The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-27
uINOR NEWS VOTES.

The village OF POrtville. five miles
from Olean, Y. ", was nearly DESTROYED
BY fire, on the night OF the 10Th. Loss
SO, 1000, insurance $4,000.
On the morning OF the goth, the
nelghbor5 Of Mr.. and Mrs John R.
Mckee, at ShOusetOwn. Pa. We're hOr-
ritied to find them lying on the floor
in pools OF blood. the wife dead. but
the husband still breathing He was
unconscious however, and died soon
after. In his hands hetightIy yclutChed
q revolver, two chambers OF which
were empty. No cause assigned for
the tragedy
At st. Paul Mimi. on the 2Oth.
John ~hraeder and : man named
kummho fell from a boat and were
drowned. The bodies We're recovered.
The same evening two school BOYS.
Dean Kent and Martin Elske, bathing
IN the river, got beyond their depth
and both We're drowned
\ fire on the 2Ist, which began in a
building at the corner Of Reade and
Greenwich Streets. y Y, caused a loss
OF SlO0O0O divided among a number
of firms
The building 262 Fifth Avenue. New
York occupied by Mathesius & Co,
art furniture dealers, was destroyed
by fire on the DIST The total loss
will reach 500, 600
Newport, \. H, was visited by
500, 600 fire on the 21st.
~ a result OF the recent earthquakes
IN Cashmere, 3,OSI persons lost their
lives, 1000 houses were laid in ruins.
and 33 900 animals persisted An
officer has been sent to survey the
scene OF the shock.
The Wasson Car and Foundry
Works, OF Chattanooga, Tenn. as
signed on the 2Oth to H. Clay Evans.
The liabilities are $40, 900. the assets
are nominaIIy 100000 The works
are TO be conducted for nine months
and then closed out
The BarthoIdI statue was formally
welcomed to this country by an I'M
mense demonstration at New York on
the 10th inst
Official information has lust been re-
ceived TO the effect that the French
dispatch boat Renard, recently re-
ported lost in the Indian Ocean. fOuu-
dered IN cyclone. and the whole OF
the crew, numbering l27 souls, We're
drowned
In the superior court in Chicago, on
the 18th, a temporary injunction was
granted restraining the managers OF
the West Side Driving Park from hold
ing Sunday races.
Perry and William Melton. father
and son. We're hanged in the iail en-
closure at ParmersvilIe, La, on the
10Th, for the murder Of John "
Cherry, an old farmer: Charles Camp-
bell was hanged i'm PIaauemenas
Parish. La. for the murder OF Theo-
dore Tupleyich, August 24. 1881.
George Schneider, who killed his moth
er In October last. was hanged at
Hamilton, ont. He had previously
confessed his crime.
James Prisk and William Henry
Clark were Instantly killed by an ex-
ploslOn IN an underground Copper
Falls mine, near Calumet. Mich. on
the 18th. Clark was literally blown
10 pieces.
The French steamer Isere. with
Bartholdl's statue OF Liberty on
board, arrived Oft Sandy Hook. New
York HarhOF. on the 18th
The great establishment devoted to
various kinds OF business. OF William
Nmreley, OF NestbOurue Grove. Queens
Road and kensingtou Garden Square.
London, was destroyed by fire on the
l.th. Loss. SI5O.0O0.
\ wesJ-hOund freight train on the
Sunset Route was wrecked near
Sanderson Station. Tex. on the 18th.
Eighteen cars and the engine were
dltched, and Brakeman Peter Murray
was killed.
Fire ON the MI he 18th de-
stroyed the large grain warehouse of
Shoemaker 4 Co PitrsbuIg. Loss.
S20,0O fully insured.
4 ure IN Charleston. Mo. on the
10th, destroyed business houses and
stocks valued az S25.00O. insurance.
S12. 600.
At Chicago on the I7th, Joseph
Nalana, a labOring man. against
whom his wife had instituted divorce
proceedings, went 20 the house where
MS VIE was staying and killed her
with a revolver. He immediately
turned the weapon upon himself and
VIII die.
! Pesth dispatch OF the 18th saws
destructive fires have occurred in AYR
nan and Lentchau, both towns In
hungary. At the former. place 100
houses were burned. At L.entchan
4oo houses We're destroyed and many
lives lost.
Gen. Grant was taken from Na,v
York 10 Mount NcGregor. near Sara-
toga. hy n special train on the 10th.
59 on the 10th. Andrew