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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
Born TO Suicide

An interesting document has been
found among the effects OF Andrew Il
Lawson, Of BrocktOn, Mass, wht
died suddenly at Campello. 1t W.
thought his death was caused BY
heart disease, but this paper shows
that it was q case Of suicide, tC which
the victim says he was impelled by II
resistible prenatal influences. The
paper is written i'm Swedish, Is headed
aAfy biography" and tells a unique
story. ..When / was ) years old, :"
saws the writer, Il heard my mother
tell Of going to the river to drown her
self two months before | was born.
Just as she was about to spring into
the water the thought came to her
that she had no right to sacrifice two
lives. and she turned and ran away
from the river as fast as her feet could
carry her. The drunkenness OF my
father impelled her to oself-destruction.
From the time when Twas born / hav.
always felt a fearful desire to make
away with myself. When | was only
4 years old | threw myself into a
ditch full of water, but was seen and
rescued in time. When still boy |
tried poison, but a stomach pump
saved my life" Since then, Lawson
saws, he has attempted every possible
means Of suicide, but always without
success. He tried shooting and hanging,
ate quantities OF ice when overheated,
tried to catch cold in order to bring
on pneumonia, and again attempting
drowning, but all his varied attempts
we're failures. Lately he bought four
boxes OF Rough on Rats and began
taking it in honey, with the desired ef-
feet. The biography covers twenty
seven pages Of foolscap, and its varied
descriptions OF novel methods OF sui
eide have not yet been all translated
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
4 FEENDISH CRIME.
A Frenchman Strangles His Wife and
Garries Her Body to- the River.

Early on the morning of the 2Oth, a
t'renchman, who proved to be Louis
Francis, was arrested in New York
while on his way to the North River,
bearing on his back a bag containing
the mutilated corpse OF a woman who
had been murdered. The body was
doubled up and in an almost nude
condition. Francis said that he quar-
relied with the woman last night, left
the house, and that when he returned
he found her dead. He then put the
body IN a bag to throw in the river
The couple lived together as husband
and wife. 1t was evident she had been
strangled. The two had lived and
caroused together, frequently quarrel
ing. Coroner Messemer held post
mOrtem examination. The body was
still limp, and was that of an uncom-
monty handsome woman. The result
OF the examination was to clearly
prove a case OF murder and set at rest
any question about suicide Her head
was pounded badly, and the expression
OF the face gave evidence that she died
IN great agony.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
A BLOODY ANNITERS4RY
Reminder of the Paris Commune ol
the Anniversary of Its Fall.

Oh It's
The 24th inst. being the anniversary
OF the fall OF the Commune, the Com
munists of Paris attempted to hold a
demonstration at the tombs OF their
comrades in the Pere-la-Chaise Gene
terry The police interfered, and pre-
vented display OF seditious emblems.
The police ordered the Communists to
surrender their red hag, and the latter
refused Fighting ensued. The police
drew their swords and drove the rab-
bile against heap of stones. The
rioters used the stones as missiles. and
one policeman was knocked senseIess,
and another's jaw was broken. The
Republican Guards, with fixed bay
onets, charged the mob, woundinc sew
eral IN the foremost rank, one fatally.
Several reporters were arrested, but
were afterward released. One Anarch-
list received five sabre cuts and others
We're fearfully gashed. ThepOlice We're
unusually severe, showing no quarter
The scene resembled an outbreak of a
revolution The shops in the vicinity
OF the riot We're closed and the utmost
excitement prevailed until a late hour.
At midnight 1t was reported that five
persons We're killed and eighty
wounded
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
An Old Engineers New Terror.

