The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-06-07
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Miss was burned on Wednesday. Loss
$4,000 insurance $4,000.
A NOTORIOUS burglar, named Jim Brady
has been captured in New York with $4,000
bonds stolen from the Glenn's Falls Bank
A TORNADO is reported to have occurred o
Thursday last, eight miles south OF Usage
Mission Kansas, deslocating tract of coun-
try a half mile in width and six miles in length.
Two houses were lifted in the air aud blown to
atoms Six persons were killed outright, six
MORALLY wouLded, and fifteen dangerously
injured One little girl was carried one
fourth of mile and drowned in the creek
Persons were striped of their clothing, and
birds of their feathers. Horses, cattle and
hogs were killed.
SPEAKER BLAME, unlike most public men
who go to Salt Lake City did not call on the
Mormon authorities.
\ MAN, supposed to be one of the Bender
family was arrested at Ely Station, Iowa
He is confined III Jail at Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. He admits than his name is Bender,
and denounces his daughter Kate, who he
says, deCamped with 81 900
A FIRE at Onargo, ILL.,, destroyed the Onargo
Touring mills with all adjoining warehouses;
cribs, etc. Loss estimated between ten and
twelve thousand dollars No insurance.
The ship Mormon arrived in New YorL
from Bio Janelro IN charge OF the first mate,
having lost two captains at sea by yellow
fever.
DURING a thunder storm on Long Island,
Saturday evening, twelve laborers were pros
tratod by lightning at Foster Meadow, and
two killed.
The Jackson Hill block and other build
ings in Saginaw, Michigan. on Monday. Loss
$4,000.
OSE o. Friend Foxs paper mills at Lock
land. Ohio. was burned Sunday morning
Loss about $40, insurance s21 600
CAPITALISTS have pure hased $4,000 acres OF
land on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, 25O
miles from st, Lan's which they intend to
colonIze with farmers from the older states.
JOSEPH CHASE and B. L. Perle were drowned
~ the Connecticut River, six miles from Lam
caster n H., on Tuesday, while attempting
to pass over the rapids in a boat
DISPATCHES from Humboldt Wells report the
recent Indian scare at Spruce Mountain
groundless The violent Indian demoustIa-
lions were caused by whisky The orders
warning settlers TO leave or they would be
have
returned from the Deep Creek Council to the
settlements and resumed their usual avOcd-
tons, All Is quiet again.
Mrs. EMMA MCKEE, of Baltimore who tried
10 shoot her uncle Oswa d Noaok on the l4tb.
but failed succeeded III putting two bullets
into him on Monday. Ncack wounds are not
fatal.
4 COMPARATIVE statement showing the re-
Ctipts from fermented liquors at one dollar
per barrel, in some of the leading districts of
the I 'itcd States returning the largest reve-
nues from thus source, for the first six months
of the fiscal years ending June, 1872 and
1873, gives total increase III this year of
1868 S37 or II per cent.
Ar Brooklyn, n. Y, on Sunday evening.
during an alteration between young man
named George Roderick aud James Corcoran,
IN which the latter was very abusive and
struck the former, Roderick and Corcoran
drew pistols. The mother OF the former
reached between them, and III the struggle
to prevent her son from firing the pistol
went off, the ball passing through his moth
or's eye into her brain, and killing her in
stantly.
ALVIN j. URSEY, living about three miles
east OF Princeton, Ind. was killed i'll a fight
with j. Thomas Reed, on Saturday night.
Ursey, who WIS drinking, quarreled with
Reed because the latter refused to drink aud
attacked him with brick. Reed struck him
with his fist four OF five times, knocking him
down. Ursey died IN few minutes. Reed is
in custody.
IN the town of Lake View a few miles
north of Chicago, on Sunday, two little chill
dren OF Mr.. Weldhcff, n boy and a girl, ate
the leaves OF an unknown plant which they
found growing on the prairie, and were pois
oned- The girl died, but the boy Is recover
ing.
FIVE residences on Michigan avenue Chi
cago, were entered by burglars, Sunday
morning, and robbed cf property valued at
$500.
AN unknown man, and boy named Joseph
Reshe were drowned in the North branch of
the Chicago river on Sunday. On the evening
OF the same day lad named Charles ulber-
~ was killed by falling down stairs
\ TELEGRAM to the Chicago Tribune states
that official circles in Washington do not seem
to be impressed with the Importance of the
diplomatic consequences attending Gen Nc
hnzie's invasion OF Mexico. 1t is now be.
heved that the affair may be made the occa-
sion OF considerable correspondence between
the two governments, which in the end will
lead t. IN agreement that either nation shall
have the right to pursue and punish offenders
even beyond the national boundary line.
REPORTS from the interior of Iowa are very
diseouraging. The heavy and frequent rains
OF the past few days have washed out all the
corn that has been planted rendering re.
painting necessary, aud greatly injuring
other grams. The railroads also suffered
delays by land-slides, hut as vet the damage
l. only nominal and easily repaired The
rivers IN the country have overfowed their
banks, submereing much of the surrounding
country.
\ SPECIAL from Emporia, Kansas. saws that
the Neosho river has overlooked its banks
causing extensive damage TO crops and
fences Trains on the Missouri Kansas and
Texas Railroad are delayed at the bridge
across Big John Creek south of Council
Grove. The water Is running around both
ends OF the bridge aud destroying the ON
bankment. Cottonwood Valley Is completely
overlooked. In some places the railroad track
ls entirely inundated. The bridge at Cedar
Grove Is gone. The damage TO railroad and
farm property Is immense. In Topeka the
storm OF Sunday was the hardest IN wears
Two churches we're struck by lightning.
ONE OF the numerous tornadoes of the sea-