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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
RTHORS OF WAR,
Formal Opening of Hostilities by Servia
The Outlook.

The Outlook.
The Servian government has in
ormed M. Rangabee, the acting Serv-
an agent in Bulgaria, that in conse-
quence of the unjustifable attacks on
Servians, Servia has decided to declare
war against Bulgaria. Servian out
posts continue to attack Bulgarian
frontier guards. Eight Servians and
one Bulgarian were killed in a skirmish
at TEN on the 18th. The London
News of the same date says the pros
poets of success of the Balkan con-
ference are regarded at Berlin as ex-
tremely preca1ious. The Russian gov
errment has stopped the annual sub
vention OF 250,00O roubles to Prince
Alexander. A Constantinople dis
patch says that at the sitting OF the
Balkan conference, on the 18th, Herr
Won Radowitz, the German ambassa-
dor, endeavored to conciliate the
British and Russian ambassadors,
Mr.. White and NJ Nelidoff, who hold
divergent views. Persistent reports
are current in Rustchuk to the effect
that Russia intends to withdraw her
consul from Bulgaria Such action, it
is believed, would excite the Bulga-
rians against Prince Alexander.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
ON THE WARP4TH.
An Infuriated Woman Shoots and Wounds
Two of Her Seighbors.

At Creston, Ia, on the 10Th, Mrs.
Nellie Lang deliberately shot Mrs. Su-
san Gray. Mrs. Lang then fired four
shots at Mrs. Morse, two OF which
took effect, one in theright breast and
the other in the back of the neck. The
latter is likely to prove fatal. Mrs.
Gray was wounded in the left breast.
The steel OF her corset probably saved
her life. The difficulty grew out of a
quarrel which Mrs. Lang had with her
husband, and her belief that Mrs.
Morse and Mrs. Gray had been making
criminal charges against her. The par
ties all lived in the same house. Mrs.
Lang is now in Jail at Alton.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
Earned Her Weight in Gold.

1t was a current sayingin San Fran
cisco, in connection with the New York
steamboats, sent out there, round
Cape Horn, in 1849, that the first two
years after her arrival, one boat, the
Senator, earned her weight in gold.
She made daily trips, and was crowded
with passengers at S25 head. Her
receipts at times amounted to $780,
900 on a single run upto Sacramento.
When the Senator was withdrawn from
the Sacramento River trade she was
strengthened and placed on the coast
route between San Francisco and San
Diego. Sheran safely and successfully
until 1880, when she was dismantled.
Her engine was taken out and the old
Senator was rigged as a harqne. She
sailed for Australia, and arrived
GafalU
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
STATUS QUO ANTE.
Seryis Discisims All Hostile Acts, and
Lays the Blame on Bulgaria.

Servi8 Disclsims All Hostile Acts, and
Lays the Blame on Bulgaria.
A London cablegram of the 18th
says: 'The Servian government de-
MES the Bulgarian report that Servian
troops crossed the frontier, and asserts
that Servia has no need to invent a
casUs bell, as Bulgaria has given Ser
via ample ground to declare war when
the proper moment arrives. Servia
refraIns at present from attacking Bull
garia for special motives, which she re-
CARDS with great solicitude and which
Bulgaria ignores; Servia pursues a
state policy, while Bulgaria follows a
revolutionary one. Count Nelidoff,
the Russian ambassador at Constan-
tinople, has been ordered by his gov
ernment to press the demand of Rus
sla before the conference for the imme-
date disarmament of Servia, Greece
and Bulgaria, and the deposition OF
Prince Alexander, the ruler OF Bulga-
ria" A Constantinople dispatch says:
1.-The Balkan conference agreed to-day
that the basis OF its deliberations
should be therestoration OF the status
quo ante in ROumelia."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21

