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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
81. 90 A YEAR.
Squire Darbee's Grindstone.

| Squire Darbee, son of Sam Darbee,
| the famous panther fighter OF Sullivan
| County, long since dead, who killed
and captured nine panthers once in
/ less than an hour, had been Justice of
the peace IN Rockland Township for
many years. He was a candidate
tins spring and was defeated.
An what do We s'pose beat him ?'
said a native of the 'Squire's town
yesterday. He got beat jis' because
he didn't think that he orter pervide
a grindstun for ev'ry man tn was in
the town to grind his axes an his
scythes, an his hog knives, an ev'ry-
thing else he had to grind, 'cept grist,
| an be darned if / don't think the
township'd fetched its grist to the
'Squire's to grind on his grindstun
If they could a done it. For more'n
twenty year Squire Darbee had a
grindstun standin' right whar ev'ry-
body that wanted to could use it. He
hadn't much use for a grindstun HIM
self, but folks got in the habit OF 'spect-
in him to pervide one fur 'em, and he
got to thinkin' he had to. Whenever
they'd wear grindstuu out, or it Il
be gitten' a leetle holler an wobbly,
they'd drop Ill at the 'Squire's an
say:
esquire, that grindstun o your n :
gittin' a leetle onneighborly.
"Then the squire'd buy a new one,
an things'd d run all right till the new
one got onneighborly too, an then
he'd git another one. Wall, grind
stuns isgrindstuns nowadays They'm
gittin' sca'ce an they come high.
Squire Darbee got a thinkin to hisself
las summer that he didnt see no per-
ticker reason why he sh'd set up the
hull durn township to grindstuns two
or three times a year, an so when a
bushwhaCker came in one day an
told the squire that his grindstun
wasn't In shape to do the proper
thing by the neighbors, the squire
| didn't say nothin,' but he bought a
new grindstun, thinkin' he mowt want
to use it hisself sometime, mebbe, an
locked it up in his barn.
''Wall, now, II society III any place
ever were all tore up, it were IN old
Rockland when the news got round
that Squire Darbee had locked his
grindstun up. Folks couldn't hardly
b'lieve it, an come i'll from ten mile
round to see it with their own eyes.
People asst the squire if he were act ally
goin' crazy, or rwhether he were jokin,
but he didn't let the grindstun loose
wuth a cent. The township said it
was an outrage. and that Squire Oar,
bee orter be 'shamed O hisself to 90
back on his neighbOrs that way. But
| the grindStun laid low.
CAS- a matter O. course, when town
| 'lectlons come round this spring, the
squire puts hisself up fur Justice OF the
peace ag'n, and sot down, as he'd al
luz done, an waited fur the office to
come to him. Wall, some o his old
neighbors went round an 'lectioneer'd
ag'in him, an got the voters worked
| up on the grindstun outrage.
"'No man that's mean enough to
lock Up his grindstun hain't fit to be
Justice O. this here town, they argied
The conscience were that Pm burned
if the voters didn't pitch in an beat
him. They did, by iimminy
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
NAIIONAL LEAGUE.
W. L -
Watching College Boys.

lrA ANiu tit New l OK Ord
The students OF Yale college are now
alarmed at the discovery that a man
in New Haven has organized a detect
i've bureau for the benefit of parents.
TO whom he has sent a circular Offering
to afford information with regard to
the eXtra-academic doings around
town generally of fast" young men
connected with the college To the
suggestive mind OF the average student
there would seem to be several WAYS
OF disposing Of this difficulty, the first.
OF course, being to do nothing which
would bring him within the purview
OF the detective; next, to do that
sort OF thing" without detection:
lastly, to find what price THE old
man pays for information and raise
him or go him one better with the de
tective.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
History, London, on the 9th. Prof

History, London, on the 9th. Prof.
Huxley delivered the address.
-Four buildings in East Providence,
r. L., belonging to the Rumford chem
ical works, were destroyed by fire on
the Sth. Loss 100000.
About half of the town OF Suffolk.
Va, was reduced to ashes on the
morning of the Sth, involving loss of
100000.
Early on the morning of the Sth the
Eastern Lunatic Asylum, at Williams
burg, Va, was burned to the ground.
There were 200 female inmates and
300 males, all of whom were reported
rescued. The loss is estimated at
S130,000. One female inmate named
Jeffries was drowned in a neighboring
creek while wandering about, and a
Miss Smith is missing.
Walter c. Whipple, son of Gen. Han
cocks adjutant-general, shot himself
through the breast on the night of the
Sth at his boarding place in New York.
He was "a years of age, and a student
at the University Medical College.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
AOuePr Doctor.

