The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-22

Horace Burr shot his wife at Corpus Christi
Texas, on the 18th INST. Mrs. Barnard, his
mothcr-n-law, sWmgng between them, was
shot twice. Bum then struck his sist,r-iu-!aw,
Mrs. Brewster, over the head with the pistol,
telling her TO the floor. Rcloadiug the pistol he
hot himself dead. Mrs. Banud's wounds are
pronounced fatal. The cause Of the tragedy
was disagreement between Burr and his wife
resulting in the latter returning to her fathers
home.
ncro drowned the baby Of his paramour
III street cistcln 1T Columbus, Ca. and disap-
pCared. Since then he has been hiding III the
lattice work of the Western railroad bridge over
tie rivgr. His mother told the officers of the
place IF his conccalmcnt, and they appeared at
either end of the bridge and demanded bis sur
render. The fugitive leaped 40 feet into tine
river, and, uninjmed by the leap. he sought the
deepest water and drowned himself.
mob Of about one hundred masked men
surrounded the jail at OsceJIa Mo. on the
morning Of the 18th INST, took thcrefrom three
men charged with murder, and hanged them.
Recently hard feelings sprang up between
Henry 4. Stocks and John L. Russell, farmers
residing on adjoining places on EiGhtmuIe
prairie, Williamson county. H., on the f1th
inst. They met ON the road and an alteration
cn5Ued, during which Russell shot Stocks. kill
ing him instantly.
At Parkcrsburg, ". Va, on the night of the
10th inst, Elmer Bartlett, son of a prominent
merchant, deliberately shot J. ?. Tracewell, of
Newport, inflIcting fatal wound. Cause, do
nestle difficulty.
In a quarrel over q game o cards at St.
Louis, VI =, Mack Sanders. young colOIed
steamboat man. was fatally shot by a gambler
named Charles Ellis.
At a lumber camp near Saginaw, Mich. on
the 18th inst. James Farrier and George Wood
engaged in an alteration. when Wood smote
Fauier on the head with a piece of iron,
intlicting fatal injuries.
The court having decided in favor Of rail
road company III regard to the ownership Of
certain lands in Iuiarc and fresno counties,
California, I. 5. marshal attempted to serve
writs of CjectmCnt Oh the settlers on the 11th
inst, when a fight occurred in which seventeen
were killed and others wounded. The settlers are
banded together tor mutual protection.
Thomas Horne. a school teacher and John
p. Taylor had a quarrel at Arrow Rock. Saline
county. No. on the sth inst, III which Taylor
was Shot dead.
At Dayton, O., ON the 10th inst, Charles
Britton, 4 notorious Desperate, was shot and
fatally injured while attempting to rob tie
money drawer Of & hotel.
At Augusta Butler county, Kansas. on the
SIh inst. mob of railroad track-laverS at
tempted to rescue one of their number who had
been arrested and jailed for indecent exposure
Of his person. The ringlcader was shot dead by
the city marshal
Rufus Armistead, foreman OF a plantation
near Memphis, Tenn. was assassluated by an
unknown negro on the night Of the 9th inst.
At Hopkinsville, Ky, on the 8th instant. a
negro raped Mrs. George Salmon and then
murdered his victim. The villain was arrested
by the authorities, but mob overpowered the
guards and hung the negro.
Two cOOred children were murdered near
GAINESVILLE. Tenn, by Their father, mother and
aunt, who had become crazed by religious ex-
element.
Ediva and MolHe wilkins. children, died
suddenly on the 7th inst at a house in BuChan-
an County, \. C., from poison. Their mother
poisoned some bread and put it where a stepson
had frequently broken in and taken eatabies,
expecting him 10 get il, but her own children
were her victims. She is a low character. and is
in jail.
Thomas Jones, living at Iatan. No. returned
home late on the night of the 9TH inst. and
found that William Jackson bad usurped bis
position as husband. He seized his gun and
fired. killing Jackson instantly. All are colored.
Jas. Tobin beat his daughter to death with a
chair while in drunken frenzy. at Chicago, on
the Sth INST