The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-05

A fire broke out in the dry goods house OF
Weschester Abraham, Fulton Street, Brooklyn,
on the 9th ult., and before it was e1tinguished
the stock was damaged by the flames and water
to the amount Of quarter of million dollars.
The property was partly insured. James
Lynch, engineer, was badly burned and Andrew
McShane, fireman, fell through hatchway and
was very seriously injured. The origin Of the
fire was spontaneous combustion. At South
Brooklyn on the same day the Pioneer Iron
Works were damaged to the extent of $4,000.
The Adams Mill at Adamsdale, r. l., was
totally destroyed by fire on the 26th. Loss
$4,000, an employe named John Hyde was
killed.
Flames appeared at midnight on the 25th, in
a dsreputable house at Bradford, Pa, and were
only suppressed when two other bagnios and
the New York hotel had been destroyed. The
loss is about $685. ZOO.
Two small italian villages. Glands and Va
letta, have been destroyed by fire. Three per-
sons we're killed and eleven seriously injured
during the confagration. Forty families are
homeless.
Aurora, Ind, suffered the loss of the Cres-
cent brewery on the 25th. There WAS an insur-
ance Of $4,000 upon the institution, which was
valued at S250,0O0.
The greater portion of the town Of Troupe,
Texas, was destroyed by fire on the 21st inst.
Traaical Tales.
Tiera Amarillo, Col, was the scene Of an eI-
citing drama on the 9th ult., in the last act Of
which three prisoners, 6 Dell " Lockhart, Kid
Coulter and man known as SO Slim made their
exit from the worlds stage ornamsntsd with
hempen cravats. Lockhart and "S!im were
horse thieves and Coulter was murderer.
Masked robbers killed j. Hinckey, agent Of
the Union Pacific load at Franklin, Utah, on
the 9th ult.
Muncie Burns, burglar Of Union-wide
notoriety was shot dead by q policeman at St.
Louis on the night of the 28th ult. while at
tempting to rob residence.
At Lathamsville, Ala, on the 9th ult., Jack
Burns went to the house Of J. C. Crump for the
purpose Of killing him. Crump's l5-year-old
son stabbed Burns to death.
At Jacksonville, Ind, on the 9th ult Ezra
Glove entered VIM. fpinning's store. assaulted
a clerk and spit on the goods. Spinning struck
Glove with slung shot and then threw him
fromthe door dying man.
There was a desperate fight at Tombstone,
Arizona, on the 9th ult., between the city mar
shall and a gang of cow boys. Frank and Tom
McLowry and Billy Clanton were killed. Sew
eral were wounded.
John H. Hudson, a farmer residing near La
omi, ILL.,, after retiring with his wife on the
night of the 18th ult, attempted to shoot her.
Failing, he dragged her into the yard and frac-
tured her skull with shovel The murderer
then hung himself to a tree in the orchard
Mrs. II. was alive at last accounts. Jealousy
was the cause of the tragedy.
On the night of the 22d, burglars entered a
house in the town Of Varpulanko, Hungary,
and murdered whole family of nine persons,
including an infant and man aged 80 years.
Joe Caffrey, mate Of the steamer Dean Deans,
was shot on the night Of the oath, by negro
deck passenger, short distance below Mem
phi5.
Geo. Milford was shot dead by his cousin,
Jim Ivy, at Baird, Texas, on the oath. Milford
reflected on Ivy's wife, which caused the
tregedy.
James F. Finney, prominent and wealthy
farmer Of Wallace, Mo-, was assassinated on
the night Of the 22d while sitting at the table
eating his supper. He received charge of
buck-5not III the neau.
Policeman Mosher Burnham, Of Lanslngburg,
n. Y, was murdered by burglars on the night
of the 22d. His body was found in an alley at
daylight.
Frank Hopping lost his life at Cincinnati, O.,
on the 23d, through criminal carlessness on the
part of VIM. FL. Lukens. They were conversing
about cunning, when Lukens picked up gun
and playfully aimed it at his companion. The
weapon discharged with the fatal effect above
stated. Lukens tried to shoot himself but
failed.