The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-10-25
THE SUPERIOR TIMES.
THE N EW S i.


five dollars Tor contempt, in publishing
ticle tending to bias jury in a pending suit.
6. BIRD, GRINNELL & Co., OF New York
were declared bankrupt on Thursday. Their
liabilities are said to be $40, 900, COO, and assets
$4,000 600
The suspension OF VIM. Hoge & Co., bank
ers, and VIM. Wh1temore, broker, of New
York, are announced. Also, the suspension
of Gillespie, Trowbridge & Co., tea dealers, of
New York.
The Long Island Savings Bank, in Brook
lyn, has been robbed by sneak-thief of box
containing bonds valued at between $50, 900 and
SIS, 600.
GEORGE ROOKIE, the pugilist, was fatally
stabbed by Richard Bradshaw, in Newark, N.
j.. Thursday morning.
Ex-PREsIDEST JOHNSON has made affidavit
to his claim for $73 600 against the First Ma
tlonal Bank, of Washington
Ar San Emizedio, Wilkern county, Califor-
MIA, on the night OF the 18th, an unknown
Mexican stabbed a,.d severely wounded Fred
erlck Sulman, killed Casper Stillman and Sc.
verely wounded Mcdonald and Engineer Will.
The desperate ran away, was pursued,
caught, and made a desperate resistance. but
was finally killed.
ARDERvERIKE CASTLE, formerly the residence
OF the Duke of Abercorn, has been burned.
Many works of art including numel GUS sketch
es by Landseer, were lost
BOLD robbery was perpetrated in the First
National Bank OF Athens, Pa, on Monday
night. VILE Chas. Hall, cashier, was work
Ing at his desk, about P. NJ, five men came
IN and gagged and hand-cuffed him. The
vault doors and main safe being open. the rob-
bers secured everything therein and escaped.
The money and papers taken will amount to
about $4,000. mostly negotiable.
In the town of Iakeview, near Chicago
Wednesday night, Capt. Forest, Of the vii
lage police, was attacked while walking his
beat, by man who, he says, attempted to rob
him. struggle ensued which ended by Forest
drawing a pistol and shooting the assailant
dead.
FIRE at Evanston, ILL.,, Wednesday night.
destroyed the JEdson block of stores. Loss
$4,000.
Ar wedding Friday, in Baltimore, Henry
Heisor, aged SO, was killed by the accidental
discharge OF a pistol, which Charles HuItz
Was handing.
TELEGRAM from st. Petersburg says the
river Neva has risen ten feet beyond it's usual
height, causing great damage in that CITY and
IN the surrounding country.
DR.. DowNEY of Brooklyn, has commenceda
libel suit against the New York Tribune for
$780, 600. The article charged that Downey.
who was a clerk to the Board of Health. WAS
IN the habit of appropriating money to his own
purposes.
FINE veio of camel coal has been struck
near Rochester, Andrew county, Missouri.
AT Columbus, Ohio, Peter Schmidt shot
Barbara Bushner, for refusing to marry him
and then shot himself
The remnant of the Modoc tribe are on Their
way to Fort Russell, escorted by two CON-
panies OF res uars.
FORTY deaths frem yellow fever in Memphis
ON Tuesday.
GEN GRANT has ordered another ten thou
sand ratlons to be distributed at Memphis.
An improvement is noticed in the Boston
wool market.
THROUGH Ger. Emory President Grant has
ordered ten thousand army rations to Shreve-
port for gfatultous distribution.
,. ,. Cox has been nominated for Congress
from the Sixth New York District, in place of
James Brooks.
LIE election IN Nebraska, on Tuesday. re-
suited IN an overwhelming victory for the Re
pCblicans.
FREE passage home has been given to Ie4 Of
the English emIsrants by the Brazilian gov
eminent.
SAMUEL GREEN, an old and respectable citi
zen OF Evanston, Ill, IS defaulter to the ex-
tent of IS 600
PRAIRIE fire, Tuesday morning, entered
the sonth part of Lincoln, Nebraska, DESTROY
ms two buildings. some grain and hav. bay-
stacks ana other property worth So 600. The
people turned out en- masSe to fight the fire.
PRAIRIE fires are doing much damage in
Iowa. Seven families were burned out in
OBrien county the other day. Mrs. Alonzo
smith, confined to her house by sickness. was
burned to death, together with her babe.
Ihty were alone IN the house at the time.
me bodies were burned beyond recognition.
even by the husband and father
ALL the c0tton-shoeting mills of AIlepbeuv
Ia, closed on Tuesday, throwing out of EN-
ploSment some 1000 hands. They expect to
resume IN about two weeks
HE Exchange Bank of John {. Short 4 Co
Oh pahViiie ILL.,, failing to obtain the extension
SIX, nIne and Twelve months lately asked for. |
decided, on TUESDAY, to make a general as |
segment. Their liabilities to depositors and |
others are stated TO be S350.0l0 and their as
sets 100000
He jury III the case of Thomas Curtin
iued in the fifteenth DriBtrict Court of Cali
lorna, Tor killing William Johnson. the Sc
queer OF curun's young daughter Hannah. a
few months since, returned verdict of acouit
tai Friday night. The crowd loudly cheered
the result.
IHE Indiana State Fair aud Exposition. at
indianapolis, closed Friday night with a
grand illumination, hop, AMI mule race by
moonlight.
Two trottlng horses, belonging to E. Wait. |
OF Des Moines, died suddenly at Atlantic. Ia,
during the Cass County Fair. 1t is supposed |
that they were poisoned
EX-SENATOR PoMERoY, of Karsas, was shot |
IN Washington Saturday afternoon bv ex-
Representative NJ. +. Conway, of Kansas.
Fortunately the wound is only slight.
EDWARD ENGLISH, aged 20 years, of Alexan-
dria, while conversng with some friends in
the County Clerks Office at Patterson, NJ.
Monday morning, suddenly shot himself dead.
love difficulty is said TO be the cause
The loss of the ships Elizabeth Kemball
and William and Thomas. in the Pacific. with
Their cargoes, Is announced.
TELEGRAM from New York saws: "Papers
were served on Monday in the suit of VIM.
Scott, OF Enc, Pa, against Kenyon, Cox &
90. The suit Is intended to restrain Daniel
Drew. special partner in the firm from dis |