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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-04
Notice oG final s'roSi.
nirst publication Nov. 6. 1ss6l

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L. LAND OFFICE, BAYFIELD,, WISCONSIN.
October 10Th, 1856.
NJ Office is hereby given, that the following
~ named settler has filed notice Of his intention
that said proof will be made before the Judge Of
the Circuit Court. or in his absence before the
CLERK Of the said court ut Superior Wisconsin, on
December 18th 1886. viz: William II. Peterson,
Presumption u. No. 12l6, for the nw14 of sci and
n15 of sw1 s Of section 36, township No. A ~, of
range No. | W, OF the 18th Prin. Mer.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF Said
land viz: Frank Corron. Charles ID. Phillips, ben
is Beaudry, Eli Turwell, the post Office address u
NIL whom is superior, Wisconsin.
A. X OSBORN.
Register
T. H. Pressnell, Duluth, Mimi, Attorney for
claimant n6dl
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-04

The ladies especially gointo &C.
stacies over Parker's Hair Balsam,"
writes Mr.. J. II. Decker, druggist, of
Findlay, Ohio They say it is the
most elegant dressing they eyer used.
Stops falling hair, restores color, pro-
nlotes growth.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-04
THE WAR SERIES,
which has been followed with I'm

which has been followed with unAag-
ging interest by a great audience, will
occupy less space during the coming
year. Gettysburg will be described
by Gen. Hunt Chief of the Union
ArtiIlary), Gen. Longstreet, Gen. f..
NJ. Law, and others; Chickamauga,
by Gen. ID. H. Hill; Sherman's march
to the sea, by Generals Howard and
Slocum. Generals @. A. Gilmore,
VIM. +. Smith, John Gibbon, Horace
Potter, and John S Mosby will dis
cribc special battles and incidents.
Stories Of naval engagements, prison
lite, etc, etc, will appear.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-04
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NOVELS AND STORIES.

The Hundredth Man" noyeI hy
Frank Il. Stockton, author of 9Th
Lady, or The Tiger" etc, begins in
Nnyomber, Two novelties W Geo.
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Foute, Uncle Rcmus," Julian Haw-
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TOWNSITEOF STPERIOR-

Owners Name. Description. Lot Blk. Amt.
Anderson West Sd street ind "a 2l2 s 3 %
do - uud n $50 , 81
do 9Th - 32 -
do und a 40 81
{ l. Johnson West i0th street IL
NPRRI 90 East o.h street 81 3 "a
b Anderson East 10th W of SCI 81 10
E Ashton West sd street Sol Il -
; Bacon 2i III Is 10
do 30 2S 10
7 BeniIeau East 1st street und u VIZ SO %
Jas Bardon West 18th street una y 50 30
do nwI. 10
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-04
TOWNSHIP OF SUPERIOR CITY.
TIE OF MIDDLETOWN.

Owners Name. Description. Lot. Blk. Amt.
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do Is ii
ROY'S ADDITION TO THE TOWNSHIP OF
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-04
NOTICE.
Of the Redemption of Lands
Sold for Taxes May 20, 1884.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, [
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK.
SIpEKIoR October III [

STATE OF WISCONSIN,,
County OF Douglas. -.
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK.
SUPERIOR. October Ri. 1856.
The following pieces Of land having been sold
bv the county Treasurer Of the County of Douglas
Oh the 1pth day of May lsi for the taxes interest
and charges for the year l>osi
THEREFORE, Notice Is hereby given that unless
said lands ire redeemed from said sale ON or be
fore the 10Th day OF May 1857, they will be con-
veyed to the respective purchasers assigneeS,
according 10 law.
The amount % taxes interest and charges cal
cua:ed up To he iast day OF redemption is set OPP
pcsite 10 each plc5e respectively.
GEO. r. HOLCOMB,
TSce Foot Note County Clerk.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-03
MOOnShincrS.

