The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-09
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HE champion roller skater Of Glass
horo, y. j., Is Il 2-year-old boy.
II is proposed TO establish q mail serv-
los on the street cars IN ST. Louis.
\ rwo-HEADED shark of the hammer
nose variety has been captured off tie
coast of Texas
\ YELLOW hen with blue tail in the
subject OF an interesting lawsuit in an
Alabama court.
4 PORTER at a large Philadelphia hotel
Is worth $50, 600, while the propretors
are insolyent.
Or all the Southern States, it is said
Kentucky alone has made no provision
for the eX-Confederates
An old clipper ship has Just made the
fastest time OH record between Japan
and this country, being out but twenty
two DAYS.
NUMBER Of mules and horses We're
killed at Cotton Plant, Monroe County.
Ark, the other day, by a cloud of buffa-
10 gnats.
A MARYLAND railroad not long ago
carried a female passenger half a mile
out of her way, and has lately had to
pay $500 for so doing.
An Irish Judge was presented with
white gloves the other day to mark the
entire absence Of criminal cases from
the calendar III his riding.
A JUDGE who is holding court at Bro
ken Ro y, Neb., is forcing attorneys to
get up in the morning, as he has the
docket called at 80 \. NJ. sharp.
THERE is a small, unobtrusive society
IN London known as the NJ. \. Il. \. 3:
otherwise the Metropolitan Association
for Betriending Young Servants.
A LARGE fox tried to steal goose
fron barnyard near Butler, Pa, the
other day, but the fowl fought SO brayeiy
that she killed the would-be thief.
SYRACUSE, \. y, is tie home Of a girl
who has but one eye and that is in the
middle OF her forehead. This female
cyclops is rather good looking.
TIE aggregate wealth Of the nited
states is nearly sixty times what il was
sixty wears ago, when the figures were
81 600 900 Uo. Now they are 50. 200
10000
An indianapolis man sWOre in court
the other day that he did not know his
wlte's first name, though they have
lived happily together for thirteen
wears.
4 ETERtN hunter Of nanfoith Me,
III attempting To kill huge bear With Il
knife, was carried three miles on the
animal 5 back before the wild beast died
from the loss of blood.
TIE strange sight OF two complete
buildings racing down street was seen in
Auburn, Ne. recently. Rival contract
OTIS IN Il hurry to occupy certain lot
were the cause OF the exhibition.
\ HILTON j., according to the French
and American method OF nuHeratIon Il
thousand millions. OF $3.50 Geo. Hn nua:
according IL the English method Il
million millions, OF ,nO0, m0. e00, 0oo ono
Moo, >>I> snakes are said to be :,
numerous at night III the streets o.
Columbus, Ca. that there Is little us
for the police since thieves and roystcr
srs are afraid 10 venture abroad after
dark
A RESIDENT Of carroll County, ga
killed mite oak snake sunday Whicl
measured . feet in length AMI inche:
in diameter. This Is one of the larges
snakes ever killed in the state.
\ WOMAN Of Peach Bloom, in onccul
County. Ala. has Il Cochin hen that ha
laid To- eggs since the st .: October
This hen has never shown any dIsposj
ton TO set, and Is still LAYING.
THE somewhat startling intelligence,
comes from London that the Lad,
truide Association is about To organize ;
society for the employment OF gentle
women in the making OF cigarettcs.
THE Vienna Housewives society start
ed about seven wears ago. and ha
taught the noble art of housek he { ping t,
more than 900 girls, and j. now to give
courses of instruction To uursemaid
and goyernesses.
\ LARGE swarm Of wild bees i nov
don.iclled in the boxing of the court
house, t1uitman, ia. They are locate,
in the southeast corner, and are husii,
engaged in manufacturing honey Tor IN,
county officials.
RECENTLY Il farmer Of It George. Ne
put away III i canvas purse money I,
pay mortgage due this month. POI
going after the purse he found that mic,
had destroyed every bill
CoNNE,TIctr has the honor Of havin,
the Oldest apple tree in the country
The tree in question is III Wethersticld
and was planted III los or 1910 and i
still in good bearing condition. 1t il al
English pearmain.
THE ,plrit of organization has strucI
the hellringers OF the English churches
the irst annual meeting of the Contra
Council of Church BelIringcrs' havin
been held, with seventy delegates at
tending. representing 1900 members
SCIENTISTS say the chemist will dom
nate coming inventions. Nj our fue
Will presently he furnished in the form
ut gaS. In a quarter of a century NOR
we shall wonder why man was ever sucl
a fool AZ 10 carry coal into the hous
and burn II
MtCH anxiety j. felt AT the spread .
irreligion III the Fatherand The nun,
her Of Germans in the large cities re
ceivlug neither baptism nor eontirma
ton amounts to hundreds of thousands
In Prussia alone there are 10000 ire
lIgious persons who nave never bee
baptized.
IHE greatest novelty in dolls has no,
been invented III Nuremhurg the grea
German town for dolls and plaything>
machine in the doll causes il 10 moy
its hand and write neat little letters on
slate or on paper Whole sentences ca
be written, TO the great amusement I
children.
IiiERr j. a Girl in junction City, Mo
who commenced going IL school Il
wears ago this spring, since which tlm
She has answered to rolt-eaIl ever
morning She has neither absence Nc
tartiineSs charged against her.
\ WELL RlrENEp plantain, sliced an
fried, is a dish to he rellshcd, but TN
natives Of the South American coast pre-
fer them green. boiled with the flesh I
Young monkey or that of an inagu;
the !, hole highly seasoned with garli
and cayenne pepper.
4 WHITE woman 81 Hull County. TIA
is IL wears of age. has + children. Il
grandchildren, 6,i6 great grandchildren
81 great-great- grandchildren, in a
20. Her father lived To he Ia year
old She has been a member Of III
church for lo2 wears.
WnIIF clouds. especially the lhight
forms. have general tendency 10 NOV
in the same direction a. storms. that il
from west TO easF. il has been decide
that they are very poor guide 10 foilo'
in special instances, ana they fan t: