The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-08-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


DENsE logs are reported IN the trans
Atlantic steamer lanes.'
doLD, silver, copper, iron and coal of
paying quality and quantity have been
struck latterly near Las Cruces, Lower
California.
LARGE crowds gather nightly opposite
a haunted" house on Myrtle Avenue.
Brooklyn, and watch eagerly for anv
manifestations that the. supposed
spooks" may be pleased 10 make.
ELecrRIc engines OF 200 horse power
each, three together in each locomotive
working independently are about to be
substituted for steam locomotives on
the Metropolitan Underground Railroad
III London.
lie champion fisherwoman of New
England Is undoubtedly Miss Lottie +.
Maxwell, of birmingham, Mass She
~ spending vacation in the White
Mountains, and the other morning went
out and caught "A trout.
The paper money of Chill is so depre-
GATED In value that guest at MOTEL
ordinarily pays 5000 day for his accom-
modallons. AT one time only a few
years ago calico sold at 5000 yard in
these deprecated bills.
CERTAIN pubIic-spirited citizens oil
Ilauepantla, Mex, have built at their
own cost handsome theater there, and
gwen 1t to the town upon condition that
the net proceeds of all performances In
1t Shall go TO the schools.
OREGON cries aloud for an immigration
OF chickens, no less than three carloads
OF eggs having been imported at Port,
land IN course of one July week, and
alter wear and tear and loss from spoil
ing paid large profit 10 tie importer.
TRIBE in the palm region of the
Amazon cradles tie young i'll palm
leaves. A single leaf turned up around
the edges by some native process makes
an excellent cradle, and now and then
IL is made TO do service as bath tub
A NEGRO woman who recently went
insane III Atlanta. imagined that the sun
bad perched itself upon her head and
she conld not shake it off. 81 have been
walking around all day with the sun on
my head, said she, trying to shake il
off, but | can't get rid of it, -
TOBACCO Is to be shut out at the Cham
bersburg pa Academy. No boy will
be admitted who uses it in any way
Boarding and day pupils VIII be treated
alike. The ground taken is that tob .cco
produces baneful effects on the minds
and health of the students.
ONE of the wealthiest women in the
country is Mrs. Moses Taylor. She In
herltl d $50, 100000 from her husband
and the estate has since increased great
ly IL value. She spends her summers at
Lons, Branch and devotes herself large
ly to religion and benevolence.
Mrs. CAIN, of Tyler, Tex, seeing a
burglar break into the cabin occupied
by her absent cook, telephoned her
husband to come home, and when he
got there it was to find the robber help
less and covering at the muzzle of a
pistol in the hands of his intrepid wife.
THE fastest trains in this country are
two flyers on the Baltimore & Ohio
road that are scheduled to run the forty
miles between Baltimore and Washing
ton in forty-fye minutes. The slowest
train is a North Carolina express,
which consumes nine hours in running
100 miles.
We heard of a farmer near Elston
who sent tor an advertised Twenty-Five
cent potato bug killer. He received
two little wooden mallets with instrttc-
tons to catch the bug and smash him
with the mallet, and if he did not kill
the first lick to repeat.-Jeferson City
MOI Times.
THERE was fine sense of appreciation
displayed in the resolution adopted by
the prison reformers, on the final day 6
session of that convention in this city,
expressing their thanks for Boston s
east winds. The much maligned
zephyrs may now consider themselves
vindicated. Boston Herald.