At 1:40 O'Clock on the morning Of
the 18th, the most destructive fire in
the history OF Galveston broke out in
a small foundry and car-repair shop
on the north side OF Avenue A, known
as the Strand, between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth Streets. A fierce gale
from the north was blowing at the
time, and the flames spread with
lightning rapidIty to both of the ad-
Joining buildings, one being a grocery
store and the other a humble dwell
ing. In a twinkling the flames
had crossed the street, and
two more dwellings were in
flames, the inmates barely escaping
with their lives. From this point the
confagration made rapid progress,
and despite the most desperate efforts
OF the fire department, it continued to
spread, until, at O'Clock, Seventeenth
Street was reached, the track of the
flames being almost directly south
ward, famed by the strong wind, and
Tor time it was thought the entire
southern portion of the city must go
By 5 O'Clock it had reached Broadway,
which threads the center OF the island,
running east and west. At 7 O'Clock
the wind gave signs OF dying away, and
shortly it began to shift, and then to
decrease, until by O'Clock only d fair
breeze was blowing. But by this time
the fire had eaten its way to Avenue
o, where at $50 O'Clock it seemed to
exhaust itself, and the fl -emen were
able to check its further ravages at
this point, or within two blocks of the
gulf. The burned district covers fifty
two blocks, seven OF which are not
swept entirely clear.
About 300 houses were burned
which were occupied by fully 800 fam
lies. From Avenue Alto Avenue E, for
four squares, the burned dwellings were
occupied almost entirely by the poorer
class, and several families were
crowded in a single house in this strip
From Avenue f, however, the burned
district includes the wealthiest and
most fashionable portion of the city
One hundred elegantly furnished man
siOns are in ruins. Many OF these resi-
dences had beautiful gardens attached,
and the mOneyed loss does not repre-
sent over half their value. Nearly
every one has an estimate as to what
the total loss foots up. The best
posted citizens estimate the loss at
fully S2,0OO,00 while many who
claim to have figured on the matter,
put 1t as high as 80, 10000 nesti-
mate OF the insurance places the figures
at about S1,0O0,OOO. So far as
known, no fatalities occurred.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21

and beat against the door to break it
IN. Neighbors came and burst the
door open. The house was full of sui
phurous fumes coming from the stove,
MIR. kenoe died before medical assist
ance could be obtained, and Mrs. ke-
hoe, though she revived at first, died
the same afternoon. Mrs Whyte was
Frustrated by the death OF her parents.
Mr.. kehoe was 50 years old and a
well-known citizen.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
INNOCENT BUT IN PRISON.
A Joliet Convict Confesses to a Murde
for Which Another is Serving a Lonj
Term,

A Joliet Convict Confesses to a Murder
for Which Another is Serving a Long
Term.
James Young, a convict serving a
ten-years' term at Joliet, from Carroll
County, ILL.,, for burglary, has confessed
that he is the murderer of DR.. Allen,
OF Sandwich, Ill. a youngmannamed
William Thomas was convicted OF
this murder on the evidence Of a fe-
male detective from Chicago, and sent
TO prison for seventeen years. The
circuit court OF DeKalb County has
issued a writ Of habeas corpus for
Young, and Sheriff Wood took him
from the prison on the 10th 20 Syca-
more to stand trial for the murder.
William Thomas has already served
about six years on his seventeen-year
term, but has always insisted that he
was innocent.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
MORHOSS GREATLY EXCITED
One of Their "Spotters" Fined for As
sault and Contempt of Court.


ssult and Contempt of Court.
A dispatch OF the 18th inst. says:
Several days ago Andrew Burte, a
deputy sheriff OF Salt Lake City, Utah,
assaulted Henry Collins, a deputy
United States marshal. A complaint
was made against Burte before Com
missioner Mckay, and he was arrested
the same evening. In the police court
next morning the Justice fined Burte
S25. The same morning United States
Attorney Narian filed a statement in
the third district court, asking that a
rule OF contempt should issue against
Burte for interfering and obstructing
an officer of the court in the perform
ance OF his duty. This was heard on
the l4th before the Judge who fined
Burte $3.50 for contempt OF court and
sent him to prison for five days. The
Mormon papers are wildly denOunclng
this act OF the Judge, and Burte will be
made martyr for his service and sui
ferlngs. The case has made more ex-
cltement and general talk than any
thing since the Clauson conviction"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
THE PANAMA CANAL.
Rumors Of the Collapse of the Proiec
Circulated in Wall Street.