From the Chicago Herald
did you ever ride on a locomotive? ?
On the cow-catcher? Well, then, YOU
must have noticed that wherever she
strikes a bridge she seems to drop
down a little. It's the bridge settling
under the terrific pressure. As you
first strike it feels as if you were going
down, sure enough. Perhaps you new
er thought of the tremendous blow a
locomotive strikes on a bridge. It's
not alone the weight of her, but when
she makes forty or fifty miles an hour
and comes down on bridge it's
enough to make it settle Right here
comes my objections to double track
roads. The bridges on these roads
are usually built continuous-one
bridge for both tracks. | was running
along one day and was Just approach
ing a bridge, when | saw another train
coming toward me. All of a sudden
the thought ran through my brain
what If both locomotives should strike
the bridge at the same instant, one at
either end The very thought of it
startled me so that | shut off steam
and put on the brakes. | amt a cow
ard, but | don't want any of that in
mine. | wouldn't risk fifty per cent.
OF the railroad bridges in the country
to stand a blow from both ends at
the same instant. OF course, a road
may go along a year and two trains
may never happen to meet Just that
way-and even then the bridge might
stand it-but | thought so much
about the thing that | lost confidence
in myself on the Central and resigned
I've been a single track engineer ever
since.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30

thousands on nominal rental OF eS,-
900 a year. The property is now,
however, a modelin every department,
thanks to a long course of iudicious
and liberal Improvement. Mr.. Spenser
Cowper had inherited the estate from
an old friend of his father. He was
an attache at the English legation in
Stockholm. One evening he received a
letter, but put it aside to read until
the morning. The next day he took
1t up while breakfasting and found to
his surprise that he had become the
owner of an income of above 10000
per annum.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
SWIFT REERFEFTEON.
A Murderer at New StraitsyiIIe, {
LyHched by 200 Citizens.

Murderer at New StraitsviIIe, o..
Lynched by 200 Citizens.
Marshal Henry Auer, OF New Straits
Vile, O., while in a quarrel with Albert
Guest, on the streets OF that place on
the 21st, was shot by the latter
several times and cannot recover.
One shot missed Auer and hit boy.
aged II, fifty yards away, passing
through his body and injuring his
spine. He cannot recover. Guest
was arrested by.-two Pinkorton men
and locked up. Two hundred masked
men broke into theprison at / 0 O'Clock
the same night and compelled the
constable, at the point OF revolvers.
to give up the keys. They secured
Guest and took him out near Plember
Hill mine, where they hanged him to a
tree and riddled his body with bullets.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
TERRY LlNCHED,
An Unproycked Murder Results in an
Illegal Execution.

1IIeEaI FNeCutlOn.
The excitement caused by the unpro-
voked murder of T. A. Jeter by H. w.
Terry, at Liberty, Va, on the 10th,
received a fresh impulse at the funeral
of Jeter a, his home in another part
of the county, and at 2 O'Clock on the
morning OF the 18th party OF twenty
disguised men gained possession of the
jail by force and hanged the murderer.
Jeter was the mostpopularman in the
county, and his funeral was very large
ly attended. Terry was a son of W.
r. Terry, a prominent man in the
state. The murderer is said to have
been insane, but other cases recently
tried in the state, in which murderers
were cleared on claims of insanity
made the lynchers more determined.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
MnnIOsf-
An Acrobat Falls Thirtv-fire Iroot
From the Baltimore SUM-
Mhlle Miss MamA lSmalG On nors

From the Baltimore SunI
While Miss Maud Oswald, an aerial
performer with Forepaugh's circus,
was performing last night on the
trapeze, suspended from the top of the
center tent, q distance of thirtv-fiye
feet above the ground, she missed a
rope for which she was swinging. and
came with lightning-like rapidity in a
perpendicular position toward the
ground. Several attaches OF the cir
Gus had been stationed in the ring be-
meath the trapeze, holding net in
which TO catch the lady in case she
should fall. They missed her, and she
struck the ground erect and then fell
forward. For an instant the audience
was paralyzed with terror, and a pain.
ful exclamation OF fright went up from
the thousands present. Miss Oswald
quickly gained her feet, however. and.
with a bow, assured her spectators OF
her lucky escape. Shethen retired. fol.
lowed by thunderous applause.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30

safety in the present complications.
The memory OF the great Hebrew is
honored as no living Englishman is to-
day. Russia in this hour OF danger
turns to the Rothschilds for aid. As
many sovereigns have before him, the
ear needs the gold OF the great Jewish
bankers. 1t is a proud record for any
race to stand on the pages of the
worlds history as does the jewish
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
1T 1T AGAIN.
Poundmaker Making it Warm for the
Troops Around Battleford.

