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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-08
Self Murder.

A young man named Harry D. Wright suicided
with laudanum at Detroit, Mich, on the 18th
ult. Cause a love affair.
J. A. Corley. of Buffalo Gap, Texas, typhoid
fever patient in the hospital at Cincinnati, O.,
committed suicide on the 9th ult., by cutting
his throat.
John Blake, superintendent of the Logan
mills at Lincoln, ILL.,, took his life with a re-
volyer on the 28th as did also Dugal Stirrat a
coal operator of Cuba, Ill.
The dead body of Henry 1iemeyer an en-
ploye of the st. Louis post Office was found in
the southern part of that city on the 28th, with
bullet hole in the head. The only reason as
signed for the suicide was an apprehension that
he would be discharged.
Frank Rotterman a retired merchant of Gin
clnnatl, has committed suicide by hanging.
Herman Haarbleicher, a member of the Chi
cago board of trade, was found dead in his bed
in that city on the 28th, having suicided.
Felix Heymann, aged So, merchant of Saw
anna, Ga, killed himself IN New York city on
the 9th.
Joseph l.. Pike, prominent stockman of
western Iowa, killed himself with arevolver, in
his stable at Onawa.
Rowland Ward. crockery merchant of Mil
waukee committed suicide, with morphine, on
the Oath.
Emil Hoya, formerly Of Milwaukee, Wis, who
was jailed for six months at Omaha, Neb., for
personatlng a revenue officer, suicided on the
25th. His physician had daily given him NOR
phine to allay the pain of heart disease, but be
secretly boarded it until he accumulated
enough to produce death.
Anderwert. the newly elected president of the
Swiss Confederation, shot himself dead on the
street at Berne, on the 25th.
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Reed d Burton's confectionery and an adj
joining establishment, at Quincy, H., burned
on the 28th. Loss about $40, 900.
The Bevin Bros. Manufacturing Company's
establishment at East Hampton, Conn.,, burned
on the 28th, entailing loss of $4,000. One
hundred hands are made idle.
The handsome residence of Geo. Fl. Ham
mond, at Detroit, Mich, was fired by Christ
mas Illumination and damaged to the extent OF
$4,000.
A fire in the Colorado central mine at George
town, COL, on the Goth, inflicted damage to the
extent of $4,000.
AT Wilbur, Neb., on the 26th $40, 900 worth
of property was wiped out by fire.
Burdens hotel and three adjoining stores at
Toilette, Que, burned on the 9th. Loss
$4,000.
Nine frame buildings in Krksville No.,
burned on the 9th.
The clothing stock of E. g. Larson, at Fort
Dodge, Iowa, was wiped out by fire on the Goth,
his loss being $4,000.
Metropolitan block, at Hornellsvile, n. Y,
was consumed by flames on the Goth. Loss
$4,000.
The Lockwood hotel at Parsons, Kan, has
been burned. A loss OF S10,0 resulted from
fire in Murphy's block, at Atchison.
The mill and elevator of j. r. Haywood, OF
st. Paul, were burned on the Oath, the loss be-
ing $4,000.
The furniture establishment of Van Dyke &
Co., of Paterson, n. j., has been burned. The
loss is $4,000, and the insurance $4,000.
Eighteen business houses in Atlantic, Iowa,
were destroyed by fire on Christmas. Loss
$4,000.
Masonic hall and adjoining buildings at Penn
broke, Ont, burned on Christmas. Loss $685.
600.
Herman Bros, wholesale millinery store, To-
ledo, o., burned on the Goth, causing loss on
stock and building of about $4,000.
loo, BOO 1o,& l,,,l l.,
fire on the Goth. Two little children of GaspaI
Ernst persisted in the flames.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-08
Railway NIishapS.

