The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-23
MINOR NEWS NOTES.

Bismarck has been suffering severely
for several days from neuralgia Of the
face
\ dispatch from Cairo saws a great
battle Is expected to be fought soon at
khartoum, between FL Mahdi and the
rival false prophet
Hundreds Of officers and soldiers
from the remnant OF Lord Wolseley's
Nile expedition are arriving at Wady
Halia and Cairo. Many of them are
on the sick list.
he Gar has sent Gen komaroff a
sword Of honor" The hiIt Of tbp
sword Is gold and the scabbard Is
richly set with diamonds. Thepresent
was accompanied by an autograph
letter from the Car, warmly praising
Zen. kCmarotT's military measures
and his prudence and tirmness in deal
ing with the Asghans.
over 4.IOO persons have been moe
ulated with cholera microbes bv DIR.
terran, IN the Province OF Valencia.
SPAN, as preventive Of disease. The
new system IS said to be entirely sue
cesslul, and the epidemic is disappear
ing
Henry G. Edwards, a burglar, was
shot while trying to escape from a Bos-
ton prison, yesterday He fell dis
tance OF forty feet after being shot.
Miss Julia Kramer, Is years old,
was shot and fatally injured at Locust
Cap, Pa, on the 18th, 10y Peter Knoll
bauch, a rejected lover
Charles Henry Rugg the negro who
murdered old Mrs Lydia Mavbee and
her daughter Mary, at OYSTER Bay.
J.. l., nearly two years ago, was hanged
~ the jail at Hunter Point, l.. l., on
the 18th.
John Langster (negro) ex-cavalry
man, ex-lunatic, desperate. thief and
murderer, was hanged in the corridor
oi the city jail at Washington, ID. c..
on the l 5th.
Two lives were lost in fire in a
tenement house at Cleveland, on the
18th
The village OF Darlington, Ind. was
almost entirely DESTROYED hv fire ON
the 18th inst Ten business houses
We're burned. The losses will aggregate
$50. 600.
\ non-mion man, named John
Mitchell, was assaulted and nearly
murdered 10y strikers ut the Union
Steel Works, Chicago, on the morning
OF the 18th
Larry o BrIen and George Truman.
two New York sports, got into an nj
tercatIon on the street ON the llth
inst. during which O'Brien was stab
bed and Truman shot, both fatally.
\ disastrous fire occurred at War
trace. near Chattanooga. Tenn. on
he 18th. The fire broke out i'm the
center Of the business portion OF the
town, and ten stores and contents
were burned. Two persons sl-eping in
II store are missing. and are sunposed
70 have perished. Loss, $3O.060 to
100000
Wm. COTS large stone grist min mt
Maryyllle, Berks County, Pa. was
burned on the night of the 10Th. to-
gether with several thousand bushels
OF wheat, a large supply OF flour. etc.
Loss $4,000.
The large brewery OF NJ Brand {
Co, Chicago, caught fire on the morn
ing OF the 18th. and was damaged to
the extent of 100000 before the
flames were extmguished. The loss. it
Is learned, viii reach $3.50. 600 with no
insurance.
\
torla, B. c., says forest fires are rag
ing in Eagle Pass and vicinity. The
town Of Farwell was totally DESTROYED.
Estimated loss, $4,000.
Mrs. Annie Pershing, of Pittshurg.
quarreled with her husband. and he
lett her, on the night OF the l1th. The
next day she went out tolook for him.
and failing In her search, come home
and shot herself. She is dead.
One man was killed and another
fatally hurt IN runaway accident at
Plttsburg on the night OF the l1th.
The new dispatch boat Dolnbin
made another failure OF her second
trial trip, in New York Bay. on the
18th
The supreme council OF Catholic
Knights OF America began its annual
session at New York on the 18th.