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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
A Light-giving Mexican Insect

lFrOm the Scientific American
At a recent meeting OF the Academy
OF Sciences at Paris a plate halt filled
with water, IN which were half dozen
insects about an inch in length, which
shore like diamonds, although the
room was filled with sunshine, was
passed around among the members.
These insects had been brought from
Mexico, where they are to be found in
the forests. The scientific name is the
pyrOphore; and, as none had ever
been seen before in Europe, they Great
ed quite q sensation. The light re-
sembles that of a glow-wOrm or fire
fly, although as much more brilliant
and intense as an electric lamp sur
passes a wax taper in its power of
illumination. When the light begins
to fade it can be made as brilliant as
before by shaking the insect, or dip
ping it in water. l. is said the Indians
of Mexico use them for light at night,
and a few Will suffice to illuminate an
entire room. When they are walking
at night they put one on each foot so
that they can be sure of their Way,
and also that they do not step on
any venomous snake or reptile, with
which the tropical forests abound.
The Mexican ladies buy them of the
Indians and inclose them in a trans
parent bag, which they wear in their
hair or at the neck. The effect is very
beautiful, especially when several are
worn, and, as the Indians sell them for
a few cents 81 dozen, they are within
the reach of every fair one. They are
fed on sugar-cane. and II we'll taken
care OF will live a long time. One
placed upon page will enable it to
be read with ease in the darkest night.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
Peculiar Effects ofDelirum Tremens

From the San Francisco Chronicle
A peculiar instance OF the halluCina-
tions of persons sufferingfrom delirum
tremens came under the notice of the
stewards of the receiving hospital yes
terday, the victim being butcher who
has for some time past been max
ing glad the hearts of the brewers.
He labored under the belief that he
had but few hours to live, and set
about making preparations for his de
parture from earth. He dictated a
will, in which he bequeathed to afriend
a pair of cuffs, the clothing which he
was wearing, and an old ring boned
and spawned horse. After completing
that heavy task he gave directions for
the management Of his funeral and de-
scribed the style Of coffin and the
trimmings which he desired, particular
ly requesting that the plate on the lid
should be in the form Of heart. The
solemn proceedings were diversified by
his frequent shouting to test his lungs,
as he believed that they were rapidly
disappearing, and after giving one of
his yells he would smile, and say:
"Well, guess I'm good for another
half hour, as I have a little piece Of
one lung left"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26

fire, and she was so badly burned that
/ she died in few hours.
By an explosion of gas in a vault In
the Terre Haute city building. on the
18th, the offices OF the city clerk and
/ city treasurer were completely de
/ mOlished and the deputy treasurer
seriously injured and burned. The
/ city clerk was slightly injured.
! Fire broke out on the 14th among
the cotton landed at Havre, France,
/ from the steamer Cymro, from New
! Orleans. Twenty-one hundred bales
/ taken from the steamer were lying on
1 the wharf when the flames were discov-
4 cred, and most OF them were DESTROYED.
! A fire at 139 Lake Street, Chicago.
on the 18th, caused a loss to A. B.
4 Ansbacher & Co., painting materials,
of $40, 900, fully insured; to Silberberg
/ & Co., 81 900, insurance $1,000: to
building 81, 900, insured.
A wooden factory containing six sets
OF machinery, a new factory not yet
completed, a store and its contents, a
dwelling house and two barns belong
ing to Benjamin Greenbank, and a
covered highway bridge, were burned
in South Danville, Vt, on the 18th.
The loss is estimated at SIS, 900; in
surance $50, 900.
The large spinning mill Of the Arling-
ton Mills Manufacturing Company, at
Wilmington, Del, was burned to the
ground, on the 18th, involving an es-
timated loss on the building, material
and machinery of 100000, which is
covered by insurance in a combination
of New England mutual companies.
Gen Robert Toombs, ex United
States senator, Confederate secretary
of state and rebel brigadier general,
died at his home at Washington, Ga,
on the 18th. He was IS years old.
Frank Duncan, a miner, was found
dead on the road near Lisbon, O., on
the night of the 18th, with his head
crushed. The wound was apparently
inflicted with a handy billy. James
Burk, who had been in company with
the deceased, is supposed to have COM
mitted the crime.
Fire at Fort Worth, Tex, on the
18th inst, destroyed the large dry
goods establishment of Ingram & Co.
and a number of adjoining buildings,
causing a loss of S72, 900, with S55,-
900 insurance.
Three skaters were drowned at Mon
treal on the night of the 18th by the
giving way of the ice on IT, liver.
Garrabrant & Cole, tobacco dealers
at Omaha, Neb., failed O.. he 14th.
Liabilities, $4,000.
Benz T. 0. Hubbard, cashier OF the
First National Bank, of Monmouth,
H., who is charged with embezzling
$120, 900 of the banks funds, testified
in court on the 14th that ne had not
taken any of the banks funds. He
declared, on the other hand, that the
president and others OF the directors
had all overdrawn their accounts, and
that they were at all times privy to
this condition of affairs.
Tom Kelley, son of Roadmaster P
J. Kelley, OF the Big -Four road, was
killed at Bonfield, ten miles west OF
Kankakee, ILL.,, on the 18th, by the ex-
plosion of the boiler of stationary
engine used 10 pump water into the
railroad tank. Kelley's head was
blown entirely off. A. Shane, a bridge
carpenter, was badly scalded and may
die.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
Mules Sell Better Than Horses

