The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-12
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ing the past year, arrived in New York, Mon
day, on their way to Japan
FIRE in Detroit Monday morning destroy
ed K. c.. Barker & Co.'S tobacco factory. Loss
on machinery and stock, $72 600; insured.
Loss on building, which belonged to the
Ducharne estate; abost $4,000; insured
AN explosion of Giant powder in Virginia
City, Col, demolished Roots building and the
Bank of California, and killed ten or twelve
persons.
SAMUEL JOKES. farmer at South Oyster
Pay, Long Island, was murdered on Friday
night last, his body thrown into a well and
his house robbed.
Al st. Johnsbury, Vt, on Saturday, James
Snow, farmer, while drunk, fatally shot
John Stanton, pedder, who called at his
house to sell some goods.
WISE DONALDSON, 9roneauts, are building
a balloon III New York, for private corpora
ton, bearing the expenses, IN which they pro-
pose to make voyage to Europe, starting
about August goth.
A DUEL was fought near Montgomery Sta
ton, Louisiana, Tuesday, between ex-JudGe
VIM. H. Cooley and r. b. Rhett, Jr., of the
Picayune, in which Cooley was killed at the
second shot. The difficulty grew out of an ar
ticle published III the Picayune headed Haw-
kins VS.. the Picayune," ana a reply from
Judge Cooley, published III the Tunes of the
9th. Col. Rhett was not touched. 1t is I'M
derstood that Rhett was the challenging
party. They fought with double-barrel shot
guns, loaded with ball-distance, forty PAGES
An alligator gar, over seven feet long, was
caught III the river GEAR Alton, H., on Satur-
day night.
Coz. JOHN W. FOSTER. of Chicago, died
Monday night, aged 80. He was twenty years
ago very prominent III Massachusetts, politics
and has been widely known among men OF
science in this country ana Europe.
GEORGE CoNGDoNs mill near Cedar Mills
Mich, was burned on Friday. Loss SO, 600
VERY important statement will soon be
published, showing that the proceeds of the
famous s. 200 check to 6 5. c. or bearer" were
not received by Hon. Schuyler Colfax The
statement Will be the testimony of gentle
man who saw Cakes Ames present that check
in person at the office of the Sergeant-at t.
Arms aud receive the money for it. This gen.
tlcman has long been absent III Europe, and
was not until recently aware of the import
ance OF his testimony.
THE War Department Will send to West
Point from tie Ordnance Bureau as a trophy
OF the late war. the inst gun fired in the re-
bellIon. 1t was fired at the steamer Vicksburg
bound for New Orleans, and supposed to have
arms and ammunition on board belonging tC
the United States. The firing took place sew
eral days before any guns were fired at United
States forts OF troops, either at Charleston OF
Pensacola. IT IS a small four-pound can
non, formerly the property of the city OF
VIcksburg.
ON Sunday morning, Mr.. O. d. Benjamin
proprietor OF the billiard table manufacturers
at Cleveland and Toledo, G. r. Renjamin and
George Bailey, started with small sail-boat
for Rocky river SIX miles from Cleveland, on
the lake shore. Nothing has since been
seen or heard OF them. The weather has been
very squaly, and 1T is probable they were
drowned
Z rrr Atlantic cable of 1868 which gave ont
some time since, Is to be repaired at once.
\ BODY of a man found on Thursday on
South Beach, Staten Island, was recognized
as thai Of Col. Lionel Pesrv Sidney, late OF
British America, who has been stopping at
the DeSoto House in Blocker street, New
York. He lett the hotel on The Dist inst. to
draw large sum from his banker, AMI has
not been seen since. As no money was found
on his person, foul play is suspected.
AN explos on Of a box OF giant powder in the
hoosic tunnel, Sunday. killed four men, ia
tally wounded one, and seriously injured an
other
THE Connecticut House of Repres entatives
has passed a resolution condemning the back
pay steal.
At Monroe, Mich, on Sunday evening, Mr..
Believer, OF Toledo, Ohio, while seated at an
opeu window during thunder storm was
struck by lightning aud instantly killed.
DAVID blackjack, aged 40, and sister, who
resided near Baltimore. were found dead in
the same room, the other morning. The
former was poisoned, and the latter was
hanging to the bed-post supposed suicide.
IHE works of the Stonewall Oil Company.
Long Island City, we've burned on Saturday.
Loss Sl25, 000. The New York Oil Company
lost SIS, GOO by the same fire.
FIRE at Farewell, Mich. Tuesday after
noon destroyed Linton's saw-mill, together
with lumber belonging to Curtis & Ressinger
and Rcssinger, Piper & Co. Loss on mill
$4,000 insured for $4,000. Loss on lumber
$4,000 insured for $1,000. D. C. Wadwick
lost S3,0CO on staye and heading mll-no in
surarce.
Fl will require five and half million dollars
to carry on the city government of Brooklyn
next year.
IN Lafayette, Ind, Sunday evening, a Swede
accidentally discharged a revolver, the ball
striking lady named Sarah Bush. causing a
fatal wound.
\ LITTLE girl, two or three years old,
daughter OF German named Bishop, Tell
through an old privy IN Madison, on Sunday,
and WAS sutfncated before assistance could
reach her.
Br the explosion Of the boiler of a steam.
saw-mill, a few miles from Terre Haute, Satur-
day evening, one Of inc proprietors, named
Robert Wilson, an d one o. the employees were
instantly killed.
CHARLES BAKER, aged fourteen years, was
accidentally shot and killed by a playmate in
Baltimore on Saturday.
SOME scoundrels have placed cedar rails
piles OF stone, etc, on the tracks of the nIi-
nois Central and Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroads for the purpose of throwing
trains from the track. No damage has vet
been done beyond dome slight delays
At Terre Halte, ON Saturday, John Nor
ton, youth of about 10 years, shot himself
through the head while foolinS with pistol
A SHOOTING affair occurred at Clarence,
Iowa, Thursday. An attempt was made to