosnter
Cen4 Manager. Gen'l Pass. AGENT.
J. !. Clark, Geo. n. Heaford,
6enl Supt. ASST Genl Pass Ag1
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-04-26

SHE-"Where have you been,
George?" He-"Oh, only went our
into the foyer to get drink OF water"
She(turping away her head Mercy!
1t smells more like fire water than foyer
water. Boston Transcript.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-04-26
SOmnambulists with a Light.

A curious fact connected with all SOM
nambulists is that though they carry
light they do not see, nor have they any
use for it. Negretti, sleep walker,
would carry candle as if to give him
light in his employment, but if bottle
was substituted he did not know the diff
ference. and carried it just the same,
thinking it was a candle. Cssteeli, an
other somnam bulist, was found by DIR.
Sooner translating italian into French,
and looking ont the words IN his die
tionarv. HIS candle being purposely
extinguished, he at once began cropping
about ss if in the dark, and although
other candles were in the room, he did
rot resume mis- occupation until he bad
relighted his candle at the fire. In this
case he could not see except with the
candle he had himself lighted, and was
insensible to the light given out by any
other. This curious fact is finely Illus
trated by Shakespeare, who describes
"Lady Macbeth" as walking IN her
sleep. carrying a lighted taper in her
hand:
"Lo, you, here she
comes; this is her very guise, and upon
nv life, fast asleep"
Doctor" "How came she by that
light?"
Gentleweman-" Why, it stood by
her. she has light by her continually
It's her command.
Doctor =" You see her eyes are
open ?"
Gontlewoman-"Aye but their sense
is shut.
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$50 hot water is great cure, IS 1t?
Well, shan't let any Of my boa.3ers
get sick for want of that medicine. Just
put another gallon Of hot water in that
oyster soup, Maria. and | guess yo7i had
better take out the oyster now; it might
he too rich. -PhiIadelphia CAL,
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CALIFORNIA AND COLORADO

r. the best and shortest rout TO and from Chicago
and Council Bluffs (Omahal, and that it is preferred
by a well pcsted travellers wien passing to or from
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-24
REV. CREVER.

The following from the Williams
port, Pa, Daily Gazette and Bulletin,
will be interesting to many of our peo-
pie, who still kindly remember Mr..
Crever and family. Mr.. G.. was one
with us in the first years of the colony,
when the foundations of Wortllington
were laid:
REV. Il. II. CREVER, \. NJ, D.. d.
Rev. DR.. Benjamin Heck Crever, we'll
known to the people OF the West
Branch valley, is Il native of Carlisle,
where he Was BORN March, lG, 1917 In
early youth he learned the trade Of /;
printer and spent several years in his
fathers printing office as Il colnpositor.
lie was converted 1T Carlisle in his 18th
year. and became one of the first stu
dents at Dickinson College, under
Methodist control. In 1910 he was
pressed into the ministry 10y the Balti-
more conference before regular gradua-
ton, but he subsequently received from
his alma mater the degree of A. NJ. and
d. u. After being actively engaged in
the ministry up to 1917, lie retired for Il
short time, and during 1913 founded
what is now Dickinson Seminary and
served rs professor for two years lie
then resumed ministerial work ut War
rior's Mark in 1850. During his 10, e
ministry he served Light street, Eu:
taw street, Wesley chapel. Monument
street, Caroline street and Hartford
avenue churches, Baltimore; Cumber-
land and Frederick City, Maryland:
Winchester, Virginia; Lewisburg,
Bloomsbury, Jersey Shore. lie served
four years as presiding elder of the
Danville district, and was a member of
the general conference ut Chicago in
1868. During the war Mr.. Crever was
three years in the service of the gov
ernment as chaplain of the general hos
pital at Frederick, Maryland. He spent
three years (1S71-3) at Worthington,
Minnesota, assisting in founding a col
ony on temperance basis; and during
that time he was also president OF WOr-
thington Seminary. Mr.. Creyer has al
ways been a close student, and hard
worker in the church. He is a scholar
ly, careful and Industrious minister,
whose sole aim is the elevation of his
fellow men. His authorship has been
principally confined to occasional writ
ten discources, lectures, addresses, to.
gether with contributions to the relig-
iOus and secular journals. His present
charge comprises the village of Peters
burg and Alexandria. on the .Juniata,
where-at the latter p!ace-GOd has
blessed his labOrs in the conversion Of
nearly seventy souls, and his revival
meetings only came to close few days
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RAILROAD NEWS.
TO SIBLEY by JULY 4TII.

