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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
All on Account of Dinner.

Washington Cor New York Herald
"a good dinners the thing" was
the suggestion OF one in a party at the
state department this afternoon. The
controversy had arisen over the popu-
lation OF CINCINNATI a bet had been
made and lost. The unfortunate
named the penalty and appointed the
date.
''It is emarkable how many bright
ideas owe their inception to a good
dinner" said prominent member OF
the department after the group had
disintegrated. cone of the most inn
portant events in the history of this
nation since the close OF the rebellion
had it's inception at dinner table"
''1Fo what do you refer?" | asked.
"The Treaty Of Washington" was
thereby. Sir Edward Thornton was
dining at Secretary Fish's one even
ing, when the latter made the remark
that the two great English speaking
nations could not afford to have the
then existing misunderstanding con-
ti..ue. Mr.. Fish suggested the forma-
tion OF d commission to settle the con
troverted matters for all time. After
dinner the two men talked the matter
over at considerable length, and the
Geneva conference actually took shape
from that hour"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
A Lawyer who Practiced by Ear
From the Buffalo Express.

IRON the BuffalO Express.
Among the friends OF Grover Cleve-
land when he was practicing aw in this
city was another attorney, but one OF
rather different stamp than the man
of destiny. The friend was a bright
fellow, but with the bump of laziness
abnormally developed. He was not a
we'll read lawyer, and whenever it was
necessary for him to use a decision
bearing on any point it was his habit
to lounge into Cleveland's Office and
casually worm thedesired information
out OF his friends mental storehouse.
"Grover" was not so dull as not to
appreciate the fact and to resent the
| spOnging-not so much because the
process was worthy of that name as
because he wished to spur MS friend on
to more energetic work.
One day the friend came in on his
usual errand, and when Cleveland had
heard the preliminaries usual to the
pumping process, the latter told his
questioner that he had given him all
| the information on law matters that
he was going to.
There are my books" said Cleve.
land, "and you're quite welcome to
use them. You can read up your own
| cases.
"See here, Grover Cleveland, +" said
| the friend, Il want you to understand
| that | don't read law / practice en-.
tirely by ear, and you and your books
| can 90 to thunder -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
THE CORNER STONE
or the Confederate Monument at MOI
Eomery. Ala.-Jeff. Davis Present.

OF the Confederate Monument at Mont
GOmery. Ala.-Jetf. Davis Present.
The corner stone of the monument
to the Confederate dead was laid at
Montgomery, Ala, on the 29th with
imposing ceremonies. An immense
gathering OF civil and military societies
was present, together with many prom
inent representatives OF the lost cause.
The feature OF the occasion was the
address of ex-President Jefferson Da-
Wis, who was introduced by ex-GoV.
Watts, attorney OF the Con-
tederacy. During his speech Mr.. Davis
said: "While we do not desire 10 feed
the fires OF sectional hate, we do not
seek TO avoid whatever OF responsible
ity attaches to the belief in the right
eousness of our cause and the virtue
OF those who risked their lives to de-
fend it" Among the articles depos.
tied in the corner stone was a Confed-
era+p Aap
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
IN IFfE FAR EssF.
A Regiment of British Soldiers at Bv
lnah Ar.as ken hE ltnlara.

A Regiment of British Soldiers at Bur
nsh Artae ked by Crolera.
Lord Duferin telegraphs from Man
dalay that all is quiet there The
country ard central districts, how
ever, are much infested with rebels.
the cholera, he says, attacked with
such virulence the Forty-third Regi-
n'ent while ascending the Irrawaddy
River that the whole regiment had to
be disembarked. Fourteen deaths
occurred. The dead were buried,
the sick were placed in hospitals
and the healthy soldiers were removed
a short distance up the river and there
put into caup. The emir OF Harran,
by whom the Italian scientific expedi-
tion under Count Porro was mas.
sacred, also captured fifteen Indian
soldiers, but afterwards released them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08

