The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-01-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

THE captain of the steamer Plautyn, who
was among those rescued by the brig G. D. F..
and taken to Oporto, Portugal. says hurri-
cane November 18th, carried away the main
deck and upper works, leaving only the iron
work: they drifted flying signals of distress uu-
I'll December 9th, when they were rescued bv
the brig. Five persons were washed overheard
during the storm.
RUSSIAN uihillst, sentenced 10 Siberia lin
1872, has succeeded in getting letter to the
public from the fortress of lAlexef .Raven,
near st. Petersburg. in dungeon of which he
has been confined since his sentence Revolt
ing disclosures of barbarous and inhuman
trea ment of. prisoners are made.
THOMAS HOLLOWAY. a noted pill-maker, died
at his home, London, Eng, on the 28th.
HENRY III. RATHBoNE. who has been in Eu
rope several months with his family, on the
oath, at Hanover. Germany, in an insane fit of
jealousy, killed bis wife, and inflicted injuries
on himself which will prove fatal Rathbone
is a native of Rochester, n. Y
On the 9th there were landed at Oporto,
Portugal. by the brig G.. d. T., fifty-three men
belonging to the steamer Plantyn, from New
York, November 11th, for Antwerp.
On the 27th, the French government decided
to prohibit the importation of American salt
meats until bill regulating the matter can be
pdHseu ny lue CIdlHDtfS.
On the 27th Ghislain, Calm, Saenvin &
Orion, bankers, Antwerp suspended. Liabili-
ties f400,000.
News comes from Rome, Italy, that on the
23d, Landucci, a resident of Leghorn, who
had previously borrowed $4,000 from Piazza
Colonna, OF Rome, decoyed Celonna and his
mistress to Leghorn, where he murdered them
and placed the bodies in a sewer
The workmen and offici Is of the railway
works. Ida, Russia, engage in riot on the
10th, owing TO the exactions of contractors
One official was killed
GREEN Bros. & Co.'S foundry, Waterford.
Ont, burned on the 26th. Loss 200.
THE Orangemen's procession at st. Johns.
N. F., on the 26th was attacked by a mob:
three men were killed and several mortally
wounded. The military was called upon to
quell the riot.
Ok the oath De Lesseps said in Paris that as
long as he and his sons lived France should
control the SueZ canal.
A STEEL corvette for 5he Chinese government
was launched on the oath at KieI, Prussia.
MARRIED. woman named Van Derlinden was
arrested on the oath, at Leyden, the Neither
lands, charged with numbering sixteen persons
N the past few years. The victims were rela-
tlves and were murdered for the insurance on
their lives.
MOODY and Sankey ceased their missionary
labors at Stepney, Eng, on the 23d, where they
bad been very successful, and will open after
New Year at Clapham.
OK the 23d the bo1y of Susan Gitbs, 70
years old, was found in her cabin at Huber
River, near Toronto, Can. She lived alone,
was peddler, and had several thousand dol
lars IN the house. She had been murdered for
her money.
THE Montreal. Can. Printing Company's es-
tablishmest burned on tie 23d. Loss $40, 900.
A GALE destroyed half the town of Mamote.
Spain, and many persons were injured.
The Jewish school and synagoguein in Galata, a
suburb of Constantinople, burned on the 23d.
the ruins and ddth tfirty ali tod are 9fQyaFed from
Two shocks of earthquake at Lisbon, Portu-
gal, on the 23d. reminded the people of their
wickeduess. Fortunately there was no loss of
life
TIE merchants and people of the City of
Mexico engaged IN small riot on the 22d, on
account of an attempt to compel them to take
the U. S, nickel, which has deprecated in
value IN that land of silver.