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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-02-06
Il FAMILY AFFAIR.
Three Men in Kentucky Killed in Their
Own House.

Meager details OF triple tragedy IN
Letcher County, KY. have been re-
ceived. VIM. Wright, an old man, An
dy Wright, his son, and VIM. Wright,
colored, were killed by James, Samuel
and Elijah Wright, on Wednesday
night. The murderers aresaid to have
gone to the home OF the slain men and
shot them down without warning.
The parties are related, and the as
sasslnatlon Is thought to have resulted
from a family feud. The murderers
have been arrested ars7 r. trial set
Tor Friday. II l. thOpslr that they
will he hsr-aa sz there much indlc-
nation and ezSI. eiIsut over me affair,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-02-06
A REHARksBLE CASE.
The Suicide of Commercial Traveller at
Malone, \. Y.


On the 18TH John S Gillett, com
mercial traveller for a New York gro
cery house, went into a drug store at
Malone, \. Y, and taking a sixty
grain bottle OF morphine off one of the
shelves, swallowed -heentire contents.
He Immediately relapsed into IN
consciousness and a few minutes later
was pronounced dead. Shortly after
signs OF life were discovered and vigor-
Gus applications Of a gaIvanic battery
brought the unfortunate man to life.
Since then he fingered between life and
death until the 26th, when he died.
He was delirious during the entire
period. 1t is considered a very re-
markab,e fact that he should have
lived two weeks after having taken so
large a dose OF the deadly drug.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-02-06
BEYOND THE GATE.
BY CATHARISE M'DovELL RICE.

Two dimpled hands the bars of iron grasped;
Two blue and wondering eyes the space looked
through.
This massive gate a boundary had been set,
Nor was she ever known to be but true.
Strange were the sights she saw across the way
little child had died some day before-
And as she watched amid the silence hushed,
Some carried flowers, some a casket bore
The little watcher at the garden gate
Grew fearful, hers such thoughts and wonder
ings were,
TIL said the nurse: Come here, dear child
Weep not.
We all must 90. IT'S God has sent for her"
"'If he should send for me"-thus spoke the
child
an have to tell the angel, DO rot wait,
Though God has sent for me, cannot come,
never go beyond the garden gate"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-02-06
TSDER WATER.


A Break in p Levee In California Floods
$1,000 Acres.
The cross levee, which separated the
lower division OF the Roberts Island
from the middle division, near Stock
ton, Cal, gave way on the Both, al
lowing water to cover $4,000 acres OF
land, OF which $4,000 were in wheat.
Most OF the inundated land is owned
by the Glasgow Farina Company,
made up OF foreign capitalists. The
entire loss by the inundation is esti-
mated at $500 900.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-02-06
\ Lion on a Locomotive.

tFrCm the san rdIltl-CD NDECL4g4--I
Oneday recently Utah K Northern
train was nearing Silver Bow, VI. T.,
and as the locomotive passed some
cliffs the engineer saw a dark object
spring on the cow-catcher. Nothing
further being noticed, he thought that
possibly It was a lump OF dirt, which
had rolled of again The fireman
went to oil the engine shortly after,
and discovered a large animal crouch
ing on the cow-catcher. Upon seeing
the fireman the beast started toward
him along the foot-board, the man
getting back into the cab barely IN
time to save himself. The engineer
recognized in the animal huge mount
ain lion, and opened the steam whis-
tle,sthe sound OF which frightened the
strange visitor so that it Jumped of.
4 subsequent search was made near
the spot, and the body OF the lion was
found. its reck having been broken by
the fall The carcass weighed 300
pounds.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-02-06

JOHN MCLEAN puts most OF the
money he emakes by the Cincinnaei En-
guIrer into Washington real estate.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-02-06

OVER SO. 900 worth OF feathers have
been sold from the twenty-one grown
ostriches at the -La i'm ostrich farm,
Los angeles, c. during the past
seven months.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-02-06
ST. LOUIS
TOLEDO
How to Stop That Paper.

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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17
Where Did il Come From?