Miss, for cutting the Mississippi levee.
\ number of breaks have occurred and
the water at Helena is reported the
highest ever known.
\ telephone message received at
Pantano, Ariz-, from John o. Dough-
erty, superintendent of the Total
Wreck Mine. states that forty Indians
attacked Richardson & Gormlev's
rancho, twenty miles southwest OF
there, early on the morning of the
28th, and killed eight persons.
John Gibbons, a bridge and tunnel
striker, at st. Louis, was shot dead on
the night OF the 2Sth, by William E.
NIthers, one OF the new men. Withers
was attacked by garg, and used his
revolver wit n the above result.
At the session OF the American His
tOrlcal Association, at Washington,
on the 28th, resolutions were adopted
faVOTing a national celebration OF the
4OOth anniversary of the discovery Of
America in 1892.
Two little boys named Klingel and
Connors were badly bitten by a mad
dog at Pullman, III on the 9th.
Several others were attacked but not
bitten. The dog was killed by the
police.
George Graham, the wife-murderer,
was lynched at Springfield, Mo, by
mob at an early hour on the morning
of the 27th.
The Union School building at Manis-
Tee, Mich. and contents, were de-
stroyed by fire on the morning of the
Goth. Loss, S45. 900. Insurance on
building, S2l $40, and on library, fur
niture, fixtures, etc, $3.50.
A dispatch from Vienna OF the goth
reports the almost total destruction
by freof the town OF Lisko, in Galicia.
The place has a population of about
5000.
On the morning OF the 26th a battle
occurred at Manchester, Coffee Coun-
ty, Tenn, between Deputy Marshal
Purdan and a gang of m0onshiners,
who attacked the house of Purdau.
The officer and one OF his assailants
were killed and two others were NOR
tally wounded.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
Henry Tsylor's Vacaries.


From the PaiI Mall Gazette
At a large gathering OF celebrii les,
shortly after his entry into literary So
ciety, he monopo!ized the converse
ton for some time by paradoxical
advocacy OF Mahometanisma a : against
Christianity He appears to have
somewhat trenched on the forbear-
ance OF his company, although the dis
play was a most brilliant one, and
Charles Lamb, who was ofthe number,
rebuked him in the following way
When the party was breaking up.
Henry TaYlor's nat was nowhere TO
be found. TIE host coming down
stairs, asked what was amlss, when
Lamb replied: "The gentleman mas
lost MS turban." His hoSt'lity.or in
difference TO Christianity appears TO
have lasted until he found himself re-
iected by the lady OF his affections,
for want of definite religious belief.
This led him 10 a serious examination
OF the whole matter, and at the end oi
twelve months he was able 70 make 4
confession q faith which wss satf-
factory to the chancellor Of the ez-
chequer lthe lady's father.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
Ihe Tin Peddler's Dream

l5 was only twelve or fourteen years
ago, that a queer thing happened near
Medlna, .. A tin peddler who was
drivlng wagon for a firm in Cleye-
lana was taken sick one dav in sum-
mer, as he wss driving on tnehigbwsv.
aud he sought shelter in a farm house.
he had run of fever for seven or EIGHT
Gays ana when able to get out again
ne SAID TO the owner OF the farm:
II am satisfied that there is a sum
OF money buried on yourfarm. Ihave
seen the spot several times in nv
dream"
"Oh, replied the farmer. "If you
can lind any treasure here you are
welcome to it"
How much will you take to waive
all CLAIMS - persisted the peddler.
" Five dollars worth OF rnilk pans. y
"lf you viii go to town and get a.
lawyer to draw up the papers in due
form, will give you $25 cash"
The farmer tried to laugh the ped
dler out OF his notion, but the man
was so earnest in wishing to buy all
nights to what he might find that a
paper was drawn up, the S25 paid
over, and he was told to 90 ahead.
He replied that he was in no hurry.
and mounted his wagon and drove
home, but in about a fortnight he re.
turned with a horse and wagon and a
companion. Givingnotice that heha1
come 10 claim his own, he proceeded
to dig IN 81 corner OF the front ward
and before the hole was three feet deep
he had unearthed a small stone lug,
tightly corked. 1t was broken on the
grass plat, and lying among the f-ag-
ments were So, 900 in gold and silver
COINS. None OF the pieces had been
coined within less than fifteen wears.
and the then owner of the place had
occupied 1t for nine years and knew
that nobody could have buried the
Jug there meanwhile.
The peddler said that a very tall,
dark complexioned man, having a
scar on his forehead and a limp in his
gait, had repeatedly come to him in
his dreams and pointed out the spot.
The description exactly answered that
OF hard case who had been in the
county jail for horse stealing, and who
had subsequently died in the peniten-
tlary at Columbus However, the
peddler had been so careful to pur-
chase all rights in advance, and had
walked so directly to the treasure that
the officials of the law made up their
minds to investigate him. His find
was seized and his record was looked
up, but when nothing could be shown
against him ne got possession of the
treasure and used it to buy an interest
IN the house he worked for.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
Curious Action OF blind on Mind

