The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-05
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The failure of Henry Milward DC Co., one of
the leading provision jobbiDg firms of Cbica-
60 is announced. Liabilities $50, 600. The
house went s. long on ms SIS pork TO the
tent of 1856, 0G0. The failure caused decline
IN pork of 81 Go per barrel Tuesday noon, but
the market recovered 25c before evening. The
broken firm announc their intention of pay
ing what they car, and then getting white
washed.
The fires in the woods in the forth of
Michigan Fave been extinguished by the re-
cent rains, but several millions of feet of logs
are reported as being destroyed.
A THOROUGHLY reliable gentleman OF Wash
ington, who processes to be acquainted with
all the details of the CClfax bond robbery OF
last winter asserts publicly that he had COM
pete description Of all the securities, the
number OF the bonds and their amount, &C.,
taken from the late Vice Presidents trunk,
and that the amounted to nearly one hundred
thousand dollars. lie further states that the
securities had been recovered, and all but
ten thousand dollars of them were returned
to Colfax.
Henry MAXWELL and John Muney were in
iured on Saturday, probably fatally, by the
explosion OF the boiler at Duncan's salt works,
Bay City.
AT Salem, Ind. a small station on the l.. n.
A. & c. Railroad, ON Friday last. two men,
named Hebron and Halsted, in the morning
had quarrel IN the saloon of Hebron. In
the evening, while Halsted was passing by the
door of the saloon, Hoffron drew revolver
and walked out and shot Hasted, firing Iour
shots, one taking effect i'll the heart, instantly
killing hIm. Hebron, not yet satisfied, took
Hasl eds body TO cellar, and hitting him up
beat his brains out with the butt end of his
revolver.
THE body OF Henry NJ. Wellington, of Bos-
ton, has been recovered hom The wrt ok of the
Atlantic.
JAMES Perry, Of New York, who plead guilty
81 perjury h; the Jumcl estate case, was SEN
fenced to four years in the state prison, i'll
Rhode Island and fine of ten dollars.
AN attempt was made Saturday last, by a
baud OF dcspersdoes, to rob the store of Mr..
Ehoddy, out twenty miles from Burlington,
Missouri Ithoddy resisted and shot and killed
two OF the gang, named Joseph Bacus and
Thomas Jefferson, and dubbed another with
his gun So badly that he cannot live.
DURING a storm at springf Id, Ohio, Mon
day night the lightning struck the splre of
The English Lutheran Church, and set it on
fire. John Powell, foreman, attempted to
ascend the interior OF the spire with hose,
when a block of timber fell on his head
CRUSHING his skull, killing him instantly.
NEAR Marysyille Cal. -, on Monday afternoon
a stage was attacked by masked men, and
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s treasure of $500 taken.
The passengers were not moested.
The grasshoppers are making terrible havoc
III Cussutt, Osceoa, O'Brien and Clay ccun-
tics, iowa.
LEwIs D. TAPPAN, one of the foremost work.
ers III the aDti-slaycfy movement IN Its oaly
cfJrtsln New York city, died on Saturday.
BY collision of picnic railroad trains, near
ST. Louis on Sunday, thirteen persons were
Injured, two seriously.
A FIRE ID Pottsyille, n. Y, Friday, destroyed
nearly two blocks, and 5000 oG0 worth of
property. one child was killed. and another
injured.
TURNER'S stables at Point Breeze Trottmg
Park, Philadelphia, were burned Monday
morning o. fourteen valuable trotteIs in
the Stables, Matte Lyle and Nettie only were
saved.
AZ iucendary fire at Mt Morris, Livingstone
county, n. Y, on Sunday, burned all Of the
brick stores between the American House and
Phelps House. Loss $50, O00-partially III
surcd.
MCCoSNGLLs BRos. stables, and fifty horses
belonging 10 different persons in Buffalo, were
burned Monday morning.
FIFN-FIyE thousand dollar fire is reported
from Reading, Pa.
Tue Indian Bureau has received from the
War Department an official letter from Lieut.
COL John D. Brook, commanding at Camp
supply, in which he states that the Chey-
onue and Iowa Indians are off their reeerva-
uons.
IHE post Offices at Charleston, Chelsea, East
Cambridge, Cambri1geport, Cambridge. North
Cambridge, Someryille. East Somerville, Har-
son Square and Neposes, Massach usetts, are
al made sub-stations OF the Boston post office
ADvIc15 from the leaders OF the j emery
party in Louisiana say that if there is to be a
new election i'll that State they desire 1t to be
exclusively under tn control of the Federal
Government, ana assert that Il Gov. Kellogg
and his associates are allowed in any way to
control or even iutermeddle with il the friends
ot McEucry and the opponents of Kellogg will
have nothing to DO with the election
Comm 3DoEE ROGERS and W. p Sanger OF
the Navy Department, have returned from
san Francisco, where they were inspecting
the permanent dry-dock now being construct
cd at the city at cost of $4,000 900. This
dock, when completed, Will be the largest in
the possession OF the Government. 1t is 5OO
feet iong and 100 feet wide, and capable of
docking any size OF craft III our waters.
WAsHiNGroN's headquarters at Morristown
\ j., were sold at auction on Wednesday
and purchased by Ex-Governor Randolph, W.
J. Lodgerwood, Geo. Halsey, and General "
BIlstCad tor S25,00 The intention of the
purchasers Is TO hold 1t for the state until the
Legislature meets, when, il SO ordered, they
VIII transfer It without profit.
Tar extensive iye-story brick pork-packing
house eff Fogen X Mcqueen, N st. Louis, was
burned on Wednesday night with 400 live
hogs, and 100000 pounds OF hog product.
FIRE at MIddletown, n. \, on Wednesday
destroyed Babcock, Fuller < Co. 5 hat factory
Loss fifty thousand dollars.
TINS safe Of John z. and Abraham Lott, at
torneys Of Brooklyn, was robbed o.. saturday
night II mortgage bonds valued at two hun
dryd thousand dollars, belonging to various
clients. but OF no value to any one but the
owners.
COUNTERFEIT tens on the Central National
Bank of Rome \. Y, were put i'll circulation
at Williamsburg, \. v, Saturday night. One
man was arrested.