The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-03-11
Summary Of Late News.

SATURDAY, Bishop Whitehouse form
ally suspended Rev. Mr.. Cheney from
the ministry, in accordance with the
findings of the ecclesiastical court. By
unanimous request of his wardens
and vestry men, Mr.. Cheney will con-
tine to occupy the pulpit of his church
at Chicago.
A POLICEMAN named HARRISON was as
sassinated, on his beat, at Chicago,
Saturday night. No clue to the murder
has been obtained.
John Bern was instantly killed at the
La Sale street tunnel, at Chicago, Sat
urday, and John German SO badly in
iured that he can survive but few
hours The derrick chain broke and a
bucket full of clay fellto the bottom of
the excavation, a distance of twenty
five feet, striking the men named.
A CHICAGO dispatch says that severe
storm of sleet, snow and wind COM
menced about eleven o'clock Saturday
evening and lasted two hours The re
suits of the storm was the complete de-
molition of the Oakland Congregation
al Church, located about five miles from
VIC CttS, OA Ullo 1dhO o1oIC. IhC
cost $50, 900. It is total wreck. VIM.
Schwartz, an insane man, was frozen to
death Saturday night in the town of
Jefferson. His home was at No. 135
Townsend street, Chicago.
JAMES BOYD, of Frelighsburg, Cana
da, was committed Saturday, at New
York, in default of $4,000 bail, for
wholesale traffic in counterfeit money
Boyd is sheriff, mail-carrier, and rev.
epue officer in the Canadian service.
A MAN on Saturday walked into the
Office of the agent who sells tickets for
the Hamilton Opera House Drawing,
at New York, and seized box contain
ing 81, 700 and started for the street; a
clerk managed to grapple the fellow,
when he dropped the box, jumped
through the window, and escaped.
Two HUNDRED and fifty workmen
were discharged from the Brooklyn
Navy Yard Saturday.
AN extensive fire occurred at Buffalo
Sunday. The Post and Courier were
| both burned out. Loss estimated at
about s150,000.
J. BOYD and Henry Builder, of Gin
cinnatl, were attacked by four highway
men at the intersection of Reading and
Walter Hills roads, about o'clock Sat
urday, and robbed of $4,000 The rob
bers all escaped.
The hurricane Friday night destroyed
or damaged ma ority of the buildings
| left by the recent fire at Helena, Arkan-
sas. Mrs. Stewart, q widow, was ia
tally wounded, and her little son in
stantly killed. The Baptish Church
was demolished, and a large number OF
other buildings either demolished OF
badly damaged. The same night the
villages of Pocahontas and Iuka, Miss,
suffered severely
The French Relief Fund, of New
York, now amounts to IS, 900 dollars.
The Swedish bark Alette, cleared Sat
urday for Havre with 5,211 barrels OF
! t1our.
SENATOR SUMNER had a serious attack
of illness on Saturday, but was better
Sunday, though his condition gave some
alarm to his friends.
A sCHIsM has occurred in the Mexican
Church party in consequence of the &C
ceptance by large part of the party OF
the Iheer'i r"'nciples of the constitution
NAPOLEON has received notification
not to again overstep the privileges of q
prisoner, and to abstain from any inter
ference in politics in the form of pro
tests or proclamations. Orders have
been given to watch him closely.
! THE appointment of Theirs as Chic
Executive of the French nation is vel
received in Paris, and the journals gen
orally approve of the election of Grievy
to the presidency of the Assembly.