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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
FORTY-ElGHTH CONGRESS-.

MONDAY, Dec. 22-Plumb introduced a bill
to establish an additional land district in Da-
kota. On motion Of Henderson the bill passed
extending to the Port of Omaha the provisions
of the act relating to immediate transportation
of dutiable goods. Blair called up the bIli pro-
yiding commission TO examine into the liquor
traffic. The motion was opposed. but the bill
was taken up and passed-yeas, "a; nays, 16.
After executive session the Senate adjourned
TUESDAY, Dec. 23.-Jonas presented me-
mor1al from the joint commercial associations of
New Orleans protesting against the ratification
Of the Spanish treaty. Vest presented a con-
current resolution providing that congressional
speeches be printed az delivered, with the ex-
ceptiOn of verbal amendments; and when
speeches are withheld for revision for more
than one week the speech shall be printed as
delivered. Referred. The Senate in secret
session amended the House resolution provid-
ing fCr holiday recess By substituting the
24Jh for the 2Dth as the date when the recess
should begin. After executive session the
Sci ate adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24.-After disposing of the
morning business, the Senate went into ex-
ecutlve session. When the doors were re-
opened, the Chair announced his signature to
the concurrent resolution, providing for holi-
day recess. The Senate then adjourned until
January 5.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
DEATH BED INSURANCE.
An Extensive SVindIing SyndiCat,
suearfhed in Illinois.

An Extensive SSxindiing Syndicate
nearfbed iu Illinois.
A dispatch from Metropolis, H., under
date of the 23d, gives the following: IF.
j. Maxwell, adjuster of the Bloomington,
H., Mutual Life Insurance Company,
who has been here two weeks past looking
after the affairs of that company, is au-
thority for the statement that he has
unearthed some very sensational frauds
perpetrated on that company in this
city and vicinity. He says the frauds
involve q number of prominent bust
ness men, lawyers, doctors and city AID
county officials; that these people had
formed a syndicate and have been en-
gagged in svindling the company by in
suring extremely old persons and peo-
pie known to be afflicted with incurable
diseases, which would result in speedy
death; that they have already secured
81, 500 and have n process of collection
so 900. They have plans laid by which
they expect to draw from the Bloom
ington company fully 100000 il The
course of the coming year. Mr.. Max
well says THESE parties have also been
working other companies, among them
the Northwestern, of Bloomington, the
Northwestern of Milwaukee, and the
Douglas Life, of Chicago. No arrests
have yet been made and no names
given, but it is said the evidence is con-
clusiye"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
Gases Alter Circumstances.

[Erom the Wall Stree: News.l
A report having been circulated that
coal oil had been discovered on a certain
farm in Maryland, a resident of Balti-
more, who happened to be in the
vicinity when he first heard of it, pro-
ceeded to the farm to find the owner
away and nobody around but the hired
man.
MY man." said the Baltimorean, els
it true that oil has been found on this
farm?"
"Weu, there's oil on tie pond back
there.
Where does it seem to come from
"Well that depends" was the hesitat-
ing answer. my boss owes me S4S for
work. If ne pays me to- day as he agreed
to the oil comes from under clay bank.
If he puts me off any longer it comes
from barrel buried IN the mud. That's S
the way I'm fixed, stranger, and if you've
got speculation in your eye you'd better
come around and zee me later"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03

At Leipsic, on the 22d, sentence was
pronounced on the Anarchists tried for
an attempt TO assassinate Emperor
William at Niederwald. Reinsdorf,
Rupsch aud Kuechler are sentenced to
death. Holzhauer and Bachman were
condemned to ten years penal servi-
tude. SohDgen, Rheinbach and Toellner
were acquitted.
At Waxahatchi, Tex, on the 21st, two
young men were handling a revolver,
when one, named Angel, was shot dead.
The other, whose meme was Goodwin,
ran home in terror and took fatal dose
of strychnine.
Egbert Earl and an infant daughter
were suffocated by coal gas from d
stove at Albany, N. Y, on the night of
the 21st.
Thomas Cooley, an Englishman so
years of age, was frozen to death on the
night OF the 21st, while on his way from
Marquette to Harvey, Mich, in heavy
snowstorm.
A gas leak in No. Upper Empire
Woolen Mil, at Clayville, near Utica,
on the 21st, caused its total destruction
by fire. Loss 100000; insured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
Anew Use for the Frog.