The term moonshiner appears to have originated about the year 1870 in the mountain districts of the southern states. In the opinion of General Green B. Raum, formerly collector of internal rev. enue, it arose spontaneously from the fact that the illicit distiller was moon- sinner, and his product moonshine whis- key" General Raum mentions also a curious term used in the south in con- nection with the tax on tobacco. "Thc dealers in illicit tobacco, who t}ourished principally in North Carolina, were called "blockadcrs," and the illicit (un- taXed) tobacco blockade tobacco. By analogy the term blockade whishey Was also used. "This evidently had its ori- gin in the long blockade of the southern ports during the war GS61-1S65), which caused the common people to associate blockade with anything at once illicit or prohibited, as well as dangerous. D. Boston Beucon.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-03
The Streets of Jerusalem.

The streets of the Holy City are narrow, badly paved, and crooked as corkscrew; the principal being the street of David, leading from the Jaffa Gate to the Haram; the street of the Gate of the Columns, running from the Damascus Gate to the street of the Gate of the Prophet David, under which name it continues to Zion Gate; Christian Street, running from the street of David to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre; and the Via Dolorosa, running from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to St. Stephens Gate. There are very few open places, and not one street in which carriage can be driven; the ba- zaars are poor and not to be compared for moment with those of Cairo or Da- mascus; they are in narrow lanes, for the most part vaulted over, and exhibit the usual articles to be found in Eastern ba- zaars-shoes, pipes, tobacco, hardware, jewelry, cutlery, and so forth-each stall being under the superintendence of man in flowing robes and turban, who sits cross-legged and smokes while the crowd buzzes increasingly around him. There are two good hotels, the '.Mediterrane- an" and the ''Damascus;" and several hospices-the Casa Nova of the Francis cans; the Austrian Hospice, and the Prussian Hospice of St. John-but the majority of travellers who are making the tour of Palestine, camp outside the city, as indeed do many of the inhabitants in the summer time for the sake of purer air. Almost every house in Jerusalem has a cupola, with flat surface on the roof to allow stroll round it, and all the houses are of stone. Very few of them exhibit any traces of architectural beauty; in fact, the dwelling houses gen. orally suggest poverty and dirt.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-03
A Queer Ancient Lock.

The general principles of lock found among the ruins of the great temple at Karnack, and which was in use more than forty centuries ago, has served for the foundation for most of the inventions of recent times. The locksniths of China, we are told, had, centuries before the birth of Christ, perfected lock out of which sharp bamboo thorn would dart and strike the hand of anyone wrongfully tampcring with it. The end of this bam- boo thorn was steeped in a poisonous de- coction, and should the luckless thief cs- cape death he would be marked for life. But this story is hardly entitled to full be- lief, for the reason, as the Chinese them selves claim, that as gunpowdca was man. ufacturcd by them at the time a Celestial safe-blower could easily render the thorn lock harmless by the aid of a few grains of powder.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-03
Sailors as Smugglers.
In talk with a custom house O,

In talk with custom house officer a Philadelphia Times reporter elcited the following: "All the sailors smuggle. They secrete goods all over the ship and derive profitable trade by bringing in dutiable goods without submitting them to the appraiser. False lockers are made in the cabins and a thousand odd hooks and corners on ship are utilized to con- ceal smuggled goods. They do not at tempt to remove these while the vessel is discharging her cargo, because great majority of the inspectors are vigilant and honest and the goods would be apt to be confiscated. They wait until the cargo is discharged, and after the inspector has gone over the vessel and certified that no dutiable goods remain on her they bring out their hidden treasures and carry them ashore. All sorts of goods arc smuggled, and there are lots of common sailors who are in league with professional smugglers and bring in contraband goods on every tripn
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-03
Mecca, the Holy Civ.

