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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
Old london Bridge.

From tn, st. James GaZette.l
London Bridge, had it been destroyed
the other day by dynamite plotters,
would have left gap in metropolitan
arrangements not easily to be filled up.
This, however, could not have been said
of the old London bridge, Of which a
painful account is given in "The History
of the Principal Rivers of Great
Britain" published last century. The
venerable structure was 915 feet in
length. The street that covered it con-
sisted, before the house fell to decay, of
lofty edifces, built with some attention
to exterior regularity. 1t was 20 feet
wide, and the buildings on either side
about 26 feet in depth. Across the
middle of the street ran several lofty
arches, extending from side to side; the
bottom part of each arch terminating
at the first story, and the upper part
reaching near the tops of the houses.
They were designed to prevent the
buildings from giving way; and were
therefore formed of strong timber
bolted in the corresponding woodwork
of the houses that hanked them. Thus
the street on the bridge had nothing to
distir guish it from any narrow street il
the city but the high arches described
and three openings guarded with iron
rails, which afforded a view of the river.
But the appearance from the water it is
stated, "bafded all description" and dis
played strange example of curious
deformity. Nineteen unequilateral
arches of different heights and breadths,
with sterlings increased to monstrous
size by frequent repairs, served to sup
port range of houses as irregular as
themselves; "the back part of which,
broken by hanging and irregular pro-
jections, offered a very disgusting
object" while many of the buildings
overhung the arches SO as to hide the
upper part of them, and seemed to lean
in such a manner "as to fill the beholder
with equal amazement and horror.
Such was London bridge in the olden
times, and were it in the same condition
at the present day. the dynamiters by
blowing it up would earn the gratitude
of the public,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
SLIDING SNOW.
AdulhOnai Reports of the Recen
Avalanche in Italy.

Additional Reports of the Recent
Avalanche i'm Italy.
A Rome dispatch of the 22d SAYS
An avalanche buried hamlet of fif-
teen houses at Chiamonte, in Pied
monte. The cries of the buried people
were distinctly heard. Two thousand
soldiers are endeavoring to rescue them.
Fifteen houses were destroyed at Fias-
slnIere, and eleven persons are still
buried beneath the snow. Most of the
telegraph lines on the italian frontier
have ceased working, owing to the ava
lanches. The winter has been one of
extreme severity throughout Europe
1t is reported that 200 persons perished
in the avalanches in the districts of
lorea and Aosta. Many more villages
IN Italy were reported to-day as devas-
tated by avalanches, and the havoc and
slaughte- is described as appalling.
Most of the casualties seem to have oc-
cnrred IN the province of Cuneo, south
OF Piedmont, bounded by the Maritime
Alps, many spurs of which intersect the
province. At Frassino, nineteen miles
northwest of Cuneo, the number of
killed is now stated at 140, and forty one
corpses have been recovered from the
ice and snow in which they were en-
tombed. The village of Valgrava, on
the Grana River and near Cuneo, was
partly destroyed and many persons
were killed. Twelve houses were de-
molished and forty-two persons were
killed at Deveis. The village of Rabasso
is almost completely buried under snow.
Scores of people have been killed there,
and over zoo men, women and children
are wounded, homeless and in awful dis
tress. More than 5000 men in the prov
lnce of Cuneo are engaged, IN addition
to the soldiers, in recovering the bodies
Of the dead and rescuing the living.
Troops are also stationed at the entrance
of the Vale della Marie, and other dan
gerous valleys, where avalanches may
be expected, to prevent persons from
entering them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
PERSONALS.