J
4 new use for the frog has been dis
covered. A medical correspondent of
the Lancet says that, finding the treat
ment of granulating wounds by skin
grating is in country practice liable to
fall into disuse through the unwilling
ness of patients to part with the little
bit of skin necessary, he has lately been
induced to try experiments with other
substances as q substitute for human
gratis. As tho outcome of these exper-
iments he finds that bits of skin from a
decapitated frog make gratis which ad-
mirably answer all purposes, forming a
source of supply always at hand IN the
country, except during the winter
months, and being easily applied on ac-
count of their uniformity in thickness,
and necessltatiug no pain to suffering G
humanity. The skin of single frog
Yields gratis for an enormous extent of
surface, and preserves its vitality so
long that, If patient is at a distance,
the portion of skin required can be car
ried by the surgeon in his pocket for an
hour or more without injury, provided
it is wrapped in gutta percha or other
waterproof tissue to prevent drying.
The frog is so extensively used for ex-
perimental purposes by surgical savants
that the appropriation of its skin for
the convenience Of human beings whose
own skins require renewal is not pro-
ceeding to which it can reasonably OBJ
ject, more especially as it Is decapitated
before being thus utilized. The public,
however, wonld he interested to hear a
little more about these frog gratis be-
fore adopting them generally. Does
the skin OF the frog when grated retain
its peculiarities? The point is Of some
importance, as the appearance OF per
son in a speckled frogskin would hard,
ly be prepossessing. May not frog
grating also lead to an increase OF
oadyism?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
THE YAWNING EARTH,
Details of the Recent Earthquake
IN Spain.
over Loco Persons Heported Killed
bhe fanic revived by Fresh
shocks.

A Madrid dispatch of the 28th says !:
Fresh shocks, more violent than the
first, have occurred atssTorrox and Al
hama. The panic in those places has
revived" According to official re-
ports, 226 persons were killed in the
provinces of Malaga and Granada by
the recent earthquake. The population
OF Granada is still encamped in the
squares. The richer classes are lodg-
ing IN carriages along the promenade
The facade of the cathedral was serious
ly damaged. Many houses were de-
stroyed IN Jimena, and whole family
were killed In the village of Czar by a
falling chimney. Over half the inhabit-
ants of Albunuclas were killed. Alba
ma IS mostly ia ruins. The province
of Malaga suffered equally as much
damage, as did Granada. Commerce is
paralyzed. Two hundred houses at
Alfarnetego were damaged. The
panic is subsiding. The shock
was not left in the northern and north
western provinces. The government
has granted $4,000 from the national
calamity fund for the relief of the suf-
ferers IN the provinces of Granada
Later advices state that 800 lives were
lost at Albania and $50 houses and sew
eral churches were destroyed. Thirty
persons were killed at Periana The
town hail and many houses were
damaged at Torrox, and the inhabitants
fed panic-stricken. 1t is now estimated
that 800 persons were killed in the prov
ince OF Malaga, including those killed
at Albania. Official returns from the
provinces of Granada state that 500
persons were killed by the earthquake
there in Malaga 100; in Albania, over
$50 bodies have been already recovered.
In Periana, sixty bodies were recovered.
Many persons died from fright. Con
victs i'll the Seville prison attempted to
escape.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03

clause, they called a comma, a member
of a sentence "A colon and a complete
sentence a period. Little attention,
however, was paid to these divisions
for long time. Aelius Donatus, who
fiourished in the fifth century and wrote
a grammar which served all Europe
until after the invention of printing,
was the first to distinguish these
divisions by placing dot at the bottom
of line, where our full-point now is, to
designate the comma; IN the middle of
the line, where our hyphen is, for the
colon, and at the top of the line. where
our apostrophe is, for the full point. 1t
was not until well into the sixteenth
century that printers began definitely
adopting TN acknowledged system of
graduated points.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS.
An Insane Prisoner shot 10 ueaIh b
II 1inh N honl IL Had a hreaI. nen.