Circulated In Wall Street.
Something Of a sensation was Great
ed in New York stock circles on the
9th, by the announcement that the
Panama Canal scheme had virtually
collapsed, and that work was at a
standstill. Secretary Colne, of the
American commission, denied the re-
port that work had ceased, and said
that a New York firm were at present
running seven dredges in the canal, and
that nine other dredges are working as
fast as possible. Nevertheless the Wall
Street opinion of the scheme was that
it had come to an end because of lack
of funds, and that Count De Lesseps
could not possibly raise the hundreds
of millions of dollars necessary to
complete the work on his plans.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
The Supply.

There are 315,OOO,OOO bread con.
sumers in Europe. If each one should
eat half a bushel more next year than
last the difference would amount to
157, ,OOO,O 900 bushels. II, then, the
times OF depression in Europe should
pass so that the mass could afford tc
eat all they needed, the difference in de
1nand might absorb all our surplus al
good prices.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
A Man with a Wonderful Memory.

From the Cleveland Leaderl
The hour hand of the clock at the
Central Station, yesterday afternoon,
had reached the figure 5, when shut
fling noise was heard in the corridor
Presently Patrolman Bradford ap-
peared having as companion short,
heavy-set man about 40 years of age.
To the uninitiated the fellow was verg-
ing on delirium tremens. Bradford
carried a valise and an overcoat,
which he deposited on the floor, while
he explained to Lieut.. Kushman
who his prisoner was. The fellow him
self told Leader reporter that he
was no other than the celebrated Prof.
Asa P. Green, of Troy, o. For anum-
Der OF years the Professor has been af-
fiicted with a disease resembling st.
Vitus' dance, which causes him to
walk in very peculiar manner, re-
sembling the gait of a drunken man.
Green's memory is marvellous, and it
is through it that hegains a livelihood.
He has written a book called Eureka,
a Treatise on the Construction of the
World" which he sells. Among his
papers were large number of news
paper clippings concerning himself.
He once heard a series of nine lectures
and afterwards repeated them word
for word in thirteen hours. The Pro
fessor was released after the Lieuten-
ant had satisfied himself that he was
not drunk. Green said that he was
sent to the Buffalo Work House for
thirty days for being drunk, and had
served ten before his real condition
was discovered
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
An Ingenious Machine.

By means OF an ingenious machine,
wood intended forpaper pulpis shaved
off so finely that it is ready to go at
once into the boiler. The machine
takes a log twelve inches in length,
which it revolves at a speed OF one
thousand revolutions per minute, and
a sharp cutter shaves off a shaving so
thin that it would take $50 OF them
to make an inch, nicely OF execution
which may be Judged OF by the fact
that zoe sheets OF ordinary paper are
required to make an inch. As de.
scribed. the knife OF the machine has a
sliding motion, and gradually moves
forward as the block decreases in
diameter, and in order that it shall
not become dull, and the fibre conse,
quently fail to beof uniform thickness,
there is provided q unique arrange.
ment OF whetstones constantly at
work on the knife.
TIE high sheriff OF London recently
a, : l :.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
ANOTHER "OLD MAN BENDER."
The Bones of Three Persons Thought to
Have Been Murdered Found at Lin
coin, Ill.

A sensation was caused at Lincoln,
H., on the 10th, by the discovery of
portions OF the bones of at least three
persons, under the smokehouse of a
homestead belonging to one John II.
Haines from 1872 to 1850. Haines
was a desperate character, the terror
of his neighbors. Hewas participant
in several bloody ARRAYS, and was
himself slain in Kansas a year ago.
1t is now generally believed that
Haines was another "Old Man Ben,
der" and that the bones found are the
remains of some of his victims. An
examination OF the premises will be
made
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
4 SAD CASE.
A Family of Seven Swept Away by Small

A family named Blanchette, consist
ing OF woman and five children, be
longing in st. Luce, arrived at Father
Point, Que, a short time ago, from
Montreal, where the head OF the family
died OF smallpox. Shortly after their
arrival the mother gave birth to an
other child. Smallpox broke out
among them and they all died on the
18th. The whole family OF seven is
sytIupt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
Some Curious Old People.