A Battleford dispatch of the 10Th
says the situation there has taken on
a peculiar change. Poundmaker' s
Indians, evidently encouraged by the
capture OF the supply train, and 10y
the quietude OF Otter's troops, came
closer to the barracks. It's supposed
that over 200 Indians were riding
about in the vicinity. They set the
prairie on fire in several places not far
from the town and the barracks. Their
actions gave rise to a fear of attack
and steps were Immediately taken to
meet it. Forces We're gathered in and
around the barracks, and the town
put in position for defense.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
Disastrous FIRE.
Quebec Village Wiped Out of Existence
IhY he

by the Flames.
The village of Somerset, Quebec, was
destroyed by fire on the night of the
10th, about 100 houses being burned,
including the church, the Presbytery
the foundry and the cheese factory
Many persons are in a destitute condi,
ton. Only the walls of the church are
left standing. The fire originated in
the foundry. The buildings being
mostly OF wood, the fire spread rapidly
and there being no fire apparatus in
the village, it was impossible to fight
the flames. The convent was not
h,,T,,aI
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
A Boiler in Mill at Macon, Ga, Causes
Death and De uctiOn.

A terrible explosion occurred at
Macon, Ga, on the morning of the
18th. While starting up the engine at
the cotton mill of the Bibb Manu-
featuring Company, one of the five
boilers exploded, killing Frank Gibson,
engineer, fracturingthe skull of Wesley
Johnson, who will die, and injuring
three others. The brick engine house
was wrecked, but the main building
escaped injury. One hundred and
fifty persons are thrown out of en-
plOVmpDt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
NEW WORK.
ST. LOUIS.
TnT EnH
CHICAGO WOOL, MARKET

reported by SHERMAN HALL Co. Chicago I'LL
Prices OF Old Wool from Wisconsin and Minnesota
nave been steady with a fair demand from Western
manufacturers; The quotations based actual
salesr are as follows: Unwashed-EIne, I7721c. Fine
Medium, Aaltc: Medium, 2Ia23c Low Medium, q
s1@Sc; coarse lNG2c. Dtlaine- Fine, 20G2C: Med um
2leJ22c. tomblnE-MedIum. Z3g2tC; Low Medium. y
et@S Coarse, gsE2Ic; Braid. l~ql9c Washed Fleece
Is duH a. from Ss6l.Sc for Fine and Medium A
small stock ot Old Flecccs Still remain in market
Total receipts OF Wool for past week, 2H"l0 Ms
and since Ja luary l. 4,tSgIl N,s. An att w. re-
mand from Western mills abSorbS all rrCnuts or Wis
consIa and Minnesota Unwashed II pr.rcs above
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
DYNAHITERS DOOMED.

The Authors of the London Tower Ex-
pIosions Sentenced for Life.
The trial of Cunningham and Bur
ton, the alleged London dynamiters,
was concluded on the 18th inst.
Both men We're convicted of treason
felony andsentenced topenal servitude
for Life
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
THE DEADLOCK BROKEN.
John A. Logan Elected to the United
States Senate.

states Senate.
A dispatch from Springfield, ILL.,, of
the 10Th says: ''In joint session of
the Illinois legislature to-day Gen
John A. Logan was elected United
States senator. The galleries were
crowded almost to suffocation and the
announcement of the result of the
final ballot was received with thunder
OuS aDplauSp -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
TIE Historic Marvel of the wor Id

TFrOm The Troy Tlmes.
4 Is striking fact that in their
present. extremity both England and
Russia turn 10 the Jewish race for
hip. In England Beaconsield' ami
vrsary was celebrated with enthusi-
am. The principles which he upheld
are believed by many to be the only
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
NEARLY HALE.
A Man Paralyzed by being Thrown on "A
Irain-ue Gets Big Damages

