The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-04-04
SUPERIOR. WIS.
THE; NEWS.
Explosion on the Mississippi.

Explosion on the Mississippi.
A fearful accident occurred on the MISSISSIPPI
pi river. on March %, near Montezuma Island,
ten miles below Memphis, which resulted in
the loss of ten persons killed and four wound
ed The tow boat Crescent City, from New
Orleans to st. Louis, with a tow of five freight
barces. one fuel barge and trading boat,
laden with sugar. exploded her boiler aud the
whole boat was blown to atoms and sank III
three minutes. The barges were all consumed
bv FIRE The following is a list of the lost -
Can't Jas Dawson Mate Henry Geseler Pilot
John Ostrander and wife Pilot VIM. Mundy,
Waterman Dan Mottle. cabin boy unknown,
three coored firemen. The wounded are =
Geo NanHanton. pilot, leg dislocated Pat
rick Bacon. second engineer, bruised; William
Dunn. second cook scalded; Peter Hall. pro
prietor of the trading boat, badly bruised. The
wounded we're transferred TO the steamer Phil.
Allen and taken to Memphis. John Ostrander
and wife. who were lost leave six children,
who are III St. Louis His wife had accom-
Lanied him on a pleasure trip.
Indian Matters.
il troubles with the Indians, which were
supposed to have been ended, appear to have
broken ont afresh \ man has arrived at Ft.
Laramie from Coad's Ranch and brings in
formation that party of Indians killed man
near the ranch, and ran off all the horses.
Coad reports that the Indians have been kill
ing cattle daily for the last two weeks III that
vicinity. The commanding officer has no
means of sending cavalry, for want of trans
portation A dispatch from Tucson Arizona,
states that Major Randall had a fight with
Apaches. fifteen miles from Florence, and
killed eleven Indians and captured thirty
women and children. Three soldiers were
wounded Major Randall narrowly escaped.
DIspATCHEs from Fort Fetterman say party
of Indians stole nineteen head of cattle from
citizens and drove them across the river. The
citizens followed the trail and recovered eleven
head The rest were killed. The Sioux who
did the stealing are now on the south side of
the river, and citizens and cavalry are in pur-
eut. TIE Indians number twenty.
The Temperance Crusade.
THE city license for selling liquors III Du-
buque was fixed one year ago at 500. This
viii produce, if promptly paid this spring,
from $50. 600 to 525. 600 to the city revenues.
THERE is a painful humor in the account of
the results Of the temperance crusade III Day
ton, 0 Since the 5th inst, say the dis
patches. four saloons have been closed-but,
they add. 302 still remain.
FoCR saloons have surrendered at Newark
on at Irouton, and one at Circieyille. NJ
REPORT comes from Wayne, Michigan to
the effect that parties in the saloon interest
had committed several ous&ges on property Of
men who had taken lively interest in the
temperance war. The fruit trees of DR.. Alex
ander ha3 al been girdled, and the skin had
been peeled from the leg of one Of his horses,
shot others of his stock, and did other dam
age. An imported merno buck, belonging to
Geo. Swift, formerly member of the legisla-
ture, had been shot, and nearly all the fruit
trees III bis orchard had been girdled.
Mass temperance meetings continue to be
held i'll PlttsbuTg.
Accidents and Crimes.
AaNlE HHL, fallen woman, 20 years Of
a-c, died in Chicago. from the effects Of poison
administered by somebody unknown.
SEELDoE DICKINSON handled pistol care
lce-Iy while visiting his sweetheart III Chicago
on Monday evening and received a hal
through his left breast
dunno saloon row III Chicago a Young
man named John y. RYAN fired at a ruffiap
named Daniel Sullivan, and shot a six-year old
10y named William Wall in the head under the
left eye
tHAS. kETlHUu. late Superintendent of the
Union Pacific Express Company, was arrested
~ Oaialia on Tuesday, charged with embez
ZHuE various sums, amounting III all to about
$1,000.
y TArtE accident OF very peculiar nature
occurred ct Wikesbare, Pa, few DAYS since.
James Iiobert, Young man employed at the
Enterprise coal mines, stumbled against a table
while getting cut of bed and struck his neck
ON - lamp globe, scveriuS his juSuIar vein.
lie bIod 10 death in tive minutes
IEG poatoll,cc at Rutland, Illinois. was rob
bed last week. Tie thief has since been
caught
bLoDGtTr, wlfc-murderer at Lacouia. n H.
pleaded guilty Of murder in the second de-
gree. aud wa sentenced to thirty years i'm
pnscumeut
lr has finally been decided to discharge
Marcy Z. elem. Who murdered Jacob Young
aGJ his wife in Indiana in 1868. hrs. Glenn
ias been uiea four times for the murder
JAMES SYLVESTER, ,rapeze performer. at
Berry Opera House, New York. missed his
safety rope Thursday night. and fell, striking
oa his head. lie died i'll short time.
PLoaTorrINg ATTORNEY c. c. REED at Lew
i.huE Conway Co, Ark. shot another LAWYER.
II dispute arising over a case in court a few
o.y~ since
r>IIHN Co. Ind, is infested hy an organ
we'd saus of robbers, who have committed
several murders, and quite a number Of rob
berries
JlE Ngv York Tribune states that the new
le-yea. stamp does not seem to find mucl
favor with the mercantile community. Its
cir resemblance Ia the 5o-cent stamp has of
late oceo@ioued many small loss to the retail
dealer This similarity has been taken adj
vantage ot hy designing persons. and instances
sse Elyeu where the Decent stamp has been
raised % ghe 5o-cont stamp. One was shown
Ir.bune reporter upon The front side of which
hal lcer carefully pasted the e 80 cents from
q re'enUo cigar stamp. and which seemed
exactly 70 hs in the place Of the 10 cents of
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