The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-03
CASUALTIES,

LOUIS KAISER, who was elected mayor OF
South Toledo, at the spring election, died at
the Northern Ohio Insane Asylum, on the 25th.
insanity caused by slanderous stories during
the canvass.
JOHN CAVITY, aged 81, was drowned while
drck-hunting on Lake Butte des Morts, near
Oshkosh, on the 9th.
TERRIBLE cyclone occurred in Ohio. on the
9th. Two-thirds Of the town of Jamestown
was leveled and six persons killed.
1HE grain elevators of Smith. Hppen & Co.,
and Hudnut d Co., were destroyed at Pekin,
o., on the 9th. Loss $50, 900.
THE Bay Shore Mill at Ludington, Wells 4
Van Sehaick, burned at Menominee, Mich, on
the 9th. Loss 100000.
A RALEIGH, N. c.. dispatch of the 25th.
chronicles the cremation of two boys, aged 10
and ~ years. in a burning house at La Grange,
aud the burning of two children in Edgecomb
County.
Two unknown men attempted to Jump from
moving freight train at Sandwich ILL.,, on
25th. Both were killed.
j. KOCH Il Co.'S clothing establishment at
Akron. o., was destroyed by fire on the 25th.
Loss S45, 900; insurance $4,000.
WoLvERToN & TINsMAN's saw mill at Will
Transport. Pa, burned on the 25th. Loss $40,-
900; insurance SIS, 900.
A BOY received fatal injuries By walking into
the elevator shaft at Liedersdorf's tobacco
factory, Milwaukee, on the morning of the 25th.
AMOS SELDoMRIoH and Robert Howe lost their
lives by the premature explosion Of blast at
Morgantown, Pa, on the oath.
A RAILWAY train ran into horse and wagon
at Pittsburg, on the 24th demolishing the rig
and killing Casper Banner, the driver.
CHARLES MoAvERY, of Troy N. Y, was
bitten by dog six months ago. On the 24th
he suffered with hydrophobia.
THE American Oak Leather Company's tan
merry at Cincinnati, was destroyed by fire on the
23d. Loss, 100000; insurance $500, 900.
THOMAS HOPKINS, an employe of the West
Milwaukee railway shops, in attempting to
board morning train, on the oath, fell be-
tween two cars and was instantly killed.
FIRES in Ghegans book establishment and
Scosllle Manufacturing Company's building,
New York, on the Oath, caused losses amount
ing to S140,0C0.
AN incendiary fire at Wooster, O., on the
oath, destroyed twelve business places aud two
residences.
PETER G. RACE, conductor on the St. Paul
Railroad, was run over and killed at Sparta.
Wis, on the oath.
The Sycamore mill at Fall River, Mass,
burned on the Oath. Loss, $500, 900, exclusive
of 5000 bales of cotton and large quantities of
cloth.
WILLIE GRAY. aged IS, son of an Anoka,
Mimi, shoe merchant, was killed by the acci-
dental discharge of revolver in the hands of
a companion while engaged in a charlvari on
the 23d.
HENRY BARLOW, deaf and weak minded boy
of years, was bitten to death by four ferocIous
sheep dogs, In an open field near Cochran Ca,
on the 23d.
The Providence Company's cotton mills at
Fltchville Conn, were destroyed by fire on tue
23d. Loss over 100000.
FIRE at South Coventry, Conn, on the 3d.
destroyed the Washington Flannel Mill. In
sured for S135, ,000
MAN named Beach and his wife, were run
down by an engine at Minneapolis, on the 22d.
Both hurt-Beach fatally. 1t is said they were
intoxicated.
CONDUCTOR JOIN DILLON was killed and
several passengers injured by railroad collis-
ion near Athens, o., on the 22d.
NOSES GLEssNER lost his life while endeavor-
ing to remove the furniture from his burning
dwelling at Marion, Ind, on the 2lst.
GEN. W. SIGH, a well-known lumberman, was
killed at Chicago, by switch engine, on the
22d.
WAMsLEYvnLE, o., was entirely destroyed by
fire OF the 22d. Loss. 900.
SIX persons were drowned in the Hudson
River near Verplank Point, on the 22d.
A wATERsPoUT near Lockwood, Mo-, de
stroyed house of farmer named Bond, on
the 21st, and killed one of his children. Other
members of the family we're injured.
THE Globe store, Alton, ILL.,, burned on the
21st. Loss over 1000; insurance $4,000.