From the Natchez (Miss.l Democrat
For mules there is always a demand,
and, independent OF his service on the
farm, large, well-trained gentle mule
would always demand a good price
and could at any moment becOnverted
into cash. A mule is about the only
product OF the farm for which dealers
will seek, and every good mule would
command it's market value on the
spot where it is grown. We rarely
hear OF native raised horse that can
be sold for more than 5000, and then
only to some one who happens to
fancy him, but to good mules there is
a fixed market value. Two hundred
and fifty is no unusual price paid for
fine mule, and in the cities OF the
West 5000 and even $500, are paid
for fancy team OF mules.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26

balance of the session was occupied in de
Date on the new code of rules.
THURSDAY, Dec. 17.-Mr. Dibble, of South
Carolina, asked leave to introduce CON
sutuuonal amendment providing for a
second vice'president. The new code of
rules then came up, and numerous amend
m5nts were offered. The only one adopted
was that increasing the number of the com
mlttee on accounts to nine. Mr.. Springer,
OF Ilhnols, made several attempts to
aoohsh committees which he deemed use
less, declaring that some of them did no
business except select clerks. but his efforts
were unsuccessful. Pending an effort on his
part 10 abolish the committee on expendi-
lures IN the various departments and
create one committee on the expenditures
IN the executive departments, the House
adjourned.
FRIDAY, Dee. 1S.-The new code of rules
was taken up and discussed at great length.
An amendment striking out the distribu.
tlOn feature OF the committees report was
lost by big majority. After the adoption
OF number of unimportant amendments.
the report was adopted. So the rules OF
the Forty eighth Congress, as amended by
the report OF the committee on rules are
re-enacted as the rules OF the Forty y-ninth
Congress. Mr.. Morrison called up the reso-
luton for a holiday recess after having
amended it so that the recess shall begin on
Monday next and end on January 5. Mr.
Beach IN. W opposed the idea, which he
considered a childish one, OF taking holi-
day recess. AT this time it was attended
with danger, and he appealed to a Demo-
cratic House to go as far as Republican
Senate had done in taking some action on
the Presidential succession bill. The reso-
luton was adopted. On motion of Mr..
Matson (lnd.) the Senate bill granting q
pension to the widow of Gen. Grant was
taken up and passed, Mr.. Price, OF WiscCn-
sin, alone voting in the negative.
SATURDAY, Dec. 19.-The Speaker an
nounced the following committee on en-
rolled bills: Neece (Ill), Snyder (W. Va,
Fisher Mich }, McRea ark, Holmes Qa.)
Perkins (kas.), and Allen (Mass.). Mr..
Findlay asked immediate consideration of
the Senate presidential succession bill, but
objection was made and it was referred.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
A TERRIBLE gVFSD,
Great Loss of Life and Property on the
Isthmus.

Great Loss of Life and Property on the
Isthmus.
A Panama dispatch, lust received,
has the following; Colon has been
visited by a very severe cyclone which
has done great damage. Itcommenced
on the I'd inst, at about P. NJ, and
the next day lulled, but commenced
again with terrible severity. All the
steamers in port put out to sea for
safety, returned, and had again to put
out. The damage to property
has been very heavy and the
loss to life most serious,
The following vessels were sunk
with their crews: Holden, Karnan.
Blanche, Ortolan, Atwood, Ariel, Vet.
eran, Ocean, Lynton, Avelyn, Stella,
Catalina, Figri, Douglas and two 9th
ers whose names could not be ascer-
tanned. The rain poured down in tor
rents, and a terrible gale OF wind from
the northeast set in. The royal mail
new freight office was destroyed by the
storm. Wharf No. 4, belonging to the
Panama Railroad, is almost demol-
ished, the rails having been torn up
and the earthworks destroyed by the
force of the wind"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
FfORBED AND SHOT,
Brutal Murder of "A Wisconsin Man Work
ing in Indiana.