From the Christian Inteligencer1
Talking OF these tests recently with q
friend, who has been a professor until
within a short time in an important
institution, he described q trial made
at his residence by company of ac-
quaintances who were spending an
evening with his family. At his sug-
gestIon, and as an experiment which
might afford amusement and instruc.
ton, a lady was chosen, was blind
folded and seated on a chair, and was
furnished with a pencil and paper.
The professor left the room and in the
hall drew zigzag, nondescrip5 figure
on a paper he held. Returning and
standing behind the lady on the chair
and fastening his mind intently on his
drawing, she began in a few moments
to draw slowly the irregular lines he
had put on his paper To test the
matter still further, he again LETT he
room and drew as perfect a circle as
he could on fresh paper Returning,
and under tie same conditions. the
lady drew a similar circle. then hesi-
tated moment, and then, to the sur
prise OF ali, drew a straight line from
above the circle down into it. In a
moment he remembered that on going
out the second time his first intention
had been to draw as perfect a rectan-
Gle as he could, and that he had car
ried out this intention so far as to draw
the perpendicular line OF one side OF
the figure, and inadvertently left this
line on the side OF the paper when he
changed BIS mind in favor OF theciIcle
The lady had followed a reversed or
der OF the processes of his mind, and,
the first intention being indistinct in
hlm, had IL hesitating way repeated
the straight line and carried it into
the circle instead OF keeping it outside
OF Il
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
Married the Bridesmaid.

Among the weddings OF the past
month one that quite excited social
circles should be warning TO dilatory
ladies, though it does not rebound
greatly to he credit OF the first brides.
maid. The facts were these: The
guests were in the church, also the
bridegr oom ard his best man. Then
the bridesmaids arrived and there was
much running TO and fro and consulta.
tion in the vestibu!e. Finally the ush-
ers appeared walking up the aisle arm
IN arm. and when they all got to the
altar the bridegroom and first brides
maid advanced and got married. 1t
subsequently transpired that the bride
was a capricious peTson, who had set
two different OCcasiOnsfor the ceremo-
ny and then changed her mind. At
last, On the day OF wedding, something
dispieased her about her dress and she
said she would not get married that
day; but her friends thought they
could persuade her In the meantime
the patience OF the Bridegroom was ex-
hausted and the bridesmaid agreed to
console him. just as the ceremony
was over the original bride drove up
to the church with her uncle to find
that she was too late. She was quite
calm, however, and merely remarked
that perhaps 1t was just as well as it
z1yac -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
e GREECE AND THE POTVERs.
The Condition of the Things IN the BeIlig

The Condition of the Things IN the BeIlig-
erent East.
A dispatch from Berlin of the 1st
inst. says: The powers have decided
to reject Greece's reply to the ulti.
matum, and insist upon an uncondi-
tional disarmament. The fleet re-
mains in readiness for action. The
North German Gazette saws that the
latest news fails to improve the situa-
ton at Athens. The semi-official pa
pers declare that il Europe per
sists in exacting an abiect sur
render the Greek nation viii lose pa
tience and the situation become criti-
cal. Greece, in her reply 70 the ulti-
matum OF the powers ordering her to
disarm within eight days, points to
the fact that she had notified the
po vers prior to the receipt OF their
.ul' imatCm that she had accepted the
counsel OF France. thus giving formal
assurance that she, yielding TO the de-
sire OF the powers, would not disturb
the peace. Consequently she viii not
maintain her armaments, but will
gradually reduce them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
DEATH IN THE TANK,
A Lard Tank in Packing House Explodes
With Fatal Eject,

With Fatal Eject.
Tobey q Booths packing-hous at
Eighteenth and Grove Streets, Chiea-
90, was the scene Of a frightful explo-
sion on the 28th, in which one man
lost his he, two were seriously hurt
and six others more or less injured
The casualties were asfollows: Killed
james Sanford, aged 60 years.
Seriously hurt-Pat Muldoon, aged 81;
Nick Acton. aged IA. At about 8
O'Clock, while gang OF men were work
ing around large iron lard tank from
some unknown cause it exploded The
great tank was rent into innume1able
pieces, and the flying iron tore up the
floor, ceiling and walls. Not one ofthe
men IN he room at the time esca2 ped
some injury. A large portion Of The
building was totally wrecked, the dam
age being about 81, 600. The only one
who could explain the cause is dead.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
ON THE ElHKsSOURx PACIFIC.
Freight Wreck Caused by Strikers
Two Men Killed.

