The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-04-21
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A HEAVY storm of rain passed over por-
tons of Minnesota on the 18th. AT Foun-
tain City the storm took the form of a sort
of water-spout, deluging the streets and
rolling great rocks down the bluffs into the
city, doing great damage to gardens Streets
sidewalks, etc. The loss is estimated at So
! 600. The ice-gorge went out of the Chippe-
wa, near Durand, carrying ZOO, 900 feet of
/ logs which have been floating down the
Mississippi.
ADvICEs from McGregor, Ia, of the 18th
report that the ellars and lower stories of
! buildings on Main street We're inundated on
that date and 1000 worth of property de-
| stroyed in about two hours. The storm
seems to have extended pretty generally
the Northwest, doing more or less damage
everywhere. In the vicinity of Davenport
/ it is estimated that more than $4,000 worth
| of property was destroyed.
/ Fl GUIDE for Clusters expedition reports to
| parties in ST. Paul, the massacre by Yank-
tons, near Little Rocky River, Of seven
whites and two squaws. They procured
ammunition and information of the move
ments of the whites through Agency Indians.
! CHARLES WooDs, alias Tax Barrie, who
escaped from the Joliet prison several years
since, and who, in 1874, robbed and burnt
the Springfield (Pa.) Post Office, in company
with one Pfieffer, was taken in custody on
the 18th at Barth, n. Y, and will be taken
to Erie, Pa, to answer to an indictment
! found against him in the United States
| Court at that place.
| A MOST terrific wind and rain Storm
accompanied by hail, passed over Creston
! Ia, late Monday, the 10th, and five dwelling
/ houses and a large number of sheds and
and outhouses were blown down and de-
molished. The total damages are $1,000 to
! $4,000. No lives were lost.
! A PORTION of the trestle work of the Della
ware Lackawana and Western Railroad, at
/ the Passaic river crossing, which is several
! hundred feet high, fell on the 10th, while a
number of men employed were strengthen
! ing it. Two men were killed and three
others injured, probably fatally.
! JOHN B. CARMEN, of the banking firm of
! A. Curtiss & GARNER of Camden, N. Y, that
suspended a short time ago, has been ar
rested upon complaint of twelve depositors
| charging him with embezzling S25, 900 of
I
/ the funds of the bank.
JOHN SEAL, teller of the Security's bank
New York city, is discovered to be $50, 900
defaulter.
JOHN F. BARRETT, Jr., was arrested in New
| Orleans upon an affidavit of V. A. Ryan,
charged with attempting to bride Lieut.
Gov Antoine Barrett was bailed in $3.50
The bribe with which Barrett is charged
with offering Antoine is said to be $4,000
in connection with the impeachment of
Gov. Kellogg.
A SwEDE named Lindquist, Minneapolis
murderer on the 10th, plead guilty of muir
der in the first degree, and thereby saved his
neck from the gallows, as the law of this
state does not allow of the hanging of mnr-
derers who plead guilty.
A DESTRUCTIVE conhagration visited Balti-
more on Sunday, the 9th 1t is supposed to
have been caused by spontaneous combus-
ton, and broke out in Brown & Brothers
wholesale drug store, 25 South Sharp street.
The building and stock were destroyed. To-
tai loss, 1925, 900; insurance, S15O,OO0.
On the 8th, while Chas. Carter, foreman
of the Shopley & Wells boiler shops, Bing-
hampton, was testing boiler, it exploded,