The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08
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The trial of Louis Riel, charged with
high treason, at Regina, n w T.,
closed on the 1st inst, With a verdict
Of guilty. The Jury was out half an
hour
At the Ohio state prison, at CoIum-
bus, on the I'd, Charles NeuvilIe, big
amist, died. He was convicted OF
bIgamy after marrying a daughter OF
A prominent citizen of Detroit. Itwas
claimed that he had fourteen wives
living.
Thomas Burke, an inmate Of the
Indiana insane asylum, at Indian
apolis, was clubbed to death on the
night OF the lst inst. by companion
named Strobe.
The French troops in Tonquin are
suffering terribly from dysentery and
fever. The deaths now average twelve
per day. The French newspapers,
commenting sOn this fact, urge the
government to recall the troops who
have served eighteen months.
As freight engine was lust leaving
Cairo, H., for the north on the I'd, it
was thrown from the track by a
switch breaking. The engine and three
ears went down an embankment and
Engineer Fred. Hartman, while Jump
ing from the engine, was caught under
the wreck and instantly killed
The schooner Margaret Ann left
Charleston, 5 O., on April , last, for
Brunswick, Ga, or Fernandina, Fla.
The crew consisted OF five men. Moth
ing has since been heard OF the vessel
or crew, and it is believed sle is lost.
Wiley Pugh and j. d. Smith, two
young men residing three miles west OF
Ranger, Tex, while in an intoxicated
condition, on the night OF the lst inst.
We're run over and instantly killed 10y
an eastbound passenger train on the
Texas \ Pacific Railroad.
Three hundred men and boys en-
ployed in the Lake Erie Bolt Works,
ut Cleveland, stopped work on the
3lst. They objected to a reduction
OF 10 per cent. in their wages.
\ 4year-old daughter Of James
Bennett. OF New York, a summer resi-
dent at Roslin, H. l., fell into a bath
OF hot water on the night Of the Both.
and Was SO terribly scalded that she
died Immediately.
The business failures occurring
throughout the country during the
seven days ending ON the 31st num-
Der Tor the United States IFS. and for
Canada %
\ fire in the basement Of G. C. Green
wood 4 Co. : hardware store at Du-
tuth Mimi, on the 31st, damaged the
building TO the extent of 1000. The
hardware stock OF the firm was dam
aged by heat, smoke and water from
SIS. 900 to 5000
4 passenger train from Leadvile eN-
ploded a dynamite cartridge near Den
Yer, Col, on the 3lst. The engine and
tender were badly wrecked but none
OF the passengers were injured. The
outrage is attributed to strikers.
At Plaquemine, La. on the 31st,
George Wilson, Charles Davis and
Mathilde Jones, all ColOred, We're exc
cuted for the murder and robbery OF
Mrs. Henrietta Cole, on the night OF
January p last.
William Nef, a former resident of
st Louis, employed at the Tele9hone
Nine, Georgetown, Col, committed sui
eide on the 31st, in a most novelmau-
ner. Complaining OF being i'll. Neff
Vent TO hls cabin, laid down on the
floor, aud placed stick OF giant DOW
der, with cap and fuse attached. under
hls head While in this position he
lighted the fuse. The shot blew his
head entirely from his body.
Detective kehoe, of Chicago. was dis
charged from custody at Quebec. on
the 30th, the coroner's jury having