A broken rail sent a train composed of the
engine, ten empty coal cars, a mail and passen-
ger car, down twenty-foot embankment near
Rhinebeck, n Y, on the 3Oth Half the mail
matter was destroyed by fire. S. S. Magoon,
Fred Cotng and John Donahue were severely
hurt.
An emlgrant train parted near Lodge Pole
Station, Neb., on the 30th nit, and on the por-
lions colhdlng, eight cars were wrecked and five
passengers injured: none fatally. On the same
road the east bound express train collided with
water train near Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Both engines were demolished, but 70 person
was hurt
A wrecking train on the Iowa Central road
went through bridge on the night of the 9th.
The engineer. fireman, and conductor were in
jured.
A collision occurred near Tiffin, o., on the
28th, between passenger and freight train,
on the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Sandusky
road. The two engines were wrecked, and the
mail, express and baggage cars thrown together
and burned, consuming the mail and express
matter. The baggage was saved. VIM. Wood
bury, fireman, was killed, and T. J. Ellery
and A. Stewart badly injured. The engineer
of the freight is missing. 1t is said he was
drunk and running against orders.
Near Charlotte, n. c., on the 9th, fourteen
cars of freight train became ditched and came
to a standstill Oh afterwardthe track. Shortly
another freight tram ran into 1T, causing fear
full wreck. Three passengers who were in the
caboose of the detached train were killed
Their names were Phillip S. Whismant, Charles
Sellers and Pin Hook, a negro. The wreck
caught fire and burned. Afterwards the charred
remains of man were taken from the debris
His name was unknown. Engineer Wisenberry
had miraculous escape from death.
BY the telescoping of two trains near Atlanta,
Ga, on the oath, an engineer and fireman were
killed.
A locomotive on the Long Island railroad ran
down an embankment, on the 25th, killing
George Rich, the engineer.
Two engineers on the Mobile and Ohio divis-
ion of the Louisville road. and three brakemen
were killed by a collision at State Line, Ala,
on tho 26th. Several other persons were fatally
injured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-08
MinOrCRSuaItieS.

While John Bruens, German Is wears of
age, was coating cask with brewers pitch, at
Memphis, Tenn, on the Both ult, the cask ex-
ploded killing Bruens and slightly injuring two
others.
Mrs. William Hull, of Grand RAPIDS, Mich.
while walking on one of the streets of that city,
on the 29th ult., slipped and fell, dislocating
her spine. She died few hours after. A
similar fatal accident occurred at Des Mones.
Ia, the victim being the widow of the late Rev.
L. S. Berry, president of the Simpson Centenary
college at Indianapolis.
BY the collapse of roof of q crowded church
IN France, several persons were killed and fifty
more woundsd.
Frank Reprogle, while attempting to cross the
railroad track at Goshen Ind, was struck by
an engine, his body being severed and scattered
along the rails.
Two men persisted in the recent snow storm
at Red Bank, n. J
Three miners, working in the Union coal
mine, Chesterfield county, Pa, were killed by
the caving in of portion of the mine on the
24th.
Howell C. Mcdonnell, mechanic. of SPRING
field, Ill, was run over and killed by an express
train on the Chicago and Alton road on the 18th.
L. L. Cores young son at LaSalle, H.,
swallowed fpeannt shell on the goth, and
chOked to death.
John Shea, Chester Morse, and J. Bruce,
were killed by railway train while attempting
to cross the track in sleigh at Natick, Mass, on
the oath.
While driving across the track of the Boston
and Albany road, near Natick, Mass, on the
oath, three men were instantly killed.
Suicide or the accidental discharge of a gun,
on the 25th, caused the death of Miss Hebbeny,
Canadian lady who was visiting her brother at
Chicago, Ill.
By the capsize of boat at Fortress Monroe,
on the 18th, Corporal Norton was drowned,
Jacob Klein, citizen, was rescued, but died
soon afterward from the exposure.
Jacob Hilston, one of the wealthiest cattle
men of the west, WIS killed at East Bijou, near
Deer Trail, Col, on the 25th, by being thrown
from carriage by runaway team.
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NEUROLOGY.
JANUARY.

8. Bishop Gilbert Haven, Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Maiden, Mass, aged SO.
4. George Jones, the "Count Johannes" an
eccentric New York character.
6. yankee Locke" a well-known comedian.
10. Frank Leslie, the wel-known New York
publisher, aged SO.
20. Jules Favre. celebrated French states
man Paris, aged II.
%. James De Mile, professor in Dalhouse
College, Halifax, N. s., and famous novelist.
20. Edward Middleton Barry, the architect
who designed the English House of Parlia-
ment at London, aged So
FEBRUARY.
g. A. E. Borie, ex-Secretary of the Navy; at
Philadelphia aged II.
10. John Rice, the last survivor of Perry's
victory, on Lake Erie atShelby, Ohio, aged 50.
II. Mrs. Tweed, wife Of the late Boss o,
New York city at Paris.
II. Samuel G. Arnold, for short term Uni
ted States Senator from Rhode Island at
Providence.
10. Signor Brumidi, the artist who designed
and executed the frescoes in the Capitol at
Washington.
90. Ex-Congressman Lorenzo Danford, of
ONO, killed IN a railroad accident near Bel
laire, Ohio. Benjamin Brandreth, the famous
plll-maker at Sing Sing, N. Y, aged II.
MARCH.
l. William Maxwell Wood, Surgeon General
of the United States navy at Baltimore, aged
"a.
8. Commodore Isaiah Hanscomb, United
States navy; at Washington.
Z. Judge W. II. Hayes, of the Federal Court
Of Kentucky; at Louisville. aged SO.
%. A. r. Corbin, brother-in-law of Gen.
Grant at Jersey City.
80. Richard Van Rensselaer,, the last of the
celebrated New York family of that name,
banker at Albany, aged SO.
APRIL.
5. Rear Admiral Thacher, Of the United
States navy; at Boston. aged "a.
6. Gen. James L. Reynolds, soldier and poll
Gcian; at Lancaster, Pa, aged So.
10. ". A. Howard. Governor of Dakota Ter
ritory, and former Congressman from Michi-
gau at Washington.
10. DR.. Edward V. II. Kenealy, member of
Parliament, and counsel for the Tichborne
claimant
&c. J. Seligman, the well-known syndicate
New York banker; at New York.
80. D. W. Middleton. for twenty years Clerk
Of the United States Supreme Court at Wash
ington.
q Maj. Gen Hentzelman, who commanded
a division in the Army of the Potomac at
Washington. @
g. Hon. George Browne, statesman and jour
nalist, of Toronto, Canada, who was shot some
weeks before by discharged employe.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-08
Tranlps .SuffOCated.

Barney Duffy and John Mahoney, two va
grants, went to sleep on heap of rolling-mill
cinders near Paterson, n. J., Christmas night.
Duty was overcome by the gas which escaped
from the smouldering heap. His companion
came to his aid made coffee for him in an old
tin can, and afterwards took hira to hospital.
The good Samaritan then returned to his
former resting place. He probably knew not
the cause of Dufy's sickness. He was found
on the cinder-heap in the morning burned to a
crisp.
Iramps lowering around Richmond, Va,
were treated to a similar experience on the 9th,
when four of the wanderers were found IN a
dying condition at the limekilns in the lower
part of the city, having been suffocated by the
fumes Two of the unfortunates were dead at
last accounts
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Foreign WnF Notes,

On the Goth the Beers attempted to capture
the fort at Potchefstroom, but were repulsed
With the loss of seven killed and many wound
cd. Major Clarke and twenty men, who occu-
pied the court house, were captured by the in
surgents.
The first shot of the South African war was
fired at Potchefstroom, on a body Of Beers who
now in the hands of the Beers, who are also in
possession of Utrech and Heidelberg.
The Chiians expect to attack Lima with a
force of thirty thousand men, who have been
given permission to pillage the city. The prin-
cipal families have departed. with all their val
liable property. The Peruvians are rapidly con-
centratng their forces, one battalion having
mrrched nine hundred miles.
A detachment of $50 men of the oath British
regiment was attacked by the Beers while on the
march in Africa, and half the number killed or
wounded, the remainder being held as prisoners.
commandant of the Cape mounted police
and three civilians were murdered by the Beers
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-08

A furious gale, accompanied by snow, swept
over the Atlantic coast, on the 26th and 9th.
At some points the wind blew at the rate of
eighty-four miles per hour. At Sandy Hook the
velocity was over sixty miles per hour. Two
vessels were stranded near Lewes, Del, and at
latest accounts it was feared that much injury
had been inflicted on shipping off the coast.
The snow fall throughout New York, New Jer-
sey, Maryland and Virginia was exceedingly
heavy. summer residence at Monmouth
Beach suffered damage to the extent of $40, 600.
At Coney Island the plaza Of the Oriental hotel
was swept away and at Manhattan Beach about
$4,000 damage was inflicted.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-08
THE MARKETS.
New York.

