The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-26
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S3oO, 600.
Great excitement was caused in
South OrauE., y. j., on the afternoon
OF the 2Utn by n mad dog running
through the streets. Hundreds oil
children were IN his way, but aoue aere
bitten The dog was finally shos, bu.
nor until henai bitten two otherdUgs.
Theo. Weaver, senior member OF a
musical instrument firm at York. Pa.
cut his throttin hotel at Dallas. Tex,
on the I9Ch, during an insane fit.
Another death from trIChluiasis oc-
CURED ln the Hau-meyer family at
Iarentum, Ia, on the 195h, making
three deaths within a week The vic
TIM was Henry, a son, aged about %
years. The five others who were at
tackled are doing vel, and may recOv-
er.
Colvin Pratt, who secured S14 600
from San Francisco bank on forged
paper, was arrested on stepping ashore
at Yokohama. The authorities hope
to find the money in his baggage.
". ID. Lyon, a musical composer and
instructor, IN former years the senior
partner Of great houses in London and
Manchester, was found wandering in
the streets OF Louisville, and died soon
after being placed in the city hospital.
CIV. HemenWay, editor OF the Ogden
Herald, mas been convicted OF libeIIng
Chief JuGtlce Zane, Oi Utah, in stating
that he shielded Federal officials who
violated the laws.
Judge williamson, of Chicago,
listened for four hours to arguments
OF counsel in behalf Of a new trial ior
Andre Andrews, the pawn-b broker, sen
fenced to eight years in the peniten-
tIary Tor receiving stolen goods. The
motion was refused. The wife OF the
convicted crook screamed and tainted
In the COURTROOM
Jasper +. Sweet, a printer Of Chica-
go, has been sentenced to two years in
the penitentiary for fatally shooting
Or. Thomas Waugh On the first bal
lot seven Jurors favored acquittal.
David Miles. OF Milford, Conn, was
gOred to death by a Holsteiu bull.
Edward Miles would have met a simi.
lar late had not a spectator put half
dozen bullets into the brain OF the
enraged animal.
William Champion, employed as a
grinder at the Gibbs Ball plow-wOrks,
at Canton, O., was instantly killed on
the I9-h by the bursting OF a thou
sand-pOund grinding sandstone. The
stone broke INTO four pieces, one OF
the fragments striking Champion and
crushing his head. Another piece OF
stone penetrated a twelve-inch brick
wall. Champion was unmarried and
2G years old.
Annie Bailey, a girl : years old, was
instantly killed at Pittsburg, on the
10Th, by being run over by a street
car.
The big lumber firm of NJ c. Huyett
y Co., Detroit, suspended on the 10Th,
with debts to the extent of Sl75, 900.
\ fire broke out early on the morn
ing OF the 10Th in the building Occu
pied by McDougaI, Losie d Co., oil
merchants, on st. Francois Navier
Street, Montreal The building was
completely Quilted and adjoining prop.
eTty damaged The total loss is
placed at $15O,OOO.
Fire in Charles Crossley's hat fac
tory at Newark, n J., on the night OF
the 18th caused a loss of nearly $4O,-
600.
An Evansville, Ind, school girl aged
Is, named Mabel Knlckerbocker, was
suddenly stricken with blindness while
at her desk in school on the afternoon
OF the 18th.
Fieldkamp & Co.'S chair factory,
Cincinnati, was damaged TO the ex-
tent Of S25, 900 by fire on the night OF
the 18th.
on the morning of the 18th the
vinegar factory of George C. Ware.
Cincinnati, was partially destroyed by
fire, involving a loss OF $40, 1000, with
$4,000 Insurance.
Miss Jessie Clarke, aged II, daughter
OF a prominent citizen Of Mckenzie,
Tenn, was shot dead on the night of
the 18th. 4 young man who was
with her ut the time the shot was
fired has been arrested, He says the
shooting was accidental.
John Harmon, aged 2, was arraign-
ed IN a New York court on the 18th
for the third time, charged with at
tempting to end his existence with a
rope.
At Westtield, Hamilton County,
Ind, on the 18th, during the noon re-
cess OF the public school, John Carver
and Harry Steed, each IS years of
age, quarrelled, and Carver struck
Steed on the head with a stone, killing
HIM Instantly.
During a eeneraImelee at the Beaver
Creek mines near Somerset, KY, on
the 10th, William Parsons killed
Frank Wilson. and Charles GOoden
and W. 4. Owens fatally stabbed two
other men, names not known Par
sons escaped, hut the other two were
arrested
The injunction case at Atlanta, Ca,
growing ont q fhe recent election. has
been decided i'll favor OF the temper
ance people
The steamer City OF Mexico, recently
purchased by .n unknown Spaniard.
was seized 1T ,iroOklyn. on the l7th,
by the United States customs officers.
large quantity OF arms were found
on board, supposed to he bound for
Cuba
A fatal accident by fire occurred in
the residence of Mrs. Baker. on La
clede Avenue, st. Louis, on the 10th
Mrs. Bakers 9-year-Old daughter
Mamie, was standing in front OF a
CRATE with her back to the fire, when
the bottom of her dress was ignited,
and in spite IN the efforts OF those
present, the !ttt!e one was so badly
burned that she died in a lew hours.
James ". Coopsrs cabinet ware fac
tory, Phl.adgI phIa. was burned ON The
18th. Loss S5O,O 900 to $50 600 The
insurance Is $50, 900.
A fire ait the West End Abattoir.
Montreal, ON the nth, Quilted the en-
gine and rendering houses. The loss Is
S5O,00O; insurance S34, 900.
At Cleveland. o.. on the 16-h. VIII
lam White a telegraph operator, was
engaged in cleaning his little sons
dress with gasoline. The father had
stepped from the room for an instant.
and when lie returned he found that
the fluid had ignited and that hischild.
aged 3 years, had been burned to a
crisp. The mother was away from
home at the time.
The tiVe-StOry brick buiIding m, FAR