In the year 1877 some workmen who
were engaged in building Il bridge
across Chappellc crcck--a small stream
rising near tho town of Ashland, O.,
and running through Erie county and
into Lake Eric-found it necessary TO
eXcavatc to the dc,th of some 18 feet for
one of the abutmcnts, and when they
had reached nearly the requ:..cd depth
struck a perfectly preserved icd cedar
tree, which had lain there perhaps for
ages, waiting the time when its little
story should be told. The bark and a
portion of the sap was decayed, but
the colored portion (near]y the whole of
the wood) was as sound as when it ceas-
ed growing. 1t was about two feet
thick for something like forty feet from
the root-the length of the section re-
moved. Tho "find' caused good deal
of interest among the inhabitants of that
neighborhood, and number of base.
ball bats were made from the log, on ac-
count of the curious manner in which it
had been preserved no less than of tho
kind OF wood, red cedar being entirely
unknown in that country. The point at
which the bridge was being built is
about eight miles from the shore Of Lake
Erie, near the village of Florence, and,
OF cQprsc, much higher than the present
level of the water in the lake. The
question where did it come from, and
how, and when, and i'm what manner
was it buried to this great depthp" is
one which might engage the attention
OF some professor of geology.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17
NO. 33.

There was annular eclipse of the
sun OH Friday. In New York patient
observers were rewarded four minutes
before sunset by seeing slight inden-
tation of the SUMS disc, just as it was
sinking behind the New Jersey hills.
Ihe officer in charge Of the hynro-
graphc bureau in the Maritime Ex-
change said that the eclipse was Of
very little nautical importance. There
VIII DC total eclipse on August 29,
York. ~ '"
There is no limit to the advantages
that American talent can derive from
foreign culture. Miss Hattie Eddy
was q young lady whose beautiful
voice was much admired in Philadel-
phia. a years study in Paris has of
course Improved her method and exc
cution, but this is in no way compare
PIE 10 the vast progress she has made
in her name. She is now Mile. En-
richetta Edica. BY any other name
she would not sing as sweet.
Alexander II. Stephens grave is
still unmarked, but above the grace of
Harry Steven, his colored servant, a
stone has been erected bearing the
legend: "IIc was for many years the
faithful, trusted and beloved body SER
want of Alexander III. Stephens. Like
him he was distinguis he'd for kindness,
uprightness and benevolence. AS a
man he was honest and true. AS
AS Christian he was humble and
trusting"
Louise Michel was pclled with
stones and snowballs at Versailles
while addressing meeting on strikes
and Socialism, but escaped without
injury. Her companion, Mme. Bou-
gouro, was also mobbed, her cab being
pclted with stones and bedaubed with
mud. Some of the missiles struck her
on the face and drew blood. She
finally took refuge in the Mayors of
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17
Emperor williams First Love.

The second volume of Mr. Trcitschko's
'Gcrman History" which has Just APP
pcared, contains an interesting episode
in the life of William l.
The most beautiful and accomplished
of all the young ladies OF Frederick
William IIIS court was the Princess
Radziwill. Prince William was passion
atcly in love with her, and. although il
might have been adjudgcd splendid
match had the parties been born in a
cabin, objections We're raised against it
by the royal family on account OF in
equality of birth.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Radziwills was one Of the oldest and
wcalthicst of the noble families OF Prus-
sia, and that in The days of Frederick
the Great Hohcnzollcrn had married a
Radziwill, the law in relation to rcyal
marriages had undergone change
since his time, It having become the
rule that only the daughters of regniny
houses and those of, former sovcroignS
should be considered cgual-born with
the sons Of cmpcrors and kings. For
live long years every effort was made by
the relatives Of both sides to meet the
objections raised against Prince Will
liam's happiness. At the request of
Prince Radziwill. the celebrated attor-
ncy Eichhorn wro.ca legal opinion in
which the equality of birth was made
plain. but his opinion was opposed by
many eminent legal authorities on the
othcr side.
The proposition was considered that
Prince August of Prussia might adopt
the Princess Radziwill as his daughter,
but five OF the ministers replied that it
was their duty TO declare that such
adoption did not change the blood.
In the meantime, Frederick William
Ill third son, Prince Karl had mar
ricd princess of Wicmur, and the
grand ducal court of Saxony now made
it known that if Prince William per-
sisted in his intention the children of
Prince Karl would insist upon their
prcrogativc of royal succession. Affairs
were assuming n serious aspect for the
royal lovers, since Il dispute in the sue
cession might involve the pcrmanency
of the Hohenzollern dynasty. At the
urgent and repeated cntrcatics of his
counsclors, Frederick William III. re-
luctantly consented to use his kinglv
authority in the matter. This was in
1926, when the present emperor was
about 70 years of age. In a letter filled
with fatherly and tender sentiment the
king represented to his son that mas
much as every reasonable effort had
bccn made. and made in vain, it bo-
como his painful duty to ask him to sac
riiicc his noble sentiment of regard for
the young princess to the interests of
the royal house of Ifohcnzollcrn.
Upon the receipt of this letter Prince
William was profoundly affected, but, as
II dutiful son, when he had sufficiently
recovered from the shock. he informed
his father that he WAS ready to comply
with his request
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17
Bishops Ring Around the Sun.