From the Louisville Courier Journal
While one Jury in the common pleas
court was deliberating on the ques-
tions given them to answer in the
damage suit OF Hammond against the
Louisville e Nashville, another jury
occupied the box to hear the testi-
mony in the suit of Elizabeth Church
hill against the Louisville & Nash
vile for damages in the sum of S5,-
600 The plaintiff alleged THAI she
was thrown from a train at Beard s
Station last summer and fell under
the train, and fifteen cars passed over
her. Her physician, DR.. Brown, was
placed on the stand, and testified that
he treated her eight days with a prep
aration containing fifteen ingredients
Just the number of cars that passed
over her-aRd she lived to bring suit
The doctor proved very comical
witness in the hands OfJudge Barnett,
and replied to the questions with more
alacrity than prudence.
Where did you get your diplomat
agked the attorney.
Il was a hospital nurse at Brook,
lyn, and [ got my charter from Wash
ington, replied the witness.
Charter for what ?"
''For my remedy"
What is it composed of?''
"Calomel, rhubarb, aloes and other
things, but am not going to tell you
all the ingredients"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20

Previous to his death, which was very
sudden, ne was preparing to collect
royalties upon his invention, and to
sell all rights in different parts of the
country. His demise put an end to
these proceedings, and up to quite re-
Gently his heirs have never bothered
themselves in the matter Last fall a
gentleman of Boston, Interested in
aquatics, looked up the matter, and
found that Mr.. Browns title was a
clear and good one. He consequently
thought that the son, now IS years of
age, should derive some pecuniary ben
etlt from the invention of his father.
Young Brown, who resides in this city,
visited Boston few days ago, and in
conversation stated that through his
attorney he proposed to make the
people who are using sliding seats and
making slides or selling them answer
for their infringements.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
TWO HUNDRED KILLED.
The Full Extent of the tbquske Hor-
rors in Cashmere Coming to Light.

A Calcutta special of the Sth says:
" Dispatches continue to be received
here about the earthquake in the Vale
of Cashmere. Whole villages have
been destroyed, and Dubgood, jana
lapar and Ovan have disappeared en-
tirely, having been completely engulfed
in the awful commissions During the
continuance of the shocks sulphur
Gus dust was sent forth, impregnating
the atmosphere. At the same time
volumes OF hot water issued from the
great assures made in the earth. The
fort at GuraiO and the granaries in
many parts OF the Vale have been
swallowed up. A large supply of rice
and a considerable amount OF money
has been distributed throughout the
Vale OF Cashmere, to relieve the dis
tress OF the people. 1t is estimated
that 200 persons were killed"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
HEYIC4N NINE HORROR.
Ten Men Killed by the Explosion of Clan
PoMder-Great Damage Done.


POwder-Great Damage Done.
Twelve miles from Zacatecas, Mex
leo, is situated the celebrated Santo
Tiburcio de la Veta Grande Mine, a
mine that has produced ever since the
Spanish conquest, yielding untold mill
ions OF silver during that time. With
in the past few years it has been newly
developed and fitted throughout with
the most costly modern machinery.
The work of recovering and reopening
all the portions OF the great mine has
been III progress, and on the 10th was
approaching completion. That morn
ing an explosion occurred, plainly
heard at Zacatecas. Five hundred
cases of giant powder had gone off by
some means unknown. Ten persons
were killed outright and as many more
wounded. The mine and everything
near it was a complete wreck. The
surface improvements were totally de-
strOyed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
SOudaneSe SnearS.

