The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-03-01
GENERAL

REV. ARTHUR RITcHIE, of Chicago, has de-
cided to accept the rectorship of st. Ignatius
church. New York City.
TwINLEY Bros, Galveston. Tex. procers.
have failed. Liabilities $50, 900.
W. J. FERGUSON, the dude IN the "Friendly
TIP deserted mis- company at Cairo, Ill, on
the 23d. leaving them pepniless.
THE national democratic convention will be
held In Chicago. July 8.
OLIVER EDEs, the originator Of the vast
industry of machine rIve; making in this coun-
try, died at Plymouth, Mass., on the 2lst, aged
69
FRANCIS BoNHEUR, brother of Rosa Bon
heur, died suddenly in Paris on the 21st.
JUSTINE LEVY. Scranton, Pa, Jewess Of II
years, has been disowned by her family because
of her marriage with John r. Farr, a young
newspaper man.
ANOTHER call for three per cent bonds was
issued by the secretary of the treasury on the
2lst.
A. j. WHITENACK, grocer at Neenah has
failed. Kicker, Crombie & McLsren, of Mil
waukee, are the principal creditors.
Mrs. FRED W. pARAMoRB, formerly Nellie
HazeItine, died at st. Louis on the 21st. She
was at one time noted society belle and en-
gagged to Samuel J. Illden.
J. B. BILLUPs & Co., cotton brokers, New
York, failed ON the 21st. The senior member
of the firm. who WAS expelled from the New
York Stock Exchange, has brought suit against
that corporation for 800, 900 damages
THos. SHANNON, the hero of Chicamauga.
died at Galena. Ill, on the 21st, aged II.
THE mail between Mexico and the United
States has been suspended indefinitely, owing
to controversy between the post-ofice depart
ments Of the two governments, relative to the
payment of a carrier, between Laredo and New
Laredo. The sum IN dispute Is 1852.
Rev. Y. r. HIGH, an Episcopal clergyman OF
Toledo, o., and graduate Of the college at
Nasbotah, Waukesha County, died on the Goth.
THE Iowa senate has passed the modified
probibitorv bill.
GEORGE MAYER, an Oshkosh ieweler. has
failed, with liabilities of $40, ,0O0 assets 5000
Mrs. VAN Corr, the revivalist, has created
sensation at Sag Harbor, L. l., by charging
Rev. Harrison, Episcopal minister at that
place, with having denied his God.
Two hundred employees in Straiton & Storms
cigar wo. ks at New York walked out on the
10th.
PETER NJ. LA PIcE DE BEgGoSDY. veteran
of the war of 1872, died ON his plantation in
ST. James parish, Louisiana, on the 18th.
Matthew Watson, aged 81, an intimate friend
dropped dead on hearing of the veterans
death.
The remains of Lieut.. De Long and COM
rades, of the Inflated Jeanette, will be buried
in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York CITY. Je
rome j. Collins body will be taken to Ireland
for lnterment.
Mas. MARY MILLER has been licensed to
command the steamer Saline on the waters Of
the Mississippi, Red, Ouachita and other
western rivers.
Miss GRACE KEAN of New York who was on
visit to St Louis, Is mysteriously mi issing
d. NJ KEEN, Toledo boot and shoe man. as
signed on the 18th. Liabilities $3.50
GEN. HUGH H. BAXTER prominent railroad
man, and Wall Street operator, died st New
York on the 18th.
GEO. P. CURRY. banker and cotton manufsct-
urer at Augusta, Ga, failed on the 18th.
Liabilities, 5000, 900.
WIN. GoUvERsEUR MORRIS. collector of Gus
toms at SItka. Alaska, is dead.
]. o SAVAGE, member of the New York
Petroleum Exchange, failed on the 18th.
Hoe cholers has broken out in Harrison Coun
tv, Iowa