PROF. FARMAN, of Yale, owns 8
controlling interest in the New Haven
News.
LONDON Truth expresses the fear that
MIR. Gladstone's illness will lead to his
retirement before long.
GEORGE ". CABLE, the author, eats
chocolate ice-cream at midnight, afte,
his readings, and still lives
RossI is to appear soon at the Residenz
theater, at Berlin, in "Kean," "Othello,'
King Lear" and "Montioie."
MYRoN ". WHITNEY, the well known
basso, having left the Ideals" will retire
to his beautiful home near Boston.
Mr.. j. KELLY will probably visit the
gulf states before long, and perhaps go
abroad for the benefit of his health.
EDMUND GossE says he expected to
find in America a somewhat modified
English life, but that he finds, in fact, a
French life scarcely modified at all.
THE memory of Martin Behaim, the
navigator, will be honored in Nurem-
berg by the erection of a fine marble
monument, modelled by Prof. Roess-
ner.
Mrs. GEORGE BANCROFT is said to
WELD the needle as ably as her husband
does the pen, and her house is profusely
adorned with embroidery of all sorts,
the work of her hands.
JOHN G. Emo, the fugitive New York
banker, is popular in Quebec, visiting
the best people and giving fashionable
dinners. He has been made q member
of the Merchants Club.
IT is announced that Isaac H. Brom-
ley, editor-in-chief of the Rochester
Post Express, has resigned and will be-
come the Washington correspondent of
several New York papers.
HERR SToLTE, the Dresden painter,
has an order from the South Carolina
Society of the Cincinnati for a portrait
Of the Revolutionary Gen. Moulton,
which, when done, will be presented to
the Mount Vernon Association.
MISS HARDWOOD, who is soon to con-
duct an exhibition of Mrs. Jarley's wax
works for charitable purpose In Bos-
ton, is a daughter of Rear Admiral
Harwood, of the United States navy,
and lady of fine education and high
social position in Philadelphia.
THE late Christopher Beckett is said
to have expended considerably more
than S1,000,000 on the collection of
painting, prints, cabinets, and articles of
"bigotry and virtue" which will come
under the hammer next June. At the
recent Hamilton sale he spent more than
100000.
Ex Gov. ABNER CoBURN. of Maine
whose death at the age of 81 years and
10 months has just been announced,
was poor farmers boy, and by his own
efforts and astuteness accumulated a
fortune of 100000 or 100000. He
was never married. He was the last of
eight brothers, no one of whom left a
male heir, the last of them, Stephens
SOD, having been drowned with his
father few years ago.
OF Reinsdorf, the fanatic who en-
deavored to blow up Kaiser Wilhelm at
Niederwald, the London Spectator re-
marks The man is said to have been
a singularly kindly one, especislly to-
ward women and children; he cross-ex-
amined witnesses with skill; he de-
scribed himself as martyr who ful-
filed the scriptural command to be
faithful even unto staying, and he is evi-
IDENTIFY one of those strange moderns
who are filled with the pass on of piety
till they forget alike righteousness and
Justice"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
Five Thousand Slave. Made Free.

On the 18th of October, says the
South American Journal, the city of
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul-one of the
three most important cities of the
province-formally liberated all the
slaves within its limits on that date,
numbering about five thousand persons.
This is the more remarkable since
Pelotas is the center of the jerked-bee
industry, and it was expected that the
abolition movement would meet with
strong opposition in the part of Brazil.
Precautions, however, would appear TO
have been adopted, in order to prevent
any sudden disturbances of in
dustrial activity. Our Rio contempo-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
ENGLAND'S ENEMIES
They Cause Her Loyal Citizens to
Tremble.
rec Dynamite Explosions in London
Public Buildings.
Considerable Damage Done to the House
of Commons and the Tower
of London.

The entire civilized world was thrown
into state CT CONSERVATION on the aft
ernoon of the oath by news of three
dynamite explosions among the public
buildings of London, causing great
damage and iniuring many innocent
people. At 2 P. NJ. two explosions took
place in the Parliament buildings, al
most Immediately followed by q
sImiIar explosion IN the Tower of
London. The first news of the explo-
sions, as usual, was much exaggerated,
but after the excitement was somewhat
allayed it transpired that considerable
damage had been done to the buildings,
and sixteen persons injured. The ac-
counts differ as 20 details, but the most
coherent is about as follows: Saturday
being visitors day in the Parliament
buildings, the place was crowded with
sightseers. A party Of the latter dis
covered a smoking package on the floor,
and called the attention of policeman
to the package. He Immediately picked
it up and started for the open
air. The package almost instant
ly exploded, prostrating every
one standing near. The p1hceman,
whose name is Cole, was fatally hurt.
The force of the explosion was terrific,
wrecking one end Of Westminster Hall,
and smashing all the windows in the
buildings. Three minutes later a
second explosion took place in the lob
by Of the House of Commons, directly
under the strangers gallery. The lobby
was completely wrecked ana the gal
iery torn down. The speakers chair
was also demolished, the glass roof shat
tered and other damage done. Had
Parliament been in session the loss of
life would have been fearful.
The explosion in the Tower of Lon
don took place almost at the same time
as those in the Parliament buildings.
This was in the part of the building
known as the white tower, which was
full OF visitors. The building was badly
damaged, and Il large number of people
we're more or less injured. It is sup
posed that the material for all three ex-
plosions was carried into the buildings
by visitors. The police made large
number OF arrests of suspicious persons
during the night, but all were after
wards released.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
A MOTHERS TERRIBLE DEED.
Her Own Throat Alter Mur-
deFing Her Two Children.