~
ii mere Is nothlnS new under the sun,
tnere IS al least something new around
IL. tor tho last two years close observ-
crs OF tho sky have noticed that tho
hoonaay sun has been surrounded by y
corona or du'ky, coppcry, or reddish
.iSht: az IL mas nc"m variorSly described,
INC c,rcic oi most d!stlnct color having
raai"s OF about i!ftcrn degrees. and
lnclosihS DriiiIaht' s'ivcry or blush
grow Close around the solar disk. A
sirniinr appearance OF much less intens-
NY mas been occasionally noticed
aronnd tnc lull moon on very clear
"m,cr nights
me most experienced observers OF
shS,coIors nIG agreed mat ms corona
was not 'iSlbi1 before tn latter months
OF 1000 .oh i>c"oid' OF Munich, who
was considered The most competent
m'lroroioS''t u, I" prepare schedule for
OBSERVATIONS on thc colorS OF the sky for
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17
Baby's English.

Many infants talk at Il surprisingly
early age Instances have been known
OF babies yet in their neutrality-suspicious.
who would discourse on all manner OF
topics. To be sure, the drift Of their re.
marks had to be interpreted by fond
mother, but no one would dare say that
baby didn't talk.
myself heard a ycar-old child say a
great many things the other day. was
calling on Il friend whose son was
just Il year old
Can he talk any yet?"
Talk" exclaimed the fond mother.
with an injured look. 81 should think
so! He can just say everything, can't
you, duckSy daddicp'
boo, boo bwc, yc, ya." screcchcd
baby, growing black in the face with
the effort.
Hear him" cried the proud mother.
lie said, i guess can talkr"
lhis information surprised me little,
but | diScrcctly held my peace.
Now tell the gentleman your namc,n
said babys mamma, coaxingly.
Boo, boo, da, da, boo"
"CharlcS Edward Jones, lust as plain
as anybody could say it, you little
sweet" cried the triumphant mother.
My surprise increased.
Now tell mamma whom YOU like best
in all The world
BOO, boo. bwc. da, da.'
Glow cunningw cXclaim. "Da da.
means papa don't it?"
Mercy, no! Didn't YOU hear the little
blessing say shat he liked the gcntlc,ian
best. He meant YOU"
am tlattcrcd, of course. and amazed
at my own stupidity. thought | was
familiar with the kings English. y but
tn" English of this little king is new to
me.
e Now, say 'Singa song o sixpencc'
,'fc", yec, boo, baa. bo," sputters
baby.
80, no dcaryr says mamma, reproy-
ingiy,. That was Little Bo Peep Now
say the other
"Irc, zee, boo, baa, be-
That's it, that's it! You blessed old
boy. knew you could say it! And to
think that the gentleman asked if Won
could talk any yet! guess he won't ask
il again.
guess not, too. Either that baby or I
cannot speak the English language in
its purity, and am adverse to display
ing my possible ignorance -Ihiia-
dclphia Press.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17

a wcll-known real estate dealer of De
troit has for several years driven q slab
sided old horse before one of the worst
looking buggcS on wheels. The harness
is never CREASED, the vehicle never
washed, and the lOng-haircd equine
hasn't been ticklrd with Il curry-comb
for years. The other day some friends
of the agent decided on an improve
mcnt. The rig was taken from in front
of his Office TO Il livery stable, where the
horse was brushed, the harness black
encd, and the buggy washed and oiled.
1t was then returned without the owner
being any the wiser. Along toward
night he came out of his Office, started
for the horse, stopped and looked around,
and presently called Il policeman across
the street and asked:
"Do you know my rig?"
Yes"
Did you see anyone drive off with
No. This looks like your horse. He's
been here for two hours
Il declare, but this is my Tom.
though don't remember the buggy"
"Why, sir, it looks us if somebody had
been cleaning the whole thing up for
you," observed the officer.
80 it does, but don't thank 'cm for
it. | wish people would mind their own
business. When want my buggy wash
cd I'll give orders myself
He united the horse, climbed in, and
started of, but all of sudden the ami
nal shook his head, made break for
the sidewalk, and the buggy brought up
against hitching-post with the loss OF
n wheel. Luckily for the agent, some
one caught the horse before he could do
further damage.
Now, then. somebody has got to pay
for this shouted the man, as he climb
cd down. "Evcrybody knows this horse
to be us gentle rs lamb, and I've had
this buggy fourteen years. A gang of
sconndrels go and mcddlc with the rio,
and this accident is the consequence!
I'll put the detectives on 'em within an
hour, and I'll make the whole caboodle
wish they had never been bornr'-De-
trott Free Press.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17
Hollyhocks.