An in-coming freight train on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad was wrecked
at 4 O'Clock on the morning of the
26th, between Wyandotte and Kansas
City, near the kaw River bridge.
Spikes "a been reno .eI from the
rails on a curve, and when the train
approached, the engine and four
freight cars went off the track and
down a low embankment. The engine
rolled over and stopped bottom-side
up, at the waters edge. Ben Horton,
a fireman, and George Carlisle, brake
man, were killed outright. Engineer
J. II. Fowler, was thrown into the
river and seriously injured. No clue
to the identity of the perpetrators of
the outrage has as yet been obtained.
The railroad officials have offered a
reward of 81, 500 for the arrest Of
the perpetrators.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
an GRANTS HONOR.
His Birthday Celebrated by the Univer
sity Bearing His Name.


sity Bearing His Name.
The 64th birthday anniversary OF
Gen. Grant was celebrated on the
evening OF the 27th in the Metropol-
itan Church, Washington, at which
Gen Grant, when president, was
constant attendant. The meeting
was hell der the auspices OF the
Grant Mea o ia3 University OF Athens,
Tenn ta- purpose being to make
known THE work and objects OF the in
stltatlor 90 th4 support Of which the
hero OF }up1GattOX was the first cash
subscribe. a~d in aid OF which he lent
the llduerCs his name and the en-
courageli- nt oi his work and example.
Chief Ju>t.e, Waite presided ana ad-
dresses we're delivered by Senators
Sherman Eraets, Brown and others.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
OsT INDICTED.
The Lurid Anarchist to be Placed Behind
the Rars

Johann Most, the ferocious Anarch-
ist leader, was indicted by the grand
jury at New York on the 28th, and
will be arrested. He made a speech
calling upon the Anarchists TO arm
themselves and GO cunning for capital
lists, and offered to supply all comers
with rifles on the insta!lment plan.
The Indictment is based on this
speech, and points out crime punish
able by two years Imprisonment and
a fine of $500.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08

which provides for the opening up to settle
ment OF nearly 2 600, 900 acres, was taken
up and discussed, but pending action Mr..
MORRISON, from the committee on rules,
submitted reports providing that after MAY
10 the House shall meet at II A. NJ, and
aGloUrn at r NJ, and making It in order
when general pension bills are under discus
sion 10 amend thesame SO as 20 provide by
J4xatlon Tor the payment thereof. The
House then Adjourned
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
The Telephone Thirty Years Ago.

IFrOLl ths BnrIIngt0n w Tree Press
A resident OF Burlington recalls the
tact that about thirty years ago a boy
named Orville Burbank, who was con
sidered visionary fellow, had Ia string
running between his fathers house
and shop in this city, with tin boxes
attached at either end, and so ar
ranged that conversation could be
easily carried on by the contrivance.
The boy died soon after, but thus he
undoubtedly had solved IN a rude
manner the problem Of the telephone.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
AUSTRIAN TOXINS BURNED.

Wholesale Conhsgrstion and Terrible
Loss of Lifs Reported.
News OF wholesale confagrations
comes from several parts OF Austria.
The town OF Friedland, in Moravia,
has been almost totally destroyed by
fire, during the progress of which ten
persons were killed. The towns OF
Dobrowlaney, Boianiec and Chyrow
have been completely destroyed, and
the town OF Senok has been greatly
damaged. At Chyrow q man was
caught in the act of setting fire to a
bi1il1iDC
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
FIVE OF THEN,
fcur Murderers Hanged and Another
Hangs Himself.

hangs Himself.
Louis Somerfield and Richard Lee
We're executed on the same scaffold a..
Washington, D. c., on the 3Oth
Somerfield, a negro, killed his wife and
son-in-law, and Lee murdered his wife
IN November last. At Perryville, Ark,
for the murder OF DR.. Ferguson, in
February, 1885, J. n. Austin was
hanged. George Carroll was swung of
at Searcy, in thesame state, for killing
his vile. Giuseppe Scoma, an Italian
convicted on the Goth, OF the murder
OF Antonio Rocco, at the Jones quarry,
Hudson, n. Y, and sentenced to be
executed on June 4 next, committed
suicide in his cell the same night, by
strapgulation.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
4 HYSyERfOTS .U4EaDY,

People OF Rowlesburs, West Virginia,
Dying of Strange Disease.
a mysterious and fatal disease has
broken out in Rowlesburg, W. Va, and
physicians are powerless so far to save
the lives OF any attacked. The victims
are first seized with a severe pain in
the head, and are cCrpses within
twelve hours. After death the bodies
become spotted.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
END or THE GREAT STRIKE.
me southwest Strike TO he Declared on
Could Yields Last.

Gould Yields at Last.
A dispatch OF the Sd from st. Louis,
Mo-, says: 1t is reported today on
good authority that the strike on the
Gould lines will be declared of to NOR
row; The eintention was to bring it to an
end last week, but such action was de-
ferred IN order to await the arrival OF
the Curtin congressional investigating
committee. 1t is understood that the
railroad officials will take back large
number OF their old employees, and
that the latter will soon be given a
chance to apply to the company for
work.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
Slavery at Twelve Pounds a Year

From the Pan Mall Gazette.I
"From what / have myself seen of it
in London" writes q correspondent,
"Ihave no hesitation in declaring that
domestic service Is frequently nothing
else than domestic slavery. | have at
this moment under my observation q
fagrant case OF a servant who il
treated and made to work like a negro
slave In the private hotel where |
am now staying, and which provides
bed and board for at least 20 people,
the house and kitchen work is done by
a no means athletic though healthy
German girl Of 10 years of age. She
rises at 8 and goes to bed at IL, COM
pletely tagged out. She is srecompensed
for all this drudgery, hardship, and
toll with the magnificent wages OF 4I2
a year.
Paul BoYSToS Is making prepara-
tons for a swim from the upper sac
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
Masculine Curiosity Quite Satisfied

IRON the OFtgCulaU-
The police force have good Joke on
a new member. 1t appears that the
late addition to "the finest" was fur
nished with fire alarm key, and never
having seen the inside OF one of these
boxes thought he would enllghten him.
self as to the mysterious inwards of
these by means Of his key. He got the
box open all right and looked at the
works till he was satisfied, but when
ne had closed the box again be was
Mortified to find that he could not ex-
tract the key 4 brother officer
coming along kindly informed the vic
tim that it would be as much as his
lie was worth TO go away and leave
the key in the box, as some fellow
might come along and turn in a false
alarm. So the new man Fingered
near" like Mary's littlelamb. after the
teacher had put it out, till 3upG. Coffee
could be found. The policeman need
not feel sore over the matter, for there
is young man IN town who rushed
to a box re turn in an alarm, bur
who, when he had opened the box, did
nothing but stand and shout fire into
it as II it Sere a telephone.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
MuWArKEE.

BRUCE joy, an Irish sculptor, Is ea-
toying high repute and plenty os profit
able orders IN London
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
"CAS you tell me" he asked

"CAS you tell me-" lie asked as he
entered an Office on Broad Street the
other day, Why the railroad should
discriminateso heavily aeainet dressed
meat over live stock ?" Certainly,
sir. Dressed meas is dead, isn't it -
..Of course" ''Weil aDyt hing which
can't kick is always bulidozs1 BY a
railroad company. - Van Street
News.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08
Innnortant.

When you visit or leave New York City,
save baggage. expressage and SO carriage
hire. and stop at the GRAND UNION HO-
TEL, opposite Grand Central Depot.
SIX hundred and thirteen rooms, fitted
up at cost of one million dollars. 81 and
upwards per day. European plan. Ele-
yator. Restaurant supplied with the best.
Horse cars, stages and elevated railroads
70 all depots. Families 2an live better for
less money at the Grand Union Hotel than
at any other hrst-class hotel IA the city.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08

NEVADA mas at present no fewer
than Is, 900 voters.