A terrible tragedy took place at New
port, KY, on the 25th. Mrs. Carrie l..
Winslow choked her 7-year-old son to
death, beat her 10-year-old daughter 30
severely with baseball club that it is
believed her injuries are fatal, and then
cut her own throat with razor, pro-
ducing speedy death. Mrs. Winslow
was 81 years old. She was living with
her brother and bis family, at the corner
of York and Taylor Streets, Newport.
She and her husband, George P. Wins
low, have been separated for several
years. He is at present living at Riston,
n. I. A few months ago Mrs. Winslow
returned from a sojourn in sanitarium,
for treatment for insanity. On Sunday
the family left her and her two children
with two servants at the house, while
they went to church. She retired with
her children to room. The servants
noticed the absence of the children, and
made search. They found her room
locked and raised the alarm. Mr..
Davis, brother of Mrs. Wipslow, broke
open the door and found the scene as
described,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31

empty, would put on quarter or a half,
and be satisfied with starting it that
way; but if there be lot of quarters
and things on already, he'd just as like
as not to slap down dollar bill. And
he'd get at least a dollars worth of sat
isfaction in watching the hesitation of
the men next to him, who knew they
were as good as he, and yet didn't like
to give so much. Why, I've had plate
come sailing by me just loaded with bills,
and you'd think the congregation was
extravagantly liberal, when the fact was
that two or three men started in that
way and the rest wouldn't take bluff.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
Passing the Collection Plate.
fFrom the New York Sun.

A great deal depends on the man who
carries the plate. He needs to have a
sharp eve, of course, not to miss any
body, because there is not one chance in
1000 of his being called back. What
he needs more than anything else,
though, is business tact. There's every-
thing in knowing how to pass a plate to
different people. Some of them are
cranky. If you put the plate at them
too persistently they feel offended, and
take pride in not contributing a cent
Tor s1 weeks. Then other people have
their little weaknesses, and want their
light to have good chance to shine. I
knew man who, if q plate came to him
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
FITZ.JOHN PORTER.
His Efforts Police Com I'M tssioner
10 Suppress Gambling i'm Gotham.


10 Suppress Gambling i'm Gotham.
A New York dispatch of the Goth,
says: "Gen. Fitz-John Porter, police
commissioner, has been acquainting
himself with the gambling dens of New
York with view to their suppression.
He employed two detectives from New
ark, n. j, to find out where games were
IN operation, and paid the men out of
his own pocket. Inspector Byrnes, of
the detective force, with a large number
of his men, raided dozen uptown
fashionable gambling houses tonight,
and captured large amount of contra
band property, in the shape of cards,
checks, faro and other layouts. Many
of the keepers of the houses had evi-
IDENTIFY been warned and were ont of
reach of the officers. Eugene Case, of
6 West Twenty-ninth Street, and Dave
johnson, of 6 West Twenty-eiehth
Street, were arrested for running games,
but were bailed."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
MORE AVALANCHES.
Village Ruined and People Killed in
Italy and France.


News was received from Rome on the
goth, of villages in the highlands of
Piedmont and Savoy having been lev-
astated by avalanches. Three villages
in Piedmont, including the important
village of Frassino, have been buried
under avalanches from the Piedmontese
Mountains. The town of Chaumont in
France, the capital of the department
of Haute Marne, at the foot of the Vos-
nes Mountains, was partly overwhelmed
with snow, and many people there were
killed. Another fatal avalanch oc-
CURED at Sparone, on the Dora
Boltea River, a few miles South
of Ivrea. Fifteen persons are
known to be buried under the snow
at Sparone, The villagers who have
been made homeless are in great dis
tress, and have appealed for rehet from
the royal treasury at Rome. Troops
have been sent to assist the villagers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
INDIANS KILLED.
Five Men and One woman Mas
sacred by sakowas i'm BRUSH
COiH bia.