a haunting, gracclcss flower, you sny7
An, we'll Ii may he so;
ana still IT seems but yesterday,
Ihat morning long ago
almost see tho cottage yct,
Iho winding path and Margaret
a, iight.winRcd breeze sailed gently by;
Inc lark clcnr note nfar,
Ihro the blue spaces OF tho sky,
SID like Il falling star.
never saw her look so fair;
An, II told her, would she care.
Within scarlet hollyhock,
a pollcn-ndcn bee,
Deep plunging, made tho blossom rock.
she flashed u smile at me,
And with Il motion swift and light
Sho caught the silkcn petals tight
Loud hummcd the bee with angry wing
why thus so Ill content?
Ihc sweets you sought poor foolish thing"
She said, ARE all misSpcnt!"
My heart lcnpcd up To hear her speak;
sudden courage dyed my check.
"Darling!" cried. "Oh, let him fly,
And take me in his place!
Fast prisoncd I'm your heart could
Ask any swcctcr grace?
/ could not struggle to be free
80 dear q jailcr holds tho key
Her check flushed like an op'ning rose.
NO word her lips did say
l saw her little hand unclosc,
Iho glad bee tlcw away
an, me! twnS forty ycurs ngo-
MY hhir IL gray-yct this | know:
Ivc roamcd thro' many garden bowcra
ANA blooming fields since then
IN summer wildwood gathered flowers,
Ana In tho mountain glen
Pulled harcbClS from tho rpossuro,vp
rock,
Yet most loved the hollyhock.
Mary a. p. Slansbury.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17
THE TREE-TRADE MOVEMENT.
An Open Letter to the South Carolina
Congressmen.

congressman.
In accordance with q resolution OF
the Executive Committee of the Free
Trade Association, Il copy of the fol-
loving letter has been mailed to each
Senator and member of Congress from
this State:
HEADQUARTERS FREE-TRADE AssoCIA-
TIoN OF SoUTu CAROLINA.
COLUMBIA, S. G.. March 4, 1886
My Dear Sj"-Thc Frcc-Tradc As
ISOLATION Of South Carolina believe that
of all causes assigned for the present
dcplorablc prostration of industrial in
tercstsin the United States, noncis mo, G
disastrous and far-rcaching than the
system of so-callcd protection under
which grcvious tariff, imposed avow-
edly as all extraordinary war measure,
has been pcrpctuatcd through twenty
years of profound peace.
They believe that this wrong cndurcs
only because unrealiZcd and uncxpos-
ed. They have therefore resolved to
urge upon the people of South Carroll
ma, IN public meetings, the propricty
of demanding of Congress Il speedy
abolition of artificial barriers and GOV
crnmental toll-gatcs, by which the
tialuC Vi tnc WOrlu Is diverted from its
natural channels, and man is deprived
by man of his God-givcn right to secure
the fullest returns to his labor
Feeling assured that as a custodian
of South Carolina's interests in the
Federal Congress you are dcsirous of
maintaining her past record in this
matter, and of removing distractions
to her material progress, the Free
Trade Association warmly invite your
aid in their work.
They trust that YOU will consent to
deliver at least one public address at
such time and place in the State as may
be most convenient, discussing the
burdens of the tariff, setting forth the
position Of Congress in regard to its
repeal in whole or in part, and sug-
costing the means by which your con-
slitucnts may most efficiently Cooper
ate with YOU in securing relief SO
greatly needed, yet so long deferred.
BY order of the Executive Commit
tee. Il. MEANS DAVIS,
Chairman
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17
A Lawyer Bamed.

Jim Mo Sniftcr WAS being tried in
San Antonio for trying to bribe col
ored witness, Sam Johnsing, to testify
falsely.
"You say this defendant offered you
n bribe of $50 TO testify in his behaff?'
said Lawyer Gouge to Sam Johnsing
Yes, sab"
Now repeat precisely what he said
using his own words"
He said he would git me $50 if II
"Ho can't have used those words
He didn't speak as third person."
"Nc. sab; he tack good kccr dat dan
was no third pusson present. Oar was
only us two Defendant am too smart
to hab anybody listonin' when he am
talking about his own reskelity."
IL know that well enough, but h,
spoke to you in the first person, didn't
hep"
~ was de fust pusson, myself"
You don't understand me. When
he was talking to you did he use the
words, i will pay you $50P'n
mo, boss; he didn't say muffin abou,
you payin' me $50. Your name wasn'
mentioned, 'ceptin' dat he tole mo 81
eber got inter scrape dat you was dc
best lawyer in San Antoine to fool de
judge and jury"
"You can step down. ~ TeGds Sift
ings.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17
A TALE OF WOE FROM IRELAND.
haidcns Naked and Starving Tho Inhnbi-
tants on the West Coast Subsisting on
Moss and Roots.