New YORK. December 31-12:30 P. M.-Flom
Firm, very moderate export and home trade
demand; round hoop Ohio at "a. 25@5. 00; choice
do at S5.10@6.75; superfine western at $1,000
3.85; common to good extra DO at S400@475;
choice do at s4-80@6.75: choice white wheat
do at S5.00@6.00. Wheat-11a@1c better; fairly
active; sales &c, 200 bus No. white seller Jsnu-
airy at S1.15@1.151S; 40, 900 bus No. 2 red seller
January at S1.18; 330,0 600 bus do seller Febru
airy at S1.19sl@l. 2O13; 10000 bus do seller
March at S1.2219. Corn-A shade better and
quiet: mixed western spot at 5219G5714c: do
futures at 56@57slc. Oats-Stronger and
quiet; western at 4s'@4611c. Beef-Quiet and
unchanged; nominal; PLAIN mess at $3.50; new
extra at $3.50; new extra do at $3.50. Pork
Quiet and firm; old mess at $500 for spot.
Lard-very strong; steam rendered at $500.
Butter-Unchangad and dull; Ohio at 13@27c.
Chee5e-Firm at 7@131c for poor to fancy.
sugar-steady: Molasses1Moderate demand
and steady. Petroleum--Dull and nominal.
Rlce-Fairly active and firm. Cofee-Firm.
Freights-Weak. Spirits of Turpentine-
at 1870. Resin--Firm at S1.80@1.S713. Tai
low-Steady at 6@61Sc for western. Eggs
Firm at 28G35c for fair TO choice.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-08
A Cold Wave.

The northern states were not alone in ex-
periencing the frigid blasts which commenced
on the 9th ult., and continued for several
days. The south had similar visitation and
the people sufferedmuch in consequence. Rich
mond, Va, experienced the coolest snap since
1857, the mercury marking s. below zero. At
Danville, in the same state it reached 100 be-
low, the coolest ever known. Charleston, S.
c. dose was the coolest since 1855, and at
Columbus, Ga, the mercury fell to A above in
the city. and to zero on the adjoining heights.
AT Jacksonville. Fla, g above was the record,
the lowest since 1857, and orange trees were
mpped badly. At San Antonio, Texas, ice
formed two inches thick and at Dallas, in the
same state, the temperature registered A. below
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February. CONFIRM at $3.50 for cash. al,
Ior seller January; 379sc for seller Fe.rnaJvC.
"a ~ for seller May. Oats-Firm and higber u
SOt6c for cash; 31Alc for seller February: 351%o
t 10 oa seller MAY. Rye-At s5c. Bariey-Alf
at S11.00 for cash; S12.60 asked for seller J,T
uary; S12.72 bid for seller February. Lard
Firm and steady at $3.50 for cash; $3.50 h5
for seller January; $500 bid for seller Febr71
airy. Whisky-At Sill. Hogs-Receipts 8 d6a
head; active and firm; 5@10c higher; light ana
and shipping at S4.85@5.05 Cattle-RecertSS
1000 head; cars scarce; some roads refnsino
stock, account eastern snow blockade wbaS
depresses market; exports at So 5O@615; fcr
fancy at $500; good to choice shipping weak .,
S4Oa5.l0; common to fair dull at S3.G1S
$50: butchers at $2.2593.1215; stockers q
50. 1904 65 al
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Burned to Death.

Mrs. Sarah Young, one of the Oldest residents
of Paris, ILL.,, met with terrible fate on the
10th ult. Her clothes taking fire from the
stove, the lower part of her body was burned
to clnder. The unfortunate lady was 81 years
old
Bridget Twinning, in drunken spree at Chi
cago, on the 9th, overturned a lamp and was
fatally burned
John Mckinney, an old citizen of Logan,
Harrison county, Ia, retired to his room on the
9th, taking bucket of hot Goals to heat it.
Some hours Iater his charred and ifeless body
was discovered. 1t is supposed that he suffo-
Gated from the fumes and fell on the coal bucket
which set fire to his clothes.
Two children of a farmer named Anthony,
living near Weston, o., were burned to death on
the 25th, by the house taking fire in the absence
of their parents.
Mrs. Patrick Winnie was fatally burned by
the explosion of kerosene lamp at Brooklyn OH
the 25th. The residence was destroyed.
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Marine Disasters.

The British steamer Garnet, of Dundee, was
wrecked in the North sea during the gale of the
18th ult., and all hands, numbering seventeen,
lost.
1t is supposed the British steamer Mont
gomeryshire, from Cardiff for Singapore via
the Suez Canal, has been lost with a crew of
thirty, on the coast of Portugal.
The schooner W. H. Brookfield, which hailed
from Port Midway, N. s.. for Boston on the
14th ult., with a crew of five and four
passengers, has not been heard from since, con-
sequently has been put down among the lost
The Italian bark Giuseppe collided at sea with
the ship Oberon and foundered. One seaman
was drowned.
The French ironclad frigate Rechelieu burned
and sank near Toulon on the 2Sth ult.
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Boiler Explosions.