An Indian woman arrived at Sylves-
ters trading post, on the Lizard River, in
British Columbia, on the 22d, and
reported the killing of five Indian men
and one woman by the Takowa Indians
who also took two women and two
children into captivity. The woman
made her escape and Travelled two
months before she reached the post in
a half famished condition. The MUIR
dered Indians had been saucy and thiev-
ing during the summer towards the
whites, and the murders were In retalia-
ton for an indian killed by them in
1899
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
WHOLESALE INDICTMENTS.
Two Hundred and Fifty-five Election
Judges to Answer for Fraud.

NV FHfFUNFVU M u II IfNy-EIVt EsFFCfTOu
Judges to Answer for Fraud.
The special grand jury at Chicago,
on the Odd, voted to indict 255 judges of
the recent election Tor permitting care
lessness and frauds, through which the
100000 appropriation for additional
police was made to appear carried by a
majority of 1900 when in reality the
proposition was defeated by several
hundred votes. The number of judges
to be indicted include about three
fourths of al who served. County
Clerk Ryan and Justices Scully and
Kersten, who composed the canvassing
board are also to be indicted.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
HE PLAYED DOCTOR.
A Little Boy Doses His Brother With
STYChnIne.

A Little hoy Doses His Brother With
SryChnlne.
George Sweet, son of Officer Sweet,
of Kalamazoo, Mich, gave his little
brother strychnine on the 18th, from
the effects of which he died shortly
after. The boys were playing doctor
when George got package from the
top of the clock. He had seen his father
place it there few days ago. He ad-
ministered it to his brother for the
Stomach ache" The mother heard
groans and rushing into the room saw
the boy was in commissions, while lying
on the floor was the paper containing
portions of the white powder.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
SUNRISE,
BY T. r. WATSON

A pale blue-gray mounts up the cloudleSs SIX
As one by one the pallid stars go out,
yellow whiteness rises. and the glare
Reflected lies upon the dark blue lake,
And crimson sun shafts fall along the deep;
The modest hill slopes blush in rosy red
At the bold wooing of the lusty morn;
A myriad insect voices rise TO swell
The birds sweet caroling from off the lea:
U % from the east IN glittering panoply
he vanguard warriors spring into the sky
And shake their flashing lances on the air;
And now the day king in a blaze of light
B, gins his march unto the realms of night.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31

barges broke from their mornings in
the Ohio River near Woods Run, on
the night of the 18th. All but two
sank during the night. Loss So. 1000.
Louis Pearsall, IA years old, killed
his little sister at their home in Brook
lyn, on the 10Th. The gun wasn't
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
AMONG THE SANDS.

A Fight in Egypt ''OffIciaIIy'' Re-
ported, with the Usual Result
1t was officially reported in London
on the 2lst, that serious fighting has oc
Cured in Egypt. The result was sasis-
factory to Lord Wolseley. The battle
occurred near Metemeh. An army of
10000 rebels attacked square in which
the British forces we're advancing, sew
eral times, but was compelled eventual
ly to retire. The rebels lost 800 killed
and 800 wounded. The English lost 65.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31

BLACK marble may TINS be polished ::
Wash the marble with soap and warm
water, and when it is dry rub it well
with furniture paste or French polish,
and then rub it over with an old silk
handkerchief. After two or three trials
the marble will become quite bright.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31

ALMA TADEMA's newest picture is
called Reading Horace" Itrepresents
a group of lads and lasses pondering
the wise words of the ancient poet
under the shadow OF a wide-spreading
oak.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
NIHILISTS UN DECK.
ihey Attempt to Assassinale the ST,
Petersburg Police Superin.
Iendenr,

Petersburg Police Superin.
Iendent.
A st. Petersburg dispatch of the oath
says: Excitement is rife to-day over
the attempted assassination of Police
Supt. Kollert. He was attacked by two
strangers in one of the main thorough
fares in broad day light this morning.
His assailants each fired shot at him
and then fed, They were pursued and
captured Both were identified as we'll
known Nihilists."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31