= -'''|'I W NJ 't'I ny UVEIIN IIIIVN IT VII e
Train-He Gets Big Damages.
At Erie, Pa, on the 22d, a Jury
awarded l.. Rosenzweig, Esq, S4S,750
damages for being elected from a Lake
Shore passenger train. The train was
a limited express, and the conductor
refused to accept a regular ticket or
money for ROsenzweig's passage from
Cleveland to Erie. Rosenzweig fell on
a pile OF stone when he was put of the
train, and paralysis was the result.
He sued for 800, 900.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30

MAX O'RELL, whose writings have
aroused a natural curiosity as to the
identity OF their author, stands re-
vealed TO the public in the person OF
NJ. Paul Blouet He is the French
master at Westminster school, and
editor OF the Clarendon volumes on
French Oratory."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
UNSPokEN.
BY GEORGE BIRDsEYE.

There are rich springs underground,
Flowing still, yet never free:
And we never hear their sound.
Nor their waters ever see.
There are thoughts deep in my heart,
Longing Tor living tongue:
Yet their secrets ne'er depart,
Never spoken, never sung
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
Standing of the Base Ball Clubs.
WESTERN LEAGUE.

The tables beow give the standing
OF the various clubs in the different
leagues on 18th inst:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30

SILVER ore has been discovered near
Abilene, Tex.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30

TAKE one" said a philanthropic
looking man to youth on Fulton
ferry boat as he rendered him a ticket
on which was printed, "Ho . every one
that thirsteth." Thanks, awfully,
but don't drink, returned the youth.
''Why, this is a scriptural sentence
that you should ponder over, young
man" said the patriarch in an ag-
grieved tone. rs that so2 Well /
thought it was a ticket for beer" re
torted the WORLDLY minded youth.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1885-11-19

SELISSGRovE The Lords Supper
was administered in the Evan. Luth-.
ern church on Sunday last. A mum
Der OF persons united in membership
The ditching Tor the water works Il
being rapidly pushed forward. The
men are now working on Market
street.
On Monday evening a large party
assembled at the house OF our towns
man, Adam Mitchell. IL was the oc
casion OF Mr.. Ms fiftieth birthday.
very pleasant time was spent by al
present.
w. II. Miller, who sustained iujur
les by falling from II bicycle, is now
able to use his arms. But be carefu
Will it was n bad sprain.
Rev. Miller, who years ago filled
the pulpit Of the NJ. +. Church, ,at thi,
place, will lecture here on the night
OF December 10th, in the NJ. T.. Church
Subject: Pluck"
The Band on Friday evening wa
out on our streets and favored oul
citizens with several selections. The
boys are making rapid progress il
playing.
The Pipe organ for the Evangelical
Lutheran church will be here in thre,
weeks. We understand that tn,
money is about all raised. B.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1885-11-19

MCCLURE. E.-Everything is quiet in
our city at present.
To-day John Felker, w. Speiglemy,
er and several others, started for
Jacks Mountain to try their luck at
hunting deer. ain told deer are
plenty in the mountains. Why is II
that 30 few are taken2
Mrs. Stocks new house Is almost
completed. As soon as finished she
will occupy it.
The boys In the Stave Mill are al
work every evening until o'clock.
Our school taught by Irwin Howell
is progressing finely. The scholars
appear to like, and even love their
teacher.
Winter wood Is trump at present.
An old citizen by the name Of John
Shook IL dead, and was buried ut st.
Johns church on the 18th. All hunt
ers who went into the mountains by
way OF New Lancaster will remember
him as jolly and good hearted man.
ESQ
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1885-11-19
MAnnrnp Uspnn DrprrcuLrIrs. :.

