The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-06

friend, old Mr.. Keppler, from burglars. The
perpetrators of this outrage have never
been discovered. The confession states
that Lamb and Ryan were driven by the
Ballston Spa prisoner in a wagon from the
scene of the murder, and that from their
conversation he ..knewithey had committed
the crime. The gambler who put up the
job has been arrested. Lamb utterly denies
any connection with the matter.
Destructive Fires.
The greater portion of the town of Owens.
burg, Green county, Ohio, was burned on
the Goth. The village has population of
between 800 and 400.
The town of Randalia, Fayette county, on
the line of the Milwaukee division of the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
railroad, between Ceda, Rapids and Post
vile, Iowa, was reduced to ashes on the
Goth. Many of the business firms will be
financially ruined by the calamity. The
fire is believed 20 have been set by rival
saloon keeper in the upper section of the
town, and indignation was high.
The stables of the Eighth Avenue horse.
car railroad at New York, took fire on the
25th and burned to tine ground. There
were in the structures at the time eight
hundred horses and an immense quantity of
baled hay. Over one hundred of the
animals were burned to death. Two fire.
men were fatally injured by falling walls,
and several others were badly hurt. The
loss is estimated at about 1875, 900; insured
fully.
The extensive cooperage works Of Dot
field Bros, at London, Ont, have burned.
Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000. The work
of an incendiary.
The Oronoco Touring mill at Oronoco,
Olmsted county, Mimi, was burned on the
25th. A warehouse with 10000 bushels of
wheat was also destroyed. Total loss not
less than $4,000.
A.sash factory, some lumber, 575 casks of
turpentine and about 500 barrels of rosin
were consumed by fire at Wilmington, N.
c., on the 22d.
Several large fires broke out simulta.
neously in Algiers, on the 21st inst. Four
persons were killed and ten injured.
Marine Disasters.
The officers and crew of the bark Mercury,
abandoned in the ice October oath, in lsti,
tude II 10 north, longitude 172 west, Just
north of Herald shoals, were landed at San
Francisco on the 9th, by the whaling bark
Helen Mar. The Murcury had ON board
1000 barrels Of oil, 5000 pounds OF bones
and 1000 pounds of ivory, and was owned
by Bartlett & Son, of New Bedford. The
ship was valued at $40, 900. The Mar left the
bark Vigilant in the same pack of ice,
frozen in, but the crew were all we'll
The steamer Titzrow. from Montreal, was
severely damaged by collision in the
Thames, on the 9th ult She was after.
wards run ashore and sunk.
Two hundred and thirtysix fishermen
have been lost from Gloucester during the
past twelve months, and it is feared
others will be added to the list, as several
vessels are row missing.
The crew OF the ship Svea, bound from
Boston to Antwerp with palm oil, were
taken off their vessel by the steamer State
OF Alabama. The men were exhausted from
exposure and lick of food. One was wash.
ed overheard before the steamer arrived.
A dispatch from Shanghai says the
steamer Pingou came in collision with and
sunk the brig Condor.
The pier of the Pacific Mail Steaml hip
company at Aspinwll, has been swept away
by q storm.
Fears are entertained for the safety OF the
Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, transportation
company's steamer Waubuno, which left
Colingwood on the 22d, for Parry sound,
nothing having since been heard of her
One of the Waubuno's metallic life boats
and portions of -four barrels and other
wrecked stuff have been picked up. The
crew numbered seventeen and her passenger
list thirteen.
The British steamer Rothmore returned
to Baltimore on the 23d inst. in damaged
condition, having encountered heavy
westher in the Gulf stream. Capt. RowIss
was killed by the fall of block.
A fishing feet was caught in a blow of
Labrador on the 4th inst. Three of the
craft went ashore on the middle ground of
Guirpcn. On board the wrecked vessels
were 1913 individuals, of whom all were
rescued except seven.