From the London Telegraph
The Hadendowa spearis from six TO
seven feet long. The handle is OF a
piece of hard mimosa or acacia, thin
ner than broom handle. There is a
longsocket attached to the blade, into
which the wood is driven and fastened
At the reverse end there Is commonly
a piece of twisted iron or telegraph
wire, which serves the double purpose
of weighting the handle, so as to coun-
terbalance the blade, and to prevent
the weapon being pulled from the
grasp. The spear head or blade is
rarely more than two inches broad by
eight inches long. Going into war the
Hadendowas grease their spears from
blade to hilt, so that it is impossible
to wrest the weapon from their hands
in a struggle.
The spears used by the tribes up the
Nile are much more formidable weap-
ons. The handle is from seven to nine
feet long, made of male bamboo wood.
1t is furnished with a terrible broad
bladed long spear head, like that of
the Hadendowas, kept bright as a
mirror and sharp as a razor. The
blades are sometimes fourteen inches
long and five inches wide. In truth,
an Arab spear up in the Nile looks
more like an elongated trowel blade
than anything else. Shovel-heads our
soldiers used to call them. They make
fearful wound, and it was with one
of these Col. Burnaby was struck in
the throat and killed. Being exceed
ingly light weapons, although badly
balanced, the Arabs can handle them
with great dexterity.
WHEN the news of the death oi
Queen Emma, ofthe Sandwich Islands.
reached London, the bad little news
paper boys went about crying Extra
Death OF the Queen" A great many
Of her Britannia Majesty's heges
parted with their pennies, thinking
that the reign OF Victoria was ended
and were so angry when they found
that their own Queen was still living
and that they had been badly sold
that they caused the little boys to be
locked up for fraud. The magistrates
at latest accounts were uncertain
whether any legal offense had beer
committed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
is THE GENTLEHAN-DEAD
The Previous Report of the Death of the
Ameer Reaffirmed.

The St. Petersburg Novosti news
paper) reatfirms its statement that
the AIMEE OF Afghanistan is dead. 1t
says rumors are being received con-
tinually both from the Caucasus and
the Afghan frontier OF the assassina-
ton OF the Ameer. The Novosti adds
that the people OF Afghanistan are in
state OF great excitement. the ru-
mors OF the death of the Ameer hav-
ing reached them, followed by the
other rumor that Ayoub Khan, a
former ameer, now in Persia, will take
the place of the murdered ameer
through the Vaccinations of Russia.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
DID GORDON ESCAPE?
The Strange Story Told by Coptic Me
chant at khartoum.

chant at Khartoum.
A dispatch from Cairo of the 9th
says: "Some excitement has been
created here among the English Of
ficials and residents by the arrival of
a Coptic merchant from Khartoum.
He states 5hat he witnessed the cap
ture of Khartoum, and Immediately
after the massacre of the garrison the
Mahdi demanded the head OF Gen.
Gordon as trophy; but his warriors
produced the head of the Austrian
consul, Mr.. Hansal. When the mis-
take was discovered, a second search
was made for Gen. Gordon, but the
Mahdis followers were unable to find
any trace of the hero of Khartoum.
They found several other Europeans,
but no other documents were found
on their clothes to show that either Of
them were Gen. Gordon. The Copt
says that it is possible that Gen. Cor
don, seeing that all was lost, escaped
south"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
BEOTTN OFF THE TRACK.
a Passenger Train I'm Iowa Lifted by


Passenger Train in Iowa Lifted by u
Cyclone.
a passenger train on the Sioux Falls
line of the Milwaukee e st. Paul, COM
prising two passenger coaches and the
baggage and mail cars, was blown from
the track seven miles west of Sioux
City, Ia, on the 18th, by a cyclone
l.. NJ. Scott, express messenger, and
an old couple, whose names are not
known, were severely injured. The re-
mainder miraculously escaped with
slight injuries. Telegraph wires were
blown down except along the line Of
the st. Paul road.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
Il CLOSE GAIL.
The Presence of Mind of Car Driver
Saves Many Lives.

There was a narrow escape from a
fearful accident at State Street bridge,
Chicago, on the afternoon of the 18th.
As street car full of passengers was
crossing, the propeller Wetherell ran
into the bridge, crushing timbers and
spinning it around like top. The
driver OF the horse car, with excellent
forethought, pulled out the lynch pin
and let the horses go and then stopped
the car with the brake, all in a second
OF time. The bridge was crowded with
foot passengers and a perfect panic en-
sued. An old lady suffered a broken
ankle
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20

reported by SHERMAN HALL Il Co, Chicago, Ill.
Prices of Old Wool from Wisconsin and Min
neSota have been steady, with a fair demand
from Western manufacturers. The quotations.
based on actual sales, are as follows: Unwashed
7i :, - y, lc' I me heuluhi, ~ g -, ne
$50 2Oc. Delaine-Fine, 2O@21c; Medium, 21
@22c. Combing-Medium, 22@24c; Low Me-
dlum, 229 23e; Coarse, 19@2lc; Braid, lS@
19c.
Total receipts OF Wool for past week. S57, ,117
ios; and since January l. 6, ,53 900 ms An act
i've demand from Western mills absorbs all re
cepts of Wisconsin and Minnesota Unwashed
at prices above quoted.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
4 FEENDISH ACT.
L Russian Train Wrecked by Robbers
Passengers Killed or Wounded. .

A Russian Train Wrecked by Robbers
Seventy Passengers Killed or Wounded.
News was received on the Sth of a
terrible accident on the railway from
Kostoff to Rostoff, Russia, on the
river Don. A bar of iron was placed
across the track by robbers and a
train which came along was thrown
from the rails and demolished The
number OF killed and wounded is sew
enty. The robbers, who were waiting
for the smash-up, plundered the train.
The wounded and other survivors
were completely terrorized and could
make no resistance.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
WOMAN AND THE PEDDIFR

woman, woman, what creature
Fairies rounded every feature.
Yet, somehow, it grows more plain,
Common sense slipped from thy brain.
Thou art beautiful-nay, more
Man TO see thee must adore:
But thy nature-brittle glass
Cannot see peddler pass
Thoult swindled be, and glad:
Lessons do not make the mad
Smuggiers by the husbands mauled
Later are by wives recalled.
BraSSy necklace, Chinese silk
Leave thy temper sweet as milk,
Yet i'll shops DER legal stock,
Thou the clerk wilt stun and shock
st LOHiS ReDUhHCaR
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
Heavy Odds.



One day in 1879, during the prog
ress of a game between the Cincinnatis
and BostOns at the avenue grounds,
Charley Johnson of the Volksblatt
was very persistent in "bOning" a
brother newspaper man for a bet on
some possible point of the game The
b. n. m. would not bet, however, but
finally, in sheer desperation, said, as
VIII White came to the bat: "Ill bet
you that man don't make a home
run" White at that time usually
struck out and was not known to
hit hard. The offer was, therefore,
not a flattering one, and Johnson re-
piled: ''What odds will you give?"
The reply came assuringly and bold
ly: "My watch and chain against a
quarter" ''What are they worth ?"
asked Johnson. "Two hundred and
fifty dollars" was the reply. John
son studied a moment and then said:
''In 90 you" The quarter and the
watch were handed over to Jerry
Cochran as stakeholder.
Just then White whanged away at
the ball, and it went away down to-
ward the carriage gate, over center
tielder's head. he had never before
made home run, but it now seemed
assured. He lost a little ground by
stumbling over third and came in col
lision with the ball right at the home
plate Even then there was a doubt
as to whether he had scored or not.
but when the umpire said "Out" the
owner of the watch sank back on the
bench speechless, moist, cold, and al
most paralyzed. After he regained
his power of speech he whispered;
Boys, I've made my last bet. Take
me home" A week later he appeared
on the streets and swore he didn't
stop sweating for two days after the
bet had been saved, and then had to
use alcohol to close the pores.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20

"Did you cure your patient ?"
"Yes, sir"
'Did you trepan herr"
Eyes, sir"
"Did you eviscerate herr"
Eyes, sir"
"And she lived ?"
eyes, sir"
There was no flinching on the part
of the witness. though he did admit
once that he didn't understand some
OF the questions.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
Walter Browns Sliding Seats

From the Portland (Me.) Argus
Walter Brown, the most famous
oarsman the New England states ever
produced, but long since deceased, was
the inventor of the sliding seat. He
patented his idea, and the right to
manufacture or sell a sliding seat was
by the patent solely invested in him.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
Il NEW DEAL.
The Gladstone Ministry to Step Down ans

The Gladstone Ministry to Step Down and
Out.
The defeat of the budget offered to
the English Parliament by the govern
ment, has created a commOtion among
the politicians of Europe. Premier
Gladstone announced in the House OF
Commons, on the 9th inst, that the
cabinet would Immediately resign
This crisis will have the effect to post
pone, for the present at least, all nego-
tiations with Russia on the situation
in AfChaniStan
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
His Idea ofthe Extraordinary,

