The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-23
FROY III sOTRCES.

the Russian River at GuerneyiIle, Cal,
+ recently.
4 GEORGIA man swallowed his
+ tongue, and came near stTangling be
/ fore d doctor could get II back into
I position.
/ MANY orange, lemon, and lime trees
/ in Los Angeles, Cal. are IN full bloom.
/ being several months in advance OF the
/ usual season.
/ TIE Asbury Park, y. J., physicians
have made out a "black list, each
giving the Others names of those who
do not pay their doctors brls.
/ THERE are $3.50 private dwellings
+ IN Boston, and only TWO are assessed
at over 5000, 900. There are eighty
eight hotels ard lis family hotels.
+ IL an artesian well being sunk at
San Bernardino, Cal, a sound cedar
+ log was struck at 3 depth OF 15S feet,
and az 169 feet another was encoun-
+ tered.
THEY don't wait FOR leap year in
Japan, but II young woman Is IN
want OF husband she places an emp
+ = tiOwer-pot on the root OF the front
/ pCrtlco as pre-nuptlal emblem.
/ 4 PHILADELPHIA dime museum has
on exhibition a "human volcano"
whose breath Is OF such high tempera-
tuTe that il sets fire TO a piece OF paper
held up before II. The fellow came
from Kentucky.
\ HORSE in Humboldt County, New,
was recently washed down a creek for
over a mile, under logs and overrocks,
and finally landed on a rocky shelf,
where he STAYED for seven days with
out a mouthful Of food before being
! rescued.
TIE editor OF an OroviIlle. Cal,
+ paper says OF a lawyer in his town;
"Ail We ask Is fairpiay. We will shoot
with nm at ten PAGES whenever he de-
sires it II i suggested that this
. belliCose editor might be prosecuted
/ for issuing a challenge.
ANTON RUBISsTEIN. within three
weeks. gave seven piano recitals in
Berun, and played from memory 1S5
different compositions by twenty-nine
composers. II was probably the most
colossal feat OF memory IN the history
of music.
EDWARD SLOCUAI, OF New Richmond,
Mich. received in pay as a soldier the
first 81 Ereenback issued, marked
f Series A, No. l, ana dated August l,
1862, and as he atill has the billin his
possession Il seems 10 90 slow with
. Slocum, SO to speak.
Mr. MURFREE, the father OF Egbert
CraddCCk, the novelist, Is a tall, patri-
arChal Tennesseean, who cannot help
betraying by his looks the p8rdonable
pride he feels II his daughters success.
Mrs. Murfree Is a pleasant little elder
~ woman.
Mrs. DUsESBERRT, do you remember
( the case Of q man who swallowed sill
Yer dollar last summer ?" Yes, my
dear" "WeIl, he's rid Of il. 4 chem
+ Ist gave him a solvent. 4 month aft
erwarG he threw up the dollar IN
pieces" In pieces. Mr.. Dusenberry2 2'
Yes, my love, in 10-cent pieces.
SITKA has q newspaper called the
Alaskan. Among the advertisers are
three lawyers, a goodly number Of
I saIOOn-keepers and restauTateurs, a
butcher and two brewers, one of whom
offers his beer exclusively for mediCi-
nal, mechanical and scientific pur-
poses.
A MINER on the head waters Of the
Columbia River, IN British Columbia,
has found, so he alleges a deserted min
ing town, where the billiard tables still
stand IN the saloons. and letters are
lying IN the post-Office bearing date OF
1856. Not a soul has been near the
place for years.
THERE are twenty Catholic papers
in the republic Of Mexico: Five in the
City Of Mexico, two in Guadalaiara,
two in Merida. ami one in each OF the
following places: Puebla, ChalchicO-
muia, Morelia, Durango. Monterey,
San Luis POtosi, Cuiacan. Oaxaca,
Orizaba, Iraputa end san Christobal
las Casas.
BRAN STOCKER, who accompanied
Henry Irving on his American tour,
Is now lecturing in England, giving his
Impressions Of the Yankees He says
il seemed TO him that the gentlemen
OF America, as their text OF social
law and attention 70 the ladies, had
taken the best page Of an old work on
chivalry.
A PARTY Of Indians were hunting in
Humboldt County. California, when a
severe storm came on. and an aged In
dian named Bob became exhausted.
As Is the custom with Indians in such
cases, Bob was left to takecareOf him
self. He picked q clear spot near the
trail, stuck q stick IN the ground, hung
his hat on it and lay down and died.
AT Danbury. Conn, fair some one
stole one plate from a hand-painted
set. Recently il came back with an
explanation that it had been stolen
merely because the man who took It
saw too good p chance 70 lose. He
was an ex-COnviCr, and when he had
successfully carried It OF, he set about
returning II.
THE people Of Izural, Iucatan. be
came tired OF waiting for their
city council TO repair the streets OF
the city, 90 a number Of the citizens,
arming themselves with stones and
sheets OF tin. went 10 the houses OF
the aldermen and gave thed edelinQuents
a horrible serenade- The next day
the work Of repairing was begun.
THE document room clerks at the
House receive some queer requests,
says a Washington letter. 4 cOusJIt-
uenr OF q Western member asks for
the Congressional Record from the
date Of its first publication. Another
would ike 10 have a revolver, while
third desires that call be made az
the census Office 70 obtain the resi-
dence o. a certain party.
TIE Princess Isabeau de Beauvan
Craon i q generous friend of dogs and
cats At her castle near Puteaux, IN
France. she has homes for about a
hundred OF each. Stray animals are
warmly welcomed, and given special
corners and reserved dishes. II any OF
them are sick the Princess takes them
under her own care IN the drawing
room, where a skilled veterinary sur
geOn attends them.
Is these days. Hhen the bare men