Mecca, the most celebrated city of Arabia, the seat of the Mohammedan re- ligion, stands in narrow sandy valley enclosed by hills, without trees or verd- ure. In its centre is the Beatu Allah Nouse of God), or Fl Harem (the invisi- ble), the great mosque, enclosing the Kooba, dividing the whole into the northern and southern towns these again being sub-divided into % quarters, ex- elusive of the suburbs, which stretch in single lines of houses along the narrow parts of the valley. The streets are wider than is usual in Eastern towns, the houses of stone three stories high and usually well lighted. The Shercet's house is large enough for garrison of 1, 900 men, and is said to be impregnable. The city is annually filled at the time of the pilgrimage and thousands of the devout camp in the suburbs. The inhabitants of this renowned city of the False Prophet, with the exception of Hjaazi Bedouin, are strangers by birth or percentage, being mostly settlers or children attracted hith- CT by gain.
 The colleges of Mecca have fallen to decay, and the libraries, once rich, have totally disappeared. As this wonderful Asiatic city during the pilgrimage is visit ed by from 100, 900 to 200, 900 strangers it becomes for three or four months in the year the greatest market in the East its merchants occasionally accommodating large fortunes. On the other hand, the bcggars of the city are importunate as well as numerous.
 The Shereefs, or direct descendants of Mohammed, are now numerous and widely spread body. These nobles, as they may be called, elect the Shereef of Mecca, and their choice is confirmed by the Ottoman Sultan. The stationary population of Mecca is estimated at be- tween %, 900 and 30, 900, including some 5000 or 4,0oO Abyssinian and negro slaves. But two Europeans have ever been permitted to enter the Holy City of Mohammcd.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-03
Proved 0 Periurer.

In large factory, in which were en- ployed several hundred persons, one of the workmen, in welding hammer, carelessly allowed it to slip from his hand. It flew half way across the room, and struck fellow-workman in the left eye. This man claimed that his eye was blinded by the blow, although very careful examination failed to reveal any injury. He brought suit in the courts for compensation for the loss of half of his eye-sight, and refused all of fers of a compromise. Under the law, the owner of the factory was responsible for an injury resulting from an accident of this kind, and although he believed that the man was shamming, and that the whole case was an attempt at swind- ling, he had about made up his mind that he would be compelled to pay the claim.
 The day of the trial arrived, and in open court an eminent occulist, retained by the defence, examined the alleged in- jured member, and gave it as his opinica that it was as good as the right eye. Upon the plaintiffs loud protest of his inability to see with his left eye, th> oc- culist proved him perju-er, and satis- fled the court and jury of the falsit: of his claim
 And how do you suppose he did it? Why, simply by knowing tn : the colors green and red combined make black. He procured black vard on which a few words were written with green K. Then the plaintiff was ordered to put on pair of spectacles with two different glasses. the one for the right eye being red, and the one for the left eye consist ing of ordinary gla 3. Then he was ordered to read the writing on it. This he did without hesitation, and the 1 cheat was at once exposed.
 The sound right eye, fitted with the red glass, was unable to distinguish the green writing or the bl * surface of the card, while the left eye, which wes claimed to be sightless, was the one with which the reading had to be done. -Harpers Young Peorle..
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-03
Sweet and Tender.

The chief cook at the St. James hotel. New York, tells an experiences: 'I like to try any new edible myself, sometimes. A little while ago I had nice young dog. Some how or other the dog broke his leg, and so killed it. It was so nice and fat thought I would see how it tasted cooked, so I prepared the dog like any one would prepare a joint of pork roasted it and served it with the same sort of dressing one would put with pork, and to stranger the joint had all the appearance of pork, and it tasted deli cious. It was very sweet and tender"
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-03
Pitt>burg at Night.