Near the outskirts of this town, in a
small house OF two rooms, writes a
Delaware, o., correspondent to the
Philadelphia Times, an eccentric fami-
ly of three persons lead thel lives of her
mits. Their names are BENJAMIN
Vaughn, aged n; Joshua Vaughn,
aged rs, and Sarah Vaughn, aged 70
The other evening, shortly before dusk,
| iourneyed out to the dwelling. The
door was opened by Joshua in re-
sponse to my knock, and | was invited
into the dingiest room | ever saw in
habited by three white people The
emaciated faces of the three inmates
were plainly visible by the light Of q
bright fire, which was burning in the
wide, old-fashioned fireplace. The
room was without furniture OF any
kind, except heap of bedding in one
corner. An old-fashioned crane in the
fireplace supported a tea-kettle of
ancient pattern, while on the hearth
stone stood an old pewterteapot and
three teacups.
This constituted the entire house
keeping effects of these three strange
people. Neither chairs, table, stool,
nor any article of furniture was visible.
Benjamin informed me that the last
time he was away from the house un-
til last summer, was forty-three years
ago, when he as fifer attended a gen
eral muster at Delaware. About
eighteen years ago nephew named
Robinson, then quite a lad. came to
live with them and look after the out
door interests. Over a year ago he
was married, and the hermits decided
to him their entire property, taking
life leases on the land and its products
that they might be assured living
The recording OF these papers came to
the knowledge OF other nephews and
kinspeople, some of whom began a
suit to have guardian appointed for
them on the ground of imbecility.
The sheriff served the proper summons,
but they failed to respond, and the
Judge issued attachments for them,
but so determined were they not to
obey that the officers had to force
them into the carriage. The judicial
inquiry lasted several weeks, during
which over three hundred witnesses
were examined. Seven Of the leading
physicians pronounced the old people
OF sound mind, and the court decided
that they were not imbeciles.
Up to the trial Sarah Vaughn had
not been outside of the yard within
sixty years, and had in all that time
never seen the land which she owned
and had never been in the town of
Delaware, although it was only mile
or two distant. Neither of them had
ever seen arailroad or a steam engine,
though for twenty odd years a rail
road was run within a few miles of
their house. For years they cooked
their own meals, the provisions being
purchased for them by hired men and
neighbors; but after their nephew
came to live with them he did all their
marketing and finally the cooking
Their neighbors testify that they are
unusually sharp at trade. Sarah
once knew how to read and write, but
had forgotten even the letters of the
alphabet. They are extremely sociabIe
and take great pleasure in the society
OF visitors, and are always liberal with
their tea and pipes.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
DEADLY STOTE Gas.
Pennsylvania Woman Finds Her
Eather and Mother Diving Alone.

Father and Mother Dying Alone.
Mrs. Wesley Whyte, residing in Pitts
ton, went early on the morning OF the
9 h TO visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael kehoe, who live close by. She
found the door locked and could get no
answer to repeated knocking. She be
came alarmed and broke in a window,
when she was Mortified to see her
mother lying on the floor unconscious
and her father writhing in death
agouies on the bed. Shecalled for help
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
VAR OF AUTHORIZATION.
King ThebaW Orders All Englishmen in
Rnrn :. N to be Pnt to Death.

Advices from Calcutta, of the 11th,
state that King Thebaw has ordered
that all Englishmen in Burmah be ex-
terminated. 1t is feared that all the
Europeans at Mandalay have already
been massacred. The Burmese are
blocking the Irrawaddy River at
Minhla.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
SOCIETY.
BY SARAH h. BoLToN.

"Was there ever party like that2' she said,
And tossed with diSdain her pretty head;
"Why, there was my grocer, who sells NE -four
Talking with ladies' by the hour.
81 thought l should see the cultured few
Who live on the giided avenue;
To think of meeting equally,
The man who sells you starch and tea
Some thoughtless person, with idle brain
The grocer told of the lady's pain;
"Ah, yesl' said the man, unpleasant true
Her bill for two hundred is overdue"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
SWEPT BY FIRE.

