The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN,

ENGLAND was visited by fierce hurricane on
the 26th. The glass roof Of the Westminster
aquarium was demolished DUNG perform
apce. panic ensued, and several persons were
injured. Many vessels were wrecked and a
large number of hives were lost Six people
were killed by flying debris
AN explosion IN 3 colliery in the Rhonda
Valley, Wales. on the 9th, killed eIeven min
ers- A rescuipg party CT three miners and the
msnsger were also killed.
JoHSsToS's fluid beef factory at Toronto,
Can, burned on the 9th. Loss s100. 600
DETECTIVE BLOCH, while going home in
florlsdorf. Austria, on the oath was shot dead
The assassin was secured. citizen who al
tempted TO aid IN the arrest was 81 OF twice and
The assassin tried to kill himself and his cap
tors by exploding dynamite bomb.
Ok the 25th while thirteen children were
sliding at Rohr, Pommerania, the ice broke and
ali were drowned.
A LIST of names was found in Col. Sudei-
kin's escrItoire. at st. Petersburg, Russia.
which were marked dangerous, and on the
18th these were arrested. At Charko, Russis,
on the 18th the police surprised a meeting of
nlhlllsts and arrested nearly all present.
GALE on the 25th demolished Catholic
church at Leitlim, Ireland. The schooner
four Of her crew were drowned.
An epidemic of typhoid fever has broken
out at st. Hyacinthe (Cana.) College. A dis
patch of tie 25th inst. saws five nurses have
died and the schools and converts are closed.
The Spectator printing Office Toronto, Can.
burned on the ed. Loss $50, 900.
A DISPATCH ef the 23d from Hong Kong
states that the French occupation of Hsinan
0r h7s
ration Of war with England as according to the
treaty of 1Si9 between England and China. il
was stipulated that Chusan should never be
ceded to another power.
The Dutch expedition sent from Padang TO
Aeheen, returned on the 2lsr without the cap
tive crew. TIE captives had been taken into
the interior and there is very little prospect
that their lives viii be spared.
AT Temesvar. on the 22d, DR.. Julius Rosen-
berg, who killed Stephen Bethany N duel
recently, was sentenced TO two years .mprison-
ment.
Or the 21st cold weather and snow caused
suspension of railway traffic at Toronto and
other Cansdian points. An Ice bridge formed
at Toronto.
The Commercial Hotel, Cornwall Ont.
burned on the 22d. Loss Ss5, 900.
EXTREME royalists in England are alarmed
at the queens tributes to John Brown. de-
ceased.
The police captured five armed men at Dub
In, ireland. on the 22d, who were attending
10 burgiarlze house
DISPATCH from khartoum. OF the 22d says
the total number Of soldiers there Is 6. coo. Of
which 2 900 are CAaggiss and are snowa to be
dlsafected- Only two small steamers navigate
the river TO Berber, and to evacuate The place
would take SIX months. The rebel forces south
Of the town are increasing daily.
On the 10th, at Cairo, 700 black recruits for
the Egyptian army had to be driven aboard the
train by cavalry.
LUsBY's Music Hall, London, Eng, burned
on the 21s'. Loss $40, 600.
The government of Manitoba has applied
for an extension of the Manitoba boundary to
Hudson's Bay.
lee Marquis Of Hertford, while bunting on
the goth, was thrown from his horse and seri-
ously- if lot fatally injured.
AT Glasgow, Robert Kettle & Co.. cotton
merchants, failed on the 21st. Liabilities
e3J0-000.