The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-03-10

TIN boiler in the saw mill Of Baker, b Co., eisn'
miles southeast Of Huntington, IND, expiooeo VIZ
terrible report, on the LIST inst, snattefins 'n'
building into fragments, many Of which were c..-
ried long distance. Samuel HUI was instantly
killed, his body being literally blown 70 ATOMS
Five other men were fatally injured-Sosepn
Brown. James Collins, John fraser, Fred Allen.
and John Kecher, the Latter one OF the owners %
the mill. The cause Of the explosion s not Known
TIE mansled remains of . man we're found In
the railroad tunnel at st. Louis on the LIST. IL
supposed that two trains passed over the ooo!.
which Is terribly cut up. His name has not ys'
been ascertained.
FREIGHT train Of the Illinois Central Railroad
ran over and killed one John Lynch, supposed 70
have been resident Of Dubuque, on the tressie
work two miles south of .Dunleith, on the 2tn.
He was not seen until he was killed, but 1t Is sup
posed he was lying on the track.
THE whaling steamer spitz-Bergen IL reported
lost, near Bergen, with al hsnds-twsnty-two
persons.
MRS ELIZA L1MraIox, agen about IS years, after
stirring up her are fell into 1t, and was hteraA
roasted, ct Wheeling, w. Va, on the 27th. sne 10
supposed to have fell into An epileptto At and was
unable to assist herself. Her husband committed
suicide In the same room two years ago.
DURING q fire in q tenement, In New York on the
path inst, two colored children we're burned TO
death.
Mrs. HIRAM YouNo, of Island Pond, VT, whose
husband had recently lef her, killed her two chi
dren on the oath inst.
SPECIAL agent Stuart, Of the postofaoe depart
ment, who has been In Chicago looking into the
counts of the Chicago postofnce, has discovered
that Gen. Macarthur, the postmaster, Is defaulter
to the amount of $38 900. This fact was ascertaned
on the oath inst, when Gen. Macarthur teleg1aphed
his resignation to the postmaster general at Wash
ingson, and then went into voluntary bankruptcy.
It La believed his bondsmen also bankrupt.
special agent Stuart will take charge of the Office
until McArthar's successor Is appointed.
ANDY J. MoREL AND en- route from Ely, Iowa, to
Denver, Col whether he going In search of
health committed suicide the transfer train at
Omaha, the 23d inst, By shooting himself in the
eye.
THE EAST.
JARRETT PALMxR relinquish the management
of Booths New York Theatre on May 1, at which
time their lease expires. They have been paying
$40 coo per year, and failed to secure another
lease at a reduction.
JOSEPH ENEAs, weuknown resident Of Brook
lyn Is said to have fed from the country, leaving
unpaid about $780, 900, which he owed to different
people. He did business an importer of died
fruits, and was at one time reported to be worth
$30u,000.
THE cost of the strike to the Boston and Maine
Railroad IL significantly illustrated in the fall OF
the stock from 100 to "a. There are TO- 0O0 shares
of Maine stock, showing q market depreciation Of
$G20, 900 from the effects of the strike, and the
stock Ia likely to lower before the end Of three
months. The engineers are quiet and hopeful Of
rs-engagement by the road, which is now suffering
o great extent from injury to locomotives from
incompetent hands. 1t Ia probable that q change
will soon be made In the management of the road
GEN. ANDREW DRNIsoN, postmaster of Balti.
more for nearly eight years, was found dead In his
bed on the Gath inst, aged 40 years.
MAJ. GIN. FRANCISCO ORLIENTo ANaUEIA, for.
merly vice president of the Cuban insurrectionary
government, died at his house in New York city on
the 23d inst. His disease in the thr oat
RUMoR Is prevalent in New York that Wander.
bilts will to be contested and the estate put il
the hands of receiver.
THE Anglo-American Gable company on the frst
of March, will reduce the tariff messages over
Its line to one shilling sterling per word.