Three Hlndred Houses In Galveston,
Texas-Five Hundred Families Rem
dered HomeIess-The Pecuniary Loss
Estimated at So 900, 900, About Half
of Which Is Covered by Insurance.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
CHICAGO.
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Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-03-28
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stock Meetings for 1885,

National live stock association
st. Louis, October 18th to Oath.
United Rocky Mountain stock
association, Salida, Colo, March
Montana stock-growing associa-
ton, Miles City, first week in April
Colorado and Brazos association
March 3.
Wyoming stock growers assooia'
ton, Cheyenne, April 6.
Utah and Idaho stock-growers
ASSOCIATION, Ogden, April i3.
Western Kansas stock growers
association, Dodge City, April l.
Northern New Mexico stock-grow
ers' association, Springer, April d
Central New Mexico stock-grow
ers' association, Socorro, April b.
Wagon Mound stock-growers' as
sociation, March 30.
Lincoln County, New Mexico
stock growers association, Roswell
April 6.
Castle Rock and Penil associa
ton, Elkins, April l3.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-03-28
The Piufc Girls Debutc.
From the San Francisco Call,

hAfh' WV o@h fAohe''so Ne't
When a girl reaches womanhood
and her family desire to in licate
to the tribe that their daughter has
reached the manageable period
she makes her debut, as you say in
English, bur the Piute girl comes
out III IN entirely different way
IRON thai adopted by hor white Sis
ter. Just before she reaches wom-
anhood her grandmother has e--
pecial charge of her. To that old
lady, whose years are supposed 70
have brought wisdom, the girl is
given. She schools her in domes-
ito duties and explains to her tho
nature and Importance Of the WIFE
ly relation. The girl then goes with
two older female relatives to tee
pee, which is a small wigwam,
where she remains with them twen-
ty-fve days During this time she
performs work which ls supposed
to be strengthening. II consists
chiefly of piling wood. Three times
day, at morning, noon and night,
she stacks five poles of wood, max
ing fifteen each day. Every FIVE
days her relations take her to the
river to bathe, and at the end of
the time she gives her clothing to
her. attendants and returns to the
family lodge. Very frequently the
wardrobe which s,e presents her
female attendants is .uite extensive
and is regarded by th,m as a valu-
able present. When the young
girl has spent twenty-five, days in
the teepee she has made hr debut
into the society OF her trib,, and
that is considered rs u public an
nouncement that she is roady o
marry.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-03-28
ENGLISH BALL ET GIRLS.
They Are Rnde and Course, Enr Nos
Worse Than Othcr Girls

| Mr.. Hollingsheal has contribut-
ed his views of the ballet to con-
temporary. According to HIM a
ballet girl ought to be pretty, and
ii is all the better for the mans GER
IL masters come to look at her,
while, il they wait for her outside
the stage-door, it Is no business CT
his. That a ballet girl ought to b
fairly good looking is unquestiona-
BILE, for her mission is to exhibit
the poetry of motion and to 20
ture in tableaux. Mothers are lot
admitted behind the scenes, TO-
there is no room for them, and
clearly the mana ger cannot see all
his ballet-girls home. 1t therefore
depends very much on the girl her
self what she does out of the thea
tire. But the same may be said of
the girls in telegraph Off ,es and in
shops. / do not know how ballet
girl is exposed to more temptation
when dancing on-u~staSe .with the -
footlights between her and the
spectators than shop glrl behind
a counter There are, no doubt,
girls who go into the ballet as a
means to an end. But this is the
exception. Ballet-girls, generally
speaking, are relation of persons
with the theatrical pro-
fession. The thsatre is their world,
and they ore accustomed to its
ways. At rehearsals they hang to-
gether, and in their every day gar
ments they look very much the re-
verse of houris. Their chief pleas
ure consists in eating sweet stuff
and cakes, on which food they like
TO lunch. Their language to each
other, und when in the room where
they all dress, IS not refined, but
rather the reverse, and it would
probably surprise a girl not to the
born and suddenly thrust
among them; this, however, is the.
worst that can bo said against
them, and when they leave the the
atre they do not loiter, because they
have but one thought, TO catch the
bus.