By the bursting of boiler in the admiralty
works at Nicolaieff Russia, on the 28th ult.
three persons were killed and ten wounded
LOOMS paper-mill at Piqua, O., was totally
destroyed by the explosion of boiler on the
goth ult.
At Vestaburg, Mich, on the 2Sth, the boiler
in shingle mill exploded, SCATTERING the struc-
ture completely. Frank Wilkins and Frank
Ainsly were killed, and Geo. Wilcox, NJ. Turk,
and an unknown man, badly injured. The col
lapse was caused by frozen water pipes.
boiler in E. P. Dodge's shoe factory at New
buryport, was exploded on the 9th, killing the
engineer, James Huntington. of Boston, Daniel
Bridges and John R. Bailey. Two heeing fac
tories and the boiler house were badly demol-
ished. Damage to the property will amount tc
about $4,000 Six hundred hands are thrown
out of work by the calamity.
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Crooked transactions.

An examination Of the accounts Of J. W.
NIilone, clerk of the Pocasset National bank,
Fall River, Mass, several speculations extend
ing over period of nine months, making an
aggregate defalcation of $1,000. 1t is believed
he is now in Canada.
George Boddicke, a letter-carrier in New
York, confesses that he has been robbing the
mails for the past year. his plundering -averag-
ing about FIVE dollars per day.
William McCambridge has been arrested at
Buffalo Tor embezzling $4,000 from Roberts d
Co., bankers of Titusyille, Pa. He was found
living with a harlot who had followed him from
the onregions. Hewas a Sunday-schoOl teacher
at Titusvllle.
Edward Parker, formerly a member Of the
Nebraska legislature, has been arrested at
Omaha for the theft of pouch Of registered
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Frozen TO Death.

Benz. Miller disappeared from East st. Louis
on the 9th ult., and on the 30th his body was
found buried in the snow on the outskirts of
the city. Circumstances indicate that he got
drunk and frOZe to death.
William and Fannie johnson, twin children,
three months old, froze to death on the 29th,
at Cincinnati, 0. Theparents were so destitute
as to be unable to procure fuel. and they suf-
fered terribly from the cold. The neighbors
were unaware of their sad plight.
A Swedish fisherman who lived alone on
CampbelPs island, near Dubuque, Ia, was fro
zen to death on the night of the 9th
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Work of the Flames.

The stock mill OF the Springfield Blanket COM
pany Holyoke, Mass, partly burned on the 30th
ult. Loss, SIS, 600; mostly on raw stock.
The Brown L Bliss table mandatory. New
York city, FIVE story brick building, was de
vouued by flames on the Goth. Loss on building
and stocks of the various occupants about $780,
00o. Schrenkesen's furniture factory had a
narrow escape and was damaged by water to
the extent of $4,000.
The Adams foundry and machine shops al
Marshall, Mich. burned on the 2Sth. Loss
about 800, 600; insured for a small amount.
Northrups skin dressing establishment, Johns
town y. Y. burned on the goth. Loss $50
600: insurance $40, 600. About 200 employees
are out of work.
The Merchants block. Mystic River. Conn,
together with several adjoining buildings. burned
on the 29tb Total loss estimated at $50. eco
Theo Sobate records of the town were destroyed.
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A Family AnnihiIafed.

A party of six were returning late Christmas
night from visiting friends in the township of
McGilllvray, Ont, and on approaching railway
track the horses boted and the sleigh was
struck by train near Clandeboye station.
James McGrath, his wife, and his brother
Mathew, and Elton Blake, a cousin, were in
stantly killed. McGrath's child, Is months
old, was dangerously hurt, but may recover A
sixth named, Annie McGrath, saved herself by
jumping,
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ElOOdRn.

Eighteen villages were flooded by the break
ing of dykes between Nieuwkirk and Vlymer,
Holland. The damage is immense.
Floods in the north and northwest of France
continue. Some lives have been lost and great
damage inflicted on property.
Great destruction has been caused by floods
Corunna, Spain.
BY an overflow of the Irwell river the base
ments of four thousand dwellings, in Manches-
ter, England, have been flooded.
Sixty houses have been destroyed by floods at
Limazol. Eight persons were killed and dam
age to the extent of ETC, 900 done.
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Deadly Explosives.

An explosion of nitro-glycerine, in an oil-well
near Bradford, Pa, blew Albert Magee into
fragments, sending his heart and lungs one
hundred yards, and carried Thomas Perry
through the engine house.