The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-06-15
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day, destroyed nineteen dwellings, anu stores
in Broad and Centre streets. Loss 5000
partly insured.
NORTHUMBERLAND steamer brings intelligence
of the loss of the schooner Velocipede, en- /
gagged in the seal fisheries. Twelve persons |
were drowned.
VIII GREEGoR, for some time past chief
clerk in the money-order department of the |
Detroit Postof1ice, has just been discovered |
to have defrauded the government out of up
ward of $1,000.
YOUNG girl named Smith fell from the
Vandalia railroad bridge, across the Wabash,
near Terre Haute, on Saturday, striking the
water 40 feet below. She sank twice, but was
reached and taken out in time to save her life.
Ii the United States Court at Des MONIES,
Iowa, on Friday, P. d. Banks, of Clarinda,
Page county, who plead guilty to the charge
of robbing the mails, was sentenced to ten
years in the Iowa penitentiary.
MONDAY morning the boiler of Gordon COM
pany's bleaching works, Crease street, Phila
delphia, exploded killing one man and fatally
wounding girl Five other men were also
injured.
BRICK PoMERoY had mandamus served on
each member of the municipal board of New
York city, and it was to compel the payment
of his bill for city advertising. The claim
amounts to between 1000 and $4,000.
Ii is reported that $50, 900 OF the funds of
the Eighth National Bank of New York are
missing. Examiner Calender says that the
President of the bank will be proceeded
against for completely therein.
DECORATION DAY was generally observed
throughout the North, and also in some of the
large cities of the South. At Woodvie Gene
terry, Cleveland, a beautiful granite monument,
erected to the memory of members of the
Seventh Ohio Infantry, was dedicated.
BACKMAN has offered Mr.. Bonner SO, 900 for
the foal that the dam of Startle is soon to give
TO the country. Mr. Bonner paid $4,000 for the
colt, dead or alive. On Wednesday morning.
Pocahontas trotted in harness, half-mile, at
Fleetwood Park III 1:0614.
DIBBLE, WORTH 4 Co., New York. cotton
brokers' suspended on Saturday, having been
cramped by the Withholding of large amounts
ofcotton, by Southern dealers. Other cotton
merchants, who have contracted to deliver in
time, are embarrassed, and other suspensions
are expected.
GEN. SHERIDAN advises the War Department
that there are about $500 hostile Indians col
iected near Fort Berthold, who have declared
their intention to oppose the progress of work
on the railroad this summer. They have torn
mp the stakes planted by the surveying party
IN the Powder River country
The annual meeting of the American Press
Society was held in Boston, Monday afternoon
aud presided over by Amasa Walker. The
anniversary exercies of tho Society take place
June 10th, Sunday evening. which time is
chosen appropriate to the opening of the In
tenational Peace Jubilee on the nth
REPORTER who visited the school-ship
Mercury, which lately returned from cruise
III the South Atlantic, says that, while the Off
Gers report only two boys missing some of the
crew say they lost eight boys during the
cruise. Two Or three jumped overheard off
the coast of Brazil. Another jur.ped over
board while close to New York.
SENATOR LEWIS caned Mr. SeiIheimer. the
New York Herald correspondent, in the CAPT
tol, at Washington, on Thursday evening, for
having said that he Gewis) was in sympathy
with the Greeley movement, The Senator
first called HIM liar, scoundrel and puppy
Sellhelmcr did not defend himself from attack
and was not seriously injured
CAPT. DICK, of the bark Stormy Petrol, at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from Scotland
reports seeing a Norwegian ship on the "a of
May, i'll latitude 80 deg. 10 NJ, longitude 30
deg. 40 m, with passengers for Quebec, with
the loss of spars, and suffering severely from
heavy gale. The captain thinks she went
down soon atterward-
AZ Memphis, on Friday, George f. Stark
attached to Ney's circus, while ascending in a
balloon, struck against tho Jackson
block. The ropes supporting the trapeze on
which he was seated parted, letting him fall to
the ground, distance of fifty feet, cutting
and bruislng HIM IN a horrible manner. There
IL little or no hope of his recovery His
parents reside at Columbus. OHIO.
On Wednesday, at Grass Flat and near Oil
City, while the workmen were roaming the
oil well, there was sudden flow OF oil and gas
and an explosion occurred in the derrick blow
ing the men outside to considerable distance
and setting them on fire. Two of them An
drew Lavens and Robert Bone. were burned to
death IN n short time. Two others were seri-
ousiy burned, but will recover
WITH reference to the demand of the Chi
eago Typographical Union for an advance of
IL per cent. on the present rate of wages, it
may be stated that the notification to the en-
pioyora declares that the advance ia only
asked on account of the increase in rents: and
IS OF temporary character the printers being
Wiling TO return to their old rates as soon as
INC lOusc IldIhel resumes It's normal con-
dition
IT Is known from an official source that the
Treaty of Washington is in peril, the United
states having placed on Great Britain the re-
sponslblilty of its failure, and the President
anu senate beng determined to make no fur
lhef CONCESSIONS The kilograms last received
do not give hope of an early Adjustment as it
II SAID tuat Great Britain requires the une-
qulyocal withdrawal of our claims for indirect
damages.
MAIL accounts of the freshet few dayssapo
III southwest Missouri say that whole farms in
the valleys of Spring river, Center creek and
other streams were completely washed AWAY
leaving nothing but rock and gravel. Live
stock OF all kinds were drowned in large num-
bers. Hundreds of yards of the Atlantic and
taclhc haliroad track were swept from its bed
INTO adjacent fields. A wall of water five feet
high rolled down Spring river valley. leaving
only devastation behind it.
Abroad.
INSURGENTS are again becoming troublesome
in Cuba
MISS Kellogg, the American prima donna.
sings at Buckingham Palace on the Goth.
IHE Figaro announces, on what it claims to
be the best authority. that Mile. Christine
Nilsson viii be married to NJ Rousscoad of
Paris, early in July next.
LIEUTENANT FREDERICK ID. GRANT, while in
Moscow ON the 18th instant was presented to
Car Alexander, who happened to be in that
eity that day.
Tue excitement in Spain which was occa