William Fleitas, man supposed to be
insane, was shot to death in the Jail of
Fort Tammany parish, La, by party of
unknown men. Fleitas, on the Goth,
entered a store in Madisonville and
called for certain goods. he threw
down a 5000 Confederate bill IN pay
ment, took the goods under his arm and
left the store. When the boy IN charge
at the time demonstrated with him,
Fleitas threatened him with pitchfork.
4 warrant for the arrest of the man was
issued and a posse started in pursuit.
When found at his house, Fleitas made
use of a pitchfork with effect on the
posse. The door was finally battered
down and Fleitas was overpowered. On
his way to the jail he threatened to kill
every man engaged in the arrest. The
following night fifteen or twenty armed
men surrounded the Jail and began to
fire into the cell in which Fleitas was
confined. This was kept up until he
was riddled with bullets and killed
The killing is regarded as the direct
consequence of the threats against the
lives of the posse,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
The Evolution of Punctuation,

Caxton, the fret English printer, had
three punctuation points-the comma,
the colon and the period-but, says Mr..
Blades, an excellent authority in relation
to Caxton and everything concerning
him, it is doutful if he had any idea of
the principles of punctuation. The
earliest known manuscripts are without
any points. nor is there any division
between the words. The confusion
resulting let TO the separating of words
by a single dot. The space between
the words superseded the dot, which
was made TO peform another service,
viz, to show the divisions of sentence.
The Greek grammarians were the first
10 recognize the limbs of sentence A
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
House.

WEDNESDAY, Dec 24-About fifty members
we're present when Speaker Carlisle called the
House 70 order. Randall called up the adjourn
ment resolution, and moved concurrence N the
Senate amendment which provides that the
recess shall begin on Wednesday and last unit
January 5. This wss agreed to. The speaker
announced the following committee assign
ments: Elections. Smith Ga.); military affairs,
Connolly; public lands, Campbell (O.): terrific
ries, Hill; education and labor, O'Farrell; re-
VISION of Laws, Garrlson: expenditures of the
treasury department. Wallace; printing, Brit
ton; pensions, bounty and back paw, Wallace
alcoholic liquor traffic, English. Tie House
adjourned until January 3
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
CLOSE CONNECTION IS MADE WITH THR
c., St. P, NJ. and O. R R.
at MERRILLAE, enabling passengers to
reach
st. Paul and Minneapolis the same
EVENING
CONNECTIONS

AT GREEN BAY-With Chicago & 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 & Northern Railway for MIL
WAUKEE and all points north and south on
that line.
AT NEW L0NDON-with Mllwaukee. Lake
Shore & Western Railway to and from sll
points on that road.
AT GRAND RAPIDS-with Wisconsin Division
Of the Chicago, Milwaukee s. st. Paul R'y.
AT MERRILLAN-with Chicago, St Pag!.
Minneapolis s. Omaha Railway to and from
EAU CLAIRE, CHIPPEWA FALLS, ME-
EOMONEE, Wis. HUDSON, SALTWATER,
ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS, and all points
beyond.
AT WINONA AND LA CBOSSE-With G. q
N. w. R'y and O., M. & 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, 1885-01-03

can be cut at one time, and almost the
same number of over-coats. In spring
goods forty pair of trousers is nothing
for the little knife to wade through to-
gether. The capacity for cutting alapaca
goods is almost unlimited. 1t generally
turns out IA alapacs coats at one feed
and 1900 of them per day. Forty-fve
white vests can be cut eusin two days.
The use of the cutting machine reduces
expenses at least fifty per cent. besides
saving time
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
A CHRISTMAS DRUNK.
A False alarm of Fire I'm a Museum
Causes ii PaniC-A targe number.
0s People injured,

A panic occurred IN Bunnell's mu-
scum, New Haven, Conn, on the night
of the 25th. The house was crowded.
A drunken man near the main entrance
made a disturbance, and an officer I'M
dertook to arrest him. Some person
then cried Fire, and for ten minutes
pandemonium reigned. Men shouted,
women tainted and children cried. A
boy jumped from the gallery to the
lower floor, but was only slightly in
jured. The manager and Mrs. Holly
wood, from the stage, managed to make
themselves heard, and assured the au
dience that there was no fire and no
cause for alarm. Then the audience
began to quiet down. Tue clothes of
many were torn and damaged. Al
though many were slightly injured,
none were seriously hurt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
THE WORK OF FIENDS.
a Package Containing "a Large
Quantity ut dynamite FOund ON
Railroad Track.

