The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-05-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.
M. E. INGALLS, has resigned the Pres
idency of the Cincinnati and Indian
apolis Railroad
The late cold storm has not damaged
the fruit. The prospect throughout
Kansas, tor bountiful crop of fruit
and grain, was never better
Two HUNDRED and ten thousand acres
of agricultural college land scrip do
mated by the United States to the state
of Louisiana, have been sold by the
state to G. F. Lewis, for S1S2, 900.
The defaulting cashier of the Branch
Bank of Montreal at Perth, has been
arrested and the missing funds found
in his possession.
THE corner stone of the Marquand
Chapel, Divinity School, of Yale Col
1ege, was laid on the 18th
The East
The total receipts of the French Fair
at Boston, up to last evening, we're
500, 0O0
THE executive committee of the Ma
tiona1 Photographic Association has
completed arrangements for the annual
meeting and exhibition in Philadelphia,
which is to commence on the 9Th OF
! June and continue a week. At least
| 1000 photographers are expected to be
present from all sections.
THE Republican members of the New
York Legislature held caucus yester-
day, and adopted resolution showing
that they intend to oppose the tax levy
| bill, New York election bill, the an
nulling registry law, the charter amend
ment, and the Buffalo police bill.
THE pigeon-shooting match at Green
vile, n. J., between John Taylor,
champion, and Fletcher Towers, of
California, was won By the former
Taylor hit 70 and missed Is birds
| Fletcher hit ~ and missed %.
! The West.
| THE Chicago & Leavenworth Railroad
was formally opened, yesterday, by an
excursion from Leavenworth to Cam
eron.
A REQUIsrTIoN has been made by the
Governor of Texas on the Governor of
Illinois for the delivery of Stephen
Ballou, who is charged with the muir
der of James Golden, in Collin county,
| Texas, about one year since. Ballou is
now III jail at Quincy. The evidence
against him is strong.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail
road Company are laying a track in
Indian Territory at the rate of two
miles per day. They will reach the
Arkansas river in June, and by early
| fall will be near enough the Texas line
| to control the cattle trade, which it is
expected Will reach 100000 head.
| The south.
! JUDGE Thomas SETTLES, of North
| Carolina who was recently appointed
| Minister to Peru, has received his final
Instructions, and will leave at once for
his post.
A SUIT for $50, 600 damages, instituted
in the United States Court of Virginia,
| by Judge Wright, colored, of the Su-
preme Court of North Carolina, against
the Richmond and Danville R. r. Co.,
was compromised by the payment of
| $4,000 to the plaintiff. He claimed
damages on the ground that he was
| forcibly elected from a first-class car
on account of his color, notwithstand
ing he held frst-class ticket.
In the circuit court at Madison, on
| the 18th, in the case of Spicer against
the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
! for injuries received in an accident on
the Chicago and Northwestern Road,
near Hanover, verdict was rendered
for Mr. Spieer, and 81, 500 damages
awarded
Grimes and Casualties.
PRESTON EUBANKs, baggage master,
lost his life by falling from the Edge
field and Kentucky train, which ran
over him.
| INDICTMENTS for embezzlement have
| been found against Daniels, late cash
Ter of the Webster National Bank, and
! Pittman, former cashier of the North
| National Bank.
| THE agent of bank of Montreal, at
/ Perth, Ont, has absconded, being
defaulter to the extent of $4,000 He
was very respectfully connected. The
| affair causes considerable excitement
NEAR Uniontown, Pa, on the 10th,
quarrel occurred between two farmers
named Cassidy and Hoar, about a di-
vision fence, when Cassidy dealt Hoar
a severe blow with his fist, killing him
instantly.
A TRAVELLING agent for the firm Of
otSlISh q w. JtNSlSlS,
named VIM. Simon, was robbed of
about 81, 900 worth of sample stock, at
Fort Wayne, on the 10th. 1t was stolen
while he was out few minutes.
Fires.
BRIDGE number six, between Gull
ford and Lawrenceburg, on the Indian
apolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette Rail
Road, one hundred and thirty feet
span, was burned on the 18th.
KNoBLooK BROTHERS furniture fac
tory in South Bend, Ind, was burned
on the 18th. The flames communicated
to Huey's chair factory, on the north,
and to Taylor's saw and lath mill on
the south, completely destroying both.
The total loss is about S45, 600, upon
which there is no insurance.
THE barn of James Porterfeld, near
Mendoza, Ill, was destroyed by an in
cendiary fire on the night of the 10th,
with it's contents, including five horses,
seven COWS and two caves. Loss
$1,000
The town of Wolcott, N. Y, was al
most destroyed by fire on the night of
the 18th.
Foreign
GEN. HERwoTH Won BIrTENFIBLD has
been promoted to the rank of Field
Marshal.
THE amount Of credit to ba oSEod ~