The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-10-21
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at New London, Wis, was destroyed by fire on
Suday morning last.
FRANCES FoUsLoNG has recovered 900
damages from \. ]. Flynn, of Nashville, for
breach of promise and seduction.
SEVENTY THOUSAND dollar coniagration is
reported from Helena, Montana. The Herald
office was included in the destruction.
A YOUNG man named Thos. Mcguire was
shot and killed by saloon keeper named An |
drew Kneafacy, in Chicago, Monday evening |
NEARLY twenty persons have committed sui !
eide by jumping from ferTvboats plying in St. |
Louis harbor during the past three months.
PARIS telegram says the supporters of the
Empire are becoming holder in their in
trigues, and agitating openly for the res.ora
ton.
SAMUEL BURROUGHS, venerable citizen OF
Providence Il. l., died on Tuesday evening
while leading the prayers of a church congTe-
cation.
VIM PRITCHABD, colered was hanged on
Friday, at Townsonton, Md, for committing
rape on German girl named Mary Seudel, il
August, 1870.
IL Chicago, on Friday twelye-y e2r-od
boy named Brodie killed his little sister by
etrickinS her blow on the back of the neck III
a tit of passion.
SPECIAL train containing railway officials
on Sunday made the run from Philadelphia to
New York III two hours and thirty-five minutes
the best time on record.
The Raymond & Ely and Meadow Valley
mines. in Nevada, with only 50 stamps, are
now producing over $4,000 900 annually, or
over one-third as much as the ComstoCk mines
with LOCO stamps.
THE Chlldren's Aid Society OF New York sent
west on Tuesday, ninety-fve children and
adults. They will be settled in the State of
Missouri, majority OF them III the neighbor-
hood of Kansas City.
A DISTANCE of twenty-five miles along the
Wabash Railroad, between New Haven aud
Defiance, o., has been devastated by contia-
grafton. Farmers, to save their barns and
houses, plowed around them.
THE small pox is raging III Brooklyn The
yellow flag has been placed in frort of each
building where the disease exists, and attention
given for cleanliness aud proper means to pro
vent the further spread Of the disease
THE Angle-American claims commission
have fully organized under the treaty at Wash
milton, by selecting Count Corti. the Italian
Minister to the United States, as President OF
the same, and have adjourned to the middle of
November.
An explosion Of sulphur occurred in the
Otto colliery near Pottsville, Pa, Monday
afternoon. Patrick McMichel. George Dunlap
Jacob Yost, and Thomas HAYS We're killed and
George Baince seriously injured. One miner
missing.
Form hOVS reside IN
Place, Chicago, went boat-ridinG on the lake
Saturday afternoon, and are supposed to have
been drowned, as the boat was found floating
bottom upward several hours after their de
parture.
A CHICAGO lumber firm recently received an
order for 3S5,000 feet of lumber from Mr..
Maitland, the extensive Illinois farmer The
lumber is to be used by Mr. Maitland IN build
ing a corn crib, and will make one about two
miles long.
ANOTHER bloody affray occurred at Newton
Ks. last Wednesday. Since the killing of the
City Marshal last Monday the excitement has
been high, and eliminated Oh Wednesday in
conflict between the Texans and authorities in
which Jack Mcdowell aud policeman were
mCrtally wounded.
LATE adyices from the Indian territory re-
ans, III the vicinity of Fort Sill number of
men were recently killed and scalpod within Il
few miles of that fort. Two herdcrs were
shot few days ago Within sight of the fort
and their bodies mutilated beyond recogni-
ton.
LAST March, Cullen Brown. prominent
citizen of Detroit died. al the age of 20 wears.
leaving IN his will contingent requests to the
amount of 800. 900 to various PRESBYTERIAN or
CARNATIONS His wife, on October 3, gave
birth to posthumus child, which becomes his
heir, and cuts off all the leGaces in question
ABOUT three O'Clock Monday afternoon. fifty
convicts at Sing Sing prison took the rropel-
Ter Hugh Battan. belonging to contractor A.
Walker and trel to escape. but Captain c.
Ward let go his anchor and stopped the boat.
The guards fred about thirty shots. but did
no harm. Officers from the prison went out
III small boats and brought them all baek. and
they are now locked up.
Is portion of the bridge being constructed
over the Verdlgrs river, near Fort Gibson, In
dian Territory, on the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railroad, was being raised on Sunday
the false work settled, and the BRIDE fell. car
ryinS with it large number of men. two of
whom were drowned, one killed. and sixteen
seriously injured. eight or ten of whom it Is
feared, fatally The bridge was being built by
DOollcl ~ tO., Oh tulcIIO.
\ SUNDERLAND steamer with seven hands
and an Italian brig with nine persons on board
foundered off the mouth Of the Humber in the
last gale Dispatches from Great Gfimsby
give narrowing details of the shipwreeks IL
full sight of the people on shore The master
of the American ship Bertha Thaycr was
swept from the deck during the gale and
drowned. Off Lundy Isle. The Bertha Thaver
put back to Benarth Roads The terrific gale
experienced at Yarmouth occasioned great dam
age to property along the sea coast and on the
river 1are to shipping in the roads.
At Wheeling, Virginia on Sunday, enc OF
the cables of the old suspension bridge lead
Ing from the foot of Sixth street to the Cres-
cent iron-mill. across Wheeling Creek. broke
with nine persons on IT. five of whom fell to
the creek bottom. a distance of about thirty
feet. Two men. Thomas Callahan and James
Kline. were killed outright and Charles Coyle
has since died. Albert Elliott, JOSEPH Hague
and George Akers were badly hurt One or
more OF these will probably die. The other
three fortunately caught to the other cable and
got of.
Foreign.
JUAREz has a majority Of eighteen in the
Mexican Congress, rendering his election Ger
tain.
TuE Japanese merchants threaten TO burn
half the stock of silk-worms eggs and force
the market.
SPAIN Is to have revolution with the over
throw of the present Government. before the
month is ended.
The shipwrights of the CLYDE Who have