A great yellowish white speck low down in the distant horizon ahead is the first sight one sees of Pittsburg. That speck is flame forty or fifty feet long and half as wide. It is the advertisement of a gen tlemans furnishing goods store on Smith field street, the Broadway of Pittsburg. The enterprising brothers who keep the store had figure of ,"Liberty Enlighten ing the World" in the corner of their great new building, and when natural gas invaded the city, they took the cumber- some Bartholdian imitation of a firebrand in her hand, substituted twenty feet of gas-pipe for it, tapped the main in the middle of the street, and now they send man tip ladder every night, and he lights match and raises it to the pipe and bang! a section of the city is lighted as no electric light ever began to light any part of outdoors. And then over the city this great baloon-shaped blaze sways and pulsates in the wind all night roaring like giants furnace. Just so the river side is illuminated by two great flames that jut from ordinary little tubes stick ing out of Du Quesne Heights. It is wonderful to see the wind catch one of these masses of flame and wrestle with it and bear it down and roll it over and bite great yellow and white pieces from it and fling it away, patches of fire that look as if they were going to float along and keep their shape awhile as whiffs of steam do, but instantly they are gone. This natu- ral gas carries no odor with it. You cannot detect its presence even when the air is laden with it. It leaks from the mains into the Pittsburg streets, and, finding vein of sand, pcnetrates to the cellars of near houses. Several times it has happened that a resident has gone down in the cellar of his house to look for something, has lighted match there, and has seemed to become the centre of convulsion of nature which has wrecked all the windows, cracked the walls, and blown the doors off their hinges. In some of the mills, and in the lot where the new jail is going up the gas jets burn forever. There is at least one town or city in this region wherein the street lights are never put out, because it would be waste of money to hire lamp lighter after the original lighting.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-03

A Boston man, who has spent about fourteen years on the east and west coasts of Africa, says that the language of the natives of the Congo country is difficult to acquire, and that he knows of only one European who has mastered it sufficiently to understand it, though he can speak very lit ?. It appears to be composed of short w.,rds, which, in the rapid manner of speaking, seem to be run together, and each sentence to consist of longer or shorter composed word. It is capable of strong emphasis, and is quite expressive, but the natives are not given to gesticulation even when talking ex. citedly, excepting always the feticharo ol fctich man when dealing out damnatior to transgressors. The trouble in acquir ing the language seems to be the genera unwillingness of the natives to teach it te white men. It is said, however, tha, some of the Portu! cs who are born and raised there have acquired the hngnagr: and speak it as tluently as natives.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-03
Short Journeys by the Overland Route.

Strolling one day in what is euphemis- tically termed in equatorial attitudes, ''the cool of the evening"" along tan gled tropical American feld-path, through tow region of lagoons and water courses, my attention happened to be momen- tarily attracted from the monotonous pur- suit of the nimble mosquito by small animal scuttling along irregularly before me, as if in hurry to get out of my way before I could turn him into an excellent specimen. At first sight took the little hopper, in the gray dusk, for one of the common, small green lizards, and wasn't much disposed to pay it any distinguished share either of personal or scientific atten- tion. But, as walked on little farther through the dense underbrush, more and more of these shutiling and scurrying lit tie creatures kept crossing the path, hasti- ly, all in one direction, and all as it were, Ill a formed body or marching phalanx. Looking closer, to my great surprise I found they were actually fish out of wa CT, going on walking tour, for change of air, to- new residence-genuine fish, q couple of inches long each, not eel-shaped or serpentine in outline, but closely re- sembling a red mullet in miniature, though much more beautifully and deli cately colored, and with fins and tails of the most orthodox spiny and prickly de- scription. They were travelling across country in bee-line, thousands of them together, not at all like the helpless fish cut of water of popular imagination, but unconcernedly and naturally as if they had been accustomed to the overland route for their whole lifetimes, and were walking now on the king's highway with out let or hindrance. Scienc. M0nthly.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-03
Produced the Body.

The Tiffis Kacahus reports a singular case which lately occurred in Georgian village in the Caucasus. A Persian be- came bail for fellow-countryman ac- cused on criminal charge. When the day of trial came the accused was not forthcoming The bailsman was informed that he must produce his friend, or the recognizances would be estreatcd. He went to the accused, and having employed in vain every possible argument, entrcaty and threat, he finally drew his dagger and plunged it in the breast of the de- faulter. He then bore the body to the judge, saying that he brought the corpse, since he failed to produce the living man. He was painfully surprised on being him. self arrested and lodged in jail on a charge of murder.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-03
HUMOROUS.
A liberty pole-Kosciusko.