The engineer of the southbound pas
senger train on the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern Railway on the
morning of the 18th, discovered the
bleeding body OF a man on his hands
and knees near the track at New Era
Station, sixteen miles north of Fort
Wayne. The man was recognized as
Lex Harner and died shortly after.
Harner had been employed by the
Lake Shore Railway as track laborer
and boarded a mile north of New Era.
Being very steady and economical, he
has saved $500, which was deposited
In the bank at Auburn. He had COM
pleted preparations to go to Wiscon-
sin, and is supposed to have drawn his
money from the bank. In company
with Levi Kessler, he left their board
ing-hOuse an hour before he was found
on the track. Kessler boarded train
at Stoner's, three miles south ofwhere
Harner was found, went to Ft. Wayne,
and left Tor Lima, O., on the Fit. Wayne
road that afternoon, where all traces
OF him are lost. Harner had two gun
shot wounds in the head, and his
pockets were rihed. He was % years
OF age, unmarried, and had relatives
residing in Wisconsin. Kessler is 80,
unmarried, and regarded as a very
hard character.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
4 Very Mean Man.

From the Jackson ga News.
a short time ago a committee of the
members of a Henry County church
was appointed to wait on the breth-
rem and solicit contributions for home
missions. Old Brother c. is known as
being rather a hard customer, who
scarcely evergives anything for mission
purposes. One of the brethren called
upon Brother G. and, after talking
awhile on general topics, requested
him to give something. "Well," says
Brother c., Il hardly ever give any
thing, and | hain't got the money no.
how" "But, Brother c., it is your
duty to give something, and if you
haven't any money | know you have
lot OF fine peach brandy, and I'll
take it in brandy" This was a poser
for Brother c., but he proved himself
square to the emergency, and said:
"Weli, no; can't spare any OF that
brandy for missionaries as | only keep
a little on hand for home consump-
ton" So the good brother was
forced to give up the contest, and
Brother c. didn't even offer him a
drink
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
4 Mining Story

lFEpuI lHc wal StIesI NeNo-I
An Eastern young man returned
home a few days ago from a trip to
Colorado for his health, and, in mar
rating his adventures, ne told about
buying silver mine for So, 900.
Il knew they'd rope you in"' ex-
claimed an old man. so you were
ass enough to buy humbug mine"
Eyes, but didn't lose anything. l
formed a company and sold half the
stock to a Connecticut man for ST.
600"
"I-you did" gasped the old man,
as he turned white, I'm bet I'm the
nethat bought it.
81 know you are" coolly observed
the young man, as he crossed his legs
and tried to appear very much at
| home
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
IN OUECk SUCCESSION.
Murder, Arson and a Lynching Bee in
MissisSinni-

Mississippi.
At Laurel, Miss, on the 18th, col
Ored woman named Celia Perryman
was murdered, together with her two
children, boy and a girl, aged re-
spectively s and II years. 1t was de-
veloped at the inquest that Sam Will
son, cOlored, aged about %, had,
during the absence of the mother and
boy, attempted to assault the girl and
then killed her with an ak. He then
enticed the boy into the house and
slew him, after which he broke open
the woman's trunk and took money
and several valuable articles there
from. The mother returned while Will
son was in the house, and he immedi-
ately attacked and killed her. He
then set fire to the house and left the
scene of the tragedy. The fire was,
however, discovered in time to rescue
the bodies. The villain was captured,
and did not live to see thesun go down
on his bloody work.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26

had been no paper there would have
been no fire, and ne went on to say
that if the chimney had been struck
by lightning that would have been ar
accident; but it is not clear why this is
any more an accident, for if there were
no chimney it could not be struck by
lightning. Perhaps, however, the dis
tinction was only magisterial face
tiousness, for when the defendant fur
ther pleaded that the chimney was
regularly swept, Sir Andrew answered,
"Well, you sweep the sweep, and / will
sweep you by filming you 10 shillings"
"a Jest, doubtless; but alderman-like
and recOndite.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
He Saved Her IIfe.