TO sIBLEY BY JULY 4TII.
The Sibley Tribune Of last week
says:
The work Of securing the riglt-of-
way for the Burlington. Cedar Rapids
and Northern was commenced on Tues
day, D. L. McCausland and D. D. Nc
COLON being appointed in behalf of the
committee as agents. Mr.. McCausland,
who has already assumed the duties of
his position, is meeting with good sue
cess, the people all along the line ex-
tending much encouragement for the
purpose of securing the operation OF
the road at an. early date. On We'd
nesday Messrs. Reynolds and Son ar
rived here with number of sub-con-
tractors. From reliable sources our
reporter is informed that the sub-let-
ting has commenced, the grading to be
finished by May 26. From the appear.
ance Of things, it looks as though the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and North.
ern coaches will be running from Spirit
Lake to Sibley by July 4. Sibley will
most likely be made the base of sup.
plies, and work pushed vigorously east
and west Of this place atthesasstiAoe, at
The outlook for Sibley's prosperity
was never before as bright as at the
present time. Let the good work GO
on
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LEOTA.

o,uSc1 ~ s>0o0ooGasuassasssGaAa.
g. Knips lost valuable COW lately.
Apple trees and small fruit generally have win
tered ingo0d shape.
Mrs. Gallagher has sold her farm and will take
up her residence at Adrian.
1t Is reported that the Close Bros have sold
sections 5. aud part OF 9 in this town.
W. G. Barnard will make trip to Dakota at
an early day. More land is what is the matter
with him.
C. 8. Howard is back from Wisconsin once
more to look after his farm.
Several wagOn-loads of Cuttings have been
shipped from Hackett's grove into Murray co.
School In district 63 will not commence until
June, in order to give the teacher, Miss Clara
knips, an opportunity to teach two months in
Willmont.
There Is miserable, lOw-ived cuss of para
site, in q poor Imitation Of the human form, q.
bout here, Who is trying to cxtOrt money from
Roor aomesteaders m ST., who have not been able to
ing their claims: Probably he will be the sub
1ect Of another item soon.
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(0nttnxedt from lat ,ooek.)
How Watch Cases are Made.

In buying silver watch case great care
should be taken to secure one that is solid
silver throughout. The cap of most cheap
silver cases is made Of a composition known
as albata, which is a very poor substitute
for silver, as it turns black in short time.
The backs Of such cases are made much
thinner than those of an all silver case,
being robbed in order to make the cap
thicker and get in as much Us possible Of
the cheap metal. Another important point
in asilver case is the joints or hinges, which
should be made of gold. Those Of most
cheap cases are made of silver, which is
net suitable metal for that purpose. In
q brief period it warps, bends and spreads
apart, allowing the backs to become loose
upon the case and admitting the dust and
dirt that accumulate in the pocket. The
Keystone Silver Watch Cases are only made
with silver caps and gold joints.
81. LouIs, No., Feb. II. 1854
1ncurlcng and experienced In handling watches,
tSs Ks5:es: so W.eS S::se sss sSs Ss:s
main honegsoeoue Xscds1 and si1s@ than they would
bo weR0 thay hoated for eoldozine. ard have morn
resisting power asanot pressure than any other cases
IN the market. 0E1xOD JAOoA1D J1WEL1X Go.
ss.a ss saa.D y Esssasss WassA Css Tastssss rA.
6eaDaas Ar eoo ul1sl1ote1 PaDDllse sAsWing heV
1as0 Ds1 ~ Ee1aesae HaesA Cnoo ~ as6A .
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THE CONTRACTORS.
The Sibley Gazette says:


The contract for grading the Bur-
lington road from Lake Park to a point
50 miles northwest of Luverne was let
on the 10th to Capt. 5. l.. Dows. The
sub.contract for that portion between
Lake Park and Luverne was let to
Reynolds & Son. of Dubuque. The
sub-contract for SO miles beyond Lu-
verne was let to p. J. Kniss, of Lu-
verne, and O. D. Brown, of Sioux City.
The whole distance now under contract
is about 1O4 miles, all of which we un-
derstand, is to he completed, and cars
running before winter sets in.
LATER.-The Sioux City Journal of
yesterday says: IA letter from Supt.
Ives says that Reynolds & Son have the
contract of grading between Lake Park
and pip"str"e, Mimi. and that this is
all the grading so far let"