A liberty pole-Kosciusko.
 A moving scene-An earthquake.
 "Ever kneeling at thy feet"-The boot black
 Cool Debtor-"Do you take me for a propheta"
 People we must put up with-Hotel keepers.
 A friend in need-The real estate agent.
 Jonah was the first secretary of the in- terior. ..a
 "The money makers"-Workers in the mint. ..a.
 Last but not least-What your boot was made on.
 Irate Crcditor-"Now when will this bill be paid?"
 What is pie-planta Why, the burial of a baker, of course.
 "Mamma, why is papa baldG" 'I am his fourth wife, darling" ..5
 "What is the nationality of that drinki" he asked the man who was filling glass from syphon bottle. "Celt, sir" w A Western settlers cabin was recently swept entirely away by tornado. That is what we should call carrying house by storm.
 Dr. Tanner says that with the unaided eye only about five thousand stars can be seen. Dr. Tanner has evidently never been on skates.
 Buttons-Missus told me to come down and tell you she was not at home. Huff cut-Go back and tell your mistress say haven't called. .ul
 An agricultural paper says: 'No ami nal can fight and eat at the same time. Evidently never seen traveller at ten minutes-for lunch stand. bio Lewis says that hot water will cure all complaints. In that case inn provident men ought to be extra healthy, , for they are always in it.
 A poor young man and his poor young wife get along very well with their economy until the dry goods stores begin to spread all over the newspapers. Then there's break.
 No matter if woman hasn't but three lines to write on page of letter paper, she can't resist the temptation to write two of them on the side margin and then sign her name upside down over the date.
 An up-country schoolmaster, whose wife was one of his pupils, had occasion to punish her ono day. The next day the school-house door bore this inscription: "School closed for one week owing to the | illness of the schoolmaster
 Down in the silent hallway Scampers the dog about, And whines, and barEs, and scratches, In order to get out. Once in the glittering starlight, | He straightway doth begin
 To set up a doleful bowling In order to get in.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-03
Ans as Pickles.

It is curious what an appetite for some. thing sour men have who eat great deal of fat food. Generally in the numbering region, large quantity of raspberries or blueberries are picked and put down in tubs to sour for winter use. But that year had been poor berry year; scarcely any had been gathered. ''Pickles! Pickles p was the cry, morning, noon and night. There were 2e choppers of the camp, all calling for ''pickles." "An' eff yer can't git us roz-briz git ants!" So the cook sent Al Churchill and 1.-the youngest two members in the camp-off into the woods after great ants--for pick les. It may seem rather odd, to say the least, that anybody could have the stom- ach to eat so ugly an insect as a big,
 black ant. But it is not infrequently done in the numbering camps of northern Maine and Canada. did muster courage to chew one up once. It had fine, acid flavor, by no means unpleasant, if one could keep his eyes shut. Rough fellows, like the lumbermen, are not very fastidi- ous. The cook gave. us. a six quart tin pail and cover to get the ants in! Al took an old gun which was. kept at the camp to shoot partridges and other game. and took an ax to cut open the old logs and stumps with. We set off for tract where the fire had run years before, and where old pine trunks lay scattered in decay on the ground as they fell. Many of these had colonies of large ants living in tunnels and galleries which they had cut inside. In September it is easy to find out which stumps, or logs, have the nests of ants; for by rapping smartly on the side, an army of black fellows will pour out of their holes; and if you pre- sent your hand they will attack it with remarkable ferceness. But so late as December the ants are too torpid from the cold to sally forth. But we were guided by the holes which they had cut for gates, and the heaps of fresh chips,
 like sawdust, which had been thrown out. A few strokes of the ax sufficed to split, or knock to pieces, the old stumps, and expose the long tunnels and network of cross passages inside. Many of these we found packed with dormant ants, and had only to scoop them into our pail. In one log remember that we scraped out not less than quart; and quart of ants must contain at least 10000, even of these large ones.-Anaerican Rural Home.