The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-04-07
NEWS IN BRIEF.
THE EAST.

THE billiard tournament at Utica, n. Y, has ter
minated. John Bussinger, of New YORK. won INC
frst prize; Thomas J. Gallagher, OF Cleveland, inc
second; VIM. Burleigh of Kalamazoo, the tniro,
Jacob Schaefer, of New York, the fourth; ana
Eugene Carter, of Toledo, the fifth.
THE members of the Reading railroad company
announce that the company will not retain IN lts
employment members of the brotherhood OF loco
motive engineers, and proposes to establish and
endow life and accident insurance fund, OUT OF
which all its engineers, upon payment of monthly
sum, will receive greater benefits than those here
tofore derived from the brotherhood OF locomotive
engineers.
THE Massachusetts senate passed, to be en8ross-
ed, resolution providing for an amendment 10
the constitution, giving the suffrage to women.
The majority in its favor was very small, out the
friends of the movement express their confidence
of capturing the lower house.
AT the second great auction sale OF prints III
New York, March 81 prices ruled about 10 per cent.
below the cost of manufacture.
The Philadelphia Mutual Protection Company,
the cooperative plan which droppedth title OF
life insurance last year and became benenclai
company, has made an assignment for the benefit
of its creditors.
The New York Gold Exchange, which was estao-
shed in the early days of the war; is to be dissolved
April 30. The business will henceforth be carried
on by what is to be known the Gold Department
OF the Stock Exchange.
The suicide and murder fctions associated with
New York's absent ex-Mayor Ha seem now to be
abandoned by the factors, while Miss Ada
Dyas pronounces wholly untrue the story that she
was with Hall on the day of his departure. The
common belief is that there is more mystifying
than mystery in the ex-Mayors departure.
WALTER O. ADAMS agent of the Star line of
csio
Pearl street, New York. has failed Liabilities,
100000; assets valued at $780, O0 large part of
the Indebtedness is held by creditors in Europe.
The main cause of the failure the bad faith of
the European correspondents, by which q large
quantity of merchandise was thrown on Mr.
Adams hands in Belgium and Germany.
No MORE suits against VIM. M Tweed will be
brought to trial 1t is also definitely settled that in
a few days Tweed will be released from custody
The pending suit against Peter E. Sweeny is also in
course of arrangement. son-in-law of Richard
B. Connolly has gone to Europe, expecting to secure
settlement for that distinguished exile The total
amount to be obtained by the city of New York is
not expected to exceed S., 100000.
THE National bank, of Gloversville, N Y, was
closed on the Oath of March. Two-thirds of it's
capital-S150, 00O-is tied up.
OWING to the grand lodge of Good Templars of
Massachusetts, excluding colored men from member
ship, the dissatisfied members are moving to estab-
lish new lodge.
THE New England Glass Company of East Gam
bridge, one of the largest in New England, has
voted to wind up its business, being unable to COM
pete with Southern and Western concerns. Two
hundred persons were employed by the company.
The English steamship Holland, of the National
line, sailed from New York March 23d, with cargo
of CATTLE sheep and grain for London. The
mn nfQr1 and
The sheep the first that have been shipped for
England.