COARSE bison cloths were qnite &C
ceptable as a novelty, and were seen III
invisible stripes and large checks,
though the finer texture resembling
camel's hair cloth will meet with more
lasting favor. A very pretty and styl-
ish kind of bison cloth to form the
skirts of suits is woven to initiate tucks,
and is used much for froats OF suits.
the sides outlined with band of fur.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-31
Imagination.
tfiih = iuhttUhs
from the Hartford Times.l

from the HARTFORD lines.
A good Joke has leaked out about the
baggagemaster on Conductor Benedict's
train of the Naugatuck railroad. The
other day he mournfully took on at
Bridgeport heavy casket box, and all
the train hands supposed that they had
a corpse for passenger. Some remark
was made that the box was rather light,
and the baggagemaster declared that he
believed that the body was resurrected
one. Soon after leaving Bridgeport
this thought preyed upon him, and i'm
mediately his olfactory nerves were of
Tended in confirmation of his theory.
Forthwith he opened all the doors of
the baggage-car, and at length betook
himself for refuge to the smoker, de-
claring that he could endure it no longer.
Occupants of the mail and express com
partments of the car also COM
planned of the odor. When
the train reached Winstead an
undertaken called for the box, and asked
permission of the station baggagemaster
to leave it in the baggage-room. A
mild but firm protest against keeping a
corpse in his room over night was made.
A similar appeal to the express author
tiles met with prompt refusal. The
undertaken smiled a regular business
style smile, unscrewed the box, and
showed a new, empty casket.
"Ysu Ought TO be Mere Careful
From New haven Dispatchl
Willis A Kane, formerly an employe
of the Naugatuck Railroad Company,
has just died under peculiar circum-
stances. Some weeks ago a passenger
train on the Naugatuck road was de-
rallied by an open switch at Seymour,
and travel was interrupted for three
hours. The fault was that of Kane,
who was discharged with the mild rep
rimand from Supt. Beach, "You ought
to be more careful" The words
haunted Kane, and continually rang IN
his ears, and to make matters worse the
employees of the the road began to pes
ter him with the remark: You ought
to be more careful" One day at din
ner be dropped and broke cup, and,
without thinking to offend, his wife
said willis, you ought to be more
careful" whereupon he sprang upon her
and gave her a savage beating. From
that time to the day of his death he
was raving maniac, tending switches,
twisting brakes, and waving fran
tic signals, and for the last few
davs of his life the constant attendance
of three men was necessary to restrain
him.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-08
Stock Notes.

C. w. Kincheloe sold, August I, . heifers,
1,4SO, 81 cents.
Read the ad. of milch cows. buggy and har-
ness for sale. elsewhere.
Geo. Clark sold, August 6, to Mark and
Ripple, 4 cattle, 900, 81.
Leonard Scott sold, August !, TO Mark and
Ripple, 3 sheep, 80, 3 cents.
Capt. Withers sold, August 7, to Smith and
Hamlet, 8 sheep, 500, 3 cents.
Andy Llewellen sold, August 2, to George
Clark, 2 cattle, 1900, 8 cents.
Messrs. Ben and Marion Gillespie, of Clay
township, sold this week, 40 fat hogs, at "a 10
per hundred.
Mrs. Abers COW, in Old Town, became
mad, much as those of Messrs. Brightwell
and Loomis did, last Saturday. She was i'm
mediately confined in a lot. She became
worse and worse, until on last Monday, at II
O'Clock she died. This makes the third COW
that has died of this disease in Lexington.
Laclede, Linn county, Laconic:-''There is
a kind of disease going the rounds among the
cattle southwest of Laclede, in the form OF
madness. Mr.. II. Hoskins had a COW come
home last Thursday, July 9th, 1885, with
madness. She was fighting the rest of the
cattle, the horses, and everything she could.
They had to lasso her to prevent her from do
ing damage to the rest of the cattle. She
| died in about % hours. Within 9 days past
four have died. Also. W. w. HoskIns,
Thomas Fielding, and Mr.. Cook have all lost
q COW each, with the same disease or mad
naSav