An internal machine was found on
the Jersey Central Railroad track, on
the 26th, near Westfeld. It consisted
of square package, bound by shawl
strap. It was placed near the rail, so
as to appear to have been accidentally
dropped. The track walker found it.
The package was so constructed as to
explode if struck heavy blow. It con-
tanned ffty-eight cartridges of dyna-
mite and lot of No. giant powder.
Had the package not been discovered,
it would have been struck by the next
train, and the result would have been
terrible.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
AN OCEAN HORROR.
EEe Terrible Fate OF al SfsipVyrccked
Crew-DnIy One out OF seven


saved.
A dispatch from Halifax, n. S., of the
25th says: THE Dominion government
steamer Lansdowne returned from
Salve Island, tonight. She was out in
the great gales of Friday and Saturday
and Capt. Guildford SAYS he never saw
worse weather during the half century's
experience on the coast. He brings
intelligence of the wreck of the brig
Ash, of st. Malo, France, Capt. Te-
marchand, owned by Omergers & Co,
of st. Pierre, and bound from that
place to Boston with fish. The vessel
left st. Pierre December 18th. The
gales of the 18th, 18th, and 10Th drove
their ship near Salve Island. The west
lighthouse of the island was slighted at
4 o'clock in the afternoon of
Friday, the 10Th. A heavy
snowstorm prevailed. and the
wind was blowing a hurricane. A
few minutes after land was made out,
the vessel was driven on a sand bar with
great violence, and Immediately began
to break up. She had crew of seven
men. The Thermometer indicated II
degrees below zero, and the sufferings
of the men were terrible. They were
frostbitteu, cut, bruised and thoroughly
disheartened, and death was a welcome
release. Three of the crew were washed
overheard when the ship struck, and
although there were plenty of floating
debris they made no efforts to save
themselves and were drowned. The
steward, preferripg death to any further
misery, ran to his berth, grabbed a
razor, cut terrible cash in his throat
reaching from ear to ear, jumped into
the surf and disappeared. His body
was found in the sand next day by the
coast guardsmen. The chief officer,
the only survivor, was brought in by
the Lansdowne"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
Women and Politics.

From the Poughkeepsie Eagls.I
Women talk as oddly as they throw
a stone. Here is a sample:
Good morning, Mrs. DUsenhury."
Good morning, Mrs. Sullivan"
81 see that Cleveland has a plurality
over st. John this morning.
Indeed, well?"
Yes, and my husband says that
Blaine may carry the state"
You don't say so; well, | declare
John told me last night when he came
home that they couldn't tell anything
about it until after the electoral col.
lege was built"
Now, you don't. l wish the college
was done, because I don't want to wait
much longer. How is it going to be
built?a
Il don't know how; pears to me he
said it was all done but putting the
canvassing boards on"
James husband said she thought
Toledo and Henderson local candidates
would be elected. but law, you can't tell
anything about Jane, because she don't
know anything about politics"
No | s'pose not; now, Sarah Ann is
right the other way; she saws her hus-
band believes Blaine AMI Logan will
be elected"
"Ain't it funny"
"Ain't it?"
Good day"
Good day"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
Green Bay, Viinona &
St. Paul Railroad.
FAVORITE ROUTE
BBTn EFS,

FOND DU LAC. OSHKOSH, MANITOYAo,
TWO RIVERS, NEENAU, MENASHA, AP-
PLETON. DEPERE, GREEN BAY AND ALL,
POINTS IN EASTERN WISCONSIN AND
NORTHERN MICHIGAN,
AND
bIEFENS FONT, GRAND RAPIDS, VINO
MA, LA CROSSE, EAU CLAIRE, CHIPPF-
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 s MANITcBA r. r. AND
CANADIAN PACIFIC r. a.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03

The engagement is announced of
Mr.. q. z. Buckle, the editor # the
London Times. to Miss Alice Pawn, the
third daughter of the distinguished
novelist and editor of the Cornhill
Magazine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03

THEPASSENGER EQUIPMENT
sf this road has laIeIy 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 abovs
named points, see that your tickets read over
this line.
For time cards. rates, and information not
abtainable from local agents, apply to
TIMOTHY CASE,
GenI Passenger Agent,
GREEN BAY WIS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE w
AND ct: PAUL:

Yt ogns and orerates over 4.-.,y Ll-ss = - a., -
Eortherg Illinois. W.scgaslny Minhespla' lo"l ~ ~
TaEofa. and g. its main itues7 branches al -,
s5g raarb In fha great business centres oi tii'
s4sg+s srrg Far wet ft u aturaHy answers the
ererzgtou Of Short Ltle, and Le-t f.auys 1etmss'
gHtcage. 7sIfAt aalEces -. Faui 'h'
minneapolis
sHfrag0. Tsif1vauksc. Portage, La
crosse and - InGnss .,,..
g.Hfrstgo TF5gua zlss0ec. eBTtOpNf1es
aberdeen anG Glendale.
chicago. vEEtxtauIIees Eau clare an"
saltwater ,..., 49,,
Chicago. milwaukee, hahsah ana
Merrill . E.,,,,
srfsTe4ug milwaukee. EeaYeF DaHia
E=gsstn Gar HsaC and OSHKOSH
s.afr-ass. rs5Exgaukee. Eank esha and
sscsEoauD
ssss5sssva. milwaukee. Madison an
EarzEFfu Eiss gfE5eHs
gnFgstgst. TgiEss auSce. BWatonnas
FsaUHatn and Ear3 baE4ts
gnfCagp. EsefOIfs JanesEiise ana -n'n-
sshfCaau. EigIn, Rockford and Du-
fhie..-o. Clinton. Rock island. Cedar
EsaDsds and EasIu-
Chicago. Bes 5aoInes. GoHnci Sluhfs
fsicaga. f.antuu. sioux city, SiOux
sails ansf aanls1on.
ssr,i<ssro. FFsl1uaukee. albert Lea and
SumEFeFu EzEulesOEsa POINTS
SafCago. Fs 8fNs EagsEE1- MASON tIty,
HEtcfsnEs aga Chamberlain.
EE0gt island. Dubuque, -. Paui ano
minneapolis
Davenport. salmaT, aG Paul and
EsHWea DDfB@-
MILWAUKEE,. Racine, BefoIt. Ereeporf
and fE0ClS EsIaude
mitchell, WG1sCy. ashton ana ADeT"
svr E5ver valley Iine.)
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-03

ALEERT LEA ROUTE,
s .s immediate c8aneoH tons. Thr. ugh Trains daifs
SIT. 7tBL AND FlSHEkPGllS TO CHICAGO,
s4gua change canuEss.uE with al lines
Est ana SOUTHEAST.
I.s on5v tua running Through Cars between
H8fEEeCLE9 and CES H0NES. foga-
The weekly Arizona miner., 1885-01-23
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE
 HOUSE.

 Rules. Marlin, Brown c w., COnncIl Electioas s-Brown G. ", Armstrong, Houck, Martin, Nash
 Ways snd Mcans.-Eichols, Franklin, Hsnter, Ruggles, Nash.
 ApproPriations.-R Riley, RuggIes, Percy, wardwell and linus.
 Armstrong. Robbins and Rislsy.
 Judiciary. Porter. Franklin. Aram, Risley and Purdy.
 CIaims.-Frsnklin, Nash, Brown J. 4. Military and Indian sf.irs.-w ardweil, RuggIss and Watkins
 Roads and Ferries. Hunter, Nash and Brown J. A.
 Enrolled and EngrOs,ed Bills.-Arsm, Brannen and Robbins.
 Printing.-Brown, c " Rislsy, Arm strong. Aram. Wardwsll. Corporations -Pardy, Sias, Aram, Por. tcr, Nichols.
 Memorials and Petitions. - Ruggles Nichols and Houck.
 Mines.---Sias, Percy, Robbins, Frame Nash.
 Counties and County Boundaries. Nash Watkins, Sas, Aram, Risley. Federal Relations. Percy, Martin ana Purdy.
 Agricalture.-Inus, Hunter and Houck Public Buildings and Grounds Watkins Brannen, Cornell.
 Territorial Library Porter, Watkins Franklin.
 Immigration. Houck, Armstrong, Por- ter, Ruggles, Brown.
 Public Expenditures and Accounts. Frame, Franklin. Robbins, Nash, Houck Territorial Af;Airs Watkins, Cornell Brown J. A.
 Public Morals. Ruggies an, Franklin