From the Kingston Freeman.I
A woman With a sealskin sacque en-
circiing her plump form while walking
along Abeel Street, Rondout, this
morning, had the misfortune TO cross
the path OF a large gander The
biped stuck out his tongue and Kissed
violently. The woman shrieked to d
small boy who was standing near by
witnessing the performance: "Oh,
hubby, drive of the ferocious beast,
or it will eat meup." The boy chased
the gander away, and the owner Of the
sealskin sacque gave him 10 cents,
with the remark "You saved my
life. I shall never forget you"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
sh4rGnrER or BAACK FLAGS
One Hundred Pirates Slain in a Cavern in
Tonquin by the French.

Gen. De Courcy, commander of the
French forces in Tonquin, telegraphed
the war office on the 18th that Gen.
De NegrIer has cleared the Marble
Mountains, north of Hai-Duong, of
Black Flags and pirates, capturing a
number OF fortified caverns and large
quantity of arms and ammunition.
One cavern was desperately defended,
and fully 100 pirates were killed before
it could be taken. Numerous war iunks
were sunk between the rapids and the
Bamboo canals. The country has been
pacitied.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
GEARDFASS OF THE PEACE.
Two of Them Knock Down and Rob "A
Wealthy New Yorker.

Jacob S. Schwarzler, a wealthy
builder living on Fifth Avenue, New
York, was knocked down and robbed
on the night OF the 18th, by Park Po-
liceman McInerney and ex-Park Po-
liceman Mcdonnell, both of whom were
arrested. Mr.. Schwsrzler was walking
along Eighty-sixth Street toward his
home, at about s p. NJ, when McIner-
ney and Mcdonnell rushed up behind
him, threw him to the sidewalk, and
then beat him into insensibility. They
were rifing the PROSTATE mans pock-
cts when two city policemen arrested
them
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26

HOSIERY is in a greater variety OF
designs than ever before. Some OF
the stockings areelaborately embroid-
cred with gold, silver or steel beads,
others have heraldic and medieval
designs, and still others have realis-
tic serpents winding about them.
Black and dark colors, however, are
generally worn.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
IN THE MINES.

Siberian ExiIes Killed by an Explosion
of Dynamite.
st. Petersburg dispatches of the
18th state that a terrible dynamite
explosion took place in the Pleijuchin
mine, in Siberia. Reports from the
scene are conflicting, and give the num-
Der OF killed at all the way from 400
to 900 men.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
Definition Of Accident.

Accidents will happen, but what is
an accident? Insurance companies
take broad view of the term, hold
ing, for instance, that murder is an
accidental death; but, on the other
hand, Sir Andrew Lusk is inclined to
restrict the word to those events
which take place without the intro
duction OF human agency. A publican
who was charged with having allowed
his chimney to catch fire pleaded that
1t was the result o. an accident, a
sheet ofpaper which was being used to
draw" the fire having ignited and
flown up the chimney. This the al
derman denied to be an accident, pre-
sumably on the ground that if there
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26

SINGLE, double-breasted and Giago-
nal ulsters are seen IN brown, black,
green and dark red. This season they
only button TO a short distance below
the waist and are slit up the back.
These are worn in the coldest weather.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
DEADLY TIPHOON.
Many Lives Lost and Hundreds of House
Destroyed in the Philippine Islands.

Many Lives Lost and Hundreds of Houses
Destroyed in the Philippine Islands.
The following was received by the
steamer Oceanic, which arrived at San
Francisco on the 10Th: A typhoon in
the Philippine Islands, November 7,
destroyed over 4, ,4OOh houses, including
thirteen churches and ten converts.
Eighteen lives were lost and 50OcattIe
destroyed. This report only comprises
the destruction in nineteen CT the
thirty-four districts of the islands.
The remaining fifteen have not yet
been heard from.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
The Gulf Stream.

Some fresh information about the
Gull Stream is given by Boston sci
enlist 1t is stratum of warm blue
water not more than fifty fathoms
deep, and it flows due east at rate
that would take it to England within
100 days. Of Cape Hatteras this
northward flowing stream is in the
form OF fan, it's three warm bands
spreading out over the Atlantic sur
face to an aggregate breadth OF 167
miles, while two cooler bands of an
aggregate breadth of fifty-two miles
are interposed between them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26