haidcns Naked and Starving Tho Inhabi-
tants on the West Coast Subsisting on
Moss and Roots.
The English Government has placed
gunboats at the service Of Mr.. Tukc in
his work of relieving the inhabitants of
the islands along the western Irish
coast. lndcscribablc distress has be, II
developed among among the people
inhabiting the Arran Isles, off Galway,
who besides having hardly ANYTHING
but moss aud sea grass left to eat, are
without fire and often without clothing
and shelter. 1t is not rare to find girls
of seventeen and eighteen kept i'm en-
forced hiding during the daytime be-
cause bcreft of every thread of cloth.
ing, long ago bartcrcd away for seed
potatoes or roots to feed the smaller
children. Fishing Inspector Brady re-
Gently went among the miserable pco-
pie of Arran 10 distribute relief fur.
nishcd by an organization of Irish
police. His funds ran short and he
still had so much pitiable wrctchcdncss
to relieve that he appealed to MIR.
Busscy, who is charged with the dis
tribution of the raised in America
through the New York Sun for the
impoverished fishermen of Bchiil and
Botlin Islands, and begged him to di-
vert part of his store for the benefit of
the Arrancsc. This Mr. Busscv was
permitted to do, and he reports that in
order to save the lives of scores of
people, now dying of starvation in
those Western islands, it is imperative
that relief on large scale be at once
organized.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17
TIE WRONG MEN LYNCHEE.
4 Shocking Discovery Made Too Late {,
DO Any Good.

The horrible murder on Christina.
Eve, 1881, when three children wcr,
murdered at Ashland, Ky, which re.
suited in lynching, is recalled again
by developments about to be mad,
which will demonstrate that Neal
Craft and Ellis were innocent of the
crime for which they suffered. Fol
some time seven gentlemen have been
employing n competent detective t.
sift every theory and investigate every
clcw. Their work has been crowned
with success, and it is claimed that the
arrest OF the real criminals will soon
follow. The evidence is said to be
conclusive and will show that the
triple murder was committed early in
the evening; that the perpetrators
went to the house by appointment with
one of the girls, who had previously
been on intimat terms with one OF
them, and that the triple murder fol-
lowed the unintcntional killing of the
boy for resisting the assaults on the
girls. The arrests would have been
made before mt for tho excited state
of public 'rciing on the subject. The
suspcciCn parties hold very rcspccta.
bic places.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17

Stewart Pringlc, noted Cohfcd-
crate negro, died in Morchusc, Parish,
La, last week. He went through the
Mcxicon war with Col. Butler, of
South Carolina, and was in the Con
tederatc army with Capt. III. ID. Brig
ham. He was Southern to the core.
He would never admit that the South
was whipped, but would always say
that the Confederatcs were overpowcr-
ed. After the war he was staunch
Democrat. lie loved to talk of Lee
and Jackson, but Stonewall was his
fayorite. lie had q canteen from
which Jackson drank, and no money
could have induced him to part with
il.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17

On Friday morning, when the
Keepers ofthe New Orleans Jail made
efforts to arouse Ford and Murphy,
condemned murderers, they could
not wake them up. After an exami-
nation, the physician concluded the
men had taken beliadona. At $3.50
Murphy had rallied little, but Ford
was still unconscious. The men were
taken to tho gallows in half-conscious
state, and had TO be supported while
the moose was adjusted around the
neck of each. At12:45 the drop fell.
aud both men died instantly.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17

George Lester the minstrel manager,
who has recently employed John l..
Sullivan, fined that gentleman 1888 for
getting drunk. He says: "He kept pret.
ty sober until last week, when he was
drunk four times. just imagine Ajax
drunk and trying 10 defy the lightning.
I wouldn't have said this about him 1f
he hadn't begun talking shopt me-" :.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-17

The Chinese minister at Washington
is Mr.. lsas, Jr.. though he is considera-
bly, over GO. His wife is only 20. The
only English sentences the minister can
use are How do you do" "Good-by,"
and champagne is good" Some
members of the legation are careful buy.
ers of Bne gems.