The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-02-15

fixtures and show cases, kicked an aged lady
in the side, breaking four ribs, and dove
through the show window. into the street
again.
WI. l. WIN, sewing machine agent, was
murdered by Thomas Stokey saloon keeper
at Shawnee. Perry county. Ohio, on Monday
evening, because he refused TO paw for
drink.
IL the Tweed trial the prosecution closed
their case on Tuesday.
4 TELEGRAM from San Francisco states that
the notorious thief, rohber and murderer
| Chas. Mortimer, confesses having robbed the
treasurer OF Santa Cruz county, for which of
tense the former treasurer of that county, S.
W. Blakely. is now ON trial.
LETTERS sent to the internal revenue office
from North Carolina show that some parties
| in that tate engaged in the business of
| falsely repre- senting themselves to be in au-
thority as revenue officials, even to the extent
of issuing bogus commissions and letters of
| instructions to people unwary enough to be
| their dupes.
Tue Senate has rejected the nomination of
Joseph Nemmo, Jr.; to be Supervising Inspec-
tor General of steamboats,.
MAN named Hiram Brockerman, brake
man ON the Grand Rapids and Indiana road,
was instantly killed Monday night, by jumping
from a train into pile of ties, near Lima.
| Ind.
SHERIFF's JURY has awarded Wemyss Job
con $4,000 damages i'll suit brought by the
latter against United States Marshal Sharpe,
of New York. The complaint alleged that the
Marshal exercised undue violence III eiecting
the plaintiff from his office, and severely in
| jureo one of his arms.
ALLEGED frauds on the revenue are discov-
cred in the ostensibe shipment Of whisky
from Boston TO ST. Pierre, but in reality land
ing it on the coast of Maine, whence it was
| conveyed in boats to Portland. Several Bos-
ton parties are implicated.
SETH NORWOOD Co.'S shoe manufactorv in
Beverly, Mass, was DANA ged by fire on Tues
day to the extent of $4,000
SEVERE gale, with snow and lightning,
prevailed at Halifax Tuesday night.
ST. LOUIS cooking range exploded Wednes-
day morning, demolishiag a restaurant
kitchen.
THE Michigan Insane Asylum has 800 pa
tents.
DISPATCH was sent from Cambridge City.
/. Ind, TO Aberdeen, Scotland, the OTHER day.
and an answer received in four hours.
The defeat of Nimmo for Inspector General
| OF steamboat inspectors is regarded as tri-
umph of the steamboat interest as against the
Treasury Department.
The House Committee ON Postofhces has
agreed to the bill reducing tier postage to
cents for each half ounce
A SLIGHT eruption Of Mount Vesuvius is re-
ported
A FIRE at Green By. Wis. Monday nj ght
destroyed the wholesale dry goods establish
ment OF Geo. Sommers, and wholesale groce-
ry store of Day. Whitney. The losses are: F.
R. Schettier, loss on building SIS. 0O0; insur-
ance s., 600. Day & Whitney, loss on stock
sj5. 600; insurance $50, GOO. George Sommers.
loss On stock S80,000 insurance $50, 600 E.
S. Whitney, loss on wooden building So, 900:
| insurance 81, 000.
MAYOR MoFFAT, of Detroit, has been fined
5000 for tearing down a small box sign near
his resi- 1ence.
IN the case Of Foster, the New York car
hook murderer, the Court of Appeals has af-
irmed the judgment of the Court below, aud
order that the Court effectuate its sentence
Tue Cayuga Lake bending works, at Union
Springs, n. Y, were burned Monday night
The lumber yards adjoining were saved The
loss is estimated at $50, 600; insurance, SIC. coo
DIR. J. II. WAY, of Kankakee, H., has been
sued for $4,000 damages for alleged malprac-
tice, by patient named Dudley.
/ II is beginning to be very much doubted
whether there will be any financial legislation
i'll Congress this winter, especially as but a
| little over four weeks Of the session now re-
main. The situation on the currency ques-
ton may be stated as follows: Tba. while
the Senate inclines toward contracting.
WHEN the River and Harbor Appropriation
billscomes up in the House, there will be a
lively fight between the Minnesota and Wis
consin delegations over the Duluth Harbor
item
LUTHER TUCKER, editor and propr1> tor OF
the Cultivator and Cnntry Gentleman. died
at Albany on Monday.
IT is among the rumors in Washing on at
a pool is now being formed in which
| Bank Of California AID the Central Pacific
Railroad are the responsible parties. for the
purchase OF the Union Pacific Road, in case
the June interest on the bonds OF the latter
corporation goes to protest, which event is re-
Garded as highly probable in the present EN-,
barraSsments and complications of the Com
| pany. Under these circumstances the TINS
tees would be compelled to sell out under the
first mortgage bonds, and it IS believed that
the entire Union Pacific line, together with its
rolling stock, could be bought ND for about
SIS, 600 GOO.
! HE ST. Marvs (Pa.) Gazette has the borri.
tying details Of the death Of the three children
| OF Mrs. Julia Buckley, who occupied rooms in
IA tenement house that was burned recently
Two were entirely consumed not even bone
renamed.
JHE post office at Cazeuovia, Woodford
county, H., was burned few days since.
AT Cincinnati, on Tuesday night The hair
goods store of Madame Zwick was entered bv
| burglars and robbed of three thousand dollars
worth Of goods.
| HENRY Il. RIcgARDs, a ship-builder of Beaver
| River, Yarmouth n. s., has failed His ia
| blhties amount to S75, 000
VIM. DUNNI2G was crushed to d 9th bv
! stick OF timber at HarrjsvIle, Mich. on
| Wednesday.
Abroad.
| CUBA contains 800 600 slaves
The Carhsts have caused an in terruption of
railroad travel III the north of Spain
THERE is great rejoicing at Madrid over the
birth of The Prince. The event was celebrated
by singing Te De1uie in the churches. firing
| salutes, and general illumination OF the CITY
Louis Amador Fernando.