From the Cardiff Mail.
\ Scotch subaltern at Gibraltar was
one day on guard with another officer,
who unluckily fell down d precipice 400
feet and was killed. Non military read
rsshould understand that in heguard
reports there is a small addendum,
viz: IN. B.-Nothing extraordinary
since guard mounting" Our friend,
however, said nothing about the acci-
dent, and some hours after the brigade
major came to his quarters on the
part of the officer commanding, with
the report in his hand, to demand an
explanation. "You say n. B.-Noth-
ing extraordinary since guard mount
ing, when your brother officer on duty
has fallen down a precipice 400 feet
and been killed" 'Weel, sir" replied
he, II dinna think there's onything ex-
traordinary in that; If he'd faun doom
a precipice 400 feet and no been killed,
| should hae thought it very extraor-
dinary indeed, and wad hae put it
doom in my report"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
A SMART colonel OF an Irish militia

A SMART colonel OF an Irish militia
regiment was lately found fault with
by the inspecting general for the indif-
ferent shooting of his regiment. The
colonel replied: ''Sir, | must explain
that | stand before you in two posi-
tions, one rs colonel of the regiment,
and the other as an Irish Landlord !
As far as | am concerned, / consider
the shooting good enough P'-IrLsh Pa
per.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
The Bonanza Kings.

TCor. st. Louis Globe Democrat
Fair is credited with being the sharp
est and most unscrupulous of all the
bonanza millionaires. Old Uncle
Billy O'Brien never had any capacity
except for drinking whisky, and his
chief service in his last years was to
ornament the front OF the bank, lean
ing against one OF the big pillars and
giving out false pointers" in stocks to
the credulous crowd who believed that
he had inside information of rich
strikes of ore. He died, and his sole
memorial is huge granite and marble
tomb in the Catholic cemetery, for the
erection of which he had the shrewd-
ness to leave in his will a handsome
sum. Flood is as square dealing as a
man who manipulates mining stock
can be, and his word is said to be as
good as his bond in any business
transaction. Mackay is more popu-
lar here than Flood, and there is even
more confidence in his integrity. Like
Flood he Is very retlcent and has a
great dislnclnation to any notoriety,
neverappearing in the newspapers when
he can avoid it. Personally he doesn't t
| spend 80, 500 a year upon himself, as
he dresses very plain in a slouch hat
and an ordinary business suit, but it
must take the revenues Oft millionaire
to meet the bills of his wife in Paris.
Flood is also very simple in his own
tastes and is seldom seen at any place
OF amusement, but he has an expen-
sive family, and is building a brown
stone palace on Mob Hill, which will
cost 81 100000 before it is completed
| and furnished.
Col. CHARLES A. STETsoN, the origi-
nal proprietor OF the Astor House, is
dangerously i'll at the house of his SON
in-law, John Devlin, of New York.
Very little hope is entertained of his
recovery, as he is more than rs years
| old.
THERE are said to be $4,000 lawn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20

THERE are said to be $4,000 lawn
tennis players within a radius OF ten
miles OF New York.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
Standing of the Rase Rail Climbs
WESTERN LEAGUE.

The tables below give the standing OF the
various clubs in the different leagues on
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
HAIL, WIND AND RAIN.

Wisconsin Visited by Terrific Hail
storm Windows Smashed, Roofs
Blown or and Cattle KiIled-Many
People Rendered Homeless.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-20
ST. LOUIS.
TOLEDO.


WHEAT-NO. 2 Red.....................
CORN-No. 2..........................
OATs-No. 2...........................
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-17
Nature Demands a Tonic

when the nerves ere unstrung. the headaches, the
appetite is poor variable, the sleep disturbed,
ard q general depreciation OF vital power is ex-
perienced. Such state OF things can not long ex-
ist without development of serious disease. The
most active and genial inVigorant known is Hos
letters stomach Bitters. The absolute purity of
its spirjtuous basis and botanic ingredients give 1t
a permanent claim to public confidence and its
surprising medicinal value is admitted by medi.
cal men OF distinction, by whom 1t is widely used
in private practice. For fever and sgue-both as
a preventive and remedy dyspepsia, liver COM
psint bilious remittent fever constipation, cnol-
ersic complaints, hatulence and all intestinal dis
orders, it is Thoroughly reliable remedy. 1t is the
ant-febrie specific par excellence OF the malsrial
districts OF this and other countries where disease
born OF missma prevail, and as a general house
hold remedy il is also universally esteemed.