The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-03-16
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n ZINE III ittoUtuS Ou OdtuIudy night, QoS-
troyed the upper rolling mill, with six train
of rails, tie spike, bolt and nut factory. pat
tern shop, pattern. stove house and foundry
of tn 3 American Iron Works. The loss is eati
mated between two and three hundred thous.
ana collars. The works are the largest III
America, employing twenty-five hundred
hands.
The New York Produce Exchange has
adopted resolution, opposing the bill now
pending in the Legislature of that state, tc
cede lands TO the United States Government
LOT the construction of a ship-canal around
Niagara Falls, on the ground that the scheme
was an attempt to divert trade and commerce
rom New York city.
THE New York Times calls for Legislative
investigation of the police headquarters OF
Chief kelso, stating that mass of evidence
is IN the hands of the Committee Of Seventy
showing a shameful state Of corruption
throughou the police department They are
SAID, also, to have conclusive evidence OF
frauds On the city which will secure either the
arrest Oh flight of over 500 city robbers.
F. W. CANoUTT, resident of Council Bluffs
wandered from home last Monday in fit OF
insanity, AID stopped at the house of man
named Foster. sixteen miles from that civ
desiring to stay all night. He became raving
and attacked Foster and his wife, who, in en-
deavorlng to defend themselves, beat him sc
badly that he died Saturday. Foster and bis
wife were both arrested, and are now in iai) in
Wells county.
The case of the State of Arkansas versus the
tug Nettie Jones, claiming about S12, 900 for
arms taken from the steamer Hesper on the
Mississippi River, and thrown into the river by
band OF disguised men. nearly four years
agohas been decided by Judge Caldwell. of the
Z. S. District Court for that state. in favor of
the owners of the tug The arms were being
imported to arm the state militia The de-
ciSion was based on the want of completely be-
tween the officers and owners of the Nettie
Jones and the persons Selling the arms.
COUNTY, Michigan has just cen
~'urder. The victim of
oooEoAA "stfall living
the scene of a brutal - oe,
the crime was named Charles W.
at LIE Roy. He and the Indians were last so~
drinking together, and he was found dead in
the road, while the Indians had disappeared.
There were thirty eight gashes cut with
knife found on his person. His mouth was
cut open from ear to ear. The knife had been
stuck in under both eyes, and three terrible
stabs were made IN his left side. Whether
they had any difficulty or not is unknown.
The Indians think they killed him, but do not
remember
CHARLES L. WILSON, editor of the Chicago
Journal, has received from New York an ele-
CANT silver coffee urn, it being presented to
him by the Buffalo hunting party, composed
of Gems. Sheridan, Sherman, James Gordon
Bennett, Jr., l.. w. Jerome, Gen. Stager
. Buffalo Bill" and others, for the reason
that he brought down the first elk.
The excitement in Sioux City over the re,
cent discovery of gold in the Black Hills is
getting to be intense. reliable gentleman,
who arrived by stage from the up river on Tues
day night, fully confirms the previous re
ports. He brings large amount of very rich
quartz, and says the Indians have great
quantities In their possession. Great excite
ment exists among the upriver settlers over
the discovery.
THE steamship Republic, of the White Sta
line, and the Cunard steamship Russian, have
had race from New York to Queenstown
The Republics time was eight days and nine
hours; the Russia's eight days and eleven
hours.
MRS. HARRIET BEECHER Stowe was very
seriously, perhaps fatally, injured by fall on
Thursday at her home at Mandarin, Florida.
SETH. Comfy has been confirmed Collector
of Philadelphia vice John w. Forney
THE Secretary of the Treasury has called in
$500, 600 in three per cent. temporary loans
certificates. The denominations of the cer-
tifcates called in are 3.4l5 to 3,519 of 50, 900
EACH and S,343 10 5,405, of $1,000 each. on
which interest will cease April 30th, 1872.
OS Friday morning Mrs. Welsh, living
near Philadelphia, visited neighbor, leaving
two children, aged two and four, asleep in the
house. During her absence the building
carI2rht fire and tho obildra,, ,rora J,,,r,o5 T.,
dealt.
AIocoMoT1vE on the Delaware, Lackawanna
anl Western Railroad exploded near Phila-
delphia on Friday morning. The engineer
and fireman were badly burned and bruised.
tHEEE Is an extraordinarily large quantity OF
corn IL northern Illinois to be moved on the
opening Of river and canal navigation in the
approaching spring, which canno! fail to exert
an important influence upon the market
Nearly all the warehouses along the Illinois
liNer are full, and dealers have ceased to buy
for lack of storage.
CHICAGO is Overlooking with visitors
ADvlcEs from the gold mines in Australis
Continue satisfactory. An immensely ricl
quartz reef WAS found at Upper Binn1gners.
in New Orleans destroyed the upper
stories CT the buildings l64 and 16s Cana
street, Loss S100, 600.
TIE stockraisers of Texas have memorial
ICED Congress for protection against Mexican
cattle thieves.
i'EN. DR. ELLIOTT, for many Years pastor
Of the Unitarian Church of the Messiah. Of
81. Louis, has been formally Installed as Chan
ocHor of Washington University in that CITY
JAMES HALLEN life convict IN the Mich.
San State Prison, committed suicide by hang
ms himself in his cell by cord taken from
tobacco package. He was sent up from st
Joseph County.
BESSIE RoGEss, marriageable daughter O
tie clergyman who pr ached LIE Grand Lock
woods funeral sermon, stepped on the funera
tram IN Harlem, after the cars had beer
locked, and, standing on the platform Will,
the train crossed Harlem river in terrible
sale was blown off and landed on a pile O
rails thirty feet distant. She was shockingl
bruised, but may recover.
The French legation has transmitted to the
Department of State four medals designed 70
Capt Peterson. of the ship Thatcher Mazoum
Of Boston, and David Roberts, mate job
Rowley aud William Anderson, sailors Of TIL
Same vessel, In recognition of their services il
Iescuing the crew OF the French brig Lonend
Tgedick.
Prince DE JoISvILLE has been reinstated Il
his rank Admiral IN the French navy, an
the Duke d'Aumale in his military rank a
General The Committee of the assembly ha
reported III favor of the restoration of thei
property to the Orleans Princes.
Mr.. GIBBONS, Lord Mayor of London, ha