MONDAY, Dec. 14.-Mr. Morrison. of Iii
nois, from the committee on rules, sub
mitted the report OF that committee on the
proposed revision of the rules, and it was
ordered printed and laid over until to-mor-
row, permission being given to Mr Randall
OF Pennsylvania, to submit minority re-
port. Mr.. Weaver, of Iowa, offered a reso-
luton providing for a call of states to-day,
for the introduction of bills Considera bic
antagonlsm was made TO this proposition,
Messrs. Hammond, of Georgia, and McNil-
lin, OF Tennessee, asserting that the intro
duction OF b lis before the House had deter
mined the jurisdiction of the various COM
mittees would lead TO great confusion. Mr..
Springer, of Illinois, took the same view
and pointed ont various sections in the
proposed new code, which would be violated
il the resolution were adopted Further
discussion was cut short by a motion to
adjourn, which was carried
TUESDAY, Dec. 15.-Mr Morrison called
up the report OF the committee on rules,
and the new cod vas read. after which the
entire session was taken up in debate onits
adoption.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 16.-On motion oi
Norwood, of Georgia, Senate bill was
passed removing the political diss bihties
of Alexander f. Lawton. OF Georgia. The
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26

A JAPANESE Judge recently fined a
newspaper editor for not crediting an
article clipped from contemporary.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
WAS FIRED OUT.

WAS FIRED OUT.
King Milan he,
With his armee,
Did tiercely ty-ah
To take Sofia.
Thy Bnlgars turned,
With anger burned,
And put him 10 rOut,
Or. as il were.
With courage rare,
Sofa 4 him out.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26

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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-05
LOCAL NOTES.
2-2l-3ln

Selling ont at Runyan's. Roses,
shade trees and eyergreens, at half
nrIce 3-2-Gt
Finest sugar house molasses Just re-
ceived at Fred Smiths. 3-3-Ot
Peach trees 10 cents at Armstrong;.
We carry full line of patent medi-
cines, Ragland q Co.'s City Drug store.
A large assortment of choice perfumes
at City Drug Store.
Fine NJ. Neal and amarque pot
roses at Armstrong;. 2-2'-Ot
The Kaiser Tyroleans are drawing
large audiences at the Uehlinger pa
vilion. Z-Zo-u
Toilet, bath and carriage sponges at
City Drug Store.
Finest butter in the city at Fred
Smiths. on corner by turn table. 3-3-Ot
Grape vines and peach trees, D cents,
at Runyan's, also roses at 20 cents.
See Armstrong and buy your trees
and shrubbery at your own prices. 10
Commerce street.
Wheeler q Wilson's silent No. s, 10
Commerce street. 2-3-t
Our clothing made to order Is strictly
frst-class. PANCoAsT Il Sons.
V,eIcoa.s a ~ INC ""''
NJ rahco"s' suns ar
Buy new NO. sewing maGl'n ne
Every smoker should Try "l1lt'ie 'ohsr'
Great reduction in prices on winter
goods at Pancoast Il Sons.
We guorantee our 35c. tooth brushes.
RAGLAND q Co.
Shade trees and shrubbery at lower
prices Than ever before known, at Arm
strong,s
ne. uc.o. e.,,;l,. sou;og mn
chino Wheeler a. Wilson's silent No. s.
~ 49,, 49,. o,yn ooooo Fred
We TONS. o9I o"m ov nH So,adoJ
Smlln; corner iio"s'o" anu 9 9'a'Gt
s'ree's.
Chenille embroiderlng, etchihg, mp
ilque, heill.s ss,i, A Wha md and VII,
Moie1u pti i,,nrSve o machines o.3.tf
'O' ca,, al goo ,ha WHIT claimant
Ioull anu S n,'no ino oo,ntar The Mace
restauran. nmu au,tV tho ha.t neaI for the
, mnere yuu u"m e. 60 III. ,ba bost The market
AFFORDS. FIrst-olass walters on watch
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-05
Communicated.

Editor san Antonio Light.
SAN ANTONIO, March I.-lSs5.-The
stock quotations in the Express are out
ofall reason, and If they have any effect
it is to drive buyers away from this mar
ket. Cows are quoted at $40, when /
will contract all Il man wants for from
SIS to SIG 80. Cows and calves are
worth about SIS 80. Nearlings are
worth from s. to -. Twos are beg
ging buyers at Sl2. will sell one lot
of 1000 nj this figure, and take any ac-
ceplable paper, on long time. Two
year old heiiers are worth from SIP to
SO. will deliver all the three wear
old steers man wants for - less Than
your quotations. / will sell sheep for
from 20 to 80 per cent. less than you
quote. II there are any buyers nj my
figures, am eager to meet them. Your
figures are above even Panhandle prices,
and the elect must be bad, us cattle In
that section are generally worth 10 per
cent. more than ours. Very truly.
CHARLES NEAHAUGU.