A Huntingdon correspondent, under
date OF Thursday last. reports the
following: William Caldwell, OF Hin
Valley, this county, is q minor aud up
until to-day was on Inmate OF the
county Jail here for several months.
His parents are both dead aud he was
placed in durance vile on the inforIna
tion of Miss Lair Anna Savila FELTON,
berger, also Of Hill Valley. After con
siderable intercession on the young
lady's part the two concluded to get
married and thus legaliZe their child.
but when Miss Feltenberger appeared
before Register Bare for her marriage
license 1t was found that she was a
minor, and she was, therefore, sent
home to obtain the consent Of her
father. The determined young girl
returned with her fathers consent
this morning but another AMI more
serious obstacle presented itself after
the twain had gotten themselves In
readiness for the ceremony.
IL was discovered that young Cald
wells parents are dead aud he had
no guardian. A petition was accord
ingly presented to the court, which
had assembled fpr the purpose of
counting the election returns, and
James Kelly, Esq, prothonotary. was
appointed guardian. He signed the
necessary papers consentiug to the
marriage OF Caldwell, his ward. and
Register Bare without charge neither
Of the parties having any money,
issued the certificates The county
commissioners had previously suppl
ed Caldwell with II shirt, shoes and
stockings, Of which he was destitute,
and the pair was then ushered into
the presence Of Judge Johnson. who
in open court, married the reluctan,
Adonis to his less fair Venus in the
highest style OF the art The room
was filled to overtiowing with Il Grove
Of curious spectators to witness the
marriage OF these happy young hearts
A collection amounting to severa
dollars was subsequently raised by
John =. Bare and II. Is. Dunn, Esq.
from the sympathetic crowd. The
happy couple then wended their way
slowly down Penn street, with linked
arms aud their faces wreathed in
smiles, and boarded day express for
their home In Obisonia. -Ltu,stoTr
Democrat e Sentinel.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1885-11-19

QUITE A SURPRISE. .-On Wednes-
day, Nov. 4th, Mr.. Alvin A. Ulsh Gone
OF Spring townships Justices) was al
together taken by surprise. MIR. Ulsh
had Intended to leave home on bust
ness and Mrs. Ulsh found that by all
her efforts she could not induce him TO
stay ut home, but she not in the least
discouraged, secured the services of
A. >. Helfrich who succeeded In keep
ing Mr.. Ulsh at home by telling him
that he had a number OF accounts to
collect which had to be attended to
Immediately. Mr.. Helfrich and his
lady went to the house OF Mr.. Ulsh,
early in the evening, and when he ar
rived there he had forgotten his ac-
counts (at least he said SOY aud want.
ed to go after them, but Mrs. Ulsh
invited them In, saying they could
many friends gathered In until about
forty were present. Mr. Ulsh now
saw the drift of things and confessed
himself beaten. A table was set which
groaned under the weight of the very
best the season affords. After all
present had partaken OF the good
things provided in Mrs. Ush's best
style, they congratulated Mr.. Ulsh on
his thirty y-second birthday, wishing
him many more such days. At about
10 o'clock the guests commenced leav-
ing and by i2 o'clock all had returned
to their respective homes, well satisn-
ed with the evening spent.
FRITZ.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1885-11-19
STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS.

!
A cat In Kansas City has learned
how to knit and darn socks. She gen
orally works with a long yarn.
A New Jersey farmer has tame
mosquito that weighs six pounds. II
Is perfectly gentle and eats with tn,
cats.
A little lap-dog in Quincy, ILL.,, nam
ed Adelaide, frequently steals cologne
from It's mistress and sprinkies tn,
fluid all over itself
Lightning bugs In parts OF Texa.
are getting so mischievious that they
sometimes set hay stacks on fire with
their latter ends.
A lady of Milwaukee recently nam.
ed her dog Willie, and now her dogs
tail has assumed the exact shape o
the letter w. and is as stiff as poker
An old goat in Mississippi recently
ate two hundred green cucumb bers,
then broke into a drug gstore, butted
the top of q bottle OF castor oil and
swallowed the contents.
| A Boston drummer was recently
kicked OH the cheek by Kentuck J
mule. The animal IL now In the hos
pital, and profoundly convinced tina,
he has discovered copper mine.
A blind mule, living at Owensboro
KY, has forwarded the postmaster
general all application for the position
of postmaster at one OF the neighbor-
ing villages. The mule has been a
Democrat for fifteen years.
: A catfish weighing 1900 pounds was
recently caught near Carlo, H., and
the lucky angler has opened country
store with the contents of the fish's
stomach. A trace chain, sitter, q
Smith " Wesson pistol, pair oI
pants. aud various other things were
feuBS n the enorBous aSim